"Why are the Imperial Guards here coming to us?" Cao Dong asked.
"It looks like the person who came here is evil!"
Luo Lan frowned slightly.
Because of the relationship between Jin Feng and the Ninth Princess, the escorts of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau have a high prestige in the capital.
Not only do ordinary people respect them, but the Imperial Guards will also show courtesy to them when they see them.
Many restaurants and brothels even have discounts for escorts.
At this time, the group of forbidden soldiers who arrived were not only fully armed, but also blocked the front and back doors of the escort office as soon as they arrived.
Luo Lan had a delicate mind and instinctively sensed that something was wrong.
Seeing Cao Dong preparing to go downstairs, he reminded in a low voice: "Brother Cao, there is something fishy about these forbidden troops. Please be careful."
"What's so strange?" Cao Dong asked.
"The Forbidden Army usually patrols the streets and does not wear heavy armor, and only those who are corps commanders and above can carry swords, while others can only use short sticks. But look at them, they all wear heavy armor and carry long contradiction cards.
, this is a posture for war!"
Luo Lan pointed downstairs and said: "And as soon as they came, they blocked our front and back doors, and also posted people to guard the outside of the wall. This is completely to attack us."
"Such a big thing happened in the palace. They must be anxious, so they have such a big battle."
Cao Dong didn't take it seriously and said: "Sister Luo Lan, you are too nervous. Why are the Forbidden Army attacking us?"
Luo Lan thought about it, and then nodded and said nothing.
"Sister Luo Lan, I'm going to meet them. I just want to ask what's going on in the palace?"
Cao Dong confessed and walked down the stairs.
Luo Lan originally wanted to continue asking about the warehouse, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw two more groups of forbidden troops turning the corner and heading straight for the escort agency.
Luo Lan felt even more uneasy, and was about to follow Cao Dong down to hear what the imperial army had to say, when a middle-aged man hurried upstairs.
After Han Feng left the capital, the Zhongming Group was temporarily handed over to Luo Lan. Later, Luo Lan heard someone talking behind his back that he was in charge of both the Chamber of Commerce and the Zhongming Group and had too much power. For the sake of internal stability, Luo Lan said that the Chamber of Commerce was too busy.
For reasons, he took the initiative to write to Tang Xiaobei and asked Tang Xiaobei to arrange for others to manage the Zhongming Group.
This middle-aged man named Zhou Yuan was the person in charge of the Bell Ringing Group sent by Tang Xiaobei to take over the capital, and he had only taken office not long ago.
"Brother Zhou, is something wrong?"
Seeing Zhou Yuan, Luo Lan's uneasiness worsened.
"Miss Luo Lan, a little girl came over just now and said that she had something extremely important to see you and Camp Commander Cao. The brother guarding the door heard that you and Camp Commander Cao were discussing urgent matters here, so he took her over to me.
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Zhou Yuan said quickly: "This person is said to be the palace maid of Huanyi Palace and the secret agent of the Ninth Princess in the palace. Just now, a powerful insider found her and gave her a package, asking her to deliver it to us as quickly as possible.
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"What's in the package?" Luo Lan asked quickly.
"A letter, and..." Zhou Yuan looked around carefully and pulled Luo Lan to a place where no one was around: "There is also a jade seal!"
After saying that, he took out a fist-sized jade seal from his pocket.
Even though Luo Lan was mentally prepared, she was still so frightened that her face turned pale.
This jade seal was carved by the emperor who was the first to pacify the tribes in the Central Plains and establish the Central Plains Dynasty more than a thousand years ago. To a certain extent, it is a symbol of the legitimacy of the Central Plains emperor.
Every order issued by Chen Ji and every imperial decree sent out must be stamped with a jade seal to take effect.
There was a particularly chaotic period in the history of the Central Plains. At that time, the world was in chaos, and those who claimed to be kings were everywhere like crucian carp crossing the river.
Whether or not there is a jade seal has become one of the important criteria for whether the emperor is legitimate.
Whoever gets the jade seal can declare to the outside world that he has been favored by God and is the destined son of heaven, referred to as the emperor.
"Why did this palace maid steal the jade seal? And send it to us?" Luo Lan panicked at that time.
The jade seal has always been the emperor's most important item, and it is also the inverse scale of all emperors. Whoever touches it will die.
Chen Ji does rely heavily on Jin Feng, but if he dares to get his hands on the jade seal, Chen Ji will definitely fight him to the death.
"Brother Zhou, you are causing trouble for His Highness. Return her things to her quickly and drive her out..."
Luo Lan, who was usually steady, was so anxious that cold sweat broke out on his forehead: "No, we have already seen Yuxi. If we drive her out, we won't be able to tell if she loses Yuxi... Like this
, I will arrange for people to send her back to the palace with Yuxi immediately and hand them over to His Majesty..."
"Miss Luo Lan, the palace maid said that His Majesty has passed away..."
"What?" Luo Lan's eyes suddenly widened: "His Majesty came to the auction house half a month ago. He seemed to be in good health. How could he suddenly die?"
"The palace maid said that the fourth prince had rebelled, so she led people into the palace and forced His Majesty to death!"
Zhou Yuan looked around and whispered: "The Ninth Princess arranged a lot of spies in the palace some time ago. They found that the palace had fallen into the hands of the fourth prince and the matter was irreversible, so they desperately gave away the jade seal."
"Rebellion...rebellion?" Luo Lan was immediately dumbfounded.
But after practicing in the capital for so long, Luo Lan quickly came to his senses.
"Brother Zhou, hide the people and the jade seal, and inform Deputy Battalion Commander Liang to get everyone ready for battle!"
Luo Lan confessed, turned around and ran downstairs.
At the gate of the escort bureau, the captain of the imperial army who was leading the team was negotiating with the escort guarding the gate: "You two brothers, I really have something urgent to see Battalion Commander Cao. Please go and report it as soon as possible."
When Cao Dong came over, he happened to hear it.
Just now on the attic, Luo Lan analyzed things lucidly, and Cao Dong couldn't help but murmur a little.
But after hearing what the captain said, Cao Dong immediately gave up his worries and felt that Luo Lan was thinking too much.
How could the other party be hostile to the escort agency when he spoke so politely?
Thinking of this, Cao Dong stepped forward and said, "I'm sorry, military master. I was delayed by something just now. I wonder why the military master came here?"
"I've met Camp Commander Cao!"
The Captain of the Forbidden Army kept his posture very low, first bowed his hands to Cao Dong, and then said: "Captain Cao must have seen it just now, there was an explosion in the palace, killing several maids and father-in-law.
An injured palace maid said that the explosion was caused by a pilot named Zhang Hang who deliberately set fire to the hot air balloon warehouse, and then Zhang Hang escaped.
His Majesty was extremely angry about this matter, so he sent us to the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau to check and see if Zhang Hang was from the Escort Bureau?"
"Master Jun, I know that boy Zhang Hang. He is an honest boy. How could he deliberately set fire to the warehouse?"
Cao Dong waved his hand and said: "You must have made a mistake somewhere, and Zhang Hang did not come back today."
"Battle Commander Cao, we know there must be a misunderstanding here, but His Majesty has given instructions, and we have to obey it, right?"
The captain of the Forbidden Army said: "Please help me, cooperate with me, let us go in and search, go through the formalities, and we will be able to go back and communicate with His Majesty."