In the second year of Emperor Huai of Dongji, November 10, noon.

An army dressed in cyan armor and wearing a tiger helmet followed Zhai Wenli, a famous general of the Xia Kingdom, through the snow, and arrived at the Xia State military camp located on the border of the Shu Kingdom. They are the wind tiger riders of the Xia Kingdom, and they have always been famous for their speed and speed in Jibei.

As the head coach, Ao Xian held a military banquet for General Zhai Wenli as soon as he learned the news to welcome his arrival. In the process, Ao Ye looked indifferent and accompanied Ao Xin. It can be seen that Ao Ye doesn't really want to see this general who has come from afar.

However, in view of the promise given to him by his brother before. Ao Ye still admired his face and did not choose to be "absent due to illness". During the banquet, Zhai Wenli conveyed the "attitude" of Ao Chun, the lord of Xia, to Ao Xian by the way.

Ao Xian listened, and instead introduced to Zhai Wenli a Mexican general "Han Zhao" he had just met, and also shared his father Ao Chun's "attitude" with Han Zhao, to imply that Han Zhao from now on the Xia Kingdom and the Mo Kingdom will be the rise and fall of Dongji, honor and disgrace, and fight together in the Xiji Thousand Thunder Kingdom, hoping that he will not feel too restrained in the camp next.

Han Zhao toasted Ao Xin with a glass of wine, expressed his gratitude slightly, and didn't say anything more after that. Looking at Han Zhao's indifferent face, Zhai Wenli felt a little unhappy, but he didn't show it directly, but instead mentioned to Ao Xian about welcoming Ao Ye back to Xia Kingdom.

Ao Ye on the side made eye contact with Ao Xin at this time.

Regarding the matter mentioned by Zhai Wenli, Ao Xian did not answer immediately. Maybe it's because of the three rounds of drinking, a little confused. Just after Zhai Wenli finished saying this, Ao Xian toasted him with a glass of wine, but accidentally didn't hold the wine glass, causing the wine in the cup to splash Zhai Wenli's body.

Seeing Ao Ye behind this scene, he snickered in his heart.

At the same moment, the battle report from Yaoguang City broke the embarrassment during the banquet and was delivered to Ao Xian in front of Zhai Wenli. After reading this battle report, Ao Xian turned to the soldiers present to circulate it, including Zhai Wenli.

As a result, the matter of Ao Ye's return to Xia was temporarily suppressed by Ao Xin as "the front-line military situation is urgent". As a matter of fact, this war report reached Ao Xian as early as the morning of November 9. The reason why at this time, using this way to let everyone know, is actually to let Zhai Wenli temporarily postpone the matter of sending Ao Ye back to the Xia Kingdom.

The overturned wine glass is Ao Xin's code.

Although sending Ao Ye back to Xia did not conflict with the front-line war, Ao Xian wanted to postpone this matter for the time being on the grounds of "the priority of the matter" by getting drunk, and instead "borrowed" the military power of the Wind Tiger Cavalry from Zhai Wenli.

Especially in the "attitude" of Ao Chun brought by General Zhai Wenli, Ao Chun once mentioned that Ao Chun can "adapt to changes". This also made it natural for Ao Xian to "improvise" and ask Zhai Wenli to "borrow" these wind tiger rides he brought.

In fact, the "improvisation" mentioned by Ao Chun, the lord of the Xia Kingdom, refers to the fact that you can choose to watch from the wall depending on the situation, and not to meddle in the grievances between the Mo Kingdom and the Xiji Qianlei Kingdom and even the Shu Kingdom, but it is also because he doesn't want to say it too thoroughly, and he is afraid that Zhai Wenli will mistakenly convey the meaning to Ao Xin, so Ao Chun used these four short words to let Ao Xin make his own decision.

As a result, this put Zhai Wenli in a dilemma. When Ao Chun asked Zhai Wenli to speak, he hinted at Zhai Wenli's meaning, and Zhai Wenli also understood. But escorting Ao Ye back to Xia and letting Ao Xin help Mo are two things.

Zhai Wenli did not expect that these two things would conflict. I didn't expect Ao Xian to directly use "drunkenness" to ask him to "borrow" the wind tiger ride in front of a Mexican general on such a public occasion.

This is equivalent to saying to the Mexican State on the spot that Xia Guo will definitely help them, and he is already doing so. Because Ao Chun's hint was relatively "vague" and not clear, this also made it clear that if Zhai Wenli rejected Ao Chun's proposal at this moment, it would be tantamount to violating the will of the state.

So, does Zhai Wenli have a choice?

Zhai Wenli had no choice.

Whether he borrowed it or not, a black cauldron had been deducted from the moment Ao Xin opened his mouth. Unless Ao Xin's decision can make them Xia Guo profit in the upcoming battle, Zhai Wenli will become a complete sinner. At that time, Ao Chun will definitely not punish Ao Xin, after all, Ao Chun is the son of the world, and he naturally became a scapegoat.

"How is General Zhai thinking about it?"

Ao Xian asked Zhai Wenli with a solemn face. During the banquet, everyone stopped talking and turned their eyes to Zhai Wenli at this time. Invisibly, great pressure also pressed on this veteran general who had experienced the "Chiyan Rebellion" in this process.

He glanced at Ao Ye hesitantly, and in the afterglow was the hope that Han Zhao, the general of the Mo Kingdom who didn't know how to be polite, was waiting for his reply. After a long silence, General Zhai Wenli turned his gaze to Ao Xin, and then replied with a little helplessness: "Everything is up to His Royal Highness the Prince to decide. ”

Ao Xian raised his glass and toasted Zhai Wenli with a glass of wine. And here and Ao Ye smiled slightly. Ao Ye knew that this meant that his brother had fulfilled what he had promised himself, and at the same time, he would also have the opportunity to reflect his existence and value in the next war.

At the moment when everyone was happy, the old general Zhai Wenli drank the glass of wine that Ao Xinzun respected him bitterly. Then he let out a long sigh and said no more.

......

At the same time, in the middle of Bright Moon City, in the Guangqi Courtyard, in the east area of the sword trial field. Yun Fan was still carefully guiding every frost sword that asked him for advice, how to counterattack and react when dealing with different types of opponents, and how to effectively control the operation of true qi in his body.

On the rest platform, Meng Jian recalled the fighting skills that Yun Fan had taught Jing Feng just now, and pondered the words that Yun Fan said to everyone in the process.

A long time ago, Meng Jian thought about what kind of scene it would be if he met the legendary prince of the kingdom one day. As a "recruit" of Frost Sword, Meng Jian chose to watch quietly from a distance, not wanting to appear how "special" he was.

As a result, he did this to attract Yun Fan's attention even more. It's just that Meng Jian didn't know. As early as when Yun Fan decided to agree to Liu Su's proposal and came to Frost Sword to temporarily replace Liu Fengsoul as the deputy commander of the Frost Sword Cold Armor Division, he had already secretly understood the complex relationship within the Frost Sword with the "hidden" who had previously lurked in the Third Division of the Frost Sword.

This includes the line between Lian Mu and Meng Jian.

However, after thinking about it a few times, "Yin" devoted most of his energy to investigating the game between Lian Mu and the many forces of the Shu Kingdom, and did not delve into too much of Meng Jian's past.

There are two main reasons for this:

First, because Meng Jian is relatively simple in the eyes of "hidden", and there is no too complicated background. So there is no value worth "hidden" to dig deeper. Although Meng Jian also came here from outside the Shu Kingdom, through the signs of Meng Jian's activities during this period in the Shu Kingdom, he basically revolved around Lian Mu, so he thought that investigating Meng Jian was better than focusing on Lian Mu;

Second, compared to some more important things, if "hidden" puts all the time on investigating things related to Meng Jian, it will cause a waste of time and is not cost-effective. After all, at that time, Lian Mu and all the forces of the Su Kingdom were trying to solve Lu You, but everyone's purpose was very different.

Perhaps because of this, Yun Fan thinks that this young man who came from other places to join Lian Mu is actually relatively simple compared to Xia Hui, Han Ji and others, and because of his relationship with Lian Mu, it is more worthy of Yun Fan to excavate.

Thinking of this, Yun Fan had a plan to win over Meng Jian and let him use it for himself. In Meng Jian's eyes, Yun Fan, as the most controversial figure under Fang today, has heard more than once about the "legend" of the leader of the prince of the Su Kingdom, the prince of the Northern Desert Tribe, and the leader of the Chiyan warriors.

From the teahouse restaurant in Autumn Leaf City "The Breeze Comes Slowly", to the memories of Lian Mu in the heartfelt restaurant in the back. During this period, I also heard Xia Hui talk about the past of Yun Fan, Shuguo and Mingyue City. The last time I knew about someone or something related to Yun Fan was from that Xuexi girl who had a good impression.

Thinking of this, Meng Jian suddenly became curious about the identity of Miss Xuexi. Meng Jian remembered that she had heard Miss Xuexi mention that she and Yun Fan were old acquaintances. It was the night of Zhou Kang's death, and due to an accident, Meng Jian did not ask about it.

However, following this direction, Meng Jian thought that Miss Xuexi might have lived in the country of Shuguo for a period of time. Because Yun Fan had left the country for a few years before. Of course, it is not ruled out that Xue Xi has met Yun Fan in other places, but compared to the possibility of meeting Yun Fan in the Shu Kingdom, it must be greater than in these places in the Northern Desert.

Thinking about it, Meng Jian found that he was a little off.

I obviously came here to seek a better promotion, and I shouldn't delay my business for these speculations. However, just as Meng Jian was about to come back to his senses and continue to observe Yun Fan's guidance of other frost swords, a figure that was very unfamiliar to Meng Jian, but very familiar to Yun Fan, suddenly appeared in the east area of the sword trial field of the Guangqi Academy.

Yun Fan, who was carefully guiding everyone, immediately handed over the task of "guidance" to Jing Feng, whom he had just met, after seeing this person, and followed the person to a relatively secluded corner, not knowing what he was talking about.

The one who came was a woman, with a veil.

There was a lot of discussion about the identity of this person.

Some people speculated that the person might be a warrior from the Northern Desert Sa Division, but Meng Jian didn't think so. The woman who came to Yun Fan first had skin that was not as rough and dark as the Northern Desert barbarians in the city, and secondly, her clothes and speech and demeanor were very in line with Dongji's etiquette, and she knew at a glance that she must have been from a famous family.

In other words, the identity of this woman is very likely to be the clan of the Shu Kingdom. However, because she was wearing a veil, Frost Sword, who was a child of the clan present, did not recognize who she was. After thinking about it, Meng Jian guessed that it might be because this person didn't want to be recognized by the children of the sect that he specially brought a veil to find Yun Fan.

And Meng Jian's conjecture further corroborates that this woman may also be a member of the clan of the Su Kingdom. So, what was she talking about with Meng Jian? Thinking of this, Meng Jian's gaze turned to the weapons made of silver and gold that the Frost Swords were now using......

If Meng Jian is not mistaken, Lian Mu once mentioned it to him. Yun Fan has always had a very bad relationship with the clan of the Shu Kingdom, especially the leader of the clan, the Liu family. As a special product only in Jibei, silver and gold have been monopolized by the Liu family all year round.

If what Lian Mu said was true, then where did Yun Fan get these equipment made of silver and gold? and how did he get it? In contemplation, Meng Jian's gaze turned to the woman who was talking to Yun Fan again, who could she be?

Right now, the snow in Bright Moon City is almost ankle high. If it weren't for the regular shoveling of snow and clearing the roads every day for every household, it is estimated that such a long-lasting snowfall would have completely submerged this lonely city in the north of Jibei.

When Yun Fan was very young, one of his favorite games to play was "Snow Jumping". What is "snow jumping"? When the snow is about to flood your neck, you jump down from a very high place. It is said that this game was invented by Yun Fan, and it was once popular throughout Jibei, so that many people in Jibei fell to their deaths because of this game during that time......

However, this did not stop later generations from experimenting, and they also developed a particularly theoretically grounded and practical skill - the "cross jump". According to the theoretical basis of the "cross jump", as long as the correct posture is maintained during the landing from a height, then the person who performs the "cross jump" can land almost unscathed.

Later generations of scholars have specially studied this so-called "cross jump", and have done many experiments on felines. In the end, it turned out that the theoretical foundation of this skill is indeed very solid, but it is too difficult to apply in practice. So, why did these scholars who did the experiments use cats to do experiments? Because the people who did the experiments basically fell to death or were disabled.

As for this game called "Snow Jumping", it only existed for a period of time in the history of the Shu Kingdom, and it was banned by Yun Chen, the then lord of the country.

......

When Han Mei came, he was alone.

Since she was a child, she always likes to hide in the dark and observe many people and things. Once someone is targeted by Han Mei, she will approach cautiously, like a lone wolf catching prey. And this habit became even more weird when Han Mei grew up.

Today's Han Mei can get close to others without letting that person find out. In some cases, even Yun Fan could hardly detect Han Mei who was quietly approaching at the first time. This made Yun Fan feel very uncomfortable.

This characteristic of Han Mei is very suitable for being an intelligence officer, or an assassin like "Yin". In fact, she did. It's just that the person she is loyal to is not Yun Fan, but Yun Fan's sister Yun Ji.

For Han Mei's sudden visit, Yun Fan was very surprised at this moment. Of course, Yun Fan's most unexpected thing was that he didn't expect Han Mei to be alive, and Yun Ji didn't tell him this.

"What, was it surprised to see me?"

Looking at Yun Fan's contemplative appearance, Han Mei asked with a smile.

"It was quite a surprise. Yun Fan paused, and his gaze turned to the Frost Swords who were fighting with each other, "I've heard everything about you before. ”

"Something about me?"

"Well, that means you're dead in Dawn City. When he said this, Yun Fan turned his gaze to Han Mei and tried to catch something from her eyes, "In order to cover that Han Bin can leave alive." ”

"For this matter, the young master is surprised?"

Han Mei looked directly into Yun Fan's eyes and said lightly.

"Is it worth it?" asked Yun Fan puzzled.

"After all, I have grown up as the adopted daughter of the Han family for so many years. Food, drink, and clothing are all provided by Han. Between the words, Han Mei's tone was slightly helpless, "I think it is very natural to repay the Han family for his nurturing grace with life and death." ”

"It was Shu Guo who gave birth to you and raised you, not him Han Bin. Even if Han Bin doesn't care about you, the Yun clan won't ignore you. Isn't it?" Yun Fan said with some excitement, "Nothing is more important than being alive. Although being alive can sometimes be a painful thing. ”

Han Mei smiled, and did not continue Yun Fan's words, but turned to say, "No matter what, these are all things of the past. Maybe it was the mercy of the heavens, and in the end, they couldn't bear to let me die in Yaoguang City. ”

"What have you been through along the way?"

"After the destruction of Yaoguang City, I have been hiding in the city. It wasn't until you set fire to Star City some time ago that I found a chance to escape there. Han Mei smiled and deliberately blurred the fact that Jian Ying had saved her. Yun Fan didn't ask about this, but was curious: "Does Yun Ji know about this matter?" About this thing that you are still alive. ”

Han Mei shook her head indifferently.

In fact, Yun Ji must have known that Han Mei was still alive.

Seeing this, Yun Fan hesitated for a moment. He suspected that Han Mei might be lying, but if he thought about it, if he asked Yun Ji in person, this lie would be easily exposed. So there is no need for Han Mei to lie because of this matter.

However, will Yun Ji really tell Yun Fan?

After a moment of hesitation, Yun Fan asked Han Meidao,

"By the way, when did you come back. ”

Han Mei recalled: "Recently, I have been busy with a lot of things, and there have been many major events at home and abroad recently. But it must have been a few days before you came back with the Mingguang Armor. ”

Yun Fan said thoughtfully: "That's been a long time." ”

Han Mei nodded and said, "That's right." ”

"What have you been doing all this time?"

Han Mei paused, she didn't know if Yun Fan was asking these questions out of intentional temptation or unintentional curiosity. Out of vigilance, Han Mei asked Yun Fan rhetorically, "Is this important?"

After hearing this, Yun Fan immediately realized that he had asked a little too much, so he turned to smile awkwardly: "It's not important, I'll just ask casually." By the way, is there something important that you came to me so suddenly?"

"I can't come to you without anything important?"

"If it weren't for something important, you'd have come to me a long time ago. Why did you wait until now?" Yun Fan smiled and said slowly to Han Mei, "So if you have anything to say, just say it." After finishing business, it's still too late for us to say hello. ”

Han Mei listened and smiled slightly.

She calmly took out a letter from her sleeve and handed it to Yun Fan.

Yun Fan took the letter from Han Mei's hand suspiciously, and opened it. However, when Yun Fan finished reading the letter, his originally slightly casual expression instantly became solemn.

Han Mei looked at Yun Fan's expression and suddenly smiled.

"So, what do you think about this?"