The Journey of the Infinite Wizard

What he saw in Tiandu City was really eye-opening for Lu Duan. In addition, he was full of interest in the flags hung on the doors of almost every household. When he asked confusedly, he learned about the flags hung on every household.

, one side is the royal flag, and the other side is the national flag. After understanding the meaning, I realized that the survivors of the prosperous Tang Dynasty followed the local customs in their hometowns, just like the continent of Europe, and liked to carve various coats of arms and flags to express their feelings.

Identity. The Tang people took this a step further and took the lead in making a flag to represent a country, which was different from the flag of the Central Plains Dynasty that only hung the country's name. The flag hung by the Tang people was a two-color flag, with sea blue on both sides symbolizing that the land of the Tang people was surrounded by the sea.

Surrounded by white in the center, it symbolizes the foundation they established on a piece of white ground. And in the white center, a golden eye hangs, which symbolizes truth.

"Eternity is the truth!" Lu Duan praised, "This has a good meaning!"

The royal family's flag is the Eye of Truth surrounded by gorgeous red peonies. After asking, Lu Duan learned that his country admires peonies and prefers the peony, the king of flowers. It is not only a symbol of the royal family, but also a symbol of the country.

, and the common people mostly imitated the royal family and planted peonies on a large scale. Especially after more than a hundred years of changes, this love has been deeply rooted in the bones. Pots of gorgeous peonies are placed on the windowsills of every household.

After watching it casually, the convoy of the envoys began to move slowly towards the state guesthouse, which is dedicated to entertaining foreign guests and envoys. Here, Lu Duan and the others will rest for two days, and then formally arrive on the third day.

Meet with the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty. During the past two days, Lu Duan did what he did in Anding City. During the day

Observed the city, and in the afternoon went to visit the countryside outside the city. In the evening, under the bright lights, he wrote about his experiences along the way, recording all aspects of the Tang people. This trip abroad was a real eye-opener for Lu Duan. Not only did he meet 'blood brothers

’, it also broadened my horizons and got to know many people and countries outside the territory.

During the two-day trip, Lu Duan, accompanied by officials from the Tang Dynasty's "Ministry of Rites", enjoyed visiting the capital city that the Tang people were most proud of. Especially the vast imperial palace that stood in the center and highest point of the city.

, which made Lu Duan even more curious. Moreover,

In these two days, Lu Duan knew more about nothing than the legendary founding monarch of the Tang Dynasty. He was also the one who spread rumors throughout Europe and Africa and never retreated after more than a hundred years.

Hot legend.

Lu Duan learned about the great achievements of the founding "Taizu", who not only led the Tang people to get rid of the shackles of slavery, but also led the Tang people to run to the capital of the cannibal with great power, and then burned the cannibal with a fire.

The capital city humiliated the whole country, and then traveled thousands of miles and crossed the sea to an island. In the following decades, the people of the Tang Dynasty stayed under his protection.

Under the protection and leadership of the Tang Dynasty, Xiujiangshengxiang began to grow. From more than 300,000 ethnic groups, the population increased tenfold in one fell swoop. It even seized land everywhere and spread the Tang people to develop. Subsequently, a series of changes actually caused the four roads to merge.

For a day or two, what Lu Duan heard the most was the legendary deeds of this Tang Dynasty monarch, which made the Confucian disciples who were speechless and full of strange power and deranged spirits quite speechless.

Because to Lu Duan's ears, this was clearly a fairy tale, not a historical fact.

However, Lu Duan didn't care to say this in front of the Tang Dynasty people, because he had witnessed with his own eyes not long ago that a big food merchant who came here for business was drunk and had a few nonsense words. As a result, he was beaten by a group of men, women, old and young, all wearing swords.

The streets were like chivalrous people slashing and killing with swords. At this point, Lu Duan knew that in the eyes of the people of Tang Dynasty, the empire of the founding monarch was like Yanhuang. He

This return visit to the Tang Dynasty shouldered the mission entrusted to him by Zhao Song, and he was not here to criticize or cause trouble. If he offended the bloody Tang people and was hacked to death, there would be no reason to explain. Because Lu Duan clearly understood

I saw that the 'officers' (police) in charge were biased towards the Tang people and did not say a word to the cannibal who 'died innocently'.

"Such tyranny is not the behavior of kings. It is a pity that the saint's knowledge is cut off here!" Confucianism focuses on protecting the Xia, harmonizing all nations, and expelling the Tartars. Treat those foreigners who come to live and do business in their own country, or use

The attitude of the Central Plains court was quite friendly. Even if there were some 'small mistakes', they would not be punished. Therefore, in Lu Duan's view, the Tang people's overbearing behavior of killing people just because of quarrels and anger was really unacceptable.

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However, he did not dare to say more, because he had witnessed with his own eyes that the attitudes of these Tang people towards Dashi were extremely different. The unbridled hatred and contempt made him a little frightened.

"The ancestors of the Han Dynasty fought against the Xiongnu, so it must have been like this!" Lu Duan muttered in his heart, but he also knew in his heart that the Song people did not dare to look at the Khitan foreigners with such unscrupulous eyes as the Tang people. However, he also understood part of the history of the Tang people

, knowing that decades ago, the Tang Dynasty and the Dashi Allied Forces fought a bloody battle and defeated the two countries in one fell swoop.

Later, the Tang Dynasty troops advanced by land and water. About 40,000 troops landed in the land called Egypt, and defeated the cannibal's army of more than 200,000 people. They even destroyed more than 20 cities in a row, looted, looted and burned continuously.

The hatred among the people is very strong. What's more, the Tang people were slaves to the cannibals before, so they have a stronger attitude towards the cannibals. Thinking about it this way, they can understand it!

After that, on the third day, Lu Duan and his party were led by officials from the Tang Dynasty's "Ministry of Rites" and walked on the "Royal Road" directly to the palace. When the vehicle was walking on the Royal Road, it passed more than a dozen checkpoints and underwent numerous inquiries and inspections.

Arriving in front of the palace gate, Lu Duan looked through the car window at both sides of the royal road, which were planted with lush green streets.

trees, and the terrain began to gradually rise as we walked along the royal road. There were well-equipped guards standing on the rammed walls on both sides of the royal road. They stood with their backs in pairs, staring at the people walking on the royal road.

vehicles, while keeping an eye on the outside. In this way, no matter who wants to commit an assassination, they cannot hide from the eyes of all sides.

When the vehicle arrived in front of the palace, Lu Duan looked at the palace through the car window and looked at the palace, which was different from the architectural pattern of the Central Plains. Because the style of the palace was different from the palaces in the Central Plains, it was like a 'manor'.

However, it occupies a very large area and there is no Zhu Zhu at the gate.

The red door was instead an iron fence-like door made of wrought iron. The officials who were ordered to receive them were waiting outside the door. When they saw their vehicle stopped, their attendants came forward to pave the steps for the carriage, and then the officials of the Tang Dynasty

He stepped forward and greeted them warmly.

Lu Duan looked at this official of the 'Ministry of Rites' and saw that he had blond hair, white skin, blue eyes, a wide mouth and a hooked nose, like a Rakshasa. He couldn't help but mutter in his heart, "Such a terrifying appearance.

Can you actually be an official?" Then I remembered that during the prosperous Tang Dynasty, many foreigners entered the Tang Dynasty as officials. Wasn't Gao Xianzhi, who led the elite Anxi army to fight against Dashi, also a foreigner! Thinking about it this way, it seems reasonable.