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He didn't know that after Luo Liya left his room, he had been flipping through the ancient books in his study. Ever since the surrender of Fire Nation, he had been wholeheartedly studying the military books, certain that he would return one day.

After reading for about two hours, he felt that his eyes were a little tired, so he put down the book and took a sip of tea. At that moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

"Head Commander, the soldiers have sent someone to the mansion to inform you to meet him in a bit."

"Got it, you can go now."

"Yes."

Yan unknowingly sat there with a thoughtful expression on his face. In an instant, he broke away from his dazed state, stood up, and walked towards the door. He had once again returned to being that heartless and unfeeling person.

When he arrived at the Prime Minister's Estate, Dongli Zhen was practicing Taiji Fist. With his martial arts skills, he should be invincible, and Taiji Fist was basically not beneficial to him. However, Dongli Zhen insisted on practicing Taiji Fist every day.

"Greetings, Sir Soldier." Dong Li Zhen's hand stopped moving. He didn't even look at Dong Li Zhen as he said, "You should rise."

"Sir Soldier Xie, I wonder why you have come to find me?"

He did not pause for a moment and spoke faintly, "It's nothing major. I just wanted to ask you, they say that you have a great character hidden in your mansion. Is that true?"

His neither long nor short beard trembled as he moved. He looked no different from a normal old man, but the words he spoke in his heart were very clear, as long as this person casually moved, he would be able to take away his life. In the blink of an eye, he would be able to kill people without them noticing, and he would be no different from a real god.

Those who worshiped him were as many as those who were afraid of him. Unfortunately, words were not known to be one of those who worshiped him.

In this world where the strong preyed on the weak, only by relying on the strongest could one survive and become the strongest, and it was unknown how long he had understood this principle. His master, Dong Li Zhen, was under the tutelage of Dong Li Zhen, and after he had become his teacher, Dong Li Zhen no longer asked him to call him his master, but rather, it was the military minister's intention to draw a clear line between the two of them. However, he did not know that Dong Li Zhen was being loyal to him, even more loyal than the most loyal lackeys.

However, he did not know what he was thinking. No matter how much he treated Dong Li Zhen, he had never considered him as one of his own. Dong Li Zhen only trusted him.

"Yes, I was just about to report it to Sir Secretary Luo Yan, I didn't expect him to be so well-informed. I captured Luo Liya, the daughter of the head of the Jade Water Nation's army, and she is currently imprisoned in my mansion, then Luo Liya's position in her heart is much higher than Luo Qingqing's. When the time comes, she will definitely be of great use to me."

His eyes narrowed into a line as he stared at the unknown man. After a long time, he finally said slowly, "Well done, we lost River City and Qiangcheng previously, and I even blamed you for that, but now it seems that you have woken up in time. After the end of the year, I will report to the Emperor that you have been appointed as the commander of both branches, but of course, the prerequisite is your good performance."

"Thank you, Sir Soldier." With that, he bent down and bowed towards Dong Li Zhen, who helped him up.

"Alright, you fought for it yourself. I was just discussing the matter." Dong Li Jian's face was as dark as water as he stared at Yan Yang, and then he turned around and said, "And the reason I called you over is to ask you, are you sure you have joined half of the officials of the State of Clear Water?"

"I'm sure. They were all frightened by the conditions I put forward. Naturally, they could not resist the temptation."

"Then, if there are any problems, you're the only one I want to ask."

"Please be at ease, sir soldier. I will not make any more mistakes." He paused for a while, then lowered his head and said, "Is there anything else, Sir Military Minister?"

"No more, you can go now. I have a new batch of tributes. Go and claim them."

"Thank you, Sir Soldier."

With that, he clasped his hands and bowed towards Dong Li Zhen before leaving his office. Dong Li Zhen continued practicing his Taichi Fist, and the smile in his eyes became more and more profound.

After he took the tribute away, he left the Prime Minister's Palace. When he returned to his own residence at night, he went straight to Luo Liya.

He pushed open the door of Luo Liya's room and walked in. Currently, Luo Liya was too weak to run away, so he didn't place too many guards at the door. He pushed open the door and saw his maidservant serving Luo Liya the medicine that she had yet to open.

She was in the middle of knitting her brows tightly together when she saw that someone was walking in. She frowned even more as she turned her face away, causing her expression to instantly turn cold.

"Have you finished the medicine?" When he opened his mouth to ask for Luo Liya's maidservant, the maidservant's hand trembled, almost knocking over the entire medicine bowl.

"You scared her, really!" Luo Liya could not help but reprimand him, curling her lips, "You're almost done drinking, why are you in such a hurry?"

"I am very anxious. I wish that you would recover early. Once you recover …" "Heh." The words that came out of her mouth caused a chill to run down Luo Liya's spine, and the young maid beside her almost cried out. She thought that she was just a servant, but now she had been arranged to serve this lady by mistake. If he had known earlier, he would have let the other maidservants take the place of her!

"What happens when I recover?" And then seriously injure me? " Luo Liya tried her best to calm down as she spoke indifferently.

"I won't, I'll just torture you. I don't know if I will take revenge on you, it's not like you don't know, right?" Luo Liya didn't know that the smile on her face had yet to fade, and her tone was also very gentle. As she looked at the person in front of her, she felt her heart grow colder and colder.

"I will wait for your torment. I will escape. I will definitely escape. After that, I will continue to make an enemy out of you. Continue …" "Defeat you."

Losing to Luo Liya was a lifelong shame, but now she was bringing it up again, just to anger him. He knew he couldn't get angry, as this was a hostage against Luo Yan, but the thought of it still made him clench his fists and the veins on his forehead bulge out, as if something was about to burst out of his body.

"I'm also waiting for you to escape." His eyes stared fixedly at Luo Liya, and then glanced at the young maid at the side. The young maid immediately lowered her head and looked at him, not daring to look him in the eye without speaking to him. She snorted softly, and turned around to leave the room.

Since then, he did not know if he had ever come to see her again, provided that she had recovered from her injuries.

That maid who took care of Luo Liya was called Min'er. Min'er had been left alone ever since she was young, and had been adopted by an old steward she did not know. After that, she became a servant girl.

As time passed, she learned from Min Er that she was the only stranger in the Residence of the Military Chief and that no one else was being held captive. At that time, she was so excited that she almost jumped out of bed.

As long as they were safe, it didn't matter if she suffered a little, she could escape eventually anyway.

After a few days, her injuries were almost healed, and she tried to circulate her true energy, which was just as strong and vigorous as before. It seemed like the unknown medicine really worked, her medical skills were on par with Zi Ruo's, but she still pretended to be extremely weak in order to confuse this unknown judgement.

It was just that the Taotie was also severely injured like her, and she did not want to make things difficult for it for the moment. Moreover, once the Taotie appeared, the streets of Fire Nation's capital would be filled with a bustling crowd, and they would definitely be innocently affected.

Previously, in the misty forest behind the academy, she had obtained a poisonous bug with the number 16 on it. She kept calling it Little Sixteen, and Little Sixteen had a similar ability to a Gu worm and was able to control people's hearts. However, the duration was very short and could only be maintained for a short quarter of an hour.

She was prepared to escape within this quarter-hour.

On this day, hearing Min'er say that she was going to the palace to attend a prince's full moon feast and would be back in the evening, Luo Liya felt that the time was right, so she summoned Little Sixteen to prepare to control Min'er.

This kind of physique was very easy to deal with. Taking advantage of the moment she was carrying water to wash her face, Luo Liya released Xiao Sixteen, and the poisonous insect immediately stung her neck. Min'er's body immediately stiffened and stopped moving, while Luo Liya took the opportunity to get off the bed.

"Take me to the toilet." "Go," she ordered Min'er, who obediently went outside. The guards outside the door were startled to see Min'er and Loria.

"Miss Min'er …" What are you doing? " the guard asked curiously.

"Miss Luo is not feeling well. She needs to go to the toilet. I want to take her there. It's over there. What are you guys worried about?" When Min'er spoke, her face was intentionally bashful and ambiguous. Those men instantly understood where Luo Liya's' discomfort 'was.

Everyone knew that Min Er was timid and didn't dare to disobey the command that she didn't know about. Because of that, she arranged for Min Er to take care of Luo Liya and concluded that she wouldn't secretly let Luo Liya go. Since they didn't know that they all trusted Min'er so much, they naturally wouldn't doubt her. Thus, they let Min'er and Luo Liya go.

They were also looking this way, and right now they were too close to them to escape, so they had to think of another way. However, just as she was about to go into the toilet, her usually sensitive ears suddenly heard footsteps, and she seemed to hear the faint sound of the military overseer. She didn't know if he was back yet.

Her heartbeat suddenly sped up. The poison technique she had used on Min'er was about to fail, and if she didn't appear in front of them when the time came, Min'er would definitely tell them everything and she would be done for.

Originally, she didn't want to summon the Taotie, but now, she was forced to the point that she had to.

She held her breath and called out the Taotie's name in her heart. At this moment, the Taotie had already reached a state of being one with the human and beast. Although the Taotie was injured, it still obediently came out.

Luo Liya stroked its antennae and immediately sat on it. The Taotie then began to run forward. Along the way, it was unstoppable, and many buildings were destroyed by her.

I don't know, but you forced me to do this. As Luo Liya was thinking this, she encountered a strong resistance. It turned out that she had unknowingly summoned the Taotie and was floating in the air, wanting to stop her.

Luo Liya immediately released all of her true energy and spoke as if she didn't know what was going to happen, plus with the power of the Taotie, it seemed like her words were becoming more and more unbearable. He was originally in the palace admiring the wine, but his right eyelid was constantly twitching, his intuition told him that something bad was about to happen, so he immediately rushed back to the Residence of Military Overseer.

Just as expected, Luo Liya had already recovered and was preparing to escape. Her previous sickly look was just a false lie to deceive him.