"My dear, we were wrong. We... bang..."

A man in black was apology-making to Murong Xiao, but before he could finish his words, he was slapped by his boss. The man in black looked at his boss aggrievedly, wondering why he had hit him.

"What young lady? Do you know how to call people? Call her sister-in-law, call her elder sister-in-law!" The leader of the men in black yelled at his stupid subordinates.

"Sister-in-law? But you are the eldest brother, so why not call me sister-in-law..."

The subordinate was covered in the mouth by his boss before he could finish his words.

"If you don't want to die and want to make a name for yourself, then stop talking!"

After saying that, he showed Murong Xiao two rows of teeth that were not too white, but still clean, and smiled shyly. He said, "Madam, these brothers of mine are all rough people and can't speak well. I hope you can be magnanimous and not make a fuss with us.

Madam, please let us stay. We 19 brothers were originally bandits, but the bandit business is not doing well now, so we heard that there is treasure in the desert, so we took them out to explore.

"Before, I was blind and didn't recognize the great man. I offended Madam and my elder brother, and also harmed my other brothers. Madam, please consider that this is our first offense and allow us to atone for our sins!"

Murong Xiao glanced at the six men kneeling on the ground. They were indeed full of banditry, but they were also quite open-minded. So he said, "We can keep you here, but we're only doing hard labor for you. And don't think we'll take you to find that underground palace. We're here to find herbs, not treasure."

"Yes, yes, yes! We'll do the hard labor. Being able to do hard labor under Big Brother and Madam is much more promising than searching for the underground palace. Wherever Big Brother and Madam go, we'll go! All we ask is that Big Brother and Madam give us a meal and a future."

"Future?" Murong smiled and raised his eyebrows, holding a little expectation for the bandit's future.

"You earn your future, not someone else's. Those without ability will never have a future."

The leader of the men in black was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Anyway, the six of us will follow Madam and Big Brother. Please, Madam and Big Brother, take us in!"

Because of the timely confession and extreme righteousness of the men in black, Murong Xiao not only did not kill them to silence them, but actually kept them.

Since only six people were left out of the nineteen, according to their previous ranking order, these six people were: Hong Da, Zhang Er, Li San, Yang Si, Lai Wu, and Wang Liu, collectively known as the eldest, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth.

Since a thousand desert mercenaries died here, in order to prevent anyone from seeking revenge, everyone had to bury these thousand people with yellow sand.

After Hong Da and his companions took the opportunity to bury their dead companions in the yellow sand, the caravan had to pack up its tents and set off again at night.

"Commander Qing, we've killed so many desert mercenaries, and we don't know who they are. What if the forces behind them come looking for revenge? What should we do?"

The rich businessman's biggest worry was causing trouble in the desert and provoking someone he shouldn't mess with. Even if their team had strong people, a strong dragon couldn't defeat a local snake. No matter how strong a person was, he couldn't fight against a powerful force.

"When we were fighting just now,