"As expected of you, sir!"
Meanwhile, over on Ye Liuyunâs side.
After returning, Shi Sheng couldnât help but sigh in admiration.
"If it werenât for you, sir, spotting something off about the Southern Governor at a glance, I bet weâd all still be kept in the dark right now."
Before following Ye Liuyun,
Shi Sheng had truly thought that the Southern Governor Qi Yuanliang was one of the rare good men within the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and he had even admired the guy before.
But now, looking back,
Turns out, thereâs not a single good apple in this Embroidered Uniform Guardâ even that seemingly gentle Southern Governor is just putting on an act.
This useless Embroidered Uniform Guard is doomed, sooner or later.
"You noticed anything strange?"
Si Nan, who was standing nearby, chimed in casually.
If Shi Sheng could actually spot something off early on, then Si Nan would think that was strange as hell.
"Like you saw it first?"
"It was only after sir mentioned it that I realized something was off with the Southern Governor."
"Heh, I donât buy it!"
"...",
Looking at Shi Sheng acting like a sore loser,
Si Nan just rolled his eyes and didnât even bother to explain.
Believe it or not, are we kids here?
"Sir!"
Si Nan pulled himself back together, and spoke to Ye Liuyun with due gravity.
"If the Southern Governor finds out youâre involved, sir, this could be really troublesome."
No need to think it overâQi Yuanliang hiding all these years, suddenly exposed? Pretending he isnât pissed off is just impossible.
Although he had no idea how their boss had managed it,
In Si Nanâs opinion, the reason Shi Xingâan went berserk on Qi Yuanliang must be because their boss was pulling the strings somewhere.
"Maybe we should strike first, beat him to it?"
As he spoke, Si Nan drew a finger across his throat in a throat-slitting gesture at Ye Liuyun.
Hanging around Ye Liuyun so long, his guts had grown a lot.
Even knowing now that Qi Yuanliang was in the Innate Realm, he still wasnât scared at all.
Instead, he was already weighing whether they should make a preemptive move.
"Back to the old ways?"
Shi Sheng, beside him, brightened at the words and looked eagerly at Ye Liuyun.
He looked as if he couldnât wait.
"No need!"
Si Nan and Shi Shengâs bloodthirsty reaction made Ye Liuyun laugh out loud.
"Since our Southern Governor loves performing so much, why not let him keep acting for a while longer? Iâm really quite curious how Qi Yuanliang plans to continue the show."
With Ye Liuyunâs skills,
Getting rid of the traces of magecraft left on Shi Xingâan wasnât really hard.
The reason he didnât do it, even deliberately leaving them, was to bait Qi Yuanliang into taking the bait.
Chances are,
Qi Yuanliang would never guess that apart from being an Innate Martial Artist, heâs also a Seventh Grade Mage.
Killing Qi Yuanliang would actually be simpleâ
Just a matter of swinging a blade.
Even if their cultivation was equal, both at Innate Perfection, Ye Liuyun was still confident he could forcefully cut down Qi Yuanliang.
But there was no real need.
Qi Yuanliang might be gone, but the person behind him would still be there.
If they could put up a Qi Yuanliang, they could put up a second, a third.
So rather than that, letting Qi Yuanliang live a little longer actually helps them find out whatâs really going on.
"Relax. If itâs time to act, Iâll make sure you both know."
Feels like Si Nan and Shi Sheng are getting more murderous by the day.
"Understood!"
The two exchanged a glance, nodded knowingly, and answered Ye Liuyun in unison.
...
The conversation,
didnât last long after all. After all, Qi Yuanliang was still the Southern Governor.
And now everyone knows this Southern Governor, Qi Yuanliang, is deep, cunning, nothing like his harmless outer shell.
No one wants to get on this kind of Qi Yuanliangâs bad side.
So aside from some sneaky gossiping in private, no one dares to even mention it in public now.
Besides,
everyone has become aware of another problem.
Shi Xingâan is deadâdoesnât this mean the Lord Thousand Households position is vacant again?
Looking back at the whole history of the Embroidered Uniform Guard,
Shi Xingâan is probably the shortest-serving Lord Thousand Households theyâve ever had.
"Who will it be, in the end?"
Days have gone by, but Qi Yuanliang still canât figure out who orchestrated the incident with Shi Xingâan.
At first, he suspected Ye Liuyun.
But Qi Yuanliang was convinced Ye Liuyun didnât know any magecraft, so he immediately ruled him out.
Now it seems,
the culprit must be someone skilled in magecraftâand with good cultivation, able to affect a Postnatal Martial Artist like Shi Xingâan.
The thought of such an enemy hiding in the shadows, perhaps watching his every move,
gave Qi Yuanliang the chills for no reason at all.
Feels like everyone around him is a bad guy.
"Sir!"
At this moment,
Shadowâs silhouette suddenly appeared in front of Qi Yuanliang.
"Hmm?"
The abrupt movement
almost made Qi Yuanliang lash out on the spotâhe was that jumpy now.
Luckily, seeing it was Shadow, he let out a slow, deep breath and relaxed again.
"Next time you come in, knock."
"???"
Shadow, unaware he had just danced with death, looked at Qi Yuanliang in utter confusion.
Knock?
When have I ever knocked?
Whatever. Shadow didnât bother to dwell on it. Instead, he reported seriously:
"An imperial edict has arrived!"
"An edict?"
Yan Shuzhu has held the top spot for years, but since everyone knows heâs just a puppet, nobody ever cared much about it.