Compared with the prosperity of Yangzhou and the prosperity of Jiangdu, Pengcheng, regardless of its size or prosperity, made Li Xuan, who had already seen the prosperity of Yangzhou and Jiangdu suddenly feel like he came from a big city to a small mountain village.

Of course, this is just a feeling. In fact, as an important port north of Jiangdu and along the canal, Pengcheng is not as majestic as Jiangdu, and it is not as prosperous as Yangzhou where rivers meet, but in terms of scale or layout, it is already a good city today, with unique strategic significance.

Although the world has already been full of war and rebelled against the kings and cedeed the land and proclaimed kings, no matter how chaotic it is, Yang Guang is still alive after all. No matter how disgusting what he got from the throne is, as long as he still lives in this world, it means that the orthodoxy of the Sui Dynasty is still there. No matter how chaotic the world is, before Yang Guang died, this chaos was still controlled in an acceptable circle.

Acceptance naturally refers to people like Li Xuan. For ordinary people living at the bottom, they may not be able to accept it. But even if they cannot accept it, the weak cannot decide their own destiny. This is the sorrow of the weak. His feelings are pity. However, living in this chaotic world, the meaningless compassion is a terrible tentacle for any ambitious person to drag him into a land of no return.

At the gate of the city, after Wu Yunzhao paid the entry tax, the two of them entered Pengcheng without any obstacles. The Sui soldiers who had reached the root naturally had their own philosophy of saving their lives in such troubled times. They would not really investigate your identity. It would be fine if they couldn't find out what they could find. If they found out a person, the first thing they should think about is not to ask for merit. Even if they finally caught any wanted criminals, the credit would definitely not fall into the small soldiers. First of all, what they should think about is how to escape from the hands of these extremely vicious men.

Not only is there no benefit, but life is in danger. In this case, even if a young man wants to interrogate, he will be stopped by the veteran in time. Even if there are really any suspicious characters, as long as they honestly pay the part, they will never ask.

When you enter Pengcheng, the first thing you notice is not the shop that is deserted but full of people, nor is it the elite warriors who are fully armed and have a strict expression, which is very different from the group of veterans at the city gate. The first thing you see here is the beggar thieves all over the city.

The doors of the shops are closed, and the stall vendors that can be seen everywhere in the city in the past have also disappeared. Wu Yunzhao looked back at the gate of the city in surprise. However, he was surprised to find that although it was easy to enter the city, it was extremely difficult to leave the city. There, at least two teams of fully armed elite soldiers were checking out the people who wanted to leave the city. The two have been in the city for a while. During this period, there are definitely hundreds of people entering the city, but during this period, there are definitely more than ten people who have left the city.

Loose outside and tight inside

Wu Yunzhao frowned. As a descendant of a famous family, he was the former Marquis of Nanyang. Naturally, he could see at a glance that the real situation in Pengcheng is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

Lord, this was surprised and confused, looking at Li Xuan who was walking in front of him, and he was a little worried. Of course, there was no need to worry about the situation of the two. Not to mention Li Xuan, he was alone, and Pengcheng, where there were no masters or real elites, could definitely come and go freely.

What really worried him was other things. He knew very well the purpose of Li Xuan's trip. But under the current state of Pengcheng, is it really possible that the Dongming Sect will appear here?

Thinking of the things contained in the exquisite box of sadness, Wu Yunzhao was even more clear about Li Xuan's dominance. However, because he couldn't find a suitable meeting gift, he ran to chop off the demon owl, who had been famous for many years. Under his somewhat lazy and casual appearance, there was actually a decisive heart to kill.

Wu Yunzhao naturally would not superficially believe that the Dongming Sect would definitely admit it, but as the former Marquis of Nanyang, he had a deeper view of things. Even if the Dongming Sect didn't recognize it, how could it be given a head? On the one hand, it was a show of kindness, but it was also a threat.

Your Dongming Sect can kill all the demons you have not been able to deal with for decades. If you don’t know the truth, I can still kill you.

Of course, if the words are really said, the matter will probably be bad. The Dongming Sect is very involved. Among the four major clans, except for the Lingnan Song Sect, the other three clans are involved. However, if we change to a more tactful way to express it, the Dongming Sect is not a fool. How to choose? Even if the two sides have not met formally and even have time to hand in a letter of worship, Wu Yunzhao can guess how the other party will answer.

I didn't know that the newly acquired general behind me had turned countless thoughts in a short while. Even if I knew, Li Xuan would not care. He glanced over the Sui army around him and shook his head and said: Wagang Village is currently fighting with the imperial army, only a hundred miles away from here, so he should have been affected.

Then he said with some confusion: It was just that Mrs. Dongming would choose to trade with Li Jia here, which surprised me.

Wu Yunzhao nodded. Logically, the war was in full swing here. Even if Li Qi bought weapons, it would be extremely dangerous to pass through this war zone. If you are not careful, not only will these weapons be robbed, but if they are exposed, they may be charged with rebellion without hesitation. This is what Wu Yunzhao couldn't understand. Logically, Li Qi should not make such a mistake, or there are other hidden things in it.

If it weren't for someone in the Li family who wanted to expose this news to the court, or if the Li family had secretly reached some kind of agreement with Li Mi, no matter which one, there was no shining light in Li Xuan's eyes that I wanted to see.

The lord said that Wu Yunzhao, a member of the Li family, might be stunned and looked at Li Xuan incredibly.

How could Li Xuan sneer: But now Li Yuan, the head of the Li family, is undecided, and some people hope to force him to make a decision in this way.

Li Xuan never relaxed his attention to Li Qi, his biggest opponent in the future. Naturally, it is not difficult to guess why Li Qi chose the trading location here. It is even very likely that he had received news from Li Mi or Sui Jiang Zhang Xutuo.

The giant ships of the Dongming Sect naturally could not be parked outside Pengcheng in a dignified manner, which was definitely a rhythm of dying. However, according to the news from the Jukun Gang, Shan Meixian, the owner of the Dongming Sect, had already sneaked into Pengcheng three days ago, and the specific whereabouts were still being found. As for the Li family, there was no definite news. However, Li Xuan believed that since Shan Meixian arrived, the representative figure of the Li family was naturally not far away. He might even be in Pengcheng at this moment, but the intelligence network of the Jukun Gang could not find out the news.

Could it be Li Shimin

Li Xuan's eyes flashed with murderous intent. The two dragon planes of the Tang Dynasty competed for dominance in the world. There were three biggest enemies. The first was Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, who had a literary and military strategy. He also had many talented people under his command and was able to be the first enemy. The second was Kou Zhong, the leader of the young commander army in the future. He could be said to be a natural commander. His potential in this regard was definitely not inferior to any general in Li Xuan's current situation. As for the third, but also the most troublesome enemy, Cihang Jingzhai, who has a huge reputation.

Many people say that the Yang Gong Treasure House of Heshi Bi can win the world, but in Li Xuan's opinion, if he can get Cihang Jingzhai, it is better than ten Yang Gong Treasure Houses plus a Heshi Bi, the most terrifying thing about the other party is not how powerful it has, but that he has the most terrifying weapon public opinion in the world.

Moreover, the other party has established a transcendent position in the world for a long time, which is currently an unsolvable problem. In this regard, no matter how hard Li Xuan works, he will never surpass the other party in the short term.

If Li Shimin, the wise ruler selected by Cihang Jingzhai, could be wiped out here, for Li Xuan, the future path will undoubtedly be much easier, but this is not the result that Li Xuan wants.

What he wants is not only this world, but also the maximum luck and dragon energy of this plane, and kill the most threatening Li Shimin in the future by assassination. With Li Xuan's current strength, the possibility of success is extremely high. Cihang Jingzhai may not be able to calculate that a super expert who is like himself who is chasing the three great masters will appear here, and he will be unable to survive under Li Xuan's hands.

It was just by this method that Li Shimin's fortune and dragon energy that was not inferior to the two dragons as the protagonist of the plane. This is the Gaowu plane. As the protagonist of the heaven, even though Li Shimin could not compete with himself in personal strength, the will of this plane would never allow him to easily deprive Zhu Yuanzhang of the real dragon energy of the plane as if he was in the Heavenly Reflexive Plan. The biggest possibility is that he was rejected by the plane and was directly repelled from this plane in advance.

Therefore, whether it is to hone the emperor's heart or seize more luck and dragon energy, Li Xuan must defeat Li Shimin in a dignified way.

As for Cihang Jingzhai, if you want to shake its transcendent status, it is not really impossible. But if you want to move Cihang Jingzhai's transcendent status, you must first shake the dominant position of Buddhism in this plane. This will be more challenging than defeating Li Shimin, but it is definitely not impossible.

But this has already involved the struggle between religions, and it is not enough for me to rely on myself. It is impossible to say that the foundation I have accumulated in the previous planes should also begin to play a role in this plane.

But now how should we find the foothold of the Dongming Sect in Pengcheng Wu Yunzhao looked at Li Xuan with some distress. The other party chose Pengcheng, a place where dragons and snakes are mixed. If he made up his mind and didn't want to be known to outsiders, it would be difficult for others to find it.
Chapter completed!