The so-called torture of the aboriginals wasn't torture, but torture.
These guys couldn't play such tricks.
In the Sixty Thousand Mountains, they were fighting against the heavens and the earth for their lives. They didn't have the mood to do such things.
In their opinion, killing people was just a matter of nodding to the ground. If they didn't like it, they could just kill them. They didn't have so many tricks up their sleeves to torture people.
Even if they left the mountains and established a nation, it would only last for a few decades. They would be extremely poor, and there were other countries eyeing them covetously. They didn't have the time to think about such things.
The scaly whip was dipped in saltwater, and with a shake, the scales exploded. It tore off a piece of flesh from the back.
Even the aboriginals would have to lie in bed for a few days after being whipped three times, let alone ordinary people.
Three lashes would leave them half-dead.
The people who were captured weren't tough, but it didn't matter even if they were. Ren Baqian could capture them again with a call.
In Ren Baqian's heart, these Hao Nation immigrants had nothing to do with him. After the war, they were just numbers in his heart.
He had seen many dead people, and it didn't matter if a few more innocent people died.
…
Where there were people, there would be conflicts.
If there were more than one person, there would be differences in status. If there were more than two people, there would be gangs.
This was the case even among the Hao Nation immigrants who were kept in captivity.
Not only were there differences in status, but there were also conflicts and sects.
This was what Ren Baqian learned in the past few days in Gu City.
There were 67 big and small cities and hundreds of sects in Tianjing Basin.
Back then, the rebels took the Hao Nation immigrants into the basin and divided them into various powers. There were also many conflicts between them.
The most ordinary people were naturally the ordinary people.
Above them were the army and the sects.
The army belonged to the big powers, and the sects belonged to the small powers. There were conflicts between the sects, and there would be disciples who entered the army to wield power.
There were three main forces in Tianjing Basin, and each of them governed dozens of cities.
Moreover, these three forces were not as united as a piece of iron.
The leaders of the rebel army, big and small, had become city lords and city officials in the blink of an eye.
There weren't many soldiers, only about 200,000. After all, the Protectorate of the South was watching, and they wouldn't sit back and watch them grow.
Moreover, they had also changed their names. They used the name of the City Defense Army, and there were only a few thousand to ten thousand of them scattered across each city.
After all, they still belonged to Dayao. The imperial court could still tolerate a few thousand soldiers guarding a city.
However, if they established their own army, then they wouldn't be able to tolerate it. That would be the path to their deaths.
Back then, those rebels had been beaten to the brink of death. Now, they only dared to play some tricks under the table. Naturally, they didn't dare to stir up trouble in public. If they stepped out of line, even the agreement from back then wouldn't be able to protect them.
As for the sects, although there were more than a hundred of them, their overall strength was not strong.
Some of the stronger ones escaped from Dayao and went to other nations. The rest were either weak or couldn't bear to leave their homeland.
Although there were still some experts left, they couldn't raise any waves.
Moreover, Xi Wanya was still keeping an eye on them. From time to time, if he discovered any signs of trouble, he would pull out a group of people to be sacrificed.
A few days ago, when they fought with Great Xia, they killed tens of thousands of people.
Ren Baqian stayed in Gu City for a few days. Other than the information he obtained from the few remnant citizens of the Hao Nation, he also obtained information from Xi Wanya. Although he hadn't entered the basin and didn't see it with his own eyes, he had a rough idea of the situation there. He just had to go in and see it with his own eyes to verify the information he had obtained.
Ren Baqian closed a booklet that contained some of the things he had sorted out over the past few days.
After leaving the room, he turned into a few courtyards and heard the sound of stringed instruments coming from another courtyard.
Upon entering the courtyard, he saw a man and a woman playing a bamboo musical instrument. It was somewhat like a flute, but it was only the length of a palm. The sound wasn't as desolate and resentful as the flute, but it still had a unique flavor.
The empress was eating fruits in her room.
Beside her was the candy tree. Wherever the empress went, the tree would be planted. Ren Baqian was even prepared to install a frame under the tree and install four wheels.
"How is it?" the empress asked when she saw him striding in.
"I have to go and take a look to find out," Ren Baqian replied softly. He sat beside the empress, took a fruit from the plate, and took a bite. It melted in his mouth and tasted sweet and delicious.
These were all good things that Xi Wanya had sent to the empress.
"When are you leaving?" The empress's eyes lit up. She was also bored of staying here.
She wasn't interested in the things that Ren Baqian did.
She came out this time to see what those fellows who were protected by Dayao were like. On the other hand, she wasn't willing to be separated from Ren Baqian for a few months.
"I'm afraid that I will have to split up with Your Majesty," Ren Baqian said. If he were to travel with the empress, he would be a big target and was afraid that he wouldn't be able to see anything.
The empress was a little disappointed, but she knew that this was a serious matter.
"Your Majesty, do you want to go back with me? I will set off after I return, "Ren Baqian asked. Previously, he had said that he wanted to see Qi Jiayu, but these days, he had been on the road and the empress hadn't followed him back to Earth. He actually wanted to settle this matter quickly. In the end, he also had an idea of what to do.
He would kill those who needed to be killed so that he wouldn't have to worry about her.
"Then let's go and take a look." The empress nodded and instructed Qing Yuan and Hong Luan. With one hand holding Ren Baqian's wrist, the two disappeared from the room.
After a while, Qing Yuan and Hong Luan went out to let the two people who were playing outside leave.
After returning to Earth, the two of them changed their clothes.
At this time, it was the end of midsummer and the weather was very hot.
Ren Baqian actually wanted to ask the empress if she wanted to go for a swim. He couldn't forget about this matter. Thinking about the empress in a swimsuit, it really made him excited.
However, there was still a serious matter at this time.
"Your Majesty, do you still remember the person that I mentioned previously who looks like you?" Ren Baqian asked.
"I'm somewhat interested, but since you want me to see him so much, I'm afraid that there's something going on." The empress smiled and looked at him. Every time she returned here, she could always relax a lot.
Here, she wasn't the empress of Dayao.
"There is indeed." Ren Baqian nodded. "However, I need Your Majesty to take a look first."
"Alright." Seeing that he was serious, the empress nodded. Although he was usually not a serious person, since he said that there was something going on, then she really had to go and take a look.
"Your Majesty, a new phone." Ren Baqian wasn't in a hurry to leave. First, he took out something from the hands behind his back. It was a red phone.
"Is it a little different from the previous one?" The empress looked at this phone. It was slightly narrower. When she held it in her hand, it was actually soft.
"It's indeed different." Ren Baqian held the empress's hand and wrapped the phone around her wrist. It was as if she had an additional watch.
"It's all like this now." Ren Baqian smiled and said. With the emergence of the flexible screen, this type of phone had become a new technology. In fact, it had already appeared two years ago, but it was only now that it was on the market.
"It's indeed convenient." The empress nodded.
"Let's go." Ren Baqian pulled the empress to the car and drove away. After a while, they arrived at the entrance of SH University.
When they were at the villa, he checked the date and compared it to Qi Jiayu's class schedule. She should be in class today.
The two of them walked into the campus. This kind of ivory tower was different from society. It was much simpler. Students coming and going were holding books, and it was filled with an academic atmosphere.
"Is this Zixiao's first time coming to a university?" Ren Baqian held the empress's hand and walked on campus like a couple.
"It's indeed my first time." The empress nodded her head. Previously, Ren Baqian had brought her to elementary schools. She had seen how those ten year old children were studying in school. Now that she looked at the university again, it was indeed somewhat different. This made her extremely envious.
Fortunately, Dayao had its own school now. Even though there weren't many students, they were seeds that would sprout sooner or later.
The two of them walked on campus. The empress's appearance and temperament were eye-catching no matter where she went, let alone these ivory tower students who were fantasizing about love.
The empress's eyes almost popped out when she saw the empress. She thought to herself, There's actually such a girl in school? Why haven't I heard of her before?
However, looking at the hand that Ren Baqian was holding, she couldn't help but curse in her heart, "All the good cabbages have been taken by pigs."
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