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"I don't know ?" The Little Marten shook her head and did not say it out loud.
"Fine, we won't face anything." Hua Ruge patted his head and said: "Follow by my side. No matter what it is, Big Sis will carry it with you."
The Little Marten laughed childishly and nodded.
"Recently, I've reached a bottleneck in my training. I'll go back and meditate. Be a good boy." Hua Ruge explained.
The Little Marten nodded seriously. Looking at her back view in the distance, he thought of her comforting words. He smiled.
Everything was fine if he could stay by her side.
Hua Ruge had never stopped cultivating, it was just that she had recently reached the bottleneck and was stuck at the first level of her soul master. No matter what pill she took, or what treasures she fed to the Devouring Beast, her body would not change.
Previously, Tuoba Rui said that one had to consume a natural treasure to speed up the process, so relying on himself was almost impossible.
Thus, she could only rely on hard work every day to send people to scout for information on Spiritual Beings. On this continent that respected martial arts, although power was important, the most important thing was still her own strength. She did not want to suffer a loss on her own.
However, to increase her strength, she still needed to take the opportunity. She didn't force the matter.
Hua Ruge was woken up by the servant the next day, he yawned and washed his face and rinsed his mouth before going to the hall.
If it wasn't for the maidservant reminding her, she would have forgotten to see the messenger sent by the Emperor.
To her, it was already morning, but to most people, it was already close to noon. Of course, the messenger was one of the people who came early to wait, and it ended up waiting for two hours before Hua Ruge walked out while rubbing his eyes.
The order the emperor gave him was to dig out the evidence from Hua Ruge, so when Hua Ruge came out, he stared intently at him, with his sharp eyes.
"Lord Messenger sure is early. Have you eaten breakfast?" Hua Ruge asked.
"This official has already eaten. This time, I came to ask Lord a few questions." The waiter said.
Hua Ruge took a look, this man was almost fifty years old, he had a very high status, although he called himself an official, but the way he looked at her was not one bit respectful.
It was obvious that he had been a lackey for a long time in front of the emperor. He thought that with the emperor's support, he would not put anyone in his eyes.
"Have you eaten breakfast? Have you eaten lunch?" Hua Ruge did not answer his question, and continued to ask.
Old Qin frowned and said, "I didn't eat it."
"Let's eat together. Someone, call for the kitchen to pass the dishes." As Hua Ruge spoke, he sat down by the table and called out to the messenger: "Master Messenger is sitting here too, we are in the backwater of the village and there isn't anything good there, you should take care of it for now."
The messenger was shocked by her logic. She had just eaten breakfast, why would she eat lunch?
This was not the time for lunch either.
He understood that Hua Ruge was just trying to seduce him, so he frowned: "Lord, this official is not hungry, let's talk about the case."
"The case is not urgent, let's eat first. Please don't be nervous, the moment you are here, it's like you are at home." Hua Ruge continued.
At this time, the dishes had already been served, and they were all breakfast that he had prepared beforehand for Hua Ruge.
The messenger's face darkened. Could it be that this girl couldn't see that he wasn't being polite but really didn't want to eat it?
"Milord, there's no need to be polite. Come." Hua Ruge said as he picked up his chopsticks.
The messenger first picked up the chopsticks, but the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Finally, he put the chopsticks down and said, "Lord, this official is here to investigate a case, not to eat."
"You're not eating, are you?" Hua Ruge asked with a smile.
Old Qin shook his head resolutely. "Lord can forget about bribing this lowly official."
"Lord Messenger is such a noble person. This little girl admires him. It's better for us common people to eat this meal." Hua Ruge continued to eat.
When Old Qin saw that Hua Ruge's face was not red, he did not find it strange at all. He asked, "Should Lord cooperate with the investigation?"
"Lord Messenger, you're one of the emperor's trusted ministers. We don't dare to be slow, so logically speaking, I should have a word of opinion right now. However, I can't remember anything if I'm not full, so I'll have to trouble you to wait for me."
Hua Ruge continued to eat.
Even though the messenger was full of anger, he didn't dare be too impudent in Hua Ruge's territory. After all, this woman's violent name was known to all.
Because Hua Ruge was happily enjoying his breakfast, yet he could only watch and wait.
His heart was extremely unbalanced, and could only endure and wait for Hua Ruge to finish eating.
However, Hua Ruge intentionally made him hold his breath, thus the meal went by extremely slowly. After an hour, he finally finished eating, and even began to eat the fruits after dinner.
"Lord, should we start?" Old Qin gritted his teeth and asked.
Hua Ruge ate a watermelon brought over from the south and leisurely said, "It's still early, why are you in such a hurry, is there anything else you need to do?"
"No!" The messenger subconsciously replied.
Hua Ruge nodded: "Since there's no rush, I will continue to eat."
The waiter was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. If there was nothing to do, he would sit here for a day and wait for you to eat? This woman did not put him in her eyes at all.
Finally, after Hua Ruge ate some fruits and drank some tea, he asked, "Sorry for troubling you to wait for so long, what are you doing here?"
He suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and said: "This subject has been ordered to investigate the murder of Tax Officer and has specially come to your place to investigate."
"Tax Officer? Which city's Tax Officer? " Hua Ruge asked with suspicion.
The messenger wasn't afraid that she would pretend to be stupid and directly said, "The Tax Officer sent by the Emperor to the Ancient Dragon City were killed midway."
"Rumors, you must be spreading rumors. I have the emperor's personal edict and my Ancient Dragon City never collects taxes. How could there be a Tax Officer here?" As Hua Ruge spoke, he flipped his hand and took out the imperial edict written by the Emperor that day.
The messenger felt rather awkward. The emperor had indeed gone back on his word.
"The Emperor wanted to retract the order, that's why he sent us here." The messenger continued.
"What the emperor means is that he's going back on his word?" Hua Ruge dropped his big hat.
The messenger was so frightened that he hurriedly shook his head, "How could I dare? Let's not talk about this, we're only investigating the death of the Tax Officer."
"Alright." Hua Ruge forced himself to retract the imperial edict.
He then asked, "What do you think about this matter? Who do you think is the most likely person to kill Tax Officer?"
"I don't know him. I don't have an opinion on him." Hua Ruge spread his hands and asked: "Are you done asking?"
The envoy nearly gasped for breath. Wasn't this answer too much of a fool? He had waited four hours for this sentence to come?
Who wouldn't break down when placed on top of someone?