The head of the Xia clan in Liuyun City, named Xia Hong.

Xia Hui, the deputy commander of the Frost Sword and Cold Armor Division, is his eldest daughter and only daughter. Why do you say that? Because Xia Hong had two daughters and a son. In other words, Xia Hui once had a younger sister and a younger brother.

However, the younger sister died in the "Heavenly Fire Tribulation", and the younger brother also explored life and death and the joys and sorrows of the world after this, and wandered the world alone, and his whereabouts are still unknown. As a result, Xia Hui became the eldest daughter of Liuyun Xia, as well as the only daughter.

Everyone knows about it, but no one will mention it. After all, this is a heartache for Xia Hui. Although, she never mentioned it to anyone.

Later generations of scholars have different opinions on the study of the "Heavenly Fire Tribulation". Some scholars have pointed out that the emergence of the "Heavenly Fire Tribulation" directly led to the southward shift of the political center of the Dongji Dynasty and the changes in the relationship between the Dongji countries.

Many small vassal states, after this "heavenly fire catastrophe", have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain and gradually emerged. Mexico is a prime example of this.

Of course, some scholars believe that the fundamental reason for the transfer of the political center of the Dongji Dynasty is actually the loss of the Shuguo after Yunfan, and the checks and balances between the internal forces have been broken by those who have a heart over time.

The most direct basis for argumentation is the subsequent "Mingguang Change" and Yun Chen's "indisputable" attitude from beginning to end, which indirectly buried the former Jibei overlord Shuguo.

In fact, there is some truth in the views of scholars on both sides. As Xia Hong, who has experienced the "Chiyan Rebellion", "Heavenly Fire Tribulation", and "Mingguang Change", the real reason for the decline of the Shuguo step by step lies more in Yun Chen's decision.

Xia Hong didn't know why Bai Yunchen chose to let Lian Mu become the next commander of Mingguang Armor after Yun Fan left, instead of Jing Xuan. I don't even understand why Yun Chen's first reaction was not to arrange the army to save people when the "Heavenly Fire Tribulation" happened, but to keep all the living people away from the Mirror Moon City that was caught in the sea of fire as much as possible, and the Bright Moon City that was affected.

It can be said that Yun Chen's decision indirectly led to the death of his other daughter and the departure of his son. Perhaps it is precisely for this reason that in the end, the views of the "Three Friends of Jibei" coincide on some issues.

As a result, the clan of the Suguo Kingdom finally slowly ascended to the temple from behind the scenes, and took advantage of the situation to set off ripples of varying degrees throughout the world. Strictly speaking, the current state of the state is the country of the clan of the country. Without the support of the clan of the Shu Kingdom, perhaps when Yun Fan returned, the city of Mingyue City would already be filled with the battle flags of the Mo Kingdom.

For Yun Chen, Xia Hong has resentment in his heart. However, Xia Hong has never mentioned these old things to anyone, let alone revealed them at any time. And Liu Su, the head of the Mingyue Liu family, can always see him through at a glance for some reason.

November 10, afternoon.

Dongji Mingyue City, Liufu, Hanyuan.

Liu Su sat alone in the "Flying Flower Pavilion" in the garden, not knowing what he was thinking. On the table, is the tea he has just brewed "Yunmeng Xiangqiong". During contemplation, a middle-aged man dressed in a lilac robe with "green sunflowers" tattooed between his sleeves, under the guidance of Liu Fengchen, the eldest son of the Liu family, slowly stepped into the "Flying Flower Pavilion".

In the process, Liu Fengchen's attitude was extremely respectful and did not dare to slack off. When he saw this middle-aged man, Liu Su, who was the head of the Liu family, smiled slightly, as if he was seeing an old friend. The middle-aged man also smiled back after seeing Liu Su.

Liu Fengchen on the side bowed down with his father Liu Su and slowly retreated. So, in the ancient "Flying Flower Pavilion", only Liu Su and the middle-aged man were left, sitting and discussing.

The beautiful green sunflower is the family crest of the Xia family in Liuyun City.

There is a story about the Xia family and the green sunflower, which will be mentioned later. Since it involves an ancient history, I won't say much about it here.

At that time, snow was flying outside the attic.

In the attic, Liu Su rolled up his sleeves, leaned forward slightly, and personally poured freshly brewed tea for the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man politely held the cup in both hands. At this time, I heard Liu Su say lightly: "I said Xia Hong, we have known each other for so many years, and I have never understood one thing." ”

Xia Hong said curiously: "Brother Liu, let's say." ”

"Do you do this to everyone, or just to me. Between the words, Liu Su looked directly into Xia Hong's eyes. Xia Hong didn't avoid his gaze, and smiled back, but he didn't immediately answer Liu Su's question. On the contrary, Liu Su saw through this detail, so he no longer asked further, but turned to say: "That's it, I'll just ask casually." ”

Xia Hong took a sip of the tea in the cup, and then said slowly with Liu Su: "Actually, this question of Brother Liu is related to the number of etiquette, and it has nothing to do with who it is specifically for. ”

Liu Su was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then snorted coldly: "You old fox, either don't say it, or just follow me." So what's the difference between what you say and what you don't?"

"The difference is that I seriously thought about Brother Liu's question just now, and I didn't choose to avoid it with silence. Xia Hong smiled and said, "Especially Brother Liu has given me a choice." ”

Liu Su shook his head with a smile, and then said, "Speaking of which, I suddenly remembered that it seems that we haven't seen each other for a long time. ”

Xia Hong recalled: "Yes, just two months have passed in a blink of an eye. I remember the last time we met in this "Han" garden, but it wasn't just us. ”

Liu Su: "And Han Bin, that old rascal." ”

Xia Hong: "It's the night of August 10. ”

Liu Su: "The day this kid Yun Fan returned. ”

Xia Hong: "We talked a lot about it at that time. ”

Liu Su: "That's all that should have been said at that time. ”

Xia Hong: "That being said, it's not really. ”

Liu Su: "That's why you're looking for me?"

Xia Hong: "After all, it is about the future of the country. ”

Liu Su took a sip of tea in his cup, slowly raised his eyes and asked Xia Hong: "What is so serious?" It's all about the future of our country, and I don't even know anything about it. ”

Xia Hong: "Brother Liu usually manages all kinds of opportunities every day, and he can't perceive the subtleties, which is normal. The main thing happened suddenly, and now it is enough to form a step that can attract Brother Liu's attention, so ......"

Looking at Xia Hong's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Liu Su smiled and said, "Then I'll guess, you can listen and see if my guess is accurate." If you're wrong, don't laugh at me. ”

Xia Hong flicked his sleeves and gestured, "It's okay." ”

Liu Su said tentatively: "This matter has something to do with Yun Fan. ”

Xia Hong was stunned for a moment, "Go on." ”

Liu Su smiled slightly, knowing that he had guessed correctly, so he continued: "At the same time, it is also related to the Xiji Thousand Thunder Country, as well as the battle in Yaoguang City a few days ago. ”

Xia Hong frowned: "Go on." ”

Liu Su didn't say it right away, but thought about it for a while: "The matter is now related to the survival of Liuyun City. ”

Hearing this, Xia Hong was silent.

Liu Su took a sip of the tea in the cup.

But Xia Hong sighed slowly at this time: "How did Brother Liu know about these things, it stands to reason that these things have not yet reached the time when they enter the eyes of Brother Liu." ”

Liu Su's gaze, in Xia Hong's sigh, gradually deepened: "First of all, these things are actually not trivial. Second, why do we have to wait until the matter has formed a climate before we can find a way to solve it?"

Xia Hong pondered: "So, Brother Liu has actually arranged all this again in secret, right?" ”

Liu Su smiled but did not answer, avoiding Xia Hong's question.

Xia Hong was silent, and Liu Su did not urge.

......

In the Guangqian Courtyard, on the sword test field.

Xu Ruijian pointed at Meng Jian's eyebrows and forced him to admit defeat quickly.

Xu Rui wants to regain his lost face in this way. As a result, Meng Jian didn't pay attention to him, but instead took this opportunity to start running the "Ling Shuang Jue".

Due to the effect of the "Chiyan Nine Star Seal" left by the previous master, the true qi flowing through the acupuncture points sealed by the "Chiyan Nine Star Seal" could not be successfully condensed. After a painful attempt, Meng Jian gradually had the intention of giving up on learning the "Ling Shuang Jue", and tried to use the combat skills taught by Yun Fan to seek a new breakthrough.

However, the current situation was unexpected.

Meng Jian, who lost his weapon to fight back, was trampled on the ground by Xu Rui, and there was a silver sword against Meng Jian's eyebrows. Meng Jian was not afraid that this person would kill him, but Meng Jian knew that he wanted to get back his lost face from his body.

Because of this, Meng Jian would not let him succeed.

In the silence, a faint true qi gathered between Meng Jian's fingers.

Having lost his weapon, he began to use his True Qi again to "rush the acupoint". The severe pain made him tremble a little involuntarily, and Xu Rui, who saw this scene, once again stepped on Meng Jian hard.

Because of the "Nine Star Seals of Chiyan", when all the true qi flows through the important acupuncture points, it is like a rushing river meeting a rock, and gradually turns into a trickle and flows everywhere. The moment the river hit the rock, the pain made Meng Jianqing's muscles vibrate.

This also made Xu Rui begin to notice that something was wrong. However, when Xu Rui really found out that something was wrong. Actually, it's too late.

The trickle formed by the rushing river hitting the rock finally converged in the palm of his hand under Meng Jian's guidance. The "Red Yan Nine Star Seal" is the "rock", and the "trickle" is the scattered true qi.

The biting chill, as soon as the true qi gathered into Meng Jian's palm, seeped into the foot where Xu Rui stepped on Meng Jian's chest. Seeing that Meng Jian was hard-mouthed and unwilling to admit defeat, Xu Rui had the idea of knocking Meng Jian unconscious directly, and then ending this meaningless competition.

However, before Xu Rui could make a move, Meng Jian took the lead in countering him. When Xu Rui felt that he was stepping on Meng Jian's foot a little numb, Meng Jian grinned and grabbed Xu Rui's foot, which brought indescribable pain just by twisting it slightly.

Immediately afterwards, Meng Jian tripped Xu Rui and changed the situation that was originally unfavorable to him in an instant. The audience immediately broke out into fierce cheers and applause because of Meng Jian's counter-killing.

Xu Rui, who fell to the ground, did not admit defeat.

He held back the pain and desperately swung the silver sword in his hand to prevent Meng Jian from approaching half a step. And roared, "What the hell have you done to this leg of mine? Believe it or not, I'm going to kill you right now!"

Meng Jian listened to it and said with a smile: "If you really dared to kill me, you would have already done it, how could you wait until now?"

Between the words, the furious Xu Rui took advantage of Meng Jian's lack of a sword.

As a result, the silver sword was engulfed by a chill that came from nowhere in the process of stabbing towards Meng Jian. This chill invisibly followed the hilt of the sword, and the hand that held Xu Rui's sword was frostbitten in an instant.

Meng Jian easily dodged Xu Rui's sword, and took back his own silver sword from his hand, and then asked lightly, "Now, I'll ask you if you are convinced." ”

When Xu Rui heard this, he trembled with anger.

On the scene, all the frost swords cheered for Meng Jian.

However, this time, Meng Jian was not immersed in the cheers like just now. Compared with just now, he is a little more calm and indifferent now. At this time, Yun Fan didn't stop Jing Feng anymore and let him rush to the sword testing ground. Stop the situation from continuing to deteriorate. After seeing Jing Feng appear, Meng Jian immediately put away the sword in his hand and left slowly.

The popularity of the crowd did not keep him.

"Let's go, it's all over. ”

On the sword test field, Jing Feng comforted Xu Ruidao.

But I heard Xu Rui muttering indignantly:

"Meng Jian, this enmity is not shared!"

Yun Fan, who saw this scene, immediately boarded the sword trial field, and at the moment when Meng Jian was about to step out of the gate of the sword trial field, he turned to stop him: "Where are you going to leave in such a hurry?"

Meng Jian didn't look back, and Yun Fan asked, "What you performed just now should be the 'Ling Frost Technique', right?"

Meng Jian didn't answer, and walked away.

"This mental method was taught to you by Han Ji, right?"

Yun Fan shouted, but Meng Jian still ignored it.

"Meng Jian, let me ask you, do you hear me?"

As soon as Yun Fan's words fell, Meng Jian threw out the silver sword in his hand behind him and landed in front of Yun Fan impartially. So, Yun Fan stood in place awkwardly for a long time.

After that, Yun Fan looked at Meng Jian's departing back and couldn't help laughing. In silence, he seemed to see his previous shadow in this young man, but he didn't look like it.

"Meng Jian, it's a little interesting. ”

Yun Fan said lightly, clenching the silver sword that Meng Jian threw in front of him. As everyone knows, at the same moment, the "Heavenly Longitudinal Teeth", which had been lying quietly in the scabbard of Yun Fan's waist, seemed to sense something, so he let out a low groan, and the purple gold wrench on Yun Fan's thumb also emitted a faint blue light later.

This scene made Yun Fan feel a little puzzled.

In deep thought, he raised his eyes again to look in the direction Meng Jian had left. As a result, Meng Jian had already gone away at this moment. Yun Fan didn't see Meng Jian. In his eyes, there was only the endless wind and snow blowing from Shuofang.

When he came back to his senses, the light in the purple gold wrench gradually dimmed, and the "Heavenly Fangs" that had been whispering in the scabbard also stopped. This also made Yun Fan feel even more confused. He stood there and said to himself, "What are you implying here?" ”

As a result, this time, neither the "Heavenly Vertical Teeth" nor the purple gold wrench on his right thumb responded or hinted at any information from Yun Fan. It seems that all this has returned to calm with Meng Jian's departure.

......

In the Feihua Pavilion, Liu Su gently sipped the tea in the cup.

When he raised his eyes, Xia Hong's expression was solemn, like a fish in his throat.

Seeing this scene, Liu Su smiled and asked,

"You're going to be silent forever?"

"Actually, I was wondering what to say. ”

Xia Hong said to Liu Su embarrassedly, but heard Liu Su say slowly: "Then why don't I guess again?"

Xia Hong hurriedly waved his hand: "That's it, that's it!"

Liu Su said lightly: "It's the first time I've seen you so restrained." ”

Xia Hong sighed: "It's mainly because of this incident, I really don't know where to start." After all, after careful investigation, this matter has inadvertently involved the family past of my Liuyun Xia clan. ”

"Then what does this matter have to do with Yun Fan?"

When the words came out, Liu Su suddenly realized that he seemed to have said a nonsense, because he knew the answer, and it was only after the words came out that he gradually realized it, so he added, "Forget it, Yun Fan plans to recover Liuyun City next." ”

But seeing that at this time, Xia Hong wanted to speak and stopped.

This detail, Liu Su saw in his eyes.

After a moment of silence, Liu Su sighed: "If you don't want to say it, then don't say it." Tell me how you want me to help you. I look at the situation and do my best. ”

Xia Hong hesitated for a long time, and finally said slowly: "I hope that Brother Liu can stop Yun Fan and recover Liuyun City at this stage. ”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Su's face turned solemn.

But I saw him put down the cup in his hand and put his hands in his sleeves. Deep eyes stared at Xia Hong's eyes. Seeing this, Xia Hong hesitated for a moment, and then sighed: "For Brother Liu, this matter shouldn't be too difficult. ”

Liu Su was puzzled: "It stands to reason that the recovery of Liuyun City should be a happy event worth celebrating for you. After all, that's where you really are. ”

Xia Hong said with a smile: "Liuyun City is just the place where the Xia clan has lived for a long time, and the Shu Kingdom is the home of our Xia clan. ”

Liu Su pondered silently, as if he was savoring the deep meaning of Xia Hong's words, but he heard Xia Hong say tentatively: "I heard that Yun Fan asked Brother Liu to create a lot of sword armor for him before, but I don't know if there is such a thing. ”

Liu Su said lightly: "This is indeed the case." ”

Xia Hong smiled slightly, Liu Su understood and said in surprise,

"You want me to play tricks on these swords?"

"This matter can only be understood but not spoken. ”

"Do you know that most of the people who picked up these swords and armor were frost swords from the clan. Liu Su reminded, "If in order to prevent Yun Fan from recovering Liuyun City, and then lose the lives of these clan disciples, I will not accept such a price." ”

"These children from the clan are dead when they die. Xia Hong's tone instantly dropped to freezing, "When they die, we just reorganize the sect." ”

Liu Su frowned, and there was a slight anger in his words: "Do you know what you're saying now?" Xia Hong!"

Xia Hong asked Liu Su rhetorically: "I only know that most of these sect disciples who are about to follow Yun Fan to the battlefield are already Han Bin's people. Isn't the sect master really unaware of this? Impossible? Even the sect master can guess my intentions, why can't the sect master see through these things?"

Liu Su listened and fell silent.

For Liu Su's reaction, Xia Hong was a little surprised. However, this does not affect Xia Hong to unfold some things that Liu Su may not know to him little by little.