When Shi Yi thinks about Xianyu, someone always comes to disturb her.

Now only I can be directly related to the army.

Although he was worried about Weidong's involvement in the royal fight, he also knew clearly that Weidong should not have the conditions to participate.

My suspicion is just in case!

Weidong has told himself about his life and past. Neither his experience nor his time is comparable to those ambitious people.

He knows the royal family's details best because he is a prince himself.

Or he is the Si Dian who helps his elder brother secretly supervise those troublesome princes.

The position of Si Dian was an institution specially established to monitor the princes after the new emperor ascended the throne. He was the first Si Dian.

Because this was the first time the position was established, there was no experience to draw on on how to monitor the illegal behavior of the princes, so Prince Dongshan had to figure it out on his own, and there were still many shortcomings.

It can be said that the current Si Dian only has a vague framework. What to do specifically depends on the personal wishes of King Dongsha. However, he is a person who is not willing to take the initiative to cause trouble, so Si Dian is now in a half-dead state.

As for why the emperor appointed him as the chief eunuch, it was probably because Prince Dongshan was the least threatening and the least conspicuous among all the princes.

So the prince would not be on guard against King Dongshan.

Only by taking others by surprise can you know information that they don't know and find out things that others cannot find out. Unfortunately, King Dongshan is not a diligent person.

I don't know whether he was being lazy unintentionally or on purpose.

The emperor did not blame him, probably because he did not want to take any real action against his brother.

King Dongshan himself was not a kind-hearted person. Whenever he found court officials who had unusual connections with the princes, he would personally lead people to clear them out. He had been killing people since he had just reached adulthood.

However, the knife points at outsiders. He has not and is unwilling to take action against his own brothers, even though few of these brothers really have brotherly feelings for him.

His hands were stained with the blood of many people, but he never cared.

His belief was that no one could try to undermine the legal principles of the court, not even a blood relative of the royal family. As long as the crime was verified, he would report it to the emperor, and his brother would make the final judgment.

He is such a contradictory person. On the one hand, he does not have much brotherhood towards his brothers, but on the other hand, he is unwilling to become a direct enemy of them.

Maybe they say they don't care about family affection, but deep down they really want to be recognized and loved by their family.

The one fighting now is Xie Jiu. There is no King Dongshan here. He wants to seek justice for himself and Weidong. Revenge is something that should be taken as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late.

In a blink of an eye, Xie Jiu had already exchanged dozens of moves with the horse bandit. He jumped and chopped down fiercely from top to bottom, and the caravan's goose-feather knife cut the horse bandit's sword in half.

The knife tip cut a long gash from the bandit's left chest to his right abdomen, and blood immediately soaked his clothes.

The horse bandit was knocked to the ground and he used the broken knife as a crutch to support his upper body and barely managed to stay standing.

Xie Jiu said hoarsely: "Where did you get the news? Who asked you to ambush?"

The bandit looked at him sideways, as if he was a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, and did not say a word.

Xie Jiu gave a flying kick, and the broken knife of the horse bandit was kicked away. The horse bandit was also kicked three or four meters away. Xie Jiu held the knife and stared at the horse bandit with a gloomy face.

Walking towards him step by step, "Tell me the truth and I'll give you a quick death, otherwise I'll make sure you can neither live nor die!"

The bandit spat out a mouthful of blood foam and laughed. He said, "Even if you want to know, I won't tell you!" My main point is that I will be happy if I don't let you get what you want.

Xie Jiu didn't waste any more words. When he got close to him, the tip of the Yanling knife instantly pierced into the horse bandit's thigh. The horse bandit's eyes widened and he screamed: "Ah..."

The guards in front of Ye Qingfeng clicked their tongues: "Tsk tsk... so cruel! This bastard is also so cruel, he is still looking for trouble when he is about to die. Why provoke him?"

Ye Qingfeng laughed and swayed the dogtail grass in his mouth. He saw a few injured but not dead bandits on the ground and said to the people around him:

"Go find a few tongues and interrogate them separately. If he wants to know, just ask him. This matter is a bit unusual."

The young guard responded and took the surviving bandits away with his men. Soon, screams were heard. Ye Qingfeng shook his head and complained: "You still have the nerve to say that others are ruthless!"

Xie Jiu stepped on the wound and twisted it hard. The bandit trembled all over in pain, and the flesh on his face twitched. He gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words: "I... say..."

Xie Jiu lifted his foot and put it down, then stood and looked at the bandit, waiting for his explanation.

The bandit took a breath and said, "If I tell you that a herdsman told me this, would you believe it?"

Xie Jiu didn't say anything, but there was an expression of "I don't believe it" on his face.

The bandit lost his previous courage. He realized that this caravan didn't care about his life or death and was not afraid of killing people! He could only admit defeat, and at the same time, he hated the person who gave him the news.

He confessed: “The herdsman was captured by my men accidentally. He was afraid that we would kill him, so he said he could tell us some useful information in exchange for his life.

As soon as I saw that he didn't have much money to gain, I agreed. He told me that a large caravan would be returning via this road in the next few days and asked me to just wait here.

There are many people in our village, and it is not often that we can have a big deal to get enough food and supplies. He said that you not only have a herd of horses, but also a whole caravan of gems, gold, silver, silk, spices and other good things.

So I was tempted and sent someone to follow him to your caravan to check it out. What he said was almost exactly the same as your actual situation. Who wouldn’t be jealous of such a large caravan?”

Xie Jiu asked: "Where is that herdsman?"

The bandit leader said disdainfully: "He ran away."

Xie Jiu: "Who are you? How do you know the sword fighting techniques used in the army?"

The bandit leader suddenly raised his head in shock, looked at Xie Jiu and asked: "How do you know that is..."

Xie Jiu impatiently took out his knife and tried to make another hole in his throat, but the bandit quickly stopped him:

"Hey, I say, I say..."

This man had a very quick temper, and the bandit didn't want to be stabbed a few more times, so he confessed everything.

He was not originally from here. He was a soldier from the border town, but unfortunately he was involved in a fight between big shots. All his brothers died, but he was lucky enough to be seriously injured but not die, and escaped by falling into a ditch.

He knew that the border town soldiers could not go back, so he ran away and went to the grassland to make a living. As a Han Chinese with no money and no support, he suffered a lot on the grassland.

When pushed to the limit, there is nothing I dare not do.