During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, a giant thief appeared in the capital.
This man's stealing skills were almost magical.
He specialized in stealing from wealthy families and had numerous serious cases.
Those wealthy families all had strong walls and multiple doors.
But once If you are targeted by a thief, the gold, silver and jewelry hidden in your house will disappear.
Although the government is strict about arrests, thieves are still rampant and show no restraint.
The Yamen sent a large number of officers to handle the case, but they searched everywhere to no avail and could not find any clues that could solve the case.
There is an officer named Fan in the thief-catching yamen, who is responsible for tracking down thieves.
Because thefts occur one after another.
One day, Capt.
Fan was punished by his boss for this matter again.
It was estimated that his bonus at the end of the year was completely wasted, and it was hard to say whether he could keep his job.
He was unhappy and strolled to a small shop next to Bingmasi Alley to drink and relax.
At that time, there were thick clouds and heavy snowfall.
Fan ordered two side dishes, boiled a pot of old wine, sat in the shop and drank by himself while watching the snow scene.
The sky was as cold as lead and gray.
He drank deeply and was filled with emotion.
He couldn't help humming a few lines of opera: "The red clouds cover the mountains and rivers in darkness, the sparse forests are cold and withered, the past is lingering in my mind and it's hard to let go, the deserted village drinks wine to comfort me." bother" At this time, I saw a blind old man, holding a long wooden stick to find the way, walking hobbled across the street.
When Captain Fan saw that the blind old man was about to enter an alley, which was a blocked alley with no entrance, he was kind-hearted and hurriedly shouted in the shop: "The old man went the wrong way, this alley is a dead end."
Hearing this, he nodded and left by another road.
Captain Fan didn't take this matter to heart.
He drank the remaining wine in his glass and was about to go home when he saw the blind old man coming back again and apparently planning to walk into the dead end alley.
Fan Baotou warned him again, and the blind old man kept his promise and left by the old road.
Fan Captou was always shrewd and cautious.
He felt that this blind old man was suspicious, so he continued to stay in the store to see what was going on.
However, he stayed there all day and did not see this person show up.
If you are a confused person, this matter will be in the past.
It happened that Mr.
Fan was a sensible man.
The next day he was still squatting where he was, and sure enough he found the blind old man reappearing on the street and walking into a dead alley with his staff.
Fan Captou did not make any noise this time, but quietly followed him to see what the old man wanted to do.
At the end of the alley was the back wall of a wealthy businessman's house.
I saw the blind old man walking under the wall.
He first stretched out his hand to feel the wall, and then used a wooden stick to measure the height of the wall groove.
After he had figured out the terrain, he put the wooden stick next to it. , untied his belt and peed in the corner.
Fan Captou could see clearly and saw the blind old man's actions and concluded that this man was a thief who climbed over the wall and jumped over the spine.
Maybe he was responsible for all the recent thefts in the capital.
He secretly planned to steal his staff first.
After hitting the man for the second time, I caught the old thief alone.
Then I took advantage of the old man to urinate and crept over to steal the stick.
Unexpectedly, he grabbed the stick with both hands and broke out in a cold sweat.
It turned out that the stick held by the blind old man was made of pig iron and weighed more than a hundred kilograms.
However, it was coated with patent leather and looked like wood.
No matter how hard Mr.
Fan tried, he could not move it at all. .
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The blind old man heard the noise and realized that the situation had changed.
He immediately found the iron staff and held it in his hand, turned around and ran out.
Fan Captou stayed on the spot in shock.
When he came to his senses and chased him out, he found that the blind old man had long disappeared.
He knew that the thief must have some special skills, which he might not be able to control, so he did not dare to report it to the government to avoid asking for trouble. trouble.
The next day, a wealthy businessman went to the Yamen to report the crime, claiming that the door would not be opened at night and the treasures at home had been lost.
Chief Fan checked the location and knew that it must be a blind old man, so he secretly investigated.
Later, in the Luoma Market, he saw the blind old man walking with his stick.
Fan followed him to a remote place and saw that there was no one around him.
He immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Sir, what you have done has been discovered.
What else do you want to do?"
Are you pretending to be nothing?"
The blind old man sneered and said, "Now that you've been discovered, let's hear what happens."
He then stretched out his hand to grab Fan's head, took him to a wine shop to have a drink, and asked about his surname, address, and area under his jurisdiction.
Fan Captou was wary of this old thief, so he told the truth.
He said frankly that he and his brothers in the robber yamen were just trying to make ends meet, but they were all assigned by the superior officials and had no control over everything.
Now in the capital, Thefts are frequent, and the emperor's feet are The best place in the country is not comparable to other provinces.
Therefore, the imperial court has set a deadline to solve the case.
It is really too tight.
Sir, such methods can be used all over the world.
Why not first go to the land of Suzhou and Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River and give it to the capital?
The brothers left a way to survive.
After hearing this, the blind old man said to Fan Baotou: "Since I have been told by you, I can't repay you except a generous gift, but this is not a place for a heart-to-heart talk.
Wait for me at Taoranting tomorrow.
I have something important to tell you."
"Listen, please don't break the promise."
The two parties agreed clearly and said goodbye.
"Taoranting" is a place name in the south city of Beijing.
It is near the current South Railway Station.
It has developed into tall buildings and densely populated areas.
In the past, it was extremely desolate, with endless reeds as far as the eye can see.
It is the most remote place. .
Fan got up very early the next day and went to Taoranting to wait for the blind old man.
He didn't see the man coming to keep his appointment until late at night.
Only then did he realize that he had been cheated on.
Fan Captou secretly resented: "My good intentions were completely ignored by that old thief.
You said you can test the mutton slices and eat them with sesame sauce.
What's the use of testing me as an errand?"
As the saying goes, "enemies meet on narrow roads."
Three or five days after arriving, Fan met the blind old man again on the street.
He stepped forward and asked him why he had missed the appointment that day.
But the blind old man said: "I didn't expect you to come that day, so I had to go to the door myself.
I heard that you and your wife were sleeping soundly, so I didn't dare to disturb you.
All the words and rewards were placed under your bed. , if you don’t believe it, just go home and check it out.”
Fan was shocked and hurried back home.
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Sure enough, he saw a sharp knife stuck under the bed and a bag next to it.
There were ten gold bars and a secret letter.
He opened the letter and read the contents of the letter, but felt cold.
Invading muscles, penetrating bile and producing cold.
The blind old man wrote in the letter: "Since your behavior has been discovered by you, I should have killed you to silence you, but I thought that I didn't have any deep hatred and didn't want to cause more killings, so I left ten gold bars to repay the unannounced benefit.
No more from now on.
Asking about this, we should not invade each other.
If you have evil thoughts and delusions in your heart, you should use this sharp edge as a warning."
Fan Captou was afraid and resentful, so he kept these things secret from then on, not daring to reveal even a few words.
However, more and more houses were robbed in the capital, and the government blamed the robber yamen for failing to handle the case, and many officers were executed with a cane.
At this time, the salary and silver from the two provinces of Jiangnan arrived at the Ministry of Household Affairs.
The silver was beaten into ingots, and twelve pieces were put into a sheath.
This was what was called the "imperial bar" in ancient times.
Before they could be counted and put into the treasury that night, everyone They were piled up in the lobby of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and people were posted around to guard them.
When they opened the door in the morning, they saw that two sheaths were missing.
The superior officer was furious, and secretly recruited Lian Yong from Wucheng and officers from Jiumen to catch the thieves.
Before the soldiers could be mobilized, two more scabbards were lost.
The sheath rings silver.
The officers reported to the superior that there have always been two classes of thieves in the green forest, namely "thieves in the sky" and "thieves in the ground".
The "those who dig into the sky" can climb over walls, climb through skylights and chimneys, and specialize in stealing from wealthy families; the "those who dig into the ground" can dig holes in the ground and do some digging and digging for treasures.
The current theft of silver from the treasury is the same as the theft that occurred in the capital this year.
It must be done by someone who climbs over the eaves and walls, and must be restrained at high places.
If you only guard the front and rear doors, you will not be able to prevent thieves from stealing.
The officers and soldiers immediately divided into several teams, ambushed everywhere in front of and behind the house, and set up a dragnet around the house.
Fan Captou was among them, followed by a group of people, each armed with weapons, waiting on the nearby roof to wait for the thieves to show up.
That night, when the moon was dark and the wind was high, I suddenly saw a blind old man riding an iron staff on his crotch, with a sheath of silver in his left and right arms, flying across the wall from under the moon like a ghost.
All the officers were horrified when they saw this.
In a moment's notice, the old man had already flown past the ambush.
There was a guard on the roof who was good at using a copper whip, so he immediately struck him with the whip.
The copper whip struck the iron rod and immediately broke into two pieces.
The guard's internal organs were shattered, blood spurted from his mouth, and he turned over and fell from the roof.
Another officer was holding a pair of maces and was also trying to block him.
One of his maces hit the opponent's arm, causing the blind old man to fall to the ground due to the mace injury.
The officer himself was crushed by the falling iron staff and his legs were broken.
Since the last time Fan met the blind old man, he speculated that the thief was practicing witchcraft, so he carried his wife's geranium cloth with him every day to prevent accidents. geranium is a woman's menstruation and is the same as black dog blood.
It is a filthy object and is said to be able to break evil spells.
At this moment, he saw the blind old man fall to the ground.
He let go and threw away the silver scabbard.
He picked up the iron staff and tried to escape.
He thought to himself: "If I don't take action, how long will it take me to serve you?"
So he threw out the geranium cloth.
It is covering the head of the blind old man.
The old man was in a panic and at a loss, and was captured by the soldiers who surrounded him from all directions.
After a harsh interrogation, the blind old man confessed to the big case in Beijing.
However, when asked about the whereabouts of his accomplices, he refused to recruit him until death.
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The government also asked him why he was blind.
The old thief claimed: "Because he wanted to be a thief.
Gouge out his eyes so that those who see him will not be suspicious, otherwise he would have been caught by the officer."
Soon after, the blind old man was taken to Caishikou and executed.
No one knows his identity to this day
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