Because he felt that it was too disadvantageous to return empty-handed, Ye Ma wanted to follow Xu Hai's example, and sent people to Shen Mo to repatriate the prisoners, ask for property, and say that he could retreat at any time.

Accept the captive with a silent smile, and then immediately change his face, and severely reprimanded Ye Ma for his greed to the messenger, and after training him to the fullest, he also said that he already had a perfect plan to deal with him, if Ye Ma did not return to obedience as soon as possible, he would die without a place to be buried.

The envoy's face was so shocked that he went back. Ye Ma's inquiry was frightened, and he felt more and more that he had fallen into a trap, so he didn't dare to stay for a moment, and withdrew from Shanghai City overnight.

As soon as the Japanese left, the people and merchants of Suzhou City breathed a sigh of relief, but to their disappointment, Shen Mo did not announce the reopening of the city, but told them to wait for the last month.

Because although Xu Hai and Ye Ma retreated, all the conspiracy was not over, on the contrary, it was just the beginning...... The flowers of one tree after another are blooming, the water is floating with white lotus, and the gorgeous fish are out of the water, which is the most beautiful April day in the world.

Silently supporting Ruohan, who had a big belly, the due date was at the end of this month, Ruohan had put down all the work at hand and was waiting for the baby to be born.

"Say, is it a boy or a girl?" Ruohan held his waist and asked softly.

"It's okay, I like both sons and daughters." Shen Mo smiled: "You've asked me this question a hundred times, right?" ”

"It's just not enough to ask," Ruohan smiled and asked, "Who do you say the child will be like in the future?" ”

"It's great to be like anyone," Shen Mo smiled bitterly, "I said daughter-in-law, this question has been a hundred times." "Every day, he was about to go crazy, and his heart said, 'This hasn't been born yet, it's just like being a mother.'"

In fact, he also knew that Ruohan couldn't do anything with a stomach, and he was bored to relieve his boredom, so he could only swallow his belly and hold it happily. Shen Mo dared to bet with people that his expectations for the birth of the baby were no worse than Ruohan...... I'm looking forward to finding something for her to do.

Fortunately, at this time, there was a sound in the weeping flower door, and Mrs. Gui came to talk to Ruohan.

As soon as he saw Mrs. Gui, who was like a savior, Shen Mo spread the brocade ball in his hand on the stone bench by the pond, helped Ruohan to sit down and said, "You women are talking, I'll go to the front for a while." After completing the handover with Mrs. Gui, he ran away.

Seeing that Ruohan was still looking in the direction of Shen Mo's departure, Mrs. Gui smiled and said: "Men are impatient, your eldest brother back then, he would never accompany me for a slow walk, so it's good to get used to it." As he spoke, he sighed and said, "Hey, it's been really difficult for more than nine months." ”

Everyone who came over understood that Ruohan blushed suddenly, and said in a voice like a mosquito: "Eldest sister is laughing." ”

"I'm not joking," Mrs. Gui whispered to her, "These days, your husband didn't find another woman?" ”

"No," Ruohan blushed like a boiled shrimp and whispered, "He said that I was breaking through the ghost gate for him, and he couldn't be sorry for me at this time." ”

"My lord is really affectionate and righteous." Mrs. Gui said enviously: "It's not like the dead old man in my family, who ...... back then" and began to tell the romantic story of Gui Youguang.

Not to mention the private words of the women in the backyard, he silently returned to the front yard, sat behind his big case, rubbed his temples, adjusted his emotions to the office state, and asked the three feet who were waiting in front of the hall: "Has Xu Hai retreated to Wujiang County?" ”

"They arrived the night before," replied Sanchi, "the river is overflowing, and they can't get across, and now they are stationed by the river, looking for boats everywhere." ”

"Where's Ye Ma?" Shen Mo asked, "Where are you now?" ”

"Yesterday at noon, I arrived in Qingpu," Sanchi said with a smile: "The two sides are far apart." As he spoke, he said softly: "However, last night, Ye Ma had an envoy enter Xu Hai's camp, and as for what he talked about, he had to wait until He Daxia's information was sent." ”

"Where's the other hero?" Shen Mo asked.

"The other...... Oh," Sanchi said suddenly: "The day after tomorrow in Suzhou." ”

Silently closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then got up and went to the map, took a ruler to measure for a long time, and then said in a deep voice: "Send someone to stop him along the canal immediately, don't let him come to Suzhou, go directly to Chongming Island!" Saying a little about the Huangpu River, he said: "Please drive into the Huangpu River, maintain first-level combat readiness, and wait for my news at any time." ”

"Yes." Sanchi answered, and hurried to give the order. Shen Mo began to deal with the official documents, and when it was almost time to eat at noon, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, and Sanchi rushed in panting and said, "He Daxia's letter has arrived." ”

"Give it to me." Shen Mo took it, took out the letter and read it, his face couldn't help but change, and he snorted: "Lu Ji!" You're a ghost! ”

It turned out that He Xinyin told him that last night, Lu Ji, as Ye Ma's representative, came to Xu Haiying and had a sincere meeting with him, and both sides said that they would eliminate misunderstandings, get back together, resume cooperative relations again, and fight against the Ming army together.

In the end, He Xinyin told Shen Mo that Xu Hai was once again in a contradiction, and it seemed that he had a tendency to stay in Wujiang.

After reading the secret letter, Shen Mo fell into contemplation again, and finally when he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly slapped the table hard, and was so frightened that he heard the adult say in a deep voice: "Find all the horses!" ”

Sanchi hurried to find Ma Quan, the leader of the Jinyi Guard in Suzhou City, and the two hurried back to the signing room.

"My lord, the Commander of the Horses is here." Sanchi reported and was about to retreat, but he heard Shen Mo say: "You are also listening here." And he stood beside Ma Quan.

Shen Mo looked at Ma Quandao with a serious face: "Brother Ma, it is said that you are the emperor's pro-army, and no one can instruct you, usually I beg you to help me find someone, and I feel worried about it, but now there is a matter that has to trouble you." ”

"Where is the adult," Ma Quan said angrily: "Not to mention that you are the junior brother of our Grand Governor, the friend of life and death of the Thirteenth Master, just say that you are proud to fight against Xu Hai alone, and you are willing to do whatever it takes for you." ”

"Great." Shen Mo got up to the map, pointed to the Zhoushan Islands in Zhejiang Province and said, "Xu Hai and Ye Ma's family are currently hiding here. Saying that, he nodded a little Jintangshan Island and said: "They often change their residences, but the biggest possibility is here." ”

"What my lord means, the brothers brought Xu Hai and Ye Ma's family members!" The horse showed a fierce light.

"It's not to take, it's to please." He said silently: "Please only ask Xu Hai's wife, don't alarm the Ye Ma family." He Xinyin told Shen Mo that Ye Ma had no queen, and after sending the Jiangnan man back, he found a few more wives and concubines, but they were all just tools to vent his desires, without the slightest emotion, so his family members had no value.

"How do you move?" When Ma Quan heard this, he couldn't help but wonder and asked.

"When you get to the beach, find a fisherman named Jia Liu, and he will help you deliver a message to the island." Shen Mo said: "After contacting a woman named Lu Lianxin, everything can be told by him...... She will take Xu Hai's wife out, and you will escort them in the direction of Qingpu. ”

"And then...... "Ma Quan has been doing this for a long time, and he knows that drama meat often appears last."

"Then when you are about to land, there will be a fleet of sailors to surround you," said in a deep voice: "When the time comes, you will either pretend to be dead or escape, as long as you finally hand over Mrs. Xu Hai to the hands of the officers and soldiers." ”

"Brothers are the best at this." Ma Quan laughed and said, "Look, my lord." After asking for some more details, I made an agreement with Sanchi, packed up my things, and set off immediately.

When he left, he asked puzzledly: "My lord, there is a deer girl inside, and our brothers will do it themselves, why do we have to ask Jinyiwei for help?" ”

Shen Mo smiled bitterly and said, "Do you understand it?" Now we are conspiring everywhere, tricking step by step, but that can only be hidden from outsiders, not from the emperor...... If he knew that I could read and complete every step, it would inevitably make the emperor unable to sleep at night, and it would not be fun for him to die and cook with a cunning rabbit and a lackey...... Therefore, to be a person and do things, you must not only show your ability, but also show your inability, the two people who have the best grasp of the heat, one is Yan Ge Lao, and the other is Xu Ge Lao. ”

Ma Quanhe Sanchi received the order, took the military ship by sea, and soon arrived at the sea of Zhejiang, and according to the address given by Shen Mo, he successfully found the Jia Liu. The three feet held He Xinyin's token, so naturally they didn't have to bother talking. Jia Liu asked them to wait on the surface of the sea, went to the island by boat, found Lu Lianxin, and reported in a low voice: "The master has sent someone." ”

Lu Lian nodded quietly, "I know." So he let him go back, and he secretly went to Changbai Island...... Although they are accomplices, Xu Hai and Ye Ma have never lived on the same island, and Ye Ma's base is on this Changbai Island...... Lu Lianxin found the henchmen who were planted on Ye Ma's side, and ordered them to go to sea to meet Ma Quan and the three-foot boat, and then went back to Jintangshan Island and waited for the next day's show...... Early the next morning, the big ship appeared on Jintangshan Island, and the defenders saw that there were their own people, and came up to ask what was going on. Everyone said with panicked faces: "There is a big matter! "I want to see the man who is in charge of the island.

The main thing is naturally Lu Lianxin, after the two sides met, they pretended to play a show, and then Lu Lianxin found Wang Cuiqiao, who was five months pregnant, with tears in her eyes, and reported a bad news to her - the men were ambushed by the official army, Xu Hong was killed, He Xinyin and Xu Hai were seriously injured and unconscious, Ye Ma asked them to hurry over and see their men for the last time.

Wang Cuiqiao's surname is simple, otherwise she would not have been deceived so badly by Luo Longwen, and when she heard the words, she immediately lost her face, the six gods had no owner, and she didn't pack up her things, so she hurriedly followed Lu Lianxin on the boat.

Without saying a word, he sailed north, and by the monsoon, he arrived at Tuolin. As soon as everyone was about to get off the ship, they saw fire raised in all directions, and countless official ships surrounded it, and the sergeants on board shouted in unison: "Surrender and die!" "And the rumbling of the cannon began.

Ma Quan and Sanchi exchanged glances, and said loudly together: "Brothers, run, don't wait here to die." "So he jumped into the water with his subordinates, and the rest still wanted to resist, but Lu Lianxin ordered them to give up resistance in the name of 'don't hurt my sister by mistake'.

The officers and soldiers tied up the surrendered people, searched them layer by layer, and in a blink of an eye they went to the top floor where Wang Cuiqiao and Lu Lianxin were, Wang Cuiqiao buckled a golden hairpin in his hand, and if he encountered defilement, he was ready to use it to commit suicide and not discredit Xu Hai.

But what is surprising is that the style of the official army is quite decent, and after seeing the female dependents, not only did they not bother, but also took the initiative to inquire that they were women who had been captured and plundered by the Japanese invaders.

Wang Cuiqiao wanted to agree, but heard Lu Lian say angrily: "We are Xu Hai's family, and it is up to you to kill or chop us, but after we become ghosts, we will definitely take revenge!" "Wang Cuiqiao sighed in her heart: 'My little sister has been carried away by sadness.'" But he had to hold the golden hairpin tightly.

Who knew that the official army was surprised: "Is it really General Xu's family?" ”

"Is there anything to impersonate?" Lu Lian glared angrily.

"It's really a big flood that washed the Dragon King Temple, and the family doesn't know the family." The officer said apologetically: "General Xu has returned to the imperial court, and his family members are official dependents, I'm really sorry, we thought it was a Japanese coward." ”

In the end, the officer also specially led a team of officers and soldiers to send the two of them to Wujiang to join Xu Hai.

This made Wang Cuiqiao secretly surprised, and couldn't help but have a better impression of the official army, and felt more and more that her husband should become one of them.

Xu Hai is worried about the ferry in the camp...... I don't know why his luck is so weak, he and Ye Ma and Xin Wulang looked for a boat at the same time, but Ye Ma found a nest of boats hidden by the locals, and Xin Goro's compatriots sent him forty or fifty big ships.

By now, both of them have already boarded the boat and traveled around along the Wusong River, ready to make a few scraps, so as not to lose their old capital.

In the meantime, he also asked Ye Ma and Xin Wulang to lend him a part of the boat, and the two guys did not agree, but the lion opened his mouth, and the big ship was rented for 10,000 taels; The boat also costs five thousand taels, and one less point is not negotiable.

Xu Hai knew that this was the result of his lack of spoils...... But he felt that the money was given to him silently, not by robbery together; As for those gifts, they are even more exclusive and unwilling to share with others.

So he refused at that time: "This is what I want to come by myself, if you want to, go to Suzhou to find Shen Mo!" There was a scene in front of Ye Ma who sent an envoy to Suzhou City, but was scolded silently.

After getting the news, Ye Ma hated Xu Hai deeply, and Lu Ji worked hard to repair the relationship, so he was in the soup...... In fact, once the seeds of dissatisfaction and hatred are planted, no matter how superb the means are, they can't repair it, this truth is silently understood, but Lu Ji doesn't understand.

Therefore, Ye Ma did not give Xu Hai a boat to sit on, and the two sides did not give in to each other, and they lifted the cow.

On this day, Xu Hai was sulking in the tent, so he heard Xu Hong shouting outside: "Big brother, sister-in-law is here!" ”

Xu Hai didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly went out to take a look, and sure enough, he saw his longing wife, who appeared in front of him with a big belly. Xu Hai rubbed his eyes vigorously to confirm that he was not dreaming, so he took two steps and grinned: "Cui Qiao, why are you here?" ”

Wang Cuiqiao groped him up and down with tears streaming down her face, which made Xu Hai quite embarrassed and said, "Later, I'll get ...... later."

But as soon as Wang Cuiqiao spoke, he knew that he was thinking: "Aren't you injured?" Then he looked at the uncle and said, "You're not dead?" ”

Lu Lianxin's exclamation was also heard over there: "Aren't you unconscious?" Then He Xinyin smiled bitterly: "I see that you are dizzy." ”

"What's going on?" The five men and women on the field asked together.

Lu Lianxin sent Ye Ma to the island, saying that they were seriously injured in an ambush and wanted to pick them up to see their last Yunyun, and the two followed Ye Ma's boat to Qingpu, and encountered the officers and soldiers when landing, and as a result, the big ship was seized, and the two were captured, only then did they know that Xu Hai had returned to the imperial court...... "It was the military master who sent us over." Wang Cuiqiao also said: "You have to thank people for saving our mother." ”

"That's, that's." Xu Hai barely suppressed his anger, ordered someone to take a thousand taels of silver, and as a thank you, sent the official army away.

Then let the two ladies go to the tent to rest, and the three brothers returned to the tent of the Chinese army.

"This bastard, I'm at odds with them!" Xu Hong said angrily, and He Xinyin's eyes were red and said: "If the general doesn't agree, I'll go to them to settle accounts myself......"

The two vented for a long time, only to find that Xu Hai's back was lying together, knowing that he was also on the verge of breaking out...... At the same time, within the city of Suzhou.

Wang Xijue stood behind Shen Mo, called 'teacher', and asked what you were doing.

"You have to go to the Xu Navy Camp again," Shen Mo got up, patted him on the shoulder, and said softly: "Let you take another risk, I really don't want to go, but the situation is urgent, so I can only be biased towards you." ”

Wang Xijue raised his head and said: "Rest assured, the student will go to the soup and the fire, and he will not give up." ”

"Good!" Shen Mo patted him vigorously, led him to the big case, handed him a written letter, and said: "This time, I want to show my momentum and tell Xu Hai my orders, be sure to let him feel the anger of the court, don't think that the court is a charity hall, just reap benefits, and don't do things." ”

"Yes, Master." Wang Xijue responded in a deep voice and went to Xu Hai to pass the word.

(To be continued)