The afternoon sun was blocked by the dense shade of the trees and the thick curtain paper, and although it was daytime, the room was very dim, except for a tenacious light, stubbornly passing through the shade of the trees, through the cracks in the window, and falling on the silent face, his handsome and slightly sad face, became the only bright spot in the room.

At this moment, Shen Mo sat on a pineapple wooden chair, leaned forward, and rested his hands on the shoulders of Xu Hai and Ye Ma - those two famous giants seemed to have become devout believers at this moment, looking at his eyes as black as a deep pool a little sluggishly, completely captured by his deep voice...... "My Huaxia is not the center of this world, nor is it the most vast place, on the contrary, after thousands of years of consumption, it has long ceased to be rich and abundant. He only heard a silent voice: "When you deal with Western merchants, you must have heard of the South American continent, which is full of gold; the African continent, where diamonds and black soil meet; and the vast North American continent that you have not heard of; The strategically located Australian continent, each of these continents, has no less territory than our Ming Dynasty, more abundant wealth and resources, and more importantly, they are still in a state where they have just been discovered, or even touched. ”

If it was a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, he would definitely scoff at Shen Mo's remarks, thinking that it was an idiot's dream. However, Xu Hai and Ye Ma were born in businessmen, and they had a lot of contact with Western merchants, so they naturally heard them talk about Africa, the New World, the subcontinent and the like many times, and also saw countless precious things such as gold, silver, diamonds, spices, and so on obtained from those places, and they were extremely curious and fascinated for a long time.

Now listening to Shen Mo's words, the two of them are even more convinced, they both feel that it is such a big bargain, if they are all taken up by the red-haired devils, it will be too much of a loss.

"The era of Gou'an, which was closed off from the country, is gone," the silent hands gradually increased in strength, and the tone became a little fanatical, "This world has entered the Age of Discovery, whoever can be called the king of the sea is the king of the world!" Whoever has the wealth of the whole world, and where the sun shines, is his territory! ”

"I will give you the strongest support, so that you have a navy strong enough to stand up to any power," the silent voice increased slightly, "You will be able to defeat all enemies and dominate the azure sea!" When the time comes, the court will dare to be unkind to you? Can't!! ”

The two of them heard a burst of dry mouths and blood vessels, and couldn't help but hiss, "Can we really do it?" ”

"Of course!" He smiled silently and confidently: "Whether it is Westerners or Persian Arabs, navigation and firearms are all in their infancy, and they are not much better than us; In the next step, I will try to reopen the five ports of Hangzhou, Ningbo, Quanzhou, Fuzhou and Guangzhou, and completely open up the connection between my Ming Dynasty and the outside world. At that time, a powerful defensive sailor and an equally powerful ocean-going navy are all that my Ming must have, and that is the golden opportunity for your development and growth! ”

"Believe me, follow me firmly," said with a clear look in his silent eyes: "You will gain endless wealth, great power, and incomparable glory, even in the annals of history thousands of years later, you will not be forgotten!" ”

After the silence was finished, only the sound of dull breathing was heard in the hall, which was from Xu Hai and Ye Ma, who had been completely bewitched. The two glanced at each other and found that the other party was 'Anyway, there is nothing to be done, even if you sell your life to him and fight, in short, the result will not be worse!' 's gaze.

Xu Hai got up and poured a bowl of spirits, Ye Ma took out a dagger and swiped it lightly on his wrist, and the blood immediately flowed out and flowed into the bowl of wine.

Xu Hai took the dagger, handed the wine bowl to Ye Ma, and also swiped his wrist to put the blood into the wine bowl.

Then one of them offered the dagger, and the other brought the wine bowl to Shen Mo.

Shen Mo knew that this was the 'blood alliance', the highest ceremony for the pirates to form an alliance, and with a slight groan, he took the dagger and swiped it lightly on his wrist...... After taking it, the skin was not even broken, and he smiled a little embarrassedly: "It's not very good at using knives." ”

Ye Ma smiled: "Adults only need to prick their fingers, and the meaning will be enough." He was also worried that he would not be able to get it right if he was silent, and he would directly commit suicide by cutting his wrists.

Shen Mo was relieved when he heard this, stabbed the tip of his knife on his fingertips, and finally pricked out a little blood, dripped it into the wine bowl, took it with both hands, took a sip and handed it to Xu Hai. Xu Hai took a sip, and then handed it to Ye Ma to drink it all, which could be regarded as a blood alliance.

Mengcheng, the relationship is naturally very different from before, Xu Hai and Ye Ma also dared to ask the question they were most concerned about: "My lord, how should we pass this level now?" "No matter how beautiful the future is, you have to have a life to enjoy, and how to survive the crisis is the most important thing at the moment.

"I've got you guys in mind." Shen Mo took out a piece of letter paper from his sleeve, handed it to Ye Ma and said, "You come and transcribe it, and I'll take it back to hand it over." ”

Ye Ma respectfully took a look, only to see that on the private complaint prepared by Shen Mo for them, Xin Wulang was described as the chief of the whole army, Ye Ma was the second leader who helped the abuse, and Xu Hai became his unwilling subordinate. However, knowing that he was guilty of a deep sin, a mere Xin Wulang was not enough to offset it, and he was willing to take down Wang Zhi for the imperial court, pacify the troubles in the southeast, and atone for the sins of ten thousand deaths.

After reading it, he nodded slowly and said, "In this way, the general will be safe." ”

"What about Brother Ye?" Xu Hai saw that Ye Ma was a little gloomy, and asked Shen Modao.

"Ye Ma is dead, what else can I do?" Shen Mo said lightly: "But Xu Ma, Zhang Ma, and Shen Ma can still live." ”

Xu Hai's eyes lit up and said: "Yes, Brother Ye, if you change your name, you can see people again, anyway, no one in the court knows you." He smiled and said, "Just call Xu Ma and be my younger brother." ”

"This idea stinks!" Ye Ma raised his face, making Shen Mo and Xu Hai stunned, and said in his heart that he valued his surname so much? Who knew that Ye Ma said in a sullen voice: "If you want to call it, you have to call Shen Ma, and you will be a little extravagant with adults." The two of them burst out laughing.

According to Shen Mo's instructions, the two of them gave all the private prosecution they had written, as well as the gold and silver treasures they had looted over the years, and he forwarded them to the ministers and lords.

Before leaving, Shen Mo remembered something and said: "I have a subordinate named Hai Rui who has been missing for a long time, I wonder if the two of you have any impressions?" ”

"Hai Jui?" Xu Hai looked confused, and he didn't know at first glance.

Ye Ma said that he didn't know at first, but then he remembered something and said: "It seems that Xin Wulang caught an official at the beginning, and he told me, and I didn't forget to go up." ”

"Where are you now?" Shen Mo asked.

"You have to ask Lu Ji about this." Ye Ma scratched his head and said, "He knows everything about Xin Wulang. ”

Shen was stunned for a moment and said, "Lu Ji? Which Lu Ji? ”

"Oh, it was originally the eldest son of the Pinghu Lu family," Ye Ma said with some embarrassment: "Now it's like a dog with a broken backbone." ”

This is really a nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it, and he struck his hands silently and said: "I've been looking for him for a long time!" Bring him to me! ”

"Yes." Ye Ma should go down.

"Don't let him run!" He said silently: "You go in person, and He Daxia will follow." ”

Ye Ma realized that the situation was serious, so he hurriedly took it with him and went with He Xinyin.

Shen Mo waited anxiously at the entrance of the village for a while, but he heard the news that the situation had changed over there, so he asked him to go over quickly, so he watched it accompanied by Xu Hai and went over to check together.

After a few steps to the small wharf at the east end of the village, I saw that the shore was full of lively guys, and everyone looked at the center of the river with great interest. There, several clippers surrounded a small boat.

At this time, He Xinyin, who was standing on the shore, saw Shen Mo and came over to report: "My lord, that Lu Ji lives on the boat and seems to have known that the adult is coming, so as soon as we arrived, he drove the boat to the center of the river and said that he wanted to see the adult." After speaking, he added: "Then Lord Hai Ruihai is also on the ship, and he has taken him hostage." ”

Before the words fell, he heard Ye Ma on one of the boats and said loudly to Lu Ji: "Master Lu, if you let Master Hai go, I will help you plead with Lord Shen." ”

"Plea ......" Lu Ji hissed: "Only stupid people like you will intercede like an enemy." Said like a night owl and smiled: "I, Lu Ji, am really blind, I am in the company of you idiots, and I will be embarrassed with you, but I will not be deceived with you!" ”

Ye Ma said angrily: "Who are you talking about stupid?!" ”

"You and Xu Hai and Xin Goro!" Lu Ji said angrily: "You are also known as old ghosts who have been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for decades, but you have been silently used such a simple and even naïve means to play with the palm of your hand, and you have neither the power to fight back nor the ability to parry!" Aren't you well-limbed and simple-minded, what are you? ”

"You can, you're amazing, why didn't you warn earlier?" Ye Ma couldn't help but say on his face: "When is Zhuge after the fact?" ”

"Do you listen to what I say?" Lu Ji's voice was like a broken drum, which was uncomfortable: "From the very beginning, I advised you that cooperation is mutually beneficial, and don't start infighting at the current time of the great enemy, but who listens to you or Xu Hai?" If it weren't for your self-righteousness and selfishness, how could you have fallen to where you are today? ”

Ye Ma's face was flushed by what he said, and he said indignantly: "We are stupid, you are amazing, but now that we are safe, you are going to be finished!" ”

These words hit Lu Ji's vital point at once, and he coughed violently and said, "Is silence coming?" If I don't come again, I will set fire to the ship, and if there is a dignified Suzhou co-knowledge to make amends, I will also die a glorious death! ”

At this time, Shen Mo had already boarded the boat, walked to the opposite side of Lu Ji's boat, and glanced at Lu Ji, who was sitting in a wheelchair, wrapped in a black robe, wearing a mask, and said, "You are the famous Lu Gongzi?" ”

Lu Ji turned his head suddenly, and saw Shen Mo Zhuoran standing in front of him - he was just wearing an ordinary silk shirt, but that kind of luxurious temperament was beyond the reach of any son in brocade clothes and jade belts in the world.

His gentleness, his demeanor, even Lu Ji, who hated him to the bone, felt drunk, thinking that he was also a dashing beautiful man back then, but compared with Shen Mo, his appearance can be compared, but that kind of bearing, he can only be ashamed of himself.

Not only Lu Ji, but everyone present was shocked by the image of Shen Mo's Zhuo Li bow and fluttering white clothes, as if they saw a fairy among them, they were all stunned unconsciously.

It was Lu Ji who came back to his senses first, and said in a strange tone: "What a beautiful scenery, Lord Shen, you are very happy to finally drive me to death, right?" ”

"To tell you the truth," Shen Mo glanced at the ship, Lu Ji was surrounded by flammable things such as fire oil, firewood and grass, as long as the lampstand in his hand fell, it could cause an inextinguishable fire. And Hai Rui, who was tied with his limbs tied and his mouth gagged, was lying next to Lu Ji. Taking the situation in the field into his eyes, Shen Mo continued: "I feel sad, the dignified young master of the Lu family, it is really emotional to fall to this point. ”

"You don't have to pretend!" Lu Ji suddenly burst into a rage and said: "Don't talk about my past anymore, I'm just a lonely ghost, and I have nothing to do with the Lu family!" ”

"I just care about you." Shen Mo scratched his nose and said with a smile: "Don't let me say it." ”

"Don't pretend to be here!" Lu Ji's eyes were blood-red and he glared silently: "I have fallen to this point today, and I am not all thanks to you?" ”

"From the war of grain, to the matter of the Xu family, and the later Su Xue incident, which time did you not take the initiative to provoke?" Shen Mo also lowered his face and said, "If it weren't for the unbearable, I wouldn't have attacked my senior brother's nephew!" ”

"Then you don't have to do it so badly, do you?" Lu Ji hissed: "If you make a move, you will kill me?" ”

"Either you don't do it, or you don't do it." Silent said lightly: "This is my creed!" ”

"Good, good, good ......" said three good words in a row, Lu Ji lowered his head and seemed to be deflated: "I admit that I lost." ”

"I have a question I want to ask you," Shen Mo said: "I am not a person who does not know how to measure, I know that people with status, as long as it is not a hatred that cannot be dissolved, I still have to pay attention to the point and stop at the point, and I will not be killed with a stick...... So it's good for the Xu family, or for your Lu family and other nine people, they have always slapped a sweet date, and they don't mean to cut off your way of life. He said strangely: "So everyone takes a step back, and they will be fine." Why do you want to fight with me? Do we have any hatred that we can't dissolve? He even felt that Lu Ji's ghost appearance was not due to himself.

Lu Ji understood his eyes, and snorted: "We have no grievances and no hatred!" ”

"That's even weirder." Shen Mo smiled bitterly: "No, it's because I don't like it." ”

"You're right! I just don't like you! Lu Ji glared at Shen Mo and said: "Before you appeared, my Lu Ji's prestige was all over Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and whoever mentioned me had to be in awe and retreat, who dared to question me for half a point?" As he spoke, he waved the lampstand in his hand, so he didn't fall off the spark, which scared Shen Moke enough.

"If it weren't for you, I would be the king of Suzhou now! Everyone in the southeast must listen to me! I'm going to be on top of the glory! Hearing Lu Ji's voice suddenly rise, he said hoarsely: "But as soon as you appeared, you shattered my aura, knocked me from the clouds to dust, and made me a loser who everyone laughed at!" Why did you beat me? Why do you look better than me, why did you become a high-ranking official of the fourth grade at a young age, and you are on the side of the shepherd?! He pointed to silence and said in the loudest voice, "You have taken away all the glory that belongs to me!" I don't hate who you hate! ”

For this sick theory, Shen Mo could only smile bitterly: "Okay, let's not talk about the past, let's look forward." Saying that, he pointed at Hai Rui and said: "I'll let you go, you give him back to me, although the court has a six-rank official, but I'm really troublesome without him." ”

"Yes, I'm already disheartened, I just want to find a place, but I'm dead, and I don't want to fight you anymore." Unexpectedly, Lu Ji actually agreed: "You let them all withdraw, only your boat will follow, and when they get to a safe place, I will return it to you." ”

"Good." Shen Mo commanded, "Just do as he says." ”

Ye Ma's fleet really didn't follow, and saw the two boats leave Shanglong Village one after the other.

When the boat was about to sail into Taihu Lake, Lu Ji ordered his men to stop the boat and said loudly to Shen Mo: "Pull the boat up." ”

After the silent boat approached according to the words, Lu Ji said again: "Come over by yourself and take him back!" As he spoke, he shook the lampstand in his hand and said, "Don't play tricks, otherwise everyone will finish playing together!" ”

"Okay, don't play tricks." Shen Mo nodded and stepped forward as he said. His guards held crossbows and stared at Lu Ji, nailing him into a hedgehog at the slightest disturbance.

Silently walked up to Lu Ji, bent down and picked up Hai Rui, carrying it on his shoulders like a sack, which shows how thin Hai Daren is.

When Shen Mo turned around and walked back slowly, the corners of Lu Ji's mouth under the mask showed a cruel sneer, and his right hand, which had been on the armrest of the wheelchair, was slammed down!

Seeing that he had moved, the silent guard shot the crossbow arrow in his hand without thinking, but a sharp arrow with a dark blue luster also shot out of the armrest, like lightning, straight into the silent back!

(To be continued)