"And another?" Shen Mo was a little confused: "What else?" ”

"Stupid boy, your daughter-in-law is pregnant with twins!" Master Yin said distressedly: "You are going to tire my daughter to death!" ”

Shen Mo smiled happily: "No, it's just that I can swim." ”

Of course, Master Yin didn't understand what he meant, he just thought he was stupid, and scolded with a smile: "What are you doing outside?" Come in yet! ”

Shen Mo shook his head and said: "I have a murderous aura on my body, I can't go in now, let's take a shower and change my clothes first." He hurried out, and when he turned back a short time, he had changed into civilian clothes, his hair was a little wet, and he had obviously taken a shower.

"It's really exquisite." Seeing him like this, Master Yin joked: "Guess you gave birth to a boy again, or a girl?" It turned out that the second child of the silent family had already come out before his father came back.

"It's all right," Shen Mo said with a smile: "It's best to have a son and a daughter, then Ruohan doesn't have to work hard." ”

"You guessed wrong this time." Master Yin shook his head and smiled: "It's a pair of stinky boys." ”

"Really?" Shen Mo went to the back room, and only turned back halfway through before he said, "By the way, Dad, what about my Dad?" "Ordinary people let him be confused by this 'looking for dad to find dad', but Master Yin is the same, he understands that Shen Mo asked Shen He, so he pointed to the door with envy and said: "Knowing that the two are grandsons, your father ran out, and he couldn't call back." ”

Sanchi was busy talking to the side: "My lord, please rest assured, the iron pillar has gone out." ”

"Well, my dad seems to be overjoyed, too." Shen Mo walked into the delivery room, and those maids and servants surrounded him to ask for a reward, and said with a smile: "All of them, all of them, I will go in a while." And he sent them all out.

At this time, there were only four members of the prefect's family left in the house, and Shen Mo saw Ruohan smiling at him with a pale face, and two sleeping babies lying quietly beside him, and a feeling of blood connection arose, which made him can't help but have a sour nose.

He took two steps forward, gently held his wife's hand, and between his eyes, he was already a thousand words.

For large families, when the child is born, it will be easy to do, and the nurses and girls who have been prepared for a long time will take on most of the parenting tasks.

The eldest baby's name, Shen He, had already thought of it, so he called Aji, and then asked him silently, what is the name of the second child.

Shen He thought for a moment and said, "Ask your father-in-law." ”

"It's your old power." Silent smiled: "Can't you still be your own master?" ”

"Of course not." Shen He sighed and said: "Although your father-in-law has a lot of money, he is very lonely in his heart, and he doesn't have a surname Yin, and no matter how much family wealth he has, he has given it to outsiders." ”

"What do you mean?" Shen Mo asked softly.

"I was about to discuss ...... with you" Shen He said slowly: "These two children, one surnamed Shen and the other surnamed Yin, how about it?" ”

"I'm okay," Shen Mo said with a smile, "It's all my son anyway." ”

"Okay, I'll go talk to him." Seeing that his son did not object, Shen He hurried to find Master Yin.

Master Yin was naturally very happy when he heard this, but he was afraid that his son-in-law would be unhappy, so he had to refuse. Shen He smiled: "He took the initiative to bring this up. ”

Master Yin was completely relieved at this time, and nodded happily: "Virtuous son-in-law...... The virtuous son-in-law is really a good boy......"

"What's that name?" Shen He asked.

"Well, you have to think about it." Master Yin smiled from ear to ear and said, "It's better to be better than that 'Aji' or something."

Shen Mo really wanted to leave everything behind and share the joy of family with his wife and children, but he was entangled in mundane affairs, and there were too many people and things that needed him, so he could only survive for a short time, so he had to return to the signing room.

"You two couples, please be seated." Although he was very unhappy with the visitors who didn't look at him, the smile on his face was not half discounted, and he asked He Xinyin and his wife, who suddenly visited, to sit down, and said a little puzzled: "Didn't you let the two of you go back to Jiangxi first to take refuge?" How did you come back again? For the sake of the safety of the two, Shen Mo let them disappear for a while, and then He Xinyin recovered his original identity and came out to accept the reward from the imperial court.

"How can we not know the kindness of our lords." He Xinyin lowered his posture rarely, which made Shen Mo a little strange, He Daxia was a big angry young man with his nostrils facing the sky, and now he had successfully completed the arduous task, it is said that no one should be in his eyes, why is he humble?

But I heard He Xinyin say: "I don't know how much merit we have made this time?" What rewards do I get? ”

Shen Moxin said: "It turns out that He Daxia is also a layman. But his face was still very solemn: "The two are the number one heroes this time, the court will definitely reward them heavily, in addition to the rich property, He Daxia should be able to get the hereditary brocade clothes and guard the thousand households of the martial arts, of course, if you don't want to, I can also promote you as a six-rank civil official, directly in charge of a state." ”

"Can I change the conditions?" He Xinyin shook his head and said, "With all my rewards." ”

"On what terms?" asked with a silent smile.

He Xinyin looked at Lu Lianxin, and she said, "In exchange for the peace of my sister and brother-in-law." As he spoke, he kowtowed to Shen Mo and said, "Please be fulfilled." ”

Shen Mo hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, please get up quickly." ”

"If you don't agree, I'll die on my knees here." Lu Lianxin said resolutely: "You know, I do what I say. ”

"I know, I know." Shen Mo smiled bitterly: "Brother He, you don't persuade your sister-in-law either." ”

"My lord," He Xinyin said with an embarrassed face: "Actually, I also mean this, although Xu Hai is full of evil, but it is still of some use after all, please spare him, let him make meritorious contributions." ”

"Hasn't the court pardoned him?" Shen Mo smiled and said, "Didn't you see such a grand surrender ceremony?" ”

"See." He Xinyin said in a deep voice: "But I also saw Xu Hai's idiot, teasing all the adults, and laying the hidden danger of killing himself." ”

"It's not that serious." Shen Mo said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, everything is with me, I will do what I say silently, as long as Xu Haian keeps to himself, I will protect him well." ”

The two looked at Shen Mo in some astonishment, obviously not expecting him to agree so happily.

Shen Mo didn't tell them the answer, he just set his eyes on the far west...... He couldn't tell them that now the world has entered the Age of Discovery, and it can also become the 'Age of Great Pirates', and the most eye-catching thing in the world is those navigators who have mastered superb sailing skills and are extremely adventurous, and they often have another identity, that is, pirates.

In this special era, pirates, as the latest and most in line with the trend of the times, are closely connected with their respective countries, and they are embarrassed to annihilate, jointly grabbing endless wealth and extending their power to the world!

Shen Mo knew that in the Persian Gulf, a little closer, the Arabs had pardoned the heinous pirates of the Persian Gulf, and ordered them to plunder the fleets of Europeans for them to defend against their invasion of the Arab world!

In the distant island nation of Britain, Queen Elizabeth pardoned the notorious pirate Drake and incorporated him into the Royal Navy, sounding the death knell for Spain's Invincible Armada.

I'm not even a woman, am I? Shen Mo asked himself.

The evening was feasted. Surrendering Xu Hai and silently adding a child, it can really be described as double happiness, how can there be no reason not to celebrate? The palace is full of lights, and hundreds of tables of eight immortals are opened, the dishes on the table are dazzling, the melons and fruits are piled up, and there are many varieties of wine, and more than 100 guests with different identities gathered together to celebrate the victory, and congratulate Lord Shen on his joy to get twins.

Among the guests were political envoys, envoys and prefects of various prefectures, as well as their accompanying friends and masters, as well as the gentlemen and seniors of Suzhou City, all of whom had a head and face anyway, toasting each other, laughing loudly, and the atmosphere was jubilant and warm.

There is also a Kunqu opera team to accompany the fun, gongs and drums are strong, silk strings are long, and Danjiaoer and Tsing Yi are constantly flying towards the seat; There are also some charming and frivolous women, surrounding these adults, pouring wine for them, laughing with them, deliberately letting them take advantage, and dazzling some adults who are usually dignified, thinking about it, but they didn't realize that the two protagonists had quietly left the flower hall...... In the signing room of Suzhou Mansion, he silently asked Hu Zongxian to take a seat, but Hu Zongxian refused and insisted on sitting with him.

"Why do you want to kill me?" Shen Mo smiled bitterly: "Who can be your equal in the southeast?" ”

"You can!" Hu Zongxian smiled heartily: "After this battle, the governor of Su Song is none other than you, although I, the governor of the southeast, am nominally your superior, but in fact I am in charge of Jiangsu and Zhejiang with you, and the southeast is divided into two. ”

Shen Mo looked at Hu Zongxian fixedly, and said with a wry smile: "The ministry really feels that Xu Hai's return to obedience is so simple?" ”

"Oh, what do you think?" Hu Zongxian asked, "Is there anything more difficult than recruiting Xu Hai?" ”

"Yes, the aftermath." Shen Mo rubbed Qingming's acupoint and said, "Xu Hai really surrendered this time, but the imperial court doesn't seem to be prepared at all." He spread his hands and said: "So far, I haven't seen any text from the Ministry of War, saying how these people are settled, what treatment they are given, and who they belong to." ”

"Humble words, you are smart and confused for a while," Hu Zongxian shook his head and smiled: "Those things can never wait." ”

"What do you mean?" asked silently with a solemn face.

"Yes, I'll tell you the truth, humble words. In the eyes of the cabinet and the six ministries, Zhao'an is just a stopgap measure. Hu Zongxian said in a deep voice: "Those adults will not tolerate a pirate who makes them lose face, and they are on the same line, so Xu Hai must disappear!" ”

Seeing that Shen was silent, Hu Zongxian said coldly: "What, do you have different ideas?" ”

"I have promised Xu Hai that as long as I surrender, I will have a way to live." After pondering for a moment, he said silently and softly: "You have already agreed to this matter in your reply," and raised his head as he spoke, "Didn't you say that Your Majesty also agreed?" ”

"Your Majesty is preaching!" Hu Zongxian said in a deep voice: "Humble words, you won't want to sell me, right?" ”

"Of course not," Shen Mo slowly shook his head, "I just feel that the faith of the imperial court is priceless...... This matter has been widely known, and the court has not denied it, if we suddenly change the hexagram now, how do the people of the world look at the court, who would dare to believe us? ”

"Those who do great things are not informal!" Hu Zongxian said in a deep voice: "Humble words, you don't want children to be long-term. ”

Shen Mo took a deep breath and said, "Please think twice. ”

Hu Zongxian seemed a little angry, he stood up, paced two steps behind his back, and said slowly: "Maybe I am a little treacherous in this matter." As he spoke, he turned around and looked at Shen Mo fixedly, waved his arms and said, "But what I did was right!" In any case, everything I did was not for myself, but for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the people of the southeast! I don't care about the slightest infamy! Because there is an even more formidable opponent waiting for me! ”

He was talking about Wang Zhi. Although Xu Hai is named directly with Wang, it is because the former is fierce and high-profile, and the latter is forbearant and low-key. Everyone in its implementation knows that compared with the old shipowner Wang Zhi, Xu Hai, a junior, is far from being of the same magnitude in terms of strength and influence.

Wang Zhi is too powerful! In addition to his 30,000 descendants, there are nearly 100,000 Japanese pirates under his control and influence, accounting for seventy percent of the total number.

However, the total number of troops that can be mobilized in the southeast is only more than 100,000, and it is impossible to solve the problem by force because it still has to defend the two provinces of Zhizhi and Zhejiang.

So can you solve Wang Zhi with a plan like dealing with Xu Hai? Even Shen Mo didn't hold out hope, because Wang Zhi was not a straightforward martial artist like Xu Hai, he had been out for decades, he was used to all kinds of conspiracies, and he himself had become scheming, very cunning, if he didn't calculate, he should burn high incense, and he still wanted to calculate him? That's really hard to get to the sky.

And having said that, the influence of Wang Zhi and Xu Hai is also completely different. Xu Hai does not have the demeanor of a boss, his qualifications are still shallow, and his influence on other pirates is limited, so there are no sequelae to kill him. But dozens of forces under Wang Zhi are all subject to his constraints, if he is gone, there will inevitably be a situation of demons dancing in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

With such a figure who cannot be killed or killed, Hu Zongxian's great cause of pacifying the Japanese will never see the day when it succeeds.

Facing Hu Butang, who was singing a high note, his silent brain spun rapidly, and finally slowly spoke: "Lord Butang said it well, the king of pirates is not Xu Hai, but Wang Zhi!" I dare to assert that if Xu Hai is killed, the possibility of eliminating Wang Zhi will be cut off forever! ”

"Destroy Wang Zhi?" Hu Zongxian's gaze finally showed a trace of fluctuation.

He suddenly threw out the order of 'exterminate Xu Hai', which caught Shen Mo a little off guard, but Shen Mo was worthy of being silent, and in a blink of an eye, he came up with a countermeasure, that is, Hu Zongxian eliminated Wang Zhi's ** - there is a way to capture the thief and capture the king first. Just like Shen Mo said, Xu Hai is just a fierce general, and Wang Zhi is the decisive king of pirates!

But Hu Zongxian is not a gullible person, after a short period of emotion, he returned to the kind of ancient well, and said lightly: "You once told me that Wang Zhi can't die, and as soon as he dies, there will be chaos in the southeast; Now he says that he will destroy Wang Zhi, and he is humble to say, people should be responsible for what they say. ”

Silent was so angry in his heart, and said in his heart, you yourself are a guy who broke his word and got fat, and you are embarrassed to teach others! But he was already confident, and confidently said to Hu Zongxian: "If you want to eliminate the Japanese invaders, you really can't kill Wang Zhi; But if you don't kill Wang Zhi, it doesn't mean that you can't eliminate the Japanese Kou! ”

Hu Zongxian was confused, but there was obviously a door in his silent words, which made him unable to keep a cold face anymore, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Humble words, are you talking about tongue twisters?" What do you mean, can't you say no? ”

"I mean......" Shen Mo said lightly: "Lure the king straight ashore, and great things will be done!" ”

"Lured ashore?" Hu Zongxian somewhat understood the meaning of silence, and asked softly: "You mean, coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes?" He smiled and said, "I'm just making an analogy......"

Shen Mo nodded indifferently and said, "The ministry is wise." ”

"So how do you do that?" Hu Zongxian said with interest: "If I can summon him to come, I don't have to worry so much...... To tell you the truth, I already had this idea, and I wrote more than ten letters just to persuade me to surrender the letter, but there was no news about the mud cow entering the sea. ”

"That's where the right medicine comes in." Shen Mo picked up the teacup, returned to his gentle appearance like jade, and said with a faint smile: "Xu Hai is a martial artist, so he eats soft rather than hard; Wang Zhi is an old fritter, so he has to be soft and hard...... In the past, we were soft enough, but we couldn't get hard, so we couldn't make people face it, and everything was in vain. He deliberately did not show mercy, just to let Hu Zongxian face up to his own shortcomings.

Hu Zongxian's old face was slightly red and said, "Then how can I ...... What about hardening up? ”

"Originally, we couldn't help it," Shen Mo smiled: "But now there is a general under his command, who is enough to take on this great responsibility, it is really a godsend!" ”

"Which general?" Hu Zongxian was surprised at first, and in a blink of an eye, he guessed what Shen Mo was referring to, and said in a deep voice: "You mean, Xu Hai? ”

"Wise!" Shen Mo nodded and said, "It's this person!" ”

(To be continued)