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

"Ajiu, if you can't finish writing the two long characters the teacher left, you are not allowed to come back from Wei Dong's house, otherwise I will not spare you with my stick. Humph..."

King Dongshan: All right! Next time you come, you must bring two large-character pieces.

If only Weidong really lived next door, he would really like to stay at Weidong’s house and not come back, and even sleep in Weidong’s bed. How great!

Xie Jiuniang shouted loudly: "Did you hear that?"

King Dongshan answered in an unnatural low voice: "I heard it." Then he left angrily.

then……

The housekeeper was speechless when he saw his prince bending over and half-crouching at the door to peeking.

Which prince doesn't care about his image so much?

No eyes to see, no eyes to see!

Housekeeper: Oh my God, my prince has been possessed by evil spirits. He has changed so much that I, an old servant, dare not recognize him.

King Dongshan saw that Xie Jiuniang stopped making a fuss and sat obediently in the yard. The maid brought her food and served her, and she ate with relish.

That’s right, I’ve never heard of any madman dying of starvation.

He was finally relieved.

He stood up straight and straightened his clothes. He was the elegant King of Dongshan again. He went back to his main courtyard to rest.

This day has been very busy for him.

Housekeeper: Which temple is effective? He wants to burn some incense and worship Buddha...very urgent.

On the second day, Lou Ding brought a young man to the Dongshan Palace.

Lou Ding: "Twelfth Prince, this is Xie Qi."

Xie Qi knelt on one knee: "Greetings, Twelfth Prince." This is the standard way of greeting for secret guards.

King Dongshan looked at Xie Qi. He was a martial artist with a very good figure, bulging muscles, and was slightly taller than himself.

He doesn't look like Xie Jiu at all, and naturally doesn't look like himself either.

Thinking back to Xie Bian's appearance, neither Xie Jiu nor Xie Qi in front of him looked like him at all.

Xie Qi has a lean and strong figure, with clear facial features, cold and sharp eyes, and thick and long eyebrows.

His hair was neatly tied back, simple and capable. He was wearing a black tights that perfectly outlined his agile figure.

It seems that he should be an excellent secret guard.

Xie Qi knelt on the ground. He didn't hear the prince's voice for a long time. He felt uneasy, wondering whether the prince wanted to keep him.

King Dongshan looked at him for a while and asked him to stand up.

Looking at Xie Qi in front of him, he couldn't help but ask:

"Xie Qi, there is a secret guard named Xie Jiu beside me. Is he your brother?"

Xie Qi's face didn't waver at all: "To answer your question, Your Majesty, probably."

King Dongshan raised his eyebrows: "Maybe?"

Xie Qi: "Your Highness, Xie Jiu never talks to us. He always keeps to himself. He has never called us brother."

So it is [probably], after all, only Xie Bian knows about this kind of thing.

King Dongshan: "What is your relationship with the other brothers of the Xie family?"

Xie Qi lowered his head: "Your Highness, we are not close, we just know each other."

King Dongshan: "Why? Shouldn't we take care of each other?"

Xie Qi replied in a serious tone:

"Your Highness, we cannot go on missions together. We cannot look after each other normally. When we were in the Secret Guard Division, Deputy Envoy Xie would not allow us to be together. He always transferred us away."

He called Xie Bian "Deputy Envoy Xie" instead of "Dad".

King Dongshan: "Did Deputy Envoy Xie really assign you to do a particularly dangerous mission?"

Xie Qi's brows moved involuntarily, but he didn't say anything.

Lou Ding sighed and answered for him:

"Your Highness, you don't know that Xie Qi almost didn't make it back this time. Fortunately, he never slacked off in his martial arts training, so he managed to come back alive."

King Dongshan: "Was this mission also assigned by Xie Bian?" He did not ask about the content of the mission. The mission of the secret guards is not allowed to be revealed to anyone. This is the rule.

Lou Ding: "Your Highness, it was arranged by him. Although this mission is difficult, as long as the team is well-coordinated and the support is timely, we can achieve a full retreat.

But... Deputy Envoy Xie privately changed the time for the pick-up personnel and delayed it by an hour. Xie Qi was not picked up in time and almost died in the mission. His injury has not yet fully healed. "

King Dongshan was very puzzled. Is there really someone who would use his own child as a stepping stone for the sake of his future?

Is it biological?

So, when Xie Jiu went on a business trip with him, did Xie Bian also do anything?

King Dongshan asked Lou Ding:

"Who arranged the list of secret guards and their missions when I went out last time?"

In addition to the secret guards and shadows around him, there were also secret guards assigned by the Secret Guard Department. What he asked, of course, was who arranged the secret guards of the Secret Guard Department.

Lou Ding: "Your Majesty, I arranged this."

King Dongshan: "Who in your secret guard department knows our route?"

Lou Ding was shocked. The prince asked this because he suspected that someone had revealed his route of action?

Lou Ding: "Your Highness, all personnel above the level of team leader in the Secret Guard Department can be informed, because they need to dispatch personnel and arrange the pick-up route, etc."

King Dongshan: "Someone is here to pick me up? How come I don't know?"

Lou Ding was silent for a moment before he said, "They are all missing. None of the people who were supposed to pick them up have returned. So far, no one or their bodies have been found."

King Dongshan: "Chief Lou, your secret guard department should also conduct a self-examination. If there is a traitor, the consequences will be disastrous."

Lou Ding: “Yes!” In fact, after learning that Prince Dongshan was in trouble, the emperor ordered an investigation to begin, but no suspect has been found so far.

But it was not convenient to tell Wang Ming of Dongshan about these things, so he did not mention them.

King Dongshan glanced at Xie Qi and said, "Leave him here for now."

Lou Ding: "Yes, this is Xie Qi's brand." He handed it to King Dongshan with both hands.

Xie Jiu had also had this kind of badge. It was the identity badge of their secret guards, equivalent to an ordinary person's indenture.

Lou Ding: "The Emperor has asked you to pick a few more secret guards. Do you want to choose them yourself, or do you want me to..."

King Dongshan smiled at Lou Ding and said, "You can choose. I trust your judgment."

He knew about this matter, and the leader of the imperial guards, Wu Yanqing, had already contacted him and selected a team of guards to send to him.

Lou Ding took the order and left. Before leaving, he left behind a confession from Xie Bian. There was only one line of words on it, which was the location of Xie Jiu's grave.

Xie Qi was the only one left standing in the study.

King Dongshan: "Xie Qi, is there anyone else in your family?"

Xie Qi raised his eyes to look at King Dongshan, then quickly returned his gaze to the ground in front of him:

"My Lord, I... don't have a home."

King Dongshan: "Oh? Why?"

Xie Qi: "My mother was just a maid, a slave bought into the Xie Mansion. She died of a dystocia and heavy bleeding when she gave birth to me. She has been in the secret guard department since I can remember."

Such a young child was thrown into the secret guard department for training. How cruel must the person be?

King Dongshan: "Didn't Xie Bian let you go back to Xie Mansion?" After asking this, he felt that he had asked a stupid question.