After noon, the autumn is high and cool. Princess Anping took Li Luo to ride a horse along the royal road of Tianjie and went straight out of the south of the city.

Princess Anping went to "dismount and fly to park" to hunt, and many people knew about it. These people couldn't help but be a little disappointed, judging from Princess Anping's actions, the queen was probably not seriously ill.

"Dismount and fly to Bo" is the Nanyuan of later generations, which is the royal hunting ground of the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties.

The cavalry of the brigade went out of the main gate of Nanchengli and entered the "old city". The old city is the capital of Jinzhong, and it is also the location of the Yuan court before the completion of the new city of Dadu.

After the completion of Dadu New Town, Kublai Khan issued an edict that "prolific and employed" people should move into Dadu New Town, and ordinary people who did not have official positions and were not wealthy were not allowed to move in.

Therefore, the vast majority of people living in the old city are ordinary people, and most of the largest slave markets in the city, the "poor man's market", are in the old city. "Poor Han City" does not mean "poor man", but "poor Han people", both men and women.

The old man Yidi in Dadu New Town, or the powerful high-ranking traitors, like to come to the "poor man's market" to buy slaves or hire coolies.

Passing through the old city, you can go to "get off the horse and fly to the park". Because the nobles of Mengyuan always walked through the old city in and out of the capital, and liked to walk on the street with horses hugging each other, the people of the old city were hit by horses on the street almost every day.

This time was no exception.

As soon as the hunting party of the queen of Goryeo entered the old city, a common man carrying a burden could not dodge, and was directly knocked away by a Mongolian guard. The man was an old man selling vegetables, and his head was on the bluestone slab, and he was no longer alive.

"Daddy!" A young man cried out in mourning, and he rushed forward, leaped forward, grabbed the Mongolian knight's horse's tail, and held on.

"Look for death!" The Mongolian knight drew his scimitar, and it was a slash, and the young man had to let go of his horse's tail to dodge.

"If you hit my father, are you going to leave!" The tall young man asked fearlessly.

The Mongolian knight couldn't understand Chinese, and he didn't bother to listen, just a rein of the horse, and he was about to raise his sword to kill.

"Stop!" The queen of Goryeo scolded, whipping it over, "What are you entangled with this poor Jurchen man!" Hurry! ”

The Mongolian knight snorted coldly, and finally stopped rushing to kill the young man, and beat his horse to keep up with the princess.

The Jurchen youth's face was full of grief and indignation, but he could only watch the perpetrator leave.

Li Luolema said: "Don't look at it, let's take care of the aftermath." He casually threw out a silver bottle and said in a low voice: "I am Li Luo of the Goryeo Mission, not a Mongol." ”

After Li Luo finished speaking, he beat his horse and followed.

The Jurchen young man only took care to see his father at this time, and he was really angry. He looked hatefully in the direction the horses had left, tears welling up in his eyes.

"Okay, Zong Day, don't look at it, hurry up and take care of the aftermath! Isn't there such a thing one day? A neighbor sighed and persuaded.

Several teenagers surrounded him and whispered viciously: "Lane Chief, do you want to fight with the Tartars?" ”

The Jurchen youth gritted his teeth and said: "We are just some coolies who walk the streets and alleys, except for strength and familiarity, we have nothing, what do we use to fight with the tartars?" Just rely on a hundred and ten cheap lives? ”

Another old neighbor said: "Zong Day, you are already very good, and the Mongols also paid you a big ingot of silver, a dozen taels, right?" Enough of the aftermath, the rest of the people who were killed by the Tartar horses didn't even have a mile to do it! ”

"The silver that the Tartars paid for?" Zong Ri shook his head, "How can Tartar be so kind-hearted?" ”

"Li Luo, the Goryeo Mission......" Zong Tian muttered.

This scene happened to be seen by the people in a commercial building with a signboard of "Luoning Trading Company" hanging diagonally opposite.

This person is Li Yong of the Dadu Branch of the Special Investigation Bureau.

He closed the window facing the street on the second floor, turned to a woman inside, and said, "Teacher, the owner of the society has just passed with the queen of Goryeo, and the Mongolian knight accompanying him has killed Zong Ri's father. Outcome...... It is the silver given by the kindness of the owner. ”

Of course, the woman was Cui Xiuning, she came to the old city, first, to conduct a field trip, and secondly, to take a look at the substation. This old city has a large population and a large place, and it is a mixture of fish and dragons, and there are all kinds of religions and nine streams.

The location of the sub-bureau is also very suitable. This is the intersection of the old and new city, and when you climb the building and look around, you can find a lot of movement.

Now there are more than 20 people in the sub-bureau, more than a dozen of whom are "apprentices" who are being trained, and there are seven or eight clerks. This Luoning trading company sells leather goods and precious stones. A lot of money came in every day.

The trading house is a two-story attic with a small courtyard, and a basement used for "storing goods". The "apprentices" were trained in the backyard, and Cui Xiuning personally gave them a lesson, and then went into the basement under the guidance of four students.

The basement is divided into two floors, inside and outside. The outer layer is the real storage room. The inner layer, which is covered by the outer layer, is the real "bright spot". The inner floor has a radius of five zhang, of which there are seven small rooms used as "private prisons".

In addition to the "private prison", the main ones are the interrogation room and the torture room. The interrogation room is just that, and the torture room is the focus of Cui Xiuning's understanding.

When she first took classes in Yeyue Hall, Cui Xiuning did not talk about "agent torture subjects", she just wrote a booklet and sent them to study by themselves.

However, the effect of their self-study was really beyond Cui Xiuning's expectations.

Tiger stool, soldering iron, bamboo stick, sticky linen, leather whip, salt, hanging beam, iron chain, plywood...... At that time, even Cui Xiuning felt uncomfortable when he saw it.

"You seem to be paying attention to this day?" Cui Xiuning asked.

Li Yong replied: "This person is a Jurchen, one of the 'lane chiefs' in the old city, and he is very famous among the poor in the city. The so-called alley chief is nothing more than a gangster. But Zong Tian is very righteous, and he has gathered a hundred and ten teenagers, all of whom are from three sects and nine streams. ”

"They usually give out their coolies to the people, or collect some copper coins to protect the neighborhood from being bullied by other gangsters. I think they are all familiar, well-informed, bold, and short of money, so they are bought as outsiders. They can do a lot of things that are inconvenient to do. ”

Cui Xiuning said: "In other words, they are already on the boat?" ”

Li Yong smiled: "Just got on the boat." But I haven't given them the task yet. ”

Cui Xiuning said: "Go out with me and walk around the street,"

A few people went to the street and walked around the market a few times, Li Yong approached and said in a low voice: "Teacher, there are three lamas, who have followed us for two streets, and they seem to be beating the teacher's idea." ”

Although Cui Xiuning has changed her appearance, she still looks a little beautiful, plus she is tall and graceful, and her temperament looks dusty, so she still attracted the attention of a monk.

"I know." How vigilant is Cui Xiuning? Of course, she would not fail to find out the lama's malice.

Nowadays, Mongolia believes in Tantra so much that the lamas are arrogant all over the country. Even in Dadu, it is not uncommon to oppress the people and humiliate women from good families.

These three lamas are old and young, and the old monks should not have a low status. Judging by their behavior, it seems that they have come specifically to fish and hunt women in the old capital market.

Cui Xiuning was disgusted in his heart, and thought of the lamas involved in the "Dadu Plan", and he had a plan in his heart at the moment.

"Somewhere in the middle of nowhere?" Cui Xiuning asked.

Li Yong said: "There is an oil mill, the owner was destroyed by the Tartars, and the yard is deserted. Just in front of the alley, turn left a short distance. ”

Cui Xiuning said: "You go separately from me, I'll go to the abandoned oil mill, and then you will arrange ......"

Li Yong and the others received the order, and then pretended to be very casual and separated from Cui Xiuning.

Cui Xiuning went straight to the abandoned oil mill.

The three lamas who were following not far away couldn't help but smile when they saw Cui Xiuning finally alone, and followed unhurriedly.

It seems that they have done this many times.

Qingyi literature