When the men had completely controlled the yard, especially the two mastiffs, they were silent before their two wolf dogs entered, but the two dogs lost their purpose and circled around the yard, not knowing which way to go.

It turned out that the yard smelled sour, and when I looked at it through the light, I saw that the ground was full of vinegar, and it was as wet as if it had rained.

"What is this for?" Shen Mo frowned and said, "What are you pouring vinegar on the ground for?" ”

"I've hit the vinegar jar, do you care about this?" The powerful girl with the lantern chirped again: "If you can't find it, go out quickly." ”

"Want to cover the ......" even the iron pillar saw it, and said to Shen Mo: "My lord, search it?" ”

"Call everyone out." Shen Mo said to the girl: "Now I suspect that you are related to a case of attempting to assassinate an official of the imperial court, don't try to resist, this official's temper is very short." ”

"Ahem......" The door of the west wing opened, and an old man with a bent waist came out on crutches and said to Shen Mo: "Dare to ask this adult's surname?" ”

"Suzhou Tongzhi was silent," Shen Mo said: "Are you in charge here?" ”

"Ahem, the old man is the steward of the Han family." The old man said slowly: "There is something unknown, you are a fellow acquaintance of Suzhou, why did you run to the ground of our Zhejiang to arrest people, may I ask if you have the permission of the Governor's Palace, the Governor's Yamen's Wen Transfer?" "This old thing is obviously very difficult to deal with.

"No," Shen Mo is a monster that even the most difficult Jiajing Emperor Yanjing can deal with in the past, I saw him flick his sleeves, and said without thinking and in a chic manner: "But this official is the bitter master of this case, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, I can arrest the culprit before the official arrest is about to arrive, so as not to escape the other party." ”

"So, you're the sufferer, not the official?" The old man coughed twice, clapped his hands and said, "Come out!" ”

Then on the ridges of the houses on all sides, a row of guards with crossbows appeared!

Seeing the sharp crossbow arrows pointed at him, his silent voice turned cold and said, "According to the law, it is forbidden for people to hold crossbows, where did you get these things?" ”

"You can't control this," the old man smiled proudly: "If you feel angry, you can report to the province and even Governor Hu to see if they will take care of this nosy...... said in a voice that gradually turned cold: "Lord Shen, you are the official of Nanzhili, we are the people of Zhejiang, the well water does not interfere with the river water, why bother to force each other?" ”

Pointing to the crossbow arrows in all directions, he smiled silently: "What if I have to let people rush in?" ”

"I'll tell you the truth," the old man also smiled, "Although we don't dare to do anything to you, but it's not a big deal for these people under you, more than ten or twenty people die." ”

"You can try," Facing the threat of ** naked, he smiled silently, he looked at the old man with a monkey-looking gaze and said: "If the person who dares to hurt me has a single hair, you can see if it is Hu Butang, or my senior brother will protect you." He waved his hand fiercely and said, "Get everyone out!" ”

Those pro-soldiers of the Governor's Mansion were still a little cowering, but the iron pillar followed Shen Mo to the north and south, and they had already become fine, knowing that if the adults said this, they were sure that the other party was bluffing...... It's like a little hooligan fighting, the horizontal ones are afraid of the flute, and the one who is afraid of not dying.

As soon as he gave an order, Tie Zhu rushed in with the guards and drove all the people out of the house, and the old butler was so angry that he said, "Okay, okay, you don't let me keep a low profile!" After speaking, he took out an ivory token from his sleeve and said: "Jinyi Wei Qianhu is here, if you don't stop obediently, don't you kill?" ”

"Leave them alone," Shen Mo also took out a token from his sleeve and said, "The commander of the Jinyi Guard is here, and you continue to take people...... Who, you still don't kneel for me. The latter sentence was addressed to the old man.

"You are obviously a civil official, how can you have the waist card of Jinyiwei?" The old man asked.

"You have all the people, why can't this official have it?" Shen Mo sneered and said: "Old man, please put away the set for others, this official eats soft and not hard." As he spoke, he grabbed the waist card and said: "The harder the bones, the more I want to pinch them into pieces!" ”

Tie Zhu could clearly feel that the cautious Si Zhilang in Yanjing City no longer existed. Breaking away from the high-pressure cage in the capital, the silence now no longer needs to look at anyone's face. Even if Hu Zongxian wants to give him three points, how can he be frightened by anyone?

After about a quarter of an hour, everyone was gathered in the courtyard, and the crossbowmen on the roof were also thrown down by the officers and soldiers, disarmed, and fell to their knees in dejected despair, and the slightest movement would lead to punches and kicks.

"The men stand on the left, the women stand on the right, all in a row, hurry up!" Tiezhu ordered in a loud voice.

After the crowd was separated, the result was eighteen female dependents, forty-seven men, Shen Mo and Tie Zhu, and a few guards who had seen the back of the man in black, began to search in front of the queue, trying to find out the suspicious elements, who knew that after searching back and forth twice, none of them looked like them.

"What's going on?" Tie Zhu asked in a low voice, "That person can't have run away, right?" ”

Shen Mo shook his head slowly, and asked the military dog to go up and sniff one by one, but he didn't find anything...... Now that the yard smells of vinegar, what's the use of a dog's nose?

"My lord, there are ten large iron boxes here," said the man who searched the house, took out one of them, rested heavily on the ground, and said, "I can't open it, and I can't find the lock!" ”

Shen Mo glanced at the iron box that was completely integrated, and finally his eyes fell on the old man and said, "Open it." ”

"Only our son has the key to this." The old man said, "If you force it on, it will cause an explosion." ”

"Where are your masters?"

"I'm out to visit friends." The old man said, "Tell us to wait here for three or five days, and then we will come back." ”

"It's really clean." Shen Mo sneered and said, "With such a tight mechanism, there must be good things inside." He waved his hand and said, "Buckled." ”

The old man was in a hurry, and said continuously: "You can't do this......" He originally wanted to threaten to silence a few words, but he consciously realized that this person was not a bird himself at all, and it was useless to break the sky, so he had to beg: "You are good at doing it, my son-in-law will pull my skin when he comes back." ”

Shen Mo glanced at him and said, "No, with such a high status of yours, he can pick your skin?" ”

"The old man is just an ordinary housekeeper, what status can he speak of." The old man sneered.

"Not necessarily, right?" Shen Mo sneered: "Seeing this official, you don't even have the slightest intention of kneeling, is your housekeeper so strong?" ”

"My lord, you misunderstood, there are old wounds on the old knee, and you can't kneel." The old man smiled apologetically: "I've done it for you." Hurry up and bow deeply to Shen Mo.

After staring at him for a long time, Shen Mo didn't see any clues, so he had to smile and said: "How good is this, you respect me, I respect you," he clapped his hands and said: "In this way, you hand over the assassin to this official, I promise that I will not hold your young master accountable, and naturally I will not touch these boxes." ”

"There's really no assassin here." The old man begged and said: "You also said, you are the junior brother of our Grand Governor, that is a family, it is too late for the Han family to flatter, how can it be unfavorable to your old man?" ”

"It looks like I'm not going to hand it over." Shen nodded silently and said, "Okay, then I'll take the box away first, and when your young master comes back, tell him to deliver it with one hand and deliver it with the other." As he spoke, he flicked his sleeves, turned to leave, and when he walked to the door, he turned back and said, "By the way, let him go to the prefect's yamen in Suzhou to see me." He sneered and said, "That's my territory." With that, he walked away.

Seeing the other party carry away all the iron boxes, the old man's heart was broken, and when he was all withdrawn, he entered the main room with a snort, sat on the chair with his ass, and cried angrily, wiping his tears while saying: "What a bullshit genius, just a green-skinned scoundrel, how can there be such an unreasonable ......"

Yingying Yanyan hurriedly came over and comforted: "Childe, childe, don't cry, let's write to the Metropolitan Governor and ask Zhejiang Jinyiwei to clean him up." ”

"What to pack up?" The old man said with a crying voice: "Don't you see that I can't bluff him?" People weren't worried that my uncle would blame him. ”

"Then you're going to provoke him." The female companion wiped his tears in distress.

"I just want to steal his official uniform and warn him, why do you want to conflict with him?" I only heard him full of grievances: "I'm sad to be like this, and you still accuse me." ”

The female companions hurriedly comforted him in unison, boiled him bath water, and helped him remove his makeup. I saw that after the old face like the bark of the jujube tree was removed, a handsome face like Fu Fan was finally seen. I saw that his appearance was handsome and abnormal, his eyebrows were like distant mountains, his eyes were like autumn water, and he was all beautiful from his nose to his lips.

I have to sigh, the bloodline of the Lu family is good...... The next day, he went on the road silently, but there were a few more big carts in the team, carrying the ten big boxes...... After studying it for a long time last night, he didn't come up with a name, but it made him even more convinced that the contents of the box were worth a fortune.

Shen Mo couldn't help but be moved: 'If you don't hand over the Assassins, then make up for these things'...... Of course, it's just thinking about it, after all, with Lu Bing's relationship, he is embarrassed to eat black.

With these heavy boxes dragged down, when Shen Mo arrived in Hangzhou, it was already evening, and he was almost locked out of the city gate.

After entering the city, he went straight to the governor's yamen...... It is said that since Zhou Xian, he has moved the Governor's Mansion from Nanjing to Hangzhou, and began to renovate and renovate the original Kangwang Mansion, which took nearly two years and was just completed a year ago. During this period, the owner of the Governor's Mansion changed and changed it again and again, and finally cheapened Hu Zongxian.

The large flat outside the governor's yamen has four acres of square according to the regulations, which implies the meaning of 'the imperial court rules the four directions'. In the middle of the big flat stands a three-zhang long flagpole with a bucket, facing the two huge stone lions on both sides of the gate and the stone steps, and the majesty is seen in the air.

Looking in from the tall gate, there is a tall flagpole, and further on, there is a huge middle gate. The lights that came out from the inside were lit all the way to the outside of the gate, and to the big plaque with gold characters on a red background on the lintel: Zhejiang Governor's Office.

The high eaves, the gate, the eight-character wall, and the flagpole are all the style of the feudal officials. This kind of weather here is even more dazzling tonight, and the inside and outside of the middle gate are full of soldiers in bright armor and lanterns, lanterns and torches, and a bright one.

If you are told that such a big pomp is just to welcome a five-grade official, you can not believe it, but if you are told that the name of the five-grade official is silent, then you have to believe it.

Hu Zongxian personally went to the gate and greeted Shen Mo with the most solemn ceremony, when the iron pillar opened the sedan curtain, the two looked at each other, and they both had the feeling of suspicion in a dream, especially Hu Zongxian, seeing that Shen Mo was heavy and high-spirited, his nose was sour, his eyes were hot, and he was a little choked and said: "Humble words!" ”

Silent but didn't dare to hold it up, the rules and regulations were subordinate to pay homage to the subordinates and said: "The subordinate Suzhou is silent, and I have seen the adults ......."

Hu Zongxian was willing to let him kneel, supported him with both hands and said, "You and my brother, do you still need this set of false courtesy?" ”

"The rules can't be abolished," Shen Mo smiled bitterly, "What's more, it's at the yamen." Thinking of Hu Zongxian's use of the governor's guard of honor to pick himself up, it was obvious that he had his intentions, but Shen Mo could not abolish the etiquette and be gossiped about because of this.

"No need anywhere!" Hu Zongxian laughed loudly: "The current Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the territory of you and my brother, who dares to chew the root of the tongue?" ”

Shen Mo nodded movingly: "Then I'll call you Brother Merlin." At the wedding, he already knew that soon after Hu Zongxian was promoted to governor, he changed his name from 'Merlin' to 'Merlin', which is said to be to show that he will never be ungrateful. But the silence that is proficient in thick black is not afraid to interpret this change from another angle...... Zhao Wenhua is called Meicun, and in the past, Zhao and Hu were called brothers and sisters, which is widely known. Therefore, he felt that Hu Butang, who was also proficient in thick black, was dissociating himself from the dead ghost Zhao Wenhua.

Of course, even if it is just a high-sounding statement, it is enough to explain his status in the other party's heart, so Shen Mo just reminded himself not to be too moved, and he did not mean to slander him.

Hu Zongxian affectionately held the silent arm, walked into the lobby side by side with him, and said with a smile: "Our family, we don't have to be outside, go to the back hall, and meet your sister-in-law and nephews and nephews." ”

This silence was really flattering...... You must know that in this era, although the world has said that there are a lot of appearances of Miss Girl, in a decent official family, she still abides by science, and Miss Madame is easy to see without hanging flowers.

Now Hu Zongxian invited Shen Mo to meet his family, this kind of friendship is even better than the good family, like siblings.

Hu Zongxian took him into the back hall, where there was already a big banquet, and Mrs. Hu and their sons and two daughters stood at the door to greet his arrival. Mrs. Hu, who still has charm, is a generous lady, generously to Shen Mofu Yifu, and asked her husband with a smile: "This is your brother Shen who dreams of the night!" ”

"Don't dare to be called that!" Silence bowed to the tunnel.

Mrs. Hu returned the salute and said with a smile: "Uncle's kindness to our master, he is talking about it all the time, even I, a woman, are familiar with it, if you think that 'Brother Shen' is not suitable, then we will change our name to 'Engong'." Mrs. Hu is indeed worthy of Hu Zongxian, and a few words dispelled the embarrassment of meeting for the first time.

"That's even more inappropriate." Shen Mo smiled: "Then the little brother will have the cheekiness to meet his sister-in-law." ”

"Let's go in and say," Hu Zongxian said with a smile, "My brother hasn't eaten yet." He pulled Shen Mo in, and asked him to sit down in the right position, Shen Mo naturally would not agree, and the two pushed for a long time, so they had to sit down, and Mrs. Wang was matched under the prime minister.

At this time, Hu Zongxian's son and daughter came forward to meet the 'uncle', at least this uncle is really young, one year younger than Hu Gongzi, only a little older than his two daughters.

But the age of this thing, never look at age, since it is their father's brother, they have to behave in a proper manner and call uncle.

Of course, this uncle can't be in vain, fortunately, Shen Mo has prepared a meeting gift, and gave Hu Gongzi a purebred sweat and blood horse, and the two young ladies have a set of gouache and rouge produced by the Rouge Zhai in the palace in the capital, and the two little girls called 'uncle' are a lot more happy, and even Hu Gongzi's face is a little happy, obviously this gift is what he wants.

Shen Mo gave Mrs. Hu a large box of the 'Snow Lotus Yangrong Pill' used by Ruohan, Mrs. Hu is knowledgeable, knowing that this thing has the effect of dead wood and spring for a woman's appearance, she has long wanted to ask for some, but she has no way, and now she finally got what she wanted, so she naturally had a good impression of this cheap little uncle, and looked at her differently.

Hu Zongxian smiled: "They all have gifts, what should I do as an elder brother?" ”

Shen Mo laughed and said: "There are indeed good things for my brother, just open it yourself and see it when the time comes." ”

Hu Zongxian naturally understood what he meant, obviously there were some things that could not be taken out in front of his wife and children, so he laughed and said; "I'm kidding, don't take it seriously." said and complained that Shen Mo didn't bring his younger siblings.

Shen Mo smiled bitterly: "You are urging three times, I can't wait to fly here, how can I still bring my family with me?" ”

"Hehe, too, then next time." Hu Zongxian smiled and instructed his wife: "Madam, you and the children have toasted Brother Shen's wine, please go inside, so as not to be polite to the brothers, but to restrain them." ”

Knowing that this was something serious to discuss, Mrs. Hu and Mr. Hu toasted to Shen Mo, and then withdrew, leaving only a maid to serve.

(To be continued)