Chapter 257: First Sight of Wu Qian

Soon they arrived at the foot of Lin'an City. But it's better to think carefully before everything happens, and the more carefully you think about it, the better, so as not to miss the slightest difference. Wu Qian is a shrewd person, maybe he will find out what he wants by saying a word, and he will fall behind, so Shi Bin ordered everyone to stop outside the city to rest and not enter the city for the time being.

Few people questioned Shi Bin's decision, that is, Zhao Gang, who didn't have much scheming, wanted to know why he didn't enter the city. In his opinion, it is impossible for Wu Qian to know that Shi Bin has arrived, even if he already knows, what can he do? Naturally, no one specifically gave him an interpreter, and after asking two questions, even Li Yuxi lost patience, just gave him a roll of his eyes, and he went to Jia Ling to discuss the problem.

Seeing that Li Yuxi had also arrived here, Shi Bin smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "It's good that my brother and sister are here, Zhao Gang will leave him alone for the time being, it's good to let him stay alone." ”

Knowing why Shi Bin was so embarrassed, Li Yuxi didn't answer this, but said, "Well, little sister is here." Big brother must have something to say, right? ”

This can be easily seen, Shi Bin was not surprised by Li Yuxi's reaction, but wanted to try something else, so he pretended not to know and asked: "Brother and sister are both brave and strategic, your sister-in-law and I want to ask you to help us get out of this idea of entering the gate of Wu Mansion." ”

I thought I was just asking myself to audit, at most I was to put forward subsidy opinions, but I didn't expect to let myself be the protagonist, Li Yuxi was a little nervous at first. But he was also from a royal family, so he calmed down and thought about it immediately after being a little uneasy.

In her opinion, Wu Qian is not difficult to see, because her eldest brother is now the pacification envoy of Jingnan and the official of the feudal territory, and Wu Qian cannot easily refuse to meet. The challenge is how to meet more like a gathering of friends than a deal of politicians.

Wu Qian is a person who pays attention to official reputation, and he doesn't like the treacherous Jia Yidao, so he naturally has prejudices against Shi Bin, so he has to spend some effort to see this.

In a hurry, he couldn't think of a specific way, but he couldn't seem too thoughtless, so Li Yuxi said vaguely: "The first thing to do is not to fall behind when we meet." Big brother, Lord Wu has always been at odds with your father-in-law, and even if he appreciates you, he will most likely respond negatively to your proposed alliance, so you have to find a way to make him a true friend with you. ”

True friends? Li Yuxi's proposal made Shi Bin feel very surprised, and he also felt a little incredible, as if he was in the Arabian Nights. He Wu Qian was the first Jinshi in the tenth year of Ningzong Jiading (1217), where would he become a true friend with a martial artist like himself who couldn't recognize all the Chinese characters? It's nice to look at yourself without colored glasses.

"Big brother, little sister understands that your Great Song Dynasty is heavy on literature and light on martial arts, and Wenchen has always looked down on military generals, but I think Wu Qian may not be like this." Li Yuxi said with a smile.

"Why?" Li Yuxi is a princess of Western Xia, how can he understand Wu Qian? The more Shi Bin listened, the more he felt that Li Yuxi was talking nonsense, but this was a new brother and sister who couldn't rudely interrupt her and asked her for advice himself, so he had to calm down and listen carefully.

"The eldest brother likes to fight on the battlefield, and the little sister, a weak woman, actually doesn't like to fight, but is just forced by the situation. But Lord Wu is a person who likes both battlefield fighting and poetry and songs, and he is one of the poems and songs that I often read when I have nothing to do. ”

As soon as poetry was mentioned, Shi Bin immediately remembered Jia Ling's happy appearance when he read a few crooked poems he created and those good poems that he plagiarized. It's hard to say anything else, but the educated people of the Great Song Dynasty were all happy to read good poems and proud to make wonderful songs.

"You mean we can break through here?" Shi Bin asked, "Then have you come up with any clever ideas?" ”

"Little sister does mean this, but I didn't think of it here because of my lack of resourcefulness, and I have to ask the eldest brother and sister-in-law to continue thinking about the rest."

Poetry and songs, battlefield fighting, poetry and poetry, battlefield fighting... Shi Bin couldn't stop thinking about these two words.

"Then Wu Qian's poetry style may not be so fresh and pleasant..." Jia Ling's deep groan came from his ears.

After hearing this, Shi Bin immediately gave Li Yuxi a look and motioned for her to speak. "My sister-in-law is right, Lord Wu's style of words is deep but not depressing. Most of his words are the grief and indignation of the country and the pain of the loss of mountains and rivers, and it is precisely because of this that the little sister likes to read his poems. ”

It turned out that they had a common language, and although they didn't meet, they had a heart-to-heart. Thinking like this, Shi Bin frowned and thought about it.

This kind of frowning means that there is a way for Shi Bin, Li Yuxi may not know, but Jia Ling has long been familiar with it. So he leaned over and said with a little disdain: "Did you think of a reluctant way to trick Wu Qian into coming out to meet, but you still have to ask someone to help?" ”

In fact, Jia Ling's words are both right and wrong, because it is okay without anyone to help, but it is just not so classy. This time he was squeezed by Jia Ling in front of Li Yuxi, Shi Bin was too lazy to back down, and replied stiffly: "I'm sorry, I don't need to." Besides, I don't seem to have asked to see Shangguan yet. ”

"Really?"

"Naturally. The mountain people have their own clever plans, so you can sit back and watch the show! Shi Bin also smiled smugly.

Jia Ling was very surprised by Shi Bin's attitude this time, and she understood it after thinking about it. understood that she had just passed a little, but with her eldest lady's temper, she would definitely not apologize directly, so she came to save the country.

"Yuxi, do you think it's enough to communicate with Wu Qian, just a few Tang poems and Song lyrics? I think it's a bit close. Jia Ling said.

understands that Jia Ling is helping, but she can't let it go. Li Yuxi naturally wanted to follow her words, "Of course it's not enough, Lord Wu is a famous scholar in the Song Dynasty, and his poetry and songs are all excellent, and it may be difficult for him to look down on his eldest brother with just a few poems." ”

"What then? It seems that it is not enough to break through all the way from poetry. Jia Ling said very 'regretfully'.

"Since it's poetry and songs, let's just start with a poignant and desolate tune, what does my sister-in-law think?"

"That's a good word, but just now someone said that there is no need to help."

How could Shi Bin, who was standing on the side, not understand that these two women were singing double reeds? But even if he understood this, he didn't want to ask for help, not only Jia Ling, but even Li Yuxi, he didn't want to ask for it, so he could be regarded as having a bull's horn.

Seeing Shi Bin's attitude, Jia Ling used the agitation method, first praising him as a hero who knew the country's righteousness and was willing to serve the country loyally, and then slammed into a mediocre man who only knew how to maintain personal face.

In the end, he couldn't stand Jia Ling's laughter and scolding, Shi Bin finally collapsed, and expressed his willingness to accept the assistance of Jia Ling and Li Yuxi, and asked them to play a song "Tragic Skeleton" to lure Wu Qian out of the mansion, and then talk with him about poems such as "Man Jianghong".

After talking about this, everyone was very happy. Meeting Wu Qian in such a way will definitely not be left behind, and maybe he will let him look up at Shi Bin.

With this good strategy, Shi Bin and the others all slept well, because if this first meeting was successful, the alliance after that would be much easier. However, just in case, Zhao Gang, a reckless man who likes to be hot-headed, was still left outside the city.

As soon as the city gate opened early in the morning of the second day, Shi Bin and the others entered the city, and the first thing to do after entering the city was to figure out the internal structure of Wu's mansion and know where his bedroom and study were. So as to ensure that the tunes played by Jia Ling and Li Yuxi are known by Wu Qian, you must know that there is no microphone now.

This kind of thing is not confidential, as long as you have the heart, you will soon find out. Within an hour, Xu Feng, the clever head of the guard, learned the specific situation from a subordinate in Wu Qian's Mansion and reported it to Shi Bin.

Now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, and he only needs to wait for Wu Qian to go home for dinner at noon after work.

Waiting for others is always painful, especially waiting for Wu Qian, a workaholic who is dedicated to the country. It was not until four o'clock that he hurried back from the Privy Council.

Seeing this, Shi Bin and the others immediately understood that he might be a master who gobbled up a meal and didn't chew his meals, so in order not to waste time and opportunities, Jia Ling immediately began to play "Tragic Skeleton" outside the house.

As expected, after only a quarter of an hour of playing, the door of Wu's mansion opened, and a subordinate came out and said, "Please invite the noble person who plays this song to come into the mansion to talk." ”

Jia Ling was naturally able to enter, and just as Shi Bin also got up to follow and prepare to go in, the person said expressionlessly: "My family only invites the person who plays this song to enter the house." ”

Seeing that appearance seemed to be non-negotiable, Shi Bin immediately had some temper, and immediately prepared to reveal his identity. At this time, Jia Ling leaned into her ear to remind. "Man Jianghong."

suddenly remembered that he was here to discuss things, not to quarrel, so he had to endure it and pretend to recite Yue Wumu's "Man Jianghong". After listening to this poem, the person was obviously moved, but he still did not let go, emphasizing that Wu Qian only saw the person who played "Sad Skull".

Lest Shi Bin couldn't help but explode, Li Yuxi also reminded him to forbear. As the saying goes, 'one blow of strength, then decline, three and exhaustion'. was dissuaded by Jia Ling and Li Yuxi so repeatedly, Shi Bin lost his temper, and just said: "Please read this song "Man Jianghong" to Wu Zaifu." "By the way, I also stuffed a handful of broken silver.

Maybe it's because of the shortness of people's hands, and I think the way Shi Bin and others ask to meet is strange, and the change in Shi Bin's attitude is also very strange. In order to prevent mistakes, the shrewd subordinate finally asked, "The villain wants to ask about your identity so that I can answer the question of Lord Zaifu." ”

Shi Bin and the others were overjoyed by this question, and Jia Ling couldn't wait to speak: "It was Jingnan who recited this song "Man Jianghong", and it was Lord Shi Bin Shi who was appeased by Jingnan, and I was his wife. Then he pointed to Li Yuxi, "This is Li Yuxi, the former princess of Western Xia." ”

If the subordinates who heard the rumors were struck by lightning, the dignified Jinghu South Road pacification envoy and his wife, plus the former Xixia princess, would just see Wu Qian and hand over the prayer post, and no one would dare to stop them from playing these tricks. Doesn't that make him uncomfortable?

Knowing very well what the subordinate was feeling at this time, Shi Bin smiled and stuffed him with another five taels of silver, and said, "You are so faithful, I will say good things about you in front of Zaifu, don't worry." ”

Such words finally made the heart of the person who mentioned his throat return to his belly, and in addition to receiving the benefits of Shi Bin, he immediately told him Wu Qian's hobbies and habits, which can be regarded as reciprocating.

Although Wu Qian's mansion is not as atmospheric as Zheng Qingzhi, it is also full of culture, flowers and trees can be seen everywhere, and the side rooms and corridors are also very simple.

Soon he arrived in Wu Qian's study, and after the report from the next person, Wu Qian naturally understood which way of the immortal came, and immediately raised his head to take a closer look at Shi Bin and the others.

"People say that Lord Shi is a brave and resourceful general, but after all, he is only a martial artist, but I didn't expect Lord Shi to come up with such a wonderful plan to enter my mansion, Wu admired. It seems that it is better to see than to hear, and people can't believe their words! Wu Qian said with a smile.

Shi Bin immediately smiled and said, "Thank you Lord Zaifu for your false praise, the lower officials are panicked." ”

"May I ask why Lord Shi came here today? There are a lot of things to do, if it weren't for that wonderful music, I wouldn't have been able to spare the energy to meet you, so please say it quickly. ”

Of course, this is the truth, not an eviction order, Shi Bin naturally will not bury the hard-won favorable situation without a few words, and immediately go straight to the topic.