I Am Truly Not a Treacherous Minister Your Majesty

Chapter 35: Let’s Move on to the Next Topic!

“Your Highness?”

Ling Yan looked at the other party coldly.

“What can he give you? I don’t believe he values each and every one of you.”

“His Highness gave us an idea—an unparalleled idea. If his idea is realized, there will no longer be any distinction between emperors and commoners, gods and mortals!”

“You mean, your Highness will eliminate the differences between people?”

“Not just between people, but also between humans and gods!” The assassin’s eyes flashed with infinite hope. “His Highness wants to make gods and humans equal, to make emperors and commoners alike. Talents like you can also gain His Highness’s favor, he will…”

“I have a question.”

Ling Yan suddenly spoke.

“What question?”

“You said your Highness will eliminate all differences—including himself?”

Ling Yan played with the knife in his hand and then asked.

However, the assassin in front of him obviously did not understand his meaning. For a moment, he couldn’t react.

Ling Yan shook his head helplessly: “It seems that your Highness does not intend to do so. Since all differences in the world are to be eliminated, what about him? How will he deal with himself?”

The so-called elimination of all differences is, after all, an unrealistic fantasy. Calling it a fantasy does not mean it cannot be realized, but that the person who proposed this fantasy does not seem to include himself in the scope of eliminating differences.

He regards himself as the “savior.”

Qin Ji once warned her that those who truly wish to realize their ideals can immerse themselves in that seemingly ridiculous ideal. But some people, when they propose various ideals, may not really aim to liberate all beings; they are just enjoying the pleasure of being a savior.

Ling Yan looked at the person in front of her and then shook her head.

However, although this guy did not provide any more valuable information, Ling Yan was able to figure out one thing: at least the mastermind behind the scenes is called “His Highness.” In Da Xia, those who can be called His Highness are basically the royal family members.

“Obviously, you don’t intend to tell us what we originally wanted you to say.”

“You wavered.”

The assassin looked at Ling Yan confidently and said.

At this moment, Ling Yan’s mind was full of thoughts like “someone come and carry this pretentious guy out with the chair,” but since it was for gathering intelligence, making a small sacrifice was not impossible.

“Do you think you are omniscient and omnipotent?” she said sternly. “Now, under the orders of His Majesty and Duke Anguo, I am interrogating you. You only need to answer my questions.”

“Hmph, in the end, you’re just being stubborn.”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t speak. I will slowly test your loyalty to your Majesty,” Ling Yan threatened.

“You say,” the assassin suddenly muttered in a low voice, “how much would it cost for your master to send you away?”

“What did you say?”

“Our Highness at least treats us all as complete friends. What about your master? In his eyes, a guard is always just a guard. You might be more skilled and better-looking, but generally, he wouldn’t sell you. But what if the price is high?”

“I’m serious, girl,” he said, relaxing as he looked at her. “Now is the best chance to cooperate with me. That guy should be nearby, right? Get rid of him and become friends with us. How about it? Here, everyone is treated equally. No one can treat you as just a guard. Duke Anguo, that guy only has endless control over this country. He will eventually…”

“Shh.”

The sound of muscle being cut came, and the assassin felt a chill on his right shoulder. Then, a wail echoed in the soundproof space!

“My arm! Ahhh!”

Ling Yan wiped the short knife stained with some blood and put it back at her waist. Her glossy lips slightly parted as she looked with interest at the neat cut on the assassin’s shoulder.

She had a thorough understanding of the human body structure. Under her control, this extremely sharp short knife could easily find the gaps between bones and cut off the entire arm with minimal effort.

Blood stained the ground, but Ling Yan immediately applied a healing spell to stop the bleeding from the assassin’s wound.

“I originally planned to continue playing with you, but your words were a bit rude, so I decided to teach you a lesson first,” Ling Yan said, staring into his eyes. “You are right. To me, our young master is my master. To him, I am just a guard—let it be so.”

“So what? If the young master needs me, he just needs to order me. As for my youth?”

At this point, Ling Yan curled her lips, gently pinched the assassin’s fingers, and broke them, then happily listened to his screams:

“Whether my youth is wasted or not, it’s up to me to decide. What right do you, an outsider, have to judge?”

After saying this, she pointed behind her, and the soundproof magic instantly dissipated.

“Next, I think we still have plenty of time to interact. Your loyalty to your Highness should be enough to get you through this time with us.”

After saying this, Ling Yan watched the departing figure, then turned around and took out various tools.

…

Qin Ji didn’t know what kind of exchange took place between Ling Yan and the assassin after the sound was isolated, but judging from the assassin’s miserable state, it showed that Ling Yan was really a bit angry.

Forget it, let her play.

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Qin Ji returned to his study.

Here, military intelligence was placed.

General Bai had already raided Hanyin City. The enemy was now almost wiped out, and Hanyin City was once again under the control of the Daxia army. The carefully designed spear carts for cavalry had shown their prowess, but there were still some flaws that needed to be addressed…

In the reported casualties, our country’s troops lost about four hundred men, while the enemy’s losses were “countless.” According to General Bai’s style, “countless” probably meant that the battle report was not yet confirmed, but it basically exceeded Daxia’s losses by a lot.

This was still the case when Daxia was on the offensive and in a disadvantageous position.

Of course, the reason for such a smooth victory was that the number of troops sent this time far exceeded the enemy’s. The army directly surrounded the barbarians, creating an impenetrable encirclement.

Moreover, this time, Qin Ji specially assigned a group of cultivators to General Bai for the vanguard. Although the Saar Dynasty also had their own cultivators, many of them were quite rough, with an extremely chaotic and absurd training system, including but not limited to having cultivators carve symbols on their bodies, claiming it was to communicate with their ancestors…

Thus, Hanyin City was quickly recaptured.

Qin Ji immediately issued an order: Do not move.

At this time, since Hanyin City had already been recaptured, they would occupy it and see if the Sa’er people dared to come over.

The battle had reached this point, and the next tasks were: punishing the traitors and diplomatic relations between the two countries.

As for the Sa’er Dynasty, how would they explain this conflict they initiated? Qin Ji was quite curious.

After all, the reasons this group came up with each time were different, varied, and quite interesting.