Act 197 [Negotiation] (Medium)

In the City Lord's Mansion of Liuyun City, Nantang fell into silence for a long time after reading the letter sent by a Xia State soldier. After confirming with his own eyes that Nantang had read the letter, the Xia soldier who delivered the letter bowed and waved his hand and left slowly.

This letter was written by Ao Xian to Nantang on the night of Yun Fan's assassination. The letter described in great detail what kind of dangers and opportunities the armies of the three kingdoms of Dongji, namely the Mo Kingdom, the Xia Kingdom, and the Shu Kingdom, were facing under the current menacing situation of the Thousand Thunder Kingdom and the Tianwu Kingdom.

In addition, Ao Xian also told Nantang straight to the point that he already knew that the killers who assassinated Yun Fan and Lei Che were actually members of the killer organization "Ghost Fire" that had served the Mexican Kingdom.

Ao Xian naturally did not object to these killers assassinating Lei Che and Yun Fan. But Ao Xian believes that if Nantang wants to give an assassination order to Yun Fan, the premise is that these "ghost fire" killers have succeeded in assassinating Lei Che.

Only by solving the external threat, how to deal with internal grievances after that, Ao Xian thinks that there is no problem. Even after discovering that the location of Shuguo's military camp was exposed and fell into chaos, Ao Xian may personally lead troops to assist and take Yun Fan while in chaos.

However, these are all based on the premise that Lei Che, the lord of the Thousand Thunder Country, has been successfully assassinated. However, in view of the fact that Lei Che is still alive now, and has also accelerated the pace of going to Liuyun City, Nantang still takes Yun Fan as the target of assassination after the assassination of Lei Che failed. Ao Xian, who didn't want to care about these things, finally didn't hold back, and specially wrote this letter to Nantang to state the stakes in this, hoping that he could focus on the overall situation.

In fact, before going to Liuyun City, Ao Xian thought of many ways to design Yun Fan and the army of the Su Kingdom, and then made the army of the Shu Kingdom fall into a tired battle situation in the next battle of Liuyun City, and finally killed Yun Fan by the hand of Lei Che.

However, after experiencing the incident of being attacked by the army of Tianwu Kingdom at night, Ao Xian realized that the current situation still had to focus on the overall situation. Before planning to design Yun Fan, Ao Xian did not expect that the army of the Heavenly Martial Kingdom would come from his rear.

The brief confrontation with the army of the Tianwu Kingdom also made Ao Xian realize that once this army merged with the army of the Thousand Thunder Kingdom, then the entire Liuyun City would become the graveyard of the Xia Kingdom and the Mo Kingdom. However, if the army of the Shu Kingdom fights against the Tianwu Kingdom and the Thousand Thunder Kingdom together with the Xia Kingdom and the Mo Kingdom in the next battle of Liuyun City. Then the situation of the crisis will be reversed.

But now the question is, how could the Shu Kingdom join forces with the Mo Kingdom, and then form a wartime alliance with the Xia Kingdom, and fight the Tianwu Kingdom and the Thousand Thunder Kingdom together? In other words, how should Ao Xian persuade Yun Fan to join them, or how to make Nantang let go of his prejudice and hatred against Yun Fan, these are all very difficult and urgent problems to solve.

Especially after the killers who were sent by Nantang to assassinate Yun Fan failed. In this regard, Ao Xian has no countermeasures. What he could do was to let Nantang temporarily dispel his "calculations" about Yun Fan, and first focus on the urgent task of the invasion of the Xiji Thousand Thunder Kingdom and the Tianwu Kingdom. After that, he will find an opportunity to have a good talk with the future lord of the country that he hated so much.

The current situation is that without the help of the Shu Kingdom, with only this army of the Xia Kingdom and the remnants of the Mo Kingdom stationed in Liuyun City, there is no way to resist the alliance of the Xiji Thousand Thunder Kingdom and the Tianwu Kingdom. Yun Fan is also very clear about this, so he is very confident that once he sees Nantang, the current Liuyun City Lord of the Mo Kingdom, the other party will definitely agree to his "suggestion".

As long as Nantang agrees to Yun Fan's "suggestion", the rhythm of Xia and Mo will be controlled by Yun Fan. At that time, Yun Fan could officially start his Jibei recovery plan.

At this time, Nantang, after the Xia State soldier Gongsun Yong, who sent the letter, left, and tasted the letter written by Ao Xian several times. According to the information mentioned in Ao Xin's letter, Nantang concluded that Han Zhao, as the commander of the Blood Feather Night Crow, had already shared the things that Nantang had done in the "Liuyun Wine Shop" with His Royal Highness Ao Xian, the prince of the Xia Kingdom.

Thinking of this, Nantang sighed again and again.

Judging from the current situation in Liuyun City, Xuan Mo Wufeng, who is recuperating from his injuries, and Han Zhao, who trusts Ao Xian more than himself, may not be able to be used by Nantang in the next battle of Liuyun City, or even if he does, he will not be too handy.

The fundamental reason for the current situation is that Nantang himself has been wary of Xuan Mo Wufeng and Han Zhao from the beginning. He didn't trust these two people, but unfortunately, there were two facts that Nantang couldn't avoid.

One is that the Purple Feather Night Crow and the Blood Feather Night Crow stationed in Liuyun City only obey the orders of Xuanmo Wufeng and Han Zhao, although Nantang had already carried out a certain amount of "infiltration" of these two armies before the two of them returned to Liuyun City.

The other is that Nantang's henchman Ye Chen has not yet returned to Liuyun City with Zhai Wenli. This made Nantang can only listen to Ao Xin's "teachings" silently after reading the letter written by Ao Xian himself.

These two facts that Nantang couldn't avoid made this Liuyun City unable to make any big moves in the short term. All he could do now was wait. Although with the armies of Xiji Thousand Thunder Kingdom and Tianwu Kingdom, they are getting closer and closer to Liuyun City, and there is not much time left for Nantang, but he only needs to wait a little longer.

Because in a short while, Yun Fan and Xia Hui will suddenly appear in Nantang's study where he is meditating alone. He is currently the only one in this study. Even outside the study, there were no guards stationed there. After all, with Nantang's current skills, he doesn't need anyone's protection at all. Whoever wants to assassinate him is undoubtedly choosing to commit suicide.

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"How long do we have to get there?"

In the secret passage, Yun Fan asked Xia Hui this question again. He's said the same thing four times. Yun Fan couldn't remember how long it had been since the last time he asked Xia Hui when he asked this, and the only thing he was sure of was that Xia Hui had the same sentence every time he returned, and the expression on his face had not changed at all.

"It's almost there. Xia Hui stared at the depth in front of him and said indifferently. After hearing this, Yun Fan sighed: "You have said this many times. ”

Xia Hui glanced at Yun Fan coldly, "The more we get to this time, I think we need to be more patient." ”

Yun Fan smiled: "Speaking of which, I'm curious if you will make any impulsive moves when you meet that Flowing Cloud City Lord of the Mo Country." ”

Xia Hui frowned: "What does the young master mean by this?"

Yun Fan didn't answer Xia Hui's question directly, but instead said, "I'm thinking, if you kill that Liuyun City Lord on the spot, what will happen next. ”

Xia Hui asked rhetorically, "Why did I do this?"

Yun Fan smiled: "I just had a whim." ”

Xia Hui: "Young master, you don't trust me." ”

Yun Fan explained: "Next, General Xia will go to life and death with me, if I suspect General Xia at this time, wouldn't I be causing trouble for myself." ”

Xia Hui listened to it and didn't pay attention to Yun Fan.

Although she didn't say much, she really felt very uncomfortable after listening to Yun Fan's words. Although Xia Hui did not express this emotion, Meng Jian and Xin Zaima, who were following her and Yun Fan, felt inexplicably nervous.

Especially after listening to the conversation between Yun Fan and Xia Hui just now, both of them were very worried that something unexpected would really happen when Yun Fan and Xia Hui were talking to Nantang, the lord of Liuyun City in the Mexican Kingdom.

Yun Fan's words were not only a temptation for Xia Hui, but also a provocation. This temptation and provocation was launched against Xia Hui intentionally or unintentionally since Yun Fan stepped into the dark passage. Of course, Yun Fan is not a person who has nothing to do. Naturally, he did it for his purpose.

Before leaving Mingyue City, he already knew that the clan of the Shu Kingdom had prepared a special surprise for him Yun Fan on the next battlefield of Liuyun City. And Xia Hui and Han Yu, as the leaders of the new generation of clans, naturally became Yun Fan's primary suspects.

However, on the other hand, Xia Hui made some performances in the assassination of Yun Fan by the "Ghost Fire" assassin that night, and compared with Han Wei's reaction at the time, Yun Fan suddenly had another opinion on Xia Hui.

Especially after Xia Hui took the initiative to share intelligence, Yun Fan began to "observe" Xia Hui again. In short, it is to seriously think about whether Xia Hui is his enemy, or a comrade-in-arms who can temporarily stand side by side with him.

Yun Fan suspected that Xia Hui's offer to share the location of the secret passage was a trap in itself. But he wasn't sure. However, with Yun Fan's character, whether it is a trap or not, he is willing to give it a try. If it's a trap, he'll see it, and if it's not, he'll push the boat.

After learning from Xia Hui about the entrance of the secret passage outside Liuyun City, Yun Fan began to find a way to provoke Xia Hui after stepping into the dark passage. Often, people lose their minds and control of their emotions when they are angry. Yun Fan wanted to "defeat" Xia Hui's management of emotions in this way, and then look for clues from it.

If Xia Hui is not what he imagined, then after this matter is over, he will apologize to Xia Hui. If it was really as he thought, what was waiting for Yun Fan next was probably not something he could handle alone.

However, the current situation is that in Xia Hui's eyes, Yun Fan is like a naΓ―ve child. She manages her emotions very well, and her face is indifferent throughout the whole process. Yun Fan couldn't guess what she was thinking. It also casts a hazy fog over what will happen next.

When Yun Fan was about to open his mouth to change direction to intensify Xia Hui's emotions, Xia Hui's footsteps suddenly stopped. She raised the warm lamp in her hand and shone it ahead, then turned her head to ignore Yun Fan, and said to the people who followed her behind her: "We have arrived." ”