Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Can Plunder Talents-Chapter 108 - 11: Still Too Kind—Even Nobodies Dare to Be So Brazen

Chapter 108: Chapter 11: Still Too Kind—Even Nobodies Dare to Be So Brazen

"What do you think, sir?"

Of course, Si Nan was well aware that in matters like this, the final call still rested with Ye Liuyun.

So after finishing his words—

Si Nan still turned to Ye Liuyun with a questioning look.

"Well said!"

Ye Liuyun laughed.

How come the longer people stayed with him, the thicker their skin seemed to become? He honestly wasn’t sure who they were picking that up from.

Still—

Ye Liuyun definitely agreed with Si Nan’s idea.

When a benefit delivers itself to your door, why not take it for free?

Even if it’s a sugar-coated cannonball, I’ll eat the sugar and shoot the cannonball back. If you have something to say, just come to me directly—Ye Liuyun was not one to get scared off, that was for sure.

"Since you say so, sir, then I’m sure there’s no problem."

Shi Sheng wasn’t one for overly complicated thoughts.

But since Ye Liuyun had spoken, Shi Sheng nodded in agreement.

Yet as soon as he turned his head—

He noticed Si Nan’s rather incredulous gaze beside him.

"What’s wrong with you?"

Being stared at like that made Shi Sheng feel a little uneasy.

"Nothing!"

He shook his head resolutely.

Without saying anything, Si Nan felt a sense of threat from this straightforward bootlicking style of Shi Sheng’s.

Dammit.

He’d always thought Shi Sheng was a bit too blunt to play the flattery game, so he never saw him as competition.

But now, he realized—

When someone like Shi Sheng tries to flatter, it actually seems more official and genuine.

So, perhaps he himself should try being a little more ’honest’ every now and then.

Thinking that, Si Nan started giving it some serious thought.

,,,

After quickly counting heads—

Ye Liuyun brought along the same group he’d used for missions before. Having familiar people by his side just felt more reliable.

According to the case file—

This asset confiscation was just for a Fifth Grade official, not a particularly high rank—nothing too remarkable by Imperial City standards.

He’d thought that getting the assets of a Fifth Grade official would be nothing significant—a limited haul at best.

But upon arrival, Ye Liuyun realized he’d been mistaken.

"This is the place?"

Looking ahead at the house, which was as big as two of his own residences, Ye Liuyun paused in surprise.

For a moment, he really thought they’d come to the wrong place.

Behind him, Si Nan and Shi Sheng were both taken aback when Ye Liuyun spoke.

After double-checking, they nodded in confirmation to Ye Liuyun.

"No mistake, sir, this is the place!"

Now sure they hadn’t gotten the address wrong, Ye Liuyun couldn’t help sighing—he really had underestimated these people. When it came to greed, they always seemed to surpass imagination.

He didn’t say much more, just started giving orders to proceed with the raid.

The actual heavy lifting, of course, didn’t require Ye Liuyun himself; he just waited in the courtyard while his subordinates carried things out.

In fact, while those Embroidered Uniform Guards were moving things—

They would always pilfer a little for themselves.

The bolder ones might take even more, but Ye Liuyun didn’t bother stopping them.

No point, really.

Everybody did it. Even if he stopped them here, they’d do it somewhere else. It was pointless to fight it.

After a short while, Ye Liuyun saw another squad led by a Lord Hundred Households arrive.

Normally, big confiscations involving senior court officials would be handled by two Lords Hundred Households, or maybe a Lord Thousand Households.

Ye Liuyun didn’t pay much attention to the other Lord Hundred Households—just glanced over and realized he didn’t know him.

But the other man, spotting Ye Liuyun—

Seemed to recognize him. With a scoff full of self-satisfaction, he walked off without the slightest intent to greet Ye Liuyun.

Did he have some beef with him?

But Ye Liuyun thought for a moment—he was pretty sure he’d never met the guy.

"Sir!"

At that moment, Si Nan sidled up to Ye Liuyun and whispered quietly.

"That’s Shi Chong, just recently promoted to Lord Hundred Households. His father, you know, is Shi Xing’an, who only sat in the Lord Thousand Households’ chair a couple days ago."

Shi Xing’an’s son?

"Ah, that explains it."

Ye Liuyun nodded. Now he understood where Shi Chong’s grudge was coming from.

Plenty of people in the Embroidered Uniform Guard had assumed that Lord Thousand Households position would go to Ye Liuyun, and in the end Shi Xing’an got it.

So, as a package deal—

Whenever Shi Xing’an’s son, Shi Chong, saw Ye Liuyun, he’d get this smug look for no particular reason.

As if to say—

See? Even with your Innate Cultivation, even if everyone expected you to win—so what?

At the end of the day, you still didn’t get the Lord Thousand Households’ chair.

At the same time—

Shi Chong had already led his group of Embroidered Uniform Guards into the mansion.

Soon enough, Shi Chong’s orders rang out loud and clear.

"Turn this place upside down! Not a single piece of silver can be missed. If there is, you’ll answer to me!"

"Yes, sir!"

The Embroidered Uniform Guards with Shi Chong answered in unison.

Then, they started searching thoroughly,

Judging by how diligently they worked, they must have done this plenty of times under Shi Chong; their technique was absurdly practiced. They really didn’t leave so much as a feather behind.

They even pried a couple gold-painted bricks out of the walls, and those were just for show.

"Is this guy really that desperate for money?"

This scene—

Even Shi Sheng was a little stunned for a moment.

Goodness, why not just try hauling out the rock garden too? It looks like it could fetch a decent price as well.