Moreover, when raising their poisonous insects, they would capture innocent people to sacrifice, sometimes their brothers and sisters, sometimes their children and wives.
So although their territory is large, it is a sparsely populated land, where the most abundant creatures are poisonous insects and poisonous herbs.
Moreover, killing one's own relatives is not illegal under their laws, but killing strangers is illegal. Therefore, in order to cultivate more powerful Gu worms and develop more poisons, they can only set their sights on the people of neighboring countries.
In the past, many people would go missing and die every year on the border of Jing Kingdom.
In order to avoid large-scale casualties, some counties would negotiate with the people on the other side to send a certain number of people to them each year for sacrificial purposes.
As time went on, their appetites grew larger and larger.
Although the Marquis of Zhenxi has been suppressing the rebellion on the border.
They suppressed all their attacks, big and small, but it's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against a hidden arrow.
These people are doing far too many dirty tricks behind the scenes, and they can't possibly control them all. In addition, the previous emperor of Jing Kingdom was far too cruel, and they didn't care about the lives of ordinary people at all.
They might even tacitly allow those people to trade with other countries, since they can also benefit from some of it.
In his eyes, it was nothing more than losing some useless ants, and most of those ants were women, so they were even less useful.
Staying here would only waste food.
So not only did they turn a blind eye, they also collected some girls from poor families and sent them there, hoping for years of peace.
Although the Marquis of Zhenxi knew the inside story, they were, after all, the National Army, and as a border general, he couldn't say much.
It only ensures that one's own country's land is not lost.
All of this information was presented to us by Quan Jinyu after his investigation!
The Quan family had actually noticed the situation long ago, but although they were able to obtain information in time, they were unable to stop it.
After all, that's the territory of the Marquis of Zhenxi!
So all they could do was gather intelligence while secretly praying that someone would come and save the people on the border!
Lin Ru looked at every word in the intelligence report and the number of people listed.
I can't imagine how much pain and despair those people must have felt before they died.
But she still gave those people of the Holy Kingdom a chance.
"Quan Jinyu! Send some of your men to the Holy Kingdom and spread the word about all their crimes over the years."
"And also interfering in our internal affairs!"
"Let those who still have a conscience leave the border as soon as possible!"
"If you don't leave, don't blame us for being impolite."
"Oh right! Mark the time for them. I'm not a stingy person, so I'll give them five days. They should be able to run quite far in five days."
Quan Jinyu nodded and immediately went out to instruct his subordinates to begin the operation.
Wu Juan also saw what was written in those intelligence reports, and she was absolutely furious.
"Are these people beasts?!"
"I always thought Hu Yanhu was already a very abnormal person."
"I never imagined that all the people of the Holy Kingdom would be so abnormal."
"This is really too much. They don't even treat our people as human beings."
"Look at what they're saying, calling people 'bewitched' and 'humans and animals'?"
"Then what are they?"
"You really think you can become an immortal just by raising a few bugs?!"
"I haven't seen any of them live forever."
"Your Majesty! Why don't we just go for it? What chance do we have? They haven't even given our people a chance, so why should we give them one?"
"Just take the cannons and blast them all away."
"To avoid harming people."
"A person who would feed insects to his own parents, wife, and daughters has no humanity whatsoever."
"Just thinking about it makes me feel disgusted."
She shivered as she spoke.
Lin Ru smiled and said, "If we take action directly, what's the difference between us and them? Let's give them a heads-up beforehand."
"Then take action."
"This is a land of etiquette, and these are necessary procedures!"
Wu Juan still didn't understand, "What if those people get the news and gather at the border, then suddenly launch a surprise attack?"
"Then we'll be at a disadvantage."
Upon hearing this, Lin Ru's face was filled with an ambiguous smile!
"If that's the case, that would be wonderful..."
However, after the news spread, things quickly developed in the direction Wu Juan had predicted.
Those people felt that these words were an insult and a provocation to their holy nation.
It's practically the same as declaring war directly.
Although they have had minor skirmishes on the border over the years, they have never had a legitimate reason to engage in large-scale warfare.
But to their utter surprise, this so-called Empress actually gave them this reason.
Moreover, they had all heard that this so-called Fengtian Kingdom was nothing more than a motley crew.
The leader was just a peasant girl.
Although they possessed a strange weapon, it meant nothing to them, since they didn't actively go to the battlefield; the poisonous insects that fought for them were the ones in their hands.
To be more precise, they didn't even confront them directly.
They usually resort to underhanded tactics, such as poisoning the river or secretly manipulating insects to launch a sneak attack.
The Fengtian Kingdom has been established for less than a year and is currently embroiled in civil war.
Last year, there was not only war but also drought, causing immense suffering to the people and resulting in many deaths.
At this time, instead of resting and recuperating, the so-called Empress actually wanted to provoke them.
That's perfect. If they can take over Fengtian Kingdom in one fell swoop this time, then they'll have a place to settle their future offerings.
The king of the Holy Kingdom touched a large red snake coiled around him.
His eyes were full of excitement.
"Red Flame! You're saying a food should rebel against its master."
"That process must have been so interesting!"
"I originally planned to proceed step by step."
"Let them fight amongst themselves and deplete their strength, but I didn't expect that the Marquis of Zhenxi would be killed by a little girl in just a few moves."
"You've really disappointed me."
"However, this little girl is incredibly bold, reaching so far!"
"That's quite interesting."
"I want to see who exactly killed my son!"
The bright red snake, as if it could understand human speech, flicked its tongue.
Then it opened its blood-red maw and swallowed a little palace maid who was kneeling in the main hall, trembling with fear!
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