After a heavy rain, the sky is clear, and the morning air is warm and cold at the turn of spring and summer, making people not know how to dress.

The head of Suzhou city, the banner hunting, behind each battlement, there is a soldier holding a spear, under the city gate, on both sides of the avenue, also set up a defensive line, three steps and a post, five steps and a sentry, all are fully armed soldiers, will see the lively people, and the road in the middle is separated.

The soldiers were all dressed in well-washed armor, holding their spears tightly, and their heads held high, looking imposing.

Walking along the avenue to the north, everything I saw was like this all the way, until we reached the square in front of the house, the ordinary officers and soldiers disappeared, and in their place were 500 captains and officers wearing mountain armor, red tasseled helmets, and scarlet cloaks on their shoulders, each with their hands on the hilt of their swords, standing still, arching and guarding the surrender platform in the center of the square.

Although the high platform is temporarily tied, the golden locks, lying melons, standing melons, lock axes, big knives, red stirrups, and yellow stirrups are all available on the stands, which is the regulation that only the chief priest of the world can have! But all the honor guards, all the stars around the moon around the center of the high banner banner, only to see the apricot yellow flag embroidered with a golden dragon, suddenly written four big characters: 'Conform to the will of heaven!' This is the imperial pen of Emperor Jiajing, 800 miles rushed to be delivered yesterday, and the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau rushed to make it overnight, and finally caught up with the use of today.

Hu Zongxian led the civil and military officers in the southeast, and sat under the pergola behind the stage, and Gui Youguang and Wang Yongji greeted back and forth on the side...... At first, he didn't believe what Shen Mo said, for fear of running empty and being laughed at by the world, so he didn't leave until Xu Hai told the world, and he immediately got up and went north to Suzhou City, not letting go of this opportunity to be beautiful.

You must know that among the three governors and the four feudal commanders in front of him, Zhang Jing, who did the most outstanding job, was just to annihilate Xu Hai and kill his accomplice Chen Dong. But now, this famous Japanese leader is about to lead the whole army to surrender to him.

This is really an unprecedented victory, Hu Zongxian seems to see the ladder of soaring and entering the cabinet to worship the prime minister, and the heart that has been cultivated to the point of immobility like a mountain actually began to beat irregularly.

He had to exert some energy to maintain his honor, but the glance at the flagpole from time to time still revealed the small excitement in his heart.

The officials on the side were full of red light and radiant, and while they were talking to the adults of the ministry, they looked at the direction in the distance, frowned slightly repeatedly, and showed the anxiety of the adults, showing them just right: "Why is the sun moving so slowly today?" Like a turtle crawling? Some people were looking around and asked strangely, "Why didn't you see Lord Shen?" ”

Only then did everyone find out that the landlord and the biggest hero, the prefect of Suzhou and the city of Bosi, was silent and did not appear in the shed, so someone asked: "Are you busy elsewhere?" ”

Hu Zongxian smiled when he heard this: "Lord Shen is happy, he is going to be a father today, and he will take leave to guard at home." ”

Everyone felt incredible, how could they be absent from such a big scene that is destined to go down in history without him having to exert himself to give birth to a child? That's too much to lose, isn't it?

Fortunately, Shen Mo usually pays attention to uniting the masses and making friends, everyone knows that he is popular, so no one said anything strange, but everyone is muttering in their hearts, why is this guy so weird? What is the idea of fighting?

"What the hell do you think?" Shen He, who hadn't seen him for a long time, sat on the stone table, looked at Shen Mo who was standing in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, and said a little angrily: "It's too child's play with the future, what do you let others think of you?" ”

Shen Mo smiled bitterly: "Dad, why did you scold ...... just when we met?"

"What's wrong with scolding you?" Shen Heyang slapped and said, "You can beat you!" ”

Master Yin, who was sitting on the side, persuaded with a wry smile: "In-laws, save some face for the child, how can he say that he is also a prefect now, and he has to be decent." ”

"What kind of system," Shen He shook his head and said, "In front of the two of us, he is nothing." ”

"That's, that's, I'm nothing." Shen Mo smiled and echoed, there is a way to know the son Mo Ruo's father, but in fact, it is reversed, why not? Shen Mo knew that his father's psychological tolerance was relatively poor, and it was quite unbearable. No, the mother's husband and father, the two closest relatives haven't done much, and his old man has to rely on scolding his son to vent his pressure.

In comparison, Master Yin's city is much deeper, although he is also worried in his heart, it will not be seen by people. first helped Shen Mo for a few words, and then had to help Shen He come back, and said calmly with a bowl of water: "Humble words, in fact, your father is right, you can't help here, let's go to the surrender ceremony." ”

"Actually, it's the same over there," Shen Mo spread his hands and said, "I have done everything I can, so I won't show my eyes there, and I still stay at home and be sure." ”

"What do you mean by an eye?" Shen He glared and said, "This is called Guangzong Yaozu, do you know?!" Saying that, he educated him: "If this credit belongs to someone else, Dad will definitely not let you take it; But now it's reversed, it's obviously your credit, why give it to someone else? Are you missing eyes! ”

"Hey, father-in-law, let the child talk about his thoughts." Master Yin persuaded with a smile.

Shen Mo smiled and finally said what was in his heart to his old man: "It's not that the child is arrogant, this time the first work is mine, no one can grab it, you can rest assured." "In fact, no one dares to rob it, although he is only a small prefect, but he has the right to perform the secret fold in his hands, and he can go up to the heavens to listen, which is equivalent to being able to sue the emperor at any time, so the adults will only find a way to get a piece of the pie, and it is impossible to take a huge risk to rob his head soup.

The two old men knew that he wouldn't joke about this kind of thing, and they were really relieved when they heard this, but they were even more puzzled: "Since the head work is yours, you shouldn't avoid this kind of scenery, do you have any concerns?" ”

"The only concern is," Shen Mo lowered his voice, "the credit this time is really too great, I don't know how many people are jealous and red-eyed, and they are about to slander me......"

"My son is not afraid of shadows, but what are they afraid of doing?" Shen He said angrily.

"It's terrible, Dad." Sitting silently between the two fathers, he said, "What's more, I'm not upright...... Talking to the widows and snakes, giving them money and gifts, and promising to give them officials and knights, if these things are investigated deeply, then I can't argue with the child. ”

Shen He and Master Yin's faces suddenly became solemn, and they both said, "What can I do then?" ”

"For today's plan, the only way to advance is to retreat." Shen Mo said softly: "Actually, from the beginning, I paid attention to giving credit to others, the battle of Wujiang originally didn't need Wang Chonggu, but I brought him here; I went to Zhoushan to kidnap Wang Cuiqiao, I didn't need Jinyiwei at all, but I wanted to hand over the errand to them, there are many such examples, I have one purpose, rain and dew are evenly wet, so that everyone can get benefits. ”

is still a businessman born in Yin, with a flexible brain, and he understands at one point: "Yes, they all want to benefit from it, so they naturally have to help say good things, which is called the sedan chair carried by everyone, and you, the great hero of the sedan chair, can be stable." ”

"That's why you're not participating?" Shen He also 'woke up' and said: "You just want to give credit to Hu Zongxian?" ”

Shen Mo nodded and said with a wry smile: "That's it." "Actually, it's not the case at all, this kind of thing is to be appeased by the sky, it has to be Hu Zongxian, and no one can take the credit, and he can't be silent. Just for the sake of his father's face, he admitted it, saving more trouble.

The truth of the matter is that Shen Mo made up his mind not to show up today, just to hand over Xu Hai, a hot potato and a hedgehog with a piercing hand, to Hu Zongxian, so that the two of them can pick up their heads and free themselves from those tricky aftermath work, so as not to end up in the mirror and be unpleasing inside and out.

Waiting, destined to be the key word this morning. The people in the backyard of the house are anxiously waiting for the arrival of a new life, and the people in the square outside the house are waiting for Xu Hai's arrival.

The two sides made an appointment, Xu Hai and others entered the city at noon to surrender, and now it is the end of the hour, seeing that the shadow of the flagpole is getting shorter and shorter, the audience can't help but talk about it, saying that this Xu Hai's score is really big, and it makes the governor wait for more than an hour.

With the wind, these words reached Hu Zongxian's ears, and the face of the minister was naturally not very good-looking.

On the side, there were officials who observed words and expressions, and they cleverly set the steps for the ministers and said to everyone: "I heard that Xu Hai is fierce and cunning, and he has a belly of tricks, which is difficult to understand. Do you think that Xu Hai will regret it when it comes to the end? ”

"That's it, who is Xu Hai? How could a giant with the same name as Wang Zhi not fight a few battles, and he would descend when he said that he would fall? I see, he's going to cheat! ”

Many people agreed, saying that Lord Shen has the ability, but after all, he is a little young, his experience is still shallow, and his work is still not reliable! If it is replaced by an old official, it will definitely not make the ministry so worried.

Hearing these rumors, Hu Zongxian snorted coldly and said, "If Xu Hai comes later, don't change your words." Frightened, everyone quickly silenced, and said in their hearts that Hu Butang really wore a pair of pants with Shen Zhuoyan.

Hu Zongxian suppressed the discordant voice, but it was just to stabilize the morale of the army, but although his face was full of clouds, in fact, his heart was already full of dark clouds, lightning and thunder. If Xu Hai really didn't come, or if there was something else, it would really be enough for him to drink a pot...... Don't say anything, how to explain to the court, how to calm the emperor's anger? This is something he doesn't want to bear.

So, don't look at him calm on the surface at the moment, in fact, two thoughts are fighting in his heart, both hoping that the shadow of the flagpole will become shorter soon, and wanting the sun to go slower and slower......"

As soon as he raised his head, he heard a fuss and said: "Look, the shadow is gone, it's ...... noon" As soon as this remark came out, Hu Butang's heart tightened, and he secretly said: "It's over......"

But I heard the people next to him laugh at the man: 'It's a dark cloud covering his head, what kind of eyes, you.'" ’

Hu Zongxian looked at the sky quietly when he heard this, and sure enough, at some point, the dark clouds came up and blocked the fiery red sun tightly.

'It's unlucky. He said secretly and asked the people around him, "What time is it?" The person on the side hurriedly looked at the hourglass, and replied cautiously: "Ministry, it's going to be at noon!" ”

Although the voice was soft, it exploded in Hu Zongxian's ears like rolling thunder, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat, and he was about to call the left and right generals silently, but he heard the sound of 'dong dong dong' drums from the direction of the city gate tower.

"It's coming!" The onlookers shouted together.

"It's coming!" All the adults got up one after another and said excitedly.

Hu Zongxian suppressed his excitement, took a deep breath and said, "Be calm, pay attention to your body!" ”

The adults hurriedly sat upright, as if they were very calm.

According to the process, the next step was for the captain to come in from the city gate, kneel in front of Hu Zongxian and say: "Qi Gong Dashuai, Xu Hai and others outside the gate, please enter the city!" Then Hu Zongxian said very calmly: "Yes." ”

Seeing that a lieutenant was running in a hurry in the distance of the road, Hu Zongxian secretly simulated repeatedly: 'Accurate ......' and a little unhappy, why are you running so fast? It seems that the court is in a hurry.

While thinking wildly, the captain knelt down, his face was sallow, and he said: "Commander Qi, the big thing is not good, Xu Hai and Ye Ma have surrounded Suzhou City with their troops!" ”

This sound was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and everyone present was stupefied, didn't it mean surrender? Why did you change your mind again? For a while, it buzzed like a swarm of flies.

"Silence!" A loud shout made everyone honest, but it was Hu Zongxian's chief of guard, and when he saw that the handsome man frowned slightly, he shouted loudly.

This voice also attracted everyone's attention to Hu Zongxian, only to see that Hu Butang's face was still like an ancient well, and his voice seemed to be normal, and he asked the captain: "Is Xu Hai attacking the city now?" ”

"No, the whole army is in formation two miles outside the city." The lieutenant said.

"Hehe, it's kind of interesting." Hu Zongxian smiled faintly: "It seems that this Xu Hai is a little unwilling." Saying that, he leaned on the back of the chair and slowly got up and said, "Let's go, Zhugong, let's go to the city to see what kind of medicine this guy sells in his gourd." And he led them all to the city.

When I went up to the top of the city and looked out, I saw rows of robbers with bright armor, swords and guns and flags flashing in the sun, and I couldn't see the edge at a glance. Seeing a group of officials in the city from afar, the robbers shouted in unison, "Hey! The adults were terrified, and many had to hold on to the battlements to stand firm.

Hu Zongxian actually felt his heart beating, and said in his heart: "It seems that he really wants to do it!" But he is a generation of heroes after all, and he is not chaotic in the face of danger, and said calmly: "Rest assured, this Suzhou city is full of food, there are millions of people inside, and there is an army outside, it must be foolproof!" The crowd breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing a group of cavalry rushing over on the opposite side, Hu Zongxian asked the captain of the guard in a low voice, "Did Shen Mo call here?" The captain of the guard whispered, "It's coming soon." ”

Hu Zongxian nodded, and said in an inaudible voice: "It's a lot of fun this time, this official can't ......" He stopped the second half of the sentence, but the meaning he wanted to express was already clear...... I can't carry this black cauldron for Shen Mo.

Although the voice was small, several henchmen around him could hear it clearly, and they nodded their heads to show their understanding.

At this time, the cavalry arrived at the place of the arrow under the city, and the big man at the head rode a horse like a red rabbit, only to see him pull the reins suddenly, the front hooves of the horse suddenly soared into the air, and the hind legs stood, and there was a neighing on the ground, and he stood on his feet with a snort. The iron horsemen of the robbers behind them also stopped, all wearing black armor, pressing the handle of the blade, with a grim expression, implying a murderous aura.

"Who's out of the city?" There is a saying that if you lose, you will not lose the battle, and it is also said that 'a boiled duck has a hard mouth', and the officers and soldiers at the head of the city naturally cannot lose together with their mouths.

The big man who was the leader wore a flying fish crown, gold armor, and a giant sword at his waist, and his voice was like Hong Zhongdao: "I am Xu Hai, the general of the Tianping Sea!" Please come down and open the gates quickly! ”

The adults in the city, looking at the hundreds of knights waiting behind him, and then at the tens of thousands of troops behind him, said obediently, this is not to deceive the city gate and take advantage of the situation to attack the city, right?

Hu Zongxian's face became grim, he only saw the previous contest between Shen Mo and Xu Hai from the report, and he didn't know which was true and which was fabricated, so he couldn't judge the state of mind at the moment, so he could only ask again: "Is Shen Mo coming?" The chief of the guard looked back and said, "I have seen it from afar, and I will be there soon." ”

Hu Zongxian's heart was slightly relaxed, and he said in a deep voice outside the city: "I am Hu Zongxian, the governor of the southeast, and I am Xu Hai?" ”

For this prestigious governor of the southeast, Xu Hai was not contemptuous, clasped his fists and said in an admiring tone: "I have admired the prestige of the handsome man for a long time, and now I can see that it is indeed worthy of the name!"

Hu Zongxian said lightly: "Xu Gongwei's reputation is like thunder, we are each other!" said: "Please Xu Gong into the city, let's drink and talk happily, and hold a big event of 'Lianhe' together!" ”

Xu Hai squinted his eyes and said: "Wait, the location is still outside the city, please go out of the city and accept the attachment below!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Hu Zongxian was very annoyed, and said in his heart, you treat me as a second fool? If I go out with you and become a hostage, then I will laugh for 10,000 years!

(To be continued)