I, a prison guard in the Heavenly Prison, secretly became invincible thanks to the system.

Early morning, the air was thick with mist.

Ye Kang strolled leisurely to the riverbank outside the city.

On the Jiayang River, there were charred boats and floating corpses everywhere. The laborers took the initiative to retrieve the corpses and clean up the battlefield. In order to avoid the spread of the plague, all the corpses were to be burned.

It seems the pirates have been driven back, but we don't know the extent of casualties inside the city.

Ye Kang walked back to the inn in a low-key manner. As soon as he entered, he found the lobby full of familiar faces.

The two members of the Azure Scale Guard sat in the middle. The burly man had many bandages wrapped around his body, clearly indicating that he was injured. The girl, on the other hand, looked fine and still had a bright, innocent smile.

Jin Baobei and He Zhi sat on the other side, both looking rather unwell. They only felt relieved when they saw Ye Kang appear.

"Lord Ye, you're finally back! We were so worried! Lord Jin said you chased after that womanizer, but we searched the whole city and couldn't find you!"

He Zhi walked up, his face full of relief.

Jin Baobei wiped the cold sweat from her brow and said, "You said you would start arresting people as soon as you saw them go in. When we rushed in, everyone was already down except for a beautiful concubine. If she hadn't said anything, we wouldn't have known what happened."

Ye Kang felt helpless. There was nothing he could do; his subordinates were simply not up to the task of catching the thieves.

Both of them were concerned about Ye Kang's safety, but the girl from the Green Scale Guard stared at the blood-soaked cloth bag in Ye Kang's hand with a look of surprise.

"Congratulations, Lord Ye, for eliminating a great scourge for Jiayang City. This is another great achievement."

Ye Kang placed the severed head on the table and casually picked up a cup of tea to drink.

"You two wouldn't have come here specifically to see if I've caught anyone, would you?"

The girl nodded: "Lord Ye is wise. I was thinking that if Lord Ye made a mistake, I would accept the credit as well. Now it seems that I underestimated you. Let's leave now."

Her expression showed little disappointment, but rather more surprise.

Ye Kang didn't stop them and watched the two walk away.

Then Jinbaobei cautiously asked, "Sir... what's in this bag?"

"Take the head of the flower thief back to report."

"My lord Shenwu!"

All the subordinates immediately clasped their hands in respect.

Ye Kang then learned about what happened last night from them.

It is said that last night's attack involved the entire pirate force, who came prepared, and there were as many as four leaders at the Innate Realm level.

These people were determined to take over Jiayang City, and their advance was fierce.

Zheng Hailong arrived just in time and used all his skills to fight the four men, but he was outnumbered and was beaten until he coughed up blood repeatedly.

Fortunately, the Azure Scale Guards intervened at that moment.

A young girl and a burly man, just the two of them, both unleashed strength no less than Zheng Hailong's.

With the three of them working together, they quickly killed the four leaders of the Innate Realm. The remaining pirates were no threat, and the four of them killed them all night long. Less than one or two out of ten of them escaped.

It is said that the Qinglin Guard still had men who secretly went to the bandits' stronghold, captured the stronghold, and took many prisoners.

The bandit problem on the Jiayang River was thus resolved.

At this point, He Zhi sighed and said, "This time we have finally witnessed the strength of the Azure Scale Guard. No wonder the Commander always said that we can only do odd jobs. He was right."

The subordinates nodded in agreement.

"Fortunately, Lord Ye was wise and decisively changed the mission, otherwise we would have had to face those four innate masters."

"So, Lord Ye is our savior!"

"Your Excellency is truly a master strategist! We admire you greatly!"

The subordinates chimed in, each offering their own opinions, and automatically filled in a complete logical framework, making it seem like Ye Kang's unauthorized change of assignments was a good thing.

What else could he say but accept the admiration of his subordinates?

With the task completed, the subordinates began to pack up and prepare to return to the capital to report back.

During this time, two sedan chairs suddenly arrived outside the inn.

Zheng Hailong, the lord of Jiayang City, stepped out of one of the sedan chairs, his body wrapped in bandages.

His beautiful concubine was sitting in the other sedan chair.

After the concubine stepped out of the sedan chair, all the passersby turned their heads to look, and Ye Kang's subordinates also stared at her intently.

Only such beauty could have made Fan Shanyue remember her for so long.

Ye Kang watched the two approach and sighed inwardly.

Zheng Hailong entered the inn, cupped his hands and said, "Lord Ye, I have offended you the other day."

"You're too kind, City Lord. It's nothing to mention."

"Then let's not talk about that. Lord Ye protected my woman last night. Although I, Zheng, have a bad temper, I will repay kindness. I have ordered the largest restaurant in the city to prepare a banquet. Please, sir, bring your entourage to grace us with your presence."

Ye Kang shook his head.

"No, it's my duty. If I accept the banquet, I'll inevitably be the subject of gossip. Please forgive me, City Lord."

"That's true, then we won't force it."

Zheng Hailong was a decisive man. Seeing that he could not attend the banquet, he immediately ordered his men to take a brocade box from the sedan chair.

He took the brocade box, but his eyes were fixed on the human head on the table.

"Could this be?"

"Exactly."

"Is it really true?"

"really."

"Thank you, Lord Ye, for eliminating this official!"

Zheng Hailong immediately cupped his hands again and bowed to his concubine.

After speaking, he quietly approached Ye Kang and presented him with the brocade box.

"Lord Ye, if you need to handle business in Jiayang City in the future, just come to me directly."

Without saying much, he took his concubine and left.

When Ye Kang opened the brocade box, he saw a dazzling stack of silver notes and gold bars.

This Lord Zheng is a man who clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment. Unfortunately, gold and silver no longer hold much appeal for Ye Kang, as he still has quite a few ancient treasures in his collection of black jade.

He only accepted the gold bars and handed all the silver notes to Jinbaobei.

"Brothers, you've all worked hard. I feel bad that we didn't complete the mission of wiping out the river pirates. Let's divide it up, but don't say anything."

Everyone was ecstatic.

"Don't worry, sir! Anyone who dares to utter a word will be chopped off first!"

He Zhile has blossomed.

It's great to follow Lord Ye; we always get to eat and drink our fill. He's a truly great leader!

After the silver notes were distributed, everyone seemed like a different person, exuding an extraordinary aura and walking with a swagger.

The group didn't linger and returned immediately.

……

They traveled at a brisk pace, and several more days passed.

Ye Kang returned to the Imperial City Division and handed over the case documents and the head of Fan Shanyue.

Although the mission to eliminate the river pirates was stolen, it was already a rare occurrence for the Imperial City Guard to gain merit in Jiayang City.

Moreover, the case of the flower thief was no small matter, so Leng Ruyi didn't say much more.

After finishing the case, Ye Kang needs to take a few days off.

But before that, he planned to go back to the death row first.