From eunuch to emperor

More than 20 people rode up to surround Long Chen and blocked Long Chen in front of the cliff. The horses beside him were very nervous, making noises incessantly, and their four hooves stomped restlessly on the ground.

"Are you the businessman during the day? Did you kill our brother?"

"Where's your accomplice? There are a dozen of them, why are you the only one left?"

"Stand up and speak for me!"

The thieves were very aggressive, the knives in their hands reflected the fire, and all of them had hideous faces.

Long Chen sat on the ground, slowly picking up stones in his hands, and said with a smile: "Are you talking about those people during the day?"

The bandits snapped and said, "Yes, it is in the west of Guancheng during the daytime."

Long Chen smiled and asked, "Have you all brought water?"

The bandits were confused by Long Chen's question.

They were asking whether Long Chen killed the bearded man, but Long Chen asked them if they had brought water?What does it mean?

"Do you still want to ask us for water?"

A bandit soldier moved forward with a knife, pointed at Long Chen and sneered.

Long Chen smiled, and said: "Yes, I'm not familiar with this place, I can't find the water source, so I can only find a way from you."

Isn't it a coincidence that these people come to your door when you are worried about running out of water?

"Hahaha, did you hear that, he wants to ask us for water."

"I want to drink your blood!"

"Kill him!"

The bandit soldier rushing to the front suddenly raised his knife and slashed down, a stone flew out from Long Chen's hand, hitting the bandit soldier's eye precisely.

The stone was so powerful that the thief's eyeballs exploded instantly.

"what!"

The bandit screamed, and seeing this, the other bandits rushed up immediately, slashing at Long Chen with their knives.

Long Chen dodged the chaotic knife, the stones in his hand kept flying out, and the bandits screamed one after another.

The scene was chaotic, it was impossible for Long Chen to hit everyone in the eye, but there was no problem with hitting the face.

The bandit soldiers were screamed again and again after being beaten by stones, Long Chen picked up a knife and quickly shuttled through the crowd.

Within a few breaths, more than 20 bandit soldiers all fell off their horses, some were dead, and some were still moaning.

Long Chen held the saber, one by one, beheading them all.

After killing the people, Long Chen collected the water bags, he had enough water to drink, and there was still enough water to feed the horses.

"Come on, have a drink, it's been a hard day."

Long Chen took the water bag to feed the war horses, and took out the dry rations of the bandit soldiers to feed the war horses.

There were too many corpses around, so Long Chen rode west to find another place to rest.

That night, I spent the night in the Gobi Desert.

When the morning light was twilight the next day, facing the cool morning breeze, Long Chen got on his horse and continued westward.

After another day of driving, Long Chen arrived outside Xingqing City.

This is the third time I have come to Xingqing City, and there are obviously fewer pedestrians outside the city.

The defense in the city has been strengthened a lot, the imperial guards are patrolling back and forth, and the policemen and plainclothes of Jingzhao Mansion are mixed in the crowd, as if guarding against thieves.

"Treasurer Dragon."

Zhe Er came over with a smile and saluted Long Chen.

Feng He sent a message to Zhe Er, asking him to meet Long Chen.

Zhe'er waited outside the city every day, and finally saw him today.

"Treasurer Cao."

Zhe'er's alias was Cao Fu, so Long Chen called him Shopkeeper Cao.

"Does Shopkeeper Long have a place to stay?"

Zhe Er led the horse for Long Chen, Long Chen got off the horse, and said with a smile: "I was thinking of staying at Shopkeeper Cao."

Zhe Er smiled and said: "It's the best, please, Shopkeeper Long."

Zhe'er led Long Chen to walk in, and when they reached the gate of the city, the soldiers stopped the two for questioning.

"Shopkeeper Cao, who is this person? I've never seen him before."

The soldiers guarding the city gate looked at Long Chen carefully, feeling strange.

Zhe Er smiled and said: "Master Jun, this is a regular customer in my shop, and he specializes in collecting goji berries and cistanche."

When the soldier heard that goji berries were being collected, he immediately asked, "What's the price?"

Long Chen laughed and said: "Look at your goji berry, top grade is a hundred Wen a catty, middle grade is fifty Wen a catty, low quality, not many people buy it, so I won't accept it."

Zhe Er smiled and said: "This shopkeeper specially collects them and sells them to high-ranking officials and nobles. The military master also has goji berries at home?"

The soldier was a little embarrassed, and said: "There are goji berries at home, but the appearance may not be very good."

Long Chen understood what the soldier meant in seconds, and said, "Master Jun, I'll accept the goji berries in your house no matter what, it's just the price..."

When the soldier heard that he was willing to accept it, he immediately said: "It doesn't matter, the appearance is not good, just give me less money."

Long Chen immediately said: "Thank you, Mr. Jun, for taking care of the small business. The small one will live in Manager Cao's Inn."

The soldier said happily: "Okay, I will send it after I pick it."

Long Chen was worried about causing unnecessary troubles, so he whispered in a low voice: "Master Jun, I only accept yours, don't talk about others."

Long Chen is going to go to the palace to hang out, if this soldier tells other people to come and sell wolfberries to him, it will be very troublesome.

The soldier immediately said: "Don't worry, you will never tell anyone."

It is most comfortable to eat alone and make a fortune in silence. Of course, soldiers will not take the initiative to tell others.

Long Chen bowed and said: "That's it, the little one first thanked Lord Jun."

The soldier laughed and said, "Where are you talking, please."

Long Chen and Zhe'er walked in, and just after entering the city, they saw a group of well-armored cavalry approaching, led by a man in bright yellow clothes, in his early 20s.

Behind him was a general, Zhou Hao, the commander of the imperial army.

"This is the second prince, Shi Yuncheng. Now the imperial army in the city is under his command, and the servants of Jingzhao Mansion are also under his control."

"I heard that this is Shi Le's order from the king, in order to prevent my lord from sneaking into the king's city again."

Zhe Er explained in a low voice, Long Chen said in surprise: "How did Shi Le know that I was coming?"

Zhe Er smiled, and said in a low voice: "This...the adults have to ask Shi Le, how would the young ones know?"

It has to be said that Shi Le and Long Chen had a good understanding, and they guessed that Long Chen was coming.

But Long Chen was muttering in his heart: This Shi Le knows that I'm coming, will he set up a trap in the city, waiting for Lao Tzu to get into it?

"Step aside!"

The forbidden army yelled at him sharply, and the pedestrians retreated one after another.

Ahead, a few ragged little beggars were begging, and the imperial guards picked up their whips and whipped them.

crackle!

The whip fell, and the little beggar was beaten with blood all over his face.

The little beggar dropped the broken bowl in his hand and ran away with his head in his arms.

Shi Yuncheng's overbearing and fierceness caused a wave of dissatisfaction, but no one dared to say it.

After Shi Haoran left, Shi Le's king's orders arrived, and Shi Yuncheng took control of the soldiers and horses in the king's city, and became ruthless in his actions.

Beating a few little beggars is considered light. Yesterday, because they bumped into their mounts, the whole family was beaten to death in the street.

When the royal family kills, no one can control them, and when the people die, they die.

Any justice must have executors, if no one can punish, then justice is empty talk.

The royal family stood on the top floor, overlooking the livelihood of the people, and no one could punish them at all.

They murder and set fire to all kinds of crimes, but no one can control them. As for the Buddha, that is a lie.

Even after they killed someone, no one was allowed to talk about it, and the people in the world would never know that the government would clean up the ground for them.

There is no fairness and justice in a world made up of people.

Shi Yuncheng walked through the street under the guard of the imperial army, and pedestrians backed away one after another, bowing their heads in salute.

When the people passed by, Long Chen immediately bought a dozen meat buns, walked in front of the little beggar, knelt down, and handed the buns to the little beggar.

"Thank you sir."

The little beggar didn't care that his face was still bleeding, so he picked up the bun and gnawed it.

Long Chen felt sad, but Zhe Er said: "My lord, there are so many beggars like Xingqing City, we can't handle it."

Long Chen sighed slightly, of course he knew he couldn't handle it.

"It turns out that I heard that Shi Yuncheng is a good man, quite virtuous, and has a reputation in the court. How could he act like this?"

I heard before that Shi Yuncheng is very kind to the people, and the government and the public have a good opinion of him, but today he beats people in the street, and he is so arrogant and domineering, which really makes people puzzled.

Zhe Er shook his head and sneered, "It's just for others to see. In the past, there were Shi Le, Shi Haoran, and Kong Ji in the royal city, so naturally they had to pretend to be good people."

"In the current Wangcheng, Shi Yuncheng is the only one who dominates, so he is naturally domineering."

It turned out to be a disguise, which is not surprising.

"Let's go."

Long Chen shook his head and smiled, and returned to the inn with Zhe Er, and entered the guest room on the second floor.

After closing the door, Long Chen asked: "Is there any clue?"