Chapter 8: The Occult Master

In the evening of this day, Luo Hong couldn't find Xiao Yunyan anywhere, and finally remembered that he might be in the watchtower. So he went to the watchtower, and when he got to the bottom of the stairs, he met Luo Hu who came down from the watchtower, and hurriedly asked: "Luo Hu, have you seen His Highness?" ”

"Your Highness is up there?"

Luo Hong was overjoyed and was about to go up, but was stopped by Luo Hu, "What are you looking for Your Highness?" ”

"Gongzi He came back, saying that he brought back good news."

Luo Hu frowned, "Don't go yet, Your Highness is in a bad mood at this time, you still have to wait for him to come down by himself." ”

Luo Hong grinned, "Don't worry, what I said will ensure that he is in a good mood immediately." ”

Luo Hu glanced at him meaningfully, but said, "Thenβ€”you go." ”

Luo Hong went up with joy on his face, and saw that Xiao Yunyan was looking at the twilight ahead, and hurriedly ran towards him, and said excitedly: "Your Highness, Your Highness, Gongzi He has returned to the camp." ”

Xiao Yunyan replied lightly: "Well, you can settle them down." ”

"It's settled, but Gongzi He is waiting for His Highness to report good news to His Highness."

Xiao Yunyan refused: "It's tiring to travel and travel, let her rest first." ”

Luo Hong stubbornly said: "However, Gongzi He seems to have good news to inform His Highness, and it seems to be very urgent." ”

Xiao Yunyan frowned when he heard this, and then said casually: "I know, you go down first, and this king will go later." ”

"Yes." At this time, Luo Hong finally understood that Xiao Yunyan and Luo Hu seemed to be hiding something from him, so he left with interest and hid under the watchtower to guard. Finally, two quarters of an hour later, Xiao Yunyan got down from the watchtower. Luo Hong cautiously followed him, and saw him go straight to his camp tent, and when he entered it, he opened a military book.

"His Royal Highness always said that His Highness had memorized dozens of military books by heart when he was a child, and he never needed to read them anymore. Why do you think of reading military books again today? ”

"Luo Hong, if you have nothing to do, go and rest."

Luo Hong said cautiously: "Your Highness, that ......"

"What the hell, get out of here."

As soon as Xiao Yunyan's words fell, he saw a guard coming: "Your Highness, Gongzi He asks to see you." ”

Xiao Yunyan finally put down the book in his hand and said helplessly: "Let her in." ”

From time to time, Helian Yi came in, and as soon as he saw Xiao Yunyan, he couldn't wait to announce the battle to him: "Your Highness, the matter has been negotiated, and the Liangcheng Guards and Taishou promised that as long as Your Highness passes, they will definitely surrender to Your Highness." As he spoke, Helian Yi handed over another letter, "This is their letter to His Highness." ”

Xiao Yunyan took the letter, read it and nodded, "Well, it's full of sincerity." ”

Helian Yi saw that after he finished speaking, he didn't follow up for a long time, so he had to ask: "Your Highness, what I asked for ......?"

"Oh, I've already sent a letter to my grandfather and asked him to introduce Lu Zhongjian. I also gave my father an excerpt, asking for what you want. ”

"I know that His Highness will promise me these things."

"And what do you ask?"

"It's about King Yi."

"When you wrote that day, I sent someone to report to my sixth brother. But what exactly do you want to do? Xiao Yunyan stared at her with burning eyes.

Helian Yi dodged away from his gaze, but he grabbed one of his arms fiercely, "What exactly do you want to do?" ”

"Your Highness." Helian Yi looked at the fierce light in his eyes, and was slightly frightened by him, "You, you hurt me so much." ”

Xiao Yunyan let go of his hand at this time, "Don't think that this king doesn't know, you have arranged a lot of Xia Jun's people on the side of Dinghe, and the purpose is to assassinate my sixth brother on his way to and from him." ”

Helian Yi was surprised for a while, a sense of disappointment appeared on his face, and he sneered: "It turns out that His Highness believes me on the surface, but secretly he is investigating me?" ”

"You're so preoccupied, I naturally want to know your true purpose."

"Deliberate? Your Highness, didn't you think I deliberately approached Your Highness? ”

Xiao Yunyan sneered, "Don't you think that this king is really that stupid, you can't see through this little trick, right?" ”

Helian Yi neither admitted nor denied it, and was silent for a long time before responding: "Your Highness, I have a deep hatred with Xiao Yunsheng, at that time, it was he who bribed the people around Helian Dingbang and instigated Helian Dingbang to assassinate and rebel, which caused the later situation. ”

"It wasn't him who made you lose your father and brother, it was Helian Dingbang, if he didn't covet it, how could he be easily bewitched?"

"He broke through the Jiaxu Pass and killed more than 100,000 of my soldiers, and I also have to calculate this blood debt."

"You played such a big game of chess, in order to assassinate him, you can give up your hands out of the city."

"In this regard, I really want to cooperate with His Highness. Wouldn't it be good for His Highness that I get rid of King Yi early for His Highness? ”

"Nope. If you really really cooperate with me, it will not only not do me any good, but it will not do you either. In the future, he will confront the Ning army in this area, and I will open up another front, so that Helian Dingbang can not take care of each other. If you are bent on getting rid of him, and Helian Dingbang is bent on dealing with me alone in the future, will it not be worth the loss? ”

"I just think: if you don't get rid of it now, I'm afraid it will be more difficult to get rid of it in the future."

"I said I didn't mean to fight him for a place." Xiao Yunyan turned around as he spoke, and suddenly put the letter in his hand on the candle flame, and the piece of paper instantly turned to ashes, "So, this can also be counted." ”

Helian Yi's face turned pale, he stood up for a while, and then sneered twice: "It turns out that I was calculated by His Highness." ”

Xiao Yunyan said: "I grew up with my sixth brother since I was a child, and we are like brothers, even if I want to fight with him, I will fight openly and honestly, and I will not get rid of him by the hands of others." Also, this king doesn't like your calculations very much, so the cooperation between you and me will be stopped. ”

Helian Yi listened silently, stood up, and was about to leave, but saw Xiao Yunyan stretch out his long arm to stop her: "I didn't calculate you, you have no place to stay, I can return this city to you without a fight, but I can't guarantee that I won't come to attack it in the future." ”

"If that's the case, then it doesn't have to be. On another day, if you and I see each other again, we should treat it as strangers. With that, Helian Yi slammed the door and walked out.

Luo Hong watched Helian Yi slam the door and go out, hurriedly walked into the tent, and saw Xiao Yunyan looking stunned, and didn't feel strange, "Hey, Your Highness, why are you here alone?" What happened to He Gongzi? I saw that she left overnight with General Du and Miss Shen, why was she so urgent? ”

"It's okay, leave her alone." Xiao Yunyan finally stood up and walked out.

"Your Highness, are you alright?" Seeing his lost face, Luo Hong hurriedly caught up with him, and asked, "What is it that Gongzi He wants to leave in the middle of the night?" ”

"Don't mention this person again, she won't come back."

"What? What about this-that, Liangcheng? Do you want to go? ”

"No need, prepare to attack Xuyang first." After that, Xiao Yunyan left by himself, leaving Luo Hong in a daze.

......

The night was like ink, but it was bright red, and slowly, the red spread throughout the world. She smelled a strong smell of blood, saw baby after baby, man after man died under the chaos of swords, and woman after woman screamed miserably. Then, everyone fell, and she was left alone, only herself. She looked at one blood-stained body after another, and her heart was like being cut by a knife, and she couldn't breathe in pain.

"Princess, princess, wake up, wake up, wake up......"

She was finally shaken awake, and it turned out to be another dream. But is it really just a dream? She shook her head. Sometimes, she wished it was herself who had fallen, so that she wouldn't have to endure all this endless torture. She knew that she couldn't sleep anymore, so she got up in her clothes, walked to the window, and suddenly saw that the light in the opposite room was still on, and said to Shen Liuxiang: "Go to Master Xuan." ”

The door of the burrow opened, and standing in front of him was a withered and thin old woman, with hair as white as snow, a blue complexion, a wrinkled face, and a sinister body, which looked quite terrifying.

The old woman dragged a strange voice and tone, "The old man said that the princess should rest for a good night, and if there is anything to say, I will talk about it tomorrow." ”

Helian Yi said: "Master Xuan, I can't sleep, and I hope Master Xuan can give me some guidance." That Xiao Yunyan, he won't be controlled by me, and I can't control him. ”

"But things in the world always turn around in a thousand ways."

"We tried our best to get close to him, but in the end I was forced to leave, Master Xuan, now that this chess has become a dead game, how can I break it?"

"Things in the world always turn around. Don't be discouraged, princess, the rest will take its course. ”

"But I'm afraid that Xiao Yunyan and I will never have anything to do with each other."

"If there is really no intersection, it would be fine, but unfortunately once the two of you meet, I am afraid that this evil relationship will not be broken."

"Bad fate?" Helian Yi obviously felt incredulous, "Where did the relationship between me and him come from?" ”

"Not now, but not in the future."

"Master Xuan, Xiao Yunyan is the prince of Daliang, their Xiao family has a family enmity and national hatred with our Helian family, I will never pay him sincerely."

"But the princess will understand that the word love is not controllable."

Helian Yi swore faithfully: "Master Xuan, I promise you that I will never let myself be tempted by him. ”

"If the princess is not afraid, she will leave this cold valley early tomorrow morning, and he is the only one who can help the princess restore the country."

Helian Yi shook his head, "However, I have already broken with him, how can I go back?" He is not a man who can be at my mercy, so how can he help me get back to my country? ”

The princess remembered the words of the old body: everything has its own fate, and there is a turning point when you go to the poor water. It's just the word love: it can break people's intestines, punish people's hearts, and seal people's throats. The princess is not to be underestimated. ”

Helian Yi still sneered at Master Xuan's earnest admonition, "My heart is dead, my intestines are broken, so why be afraid." I'm just worried about going the wrong way again? ”

The old woman sighed again: "Don't worry, princess, the princess's life, the old body has been calculated eighteen years ago, and there will be no mistake." ”

Thinking of Helian Dingguo's dying advice, Helian Yi had to believe it, and only said leisurely: "Master Xuan, can I really regain control of the Great Xia Kingdom?" ”

The old woman said, "Yes." For the princess, it is not difficult to recapture Great Xia, there will be two hundred years of national glory after Great Xia, and the old body is counted today: it is also the blood of the princess and King Ji who will be in charge of Great Xia in the future. ”

"Me, me and him....... The bloodline? Helian Yi's face was full of consternation.

"If the princess avoids this evil relationship, it is not impossible to resolve it. As long as the princess does not have a heart to King Ji, she will choose another son-in-law to continue her children in the future, and the princess will be able to spend the rest of her life safely. But if the princess becomes obsessed with King Ji, she is afraid that she will be shattered and will never recover. ”

"Master Xuan, all I am obsessed with is recovering the country, but if only he can fulfill it, even if he is crushed in the future and will never recover, what can it be. But I serve the tiger with my body, and how difficult it is to keep my innocence. ”

"If you really can't keep your innocence, there is another way."

"What's the method?"

"The princess is only allowed to give the same to him, body and mind."

When Master Xuan heard this, he closed his eyes for a long time before he said, "Then tomorrow morning, the princess will leave." ”

Shen Liuxiang finally couldn't help but ask, "Master Xuan, then how do we go?" How did you meet King Ji again? ”

Xuanshi shook his head and said, "The old body has leaked too many heavenly secrets, and it can't be leaked anymore." Now there is only one sentence that I have been told to do: The princess should only treat King Ji with a tailed snake, and she must not be sincere to him. ”

Shen Liuxiang complained again: "Since there are more leaks, why don't you leak more?" You always have no beginning and no end for the princess to guess, but we didn't take the wrong road at the beginning. ”

Helian Yi reprimanded: "Keep incense, don't be rude to the Xuan Master." ”

Master Xuan didn't think so, and showed a rare weird and deep smile, and said to Helian Yi: "The princess naturally knows where King Ji is at this moment, is the old body right?" ”

"That's right, I know, I will do what Master Xuan tells me." With that, Helian Yi stood up and walked out.

The two walked out of the house one after the other, and Shen Liuxiang looked at He Lianyi blankly, "Princess, where are we going tomorrow?" ”

"Xuyang, Xiao Yunyan will definitely attack Xuyang first, and we will go to Xuyang early tomorrow morning."

"But can Xu Qianmin resist King Ji?"

"That's why we can't resist, so we're going."

"Oh, I see. But will Xu Qianmin take us in? ”

"My father has always been kind to the Xu family, and I expect Xu Qianmin to take me in."

"Okay, slave and maid listen to the princess."