Volume 4 Chapter 18 – Emergency Order

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Translated by Rain

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At dawn.

Luoyang Sword Family.

Supreme Executive Council, Administration Pavilion.

There was a quiet tension in the Administration Pavilion, which had been on emergency duty since last night.

The Administration Pavilion, especially the Administration Pavilion’s office staff, were drinking tea, talking in low voices with the people next to them, or wandering around the office.

If there was one thing they had in common, it was that they were glancing at the door of the administration pavilion’s office.

Eventually, when the door opened, people in charge of each department in the Administration Pavilion, who had finished the meeting in the office, began to pour out.

As the people in charge were returning to their departments without even looking back, the Administration Pavilion owner made his last appearance.

“This is to inform you that an emergency order has been issued as of the current time in accordance with the resolution of the Supreme Executive Council.”

The clerks moved in unison according to the instructions.

The drawer was opened, revealing armbands with the word ‘emergency’ clearly embroidered on them.

Secretaries wearing armbands followed the lead of the Administration Pavilion and moved to open and operate the situation room.

* * *

A person in charge of the Administration Pavilion went down a few floors, opened the door, and a large space was revealed.

There, about fifty scribes were waiting with paper, pencil, and ink on their desks.

“This is an emergency order from the Supreme Executive Council!”

They began to copy without hesitation the various orders, cooperation documents, and visits they had received.

The clerks constantly carried new bundles of paper, collected the copied papers, and delivered them to the inspectors.

The papers that went through inspection were stamped by the person in charge after completing the final inspection and became official documents.

The clerks sealed the official document, placed it in a silk pouch with the destination indicated, and tied it tightly again.

The silk bags immediately headed to the first floor, where there were about 200 envoys who had been urgently dispatched from the Postal Bureau.

The servants who received the silk pouch put it in a leather container and tied it tightly behind the back.

They immediately put the receipt in their arms and ran down the road like the wind towards all corners of the Luoyang Sword Family.

A red flag with the word “emergency” written on it fluttered wildly on their backs.

* * *

Luoyang Sword Family, Administration Department.

It was the large courtyard of the Administration Department, where people had already begun to come in and have tea even before official business hours began.

“Emergency! Everyone get out of the way!”

The Postal Bureau servant with the red flag on his back crossed the courtyard in a straight line without any restraint.

The servant was escorted straight to the office of the Head of the Administration Department by a startled attendant.

The Head of the Administration Department, who stayed up all night in his office, welcomed his servant with a faint smile.

The Head of the Administration Department, who had stamped the receipt, hurriedly unsealed it with trembling hands.

After reading the official document clearly stamped with the seal of the Supreme Executive Council Administration Pavilion, he burst into laughter.

“Isn’t there anyone?!”

A maid from outside rushed in to see what he was doing.

“Go right away and call the person on duty! And immediately call the person in charge of training for the Class A special class!”

“Yes! Head of the Administration Department!”

The maid, who knew his personality, answered and rushed out.

“at las…!”

He picked up his brush with a face full of joy.

* * *

Luoyang Sword Family, belonging to the business group,

Sword Family Construction division.

Luoyang Sword Family Headquarters .

The office of the duty officer, who was leisurely finishing his night shift without any incidents during the night, burst open.

“W-what?!”

There, there was a servant panting heavily and the clerk who guided the servant.

When he saw the red flag, he couldn’t even wipe up the spilled tea, but quickly broke the seal after rinsing it.

“Huh? Huh?!”

He shouted as he hurriedly looked through the manual for night watchmen that was on his desk.

“Seek cooperation from the Postal Bureau and bring in all the high-ranking executives working at the headquarters!”

One of those who had gathered to see what was going on asked in confusion.

“Do you mean everything…?”

“Yes! Everyone! This is an emergency call!”

He found a section with an emergency contact information written on it.

“Call all the employees at headquarters to my office! And you start transcribing this official document! It must be delivered to the executives!”

* * *

Luoyang Sword Family, Outer Courtyard.

Yeon Ha-eung, the man known as Rumors with Legs, dressed in his signature colorful silk clothes, left the office.

The usually relaxed and cultured atmosphere of the Outer Courtyard was gone, and it was extremely crowded with people coming and going in a hurry.

When he arrived at the Foreign Affairs Hall, an elder spotted him in his confusion and waved his hand.

“Oh! That’s good. I was just about to call the advisor.”

Yeon Ha-eung rubbed his hands with a light-hearted smile.

“I saw a messenger with a red flag passing by and came to see if there was anything I could do to help.”

“That’s good! Now, I’ve sent out all the attendants and maids to call on the officials at the main temple.”

He personally served cooled tea to Yeon Ha-eung.

“I don’t know if you know, but….”

As he took out a copy of the official document delivered by the Supreme Executive Council, Yeon Ha-eung waved his hand.

“Oh, I already know about that.”

Then the elder burst out laughing.

“Haha! Of course, it’s our Outer Courtyard’s torture center called the walking intelligence bureau!”

“Oh my, I’m embarrassed.”

The Outer Courtyard was in charge of the Luoyang Sword Family’s foreign affairs.

Even though he was in a hurry, he was an elder who only got into the main topic after talking a few words in between.

“In that case, I would like you to visit the elders of the families on this list.”

Yeon Ha-eung took the document and checked the list.

“Oh…! Aren’t these former high-ranking officials living in Luoyang?”

As he made a fuss, the elder smiled.

“If you are an advisor who is close to the Eldest Young Master, even those with difficult personalities will be viewed favorably. Don’t you think?”

Yeon Ha-eung placed the document in his arms and nodded repeatedly.

“Please leave it to me! I already know some of you, so you don’t have to worry.”

“Haha! I will only believe in torture!”

* * *

From the rooftop of the Postal Bureau, bibliography was constantly flying in all directions.

Horsemen carrying red flags left the Luoyang Sword Family’s Main Family at great speed.

Mounted warriors and mounted troops from the guard gate followed behind.

They headed to the Luoyang Sword Family’s business offices, vassal families, and collateral families throughout the Central Plains country.

* * *

Early morning,

Luoyang Sword Family’s warehouse area.

At the end of the night shift, the warehouse servant who had been anxiously waiting for his shift to arrive opened his eyes.

“Huh?!”

Is it because of drowsiness?

I rubbed my eyes, but the scenery in front of me did not change.

His eyes widened.

“What is all this? Where does it come from?”

Luggage carts, tea mats, and porters were constantly flocking in.

“Hey! Be careful! You’ll crash!”

“Align! Align!”

That was an unusually large number to attack at once.

Despite being hit by their procession, the shift workers also showed up one after another.

However, for some reason, not only the original shift workers, but also servants from other groups appeared.

“Hey! What’s going on here?!”

At his shout, a shift worker spotted him and approached him.

“Oh, you don’t know! An emergency order was issued at dawn!”

“Emergency order?!”

They had no choice but to talk loudly due to the noise around them.

“Yes! Emergency order! It’s an order sent directly from the Supreme Executive Council!”

“Supreme Executive Council?!”

He jumped up.

This was the first top-level order he had ever received in all his years working for the Luoyang Sword Family.

When would he, who was at most a warehouse servant, receive orders from the Supreme Executive Council?

“W-what kind of order is this?!”

“I don’t know the details either!”

Even as they were talking, all kinds of transport servants were coming in and taking their places in the wide open space that exists in each warehouse.

“How much of Sword Family Construction’s material transport team has been mobilized?”

“There’s even tea from the battle transport hall!”

“Even tea for food transportation….”

It seemed as if all the available transportation personnel from all organizations within the Luoyang Sword Family were gathered together.

At that time, someone shouted at them in a loud voice.

“Hey! You two bastards! What were you doing there?! Can’t you come out right now?!”

It was their warehouse.

Their warehouse, which normally only leisurely showed up towards the end of the morning, began to appear in the wee hours of the morning.

“Go, let’s go!”

Until yesterday, their warehouse manager wore several layers of thick cotton clothing, but today he was bare-chested.

In addition, he even had a black whip wrapped around his shoulder that he used when grooming himself.

“Run! You bastards! Run!”

They rushed over and lined up behind their colleagues.

In front of almost all the people gathered together, the warehouse manager began the assembly with white breath.

“First of all, the night shift has two overtime shifts!”

Not a word of complaint came from the mouths of the night watchmen.

No matter how little they learned, they were not without insight.

“Due to the emergency order that went into effect at the start of work this morning, we will unconditionally cooperate with the relevant departments in their missions!”

He scanned the audience with sharp eyes.

“Even this warehouse manager knows that you usually don’t get along with your transporters! But that’s not the case today!”

The warehouse manager patted his fat chest.

“From now until the end of the emergency order, if you don’t cooperate and cooperate, everything will fall apart! Did you understand?!”

“Yes, I understand!”

If this was a resounding answer to “To this extent,” if it were the usual warehouse manager, he would have applauded and loved it.

“This is not Zhang Nani!”

Today, his eyes actually lit up.

“Until the emergency order ends, not only the supervisors, but also the guidance officers of the Administration Department! And even high-ranking people you never see can visit us at any time!”

Everyone swallowed their saliva out of tension.

“So, never show any signs of being undisciplined! Did you understand?!”

“Yes! I understand!”

The answer echoed twice as loudly.

And that loud answer echoed through every warehouse in this warehouse area.

At that time, an old servant raised his hand.

“Warehouse Manager! Where are all those friends going?!”

The warehouse manager answered in one word.

“Pavilion of Perfect Enlightenment !”

* * *

Servants visited various places in the Luoyang Sword Family, where the number of people coming and going to tea was increasing.

‘We withdraw the seclusion order for Main Family’s Eldest Young Master Yeon So-hyeon.’

It was a visit that clearly bore the seal of the Supreme Executive Council Administration Pavilion.