After about three days of rest, when Norco and the others arrived from the steel battleship, they successfully took over the mine from Lucius.

Lecius left Christine and Ying behind, and took the others to pass through the means of Guò Liu Angzhuo, and together with Li Chengxian and others, directly crossed the countries west of Dunxu City and entered the territory of Qiuzi Kingdom.

After Lucius and the others left, Christine specifically approached her brother Norco, as if she wanted to know what had happened.

Although Norco went through the ordeal, he became more mature, and said to Christine very calmly: "I did make a big mistake at the beginning, so Lecius sent me to the machine shop, and I stayed there all this time, doing the most basic machining every day. ”

Knowing the truth, Christine continued to ask, "But brother, why haven't you contacted me, and why hasn't Lucius told me this?"

Obviously, seeing Noko's thin body and the calluses on the palms of his hands, Christine still complained a little about Lucius in her heart.

But Norco said very indifferently: "Hehe, it's nothing, it's really nothing, in fact, I haven't been treated unfairly, I just went to experience the life that Lucius experienced at the beginning, and after experiencing the grinding, I realized how ridiculous my original ambition was." ”

Seeing Noko's calm attitude and his calmness towards the past, Christine could feel Noko's transformation.

Noko looked up and said to Christine with a smile on his face, "Okay, don't think about that, we still have a long way to go, don't forget, we still have to prove ourselves to the family, so we have to work harder." ”

Christine finally let go of her blame for Lucius as well, because she saw her more mature brother, and she was a little grateful to Lucius in her heart.

At this time. Lu Xiusi, who had already entered the territory of Qiuzi Country, looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but sigh: "Hehe, it seems that Liu Angzhuo has not broken his promise. ”

Seeing Lucius's calm appearance, Caroline couldn't help but say, "You still have the heart to be so leisurely? If you release Noko, aren't you worried that Christine will be angry?

Seeing Caroline's puffed appearance, Lucius immediately smiled and said, "Hahaha, you dare to imagine too much, don't worry." Norco and Christine are not going to betray us. ”

Caroline pursed her lips and said disapprehantly: "Hmph, even if you still believe them, don't you remember what Noko did to you and us when you were in Fuso before?"

At this time, Du Liniang came over and saw that Caroline still had prejudices against Noko, and reassured: "Okay, Caroline." I know you have a prejudice against Norco, but after so many things, I believe that Noko has also realized his own problem, and he should understand what he should do. ”

I heard that Du Liniang opened her mouth to speak for Nuoke. Caroline couldn't continue to entangle, so she could only say with a smiling face: "It's better to be careful anyway." ”

Fortunately, Lucius no longer dwelled on that question, but turned around and walked to Li Chengxian's side and asked Li Chengxian in a low voice, "Uncle Li." Do you know what this place is, how far is it from the capital of the Kingdom of Qiuzi, and what are we supposed to do next?"

Li Chengxian looked around, and with the fact that he had been walking in the Western Regions all year round, he naturally quickly recognized the location they were in. Looking at the West from afar, there was silence for a moment.

After carefully observing the path, he said to Lucius: "We should be in the territory of Qiuci Country now, but it is the border area of Qiuci Country, and it is a relatively sparsely populated place, and there is still some distance from the capital of Qiuci Country, but it is not far from the East Turtle City of Qiuci Country." ”

Hearing this, Lucius continued to ask, "What is the scale of this Eastern Turtle City, and what is the strength of the god in it? Can you tell me more about it?"

Hearing this, Li Chengxian turned his head to look at Lu Xius, and said with some surprise: "You, are you going to go to East Turtle City?" I think we should bypass East Turtle City and go directly to Turtle City. ”

"Oh?" asked Lucius, somewhat puzzled, "why is that?"

Li Chengxian sighed and said, "Eastern Turtle City is actually different from other cities in the Western Regions, it is not an open commercial city. ”

Du Liniang and the others also came over at this time, and when they heard Li Chengxian say this, Qi Li'er asked with some confusion: "Why is it different from other cities?

Without waiting for Li Chengxian to answer, Du Liniang had already spoken first: "It's a military fortress, it looks like East Turtle City should be the military city of Qiuzi Country, right?"

Li Chengxian nodded and said: "Yes, East Turtle City is actually a military fortress in the Turtle Country, and most of the troops in the Turtle City are trained in the East Turtle City, and then they will be assigned to other places in the territory of the Turtle City, so it can be said that the East Turtle City is actually very dangerous." ”

"When I was walking in the Western Regions, I once heard that someone had accidentally entered the East Turtle City, but was caught by the army of the Guizi Kingdom inside, not only confiscated all their money and materials, but also sent them to the city to work as coolies. ”

Du Liniang's expression became solemn when she heard this: "It seems that it is similar to the time of the Han Empire, and these countries in the Western Regions still have their own plans. ”

Lu Xius looked at Du Liniang with some puzzlement, and before he could speak, Du Liniang explained: "In fact, when the Han Dynasty was in the beginning, the countries of the Western Regions were like this, they would set aside a city as their military fortress, and hide a large number of troops there, so that on the surface they seemed to be very peaceful. ”

Lucius roughly understood, so he took over and said: "They use this method to hide people's eyes and ears, so that the powerful empires of Middle-earth will not discover their strength, and in turn to paralyze the empires of Middle-earth, as well as the enemy countries in the surrounding Western Regions?

Du Liniang and Li Chengxian nodded at the same time, and Li Chengxian followed up and said: "Now, among the countries of the Western Regions, there are many countries that do this, and their goal is the Tang Dynasty. ”

Hearing this, Lucius was a little puzzled: "Since this is the case, why didn't the Tang Empire send troops to suppress it? I think their strength is not enough to deal with the iron cavalry of the empire, right? If the iron cavalry of the empire goes out of the pass and attacks the Western Regions, I am afraid that all the countries in the Western Regions will have to submit." ”

Li Chengxian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "If it was before, I'm afraid that the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress would have sent troops to suppress it." But not now. ”

"Why?" Lucius and the others were a little puzzled.

Li Chengxian continued: "Because the Sand Sea Empire has recovered, in fact, the countries of the Western Regions originally belonged to the Sand Sea Empire, and most of their tribes have the blood of the Sand Sea Empire in their blood, so when the Sand Sea Empire recovers, they will be protected by the Sand Sea Empire." ”

Lucius was taken aback when he heard this: "You, what did you say? Are all the countries of the Western Regions descendants of the Sand Sea Empire? You, aren't you joking?"

Li Chengxian smiled bitterly and said, "I wish I was joking, but that's the case." The tribes of the Western Regions are all separated from the Sand Sea Empire, so they want to get the treasure of the Sand Sea Empire, and they want to use that treasure to make them grow stronger. ”

Lucius sighed helplessly: "From this point of view, your Datang is really in turmoil, and the domestic affairs have not been resolved, and now the Western Regions are starting to be restless again." ”

Li Chengxian said very solemnly when he heard this: "So His Royal Highness Lucius, I hope you can help us, I hope you can forgive Your Majesty and Niangniang for suppressing you before, and can help us regain that treasure." Thus dismantling and crushing the ambitions of the countries of the Western Regions. ”

Hearing this, the corners of Lucius's mouth rose slightly, revealing a hint of a smile and said, "Hehe, it's a little interesting, if I don't help you." Let the countries of the Western Regions obtain that treasure and rise, wouldn't that bring a lot of trouble to the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress? ”

Hearing Lucius say this, Li Chengxian was immediately shocked, and hurriedly said to Lucius: "His Highness Lucius." This kind of joke can't be made, and we Datang have no ill will towards you. ”

Lecius looked at Li Chengxian with a smile and said, "Isn't there any malice? Why do I think you are full of malice?"

"This ......" Li Chengxian wanted to explain a few words, but he didn't know how to explain it. After all, the Second Saint had indeed made a move against Lucius before.

And Lucius paid a lot of money to defend Songjiang City, and defeated the demon army, and disintegrated the conspiracy of the Immortal Domain and the Buddha Kingdom, but he was not rewarded by the two saints, but even the Songjiang City he defended was taken back by the two saints.

It can be said that what the two saints did was tantamount to revenge, and it was indeed a very desperate job, and Li Chengxian had no way to explain anything at this moment.

Seeing that Li Chengxian was silent, standing there and looking embarrassed, Lucius was not in a hurry to let him go, just stood there and watched him quietly.

Finally, Li Chengxian sighed, bowed down and said to Lu Xius: "Your Royal Highness Lu Xius, the previous incident is indeed that I am sorry for you, I hope you can be a big man, forgive us for this, I will write to the Holy Emperor and the Holy Queen, and let them give you a satisfactory answer." ”

At this time, seeing his grandfather's low voice, Li Xuanji suddenly stood up, knelt in front of Lucius and said, "Your Highness Lucius, I beg you not to blame grandpa, you can help me and grandpa and rescue my father and them, please." ”

Seeing that Li Xuanji had already knelt down for himself, Lucius felt a little caught off guard, and took two steps forward to help him up.

Then he smiled and said: "Hahaha, okay, okay, I'm not such a stingy person, not to mention that I don't have any covetousness for Songjiang City, okay, since I have promised you, then I naturally want to help you save people, and by the way, I will help you regain the treasure." ”

When Li Xuanji heard this, he hurriedly thanked Lucius, and originally wanted to kneel down and kowtow, but was stopped by Lucius.

At this moment, the mechanical scout who was in charge of advancing and probing returned, and reported to Lucius in a deep voice: "Your Highness, there is a group of cavalry approaching us ahead. ”

When Lucius heard this, he became excited: "Hehe, it seems that our good luck has come, but I didn't expect the other party to take the initiative to send it to the door." ”

After that, he said to the passing Belute: "You tell the mechanized corps to prepare for battle, remember that I want to live, first arrest that cavalry squad for me, I keep their names useful, but don't let the mechanized corps attack too heavily and kill them all for me." ”

Belletti agreed, and then went to order the mechanical corps to attack, and Lucius smiled and said to Li Chengxian and the others: "Okay, let's rest first and wait for news." ”

When Li Chengxian and the others stepped aside, Caroline stepped forward and whispered to Lucius: "Lucius, why do you believe them? I feel that this Li Chengxian is very suspicious, especially from his current appearance, I am afraid that he may not want the Tang Empire to let us go." ”

Mo Daisi next to her also agreed: "Yes, they clearly wanted to get the treasures of the Sand Sea Empire before, and the reason why they didn't get the help of the Tang Empire is probably because he wants to take that thing for himself, not to sacrifice it." ”

Listening to Caroline and Modès's words, Lucius smiled and whispered: "I know all this, Li Chengxian is an ambitious guy, he actually wants to obtain the treasure of the Sand Sea Empire, use the treasure to rule the entire Western Regions, and use the troops of the Western Regions countries to seize the throne of the Tang Empire." ”

Hearing this, Caroline, Moddie and Qi Lier were all taken aback, obviously not expecting Li Chengxian to hide so deeply, and the real purpose was to seek the throne.

Seeing their surprised looks, Lucius smiled and said, "What's so surprising about this? Everyone has ambitions, Li Chengxian, as a prince, had the same status as the Holy Emperor, how could he be willing to hide incognito in the Western Regions and pacify the countries of the Western Regions for the Holy Emperor?"

Caroline shook her head when she heard this, and sighed: "I really didn't expect that Li Chengxian still has such ambitions, and he actually wants to seize the throne." ”

Lucius glanced at Li Chengxian not far away, and seeing the honest face on the surface, Lucius continued: "Some people, on the surface, look loyal, but in fact they are traitors, Li Chengxian is that kind of person, his ambition is very big. ”

Qi Li'er asked a little puzzled at this time: "If this is the case, then why do we still want to help him? ”

Lucius said confidently, "What is this? I have already said it, I will make him understand that even if he gets that Sand Sea Empire treasure, he will not be able to make much waves." ”

After a pause, Lucius continued: "What's more, I need Li Chengxian to help me and help me create some trouble for the Tang Empire, so that those guys in the Tang Empire will not notice my movements, so that I can enter the sand sea more safely and explore the secrets of that ancient empire." (To be continued......)