Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Can Plunder Talents

"Mm!"

Seeing Feng Feiyi say this with such a serious and solemn expression,

Ye Liuyun didn’t refuse, just nodded slightly.

"In that case, I’ll leave this matter to you!"

Ye Liuyun had never intended to go in person anyway.

It’s just escorting pills—if he had to do even this himself, what was the point of keeping all these subordinates?

"Thank you, my lord!"

Seeing Ye Liuyun agree to his request,

Feng Feiyi’s face was full of joy.

It was obvious Feng Feiyi was somewhat young and honest, his mind filled with just wanting to show his best before Lord Ye, not wanting to let down the trust his lord placed in him.

"Although nothing unexpected has happened with the pill escorts so far, it’d be better to bring a few more people along just in case!"

After all, it’s never wrong to play it safe.

"Mm!"

Feng Feiyi nodded in response.

"How about it—should we go with you?"

Si Nan, ever the familiar one, slung an arm around Feng Feiyi’s shoulder and grinned as he spoke.

He knew they were worried something might happen to him.

Feng Feiyi replied with a smile too.

"No need, you just stay in the Imperial City and wait for my good news!"

"Then when you return, I’ll throw you a welcome party at the Imperial Music Bureau."

When he heard ’Imperial Music Bureau’, the look on Feng Feiyi’s face obviously got a little more eager.

He’d always been focused on cultivation and revenge, hadn’t seen much of the world at all. But after going to the Bureau once with Si Nan last time—

Just like Jiang Jing at the very beginning, it was as if a whole new world had opened up for him.

If he wasn’t good at self-control,

Feng Feiyi would have gone there every day.

"Deal!"

He agreed in all seriousness.

"Hahaha!"

Seeing Feng Feiyi like this, Si Nan couldn’t hold back and burst out laughing.

Taking someone so straitlaced to a brothel, it always felt entertaining.

,,,

It was just the next day.

Feng Feiyi left the Imperial City. And though Si Nan reminded him, he only brought just over ten Embroidered Uniform Guards along—maybe figuring this kind of pill escort mission,

...wasn’t really dangerous to begin with.

Bringing too many people would just cause trouble instead.

Besides, even if something did happen, with his Postnatal Realm cultivation, handling it shouldn’t be a problem.

Back on Ye Liuyun’s end,

Everything seemed back to normal.

Morning court each day, business with the Embroidered Uniform Guard, occasionally a visit to the Imperial Prison or Purgatory, and not much else.

If anything was a pity,

it was that after all these days, he hadn’t seen a single high-quality Talent Entry. It was frankly a bit ridiculous.

"Sigh! Are people these days all this useless?"

In the Imperial Prison,

Ye Liuyun had just collected a Talent Entry from a freshly executed criminal, and couldn’t help but sigh aloud.

Another unimpressive blue-talent entry, nothing more.

Still, ’waste not, want not’, Ye Liuyun collected it anyway.

But this little sigh made Xiao Yongning beside him a bit confused—was Lord Ye dissatisfied with him? Was this complaint meant for him?

Xiao Yongning immediately went into brainstorm mode.

He pondered whether Ye Liuyun’s words held some hidden meaning.

Of course, Ye Liuyun had no idea.

He just casually sighed, not knowing it would send others off on wild mental tangents.

"I’ll be going!"

After collecting the last Talent Entry, Ye Liuyun waved his hand and left directly.

He planned to come back after a while.

At the same time, he was considering whether to find a chance to visit the jails of other cities or county offices—maybe he’d get a pleasant surprise.

"Take care, my lord!"

Seeing Ye Liuyun leaving, Xiao Yongning

quickly snapped out of his thoughts, respectfully seeing the lord off.

"My lord?"

After Ye Liuyun left,

The Embroidered Uniform Guards who’d just finished carrying out executions stretched their muscles a bit. Doing this for hours was exhausting; luckily now they could rest.

But seeing Ye Liuyun gone while Lord Xiao still looked deep in thought,

the Embroidered Uniform Guards exchanged looks, all full of confusion as they turned to Xiao Yongning.

"Lord Xiao, is something the matter?"

Xiao Yongning was in charge of the Imperial Prison after all.

All these Embroidered Uniform Guards were assigned at his command.

"Do you guys think there’s some hidden meaning in what Lord Ye just said?"

Xiao Yongning was still stuck on this matter.

"Uh!"

The Embroidered Uniform Guards had also heard what Ye Liuyun said just then.

But none of them fixated on it the way Xiao Yongning had.

One of the guards ventured an analysis:

"Maybe Lord Ye just thinks this batch of prisoners is too weak?"

"Hmm?"

That made Xiao Yongning’s eyes light up.

Good point!

"Is there any way to solve this problem? Whoever comes up with a good idea, I promise I won’t treat him poorly!"

He couldn’t think of a good idea himself for now.

But you can always brainstorm together, right?

With so many people here, surely someone would have a good idea.

"Why don’t we go out and catch some people?"

"You think I don’t know we need to catch people? But it’s not that easy to catch criminals!"

Hearing this suggestion,

Xiao Yongning, who’d had a bit of hope, immediately darkened his face.

And even if you could really catch someone,

God knows how long it would take to catch just one miserable mortal—half a month could go by and you might not even get a single one.