Han Mo's brows were still furrowed, he looked at Pei Yinghou, and asked, "Master Pei, in your opinion, this time...... Should this official pick up Li Gu? If this official goes to save Li Gu, what may happen? ”

Pei Yinghou hurriedly said: "My lord, I don't dare to make decisions in this matter, everything depends on the will of the adult." ”

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Han Mo's mouth, and he said, "It's not that you are in charge, it's just ...... Just a little advice for the officer. What might happen if he really wanted to go? This official has never been in contact with anyone in the underground black market, and you ...... It was also a time of conflict with them, so ...... I'd like to hear what you mean."

Pei Yinghou looked at Han Mo's expression, and saw that the handsome face was already calm at the moment, and he couldn't help but be silent for a moment before he arched his hand and said, "Since the adults are asking, I will say a few words...... Adults have heard it, and they don't have to take it to heart... ”

Han Mo smiled and said, "You say that's it, this official...... Have your own ideas"

Pei Yinghou said slowly: "My lord, the underground black market is a general term for that industry, and the secret words in the industry call them 'snake people'...... Playing by the rules is also a big reason why they survived...... Otherwise, if the rules are broken, it is likely to cause turmoil in Yanjing, if they really dare to take the initiative to make waves in Yanjing City, the court will definitely not sit idly by, if the court is really determined to eradicate them, they will not survive... Therefore, if they want to live, they can only strictly abide by the rules, and they cannot anger the court, let alone make the court feel that they will cause a big mess......"

Han Mo nodded and said lightly: "That set of rules is a guarantee for them to survive until now." ”

"But the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds." Pei Yinghou said: "The members of the snake people are three religions and nine streams, and all walks of life, and some people are not allowed to break the rules for the sake of profit, so among the snake people, there is a group of people who specialize in maintaining the rules, and if anyone breaks the rules, they will be punished by their group of people, and the leader of this group of people is the head of the snake." ”

"A snake can't do without a head." Han Mo sneered: "The person who can serve as the head of the snake is not a simple character when he thinks about it. ”

Pei Yinghou nodded slightly, and then said with a wry smile: "It's just that when my West Flower Hall was at its peak, I didn't really find out the real trace of the snakehead...... Many people say that we flower hall officials are like ghosts, but in the eyes of the lowly office, the smugglers are the ghosts who are really active in the world... ”

Han Mo smiled faintly and motioned for Pei Yinghou to continue.

"If the adults go to pick up Li Gu, they will naturally put forward many conditions, some of which are ...... It can even be unusually harsh. Pei Yinghou had a strange expression, and his eyes flickered.

"For example?" Han Mo said lightly: "For example...... What conditions might be? They wouldn't dare to kill their own officials, would they? ”

Pei Yinghou thought for a moment before saying, "They don't dare to be unfavorable to adults, but ...... Adults can be humiliated. When Gong Yan Lao was alive, there was a clerk in the second place who fell into their hands...... At that time, the director of the second department went to receive people, and the condition proposed by the other party was one hundred taels of gold, plus one finger of the director of the second department."

Han Mo frowned again, he really couldn't imagine that the people in the underground black market would dare to embarrass the people of the West Flower Hall like this...

It turns out that in this country, there is such an underground force, who can not be afraid of the West Flower Hall, which most people are afraid of, and dare to take action against the officials of the West Flower Hall.

It seems that the roots of this cancer are really deep-rooted.

……

Seeing Han Mo frowning, Pei Yinghou paused for a moment before continuing: "My lord, I think I am ...... There's no need to make a big deal about this......"

Han Mo leaned back in his chair and looked at Pei Yinghou with interest.

"Although the underground black market is very powerful, it is ...... In order to survive, they will not take the initiative to make waves...... I won't take the initiative to be the enemy of our West Flower Hall. . . Pei Yinghou said softly: "But once the hostility really starts, my West Flower Hall may not be able to take advantage of them, and once the matter expands, there will definitely be greater damage on both sides...... I'm afraid it's not good for adults."

Han Mo let out an "oh" before asking, "How can we avoid worsening the situation?" ”

Pei Yinghou finally stood up, walked in front of Han Mo, and said softly: "If it was really Li Gu who went to the underground black market without authorization to inquire about the news and leaked his identity this time, he was arrested by them, and when it came ...... talk about it, it was we who provoked the incident" He glanced at Han Mo cautiously, and saw that Han Mo's expression was soft, before he continued: "According to the humble opinion, Li Gu has violated the taboo and made a big mistake, and we have ...... This time, I will let the people in the underground black market deal with Li Gu, so that Li Gu's sins will not be affected in my West Flower Hall...... Adults don't have to bother with this, we are with the people of the underground black market...... It's all right."

Han Mo groaned, and after a while, he bowed his head and said, "Master Pei, what you said is a good idea, Li Gu made a mistake, and he can't be involved in the West Flower Hall because of this...... The underground black market that even the old man can't deal with, let's not conflict with them."

Pei Yinghou immediately arched his hand and said: "Your Excellency is wise"

"But...... Li Gu is a person from our West Flower Hall after all, if we ignore it...... Isn't that great? Han Mo picked up the teacup, took a sip, and asked calmly, "Is there any way to do it more properly?" ”

Pei Yinghou sighed: "My lord, Li Gu has been in the West Flower Hall for more than ten years, and he can't bear to let him be disposed of by the people in the underground black market, but ......" His eyes flickered, but he didn't continue。。。。。

Han Mo smiled and said, "Even if you say it, there are only you and me here, and no third person will know about it." ”

Pei Yinghou said in a low voice: "My lord, since you became the director of the West Flower Hall, my West Flower Hall has swept away the haze of several years, and the establishment is complete, many old brothers have returned to the hall, and many newcomers have been absorbed...... Everywhere has also begun to rejuvenate, under the leadership of the adults, food and clothing are worry-free, and they are already able to serve the country......" After a pause, he said cautiously: "It's just that compared to the past, the foundation of the West Flower Hall is still not very stable, and the vitality has not recovered to the point where Gongyan was still alive, and the most important thing is ...... The East Flower Hall has been closely watching the movements of my West Flower Hall from beginning to end......"

Han Mo nodded slightly, he also knew that although he and Princess Xiu had an inexplicable friendly relationship in private, but the two dark yamen under the hands of the two dark bosses, it was a situation where one mountain could not tolerate two tigers, although there was no conflict at present, but it was an unavoidable fact that they did not like each other...

Seeing Han Mo nodding, Pei Yinghou lowered his voice and said, "If there is a conflict between Li Gu and the underground black market this time, I am worried that the East Flower Hall will kick us in the back...... When Gongyan Lao was alive, the East Flower Hall did not exist, but it was a competition with the underground black market, which made my West Flower Hall turbulent, and now it is not as good as it was back then, but the vitality of my West Flower Hall has not recovered, and there is a East Flower Hall behind me that is waiting for us to make mistakes,。。。 At such a moment, the lowly official felt that for the sake of the overall situation, he must not start a conflict with the people in the underground black market, otherwise the consequences would be really unimaginable...... What do you think, my lord? ”

Han Mo smiled, stood up, put his hands behind his back, walked out of the door with a step, and said lightly: "Let's discuss it in the hall."

……

Han Mo rode the shadow, Pei Yinghou followed behind, all the way like the wind, when he arrived at the Dexi Flower Hall, it was the time when the sun was shining, the lotus flowers on the Wushui Lake were in full bloom, and the fresh fragrance floating on the lake was also stronger.

Although after entering the courtyard on the lake, the officials were extremely respectful to Han Mo, but Han Mo saw the anger that could not be concealed from everyone's faces.

This is the headquarters of the West Flower Hall, according to the rules of the hall, in addition to the four directors who have been here for a long time, the three hundred officials under it, most of them are lurking everywhere, and there are usually only about 20 people in the hall who are responsible for guarding and issuing orders. . .

However, there are obviously a lot more people in the courtyard of the hall today, except for the officials who are in charge of guarding on the shore, the courtyard in the hall is crowded, and there are as many as thirty or forty people, but except for a few officials who have been on duty in the hall for a long time, most of them are dressed in black strong clothes, wearing hats on their heads, with the brim of their hats down, and even black scarves around the sides of the hats, which obviously do not let others see their faces.

The West Flower Hall is a dark yamen, and the subordinates naturally can't be extremely careful, even in front of their own family, they won't easily reveal their faces.

It's all about safety.

The courtyard of the West Flower Hall is naturally very wide, and the big stone tablet engraved with the words "Gongyan Deguang" is still standing quietly in the courtyard, and the officials are centered on this stone tablet, scattered and separated, seemingly scattered but very regularly waiting quietly in the courtyard.

Although this group of ghosts was exposed to the sun, they still maintained their proper ghostly colors, and although there were many of them, the entire courtyard remained absolutely quiet from beginning to end.

Even the sound of everyone's breathing, it was very small, very small.

Han Mo put his hands behind his back, entered the hall, and passed through the crowd, all of whom were aggrieved, bowing their heads, and paying tribute to their supreme leader.

Everyone knows that the West Flower Hall can recover from the dying to the current vitality, it is the efforts made by this young man who is less than twenty years old, in the most difficult early stage of the Flower Hall, it was this young man who took out the silver from his pocket to appease the widow of the Flower Hall officials, and even went to the East Flower Hall to find Princess Xiu, and got the reconstruction funds of the West Flower Hall from there.

Many of the people in the courtyard saw their director for the first time, but they were able to recognize this person at a glance as the current leader of the West Flower Hall.

Although the appearance does look delicate, no one dares to deny that the juvenile director walks with a calmness and majesty that seems to be innate.

The landslide is in front of it and the face does not change color

When many people saw Han Mo, they thought of this sentence inexplicably.

And what Han Mo was thinking about now was why these people gathered in the hall today? Could it be that these people already know the news of Li Gu's arrest?