The sun is shining and the spring wind is very warm. Han Mo and Pei Yinghou left the East Flower Hall and rode back on horseback. Walking on the quiet Tianhe Street, the two of them were not far away...

Han Mo didn't say anything, so Pei Yinghou didn't dare to ask. The two of them were silent for a moment.

In Pei Yinghou's opinion, the success of asking for money this time was really small. Princess Xiu did not pay the money for three years, and she had her own thoughtful plans. She would never change her original intention just because a young family like Han Mo came to her.

Young people are motivated and motivated. Although this is a good thing, the results are often very different from what they imagined.

When Han Mo took office, he asked for money for Xihua Hall. Pei Yinghou praised this enthusiasm and courage, but at the beginning he felt that this matter was too difficult. Although Han Mo was supported by the Han family, he had little chance of winning against Princess Xiu, who was extremely powerful in the royal family.

Because of this, when Pei Yinghou saw Han Mo coming out, he remained silent.

"Master Pei, I met Princess Xiu!" Han Mo said suddenly.

When Pei Yinghou saw Han Mo mention it on his own initiative, he said, "Sir, this matter is not an easy thing to do. The inner warehouse has been delayed for three years and it is not possible to make a decision every day."

He wanted to give Han Mo a first comfort. If he couldn't do it, he couldn't blame Han Mo.

Han Mo smiled slightly, turned to look at Pei Yinghou, and said, "You really guessed wrong this time."

"Oh? What do you mean by sir?"

"This matter should have a result day and night." Han Mo said: "We can go back and wait for news now, either waiting for silver or waiting for... the will of the Lord!"

"The Lord's will?" Pei Yinghou was not sure about the inside story and couldn't help but wonder.

Han Mo smiled faintly and said, "Either dismiss me or cut off the West Flower Hall..."

Pei Yinghou was stunned, and then looked surprised.

Han Mo was not too entangled in this problem. Before Pei Yinghou could recover from his surprise, he had already asked: "How can Hongxiu use poison? What poison did he use last time at Xishikou?"

Pei Yinghou calmed down and replied: "Hongxiu had been in a pharmacy for three years. He was very familiar with the production and use of drugs. Moreover, she was also very good at poisoning. It is because of this that she had the code name Red Scorpion... Scorpion is a poisonous substance, so it is very suitable to put this code name on Hongxiu."

Han Mo sighed and said, "A beautiful little girl who is mixed with these poisons is really heartbreaking."

Pei Yinghou smiled and said, "Don't look at Hongxiu's young age. She is now a veteran of the Xihua Hall. When she left the Pharmacy Department, she was only eleven years old and entered everywhere. She was the youngest official everywhere at that time." After a pause, she looked serious: "Mr. Gongyan once said that since he entered the Xihua Hall, he had to forget who he was, but he had to remember that everything we did was for this country. Every time we kill someone, we might save a hundred more people. Hongxiu was taught by Mr. Gongyan himself, so no one dared to doubt her loyalty about the Xihua Hall, and her ability has been recognized by everyone over the years. Whether it is spying on intelligence, assassination, or tracking and surveillance, she is a first-class expert in my Xihua Hall."

Han Mo nodded and said, "I believe this very much!"

"Although the West Flower Hall is not very crowded at present, as long as the adults give us the order, we will do our best." Pei Yinghou said respectfully: "In fact, the West Flower Hall is not as weak as outsiders seem."

Han Mo smiled and said, "Is there anything else hidden?"

Pei Yinghou laughed and said, "There is no baby." He urged him to step forward, and he tightened his strength away from Han Mo, and then whispered: "After the establishment of the East Flower Hall, in a few years, all the affairs of the West Flower Hall will be taken over, and forty or fifty people in the West Flower Hall have joined the door of the East Flower Hall. This group of people are mainly foreign officials, both Wei and Qing Kingdoms. Many of them defect to the East Flower Hall because of the situation. If one day the adults really want to use these people, our West Flower Hall can still contact us, and there should be many of them who still have a lot of feelings for my West Flower Hall."

When Han Mo heard the news, for some reason, he was actually excited. He pondered slightly, suddenly smiled and said, "After today, let's see if I can still keep my position as the director."

After the two returned to the West Flower Hall, Han Mo went straight to the basement and looked through the various archives stored in the basement. He knew very well that if he wanted to manage a department, he had to first understand the department thoroughly from the root. The archives piled up in the basement silently told the decades of history of the West Flower Hall, and from it, he could fully appreciate the full picture of the Qingxi Flower Hall.

Thirty-nine years, accounting for one-third of the history of Yan State. From this, we can not only understand the full picture of Xihua Hall, but also have a clearer understanding of the history of Yan State and even the history of other countries. These histories are of course not the kind of history that is magnificently hung outside or whitewashed. It is a real history full of dark sides such as ugliness, cunning, sinister, hostility, despicableness, etc.

If the director of the West Flower Hall was in the basement, no one would come to disturb him easily. So for the whole afternoon, Han Mo ate the prepared snacks, and worked tirelessly to read the files in the basement with the enthusiasm of reading "Jin Ping Mei" and "Meat Futuan" before traveling through time.

The history of Xihua Hall is actually a history written in blood.

The archives clearly record the hard days in the early days of the establishment of the Xihua Hall. The organizational strength is not as good as the enemy's country, the combat strength is not as good as the enemy's country, the hidden nature is not as good as the enemy's country, and the experience is not as good as the enemy's country. The key to survive that period is Gong Yan's iron-blooded discipline and the reckless efforts of the warriors in the Xihua Hall.

Grow in the blood, and in the blood, the flower hall slowly blooms!

The archives clearly introduce the enemies of Xihua Hall back then. Han Mo is very convinced that there are very few people who know about the enemies in the archives in this world.

Han Mo remembered two dark institutions.

He firmly believed that if he had been sitting in the position of the director of the West Flower Hall, he would have to face two dark institutions one day.

The black flag of Wei State, the purple guard of Qing State!

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Han Mo walked out from below and returned to the office above, and then he realized that it was already dusk when he entered the basement at noon, and it had passed in the basement for an afternoon without realizing it.

He closed the mechanism and stretched his body. Although he was a little tired, he received a lot of information in the afternoon, which made him very satisfied, and this satisfaction also made him feel a lot less tired.

After pouring a cup of tea and drinking it all, Pei Yinghou's voice came from outside the door: "Sir, Nie Yun, Director of the Silver and Money Department of the Interior Department of the East Flower Hall, came to pay a visit!"

"Nie Yun?" Han Mo immediately remembered that was the guy who took his money and was asked to come back? It turned out that he was the director of the Silver and Money Department of the East Flower Hall.

It was not the eunuch who came but Nie Yun, which made Han Mo very satisfied.

When he came out, Pei Yinghou had a smile on his face and said respectfully: "Sir, Nie Yun is waiting outside. Without the permission of his master, we did not let him in."

"This is the rule." Han Mo laughed: "How long have you been here?"

"I'm afraid it'll be an hour." Pei Yinghou replied.

"Come here alone?"

"No, five or six people came over with a car." Pei Yinghou said: "Waiting at the bridge."

"One hour?" Han Mo held his chin and laughed: "It's almost done, let Nie Yun come in."

He walked out of the main hall and saw several ministries from the West Flower Hall in the yard, and three officials were among them. When Han Mo came out, everyone saluted. Han Mo waved his hand and came over. He placed it at the main entrance of the hall. He sat on it, looking at the gate in front of him.

When Nie Yun came in, his expression was completely different from what he saw last time. He looked humble and even half-beared. Han Mo saw it and just sighed. In terms of mental outlook, the people in the West Flower Hall were much more backward than those in the East Flower Hall.

Nie Yun smiled flatteringly and stepped forward and knelt down: "Meet Director Han with a humble official!"

He did feel a sense of fear of the young man sitting on the chair. In the East Flower Hall, the young man beat Mu Xin in public. In Nie Yun's opinion, this matter must not be good. Princess Xiu will definitely punish Han Mo. Unexpectedly, in the end, Princess Xiu not only did not give any punishment, but also sent herself to send the salary that had been owed for three years. This shocked him. After that, he was extremely afraid of the little Hell.

Nie Yun was promoted by Princess Xiu, and his greatest talent was financial management. As for tracking and assassination, it was not his strength.

"It turns out it's Director Nie." Han Mo smiled and said, "It's getting dark. I wonder what advice you can give me?"

"I dare not, don't dare!" Nie Yun said repeatedly: "I was ordered by our Director to send the Xihua Hall a total of 2,300 taels of silver. Now in the car outside, Director Han is also asked to send someone to check it!"

Suddenly, the Xihua Hall department in the yard suddenly showed a strange look.

It was a look of disbelief, and there was an unsuppressible joy and excitement. They couldn't help but turn their eyes to their director.

Even Li Gu, who had always been very cold, looked surprised and looked at Han Mo.

"Master Pei, take some money." Han Mo ordered Pei Yinghou.

Pei Yinghou agreed with a smile and led the people out.

Han Mo then smiled at Nie Yun and said, "Director Nie, thank you very much. Well, I have nothing to treat here. After I have done my job, I won't keep you. Yes, I will go back and bring a message to you, Director Mu, and he will have to worry about the money from the West Flower Hall in the future. The Japanese official will invite him... to have tea!"

Nie Yun felt the chill that penetrated deep into the bones of the West Flower Hall and immediately said: "Yes, yes, remember it!"

After counting the money, Han Mo did not delay and immediately asked Pei Yinghou to count the money for everyone, and then distributed the money that had been owed to everyone for three years on the spot.

The salary of the Xihua Hall department is not very high. Pei Yinghou, the highest, only five taels of silver per month, most of which is the salary of four taels of silver. Therefore, in three years, the salary of more than ten people was less than two thousand taels of silver, and there were still hundreds of taels of silver left, which was directly transferred to the Interior Department. This was the first time in several years that the Interior Department of the Xihua Hall had transferred silver on the books.

"I am not a noble person, but I can guarantee that I must do my job when I am in my position. This is my promise to you and I hope you can do it." When Nie Yun took his people away, Han Mo summoned the only thirteen subordinates, sat on the chair in the hall, and said to everyone calmly: "I will not change the things left by Mr. Gong Yan, because time has proved that Mr. Gong Yan's things are useful to the West Flower Hall."

"Sir, wise!" everyone said in unison.

Although this group of people cannot be completely convinced, there is no doubt that the Shengyin incident has brought the relationship between Xihua Hall and Han Mo closer. At least everyone feels that the new director is indeed doing his best and has the courage to do something.

But the new officials took office for three reasons, and they were not sure whether this was just a flash in the pan.

Han Mo glanced at everyone and continued: "The West Flower Hall needs to do things, and the 300th organization of our West Flower Hall has not been abolished, so I hope that the four major areas will start to operate, so that our West Flower Hall will resume normal operation first." After a pause, he pondered slightly, as if he was thinking about something. After a moment, he said: "You will start to move and replenish the organization."

Pei Yinghou pondered for a while before saying, "Sir, the West Flower Hall was full of staff, and the officials were all responsible, either lurking or squatting. Now our West Flower Hall has no tasks. If it is full, how will it be allocated?"

"This is very simple. Those who should be trained will follow the procedures. As for the original expert... Yanjing City is so big, and there are many professions of all kinds. I think it is not difficult for hundreds of people to hide in the huge Yanjing City."

Gongshu Quan asked respectfully: "I am arrogant. Now the East Flower Hall controls all the tasks in the dark. Even if our West Flower Hall is full, we don't know what to do?"

"You don't need to worry about this at the moment." Han Mo said calmly: "Keep the full staff. Once the task is over, I want you to ensure that the four major parts of the West Flower Hall can operate at any time... You must be as fast and effective as Gong Yan when he was alive."

The silly boy Li Gu said in a deep voice: "Why is the reason for letting them return to the West Flower Hall?"

Han Mo stared at Li Gu with a calm expression and said lightly: "Li Gu, I don't care about your personality. I want to tell you that I hope not to hear you talk to me in this questioning tone next time."

Li Gu frowned, but said, "I'm rude in humility!"

A look of satisfaction flashed in Han Mo's eyes. It is impossible for these battle-hardened masters in the dark who only show kindness to be able to completely control them. For such people, they should not only let them know your kindness and their power.

This is what is called the combination of kindness and power.

Majesty will make grace more valuable, and grace will also make majesty more inviolable.

Han Mo said slowly: "Master Pei once told me that it takes three reasons to let the retired officials in the West Flower Hall return to the West Flower Hall." He glanced at Pei Yinghou and said calmly: "Now I can answer those three so-called reasons. When they come back, as long as the official is here, they will never starve to death. And when they come back, there will definitely be things that suit them. As for the last point, who are they fighting for? I can tell you very carefully that it is for themselves and to prove their own value... Maybe this answer is a bit empty, but I believe that when a person is old and unable to move, he always needs some memories. If he can recall his life's efforts and live up to his own value, then I believe that he will die without regrets, including me!"

Everyone listened quietly. Although the young man's philosophy was inconsistent with his age, when these words were stuck in their hearts, they suddenly felt that the young director's words were really reasonable.

When the conversation ended, everyone stepped back, and Han Mo called out Xue Hongxiu.

"Hongxiu, I heard that you have a lot of research on medicines!" Han Mo said with a smile: "If you have a chance another day, I really want to discuss with you in medicines!"

Hongxiu's pretty but cold face was a little strange, she frowned slightly, and then thought about it, then replied: "Okay!"

Of course she didn't know that her director was once a serious pharmacy expert, so she kept a skeptical attitude about whether Han Mo was proficient in pharmacy.

Looking at Hongxiu's back, Han Mo murmured to himself: "Do you know if the Pharmacy Department is studying aphrodisiacs? This is my blank area!"

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