The captain of the Forbidden Army kept his posture very low. Cao Dong felt that his request was reasonable and he was about to nod in agreement when Luo Lan ran over panting.
"Brother Cao, what are they here for?"
"This elder brother said that the warehouse in the palace exploded, and a palace maid said that it was Zhang Hang who did it..."
Cao Dong repeated what the captain had just said: "So this brother from the Forbidden Army wants to go in and search."
"No!" Luo Lan immediately objected.
"Miss Luo Lan, there is nothing we can do." The captain of the Forbidden Army said: "Miss Luo Lan, I hope you can cooperate. We can just go in and go through the motions."
"No!" Luo Lan still shook his head without hesitation.
"Miss Luo Lan, it is the responsibility of my imperial army to monitor the capital. For the sake of the Imperial Master and His Royal Highness the Ninth Princess, we are so easy to talk to. Miss Luo Lan, don't give me a toast or eat as a fine!"
Seeing Luo Lan's resolute attitude, the captain's tone became tougher: "Don't mention you as a bodyguard agency, we can search even the Duke's residence!"
"My lord, if you want to talk like this, then we have to talk about it carefully!"
Luo Lan pointed to the flag at the door of the escort agency: "Although we are a good escort agency, sir, please take a look at this flag."
When Zhang Liang led his bodyguards to repel the Eastern Barbarian army, Chen Ji Longyan was so happy that he not only personally inscribed a plaque on the Zhenyuan Bodyguard Bureau, but also personally awarded him a banner of the first-class army.
Although the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau is responsible for its own profits and losses, does not receive any salary or food from the imperial army, and is not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, strictly speaking, the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau is indeed a regular army recognized by the emperor, so it hangs the flag at the door.
According to the rules, the Imperial Guard did have the right to search the residences of princes and ministers, but they could not directly search the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau.
"Miss Luo Lan, are you determined not to cooperate?"
The captain of the imperial army narrowed his eyes and asked.
"It's not that you're not cooperating, it's that your official documents are incomplete, Master Jun. If you want to search, then come here with His Majesty's imperial edict!" Luo Lan said, neither humble nor overbearing.
"Captain Cao, what do you say?"
The captain of the Forbidden Army found that Luo Lan was unable to enter, so he turned to look at Cao Dong.
"I think Miss Luo Lan is right. Master Jun, please be considerate of us and make up for the official documents before you come back. Otherwise, my husband will definitely punish me when he comes back."
Cao Dong took a deep look at Luo Lan and finally realized something was wrong.
Although he didn't know why Luo Lan firmly opposed it, he decided to believe Luo Lan.
"Captain Cao, you tried every possible means to stop me from going in for a search. Could it be that you really hid Zhang Hang?"
When the captain saw Cao Dong, he didn't give in. He immediately put a big hat on him and came over.
"My lord, please be careful what you say!"
Cao Dong's face also became ugly.
"Huh, let's see!"
The captain of the Forbidden Army snorted coldly, turned and left.
"Luo Lan, what's going on?" Cao Dong asked in a low voice, "Why did you offend the Imperial Army for no reason?"
"Brother Cao, something happened!" Luo Lan pulled Cao Dong aside and quickly told him about Yuxi.
"The fourth prince rebelled... His Majesty was forced to death... The jade seal is in our escort agency..."
Cao Dong felt his head was buzzing and looked at Luo Lan blankly: "What should we do now?"
"First of all, we must tell Sir and His Highness about this matter as soon as possible!"
Luo Lan quickly said: "In addition, I suspect that the fourth prince sent people to blow up the warehouses in the palace and outside the city. If this is the case, the fourth prince may also attack us, so we must be prepared to deal with it!"
The news was spread from the East China Sea to Jiangnan, and then from Jiangnan back to Xihewan. Luo Lan and Cao Dong still didn't know that Jin Feng had been attacked at sea.
"The relationship between the Fourth Prince and the Ninth Princess has always been very good, so that's not the case!" Cao Dong said.
"No matter how good the relationship is, Your Highness will not tolerate the fourth prince killing his father and seizing the throne." Luo Lan shook his head and said, "If you were the fourth prince, what would you do?"
"I will definitely destroy the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau and the Zhenyuan Army as quickly as possible!" Cao Dong replied.
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard an exclamation coming from the side.
Turning around, he saw the imperial guards across the street suddenly raising their bows and arrows, aiming at the escort agency.
"careful!"
Luo Lan's guard hugged her and hid behind the gate.
The next second, countless arrows flew in like raindrops, making the door panel crackle.
Not only the gate, but also the imperial troops outside the wall.
Almost half of the entire escort agency was covered by arrows. Many escorts who were active in the yard were unprepared and were hit by arrows inexplicably.
For a time, the entire escort agency was filled with screams.
However, the bodyguards reacted quickly. The bodyguards in the room rushed into the yard holding pot lids, tables and other objects to block the injured companion.
Some bodyguards took up kitchen knives, sickles, bamboo spears and other weapons to occupy high places and prepared for counterattack.
But when they saw that the enemy was the Imperial Guard, many bodyguards were stunned.
Because the Forbidden Army guards the imperial city and is also a representative of the royal family, attacking the Forbidden Army is a rebellion.
The consequences were so serious that none of the escorts dared to take action.
"What are you still doing? Call me back!"
At the door of the escort agency, Cao Dong watched the escort guard guarding the door almost turn into a hedgehog, his eyes were red with anger.
He understood that the fourth prince was determined to take action against the Zhenyuan Escort Agency.
Therefore, Cao Dong no longer took any chances. When he saw that the Forbidden Army had begun to form a formation and approached, he immediately ordered a counterattack.
"Brother Cao, since the Fourth Prince has taken action against us, he is completely at odds with us. They will not let go of other local escort agencies, nor will they let Sir and His Highness go!"
Luo Lan said quickly: "You hold on first, I have to spread the news!"
After saying that, under the protection of the guards, he quickly ran to the backyard.
Now that the escort agency has been surrounded by the Forbidden Army, it is definitely not possible to send people to deliver messages. The only thing we can count on is carrier pigeons.
After a while, two homing pigeons spread their wings and flew out, but before they reached the courtyard wall, they were shot down by a dense rain of arrows.
"Surround this place and not even a single mosquito can fly out!"
The captain of the imperial army shouted with a cold face.
According to the plan, he would use the name of the search to enter the escort agency, and then control the escort agency in one fell swoop, but who knew that the plan was about to succeed, and Luo Lan appeared.
He had to take a strong attack.
The bodyguard's fighting ability is obvious to all. After this battle, he doesn't know how many of his men will die.
When the new emperor ascends the throne, these subordinates will be his capital for climbing up the ranks. If too many people die, he may not even be able to keep his position.
But he didn't dare not fight, let alone let the escort agency spread the news.
Luo Lan frowned when she saw the carrier pigeon being shot down.
Fortunately, there was frequent contact between the capital and Xihewan, and a sufficient number of homing pigeons were prepared. Luo Lan quickly asked someone to carry the pigeon cages to the middle of the escort agency's yard.
The distance from the walls in each direction is far away, and the height that pigeons can fly is also higher.
In order to increase the probability of the pigeons flying away successfully, Luo Lan directly released more than a dozen pigeons for the second time.
This time, I was lucky. Three pigeons flew relatively high, beyond the range of the bow and arrow, and spread their wings to fly to the west.