Chapter 168: Trading

Cheng Changyu died, and the post-mortem report said that it was heart failure caused by excessive drinking.

Only Shi Bin knew the real reason, but everyone was happy that this scourge died. Before returning to Tanzhou, a banquet was held in the barracks, and the whole camp drank happily in this barren mountain and wilderness.

"Two virtuous brothers, the eldest brother has an idea, I don't know if it's appropriate, you help the staff officer." Shi Bin shook his head slightly drunkenly and said.

"Big brother, please speak, I know that what Big Brother is going to say at this time must be a big event, and most of it will be of great benefit to us." Wang San smiled slyly.

Li Chao was already a little confused because he couldn't sit still, but he still stretched out his hand to signal Shi Bin to speak, and pointed to his head again and said, "Big brother, please say it quickly, the younger brother's brain is already a little weak." ”

"The seat of the prefect of Dingzhou is empty, and we are in Dingzhou again, do you think we should find a way to take down the position of the prefect?"

As if being poured a bucket of cold water, Wang San and Li Chao immediately sobered up a lot, although they were still a little less sober, but what they were thinking about was not drinking at all, but discussing the problems he raised with Shi Bin.

Cheng Changyu is dead, the Song court will definitely send a new official to take office, and he will definitely not let such a big state go unattended, and the three of them all think that the forged official document to Zheng Qingzhi a few days ago has now been placed on his desk.

"Big brother, do you want to ask your father-in-law a favor and let him help you take this Dingzhou prefect? It's just a prefect, not to mention our official document. Cheng Changyu is not his protégé of Zheng Qingzhi, and most likely will agree with you to be the prefect of Dingzhou. Wang San said.

"Brother Wang, I don't think this plan is appropriate, we are not suitable to occupy this Dingzhou, the best way is to garrison troops here."

"Brother Li, why is this? Dingzhou is the throat of the north and south, not weaker than Tanzhou and Yuezhou, and the north is connected to Jingzhou is really a good place. Besides, Yuezhou is actually not the territory of the eldest brother, there are just a few village soldiers. Wang San asked very suspiciously.

"What Brother Wang said is true, but you have forgotten that the eldest brother is still holding the position of Xiangtan County Commander, even if he wins the Dingzhou Prefect, what will Xiangtan do?" Li Chao started to roar loudly.

"Isn't there you Li Chao in Xiangtan? Does Liu Zhenxiao dare to be the slightest restless? Isn't he afraid of dying without a body? Wang San was obviously not convinced, and roared with the strength of the wine.

"Of course he Liu Zhenxiao didn't dare to act rashly, but it was hard to guarantee that he would not stab us with a black knife like Cheng Changyu and let us capsize in the gutter!"

"Isn't there still a Saizilong? Did he eat dry food? Let him stare at that guy for twelve hours! ”

Of course, Li Chao was unconvinced and talked about his reasoning, provoked the loophole in Wang San's plan, and the two had a war of words.

Listening to the dispute between the two, Shi Bin didn't mean to stop them in the slightest, but went with them, and the more he listened, the happier he became.

There were three people in the room, and the person who asked the question kept silent after asking the question, but left the other two to have a war of words, and it was no longer interesting to fight for a long time, because they couldn't call the shots.

and saw Shi Bin's face becoming more and more strange when he saw them arguing, so they all put out the fire and stopped arguing, and looked at Shi Bin who was watching the play on the side.

Seeing that they were no longer arguing, Shi Bin knew that it was time for him to speak, "Two virtuous brothers, thank you for your advice, eldest brother has already come up with a good solution." ”

Good way? The two felt that in addition to taking the Dingzhou prefect and the garrison here, they didn't think there was any other good way.

"Did we promise that Liu Zhenxiao would find him a good governor before? Isn't there exactly one now? Shi Bin said with a meaningful smile.

After listening to Shi Bin's words, the three of them looked at each other and laughed, and Wang San and Li Chao praised Shi Bin with good words.

"Big brother's plan is very good, but it's hard to ensure that Liu Zhenxiao only cares about himself and doesn't care about anything else, after all, they are not our people." Li Chao said with some concern.

"Brother Li, don't worry, then Liu Zhenxiao must understand that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and now that the tiger in another mountain is gone, even if we don't look for him, he will come to us, since he comes to us, he doesn't know what to do?" Wang San said with a smile.

The meaning of this is very clear, that is, let Shi Bin wait at home with peace of mind, and he can't go to Liu Zhenxiao first, because in this case, whoever acts first will be passively left behind.

"I'm afraid this is not good, this time I earned 90,000 silver or he pulled the thread, if you don't go to the house to thank you, it is easy to fall into the handle, saying that I Shi Bin is not grateful, and I am a mercenary villain." Shi Bin disagreed with Wang San's words, so he denied his opinion.

Although they all knew that Liu Zhenxiao must have made a lot of benefits in it, Wang San also had to admit that Shi Bin's words were reasonable, so the three of them stuck here and couldn't discuss any more.

"Three adults, villain Xu Feng wants to say a few words, I don't know if I can speak."

Anyway, there is nothing to say here, Xu Feng is also quite intelligent, so it doesn't hurt to let him talk about it, and the three of them immediately agreed. And he said that he who spoke was not guilty, even though he said that he was.

"The villain thinks that a few of you have just drilled the horns of the bull, and thank you is naturally to thank you, but you don't necessarily have to go in person through the judgment, just find a way to let Lord Wang or Master Li replace you."

This is indeed a good strategy, playing a side game, not only to protect the first move but not to fall behind, Shi Bin and the three of them all looked at Xu Feng with a smile and praised him.

In order to prevent Liu Zhenxiao from becoming suspicious, Shi Bin also sent five groups of henchmen back to Tanzhou to deliver a message, saying that Shi Bin was slightly injured in the battle in Dingzhou and caused a cold, and after returning to Tanzhou, he could only recuperate at home for half a month before he could do anything.

When he entered the city gate, Shi Bin did not enter on horseback, but sat in a carriage full of guards around him, and even when he entered the palace gate, Shi Bin was still limping.

The day after returning home, Wang San brought a few antiques and celebrity calligraphy and painting representatives Shi Bin to Liu Zhenxiao's house to thank him, coaxing Liu Zhenxiao with a happy face, and hinting that the seat of the Dingzhou prefect was empty when he left.

With the news of Shi Bin's injury and the generous gift sent by Wang San, Liu Zhenxiao no longer felt unhappy, and turned to say good things about Shi Bin.

Thinking of Wang San's reminder, Liu Zhenxiao was itching in his heart, and finally thought that sitting and waiting was not a solution, and Song Ting should have set a new candidate for the prefect of Dingzhou, but he didn't make the final decision and the following. So he couldn't afford to wait, so he came to 'visit' the injured Shi Bin the morning after receiving the gift.

When I entered the stone mansion and saw the house slaves coming and going, no one had any leisure, either serving potions or washing bandages, or preparing for stewed supplements.

This also made Liu Zhenxiao speed up his pace and walk towards Shi Bin's bedroom.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Shi Bin lying on the bed and being tied into zongzi, and the room was still full of Chinese medicine, which made people feel very bad.

Seeing Liu Zhenxiao coming, Shi Bin immediately started acting, struggled on the bed for a few moments and didn't sit up, and was finally pressed on the bed by Liu Zhenxiao and asked him not to be so polite.

"Lord Liu, the lower officials have no choice but to be rude, please forgive me." Shi Bin said apologetically.

"It doesn't have to be like this, it's Liu who is embarrassed, he shouldn't have asked you to help Cheng Changyu, but he didn't make much money but you almost put your life into it, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."

A little slippery head and an old slippery head just greeted and cared for each other in the house.

After the polite words were finished, Liu Zhenxiao entered the topic, "Lord Shi, now that the seat of the prefect of Dingzhou is empty, I don't know if the adults have any ideas?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Shi Bin knew that Zhengcai was coming, and said with a smile: "My lord, what can I think of a general judgment?" I'd better be content, how long have I been a general judge, and then I was promoted, wouldn't the lower official become a bird and the target of public criticism? Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, don't hurt me, if you want to go, you will go. ”

"Master Shi, where are you, you are definitely a young talent in both civil and military affairs, why not rise faster than others? Besides, with your father-in-law, who would dare to disadvantage you? ”

"Lord Liu praised it falsely, the lower official really didn't dare to be the prefect of Dingzhou, not to mention that the lower official was still the county magistrate of Xiangtan, even if he wanted to, he couldn't leave." Shi Bin said with a bitter face.

"Lord Shi misunderstood, this official is considering that you are in front of this Xiangtan County Order, so he thinks that you are suitable to be the governor of Tanzhou, and gives you a place to show your strength, I only ask you to let your father-in-law remember his promise."

Liu Zhenxiao couldn't help but open his mouth first, and expressed his willingness to help Shi Bin get the position of governor of Tanzhou. However, for the sake of perfection, Shi Bin still excused himself again and again, only saying that he was only a shallow learner and deserved such a big responsibility.

Of course, Liu Zhenxiao, the prefect of Dingzhou, is bound to win this time, and no one will miss such a good opportunity, so he made a killer move, took out an official document from his arms, and said: "Lord Shi, this is the letter of sponsorship from the official to Zheng Qingzhi and Zheng Zaifu to you, the official knows that he is not very capable, but with my letter of sponsorship and the help of your father-in-law, it is not as easy as finding out for this Tanzhou governor?" ”

Shi Bin pretended to be like seeing a treasure, and his face was full of gratitude to Liu Zhenxiao, and his words stammered: "Lord Liu, this... How does this work? Sponsorship is risk-taking. ”

With a look of trust, he said to Shi Bin: "How can you not do it?" Brother, you are loyal to the country, martial arts can be anbang, literature can determine the country, you have made so many military exploits to get a county order, the eldest brother is aggrieved for you, now it is just a favor, I believe that I still have the wisdom to know people, and I will not look at the wrong person. ”

The play was almost done, Shi Bin came to an end, and held Liu Zhenxiao's hand tightly, "Thank you eldest brother for not disliking it, the younger brother is just from a hill and eight backgrounds, you trust the younger brother so much, the eldest brother can be informed when he has a place where the younger brother can be useful, and the younger brother will definitely come to help." ”

The two guys who negotiated the price talked about the time of tea in a hypocritical way, and finally went to do their own important things.

Due to Jia Rudao's dormant retreat, Zheng Qingzhi's relationship with him at this time eased a lot, and it was only a state, and the two did not have much dispute. The most important thing is that Liu Zhenxiao also secretly expressed loyalty to Zheng Qingzhi and devoted himself to his disciples, and he finally won the position of Dingzhou prefect.

Because Shi Bin can indeed do things, plus two letters of sponsorship, one true and one false, Zheng Qingzhi, who expressed goodwill, did not interfere with Shi Bin's appointment as the governor of Tanzhou, not only made him the governor of Tanzhou and sent a favor, but also promoted Wang San to the commander of Xiangtan County.