Chapter 303: Crickets

In less than five days, Zheng Qingzhi and Uncle Xie Fang's mansion were all panicked, for fear that the trouble of resentful ghosts coming to Zheng Qingzhi and Uncle Xie Fang would affect them.

The most incredible and unacceptable thing is that no matter what the monks and Taoists do, the ghost fire will not be extinguished, and there seem to be signs of getting more and more prosperous. As a result, some timid subordinates have already proposed to the head of the family to leave and find another way to make a living.

What is certain is that now Zheng Qingzhi and Uncle Xie Fang have been overwhelmed by this matter and are helpless. As for the practice of constantly inviting monks and Taoists, it is just that they have a little hope and 'do their best to obey the destiny of heaven'.

The heat was almost there, and Shi Bin understood that the two had been roasted, and it was time for a showdown.

But how to have a showdown is a science, and you must not go to the Zheng Mansion and the Xie Mansion like idiots, signaling that if they still dare to disobey the yang and the yin, there will continue to be ghost fires. But this is not self-confessing, revealing the stuffing. Therefore, Shi Bin thinks that he has to find another way, and he must follow Shi Bin honestly, otherwise he will continue to pass on the information of the accident.

Everything is easier said than done, before coming to Lin'an, I listened to Sai Xishi's tone and thought that as long as I followed Li Chao's method, I would be able to get things done quickly, but I didn't expect that it took so much effort before and after, but it was a showdown and I had to work hard, and Shi Bin was very painful.

Li Chao didn't expect this, so he had to suffer together. I really couldn't think of it, so he simply said: "Big brother, I think Zheng Qingzhi and Uncle Xie Fang should have known that this was our move, but they didn't catch the handle and didn't dare to act rashly." ”

"Probably so. Although they are Zaifu, I am also a dignified Jingnan pacification envoy and Sichuan transit envoy, and if they want to deal with me, they have to have some real evidence, and empty words are not enough. ”

"Then just scare them a little more, and tell them that we made this ghost fire, and if they want to sleep peacefully, they had better be obedient." Li Chao said with a fierce look in his eyes.

"Just a showdown?" Shi Bin asked in surprise after hearing this. It seems that Li Chao is still very arrogant, he sighed secretly in his heart, but he is not against this method. So he said, "It's true, but I feel like I'm getting behind." ”

"If you get down, you can solve the problem, why do you care so much? We're not Wolong and Phoenix Chicks! Li Chao said very happily.

'Black cats and white cats, if you can catch mice, you are a good cat', Shi Bin remembered this famous saying. I was tired of thinking about it, so I gritted my teeth and stomped my feet in the end, expressing my support for Li Chao's method, and went to have a showdown with Zheng Qingzhi and Uncle Xie Fang in the name of visiting on the second day. As for the rest, take one step at a time, anyway, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain.

The next morning was a beautiful day, with clear skies and a gentle breeze. Li Chao looked happy, but Shi Bin was not so comfortable, this feeling was like the underworld going to the homes of ordinary people to intimidate.

seemed to see Shi Bin's thoughts, Li Chao didn't care about the difference in identity, he pushed Shi Bin's waist and said: "When the judgment is constantly suffering, things may change if they drag on for a long time." ”

This must be true, Shi Bin simply strode forward and walked all the way to the Zheng Mansion.

When there was still a street corner from the first destination, Zhengfu, a petite figure flashed in front of Shi Bin, who seemed to be carrying something in his hand.

In such a situation, Xu Feng of course blocked in front of Shi Bin without saying a word, protected him with his body, and shouted to stop the comer. In Lin'an City, he didn't dare to use the sword soldiers, and he couldn't explain the wrong person, so he had to defend passively.

"Not bad, not bad. Xu Feng is very good, I want to praise you, I will ask Shi Bin to reward you after returning to Dingzhou. A woman's voice came.

was very familiar with this voice, and Shi Bin was very helpless. pushed Xu Feng away and said to the visitor: "Xiaoling, you have to appear like this to be comfortable?" Aren't you afraid that Xu Feng or Li Chao will hurt you by mistake? ”

"No, the husband doesn't have to worry, the slave family has confidence in them." Jia Ling looked at Shi Bin with a smile and replied.

Knowing that there is no point in dwelling on this matter any longer, Shi Bin only wants to know what Miss Jia is doing when she doesn't stay in Dingzhou and runs to Lin'an.

Before she could ask, Jia Ling spoke first, "Does the husband want to ask why the slave family doesn't stay in Dingzhou to watch the children, what are you doing in this place?" ”

Such a sentence blocked Shi Bin, knowing that Jia Ling must have something to say, he simply kept silent, and made a 'please' gesture to signal her to continue.

"It's nothing, it's just that Sai Xishi and I both think that Li Chao's method is not very safe, so we decided to give you additional insurance. The last time I went to Sichuan was Sai Xishi, this time it was naturally my turn, and this is indeed the most suitable place for me to come. Jia Ling said with great certainty.

After listening to Jia Ling's words, Shi Bin had to admire Jia Ling and Sai Xishi's wisdom, but in order to save face, he still said: "It should have been insured, because I also added an insurance, so I will go and make this insurance effective now." ”

Shi Bin's words made Jia Ling immediately interested, saying that she wanted to know the specific content of his insurance. didn't pretend to be profound, Shi Bin quickly said the effect of the 'ghost fire' intimidation.

"Good, very good. As long as I add this method, Zheng Qingzhi and Uncle Xie Fang will not be able to turn the sky upside down no matter how powerful they are. ”

Jia Ling is so confident, of course Li Chao doesn't believe it. He and Shi Bin spent so much effort to kill Ding Daquan, and Zheng Qingzhi and Uncle Xie Fang were at a disadvantage. How could Jia Ling make Zheng Qingzhi and Uncle Xie Fang no longer pose a threat to Shi Bin?

Without much to say, Jia Ling uncovered the silk on the small cage in her hand. Shi Bin and Li Chao looked down, it was nothing else, it was a strong cricket!

'Cricket Prime Minister' was the first word that flashed through Shi Bin's mind, which was the nickname of his father-in-law, Jia Yidao. The reason for this is that he voted for the favor of the Sect and often sent crickets to the Sect, so as to gain the favor of the Sect.

didn't say much, Shi Bin shook his head directly, "Xiaoling, my colleagues have already called me 'Black Gun Commander', which is acceptable." Last time, I had already sent crickets once for Li Yuxi, Zhao Gang and Kang Yuan, and now I have sent them again, is it possible to ask those colleagues to give me the nickname of 'Cricket Pacifier'? ”

Li Chao on the side also frowned and remained silent, in his opinion, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi's method was too unpopular and did not agree.

had long expected Shi Bin and Li Chao's attitude, Jia Ling was not angry, and still smiled: "Do you feel that my method with Xi Shi is not as good as yours, at least you didn't flatter like that, and we also flattered Li Zong?" ”

Of course, he couldn't answer yes, Shi Bin just replied with a cold face: "You know it yourself." ”

"Don't you know what kind of person Rizune is? He is getting more and more stupid, and he doesn't give you military power when he is in Guangyuan, and I can bear to reprimand you, but is it too much to ask you to give up Guangyuan? Jia Ling howled in a low voice.

"It was too much, but in the end I didn't give up." Shi Bin retorted weakly.

"How much effort did it take? If you start a war, you have to prevent your own people from stabbing you in the back, so what kind of battle is there to fight, just surrender directly! ”

Seeing that Jia Ling was talking more and more, Shi Bin immediately said that he 'agreed' with her statement, but he still went to have a showdown with Zheng Qingzhi and Uncle Xie Fang before going to Li Zong to send the crickets.

Although it could be seen that this was Shi Bin's strategy to delay the army, it was indeed easy to get into trouble when shouting surrender on the street, so Jia Ling had to go to Zheng's mansion with him.

Now that Shi Bin came, there was basically no need to report it, and the doorman directly brought this evil god into the house.

I was going to reprimand the doorman for being so ignorant of the rules, and he took people into the study without reporting. But when he saw that it was Shi Bin, he also closed his mouth, and just glared at the doorman fiercely and let him out.

"Lord Shi, what are you doing here in my thatched hut? Haven't you seen enough of my jokes? Zheng Qingzhi asked coldly.

"Zheng Jae-fu misunderstood, Shi has never had the idea of watching Lord Jae-fu's jokes, and he is here to apologize today." Shi Bin said very 'sincerely'.

Li Chao on the side was surprised by Shi Bin's words at first, but after thinking about it, he thought clearly, and smiled at Jia Ling.

"Apologize? What do you mean by this, Lord Shi, what do you have to apologize for? ”

"Lord Zaifu is a wise man, it's impossible not to guess what's going on with the ghost fire these days, it's just that the prime minister can hold the boat in his belly and don't care about my junior." Shi Bin said with a smile, "But there is one thing I have to declare, although I told my subordinates how to do this ghost fire, I did not operate it. I was also teased by them, and I ask Zaisuke to forgive me. ”

"I see. According to Lord Shi, these are just your subordinates acting on their own? ”

"So to speak. Of course, I also have an unshirkable responsibility not to tell them what to do. ”

"Lord Shi has always been strict in governing the army, and it is unbelievable that he can't control his subordinates." Zheng Qingzhi immediately said in a weird way.

"It was all my negligence. It is my brother's henchmen who have forgotten the importance of it, forgive me. ”

Zheng Qingzhi was about to say a cliché, but was interrupted by Li Chao, glared at Zheng Qingzhi angrily and said, "Zheng Qingzhi! Don't pretend, as long as you dare to disobey my eldest brother, sooner or later I will ask you to enter the earth to see the king of Hades like Ding Daquan! ”

This time it was a complete showdown, Zheng Qingzhi obviously disdained to talk to Li Chao, but his life was at stake, but he had to communicate, and he couldn't lose his face. I had to emphasize that as long as what Shi Bin did was beneficial to the country, he would not interfere.

This kind of perfunctory Shi Bin has already heard the cocoon, but perfunctory and perfunctory are still different, this time Zheng Qingzhi obviously did not dare to act rashly.

When the goal is achieved, Shi Bin naturally wants to leave. In the end, he gave Zheng Qingzhi a 'kind' smile and said, "Please rest assured, Lord Zaifu, Shi will never do anything to be sorry for Da Song." Just keep your promise and don't let my men mess around anymore. ”

Although he was not completely convinced, Zheng Qingzhi also understood the power of Shi Bin's party, and he was able to use such a strange trick to rectify the person, so he had to treat it solemnly.

"Lord Zaisuke, how about you write a letter of sponsorship to Rimune?" Jia Ling also said with a smile.

knew that he couldn't hide, so Zheng Qingzhi wrote happily. Uncle Xie Fang also 'apologized' through Shi Bin, got his letter of sponsorship and promised not to interfere with it again.

The next thing is to send the crickets to Li Zong, although Shi Bin is a little painful, but this matter is the simplest. As long as you find a suitable time to send it in, everything will be fine, as long as there is no mistake, you can get the position of Sichuan Commander-in-Chief.

Shi Bin is the least good at gift-giving, so from beginning to end, he just sat on the sidelines and listened to Jia Ling and Li Chao talk. Within a cup of tea, the two discussed a plan: to deliver the crickets half an hour after Ritsune woke up in the afternoon.

Why wake up half an hour after you wake up in the afternoon? Shi Bin didn't understand. After asking casually, Li Chao smiled and said: "It seems that the eldest brother has never been woken up halfway by sleeping in his sleep, and that feeling will make you hate the person who wakes you up very much, so you must not wake others to sleep." Since Li Zong is unconscious, he naturally has to wait for him to wake up before showing him this rare good cricket, otherwise we won't give it away in vain? ”

Li Chao's words made Shi Bin feel speechless to live and learn all the time, and to give so many gifts. Although I was still not convinced, I decided to be a good audience because I had no good way.

After entering the palace, the great eunuch Dong Songchen was about to wake up Li Zong, who was still resting at the moment of Shen Shi, but Jia Ling repeatedly stopped him, and finally even gave him fifty taels of silver to stop his 'help'. After taking the money, Dong Songchen really helped, and sent a little eunuch to guard the room where Li Zong was resting to observe whether he woke up.

Shi Bin, who was observing carefully, broke out in a cold sweat in his heart, it was really heart-to-heart, and he was really lucky to see Li Zong last time. Immediately took out two two hundred taels of Jiaozi and two copies of the fold to Dong Songchen, asking him to give Li Zong's imperial approval after he left.

At the end of the day, the lazy worm finally got up, and it was only at the second moment that he summoned him. Although Shi Bin was slandered, he was still smiling, although he was disgusted in his heart, he understood that there was no way to do it.

When Li Zong saw the small cage in Dong Songchen's hand, his attention was immediately attracted, and he asked, "Dong Songchen, what is in this cage, did Shi Aiqing send it?" ”

"Yes, master." Dong Songchen flattered: "Master, Shi Bin sent a red-clothed general, which is very rare." ”

As soon as he heard the 'red-clothed general', Li Zong was as sleepy as last time, and he was in good spirits, and immediately talked to Shi Bin. However, what made Shi Bin feel a little disappointed was that Li Zong was empty talk from beginning to end in government affairs, and did not say a specific issue. On the contrary, he talked very carefully about fighting crickets, not like an emperor and more like an expert in studying crickets.

The more Shi Bin listened, the more painful he became, and he wanted to find a plausible excuse to leave like this, but he definitely couldn't. After all, it is not easy to make Li Zong so happy, how can he give up such a good opportunity? In the end, he didn't bother to care about the country's righteousness, and took the initiative to propose to fight crickets, and he had to fight seriously. even said that the Song and Yuan wars were actually the same as fighting crickets, and if they were well controlled, they would definitely be able to defeat the strong with the weak.

The Song and Yuan wars and fighting crickets are a truth? Such a statement was something that Rishu had never heard before, and it made him very attractive to a man who was stupid but curious about new things.

In this way, looking at Shi Bin is becoming more and more pleasing to the eye. Li Zong immediately said that he wanted weak crickets, and Shi Bin took strong crickets, and they came to fight to see if it was possible to defeat the strong with the weak as Shi Bin said.

Of course, Shi Bin agreed, and his heart blossomed. Where will he, who has never fought crickets, operate? Even if he is strong, he will lose, and Rizong will be happy. The faint emperor was happy, and his Sichuan commander-in-chief had great hopes.

'Wholeheartedly' fought with Li Zong for an hour, and Shi Bin only won once. Rizuma's laughter never stopped.

When it was time to turn on the lights, Li Zong wanted to have dinner, and he didn't plan to leave Shi Bin to eat, but just asked what reward he wanted. I really wanted to say that I wanted the Commander-in-Chief of Sichuan, but I endured it painfully, and just when I left, I gave Dong Songchen two silver tickets of one hundred taels, and signaled him to send a piece of music to Li Zongduo as soon as possible to beat the side drum.

Fortunately, Dong Songchen was still true to his word, and handed over the sponsorship letters of Zheng Qingzhi and Uncle Xie Fang when Li Zong was happy. Li Zong's mind was now full of the red-clothed general and the victory in the afternoon, so he naturally agreed without hesitation. It was only changed a little in the final instructions, and Shi Bin was ordered to temporarily act as the governor general of Sichuan instead of being formally appointed.

The next day, Shi Bin got the news, and although it was only temporary, he still smiled from ear to ear. This means that Jinghu South Road and Sichuan Road are already under his control.