"Princess Arria, I don't know if you've thought about it? If the 'Tears of the Desert Goddess', which you have all been looking for, are found by you one day, by the White Nights, or by someone else, will you really be able to stop the strife between the nations?

"Do you think that a single bead can really convince other kingdoms from now on? Will they really willingly submit to the kingdom that holds the 'Tears of the Desert Goddess' in their hands?

"You just said that your ancestors were once the real overlords in the Western Desert, what is the real overlord? Is it because you have this bead that you become a hegemon, or because you have become an overlord, you have this bead? ”

Alia didn't seem confused by Shao Xi's question, but looked at Shao Xi with great appreciation.

"You're right, I've thought about what you said, but the 'Tears of the Desert Goddess' is nothing more than a symbolic thing.

"When needed, someone will take it out and talk about it, but if it touches their own interests, no one will care whose hands it is.

"As you said, it is a symbol of the hegemon in the hands of the strong, if you don't have the strength to dominate, even if you have it, you will only bring disaster to yourself and make yourself the target of attack."

Although she is only seventeen years old, she seems to know a lot about politics and has her own opinions and ideas.

Maybe it's because the king of Wuhai Country only has a daughter like her and no son, so he cultivates her as the successor of Wuhai Country in the future.

It's no wonder that Alia ran away alone, King McJid was so nervous, and he did not hesitate to offer a large reward to find her back, if something happened to the only heir, the royal family of Wuhai Kingdom would have no successor.

Since the "Tears of the Desert Goddess" is not the root of the contradiction between the Wuhai Kingdom and the White Night Kingdom, but only a reason to provoke and intensify the contradictions, it is useless to find this bead alone if you want to solve the grievances between the two countries.

It is still necessary to solve the core problem, that is, the ambition of the White Night Country for the Wuhai Country for many years.

But in this process, the symbolic "tears of the desert goddess" is an indispensable element of existence.

After all, if you want to solve a problem, you have to have a justifiable reason just like trying to create a problem, which means that some things that touch the core can only be understood, but not put on the surface.

And that legendary bead happens to be a step that can be placed on the bright side for everyone to get off the stage, and at the same time solve the problem, it is necessary to make all aspects passable.

In this way, both the person who proposes the solution and the person who accepts the solution will take it for granted on the surface and will not be too embarrassed.

However, to solve this kind of thing, it is still necessary to weigh the interests and face of all parties, which is easy to say, but it is not so simple to operate in practice.

While Shao Xi was thinking about it, Alia seemed to see Shao Xi's thoughts.

He asked tentatively: "Young Master Shao, just now this old gentleman asked me about the reward after finding the "Tears of the Desert Goddess", you are together, can I understand that you have a way to solve the current contradiction between the Wuhai Kingdom and the White Night Kingdom?" ”

Shao Xi was asked by Aliya like this, raised his head and smiled faintly.

He replied in a calm tone: "I can't talk about the solution, just some ideas, but at the moment they are only some ideas, and they can't be put into practice."

"So now the princess asks me if there is a way, and I can only answer that I haven't, but I believe that I will find a way to do it after all.

"Since we are destined to meet and travel all the way, and the destination of our caravan this time is Wuhai Country, if I think of any way, I will definitely say it and consult with the princess."

For Shao Xi's answer, Alia was not disappointed.

The contradiction between Wuhai Kingdom and White Night Kingdom has been going on for a long time, and it has not been resolved for so many years, and she doesn't expect Shao Xi to give any perfect solution overnight.

Now that Shao Xi can have some ideas, it is not easy for her.

This kind of major event between the two countries, Shao Xi, as a native of the Central Plains, can spend a lot of thought, which is not easy for Aliya as the princess of Wuhai Kingdom.

Even if he just put forward some suggestions that would help Wuhai Kingdom, Aliya was already grateful, and she didn't expect Shao Xi to really help Wuhai Kingdom solve this problem.

However, what made her curious was why Shao Xi, as a native of the Central Plains, was so interested in the affairs of their Wuhai Kingdom?

If it was just a caravan going to Wuhai Country to do business, there was no need to care about these things, and Shao Xi seemed to inquire more, which made Alia also a little interested in Shao Xi's identity.

"I mentioned this annoying ghost in Yulong Pass before, Shao Gongzi looks like both a literati and a Jianghu person, and at the same time has some official spirit, it seems that Shao Gongzi's identity is not simple, I don't know why Shao Gongzi is so concerned about the affairs of our Wuhai Kingdom?"

I have to say that Alia is not as playful and willful as she seems on the surface, but she is indeed a smart and delicate girl.

Just from the previous conversation, she was keenly aware that Shao Xi didn't ask her about Wuhai Kingdom just out of curiosity.

Although she is naïve, as the future heir of Wuhai Kingdom, this identity has made her very sensitive to this kind of topic since she was a child.

At present, she does not know Shao Xi's true identity, although Shao Xi is traveling with the caravan in the Central Plains, but she can't see too much of a businessman's temperament from him, and she can't judge who Shao Xi is.

Just like Sun Poyun said, Shao Xi has a hint of literati temperament and a bit of Jianghu temperament, and at the same time, his speech and demeanor, including his status in the caravan, prove that his identity is not simple.

Judging from Shao Xi's age and style of acting, he is very free and uninhibited, casual and arbitrary, and he can't see the kind of pretentiousness and sanctimony of the Central Plains officials, and he doesn't have any sense of arrogance when getting along with others.

This made Alia a little unsure of what kind of identity Shao Xi went to Wuhai Country with the caravan, and she was still so concerned about the affairs of their Wuhai Kingdom.

On the premise of not knowing Shao Xi's purpose, Alia's heart will naturally have a kind of wariness towards Shao Xi.

Although what was being talked about did not involve any confidential matters, the innate defensive mentality of the people of the Western Regions towards the people of the Central Plains made Alia have to think more.

Shao Xi naturally understood what Aliya was thinking, Wuhai Kingdom was a big country in the Western Regions, but it was insignificant in front of the behemoth of the Jingyuan Empire in the Central Plains.

It is precisely because of this that for many years, the countries of the Western Regions have tried their best to avoid conflicts with the Central Plains Dynasty.

On the one hand, the comparison of absolute strength made the countries of the Western Regions very clearly realize that there was no benefit in being an enemy of the Jingyuan Dynasty.

On the other hand, due to the long-term trade between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, which brought a lot of wealth to the Western Regions and the handicraft skills and culture of the Central Plains, peaceful exchanges with the Jingyuan Dynasty were beneficial to both sides.

Finally, and most importantly, the core reason is that the countries of the Western Regions have not formed a joint force and formed a unified alliance.

They have fierce contradictions with each other, and they have been fighting continuously all year round, and they are almost scattered.

This pattern was extremely advantageous for the Jingyuan Empire, and the Jingyuan Dynasty was happy to see it happen, and the more fierce the fight between themselves, the less military pressure there was in the western part of the dynasty.

And in this process, all the countries in the Western Regions have the idea of leaning against the big tree to enjoy the shade.

Whoever can attach himself to the Jingyuan Dynasty is equivalent to having a big brother who supports him behind his back, so he naturally has more confidence to talk between the countries of the Western Regions.

When everyone has this idea, an interesting phenomenon appears, every small country wants to hug the thigh of Jingyuan Dynasty, but there is only one thigh, you hug it, what do I hug?

Therefore, in addition to trying their best to develop their relationship with the Jingyuan Dynasty, the countries of the Western Regions are also doing their best to destroy the relationship between other countries and the Jingyuan Dynasty.

At this time, the attitude of the Jingyuan Dynasty became very important.

In the process of interacting with the Jingyuan Dynasty, even if the Jingyuan Dynasty did some things that did not satisfy them, they would only turn a blind eye to the past.

This is because once the dissatisfaction is expressed violently, it will affect the relationship between the two countries and give other states in the Western Regions an opportunity.

That's why the envoy of the White Night Kingdom died in Kyoto Daliang, and in the end, this matter was over.

The White Night Kingdom did not express any dissatisfaction with the Jingyuan Dynasty, and offending the Jingyuan Empire for the sake of an envoy was really worth the loss for the White Night Kingdom.

And Xiao Changyi's handling of this matter was also very fair, not only losing the money, but also personally repairing the book and apologizing to Bai Yeguo, so the murder of the envoy was over.

Due to the discord between the Wuhai Kingdom and the White Night Kingdom, both sides also attached more importance to their relationship with the Jingyuan Dynasty.

Not to mention that if there is a war between the two countries, whether the Jingyuan Empire will help one of them, at least ensure that the Jingyuan Empire will not interfere.

In this way, a very delicate balance has been formed, and this balance is exactly what the Jingyuan Empire wants, as long as the countries in the Western Regions check and balance each other, then the western border of the Jingyuan Empire will be more peaceful and stable for a longer time.

Therefore, the people of the Western Regions will have a relatively ambivalent mentality towards the people of the Central Plains psychologically, not only unwilling to offend the people of the Central Plains, but also want to take precautions against the people of the Central Plains, in the final analysis, they are afraid that the powerful forces of the Central Plains will infiltrate the Western Regions.

And Arya, as the princess of Wuhai Kingdom, this mentality is particularly obvious, after all, ordinary people live the same life under anyone's rule, and it is another matter for the rulers of the Western Regions.

Alia wants to find out who Shao Xi is and what is the purpose of going to Wuhai Country this time? He was so concerned about the affairs between the Wuhai Kingdom and the White Night Kingdom, what did he want to get out of this?

Out of the protection of her kingdom, Alia naturally wanted to test Shao Xi, but this temptation had to be mastered, and Alia didn't want to offend Shao Xi because of this matter.

If Shao Xi is really a person with a special identity and comes with kindness, then it will undoubtedly be beneficial to Wu Haiguo.

Since Shao Xi mentioned that he had some thoughts of his own about the relationship between Wuhai Kingdom and White Night Kingdom, Alia had to determine whether this person really had the value and possibility of cooperation.

Since Shao Xi had his own judgment on the situation in the Western Regions, he naturally understood Arria's psychology.

"Actually, my identity is not complicated, I am indeed an official in the Jingyuan Dynasty, but this time I came to the Western Regions not under the order of the Holy Lord, just to do some private things.

"The relationship between the countries in the Western Regions directly affects the stability of the western border of the Jingyuan Empire, since we have caught up, of course I hope to make a contribution, not only to help you, but also to help our Jingyuan Empire.

"However, since the relationship between the Wuhai Kingdom and the White Night Country is so tense, then it should be handled very prudently, not only to let the White Night Country retreat in the face of difficulties, but also to save face for them."

Sun Poyun on the side heard Shao Xi reveal his identity, and couldn't help but interject: "You are really an official, it seems that I didn't look away at the beginning, since you are an official, why do you want to go with the caravan?" Pull me and me on the road with you? ”

"I didn't mean to hide it, I just let them take us to the Western Regions along the way, as for walking with Brother Sun, I just felt that I had a fate with Brother Sun, and there was no other purpose, and I asked Brother Sun not to misunderstand."

In fact, it's no wonder that Sun Poyun thinks a lot, the princess of Wuhai Country he is escorting on this trip!

And Shao Xi took the initiative to invite him to accompany him, but now he has revealed his identity as an official of the Jingyuan Dynasty, which will inevitably make Sun Poyun suspicious.

However, Shao Xi's honesty and straightforwardness, Sun Poyun saw it in his eyes, and with just a simple explanation, Sun Poyun no longer had any suspicions about Shao Xi.

Now that everyone's identities have been exposed, there is no need to hide them anymore, and the next step is to discuss the safety issues along the way.

Sun Poyun said worriedly: "Before, it was not enough to think about the horse bandits, but now the assassins of the White Night Kingdom have already fought with us.

"When they fled just now, they were all on foot, which proves that there was a team of horses nearby, and such a long run, and a sneak attack at night, shows that there was a caravan of camels behind the horse team, and they came prepared.

"Tonight's sneak attack is the first, but it definitely won't be the only one, and it seems that the next trouble we will face is more worthy of our worries than the horse bandits."

Shao Xi nodded.

"Brother Sun is right, they have suffered a lot of losses tonight, and they will not stop easily, so we have to be more careful along the way."

After speaking, Shao Xi turned his head to Sun Lichang and asked, "Shopkeeper Sun, according to our current steps, how long will it take to leave the White Night Country and enter the territory of Wuhai Country?" ”

Sun Lichang turned his head to look at the dead guards who had been placed in the distance, and then at the seriously injured guards.

"According to the previous footsteps, we could enter the territory of Wuhai Country after walking for another three days, but now we can't leave these people behind, and now it looks like we have to walk for another five days."

"Five days, it seems that tomorrow is the key, let's get rid of the horse bandits first, and now that we are prepared, let's concentrate on dealing with them!"