Crossing the Passenger Sacrifice

"I don't need to apologize to you."

As soon as Li Huoyue said this, Xu Jiaoer had an expression of "I knew it" on her face.

Li Huoyue added:

"Your information is that the palace examination was mixed with gun making. It is indeed very important information."

Xu Jiao'er snorted and said, "It's good that you know!"

Li Huoyue looked at Xu Jiao'er and thought about what happened in the hall. He thought about it for a few times and continued:

“And my information is that the Southern Country does not allow time travelers to exist.

This is directly related to your life. There is no such thing as me unilaterally obtaining information and using you.

Therefore, I owe you nothing.”

Xu Jiao'er was stunned and wanted to argue.

Li Huoyue also noticed that Xu Jiaoer opened her mouth as if she was about to speak, so he simply stopped and waited for Xu Jiaoer to speak to see what she could say.

Xu Jiaoer opened her mouth, closed it, opened it again, and closed it again, repeating it several times before finally uttering, "Well, that time was fine, but you used this information again later, so what do you think about that?"

"The information is already in my hands. How I use it is my business. Do you have any copyright?" Li Huoyue was almost amused by Xu Jiaoer's train of thought. "Let's take a step back and say that even if I apologize, what will happen? Is there any practical significance?"

"This proves that you did something wrong!" Xu Jiaoer held her head high and chest puffed out.

Li Huoyue nodded, "And then?"

"……Then?"

Xu Jiaoer was confused by Li Huoyue's question. Isn't this enough?

"In your eyes, my admission that I was wrong this time is something worth remembering?" Li Huoyue asked again.

Xu Jiaoer was speechless. She really thought so.

But at the same time, she knew very well that it was wrong for her to think so.

"You always try to find faults in me. What's your purpose?" Li Huoyue looked Xu Jiao'er up and down, his eyes full of confusion. "Could it be for Sang Fuqing?"

"Of course..." Xu Jiao'er subconsciously wanted to refute, but after she had already started to speak, she didn't have the confidence to continue.

Even though Li Huoyue was sitting, she felt extremely oppressed. She was being asked questions continuously and her mind was confused, as if she was doing the second to last question in an exam.

"Think more about yourself." Li Huoyue said, and began to lay the groundwork in an orderly manner, "Look, I made such a big fuss yesterday, and now I'm still lying at home. This proves that the palace examination you mentioned was mixed with the item of gun making, which is not what the emperor wants at all, or it is not what he wants most."

Li Huoyue knew that the emperor was not interested in firearms manufacturing because he left until the end of yesterday and failed to produce the exquisite Beretta 92F blueprint.

Your Majesty either already has something better, or this is not what he wants.

But facing Xu Jiaoer, she couldn't say that she had presented the drawings yesterday but they didn't catch the emperor's eye at all.

"Impossible!!! With the war at the border so intense, it is impossible for him not to be tempted by the production of thermal weapons!" Xu Jiaoer categorically denied Li Huoyue's statement.

Li Huoyue speculated in front of Xu Jiao'er: "Could it be that someone has already presented these things to the emperor? What kind of firearms did you write on your test paper?"

Xu Jiaoer didn't want to believe it at first, but when she thought about the steps of making the gun, which was told to her by Sang Baohe, she began to feel anxious.

Sangbao and...

I heard from Sang's mother recently that Sang Baohe was captured by King Liang, and she asked Sang Fuqing to help find a solution, but Sang Fuqing's official position was too low, and he only knew a limited number of people, many of whom were ordinary elegant scholars who had never been officials, so he could not help at all.

Even Sang's mother, who had been asking about the cause, had no idea why Sang Baohe was arrested, let alone Xu Jiaoer.

Xu Jiao'er didn't care why Sang Baohe was captured by King Liang. At first, she thought that Sang Baohe liked to show off and was taken back by King Liang to be punished.

Now that I think about it, could it really be like what Li Huoyue said, that Sang Baohe had presented the things to His Majesty in exchange for his life, which led to His Majesty's lack of interest in the gun concept drawings in the missing person notice? !

The more Xu Jiao'er thought about it, the more scared she became. Until now, she only had the title of top scholar. Apart from this, she had nothing else. If the emperor wanted to get rid of her, what could she use to save her life?

When Li Huoyue saw Xu Jiaoer's face gradually turning pale, he knew that this girl had already realized the consequences.

"You'd better think about it. You should have something else that His Majesty values. I think it's most likely more than just gun making." Li Huoyue guided Xu Jiaoer to think.

Xu Jiao'er was already panicking, but she still did not forget to question Li Huoyue, "Why do you think so?"

Li Huoyue replied: "Because you are still alive and well now."

"But...but I..." Xu Jiaoer hesitated for a long time but could not come up with any further words.

The bell by the window rang twice, and the crisp and light sound prompted Li Huoyue to start chasing people away.

"It's okay if you can't think of it now. Go back and think about it slowly. You won't die immediately anyway." Li Huoyue stood up, walked to the door and opened it. "By the way, you broke five teacups in my house today. Someone will send you the compensation slip this afternoon."

"You also want me to pay compensation?!" Xu Jiaoer was shocked.

Li Huoyue was also somewhat shocked: "Could it be possible that he could fall for nothing?"

"Are you trying to chase me away?" Xu Jiaoer saw that Li Huoyue had already stepped out of the door and was waiting outside.

Li Huoyue nodded slightly: "You are quite sensible."

Xu Jiaoer stamped her feet in anger. She no longer had the confidence she had when she came here. The reason for her to ask for punishment no longer existed. Now that people wanted her to leave, she really didn't dare to say anything.

She stepped heavily out of the door and said to Li Huoyue: "I...what if I really can't figure it out?"

"Death? What else can happen?" Li Huoyue watched her come out, turned around and closed the door.

"You!" Xu Jiao'er really couldn't understand why this woman was so difficult to communicate with. Every time she spoke, she didn't care about other people's feelings at all. "Can't you help me think about it?"

"????" Li Huoyue looked at Xu Jiao'er in confusion, "Are you the princess left behind by the emperor? Why should I help you? And you did it all by yourself, how can I help you? Rely on your imagination?"

Xu Jiao'er snorted, "Forget about not giving me any hints. I can figure it out myself!"

"Yeah." Li Huoyue was thinking about going to the fourth brother's study. She guessed that the second brother had been released.

There are still broken porcelain pieces in the room. I'll trick Lao Wu into coming over to clean them up later.

"Even if I thought of it, I wouldn't tell you!" Xu Jiaoer thought that Li Huoyue would still be curious about her information.