The court lackeys of the eight-hour workday

Chapter 27 Longevity and Longsight
Plum Blossom Thief.

To be honest, Li Miao was not impressed by this name.

If he hadn't heard it mentioned repeatedly, he wouldn't have remembered the name at all.

He only remembered that fifteen years ago, he accepted Zhu Zai's errand and went to a place to kill people. After killing for half a night, he met a young man with a feminine face in a room.

Li Miao stepped forward and slashed him with a sword. He failed to dodge and almost died at Li Miao's hands.

Later, this man dodged Li Miao in a panic and escaped using his lightness skills.

This person was not an important figure and had no reputation. That day, there were many masters rushing to kill him where Li Miao was, so he had no time to chase an unimportant person.

I just took a look at his fleeing figure and memorized his light Kung Fu skills and the plum blossom-shaped birthmark on the back of his neck.

This is also the reason why Li Miao could recognize this man's lightness skill today but could not recognize Zhao Dehua's claw skill, because Li Miao had never fought with him before. He just blocked it, failed, and then ran for his life.

Later, this young man committed several crimes while on the run, and because of the plum blossom birthmark on the back of his neck, he was called the "Plum Blossom Thief".

Later, this man disappeared for two years, probably because he was afraid of being hunted down by the Jinyiwei. However, he was accidentally found by the Jinyiwei during a major case and died.

The body was sent to Shuntian Prefecture, and after inspection by a special person, it was confirmed to be the Plum Blossom Thief himself.

This is the end of this man's story.

So Li Miao was very surprised. This man had no reputation back then, and his martial arts skills were not that good. His death was even more hasty. If Li Miao really wanted to evaluate him, he was just a "little scoundrel".

How come he ran into two people related to him in succession, as if he was the mastermind behind everything.

"Plum Blossom Thief?"

When the man in night clothes heard Li Miao's question, he hesitated, searched his memory for a moment, and shook his head.

"I've never heard of this name, Senior."

Seeing that he was not pretending, Li Miao asked again, "How did you acquire your inner strength and lightness skills?"

"Senior, my name is You Ziang. I have always been a 'gentleman on the beam'."

"Five years ago, I found a wealthy family in Beizhili and went to their house to take some money. I found two secret books in the study."

"I took one book on internal skills and one book on light skills. Later, I practiced them myself and found that they were just right for me, so I have been practicing them until now."

"I really have nothing to do with that Plum Blossom Thief. If you have a grudge against him, I'll tell you where the rich man lives and you can go find him."

"I'm just a thief. You can see that I don't know how to fight. My only skill is Qinggong. I never hurt anyone, and I don't have the ability to hurt anyone. I stole the martial arts by accident, so I don't know that Plum Blossom Thief at all!"

"If you want to put the blame on me, then I am really innocent!"

You Ziang kept begging for mercy, and his face was full of grievance as he spoke.

After hearing this, Li Miao originally planned to arrest this man and hand him over to Wang Hai for trial.

But You Ziang lowered his head, and a small mark was revealed on the back of his neck which was originally covered by his clothes.

Li Miao's pupils shrank slightly, and he stepped forward and pulled the back of You Ziang's collar.

On the back of his neck, there was clearly a blurry plum-shaped birthmark!
"Senior?"

You Ziang felt his clothes suddenly pulled down and shuddered. He thought to himself that he often walked among wealthy families and had always heard that important people often had "Longyang love". Today he actually ran into one!
Why bother doing this? If I had known this would happen, I would never have come to the Wu Mansion to steal money even if I starved to death!
Li Miao looked at the birthmark carefully, grabbed You Ziang's hand, and took his pulse.

"Bone structure...he is only in his twenties. When I met Plum Blossom Bandit fifteen years ago, he was already in his twenties. The age doesn't match."

"Kung Fu..."

"What is this?" Li Miao let go of You Ziang's hand and laughed.

"Interesting, interesting!"

"Back then I thought he was just an insignificant idiot, but I didn't expect he was a talented person with ideas!"

He used his true Qi to enter You Ziang's body, trying to find the path of the Plum Blossom Thief's internal energy.

This internal skill is pretty good, and can barely be considered advanced.

But what is really noteworthy about this internal skill is that when the true Qi runs to the three acupoints of "Fengfu", "Yamen" and "Dazhui" at the back of the head, it deliberately turns a corner, so that the true Qi is stagnant and does not dissipate.

Although it will not cause any harm to the practitioner, it will leave bruises under the skin over time.

And this blood clot will leave a plum blossom pattern on the back of the neck!

The Plum Blossom Thief was nicknamed because of the plum blossom-shaped birthmark on the back of his neck.

In other words, all those who practice the Plum Blossom Thief's internal skills will automatically become the successors of the name "Plum Blossom Thief"!
The world is like the tide and people are like water, the old are replaced by the new.

The martial arts world is passed down from generation to generation. There will always be someone who becomes the hero with a great reputation throughout the world, and there will always be someone who becomes the devil with a bad reputation throughout the martial arts world.

But no matter how brilliant and righteous you are, or how many evil deeds you have done, making the whole world tremble with fear, as long as you die, you will be completely forgotten within 20 to 30 years.

The world is like this, people are just grains of sand in it, occasionally leaving a trace that will soon disappear with the end of their lives.

But this Plum Blossom Thief chose another path.

Li Miao's true energy followed the trajectory of You Ziang's internal energy, and he seemed to be able to hear the young man with the feminine face talking.

"I don't have the aptitude to become a top-notch expert, and I can't make a name for myself in this martial world."

"I am obviously extremely talented and have a great understanding. But I am limited by my physique, so I have to be compared with some mediocre people. I live a mediocre life and die quietly."

"There may not be many people in this world who know that I have been here."

"I can not be reconciled."

"I can not be reconciled……"

"I can not be reconciled!"

"My body is nothing but a pile of flesh and blood, my face will be nothing but food for flies after I die, and no one knows my name."

"It does not matter."

"I want everyone, and this world, to remember my name forever."

"Plum Blossom Thief!"

Li Miao understood why the Plum Blossom Thief was hunted by the Jinyiwei back then, and why he deliberately committed crimes and did not hide his most important characteristics, thus earning the name of "Plum Blossom Thief".

He did it on purpose.

He wanted everyone to remember the plum blossom pattern, and then distribute his unique internal skills to everyone.

In this way, even if he died, all those who practiced his internal skills would inherit his characteristics and become his substitutes. As long as he made a name for himself in the martial arts world, people would think of the "Plum Blossom Thief" when they saw the mark on the back of his neck.

This was his plan, his plan to leave a mark in this world.

Another form of longevity.

(End of this chapter)