Crossing the Passenger Sacrifice

Li Huoyue's knees were aching slightly. She had never kneeled for so long in her life.

No one knew what His Majesty was thinking, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Li Huoyue was not in a hurry either, he was waiting in a very stable mood.

After waiting for almost half a cup of tea, His Majesty finally asked:

"You said there are many time travelers lurking in Kyoto. Can you give some examples?"

Li Huoyue calmly reported several false information.

There are some people who are not recorded in the books but Li Huoyue knows that they have been arrested.

Some are bullies who do a lot of evil.

There are also some relatives of senior executives whom His Majesty is unwilling to touch.

Finally, the real thing was mixed in.

"There is also Sang Fuqing's younger brother Sang Baohe. I think he is also a time traveler. A few days ago, my third brother met him, and he was talking about the guns that I drew on the missing person notice."

"Third brother didn't know what a gun was. He just came back to imitate me and told me about it. Then I realized that Sang Baohe had also traveled through time."

"My missing person notice was also looking for him. Since that day, I have never seen any trace of him again when I went to look for Sang Baohe."

"And yesterday at the Nanxia River, I was going to discuss breaking off the engagement with Xu Zhuangyuan, but I found a dozen people with slightly abnormal expressions on the riverside. But I couldn't do anything, I couldn't even go up and ask directly."

Li Huoyue talked a lot, and the emperor did not interrupt him. Instead, he listened to Li Huoyue very seriously, and asked about the details or what he had missed from time to time.

At the end, Li Huoyue put on a layer of protective armor for himself and said:

“Your Majesty, everything I have said is my own analysis and judgment. There may be some misjudgments due to my lack of experience.

But, I heard from my father that we in the South capture time travelers because there is a prophecy passed down from generation to generation...

The time traveler destroyed the country.

Therefore, I think that we need to identify those potential time travelers and see if any of them have evil intentions, so that we can eliminate this hidden danger as soon as possible and maintain the prosperity of the Southern Kingdom for thousands of years!"

Li Huoyue's speech was not particularly passionate.

She knelt, but instead of having her head touching the ground as she did at the beginning, she straightened her back and spoke these words forcefully.

Li Huoyue not only spoke forcefully, but also used the word "we" throughout his sentences, directly defining himself as a member of the community with a shared destiny for the rise and fall of the Southern Kingdom, and putting himself on the same front as the emperor.

The emperor did not comment. After Li Huoyue finished speaking, he smiled with an ambiguous smile and commented, "You are full of youthfulness, girl."

Li Huoyue was confused and didn't know whether this evaluation was good or bad. He could only take it as a good thing.

He kowtowed and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty."

"You..." The emperor was too lazy to say anything more, "I will consider this matter."

"……Yes."

The emperor returned to the original topic: "You said you found the blueprints, where did you get them from?"

"I caught a time traveler and pretended to be friendly with him so that he would hand him over." Li Huoyue said without changing her expression. "Currently, this person is still in the Li Mansion. I will arrest him and bring him to you, Your Majesty, later."

"... Don't worry." The emperor probably had his own considerations and did not agree with Li Huoyue's proposal. "I want to hear what you think of time travelers first."

Li Huoyue lowered his eyes, the tip of his tongue was bitten, "They are just a group of foreigners, nothing to be afraid of."

"You hate them?"

Li Huoyue bowed his head again, without looking up, and said in a voice without any emotion:

“I can’t say I hate it, I just find it very baffling. I’ve seen quite a few registered cases, and it seems that most of them are for the purpose of marrying into the royal family. Apart from making some pleasing little gadgets, they don’t seem to have much use.

But since there is such a prophecy in the South, there must be some truth to it.

As an ordinary citizen of the Southern Country, I naturally wish for a better Southern Country."

His Majesty wanted to see Li Huoyue's expression, but found that the child was lying on his stomach the whole time, so he said:

"Get up first."

Li Huoyue still thanked first and then stood up.

When he stood up, his face was calm and nothing could be seen.

It seemed that she had crossed another critical point.

Seeing that Li Huoyue had gotten up, His Majesty asked again:

"Seeing you were so enthusiastic about arresting him, I thought you had some old grudge against the time travelers. But do you know what happens to time travelers after they are arrested?"

The large tripod in Prince Liang’s mansion flashed before Li Huoyue’s eyes. She had guessed the fate of the captured time travelers, but had never actually seen it.

Today, the fourth brother came to report the situation, but was rejected by her.

It was precisely because she refused that she was speaking the truth at this moment: "I don't know."

Unexpectedly, this answer actually satisfied His Majesty. There was a hint of joy in his tone, and he said to Li Huoyue:

"If you don't even know this, then you probably won't be able to become a special inspector."

Li Huoyue was puzzled and asked boldly for the first time:

"I don't quite understand. Isn't it the duty of the Special Inspector to capture time travelers? Then as long as the time travelers are captured, the Special Inspector's mission is completed. As for the subsequent outcomes of the time travelers, what does it have to do with the Special Inspector himself?"

The emperor did not rebuke Li Huoyue for asking a question that was not in accordance with the rules, but asked:

"If the fate of the time traveler is cruel beyond your imagination, and that time traveler happens to be your closest person, can you still ensure that your capture operation can proceed normally?"

Li Huoyue was even more confused, "Wouldn't it be better if we didn't know the ending?

There is still a glimmer of hope that this person may not necessarily die."

The emperor sneered, "I don't need anyone to have such expectations."

Yes, he is the emperor and he can choose talents from all over the world.

The hall was magnificent, but unusually cold and silent when no one was talking, as if it were a magnificent prison that imprisoned the most distinguished person in the world.

The Saint continued:

"The position of Special Inspector is a very special one. This special position means that the Special Inspector is destined to hold the belief that the time travelers must be killed cleanly from the beginning to the end. No mercy can be shown just because of how cruel the end will be."

Li Huoyue was stunned and thought of his old father. Although he was dull, his attitude towards his children and mother clearly showed that he was not a cold-blooded person.

Love can't be fake.

In a trance, she even forgot the practice she had done when she came here, and let her thoughts wander, causing unnecessary emotional fluctuations.

The emperor looked at Li Huoyue with a smile and a hint of sarcasm, "If you don't have the ability, why are you asking for the position of Special Inspector? Is it so easy to be an official under me?"

"I……"

Li Huoyue deeply felt the impact of her emotional fluctuations. At that moment, she actually wanted to exchange it with other hot weapons. Fortunately, she braked in time and stopped the stupid move she made due to her chaotic emotions.

"Well, I'll let you meet someone."