Chapter 324: Resolving the Crisis

Naturally, the words at the wine table cannot be fully believed, but Shi Bin is at least sure that if he can ensure that Liu Cheng is no longer excluded and calculated by Lu Wende and others, under normal circumstances, he will not rebel against Song Touyuan's heart again.

But as long as Liu Cheng is in Xinzhou for a day, he will not have a good life under Lu Wende, and his heart of betraying Song and Yuan will be revived in a short time.

In the past, Shi Bin would have killed Liu Quan without hesitation, but now he doesn't want to do so, after all, this guy who is not loyal to the Great Song Dynasty also has his own suffering. What's more, how many officials are really loyal to the Song court? It seems that he, Shi Bin, is the most disloyal one to the Great Song Dynasty. So he asked Xu Feng to call Sai Zilong to the room and talk to him about Liu Quan.

"Zilong, today's events are very unexpected and a little troublesome."

"Oh? Unexpected? Could it be that Liu Quan didn't admit that he had the idea of betraying Song Touyuan? Sai Zilong asked in surprise.

"No, no, no, on the contrary, I just knocked on the side and told him that I would rather go up the mountain to be a bandit than commit treason, and he immediately said everything in his heart, as if he didn't care about the result after I knew." Shi Bin said with some doubts.

"My lord, if it were me, I wouldn't care what happens if my lord finds out." Sai Zilong smiled,

Why is that? Isn't he afraid that I will report to the court and take his head? Shi Bin also asked in surprise.

"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid of losing my head. But he was not afraid that the adults would know, because he expected that the adults would never report to the court and do business. Sai Zilong replied with a smile.

"Why is that?" Shi Bin asked puzzled.

"Have you forgotten how Li Zengbo treated adults before, and how adults treated Li Zengbo leniently?"

"Where will I forget, I have to thank you for waking me up..." Shi Bin paused at this point, and then said: "Zilong, you mean, Liu Quancai is sure that as long as he defects to me, even if he really has the intention of betraying Song and Yuan before, I will not do anything to him?" ”

"If Zilong's expectation is good, it should be so. Everyone in the world knows that you are kind-hearted and will not take people's lives easily. ”

"Hmph, then I'll take his head!" Shi Bin snorted coldly after hearing this.

"No adults!" Seeing that Shi Bin was going to mess around, Sai Zilong immediately stopped him, "Adults can't be rash, one more person will take refuge in one more strength, how can an adult cut off his arm?" Even if Liu Cheng is not sincere, he has no evil intentions for the time being, so he thinks that it is better to tolerate him to be clever, anyway, he can't escape the five fingers of the adult. ”

"It's really annoying, this has to be calculated, I really feel so tired, I don't want to be this official anymore." Shi Bin complained.

"My lord laughed, if you want to be a lowly person, you can't do it, how can you give up easily? The heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, and act chaotically, so they can't be tempted to endure and gain what they can't! Seeing this, Sai Zilong became a master and admonished Shi Bin.

"Well, I'll just listen to you. But when are you going to do that? This surprised me, hehe" Shi Bin teased.

"Isn't this also forced? I have to correct some official documents, and I don't understand it at all, so I still understand the difficulties of adults. So how do you think it's better to keep Liu Quan's little life? ”

"I really haven't thought about how to save Liu Quan's life, what I said at the wine table before was just to reassure him, and I didn't have any ideas in my heart, I called you over to discuss this matter."

"My lord, take me

See, if you want to keep Liu Quan, you can't get around Lu Wende, so the key is still with him. ”

Sai Zilong's words Shi Bin very much agreed, Lu Wende is the military governor of this way, and his opinion must be sought for any transfer of troops and generals, unless the Privy Council of the imperial court directly issues a document to bypass him, but Shi Bin will never do this, this will offend Lu Wende, it is not worth it.

"Could it be that you go back to Longxing Mansion to have another drink with Lu Wende, so as to talk to him about Liu Quan's stay and stay?"

"I'm afraid that's all it takes."

He had just done Lu Wende a great favor and was kind to him, and if he really wanted to speak, Lu Wende would definitely not agree, but Shi Bin didn't want to do this, so he didn't want to do it by drinking. But Liu Cheng is also a fierce general, if he gets the account, the advantages will definitely outweigh the disadvantages, otherwise he will only kill him, and Shi Bin is a little unbearable.

Seeing Shi Bin's hesitation, Sai Zilong said: "My lord, then Lu Wende hates Liu Cheng's unruliness, what do you think he likes to see the most?" ”

Hearing Sai Zilong's words, Shi Bin thought that if his subordinates were too ignorant of advance and retreat, even if he didn't kill him, he would be suffocated and wronged.

"Naturally, I saw that Liu was not doing well and was wronged." Shi Bin said without hesitation.

"What do you think is the most aggrieved thing about an official?" Sai Zilong asked meaningfully.

"This..." Shi Bin muttered, "It should be that he was wronged and was degraded or even killed." ”

After finishing speaking, Shi Bin looked at Sai Zilong who was smiling, and immediately understood the meaning of Sai Zilong's words, and asked, "Do you mean to let me find an official who demoted Liu Quan for a reason, so as to transfer him out of Lu Wende's territory?" ”

"That's it, I'm sure Lu Wende must regard Liu Cheng as a thorn in the flesh, so he is so correct. If he was demoted and left his place, Lu Wende's antipathy to Liu Cheng would not be so strong, and he would not want to put Liu Cheng to death. And the adult's belittling of Liu Cheng will only make Lu Wende have a better impression of you, so that the relationship with Lu Wende will further improve and Liu Cheng's life will be saved, so the best of both worlds should be good. ”

This method is really good, Shi Bin said that he would do what Sai Zilong said, and invite Liu Cheng to the banquet two days later. Soon it was the day of drinking, Shi Bin got up very early and washed up, and even waited for Liu Cheng's arrival in the gatehouse, which could be regarded as a foreshadowing for the unhappiness that might occur at the banquet, so as not to make Liu Cheng too dissatisfied.

Because this banquet is related to his future, Liu Quan also arrived at Shi Bin's temporary residence very early, and felt flattered to see Shi Bin waiting in the gatehouse, but he was also a little uneasy about this situation. After all, his small commander is not worthy of Shi Bin's treatment so generously.

Knowing that Liu Cheng was a cheerful person, the dishes were not served after the table, and the wine was only a drink, so Shi Bin said: "Lord Liu, through the previous communication, the official knows that you are now sitting on pins and needles, restless in sleep, and I really want to get rid of this embarrassing situation." ”

"Yes, sir. I am willing to serve the adults, so I just ask the adults to protect me. Liu Cheng said anxiously.

"Lord Liu doesn't have to worry, this official has always been true to his word, you know this, I will find Lord Lu to dredge up your affairs, he should still give me face, and he will definitely protect you." Shi Bin said with a smile.

"My lord, Lord Malu will definitely give this face, and I believe it. It's just that I don't know what adults want to do to protect me? After all, I have a lot of humble positions and Lord Lu Liangzi, I'm afraid that adults will have to spend a lot of effort to protect me, and Liu Cheng doesn't want to owe too much to adults. ”

"Hehe," Shi Bin smiled, "Don't worry about this, Lord Liu." I have made up my mind that I won't let you lose much, and I won't let me lose much and let Lu Wende spare you. ”

"My lord, can you let me know your specific plans?" Liu

He asked nervously.

"Of course, that's what I called you to drink today."

"Oh? Please tell me directly, Liu Cheng really wants to know the adult's clever plan. ”

"I can't talk about a clever plan, it's very rough, I want to ask Lord Liu to suffer some grievances and be demoted." Shi Bin said with some regret.

At the beginning, when he heard that he was going to be demoted, Liu Cheng was not happy, but after thinking about it, why did he care about his official position when his life was almost gone? After thinking about this, Liu Cheng immediately asked: "As long as you can follow the adult, it's okay to demote Liu Cheng to a guy!" ”

Of course, it is impossible to demote Liu Quan, a tiger general, to a man, Shi Bin secretly said that he is really good at talking, it seems that Lu Wende has indeed bullied him too much.

"Man? Lord Liu is too good at laughing. How could I be willing to demote you, a tiger general, to a fellow? But at least you have to be demoted to become a deputy commander, so that I can protect you in front of Lord Lu. Shi Bin said.

It turned out to be a bitter meat trick, Liu Cheng said secretly. However, he himself thinks that this is a clever plan, it is not a big deal to be demoted by an official, and it is better to be promoted again after meritorious service, it is better than being calculated by Lu Wende and losing his life, or being slaughtered by Shi Bin as a traitor impartially.

"Thank you for being willing to help me so much, but I think that the official demotion is not enough, it is difficult for Lord Lu to agree, and it will be difficult for my lord to do it at that time, I am willing to be directly demoted to the battalion commander."

"Lord Liu is really a man, he does things neatly and without indecision."

"Although I haven't read a book, I know that I should give up, and adults help me so much, if I can't even give up this little profit, then I really don't deserve the help of adults."

looked at Liu Cheng with appreciation, and secretly admired that he understood the relationship so well, and said: "In that case, then find a reason to demote you to the battalion commander, what does Lord Liu think is appropriate?" ”

"Recently, Lord Lu has always ordered his humble duty to levy military rations, and I was suppressed by Lord Lu because I couldn't collect enough military rations. So I think adults can use this as an excuse to refer to me, so that Lord Lu should be discouraged, and it will be easy for you to protect me. ”

Thinking of Liu Quan's talk of military rations, Shi Bin's heart itched, although he had never been anxious about the lack of military rations, but who didn't want the grain and grass in the warehouse to pile up and never finish eating?

As if seeing through Shi Bin's thoughts, Liu Cheng said quietly: "My lord, I am afraid that a small mistake is not enough to demote me to the battalion commander, and only if there is a big mistake in the military rations." But now that food is scarce, it must not be burned, so it needs to find a good place. ”

"A good place to go?"

"Yes, it's good to get out. If you look at it, it's better to ask the adults to send Lord Saizilong to smuggle the grain and grass for these three months to Chengdu, what do you think? ”

Shi Bin secretly said that it was troublesome, if he really took these grains and grasses, it would inevitably cause Lu Wende's dissatisfaction, and if he didn't take it, it would be uncomfortable to look at it and drool. I couldn't make a decision for a while, so I excused myself to go to the toilet and went out of the restaurant.

As soon as he went out, Xu Feng said: "My lord, you must not take the three months of grain and grass, and you must not make enemies with Lord Lu because of the three months of grain and grass." My lord, you and Lord Lu jointly participated in Liu Quan's book and asked him to behead the capital, where else can you find any reason? ”

"That's true, I'm confused."

Then Shi Bin went back to the restaurant, saying that he didn't want the grain and grass in March, and signaled Liu Cheng to hand over the grain and grass to Lu Wende, so that Lu Wende would not hate him even more, and would not let go of him.

In order to save his life, Liu Quan had no choice but to do what Shi Bin said. And Shi Bin went back to Longxing Mansion and talked to Lu Wende about degrading Liu Quan's officials and bringing them under his command.

As expected, Lu Wende saw that Liu Cheng was greatly demoted and Shi Bin came to ask for it, so he naturally made a favor and threw this thorn in the eye to Shi Bin, and asked him to follow Shi Bin back to Chengdu.

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