Chapter 1143 Dadu

Hundreds of years later, Genghis Khan's majestic and domineering power of sweeping the world has become a few words in the history books. Only the splendid capital city still stands as before, proving the short-lived glory of the Yuan dynasty.

Unlike Peiping hundreds of years later, today's Dadu City is still a young and vibrant new city. It was only built more than 60 years ago.

This is a city that was built entirely on a new site, so urban planning is completely unconstrained by the old pattern. When building Dadu, the designers built a central pavilion in the center, and then used this center as a basis to explore the city site in all directions.

Because it is a new city, the streets in Yuandadu are straight and horizontal, with clear longitude and latitude. All streets are straight and go straight to the root of the city.

If a person stands on any city gate and looks straight ahead, he can see the gate on the opposite city wall.

The entire city is arranged in a square shape, like a chessboard, and all streets have corresponding specifications. According to historical records, in Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty, "the main streets are twenty-four steps wide and the small streets twelve steps wide. Three hundred and eighty-four fires" Alley, Lane 29..."

Nine meridians and nine tracks, the front dynasty and the back market, the left ancestor and the right shrine, and even the eleven city gates were built and named according to the directions of the nine palaces and eight trigrams.

This can be regarded as a strange thing in the Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan Dynasty worshiped Buddhism and suppressed Taoism, and discriminated against the Han people. However, as the imperial capital, it was built entirely in accordance with the traditions of the Han people and Taoist theories.

But it's not strange today. After all, there are more than one foreigner who has learned our things but still discriminates against us.

Dayuan's palace is located south of the central pavilion and is magnificently built.

Just like all tourist attractions today have special stinky tofu and small souvenirs produced in Yiwu, the Dayuan Palace is similar to the palaces of other dynasties, with everything that should be there and some that shouldn't be there.

There is no need to say what should be done, what should not be done...

For example, the Dayuan Palace has a sheep pen and an eagle room, which are also a major feature.

Another special thing is that the palace of the Great Yuan Palace is called "Da Ming Palace", which seems to have some mysterious revelation of fate.

At this time, Su Yi, Zhang Sanfeng and Miejie Shitai were standing outside the Yuan Ting palace wall, across a river, looking at the overlapping pavilions and palaces not far away.

It was afternoon, and the whole city exuded a tired atmosphere under the lazy sunshine. Even the imperial guards who were patrolling at the base of the palace walls were slacking off. Some even dozed off, completely unaware of the people hiding behind them. Three uninvited guests under the shade of a tree.

Of course, at this time, Su Yi, Zhang Sanfeng and Miejie Shitai were inconspicuous, just like ordinary people who came to admire the imperial city with awe.

Even if the person who is most familiar with them stands in front of them, he is afraid that not only will he not recognize them, but he will not even look at them.

Using Su Yi's miraculous imitation makeup technique, the three of them dressed up as a family of three with an unattractive appearance. Their appearance looked exactly the same as that of thousands of Mongolian herdsmen, and even their smells were exactly the same.

Because the clothes worn by the three of them were all found by Su Yi from real herdsmen's homes.

"Dadu..." Zhang Sanfeng sighed with emotion, deliberately hunched over his back, pretending to be old, "Sixty years ago, I came to Dadu once. After seeing this city, I was disheartened and filled with thoughts of driving away the Tartars. All my thoughts turned into nothing and ceased to exist. At that time, I was thinking that the Tatars who were riding horses and shooting arrows actually built such a majestic capital, which shows that the destiny of the Yuan Dynasty will rise and the Han Dynasty will decline. "

"I originally thought that I would live under the rule of the Tatars and never see the light of day. But I never thought that today, sixty years later, the Yuan Dynasty would be in decline and precarious. Things are really unpredictable..."

Master Miejie was dressed up as an old woman, and her eyebrows were "finely adjusted" to make her look particularly kind and benevolent.

She was holding a crutch in her hand, and hidden in the crutch was her Heavenly Sword.

Hearing this, she sneered and said: "The Tatars are going against the grain and abusing the people. They will not last long! This old nun - I am not surprised by this! Humph, most of these seem to be in bloom, but you have seen them along the way. , there are beggars everywhere, it can be seen that their gold and jade are ruined on the outside. "

Zhang Sanfeng said: "There are indeed an abnormal number of beggars, but many of the beggars are from the Lian family, and they are obviously members of the Beggar Clan... Could it be that there is some kind of gathering of the Beggar Clan in Dadu?"

"I'm afraid he is acting as the eyes and ears for Yuan Ting to find out our whereabouts." Su Yi narrowed his eyes slightly.

He pretended to be a dark-skinned middle-aged man with a simple and honest face, which was very different from his usual handsome appearance.

"Although the Beggar Gang has declined, it was still the largest gang in the world at that time. It has always been chivalrous." Zhang Sanfeng frowned and said, "No matter how unbearable it is, it shouldn't be reduced to a hawk of the Tatars, right? Huang Rongnu, the former leader of the Beggar Gang, The hero died because of his resistance to the Yuan Dynasty. If that were the case, wouldn’t the Beggar Clan have deceived their master and destroyed their ancestors?”

"It must have been taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives." Su Yi said calmly.

Although it was meant as a guess, Su Yi was actually extremely certain.

Before blending into Dadu, Su Yi blessed Qingfeng Mingyue with talismans that were not afraid of sunlight and fireworks, so that they could move among crowds and under the sun to find out news for Su Yi.

From the moment he entered Dadu, there were traces of beggars in almost every street and alley. This naturally aroused Su Yi's vigilance and attention. He used two little ghosts to investigate a little and found out that the beggar gang was indeed for Surveillance and searches were spread all over the streets and alleys.

The source was an elder named Chen. When Su Yi checked this man's house, he also saw several portraits, including those of him, Zhang Sanfeng, Wang Baobao, Zhou Zhiruo and Xiao Zhao.

What this means is self-evident.

As for why the Beggars' Sect would help the Yuan court, Su Yi also understood the reason.

The elder surnamed Chen's full name is Chen Youliang. In fact, he has another identity, he is a disciple of Cheng Kun.

The reason why the Beggars' Sect monitored and searched for the whereabouts of Su Yi and others must be Cheng Kun's instruction.

However, what Su Yi found a little strange was that there were many soldiers in the city dressed in ordinary clothes and dressed as civilians wandering around. The purpose of these people was also to find the whereabouts of Su Yi and others, but they were clearly separated from these beggars, and they were even unaware of each other, and they obviously belonged to different camps.

This seems to indicate that Cheng Kun did not tell Zhao Min about his relationship with the Beggars' Sect, but was secretly searching for Su Yi's whereabouts.

But is there any need for this?

There must be something wrong when things are abnormal. Su Yi was wary of this. Fortunately, he soon knew the answer and understood the reason.

Speaking of this, we have to mention that Zhao Min is really a woman with the courage of a man.

She posted notices at the gates of the eleven city gates that read "Old friends of Green Willow, please go to the Spring Breeze Pavilion", obviously wanting to invite Su Yi to meet.

Su Yi asked Qingfeng Mingyue to go to this place to see it. The so-called Spring Breeze Pavilion is on a small hill in the north of Jishuitan. It is close to the canal dock and is a quiet viewing platform in the bustling city. The terrain here is open on all sides. With Su Yi's skills, it is very convenient to enter and exit the city from here.

In order to reassure Su Yi, Zhao Min only brought two red-clothed lamas to sit in the pavilion, obviously to show her sincerity and negotiate with Su Yi.

After seeing how powerful Su Yi was, this woman still dared to break away from the heavy protection and meet Su Yi. This courage is not even as good as that of ordinary men.

Although the two red-clothed lamas who followed her had a long breath and were obviously masters, in fact, even Zhao Min herself knew very well that if Su Yi wanted to kill her, these two people alone could not stop her.

Before Wang Baobao escaped, Zhao Min would never do anything to Su Yi. Su Yi's attitude towards Zhao Min was the same in order to save the people of the six major sects.

Therefore, this meeting was probably safe and sincere, and there should be no fatal traps.

But when Su Yi sent a little ghost to investigate, he found that a hole was dug under the Chunfeng Pavilion, and the hole was full of explosives that were enough to blow up the hill!

The fuse was arranged very secretly in the abandoned cellar of a nearby inn.

And by chance, Yuan Zhen lived on the second floor of this inn, and he could just see the whole picture of Chunfeng Pavilion from his room.

Zhao Min couldn't have wanted to blow Su Yi to death before rescuing Wang Baobao, and she couldn't die with Su Yi in order to blow Su Yi to death.

And the most important thing is that if the explosives are to be detonated, Zhao Min must leave in advance, otherwise the explosives will not distinguish between enemies and friends, and Zhao Min will have to go to the sky with Su Yi.

But once Zhao Min left, Su Yi would definitely not stay at Chunfeng Pavilion, so what was the point of setting up the explosives?

Therefore, Su Yi easily deduced that Zhao Min might not even know the existence of the explosives!

The reason why Yuan Zhen hid it from Zhao Min was probably because he wanted to blow Su Yi to death and didn't care about Zhao Min's life.

Does Yuan Zhen hate him so much?

Su Yi was quite surprised by this. He even suspected that Yuan Zhen might have guessed that he pretended to be Yang Dingtian's ghost in Guangmingding?

However, after discovering this, Yuan Zhen secretly sent his disciple Chen Youliang to use the Beggar Gang to monitor Su Yi's whereabouts, which can also explain it.

Unfortunately, neither Zhao Min nor Yuan Zhen thought that even if they set up a net and had secret stakes all over the streets and alleys, they still couldn't even touch Su Yi's shadow.

Because Su Yi and the other seven people entered the city from different gates in two groups, Su Yi pretended to be a Mongolian herdsman family of three, and Zhou Zhiruo pretended to be two middle-aged business couples. The seven people all had different faces, which were completely different from their original appearances.

Zhao Min probably thought that even if she couldn't find out the whereabouts of Su Yi and others, Su Yi would definitely show up to meet her sooner or later, so she was not in a hurry.

In a sense, Zhao Min's certainty was right, because Su Yi would indeed meet her.

But not now, and not for negotiation with her.

After discovering these situations, Su Yi adjusted and optimized his original plan and decided to make full use of the Yuanzhen link.

In addition, he also sent a message to Xiao Zhao through Qingfeng Mingyue, telling them to go to the Jishuitan and wait for news.

Regarding the adjustment of the plan, Su Yi naturally communicated with Zhang Sanfeng and others at any time to avoid any omissions due to information errors.

Zhang Sanfeng and Nun Miejue both knew how dangerous the task they were about to undertake was, and they were both brave enough to die if they failed.

Although Su Yi was very confident about this trip, no one could predict the risks and accidents, and he could not guarantee that the three people would be able to come out safely after entering.

Moreover, the inner palace was a real dragon's den and tiger's lair, and there would definitely be masters guarding it. Su Yi was very clear about this.

As for the two little ghosts Qingfeng and Mingyue——

How could the little ghosts be allowed to act rashly in front of the real dragon?

Su Yi did not want the two little ghosts to die. In order to avoid accidents, he even hid the two wooden carvings under his clothes and covered them with talismans.

The three stood outside the palace, pretending to admire the royal palace, but in fact Su Yi was telling Zhang Sanfeng and the others about the architectural layout of the palace and the situations they might encounter after entering.

Su Yi was able to obtain this information because of the help of the clear wind and bright moon. He found a few eunuchs wandering outside the palace, dragged them into the illusion and threatened them. Then these eunuchs spoke out like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

After Su Yi finished speaking, the three of them had roughly mastered the rules of the imperial guards' patrols through observation.

Su Yi looked at the two of them and said with a serious face: "Mr. Zhang, Nun, this trip is dangerous and of great importance. You must listen to my orders and act according to the plan. Don't be impulsive or linger in the battle!"

"Don't worry, I will follow your lead on this trip!" Nun Miejue said seriously.

"Master Su, I am just a sharp sword in your hand today!" Zhang Sanfeng also expressed his attitude.

Su Yi took a deep breath and said: "Try to protect yourself."

The two elders nodded in unison.

Su Yi once again reviewed with the two some simple hand gesture instructions he had taught them before.

These instructions are to make accurate and timely command and tactical adjustments at critical moments, as well as to cooperate with each other.

Su Yi had made all the preparations he could think of, and now he was ready to go like an arrow from a bow!

He said no more, and after a patrol of the guards passed, the three of them climbed over the palace wall like big birds and entered the palace!

Inside the palace, as Su Yi expected, there was a sentry every three steps and a guard every five steps, and the defense was very tight.

Because it was daytime, even in the most remote places, there were guards standing guard, and guards patrolled regularly.

Su Yi tried to let Qingfeng Mingyue come out of the wood carving, and they really showed a very fearful emotion, so Su Yi gave up decisively.

Even if he was a master, he couldn't be completely invisible. In order to avoid alerting the enemy and causing trouble, Su Yi could only try his best to avoid the guards in the palace and not expose his whereabouts.

The three of them advanced slowly into the depths of the palace.

But fortunately, they did not expose their whereabouts all the way.

Until they arrived at the harem, an old lady supervisor who was sitting at the door of the imperial kitchen and taking a nap in the sun felt something was wrong and walked towards the hiding place of the three people.

Su Yi, Zhang Sanfeng and others acted decisively, and the three of them cooperated tacitly and killed the old eunuch.

Even if the three top masters of the time joined forces, the old eunuch was still able to resist two moves, which shows how high his martial arts skills were.

Fortunately, this setback did not expand, and the three of them solved the nameless old eunuch quietly without giving him the opportunity to speak out and warn.