The so-called Zhongnan shortcut actually does not refer to one road, but the sum of some roads.

The reason why I say this is because a long time ago, when the relationship between the Zhou court and the academies was still good, the court established some road groups to facilitate the emperor and members of the royal family to go to Zhongnan Mountain for enquiry.

These roads exist to facilitate communication between the royal family and Zhongnan Mountain.

Specifically, it is mainly to facilitate communication with the academy.

Of course, the academy at that time was not Haoran Academy, but some other academies.

At that time, the mountain leader had not yet established a sect and had not yet become the strongest person in the world.

After Shan Chang became the best in the world and founded Haoran Academy, everything seemed to have changed.

The academy has changed, and so have the people.

The relationship between the academy and the imperial court is no longer as good as before. What everyone in the imperial court can feel is a disdain from the academy.

Of course Emperor Xianlong could also feel it.

This made Emperor Xianlong feel very uncomfortable all over his body.

After all, he is the emperor, the son of heaven, and the supreme being in the world.

No matter what happened in the past, his ministers would always show respect to him.

No matter how unhappy you are, you have to hold it in.

But Shan Chang is completely different.

The mountain chief seemed to despise him and the imperial court from the bottom of his heart, and he would express it in a big way.

This deeply hurt Emperor Xianlong's heart.

He couldn't understand how things could become like this.

So probably the rift between him, the academy and the mountain chief was established from the very beginning.

Coincidentally, the time when Emperor Xianlong ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor coincided with the time when Shanchang founded Haoran Academy, which meant that the two sides had been unhappy with each other for a long time.

The freezing of three feet did not occur in a day, and the accumulation of conflicts certainly did not occur in a day.

At this moment, Emperor Xianlong's suppressed anger was completely ignited by Wu Oris.

"The number of people who can take the Zhongnan shortcut is not too many, maybe a few thousand, and there will be no problem. If there are more people, I'm afraid the speed will be greatly affected."

Emperor Xianlong told the truth.

"So you can first report the number of people who want to take the Zhongnan shortcut, and then I will see how to arrange it."

Like a raccoon dog, they hit it off immediately.

Emperor Xianlong and Wu Oris met late.

At first, he was a little worried that the Corruptor Alliance's invasion would threaten his rule, but now it seems that he is overly worried. The Corruptor Alliance will not threaten the imperial power at all. On the contrary, the appearance of the Corruptor is like a sign from heaven.

The gift dropped can help him better deal with his old enemy, the mountain chief.

How can someone else sleep soundly on the side of the couch?

Emperor Xianlong had always hoped to completely eradicate Shan Chang.

Now that he really had the opportunity, how could he miss it?

If possible, he even hopes to bring about cooperation between Wu Oris and Master Huiyan.

Both sides are very strong, and they may not be able to take advantage of the mountain leader alone. But if they join forces, their chances of winning will be greatly increased.

"The more people, the better. After all, the number of people is the greatest advantage of our undead race."

Wu Oris did not hide anything, but directly communicated with Emperor Xianlong.

"To be honest, we may send a steady stream of legions of the dead to march into Zhongnan Mountain. Can you provide sufficient support?"

"Well..."

Emperor Xianlong seemed a little hesitant.

In his opinion, the carrying capacity of Zhongnan Shortcut is limited.

Thousands of people are still within the capacity. But if there are more people, problems may arise.

From what Wu Oris meant, it seemed that he wanted to send tens of thousands of troops.

This is undoubtedly a bit too much.

"It's not impossible."

After hesitating again and again, Emperor Xianlong gritted his teeth and said: "If we can control the order, it is actually acceptable. We can continuously transport the army from the Zhongnan shortcut to the back mountain of Zhongnan Mountain. There is a gap in the restriction there, and we can start from

Entering here will not attract the attention of the academy at all."

"Ah, very good."

Wu Oris was very satisfied with Emperor Xianlong's answer.

In his view, sometimes some things require a straightforward attitude and a strong determination.

Emperor Xianlong performed quite well in this regard.

Wu Oris nodded with satisfaction and said: "In that case, I will go back and make arrangements. But then I hope you will open the ban on Chang'an City first, otherwise we will not even be able to enter Chang'an City, let alone follow the Zhongnan shortcut to arrive.

It’s Zhongnan Mountain.”

"Of course, I will order someone to make arrangements. Don't worry."

Emperor Xianlong was quite confident about this.

In his opinion, he is the absolute master in Chang'an City. No one can offend him, and no one can interfere with his decision.

He is the supreme being.

As he spoke, Wu Oris disappeared.

Like smoke and dust, leaving no trace.

Emperor Xianlong was really surprised.

Originally he thought he saw an entity, but now it seems that it is not at all!

This is clearly an illusion created by Wu Oris!

Emperor Xianlong was extremely surprised for a moment.

Good guy, this Wu Oris really has a lot of tricks up his sleeve.

Emperor Xianlong took a deep breath and tried to calm down.

It is undoubtedly a very gratifying thing to be able to cooperate with such a powerful ally.

However, one thing is that if they cannot effectively determine their true intentions, they will easily be stabbed in the back.

Emperor Xianlong still had an extra thought in this regard.

After all, he has been on the throne as emperor for so many years, so he still has this experience.

So at this moment Emperor Xianlong decided to summon Master Huiyan to listen to Master Huiyan’s opinions.

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Master Huiyan walked in small steps to the Daming Palace.

Looking at the majestic palace, Master Huiyan looked a little tired.

Different from the complacency and ambition when he first came to Chang'an, Master Huiyan now actually feels a little weak.

He didn't know how this feeling came about, but it was real.

This made Master Huiyan feel a little desperate.

Maybe for him, this is just the beginning.

To promote Buddhism in the Western Regions in the Central Plains, he needs to make more efforts.

Current efforts alone are far from enough.

Sometimes it even requires a little luck.

You may say that luck is not important, but it can indeed play an important role at critical times.

The emperor summoned him again today, but Master Huiyan didn't know why.

But in his opinion, maybe it was because the emperor thought of something weird again.

This is a commonplace thing.

Because Emperor Xianlong often had sudden whims, Master Huiyan was already used to it.

All he had to do was follow Emperor Xianlong's wishes as much as possible.

Because there is no doubt that Xianlong is a smooth donkey.

If you go against his wishes, the result may not be ideal.
To be continued...