Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty.

It is snowing lightly in the sky, and the pedestrians on the street are wearing thick clothes, but their cheeks are still red from the cold. This place of ice and snow is even colder than Liaodong.

Meng Yuan Palace, Yangxin Hall.

Six eunuchs stood aside to serve. Emperor Mengba, whose Chinese name was Jin Yanyu, wore a blue gown and a black Confucian scarf.

This outfit made him seem to have been influenced by Confucianism, and he had a peaceful aura.

He bent over and looked at the painting by Tao Dayou, the new champion of the new subject. The painting was a "Hermit Picture". Among the mountains and flowing water, a hermit sat cross-legged on a big stone and played the piano, leisurely and contentedly.

When Tao Dayou finished painting, Emperor Mengba praised him: "Tao Zhuangyuan is really a master of painting."

Hearing this, Tao Dayou raised his head and said humbly: "Your Majesty is so complimentary. My painting skills are only third-rate, and they are not worth mentioning compared with the real masters of painting."

"The number one scholar is so humble. In my heart, my painting of the number one scholar is of course the best."

Emperor Mumba said with a smile.

Tao Dayou's eyes were slightly red, his hands dropped down, he bent over and said nothing more.

Of course, he is also talented. But he knows that his talents can only dominate in Liaodong. If I hadn't opened the imperial examination for the emperor, he would not have won the number one scholar in Chu State.

Twenty years of studying hard in a cold window are just for this day?

In his heart, he was deeply grateful to the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, and he was willing to learn from Zhuge Kongming and devote himself to death.

"Take it and frame it. Hang it in the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart. I can watch it all the time." Emperor Mengba was very good at winning people's hearts, so he turned around and ordered.

"According to the decree."

The personal eunuch on the side bent down and responded.

"I've asked someone to make some good tea, come here." Emperor Mengba immediately greeted and walked towards the small door on the right side of Yangxin Hall.

"Yes." Tao Dayou responded respectfully and followed closely.

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

Emperor Mengba and Tao Dayou sat down respectively. The eunuch brought tea cups, and they both drank tea.

After finishing a cup of tea, Emperor Mengba raised his head and said to Tao Dayou: "Tao Zhuangyuan. I used troops against Liaodong and won consecutive battles. However, I was defeated repeatedly in the small quagmire of Beishan Fort. What do you think about this?

What's the plan?"

He just said casually that he had no expectations for Tao Da.

But after he said it, he felt pain in his head again. Wu Nian, the invincible man in Beishan Fort, became a worry for everyone in the imperial court.

The Mongolian and Yuan soldiers were invincible, but they couldn't take down this small Beishan fortress.

It's really evil.

Tao Dayou was grateful to the court and the emperor. He really thought about this matter on weekdays. He blurted out: "Your Majesty, you can surround Beishan Fort and restrict the import of grain, salt and iron ore into Beishan Fort."

"The number one scholar doesn't know. I've already asked someone to take care of this matter." Emperor Mengba smiled and shook his head. What was I expecting?

"It's not strong enough. Although there are official restrictions on the import of salt, iron ore, and grain into Beishanbao, the phenomenon of smuggling is still very serious. There are many roads in Beishanbao Mountain, extending in all directions. It is easy for smugglers to send goods in."

"The court should take greater measures to arrest and punish these smugglers."

"Without salt, people would have no strength. Without iron ore, Wu Nian would not be able to make more weapons."

Tao Dayou tried his best and spoke seriously.

"Yes. What the champion said makes sense. We must intensify the crackdown on smugglers." Emperor Mengba nodded. In fact, Mengba's blockade is already very strict, but it can be even stricter.

"The number one scholar really came up with a good idea. Come and reward the number one scholar with a piece of Ruyi jade." Emperor Mumba said with a smile.

"yes."

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

"I'm scared." Tao Dayou quickly stood up from his chair, knelt down and lay on the ground, and said with sincerity and fear.

"What are you afraid of? The number one scholar has come up with a good idea. If you can kill Wu Nian, it will eliminate a serious problem for me. What does a mere jade Ruyi mean?"

Emperor Mengba stood up with a smile, bent down and helped Tao Dayou up.

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

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

Emperor Mengba said some words to Tao Dayou and drank a cup of tea. Tao Dayou left the Yangxin Hall holding the exquisite wooden box.

Outside the hall stood a soft sedan chair.

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

Tao Dayou took a deep breath and almost shed tears. He bent down and got into the sedan chair, heading towards the palace gate.

After leaving the palace gate, Tao Dayou came to his sedan chair. He first handed the delicate box in his arms to his confidant Liu Guang. He ordered: "Xiao Liu, you take four people with you. Put this thing first."

Send it back to the mansion and give it to Madam."

"Yes." Liu Guang responded and immediately led four people down.

Thus.

There were only two bearers, two attendants, and four guards with swords left around Tao Dayou. Tao Dayou looked at the sky and saw that it was almost noon.

He had an appointment with Jin Youyuan, a clan member outside the city.

"Get out of the city. Go to Zhuangzi where the Duke is outside the city." Tao Dayou got on the sedan and ordered.

"yes."

Everyone responded and gathered around Tao Dayou's sedan, heading south out of the city gate and towards Jin Youyuan's manor.

Although it is freezing and snowy now, it is still the capital of Mongolia and Yuan Dynasty. When we leave the city, people are coming and going on the avenue.

Neither Tao Dayou nor his entourage's sword-carrying guards and Changsui showed any signs of wariness.

How many years has it been?

Only the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties were making trouble in Liaodong, and no Chu people had ever dared to make trouble outside the Mongolian and Yuan capital.

This is the most virtuous place at the feet of the Emperor.

Who dares?

"If you want to gain a foothold in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, you must have a good relationship with these royal family ministers. Jin Youyuan's love for Sinology is a good breakthrough."

Tao Dayou pinched his beard and thought in his mind.

Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Although he is now in the heart of the emperor and has the emperor as his backer, he also needs connections in the court.

Just in front of Tao Dayou's team, a dozen people escorted four carts loaded with firewood and came towards them.

Tao Dayou's knife-wielding guards didn't respond at all. The weather is so cold now and the population in the capital city is so large that the demand for wood is huge.

This kind of large truck transporting firewood is the most common.

And the man walking in the front was none other than Wu Nian's assassin, Guan Dadao. He wore a bamboo hat on his head, a hatchet in his waist, and wore shabby linen clothes, which looked very much like him.

woodcutter.

At the moment when the two sides met, Guan Dadao pulled out the hatchet from his waist in the blink of an eye, took one of the guards who was caught off guard, and chopped him to the ground. Then he raised his right foot and crushed the opponent's neck.

The assassins who were with him took action almost at the same time.

Killed all Tao Dayou's followers.

Guan Dadao rushed into the sedan, looked at the panicked Tao Dayou, and said with a cruel smile: "Old thief, today is the day you die."

After saying that, he raised the kitchen knife and cut a gap in Tao Dayou's neck, almost cutting off his head. Then he grabbed Tao Dayou's body with both hands and dragged it out.

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

A piece of cloth says "Han Thief".

On a piece of cloth it was written "smell for eternity".

Another assassin took out a sign and inserted it into Tao Dayou's body. The sign read.

"This is why he assisted the Han general Wu Gong in defeating the Han traitor Tao Da."

After finishing these things neatly, Guan Dadao called out to his brothers, turned around and strode south, disappearing into the white wind and snow.

This thing happened very quickly and was over in the blink of an eye.

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

immediately.
Chapter completed!