Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

After listening to Quan Hao's description, Wei Bin immediately realized the problem from a military perspective. He believed that the matter needed to be discussed with His Majesty and Yang Chaoxiu in the palace immediately. Therefore, he stood up, signaled Qin Meng to continue presiding over the meeting, and then left the meeting room and headed towards the palace.

That evening, Su Yang and his two companions arrived outside the gate of Huaijing's barbican. After passing through screening, they quickly entered through the inner gate. Once inside the city, Tang Wan eagerly poked her head out of the car, constantly marveling at Huaijing's wealth. It seemed that every house, every blade of grass, and every tree here was awe-inspiring to her.

Lin Anlan was quite proud and looked at Su Yang, asking, "How about it? Huaijing is still more impressive than the capital of the Duchy of Paisen, isn't it?"

For Su Yang, Huaijing was indeed more impressive than Lunte City. Although Su Yang had never seen Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty in person, Huaijing was very similar to the Chang'an he had imagined. High pavilions, towers, covered bridges, teahouses, and everything on the streets was full of Chinese style, making Su Yang subconsciously want to get closer to this place.

“It’s much better than Birent City,” Su Yang replied instinctively.

Receiving Su Yang's reply filled Lin Anlan with immense satisfaction, and she immediately began directing Su Yang to an inn. Following her directions, they quickly arrived at an inn located outside the third gate of the eastern city.

The innkeeper and waiter seemed to know Lin Anlan well. Upon seeing Lin Anlan, the waiter warmly led their horses and carriages to the parking area, and also offered to help the three with their luggage. The innkeeper had even prepared tea for the three of them in advance, which was served as soon as they entered the inn.

"Long time no see, Lao Fu." Lin Anlan took a sip of tea and greeted him familiarly.

"Everything is fine. So, you're back from your adventures outside? Where is everyone else?" Old Fu inquired about her recent situation, but he didn't notice the fleeting sadness on Lin Anlan's face.

"Yes, they're back. They're all..."

Without needing to ask, Lao Fu knew what had happened. He patted Lin Anlan on the shoulder and comforted him, "It's inevitable. Once you enter this line of work, you're no longer in control of your own destiny."

After speaking, he turned and sat down in the chair, waiting for Lin Anlan to calm down. At the same time, he looked at Su Yang and Tang Wan, while Su Yang was also looking at him. Old Fu was a middle-aged man, but he was not fat; on the contrary, he was rather thin. Judging from the style of the bracelet on his wrist, he should also be an elementalist of a certain rank. Generally, elementalists of the first, second, or even third rank wear plain and unremarkable bracelets, but Old Fu's bracelet had some faint patterns on it.

But soon their eyes met, and Su Yang immediately looked away, surveying the inn's lobby. His actions didn't attract Lao Fu's attention; he focused more on Tang Wan, who was drinking tea. Judging from her demeanor and mannerisms, Lao Fu judged that she was probably a young lady from some wealthy family. Although she wasn't dressed in particularly rich clothes, he had been running the inn for many years and his eye for people was still quite sharp.

Before long, Lin Anlan calmed down and said to Lao Fu, "Give us three single rooms."

"Okay, the usual?"

Lin Anlan nodded, and then Lao Fu went to the counter, took out three plaques and keys, handed them to the three people, and said, "It's been a long time. There haven't been many customers lately, so I'll give you a spot on the third floor."

Lin Anlan didn't say much, just thanked him, and then he and Su Yang carried their luggage to their room to rest. During this time, Lao Fu called the three of them to eat together. The food was simple, but it tasted very good. After the meal, the three of them went back to their rooms to rest, and nothing happened that night.

The next morning, after the three met and had a simple breakfast, they decided to complete Zhang Hongtao's request. His wife lived on Xu Ning Street, between the third and fourth gates of the West City. To get there from the East City, one had to cross almost the entire Huaijing. It would take at least an hour to walk there. So they decided to stroll along the way towards the West City.

Along the way, Su Yang witnessed what the residences of the true high-ranking officials and nobles of the Tianyun Empire were like. They were in no way inferior to the mansions of ancient times. When he passed through a certain area, all the houses and shops he had seen before disappeared. In their place were high-walled mansions like Tang Wan's house. And there was not just one, but a whole row of them. He passed no less than twenty mansions just by looking at the gates. The whole road was surrounded by high walls, so this part of the road was very boring.

Soon the three arrived at an open area. If it weren't for the carriages traveling along the road, Su Yang would have thought they had arrived at a square. On both sides of the road, there were some barricades. Behind the barricades were two wide open spaces paved with neatly cut stone bricks. Looking into the distance, a tall mansion gate was wide open, with two large characters written on it in a flowing calligraphy style. Su Yang couldn't tell what kind of mansion or residence it was, so he had to ask Lin Anlan.

"Where is this place? Who can afford to live in such a big house?"

Lin Anlan looked around and said, "I don't know either, maybe he's some high-ranking official."

Along the way, they only saw four mansion gates, clearly indicating that the mansions here were of a much higher level than the ones they had seen before. After finally leaving this area full of high walls, the three of them approached the center of Huaijing, the imperial palace area.

After passing through a narrow alley, they came to a moat five or six meters wide. On the opposite bank was a towering city wall that stretched all the way. Following the river, they walked for a long time before finally arriving at a square. The square was surrounded by barricades, so the three of them had to go around it. Then they came to the market. When they got there, Lin Anlan didn't know where to go, so she asked a passerby for directions.

They learned that the three of them were currently at the East Gate, located on the east side of the palace. To get to the West Gate, they would have to go around to the South Gate and then head west.

The journey was quite arduous for Su Yang. It took the three of them nearly two hours to enter the western city area. After passing through two districts and two city gates, they would reach the area outside the West Third Gate.

Lin Anlan and Tang Wan were also panting heavily. The three of them looked at each other and decided to go. What else could they do? Like Lunte City, Huaijing did not allow flying. They could only follow the rules. Tang Wan had lost her earlier excitement. She had seen and felt everything along the way. Compared to the stimulation of new things, fatigue was her only feeling at the moment.

After another several tens of minutes, the three of them finally saw the West Third Gate of the city. Su Yang encouraged them, "Just hang in there, we'll be there soon."

Lin Anlan's words nearly drove him to despair. Lin Anlan patted his pockets and then said in a panic, "Oh no!"

"What's wrong? It can't be..." Su Yang saw her panicked expression and instantly realized something, and at the same time, he also panicked.

"I didn't bring that letter!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yang felt like dying, but before he could vent his frustration, Lin Anlan waved the letter in her hand and said playfully, "Hehe, it's here~"

Such dramatic ups and downs were unbearable. Even Tang Wan, who was unaware of the truth, felt her heart rise and fall with the events. Su Yang took the letter and said irritably, "You scared me to death!"

"Hehe, I was just trying to liven things up a bit." Lin Anlan scratched her head sheepishly.

The three entered the area outside the West Third Gate and asked around until they finally found the location of Xu Ning Street. They started searching from the street and finally found the hairpin shop that Zhang Hongtao had mentioned at the entrance of an inconspicuous alley.