The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

"Greetings, Lord Li..."

"Lord Li, I am the steward of the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. I have come on my master's orders to present you with a small gift to congratulate you."

"Lord Li, I am the Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Stud..."

"Lord Li, I am from the Five Cities Garrison Command..."

When the gift-givers saw Li Jingtian return, they all rushed towards him, shouting and talking loudly.

"Quiet!"

Li Jingtian spoke in a deep and powerful voice.

This single voice instantly made all the gift-givers dizzy and their scalps tingle.

"Take all the gifts back with you."

"I will not accept any gifts. If there is a next time, I will not be so lenient!"

Li Jingtian stared coldly at the group of people who were giving gifts and said in a cold voice.

An incredibly terrifying killing intent seemed to envelop all the gift-givers.

Hundreds of people were sweating profusely and trembling.

Li Jingtian then walked towards the main gate of the Li residence.

Click...

The gates of the Li residence slowly opened.

"Master, you're finally back."

The old steward of the Li family breathed a sigh of relief and said to Li Jingtian.

"Uncle Fu, did you not send the gifts to your residence?"

Li Jingtian smiled slightly and walked into the Li residence.

"No, Master has never liked these things, so how could this old servant allow them to send gifts to our residence?"

Uncle Fu closed the gate, shook his head, and said, "When I saw that the situation was not right, I closed the gate and instructed the guards in the manor not to let anyone in."

"That's good."

Li Jingtian breathed a sigh of relief.

The headquarters of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

"Good, I've finally finished reading all the files."

"There really is someone suitable to serve as the Commander of the Northern and Southern Garrison Divisions of my Embroidered Uniform Guard!"

Chu Xiu put down the last file, a glint of light flashing in his eyes, and said in a deep, powerful voice, "Someone come here!"

crunch...

The door was slowly pushed open.

A Jinyiwei captain who was guarding outside the study of the Jinyiwei commander came out and respectfully bowed to Chu Xiu, saying, "Greetings, sir."

"Go tell Lin Huaiyu to come over."

Chu Xiu said calmly.

"Yes, Your subordinate obeys."

The Imperial Guard captain acknowledged the order and withdrew.

Because Lin Huaiyu was coming over soon, the Imperial Guard captain did not close the door.

Less than a moment.

Lin Huaiyu then entered the study of the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, bowed to Chu Xiu, and said, "Your subordinate greets Your Excellency."

"Lin Huaiyu, find me two people!"

"I need to know where they are currently in our Great Zhou Dynasty."

Chu Xiu flicked his sleeve, and two volumes of documents flew swiftly toward Lin Huaiyu.

Lin Huaiyu held a dossier in each hand, staring at the names on them, and muttered to himself, "Overlord Blade Nie Kuangren, Sword God Ximen Jue..."

"That's right, it's the two of them!"

Chu Xiu said with an appreciative look on his face, "These two have excellent reputations, and although they are both from the ranks of rogue cultivators, they possess top-notch talent and aptitude. Each of them is a peerless genius."

More importantly, both of them are quite young.

"You'd be perfect fit to join our Embroidered Uniform Guard and become the Commander of the Northern and Southern Garrison Divisions."

When Chu Xiu selects people, he first looks at their character.

Secondly, consider talent and aptitude.

Even if one has good character, if one lacks talent and aptitude, one cannot control the arrogant and fierce soldiers of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Therefore, one must have strong talent and aptitude!

Both of them are of good character and have strong talent and aptitude.

Then they would have the qualifications to suppress the arrogant and fierce soldiers of the Embroidered Uniform Guard!

"My lord, regarding these two, I do indeed know where Nie Kuangren is."

Lin Huaiyu considered for a moment before speaking.

"Oh?"

Chu Xiu looked at Lin Huaiyu with great interest and said.

"Nie Kuangren is currently in the Taihang Mountains."

"In the Taihang Mountains, a mountain stronghold called Black Wind Village was built."

"He acted on behalf of Heaven in the Taihang Mountains and often took action against the bandits who robbed and plundered in the Taihang Mountains."

"They also wiped out quite a few mountain strongholds."

Lin Huaiyu said with a strange expression, "This person has a very similar thing to you, sir: they both like to help the people."

Every time he dealt with bandits, he would give half of the money and grain he obtained to the people near the Taihang Mountains.

"Black Wind Stronghold Chieftain, the Tyrant Blade Nie Kuangren?"

A strange light flashed in Chu Xiu's eyes; this person was interesting.

"As for the Sword God Ximen Jue, he is a martial arts fanatic and a sword fanatic..."

"He makes his home wherever he goes and enjoys challenging renowned figures from all over our Great Zhou Dynasty."

"It is said that this person took Heaven and Earth as his teachers."

"His swordsmanship is all self-created, taking heaven and earth as his teachers and learning the way of heaven and earth."

Lin Huaiyu's expression turned solemn, and he said earnestly, "This person has one characteristic: he regards money as dirt and is kind-hearted."

They cannot see the tragic events in the world.

He squandered all the wealth in his home, distributing it to the surrounding people, which is not mentioned.

Even when they encounter injustice while traveling the martial arts world, they will still step in to help.

They also frequently provided relief to the people. When they were short of money, they would find someone with a terrible reputation to rob the rich and give to the poor.

Finding him won't be difficult; I'll find Ximen Jue's whereabouts in three days at most!

"it is good."

"Go do something."

"Also, send the complete information on Black Wind Stronghold to my residence."

Chu Xiu waved to Lin Huaiyu and said.

"Yes, Your subordinate obeys."

Lin Huaiyu bowed and then withdrew.

Chu Xiu stood up and walked out of the study. It was getting late, and he should return home.

however!

Right now!

"This old monk has come to challenge Lord Chu. I humbly request Lord Chu's guidance!"

A voice as loud as a bell and as powerful as thunder resounded in the headquarters of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

A kind-hearted old monk, dressed in tattered black robes, barefoot, holding a broken bowl, with disheveled hair, looking like a wild man, arrived outside the Jinyiwei headquarters.

"Blazing hot like fire, fierce and unparalleled."

"This master is no ordinary person."

Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow and said in a deep voice, "Someone, go and fetch Li Jingtian."

"Yes."

A hidden Imperial Guard responded and then disappeared.

Chu Xiu strode towards the main gate of the Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters.

Swish!Swish!Swish!

Fang Heng and the others were on high alert. They quickly emerged from the headquarters of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and, upon seeing Chu Xiu, hurriedly bowed and said, "Greetings, sir."

"No need to be polite."

"Come with me to meet this master."

Chu Xiu nodded slightly and said.

"Yes."

Fang Heng and the others responded and followed Chu Xiu out of the main hall of the Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters.

In a moment.

Chu Xiu led Fang Heng and the others to the outside of the Embroidered Uniform Guard headquarters, where they immediately spotted the old monk.

“Amitabha, well said, well said. I have come here today only to seek your guidance.”

There was no malice whatsoever.

Upon seeing Chu Xiu appear, the old monk bowed with one hand, chanted a Buddhist prayer, and said...