What he saw and heard in Tiandu City really opened Lu Duan's eyes, and in addition, he was full of interest in the flags hanging on the portals of almost every household. When he asked in confusion, he learned that the flags hung by the family were the king's flag on one side and the national flag on the other. After understanding the meaning, I learned that the remnants of the Tang Dynasty followed the customs of the countryside, like the continent of Europa, and liked to engrave various coats of arms and flags to show their identity. The Tang people went one step further and took the lead in making a flag representing a country, which was different from the flag of the Central Plains Dynasty that only hung the name of the country. The flag hung by the Tang people is a two-color flag, both sides are sea blue, symbolizing that the land of the Tang people is surrounded by the sea, and the center is white, symbolizing the foundation they have established on a piece of white land. And in the center of the white, hanging a golden eye, is a symbol of truth.

"Eternal and unchangeable is the truth!" Lu Duan praised, "This meaning is good! ”

The banner of the royal family is the eye of truth surrounded by gorgeous red peony flowers, and Lu Duan learned after asking that his country admires peonies and prefers the peonies of the king of flowers. It is not only a symbol of the royal family, but also a symbol of the country, and the people mostly follow the royal family and plant peonies on a large scale. Especially after more than 100 years of changes, this love is deeply rooted in the bone marrow. On the windowsill of every house, there are pots of gorgeous peony flowers.

After a quick look, the convoy in which the mission was riding began to slowly move towards the state guesthouse, which was specially designed to entertain foreign guests and envoys. Here, Lü Duan will rest for two days, and then formally meet with the Tang monarchs on the third day. During these two days, Lu Duan observed the city during the day, visited the countryside outside the city in the afternoon, and wrote what he saw and heard along the way under the bright lights at night, recording all aspects of the Tang people. This trip to the territory really opened Lu Duan's eyes, not only to see the 'flesh and blood brothers', but also to broaden his horizons, to know many people and countries outside the territory.

During the two-day trip, Lu Duan, accompanied by the officials of the Tang Dynasty's 'Ministry of Rites', enjoyed a tour of the capital that the Tang people were most proud of. Especially the imperial palace that covers a vast area and stands in the center and highest point of the city, which makes Lu Duan even more curious. Moreover, in the past two days, Lu Duan knew more things than the legendary founding monarch of the Tang Dynasty, and also the legendary figure who spread throughout Europa and Africa, and has not subsided after more than a hundred years.

Lu Duan learned about the great achievements of the founding 'Taizu', 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 Great Cannibal, and then burned the capital of the Great Cannibal. humiliated the whole country of the Great Food, and then traveled thousands of miles to an island across the sea, in the following decades. Under his protection and leadership, the Tang people began to recuperate and recuperate, from more than 300,000 ethnic groups, the population increased tenfold in one fell swoop, and they seized land everywhere and dispersed the Tang people to open up. Subsequently, a series of changes brought the four realms into one. In two days, Lu Duan listened to the legendary deeds of this Tang monarch the most, and the Confucian disciple who was silent and confused was quite speechless.

Because to Lu Duan's ears, this is clearly a myth and a story, not a historical fact.

However, Lu Duan didn't care about saying this in front of the Tang people, because he had seen with his own eyes not long ago that a big food merchant Jia Yin was drunk and talked a few words. As a result, he was slashed and killed by a group of men, women, and children who were all wearing swords on the street, like chivalrous people. At this point, Lu Duan knew that in the eyes of the Tang people, the empire of the founding monarch was like a hot yellow. His return visit to Tang Guo this time shouldered the mission entrusted to him by Zhao Song, but he did not come to criticize and make trouble. In case he angered those bloody Tang people and were hacked to death, they didn't even reason. Because, Lu Duan clearly saw that those 'errand officers' (policemen) in charge favored Tang Min everywhere, and did not give a word of explanation to the 'innocent and dead' cannibal.

"It's a pity that it's so domineering, it's not the king's way, and the saint is cut off here!" Confucianism pays attention to the preservation of the summers, the harmony of all nations, and the expulsion of the Tartars. The attitude of the Central Plains Imperial Court towards those foreigners who came to live and trade in their own country, or missions, was quite friendly. Even if there are some 'small mistakes', they will not be punished, so in Lu Duan's opinion, this kind of domineering thing of the Tang people killing people only because of quarrels and anger is really unaccustomed to it.

However, he didn't dare to say more, because he had witnessed with his own eyes that these Tang Min's attitudes towards Da Shi were extremely different. That kind of unbridled hatred and contempt made him a little frightened.

"The first Han fought against the Huns back then, so it's not like that!" Lu Duan muttered in his heart, but he also knew in his heart that the Song people did not dare to be so unscrupulous as the Tang people when they looked at the Khitan alien race. However, he also knew part of the history of the Tang people, and knew that a few decades ago, the Tang people and the Great Food Coalition had fought a bloody battle and defeated both countries in one fell swoop. After that, the Tang people marched by land and water. About 40,000 horses landed on the land called 'Egypt', defeated the army of more than 200,000 cannibals, and even broke more than 20 cities in a row, looting and looting, and the hatred between the two sides was very strong. What's more, the Tang people had been slaves to the big cannibals before, and their attitude towards the big cannibals was a little stronger, so if you think about it, you can understand!

After that, on the third day, Lu Duan and his entourage were led by the officials of the Tang Dynasty's 'Ministry of Rites' and walked on the 'Imperial Road' and went straight to the palace. When the vehicle walks on the royal road, it passes through more than a dozen checkpoints, and only arrives in front of the palace after repeated inquiries and inspections. Lu Duan looked through the car window at both sides of the royal road, planted with green street trees, and the terrain began to gradually rise as the royal road went, and there were well-armed guards standing on the rammed walls on both sides of the royal road. They stood with their backs to each other, staring at the vehicles walking on the royal road while staring outside. In this way, whoever wants to carry out the assassination will not be able to escape the eyes of all sides.

When the car arrived in front of the palace, Lu Duan looked at the palace through the car window and looked at the palace that was different from the architectural pattern of the Central Plains. Because the style of this palace is different from the palace city in the Central Plains, it is like a 'manor' but it occupies a very wide area, and the gate is not a vermilion gate, but an iron fence made of wrought iron. The officer who was ordered to receive them was waiting outside the door when he saw their vehicle stopped. Their own attendants stepped forward to pave the steps for the carriage, and then the officials of the Tang people stepped forward and greeted them eagerly.

Lu Duan looked at this official of the 'Ministry of Rites' and saw that he had blonde hair, white skin, blue eyes, wide mouth and big eyes and hooked nose, like a rakshasa. I couldn't help but start muttering in my heart, "With such a terrifying appearance, can you be an official?" Then I remembered that when the Tang Dynasty was in its heyday, there were many foreign races who entered the Tang Dynasty as officials, and Gao Xianzhi, who commanded the elite of the Anxi Army and fought against the Great Food, was not also a foreigner! Thinking about it this way, I think it makes sense.