Chapter 153: Mercenaries

Out of Liu Zhenxiao's mansion, Shi Bin was very comfortable, he didn't expect that sending intimidation could be so fulfilling, and there was actually a taste that Liu Zhenxiao had been fiddled with as a puppet and a marionette.

"Isn't it comfortable, my Shi Tongju?" The sharp-eyed Jia Ling looked at Shi Bin with a wicked smile on his face, and asked with a wicked smile.

"Yes, it's never been so comfortable. The last time I lifted his neck, it wasn't as comfortable as this time. Shi Bin said with a long aftertaste.

After making these comparisons for a long time, Jia Ling had to sigh that Shi Bin was getting worse and worse now. However, as his wife, Jia Ling likes him to be so bad, and at least he won't suffer if he is so bad externally.

"Madam, this time I have completely broken with Liu Zhenxiao. If you can't control him well, you have to guard against his dark knife, which is actually not very good. Shi Bin said with a little worry.

"Not bad, not bad, calm, not getting carried away. We have to guard against him, at least we have to keep an eye on his correspondence, it is most appropriate to buy off the people in his family, I think that Wu Haoran is good. Jia Ling said with a smile.

Wu Haoran? It's really good, it's a thing that can be sold for money. Shi Bin immediately nodded yes, anyway, Xu Feng had already bought him once last time, and it shouldn't be difficult to deepen the relationship now.

The husband and wife who had made a plan returned home satisfied, and this time they did not go to Jia Ling's room, but went straight to Sai Xishi's room to tell her the good news.

Sai Xishi, who is already a bandit, of course, likes this kind of stimulation more than Jia Ling, listening to Jia Ling describe Liu Zhenxiao's timidity and Shi Bin's evil vividly, these two women who usually don't talk much are still called sisters at this time.

Soon it was time for dinner, and Jia Ling had already gone to take her son. Sai Xi Shi smiled and said, "Don't come to me after dinner, go and apologize to my sister." She was happy, the knots in the morning had not yet been unraveled. ”

These words made Shi Bin surprised, this vinegar jar actually thought about another vinegar jar, and the sun came out of the west?

"Don't think about it so much, I just admire my sister's generosity. If it were me, I wouldn't have paid attention to you today, let alone help you deal with Liu Zhenxiao. ”

Of course, what Sai Xishi said was true, which made Shi Bin very happy and very satisfied.

That night, he naturally coaxed Jia Ling with kind words, and told her the original words of Sai Xishi, which made this rude and willful Miss Jia also deeply moved, and like Shi Bin, he promised that he would definitely get along with Sai Xishi more harmoniously.

Time always flies, ten days passed quickly, and the subordinates who monitored Liu Zhenxiao reported that everything was calm and quiet, which made Shi Bin very happy.

It was another cloudless weather, and Shi Bin was in a good mood and had just returned home from work from the Tongju Yamen, but he heard Xu Feng report that Liu Zhenxiao was visiting.

Liu Zhenxiao's visit? What kind of medicine is sold in his gourd, is he really so afraid that he can't sleep at night and wants to ask for a dose of sleeping pills?

Of course, knowing that this is nonsense, how can Shangguan ignore it at the door of his house, but he himself is in the inner courtyard? Therefore, Shi Bin did not delay for a while, and directly came to 'greet each other', admiring his cleverness while walking.

Seeing Shi Bin come out to greet him like this, how could Liu Zhenxiao not understand that he was acting, but he also had to follow along, and said that Shi Bin's brother was too polite.

After the play, he got to the point, and when he got to the study, Shi Bin soaked Liu Zhenxiao in a pot of Biluochun and asked him about his intention.

This time it was Liu Zhenxiao's turn to get up, and he didn't explain the matter for a long time, but he vaguely heard that there was something uneasy to suppress the bandits, and he probably came to ask for help.

Of course, Shi Bin won't be so tender, but he just pretended not to understand and started tai chi.

Seeing that Shi Bin was killed and didn't ask first, Liu Zhenxiao had no choice but to tell the matter clearly. It turned out that there was a peasant uprising in Dingzhou, and Cheng Changyu, the prefect of Dingzhou, sent him an official letter asking for help.

And Liu Zhenxiao happens to have a tiger general like Shi Bin under him, who does he need?

However, what made Shi Bin puzzled was: he had just turned his face with him, how could he be cheeky enough to come to ask for help?

If things are abnormal, there must be demons, Shi Bin listened to Liu Zhenxiao's righteousness for the country and the people, he emphasized that there are no rules, and said very seriously: "Lord Liu, aren't you harming me?" Although Xia Guan had a small meritorious service, I was a military general at that time and had a military order in my hand; Now it's a Wenchen, but a few battalions of a rabble with no combat power in his hands, not to mention that there is no military order, if someone has a heart to stab it, it is a big crime to plot against the nine clans, although you and I are a little unhappy, you don't have to do this to me..."

Shi Bin's words were impeccable, so that Liu Zhenxiao punched the cotton to no effect.

Seeing Liu Zhenxiao's face like a bitter melon, Shi Bin knew that he was pretending to be stupid, and he still didn't care so much, he just said that he didn't dare to die, and he made an unauthorized transfer of troops.

It seemed that there was a fierce struggle in his heart, and Liu Zhenxiao finally spoke: "Brother Xian, I did some small business with the prefect of Dingzhou, and now he is in trouble, and I can't save my eldest brother." ”

Small business? Can't help it? As soon as he heard it, Shi Bin understood that he was doing something bad for the traitor, and Liu Zhenxiao was just afraid that Cheng Changyu would be captured, so he accidentally shook these things out.

"It's not difficult to rescue, the key is the military order." Shi Bin turned over and over again and still bit this military order, in fact, he wanted Liu Zhenxiao to tell the whole truth, otherwise he would never reach out to help.

Liu Zhenxiao had already scolded Shi Bin's ancestors for the eighteenth generation in his heart, and secretly thought: Your father-in-law was just promoted to the deputy envoy of the Yanjiang system, and he got the military order in one sentence, but now he still pretends to be so well-behaved, he is good enough to pretend to be a calf.

However, he also understood that if he didn't explain the matter clearly, it seemed that Shi Bin would definitely not send troops, and in desperation, Liu Zhenxiao had no choice but to say: "Brother, things are actually very simple, that is, the eldest brother and Cheng Changyu sold some private salt and refined iron to the north together. ”

This matter is indeed not a big deal, in Shi Bin's opinion, it is a big deal to burn the account book, but he really can't withstand the attack of the peasant army and is afraid that Song Ting will blame him, so is there any trouble with absconding with the money?

Seeing that Shi Bin hadn't thought through such a simple question for so long, Liu Zhenxiao really didn't understand why Meng Heng and Jia Yidao valued him, how he could marry Jia Ling, and how he repeatedly hit Yuan Bing.

Since he is asking for help, he naturally can't show these contempts, so he has to wait patiently for Shi Bin's statement.

Since he couldn't think of it, Shi Bin also knew that making Liu Zhenxiao wait for a long time would not only be rude but also make people look down on him, so it was better to simply pretend to be profound, not to express his position for the time being, and replied: "Big brother, of course this matter can still be helped." Even if there is no military order, I have known you for a few years, and the little brother can still bear this risk. But you also know that I can't do a word, and I have to discuss it with my brothers, so it's better for you to make things clear. ”

How does the old elf not understand what it means to 'make things clear'? However, Shi Bin's mouth had loosened, of course, there was the possibility of reaching out to help, and Liu Zhenxiao also let go of half of his heart. There has never been a thing where a horse runs and a horse does not eat grass, let alone taking such a big risk.

"Brother, don't worry about this. I can't lose anything to you. If the matter is done, I will ask Master Cheng to give you 5,000 taels of silver to do a good job, what do you think? ”

Liu Zhenxiao looked drooling over the money, as if five thousand taels of silver was a big treasure. It's a pity that this trick didn't work for Shi Bin, and Shi Bin didn't answer, just smiled and didn't say anything.

"Twenty thousand! What do you think? ”

"This... Big brother, let's not care about the money for now, I'll go and discuss with the brothers whether to help or not, if it costs to send troops, this will be much better than the two of us talking here. Shi Bin said with a smile.

Since Shi Bin was not on the set, Liu Zhenxiao knew that it was useless to say more, so he simply left an offer of 20,000 yuan and left.

Needless to say, the whole house already knew about this, and as soon as Liu Zhenxiao left the mansion, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi had already come over to understand the situation.

Shi Bin asked his doubts, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi were like looking at an alien, Jia Ling said with a smile: "My Shi Tong judgment, rights, rights, power is advantageous, you want Cheng Changyu to give up the Dingzhou prefect and flee with the money, this is more uncomfortable than killing him, isn't this asking him to kill chickens and take eggs?" Let me tell you again, Liu Zhenxiao is dark enough, 20,000 taels is good to borrow troops, then Cheng Changyu gave him at least 50,000 taels. Sai Xi Shi nodded vigorously on the side, agreeing with Jia Ling's opinion.

Knowing that he was almost caught, Shi Bin was furious and ready to be furious. However, he was stopped by Sai Xishi and said with a smile: "Husband, do you still want to turn your face with him Liu Zhenxiao again and really beat him up?" As for why Liu Zhenxiao is so nervous about Cheng Changyu's accident, it is actually very simple, no matter whether Cheng Changyu is dead or alive, if he Liu Zhenxiao doesn't do something, then he doesn't want to mess around in this Song Court officialdom. ”

Hearing this, Shi Bin calmed down again and said, "It's really boring, since the business comes to the door, how can we not do it?" But how to negotiate this price, is there anything else that needs to be carefully considered? ”

The two wives glanced at each other, admiring Shi Bin and immediately turned the corner, and Sai Xishi spoke: "A soldier is 50 taels of silver, and the pension is calculated separately." ”

After Sai Xishi finished speaking, Jia Ling smiled and shook her head, "Sister, you are still too kind-hearted, tens of thousands of taels of silver are just a drop in the bucket for them." According to my sister's opinion, a soldier has 100 taels, and at least two battalions of me have to be borrowed, that is, 600 soldiers and horses, don't talk about it if you don't have 60,000 silver. If you really can't make up the money, you can get some good land and goods as collateral, but the silver must be at least 50,000 taels. ”

This price made Shi Bin and Sai Xishi startled, and they couldn't help but sigh secretly: In the end, it came from a big family, and 50,000 taels of silver is the same as five taels of silver.

However, having such a lady who can be in charge of the house reassures everyone that no one can take advantage of Shi Bin.

"Xiaoling, Xi Shi, I still have an idea. You said that we would send two battalions from the thousands of soldiers and horses hidden in Xiangtan, and hold a military parade before the expedition and invite our Lord Zhizhou to take a look? ”

"Good!" The two shouted loudly in unison.

"This can not only reassure Liu Zhenxiao, but also deter him, so that he will obediently listen to us in the future and dare not use any more crooked brains." Sai Si Shi continued.

After the three of them discussed, on the one hand, they asked Xu Feng to go to Xiangtan and order Li Chao to lead two battalions of township soldiers to come over and prepare to go to Dingzhou; Another convenience is to ask Xiaoqin to tell Liu Zhenxiao about Shi Bin's conditions and let him decide whether to ask him for help.

I thought that Shi Bin was a dirt bun who had never seen money, and he would be stupid to help him sell his life if he flickered, but he didn't expect that he was blacker than himself, and almost swallowed all the benefits that Cheng Changyu gave him.

Angry, things still have to be done, let Xiaoqin bring the news back, saying that he agreed to all the conditions of Shi Bin and agreed to go to the parade. Seeing is believing and hearing is false, this is also his hope, no one is willing to spend such a high price to hire a group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals.

However, in order to make up for his own 'loss', Liu Zhenxiao had to write a letter to Cheng Changyu asking for another 20,000 taels, a total of 80,000 taels of silver, and described Shi Bin as an invincible god of war, so that Cheng Changyu could rest assured that he would pay this money.