Volume 4: Holy Capital Tribulation Chapter 241 Is it possible?
It was late at night and it was already the fifth day.
Xuanmiao City, west side of the imperial palace, Taiping Gate.
"Sir, the general manager," a soldier who witnessed the explosion reported to Lin Chaofeng and others, "the explosion should be a prisoner van!"
"What!?" Lin Chaofeng was shocked. "Prisoner car?"
He suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, his body began to tremble uncontrollably, and his lips turned pale.
Seeing this, a guard nearby quickly took out a pill and gave it to Lin Chaofeng. After Lin Chaofeng took it, his expression eased a little.
"A bunch of bastards!" the Imperial Guard general cursed, "How could you let a prisoner van get close to the Taiping Gate? How did you guard it?"
"This..." The soldier felt wronged and quickly knelt down to defend himself, "Sir, we don't know the details! Those soldiers on duty have been injured in the explosion!"
"Explosives..."
Xu Zun, who was standing behind, was secretly shocked. He didn't expect that there really was explosives.
But he couldn't understand why it was a prison van that was blown up?
"Report to the chief steward," an inner guard reported at this time, "We have checked the scene. No one was killed in the explosion, but the six soldiers guarding the city gate were all seriously injured."
"Report..." Another guard from another direction reported, "Report to the chief steward, there is no situation at other gates of the palace."
"Investigate again!" After Lin Chaofeng gave the order, he turned to the general of the Imperial Guard and said, "Quickly notify the Northern Courtyard Imperial Guards, have all the left and right guards go out, strengthen the guards at the gates of the Imperial Palace, expand the scope of the patrol, and strictly investigate any suspicious situations!"
"Yes!" The general of Yulin Guard accepted the order.
Soon, someone came to the crowd carrying a soldier who was wounded in the explosion.
The man was charred all over, his entire right arm was covered in blood, and his eyes seemed to have lost their sight.
"Tell me quickly, what happened?" Lin Chaofeng urged.
"Just now...just now a prisoner van came from the east," the wounded soldier recalled, "so we stopped the van for routine inspection.
"However, the man driving the prison van took the arrest warrant from the prison warden and said he would send the prison van to the Ministry of Justice to escort the prisoner.
“We recognized the document and verified the official seal, so we had no choice but to let it go.
"But unexpectedly, when the prisoner van reached the middle of Taiping Gate, it suddenly changed its route and rushed straight to Taiping Gate.
"We wanted to stop it, but the prison van suddenly exploded, knocking a few of us unconscious..."
"Are you sure...that those are the prison warden's documents and official seal?" Lin Chaofeng took a breath.
"Sure!" the soldier answered affirmatively.
"How many people are driving the car and how many are guarding it?" Lin Chaofeng asked.
"There is only... only one driver!" the soldier replied.
"The driver was also killed in the explosion?"
“No…I didn’t notice…”
"Did you open the prison van and check?" Lin Chaofeng asked.
"This..." The soldier was speechless and obviously did not check it.
"A bunch of bastards!" Lin Chaofeng signaled his men to carry the man away, while covering his chest with a very painful expression.
Obviously he had realized that the situation was far beyond his control and was getting worse.
Xu Zun also felt frightened. He had thought that the Xuanmen's heavenly tribulation plan had been activated, but he didn't expect that it was just a small-scale explosion at Taiping Gate.
However, he keenly felt that this might just be the beginning.
"Where... where did the explosives come from?" Cai Kun asked out of the blue, but no one answered his question.
"Is the prison warden's seal a joke?" Lin Chaofeng said tremblingly, "Send someone to check it out right away. What's going on?
"If we can't figure it out, none of us will be able to have a good life! Oh..."
He held his chest in pain, as if he had a serious heart disease.
Cai Kun and the others were naturally terrified and panicked, and immediately sent all their manpower to investigate the explosion...
No, no…
At this moment, looking at the explosion in front of him, Xu Zun's mind was filled with thoughts and countless ideas flashed through his mind.
Assassination... culvert... explosives...
What exactly are those Xuanmen rebels trying to do?
Why did they use a prisoner van to attack the Taiping Gate? It seemed to have no effect except injuring a few soldiers.
So... where did you get the explosives?
Why do they have documents with the warden's seal?
The warden of the Prison Department also died in that assassination. Is there any connection between the two?
explode……
Recalling the explosion at the Kuhe Wharf in Yonghui City, the power of the explosives was indeed quite strong.
Moreover, since Li Ronger has explosives, it is conceivable that Xuanmen must have them as well.
Could it be that...
Taking many factors into consideration, Xu Zun suddenly thought of a possibility: maybe... there is something buried deep in the dark underground.
As long as that thing can be blown up, then the entire palace, or the entire Xuanmiao City, might be overturned?
And this thing might be some kind of large equipment used to repair water conservancy projects in the past?
Cao Ding had the information about this thing, so he was targeted by Xuanmen, who wanted to use such a thing to carry out the Heavenly Tribulation Operation?
Really... is there such a thing?
Huh…Huh…
Xu Zun felt his heart beating faster and his blood boiling. If his speculation was true, then the real danger was underground?
But……
If that was the case, why did they take the risk of blowing up the Taiping Gate? Didn't this serve as a reminder to themselves?
Tsk tsk…
I can’t figure it out. I can’t figure it out…
Suddenly, Xu Zun felt like he had fallen into an endless spider web. He could only see spider silk around him, but could not spot where the real spider was!
By the time I can see the spider, maybe it's too late...
no……
Thinking of this, Xu Zun decided not to dwell on the explosion anymore. Instead, after consulting Lin Chaofeng, he decided to continue looking for clues in the Inner Guard Palace.
Lin Chaofeng was also very worried. Apart from sending more troops and strengthening guards and patrols, he could not think of any other good ideas.
So, several people acted separately, Cai Kun went to the Prison Department to investigate the explosion, and Xu Zun returned to the Internal Guard Palace.
The situation has become extremely urgent. Those Xuanmen assassins have been gone for many days. God knows when the heavenly calamity will be triggered.
Xu Zun could no longer care about anything else and immediately told his speculation to the experts from various departments present.
However, these knowledgeable experts have exhausted all their knowledge, but have never heard of such a thing as Xu Zun said.
Moreover, everyone thought that Xu Zun was exaggerating.
In particular, the Minister of Works Lan Qizhi explained to Xu Zun the geological structure and architectural engineering of the Holy City in a serious manner, and refuted Xu Zun's arguments from all aspects.
He still insisted on his statement that the entire palace was impregnable and even if the Xuanmen rebels really used explosives underground, it would still be difficult to damage the palace in the slightest.
At the end of the discussion, Xu Zun returned empty-handed and had no choice but to return to the inner hall.
Looking at the densely packed information on the desk, Xu Zun felt overwhelmed for the first time.
After all, this case can no longer be called a case. It is simply a carefully planned, meticulously designed, and large-scale terrorist attack.
He had instinctively sensed that the crucial moment of the heavenly calamity was approaching!
At this time, what should I do to stop them?
"My lord, my lord..." At this time, Huo Anu rushed in and reported to Xu Zun, "The Eastern Divine Constable has woken up..."
