Speaking of this, he probably knew that Shen Mo would not make any special requests, so he clapped his hands and laughed: "Say, what do you want me to do?" Brother, I'm doing my best. ”

"It's too noisy to go back and forth in the post house, and sometimes it's restless in the middle of the night." Shen Mo sighed and said, "I really can't force it, so I have to ask Lord Zhongcheng for help to see if I can find a quiet place in Xixi and let me stay for a few months?" ”

"Absolutely." Hu Zongxian happily agreed: "There is a villa in the yamen, which is for the summer vacation of the official, and I don't need it anymore depending on the situation of the Japanese invaders this year, so let's live for you." ”

Shen Mo smiled: "It's disrespectful below." ”

Hu Zongxian laughed and said, "You and my brothers are so different from each other. After speaking, he suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Good news for you, I have found Wang Zhi's old mother and biological son." ”

Shen Mo said in surprise: "Are you still in China?" In his opinion, Boss Wang is already claiming the title of king in this book, just like a little prince, so he should naturally take his family over to enjoy the blessings.

Hu Zongxian nodded and smiled: "Wang Zhi's mother is old, firstly, she can't afford the turbulence on the sea, and secondly, her homeland is difficult to give up, so she has been incognito, living in Wang Zhi's mother's hometown, a small mountain village in Xiuning, Huizhou. ”

"How did Lord Zhongcheng find it?" Shen Mo asked curiously.

Hu Zongxian said with a smile: "Coincidentally, I am a native of Jixi, Huizhou, and the hometown of the chief Wang Zhi is a neighboring county, and the Han family is a local surname, which has been scattered for many generations, and there are also a large number of clansmen in She County. Shortly after the Chinese New Year this year, the patriarch of the family wrote to say that a member of the clan saw a young man who worshipped the ancestral grave of Wang Zhi's family on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and quietly followed and discovered the village where their family lived in seclusion. Said with a smug smile: "After I got the report, I immediately notified Jinyiwei and quickly arrested him, just last night, I have been secretly escorted into Hangzhou City." ”

For such a big thing, this guy didn't reveal a word in advance, which shows how deep his scheming is, and how unreliable this ally is. Shen Mo forcibly suppressed the chill in his heart and said, "My lord is really a good means." ”

Hu Zongxian was also a little embarrassed and said: "It's not that I deliberately hide it from you, but the people of Jinyiwei said that the less people know about this kind of thing, the better, in case the news leaks, don't think about catching anyone again." He said with a smile: "Isn't this the first person to notify you as soon as he arrives in Hangzhou?" ”

Shen Mo nodded and smiled: "I don't know how the adults are going to use this chess piece?" ”

"Chess pieces? I think it should be a bargaining chip, Wang Zhi's wife, wife, and son, these are the valuable bargaining chips of this official. Hu Zongxian smiled and said: "My method is very simple, let him negotiate with me, and if he agrees, he will treat me well, if he doesn't agree, don't blame me for being polite." ”

Silent but didn't think that things would be so simple, who was Wang Zhi? Crisscrossing the rivers and lakes...... Oh no, it should be a more advanced ocean for decades, how many deceits, life and death tests have it experienced? This kind of person must regard his own life as more important than everything else, how can he care about the life and death of others? Even if it's your own mother and son.

But he also felt that contact was better than no contact, and only when contact was there would be infinite possibilities, so he decided to support Hu Zongxian to do so. He said: "Since it is a negotiation, then we must release sincerity first, so we must treat his family members well now, so that we can maintain the initiative in the negotiation." ”

Hu Zongxian nodded and said, "Okay, I'll order them to be released from prison when I go back, and then find a house to secretly put under house arrest, so that they can eat, drink, and serve." ”

He smiled silently: "This is all the meaning of the question...... The important thing is, how to meet Wang Zhi and convey our goodwill to him? Wang Zhi lives on the island all the year round, and it is really difficult to contact him, and he is afraid that the effect will not be good when he finds someone to talk to or write a letter, so after thinking and meditating, Hu Zongxian decided to send an envoy to go in person.

The task of the envoy is very simple, as long as he finds Wang Zhi and conveys Hu Zongxian's meaning to him. But this should basically be an impossible task...... The sea is high and the waves are urgent, the army is in chaos, the country is in chaos, the two sides are still unable to understand the language, trying to find a Japanese leader is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, I am afraid no one dares to take this errand.

"There must be brave men under heavy rewards," Hu Zongxian slapped the table and said in a deep voice: "There are always brave men." ”

Hu Zongxian's boldness was not covered, and a housekeeper came to the post house that afternoon to listen to the order, informing him that Shen Mo could go over at any time.

The next time the silence was ordered to start, at this time it was already February, the weather became warmer, the silence ordered people to roll up the curtains, look at the view, but see the spring breeze blowing on the south bank of the Green River, around the embankment willow borrowing the verdant sky, Xixi Water Town is more and more shy and moisturized, the scenery is naturally much more eye-catching than in the first month.

I was greedy for the scenery all the way, and I didn't know how long I had been walking, but I suddenly looked up and saw a powder wall in front of me, with several houses in it, and there were thousands of green bamboos to cover it, and I couldn't help but praise silently: "Good place to go." The steward who led the way smiled and said, "My lord, this is our place." ”

Shen Mo helped the iron pillar to get out of the car, and said with a smile: "Go in and have a look." "I saw the simple and solemn main gate with the book 'Yushu Liufang'. There are also the words 're-election and magpie rising' on the forehead of the side door, implying the mystery of 'winning the first branch and becoming famous'.

Seeing the adult's attention, the steward smiled and said: "This is the small one in the middle of the life changed overnight, I don't know if the adult is still satisfied?" ”

Shen Mo nodded and smiled: "Chengzhong Cheng Jiyan." ”

Four male and female servants had already come out at the door, and under the order of the steward, they knelt down to welcome the lord.

With a silent smile, he asked everyone to get up, and said to the steward: "I don't have any other requirements, as long as the word pure, you can share it with them." The steward was busy agreeing, so he asked everyone to retreat, and invited the adults to enter the door, only to see that the entrance was a zigzag verandah, and the stones under the steps were spread into a road, leading to the houses with seven white walls on three sides, connected with the roll shed, and the green windows and oil walls, which were very elegant.

The steward led Shen Mo into the main hall, which was simple and elegant, and the arrangement was extremely elegant, showing a subtle but not revealing wealth, which made people very comfortable.

Passing through the hall is a corridor, facing a two-story building, the corridor and the building enclose a backyard, and there is a fish pond rockery in the courtyard. I don't know how to construct it, but there is a spring flowing out of the rockery, going around the edge of the stairs to the front yard, circling under the bamboo, adding a lot of vitality to a small courtyard.

"My lord, this building is the victory of the garden." The steward led Shen Mo into the small corridor called 'Baohu Xuan'.

nodded silently, and followed him to the second floor, only to see a mahogany rattan-faced chaise longue at the east end, with a marble screen hanging on the wall; In the middle of the Eight Immortals table, the left and right Taishi chairs, and the chessboard on the table; At the west end, against the wall, is a row of bookshelves; A sandalwood desk sits on the north side, next to a row of stained windows.

The steward pushed open the window, and the beautiful lake and mountains came with fresh air, and Shen Mo couldn't help but take a deep breath, nodded and said: "Sitting under this window and reading, you will live a life in vain." ”

He lived here, didn't have to worry about living and eating, just collected his mind, studied hard, and found the same feeling of concentration in the past in a few days, so he stayed up all night, forgetting to sleep and eating, half of writing, half of reading, and at night he had to open the Cheng Mo experience given by Master Shen and Uncle Tang, and speculate with his heart.

Time passed suddenly, and the grass outside grew and the warbler flew, which could not distract him. Until one day, when I was doing the title of the poem 'Pujia is pale, and the white dew is frost', I suddenly thought of a Yiren, who was still on the water side, and couldn't help but slap my thigh and said: "I almost forgot the big thing." So he summoned the iron pillar to come in, and ordered him to go to the Lingyin Temple and buy some things with a lot of money.

On the second day, after finishing a homework, he stopped reading, ordered someone to wait for him to repair his face and bathe, put on a new look inside and out, and then went to the plum villa.

The two families were not far apart, and they arrived in half an hour, and they met Master Yin who came back from the opposite side with a crutch at the door, and he smiled and saluted silently.

He has been gone for more than a month, but the old man Yin has been empty, and when he finally showed up, he was surprised and happy, took his hand and said, "Where did this come from?" ”

Shen Mo smiled: "I borrowed a place to live nearby, and I specially invited Shibo to come over." ”

Master Yin smiled: "That's good." Then he asked his subordinates to talk to the young lady, and he followed silently.

Passing from the stone bridge, in front of the courtyard, seeing Shen Mo walking inside, Master Yin was surprised and said: "Isn't this the villa of the governor of a province?" ”

Shen Mo pretended to be very modest and said: "The little nephew just came to Hangzhou, and he doesn't know many people, so he only has some dealings with Brother Hu Meilin. ”

Listening to his tone, he and Hu Zongxian are simply equals, and he listened to the old man secretly, and said in his heart: 'What is the origin of this kid, why did I ask people to check it, and there is no one surnamed Qiu in Shaoxing?' ’

followed him into the courtyard, sat down in the elegant and extraordinary hall, and recounted the feelings after parting, and then a steward came to report: "Son, you can eat." ”

Shen Mo took the old man to the dining room, only to see a sumptuous banquet there, in addition to vegetarian mountain delicacies, there are also meat dishes such as chicken, duck and fish. Old Man Yin didn't know the taste of meat for three months, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva secretly.

(To be continued)