The next day, before dawn, everyone got up, washed their faces, dressed and had a full meal, brought enough dry food, white rice, salt, and some bacon, together with the bedding and iron pot, and carried them on the back of the pack horses, and then left the Hangzhou post house and went north out of the city.

When the group walked to the door of the post house, they heard someone say: "Wait a minute...... everyone looked back, but it was the post man of this Hangzhou station. I saw him come out with a big basket covered with thick cotton cloth, bowed deeply to Shen Mo and said: "Shen Jieyuan, you are leaving, I have nothing to give you, I asked the Hun family to cook some chickens and geese last night, you take it to eat on the road......"

Shen Mo was a little surprised, because in his impression, this post man was a dead man who wanted money, and he wanted to take advantage of others, but he had never seen him pluck a single hair.

What surprised him even more was still to come, only to see Yi Cheng take out another bag of silver, give it to Zhu Shisan with both hands, and said respectfully: "Master Jun, this is a small bit of Cheng Yi, please be sure to smile." ”

Zhu Shisan took the silver, shook it, and said with a smile: "Good guy, it's forty taels, it's worth your salary for a year." ”

Yi Cheng smiled a little embarrassedly: "Almost, almost." As he spoke, he said deeply: "This money will be used to spend money on the road for the military master, so as to be strong; Second, please also ask the military master to be kind to us Shen Jieyuan, he is a weak scholar and can't suffer too much. ”

Shen Mo said movingly: "What is this for......"

Zhu Shisan smiled and asked Yi Cheng: "Are you relatives or friends with him?" ”

Yi Cheng shook his head and said: "The villain is blessed, and he can't afford relatives and friends like Xie Yuanlang." ”

"Since it's not a relative, then why ......" Zhu Shisan mentioned the package in his hand, and the meaning was self-evident.

Yi Cheng took a deep look at Shen Mo and said to Zhu Shisan: "Shen Xie Yuan was framed for the sake of Zhejiang and the anti-Japanese army. The old and young masters of our Hangzhou City only hate that they can't help him clear their grievances, so what is the point of taking out this bit of silver? ”

After listening to him, Zhu Shisan casually threw the bag of silver back into Yi Cheng's arms, and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this, what we admire most in Jinyiwei is a good man, and he will never snub Shen Jieyuan." With that, he led the horse and walked out.

Shen Mo smiled gratefully at Na Yicheng: "Who said that we are not relatives and friends, we are friends now." ”

Yi Cheng was stunned for a while, and then said in ecstasy: "You, do you recognize me as a friend?" ”

Shen Mo smiled: "Unless you don't want to." ”

"Yes, of course." Yi Cheng was ecstatic and said: "It's good if you don't dislike it!" ”

Shen Mo rolled over his horse, waved at him, and said, "Goodbye then, friend." ”

Yi Cheng also wanted to wave his hand, but then he realized that he was carrying silver in his hand, so he hurriedly ran after Shen Mo and said, "Yinzi, you have silver." ”

was silent but didn't answer, and dropped a sentence: "Keep it, I'm not short of money." So he struck his horse and went first.

The gambler who followed behind took the bag of silver from Yicheng's hand, grimaced at him, and said with a smile: "Give it to me, I'll hand it over to you." Then he happily left.

Yi Cheng couldn't take care of his silver anymore, looked at the figure that was silent and far away, put his hands to his mouth, and said loudly: "The Bodhisattva will definitely bless you with a smooth journey and come back safely!" ”

Shen Mo waved at him from afar, and then turned to continue walking. Zhu Shisan rode over and said with a smile: "Zhao Zhenji is a well-known Qing official and direct minister, how can he become a party annihilation in your Zhejiang?" ”

Shen Mo pouted and said: "Maybe the south orange and the north orange, in a simple place, he is a good official and a blue sky, but in the complex environment of Zhejiang, the more serious he is, the more hated he is." ”

Zhu Shisan knew the inside story, and couldn't help nodding and smiling: "It's still Xie Yuanlang who can see it clearly." As he spoke, he lowered his voice and said: "It's a pity that most of those pedantic officials in the court are Zhao Zhenji and the like, and they have been waiting for Xie Yuanlang to enter Beijing for a long time." ”

Shen Mo laughed and said, "That's really an honor!" ”

The group arrived at the north gate of the city as they spoke, and the black skin who led the way in front of him pulled the reins of the horse and said, "The city gate is full of people. ”

When everyone heard this, they looked over, but they saw two or three hundred people standing under the north gate of Hangzhou, and most of them were dressed as scholars. On the side of the surrounding road, it is crowded with countless people, but it should be the most lively.

Zhu Shisan looked at it for a while, and said with a smile: "Let Shen Jieyuan walk in front, and let's not be in the way." ”

When the crowd saw Shen Mo and the five people coming, they were shocked, and they leaned over to Shen Mo, greeted him, and took out eggs with body temperature, a string of copper coins of 100 Wen, or a bag of snacks from their arms, held them high in front of him, and asked him to take them to eat on the road...... But the men stood there immovable, as if waiting for him to pass.

While thanking the people, and accepting the gifts that were light and affectionate, the silent eyes let the tears cloud...... In the past, he was most afraid that his behavior would not be understood, and that he would be thought to be a strict party, or for some other purpose, so he did that thing. If that's the case, it's really like Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror, there are no people inside and out, and there is no place to cry.

But now, in the midst of the enthusiastic crowd, his tired heart was rejuvenated by the warmth and soothing vitality, and was re-energized...... He was less than twenty zhang away from those scholars, but in this short distance of twenty zhang, he walked for a full quarter of an hour, kept thanking, kept accepting gifts, kept being warmed, and when he finally passed through the crowd and suddenly opened up in front of him, all the previous worries and confusion disappeared. For the first time, he was convinced that he was truly strong, strong enough to overcome all odds!

True strength is the strength of the heart, and true strength depends on the majority of people to prove it...... So when he stood in front of that group of scholars, the spirit of the whole person was completely different from before, if he was still a sword out of the sheath before, he needed to show his sharpness from time to time to remind these scholars of their existence. Then he can now put himself in the sheath, and without relying on those dazzling performances, it is enough to make everyone's hearts break and make everyone obey!

He smiled silently at the scholars, who looked at him with reverence, and the eye contact between the two sides was worth countless words.

Only then did Shen Mo realize that most of them were students of the 'Lingyin Listening Class', so he smiled and said, "Brothers, thank you for sending them off." ”

The scholars returned the salute together, but they got up and said, "We are not sending you, we are going to accompany you to Beijing." ”

He was stunned for a while, and he didn't know what to say. A leading scholar said: "I am afraid that you will not be able to argue with this matter, in order not to let you suffer an unjustified injustice, we will accompany you into Beijing and give you a guarantor." ”

Shen Mo was very moved, but he was also taken aback by this unreliable idea, not to mention how so many people left? Even if he entered Beijing with him peacefully, I am afraid that a hat of 'inciting rebels' will be buttoned up immediately, and he will have to sing 'Rolling Yangtze River East Passing Water' with Yang Sheng'an...... But he can't categorically refuse, because Shen Mo knows that the scholars of the Ming Dynasty are all stubborn seeds who don't go and the former regress, so they must have art when speaking.

Shen Mo thought about it for a while, and after making up his mind, he bowed deeply to everyone and said: "Thanks to your kindness in the same year, you have considered me too thoroughly, and Shen Mo has a deep feeling in this life...... "Send a high hat out first."

Everyone hurriedly said, 'Don't dare, don't dare', but when they heard the silent words, they changed their minds and said: "But have you ever thought about it, if you really follow me into Beijing, what will be the consequences?" ”

Everyone smiled nonchalantly: "It's just a big deal to go to prison with Xie Yuanlang." Some excited people know: "If you can keep the right path from leaning, what is the pity?" ”

"Well said!" He clapped his hands silently and said: "Let the right path not lean, what a pity for this body!" Speaking of this, he stopped, his eyes slowly swept over everyone, every second he was silent, the image in the eyes of everyone was an inch taller, until he felt that he was extremely tall, he arched his hand and said: "This sentence is also the voice of the heart, I am silently willing to give all my heart for Kuang Fu Zhengdao!" In the midst of everyone's praise, he suddenly bowed deeply and said, "So I implore everyone, don't go north with me, okay?" ”

"What do you mean by that?" The scholars were puzzled...... After a silent foreshadowing, the scholars' curiosity prevailed over their anti-touch, so that they could listen to the words with their hearts instead of being carried away by a manic sense of justice.

I only heard Shen Mo say: "There are three reasons, I will tell you below, one of them, I am silent This move adheres to a public heart and does not have any selfish thoughts, so I am not afraid of being judged, and I firmly believe that I will be treated fairly, and there is no need to make such a big move." Second, now that the imperial court has not yet convicted me, everyone is following the capital in a big way, which will undoubtedly make the adults think that this is blackmailing, but it is not beautiful. ”

"Second, the right way for me in Zhejiang is to resist the Japanese, and the resistance to the Japanese is overwhelming. If you follow me into Beijing, it will inevitably implicate Hu Zhongcheng and affect the anti-Japanese war, if we lose the battle because of this, wouldn't it be our sin? He said silently, "What do you think?" ”

(To be continued)