Knowing that the time had come to separate, Hu Zongxian took out a note from his sleeve, gently stuffed it into Shen Mo's hand, and whispered: "I asked people to use your name to deposit 10,000 taels of silver in the Tonghui Money Village in the capital, this is a token of money, don't disclose the amount to others, so as not to cause death." ”

Shen Mo actually had the same note on his body, and the amount was also 10,000 taels, which was given to him by his old father-in-law to use in Yanjing, so he was not short of money, and he didn't want to have anything to do with Hu Zongxian, so he insisted on refusing.

Who knows that Hu Zongxian is more resolute than him, there is a posture that you will not let you go today if you don't accept it, and the outside is in a hurry, so Shen Mo has no choice but to accept it, and then talk about it later.

Sending him to the door, Hu Zongxian was inconvenient to go up the avenue again, so he had to say goodbye to Shen Moyi, knowing that he couldn't see his trace, he sighed and said, "Go back." ”

After walking far away, Shen Mo saw that a few brocade guards were still smiling from ear to ear, and couldn't help but wonder: "Is there anything gratifying?" ”

Zhu Shisan smiled and said: "Your Hu Zhongcheng is too generous, and one person gave this number." As he spoke, he stretched out a finger and said, "One thousand taels, my good boy, they have never seen so much money in their lives." ”

Shen smiled silently and did not speak.

A little further ahead, the head of the cabbage in charge of the broken back suddenly said: "The car behind is a little familiar." A few people looked back, and saw a two-horse carriage behind them, Zhu Shisan squinted his eyes and said, "Yes, when we go out of the city, this car will follow behind...... I have an impression of those two dark horses, as well as the man who drove the car, I can't be wrong! ”

Shen Mo stared hard, but he couldn't see clearly, and couldn't help but wonder: "You can even see the people who are driving the car?" ”

"Hehe, we all know how to do internal kung fu, so our eyes are bright and our hearts are bright." Zhu Shisan replied casually, but a pair of eyes roamed around, and when he saw a small mountain in the distance, which was just enough to cover his vision, he ordered: "In the past, the mountain will be ambushed and see what road they are." ”

Jinyi Wei is not a guard army who fights Taiping Boxing, they live like licking blood from the knife edge, and when they heard this, they responded excitedly, turned the col unhurriedly, and dismounted and ambushed beside the road, waiting for the arrival of the carriage.

Shen Mo also followed and crouched in the grass, listening to the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer, and his heart became nervous for no reason, and Zhu Shisan on the side whispered: "You don't have to move later, just watch us." ”

Shen Mo felt his heart jump out of his throat, and when he heard the words, he nodded, and saw the carriage, which consisted of two tall horses and a sturdy carriage, driven slowly by a big man with a thick felt hat.

When he reached the right distance, Zhu Shisan made a gesture, and the black skin and the vegetable head flew over from the left and right, and the rope with a barb flew out of his hand at the same time, and two poisonous snakes pounced on the coachman.

As soon as they rushed out, the coachman was alerted, and he was so good that with a shake of his whip, he wrapped himself around a rope on the left, and at the same time dodged to the left, avoiding the rope on the right, except that the hat on his head was hung off.

The next moment, he was already standing by the carriage intact, with a long knife in his hand, like a god, guarding the carriage majestically. His appearance was awe-inspiring and inviolable, and the two brocade guards didn't dare to make any more moves.

But Zhu Shisan quietly appeared behind him, raised a delicate hand crossbow, and his fingers had already pressed the trigger.

Zhu Shisan was about to press the trigger, but saw Shen Mo suddenly stand up from the grass, and shouted: "Stop it, it's your own people!" ”

Zhu Shisan's fingers didn't pull down, but they didn't leave the trigger. He stared coldly at the field, and if something happened, he would launch immediately.

But the next moment he was relieved, because he saw the man throw the knife and kneel down for Shen Jieyuan, Shen Jieyuan was very excited, patted him on the shoulder, and was happy like a child.

I only heard Shen Mo say: "Tiezhu, how could it be you?" ”

The person who came was the captain of the guard who followed him to the north and south, Tie Zhu...... When they were arrested by Cho Jeong-gil's guards, they lost contact. When Shen Mo came out of Xixi, the first thing he did was to inquire about their whereabouts, and later he learned that under Hu Zongxian's intervention, the iron pillar had already been released, so he was a little relieved.

But the time was too short, and there was no time to inquire further, so Shen Mo asked the old man to find it on his behalf and take proper care of it, who knew that he had met here.

It was so unexpected that it didn't seem like it to him, so when he was done, he asked, "You're here for me, aren't you?" ”

Without waiting for Tiezhu to answer, Heipi and Caitou came up first, and said with a smile: "Of course, how could he be behind when he left the city, we stopped for three hours, and he was still behind?" As he spoke, he patted Tie Zhu's shoulder, half-jokingly and half-teasingly: "Dude's kung fu is good, but when we come out of Beizhen Fusi, we are all watching and listening to all directions, and we have crossed more bridges than you have walked, and it is impossible to keep an eye on our tips." ”

Tie Zhu smiled and said, "Yes, I have been taught." Saying that, he raised his voice and said: "Have you heard it, come out and learn from the seniors of Jinyiwei!" ”

"What, and people?" Before Caitou's words fell, he saw more than 30 capable men standing up in all directions, dressed in withered grass and with awe-inspiring eyes. Each of them has a short crossbow in their hands! It happened to surround the four of them in the middle, and the two sides were less than five feet apart.

This stunned Jinyiwei, Zhu Shisan quietly put away his crossbow, and the vegetable head also sneered: "This is really ......" He wanted to say that the praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches, but he feels that he is too arrogant and destroys his prestige, so he shut up.

The thirty or so people showed no smugness, and they put their crossbows on their backs and gathered in front of Shen Mu.

Looking at the familiar faces, the silent nose was sour, and his eyes became red, and he had to hold back it to barely shed tears.

Just like when training in the courtyard of Shaoxing, all the guards were divided into three rows according to their heights, and stood neatly in front of Shen Mo from left to right.

Tie Zhu walked to the front of the team, held his head high, and said in a loud voice: "Take a break!" Everyone stretched out their left feet in unison.

"Stand upright!" Everyone retracted their feet, held their heads high, and stood with great momentum, moving neatly like a person...... Zhu Shisan and they were greatly shocked, because these thirty or forty people were here, but they gave them a sense of majesty, even those Han generals who acted as the façade of the imperial court had to wear golden armor and use the majesty of imperial power to do it.

But these tattered guys did it, how could it not be shocking!

Regardless of Jinyiwei's surprised gaze, Tie Zhu said in a deep voice: "Start counting the numbers!" ”

"One, two, three, four, five...... XIII, XIV. From left to right, the guards in the first row spoke short and powerful in turn.

After the report was completed, Tie Zhu turned to face Shen Mu, his eyes were red and said: "My lord, your guard should be forty-one, but it is forty-one, and the assembly is complete, please instruct!" ”

Shen Mo said with a straight face: "What are you doing here?" ”

Tie Zhu's eyes widened and said: "Protect you, otherwise, my lord, you will go to Yanjing, a distance of more than 3,000 miles, and meet jackals, tigers and leopards, robbers and bandits, what should you do?" ”

Shen Mo shook his head and said: "I am no longer an adult, and I have no right to form a guard anymore, I have already introduced you to my father-in-law, and asked you to go to his family's workshop manor and serve as the head of the guard, don't follow me anymore." He turned his head away.

The guards did not move, only listening to Tie Zhu's deep voice: "Since your Excellency said so, then from now on, we are not your guards, we are just travelers who are also going to Yanjing, please allow us to pass with you......"

"I won't allow ......," Shen Mo said with a sideways face.

"We're not allowed to go too!" Tie Zhu said in a rough voice: "No one cares!" ”

"You, you ......" Shen Mo wanted to say something, but choked up and couldn't say anything.

At this moment, all words are superfluous, as long as they are here, as long as they see the tears rolling on the face of silence, everything is self-evident!

When he was under house arrest, insulted, and damaged, Shen Mo never shed tears, but when he saw his guards again, saw them regroup, and came to him again, Shen Mo couldn't control his emotions...... When he was proud, like the rising east, they also gathered around him like this, perhaps mixed with money, interests and other factors. But now that he was swept to the end, he was no longer an official, and he was escorted to Beijing by imperial decree to stand trial, and he could not give them anything, and he could not see any hope at all, but they still gathered around him as usual -- the cold years know the pines and cypresses, and the truth is seen in adversity, and this is what it means.

Seeing that the adult didn't speak for a long time, Tie Zhu thought that he was still angry, but he was not afraid, because he had a secret weapon, so he leaned over and whispered: "Not only are we here, guess who else?" ”

(To be continued)