Because Odoaser and his retinue totaled more than 70 people, plus the more than 200 cavalry of the Skir cavalry who were sent to meet them, none of them returned, and the deputy commander in Monata did not wait for anyone until the evening, and it was getting late that day, so he did not send anyone to continue to look for him, and he thought that Odoasse and others were delayed on the road, so he continued to wait in the camp the next day, but the next night there was still no one to wait, at this time he was a little anxious, and personally led people to Belko overnight.

In the early morning of the third day, when the deputy commander led the men to the small village of Belko to look for them, and after inquiring with the villagers, they found the ambush of the fallen soldiers, and dug up the large pit where the corpses were buried, they were finally convinced that something had happened, all the two hundred cavalry who had come to meet them were killed, the horses were robbed, and their prince of the Skir tribe, the future king, the new commander of the Thousand Commanders, Odoase, was kidnapped, and his life and death were unknown!

Upon hearing this news, the deputy commander felt as if a catastrophe was coming, and he did not dare to delay, so he hurriedly sent someone to Cedika to report the situation to Edika, and he led his troops back to Monata to sit in the town, so as not to be taken advantage of.

"What do you say? Odoaser had been kidnapped, and all the men he had taken with him and the two hundred cavalry he had gone to meet him had been killed? Edika was shocked to hear the report from the man who had been sent, he was a tall, thin old man with a white beard.

"Yes, His Majesty the King!"

Edika's identity was not only the king of Skir, but also the Xiongnu Zuo Daduwei, who was called Zuo Dadu Lieutenant by officials within the Xiongnu Empire, but was called king within the Skir people.

Edika heard the news confirmed by the person on the other side. I only felt that my eyes were dark, and my head was dizzy, and I almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, the attendant next to him held him up.

A clan elder persuaded: "Your Majesty, the situation is still unclear, Your Majesty should not worry too much, I believe that His Royal Highness the Prince should not be in danger of life, otherwise the people who kidnapped him will not only kidnap him, but will kill him on the spot, and those people will only kill others." But they didn't move His Royal Highness the Prince, I think their purpose is not His Royal Highness, but you! ”

Now Edika kind of understood. "Me? Do you mean to say that those people want to use Odoase's security to threaten me in order to achieve their ends? ”

The clan elder nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty the King, think about it, who will use this method to threaten you recently?" ”

Edika immediately thought of who it was. It's a no-brainer. He blurted out, "I don't think anyone would do that except for the people sent from the north!" Lored just came here, he won't do this, and doing so will only force me against me, Modo, the old guy probably doesn't have this plan, and he and Lored wear the same pants, both of them are rough men, it is impossible to come up with such a solution. And Qin Dong in the east is even more impossible, he doesn't need to do this at all. I have no grievances with him, and there is no entanglement of interests, he can't be guilty of making enemies with me! ”

Edika's translation can be said to have counted all the forces within the control of the Xiongnu in the southeastern Balkan Peninsula, and it was also analyzed very thoroughly, and even the wise man of the clan elder had to admire him for being worthy of being the captain of the left for many years, and quickly analyzed the situation clearly, the clan elder did not speak, but this person's attitude was clear, and he agreed with the results of Edika's analysis.

At this time, the soldier who came to report the news took out several weapons, riding bows and arrows and handed them to Edika: "Your Majesty, you see, after searching and exhuming the bodies of those dead soldiers, we have also found in that village the weapons, riding bows and arrows that the enemy accidentally left there!" ”

Edika immediately took it and inspected them one by one, and soon he finished checking them, and handed them to the clan elder: "Look at which force's stuff this is."

In fact, Edika had already seen it, and handed it to the clan elder for inspection, just to be checked and confirmed by others.

After checking it, the clan elder raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, two of these things are used by Modo's army, and the others should be the weapons used by Enek's army!" ”

In this way, the problem arises, according to the inference of the two just now, this time the incident should have been done by the people of Enek in the north, but among the weapons left at the scene, there are Modo's standard weapons in the army, which makes it difficult to determine which force is doing it.

Edika asked, "What do you think, clan elder?" ”

"The old man thinks there are three possibilities, first, it was the people of Enek in the north who did it, and they deliberately put these two weapons belonging to Modo's military standard there, just to confuse the public, so that we don't know who did it. Second, Enek and Modo were both involved, Modo wanted to accuse His Royal Highness the Prince of making His Majesty the King have some scruples, so he learned that His Royal Highness the Prince was going to Monata to take office, so he sent someone to intercept it halfway, but this news was also known by Enek's people at the same time, and they also had the intention of kidnapping His Royal Highness the Prince to force His Majesty the King to commit the crime, so they also sent people to intercept His Royal Highness the Prince and his entourage, one of them failed, and the other side won completely, I speculate that Modo's people failed, and Enek's people won. Thirdly, it was Modo who did it, he already knew that Enek's people were in contact with His Majesty the King, so he wanted to blame Enek for this, and His Royal Highness actually accused him of it, and he did it because he knew your temper perfectly, you are a person who is not threatened, there are very few people who know your temper, Modo is one! However, there is also a possibility that some of Modo's men happened to be passing by there at that time and were discovered by Enek's people, and in order not to leak the news, they killed Modo's people to kill them, and these two things were left behind at that time."

Edika walked around as she listened, and when the clan elder finished speaking, she stopped and asked, "Which possibility does the clan elder prefer?" ”

"According to my speculation, the second possibility is the greatest, Modo, this old guy, don't look at his vulgar appearance, in fact, his mind is careful, now Lored is by his side, although the two are rough men, but they are not without wisdom, it is not impossible to think of this method, and only this explanation is logical."

Edika nodded, the clan elder's analysis is very reasonable, at this stage, before finding other new clues, only this explanation is the most reasonable, he said: "The clan elder said very reasonably, but it is too early to draw conclusions, anyway, the other party has kidnapped my son, then they must contact me to make their request!" It will depend on who it is, but it is not clear when they will be able to send someone to contact them, and it is really an ordeal to wait! ”

At this time, in Modo's mansion, Modo and Lored were also very anxious, it had been three days, and none of the two hundred daring people who were sent to intercept and kill halfway had returned, even if it was unsuccessful, someone had to come back to report the news, right? Could it be that those people, seeing that the task was not completed, were afraid of being severely punished and chose to go to the end of the world? This possibility is not impossible, so Modo and Lored are anxiously waiting for news together, and Modo has ordered the people hiding around Edika to pay close attention, as long as there is news, report it immediately, as long as there is news from there, then they can confirm whether the operation has been successful.

In the afternoon, news finally came, and when Modo and Lored heard the news that Odoaser had been kidnapped and taken away by another group, and that none of their two hundred dead had survived, they almost dislocated their jaws.

Lored asked, "Lord Modo, what do you say is going on?" This operation of our subordinates can be described as extremely secret, and ordinary people should not know this news, so whose men and horses are the other people? ”

The wrinkles on Modo's forehead wrinkled deeply, and he shook his head and said: "It's really hard to say, there are no other forces here except me, Edika, Qin Dong, and Enek in the north, but I can't say whether it was the Eastern Roman Empire, or the spies of the Western Roman Empire, but I tend to do it by Qin Dong or Enek's people!" ”

If Modo said that it was done by Enek's people, Lored still believed it a little, but Modo said that it was also possible that Qin Dong sent someone to do it, so he was a little unconvinced, "Lord Modo, this is impossible, right?" Although Qin Dong told me this method, it can't be that he did it, think about it, Qin Dong is in the same group as us, if he wants to do this kind of thing, he can't do it behind our backs and does it alone, if the two of us find out that he did it, then he didn't offend Edika and Enek, but also offended us, didn't he isolate himself like this? Qin Dong is a smart person, he can't be so stupid, right? ”

If it was someone else, Mo Duo really wouldn't doubt Qin Dong, but he had a deep understanding of Qin Dong, thinking that Qin Dong had a very vicious way to get rid of Vatur at the beginning, and later Ramado died unclear, he suspected that these things were related to Qin Dong, but these things Qin Dong did not conflict with his interests, so he ignored them.

Mo Duo thought that Qin Dong was always acting in a hurry, with a big grin, and a full reckless appearance, but in fact, everything he did was very purposeful, and ordinary people couldn't guess this guy's intentions, and it wasn't until after the incident that he suddenly realized.

Therefore, Mo Duo has enough reason to believe that this incident is likely to be related to Qin Dong, maybe this guy has been brewing for a long time.

Mo Duo snorted: "Lord Lored, don't be deceived by Qin Dong's appearance, this little thing is not only very ghostly, but also vicious, I am not completely sure that he did it now, as for whether he did it or not, my lord, I think you would invite him over in your name to ask?" When the time comes, we will observe his expression and then make a judgment? ”

Lored weighed it, and finally decided to agree with Mo Duo's suggestion, "Okay, just invite Qin Dong in my name, but you can't use this name, the current Qin Dong is not a little centurion!" (To be continued......)