Xiao Ming was called a monster for the first time, and he laughed angrily, but the clue of the Duobao Temple exposed by the person in front of him was very important, and the reason was very simple, that was Pang Wanchun!

Xiao Ming almost forgot him, this person is the master of the Ming Sect's Duobao Guanguan, after the Ming Sect's uprising was suppressed, Pang Wanchun took refuge in the Liao State National Teacher Bana Tie Ji, and clashed with Xiao Ming and An Daoquan on the treasure of King Liang Xiao, and was defeated by Xiao Ming after being hidden for a while.

Until Bana Tiezhu was killed and the Great Liao Kingdom was destroyed, Pang Wanchun and his Duobaoguan never appeared, and now Shazhou in the northwest suddenly appeared, which really made Xiao Ming curious and vigilant.

Xiao Ming ordered the captives to be taken down for strict interrogation, and Pang Wanchun's whereabouts must be revealed, and then he pulled Alima back to Jiedu Mansion, he felt that Alima seemed to have a lot to say, maybe there were too many miscellaneous people around him to speak, so he wanted to talk to Alima alone.

Several of the remaining 20 or so mercenaries were still seriously injured, Xiao Ming asked the military doctor to treat them quickly, and the others followed him back to Jiedu Mansion, Xiao Ming's employment relationship with them had not actually been dissolved, but only granted leave to them, so that they could go home, but among the mercenaries, in addition to some Uighurs, there were many Huns, Tatars, Arabs, and even Persians!

Alimah, as their commander, is a fearful man herself! Although these people are of different races, they are all veterans of battle, and the war skills honed in the various wars they participated in are all outlaws, but since they were organized by Alima, they are very honest, and they have also experienced vicious battles when accepting mercenary assignments, from more than 1,000 people at the beginning to the last 200 or so!

Speaking of conscience, since this mercenary team came with Xiao Ming, they really haven't fought any decent battles, most of the time they follow him, and they eat and drink spicy food, not only the commission is high but also not dangerous, which makes many people envious, and also makes these mercenaries grateful to Xiao Ming.

At the banquet that Xiao Ming put on them, everyone finally couldn't help it, Ashlijiang stood up and said to Alima: "General, King Xiao is like a reinvention to us, I think we can't do anything without his help, it's better to count him as a share, right?" ”

Alima said: "It's not that I am hiding my secrets from King Xiao, after all, this matter is Alia's business, so I have to ask for her consent!" ”

Xiao Ming was very interested in what they said, although he was the employer of these people, but he wanted everyone to be like a friend all the time, but now Alima seemed to have something to hide from him, which made him very uncomfortable, but after all, it was someone's private matter, but his curiosity was really outlined, he still couldn't help but ask Alima, what is it that is so difficult to speak?

After thinking about it for a while, Alima told Xiao Ming what happened, it turned out that Alia's brother was called Aire, who was Alima's best friend and comrade-in-arms, he used to be an errand boy in the royal guard of the Uighur king, and one year when he went home to visit relatives, he encountered bandits robbing the village, he killed several bandits, rescued his sister Arya, so he took his sister and wanted to return to Gaochang City, but the two got lost in the desert!

It is very dangerous to get lost in the desert and the sea, if it weren't for the black sandstorm once every five years, Ai Ge would not have gotten lost, but this time the lost made the brother and sister discover the golden city of Khotan, which had been submerged by the sand sea! However, Aige did not get out of the desert in the end, but the warrior of the Western Regions gritted his teeth at the last moment and drew a map of the Golden City, handed it to his sister, and finally drowned in the desert......

Ashlijiang said to Xiao Ming: "Does the king remember the love song I sang? ”

Xiao Ming said: "I remember, you once told me the lyrics of the snow lotus of the sacred mountain!" has lost its color,

Why, my beloved girl.

The grapes on the vines have turned into wine pulp,

Why! My beloved girl.

For your love to come, I offer you a delicious lamb with my own hands.

The scorching sun baked my hands, and the wind swept up the yellow sand and blinded my eyes.

I look forward to your arrival, my beloved girl.

In order for your love to come, I go alone to find the legendary Golden City.

The snow and ice moistened my lips, and the flood washed away the mud and covered my feet.

I look forward to your arrival, my beloved girl.

Thy heart glitters like gold,

I'm going to take you to the legendary Golden City......"

"The king is really a good memory, yes, the lyrics are about the golden city, and it is this golden city that Arya and her brother have discovered!" Ashleyjan said excitedly.

Xiao Ming immediately became interested, the reason why he always remembered the song of Ashley Jiang was because of the Golden City mentioned in it, and he hurriedly asked Alima, "Is it true?" Alima nodded, and he said to Ashleyjiang: "You tell King Xiao the details."

Ashlijiang nodded, and said to Xiao Ming: "It is true that the royal city of Khotan was destroyed in the war, but the legendary golden city is not the royal city of Khotan at all, he is actually the last king of Khotan when he was escaping the war, it should be said that it is the new royal city of Khotan, in fact, these are all legends, in fact, it was the palace established by the last king of Khotan, but this palace was flooded by yellow sand!" ”

Xiao Ming said: "You mean that the last king of Khotan transported all the treasures and gold to the palace, but this palace was buried in yellow sand, right?" ”

Ashlijiang nodded and said: "Although it is the palace of the king of Khotan, but in fact he is a city, the king has heard of it: the Yue Clan?" ”

Xiao Ming nodded and said, "I know, the Yue Clan Kingdom that existed during the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains!" But what does this have to do with the palace of the king of Khotan? ”

"It matters, because that city is Yueshi City!" Ashley Jiang said.

"How is this possible?" Xiao Ming shook his head in disbelief, there is a difference of five or six hundred years before and after! How could it be that the Yueshi in the Western Han Dynasty would exist for so long!

Alima said: "He is right, in fact, the Yue clan was divided into the big and small Yue clan kingdoms after the Han Dynasty, and the big Yue clan has been migrating westward, and the remaining Xiao Yue clan has existed until two hundred years ago, until it was destroyed by Khotan!" And the king of Khotan took all the wealth of the Yue country as his own, and built a palace on the royal city of the Yue country, that is to say, the golden city is actually the wealth of the Yue country plus the wealth of Khotan! But the main thing is the wealth of the Yueshi! ”

Xiao Ming nodded and understood, but he asked again, "But what does this have to do with you being hunted down?" ”

Alima said: "The group that pursued us, I don't know where they learned this secret, after Arya escaped from the desert, she was rescued by a group of Han caravans of merchants, and finally ended up in Bianliang, Tokyo, where she became a singer and dancer, until she was rescued by us last time!" He told me the secret, and Arya wanted me to take her to retrieve the treasure, and I refused at first...... Later......"

Xiao Ming asked, "What happened?" ”

"Later, Arya said that the reason why she wanted to go back there was to find his brother's bones and bring them out, and she really couldn't get in alone, if she had to hire someone, first, she didn't have any money, and second, she didn't believe that there would be anyone who wasn't interested in the treasure somewhere, and she would be in danger at that time, so she begged me, and I agreed, which is why I asked you for leave several times!"

Seeing that Xiao Ming was silent, Alima knelt down and said, "Please also forgive the king for concealing me, this matter is ...... because it involves Arya and his brother So I ......"

Xiao Ming hurriedly helped him up and said: "You and I are too different, we are only an employment relationship, not a subordinate relationship, some secrets should not be shared with me, I respect you as a friend, if you want to say something weird, I will blame you for not treating me as a friend!" ”

Alima was ashamed and didn't know what to say, Xiao Ming asked, "You haven't said how those people will know your secret?" ”

Alima said: "I don't know why the news was revealed, but I believe that the information of this group is not accurate, when we divided into two teams in Guazhou, they didn't seem to send many people to follow that team, but lined up to besiege our team, causing us to lose more than half of our brothers!" ”

"It seems that Arya, who has the key information, is not with you, and they are safe at the moment?"

Alima nodded: "It should be like this!" ”

"Where did you agree to meet?"

"Forty miles ahead of the hay shop converges!"

Xiao Ming thought for a moment and asked Alima and the others, "What are you going to do next?" ”

Alima bowed and said, "Please help us, the king!" I'm worried about Arya and them right now, and if they send someone to deal with Arya and them at the same time, it wouldn't be very dangerous! ”

Xiao Ming said: "In this way, you take my guards to ride to the hay shop now to pick up Arya and them as quickly as possible, and then we will discuss what to do when the time comes!" ”

"That's great!" Alima Road. So Alima took Xiao Ming's more than 100 tiger guards, among which Xiao Ming also sent Guo Shouxin to him, and rode quickly to the hay shop forty miles away!

At noon the next day, Alima and the others came back, and more than a hundred mercenaries from the hay shop and Arya were also brought back at the same time, Duobaoguan really didn't send many people to keep an eye on the team, only a few of them were stalked, and Guo Shouxin directly shot them with guns, so the team of mercenaries was almost unharmed, and Arya was also very safe.

Alima led Arya to see Xiao Ming, at this time, Yang Qizhong integrated Xiao Ming to discuss the matter of sending troops, and when he saw Alima coming in, he nodded his head, Yang Qizhong and Alima are also old acquaintances! But he saw that Xiao Ming and Alima were mysterious, so he said goodbye and went out, and at this time, there were only three people left in the room: Xiao Ming, Alima and Aliya.

Alima said: "My lord, Arya said that the wealth of the Golden City has no meaning to her, she just wants to retrieve her brother's bones, and then bring them back to her hometown for burial!" So she wants you to help her! ”

Xiao Ming said: "Actually, Arya doesn't need to beg me, I will also help, but what I want to know is, what do you two plan to do in the future?" ”

Alima said: "I want to accompany her and take care of her"

"But what about those brothers below you?" Xiao Ming asked.

"The best they are willing to stay, if not, they have made a lot of money over the years, at least they can return home, so I also want to ask you to terminate the contract between us!"

Xiao Ming said helplessly: "Okay, I can't force everyone to have their own ambitions, I will send you another commission, I originally wanted to carve a piece of grassland pasture for you, but now that the western expedition is not completed, it is too early to say this, I will give Shazhou to you, I hope you will let the people of all ethnic groups live and work in peace and contentment!" When I find Arya's brother, I'll send someone to escort you back."

Alima was not a hypocritical person, and fell down on one knee and said, "So I thank the king!" ”

Xiao Ming waved his hand and said, "Where is the map?" ”

Arya Yingying walked over and stood in front of Xiao Ming, then she was turned around, gently took off the light gauze she was wearing, exposed her white and smooth jade back, and then signaled to Alima, so a scene that shocked Xiao Ming appeared......