Chapter 119 Love the house and love the dog?

"Are you that slow?"

Li Qing put his hands behind his back and paced in the air with a frown. He felt that he had not used any strength at all, but the snow demon mist beside him had obviously reached its limit.

"Your Majesty, please do not blame me. It is truly my fault that I was injured by your Majesty's divine power. My current speed is already the limit."

Hearing Li Qing's question, the Snow Demon replied with a voice that sounded a little complaining and a little fearful.

"oh."

Li Qing nodded and said, "Are you blaming me?"

"No, no, I don't mean that!"

When the Snow Demon heard this, he was horrified, his misty body began to tremble constantly, and he hurriedly replied in a trembling voice.

"Oh."

Li Qing sneered and said calmly, "Do you know why I came to this North Sea Snow Plain?"

The snow demon didn't dare to answer, but just kept on walking.

Li Qing continued, "Let me tell you, I came here to annihilate the seventy-two barbarian tribes of the North Sea Snow Plains! Including your Snow Tribe!"

As soon as these words came out, the Snow Demon and the Snow Spirit stopped at the same time!

Xue Ling's face turned pale, and she hurriedly asked, "Brother Tyrant! You promised Ling'er that you wouldn't destroy the Snow Clan. Didn't Ling'er sign a verbal agreement with you?"

The snow demon, on the other hand, was holding back his energy, and it was unclear whether he was going to explode or escape immediately.

Li Qingzi also stopped and said calmly, "The verbal agreement I made with you is naturally valid. But now that the Snow Demon has returned, the Snow Clan will naturally have no choice but to obey her. How could she agree to let the Snow Clan integrate into my Great Shang, thus severing their inheritance and causing their race to disappear?"

"Your Majesty, the Snow Clan has been on good terms with the Heavenly Dynasty, to which the Human Emperor belongs, since ancient times. This is customary. Why is Your Majesty trying to destroy the Snow Clan?"

At this moment, the Snow Demon finally responded, her voice filled with confusion and puzzlement.

"Friends?"

Upon hearing this, Li Qing sneered and said, "Today's Dynasty is called Da Shang. Your Snow Clan has stopped paying taxes for over a hundred years. That would be fine, but since then, your Snow Clan has colluded with the other seventy-one tribes to attack Da Shang's northern border year after year, plundering property and resources. Countless people have been killed and injured along the northern border. This is a blood feud. As the current Human Emperor, how can I tolerate this?"

“This, this…”

The Snow Demon had never imagined that the Snow Tribe would completely forget her training: not to antagonize the Celestial Empire, and not to interfere even in the Celestial Empire's internal turmoil. Moreover, they were so audacious as to dare to plunder the Celestial Empire's borders. Were they afraid that the Snow Tribe would not perish?

In fact, the Snow Demon did not know that among the seventy-two tribes of the North Sea, the Snow Clan had long lost its voice. A hundred years ago, under the leadership of the Qiongqi Tribe, they attacked the border of the Shang Dynasty for the first time. After they began to taste the sweetness, they could no longer control their greed, and thus formed the habit of collecting grass and grain every year.

The Snow Clan, seeing that they had a rich harvest and that the merchants did not resist or send troops to fight, became greedy and, disregarding their ancestors' teachings, began to send people to sneak to the merchants' border to plunder their wealth and goods.

"Brother Tyrant! You promised Ling'er!"

Xueling's eyes began to turn red. She had already understood what Li Qing meant. Li Qing was not going to let the Snow Clan go.

"Your Majesty, are you planning to send a large army to massacre the Snow Clan and make them disappear from the world forever?"

The Snow Demon didn't know how to answer. After thinking about it, he could only ask in a slightly dull voice.

"I have previously discussed a plan with the little girl Ling'er, and now I will tell you the same..."

Li Qing smiled calmly, and then repeated to the Snow Demon the verbal agreement he had made with Xue Ling in the extremely cold purgatory.

"Your Majesty, why do you have to do this? If I return and discipline my clansmen, making them learn the commercial language, practice the commercial characters, and live according to the customs of merchants, then a hundred years from now, there will no longer be a Xue clan, only the merchant Xue lineage. What do you think of this?"

After hearing Li Qing's words, the Snow Demon naturally understood how vicious Li Qing's plan was. He wanted to completely integrate the Snow Clan into the Shang Dynasty, but now, she couldn't say no, so she had to change her mind and said it with a flash of inspiration.

"Haha, that's a nice thought."

Li Qing said indifferently, "Either you integrate into the Great Shang, or the Snow Clan perishes. You have no other choice. And who told you to stop? Lead the way!"

"you!"

Hearing Li Qing's unkind words, the Snow Demon was also a little angry for a moment. She stopped where she was and refused to lead the way. She just said: "Your Majesty! The Snow Clan is willing to atone for its sins. Is this not enough? The North Sea Snow Plain is 20 million miles long. Will Your Majesty just let it go to waste? The Snow Clan can help Your Majesty manage it. The taxes will not stop every year, and the natural treasures will be offered every month! And, Your Majesty, you also like this girl. Can't you give the Snow Clan a chance to mend their ways for her sake!?"

Xue Ling suddenly knelt in front of Li Qing, stretched out her hand to grab Li Qing's big hand, tears streaming down her face, and whispered: "Brother Tyrant, please give the Snow Clan a chance to reform. The Snow Clan will definitely atone for their sins. The Snow Clan will definitely listen to Brother Tyrant in the future, wuwuwu..."

Li Qing looked at Xue Ling kneeling in front of him, sighed, reached out and pulled her up, and said calmly: "Please let me think about it. I need to discuss this with the ministers. After all, millions of my people are watching."

"Brother Tyrant..."

When Xueling heard this, she wanted to kneel down again. It seemed that she was planning to attack Li Qing by acting like a spoiled child.

"Hey, hey, hey, alright, alright, I understand. Didn't I tell you? I'll go back and discuss this with the ministers. If you kneel again, I'll regret it."

Seeing this, Li Qing felt helpless. He reached out and grabbed Xueling's slender waist, lifted her up, and held her in his arms. He wiped her tears and sighed.

"Brother Tyrant is the best."

When Xueling heard this, she saw that Li Qing's tone had obviously softened, and she was delighted. She immediately turned from crying to laughing, and lay in Li Qing's arms and spoke like a spoiled child.

"Your Majesty is wise and wise. The Snow Clan will always remember your great kindness and grace."

Upon seeing this, the Snow Demon felt relieved. After all, it seemed that this descendant of his was deeply loved by the Human Emperor. With his love for the Snow Clan, there would definitely be a way for them to survive.

Thinking of this, she said this loyally, and then flew away again, heading straight to the place that was originally called Baique Mountain, now called Beast Bone Mountain.

Li Qing, on the other hand, rubbed Xueling's head helplessly. He didn't let her go, but held her in his arms, feeling the warmth and softness within him. He walked away with a smile, but a chill ran through his heart. The Snow Clan, the largest clan in the North Sea Snow Plains, a clan with such a blood feud with the Shang Dynasty, would he really, just because he liked Xueling, spare her from punishment? If so, he would truly be a tyrant.

Li Qing, with a cold feeling in his heart, disappeared at the end of the sky in a moment.