my old life

Chapter 588 The Rules of Jianghu
The experience of my second uncle is like a mystery to me. I will be curious if I don’t understand it all day, but I can’t help him if he doesn’t tell me.

But today he looks very relaxed, and he also intends to recall the past.

"It's a long story, Mr. Zeng Wuye is not an easy man. He started from scratch and managed to cover the sky with his hands. It only took less than 20 years!"

"Huh? Isn't 20 years long enough?" My eyes widened for a moment, 20 years is enough to change a lot!
"You don't understand this. Mr. Zeng Wu is nicknamed Godfather on the road. It is definitely not easy to mess around from the time of petty theft to today."

"The petty theft started?" I didn't expect Fifth Master Zeng to be a thief!This is beyond my expectation!
I thought that at the very least, he must be a boss who is doing business to make money...

"Why did the second uncle hang out with him before? You can't..." I looked at the second uncle in disbelief. Although he was out of tune, his character was absolutely fine!
My second uncle taught me since I was a child that you must never touch anything that is not your own!
Taking money out of other people's pockets is rough work, and if you catch it, you'll be beaten to death... It's a skill that makes people willing to take it out and put it in their own pockets!

I used to think that the second uncle was talking about doing business, and that a gentleman loves money in a proper way, but later I realized that it is by a thousand skills, which is more than one grade higher than a thief.

"Don't underestimate Fifth Master Zeng, you boy, he is the leader of the four old sects in this area!"

"Isn't the leader the big boss?" I was a little surprised. It's okay to talk about a big boss, but there are four of them!

Jin Ping Caihang is the four side businesses in the old world, and they are all businesses that fool people and make quick money.

Jin is to deceive people by reading fortunes, judging is to rely on lip service to eat, Cai is to deceive people's eyes by magic tricks, and hanging is a new kind of pictures such as acrobatics and circuses.

"His subordinates have hundreds of people to eat with him! There are Shuijin who tells fortunes at street stalls, there are bus thieves, there are acrobats and roadside messers, and there are many Qianshou who mess with him. "

"One person occupies all the side doors, and they are all so good? But the tree is so big, he should have been fucked a long time ago!"

As the saying goes, the gun hits the head of the bird. It must be difficult for a person to engage in so many unorthodox businesses. It is a miracle that he can survive to this day!

"Because Zeng Wuye has become famous, generally no one touches him. Only these unorthodox trades can be orderly, otherwise they will be chaotic!"

"Oh, is this the so-called Jianghu order? But these Jianghu sects are all deceiving people!"

"Not necessarily, every business is good or bad, it's not about business but about people!"

What the second uncle said makes sense, but I think few of these side businesses can do decent business.

"Second Uncle, is Master Zeng Wuye only in order to maintain order in the underground?"

"That's right, where there is light, there will be dark corners, and some people have to rely on the order of the rivers and lakes to help manage them... If there is no use value, I guess he would have died a long time ago!"

As soon as the second uncle said it, I realized that people who are not worth using and are still in their early years will never live long!
"So, thieves are under control? Even beggars and bastards?" This is the first time I have come into contact with this level, and I am indescribably shocked!

"Basically, it's all a matter of turning a blind eye and closing one eye. The principle of rabbit dead dog cooking will never be outdated. If there are no thieves in the world, will there be people who catch thieves?"

The second uncle directly pointed out the words, and I suddenly realized a truth, the relationship between using and being used will always exist!
"Second Uncle, I understand! It's just that I didn't expect the order in the world to be so strong, and it also exists in my hometown, Shencheng?"

"There are more or less everywhere. An orderly place can be stable. It's okay to make small things, but if you make big things and offend big people who shouldn't be offended, have you seen anyone who can run away?"

The second uncle said it was really the case!

No matter how cunning a fox is, as long as he commits a major crime, he will be arrested soon. It just depends on the size of the matter, whether there is a big person hand-picked to kill him!

Once in my hometown, I heard that there was a man who was eating and walking in the evening, and was bitten by a wild dog on the side of the road... I don’t know if he was bitten or not, but it is true that the whole city went out to hunt and kill wild dogs.

Now that I think about it, this truth is really the case, or if the second uncle is well-informed, I have to admire it!

"That's why people must keep a low profile, and don't step over the boundaries when doing things, otherwise it won't be tolerated anywhere, and it will be completely over!"

"I know the second uncle, did you hang out with him before?"

"Speaking of which, Zeng Wuye can be regarded as my master, and he can also be regarded as your master! Most of my abilities are taught by him."

"Ah!?" I was dumbfounded on the spot!As if I couldn't believe my ears, I couldn't believe this.

The second uncle smoked a cigarette and didn't speak. After I calmed down, I thought it was very possible. The second uncle had no reason to lie to me.

The second uncle is an ordinary person, he can't be born with a thousand skills, he always needs someone to teach him... But I never asked him before.

I thought that my second uncle was self-taught, and he became proficient in gambling a lot, but I didn't expect that someone would lead him to the road of cheating.

"But Second Uncle, since it's a master-student relationship, why did he chop off your hand?"

In desperation, I was a little outspoken, and I began to regret the words as soon as I said them, and then the second uncle fell silent.

I know that incident must be a scar in his heart, and the things he experienced must be extremely dark, but I accidentally touched his scar.

"I'm sorry, Second Uncle, I didn't mean it, don't take it to heart." I murmured softly, afraid that he would get angry.

"It's nothing. There's nothing bad about the past. He wanted to chop off my hand because I wanted to stand on my own and get out of his control."

As soon as I heard this, I understood that in the end they turned against each other!

"Is it poor money or an errand? How could he be so cruel with the friendship of master and apprentice?" I asked for no reason, feeling that the second uncle must have been very bitter at that time!
The human heart is made of flesh, and people also have feelings. The former master and apprentice turned against each other, and the feeling must be unpleasant!
"It's not bad for money or work. Master Zeng Wu is cruel and ruthless. It seems that he can jump out of the dragon's gate to do things by himself according to the rules, but in fact no one has ever jumped out."

The second uncle looked quite sad, he recalled his past, but I never thought it would be so absurd and tortuous!

"What does Dragon Gate mean? Carp jumping over Dragon Gate? What are the rules?"

"Almost the same meaning, if you jump out, you will be free..."

"So he doesn't want you to go! But there's no need to chop your hands, right? Is Fifth Master Zeng an idiot or has he had a bowel movement?"

I couldn't help cursing, even if I want to keep my second uncle around to do things, I have to have a limit!Don't you want to chop your hands?

The second uncle took a puff of his cigarette and fell into deep thought, as if recalling a past event.

"There are rules in the Tao. The master spends time teaching the apprentice, and the money earned within a few years must be given to the master, which is regarded as tuition fees."

"It takes five years to work in the trickster business, eight years in the pickpocket business, and two years in the others. The least is acrobatics, one year is enough."

"Second uncle, is there anything special about this? It sounds like there is a strict time limit?"

"It takes at least one year for the old man to become proficient in the industry, and one year to work in the gambling game. The remaining three years to make money and pay tuition are also proficiency."

I suddenly understood why Second Uncle was so sad. He must have paid the tuition for five years, but Zeng Wuye changed his mind and refused to let him go, so he threatened to chop his hands off!

At this moment, I can even imagine that many years ago, Zeng Wuye made a round of killing chickens to warn monkeys, and Heihu was the unlucky chicken that was killed!

"Then why does it take eight years for a thief? Is it so complicated to learn to steal? Isn't it just stealing a mobile phone wallet or something?"

Speaking of thieves is like a mouse crossing the street, no one wants to see people in this profession, and they are also the most hated!

"Actually, the three-handed trade is the easiest to learn and the easiest to achieve, but it's not easy to be a capable thief... Besides, many thieves were raised by godfathers since childhood, and they have the grace of nurturing."

As soon as the second uncle said it, I understood that petty theft is not difficult to learn, but there is a special feeling in it.

But I think it's more like coercion and lure not to let go, who would be willing to let go of a cash cow?

Fifth master Zeng wouldn't even let his second uncle go, let alone the three hands he raised since he was a child?

"In the business of thieves and thieves, many of them are father and son soldiers. Don't think that what they do can't be put on the table, but the relationship is more complicated than that in other businesses..."

(End of this chapter)