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"If we don't kill him, does that mean we have to let him collect taxes? I don't want to give money to anyone. " Hua Ruge drank his tea and replied. She was confident that she would be able to develop her troops well. In order to prevent the emperor from asking for a tax-exempt order, she naturally couldn't hand over the money.
Zh?ng Y?n also couldn't think of a way when he heard this.
"Go and carry out your orders." Hua Ruge waved his hand.
Zh?ng Y?n finally nodded and said, "This subordinate will try his best to be more secretive."
"There's no need, just kill him openly. If he dares to snatch the meat from my mouth, he must have the will to die." The teacup in Hua Ruge's hand was placed down heavily.
Zhangs did not understand and said: "If Lord does not hide anything, I'm afraid the Emperor will blame him."
"Clean means, don't leave any evidence. Even if that old thing knew it was me, he still wouldn't be able to track me down. I will anger him to death." Hua Ruge snorted.
Right now, she occupied the mountain and became the king. It wasn't easy for the emperor to deal with her, so naturally, she was less afraid.
Zhang Ye thought for a moment and realized that the old thing was probably referring to the emperor. He couldn't help but wipe the sweat off his forehead and left as instructed.
He was incomparably glad that he surrendered at that time. Otherwise, if he provoked such a demon king that even the emperor did not put him in his eyes, he and his brothers would not have had a good ending.
Zh?ng Y?n retreated out of the lobby, secretly patting his chest to calm himself down.
"The heavens are high, the emperor is far away. Could it be that I'm afraid of you?" Hua Ruge casually ate his pastries.
She didn't think much of it and quickly forgot about it. She focused on the development of the territory.
In the blink of an eye, another month had passed, and Hong Xiu had sent another letter. It said that the Emperor was furious at the news of Tax Officer's death, and sent some trusted officials to investigate the culprit of Tax Officer's death. The Emperor should arrive in the territory in a few days.
Hua Ruge laughed as he did not leave any evidence at the scene. Even if he investigated, he wouldn't find anything.
She turned around and instructed the territory's officials to properly receive the envoy for the investigation. They would eat and drink until the envoy returned to the capital, coaxing him to send her back in a few days. She had no intention of meeting him at all.
Her energy was focused on another matter, and that was the matter of the barbarian mounts.
The average height of a barbarian was 2.4 meters, and his weight was 300 pounds. Ordinary horses wouldn't be able to move them at all, so he could only be an infantry soldier.
However, the infantry's mobility was too low, and it was not enough to bury the barbarians.
Hua Ruge had been looking for a suitable mount ever since he got the barbarians, and he was finally found by her a few days ago.
Because there was a group of gnus on the Profound Beast Forest that the mercenaries mentioned, Hua Ruge was tempted.
The gnus was a low level three profound beast. It did not have any strength in its body. It relied on its strong physique and the sharp horn on its head.
These gnus were twice the size of normal horses and had a robust build. Hunchbacked barbarians were not a problem at all. It was rare for them to run very fast and become mounts, so she organized the barbarians to capture and tame them.
The gnus were social animals and there were many of them, so it would be difficult to catch and take time.
Hua Ruge asked about the progress of the gnus everyday. As of the day before, there were six hundred barbarian soldiers who had subdued the gnus.
On this day, Hua Ruge was in the courtyard stretching his muscles and bones. A guard came to report that an official who received messengers had arrived.
Thus, Hua Ruge went to the front hall. Because it was convenient for her to train, she wore tight, narrow sleeved clothes. She had a ponytail carelessly combed, giving her a heroic air.
The official greeted him, "Lord, that messenger is very stubborn."
"How stubborn?" Hua Ruge asked.
"Not only did he not accept my offer, he even stated more than once that he must find out the truth of the matter and meet with you." The official said carefully. He knew that Hua Ruge had a bad temper and was afraid that he would anger her.
"The capital really doesn't lack face." Hua Ruge sneered and said: "Go back and tell him. Come to my residence tomorrow morning.
"This subordinate obeys. Lord did not have any orders, so I'm leaving." The official wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Hua Ruge waved his hand, saying, "Go down."
As though it was already the beginning of spring, a willow tree in the courtyard released a tender green sprout. It looked very lively as Hua Ruge stood under the tree and the image of Tuoba Rui making tea under the tree surfaced in his mind.
"Don't you want my answer? Why haven't you come looking for me after so long? "
she whispered as she twirled a willow branch with her bare hand.
Even though he had parted with Tuoba Rui a few years ago, the year his heart had been at this moment quietly began, so why hadn't he received any news yet?
She responded to Hong Xiu with a message, asking him about Tuoba Rui. Hong Xiu also knew nothing, which proved that Tuoba Rui did not even reply to the King.
She unknowingly sighed.
She turned around to see Little Marten standing in front of the door with a purple robe, leaning on the pillar as she looked at her.
The blood clot in the Little Marten's brain became smaller and smaller, and would probably disappear in a few months, and the Little Marten also seemed to be less talkative. It liked to lock itself in its room, and even stopped following Hua Ruge when he went out.
Hua Ruge always had a feeling that he would never get close to her again.
"Elder sister." He was the first to speak.
"What's wrong?" Hua Ruge asked with a smile.
"I don't want to take any more pills." The Little Marten frowned, as if it was enduring something bad.
Hua Ruge thought for a while and asked: "Don't you want to recover your previous memories?"
"I'm afraid." The Little Marten uncertainly spat out these two words.
"What are you afraid of?"
The Little Marten stared fixedly at her as a complicated light flashed through the A Pair of Purple Pupils and it took a long time before it spoke.
Hua Ruge also looked at him.
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The Little Marten suddenly covered her head with both hands, revealing her Pain Color's face.
Hua Ruge rushed forward, wanting to check the condition of his brain, but the Little Marten hugged her tightly, and said with a trembling voice: "Big sister, I'm afraid, I'm afraid!"
Hua Ruge's heart ached, she patted his back and comforted him: "Alright, alright, we won't take the medicine, you just stay by big sister's side, I don't care about anything else."
When the Little Marten heard this, its breathing gradually stabilized.
Hua Ruge only thought of him as a child, and comforted him for a while before letting go of his hand and said, "Good girl, don't think too much if you don't want to."
The Little Marten stared at her and slowly nodded.
"However... Do you remember what happened before? " Hua Ruge tried to understand.
The Little Marten shook its head: "No."
"Then what are you afraid of?"
The Little Marten looked at her, then said after a long while, "I can't say, but my premonition is very strong, I'm afraid of losing ?"
He paused.
Hua Ruge was still seriously listening, but he did not finish his sentence. When he looked carefully, he discovered that there were ripples on the surface of A Pair of Purple Pupils, and it was staring at him.