Han Mo still frowned, looked at Pei Yinghou and asked, "Master Pei, in your opinion, this time... should I go to pick up Li Gu? If I go to save Li Gu, what might happen?"

Pei Yinghou hurriedly said, "Sir, you dare not make decisions about this matter. Everything depends on the wishes of the Lord."

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Han Mo's mouth and said, "It's not that you are asking you to make the decision, it's just... just to give me some advice. If I really want to go, what might happen? I have never contacted people from the underground black market, and you... were also in a period of conflict with them, so... I want to hear what you mean!"

Pei Yinghou looked at Han Mo's expression and saw that the handsome face was calm at this moment. He couldn't help but remain silent for a moment before bowing and saying, "Since the lord asks, I will say a few words... I have heard of it, so I don't have to take it to heart."

Han Mo smiled and nodded, "You said that, I... have my own idea!"

Pei Yinghou then said slowly: "Sir, the underground black market is a general term for that industry. The secret words in the industry are called "snake people". As far as the humble officials know, although they live in all walks of life, they have already set industry rules, and no one can violate the rules in the middle... Following the rules is also an important reason why they can survive... Otherwise, if the rules are broken, it is likely to cause turmoil in Yanjing. If these people really dare to make waves in Yanjing City, the court will definitely not sit idly by. If the court really makes up their minds to eradicate them, they will not survive. So if they want to survive, they can only strictly abide by the rules, not anger the court, and not make the court think that they will have a big trouble...!"

Han Mo nodded and said lightly: "That set of rules is what they guaranteed to live until now."

"But the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds." Pei Yinghou said: "The members of the snake people have all kinds of religions and all walks of life. Some people are not allowed to break the rules for the sake of their interests. Therefore, among the snake people, there is a group of people who specialize in maintaining the rules. If anyone breaks the rules, they will come forward to punish them, and the leader of this group is the snake head."

"The snake cannot do without a head." Han Mo sneered: "Those who can serve as snake heads are not simple people."

Pei Yinghou nodded slightly, then smiled bitterly: "It's just that when my West Flower Hall was at its peak, I didn't really find out the real trace of the snake head... Many people say that our flower hall officials are like ghosts, but in the eyes of Beizhi, the group of snake heads is the real ghosts that are active in the world."

Han Mo smiled faintly and signaled Pei Yinghou to continue speaking.

"If sir, they will naturally put forward many conditions, some conditions... may even be extremely harsh." Pei Yinghou looked strange and his eyes flashed.

"For example?" Han Mo said lightly, "For example...what conditions may be there? They will never dare to kill me, right?"

Pei Yinghou thought for a while before saying, "They dare not be unfavorable to the adults, but... the adults may be humiliated. When Gong Yan was alive, an official in the second department once fell into their hands... The head of the second department at that time went to take the people, and the other party put forward the conditions, one hundred taels of gold, plus a finger of the head of the second department!"

Han Mo frowned again. He really couldn't have imagined that the people in the underground black market would dare to make things difficult for the people in the Xihua Hall like this.

It turns out that in this country, there is such an underground force that can dare to attack the Xihua Hall officials without fearing the most people's fears.

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

...

Seeing Han Mo frowned, Pei Yinghou stopped talking and continued: "Sir, I think... there is no need to make a big fuss about this matter..."

Han Mo leaned on the chair and looked at Pei Yinghou with interest.

"Although the underground black market is very powerful,... they will not take the initiative to make trouble in order to survive, nor will they take the initiative to be enemies with our Xihua Hall." Pei Yinghou said softly: "But once it becomes really hostile, our Xihua Hall may not be able to gain advantage from them. And once the matter expands, both sides will definitely suffer greater damage. Once this matter alarms the court and the emperor... it is afraid it will be very unfavorable to the adults!"

Han Mo said "Oh" before asking: "How can we not worsen the situation?"

Pei Yinghou finally stood up, walked to Han Mo, and whispered: "If this time Li Gu really went to the underground black market to inquire about information and exposed his identity, he was arrested by them. When it comes to the discussion, we were provoking the trouble..." He looked at Han Mo carefully, and saw Han Mo's gentle expression, and continued: "Li Gu has violated the taboos and made a big mistake in his opinion. We in the West Flower Hall... This time, we let the people in the underground black market deal with Li Gu. In this way, Li Gu's crimes will not be implicated in my West Flower Hall... 后入本司... 后入本司... we will be in peace with the people in the underground black market!"

Han Mo pondered for a moment before nodding: "Master Pei, you are talking about a good idea. Li Gu made a mistake. You can't implicate Xihua Hall... The underground black market that even Gong Yan can't deal with, so we should not conflict with them!"

Pei Yinghou immediately bowed and said, "Sir, wise!"

"But... Li Gu is the person from our West Flower Hall after all. If you ignore it...will it be a bad thing?" Han Mo picked up the teacup, sipped it, and asked calmly: "Is there any way to do it more properly?"

Pei Yinghou sighed: "Sir, Li Gu has been in the West Flower Hall for more than ten years. He can't bear to let him deal with the people in the underground black market, but...!" His eyes flashed, but he did not continue.

Han Mo smiled and said, "Even if you say that, there are only you and me here. If you speak and hear me, there will be no third person who knows."

Pei Yinghou then whispered: "Sir, since you became the director of the West Flower Hall, my West Flower Hall has wiped out the haze for several years and has been fully organized. Many old brothers have returned to the hall and have absorbed many new people... All places have begun to rejuvenate. Under the leadership of the adults, they have no worries about food and clothing, and can serve the country...!" After a pause, he said carefully: "But compared to the past, the foundation of the West Flower Hall is still not very stable, and its vitality has not returned to the point where Gong Yan was alive at that time. 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 unexplained friendly relationship in private, the two dark yamen under the two dark bosses were in a situation where two tigers could not withstand each other. Although there was no conflict at present, it was impossible to avoid the fact that they disliked each other.

Seeing Han Mo nodding, Pei Yinghou lowered his voice and said, "If there was a conflict between Li Gu and the underground black market this time, Bei Zhi was worried that the East Flower Hall would kick us in the back... When Gong Yan was alive, there was no East Flower Hall biting behind us, but at that time the battle with the underground black market made my West Flower Hall turbulent. Now, not only did the vitality of my West Flower Hall not recover, but there was also an East Flower Hall behind us that was waiting for us to make mistakes at any time. At this moment, Bei Zhi felt that from the perspective of the overall situation, he would never have to start a conflict with the people in the underground black market, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable... Sir, what do you think?"

Han Mo smiled, stood up, carried his hands on his back, and walked out the door, and said lightly: "Go back to the hall and discuss it!"

...

Han Mo rode Jueying, Pei Yinghou followed him, and the wind was like the wind. When he arrived at the West Flower Hall, it was the sunny time. The lotus flowers on the foggy lake were blooming more beautifully, and the fresh fragrance floating on the lake surface was also stronger.

Although the officials were extremely respectful to Han Mo after entering the Sihe Courtyard on the lake, Han Mo saw anger in unconcealed on everyone's faces.

This is the headquarters of the Xihua Hall. According to the rules of the department, in addition to the long-term work of the people everywhere, most of the 300 officials are lurking everywhere. Usually, there are only about twenty people left in the department to be responsible for the alert and orders.

However, there are obviously more people in the yard in the hall today. In addition to the officials who ambushed the shore in charge of the security, the yard in the hall was crowded with thirty or forty people. However, except for the several officials who have been on duty in the hall for a long time, most of them are wearing black clothes, wearing hats on their heads, blocking them under the brim of the hats, and even black scarves are surrounded by the hats, which obviously prevents others from seeing their appearance.

The Xihua Hall is a dark yamen, so the officials of the subordinates naturally cannot be extremely careful. Even in front of their own family, they will not easily expose their appearance.

Everything is for safety reasons.

The yard of Xihua Hall is naturally very wide. The large stone tablet engraved with the words "Guangyan Deguang" still stands quietly in the yard. The officials took this stone tablet as the center and separated from each other. It seemed scattered but was quietly waiting in the yard in a very regular manner.

Although this group of ghosts was exposed to the sun, they still maintained the true nature of ghosts. Although there were many people, the entire yard was absolutely quiet from beginning to end.

Even the breathing of everyone was extremely small.

Han Mo entered the hall with his hands on his back and passed through the crowd. Everyone was grieving, lowering their heads, and paying respect to their supreme leader.

Everyone knows that the West Flower Hall can recover from dying to its current anger is the effort made by this young man under twenty years old. In the most difficult period of the flower hall, the young man took out silver from his pocket to appease the widow of the flower hall official. He even went to the irreconcilable East Flower Hall to find Princess Xiu, and got the funds for the reconstruction of the West Flower Hall from there. Now the West Flower Hall official pays Yin Wuyou, and can continue to operate the West Flower Hall that Gong Yan had worked hard to run, so Han Mo naturally ranked first.

Many of the people in the yard saw their director for the first time, but they were able to recognize that this person was the head of the West Flower Hall at a glance.

Although the appearance does look very delicate, no one dares to deny that the young director had a seemingly natural calmness and power while walking.

The landslides before the face does not change its color!

Many people inexplicably thought of this sentence when they saw Han Mo.

What Han Mo is thinking about now is why these people gathered in the hall today? Could it be that these people already know the news of Li Gu's arrest?
Chapter completed!