Chapter 211 - 45: Securing the Governor Position, Shocking the Embroidered Uniform Guard (Part 2)

"Just because someone didn’t greet him on the road, and he thought he was being looked down on, so he killed the guy—now that’s just way too absurd!"

I thought there’d be some deep-seated grudge involved or something.

When I first heard this reason...

Jiang Jing nearly lost his composure entirely.

Honestly, this is a bit over the top.

So, is it just that I’ve been out of the underworld for too long and things have gone completely off the rails?

"You ain’t seen nothing yet!"

I thought it’d be something serious, turns out it’s just this, huh.

Seeing Jiang Jing so surprised, Si Nan and Shi Sheng didn’t really pay much attention to it anymore.

"Stick around with the Embroidered Uniform Guard long enough, you’ll hear even more ridiculous reasons for murder!"

After handling cases this long, we’ve seen even crazier stuff—this is nothing, really.

"..."

So, turns out I really haven’t seen enough of the world yet, huh.

Judging by Si Nan and Shi Sheng’s "newbie" looks at him,

Jiang Jing honestly didn’t even know what to say.

He opened his mouth, but in the end, just chose to keep silent.

Forget it.

Maybe it’s really like they said—see enough, and you’ll get used to it.

Si Nan chuckled and casually slung an arm around Jiang Jing’s shoulders, sounding all chummy.

"Alright then, to celebrate you cracking your first case, tonight I’ll take you to the Imperial Music Bureau, interested?"

"..."

Si Nan’s words

reminded Jiang Jing of his one and only brothel visit back in Prince Jin City—so he nodded quickly and decisively.

"Sure!"

"I’m in too!"

Shi Sheng instantly piped up from the side.

"Then you’re paying for yourself."

Si Nan didn’t even hesitate before replying.

Go ahead and join, but you gotta pay your own way.

Si Nan always ended up paying for Shi Sheng—after a while, he was starting to feel a little like a damn sucker.

"Tch!"

Shi Sheng couldn’t help clicking his tongue twice at that answer from Si Nan.

"Cheap bastard!"

"..."

Between us, who’s really the stingy one here?

After giving Shi Sheng a side-eye, Si Nan couldn’t even be bothered to argue and turned away with a grin, looking at Ye Liuyun on the other side.

"Boss, you coming with us tonight too?"

"Sure!"

Ye Liuyun didn’t spoil the mood either.

Good, last time he’d promised to redeem Ye Qinzhen—perfect chance to settle that matter tonight.

...

They joked and laughed all the way, making it back to the Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters in high spirits.

As for...

Once back at the Guard, the atmosphere instantly turned a lot heavier.

The other members of the Embroidered Uniform Guard were all throwing wary glances at each other.

With no new Governor chosen for so long, everyone was already getting seriously nervous.

"Boss, when are you making your move?"

Si Nan and his crew knew exactly how things stood.

Ye Liuyun was definitely eying that Governor’s spot too, but hadn’t taken any action yet.

Still, they believed—

Their boss couldn’t possibly stay quiet for long. He’d make his move sooner or later.

"Not much longer!"

Thinking of Lv Lan leaving last night, Ye Liuyun cracked a subtle smile.

Judging by timing, things should be just about ready to go down.

Ye Liuyun had only just returned to the Embroidered Uniform Guard and hadn’t even had time to assign new tasks to his men, when

news of the imperial edict arrived.

’Here it comes!’

The moment he heard the words ’imperial edict’, Ye Liuyun knew what was up.

"Everyone assemble in the front courtyard!"

Shouts echoed outside, urging every member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard to the front courtyard, ready to await the imperial edict together.

"Let’s go!"

Whatever break they needed could wait—no rush to rest now.

After a quick word,

Ye Liuyun strode ahead with long strides, Si Nan and the others exchanging glances before quickly falling in behind him.

Their steps growing lighter.

Clearly, they could also tell—something big was in that edict to get their boss acting like this.

Of course.

Stick with the boss, and wealth and glory will follow, huh.

...

When Ye Liuyun arrived,

the front courtyard was already full of people.

All the on-duty Centurions, Lords Thousand Households, and even that other Northern Garrison Commander’s Office’s Lei Zheng were already there too.

Just that—

At this moment, Lei Zheng was frowning, staring at the direction of the imperial edict with a puzzled look.

Clearly, he hadn’t expected an edict to show up now either.

A bunch of people behind him were asking Lei Zheng about the imperial edict, assuming as someone of the General of Border Defense’s camp, he’d know something about it.

But Lei Zheng, pestered beyond all patience,

finally barked at them,

"Shut up, no talking in front of the imperial edict—didn’t you people learn anything?"

Maybe martial generals are a bit hot-tempered, but you can’t get to be a leader with only muscle and no brains.

Lei Zheng knew very well,

he might not give a damn about Yan Shuzhu the emperor, but the imperial edict? That’s the face of the Royal Family—if there’s any record of defying it...

He believed if the old emperor came out of retirement, he’d definitely come and settle the score personally.

And so, after that shout,

everyone who’d been whispering in the front courtyard instantly quieted down with tacit understanding.

No one said another word.

Soon, almost everyone was there.

The eunuch in charge of reading out the imperial edict finally lazily unrolled it.

"Where is Ye Liuyun?"

Ye Liuyun?

Hearing Ye Liuyun’s name suddenly called, quite a few people froze, then turned in unison to the back row, where Ye Liuyun was standing.