"You're going to become a monk? Being a monk? Silent eyes widened like balls, and the image of Daddy wearing a robe, shaving his head, knocking on a wooden fish, and chanting words immediately appeared in his mind.

"Not really." Shen He said very seriously: "Do you understand the layman?" It's the kind that practices at home. ”

Silently wiping his sweat, seeing that everyone was watching, he hurriedly whispered: "Let's go back and talk about this." Then he remembered something and said, "Who said I was dead?" He figured that no one should know that he was in that boat.

"Young master, it's my ......" Shen An poked his head out from behind Shen Jing and said cautiously: "I didn't see a living person when I looked around, I thought you weren't as lucky as me......

Seeing him standing in front of him with all his beards and tails, he said silently and in surprise: "Aren't you dead?" ”

Shen An's face darkened and said: "The three of us hid under the bed, they searched for Yao's eldest son first, and then searched for Fuliu, I was in the innermost, and my body was the smallest, and it was missed." ”

"It's always good to survive." Shen Mo sighed and said, "The eldest son is fine, it's just a pity that Fuliu is fine." ”

Shen He suddenly frowned and said, "I heard that the eldest son led the way for the Japanese Kou?" ”

"That's what you said again?" Shen Mo glared at Shen Jing angrily and said, "Have many mouths and tongues, be careful to tear your tongue!" Then he briefly explained how the eldest son contacted him in the local dialect, how he led the Japanese to Huaren Beach, and how they cut off the bridge.

Everyone was frightened and dizzy when they heard this, and then they realized that the eldest son was a hero and not a bear. Shen He asked, "How did the eldest son escape?" ”

The eldest son said: "It's the tide ......"

"It's a general of the imperial court," Shen Mo grabbed the conversation and said, "The one who called Yu Dayou saved him." ”

"Then you have to be good, thank you for this General Yu." Father Shen sighed: "The eldest son is blessed by the Bodhisattva, so he can be more pious in the future." "Before he was saved, he began to enthusiastically promote the Dharma.

After talking about the reason for the farewell, Shen Mo helped his father into the car and asked Shen An in a low voice: "You didn't tell him about the eldest son, did you?" ”

"Look at what Gongzi said, I, Shen An, am a famous iron mouth and steel teeth, and my mouth is firmly resting." Shen An patted his little chest and said, "I haven't figured this out, how can I talk nonsense." ”

"Actually, I haven't been free." Shen Jing laughed and scolded on the side.

"I knew it!" Shen Moxu kicked Shen An and said, "The eldest son's leg is strained, and I will accompany him to take the boat back." ”

Shen Jing smiled: "Then you wait at the dock, and I'll pick you up when I send my uncle down." ”

"No need," Shen Mo shook his head and said, "There is a car on the dock, I'll just find one." ”

The people did not know that he had any other plans, so they parted as he was told, and went back to the city.

At this moment, Shen Mo and the eldest son did not know how many people's attention was immediately attracted by the little credit they thought was insignificant--on the same night, they were transformed from the staff of the Governor's Mansion into a vivid and colorful letter requesting merit, which was stamped with the official defense of the Governor of Zhejiang, and together with several other battle reports, it was quickly sent to Yanjing City with the highest specification of 800 miles of expedited...... It is said that Zhang Butang finally slept before midnight for the first time after taking office.

The document was transmitted to Yanjing, and it was sent to the cabinet duty room of Xiyuan by the General Administration Secretary overnight, and placed in front of an old man wearing a big red python robe, with white hair and a dignified appearance.

The old man took out the letter paper inside, leaned under the lamp and measured it for a long time, sighed and said, "The old eyes are dizzy, and everything is a mess. ”

Another fair-skinned, short, lean, white-bearded, second-grade court dress, and a much younger official who looked a lot younger at the head of the lower rank, heard this, and hurriedly took out a pair of gold crystal glasses from a gold-inlaid jade box, respectfully presented them to the front of the main hall, and said softly: "Elder Ge, please use glasses." ”

The old man looked at him for a moment, then looked at the glasses in his hand, and said with a slow smile: "The old man of his seventies and eighties, he is blind at night, so it is better for Huating to help the old man read it." "Huating is the name of the place, when a person's official becomes bigger, people will call it by their hometown, for example, Shen Mo can be called Shen Huiji in the future...... Although he certainly won't like it.

In the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, there is only one who is born in Huating County, Songjiang Prefecture, Nanzhili, that is, the second assistant of the cabinet, Wenyuan Pavilion scholar, and Xu Jie, the young master of the prince, Xu Huating.

The identity of the old man in the python robe is self-evident, and the only one who can make the cabinet deputy assistant respectful is the first assistant of the dynasty, the scholar of the Huagai Palace, the young master and the prince and the prince Yan Song.

I saw Xu Cifu smile bitterly and said: "Pavilion Elder, the lower officials are also in their fifties, and their two eyes have long been spent." Saying this, the movements of his hands were not slow at all, and he put on his glasses and read softly for the elder: "Chen Qin ordered the Nanjing Military Department to be the book, the governor of Zhejiang, and the military affairs of Fujian and Luzhou, and to ......act cheaply."

Yan Ge Lao shook his head impatiently and said, "Don't read these Roli ramblings, just say what it's for." ”

"Oh, what the elder said is, let the lower officials take a look." Xu Jie's attitude was very deferential, and he quickly browsed it, and then said slowly: "It's the battle report of these two months......

"Let's talk about it." Yan Song slowly closed his eyes and sighed: "This is really the most uncomfortable moment." ”

"Yes." Xu Jie read slowly: "At the end of May, more than 100 Japanese invaders landed in Yueqing and plundered more than ten counties in three prefectures, which lasted more than ten days, and the officers and soldiers were killed and captive. ”

"At the beginning of June, more than 300 Japanese robbers sneaked in from Shandong, [***] their boats, robbed Dong'anwei, attacked Huai'an, Xiaganyu, turned to Shuyang, ransacked Taoyuan, and burned Qinghe...... Thousands of officers and soldiers and civilians were immersed in pools of blood and died under the sword. ”

"In mid-June, more than 10 Japanese boats landed from the Zhejiang Sea, captured Cixi, killed the prefect Qian Lian, etc., and killed more than 1,000 soldiers and civilians, and plundered away."

Listening to the bad news one after another, which made people depressed to the point of madness, Yan Ge Lao's face became more and more ugly, and a layer of black gas hung on his originally ruddy face, and he finally couldn't help but shoot the case: "It's too ugly!" ”

Xu Jie also sighed: "I am a dignified Ming, trillions of people, it is said that each person can drown the East China Sea with a mouthful of saliva...... But let the little widows run rampant in the land of our big country, burning, killing and plundering, as if entering a no-man's land! I really don't know where the national prestige of my Ming is? Where is the blood surname! ”

The two old men who led the government looked at each other helplessly under the lonely lamp, and no one could say why.

After a long time, Elder Yan Ge sighed deeply and said, "The situation is dangerous, you and I are still trying our best to support it." Sooner or later, it will be a general, and the stars will come down to earth to solve the southeast crisis for the imperial court. ”

Xu Jie smiled bitterly in his heart, but he thought deeply on his face, and said respectfully: "The head of the horse of the old man is the first to look forward. ”

Regarding the second assistant's statement, Yan Song nodded with satisfaction, turned the topic back to the document in front of him, and said with some annoyance: "Your Majesty is not in a good mood. This damn Zhang Jing plays this again, do you think you have a long life? ”

Xu Jie said with a smile: "Zhang Banzhou was a high-ranking official in the ministry seventeen years ago, how can he easily give someone a handle after all these years of ups and downs?" As he spoke, he saw a separate piece of newspaper taken out, and said with a smile: "If there is no good news finale, he still doesn't know which day he will overwhelm these bad news." ”

"Oh...... Huating, you're not kind. Yan Song shook his head and smiled: "The good news is pressed at the end, but the old man is in a hurry first...... Why don't you read it to it? ”

Xu Jie nodded, and read the incomparably detailed and vivid good news to Yan Ge Elder word by word.

Yan Song nodded slowly while listening, and when he heard Yao's eldest son use his example as bait to lead the widow to the Huaren Beach, he opened his eyes and praised: "Well, this Yao's eldest son is really a righteous man!" Hearing Shen Mo's clever arrangement, design and coordination, he played the Japanese Kou around, and rescued Yao's eldest son from the Japanese Kou's knife, and also led a group of village warriors to stubbornly block the Japanese Kou all night, until finally Yu Dayou led the army to arrive, he praised it even more: "Brave and resourceful!" ”

In the end, when he heard that it was the silent and clever plan to let the Japanese boat sink to the bottom of the lake, and let the officials and soldiers dispose of it without resistance, Yan Ge Lao couldn't help but high-five and praised: "Okay! Good! Good! ”

Xu Jie also laughed and said: "This little hero Shen is still the little three yuan of Shaoxing Mansion this year!" ”

Yan Song was taken aback, and laughed and said, "Your Majesty is happy now." After hearing this, he finally smiled with relief: "Your Majesty, this level is over." ”

Before the words fell, I heard someone outside the door say kindly: "Hey, there are really a lot of magpies today, and the elder must have a happy event." ”

Hearing this voice, Yan Song and Xu Jie all got up, and smiled at a red-robed lieutenant with fine skin and tender flesh who came in at the door: "It turned out to be Gonggong Chen." ”

The person who came was the second in line, the eunuch Chen Hong, who was also the governor of Dongchang, and was the close eyes and ears of Emperor Jiajing...... It's just that Emperor Jiajing was extremely wary of eunuchs, so that the number two person among the eunuchs was not as beautiful as Wang Zhen and Liu Jin. ”

Yan Song glanced at Xu Jie, Xu Jie hurriedly stepped forward to help Chen Hong, and said with a smile: "We are all working for Your Majesty, but we are only divided between inside and outside, and my father-in-law must not perform this great gift." ”

Yan Song also smiled and said, "Yes, Gonggong Chen, please take a seat." Then let the subordinate serve tea.

Chen Hong waved his hand again and again and said: "Thank you for your hospitality, it's just that the slave has the emperor's order, so I don't dare to delay." Saying that, he smiled at Yan Song and said, "Ge Lao, Your Majesty is waiting for you in Yuxi Palace." ”

(To be continued)