The Empress Kneels in Her Palace to Admit Her Mistakes After Slaying Her Ways in the Female-Oriented

Deputy General Wang Ming was furious after being scolded.

Taxes! Taxes! Taxes!

So the tax money was given to them?

How much salary do they receive?

Moreover, it was clearly you who evaded customs duties by choosing these desolate paths instead of main roads, and you didn't even report it to them. If it weren't for General Ren's divine prowess, your bodies would have been destroyed and no one would have known.

Is it their fault?

And they keep calling me a piece of trash?!

Hmph, if it weren't for these useless fools guarding the northern border, the barbarians would have already launched a massive southward invasion, and the Great Yu kingdom would have collapsed long ago. How could you possibly be selling tea in peace then?!

Just as he was about to retort, he suddenly remembered something.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Ren Tianye walking back.

He was holding a short knife.

The scabbard had been removed, and the blade reflected a dim light, exuding a sharp killing intent.

My heart skipped a beat.

Now Wang Ming knew why Ren Tianye had gone to the horses earlier—it turned out he had gone there specifically to retrieve the short sword he was carrying, which was hanging on the saddle!

I panicked instantly.

General Ren just killed a young girl from Dayu, and now he wants to kill the people of Dayu?

He and his brothers all took the Red Beacon Army as their role model, imitating and learning from them in everything they did. They were most accustomed to the Red Beacon Army's style of doing things that they would rather suffer themselves than make things difficult for the people of Dayu.

This sudden killing of two people must have caused General Ren immense inner turmoil.

He quickly shouted at Young Master Li, "Shut up!"

"You brat, how dare you try to slander my border troops."

"Shut your mouth and get far away from me."

But instead of leaving, Young Master Li roared even louder: "You bunch of useless trash, you can't even protect my family, and you expect me to shut up?"

"You're dreaming!"

"Not only will I keep quiet, but I will also announce to the world that you border soldiers are all useless. You have taken so much silver and enjoyed yourself to the fullest, yet you cannot even protect the people of Great Yu."

"I'm going to the capital!"

"I want to file a complaint with the emperor!"

Young Master Li's eyes were bloodshot: "I will make you border soldiers pay with your lives!"

"Especially you..."

He pointed at his deputy, Wang Ming, and looked at his father, who was being hacked to death on the ground, and roared in anguish, "I want you to be hacked to death like my father!"

"I want you..."

He then randomly pointed to a soldier, looking at his mother's decapitated corpse on the ground: "I want you to have your head chopped off, just like my mother's."

He pointed to each of the border soldiers and compared them to the dead faces of their people.

"I want you to be burned alive, just like my cousin."

"I want you to be dragged to your death by a strong horse, just like my cousin."

Finally, he saw his sister and pointed at Ren Tianye, who was closing in on him: "I want you to be stabbed to death with a halberd, just like my sister..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Young Master Li was stunned for a moment.

I sensed something was amiss.

The barbarians were skilled with bows and arrows and long swords; other weapons were uncommon. Yet his sister was killed by a halberd.

Barbarians, do they even use halberds?

Isn't the halberd something only the soldiers of the Great Yu Dynasty could use?!

Out of the corner of his eye, he quickly noticed the halberd stuck in the ground beside him. The halberd still had traces of blood that had not yet dried, and it gleamed with a bloodthirsty light in the increasingly blood-red setting sun.

"The halberd belongs to this general."

Having guessed his thoughts, Ren Tianye picked up the halberd and, with a slight movement of his arm, shook off the blood on the halberd.

He chuckled and said, "I killed your sister."

Ignoring Young Master Li's shock, he planted the halberd back into the ground and laughed at Deputy General Wang Ming and the soldiers, "These barbarians nowadays are truly not simple."

"If you're going to put on an act, go all the way."

"To make us believe them, they not only sent a young female spy, but also assigned her an older brother. Tsk tsk tsk, not to be underestimated, not to be underestimated at all..."

Ren Tianye's words were tinged with a smile, his tone light and casual.

Young Master Li's expression suddenly changed, and his face turned pale.

He was knocked unconscious by the impact, so he didn't know what happened, but now he does.

His sister wasn't killed by the barbarians.

He was killed by the border troops in front of him.

It was this young general, clad in silver armor and with a handsome face, who killed him.

His whole body immediately began to tremble uncontrollably.

Border troops, why are you killing their people?

Aren't the border troops all modeled after the Red Beacon Army? Aren't the Red Beacon Army the most loving towards the people? Even if you were to defecate on the head of the Red Beacon Army, they would still respond with a smile.

These border soldiers followed suit, but now, how can they kill his sister?

This young general covered in silver armor is completely different.

Not only did they kill his sister, but now...they're going to attack him too?

"Go ahead and curse, why did you stop?"

"Isn't the goal to let the whole world know about the crimes our border troops have committed?"

"Weren't you going to file a complaint with the emperor?"

"A mere barbarian, yet he puts on quite a show."

Ren Tianye remained indifferent.

Young Master Li was trembling all over and couldn't utter a single word.

Seeing Young Master Li's appearance, Deputy General Wang Ming cautiously approached and whispered, "General Ren, it seems Young Master Li has realized his mistake. Besides, he is young and doesn't understand things. We should..."

Ren Tianye nodded and said, "Since you've said so, Vice General, I'll give you face."

General Wang Ming was overjoyed: "General, you are wise!"

Just as he was about to help Young Master Li up, he saw Ren Tianye take out the short knife, place it in front of Young Master Li, and then rummage in his pocket for a while before pulling out a piece of cane sugar.

Wang Ming was taken aback: "General, what does this mean?"

Ren Tianye glanced at Young Master Li and said, "Choose."

"Is this the glimmer of hope you've left for Young Master Li, General?" Wang Ming murmured, then quickly said to Young Master Li, "Hurry up and choose! What are you waiting for?"

Young Master Li perked up and quickly looked at the knife and sugar on the ground. He immediately knew the answer: he definitely couldn't choose the knife.

Choosing this will lead to certain death.

Therefore, choose cane sugar!

Can,

When he reached out his hand, he hesitated. This general, covered in silver armor, looked different from all the peaceful border troops he had ever seen before, and his thoughts were completely opposite.

If we choose cane sugar, wouldn't that offend the general and lead to our death?

He paused abruptly, hesitating.

Deputy General Wang Ming gradually came to his senses.

This is indeed a difficult choice.

Unable to resist asking, "General, are you suggesting that Young Master Li choose the sugar cane?"

Ren Tianye nodded.

Young Master Li was overjoyed and wanted to take it, but then he heard Ren Tianye say, "If he chooses sugar cane, it proves that this young man is extremely cunning and must not be allowed to live!"

Young Master Li paused, then immediately reached for his knife.

Then Ren Tianye continued leisurely, "If he chose the knife, it proves that he has murderous intent. This boy must not be allowed to live."

Young Master Li was stunned again, but he reacted quickly.

I wanted to pick up the sugar cane and the knife together.

Then Ren Tianye's voice was heard: "If he chooses both, it proves that this kid is greedy and should not be kept."

Young Master Li's face instantly filled with terror.

Does that mean he should not choose anything?

"If he chooses neither, it proves he's inherently rebellious; this child must not be allowed to live!"

Young Master Li: "..."

Deputy General Wang Ming: "..."

The soldiers: "..."

Ren Tianye remained calm, looking at Young Master Li kneeling on the ground, trembling and motionless for a long time, and said with a smile, "It's about time!"

Aren't you going to choose yet?

"Fine, since you're not choosing, this general won't wait for you any longer."

After a pause, Ren Tianye continued, "This general will not hold it against you for infiltrating my Great Yu territory as a barbarian, attempting to become a spy and gather top-secret military intelligence. I will give you a glimmer of hope."

"But you don't cherish it at all..."

"Enough, enough. No matter how friendly and magnanimous the border troops are, they cannot be provoked again and again. Today..."

"I have no choice but to send you on your way!"

call out!

The blade flashed, then dimmed.

A huge head crashed down.

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