In the East, especially in Middle-earth, only people with noble status are allowed to use it, which is like the emblem of Western aristocratic families, and ordinary people dare not use it casually.

The old merchant was able to have a sweat towel embroidered with python patterns, which showed that his identity was by no means as simple as a merchant in the Western Regions on the surface, and it was precisely because he understood that the other party's identity was not ordinary, so Lucius would make a special trip to meet the other party, and exchange his honesty for the other party's trust.

Knowing Lucius's thoughts, Caroline couldn't help but pout, "You are really a cunning guy, deliberately pretending to be pitiful in exchange for the trust of others, hmph, you are a liar at all." ”

Hearing this, Lu Xius smiled bitterly and said: "What you said is not right, we are also doing this for the sake of all of us, okay? If we don't get the recommendation of others, do you think we can meet the two saints of the Tang Empire at will? It is said that many talented people may not be able to meet the two saints after staying in Chang'an City for a lifetime. ”

Du Liniang then said: "Yes, it is very difficult for the monarch of Middle-earth to meet, and without introduction, I am afraid that we will not be able to meet him." ”

Christine then interjected: "Auntie, since the monarch of Middle-earth is so difficult to see, why do we have to meet the two saints of the Tang Empire? ”

Du Liniang shook her head when she heard this: "No, this is not the West, if it is in the West, we may be able to become the lord of one side, and we don't have to submit to any empire and king, but in the East, if you don't get the monarch's approval in advance, if you stand on your own, you will be regarded as a thorn in the side, and you may even become the target of attack." ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, they never thought that it would be so strict in the east, and it seemed that the control power of the eastern monarchs was indeed stronger than those in the west.

Caroline asked again, "But we have been introduced, if we meet the monarch of the Tang Empire, what are we going to say, or are we going to offer something to them? I'm afraid people won't be able to trust us, right?"

Everyone felt that what Caroline said was very reasonable, so they looked at Lucius together, wanting to hear how Lucius planned and what he was going to offer to the two saints of the Tang Empire?

Facing everyone's eyes, Lucius said with an innocent face: "Don't look at me like this, in fact, I haven't thought about it, or we will sacrifice Ao Mang?" I heard that the monarch of the East seems to be very interested in the true dragon, maybe Ao Mang will give it to the two saints, and we can still get the favor of the two saints?"

Hear the words. Everyone looked at Ao Mang again, and the latter was immediately dumbfounded, staring at everyone and looking at everyone, and only after a long time did he come to his senses and said: "Don't, don't, you must not send me out, if you give me to the second saint of the Tang Empire, then I would rather go back to the cage of the Yaksha." ”

Seeing that Ao Mang actually had such a big reaction, everyone present was a little surprised. Christine asked with some puzzlement, "Why, you seem to be afraid of the Second Saint of the Tang Empire?"

"I'm afraid? I'm not afraid to face them, I'd rather die in the cage of the Yaksha than in front of those humans. Becoming a weapon in their hands and helping them to conquer the Quartet, I've really had enough of those days. ”

Lucius also frowned slightly, looked at Ao Mang and asked with some puzzlement: "Why do you say that? Could it be that you once participated in the Tang Empire's war against the Quartet?"

Ao Mang probably knew that he couldn't hide his affairs. He sighed helplessly and said, "There are some things that have been accumulated in my heart for many years, why was I arrested by the Yakshas. Not only because there were Buddhas in the Buddha Kingdom to make a move, but also because I was really at a low point at that time, I was plotted by those Yakshas. ”

With Ao Mang's narration, Lucius and others gradually understood some of the secrets of the Tang Empire hidden in the pile of old papers, many of which are related to the current pattern of the Tang Empire.

Before the rise of the Tang Empire, there were many large and small kingdoms in the entire Eastern Middle Earth, and Middle-earth was like the Western Continent, with many empires distributed, although there was friction between the empires from time to time, and there would be attacks on each other, but they were always maintained in a stable state.

Later, the Tang Empire suddenly rose, and thanks to the support of the True Martial Arts Temple of the Immortal Realm and the Wuxiang Temple of the Buddha Kingdom, the Tang Empire can be said to have had an extraordinary starting point from the beginning.

At that time, most of the empires in Middle-earth had more or less the support of the Immortal Domain and the Buddha Kingdom behind them, but the True Martial Arts Temple and the Wuxiang Temple could be called the representatives of the Immortal Domain and the Buddha Kingdom in the plane, and the strength of the two of them was extraordinary, and it was by no means comparable to the forces of the Immortal Domain and the Buddha Kingdom in other planes.

With the support of the two immortal realms and the Buddha power, the Tang Empire was naturally unwilling to be peaceful, and wanted to reunify Middle Earth and restore the prosperity of the original Han Empire.

From today's point of view, the Tang Empire has indeed done it, even stronger than the original Han Empire, but under this kind of strength is an extremely cruel reality, and the prosperity of the era is built with a large number of white bones.

Ao Mang participated in the original campaign, when he was still a dragon warrior of the Dragon Department of the Buddha Kingdom, and was ordered to participate in the Tang Empire's war against the Quartet, in Ao Mang's words, after a tragic war, a large number of cities were reduced to ruins, and a large number of Li people died in the war.

Because Ao Mang couldn't bear to continue killing, he voluntarily chose to give up the war, became a deserter, and was pursued by the Buddha Dragon Division.

In the end, with the help of Yaksha's hand, he was captured and imprisoned in the Dharma Weapon made by the Buddhas of the Buddha Kingdom, making him the energy source of the Dharma Weapon, so as to repay him for the crime of desertion.

Ao Mang looked at Lu Xiusi and the others, and said with a sad face: "Now the Tang Empire is prosperous, but I will never forget the people who died in those tragic wars, and a large number of people in the immortal realm and the Buddha kingdom who died because of the war. ”

Ying just opened his mouth at this time and said, "According to what you said, doesn't that mean that the prosperous world created by the Second Holy Temple of the Tang Empire is nothing more than a fake?"

Ao Mang shook his head and replied: "No, today's prosperous era is indeed real, but under the prosperity of the prosperous era, it can't hide the bloodiness of the past, it seems that the two saints of the Tang Empire are very holy now, but at the beginning, they also had blood on their hands." ”

On the contrary, Lucius said with relief: "Ao Mang, in fact, there are some things, you don't have to think about it all the time, there will always be death in war, and there is no right or wrong between the two sides in the war." ”

When Ao Mang heard this, he smiled bitterly and said: "Hehe, yes, there is no right or wrong in war, but what about those innocent people who died tragically? Should they be sent to death in vain? The Buddhas are right, you human beings are the most cruel creatures. ”

Lucius knew that Ao Mang remembered all the things in the past, and it was difficult to buy that hurdle for a while, and he did not blame Ao Mang for the sarcasm in his words.

Instead, he calmly said to Ao Mang: "Ao Mang, maybe you think that those who died tragically in the war, they shouldn't die like that, but when the war breaks out and the war starts, even you and I may not be able to protect everyone, right?"

Without waiting for Ao Mang to respond to himself, Lucius continued: "Actually, we don't want tragic things to happen, but many times we can't do anything about it, so instead of blaming others, let's think about what we did when those tragic disasters happened?"

Lucius's words made Ao Mang speechless for a moment, it is true that he despised the Tang Empire for using white bones in the prosperous era, but he himself was one of the makers of those white bones, and he was also a sharp sword for the Tang Empire to conquer the Quartet and annex Middle-earth.

Seeing that Ao Mang's feelings gradually became depressed, Lucius continued: "Actually, something has happened, you don't have to continue to blame yourself, now that the Tang Empire is prosperous, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment, isn't it good?"

"And I will bring changes to the Tang Empire, so that the Tang Empire can avoid danger, resolve the crisis of the Tang Empire, and let the people no longer experience the suffering of war. ”

After listening to Lucius's words, Ao Mang looked at Lucius, and suddenly felt that the other party was like a savior, but from his face full of sunny smiles, Ao Mang felt that he was actually just a big boy.

Lucius stretched out his hand and patted Ao Mang's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I won't dedicate you to the Second Sage, I have thought of a better thing to dedicate to the Second Sage, I believe that the Second Sage will definitely like it when he sees my gift, and will give me the opportunity to display his talents." ”

Because Ao Mang did not dare to approach Chang'an City at the beginning, or even to approach the Tang Empire's Guannei Road, he finally fell outside the Western Regions, so they followed the caravan of the Western Regions on a long journey.

Fortunately, the towns of the Tang Empire took good care of them along the way, and did not embarrass the caravans in the Western Regions, so Lucius and them were very stable along the way.

Seeing that they were already close to the gate to enter Chang'an, after passing the city pass in front, Lu Xiusi and they could be regarded as officially entering the Guannei Road, the political center of the Tang Empire, and after entering the Guannei Road, it was not far from Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Empire.

In order to be able to enter the customs as much as possible, the caravan began to gradually increase the speed of travel, but fortunately, most of the caravans were perennial merchants, and they were very familiar with the road before entering the customs, so although the speed of travel accelerated, the caravan did not have any confusion, and always maintained the original way of traveling.

However, seeing that the gate was about to enter the pass, and the city pass was even far away, on this day, the caravan suddenly encountered an unprecedented crisis, and a group of unknown people rushed out and blocked the way of the caravan.

The caravan instantly fell into a panic, you must know that for many years, it has not seen robbers blocking the road, and today the caravan encountered robbers again, which really frightened most of the merchants, and many people with a heart vaguely felt that this should be an abnormal conspiracy. (To be continued......)