A burly, armored man with a scarred face and a bald head climbed onto the roof, his expression fierce and irritable.
These three men were Yang Sheng's former subordinates in the martial arts world, and they followed him to the imperial court to become constables in the Bureau of Crackdown on Thieves.
The handsome and effeminate one is named Yin Wuxie, and he is unparalleled in lightness skill and swordsmanship.
The woman with a stunning figure is named Ye Meiniang, and she is skilled in poison and hidden weapons.
The last burly man was named Chen Da. Although he was reckless, he was born with superhuman strength.
Yang Sheng stared at the group of people fighting and said calmly, "Is it carefree and happy to be a king of a mountain? That depends on the time."
In these chaotic times, who can we rob? The major martial arts sects or those warlords and rebels?
The thirty-six major bandits in the Central Plains swept away more than 100,000 people; that's what you call ruling the mountains.
Don't be naive. Now that you've entered the imperial court, you must follow its rules.
However, you're right about one thing: we can't keep feeling so stifled.
They learned both literary and martial arts, and then sold themselves to the emperor.
Even if we were to sell our skills, we'd get a good price for them.
The head of the Bureau of Crackdown on Theft is the Prefect of the Capital, and that old fellow himself looks timid and doesn't dare to offend anyone, let alone protect us.
So we should probably consider changing our boss.
These guys are so arrogant, their backgrounds must be quite impressive, right?
Yin Wuxie said in a deep voice: "One group is the retainers of the Eighth Prince, and the other group is the guards of Grand Tutor Cai's mansion."
The last wave should be the Imperial Guards under the command of Grand Eunuch Han.
Yang Sheng had a general understanding of the various situations and important figures in the capital.
The Eighth Prince is the current emperor's uncle, but he is only a few years older than the emperor.
Because the late emperor died young, the Eighth Prince always thought he could become emperor, succeeding his brother, but he never expected to be criticized and ousted by a group of civil officials.
However, because the Empress Dowager was still alive and the Eighth Prince was extremely favored by her, he always acted arrogantly and outrageously, and had many retainers under his command.
Grand Tutor Cai is a powerful minister of the court, representing half of the civil officials in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The guards of the Grand Tutor's mansion are all masters of martial arts.
The Grand Eunuch Han was the emperor's confidant. The Imperial Guard was nominally responsible for the security of the imperial city, but in reality, it had some of the characteristics of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
Yang Sheng squinted and said, "These three are all powerful and influential figures. No matter which one you follow, your situation will be better than ours."
"If I help one side drive away the other two, that will be my pledge of loyalty."
"So, boss, whose side should we choose to help?"
Chen Da was somewhat excited and couldn't wait to make a move.
Their job as thieves-catching officers is really frustrating.
Nominally, they were in charge of maintaining order in the capital, but in reality, they dared not touch this or arrest that, and could only deal with petty thieves.
"It's better to offer help in times of need than to add flowers to brocade. Of course, we should help the weakest! Let's do it!"
At Yang Sheng's command, the four men leaped from the rooftop and charged into the battle.
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