When the Chinese army camp of the Shu Kingdom was ignited by the fire, the Xia army stationed outside Liuyun City noticed this strange thing for the first time. In the wind and snow, Gongsun Yong, the general of the Ghost Tiger Cavalry, hurriedly rushed into the tent of the Xia Kingdom's Central Army, and reported these things that happened in the camp of the Shu Kingdom to Ao Xian as soon as possible.

At that time, Ao Xian was writing a letter, and the content of the letter was roughly about what happened to Ao Xian on the way from leaving the border of Shuguo to Liuyun City.

The recipient of the letter was Ao Chun, Ao Xin's father.

However, he did not wait for Ao Xian to finish writing.

Gongsun Yong, who suddenly broke in, interrupted his thoughts.

"His Royal Highness, according to the report from the spies, there is a turmoil in the Shuguo military camp stationed in front of our army, I don't know what ......" Gongsun Yong was halfway through his words, Ao Xian put down the pen in his hand, raised his eyes and asked: "Is it something that just happened, or is it something that is happening." ”

Gongsun Yong bowed and waved his hands: "What is happening." ”

Ao Xian listened, rolled up his sleeves and got up, and slowly walked out of the Chinese army camp. Seeing this, Gongsun Yong hurriedly followed. At this time, in the Xia State military camp, many soldiers were looking at the turmoil that occurred in the direction of the Shu State military camp. The firelight flickered in the night, and the snowfall melted in the firelight.

The onlookers talked a lot, and they couldn't come up with a reason. But all this gradually calmed down with the appearance of Ao Xin. Looking at the turbulent situation that was taking place in the Shuguo military camp at this time, Ao Xian took a deep breath, and then asked Gongsun Yong beside him: "What kind of army attacked the Shuguo military camp, has this been clarified?"

Gongsun Yong said: "Returning to His Royal Highness, the scene that happened in the military camp of the Shuguo State at this moment was not caused by an army attacking. ”

"The horn sound that sounded in the distance now is the horn of an enemy attack, isn't it?" Ao Xian's words caused Gongsun Yong to fall silent for a moment. Ao Xian, who has always been delicate, noticed from Gongsun Yong's expression at this moment that the actual situation seemed to be different from his guess, so he asked, "What did the scout who went to investigate say?" ”

Gongsun Yong said: "Assassination." ”

Ao Xian frowned: "Assassination?"

Between the words, the cold wind lifted Ao Xin's sleeves. After a moment of doubt, Ao Xian remembered the incident that Han Zhao had mentioned to him when he left Liuyun City a few days ago. That is, the conspiracy of Nantang, the lord of Liuyun City, to summon the "ghost fire" killers trapped in Liuyun City in the "Liuyun Wine Shop".

Seeing that Ao Xian had doubts, Gongsun Yong, who wanted to answer for him, was about to speak, but Ao Xian took the lead and asked again: "So has the target of this assassination been clarified?"

Gongsun Yong hesitated: "According to the news brought back by the scout, this assassination took place in the Chinese army tent in the camp of the Chinese army in the state of Shu. It was mainly the high-ranking generals of the Shu Kingdom who were attacked. ”

"Did these killers succeed in the end?"

Ao Xin's eyes stayed in the direction of the Chinese army camp in the country. Gongsun Yong said: "I haven't known the exact news yet, but looking at the current situation, it is expected that these killers have not succeeded." ”

Gongsun Yong's words made Ao Xian fall silent for a moment.

His gaze deepened between the words.

After a long silence, Ao Xian sighed:

"It's a shame. ”

After saying this, Ao Xian turned around and walked towards the big tent of the Chinese army in the Xia Kingdom. Seeing this, Gongsun Yong followed. All the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom who met Ao Xian bowed down one after another, and watched Ao Xian return to the account. Ao Xin, who returned to the military tent, sorted out his thoughts, and then rewrote a letter.

This time, the letter he wrote was mainly addressed to Nantang, the lord of Liuyun City. The content of the letter mainly mentions the relations between Xia and Mexico and the Shu Kingdom. Although Ao Xian very much hoped that Yun Fan would die in this assassination tonight, considering the next battle of Liuyun City, although Ao Xian said that he had some regrets verbally, he hoped in his heart that the balance between Xia, Mo, and Shu would not be broken by such a "conspiracy" in advance.

After writing this letter, Ao Xian ordered Gongsun Yong to send it to the City Lord's Mansion in Liuyun City for him, and asked Gongsun Yong to make sure that Nantang had read the letter himself before leaving. At this time, Ao Xian did not see Nantang, given the very bad first impression. In Ao Xin's opinion, the sincerity of this Liuyun City Lord for the cooperation between Xia and Mexico was not as good as Han Zhao and he expected.

Strictly speaking, Han Zhao is now the supreme general of the Jibei forces in the Mexican State. Even Nantang has to listen to Han Zhao. However, long before Han Zhao returned to Liuyun City, Nantang took the lead to report Han Zhao's mistakes in the change of Dianxing City to Mo Yiming, the lord of the Mo Kingdom who was far away in the Night Raven City in the south of Ji, and also made it clear that Han Zhao's "life and death are uncertain" in the process.

At that time, Han Zhao was in the military camp of the Xia Kingdom and was courteous to Ao Xin. These Nantang and Moyi Cassia naturally didn't know, so this also led to Moyi Cassia after reading the information reported by Nantang, and specially appointed Nantang to command the Night Raven Army of Moguo in Jibei.

What's even more interesting is that after learning that Han Zhao survived, Nantang did not plan to return the Blood Feather Night Crow Army, which was the strongest combat power in the Night Raven Army, to Han Zhao. Although Han Zhao can still dispatch the Blood Feather Night Raven now, these are all within Nantang's field of vision and the scope of "allowed". If it weren't for the current enemy, how could Han Zhao's previous temper endure this breath?

After writing this letter that needed to be delivered to Nantang, the lord of Liuyun City in the Mo Kingdom, Ao Xian sorted out his thoughts again, and picked up the pen to continue writing the previous letter that he had not finished, or a letter to his family.

After getting the letter sent to Liuyun City, Gongsun Yong thought that the letter that Ao Xian wrote next also needed him to convey, so he stood in place and waited. Seeing this scene, Ao Xian was stunned and said, "What, is there anything else?"

Seeing this, Gongsun Yong understood.

So he bowed and waved his hands and retired first.

Looking at the back of Gongsun Yongyuan, Ao Xin couldn't help but think of his younger brother Ao Ye, who was in Liuyun City at the moment. While thinking about it, Ao Xian became more and more distracted, and recalled the strange scene that happened when the Tianwu army attacked them at night that night. In the end, Ao Xian wrote these things into his family letter along with Ao Ye's recent situation.

The cold wind outside the military tent mixed with frost and snow was wandering.

The flickering flame melts the candle little by little.

In a trance, the gaze of the prince of the Xia Kingdom was left in the shadow of the wind and candles. Maybe when I was writing this letter, my mind was immersed in the past, which caused me to be unable to extricate myself for a while, or maybe it was because I was busy with everything during this time and I was overthinking, which then made Ao Xin hallucinate.

In the hallucination, a woman dressed in red dances in the flickering candlelight. With the familiar and non-existent sound of Xun, Ao Xian gradually closed his eyes. He tried to calm down and force himself to stop thinking about it.

But he couldn't.

Many years ago, Xie Guhong, the father of "Hidden Tiger" Xie Qingyan, had predicted that this woman, that is, Ao Ye's biological mother, the Sixteenth Night Moon Red Lotus, would lead to the extinction of the Ao clan and the destruction of the Xia Kingdom.

As the "last Heavenly Mandate Master" of the Ji Dynasty, Xie Guhong's words were sharper than a sword, and directly changed the future direction of the Xia Kingdom.

The so-called "Heavenly Destiny Master" is to "spy on the destiny of heaven" through the changes of celestial phenomena and Zhou Tian's stars, supplemented by secret techniques, and to ask for good fortune.

Xie Guhong believed that the Sixteen Nights Moon Red Lotus would bring eternal misfortune to the Ao clan, and her existence was a curse, whether it was for the Ao clan or the entire Xia Kingdom.

As the "last Heavenly Destiny Master" of the Ji Dynasty, his words had a big impact on the Sixteen Nights Moon Red Lotus, who was the first lady of the Xia Kingdom at that time. Many women who were jealous of the Red Lotus of the Sixteenth Night, as well as those who were afraid of her, turned into "flood beasts" under the influence of rumors.

Some opportunists, joining forces with the clan families of the Xia State, took the opportunity to attack Ao Chun, who had just succeeded to the throne of the Xia State at that time. Interestingly, this Ji Dynasty's "last Heavenly Destiny Master" did not have any evidence to prove what he said, but in view of his identity, no one at that time questioned Xie Guhong's remarks, except for the young Ao Xin and Ao Chun, who had just succeeded to the throne of the Xia Kingdom.

Sixteen Nights Moon Red Lotus is not Ao Xin's biological mother, Ao Xin's biological mother died of dystocia when she gave birth to him. Therefore, Ao Xin's childhood was basically spent by this beautiful woman. Because of this, even after so many years, Ao Xian has not forgotten her.

For Ao Xian, this woman, who in the eyes of outsiders will lead to the destruction of the Xia Kingdom and the destruction of the Ao family, is actually no different from his biological mother. It is precisely because of this that Ao Xin regards Ao Ye as his own brother.

In fact, the people of Lebanon do not care whether the truth of this rumor is true or not. For all the people or things they didn't understand, the emotions of fear and fear eventually took control of them, and made them become pawns of people with hearts, step by step, sending the Sixteenth Night Moon Red Lotus into the coffin that had been prepared for her.

Later, Xie Guhong, who predicted that the Red Lotus of the Sixteenth Night Moon would bring misfortune to the Ao clan, died violently at home not long after issuing this baseless prophecy. There are different opinions about Xie Guhong's death. Some people say that it was the Sixteenth Night Moon Red Lotus who killed Xie Guhong by casting a demon spell, and some people say that Xie Guhong was because he leaked the Mandate of Heaven, so he was finally eaten by the Mandate of Heaven.

Later scholars, however, have a different view.

Some scholars believe that Xie Guhong's death was actually a long time ago. When he was young, Xie Guhong often stayed up late in order to spy on the destiny of heaven, and his work and rest were extremely irregular. In his later years, he was often entangled by some stubborn diseases and was bedridden all year round.

On the day Xie Guhong died, the youngest son Xie Qingyan had just reached adulthood, and the eldest daughter Xie Qingli was also selected by Ao Chun to enter the Xia Palace's palace as a concubine. Therefore, some scholars believe that Xie Guhong's "prophecy" is actually a lie woven to pave the way for his children.

Putting aside the twists and turns in the middle, at this time, Xie Qingli had replaced the Sixteenth Night Moon Red Lotus as the first lady of the Xia Kingdom, and Xie Qingyan took advantage of the prestige of the Xia Kingdom to use the name of "Hidden Tiger", and Yue Feiyan and Gu Wuyan were called "Three Words of the World".

There are all kinds of indications that this "last Heavenly Destiny Master" of the Ji Dynasty may have told a big lie at the last moment of his life. Of course, there are also some scholars who believe that the Black Heaven Sect is the hidden driving force behind it. Because, if the Sixteenth Night Moon Red Lotus was still alive, it would inevitably prevent Ao Chun from welcoming Yin Ci and these wandering Black Heaven Cultists to settle in the Xia Kingdom.

What the truth of this past history is now unknown. However, no matter what the truth is, Ao Xian will not let go of Xie Qingyan and Xie Qingli, not only that, but now the Black Heaven Sect, which has taken root in the Xia Kingdom, has been noticed by Ao Xian. As long as Ao Xin wins the next battle of Liuyun City. When he returns, he will settle old accounts with these people.