After McGid left the room, Alia looked at Shao Xi with a puzzled expression.

She seemed to understand the conversation between Shao Xi and McJid just now, but she didn't seem to fully understand, and she felt that the two of them were playing dumb riddles in front of her.

What is the thing that Shao Xi said was worthless but very important? Why does his own Atta seem to understand when he hears it, but he is lonely when he listens to it?

She couldn't help but ask Shao Xi, "Young Master Shao, what did you ask for from my Atta?" Why can't I understand what you're saying? Is there anything more precious than the treasures of the kingdom of Wuhai? ”

Shao Xi did not answer Alia's question directly, but gave her an analogy.

"Of course, the treasures of Wuhai Kingdom are precious, but no matter how precious things can a person have? Every country is like a treasure trove, and Wuhai is one of them.

"And what I asked His Majesty for happened to be the key to one of the treasure troves, with which I could get any treasure I wanted."

Although Alia still didn't fully understand what Shao Xi said, she probably understood what Shao Xi meant.

What Shao Xi wanted from his Atta was not the treasure itself, but something more precious to him than the treasure.

This thing can make Shao Xi get more wealth in the future than in Wuhai Kingdom, Alia doesn't know what this thing is, but he knows that it is very important to Shao Xi.

What she didn't know was that Shao Xi didn't want to get this thing for the so-called treasure.

Alia didn't ask any more questions, she believed that the deal that her Atta had reached with Shao Xi must be beneficial to Wuhai Kingdom.

As long as it can bring long-term stability and peace to Wuhai Kingdom, no matter what the price they pay, it will be worth it.

When she was a child, she once thought that Wuhai Kingdom was the most powerful and vast kingdom in the world, but when she grew up, she realized that there was an even larger empire in the east, and Wuhai Kingdom was not worth mentioning compared to that empire.

She had always wondered what kind of place it was, and who could build an empire there that was even bigger and more powerful than the Wuhai Kingdom.

This is what she has wanted since she was a child.

Over the years, she has also met a lot of people from the Central Plains, and from those people, she feels the confidence and pride from a powerful empire, and she has always hoped that her country can be as strong and great as that legendary empire.

This is the reason why Alia did not hesitate to sneak away behind her father's back, wanting to go to the Central Plains to see the Jingyuan Empire.

Although she was not able to truly enter the Central Plains, she had already felt the shock brought to her by that powerful empire in the Jade Dragon Pass.

The scale of more than 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed in the western army of Yulongguan Town has refreshed her cognition, and she heard from the mouth of the people of the Central Plains that the Central Plains has a million soldiers and horses, she can't believe that the military strength of the Jingyuan Empire will be so powerful!

This also faintly made her start to worry, when Wuhai Kingdom faced such a behemoth, how to protect herself?

Now that Atta has finally decided to establish friendly relations with the Jingyuan Empire, Alia, as the princess of Wuhai Kingdom, also feels that this is a wise move.

Shao Xi drank the wine unhurriedly, he knew that Alia had a lot of questions in his heart, but he didn't plan to explain, some things are enough for everyone to know, if you say it too clearly, it will not be good.

It was only a moment later that McGid returned to the room, and in his hand he had an extra parchment tube, about the size of a folding fan, and most of the things he kept in this way were paperwork that he feared would be soiled or damaged.

McJid walked up to Shao Xi and didn't say much, just raised his hand and handed over the parchment.

Shao Xi stretched out his hand to take it and opened the parchment tube, inside was a rolled up silk cloth, Shao Xi pulled the silk cloth out of the parchment tube, unfolded it and looked at it several times, and the corners of his mouth showed a subtle smile.

He rolled it up and stuffed it back into the parchment, and carefully placed it in his satchel.

Shao Xi got up and arched his hand at McJid and said: "His Majesty's sincerity has been seen below, and His Majesty will definitely do his best to do what he has entrusted to him, and now that His Majesty has made a condition, then when he returns to the Central Plains, he still needs an envoy to go with him." ”

McJid readily agreed: "This matter is not difficult, I will select a shrewd person from among the ministers to return to the Central Plains with Lord Shao to meet the emperor of your country."

"At that time, let him bring the conditions set by our Wuhai Kingdom with him, and as long as the emperor of your country is satisfied, we can sign an alliance, and from now on we will be allies of each other."

Shao Xi waved his hand after hearing this.

"His Majesty the King still doesn't understand what he means, since he wants to express enough sincerity, then this envoy to our court must not be just an ordinary envoy, he must be a person of noble status and sufficient weight in your country."

When McGid heard this, his face was surprised.

"According to what Lord Shao said, what kind of person should be able to go to your country as an envoy to be considered sincere?"

Shao Xi curled the corners of his mouth, smiled a little secretly, and raised his hand to point at Aria.

"I am afraid that there will be no second person other than Princess Alia who has a noble status and is of sufficient weight to represent His Majesty the King and to make an alliance with my court.

"Her Royal Highness the princess personally went to our court as an envoy as a member of the royal family of Wuhai Kingdom, and I think this sincerity is enough to impress me on the pilgrimage.

"Didn't Her Royal Highness the Princess originally want to go to our Central Plains to visit the beautiful mountains and rivers, see the great mountains and rivers of our dynasty, and also want to taste the Central Plains food?

"I just took this opportunity to go to the Central Plains with me, not only to complete the diplomatic relations between the two countries, but also to fulfill a wish of Her Royal Highness the Princess, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?"

When McGid heard this, he pulled his face down at once.

Quite dissatisfied, he asked Shao Xi, "May I ask Lord Shao, what do you mean by this?" Isn't it an attempt to keep Alia hostage in your country by having my daughter return to the Central Plains with you to meet the emperor of your dynasty? ”

Shao Xi smiled very calmly, and said to McJid calmly: "His Majesty the King is not wrong if he understands it like this, it is precisely such a meaning.

"But Your Majesty only thought of the princess as a hostage, but did not think that if Your Majesty let the princess personally go to our court as an envoy, it would be equivalent to taking the initiative to send a hostage to my pilgrimage, which can express Your Majesty's sincerity more than any conditions.

"After I saw His Majesty's sincerity on the pilgrimage, how could I leave the princess in the Jingyuan Dynasty as a hostage? If I do that, will I not be inferior in my pilgrimage compared to Your Majesty?

"Sending the princess back to Wuhai safely is exactly the sincerity that I can express on my pilgrimage, so wouldn't you and I be happy?"

When Shao Xi said this, McJid suddenly stopped squeaking, and he had to admit that Shao Xi was indeed very reasonable.

If he took the initiative to send his daughter to the Jingyuan Empire as an envoy, then the emperor of the Jingyuan Dynasty would know that he was a sincere friend and had no intention of taking precautions.

In order to show his sincerity, Emperor Jingyuan did not want to keep Alia in the Jingyuan Empire as a hostage, because this move itself showed his distrust of Wuhai Kingdom.

The premise for establishing relations between the two sides is the word "trust", and if there is no minimum of trust, even if the two countries conclude an alliance, it will be just a piece of paper.

Although Shao Xi was a courtier of the Jingyuan Empire, the reason given was indeed very convincing, just to let his daughter travel thousands of miles to the Central Plains as an envoy, and McJid was indeed reluctant.

At this time, Alia, who was sitting on the side, saw McJid's concerns, so she took the initiative to ask McJid and said, "Ata, I think Shao Gongzi is very reasonable, since we intend to be friendly with the Jingyuan Empire, we should show enough sincerity.

"Although the conditions given by Atta before are generous enough, it is not enough to win Emperor Jingyuan's trust, and I went there in person to express our intentions to Emperor Jingyuan on behalf of Ata.

"I believe that Emperor Jingyuan, as the monarch of a great country, should have enough bearing, and I believe that Shao Gongzi will not deceive us, as he said, I can also take this opportunity to fulfill my wish for many years and go to the Central Plains to have a long experience.

"Atta, don't hesitate about this matter, as the princess of Wuhai Country, I am willing to take this trip for our Wuhai Kingdom."

Despite Arria's determination, McGid hesitated for a moment, and when he saw his daughter's determined eyes, he knew that Aria wasn't on a whim, so he nodded.

"Alright! Since you said so, then this matter is decided! When Lord Shao is about to return to the Central Plains, you will take the contract documents I wrote to go to the Central Plains with Lord Shao, hoping that everything will be as you say, you can go safely and come back safely. ”

Shao Xi saw that this matter had been agreed, so he took over the conversation and said: "Your Majesty should not be too anxious about this matter, the final destination of this trip to the Western Regions is Loulan Kingdom, and I don't know how long I will stay when I get there."

"Only after I finish the matter, the princess's trip will begin, I still have some things to do in Wuhai before going to Loulan Kingdom, so Your Majesty can slowly start preparing for this matter, and there is no hurry."

Shao Xi stressed to McJid that he was not in a hurry about this matter, firstly, he was indeed not sure how long he would stay in the Western Regions, not to mention whether Guan Yucheng's bones could be found successfully, even if it took a lot of time to find that treasure in Wuhai.

With such a toss, Shao Xi really can't tell when he will be able to return to the Central Plains.

Second, he also reassured McGid, proving to him that he proposed that Alia go to the Central Plains as an envoy was not to take her hostage.

Not in a hurry to take people away will naturally alleviate the doubts in McJid's heart.

In fact, taking Alia back to the Central Plains is tantamount to finding a big trouble for Shao Xi, you must know that he is not coming to the Western Regions as an envoy now, and when he returns to the Central Plains, he will still have to pass through the White Night Country with Alia.

When he came to Wuhai Kingdom, Sun Poyun had already taken his life, and then took Alia back to toss, maybe there would be some kind of moth.

Originally, Shao Xi's plan was very simple, that is, to go to Loulan Kingdom to find Guan Yucheng's bones, but he didn't expect that after coming down this way, he had already taken a bunch of things for himself before he arrived in Loulan Kingdom.

If you do it well, you will gain a lot from this trip, and if you don't do it well, it will be a bad debt, and no matter who it is, he won't be able to wipe his ass clean.

I don't know if this trip is good luck or bad luck, in short, now Shao Xi is a big one, and there may be a lot of trouble waiting for him behind this!

Shao Xi didn't expect that he came to the palace to meet McJid this time, and the other party actually put on so many shows for himself, it seems that he has been prepared early in the morning.

Originally, he came here just to ask for an account for the caravan and Sun Poyun, but he made a fuss for himself.

Now that the matter had been said and the three of them could not hide in this room forever, Aria went back to rest, while Shao Xi followed McGid and returned to the garden of the palace to continue the banquet that had not yet ended.

But at this time, Shao Xi can't drink well, and he can't eat well, there are a bunch of things in his heart that don't fall into the bottom, how can he still have the heart to eat and drink like Lao Wu and them?

The banquet lasted for most of the day, and it didn't end until late afternoon.

Shao Xi and the others received the reward, and also accepted the remuneration given by McGide to Sun Poyun, and saluted McGide and retired according to the rules of the Western Regions.

Since leaving the room, McJid has regained his previous kind and kind appearance, praised a few people again, and then ordered the waiter to take Shao Xi and the others back to the post house in the incomparably luxurious carriage before.

After returning to the inn, Shao Xi sat down as soon as he entered the room, with a sad expression.

At today's banquet, Lao Wu can be regarded as full of food and drink, and when he left, he didn't forget to give someone a jar of wine.

At this time, he followed Shao Xi into the room, took out a glass and poured wine while continuing to drink.

Seeing Shao Xi's depressed face, he couldn't help but tease: "You go and look in the mirror to see your current virtue, as if you owe a lot of debts and can't pay it back."

"The old king called you away and chatted for so long, and after you came out, you had a half-dead face, did you propose marriage to the old king and was rejected by others, which made you very shameless?"

Shao Xi glanced at Lao Wu, and replied a little angrily: "I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed, on the contrary, it was the old king who wanted to recruit the young master and me to be the door-to-door horse, but I was politely refused."

"Didn't you see the disappointed look on the old king's face at that time! Your young master, I am such an outstanding young talent, I can only be begged by others to get married, you old guy looks down on his own young master too much, right? ”

"Phew! You just blow it! Anyway, they're all back now, and everything you say is yours. ”

"Blow? Then the master will let you see what the old king has come up with! ”

As he spoke, Shao Xi took out the sheepskin tube from his satchel, shook his hand and threw it to Lao Wu.