A Time-Traveling Mishap: I Became an Ancient Nobleman

Chapter 268 What to do now?

The group exchanged glances, with Robert and Lisa showing particularly obvious panic.

Zhou Hanzhang reassured him, "Don't worry."

He then instructed Li Xianda, "Cousin, there's a tunnel in my house, hidden in the bookcase in the guest room. You can see it as soon as you open the bookcase door. Take them there to hide first."

Li Xianda dared not delay and quickly led the two away.

After watching them walk away, Zhou Hanzhang leisurely prepared to open the door, but before he even reached it, the door was kicked open.

The leading officer was taken aback when he saw Zhou Hanzhang. "Young Prince? What are you doing here?"

"What? You didn't know this was my house before you came?"

The soldiers behind him stepped forward, asking, "What should we do?"

The leading officer glanced at him and immediately smiled obsequiously at Zhou Hanzhang, saying, "I received a tip that someone was harboring a fugitive in this house, so I came here specifically to arrest him. I didn't know this was the residence of the young prince."

"so what?"

The person saw the tableware behind Zhou Hanzhang, indicating that there was clearly more than just Zhou Hanzhang present before, but now she was the only one there.

“The young prince would never harbor a criminal. The only problem is that the criminal might have accidentally entered your residence and hurt you. If he did, then it would be because we haven’t done our job properly.”

"So, in the end, you still want to search my house?"

The leading officer bowed deeply to Zhou Hanzhang, saying, "Please, young prince, do me this favor."

"Hey, who is it, making such a big fuss?"

After settling Lisa and her husband in, Li Xianda rushed out. If anything happened to Zhou Hanzhang, he probably wouldn't be able to make it home in his current condition.

"Nothing, they were just talking about catching a fugitive."

"The fugitives have come to your house to be caught?"

"That's right. I was saying that most of the police officers these days have some eye problems. Look, they even want to search a house!"

When Li Xianda heard that they wanted to search his house, his expression changed. This was extremely disrespectful.

What do you mean?

“Young Master Li, Prince Xiao, we did hear people say that a fugitive had entered this house. For your safety, please allow us to search it.”

Li Xianda was so angry that his face turned red. His family usually made offerings, not to suffer such humiliation. He was about to step forward and argue with them, "What if I don't allow it?"

Zhou Hanzhang tugged at him, "It's alright, cousin. They already said it's all work, so we should cooperate when necessary."

Hearing Zhou Hanzhang's reasonable words, the man became somewhat uncertain.

However, he received a message that he had to come here to find someone. He couldn't afford to offend either side, so he was in a dilemma. After thinking about it, he realized that Zhou Hanzhang was a minor prince without a title, and then he decided to send someone to find him.

He forced a smile and said, "Then thank you, Young Prince."

Just as he was about to tell the soldiers behind him to search, Zhou Hanzhang's voice came over again, "I understand you. After all, I can understand it for the sake of the Great Zhou and the court. However, I have never seen your clothes before. Which department are you from? If anything is damaged, I will be able to find you."

"This……"

"What? Can't I say that?"

"No, we are from the First Prince's residence."

"Oh, so it's from the First Prince's residence. I didn't know that the First Prince's private soldiers had the right to directly search his house?"

Upon hearing this, the leading officer broke out in a cold sweat. "Those two fugitives were simply too cunning. The Crown Prince was resting in his residence when these two came knocking and almost injured him. We really had no choice; we couldn't just let the criminals go, could we?"

“That makes sense. Then you can search, but be careful. If anything is missing or broken, I’ll just ask my older cousin for it.”

After Zhou Hanzhang said this, those people dared not search anymore.

But remembering the Crown Prince's order to find the two at all costs, he hesitated.

Seeing that they hadn't moved for a long time, Zhou Hanzhang asked, "Aren't you going to search anymore?"

The leading officer gritted his teeth; he couldn't explain himself if he didn't search the place. "Excuse me. Everyone, be careful not to damage the young prince's things, or you'll be in trouble."

A chorus of "Yes!" rang out from behind.

The leader glanced at Zhou Hanzhang, who casually extended his hand and said, "Please feel free to do as you please."

With a wave of his hand, the soldiers behind him began searching carefully and meticulously in an orderly fashion.

Half an hour passed, and all the officers and soldiers returned.

The leader dared not leave and stayed with Zhou Hanzhang, fearing that she might get angry and turn around to cause trouble for the eldest prince.

However, Zhou Hanzhang remained calm and even pulled Li Xianda to sit down and drink tea.

Seeing that all the soldiers had returned, the man went up to them and asked, "How was it?"

All the officers and soldiers shook their heads. The man's face darkened even more, but he had no choice but to bow to Zhou Hanzhang and apologize, "I'm sorry for my rudeness."

"It's alright. Once my older cousin is released from confinement, just have him prepare some gifts and come to me. It's a small matter, just a bit of losing face."

The man's expression changed drastically, and he immediately knelt down before Zhou Hanzhang, saying, "Young Prince, it's all my fault."

"Oh dear, what are you doing? Anyone who didn't know better would think I did something to you. Since you're still looking for someone, you'd better leave quickly. I can't really entertain you here."

The man had no choice but to leave the house with all his soldiers.

Li Xianda gave Zhou Hanzhang a thumbs up, "You're really something, how did you know there was a secret passage in this house?"

"I found it by accident. You should bring Lisa and the others out first; they're probably terrified."

Li Xianda then hurriedly ran off to bring Lisa and Robert out.

The two were very nervous as soon as they came out. "What should we do? The people from the United States must have discovered us."

"Don't worry, even if they have suspicions, this house is mine, and they've already searched it. It's safe here for now."

Li Xianda was also a little worried, "Should we move them to another place?"

Zhou Hanzhang shook his head. "The most dangerous place is the safest place. Since they have already searched it, they won't come back anytime soon."

"So how will you go out tomorrow?"

“Some people are already keeping an eye on this place, so it’s best not to go out for now. I’ll see if I can bring the person here. Cousin, you should arrange for more people to keep an eye on this place; they definitely won’t give up until they find the person.”

"When did the people from the United States approach the Crown Prince?"

Li Xianda was utterly perplexed.

"If he can get involved with Yunmeng Kingdom, what's so strange about him getting involved with the United States? Besides, cousin, don't forget that it was originally my older cousin who was in charge of receiving the people from the United States."

However, he later made a mistake that angered his uncle, the Emperor, who confined him to his quarters, and that's how this task fell to me.

"So what do you plan to do now?" Li Xianda asked Zhou Hanzhang.