After all, He Huyong is the patrol battalion pipe band, and it is surprising enough to send Chen Mu the foundation stone, but I didn't expect Chen Mu to be so happy after reading the handwritten book.

"Could it be that He Hu Yong wants to pay this money?" Such thoughts came to mind, and even Sun Youlin himself felt ridiculous.

He Huyong is the patrol battalion pipe band, and the relationship between the martial arts people is that of a cat and a mouse, or a relationship between a dog and a cat, how can he send charcoal to Chen Muxue?

Sun Youlin also knew something about what he did to Chen Mu, it is said that he has erased Chen Mu's legitimate identity, so he should not let Chen Mu show his face again, and maybe Chen Mu did not use his real name and real body, which made him feel reassured.

But even so, there was no reason why he would help Chen Mu, after all, he also wanted to compete for Hong Shuntang.

"Could it be that he already knows where Henghou is hiding? It's impossible, if he knew, he would have gone to arrest people a long time ago, so why should he tell you? ”

Sun Youlin couldn't figure out the question, but Chen Mu knew it at a glance, he only needed to see the name on the handwriting, and he knew what He Huyong's idea was.

"It was indeed written in the handwriting, but it was not Henghou, he handed over the hiding place of the sitting uncle to me!"

"Uncle Sitting? Hong Shuntang's 'left phase'? Sun Youlin was also surprised, Zuo Xiang is the big butler of Hong Shuntang, in charge of the affairs inside and outside Hong Shuntang, the incense master is actually a spiritual leader, and he can really implement it, but Zuo Xiang, if he can find this Zuo Xiang and get his support, the reconstruction of Hong Shuntang will be just around the corner!

"Now that he already knows Zuo Xiang's hiding place, why doesn't he go by himself and leave it to you, will there be any conspiracy here?" Sun Youlin was also vigilant, after all, an old fox like He Huyong was unlikely to be kind.

Chen Mu is clear.

"Zuo Xiang is in a high position in Hongshun Hall, and many affairs, even my father has to give three points, He Huyong is just the uncle of the West Pavilion, in charge of the criminal law, it is not easy to say that Zuo Xiang is out of the mountain, maybe He Huyong did not succeed, so he let me go."

Sun Youlin was even more confused.

"This can't be, if you convince the left prime minister and get the support of the left minister, wouldn't He Huyong cheap us for nothing? How can you give up this opportunity to us? ”

Chen Mu smiled bitterly: "Look at this address...... Uncle Zuo Xiang is hiding under our noses, that is to say, his experience during this period of time is very clear, if he supports me to fight for the position of the incense master, he would have jumped out to assist me a long time ago, so why should I go to find it myself? ”

"He Huyong saw that Zuo Xiang would not help me, so he told me the address, let me bump into it myself, and go to Zuo Xiang to run into a wall."

"He knows that Zuo Xiang can't assist me, but after all, I am the heir of the Chen family, and it stands to reason that I am qualified to inherit the position of the incense master, but He Huyong has erased my serious identity, and I can no longer use the name of Chen Mu.

"He can't change this fact, so he can only let me go to see Zuo Xiang, so that I can die, so that I can retreat in the face of difficulties, and in this way, his heart knot will be removed."

Chen Mu's speculation is very reasonable, because whether He Huyong wants to be the owner of the incense himself, or supports others, his intentions are very clear, and there is only one thing, that is, he does not want Chen Mu to be the owner of the incense, and he does not want Hong Shuntang to finally hand over to Chen Mu such a second ancestor who doesn't understand anything.

As long as Chen Mu suffers a loss from Zuo Xiang and retreats in the face of difficulties, his problem will be solved, and Chen Mu will not be qualified to compete for the incense master in the future.

"That being the case, Uncle Zuo will not support us at all, so where does this money come from? How could he possibly pay to help us repair the house? ”

Facing Sun Youlin's question, Chen Mu also laughed: "This is where my advantage lies, although He Huyong is the uncle of the West Pavilion, I am also the son of the incense master, and he only knows one thing but not the other." ”

Sun Youlin was about to ask again, but he stopped, because such an important matter, even He Huyong didn't know, it must be Hong Shuntang's secret, and he shouldn't inquire and explore.

Chen Mu didn't mean to explain, but just said to Sun Youlin: "Call Shangqingzi, let's go meet this Zuo Xiang for a while!" ”

Sun Youlin left in response, and soon found Haruko, and brought Chen Mu's long knife by the way.

Chen Mu also left some impressions of this Zuo Xiang, after all, he often came to Chen's house to consult the decision-making of the incense master's father, and he was not bad for Chen Mu.

It's just that Chen Mu knows very well that Zuo Xiang does not support the hereditary incense lord system, he prefers that the position of the incense lord is occupied by the capable, and hopes to select from the middle of the gang to find a British master for everyone, and he doesn't like his brother Chen Ying, thinking that the brother is too childish to take on the big responsibility.

As for Chen Mu, not to mention, he is just a child who has studied and washed his hands, and he has never been in contact with the affairs of the gang, so he is even more unsuitable to inherit the position of the incense master.

However, he is an elder in the end, and his personal relationship with the Chen family is also very good, Chen Muyu remembers that during the New Year's holiday, he will come to the Chen family to walk around, and he also brings his wife and children, and his daughter once had a fight with her brother Chen Ying, but these are already old things.

Thinking of this, touching the long knife in his hand, Chen Mu suddenly remembered that Lu Shengwu was an old man, these people had personal relations with the Chen family, but the grievances and grievances were not clear, and it made people upset and irritable when they thought about it.

"After all, it's the left minister, so we don't have to bring knives."

Chen Mu said this, Sun Youlin was a little speechless and stopped, but Chen Mu was so confident, he couldn't say anything, so he could only take off his weapon and hand it to the brothers behind him.

Haruko Ashiya didn't want to do anything: "I've never left the knife, it's your business if you don't bring it, I don't care." ”

Chen Mu didn't say much, and led the two of them out.

According to He Huyong's address, this Uncle Zuo Xiang was hiding in the Bamen Pavilion, which really surprised Chen Mu, because the Bamen Pavilion was not a good place to go.

In ancient times, there was an idiom called "five flowers", which referred to the "five flower arrays" and "eight gate arrays", which originally came from the art of war, that is, the five elements of the array and the like, and was later compared to some code words in all walks of life, and finally used to describe the variety of things and the variety of changes.

For the people of the rivers and lakes, there are other meanings in the variety.

The so-called five flowers refer to several female occupations in the old society, such as golden chrysanthemum is a tea seller, kapok is a female traveling doctor, daffodil is a singer and so on.

These women have a wide range of professional contacts, show their heads, and their reviews are not very good, giving people a slightly gloomy impression.

The eight doors refer to the eight professions in the marginal area, namely "gold, skin, color, hanging, evaluation, group, tune, willow", in short, it is a person who relies on a mouth or a craft to eat.

For example, the "gold" in it is the gold of the iron mouth and the gold, which is the face of the hexagram and the like, and the "skin" is the skin of the dog skin plaster, which is the general name of the medicine bought on the street, and the "color" is the color of the ancient color tricks, and it is the people who do tricks on the street.

These Eight Gate Pavilions, as the name suggests, are the gathering places of these Jianghu people, but they are different.

Although it is called a "museum", it is actually a city within a city, where it is the most popular place, everyone is mercenary, deceitful, and the living conditions are extremely bad.

Because the people in the rivers and lakes gathered, the public security was not good, and over time, the good people were scared away, and the people gathered in groups, and the people in it were all kinds of people in the rivers and lakes, and they continued to expand outward, and gradually became a black mole on the white buttocks of Xinhui County, and not many people dared to approach.

This is also the reason why Sun Youlin is a little hesitant, entering this gray area, but without weapons, if it is not for the courage of the artist, ordinary people in the rivers and lakes would not dare to do this.

The reason why Chen Mu did this was probably to express goodwill, or to trust Uncle Zuo.

As the left minister of Hong Shuntang, entering a place like the Bamen Pavilion, he has become a hegemon, and as a talker, he must be well-informed, Chen Mu only needs to take half a step, and he should receive the news.

Chen Mu was actually a little unexpected, he thought that Zuo Xiang would hide in a clean place such as a small temple in the mountains and forests, but he never thought that he would be in the Bamen Pavilion, such a mixed place, although it is easy to hide, it is also easy to be sold, and the news is easy to leak.

However, Chen Mu didn't think much about it, the people of Hong Shuntang were originally from *, and they were even more diverse, this kind of place might be like their home.

Of course, this is also Chen Mu's wishful thinking, the first time he came to the Bamen Pavilion, Chen Mu was also a little stunned.

I thought it would be an extremely dirty and messy place, but I didn't expect it to be so lively.

People from all walks of life settle down here, restaurants are everywhere, the streets are full of stalls, and many noble sons are surrounded by domestic servants to have fun here.

There are also many people lying drunk and dreaming of death in the smoke house, but the brothel of the Qinglou is a little quiet, after all, it is daylight.

However, men also have good places to have fun, such as those theaters and teahouses, etc., and these women are also unscrupulous.

Sun Youlin and Haruko Ashiya are also used to seeing each other, but Chen Mu is the first time to set foot after all, and he is a little overwhelmed in the end, so he walked around and took a lot of time to come to the theater in front of him called "Feather Coat House".

Zuo Xiang likes to listen to dramas, he is a very obsessed ticket holder, and Chen Mu's father Chen Qiyou is also like-minded, and the reason why Chen Mu likes big dramas is also because of his father.

It's not the time to start singing, the theater is being cleaned, a few people are renovating the curtain on the stage, and there is a babbling drama backstage, which should be the elders rehearsing.

Seeing Chen Mu and the three of them coming in, the people in the theater immediately cast vigilant eyes, and two of them walked over quickly and blocked the way.

"The stage hasn't started yet, so let's come back later."

Chen Mu was not wordy, hugged his fists, and said to the two: "I'm not here to listen to the play, I'm here to find someone, you go in and talk to Uncle Xu Guanxi Xu, just say that the nephew of the Chen family came to visit and look forward to seeing him." ”

Hearing the word Chen Jia, those two Chinese characters suddenly became nervous, and their expressions became strange!