He had drawn the middle-aged scholar's face fairly clearly.
His tall, thin frame, dark skin, the conspicuous black mole at the corner of his mouth, and the arrogance that lingered between his brows.
All of it appeared on the paper.
Su Fei took the portrait and examined it carefully. After confirming that the distinguishing features were clear and the face was reasonably recognizable, he folded the paper and tucked it into his robes.
Whoever this man was, whether or not he belonged to the crown prince's faction, investigating with the portrait would turn up clues sooner or later.
Su Fei turned to the Imperial Guards behind him.
"Lei Wu, take the men and search this estate. Bring out and take away anything valuable. Don't leave the armor or Japanese swords behind, either. Inventory them and take them along. I'll watch the Japanese pirate prisoners here. If any of them dares to run, I'll kill him outright."
The twenty-odd Japanese pirates in the courtyard trembled.
"Yes! Understood!"
Lei Wu accepted the order and immediately led fifteen Imperial Guards deeper into the estate.
The sounds of doors being forced open and chests and cupboards being ransacked rang out.
For Imperial Guards like them, confiscating property was their specialty. Nothing could have been simpler.
They worked deftly and soon found valuables in the inner courtyard's storeroom, carrying out wooden chests one after another.
Some chests held gleaming silver, some held jewelry, and others were packed with precious medicinal herbs such as ginseng and deer antler.
It looked as though the medicinal herb estate run by these Japanese pirates really had done some legitimate business, purchasing quite a few medicinal herbs from their Great Xuan.
Now, however, these medicinal herbs were all counted as illicit proceeds and confiscated.
Su Fei stood beside a weapon