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His biggest backer was the emperor. As long as the emperor did not give up on him, no matter how Hua Ruge stirred up the Hua Clan, there would always be a time when he would make a comeback.
However, he didn't expect that she would be so vicious. The contradictions that she couldn't resolve with this kind of methods caused the Emperor to hate him.
That would be the end of the Hua family.
This brat's methods were too cunning. He was simply to the point of being unfathomable.
Looking at Hua Ruge's smiling face, he felt that his body was exceptionally cold. This was the first time that he felt some fear towards the person in front of him.
Hua Ruge laughed innocently, and said: "Are you still planning to kill me? "Patriarch Hua?"
Hua Shengxiong's breathing was especially heavy, so this matter definitely could not be spread out.
Everyone didn't know that the emperor would still keep some tricks up his sleeve. If the emperor felt that he had lost too much face, he would probably use a thunderous tactic. By then, the Hua Clan would not even have time to catch their breath before their clan was exterminated.
He had brought the Hua Clan to this day with great difficulty, and he could not afford to suffer such consequences.
"What do you want?" He squeezed this out of his teeth.
Hua Ruge's lips curved up slightly, "Patriarch Hua, are you admitting defeat?"
At this moment, the Hua Clan members held their breath as they looked at Hua Shengxiong, waiting for his answer.
Even someone as haughty and arrogant as Hua Ruxue only wished for her father to admit defeat right now. She could no longer endure this kind of life where she would never be able to live a peaceful life anymore.
Hua Ruge was simply a fiend that he could not afford to offend.
Hua Shengxiong's chest heaved violently. After thinking for a while, she could not help but ask: "If I admit defeat, what would happen to you?"
"Haha." Hua Ruge laughed out loud, "I never thought that the dignified number one clan master of the Great Zheng Clan would actually ask such a question."
"Isn't that what you always wanted to hear?" Hua Shengxiong gritted his teeth and said.
"Although it is like this, it is still a surprise to hear it." Hua Ruge's smiling face was filled with joy.
Hua Shengxiong said angrily: "Answer my question."
"What I do depends on the sincerity of your Hua family." Hua Ruge squinted his eyes, his bright eyes filled with a bright light.
Anyone who knew her would know that she was scheming against someone else.
"What do you think?"
"There's no need to publicly admit defeat, I don't care about that. But what do you want me to do with the Hua family?" Hua Ruge looked like he was magnanimous.
Hua Shengxiong frowned: "You don't plan on letting them go? You promised me from the beginning that you wouldn't hurt anyone. "
"I said no, but did you say to put it back?" Hua Ruge said slyly.
She had already set up this trap from the very beginning. The Hua family had no choice but to get involved.
"What do you mean?"
Hua Ruge said lazily: "The continent's nobles have made it very clear that nobles are not to be killed, the condition is that they have to ransomed enough."
Hua Shengxiong was shocked. So she was waiting here!
She had already planned everything from the beginning. No wonder she agreed so quickly to not kill anyone.
From the start until this day, she had actually followed her plans throughout the entire process. This made him feel terrified just thinking about it.
"How much do you want?"
"I asked when I was going out. I caught a total of 24 people, all of whom are potential talents of your Hua family." Hua Ruge smiled and said:
"I don't want too much either. Two million gold coins for one person, a total of 48 million. I'll help you make it up. Fifty million gold coins, I'll release them."
"What?" Hua Shengxiong knew that she would ask for too much, but he never expected her to ask for so much.
Although the Hua Clan had been developing at a rapid pace in recent years and had accepted quite a few bribes, they were not the type of clan that had a strong background. They still needed to support the cultivation resources of their disciples.
In order to develop quickly, he invested a lot of his money into industry, buying land to open up shop.
However, the recovery of the money was slow, the entire shop was also robbed by the People From The Hall of Saints along with them, the reconstruction had spent a lot of money, and they had just started business, so they did not have much money to spare.
Hua Ruge naturally knew that with such useless officials like the Governor of the Northern Frontier and the City Lord Palace, she had only taken twenty million gold coins from the two families combined. This fifty million gold was a huge sum for the Hua Clan.
But she didn't think it was impossible.
Hua Shengxiong estimated that he could take out some of the property that the family owned, but it was almost half of the Hua Clan's wealth, and in this critical period of time that they were suppressed, they would not be able to get back without money.
"I didn't!" he said harshly.
"Then I'm sorry, but I will definitely not return those people. Furthermore, I will sign a slave contract with them. You said that the talents of the Hua family are all slaves in my house, isn't that fun?"
Hua Ruge said with interest.
"Hua Ruge, don't go too far!"
"Back then, when you were chasing after Hall of Sages, you weren't too excessive? Or did you send someone to frame me for assassinating you? " Hua Ruge asked coldly.
Also, when the original owner was deemed unable to cultivate, he was ignored, bullied, and even ruthlessly abandoned in the Hua family.
If he could treat his own daughter like this, then what right did she have to be kind to him?
The disciples of the Hua Clan that were captured by Hua Ruge were all talented, and had decent strength. If they did not redeem the money, the Hua Clan would lose their core strength.
Furthermore, he would definitely not allow his own family members to be slaves to Hua Ruge.
"I promise to redeem it, but I don't have that much money. If you want less, I can accept it and give it to you." At a time like this, Hua Shengxiong had no choice but to show weakness.
"No, no, no. The money is too little for the worth of the Hua family. Even if you agree, I will not agree." Hua Ruge quickly shook his head.
"You ?" Hua Shengxiong was speechless.
"You still don't know me well enough. When did I give in?" Hua Ruge laughed and said: "If you're smarter, then cut the crap and quickly take the money. Otherwise, I will definitely make you regret it."
Hua Shengxiong saw that there was no room for negotiation, gritted his teeth and said, "I want to gather some. In three days, come and collect it from my residence."
"The last thing I'm afraid of is playing tricks." Hua Ruge nodded his head lightly in agreement.
Hua Shengxiong's eyes revealed a slight change. In these three days, what could he do?
Hua Ruge then looked at the people who were suppressing his own bodyguards and said: "What are you guys standing there for? Release the bindings, if not my additional condition would be for you all to return and become my slaves."
When the servants heard this, they let go of the guards without even asking for their master's opinion.
What a joke, didn't they see that their master was not even a match for Hua Ruge?
"Meeting you sensible people, it seems that my luck today is really bad." Hua Ruge lamented, regretting that he was not able to scam her.
When the servants heard this, they wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads and silently rejoiced that they had just understood the situation.
"See you later. I'll be there on time." Hua Ruge waved goodbye to the Hua Family members, then led his guards to leave.
The Hua Clan had put up such a big front to clean up the scene, ready to kill everyone. Now, it looked like they were welcoming a crowd. The several hundred guards on both sides of the road were simply a joke.
When Hua Shengxiong returned to his residence, he puked out a mouthful of blood and his entire face became even more ashen.
"Father."
Hua Ruxue and Hua Ruyan stepped forward to support his tottering body.
If they remembered correctly, this was the second time Hua Shengxiong was so angry that he vomited blood.
That was 50 million, how could Hua Ruge even think of such a huge sum?
"Find all the hanger-ons, I have something to discuss!" Hua Shengxiong said weakly but firmly.
Mrs Wang said from the side: "Old master, your health is not good, it's better to rest first."
"What do you know? If you rest any longer, my Hua family will die!" Hua Shengxiong scolded loudly, and because he was angry, he coughed a few more times.
Mrs Wang cried in grievance.
Hua Ruxue then caught on to the main point. "Father is not going to take the ransom?"
"We can't let her lead us forever!" Hua Shengxiong's face revealed killing intent.
He wanted to gather all the strategists to come up with a flawless plan, and the ultimate goal of the plan was to kill Hua Ruge!
He must kill her.
On the other hand, Hua Ruge was walking towards his home. When he smelled the roasted sweet potatoes on the street, he went to buy them. The aunt who roasted sweet potatoes knew her, so she had to give it to her, for free.
Seeing that the elderly woman was selling sweet potatoes in the middle of the winter, Hua Ruge secretly stuffed two gold coins into her pocket before he carried the sweet potatoes and ate them on the street.
As the new year approached, the weather became even colder. At this time of the year, it was exceptionally comfortable to eat one or two sweet potatoes.
Black Panther felt that his own wangfei was too ambitious.
"Princess, do you think their family will obediently pay?" Black Panther couldn't help but ask.
Hua Ruge was burnt quite badly by the sweet potato, so she stuck her tongue out and said, "I will."
"But I keep having the feeling that they're stalling for time to think of a way to deal with you?" The black panther reminded her.
"The process isn't important." Hua Ruge took a bite of the hot sweet potato, smiled at him, and said in a serious tone: "The result will definitely be given."
Black Leopard scratched its head. Looking at Hua Ruge's expression, it seemed to have thought of something, but it was not clear.
But what was certain was that she must have had another bad idea.
"Princess, what are you planning to do this time?" He couldn't hide his curiosity, so he asked.
Hua Ruge blinked his big eyes and said: "What can I do with such purity? Let's see them display their skills themselves this time."
Black Panther nodded, but he could not help but smile wryly in his heart. His own wangfei really knew how to keep people in suspense. It was obvious that she did not want to tell him.
He felt that with her style, she would definitely not just do nothing. She must be up to something.
Hua Ruge looked at his thoughtful expression, and did not say anything.
This time, she didn't lie. She left the Hua Family with a chance to survive. She gave them a final chance. It all depended on what they were going to do.