Tianzhu: The Record of Foreign Stories in the Republic of China

Chapter 31 Absolute Thief (1)
During the period of the Republic of China, a flying thief came out of Xiulin City. Because he disappeared without a trace when he committed the crime, the thief felt a sudden gust of strange wind blowing, and the valuables around him, or gold, silver and jewelry, or The famous antique utensils disappeared, so people nicknamed the thief "Gust of Wind".In addition to his superb stealing skills and committing crimes everywhere, Gu Gufeng also recruits disciples. Whenever he encounters homeless children, orphans and beggars, he takes them under his disciples, and teaches them the art of stealing carefully, so that they can master a "skill" in life.But there is also a way to steal. A gust of wind and his apprentices only steal those who are rich and unkind. "Grand Thief", those rich and wealthy people regard it as a thorn in their eyes, and they all want to get rid of it quickly.Because of the ineffective arrest of robbers, in just a few years, four or five police chiefs have changed in Xiulin City.

In the 24th year of the Republic of China, a new police chief named Hu Yitong was appointed in Xiulin City.This Director Hu was born in the army. He has fought in great battles and seen the world. At the first fire, it is necessary to use a gust of wind to open the knife.

On his first day of work, the new police chief held a meeting of ten thousand people in the square in the city, set up a loudspeaker, and delivered a policy speech with great ambition.Director Hu said that he will take maintaining the law and order of Xiulin City as his own responsibility, and the first priority after taking office is to arrest the gusts of public grievances and bring them to justice within a month. .Just as I was talking about the exciting place, the surrounding leaves rustled, and suddenly a strange wind blew, making it almost impossible to open my eyes.

Director Hu paused for a moment, and after the strong wind blew, he drank some tea and continued to speak generously.There was a commotion in the audience, and some people couldn't hold back and started giggling.Hu Yitong was a little annoyed. He found that everyone in the audience was staring at his chest. He lowered his head subconsciously, but saw that the diamond brooch pinned to his chest had somehow been blown away by the strange wind just now. .Just as he was wondering, a weird voice suddenly came from the loudspeaker: "Director Hu, at the beginning of his tenure, he gave me such a precious diamond brooch as a gift, thank you in a gust of wind!" Director Hu turned pale with anger, Buttocks fell on the podium.

After hastily finishing his speech, Hu Yitong returned to the police station in a huff, called his deputy Lao Geng, patted the table and ordered: "Concentrate all police forces immediately, search the whole city for the robbers, and arrest them within a week." Catch him and bring him to justice. If you don't kill him with your own hands, it will be hard to get rid of the hatred in my heart." Lao Geng led a group of policemen with live ammunition and launched a city-wide manhunt.I have been busy for a week, let alone arresting people, and I haven't even touched the shadow of a gust of wind.

With nowhere to vent his anger, Hu Yitong took out the twenty-gun pistol on his waist and pointed it at Lao Geng's head, scolding him for his incompetence and intending to shoot him on the spot.

Lao Geng almost peed his pants in fright, and hurriedly suggested to Hu Yitong: "Director, we want to catch a gust of wind, but it's not completely impossible."

Hu Yitong put away his gun and asked, "What can I do?"

Lao Geng said: "If we can't catch big ones, we can catch small ones. If we can't catch thieves, we can catch young thieves. Doesn't Gust Feng have a large number of shrimp soldiers and crab generals? If we can't catch Gust Feng, it's not easy to catch his disciples and grandchildren? As long as we arrest Guafeng's apprentices who specialize in petty theft, will Guafeng not show up?"

Hu Yitong patted him on the shoulder and said: "This idea is good, you should do it quickly. If you catch a gust of wind, I will give you a promotion."

Lao Geng wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, hurriedly exited the director's office, and went to work in a hurry.Don't look at these arrogant policemen who can't deal with a gust of wind, but they are quite good at catching pickpockets and thieves on the street.In just two days, all the hairy kids who specialize in petty theft in the streets and alleys were caught by them.

Hu Yitong immediately posted a message on "Xiu Lin Daily", restricting the bandit to return the diamond brooch within three days, otherwise his apprentices and grandchildren will all be sent to Jiangbei prison, and they will never have a bright future.Unexpectedly, that afternoon, the "Embroidered Lin Evening News" published a notice signed by "Big Thief Gust of Wind":

In a gust of wind, I will return Director Hu's diamond brooch within three days. I hope Director Hu will not break his promise and release him immediately after getting back his diamond brooch.

Lao Geng was vigilant, and immediately sent someone to the editorial department of the Evening News to investigate. The editor of the Evening News replied that they had only received a letter from Guefeng and the page fee for publishing the notice, and had never been in contact with Guefeng.But when Hu Yitong saw Guafeng's reply in the evening paper, he was very happy. As long as Guafeng dared to show up and return the diamond brooch, wouldn't it be easy to catch him?
Director Hu mobilized all the police forces in the police station, and set up three clear and dark lines around him, a total of six cordons. Whether he was working at the police station or going home to sleep, nearly a hundred policemen surrounded him openly and secretly. Turn around, even if a fly wants to fly within three meters of him, it is very difficult.As long as a gust of wind dares to come and return the diamond brooch, it will never return.Three days passed quickly, but a gust of wind did not show up.

Lao Geng couldn't help muttering: "Could it be that a gust of wind dare not come?"

Hu Yitong shook his head confidently and said: "No, a gust of wind will definitely come. He has always called himself a 'rogue', and if his apprentice is in trouble, if he dares not come to the rescue, is he still a 'rogue'?"

Lao Geng said with some worry: "But as long as it passes midnight today, the three-day deadline will be over."

Hu Yitong said with confidence: "If I guess correctly, he will definitely appear tonight. You teach the big guy to cheer up, and don't let that little thief escape from our noses."

Soon after sunset, Hu Yitong came home from get off work, had a hasty dinner, and sat under the lamp, playing with his sniper while waiting for a gust of wind.Twenty rounds of bullets had already been loaded into the shell gun, if a gust of wind dared to resist arrest, he would shoot the bandit to death on the spot without mercy.Chief Hu's good marksmanship in the hail of bullets is no joke.What's more, in his residence, there are nearly a hundred policemen with live ammunition on guard secretly. If a gust of wind dares to show up, they will fire random guns, and the custody will beat him into a sieve.

After ten o'clock in the middle of the night, there was still no movement.Hu Yitong yawned twice, his eyelids twitched, and he fell on the bed with his clothes on, trying to close his eyes and take a nap for a while.I don't want to close my eyes and fall asleep.I don't know how long I slept, but suddenly I felt a sharp pain in my stomach, and I was so anxious that I hurriedly turned over and got up, and ran to the next room.The toilet in his house was at the easternmost corner of the house. He was afraid that it would be unsafe there, so he had already placed a large toilet in the next room, so he could solve the problem of defecation without going out.

He sat on the toilet, held his breath and defecated, and wanted to go back to sleep when he returned to the house. He looked at his watch, and it was exactly twelve o'clock.A strange wind blew outside the window, causing him to shiver for no reason, and hurriedly called Lao Geng in, who was guarding the door, and asked him if there was a gust of wind.Lao Geng scratched the back of his head and said, "The strange wind blew for a few times, but there was no sign of the gust of wind." Hu Yitong couldn't help sighing, it seemed that the gust of wind really didn't dare to come.

When I was disappointed, the phone in the room rang suddenly.As soon as Director Hu answered, there was a strange voice on the phone, it was just a gust of wind.

A gust of wind said: "Director Hu, I have returned the diamond brooch as it is. I wonder if the director has received it?"

Hu Yitong was startled, and hurriedly touched his body, but he didn't find the brooch, so he said, "Gust of wind, don't be brave, you boy didn't return the diamond brooch to me at all."

A gust of wind said on the other end of the phone: "No, I obviously returned the pin to you, but instead of putting it in your pocket, it was stuffed in your stomach. You should look for it carefully."

Hu Yitong was stunned, and suddenly remembered the severe pain in his abdomen just now, he hurriedly dropped the phone, ran to the next room, opened the toilet seat and pulled it, darling, the diamond brooch he was stolen was in that pile of poop, look It was really eaten into my stomach and pulled out by myself, no wonder my stomach hurt so bad just now.

Lao Geng followed behind, and asked cautiously: "Director, what should we do now? A gust of wind has returned the diamond brooch as agreed. Are we really going to release those thieves we caught?"

Hu Yitong looked at the diamond brooch in the toilet, and said angrily: "Fart, tomorrow morning, you will drive all those little thieves out for me to parade in the street. I want to see if the gust of wind is really calm."

In the morning of the next day, Lao Geng led a team of police officers, escorted the 30 or so children they had captured, and marched outside with gongs and drums to demonstrate to the public.The summer sun hangs in the sky like a ball of fire. Poor group of children, with the "I am a thief" sign weighing more than ten kilograms hanging on their chests, are staring at the sun, staggering, one step behind, their backs You're about to get shot.At the end of the street parade, two older children held a large plaque with a notice in large characters on one side:
The first gust of thieves are restricted to surrender within three days, otherwise all the little thieves will be shot on the spot as a warning to others.

(End of this chapter)