Before Li Zhang sent an envoy to Liao, he was already prepared for a conflict with the Khitans, so he didn't pay attention to yesterday's conflict at all, but he didn't expect that Yelu Zuoya's strength was so small, and he was unwilling to leave again the next day, it seemed that he wanted to put pressure on Li Zhang.

However, Li Zhang is also very single, and directly asked people to tell Yelu Zuoya that if he is not willing to take himself to continue to move forward, then he will go back to Xijin Mansion today to find his top boss, anyway, he is an envoy, if he can't send Zhongjing, the upper echelons of Liao will definitely blame, and it will be the people of Xijin Mansion who will suffer at that time.

In the face of Li Zhang's strength, Yelu's left tooth could only grit his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, he was really afraid that Li Zhang would return to the Jinfu to sue him, after all, Li Zhang was an envoy, and it was his task to send them to Zhongjing, if his task was not completed, causing his boss to be blamed by the superiors, then he would not have good fruit to eat.

In desperation, Yelu Zuoya had to set off again with Li Zhang, and when passing through the dilapidated Great Wall, Li Zhang, Fu Bi and others also showed a little sadness, but Yelu Zuoya and others were full of pride, after all, this Great Wall was originally built by the Han people to guard against them, but now it is in their hands, it can be said that this Great Wall represents their glory, but at the same time it is the shame of the Han people.

Looking at this dilapidated Great Wall, Li Zhang also let out a long sigh, and then didn't say anything, but urged the team to speed up, but he also secretly swore in his heart that he would definitely take this place back in the future, no, not only take it back, but then he would let the Great Song Dynasty horse step on Liaodong and completely destroy the great enemy of Liao!

In the next period of time, Li Zhang and they also continued to hurry, and that Yelu Zuoya also looked for something from time to time, but Li Zhang was extremely tough, and even once Yelu Zuoya actually proposed a contest and sent one of his warriors, but he was directly broken by a wild dog, and since then, Yelu Zuoya has finally been much more honest.

At this time, the Spring Festival has passed, the weather in Kaifeng must have warmed up, but it is still very cold in Liaodong, many soldiers have frostbitten hands and feet, even Li Zhang's hands are frostbitten, frostbite is very annoying, unless the weather gets warmer, it is difficult to recover, and the position of frostbite is itchy when it is warm, it can torture the dead.

However, although the road was hard, they finally entered the territory of Zhongjing Dading Mansion, and after walking forward for a few days, Zhongjing City finally appeared in front of everyone, which made Li Zhang finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Zhongjing is the capital of Liao, and the other four Kyotos are only the capital, but it is worth mentioning that the emperor of Liao is not in Zhongjing, because Liao is a nomadic people, in order to maintain their own traditions, the Liao emperor has his own palace, which is called "bowl" in Khitan language, and there is a special place for hunting in each season, and the bowl is the political center of Liao.

However, although the emperor of Liao is not in Zhongjing, but after all, this is the capital of Liao, so many political institutions are also located here, Li Zhang, as an embassy, needs to report to Zhongjing first, and then the officials of Zhongjing send them to the palace of the emperor of Liao, the palace is not only the emperor and his concubines, but also important ministers, nobles, etc. are accompanied by the emperor, which also makes the scale of the palace very large, it can be said to be a mobile city.

Li Zhang has never seen the palace of the Emperor of Liao, and it is only the information he collected before, in fact, he is also very curious about the palace of the Emperor of Liao, after all, the emperor does not stay in the capital in history, but the emperor who follows the palace around is only the Liao dynasty.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Zhang and they finally entered Zhongjing City, after entering the capital of the Liao State, Li Zhang also unconsciously compared it with Tokyo Bianliang, but soon Li Zhang pouted with some disdain, the scale of Zhongjing City is indeed not small, and the city wall is also very tall and strong, if you look at it from the outside, this giant city does not seem to be much worse than Tokyo Bianliang.

As long as there is no curfew on the Bianliang side of Tokyo, the roads are crowded with people day and night, and the streets are also open to do business on both sides.

In contrast, the Liao Kingdom Zhongjing side is much worse, although there are many people on the street, but there are many fewer shops, it seems that the business here is very underdeveloped, especially after passing the city gate this more lively area, and then go forward, the pedestrians on the street immediately have a lot less, except for some richly dressed nobles, most of the remaining ordinary people are dressed in shabby, and there are many patches, which look very different from the ordinary people in Tokyo City.

Looking at the sparsely populated streets, it even gave Li Zhang a feeling of depression, but it was normal to think about it, the rebellion of Da Yanlin before had dealt a serious blow to the Liao State, even if the rebellion has been quelled now, but the Liao State may not be able to recover in a short time, and Li Zhang remembered that Yelu Longxu may not be able to support this year, and when the old and new imperial powers alternate, I am afraid that there will be turmoil within the Liao State again, and there may be a chance then.

Thinking of the above, Li Zhang also felt that his mood was much better, and then their envoy was arranged to live in the post house in Zhongjing temporarily, and the hateful Yelu Zuoya was finally separated from them, and the next thing was to wait for the Liao State to arrange someone to send them to see Yelu Longxu.

The official system of the Great Song Dynasty is very complicated, and the Liao State is no worse than the Great Song Dynasty in this regard, the southern officials and the northern officials each have a set of administrative institutions, each set of institutions is mainly inherited from the Tang Dynasty, but there are some changes under the influence of the Great Song Dynasty, and the core of the court of the Liao State has their own unique set of mechanisms, if you don't study it carefully, ordinary people can't figure it out at all.

However, the above has nothing to do with Li Zhang, he just needs to wait for the Liao State to send people, and in the past few days of waiting, he asked the people of the mission to also go around in Zhongjing, and by the way, he also inquired about the news, but he got a rumor that was not confirmed.

Yelu Longxu seems to be very sick this time, it is said that he has been in a coma several times, and Yelu Zongzhen, the prince of Liao, was originally sitting in Zhongjing, but now he has also rushed to the palace, and several other princes have also left Beijing, although the above news is just rumors, and has not been confirmed, but the outside world has a nose and eyes, coupled with Li Zhang's understanding of history, he concluded that Yelu Longxu may not be able to hold on this time, maybe he will witness the alternation of the old and new imperial power of Liao?