Endless Winter: My Camp Upgrades Infinitely

Chapter 1672: Chapter 528: Wuchuan’s Dead End, Cai Qiuhu Visits Again

Xia Hong gestured for everyone to sit properly, and he himself sat upright at the main seat, closing his eyes as he waited for Cai Qiuhu and others to arrive.

Within thirty breaths, a rustling of footsteps was heard outside.

Whoosh……

Although Aikou City is located in the fault zone of Moao Mountain, on both sides here are bare stone mountains with no trees, so Yuwen Dao directly used military tents for camping, including the main tent.

After soldiers opened the main tent’s curtain from outside, Cai Qiuhu was the first to walk in, followed by a large group of people.

There are indeed fifty of them!

Sitting upright above, Xia Hong slightly raised his gaze, scanning the crowd behind Cai Qiuhu, even seeing several familiar faces among them.

He had visited Cai Qiu before, and if he recalled correctly, some of the familiar faces had been seen in Qinghua City of Bai Shui County, others in Lin Chu County Mansion.

Of course, he could recognize these people, but they could not recognize him.

Until now, Xia Hong still hadn’t shown his true face.

Cai Qiuhu’s demeanor was noticeably more audacious than last night; since entering the tent, his gaze continuously roved from Xia Chuan and Yuwen Dao on both sides to the three members of Li Xuanling’s family beside Xia Hong, without the slightest restraint from start to finish.

“Little Landgrave Cai, we just met yesterday, why visit again today?”

Xia Hong’s eyes narrowed slightly, not hiding the displeasure in his tone.

“Bold Xia Hong, with Little Landgrave here, do you have a place to sit?”

Before Cai Qiuhu could speak, a young man behind him stepped forward speaking angrily, raging as soon as he opened his mouth. Not only ignoring Xia Chuan and others in the tent, but even Xia Hong the Lord seemed to be beneath him.

Bang……

“What do you…”

As soon as that young man spoke, Xia Chuan and Yuwen Dao along with seven others immediately stood up from their seats, and the hot-tempered Hong Gang even smashed the table in front of him with his palm, ready to retort.

But Xia Hong suddenly raised his hand to interrupt him.

Seeing this, Hong Gang closed his mouth right away, merely glaring intently at the young man, without concealing the murderous intent in his eyes.

The atmosphere inside the tent instantly froze.

Xia Hong did not look at Cai Qiuhu, but directly fixed his eyes on the young man. After staring for three or four breaths, he suddenly laughed.

After laughing a few times, he turned towards his wife and asked: “Xuanling, two years ago during the Chui Mountain upheaval, was it this Cai Qiu Prince who spoke disrespectfully to you, right?”

Li Xuanling directly nodded.

It turned out the young man was none other than Cai Shiqi, the young prince of Bai Shui County under Cai Qiu, who had been used by Great Xia two years ago during the Chui Mountain upheaval.

Xia Hong had met Cai Shiqi twice.

The first meeting was three years ago, when he traveled from Yinhe Valley to Cai Qiu via Bone-Eroding Path. At the time, Cai Shiqi only had Cold Resistance Level Cultivation and had just set foot in Southern Slope Territory, escorted by Adviser Zhu Yan.

The second time was at the Book Collection Tower in the Lin Chu County Mansion under Cai Qiu, before the Blood Miasma Plain trial started. Cai Shiqi, along with a group of young disciples, visited Lin Chu County and unexpectedly bumped into him at the Book Collection Tower’s entrance.

During that encounter, the two had a minor conflict.

If Xia Hong remembered correctly, Cai Shiqi harbored deep hatred for Great Xia because his wife had cut off his index finger. At the Book Collection Tower’s entrance at Lin Chu County Governor Mansion, he even personally declared he would capture all of Great Xia’s high officials, making the men servants at Bai Shui County Mansion for generations, while sending the women to serve as camp prostitutes in the army.

Back then, Xia Hong had already sentenced this person to death, but subsequently, due to the start of the Blood Miasma Plain trial, many events ensued which caused him to forget about this person.

Unexpectedly, after such a long time, Cai Shiqi actually delivered himself here voluntarily.

Moreover, he was courting death again…

Xia Hong shook his head, losing interest in looking at Cai Shiqi, and directly shifted his attention to Cai Qiuhu, with a continued smile on his face, asking softly: “Little Landgrave Cai, bringing only a few people like this can’t scare me, the Lord. Even if the army under Cai Qiu descends south, it won’t come so quickly. How do you plan to protect Jin Mountain and Wuchuan towns, speak your mind!”