"We still know too little about that city."

The Imperial Master said slowly: "Right now, I know that there is only one blood shadow, a Chen family, a traitor from the White Horse Academy, and a traitor from the Hu family. Other than that..."

The old Taoist priest frowned: "The Chen family's martial arts have improved, and the demon Xueying seems to have improved compared to before he disappeared. Did they learn all this by themselves, or did they benefit from Chang'an?"

The Crown Prince Li Hong nodded: "What the senior said is true, but I have been thinking hard and still can't think of an effective way to find out the details of Chang'an."

In the previous battle, in addition to the Eastern Tang Dynasty royal family itself, there were also eight elites from Baima Academy, He family, Zheng family, Hu family, Jingyue Tower, Baihongfeng, Songyang Academy, and Qingfu Palace.

There are nine masters in the seventh realm alone.

We also need to add the Purple Sun Old Demon from the eighth realm.

However, with such a huge lineup, all of them failed, which shows that Chang'an City must not be underestimated, and there may be cultivators from the Ninth Realm taking charge.

It was like a bottomless pit, and any foreign enemy who entered it could never come out again.

Li Hong glanced at the old Taoist priest in front of him.

Gyeongbok Palace’s vitality was really badly damaged.

The three great masters in the palace, except for the palace master himself who was the Imperial Master of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, Taoist Xuan Feng and Jing Dao were all trapped in Chang'an City, their lives and deaths uncertain.

"If you break in openly and forcefully, or hide your whereabouts and sneak in, Chang'an City is very well-defended."

The Imperial Master pondered and said: "However, I heard that Chang'an has set up a market to attract people from the outside world. This may be an opportunity."

The crown prince Li Hong thought for a while: "The method mentioned by the senior is worth a try. The junior will arrange someone for it."

On the other side, the Prime Minister of the Eastern Tang Dynasty said: "You can also send people to Chang'an to appease him. Although it is most likely not possible, it can calm the other party's heart. I will wait for the king to return to the court."

The Crown Prince Li Hong nodded: "Two-pronged approach, let's implement it together."

The Eastern Tang Dynasty mobilized troops and generals to suppress and pacify the unrest caused by the Lingxiao Sect and other forces, while at the same time using a gentle method to secretly spy on the movements of Chang'an City.

On the surface, a minister of the Ministry of Rites served as an envoy and went to Chang'an to seek an audience with the intention of conciliating peace talks.

Inside and outside Longbei County, it is rare to see official forces from the Eastern Tang Dynasty stationed there.

Qinzhou Prefecture and Tongzhou Prefecture have completely become Chang'an's peripheral forces.

As an envoy, the other party came to seek peace talks on behalf of the entire Eastern Tang Dynasty. The Hanshan sect and Pili sect members of Qinzhou Prefecture and Tongzhou Prefecture did not dare to be expert and quickly sent people to Chang'an to report.

In the Daming Palace, Zhang Dongyun raised his eyebrows and projected Mr. Wuyun's order to allow the other party to enter Chang'an.

Jiang Feng, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, with a calm expression, followed the carriage towards the Longling Mountains.

He kept in mind the tasks entrusted to him by the Crown Prince and the Prime Minister:

"In the name of conciliation and peace talks, it would be best if we can find out the reality of Chang'an in order to make the other party be careless."

Jiang Feng reached out to lift the curtains on the car and looked out, silently calculating.

The road into the mountain has been well repaired. In the barren mountains and ridges, a road paved with bluestones has been forcibly opened, with a width of ten meters.

Many of the barren mountains that were once completely covered by virgin forests were extremely steep, making it extremely difficult to open roads.

It's okay to be simple and crude, but the road built in Chang'an uses huge intact stones. Let alone paving the road, transporting them up the mountain is a problem in the first place.

How many civilians will be recruited?

How many more people are going to die?

A bloody road paved with bones!

I just heard from those Hanshan Sect disciples in Qinzhou Prefecture that there are still several such roads under construction.

Jiang Feng looked serious.

The mountain road continued upward, and after driving for a while, a city wall loomed in the mountains ahead.

Is this Chang'an City?

While Jiang Feng was thinking about it, he was shocked to find that the city wall seemed to be dozens of miles long.

How to build such a big city deep in the mountains?

It looks bigger than Luyang City, the capital of the Eastern Tang Dynasty.

The city wall is six feet high, with neat masonry and stone. It looks even more orderly and thoughtful than the stone pavement underfoot.

Jiang Feng calmed down and followed the convoy to one of the city gates, underwent inspection, and then entered the city.

After entering the city, as far as the eye can see, there are still many mountains and forests.

Why build such a big city?

Jiang Feng frowned again and looked around carefully.

Then I found that the road in front of me was straight, and I wanted to go through it between the two mountains.

…Wait a minute, it’s better to say it’s two mountains than one mountain, split in half from the middle, leaving a gap for the highway to pass through.

Could it be that someone forcibly split the mountain to open a road, just to create such a straight road... Jiang Feng's expression became serious.

"parking."

Jiang Feng ordered, then got out of the car and looked into the distance.

The mountains in the distance do have a similar unnatural sight of twin peaks standing side by side.

The city wall just now has more than one gate.

If each city gate represents a road leading to the city, and each road is built like this through the mountains...

Jiang Feng let out a long breath.

The master of Chang'an City is not only powerful, but also willful...

"Get on the road." Jiang Feng got back into the car and looked outside through the window.

The convoy continued to move forward, sometimes seeing farmland and villages-like houses along the way.

The further in you go, the more similar places there are.

"What kind of city is this?"

Not only Jiang Feng, but also all members of the Eastern Tang Dynasty mission were very curious.

However, some people also feel contempt.

Although I don't understand how to build a city in the mountains, this city is still a mountainous place, without the prosperity of a city at all.

But what kind of country bumpkin he is, suffering from vanity, right?

The result is nothing but a laughingstock.

Just as they were thinking this, they suddenly noticed that another city wall appeared in the distance.

"A city within a city? An outer city and an inner city?" Jiang Feng was surprised.

He estimated that from the first city wall to here,

It's about ten miles away.

The inner city wall is as high as the outer city, both about six feet.

Approaching the second city wall, everyone will undergo a round of inspections.

Entering this city again, the smoke and smoke of the human world suddenly became thicker, and people came and went.

At the same time, there are few rugged mountains in the city, which seem to have been artificially leveled.

It's like a valley in the mountains, or even a small plain suddenly appearing in the mountains.

"Who has been to Longling before?" Jiang Feng asked in a low voice.

Someone accompanying him replied: "Sir, I was here more than ten years ago."

"Is there such a valley in Longling?"

"My lord, that's absolutely not the case. This place used to be the most dangerous and steep cliff. I don't even know what's going on here."

Jiang Feng nodded silently.

He suddenly felt that the sunlight was a little too dazzling.

When I looked up, I saw that there seemed to be a second sun shining brightly in the sky.

Jiang Feng was greatly surprised. Looking carefully, there seemed to be a palace in the brilliance.

What is there?

Everyone in the Eastern Tang Dynasty delegation was surprised.

"Write it down." Jiang Feng calmed down and ordered the people accompanying him.

He looked around again and found that most of the people were flowing towards the west of the city.

"I heard that Chang'anfang City is divided into east and west parts. In front of the west market, the secular people must be over there, and the east market faces the practitioners..."

He subconsciously looked eastward.

This left minister of the Ministry of Rites of the Eastern Tang Dynasty was born in Songyang Academy. He was also a practitioner of the fifth level of Confucianism and was very promising at a young age.
To be continued...