When Tang Yu returned to the Western Affairs Office once more.
Mi Chengtian was being held in Tang Yu's study, yet he had not suffered any abuse. He had even been treated to tea and pastries served by the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
For a petty thief from the Thief Sect, such treatment felt almost unreal.
Seeing Tang Yu push open the door and enter, Mi Chengtian hurriedly set down his teacup, stood up, and respectfully said, "Lord Tang."
"Sit, sit. Why be so polite? We're all on the same side."
Tang Yu made a downward pressing gesture with both hands. After sitting behind his desk, he quickly dealt with a stack of official documents.
The Western Affairs Office's paperwork came in only two varieties.
Trivial chores anyone with hands could handle, and thorny trouble.
Take the Thief Sect case, for instance. Another document had arrived today, saying some yamen had once again lost something and ordering the Western Affairs Office to solve the case within a month.
Song Qilin had also sent someone with a verbal order, telling Tang Yu to work harder and seize this immense fortune.
Thinking of the verbal order Song Qilin had sent over made Tang Yu want to laugh. That bastard of a superior really knew how to hide a knife behind a smile.
Besides having the Embroidered Uniform Guard investigate these past few days, Tang Yu had also had his own merchant association spend money looking into it.
He had also found time to visit Luo Shuixin to discuss poetry, deliberately letting his mind wander during their conversation.
When Luo Shuixin asked why he seemed distracted, he told her of his frustration at being unable to investigate the Thief Sect. Luo Shuixin then used her far-reaching connections to dig up quite a bit of