Chapter Forty-Nine: The First Arrival in the Iron Mansion

It doesn't take a day to arrive in Beijing. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Ming Dynasty Jingshi was originally in Nanjing, and later the Yongle Emperor moved the capital to Beijing. After more than 200 constructions, the streets of Beijing City are wide, the buildings are gathered, but all the rare and brilliant colors in the world can be seen here, and the strange things that are not found in other places can also be seen and heard here, but the disparity between the rich and the poor here can also be called unparalleled in the world. On the one hand, there are profligate high-ranking officials and magnates who wear gold and silver, and on the other hand, bankrupt peasants and craftsmen in ragged clothes who are displaced from the streets. Ruffians and hooligans of all backgrounds are even more like ants. They were in groups of three or five, staring at the passers-by with their eyes on each other, doing their best to smash, rob, deceive, and force good people to become prostitutes.

Duan Hongyu, Ji Yuanpeng, and Ji Xiaoyu all came to Jingshi for the first time, and they were all overwhelmed by its magnificence, and the three of them walked around for a whole morning, but they still didn't feel tired.

At noon, the three of them finished lunch and stayed in the store. They gather in a room to secretly discuss how to infiltrate the palace and steal the treasure map.

Ji Xiaoyu couldn't suppress the impulse in his heart, and he couldn't wait to fly to the palace immediately to see what the emperor's old man was like. When she was a child, she often imagined herself as a concubine, a mother, or a princess, so she said: "Dad, Brother Duan, we are also a member of the rebel army, are we still frightened by the name of its capital? I don't think it will take more than a year for this place to be our place of fun." This matter can't be delayed for a long time, let's break into the palace tonight, with our martial arts, isn't it easy to find a picture?"

Ji Yuanpeng has rich experience in the rivers and lakes, and knows that Jingshi is different from other places, but if he can't do it, he will lose his wife and soldiers, so he said: "Xiaoyu, what do you think you are, and what are your lives and mine? It's nothing if we die, and the king's plan to go north can't be delayed. The palace is far from what you think. It's that there is no one inside, and the three of us have been looking for three days and three nights without eating, drinking, or sleeping, and we will never be able to find a picture. Let's scout where the treasure map is first, and then take it out with a thunderous momentum, which is the best policy. ”

Duan Hongyu nodded and said, "Uncle Ji is reasonable. We have to be cautious, in case Cao Huachun notices our movements, and then wants to steal the map, but it is absolutely impossible. ”

Ji Xiaoyu said: "Brother Duan, what do you say?"

Duan Hongyu pondered for a moment, then suddenly slapped the table and said, "There is." Since Cao Huachun sent Tie Yan to the rivers and lakes to find another treasure map, it is enough to show that he originally had a map in his hand, even if he did not have the original in his hand, there must have been a fake map copied. As long as we keep our eyes on him, we are not afraid that we will not be able to find the picture. ”

Ji Yuanpeng said: "Duan Gongzi's words are reasonable, but Cao Huachun is currently a celebrity in front of Chongzhen, holding great power, and this person is extremely shrewd, it is not easy to take out the picture from him." ”

Duan Hongyu said: "Don't worry, I'll go find the Iron Maiden, she has entered the palace and seen Cao Huachun." I asked her to draw me a sketch of the palace and a portrait of Cao Huachun, and it was much easier for us to act according to the map. ”

Ji Yuanpeng and Ji Xiaoyu were overjoyed.

The trio has decided on it. Duan Hongyu did not delay and acted immediately. As soon as he left the store, a carriage suddenly stopped in front of him, and the coachman smiled and said, "Uncle, please get in the car." ”

Duan Hongyu said: "I didn't call a taxi. ”

The coachman said, "I don't want money for you." ”

Duan Hongyu said secretly: "Are the people of Jingshi so hospitable?" and said: "Don't dare to trouble you, I'd better go by myself!"

The coachman hurriedly said, "Uncle, get in the car quickly! The car money has already been paid, and if you don't take the car, I will starve." ”

Duan Hongyu was taken aback, and said secretly: "Who invited me to take the car, could it be that I was targeted as soon as I entered Beijing?" and asked, "What kind of person asked you to take me?"

The coachman said, "The man won't let me tell you." He just said he didn't mean anything bad and told you not to be suspicious. ”

Duan Hongyu thought that he couldn't avoid it, so he got into the carriage.

The coachman asked, "Where is the uncle?"

Duan Hongyu said: "Do you know the mansion of Lord Tie of Tiegong Mountain?"

The coachman smiled and said, "Uncle is not joking, right? Who in the capital doesn't know about his mansion when he eats this bowl of rice? Last time I even pulled his young lady! Hey! Although Miss Tie is a woman, she is more generous than a man." Those officials spend a lot of money on women, and a big son doesn't want to throw more in front of us. ”

The carriage turned left and right, and the road it walked became more and more prosperous. Duan Hongyu didn't know the road, but just urged the coachman to move forward quickly.

After a while, I came to a large mansion. Duan Hongyu lifted the curtain of the car and saw the two golden characters "Iron Mansion", knowing that he was on the Iron Bow Mountain Mansion, he was overjoyed, got out of the car, and whispered: "You are waiting for me here, you are not allowed to go anywhere." ”

The coachman smiled and said: "Uncle rest assured, as long as you are in the capital, I will only pull you alone, you are on call, I just hope that the uncle can stay in the capital for a few more days." ”

Duan Hongyu came to the Iron Mansion generously. The little guys who guarded the door came forward early, and one of them stepped forward and pushed Duan Hongyu in a daze, "Hey, boy, what are you doing?"

Duan Hongyu said: "Find someone." ”

The little guy looked Duan Hongyu up and down and said, "Who are you looking for?"

Duan Hongyu said: "Find Miss Tie." ”

The little guy snorted and said, "Who are you?

Duan Hongyu handed the sword forward and said, "Please send this sword to your young lady, as soon as she sees this sword, she will know who I am." ”

The little guy was afraid that he would have a background, so he said, "Wait a minute, I'll go in and make an announcement." ”

The little guy didn't have much time to go in, so he ran out, and said with a smile on his face: "My young lady is invited, you can come with me!"

Duan Hongyu followed the little guy into the Iron Mansion. When he took a look inside, he saw that it was very simple, much worse than the Iron Mansion he imagined, and far worse than the manors of ordinary large families.

Soon came to a flower building. This building is three stories high, and there is an artificial lake in front of the building, but the northern land is cold, and the lake is still freezing at this time. The little guy stopped and said, "My young lady is upstairs, you can go in by yourself!"

Duan Hongyu was angry, and said in his heart: "Iron girl, your shelf is really big. He strode into the building, and several maids were already waiting in the building, leading him to the door of a room on the second floor. Tie Bing thought that he had confessed to them, and they took Duan Hongyu to the door, and they all went downstairs.

Duan Hongyu walked in the door gently, only to smell an intoxicating aroma coming to his face, there were no special luxury furnishings in the room, just clean, almost no trace of dust. Tie Bingxin was sitting at the table at this time, painting quietly. She had taken off her arms and was dressed as a rich lady, as if she was a different person, if she was either in the Iron Mansion or bumped into her on the street, Duan Hongyu would never dare to recognize her.