Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Can Plunder Talents-Chapter 319 - 81: The Case Files from Back Then! I Don’t Want a Great Sage as My Underling_2

Chapter 319: Chapter 81: The Case Files from Back Then! I Don’t Want a Great Sage as My Underling_2

Compared to Shu Fan.

Ye Qinzhen seemed much more docile. First, she nodded slightly to Ye Liuyun, then sat down gracefully. After all, coming from a well-off family, certain postures and etiquette were ingrained since childhood, impossible to change.

"If you like it here, you can stay as long as you want!"

Seeing Shu Fan look a little annoyed, Ye Liuyun simply said this, unconcerned.

Anyway, this residence was huge.

Never mind just Shu Fan, even if ten more came, there’d still be room.

Shu Fan was always fond of freedom. Being kept in one place, unable to wander as she wished, was naturally the thing she found hardest to endure.

"If I stay here, you’d be sleeping with me every day. By then I probably wouldn’t even have the strength to walk!"

"Pfft!"

As soon as those words were spoken,

Ye Qinzhen, who was sipping tea beside them, completely lost control and spit out a mouthful.

For Ye Qinzhen, an untouched maiden, such words were way too shocking. Even though she’d spent some time in the Imperial Music Bureau, she was only a performer, not a courtesan who sold her body.

"Sorry! I—"

Realizing how embarrassing her reaction was, Ye Qinzhen quickly apologized.

Ye Liuyun just waved it off, not bothered at all, giving a look that said he understood, then glanced sidelong at Shu Fan.

"What’s the big deal, it’s not like there’s anyone else here!"

Shu Fan was very different from the people of this era.

Bold, decisive, loving and hating with abandon.

If it were Ye Liuyun’s former era before transmigrating, no one would think such talk was odd. But now, with all these rules, Shu Fan was definitely the odd one out.

Maybe that’s why they called Shu Fan a "demon woman."

"No, that look of mine was just to tell you: don’t even think about such good things happening!" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Staring at the rather disgruntled Shu Fan,

Ye Liuyun said calmly.

"Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten about Xing’Er and Qu Sisi. Wait your turn at the back of the line!"

"Tch!"

As if he was some rare prize.

But after clicking her tongue, as if she suddenly realized something, Shu Fan couldn’t hold back and burst out laughing.

Her lively eyes locked onto Ye Liuyun.

"See? We’re really a good match!"

...

Day after day, life left them sore and aching all over.

Luckily, with all of Ye Liuyun’s Talent Entries stacked up, he wasn’t even close to backing down.

Weak?

That word didn’t even exist in his dictionary.

The next day.

By the time Ye Liuyun arrived at the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Si Nan had already brought all the case files from the year of Feng Feiyi’s incident.

He’d thought a commotion like that would mean a mountain of records, but as it turned out, there was only a slim little booklet with rather vague details inside.

From what was recorded, all it proved was that the Marquis Rong’gong really had purchased a lot of land in the west of the city back then, meant for building gambling houses and brothels.

Including, of course, Feng Feiyi’s old family home.

But it didn’t say anything about Marquis Rong’gong seizing property by force, and not a single word about Feng Feiyi’s family by name.

"Sir, could Feng Feiyi have been lying?"

This record is completely at odds with what Feng Feiyi described.

"No!"

Ye Liuyun, after reading through the dossier, smiled knowingly.

"It’s precisely because this record is so vague and perfunctory, that it proves Feng Feiyi was telling the truth!"

That’s why people say: "Never fight the officials."

No matter how rich you are, it’s useless if you can’t hold on.

The person who wrote this record wouldn’t have stuck their neck out for a bunch of commoners, and certainly wouldn’t have truthfully documented everything Marquis Rong’gong did. Rather, they’d want to curry favor with him.

So instead, the record prettifies the Marquis Rong’gong.

Saying things like he was unmatched in benevolence, not only giving folks money, but finding them new homes too.

The more flowery the sentences, the more obvious something wasn’t right.

"I see!"

Hearing Ye Liuyun explain, Si Nan understood and nodded.

Right.

Just judging from their earlier meeting, this Marquis Rong’gong was hardly the generous type.

"So what do we do now? Are we going to help Feng Feiyi?"

Feng Feiyi’s still locked up, but it’s just a formality—they haven’t been tortured and no outsiders know.

Si Nan understood.

The boss obviously wanted to recruit Feng Feiyi, which made the Marquis Rong’gong nothing but a useful pawn.

Ye Liuyun didn’t rush to answer.

Instead, he waved his hand for Si Nan to bring Feng Feiyi in.

...

Though locked up for days, they were fed well and treated kindly.

Plus, with their Postnatal Realm cultivation,

Feng Feiyi still looked full of spirit, not the least bit dispirited.

"Sir!"

Seeing Ye Liuyun again, Feng Feiyi’s gaze was just as respectful as before.

"Have a look—this is the case record from your family’s incident back then."

Ye Liuyun didn’t speak right away, letting Feng Feiyi examine the record for themself.

When Feng Feiyi took the file, they seemed puzzled at first.

They’d clearly never had access to such a thing before, but once they took a good look inside, Feng Feiyi’s eyes instantly hardened, and the hand gripping the dossier started to clench tighter and tighter.