Up and down the Eastern Tang Dynasty, everyone moved swiftly.
They immediately sent another imperial envoy to Longbei County, intending to negotiate peace with Chang'an and implement the method of appeasement.
In order to show their sincerity, they relaxed the blockade and control of the surrounding Longbei County area.
City Lord Zhang D welcomed this.
Then push further.
The timber business in Qinzhou Prefecture has expanded rapidly, not only supplying the local Longbei County, but also opening up sales in other counties and prefectures.
As for the imperial envoys of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, City Lord Zhang always had an open door and was hospitable.
But this time, the guest made him a little unhappy.
In order to show sincerity in the peace talks, or to paralyze the Chang'an side, the Eastern Tang Dynasty carefully selected among its own civil servants, and finally selected an official with a high rank and no Confucian cultivation as an imperial envoy and sent him to Longbei County.
Even in the accompanying team, there were only a few military attachés from the first and second realms to act as guards.
The Eastern Tang Dynasty worked very hard, but it was not in the eyes of Lord Zhang.
The system randomly generates guardian tasks, which require at least a third-level practitioner. After completing the task, you will be rewarded with 100 points of guardian experience.
No task will be generated until the third level.
Zhang Dongyun didn't even think about detaining him, he just asked his men to coax him out.
The Eastern Tang Dynasty did not react much to this.
Or should I say, they expected it.
When the people were first sent out, there was controversy within the Dongtang family.
The rank of the imperial envoy this time was not as high as that of the left minister of the Ministry of Rites last time.
The more envoys were sent, the lower their quality became. If Dong Tang was the party being interviewed, they would be furious.
So Prime Minister Lu Meng searched for a long time and finally sent another envoy.
This time the official rank is not too low, but the level of cultivation is only the second level of Confucianism.
Zhang Dongyun drove the people away again and directly named Lu Meng, the Prime Minister of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, to come in person.
The old boy is the dean of Songyang Academy, a great Confucian in the eighth realm, the realm of governing the country, and one of the few Confucian masters in the entire Eastern Tang Dynasty.
Here you go, seven hundred points of guardian experience!
City Master Zhang is very good at planning, and Dean Lu is not stupid either.
Lu Meng has not forgotten the matter of detaining his student last time.
He was also worried that he would be detained by Chang'an City if he went there.
What's more, he led a team to attack Tingshan Academy and forced Tingshan Mountain Chief Li Zhibin to death.
Li Zhibin's son, as well as Wan Li, the dean of Tingshan Academy, and others are all in Chang'an right now.
Lu Meng is not afraid of them, but who knows if the Chang'an masters will stand up for them?
It is a tradition for the two countries not to kill envoys during war, but Chang'an City has a criminal record...
Lu Xiangguo refused to go to Chang'an, so Lord Zhang naturally did not want to lose face.
After a lot of back and forth, the peace talks turned sour.
It was just a pain for Hu Yingjie who heard the news, Hu Ming and others eagerly looked forward to the people of the same clan coming to Chang'an.
The only thing that can comfort them is that Dongtang will not harm the lives of Hu Yinghua and others at the moment.
Now they can only serve Chang'an seriously, strive to make meritorious service in front of the city lord and Mr. Wu Yun, and ask them to be lenient and accommodating, in exchange for Hu Yinghua and others coming to Chang'an.
However, although the peace talks have failed, the relaxed blockade around Longbei County has not been withdrawn yet.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, not only Chang'an's timber business, but also personal business transactions in the east and west cities were also developed.
The current coverage of Invincible City spans the entire north and south of the Longling Mountains.
Under Zhang Dongyun's arrangement, the road through the Longling Mountains was quickly built.
As a result, the high mountains that separated the two places were opened, and the north and south of Longling could travel directly through Chang'an.
This immediately increased Chang'an's transportation status by several orders of magnitude, and the entire Chang'an business and trade made great progress as a result.
Even if the Eastern Tang Dynasty tried to blockade it again, countless people still took the risk and passed through Chang'an to travel between the north and south of Longling.
Seeing Chang'anfang City becoming more and more prosperous, as well as the Qinzhou Prefecture outside the mountain, Zhang Dongyun was also in a very happy mood.
However, after City Lord Zhang was happy for several days, something suddenly happened.
The current coverage of the system far exceeds the city wall.
Zhang Dongyun knows everything within the coverage of the system.
For example, Shen Herong left Chang'an City and wandered around.
She first walked around Qinzhou Mansion.
She only stayed in Fucheng for a few days, and spent most of her time traveling around towns and villages.
Everywhere he went, he taught and enlightened local children as Mr. He.
Shen Herong basically did not teach his children major principles or poems, but simple enlightenment literacy.
Like sowing seeds, she walked from place to place, not feeling bored at all, but actually enjoying it.
However, the further she walked, the wider the area she traveled, and she was about to exceed the coverage of Invincible City.
Beyond this range, Zhang Dongyun has no way of knowing what she does.
Although she wears the Blue Sky Eyes, the initiative lies with her. If she wants to hide it, the Blue Sky Eyes will naturally be a decoration.
Through previous conversations and interactions, Zhang Dongyun was convinced that the other party was not a traitor back then, and now he had no hostility toward his "big brother" and was even very close to him.
But he was also very sure that the other party had some little secrets of his own.
Convinced that Shen and Rong were friends rather than enemies, Zhang Dongyun had no intention of digging into each other's privacy.
But there is one exception.
Fairy fragments.
Regarding this, Zhang Dongyun had no choice but to say sorry to that twelfth sister.
According to Shen Herong's previous reaction, the other party once had a fairy fragment, but it was lost.
Could her missing pieces be related to her two reincarnations that she kept secret?
Daming Palace, Zhang Dongyun snapped his fingers.
Soon, a bloody light flashed, and an old man in red appeared in the main hall and saluted Zhang Dongyun on the seat.
"Old slave, please see your Majesty."
The person who came was none other than the old demon of blood shadow.
His overall temperament was much calmer than before.
But a cold murderous intention and bloodthirsty madness seemed to be hidden deep inside, and could burst out at any time.
After these days of seclusion and cultivation, the old devil succeeded in taking a step further, forming a devil soul and reaching the eighth level of the devil's cultivation.
He has mastered the three flavors of "Phoenix Blood Book". Although he has just formed a demon soul, his strength is so tyrannical that few cultivators in the eighth realm can match him.
At this time, the old devil Ziri was dragged out in front of him. The old devil was confident that he would beat the opponent's parents until they could not recognize him.
The "Phoenix Blood Book" also allowed him, to a certain extent, to keep his mind clear even as his demonic cultivation increased, so as not to be eroded by the blood of the Blood Phoenix and become lost.
"Follow Ming Yixue." Zhang Dongyun ordered.
The old demon of blood shadow condensed his eyes: "Your Majesty doubts her..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhang Dongyun: "Protect her secretly, don't let her know, and bring back any suspicious people who have been in contact with her."
Even though the old demon of blood shadow was more calm and sophisticated than before, after hearing this order, his power was instantly broken and he was a little confused.
Protect secretly...
Catch the suspicious person you saw...
Listening to the first half of the sentence, it seems that His Majesty is concerned about the little girl, but listening to the second half of the sentence, there is some contradiction.
...This sounds a bit like a man who is wary of his wife stealing someone else, or a father who is worried that his daughter will be cheated by a man?
The old demon of blood shadow was startled by his own thoughts, and he wished he could give himself a few slaps.
He quickly put aside his distracting thoughts and said calmly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will set off soon."
The old devil resigned from Daming Palace and followed Zhang Dongyun's instructions to find Shen Herong who was about to leave Qinzhou Mansion.
Shen Herong, whose Taoist cultivation level is only at the fifth level, transforms into Mr. He through magic. Ordinary people cannot see it, but it cannot be hidden from the eyesight of the old demon of blood shadow.
The old devil did not doubt the identity of Mr. He in the city, but he was curious about why "Ming Yixue" pretended to be Mr. He and set up private schools to teach everywhere.
It's easy to explain by pretending to be Mr. He. She is a ten-year-old girl who teaches children of similar age by herself. I'm afraid no one will listen to her.
But why does she want to teach?
She obviously practices Taoist methods.
The Old Demon of Blood Shadow could only guess that this little girl saw His Majesty telling everyone in the city to study, so she followed suit to please His Majesty.
Xiao Nizi, she knows how to sneak into the camp, but unfortunately I don’t have the patience... Old Demon Xueying thought to himself.
He formed a demon soul, greatly improved his cultivation, transformed into a blood phoenix, and condensed into a line of red light.
The other party is only in the fifth realm, so there is no way he can find him in the eighth realm...
Just as the old devil was thinking this, his Majesty's voice suddenly sounded in his ears:
"too close."
The old demon of blood shadow was startled and quickly distanced himself.
Although he felt a little strange in his heart, he did not dare to discount it at all, and then kept keeping a distance, with the blood light hiding in the sky, following Shen Herong from a distance.
The two of them walked one behind the other, stopping and walking all the way out of the Qinzhou Prefecture.
After leaving Qinzhou Mansion, Shen and Rong were still in the same style.
The old demon of blood shadow could only follow her like this.
It's boring and indescribable.
If it weren't for the task entrusted to him by His Majesty, the Blood Shadow Old Devil would have lost his patience.
He could only grit his teeth and endure it, and slowly followed Shen Herong all the way north, almost leaving Longbei County.
Just when the old demon Xueying was in agony, Shen Herong's actions suddenly changed.
She no longer teaches, but is looking for something along the way.
The old demon's gaze suddenly became sharp.
The other party acted abnormally. Could this be the reason why Your Majesty asked me to keep an eye on her?
The old demon Xueying thought carefully and found that the other party seemed to have suddenly changed after resting in a pavilion.
The old devil thought for a while and then returned to the pavilion to check.
I saw a stone tablet in the pavilion with some poems written on it.
It is estimated that different writers mentioned it separately when they passed by to rest.
Although the old devil did not understand calligraphy, he immediately recognized that one of the poems was different.
Other poems are only left by ordinary literati.
But there is one song that is full of literary talent and talent, and it was definitely written by a Confucian practitioner.
Moreover, the ink marks left on this quatrain are obviously relatively new.
The old devil couldn't see any more content, so he wrote down all the contents first and asked His Majesty to make a judgment when he returned.
He intuitively felt that this poem was the reason for "Ming Yixue"'s abnormality.
The old devil rushed forward to pursue him.
Fortunately, the little girl was searching for something while walking and her speed was not fast, so the old blood shadow demon quickly caught up with her.
This time, without Zhang Dongyun's reminder, the old devil mustered up all his energy, tried his best to hide his whereabouts, and carefully followed the girl.