Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Can Plunder Talents-Chapter 309 - 78: Threatening Me? I’ll Burn It All Down
"Take a look!"
Seeing Jiang Jing say that, Si Nan smiled and raised his eyebrows at Ye Liuyun.
Everything was already set.
He had to go again tonight, not for anything else, just to teach those seductresses a good lesson.
"Why didn’t you ask me?"
But at that moment,
Shi Sheng, who had also been practicing at the side, finally couldn’t hold it in.
He stopped his training and looked over curiously.
Obviously, he’d gone last night too.
So why did they only ask Jiang Jing and not his opinion?
"You and your taste in women, just forget it!"
Si Nan shot the dissatisfied Shi Sheng a glance and rolled his eyes in annoyance.
Ever since he’d witnessed Shi Sheng together with Chai Hong from the Xihe Dynasty, Si Nan had completely given up on Shi Sheng’s taste.
"What’s wrong with my taste?"
But Shi Sheng was obviously unhappy with being looked down on like that.
Taste? His tastes were perfectly normal.
Seeing that Shi Sheng still wanted to argue, Si Nan didn’t get mad.
He just shrugged his shoulders and asked in return:
"Then tell me, what did you think of those women last night?"
Si Nan’s question made Shi Sheng mull it over for a moment, then he answered solemnly,
"Meh. Too skinny!"
Clearly, Shi Sheng preferred the strong and sturdy type, like Chai Hong.
"..."
Si Nan didn’t bother replying, simply shot Shi Sheng a glare—given that taste, how could he even have the nerve to argue?
Still...
As for Shi Sheng himself, he did not feel there was any problem with what he’d said.
"Alright, that’s enough!"
Ye Liuyun just smiled and waved his hand at the scene.
Bickering like this was part of daily life—it brought everyone closer together, so Ye Liuyun never minded. But right now, there was still proper business to deal with.
"In the next couple of days, find me some cases to work on. Preferably right here in the Imperial City."
Still got to keep up appearances.
If you just slack off all day and people found out, it’d be pretty embarrassing.
"Yes, my lord!"
Si Nan had no intention of defying Ye Liuyun’s orders.
So as soon as he heard, he nodded right away.
Ye Liuyun, meanwhile, left to continue reading the case files. As for Shi Sheng and Jiang Jing, they went back to practicing martial arts.
But...
After a bit, Shi Sheng, who grew more and more unsettled inside, finally couldn’t help asking Jiang Jing at his side,
"Is there really something wrong with my taste?"
"..."
Now you’re putting me in an awkward spot here—how am I supposed to answer that?
...
He’d thought a case like this would be hard to come by.
Turns out not even an hour passed before Si Nan came back carrying a file.
"My lord, how about this case?"
He spoke as he passed the case file to Ye Liuyun. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
After flipping it open to read, Ye Liuyun’s eyes showed some surprise.
The case popped up just within the last few days: several gambling houses in the west of the city had been burned down by fires in quick succession. At first, it seemed an accident, but after so many times, everyone realized someone was setting the fires on purpose.
After all, if it had been accidental,
there’s no way accidents would pile up like that—especially all in gambling houses.
But if it was just arson, the case wouldn’t usually come to the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
But the thing is...
Some of those gambling houses had serious backers. To run a gambling house of that size in the Imperial City, you need more than a little power behind you.
The forces behind those gambling houses must’ve gotten pissed off and reported the case directly to the Embroidered Uniform Guard, letting them handle it and find out who set the fires.
"Who’s handling this case right now?"
It’d been a few days already, so someone must’ve taken over by now.
"Reporting to my lord, it’s a Lord Thousand Households under Governor Lei Zheng. He’s been on it for several days but hasn’t gotten anywhere, and since more gambling houses got burned, I hear that Lord Thousand Households has been chewed out more than once!"
Setting fires right under their noses—
Getting scolded was only natural; he must be feeling a ton of pressure right now.
"Let him know—I’m taking over the case!"
Perfect excuse: now Ye Liuyun didn’t have to attend morning court for a few days.
But a case of arson right before His Majesty’s birthday—no doubt there’d be orders to crack it ASAP.
"Yes, my lord!"
Hearing Ye Liuyun’s instructions, Si Nan acknowledged promptly and went off to get things done.
...
That Lord Thousand Households under Lei Zheng—
because of the gambling house fires, had been running ragged these past few days.
If it were a regular case, stalling wouldn’t hurt.
But the annoying part: the forces behind those gambling houses belonged to a Marquis—and not some idle Marquis either. He’d been lashed out at directly several times, and told he had three days to catch the culprit.
Or risk losing his own hide.
With Governor Lei Zheng covering for him, his position as Lord Thousand Households wasn’t in immediate danger, but a headache was inevitable.
"Damn it!"
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got.
Did he not want to catch the arsonist? Hell, he tried—just couldn’t find him!
After three days, he had zero clues—they wanted him to pull a miracle.
Lucky for him,
one of his men reported that Si Nan, Lord Thousand Households under Lord Ye Liuyun, had just arrived.
"My lord heard about the gambling house fires and plans to take over. Are you going to hand over the case, or do you want to work together?"
Si Nan, upon arrival, got straight to the point.
