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Defeated the sneak attack of the Tocharian Army of the Great Food Army and wiped out 644 enemies. Not even a single soldier was injured in the army of Bukhan. The whole city was filled with joy. The soldiers and civilians of Bukhan even defeated General Li of the Tang Dynasty. Called the messenger sent by Bahram.

Bahram is the god of war in Zoroastrianism, also known as Veresragna.

King Murdo held a banquet in the palace to celebrate Li Ye and his twenty men.

In the center of the hall, the king and queen sat in the middle, Li Ye sat under the king, and Prince Alole sat under Li Ye. Below were the generals and officials of Bukhan's army, and opposite Li Ye's two Ten men.

Large chunks of roasted and fragrant meat were brought to the table, and the table was filled with various fruits. Hundreds of maids stood behind each guest holding wine bottles, refilling his glasses in time.

Murdo laughed and said: "I have experienced more than 20 wars, large and small, and last night was the most enjoyable one. I killed Hu Te, the commander of the Eastern Army, and killed more than 600 enemy soldiers. Our soldiers No one was even injured. This is the result of the strategy!

We had no idea that there would be enemy forces in the city, we would not use the general's tactics, let alone invite you to the urn, General Li, am I right? It is called "Please enter the urn". I learned it in Taixue when I was young. "

Li Ye smiled slightly and said: "His Majesty the King is absolutely right, he asked you to enter the urn."

Murdo raised his glass and said: "Come! Let's celebrate General Li. General Li was recommended to me by Master Padmasambhava. Let's toast Master at the same time."

Everyone stood up one after another, raised their wine bowls and shouted: "To General Li, to Master!"

After everyone drank the wine, King Murdo invited everyone to sit down, clapped their hands, music sounded, and a group of young and beautiful Bhanna dancers rushed in from outside, singing and dancing in the hall.

King Murdo pondered for a moment and asked Li Ye in a low voice: "The Stone Kingdom will attack after the spring begins. How should General Li think we prepare for the war?"

Li Ye said calmly: "I was able to use tactics last night, but if the Shi Kingdom comes to attack, it will have to be head-on. The biggest problem with Khan is that the city wall is too low. If you want to compete with the Shi Kingdom, you must raise the height of the city wall to at least To two feet, otherwise there is no need for large siege weapons, and you can just climb up using a ladder, just like last night."

King Murdo frowned and was a little embarrassed. Where to find materials for building a city in the snow and ice?

Prince Alole next to him said: "Father, General Li also told me about this. I am considering demolishing many houses and buildings in the city. There are two old temples that are no longer in use, but the stone materials are very good. They have been removed and there are still many buildings." People have piles of building stones in their yards, which can also be used.”

The queen also added: "The old temple has long been said to be demolished and rebuilt, so it is a good time to make use of it."

The queen must have been a beauty when she was young, but her current figure is really unflattering, too fat, but her advice is good.

King Murdo nodded and said to the prince: "Discuss it with Suna. He has experience. Once it is determined, the entire city's soldiers and civilians must be mobilized to participate in building the city, otherwise it will be too late."

Li Ye still admired the father and son. They were both clear-headed. The old one was not stubborn and the young one was not conceited. With the support of the father and son, he believed that he could withstand the attack of the Shiguo people.

Li Ye thought for a while and then smiled and said: "I want to take a look at Ba Khan's warehouse later to see what supplies can be used!"

"Okay, let Arole go with the general later."

King Murdo remembered something and ordered the prince: "First take General Li and his men to the treasury. They can choose any treasure as a gift, and the country of Ba Khan will thank them for it!"

How do you say King Murdo knows how to behave! It was not an obligation for Li Ye to lead his men to work for him, but for the sake of Ba Khan's pro-Tang Dynasty, but you can't be insincere and just send others away with three melons and two dates, open the treasure house and let others choose a treasure. This is a sign of sincerity, and others will sincerely do things for you.

After the banquet, Li Ye and twenty of his men followed Prince Arolie to the warehouse. The warehouse is located on the left side of the palace. It is also a large white stone building. In the middle is the treasure house, and on both sides are the material warehouses. The kingdom also has several official general warehouses in the city, such as sheepskin and wool warehouses, cheese and wine warehouses, meat warehouses, wheat grain warehouses, etc.

There were soldiers guarding the treasure house. Arole opened the iron gate and everyone walked in. They saw a golden light in front of them, basically all kinds of gold utensils and jewelry. This was also the target of the Tocharian Legion last night.

The prince smiled and said: "Personally, I think it is more cost-effective to get a gold Buddha statue or a vessel, as it is of sufficient weight."

Li Ye glanced at it and found that the craftsmanship was ordinary and had no craftsmanship value. He also recognized the prince's suggestion and nodded to the soldiers. The soldiers were overjoyed and each stepped forward to choose a Buddha statue weighing five or six kilograms.

The soldiers went out first, and the prince took Li Ye to a small room. This is the inner treasury, the king's treasure house. The room is filled with all kinds of precious treasures. Aluole said to Li Ye: "Here are the royal treasures, ours." It has been collected by the family for more than ten generations, and my father said that the general can take ten of them at will."

Actually giving ten pieces, Li Ye smiled and said: "This is a bit embarrassing!"

Arolie smiled slightly and said: "If the general is not willing to take the treasure here, I have a sister who also owns the treasure of Khanna."

Li Ye immediately interrupted him, "Then I'm being disrespectful. I'll just take ten of them here!"

He doesn't want to marry a woman from Bakhna, even if she is as beautiful as a fairy. You can tell by looking at the queen. She must have been a rare beauty when she was young, but now she must be forty years old at most! How fat are they all? All the middle-aged women here are fat. It is probably a matter of race.

After walking around, Li Ye couldn't find anything that interested him. The treasures in the West were either gold or gems. He also had hundreds of gems in good condition in his hand!

In addition to the gems of the party horse bandits, there is also the personal treasure of Chief Xue.

He still has thirty thousand taels of gold in his secret room in Chang'an. He is not very fond of gold and gems.

At this time, he saw a black iron cabinet in the innermost part, and he suddenly had a strange feeling, a very familiar feeling.

"What's in this cabinet?" Li Ye knocked on the iron cabinet.

Prince Arolie took out the key and opened the dark iron cabinet. There was only a gold box inside. He took out the gold box and handed it to Li Ye, "It seems that it is fate for General Li. This is left by my ancestors. Inside the box is Ten gems, all treasures, given to the general.”

There is an emerald set on the gold box. This emerald alone is much better than the one given to grandma, not to mention the ten gems in the box, which must be peerless treasures.

Li Ye wanted to open the box and take a look, but found that the edge of the lid was sealed with gold juice and could not be opened at all. He could only cut it with a sharp dagger.

"This was sealed by my grandfather. Even my father and I have never seen the gems inside."

Li Ye quickly shook his head, "This is your family heirloom, I can't have it!"

"If it hadn't been for the general last night, these gems would have been snatched away by the cannibal, and our family's lives would not have been saved. General, please accept them. This is actually what my father meant. The ten treasures my father said refer to these ten treasures." A gem.”

What a coincidence, I am interested in this iron cabinet, and the thing they want to give me happens to be in the iron cabinet. Is it really my fate?

Li Ye stopped being polite, accepted the treasure box, and smiled: "Let's go check out the other two warehouses!"

Prince Arolie seemed to be a little worried. He took Li Ye out of the inner treasury and walked to the door of the treasure house. Prince Arolie could no longer bear it and said: "General Li, I have something to say clearly. I can't hide it from you, otherwise my conscience will be troubled." install!"

"What?" Li Ye looked at him puzzled.

"The Tocharian army attacked us last night just to steal the ten gems in your hand."

"This gem"

Li Ye took out the gold box and asked puzzledly: "Why?"

"These ten gems were originally the gems on the crown of the Great Eating Caliphate. Due to the war, the crown was stolen and fell into the hands of my ancestors more than a hundred years ago. The crown has been melted and only these ten gems remain. They are also called Caliph Stones. , was originally a secret of my family, but thirty years ago my grandfather accidentally leaked this secret to Shi Kun’s father, the old king of Shi Country.”

"Then what?"

"Six months ago, Abbas, the new caliph of the Great Era, sent someone to ask for these ten gems. The envoy's attitude was very tyrannical and arrogant, which angered my father. My father firmly refused to admit that the gems were here. The envoy said, since he refused Yes, let the Tocharian army come and take it, and take the heads of our whole family together."

"Then what?" Li Ye asked calmly.

Prince Arolie hesitated for a moment and said: "Then, my father told me last night that he asked you to take these ten gems back to the Tang Dynasty. You are the envoy of the Tang Dynasty Emperor. Maybe you will offer them to the Tang Dynasty Emperor."

"So this isn't for me?" Li Ye laughed.

"No! No! This is what Master Padmasambhava means. The powerful kingly aura of the Caliphate Stone is not something that a small country like Bukhanna can bear. The master said that General Li came to save Bukhanna. The Caliphate Stone should belong to Li General, this is the arrangement of Buddha.

Father hopes that you will take them back to the Tang Dynasty. Whether or not they are dedicated to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is your business. What I mean is that you can still choose to give it up now. "

"give up?"

Li Ye looked at the gold box and smiled: "It seems that my trip to Bahan was not in vain!"

He put the gold box into his arms again. This was his own destiny. How could he give up if it arises and perishes?

In fact, Li Ye didn't react at the time. He felt that the iron cabinet was very familiar. It wasn't telepathy or anything like that, but the shape of the iron cabinet was very similar to the safes of later generations. Of course, it felt familiar.

This chapter is inspired by the old movie "One Thousand and One Nights". A child gets a fruit, and the core inside is a gem. The movie he watched when he was a child left a deep impression on him.

At the same time, it also echoes the flame gem in Lao Gao's old book "The World" ten years ago.