After several days of trekking, Li Yi came to Khotan, and Ban Chao led the Khotanese general Asalan out of the city ten miles to meet him. Ban Chao and Asalan dismounted and stood on the side of the road. Seeing Li Yi coming, he bowed his hand and said, "Master Hou has worked hard all the way!" He also introduced to Li Yi: "This is the Khotanese general Asalan." Asalan bowed to Li Yi and stretched out his hand to help Li Yi dismount. Unexpectedly, Li Yi's eyelids raised, and he waved his hand on the horse and said, "Lead the way ahead and enter the royal city to rest." Seeing Li Yi's big appearance, Asalan was angry, turned over and said, "Qin cha is slow, I'll go to the post house to serve." "Then he beat his horse and left. Li Yi was unhappy when he saw this, and Ban Chao got on the horse and walked side by side with Li Yi and said: "The subjects of the Western Regions are straightforward in character, not as complicated as the etiquette of the Han Dynasty. Li Yi sneered: "What is the etiquette of Rong Di's people!" Ban Chao saw that Li Yi was arrogant and narrow-minded, and sighed cautiously, so he had to diverge his words.

The two entered the royal city as they spoke. Li Yi saw that the city wall was tall and the road was wide, and waved his horsewhip and said: "The city wall of this royal city is high and thick, and it is much bigger than the Shanshan royal city. Kunlun smiled and said: "Long history to the Western Regions, know that Khotan is a big country in the Western Regions, so guide the people to repair this royal city, there are seven miles around the city, there are more than 60,000 people in the city, there is no war in Khotan in recent years, so people come and go, and all industries are prosperous. Li Yi smiled dryly: "The squad leader Shi is worthy of being a capable minister who governs the world, and he can occupy the head of the temple when he returns to the dynasty one day." Ban Chao hurriedly said: "Hou Ye has a good reputation, the minister is a frontier official, An Neng entered the court as an official, Hou Ye made fun of it." Li Yi saw that Ban Chao replied respectfully: "Hmph! He stopped talking.

Khotanese King Guangde set up a banquet to entertain Li Yi and his party at the state guests, and Asalan saw that Li Yi was arrogant and pretending to be a tiger, and he was angry in his heart, so he strengthened the city defense and was reluctant to go to the banquet.

After the banquet was dismissed, Li Yi said to Ban Chao: "This road is mostly the Gobi Desert, and the old man is tired to death." It is necessary to have a good rest in Khotan. Ban Chao said: "Lord Yucha has worked hard all the way, so I can rest in Khotan, and then go to Wusun." "Say goodbye.

Ban Chao returned to his residence and saw that Kunlun Xiao was already waiting in the room, and Gan Ying and Zhao Hanqing also came. The two shook hands tightly, and Ban Chao said: "Separately for three months, I don't want to do it for a long time, Kunlun Xiao has worked hard all the way." Gan Ying said: "Second brother, tell me about the situation in the court, the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law are all right." "Gan Ying is an anxious person, let Kunlun smile and sit down and speak slowly." Ban Chao greeted everyone while laughing. Kunlun smiled and sat down, and explained the situation of returning to the court.

Ban Chao heard Dou Dan say that he was going to send important ministers to the Western Regions to make trouble for himself, and he thought it was good, but he really made himself trouble, and as soon as Li Yi arrived, General Asalan was dissatisfied. Finally, when he heard that Dou Dan had obtained a secret decree from the emperor, he could restrain Li Yi before he was relieved. Saying that, Kunlun Xiao took out the secret decree from the pocket of his underwear, and Ban Chao knelt down and kowtowed to Nansan and said, "The emperor is wise." Turning to Kunlun Xiao and the others: "Learning amazing arts, goods in the emperor's family, we were born in the prosperous era, and meet the master, so that what we have learned in our lives can be displayed, it is really a blessing." The crowd nodded. Gan Ying said: "This time, thanks to Princess Dou Dan's discernment, she took precautions and took the secret decree, leopard head, you have to thank others." Kunlun said with a smile: "General Gan's words are critical, and the soldiers will really be impressed if they don't see each other for three days." I only heard Ban Chao sigh: "The princess is gracious, it is difficult to repay in this life." "I couldn't help but cry. Gan Ying said: "The leopard head led me and other 36 people to go to the Western Regions to make meritorious contributions, and in the future, we will set up a huge monument in Shanshan and Khotan to leave our names, and engrave the names of Princess Dou Dan and the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law on the stone tablet for future generations to admire." Ban Chao nodded. Zhao Hanqing said: "Don't forget to engrave the name of Shaxue." Everyone laughed, and the clouds were swept away.

Kunlun smiled and said: "The emperor heard that our army broke through Gumo, sought peace with Fanjia, and the dragon's heart was happy, and he was specially given to advocate the building and the hammer was awarded as the general Sima, and my child, He Gong, Li Kaishan, Liu Rui, Ding Jiaju, Yuwen Chu, Sha Lihong, and Murong Hao were all general Yulin, and Zhao Hanqing was the Gongcheng. "Thanksgiving. Gan Ying said: "What kind of treasure is this preaching building?" Ban Chao said: "This is the ancient emperor awarded the general of the symbol ornament, the former king of Wu awarded the prince Jiang Ziya Huang Cheng Baixuan, in order to show the trust and respect of Jiang Taigong, and endowed with the right to lead the army to conquer, this is the emperor's trust in us." Gan Yingxi said: "In the future, the leopard head will advocate the command, and the command of the three armies will be even more majestic." Kunlun smiled: "Don't just think about majesty, this propaganda is a special gift from the emperor, if you let the enemy take it away, it will be terrible." Ban Chao called the king of the middle guard, and ordered him to keep it properly and not lose it.

Li Yi arrived in Khotan to travel in the mountains and rivers, but he did not move forward. On this day, Iron Hammer came to Khotan from Gumo to discuss the military situation with Ban Chao, and it happened that Li Yi came to visit, and Ban Chao invited Li Yi to sit down to discuss the military situation.

Iron Hammer said: "Jin Tu was very annoyed after the failure of Shule, and after fleeing to Qiuzi and crossing the Tianshan Mountain, he led Fanjia to Pantuo City to meet the Great Black Tyrant. The Great Black Tyrant granted Fanga as the rebel marquis. He also ordered Jin Tu to lead Hu Delu and others to lead an army of 5,000 to move to the border of Qiuzi. Hei Batian instigated the king of Qiuci to raise troops to attack Shule, and after several months of preparation, the king of Qiuci had prepared 20,000 horses to attack Shule. Li Yi was shocked when he heard this: "I must go through Shule when I go to Wusun, there are nearly 30,000 troops in the alliance of Qiuzi and Heibatian, can Shule resist?" Are the roads clear? Everyone saw that Li Yi was panicked when they heard the enemy's situation, and they despised him, and no one paid attention to him.

At this time, I suddenly saw the middle protector Wang Huzi introduce Shalihong into the house. I saw Shalihong's dust, and everyone knew at a glance that he was in a hurry. Gan Ying hurriedly sat down, and Ban Chao introduced: "This is the Minister of the Imperial Mission, Marquis Li." He pointed to Sharihong and said, "This is the guide intelligence officer, the newly awarded Yulin general Shalihong." Seeing that Li Yi was dressed luxuriously and sitting on the main seat in the center, Sha Lihong guessed that he must be Lord Qincha, and got up to give Li Yi a deep salute. Unexpectedly, Li Yi's face was full of contempt, and he didn't move his body and snorted: "That's it." Sha Lihong was unconscious when he saw it, and Ban Chao hurriedly invited Sha Lihong to sit down and drink tea. Shalihong took a sip of tea and calmed down: "Generals, I came from Shache and found out that Hei Batian had bought Shache King with a lot of money, and asked Shache King to send troops to attack Khotan, attract Changshi to rescue Khotan, and then order the combined forces of Qiuzi and Hei Batian to attack Shule. Hei Batian also granted Fanjia as the rebel marquis, and recently sneaked back to Shule, I am afraid that there is a conspiracy. ”