The bandits' sudden departure was something Xiao Yiran didn't expect. It stands to reason that the other side still has the advantage, so why did it suddenly withdraw?

At this time, Cui Jian had already run over, looked up and down carefully, and made sure that Xiao Yiran was unscathed, so he completely relieved himself. Liu Xia helped the old gentleman Chu Tian to catch up.

"Ran'er, are you alright?"

"Miss."

Liu Xia's voice was a little choked. She is not as good as Qingwen and Musk Yue, after all, Qingwen and Musk Moon have seen some scenes in the Sun and Moon Boat, and Liu Xia is an authentic country girl. I just followed Chu Tian and Xiao Yiran to Suzhou Mansion once, and then I went out this time, and I didn't want to encounter such an unimaginable thing halfway.

"Sir, rest assured, nothing is wrong. Sir's injury is out of the way, right? ”

"It's okay, it's just that I was hit by the carriage on the leg, and it doesn't get in the way."

"Miss, let's go back to the main road as much as possible, this is not a good place."

Xiao Yiran also knew that this place was too close to the bandits' lair. At this time, Qingwen and Musk Yue, who were behind them, still hadn't recovered from the shock of the young lady's watch that they had seen with their own eyes. When Xiao Yiran was surrounded by everyone, he had already walked a few steps ahead, and the two girls woke up and hurried up.

When she returned to the road and got into the carriage, Qingwen asked:

"Miss, how did you do that?"

"When people are in a hurry, they can do anything."

Xiao Yiran replied lightly, she didn't want others to know about herself, but not only was she seen by Qingwen and Musk Yue today, but even Cui Jian and the others were also looking at it, and they were thinking about how to explain today's events.

"However, we were also in a hurry, why couldn't we do it?"

"Sister Qingwen, what has Miss done?"

Liu Xia went late and didn't see Xiao Yiran's bravery.

"Xia'er, don't listen to Qingwen, there's nothing, I'm just calmer than them."

Seeing that Qingwen was still about to speak, Musk Yue next to her felt that Miss didn't seem to want more people to know, so she secretly took Qingwen's hand, and Qingwen endured it.

This unexpected change made Cui Jian, who was sitting in the carriage, feel the feeling of the rest of his life after the catastrophe. While he was glad that he was still alive, he couldn't figure it out in his heart no matter what, a little girl not only saved the other two girls from the hands of many bandits, but also ran a distance, not to mention, just the ability to use the trunk in her hand to block arrows is an unbelievable thing.

"Could it be that Miss still has martial arts skills? I've never heard the prince mention it? Besides, as far as I know, Miss has been in the painting boat since she was a child, and just learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting is enough to occupy most of her time, where is there still energy to practice martial arts. Taking a step back, even if you have practiced martial arts, it has only been more than ten years, and those who know you and have practiced martial arts all your life may not be able to block dozens of arrows with a small tree trunk. ”

After thinking about it, Cui Jian finally thought that it would be better to find an opportunity to inquire from the side. As for the prince, when he arrived in the capital, he immediately wrote a letter to report it. It is best to ask the prince to coordinate and send troops to wipe out those bandits. Cui Jian really hated those bandits, and almost let himself never see the sun the next day.

Leaving the section of the road that was blocked by the bandits, the group quickened their pace, and no one wanted to encounter the bandits again. In this way, it only took two days to enter Beiping City. Cui Jian led Xiao Yiran and Chu Tian, and the caravan from time to go directly to the Rongchang Commercial Bank in Hanlin Lane.

Xu already knew Xiao Yiran's status in the prince's heart from Cui Jian's mouth, and Shi Yuan became respectful to Xiao Yiran. Xiao Yiran remembered that there were two people who went to the Sun Moon Boat together, one was named Zhou Yilong, and the other was Linde. Because he didn't see the two of them on the road, he asked Shi Yuan:

"Mr. Shi, why didn't you see Mr. Zhou and Mr. Lin?"

"Miss, I can't afford the word 'sir' in the future. Zhou and Lin have other things, go to Xi'an to do things, and they will come back in two days. ”

From Yingtianfu to Beiping, it is only more than 2,000 miles, and under normal circumstances, it only takes about 20 days. No, Xiao Yiran and his entourage were first blocked by heavy snow, delayed for half a month, and then intercepted by bandits. It took 36 days to get there. When I left Yingtianfu, it was September 18, and when I arrived in Beiping, it was already the afternoon of the third day of November.

After settling down in Rongchang Commercial Bank, Cui Jian instructed Shi Yuan to wait for Xiao Yiran and Chu Tian well, and wrote a letter to Zhu Di, who was far away in Fengyang, the central capital, and explained in detail the things along the way, especially the matter of being blocked by bandits and kidnapping Xiao Yiran's master and servant. As for whether to send troops to clean up the bandits, Cui Jian didn't dare to give the prince an idea, so he could only see the prince's own intentions. However, Cui Jian knew in his heart that with Zhu Di's character, he would definitely not let go of those bandits.

Xiao Yiran and Chu Tian were tired all the way, and they were shocked by the bandits, so they rested in Rongchang Commercial Bank for three days, and only on the seventh day of the first month of November did they let Cui Jian arrange a carriage and go around Beiping City. The main thing is to look at the Yuan Dadu period, where the architectural pattern of zài has long existed.

After inspecting for five days, the two began to discuss where to build the Yanwang Mansion, and how to make the future Yanwang Mansion unique without violating the dimensions stipulated in the imperial court's edict on the regulations of the palace and the palace. As the discussion between the two deepened, Xiao Yiran couldn't help but reveal the plan of Beiping City in his memory.

After a few days of investigation, Xiao Yiran found that during the Yuan Dynasty, Beiping City had been built in a similar way, such as the moat, such as the inner and outer cities, and the imperial city in the inner city, which were basically the same as the pattern of Beiping City in his memory, but with slight changes in some details. In this way, the old gentleman Chu Tian will not see the clues.

Since the main content of the discussion between the two was limited to the regulations in the edict, the focus was also on the imperial city. During the Yuan Dynasty, there was still a lot of disparity between the Forbidden City in the imperial city and the Forbidden City in Xiao Yiran's memory. Therefore, in order not to change history, Xiao Yiran tried his best to induce Chutian quietly and plan according to the appearance of the Forbidden City in his memory.

According to the size in the imperial court regulations, Xiao Yiran secretly converted it, one meter is equal to three feet, and the regulations stipulate that the palace city is more than 197 zhang long from north to south, and if converted into meters, it is about 658 meters. The east and west are more than 150 zhang wide, and the conversion into meters is more than 500 meters. This is still a bit different from the size of the Forbidden City in memory. Xiao Yiran thought, if he remembered correctly, in his college life, the Forbidden City should be 961 meters long from north to south and 753 meters wide from east to west. Compared with the two, there is a lot of difference. It is built yì Chu Tiandao:

"Are we not considering the walls of the palace for the time being, and only plan the buildings in the palace for the time being. It's just a slight change on the basis of Yuan Dadu. In this way, even if the imperial court comes down to investigate, because there is no wall, it naturally cannot be regarded as a violation of the regulations. ”

"Yes, there is a city wall in the imperial city of Yuan Dadu, even if the palace does not build a wall, it doesn't matter, anyway, idle people are not allowed to enter the imperial city."

The two discussed it one by one, and Chu Tian began to draw the blueprint.

At this time, what Xiao Yiran didn't know was that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who was more than 2,000 miles away, was watching the letter sent by the housekeeper Cui Jian. The more I looked at it, the more angry I became, and when I saw Xiao Yiran being kidnapped by bandits, I couldn't help but slap the table and be angry. It's just that when he saw Cui Jian below saying that Xiao Yiran was not equipped with martial arts skills, and he could block dozens of arrows with a tree trunk in his hand, Zhu Di was also stunned.

"When did Ran'er have this ability? I've never heard of Ran'er learning martial arts, and I can't see any signs of martial arts from her? ”

Zhu Di had doubts in the center, and after carefully reading Cui Jian's letter, he immediately started to write a letter, but it was not written to Cui Jian, but directly to the commander of Beiping Mansion, and Lin Yirong. Zhu Di used more drastic language in the letter, pointing the finger at the Beiping Guards (in the early Ming Dynasty, the provincial garrisons were called guards, and each guard station had 5,600 soldiers. Zhao Cheng, the supreme general.

The gist of Zhu Di's letter is to the effect that it has been ten years since the founding of the country, and there are still bandits rampant in the territory, robbing merchants and robbing women and children, so lawless, so why does the imperial court raise so many soldiers, what do you want to command, and what do you have to do with the guards?

After writing it, he sent it to Lin Yirong, the commander of Beiping, together with Cui Jian's letter, but he just crossed out a paragraph in Cui Jian's heart about Xiao Yiran swinging a tree trunk to block arrows.

Since Zhu Di sent the letter in the form of a five-hundred-mile urgent document, only four days later, the letter came to Lin Yirong's hands. Lin Yirong didn't expect that King Yan, who had not yet become a vassal, would write a letter to him, and said that he would be in a hurry for five hundred miles. This can only be used with the permission of the Ministry of War. With some trepidation, I opened the letter and read it carefully. After that, he immediately ordered someone to summon Zhao Cheng from the guard and threw the letter to him.

After reading King Yan's letter, Zhao Cheng was shocked at first. I have long known that there is a flying dragon village, and I also know that this gang of bandits is lawless, although they have the intention to go to the suppression, but they have never received the order of their superiors, and they dare not make their own decisions. I really didn't expect that these bandits would even dare to rob the caravan of the palace, and they also grabbed the housekeeper of the palace.

"General Zhao thinks how to deal with this matter?"

"Lord Lin, what else can be done now, as long as the Lord gives the order, the last general can lead the men and horses to clear out the bandits in Feilong Village."

"Do you want to ask the military department for instructions first?"

"I'm afraid that Lord Yan can't wait."

"Alas, these bandits are really bold, how dare they rob the prince's caravan and steward? It had no choice but to do this, General Zhao led his men and horses to encircle and suppress first, and Lin could go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Presumably, there is a letter from Lord Yan, and the Ministry of War will not hold you and me accountable for tampering with the troops of the guard. ”

Seeing that Zhao Cheng turned around and was about to leave, Lin Yirong called out to him:

"General Zhao might as well go to Rongchang Commercial Bank to meet the housekeeper of Yan Wangfu first, and it is not too late to go on the expedition."