Kang Xiaoba, the green forest thief mentioned in The Kingdom of Mysteries, did exist in history.
During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, bandits and thieves were particularly rampant.
Among them, the two brothers Kang Ba and Kang Jiu in Beijing at that time were the most famous.
At that time, there was a pair of brothers in the east of the city, which is now Tongzhou, Beijing.
They had no names because of their poor background.
The elder brother was called Kang Ba and the younger brother was called Kang Jiu.
Both brothers made a career of stealing.
The two brothers gathered some idle people in the society at that time and formed a small-scale organization, which specialized in extorting tourists and merchants and poisoning them.
The brothers not only stole, they were also very lustful.
It is said that when they saw a somewhat pretty woman on the road, the gang followed her.
If she was not prepared, they would tie her to a hidden place and rape her, or rape her.
She was kidnapped and made the wife of Yazhai.
If they meet a more beautiful one, they will be tied back to the mountain and then strangled to death with a rope.
The elder brother Kang Ba was born a farmer who worked in the fields in his early years.
People who knew him gave him the nickname "Kang Xiaoba".
Because he was tired of the working life of facing the loess all day long, he bought a mule cart to transport people and goods between Beijing and Tianjin, and earn some freight to make ends meet.
But after a period of time, he couldn't make ends meet every day, and couldn't even earn basic food, so he took risks and took money to avenge his customers and kill people.
Because he was afraid that the government would find out and arrest him, he simply fled to the mountains and turned into a thief.
After becoming a thief, Kangba was afraid of being caught by the government, so he often changed his name, changed his clothes, and went around Beijing and Tianjin to commit evil.
One day, while traveling to Tianjin, he suddenly wanted to change his appearance.
I saw a barber shop that had just opened not far away, so I walked in.
When the master saw a guest coming in, he quickly greeted Kangba with great enthusiasm.
After the preparations were completed, the master picked up the razor and shaved Kang Ba's hair, just like taking care of other customers, chatting with Kang Ba while shaving.
The master asked: "Where did the guest come from?"
Kang Ba replied: "From Beijing."
The master asked again: "If the guest comes from Beijing, have you ever heard of Kang Xiaoba?
I heard that he is a bandit.
He was so cruel that merchants and tourists were afraid to pass between the two places.
Although the court ordered him to be arrested, several arrests were sent out and they searched for a while, but they couldn't catch him. " Kangba pretended not to hear and continued to shave his head with his eyes closed.
After shaving his head, Kang Ba stood up and said to the master: "I don't have enough money with me today.
Come with me to get it.
I live not far away."
The master nodded in agreement and followed Kang Ba out the door.
When the two of them walked into a winding and hidden alley, Kang Ba suddenly turned around, took out a foreign gun and pointed it at the shaver, and asked coldly: "You also know Kang Xiaoba, do you think I look like Kang Xiaoba?"
The master immediately I understand, it turned out that I saw the real person, and I was so frightened that I lost the strength to call for help.
I knelt on the ground and kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Kang Ba laughed evilly, shot and killed the hair-shaving master, then turned around and walked away.
Although Kang Ba was cunning and fierce, he did many bad things and could not escape the law in the end.
He was caught by Wucheng Lianyong and chopped to pieces at the entrance of the vegetable market
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