Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Can Plunder Talents-Chapter 259 - 61: Return to the Imperial City! Feels Like Something’s Missing_2
"Are you worried about things inside the Imperial City?"
Whether it’s the total annihilation of the twenty thousand City Defense Army or the old emperor about to break out of confinement, these are no small matters.
One can imagine.
After returning to Great Qian this time, what awaits them will be an unprecedented fierce storm.
"Not really!"
To be honest, Ye Liuyun wasn’t too worried.
If he truly thought there would be danger, Ye Liuyun wouldn’t have agreed to return to Great Qian with Lv Lan in the first place.
What a joke.
When it comes to cherishing life, Ye Liuyun is meticulous to the point of being obsessive.
Fighting life and death for others? That would never happen.
"I just feel like I’ve forgotten something?"
Ye Liuyun had an inexplicable feeling that something was missing from this returning group.
But at the moment, he couldn’t figure out exactly what was missing.
"???
Seeing Ye Liuyun say this, Lv Lan was also full of curiosity, his gaze scanning the surroundings.
"There shouldn’t be anything missing, right? Everyone who should return is here, aren’t they?"
"True!"
Ye Liuyun wouldn’t dwell on things he couldn’t figure out.
He nodded in agreement.
Putting aside that strange feeling, he turned back to look at everyone behind him.
"Pass the word down, after traveling for another hour, everyone can take a break!"
Everyone is human, not machines.
The journey from Great Qian to Xihe is long and can’t be rushed.
It would be bad if they return to Great Qian with everyone exhausted.
"Yes!"
Upon hearing the command, everyone simultaneously answered in acknowledgment, feeling somewhat relieved.
Obviously, even for them, constant travel was unbearable, so it was a relief they could rest.
On the other side, Lv Lan had no objections to Ye Liuyun’s arrangement and did not insist on them returning to Great Qian quickly.
,,,
While Ye Liuyun was rushing back to the Imperial City.
On another front!
If Ye Liuyun had been here with the long-absent Ji You, he would certainly have remembered what he had forgotten.
It turned out he had forgotten that the group should have included the Minister of Rites, Ji You.
But it didn’t matter.
Having been ’taken’ away by that horse on that day, Ji You was thought to be lost forever, but surprisingly, he survived, although thirsty and hungry.
The horse that took Ji You away ran for several hours in fright before it collapsed from exhaustion.
Ji You had no choice.
He couldn’t possibly drag the horse himself.
So he had to journey alone, first finding a place where there were people to ask for directions to Xihe.
He was already near Xihe.
Ji You thought of reaching Xihe first, buying some supplies, and then returning to Great Qian.
Dreams are beautiful, but reality is harsh.
Ji You did find people, but they turned out to be none other than suspicious bandits.
This area near the border is rife with bandits. Ji You was caught by them without even a chance for words and thrown into a group of people clearing land.
By the time Ji You realized what was happening.
He found a hoe in his hand.
Looking around at the people bare-chested and digging, Ji You couldn’t hold back and shouted.
"Wait! I am Ji You, the Minister of Rites of Great Qian, you can’t do this to me, or my lord will take your lives!"
The sudden shout.
Made the workers pause and look over curiously.
And the bandits watching over these people.
Had little reaction to Ji You’s shout, instead, they sneered and walked directly toward him.
Seeing someone approaching him.
Ji You thought his shout had worked, and joyfully said.
"If you let me go, back in Great Qian, I can reward you with wealth and honor,,"
"Slap!"
Before he could finish his bribery.
The other party pulled out the whip from their belt and whipped Ji You hard.
Living a pampered life as he had for years, he had never been treated like this, especially with such forceful blows intended to kill.
"How dare you hit me, you dare hit an official, I’ll have your life!"
Furious, Ji You shouted back.
His only answer was a cold laugh.
Then.
"Slap! Slap! Slap!"
The whip fell on Ji You over and over again.
"Don’t want to work, then prepare to die!"
All these people clearing the land were captured by the bandits, and there had been disobedient troublemakers at first.
But it didn’t matter.
The world is never short of refugees; even if one batch is killed, another can be captured.
"I’ll work! I’ll work! Stop beating me!"
Finally, Ji You couldn’t hold it in anymore and chose to beg for mercy.
"Hmph!"
The bandit finally put the whip away.
By then, Ji You’s body was covered in whip marks of various sizes, but he dared not pause his work.
Who knows if stopping for a moment would have him lashed again.
Now, Ji You felt both angry and aggrieved.
Digging at the ground, he kept cursing under his breath.
Why did I come here, he wondered, when I had such a good life in Great Qian? Why did I leave Great Qian?
