Mengyuan Dadu.

It was snowing lightly, and the pedestrians on the streets, dressed in thick clothes, still had red cheeks from the cold. This icy and snowy place is colder than Liaodong.

Mengyuan Palace, Nourishing Heart Palace.

Six eunuchs stood aside and served. Emperor Mumba, whose Han name is Jin Yanyu, wears a blue robe and a black scarf.

This dress made him feel as if he had been influenced by Confucianism, and his breath was peaceful.

He bent down and looked at the new champion, and Ji Shitao, the master of the Hanlin Academy, had a great painting. The painting is a [hermit picture], between the mountains and flowing waters, a hermit sits on a big stone and strokes the piano, leisurely.

It wasn't until Tao Dayou finished painting and put away the pen that Emperor Mumba opened his mouth and praised: "Tao Zhuangyuan, it's really a wonderful hand." ”

Tao Dayou raised his head when he heard this, and said humbly: "Your Majesty has praised it." Chen's Danqing is just a third-rate, and it is not worth mentioning compared to the real Danqing masters. ”

"The champion is humble. In my heart, my Danqing, who is the champion, is of course the best. ”

Emperor Mumba said with a smile.

Tao Dayou's eyes were slightly red, his hands hung down, and he bent down and didn't say anything more.

Can hit the top spot. Of course, he is also talented. But he knew that his talent and learning could only be dominant in Liaodong. If I hadn't opened the imperial examination for the emperor, I wouldn't have been able to win the champion of the Chu State.

Twenty years of hard study, not for this day?

In his heart, he was grateful to the Mengyuan court, and he was willing to learn from Zhuge Kongming and die with all his might.

"Take it and frame it. and it hangs in the temple of nourishing the heart. I can watch it all the time. Emperor Mumba was very capable of winning people's hearts, and turned his head and ordered.

"Yes."

The personal eunuch on the side bent down in response.

"I made some good tea, come." Emperor Mumba immediately greeted and walked towards the small door on the right side of the Heart Cultivation Palace.

"Yes." Tao Dayou responded respectfully and followed.

Walking through the small door, there is a small living room. In the northernmost position, there is a throne. There are two rows of Taishi chairs on the left and right.

Emperor Mumba and Tao Dayou sat down separately, and the eunuch brought a tea cup, and the two of them each tasted tea.

After a cup of tea, Emperor Mumba raised his head and said to Tao Dayou: "Tao Zhuangyuan." Our dynasty used troops against Liaodong, and won successive battles. But on the small quagmire of Beishan Fort, he was repeatedly defeated. Do you have any plans for this? ”

He just said casually, he didn't have expectations for Tao Da.

But after saying it, he felt a pain in his head again. The unbeatable Wu Nian of Beishan Fort has become a heart disease in the court.

The Mengyuan soldiers are invincible, but they can't gnaw on this small Beishan Fort.

It's really evil.

Tao Dayou is grateful to the court and the emperor, and he really thinks about this matter on weekdays. Then he blurted out: "Your Majesty." You can surround the North Mountain Fort. Restrict the import of grain, salt, and iron ore into Beishan Fort. ”

"The champion doesn't know. I've already asked people to do this. Emperor Mumba smiled and shook his head, what am I expecting?

"It's not strong enough. Although this official face restricts the import of salt, iron ore, and grain into Beishan Fort. However, the phenomenon of smuggling is still very serious. There are many roads in Beishan Fort, extending in all directions. Smugglers can easily get goods in. ”

"The imperial court should be more vigorous to arrest and punish these smugglers."

"Without salt, man has no strength. Without iron ore, Wu Nian would not have been able to make more weapons. ”

Tao Dayou did his best and said seriously.

"Hmm. The champion has a point. Indeed, it is necessary to intensify the crackdown on smugglers. Emperor Mumba nodded, in fact, now Mengyuan's blockade is already very strict, but it can be stricter.

"The champion really came up with a good idea. Come. Reward the champion Gongyu Ruyi. Emperor Mumba said with a smile.

"Yes."

The eunuch next to him was already prepared and went down in response.

"The minister is terrified." Tao Dayou hurriedly got up from the chair, knelt down and lay on the ground, and said in fear.

"Fear what. The champion had a great idea. If I can kill that Wu Nian, it will be to get rid of my confidants, what is just a jade wish? ”

Emperor Mumba stood up with a smile and bent down to help Tao Dayou.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Tao Dayou's eyes were red, and two lines of tears fell.

I Tao Dayou has met such a master in this life, and I really have no regrets in this life.

Emperor Mumba said something to Tao Dayou and tasted a cup of tea. Tao Dayoucai held the delicate wooden box and walked out of the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Outside the hall stands a soft sedan chair.

Sitting in a sedan chair in the palace is the treatment of the old minister.

Tao Dayou took a deep breath and almost burst into tears. Bent down into the sedan chair and went to the palace gate.

After leaving the palace gate, Tao Dayou came to his sedan chair. first handed over the exquisite box in his arms to his henchman Liu Guang. commanded: "Xiao Liu." You take four people with you. Send this thing back to the house and give it to Madame. ”

"Yes." Liu Guang answered, and immediately went down with four people.

So.

Tao Dayou was left with only two palanquin bearers, two long entourage, and four guards with knives. Tao Dayou looked at the sky, it was almost noon.

He had an appointment with Kim Yu-won, a clan outside the city.

"Out of town. Go to Zhuangzi where Grandpa Guo is outside the city. Tao Dayou got into the sedan chair and ordered.

"Yes."

The crowd responded. Surrounded by Tao Dayou's sedan chair, he went all the way south out of the city gate and went to Jin Youyuan's manor.

Although it is icy and snowy now, it is the capital of Mengyuan in the end. Out of the city, the avenue is also full of people.

Whether it is Tao Dayou or the entourage with knife guards and long followers, there is no guarding.

How many years.

Only the Mengyuan court is doing things in Liaodong, and no one from Chu has ever dared to do things outside the capital of Mengyuan.

This is the foot of the Son of Heaven, the first good place.

Who would dare?

"If you want to gain a foothold in the Mengyuan court, you must have a good relationship with these royal clan ministers. Kim You-won is fond of sinology, which is a good breakthrough. ”

Tao Dayou pinched his beard and thought about it in his heart.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Although he is now in the heart of the emperor, he has the emperor as a big backer. But in the imperial court, connections are also needed.

Just in front of Tao Dayou's team, there were more than a dozen people carrying four carts loaded with firewood, facing them.

Tao Dayou's guards with knives did not react. Now that the weather is so cold, and the population in the capital is large, there is a great demand for timber.

This kind of cart transporting firewood is the most common.

And the man who walked at the forefront was none other than him. It was Wu Nian's assassin, Guan Dadao. He wore a hat on his head, a wood knife at his waist, and a shabby linen garment, like a woodcutter.

In a moment when the two sides staggered. Guan Dadao pulled out the firewood knife at his waist in the blink of an eye, took one of the guards by surprise, and slashed him to the ground. He lifted his right foot again and crushed the opponent's neck.

The Assassins with him struck almost at the same time.

Kill Tao Dayou's entourage cleanly.

Guan Dadao rushed into the sedan chair, looked at the panicked Tao Dayou, and said with a cruel smile: "Old thief." Today is your time of death. ”

Let's talk about it. He raised his kitchen knife and cut a gap in Tao Dayou's neck, almost cutting off his head. Then he grabbed it with both hands and dragged Tao Dayou's body out.

An assassin took out two pieces of white cloth and covered Tao Dayou's body.

A piece of cloth reads "Han Thief".

A piece of cloth reads "Ten Thousand Years of Smelling".

Another Assassin took out a sign and stuck it on Tao Dayou's body. The notice board reads:

"For the general Wu Gong of the Auxiliary Han Dynasty, the Han thief Tao is here."

After doing these things cleanly, Guan Dadao greeted his brothers, turned around and strode towards the south, disappearing into the white wind and snow.

It happened so quickly that it was over in the blink of an eye.

The passers-by, caravans, etc., all around, were dumbfounded.

Forthwith.

The news spread like a storm throughout the entire Mengyuan capital.