Lord Yunzhong in Douluo

Chapter 390 The Frightened People in the Palace
Tiandou City, the imperial palace, late at night.

"Ta Tata..."

The sound of uniform footsteps echoed within the palace walls, and the sound of armor colliding while moving was even more harsh in the quiet night.

Normally, such inattentive behavior would definitely be reprimanded by the royal family living there, asking them why they made such a big commotion in the middle of the night, but tonight, it seemed a little unusual.

A group of white-armored knights held torches and spears, constantly patrolling and inspecting the palace, looking at the posture, as if vowing to find something.

And at the gate of the Prince's East Palace, a guard whose armor was slightly different from the other knights walked compactly, unlike the usual leisurely and elegant one, and ran into the East Palace rather hastily.

This man is the captain of the White Armored Knights on patrol tonight, and the hairline under the helmet is drenched with sweat.

Damn it, how could there be such a big problem when I was on duty tonight?The people in their own team are professional, how can outsiders sneak into the palace under their heavy defenses! ?

The captain didn't know exactly how the visitor did it, but he did bypass the patrol team's sight and successfully sneaked into the imperial palace in the capital of a country. This is their absolute dereliction of duty!
The captain's heart has sunk to the bottom. He knows that he will never escape his responsibility for this incident. Even though he has not found the route for the infiltrator to enter the palace, he still needs to report back to the prince what he has found so far.

For the sake of his family and team members, the captain cannot and cannot escape.

All he can do at this moment is to face the problem directly, even if he can't solve the problem, he still has to show his attitude.

Walking into the Prince's East Palace, the patrol captain knelt in front of Xue Qinghe, clasped his fists with his hands and bowed his head:

"His Royal Highness, the infiltrator has not been found to have any accomplices, and His Majesty has not been disturbed by the infiltrator, and has notified the staff of the halls to check whether there are any missing items."

The East Palace was not lit, and only the moonlight shone into the dim hall at this moment.

Xue Qinghe stood in front of the window sill, with his back to the captain of the patrol team, his aura was no longer softer than usual, but rather fierce and majestic.

Just like... the snowy night when I was young.

Even if he didn't see Xue Qinghe's face, the captain of the patrol team could feel the heavy atmosphere at the moment.

With his hands behind his back, Xue Qinghe slowly turned half of his face to look at the patrol captain who was kneeling on the ground, his tone did not have the slightest gentleness in the past, but it brought full coldness and faint anger.

"You are responsible for guarding the safety of the palace, but you don't know how the infiltrators sneaked into the palace now, so what's the use of supporting you!?"

The majesty and anger of a prince of a country cannot be tolerated by an ordinary person, because ordinary people have built a high platform in their hearts under the manipulation of those in power, and put the royal family and nobles above them. of fear.

And this kind of high level that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people makes people of each level fear the people of the higher level and despise the people of the lower level.

And the emperor and the prince are the most admired existences on this high platform.

Except for a small number of people who possess absolute power or who dislike imperial power, no one is exempt from this fear.

At least not the captain of the patrol.

At this moment, under the anger of the imperial prince, the captain of the patrol team knelt on the ground, trembling a little.

Obviously his strength should be far above Xue Qinghe, but he fears it like a tiger, leopard and jackal.

"Prince please forgive me!" The patrol captain slammed his head on the ground, and blood oozed from the corner of his head in an instant.

With a flick of his sleeves, Xue Qinghe didn't express anything about the captain's actions, his expression was still grim.

"I'll give you one night. Before tomorrow dawns, if you haven't found out the path through which he came in, come and see him."

"If I didn't happen to bump into this lurker today, how long would it take for you to find him! My Tiandou's palace is like a sieve, anyone can come in and out at will, right?"

Putting a palm on the shoulder of the patrol captain, Xue Qinghe moved a little closer and said to him:

"Today, with the help of this path that you don't know, he dared to come to my crown prince's east palace to steal information about the empire. Tomorrow, he will be able to come in with more powerful men to take the head of my crown prince!"

Xue Qinghe spat out every single word, hitting the knight of the Bai family's heart hard.

"I have neglected my duty, I will try my best to find out the secret way, and I hope His Royal Highness forgive me!!!"

Leaving from the white-armored knight, Xue Qinghe turned his back to the captain again:

"Go, hurry up and find out your omissions as soon as possible."

"Also, I want all of you to rot in your stomachs about what happened tonight, and the news must not leave the palace to let people outside know. Otherwise..."

"The minister leads the decree, and must restrain the servants, and we will not spit out half a word about what happened tonight!"

Without looking back at the captain, Xue Qinghe just replied coldly: "Go quickly, remember, before dawn."

"Yes!!!"

A dark cloud billowed in the sky, bringing a great sense of oppression to everyone who was busy within the palace walls.

Tonight was extraordinarily long for them.

Not long after the patrol captain in white armor left, an old man in a dark green robe walked into the palace.

"Is there a way to rescue Dugu Enshrine? I still want to get more information from him, such as which faction he belongs to, whether it is Xingluo...or Wuhundian..."

Facing Xue Qinghe's question, Dugu Bo shook his head: "You have failed His Highness's expectations. The old man was already dead when he saw the infiltrator, and he couldn't be saved no matter what."

"But I found this on him." Dugu Bo took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Xue Qinghe, "The information about the empire probably hasn't flowed out yet."

Xue Qinghe took it and saw that it was the lost documents in his study.

"More offerings to Dugu!" Xue Qinghe quickly thanked him.

Dugu Bo waved his hand: "His Royal Highness, you don't need to thank me. After all, I am an enshrinement of the royal family, so I naturally have to obey the royal family. I just hope that your highness can remember more of the old man's hard work these years, and take care of my useless one in the future." granddaughter."

Xue Qinghe cupped his hands: "Dugu Yan is a hero in my battle of heaven, and the empire and the royal family will naturally not lose to her."

"Then I will thank Your Highness first." After finishing speaking, Dugu Bo turned around and prepared to leave.

"By the way, Your Highness, the old man found a tattoo on the infiltrator's back. If I remember correctly, it should be the mark of Xing Luo."

"If someone hadn't deliberately framed it, then the person behind this operation must be the one from Xing Luo."

"Your Highness, Your Majesty's body is getting weaker day by day, and the star Luo next door is watching. You must pay attention to your own safety."

Xue Qinghe had a sullen face:

"More reminders for Dugu worship."

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(End of this chapter)