Le Yu had once wondered what the Radiance Four Guards' Commander looked like: an aged old man, a gloomy middle-aged man, a court minister who cared about the world and its people, an obscure librarian... They controlled the darkest intelligence agency in Radiance's shadows, had taken part in countless historical events, and knew many secrets unknown to the public. They were practically the sort of mysterious organization that would inevitably appear in the trashy novels of later generations.
In his previous life, they probably could have stood alongside the Skull and Bones Society, the Freemasons, and the Rothschild family.
He had once imagined what it would be like to meet the Commander of the Rites Guard: a moonless, windy night of murder; the Commander inviting him to sit at midnight; urging him to drain one more cup of wine; sharing with him the sorrow of ten thousand years... In short, it would surely be a scene of talented rivals meeting as evenly matched opponents, as the wheels of history rumbled forward.
Le Yu believed that meeting the Commander was only a matter of time. After all, he had already become a sword scabbard, and with one careless step he might become the new emperor's trusted treacherous minister. Wasn't such experience enough for the organization's BOSS to grovel before him?
Although the Radiance Four Guards operated through one-on-one guidance, with none of them knowing one another's identities, as though they were playing Werewolf in Flame Capital, the Commander at the pinnacle of power had to maintain some connection with his core subordinates. Otherwise, how could he assign tasks like studying to strengthen the nation?
This world didn't have WeChat or long-distance voice transmission.
Therefore, after learning about the position of Direct Envoy, Le Yu had assumed it was an opportunity to