Ten days later.

The sun was shining, and a team of soldiers in armor patrolled in front of the west gate of the inner city, led by Lu Fan, and the deputy captain of this team was the young guard at the foot of Qilian Mountain that day, whose name was Huo Qi.

"Brother Lu, go to the side and sit for a while," Huo Qi said to Lu Fan.

Lu Fan nodded and sat down with Huo Qi in the teahouse on the side, looked at the people who came and went out of the city, and sighed that it was difficult to defend the city in the inner city.

Many big people who don't see each other for a long time, the battle of travel, the old fritter door industry guarding the city has the eye to recognize it, and it will not be embarrassed.

However, the old guards of the city often collect money from ordinary people who enter the city for 'filial piety'.

Although Lu Fan is the captain, his foundation is not stable, and in addition to normal patrols, his subordinates often disobey Lu Fan's orders.

And this original forbidden army moved left to defend the city, and Lu Fan is also an 'outsider', in order to reduce trouble, they turn a blind eye to their practices, after all, many people are still involved in many strengths, and they can avoid it.

"Brother Qi, it's difficult for us to be the gatekeepers, although as the captain, no one listens to us," Lu Fan and Huo Qi sighed.

"Who said no, as the saying goes, 'a strong dragon can't overpower the snake on the ground', not to mention that we are not dragons, life is even more difficult, now I don't ask for anything else, as long as there is no chaos, thank God. Huo Qi sighed.

"Yes, it's hard to mix anywhere without a backstage, and even subordinates look down on it!" Lu Fan said

"I don't look down on you, Captain," Huo Qi laughed

"You know, I didn't say anything about you," Lu Fan said with a smile

"Hey, we're in charge of the defense of the city gate, take care of this piece on the ground, it's fine," Huo Qiqi sighed as he looked at the people coming and going

"Yes" Lu Fan responded, squinting at the dazzling sun, looking at the birds flying in the sky freely, "It would be great if it could come and go freely like a bird, even a place like the imperial capital can't detain it"

Suddenly, a roar rang out, and a group of Praetorian guards rode fast horses and galloped towards them.

Dismount, raise the shield, and the city will be under martial law, all in one go.

Lu Fanxin suddenly lifted up and remembered something.

Two days ago, the Dongfang Gongming Island sent envoys to the imperial capital, and today the imperial capital is under martial law, whether there is a certain connection.

It is said that the empire and the surrounding countries were constantly in conflict, and if this is the case, whether the martial law of the imperial capital has anything to do with it, if so, several city gates and rivers leading to the outside of the city must have been heavily guarded.

Sure enough, after a while, another team of guards in black armor patrolled under the city wall on horseback to the west gate, and looked at Lu Fan's team of guards with contempt in a blink of an eye, and then exchanged glances with the team of guards in silver armor, and continued to walk away from the patrol.

"Damn, what's the big deal, when Lao Tzu was still the elite of the black armor guards, just a black armor guard looked down on people, something!" Huo Qi scolded angrily and whispered.

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"Again, you must look carefully, and you must not let anyone suspicious leave the imperial capital.

This time, the people are maritime merchants from the island countries in the eastern seas of the empire, and they must not be allowed to escape if they steal the imperial secrets, although the chance of escaping from the west is relatively small, but they still can't relax, the more impossible it is, the more likely it is to choose the route. It must not be allowed to escape," the leader of the Silver Guard said to the group.

The six guards of the empire are all the elite of the forbidden army, the black armor guard, the silver armor guard, the golden guard, the big dragon guard, the green dragon guard, the heavenly dragon guard, it is rumored that there is a dark guard team in addition to the six guards, all of which are loyal to the emperor, and the secret guard is directly in charge of the emperor himself.

It seems that there are no mediocre people among the six guards in this battle, Lu Fan thought secretly in his heart.

The city gates that went directly to the eastern regions of the empire were definitely heavily guarded, but the other gates had fewer troops, and those spies in the imperial capital could definitely be imagined, but these gates were much more likely to be relaxed.

The sun is slanting in the west, and there is still no one coming out of the west gate, and the forbidden army has caught all the accomplices of the spies in the city, but the spies have not yet been caught, and the arrest is extremely extensive, not only sweeping out of Gongming Island, but also the West Wind Island, and the spies of the Luoyun Empire and the Yundu Empire have carried out a purge.

But Lu Fan and the others were even more nervous, because it was dark one day, and it was difficult to prevent the spies from escaping from the sky. "Silverarmoured Guards, go up to the castle tower to control the repeating crossbows, and the others have bows and arrows on their backs, guarding the air," the leader of the Silverarmoured Guards commanded.

Although there are the Empire's air overlord dragon vultures in the air, the number of patrols in the sky is too small, and it is inevitable that there will be omissions, so that there is an opportunity, so the guards on the ground should also take into account the defense of the sky.

The number of dragon cranes is very small, it is a rare manned bird, the empire will not use it, dragon vultures are fierce by nature, but they cannot carry people, but the number is also extremely rare.

Sky lanterns have been raised in the city to illuminate the darkness as much as possible.

It was already dark, Lu Fan and the others had eaten and continued to defend the city, and suddenly there was a burst of shouting in front of them: "Stop, what are you doing?" Lu Fan heard the reputation, but it turned out that the two maids had not returned to the house after dark, so they came to look for it accompanied by the housekeeper.

"These two beautiful women, it's already dark and they're going out very suspiciously, maybe they're spies," said the officers and soldiers guarding the door to the leader of the silver guards, looking very obscene.

Before the leader of the Silver Armor Guard could speak, Lu Fanbian quickly stepped forward and said, "Who let you come out, don't you know that the imperial capital is now under martial law! What if you meet bad people?"

Chunyun Qiutan, who didn't know why, felt extremely aggrieved, and she kindly came to find the young master, but was scolded by the young master. And this is the first time that he has been scolded by the young master.

Seeing the situation at this time, Huo Qi stepped forward and said: "They are also kind, they don't know the situation of the matter, just send them back"

"Hmm" Lu Fan nodded and went over to explain to the two maids, and then prepared to let them go back.

The leader of the Silver Armor Guard glared at the officer guarding the gate and said, "Since you are here, don't rush back, and when the city gate is closed, go back with him." lest you meet outlaws"

The two maids who had just been reprimanded stood aside and waited under Lu Fan's instructions.

At this time, the officers and soldiers guarding the city on one side muttered, and it was no longer hindered that there were two young and beautiful concubines at a young age. What do you not have this Qi people Tianfu...

Lu Fan looked at the chaotic formation of the crowd and shouted: "What are you doing! What are you messing with, before the spies find out, they are still in a mess, still like a soldier? Do you just want to be just a gatekeeper who is looked down upon forever?"

Lu Fan was full of true qi, and the eardrums of the people who were shocked by the sound hurt, and everyone saw Lu Fan for the first time, and they were stunned for a while.

Lu Fan is also helpless, the forbidden army in the city is still on the side, and his subordinates are coaxing and making trouble, not because they are incompetent, but more importantly, at such an important juncture, if there is any problem in the future, it is not that they are not strict under their own governance, the military is slack, and everything is pushed on themselves.

In fact, Lu Fan also wanted to take this opportunity to give this group of officers and soldiers who had no officers and soldiers a dismount. Suppress the arrogance of these 'old fritters'.