Chapter 802: Reconnaissance

tarting from the lowest rank, the seventh rank, there are a full thirteen steps to reach the highest rank, the first rank. Most people in their lifetime would be lucky to reach the fourth rank, and r...Chapter 802: Reconnaissance

Zhao Wangfu.

Xu Wei, who had already received inquiries from the Eastern Palace earlier, felt bewildered.

Although Li Yinhu has been more elusive recently, the overall situation in the palace remains calm with no unusual changes.

So when he learned that the Crown Prince wanted to know about Li Yinhǔ's recent abnormalities, he immediately understood that he still had some things sent out by Li Yinhǔ.

Isn't that strange

Li Yinhǔ has been careful and cautious for so many years, naturally, he couldn't completely trust anyone.

Even though Xu Wei felt favored recently, he believed that if a truly important or confidential matter arose, Li Yinhu would most likely still rely on his other trusted confidants who had followed him for many years.

These days, Xu Wei knows that Li Yinhu has been cultivating a group of loyal assassins by his side.

Those assassins each had mysterious backgrounds and rarely interacted with the other people in the Prince's Manor. Even Xu Wei, now the head guard of the Prince's Manor, couldn't reach some people or places.

Up to this point, the only thing Xu Wei could be certain of was that these death row prisoners, in terms of language, lifestyle, and attire, were vastly different from people from the Central Plains. They looked more like a minority group than Han Chinese.

Driven by the desire to gather information, Xu Wei arrived at Prince Li Yinhu's main courtyard.

"Captain of the Guard."

"See the Captain of the Guard."

Along the way, every patrol guard saw Xu Wei and stood on both sides to salute him.

Xu Wei raised an eyebrow and called out to a passing squad of guards, saying, "It's not a special day today, why has the defense around the palace increased so much No one informed me."

A guard immediately replied respectfully, "Reporting to the Guard Captain, this is an order directly from the Prince. Starting today, the patrol shifts within the manor will increase from three shifts to six shifts. No guards are allowed to take leave and must remain on duty within the manor at all times."

Xu Wei frowned.

The guards at the palace were mostly a show of force.

After all, the Prince's Mansion is located within the capital city. As long as one isn't insane, no one would dare to attack it.

When someone actually dares to attack the palace, they won't care about these guards who lack training and weapons on a daily basis.

But Zhao Wangfu was different.

Inside Zhao Wangfu, most guards were under his command. He knew very well that the manpower under his control was not enough to support round-the-clock patrols for all six shifts.

Now with double the manpower, I'm completely unaware of it, so this new manpower must belong to someone else entirely.

The prince raised a group of assassins, which was a grave taboo.

So Li Yinhou usually protected this group of death soldiers very carefully, but now he was displaying them openly.

This made Xu Wei realize that something was amiss.

“Alright, carry on with your patrol.”

Without making a sound, Xu Wei let the guards leave. Then, at his own pace, he walked towards the main courtyard.

Before he even entered, someone stopped him at the door.

"Halt! No one may enter without the Prince's command."

Looking at the guard before him, dressed in armor but with an unfamiliar face and bearing quite different from that of a Han Chinese guard, Xu Wei feigned ignorance and his expression darkened. "I am the royal guard captain personally appointed by the prince. Could it be that I cannot even enter Are you blind!"

The short, but menacingly-eyed guard stared at Xu Wei and, in a somewhat stilted official tone, said: “The prince has ordered that anyone who enters without permission shall be put to death!” accuse Li Chen and try to take advantage of the situation to pressure him into making concessions in the upcoming negotiations between the two countries. He never expected to be speechless right now...