Break His Leg First

"Pay?"

The Butler responsible for delivering messages on Wan Shun Marquis's side froze when Si Nan opened his mouth and asked for money.

What the hell was this?

He had never heard of anyone having to pay before.

"Are you paying or not? If not, I'm leaving."

Si Nan had no intention of wasting time on this matter. In any case, he had already conveyed his lord's meaning. Whether they listened or not was someone else's concern.

With that, Si Nan turned to leave.

"Wait!"

Seeing this, the Butler's expression darkened, but he still called out to stop him.

Wan Shun Marquis had instructed that he absolutely had to bring the Young Master back this time. Otherwise, his little life might not be his to keep.

"Is a hundred taels enough?"

"Wait while I go back and ask." They were actually paying?

Si Nan had not thought his lord would truly get any money out of them, yet it had actually worked.

Sure enough, there was so much to learn by following his lord.

Ye Liuyun had not specified an amount, so Si Nan planned to return and ask. After saying that, he gave the Butler no chance to speak and left directly.

Leaving only the Butler standing there with an ugly expression.

"Damn it!"

He had thought this would be an easy task. Who would have expected it to turn out like this? Had Ye Liufeng truly gone mad?

When Wan Shun Marquis sent the Butler here, he had not given him any money. The money he was taking out now was all his own, and the Butler did not believe the Marquis would reimburse him after he returned.

Fortunately, he had made quite a bit of money over the years by exploiting his position as Wan Shun Marquis's Butler. Otherwise, he truly would not have had enough.

"Once I get back, I must tell the Marquis about this."

That was why they said it was easier to deal with the King of Hell than his petty demons.

Do not underestimate people who seemed insignificant. When they started tattling to disgust someone, they could be truly revolting.

"A hundred taels?"

"Wan Shun Marquis's people are this stingy?"

No, something was wrong. Ye Liuyun felt like he had gotten inflated—he was actually treating a hundred taels as nothing now.

Not long ago, he had been too broke to scrape together even one tael of silver.

Si Nan obediently lowered his head and pretended not to hear. Ye Liuyun might have had the nerve to say such things, but Si Nan did not have the nerve to respond.

He increasingly felt that his lord had changed a great deal. At the very least, he had never heard him say anything like this before.

Ye Liuyun fell silent for a moment before speaking.

"Break one of his legs. If Wan Shun Marquis asks, say the Butler took too long to agree and his hesitation delayed us."

Ye Liuyun had never thought highly of people who treated human lives like grass.

Still, if he did not do certain things, someone else always would. Better for him to do them himself. At least he could break one of the man's legs and make him recuperate properly in the residence, so he would not continue going outside to seize common girls by force.

"Uh! Whose leg are we breaking?"

Si Nan still looked rather incredulous.

"Wan Shun Marquis's son's, of course. Did you think it was yours?"

To ask such a question, Ye Liuyun shot Si Nan an irritated glare. Was that Observe expressions trait of yours just for decoration?

It was not that Si Nan could not guess. He simply did not dare think it.

"U-Understood!"

Though Ye Liuyun did not know how Si Nan spoke with that Butler afterward, the other party still left with that Young Master whose leg had been broken, and conveniently left behind the hundred taels as well.

But when they left, they seemed to be shouting that they would report this to Wan Shun Marquis and that he would never let the Brocade Guard off.

They shouted loudly enough that many people heard them, but in truth—

Hardly anyone took it seriously. Only those unfamiliar with Wan Shun Marquis's circumstances asked around. Once they understood, they put the matter out of their minds.

He was merely an idle Marquis with no real authority. He could not affect the Brocade Guard.

The hundred taels were in hand.

Ye Liuyun took out ten taels and handed them to Si Nan.

"Thank you, my lord!"

Si Nan accepted them happily.

Although his lord's changes made him somewhat afraid, he had undoubtedly become far more generous with his money.

In the past, in circumstances like these, getting one tael would already have been considered good.

"Work well. I told you, not one bit of the benefits that should be yours will be withheld."

Wanting the horse to run while refusing to feed it—where in the world was there such a good deal?

Ye Liuyun had never believed that once he unleashed some kingly aura, people would come flocking to serve him with heart and soul. In the end, people were willing to work for you only because they expected you to bring them benefits, were they not?

Otherwise, were they really doing it because they loved you?

"This subordinate will swear fealty to my lord unto death!"

Si Nan spoke earnestly. Ye Liuyun nodded in satisfaction, then waved a hand to signal for him to leave.

Ye Liuyun did not take Wan Shun Marquis's matter to heart at all. Never mind whether the other party would come looking for him—if he truly did, Ye Liuyun would not be afraid in the slightest.

He simply had not expected—

Seeing that it was getting late, he had been thinking of heading back directly in a while.

The next moment, Shi Sheng came looking for him.

"Ye Liufeng!"

His temper was as explosive as expected. He kicked the door open with one foot and barked out the name.

Ye Liuyun had just closed the case files. Looking at the door, half of which had been kicked to pieces, he calmly met Shi Sheng's furious gaze.

That look left Shi Sheng, who had been about to question him, momentarily speechless.

It was not an illusion. The man before him truly was different from before.

"My lord!"

Si Nan was the first to rush over. He hurriedly stepped in front of Ye Liuyun, afraid that Shi Sheng might act on impulse and attack directly.

Ye Liuyun did not explain much. He merely raised a hand and patted Si Nan on the shoulder.

"Do not worry. Go disperse the people outside."

That commotion had already drawn quite a few people over to watch the show.

"But..."

Si Nan was worried that if he left and Shi Sheng attacked, his lord might not be a match for him.

Ye Liuyun offered no further explanation and simply waved his hand.

After hesitating for a moment, Si Nan chose to trust Ye Liuyun and went outside to drive away the people who had gathered.

"Alright!"

Only after everyone had left did Ye Liuyun sit down again.

"You had better explain yourself clearly. Otherwise, tonight I'll go kick your front door to pieces too."

"..."

Were you a child?

Shi Sheng was somewhat speechless, but he continued.

"Why did you let him go? Just because he is Wan Shun Marquis's son? Even the Son of Heaven is guilty under the same law as the common people. Wan Shun Marquis's son seized a common girl by force in broad daylight—am I not even allowed to arrest him?"

"When did I say you could not arrest him? Did I stop you?"

"You..."

Shi Sheng was momentarily at a loss for words.

After all, this time Ye Liuyun really had not stopped him from making the arrest.

Ye Liuyun could tell that Shi Sheng possessed a pure and innocent heart. At the very least, ordinary people would not dare say something like, "Even the Son of Heaven is guilty under the same law as the common people."

Though such a saying existed, everyone merely listened to it. No one truly took it seriously.

After all, how many people actually dared arrest the Son of Heaven?