They are truly arrogant, committing such illegal robbery, yet they don't even bother to cover their faces.

The chief eunuch was helped off the carriage and onto the ground, still in shock, wondering who wanted to harm them, until this group of bandits appeared.

He narrowed his small eyes and sized up the people's shabby clothes: "Who are you?!"

The bandit glared fiercely and raised his knife: "If you know what's good for you, hand over all your valuables right now, or we'll kill you!"

Lord Li was shielded at the back. He straightened his hat and suddenly realized: "You are the bandits?!"

"Hahaha, brothers, they finally recognized which gang we belong to. Looks like they're still not very knowledgeable," the bandits mocked.

The chief eunuch angrily retorted, "Do you know who we are?"

He wanted to reveal his identity to intimidate and shock the other party, but he didn't expect that these bandits were completely unmoved and only cared about money.

"Who are you? Even if the King of Heaven himself is here, we dare to make a move. Stop talking nonsense and hurry up and take out your stuff, or your brothers will take action themselves and you'll be the first to suffer!" the bandit said fiercely.

"How dare you! How audacious!"

Even now, the chief eunuch still hasn't realized his predicament, and still thinks he's a high and mighty figure in the palace, being fawned over by everyone.

"You're the one who's being audacious!"

The bandit didn't tolerate him and immediately retorted with an even louder and fiercer shout.

Lord Liu quickly stepped forward and pulled the chief eunuch aside. After all, he was a treacherous official who had been involved in literary inquisitions, and his mind was usually sharp. He knew that at this moment, it was crucial not to provoke these desperate criminals. Since they were after money, the best solution was to give up their wealth to save their lives.

He gestured to the chief eunuch with his eyes, telling him not to act rashly. As the saying goes, a gentleman takes revenge even after ten years. This matter is not over yet. Sooner or later, they will make these bandits die without a burial place.

"It seems this gentleman is the one who knows what's good for him. It would have been better if he had done this earlier and obediently handed over all the money." Xing'an smiled and waved his hand. Their menacing expressions turned fierce as they all pulled out their weapons.

Now that most of their guards were injured, it would be extremely difficult for them to break through the encirclement. Lord Liu suppressed his anger and ordered his men to throw all the valuables in the carriage onto the ground.

However, the bandits were still not satisfied: "Where are yours?"

So, Lord Liu and his men gritted their teeth, took off their accessories and pendants, and threw them in front of them.

At this moment, Xing'an still seemed dissatisfied. His deep eyes, like inorganic snake pupils, circled around them, and he said with a smile, "Your clothes look quite valuable, so take them off as well."

What? !

Not only do they want money, but now they're even taking the clothes that cover their bodies!

This is absolutely outrageous!

The chief eunuch couldn't swallow this insult. How dare this mere country bandit bully and trample on our family?

He immediately cursed, "It's all because of women who are in power that we're causing trouble! Such a large military camp is firmly established here, yet you bandits are allowed to act so arrogantly!"

Having just arrived to save the day, she overheard the head eunuch spewing insults at her daughter: "..."

She knew it!

She knew that these people, when something happened, would never look for the cause within themselves, or address the issue objectively, acknowledging the root cause of the wrongdoing and the debtor of the problem.

They will take their anger out on others, blame others, resent others, and believe that everything is someone else's fault, that someone else is responsible, and now even gender can be considered a mistake!

"You won't take them off, huh? Then let us brothers help you!"

The bandits rubbed their hands together, their faces contorted with sarcasm, and prepared to attack.

Lord Liu and his men turned red with anger and resentment, retreating repeatedly. They even considered fighting to the death, which would be better than being stripped naked and utterly humiliated.

"etc!"

Zheng Quchi quickly stepped forward to stop him.

She arrived too late and failed to stop them from showing themselves. In the current situation, the two sides were clearly at odds, and she had already offended the Grand Eunuch and Lord Liu. Fortunately, there were no casualties.

Upon hearing the shout to stop, the bandits turned around with Xing'an and saw Xiao San, Xiao Qi, and the newcomer "Xiao Zheng" running over, panting heavily.

"Xiao Zheng" had a piece of cloth torn from her face to cover it, and she walked towards Xing'an in a furtive manner.

Xing'an was quite curious about her furtive appearance. He asked, "Waiting for what?"

The bandits didn't understand what she meant by suddenly appearing and shouting "Wait!"

"I have a few words I'd like to discuss with Brother Xing'an privately," Zheng Quchi said in a low voice.

Xing'an replied, "Can't you see I'm on important business? Whatever it is, we can talk about it later."

Zheng Quchi grabbed him and said with restraint, "It will be too late to talk about it later."

Xing'an seemed to understand something, and he glanced at the chief eunuch: "You rushed over here so urgently because of them?"

"No... I..." She didn't know how to explain for a moment.

The bandits frowned as they looked at Zheng Quchi, while the other group led by Lord Liu also scrutinized Zheng Quchi with suspicion and surprise.

It was a woman... I never imagined there would be a woman among the bandits!

Xing'an, however, advised her to give up: "We've come this far, there's no way I'm going to stop now."

"Stop now, there's still a chance to salvage the situation." She leaned closer to him, wanting to...

Tell him in a low voice about the other person's background and identity.

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