Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Can Plunder Talents-Chapter 169 - 31: Messengers from the Prince’s Mansion! One Hundred Thousand Troops Stationed! (Part 2)
Ye Liuyun used the system to look into the past.
He hadn’t expected this guy to be a late-stage Innate Martial Artist—already quite impressive cultivation.
When the man arrived in front of Ye Liuyun, he immediately dismounted, cupped his fists, his tone fairly polite.
"I am Jiang Jing, personal guard to Prince Jin. My Lord has heard the Embroidered Uniform Guard has arrived in Prince Jin City, so he commanded me to invite you all to visit Prince Jin City for a chat."
As expected, a man of Prince Jin.
This Prince Jin is secretly amassing troops, with thoughts of rebellion as plain as day to anyone.
Now that the Embroidered Uniform Guard has come, naturally Prince Jin can’t just turn a blind eye.
"Brother Ye, what do you think?"
Qi Yuanliang originally wanted to wait for Ye Liuyun to speak first.
But Ye Liuyun just stayed silent, so he had no choice but to ask.
"Sir, you must be joking!"
Instead, Ye Liuyun just shrugged, looking utterly innocent.
"Sir, you are the Governor. I’m just Lord Thousand Households, of course I’ll follow your orders!"
Qi Yuanliang was momentarily speechless at that.
In his eyes, Ye Liuyun was always forceful—faced with this sort of thing, surely he’d stand out front. Instead, Ye Liuyun was dodging behind him now.
This was a bit different from what he’d expected.
As for Jiang Jing, Prince Jin’s bodyguard, he also realized what was going on at this moment, and so turned his gaze toward Qi Yuanliang.
At first he thought Ye Liuyun was the leader of this bunch—after all, among them, Ye Liuyun seemed the most impressive. Who could have guessed he’d chosen wrong?
As he looked toward Qi Yuanliang, there was even a hint of suspicion in his eyes.
As if to say—
You are actually the Governor?
"..."
Qi Yuanliang was good at reading expressions, and Jiang Jing wasn’t hiding his at all, making Qi Yuanliang’s face darken: Hell, you looking down on me too?
"Ahem! Brother Ye, what are you saying? True, I’m the Governor, but with our relationship, whose orders aren’t the same?"
"I’m not very familiar with Prince Jin City, and wasn’t it you who took this case in the first place, sir? It’s better if you decide."
Yet Ye Liuyun gave him not the slightest chance.
Qi Yuanliang was starting to wonder if the other party had seen through him.
No, can’t be.
Probably just being cautious. Suppressing his thoughts, Qi Yuanliang turned naturally to Jiang Jing.
"Since it’s an invitation from Prince Jin, then let’s go!"
Seeing Qi Yuanliang agree,
Jiang Jing nodded, glad not to have to use force, then waved the men behind him forward.
...
Prince Jin’s Mansion was more luxurious than Ye Liuyun had imagined. While not on par with the Imperial Palace,
it wasn’t far off.
On top of that, Ye Liuyun had actually been inside the Imperial Palace before—Prince Jin’s Mansion honestly felt like a scaled-down version of it.
In a certain sense,
this alone spoke volumes of Prince Jin’s ambition. No wonder he couldn’t contain himself and wanted to raise an army and rebel.
Soon enough,
Ye Liuyun walked with the group and, in the front courtyard, spotted a man in splendid robes. The man looked young, his eyebrows reminiscent of Yan Shuzhu, only his gaze was much sharper than Yan Shuzhu’s.
This ought to be Prince Jin himself—Yan Ze.
"Your Highness!"
Once they saw the man,
their guide Jiang Jing stepped forward and bowed first.
"I’ve brought them."
"Mm."
Yan Ze waved a hand, his face not showing any particular arrogance, just signaling Jiang Jing to fall back.
Then he looked to those Jiang Jing had brought in.
"Prince Jin, I and Brother Ye, uh..."
Now was certainly no time to stay silent, so Qi Yuanliang took the lead.
He’d meant to introduce Ye Liuyun to Yan Ze, but on glancing over, discovered that Ye Liuyun had somehow slipped behind his back.
"..."
When did you get behind me? Weren’t you just at my side?
But now was no time for other matters,
so Qi Yuanliang quickly composed himself and, pointing to Ye Liuyun, went on,
"This is Lord Thousand Households Ye Liuyun. We are here on assignment by order—no intention to intrude on Prince Jin’s domain."
Obvious enough,
Qi Yuanliang was very much trying to push Ye Liuyun forward to face Prince Jin Yan Ze.
"Lord Thousand Households Ye, why don’t you introduce the case to His Highness Prince Jin?"
Hearing this,
Prince Jin Yan Ze’s eyes also settled, as expected, on Ye Liuyun.
Trying to throw me under the bus?
What a stiff maneuver. Seems Qi Yuanliang is getting desperate—otherwise he wouldn’t be so careless.
The Qi Yuanliang before always looked composed and scheming; not like this nervous mess.
But Ye Liuyun wasn’t about to give him a chance.
"Governor, hasn’t the dossier for the case always been in your hands? We haven’t even seen it. Besides, this case was brought by Governor himself."
"I’m sure the Governor is very clear about it. If we try to explain it to His Highness, we might say something inappropriate."
This explanation was airtight.
Even Prince Jin Yan Ze couldn’t pick out any flaws.
Ever since Yan Shuzhu ascended, Yan Ze was given his title and came to his fief. All this time, he’d kept eyes in the Imperial City, constantly collecting information for him.
But even so, it’s impossible to cover everything.
Like Ye Liuyun—in the Imperial City, since his prowess as an Innate Martial Artist was well known, his reputation was not small.
Yet Prince Jin Yan Ze really hadn’t heard much about him.
He just gave Ye Liuyun a glance, then turned his attention back to Qi Yuanliang.
