The huge man is gone, with a broken and sad heart.

In the end, he was unable to resist someone's obscenity, and was only freed after paying a thousand taels of silver for nothing. Well, three hundred taels of silver, plus seven hundred taels of IOUs, to be exact......

Huge people want to cry without tears, and it feels like the world is completely gray and hopeless. Yes, even the immortals have come to blackmail mortals, what hope is there in this world?

Looking at the back of the huge man, Su Mo was worried about the silver bag in his hand, and his face was full of playful expressions.

Pang Shiyan brought him news that was both unexpected and expected: someone in the palace was looking for him.

said it was an accident, it was an accident, and the person who was looking for him turned out to be the great eunuch Li Guang. He had never seen this Li Guang before, and he had dealt with him, so he came to him coldly, what was it for?

And I came to find it through a foreign minister, which is very meaningful. You must know that the Da Ming Law has a death rule, and the eunuchs in the palace are absolutely forbidden to interact with foreign ministers.

As a great eunuch, how could Li Guang not know this rule? But he still came, and he came in a grand manner. Su Mo specially asked Pang Shiyan that when Li Guang went to look for him, he didn't hide his tracks much.

This can only mean one thing: the person who is really looking for him may not be this Gonggong Li. And who it is is self-evident;

And unexpectedly, his previous judgment was correct. The one in the palace was indeed indulgent to himself before, and he was still confused at the time, and he didn't understand why. He didn't wonder if he might have some secrets about his life as described in those novels?

But it turned out clearly not. Now that I look at it in connection with this matter, I can solve my confusion. Perhaps, there is something in the palace that needs to be yourself.

In this way, he unconsciously has an extra hole card in his hand, and perhaps there will be indescribable benefits for the rescue of Cheng Minzheng and Tang Bohu.

As for saying that the huge man sent him such good news, why did he extort a thousand taels of silver, not only did Pang Shiyan not understand this question, but even the fat man couldn't understand it.

"Let's do something to make a living next, how can we do it without capital?"

The fat man who brushes his face or anything doesn't understand, but the meaning of "capital" is understood. Since it is the capital, it is equivalent to investment. In other words, Su Mo now seemed to have blackmailed Pang Shiyan for a thousand taels of silver, but in fact, he had let him enter the shares of a thousand taels of silver.

And with the young master's means, this thousand taels of silver shares will definitely bring Pang Shiyan a return of far more than ten times and a hundred times in the near future.

Pang Shiyan does not lose.

This can be regarded as a reward for that guy, the fat man understood in seconds, and muttered secretly in his heart.

That's right, Su Mo just took this as a reward for Pang Shiyan. How could he not understand the intention of this huge man? But in the affairs of officialdom, with his current status, not to mention whether he can intervene or not, he can't do it.

Don't forget, there's a big black hand staring at this court. Once he expresses his closeness and care for Pang Shiyan, he may be nothing, but it will definitely bring disaster to Pang Shiyan.

On the contrary, it is better to give some help from the economic aspect, which has always been inseparable from power and money. As long as you have money, even if you don't have Su Mo's help, at least the huge person can run it on his own, wouldn't it be bad to implicate him?

It's just that he can't tell Pang Shiyan clearly in this thought, otherwise, I'm afraid that the fat man will be scared to death.

It was already more than half an hour later to send Pang Shiyan away. Zhang Wenmo and the others, who had a hangover last night, also got up, and sighed and complained when they saw Su Mo. complained that he was too cruel last night, so that he delayed the big event of his front page today.

Su Mo had some comfort, and promised not only to give him a detailed account of what he had seen and heard during the trip to the grassland, but also to look back and be busy with this period, and he would definitely plan for his Daming newspaper career.

Zhang Wenmo was disgusted and happy, and knocked on the corner again, and after completely confirming the matter, he left satisfied.

Sun Sihai left overnight last night, busy with a few things arranged by Su Mo. So after sending Zhang Wenmo away, Su Mo was finally able to carry out his own plan.

Today's first stop is the Cheng family, which has been promised yesterday.

Su Hong was not there, and Zhang Mao, as an elder, prepared a generous gift and asked Zhang Yue to accompany him.

This was Sumer's first visit, and no matter what it was for, the necessary etiquette must be fulfilled. With Su Mo, there is also the fat man. As for Xu Pengju and Xu Guangzuo, Ben also shouted to go together, but was persuaded by Su Mo.

The Cheng family is now on the cusp of the storm, and there are not many people around who are staring at it, Zhang Yue can still talk about it when he follows, after all, the Su and Zhang families are world friends, which is no secret. Moreover, Su Mo's father and son are living in the British mansion at the moment, and this time they went to the in-laws' house, Zhang Yue, as the man's companion, made sense.

But Xu Pengju and Xu Guangzuo are not. Although they have a good relationship with Su Mo, and the elders in the family have also looked at Su Mo, but compared with the British duke, they are one layer worse after all. If it is also passed together at this time, if it is over-interpreted by someone with a heart, it is likely to bring unpredictable consequences to the two families.

After saying this, the two had to give up.

In this way, the three of them went straight to Chengfu when they went out. Chu Yushan set up the car, and the fat man and Shi Yue accompanied Zhuang Hu, Tang Meng and several other guards. But Su Mo and Zhang Yue were sitting in the car, after all, from this moment, Su Mo, who was the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission, still had the imperial order, and it was really not suitable for him to show his head.

Not to mention that the emperor acquiesced, this kind of work always has to be done. Otherwise, it will be his own death, and even the emperor will not be able to stop him at that time.

In the car, Zhang Yue told Su Mo again what he got from his father Zhang Mao last night. The main thing is that the whole story of this imperial examination fraud case, as well as the people and things involved, still need to be cautious and avoid.

Although Su Mo took advantage of the prophet's wisdom, he really talked about the sophistication of people and the involvement of officialdom, so he couldn't catch up with Zhang Mao and these old birds when he lifted his shoes. Therefore, I also listened carefully and kept in mind the points that need to be paid attention to.

As for the specific details of this case, the news on the surface now is not much different from what later generations remembered, which made Su Mo feel a little relieved. Otherwise, if his poor prophetic advantage was gone, he really wouldn't be sure he could handle it.

When he arrived at Cheng's Mansion, Uncle An, the steward, was already waiting outside the door. As soon as he saw Zhang Yue and Su Mo get out of the car together, his eyes lit up obviously.

After the accident of the Cheng family, some of the old friends and friends originally hid far away as if they were hiding from the plague, and the warmth and coldness of the people were like this. also made it difficult for the Cheng family, so they wanted to find an opportunity to rescue Cheng Minzheng and had no way out.

And now that the British prince can come with Su Mo, although it is not explicitly said that the British prince is involved in this matter, Zhang Yue's identity is equivalent to expressing the attitude of the British prince to a certain extent, which will play a pivotal role in the rescue of Cheng Minzheng by the Cheng family in the future.

"Little grandfather, aunt, please come inside. When the old lady and the young lady heard that you were coming to-day, they got up early in the morning and waited, lest they would neglect your guests. Uncle An said with a smile on his face, and stretched out his hand to invite guests.

Su Mo nodded and didn't say anything, he still has this bit of eyesight, of course he won't think that the Nuo Dacheng family is really for his hairy son-in-law, so grand.

Zhang Yue glanced at Su Mo, and then returned the salute with a smile: "The steward is polite, how dare you let Mrs. and Miss meet each other." I was just hanging out with my brother today, but I didn't dare to be called a distinguished guest. ”

Uncle An's eyes flashed when he heard this. Zhang Yue's words seemed to be polite, but he implicitly showed his attitude. It's just that it's just a rhetoric from the outside, so you don't have to worry about it. It's just that this subtlety makes it more and more obvious that the British government really does not lose the top family, and it does not leak when it talks and does things.

He said yes with a smile, and asked people to come over and settle the fat man, Chu Yushan and others, and he took Su Mo and Zhang Yue in front and walked straight to the main hall behind.

Along the way, Su Mo paid close attention to observe, but saw that although the entire Cheng Mansion was not as grand as the British Mansion, it was also a huge courtyard, with as many as five entrances in front and back.

It's just that at this moment, the whole house is lonely, and it is rare to see any people coming and going. Even if I see a few occasionally, my face is gloomy, and there is a sad atmosphere everywhere. Even the fallen leaves and dead branches in some courtyards were not cleaned up in time.

Seeing him looking around all the way, Uncle An frowned slightly, couldn't help sighing, and said with a wry smile: "Uncle doesn't have to be like this, it's human nature to follow red and white, seek advantages and avoid disadvantages." Now that the house has encountered this incident, it is already excellent that it can still maintain no trouble. ”

Su Mo didn't speak, just nodded slightly. Suddenly, he asked, "Aunt Cheng and Sister Xian'er are in good health, I'm afraid they're tired these days." ”

Uncle An shook his head and sighed, and said softly: "Madame's office fainted as soon as she received the news, and then thanks to the help of the second aunt's grandmother's family, and then the young lady returned, it settled down." Fortunately, it will be properly raised in the past, and it will not be a big problem at this time. ”

"Second aunt and grandmother?" Su Mo asked suspiciously, but it was the first time he had heard such a character, and he couldn't figure out the relationship for a while.

Uncle An sighed, and then suddenly said: "Look at me, my uncle is here for the first time, and I don't know the situation at home." The second aunt and grandmother are the sisters of our master, and she married General Huaiyuan as her wife in the early years. In the past, there were some exchanges during the New Year's Festival, but Suri was rarely mentioned. After all, our lord is an official in the court, but my aunt is in charge of the army, and if the contacts are close, it will be inconvenient. This time, something happened at home, so someone sent a letter to the past. At this time, it is not enough to take care of the others. ”

Su Mo came to his senses, nodded and said no more. A few people walked through the hall all the way through the courtyard, and stopped in front of a hall after a while, there was a person standing in front of the door, seeing a few people coming, his face immediately eased, and he hurried down the steps to meet him, and said with a smile: "It's Grandpa Zhang? ”