The ancient martial arts master traveled through time

"If we kill them today, the news will reach Zidan tomorrow. It seems we need to prepare for the battle."

"Your Majesty, the Minister of War wishes to see you regarding an important matter." Eunuch Xiao Anzi reported outside the door.

Ruan Jun'an glanced at Ruan Xiaojiu, but Ruan Xiaojiu picked up the tea and ignored him.

"Let him in."

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to the Emperor and the Ninth Prince." After the Minister of War entered, he saw that in addition to the Emperor, the Ninth Prince was also there, so he saluted.

"No need for formalities, Lord Meng, what's the urgent matter that requires you to do so?" Meng Jue usually does things very cautiously, but judging from his expression today, something big must have happened.

Your Majesty, "Yesterday, many young women in the city were tragically killed in their homes for no apparent reason. Their deaths were strange, as if a demon had sucked their flesh and blood. They were completely shrunken, with no wounds on their bodies. The city is now in chaos, and the people are in a state of panic. I do not know what to do next. Please advise, Your Majesty."

"What happened? Can you find out the reason?" Ruan Jun'an frowned. He didn't expect that such an incredible thing would happen in the safest capital city. What was going on recently? There were always frequent accidents.

"I have personally taken people to the scene. The women's deaths were extremely horrific. Their bodies were almost completely devoid of flesh and blood, yet no external injuries were found. This is truly bizarre."

Ruan Jun'an tapped the table, thinking hard. In a situation like this, the most urgent priority was to appease the people before anything else. "Lord Meng, immediately dispatch more troops to patrol the city and reassure the people, telling them not to panic. The court will resolve this matter as quickly as possible. Furthermore, you must personally investigate this matter and get to the bottom of it."

Ruan Xiaojiu listened to the conversation while drinking tea. Her expression was indifferent and she did not seem worried.

The Minister of War took his orders and left. Ruan Jun'an watched him from behind, thinking back to how, since he had become emperor, he had always tried his best to be a good emperor, to convince officials, to end the war on the border, and to ensure a better life for the people. But someone just didn't want him to succeed.

Who is behind this? Are they trying to provoke a war between the Wu Clan and the Qin State?

He turned to look at Ruan Xiaojiu and said, "Xiaojiu, what do you think about this matter?"

Ruan Xiaojiu's expression remained calm as he glanced at Ruan Jun'an. "If my guess is correct, these are caused by the witch saint's evil magic, intended to prolong her own youth and longevity."

"The Witch Clan? The Saint? She's in the capital? When did she come? Such a sinister and vicious person came here to harm our Qin State. Is she trying to provoke us?"

"I don't know about that, but she sneaked into my palace and tried to do something bad, so I killed her."

Ruan Xiaojiu said it lightly, as if she had killed an ant instead of a person, and an important person of the witch clan at that.

"Kill, kill."

Ruan Jun'an was shocked, his eyes widening. How could Xiaojiu be so fierce? A saintly woman could kill him without hesitation. He swallowed hard, realizing he had lost his composure. He calmed himself down.

Said, "The Holy Maiden of the Witch Clan? I've heard that she practices evil magic, but if she wants to sacrifice the lives of so many young girls, that's too cruel."

He only knew a few basic things about the Witch Clan Saint, such as her practice of evil magic and her admiration for the Witch Clan Saint. He knew nothing else.

"It's okay to sacrifice others to achieve your own goals."

Ruan Xiaojiu took a sip of tea and said lightly.

She doesn't care about the life and death of others. She believes in the law of the jungle, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. There is no such thing as cruelty or not.

Ruan Xiaojiu left the palace and sat in the carriage, closing her eyes and thinking. Last night's dream kept lingering in her mind and tugged at her heartstrings. She vaguely remembered the words "father" and "mother". Could it be that the two were her parents in her previous life?

When she was the head of the Guwu family, she traveled to countless countries. Among them was a small tribe called Hu Lan. It was sparsely populated, and the people in the tribe were kind and simple, but they were all professional fortune-telling masters.

When she arrived there, she happened to encounter people attacking her tribe, who seemed to be planning to massacre the entire village. Unable to bear the consequences, she offered them a hand, and they gave her a free fortune-telling. The fortune-telling indicated that she had unfinished business in her past life, and that one day she would meet her past life's parents and lover, and would also remember some of her past life's memories.

At the time, she didn't take it seriously, thinking she had just encountered a village charlatan. After all, she had already lived for nearly three hundred years. Even if she did meet him, it would be the reincarnation of her parents from her previous life, not her parents from her previous life. She didn't believe her parents from her previous life had lived longer than she had.

Now when I think back to that person's words, it seems as if they are still whispering in my ears.

Her parents from her previous life appeared in this life. What did they want to remind her?