Chapter 410: Another Family Feast

With this agreement, Li Zong and Zhao Kui were comfortable, and Shi Bin also ended up relaxed. However, this agreement is actually a bit contrary to the original intention of the Sect, because it added an almost impossible condition to the peace talks. What made Li Zong comfortable was that the idea of Zhao Kui's Northern Expedition had become almost impossible.

So when the matter was over, Shi Bin was the first to exit the emperor's study, ignoring Zhao Kui who came out with him, and ran away alone.

After leaving the palace gate, he ran straight back to the mansion, and as soon as he closed the door, he dragged Xu Feng into the inner room to discuss.

"Xu Feng, Li Zong really planned to negotiate with Yuan Ren to redeem Shaanxi, but he was blocked by me and Zhao Kui, and it was changed to ask Yuan Ren to take the initiative to propose peace talks and we want to benefit before peace talks. Zhao Kui wanted to send troops to recapture Shaanxi with Yu Wei as soon as possible, but Li Zong and I also blocked it, and changed it to send troops next year unless the political situation of the Yuan people was still unstable before the end of the year. What do you think of my approach? Shi Bin asked.

"My lord, you're here to help each other. I'm afraid they will have some opinions about adults, and Li Zong's opinions will be greater, although Zhao Kui definitely has some opinions, but he shouldn't be very careful. Xu Feng smiled and said, "But it seems that there is no better way than this, peace talks are absolutely not possible at this time, and it is shameless to suffer too much; However, it is not appropriate to send troops north at this time, the war is only four or five months, and the country needs to recuperate. Therefore, I think that the adults are doing the right thing. ”

After listening to Xu Feng's words, Shi Bin was relieved, he was afraid that he had made a wrong suggestion in a daze, and he had offended Li Zong and Zhao Kui deeply. Now it seems that the suggestion is right, and the Li Sect will be a little dissatisfied, and Zhao Kui should not have any big reaction.

Not long after lying on the bed and resting, the sky was just dawning, the rooster was not crowing, and Zhao Kui's servant came again, bringing an invitation to invite Shi Bin and Zhao Kui to lunch.

Don't think about it, it's still for the Northern Expedition. However, Shi Bin didn't want to think about this at this time, but washed and dressed and went to the yamen to live a mess.

The reason why it is called a chaotic day is because for Shi Bin, the work in this office is more tiring than shopping with Jia Ling and them. Who called the articles of the Song Dynasty not only all traditional characters, but also without a single punctuation mark at all? Shi Bin reads like reading a book from heaven, not only to know the words, but also to guess which words constitute a sentence, which is very painful. In this way, even if you want to be a model worker, you can't do it.

should have calculated Shi Bin's embarrassment, and when there was still nearly an hour before he got off work, Zhao Kui's servant came over and secretly invited Shi Bin to Zhao's mansion.

I thought that Zhao Kui would let him wait until it was time to eat, but he didn't expect Zhao Kui to slip back earlier than him. Shi Bin judged that Zhao Kui took the affairs of Shaanxi very seriously, and Xu Feng's judgment might be biased.

Shi Bin's footsteps made Zhao Kui realize that the person he was waiting for was coming, and raised his head with a smile and said: "Lord Shi, I only invited you to the banquet last night and invited you to the banquet today, Zhao knows that some abruptness may also cause you to misunderstand, but some things still have to be explained clearly to the adults, so as not to have misunderstandings." ”

What do you mean by 'you have to explain some things clearly to yourself so that there is no misunderstanding'? It should be him Shi Bin instead of Zhao Kui who should explain, why is it Zhao Kui's explanation now?

This meal immediately made Shi Bin feel unhappy, things were too strange, but he couldn't tell why, Shi Bin had to sit and wait for Zhao Kui to say the reason for inviting this meal.

"Master Shi, I don't know if you have found a problem." Zhao Kui said.

"What's the problem?"

"The emperor asked me to come into the palace to see him more often."

What kind of problem is this? Shi Bin couldn't understand. Wu Qian is gone, and Zhao Kui is the only one who can control the overall situation and reassure Li Zong, who will enter the palace if he doesn't enter the palace and face the saint?

"Lord Shi is really honest and kind." Zhao Kui smiled, "Okay, Zhao will remind the adults again, please recall, since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, how many dynasties have been alone?" ”

Zhao Kui's words made Shi Bin think that the power of the prime minister is too big to threaten the monarchy, and if the dynasty wants to be stable, it is better not to be alone. Now that Zhao Kui is alone, and he still disagrees with Li Zong, Li Zong will definitely find a guy who will not be in cahoots with him to check and balance. Who will it look for?

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt, although he didn't figure out who it was, but looking at Zhao Kui's appearance, he knew that the result would definitely not be better, maybe it would be the worst outcome. After thinking about it for a long time, I couldn't come up with a result, so I sighed and looked around, and suddenly a painting came into view. It's nothing else, it's the "Tiger Climbing the Mountain" that was given to Zhao Kui before.

Why don't you hang Gu Kaizhi's treasures on the wall of the study to be elegant, why do you hang them on the wall of this restaurant? Show yourself a lot of good things, stinky and showy? This idea was immediately rejected by Shi Bin, and then another idea was born, but this idea suddenly made him very unhappy.

"Presumably Lord Shi has already thought of it. Yes, last night, Father-in-law Dong asked someone to send me a message, saying that the emperor wanted to mention another person to be the prime minister, and that person would most likely be Uncle Xie Fang. Zhao Kui smiled bitterly.

"I see. Thank you Lord Zhao for the reminder. Shi understands that you have offended the emperor in order to resist the yuan, and now it is not suitable for the sole minister to prevent him from appointing other prime ministers, so it is too sensitive. Shi Bin said.

"Thank you Lord Shi for your understanding, in fact, I also hate Uncle Xie Fang's guy who only knows how to bend his knees and ask for peace to be the prime minister, but there is no way."

Zhao Kui's words made Shi Bin realize the danger, and at the same time felt that things were by no means so simple. Zhao Kui didn't need to set up a drink at home to apologize because Uncle Xie Fang returned to Beijing to take up his post, this reason was too reluctant, so there must be a big event in the future. Shi Bin was not a procrastinator, and was even a little impatient, so he asked very hurriedly: "Lord Zhao, do you have anything else to tell me, this is just a little appetizer?" ”

It was not surprising that Shi Bin could guess these Zhao Kui, and said with a smile, "Lord Shi is amazing, inviting your adult to the banquet today is indeed not only to tell you that Uncle Xie Fang is going back to Beijing to take up his post, but also to have one more important matter." ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Kui didn't say anything anymore, but stopped and ate a mouthful of food. It seems that he is trying to figure out how to open his mouth appropriately while tasting the food.

"Lord Zhao, isn't this a little difficult to talk about?" Shi Bin asked.

"Lord Shi, did you plot against a female spy of a Yuan people before, and later brought her parents back?" Zhao Kui said with a meaningful smile.

Of course, he didn't admit it stupidly, but said, "I think Lord Zhao misunderstood." That woman was a Song spy sent to Zhengzhou by Lord Yu Yu to inquire about the Yuan people. As for her parents, they were also sent to Zhengzhou City in order to deceive Yuan Cai. Otherwise, Zhengzhou would not have been taken down so quickly. ”

Who knew that Zhao Kui did not argue with him, but grinned and said: "Lord Shi has not been an official for a short time, I believe you know that there is a group of people in my dynasty who have the power to hear the wind and do things." And many of them have a good relationship with Uncle Xie Fang. ”

Groundless! Shi Bin was immediately scared into a cold sweat. Now that he has no military power, the one or two thousand soldiers and horses under Zhao Gang may defend him, and the rest of the forces are unreliable. If Li Zong believed Uncle Xie Fang's slander and really wanted to get rid of himself, wouldn't it be too easy?

"Thank you Lord Zhao for reminding me, if it weren't for your reminder, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been aware of the risk yet." Shi Bin said very sincerely.

"This is also because Lord Shi is loyal to the country and is a general who resists the Yuan. Otherwise, with all due respect to Zhao, your life or death has nothing to do with me. ”

Shi Bin realized that Zhao Kui wanted to reach a closer alliance with him and jointly resist the Yuan to regain the lost territory, and he was afraid that he would capsize in the gutter, so he would not help before reminding. However, Shi Bin also understood, so he thanked him again and again.

"Since the adults have reminded me so much, there must be a way to help me, and please give me advice." Shi Bin said modestly.

"I can't talk about teaching, it's just a few words." Zhao Kui said with a smile: "Since you said that the family was sent by Lord Yu, then you have to find Lord Yu to help you testify, otherwise you have nothing to fight against those royal historians." Lord Shi must know that two fists are hard to beat four hands! ”

"Thank you Lord Zhao for your advice, since those imperial historians have the power to do things and have a good relationship with Uncle Xie Fang, what should I do, this wall will definitely not be blocked." Shi Bin said with some distress.

"Master Shi is right, of course you can't stop it, you have to use other methods." Zhao Kui said with a smile.

"Then may I ask Lord Zhao, what method should I use?" Shi Bin asked eagerly. saw that Zhao Kui didn't speak again, but ate food and drank wine alone.

What does that mean? If you have something to say, you can't finish it all at once, is it interesting to be so intermittent? It's really full and has nothing to do! Shi Bin sneered.

I scolded two sentences in my heart and knew that it was useless, so I had to look at Zhao Kui and think about it.

Suddenly, Zhao Kui said: "Lord Shi, this plate of spicy chicken is good." The cook who made this dish was dug up from Dexuan Building for fifty taels of silver, you try it, try it..."

Suddenly talking about spicy chicken so nervously, Shi Bin was very unhappy. But I couldn't think of why, so I simply picked up the plate of spicy chicken and got angry.

When he was almost finished, Zhao Kui smiled and said, "Lord Shi, how does this spicy chicken taste?" ”

Just as he was about to say, 'Very good, I will also invite Lord Zhao to eat next time', I suddenly understood why Zhao Kui let him eat this spicy chicken before. Not for anything else, but to ask him Shi Bin to remember that he owes Zhao Kui a favor.

"Lord Zhao, this spicy chicken is very good. Shi owes an adult, if he wants Shi Bin to help, I will never say anything. Shi Bin said.

"Thank you very much. In fact, Zhao's method is very simple, just use the imperial history in our hands to fight with him Uncle Xie Fang. Zhao Kui said with a smile.

Bastard one! Shi Bin scolded in his heart. This kind of mentally retarded method actually deceived him of a promise, what an old fox. But when you think about it, it's not exactly a jerk either. Because most of his subordinates are military generals, although Jia Rudao is very familiar with the imperial history, he is not influential enough in other places. Therefore, cooperating with Zhao Kui is indeed the best choice.

Such a quarrel is what Li Zong wants to see the most. He Shi Bin being stabbed is also what Li Zong wants to see the most. Shi Bin had to admit that if he wanted not to be vulnerable, he had to eat this meal and promise to do it, and he had to reach a tacit understanding with Zhao Kui.