[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-embroidered-uniform-guard-i-can-plunder-talents":3,"chapter-embroidered-uniform-guard-i-can-plunder-talents-embroidered-uniform-guard-i-can-plunder-talents-chapter-312":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Embroidered Uniform Guard: I Can Plunder Talents",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},589892,840,"Chapter 312 - 79: What Kind of Hapless Chump Talent Is This?","embroidered-uniform-guard-i-can-plunder-talents-chapter-312",312,"\u003Cp>Although Marquis Rong’gong was furious, he hadn’t completely lost his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing the name Ye Liuyun, Marquis Rong’gong’s emotions took a sharp nosedive; his previously enraged mind suddenly became much clearer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re Ye Liuyun, that young Grandmaster?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Liuyun’s fearsome reputation preceded him; of course Marquis Rong’gong had heard of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just that he’d never met him before,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and really hadn’t expected that he’d encounter Ye Liuyun in a situation like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn’t imagine that someone with my meager reputation would actually make it to Marquis Rong’gong’s ears.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Liuyun flashed an indifferent smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, have you already decided how you want to take revenge on me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Ye Liuyun’s smiling face again, Marquis Rong’gong felt his scalp tingle a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he had good connections at court, Ye Liuyun’s notoriety was simply on another level—so much so that he was like a walking plague god; nobody dared to provoke him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marquis Rong’gong had heard more than once from others,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that in the Great Qian Dynasty nowadays,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even if you pissed off Prime Minister Fu Zhengqing, you still really shouldn’t mess with Ye Liuyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Fu Zhengqing would let things slide, but Ye Liuyun will absolutely come for revenge, and he was infamous for bearing grudges; whoever got targeted by him was finished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"H-how could that be?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you saying, Governor Ye!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marquis Rong’gong hadn’t gotten from ordinary guard to powerful marquis by being an idiot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was well aware of who could be provoked and who absolutely could not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previous Lord Thousand Households didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Ye Liuyun standing here right now—that was someone you just could not piss off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If burning a few more places makes Governor Ye happy, it’s no big deal! How could I possibly argue with Governor Ye? To be honest, I always thought the decorations in these places were pretty lousy anyway—if you weren’t going to burn them, I’d probably torch them myself!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>See, this is the influence of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder Ye Liuyun was so addicted to being strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just had to be the guy who, if he didn’t take a seat at the table, nobody else would even get to eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that so?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The change was so abrupt that the expression on Marquis Rong’gong’s face was practically twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising his eyebrows slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Liuyun played along, continuing,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since that’s the case, why don’t I help Marquis Rong’gong out a bit?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he finished,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Liuyun immediately started directing his men to get ready to keep burning down the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was just too much for Marquis Rong’gong to handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like—wait, you’re actually serious?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Ye Liuyun was just messing around; he wasn’t actually planning to set the place on fire again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just joking around!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Marquis Rong’gong’s face nearly twisting up, Ye Liuyun finally relaxed, waved his hand to call his men back, then draped an arm over Marquis Rong’gong’s shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just trying to liven things up a little, hope Marquis Rong’gong doesn’t mind!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would it even matter if I minded?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marquis Rong’gong genuinely felt he must have used up eight lifetimes’ worth of luck to be this unlucky today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really shouldn’t have left his house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he’d just stayed quietly in his own marquis residence, he wouldn’t have run into Ye Liuyun and none of this would have happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boy, it sure is hot today!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Marquis Rong’gong remain silent,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Liuyun wasn’t bothered; he just kept talking, and fanned himself, looking for all the world like he really was overheating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the weather was actually a bit cool today, so saying it was hot was definitely an exaggeration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I left in such a hurry, I even forgot to bring water. Would you look at this mess—I really am too careless!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marquis Rong’gong still didn’t say anything, just stared at Ye Liuyun’s slightly ostentatious performance, his mind utterly blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So... am I getting extorted here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since I became a marquis, I honestly never thought I’d be targeted for a shakedown—and the worst part is, I don’t really have any way to refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stories of Ye Liuyun leading his men on house raids were definitely something Marquis Rong’gong had heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even ministry officials with higher rank than him had absolutely no power to resist Ye Liuyun, so who did he think he was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to getting one’s house pillaged, getting squeezed for a bit of money didn’t seem all that bad, really.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Comforting himself with these thoughts,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marquis Rong’gong managed a smile and turned to Ye Liuyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Ye, working out here under this scorching sun is truly hard work. As it happens, I’ve got a silver note for ten thousand taels here—please take it and buy yourself a drink!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marquis Rong’gong, face full of pain, produced a silver note for ten thousand taels from his person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rich as he was,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>giving away money for nothing still sent such a stab of pain through Marquis Rong’gong’s heart he almost felt it seize up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Marquis Rong’gong, you’re too kind!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, Ye Liuyun scooped up the note without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He figured that would be that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as soon as he’d pocketed the money, Ye Liuyun glanced at the Embroidered Uniform Guards around him, then looked back at Marquis Rong’gong with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But this much is just enough for my own drink—what about all my brothers here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, ten thousand isn’t enough? What kind of water costs ten thousand taels, are you planning to drink yourself to death?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marquis Rong’gong kept up a beaming smiling, but inside he was cursing nonstop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Greedy! Unspeakably greedy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Goddamn it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With people like this around, Great Qian Dynasty’s days are numbered—does anyone still enforce the law? Does the law even exist anymore?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how he felt inside, though,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>on the outside, Marquis Rong’gong could only put on a show, take out another stack of silver notes, and smilingly say to Ye Liuyun,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes yes yes! That was my oversight, didn’t think of the others. Here you go, my lord—will this be enough?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1014,"2026-05-30T16:57:06.164Z","2026-06-01T04:31:44.368Z",1,"novelbin.me","ddadf7f86b96c67940dd15403efea7c91b8fdd94cdebbd878af9f07b21681abb","embroidered-uniform-guard-i-can-plunder-talents-chapter-313","embroidered-uniform-guard-i-can-plunder-talents-chapter-311",471,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fembroidered-uniform-guard-i-can-plunder-talents-cover.jpg"]