This is a dark room, wider than the upper room, but it does not have the feeling of emptiness like the upper room, the reason is very simple, in this room, there are many large wooden frames placed in all directions, and in the center of the wooden frame, there is a large wooden table, on which is placed a row of iron arrows, dark and cold.

At first glance, this basement looks like an underground library, with countless files on seven or eight dark wooden shelves, perhaps because no one has come in this basement for a long time, all with a faint musty smell.

"It's all the archives of the West Flower Hall." Pei Yinghou explained: "There are personnel files in the West Flower Hall, there are execution event files, there are money allocation files, and there are also files with many important people in various countries, which should be very detailed. However, the personnel files of the West Flower Hall are now just history, the establishment of the West Flower Hall was three hundred people, each of which had to go through five assessments before it could be registered immediately, and officially became a member of the West Flower Hall. ”

"Everyone else left?"

"All have to live!" Pei Yinghou said slowly: "People from the West Flower Hall can only do some spy work, and it is the talent of the people in the Flower Hall to act in secret, and the West Flower Hall has fallen, and everyone has to find a place to live." After all, except for changing the name of the boss and the organization, all their responsibilities do not need to be changed, especially the people in the flower hall lurking in other countries, just re-loyal to the door of another director, everything does not need to be changed, and the salary has been improved a lot, they have no reason not to accept it. There are also some who are neither willing to go to the East Flower Hall nor stay in the West Flower Hall to do nothing, so ...... Go incognito and live a dull life! ”

Han Mo thought for a moment before asking, "Since they're all gone, why did you stay?" ”

"The thirteen of us have either been adopted by Gongyan Lao since we were children, or we have been saved by Gongyan Lao several times. After the death of Gongyan Lao, the West Flower Hall is not as good as it used to be, but after all, it is the hard work of Gongyan Lao for decades, as long as the Holy One Day does not issue an order to abolish the West Flower Hall, we will always hold on. Pei Yinghou smiled helplessly: "Actually, we don't know how long we can last!" ”

Han Mo walked by the rows of wooden shelves with his hands behind his back, and saw the "Division Member Files", and saw that it was divided into four parts, all of which were compiled into "Division 1 Division" and "Division 2 Division", and knew that the files on this wooden shelf were all personnel of the Xihua Hall.

"For safety reasons, many people don't have real names, they're just code names." Pei Yinghou saw Han Mo pick up a "Division File" and flip through it, and explained: "Just like Red Sleeves, her code name is Red Scorpion, and people outside the West Flower Hall don't know her real name!" ”

"Is that the hot girl?" Han Mo asked with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Hot girls?" Pei Yinghou was stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled: "This analogy of adults is interesting. Gongyan Lao once went out, and when he came back, he brought back a baby, and the baby grew up in the West Flower Hall, and he was taught by Gongyan Lao, and learned a good skill, that is, red sleeves. Don't look at her, adults are only seventeen years old, she is an old qualification in the West Flower Hall, and she is also proficient in tracking and assassination...... When she was fifteen years old the year before last, those of us who stayed behind agreed together to let her serve as the director of the four places, and at the age of fifteen, she served as the director, which was also the only one in the West Flower Hall! ”

"Seems to be cold!" Han Mo smiled.

Pei Yinghou sighed: "My lord must also know that this West Flower Hall is a dark institution, and it is also the institution closest to death...... Adults don't have to be as knowledgeable as her. ”

Han Mo waved his hand and smiled: "You misunderstood, I think it's very good." Since it is a special institution with a special personality, it is also a matter of course. After a pause, he asked, "Gongyi is all from the Gongyi family, how can they enter the West Flower Hall?" ”

Pei Yinghou immediately said: "The public loss was all entered into the West Flower Hall fourteen years ago. The Mo family and the public loser are generations of enemies, and when the children of the two families meet, they are also ruthless. When Gongyan Lao went to Qingguo that time, he happened to save Gongyi Quan, who was chased and killed by the children of the Mo family, and rescued him. After a pause, he continued: "The public infusion was originally the director of my first equipment department, and later the vacancy of the second division was filled. ”

"Apparatus Division?" Han Mo held his chin, stared at Pei Yinghou and said, "Yes, we have four places in the West Flower Hall, what is the difference between these four places, and what kind of institution is your so-called Equipment Division?" ”

Pei Yinghou said: "One is also known as the Internal Affairs Office, which mainly manages the logistics of the West Flower Hall. There are four divisions under the Internal Affairs Department, including the Silver and Money Division, which mainly deals with the silver and money obtained from the big guys, as well as the Equipment Department, the Training Department and the Pharmacy Department! ”

"It's pretty complete." Han Mo walked to the table, pulled out a chair and sat down, although there were two small chairs next to him, Han Mo did not let Pei Yinghou sit down.

Since he is already the director of the hall, he must let everyone in the West Flower Hall plant this consciousness in their minds in their daily interactions: "Today's West Flower Hall, the director is Han Mo!" ”

"The second is the Foreign Affairs Office, which is responsible for operations in other countries. The third department is the internal affairs department, which is responsible for the actions of the counties in Yan Kingdom. Pei Yinghou patiently explained: "As for the four places, it is the Beijing Office, which is responsible for the affairs of Beijing...... However, now the four major places of the West Flower Hall are also an empty façade. ”

"What is the main responsibility of the West Flower Hall today?" Han Mo sat on the chair, clasped his hands, stared at Pei Yinghou and asked, "What do you do on weekdays?" ”

Pei Yinghou smiled bitterly: "The East Flower Hall has taken over all the functions and powers of the West Flower Hall, and now the West Flower Hall has no formal responsibilities. If there is anything else to do, it is just that the saint made a decree and asked us to help Dali Temple and the Criminal Department try the prisoners. The method of extorting confessions in the West Flower Hall is far beyond the comparison between Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, so once a major suspect does not confess, he will be thrown to us to extract a confession...... It's just that this kind of thing, everyone is unwilling to do it, to Dali Temple and the Criminal Department, that is the shame of the West Flower Hall, so even if we can force a confession, we never really care, and then the Criminal Department and Dali Temple will not send people here......! ”

"So you've been doing nothing all the time?" Han Mo stared at Pei Yinghou and asked.

Pei Yinghou didn't answer immediately, but thought for a long time before replying: "It's not that there is nothing to do, everyone is earning money to support themselves!" ”

"What?" Han Mo frowned, puzzled, "Earn money to support yourself?" What does this mean? The court's money is not enough for you to live? ”

Pei Yinghou smiled bitterly: "The court's Yulu? Hall Master, we in the West Flower Hall haven't seen a penny of silver from the imperial court for three years! ”

Han Mo was stunned for a moment, couldn't believe it, and said strangely: "I don't understand? You mean, you haven't received any money for three years? ”

"Yes!" Pei Yinghou shook his head and said, "Since the West Flower Hall started three years ago, it has not received a penny of silver from the imperial court. Originally, the West Flower Hall had some of its own silver, but before Gong Yan Lao died, he had clearly instructed us to take care of the family of the dead brother in the West Flower Hall, so the silver in the hall was used as a pension. Today, there are more than 60 brothers in the archives who have to take care of their young children, all of them elderly and young children. According to the instructions of the elder Gongyan, unless the old people have passed away and the children have passed the age of twelve, the West Flower Hall must bear the responsibility of supporting them, so ...... So the thirteen of us left behind not only had to earn money to support themselves, but they also had to save money to feed the hundreds! ”

Han Mo opened his mouth, but he didn't speak.

His originally puzzled expression was shocked at this time.

He suddenly understood why Gongyi Quan and Li Gu used their own craftsmanship to make those novelties, and then solicited customers to buy them on the street.

At that time, Han Mo thought that it was just that they wanted to earn money to live, but he didn't expect that the thirteen people in the West Flower Hall would have to bear the lives of hundreds of people.

"Although the hundreds of people don't need too much silver, they are hundreds of mouths to eat after all, and they are the families of the brothers who died, and they gave their lives for the West Flower Hall and the country, and we can't ignore it." Pei Yinghou's expression was solemn: "So the thirteen of us, each with its own strengths, earn money everywhere without revealing our true identities." Write a good handwriting, can also draw a few strokes, so in Beijing can rely on calligraphy and painting to earn some silver, as for the others, some know medical skills to do Tulangzhong, some have a lot of strength to do hard work, Li Gu and Gongyi are all a carver and a good at tricks, together to make some gadgets to sell...... That's how these two or three years have passed! ”

Speaking of this, Pei Yinghou let out a long sigh, his expression gloomy.

"With your ability, it is not difficult to get the silver by other means!" Han Mo said slowly: "Why don't you do it?" ”

Of course, Pei Yinghou understood what Han Mo's "other means" meant, shook his head and said: "There is a provision in the twenty-first article that the ability to learn from the West Flower Hall must not be used easily unless the West Flower Hall orders or implements the orders of the Flower Hall, and Gong Yan Lao said at the beginning that our existence is to make others live better, so we must not use our own skills to hurt innocent people!" ”

Han Mo was silent, he was now beginning to understand something about the West Flower Hall, and the veil of this mysterious dark place was slowly being lifted.

Although Xue Gongyan has been dead for many years, his shadow is everywhere in the entire West Flower Hall.

"Why didn't the court bring down the silver?" Han Mo frowned, and said lightly: "Since the West Flower Hall has not been abolished, the West Flower Hall is a regular imperial court yamen, how can you not pay silver?" ”

Pei Yinghou just said: "My lord, the decision of the imperial court, I dare not discuss it in vain, but after the lord returns to the house, as soon as he asks Lord Shanghan of the household department, everything will be understood!" ”

"Uncle?" Han Mo muttered to himself, "He knows? After thinking for a while, he suddenly asked, "Is the establishment of our West Flower Hall still 300 people?" ”

Pei Yinghou nodded and said, "The establishment has not changed, but ...... But now in the West Flower Hall, who wants to come! ”

Han Mo smiled faintly, stood up, and said, "It's going to get better." He walked out of the room with his hands behind his back, suddenly stopped, and did not look back, but said, "You can count the amount of money that the sixty brothers need each year, and come back to me, and I will pay you this money first." As for your salaries...... I'm going to be back as soon as I can! ”

Pei Yinghou looked very calm and said respectfully: "It's all up to your lord's orders!" ”

p Thank you for the innocent giant Zhang Tui, good character!

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