"Someone else? Who could that be? The reason why Miss Cheng knew about the existence of such a person as Avzhele should be the person who entrusted her when he handed over the Sun Knife and two secret books to her.

"Speaking of which, the person who entrusted others to hand over these things to Miss Cheng back then should be Avrelle, and there should be no falsehood in this matter.

"Since Avrelle has already entrusted someone to hand over the things to Miss Cheng, why do you still flicker in front of the two of us today, pretending not to know? That's what struck me the weirdest. ”

Shao Xi said this, which made Lao Wu fall into silence.

Now this matter has become confusing, as Shao Xi said, the person who entrusted Cheng Baiqiu with those things should be Avrelle, but why did he ask him about these things today, he didn't know anything?

What is the reason why he wants to deliberately hide it? Or is there something else that is hard to say?

Especially when asked about Guan Yucheng and Shen Linyue, Avrele's answer was still vague, how could he not know about this matter after following Guan Yucheng for so many years?

Even if Guan Yucheng was reluctant to mention this matter on weekdays, when he heard that Shen Linyue had died of illness, Guan Yucheng committed suicide due to extreme grief.

Afterwards, Afgerle also knew that he had asked someone to send things to Yingyue Island, which showed that he was very clear about the cause of Guan Yucheng's death, otherwise how would he know that he was going to send things to Yingyue Island?

What is the purpose of Avgerle pretending to be confused in front of them? Could it be because he was not familiar with himself and Lao Wu, and out of distrust, he deliberately said that he was not clear about the past?

Shao Xi couldn't find a clue for a while, could it be that something else happened back then that caused Avzhele to be so secretive about what happened back then?

Lao Wu sighed, and said a little helplessly: "It seems that we have no other way at the moment, let's go to Guan Yucheng's grave early tomorrow morning to have a look."

"See if there are any clues left in his grave that let us know who the person who excavated the grave was?"

Shao Xi also felt that this could only be the case at present, after all, they had just arrived in Loulan Kingdom, and they had just begun to search for Guan Yucheng's bones.

Now it is very lucky to find Avrele, although it is learned that Guan Yucheng's bones have been stolen, but after all, there is still a clue to Avgerle in his hand.

Knowing where Guan Yucheng's grave was back then was much better than not finding anything.

Shao Xi and Lao Wu finally decided to wait until tomorrow to see Guan Yucheng's grave, whether it was useful or not, at least this first step was to be done.

The two of them rested separately, and they got up early the next morning, and the three of them came to the gambling house again.

As soon as I arrived at the door of the gambling house, I saw Avrelle waiting in front of the door with two guys, and after several people met and said hello, Avrjele took Shao Xi and the three out of Loulan Ancient City together.

After walking a short distance to the north, he came to a place full of rocks, and Avzhele seemed to be familiar with Shao Xi and the others for a long time, and finally stopped at a place in the rubble.

Avzhele pointed to one of the big stones and said: "I buried the shopkeeper here back then, and under this stone is where the shopkeeper is buried.

"Although I couldn't find the bones of the shopkeeper, I still filled the pit again, after all, there are still some relics of the shopkeeper inside."

Shao Xi and Lao Wu looked in the direction of Avrelle's finger, and saw that the big stone was engraved with the words "Guan Yucheng", and this stone could be regarded as Guan Yucheng's tombstone.

The two of them bowed to the big stone, and without saying a word, began to dig.

With Wu Qiu'er here, this kind of work is effortless to do, and there is no coffin in the half-sand and half-soil underground as Shao Xi imagined.

The people of the Western Regions did not have the custom of using coffins to bury them, they just wrapped people tightly with strips of white cloth, and then directly put them into the pit and buried them with some burial items.

In the excavated pit, Guan Yucheng's body was not found, only some clothes, leather goods and a few jars.

Those jars should be the ones that Avgerle mentioned earlier, and there is nothing else.

Lao Wu jumped into the pit and carefully inspected the items in the pit, and asked Wu Qiu'er to expand the pit in all directions, but except for the things he saw before, there was nothing new to discover.

Lao Wu shook his head in disappointment at Shao Xi who was standing on top of the pit, Shao Xi turned to Avrelle and asked, "Is that all?" Nothing else? ”

With a regretful expression, Avgerle nodded at Shao Xi and did not speak.

At this time, Shao Xi suddenly asked Avrele: "Didn't you tell me before that when you buried Guan senior, his Sun Knife was also buried with him?" Why don't you see that knife now? ”

Avzhele hesitated for a moment, and replied with some uncertainty: "I don't know much about this, maybe it was taken away by the gravediggers, right?"

"At that time, I found out that the shopkeeper's body had been stolen, and I was very anxious, and I didn't notice the disappearance of the Sun Knife."

Shao Xi heard Avzhele's answer, and inadvertently raised his eyebrows, as if he had expected it, so he didn't ask any more.

After such a toss, in the end, no clues were found, and in desperation, Lao Wu and Wu Qiu'er refilled the pit.

On the way back to Loulan City, Shao Xi never said a word, as if he was thinking about something.

Avrelle has been apologizing to Shao Xi and the others, and they seem to feel very guilty for not being able to help Shao Xi, only Lao Wu has a few polite words with him.

After returning to the city, Avzhele returned to the gambling house with his men, while Shao Xi took Lao Wu and Wu Qiu'er back to the inn for a short stay, and then left the inn again.

This time, they were going to the Loulan King's Palace in the ancient city of Loulan.

When he came to the gate of the palace, Lao Wu knew why Shao Xi was so sure about entering the palace, it turned out that it was not that he had thought of any way at all, but that the palace was already crowded with people.

Many people gathered around a sign in front of the palace and pointed their hands and feet to discuss something.

When I came to inquire recently, I learned that since yesterday, a notice had been posted in front of the palace that anyone who could give advice to the king of Loulan and help the king win this time with the Western envoy Marseille, the king would give a heavy reward.

It turned out that in previous years, the horse races between the king of Loulan and the envoys of the Western Turks were more wins and losses, and it is no wonder that the horses of the Loulan Kingdom were originally rewarded by the Western Turks, and the envoys of the Western Turks naturally brought high-quality horses.

Loulan Guo took the eliminated war horses rewarded by others to compete with these high-quality horses, and it was naturally difficult to win.

Although there were times when he won in previous years, he lost more times in comparison, which is why Avgerle dared to take Shao Xi's bet.

Because Shao Xi bet last night that the side of the King of Loulan would win in Marseille, a single game is a loss, a win, a win, a win, and a corresponding consecutive game is also a win or loss.

Originally, the design of the rules of horse betting was to greatly reduce the probability of the gambler winning, and Shao Xi bet on the side of the king of Loulan to win, according to the experience of previous years, Shao Xi's probability of losing is even greater.

So at that time, Avzhele felt that Shao Xi bet like this, and the probability of winning was much greater, so he was willing to accept Shao Xi's heavy bet.

Lao Wu slapped Shao Xi's shoulder and asked with a dissatisfied face: "You confidently said yesterday that there is a way to enter the palace, is this the way?" You already knew that people had posted notices, and they were still playing tricks in front of me! ”

Shao Xi grinned and replied to Lao Wu: "Last night, the betting sign was set up in the gambling house, and the gamblers gathered in front of the sign to talk about the palace horse race.

"I asked you and Wu Qiu'er to return to the inn, and it was during this time of waiting for you that I heard many gamblers mention that a notice had been posted in front of the palace offering a reward for helping King Loulan win the race."

Lao Wu originally thought that Shao Xi had some clever way, and after a long time, his method was to come and accept the reward, so that he would naturally be brought into the palace.

This is quite consistent with what Shao Xi said before about helping King Loulan win Marseille first, and then taking the opportunity to curry favor with the king and suggesting that the horse be released.

All this seems to have been prepared for Shao Xi in advance, Lao Wu doesn't know if this is Shao Xi's luck, or if this stinky boy has already calculated in his heart and guessed that this kind of thing will happen?

But no matter which one it is, as long as the goal can be achieved, it is enough, and the matter of entering the palace is solved, but Lao Wu still has worries in his heart.

"Stinky boy, the palace can be entered, but are you really sure that you can help the king of Naloulan win this Marseille? Don't blow the cowhide when the time comes, you can't hold it yourself.

"If you lose, even if you don't lose your head, you will inevitably be whipped, this kind of thing is not a joke, you yourself are unlucky, don't affect me and my apprentices."

Shao Xi saw that Lao Wu couldn't believe him, so he glared at him angrily, and said in a mocking tone: "If you can't believe it, don't go in with me, I will be whipped alone, and if you want to kill me, you will be killed and carried alone, and you won't be affected by your old man, right?" ”

Lao Wu scratched his head when Shao Xi said it, and stopped squeaking.

If Shao Xi really didn't take him in, wouldn't it be lively to watch? If you don't go in to see this kind of excitement, it's worse than being whipped.

Shao Xi saw that Lao Wu stopped talking, turned around and walked towards the gate of the palace, and Lao Wu pulled the black ball and hurriedly followed behind.

Coming to the gate of the palace, Shao Xi saluted the person who looked like the head of the palace guards, and the man was also stunned when he saw Shao Xi coming over.

"Who are you? This is a forbidden place in the palace, and it is not allowed to be approached without permission. ”

Shao Xi hurriedly and politely explained: "Don't get me wrong, I saw that the notice board was offering a reward for someone to advise His Majesty and win the horse race.

"There is a way to help His Majesty, so I came to ask to see His Majesty, and Lao helped to report it."

The leader of the guards looked Shao Xi and the others up and down, and saw that they were all dressed in the Central Plains, so he couldn't help but ask, "Are you not from Loulan?" ”

Shao Xi hurriedly clenched his fists and replied: "Several of us are from the original school, and we happened to catch up with this horse race and came over to see the excitement, and I just thought of a way, so I wanted to enter the palace to try." ”

The leader of the guards looked at Shao Xi again, and said in a somewhat contemptuous tone, "Try it? Do you know that if you fail to help His Majesty win the race, you will be punished?

"His Majesty has always rewarded and punished those who have merit, and those who have made mistakes will be punished, if you just want to try your luck, I advise you to leave quickly! The royal bounty is not something you just play around. ”

Shao Xi secretly stuffed a piece of gold leaf into the hand of the leader of the guards, and said with a smile: "Where do we dare to joke about this kind of thing? I really came here to share the worries of His Majesty the King.

"If my Majesty can't help me win Marseille, I'm willing to be punished, so please help me report it!"

The leader of the guards looked down and secretly glanced at the golden leaf that Shao Xi had stuffed into his hand, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Okay! You wait here, and I'll go in and tell you in, but I can't guarantee that His Majesty will see you, and if not, I'll blame me. ”

"That's nature, it's hard work!"

As he spoke, Shao Xi politely saluted the other party again.

People say that they would rather offend a gentleman than a villain, especially this kind of person who seems to have little power, but is the best at making things difficult for others.

You can't take such a person too seriously, and you can buy it by giving a little favor to it.

The head of the guards went in to report, and at this time, the crowd in front of the palace looked at Shao Xi and the others.

They all saw that Shao Xi was planning to enter the palace, and it seemed that he wanted to accept the reward, and these people couldn't help but start talking.

Although there are a lot of people gathered here, most of them come to see the excitement, and this kind of royal reward is not accepted casually, and no one dares to accept it easily.

Because once you don't do it well, not only will you not earn the reward, but you will also be punished.

The people of Loulan also know that the king of Loulan is a moody, greedy and cheap person, if it is to his liking and make him happy, he will naturally reward him lavishly, but if he accidentally offends him, then he will have to ask for more blessings.

A few people dressed in the Central Plains dared to come to join in this excitement, which itself has become a lively, and these melon-eating people still wish that the bigger the melon in front of them, the better!

Just a moment later, the head of the guard returned to the palace gate and beckoned Shao Xi and the others to enter the palace with him, and it seemed that the king of Loulan had decided to summon Shao Xi and the others.

In order to win a horse race, he made such a big move, and in Shao Xi's opinion, this king is not a wise king.

The best way to deal with such a person is to boast more and pat more sycophants, and if you can help him win this horse race this time, you can take the opportunity to curry favor with him and propose to him to raise horses in the country of Saori.

At that time, the plan for the Central Plains to purchase war horses officially began.