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Chapter 234 Hongmen Banquet

Speaking of this, probably knowing that Chen Si would not make any unfair requests, he clapped his hands and smiled, "Tell me, what do you want me to do? Brother, I will do my best."
"The inn is too noisy and sometimes it's uneasy in the middle of the night." Chen Shu sighed, "I can't force you, 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?"
"Of course there is no problem." Hu Zongxian agreed happily: "There is a villa in the yamen for me to escape the summer heat. Judging from the situation of the Japanese pirates this year, I don't need it anymore. It's just right for you to live in."
He smiled silently and said, "I am so disrespectful."
Hu Zongxian laughed and said, "Why are you and my brothers apart?" After saying that, he suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Tell you good news, I have found Wang Zhi's old mother and his biological son."
Silent and surprised, he said, "Are you still in China?" In his opinion, Boss Wang has already made a land in Tokyo to be the king, like a small prince, so he should take his family over to enjoy his happiness.
Hu Zongxian nodded and smiled, "Wang Zhi's mother is old. On the one hand, she can't stand the bumps on the sea, and on the other hand, she is unable to leave her hometown, so she has always been hiding her name and lives in a small mountain village in Xiuning, Huizhou."
"How did Lord Zhongcheng find it?" Chen Mo asked curiously.
Hu Zongxian smiled and said, "It's a coincidence that I am from Jixi, Huizhou. Shexian, the hometown of the Japanese chief Wang Zhi, is a neighboring county. The Han family is a local surname, and has many generations of branches and leaves. There are also a large number of relatives in Shexian. Shortly after the Chinese New Year this year, a clan leader from the family wrote a letter saying that a clan member saw a young man who worshipped the ancestral grave of the Wang Zhi family on the night of New Year's Eve. He secretly followed and found a village where their family lived in seclusion." As he said, he smiled proudly, "After I received the report, I immediately notified the Jinyiwei and quickly arrested him. Just last night, he had been secretly escorted to Hangzhou City."
This guy didn't reveal a word about such a big thing in advance, which shows how deep his scheming is, and how unreliable this ally is. Silence suppressed the chill in his heart and said, "Sir, you are such a good method."
Hu Zongxian was also embarrassed and said, "It was not intentionally hiding it from you, but the people from the Jinyiwei said that the fewer people know about this kind of thing, the better. If there is a leak, you will never want to catch someone again." He said, "Are you the first to notify you when you arrive in Hangzhou?"
Silent nodded and smiled, "I wonder how sir, how are you going to use this chess piece?"
"Check pieces? I think they should be bargaining chips. Wang Zhi's mother, wife, and son are all valuable bargaining chips for me." Hu Zongxian laughed and said, "My solution is very simple. Let him come to negotiate with me. If you agree, I will treat you well. If you don't agree, don't blame me for being rude."
Silence but didn't realize that things would be so simple. Who is Wang Zhi? He is in the world... Oh no, it should be a more advanced ocean for decades, and how many intrigues and life-and-death tests have he experienced? Such people must regard their own lives as more important than anything else. How can they care about other people's life and death? Even their own mother and son.
But he also felt that contact is better than not contact. Only when contact is in contact can there be infinite possibilities, so he decided to support Hu Zongxian in doing this. He said: "Since it is a negotiation, you have to release your sincerity first, so you have to treat his family well now so that you can stay active in the negotiation."
Hu Zongxian nodded and said, "Okay, I will order them when I go back, release them from prison, and find a house to secretly arrest them, so you can eat, drink and serve them."
He smiled silently and said, "This is all the meaning of the question... The important thing is, how can we meet Wang Zhi and convey our kindness to him?" Wang Zhi lives on Tokyo Island all year round, and it is really difficult to contact him. He is afraid that the effect will not be good when he finds someone to bring a message or write a letter. So after thinking hard, Hu Zongxian decided to send an envoy to take a trip himself.
The mission of the messenger is very simple. Just find Wang Zhi and pass on Hu Zongxian's meaning to him. But this should basically be an impossible task... The sea is windy and waves, Tokyo is in chaos, and there are many chaotic countries. Both sides are still speechless. To find a Japanese/pirate leader is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack. I am afraid no one dares to take on this job.
"There must be a brave man under the heavy reward," Hu Zongxian slapped the table and said in a deep voice: "There will always be a brave man."
Hu Zongxian's generousness was not something that was not enough. In the afternoon of the same day, a housekeeper came to the inn to obey the orders. He could pass by the silence at any time when he knew.
The next day, I ordered to go. It was already February and the weather was getting warmer. I ordered people to roll up the curtains and look around. But I saw the spring breeze blowing the green south bank of the river, and the willows surround the embankment and the green sky. The Xixi Water Town became more shy and moister, and the scenery was naturally much more pleasing to the eye than in the first month.
I was greedy for the scenery all the way, but I didn't know how long I had been walking. Suddenly I looked up and saw the pink wall in front of me, with several houses covered by several green bamboos. I couldn't help but praise: "A good place." The manager who led the way smiled and said, "Sir, this is our place."
Silently, he got out of the car with iron pillar and smiled and said, "Go in and take a look." He saw the ancient and solemn main door, "Yu Shu Liu Fang" written on the quaint and solemn main door. There are two words "Jiu Sheng, Magpie" on the edge door, which implies the mystery of "Jiu Sheng Jia, Fame" being the first to become famous."
Seeing the adult's attention, the manager smiled and said, "This is what Zhongcheng has replaced it overnight. I wonder if he is satisfied?"
Silently nodded and smiled, "Chengzhong Chengji Jiyan."
Four men and women had already come out at the door, and under the order of the manager, they kneeled to welcome the host.
Silently smiled, everyone got up and said to the manager: "I have no other requirements. As long as the word "pure", you can tell them." The manager agreed quickly and asked everyone to retreat and asked the adults to enter. He saw that the entrance was a winding corridor, with stones spreading into a corridor under the steps leading to a house with seven black tiles and pink walls on three sides, connected to a rolled shed, green windows and oil walls, which were very elegant.
The in charge led the silence into the main hall. It was simple and elegant, with every arrangement but extremely exquisite, showing the richness and honor that was invisible, making people feel very comfortable.
Through the hall is a corridor, facing a two-story building. The corridor and the building form a backyard, and there is a fish pond rockery in the yard. I don’t know how to structure it, but there is a spring water flowing out from the rockery, going around the stairs to the front yard, circling under the bamboo, adding a lot of vitality to the yard.
"Sir, this building is the most beautiful in the garden." The manager led the silence into the small corridor called "Baohuxuan".
He nodded silently and followed him to the second floor. He saw a mahogany vine-faced imperial concubine couch at the east end, with a marble screen hanging on the wall; the Eight Immortals table in the middle, the Taishi chairs on the left and right, and a chessboard was placed on the table; the west end was against the wall; a row of bookshelf was placed on the north side, next to a row of flower windows.
The manager pushed open the window, and the beautiful lake and mountain scenery rushed towards him with fresh air. Silence couldn't help but take a deep breath and nodded, "Sitting under this window to study will make you live for a lifetime."
He lived here without worrying about his daily life and food. He just kept his mind and studied hard. In a few days, he found the feeling of concentration in the past. So he worked all night long, working day and night, half a day of composition and half a day of reading. At night, he had to read Cheng Mo's experience given by Mr. Shen and Uncle Tang, and carefully speculate.
Time suddenly passed, and the grass was growing and the beards were flying outside, so he could not distract him. Until one day, when he was writing the title of the Book of Songs, "The reeds are green and the white dew turns into frost", he suddenly thought of a woman who was still on the side of the water. He couldn't help but slapped his thigh and said, "I almost forgot the big thing." He called Tiezhu in and ordered him to go to Lingyin Temple and buy some items back with a lot of money.
After finishing a homework on the second day, he stopped reading and ordered people to take a shower, change into a fresh work inside and outside, and then walked to Meishu.
The two families were not far apart and arrived in half a quarter of an hour. At the door, I met Mr. Yin who was returning from the opposite side with a crutch. I was silent and bowed with a smile.
He had been there for more than a month, but Mr. Yin was so flashing. Seeing that he finally showed up, he was surprised and happy. He took his hand and said, "Where is this coming?"
He smiled silently and said, "I borrowed a residence nearby and asked Shi Bo to come over."
Master Yin smiled and said, "That's good." Then he asked the servant to go and talk to the lady, and then he went silent.
After passing through the stone bridge and reaching the courtyard, Master Yin was surprised and said, "Isn't this a villa for the head of the province?"
Chen Shu pretended to be very modest and said, "I have just come to Hangzhou and I don't know many people, so I only have some contact with Brother Hu Meilin."
He heard his tone and Hu Zongxian, and he was almost a peer-to-people friend. The old man was secretly shocked and said to himself: "What is this kid's origin? Why did I ask someone to check it out? There is no one with the surname Qiu in Shaoxing?"
He followed him into the yard, sat in the elegant hall, and talked about his feelings after parting, and a manager came to report: "Young Master, you can have a meal."
Chapter completed!
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