Chapter 207: Achieving the Goal

Shi Bin and Jia Ling quickly left the Zheng Mansion, and along the way, Shi Bin's face was like the bottom of a pot, panting like a cow, his hands were clenched, and he walked as if he was going to crush the bluestone road under his feet.

Of course, everyone knew why for this appearance, but no one, including Jia Ling, persuaded Shi Bin, even if Xu Feng wanted to speak, Jia Ling stretched out his hand to stop him.

The word 'raccoon dog' has been echoing in Shi Bin's mind until he takes a step into the air and forgets it for a while.

Looking back, I saw that Jia Ling didn't pay attention to it, and still walked forward on his own, so Xu Feng and a few guards came over to support him.

I wanted to reproach Jia Ling for saying that she didn't know how to be considerate of her husband and only cared about herself, but she closed her mouth just as she was about to speak.

"Xu Feng, how long have we been out of the Zheng Mansion?" Shi Bin asked.

"Soon, I don't know the exact time, but I should have walked at least a thousand steps." Xu Feng said with some embarrassment.

Walked more than a thousand steps? It seems that he has been angry for a while because of this, if it weren't for this empty space, it is estimated that he would still be angry at the inn, no wonder Jia Ling ignored himself, Shi Bin was even more embarrassed to blame Jia Ling, just nodded and signaled that Xu Feng would follow Jia Ling after doing a good job.

"Madam, what did you mean by Zheng Qingzhi just now, did we fail?" Shi Bin said worriedly, he regretted that he had asked the two things to say together, he was too impatient.

"I'm out of temper." Jia Ling said with a smile.

Of course, he didn't answer this embarrassing question head-on, but just frowned and motioned to Jia Ling to look at her face.

It's just a joke, of course the dignified lady won't let Shi Bin lose face in front of his subordinates, so she said very solemnly, "Is the husband angry because Zheng Qingzhi scolded you for being the same as those mediocre officials and corrupt officials?" ”

"Of course, husband, I was born and died for the country, and now I will be scolded if I want some benefits, where can I not have a temper?" Shi Bin said angrily.

Looking at Shi Bin with a smile, Jia Ling did not answer immediately, but her face kept changing, and she stopped after a while.

"Husband, don't you feel that your behavior is a little inappropriate today?"

Of course, Shi Bin understood this, but he didn't want to admit it so quickly, "It's not appropriate? What's wrong? He had already expressed his disregard for entering the door, and he had not objected to the matter of union with his father, so was it my last mention of my own affairs? It's clear that he made up his mind before he finished listening, where is this what a Zaisuke should do?"

Knowing that this was Shi Bin's face, he refused to admit his mistake, "He Zheng Qingzhi is a dignified Zaifu, and I am already quite good if he is willing to see you in private." Although he praises you for being straightforward, you shouldn't be so direct about the conditions, isn't that taboo? What's more, these two things are raised together, where can he not be misunderstood? ”

After listening to Jia Ling's words, Shi Bin was immediately confused, "It's clear that Zheng Qingzhi saw that I had something to ask for, and I also admitted that there was something, and his reaction was very appreciative." Then why did I really say it and change my face after only half of the sentence, and I didn't do things like this? ”

"Then Zheng Qingzhi is testing you and wants to see how you are. Now that you have tried to understand that you are not a treacherous person, you are even a little stupid. ”

Of course, he understood that his performance in front of Zheng Qingzhi just now was indeed not so smart, but being evaluated as 'stupid' by Jia Ling made him a little unacceptable.

Immediately felt extremely aggrieved, his chest tightness was abnormal, and the eagerness that had just entered the door made Zheng Qingzhi accept Jia Yidao's olive branch, which can only be done by smart people, but it was just a wrong answer, and he was actually said to be a stupid person, which made him look at Jia Ling with some anger.

"Of course, what you did at the beginning was very good, but because of this, you forgot how powerful he Zheng Qingzhi was, and fell into his trap. He can say that everything is true or false, and it is very difficult to deal with. ”

"It was my mistake to fall into the trap, but shouldn't he just do his problems and my business? This is something that has to be said sooner or later. Shi Bin said suspiciously.

"When the husband left, that sentence was said well, but it's a pity that that sentence was not answered when Zheng Jae-fu first asked." In order not to make Shi Bin too frustrated, Jia Ling said another kind word of encouragement, and then said, "It would be much better if you emphasized at the beginning that you should first urge them to unite against the Yuan, instead of talking about your own affairs immediately." Not to mention that making this microphone is just a matter between your father and him, this is the biggest mistake in your answer. ”

Jia Ling's words made him understand where the mistake was, but he was not convinced, and he was still a little resentful.

"However, Husband's words when he left were not bad, and it should make that Zheng Jae-suke's opinion of you better, so the slave family thinks that he will contact you again soon. What's more, we didn't hand over my father's recital to him this time, even if we want to, we can't leave, so let's rest after playing in this capital for two days. ”

There was no other way than to believe Jia Ling's words, so I had to stop thinking about anything else, and simply slept after returning to the inn after lunch.

After sleeping for less than an hour, he was woken up by the obscene voice of Xiao Er outside the door, and immediately shouted angrily: "What are you shouting, I didn't see my lord, I was resting?" If you have something to do, go to my chief of guard, don't disturb my officer's rest! ”

But the little two still didn't leave, adding that it was Zheng Zaifu's family who came to invite him, as soon as he heard this, Shi Bin's fire was even greater, he bounced up from the bed, jumped to the door and opened the door and scolded Xiao Er for being stupid and stupid like a pig, and he didn't know how to pick up the important ones first. Then let the little second take him to the person sent by Zheng Qingzhi.

Seeing that it was the doorman, Shi Bin was a little unhappy, but after all, he was a person from the Zheng Mansion, a seven-rank official in front of the prime minister, not to mention that he had fooled him before and let him be scolded, Shi Bin had to ask the doorman to wait for a while with a friendly attitude.

Fei also went back to the room and took out Jia Nidao's recital, and then went to the Zheng Mansion with the doorman. The road did not stop, and soon arrived in Zheng Qingzhi's study.

Seeing Shi Bin coming in, Zheng Qingzhi looked up and said, "What Lord Shi said, after thinking about it, this official feels that it is okay to unite with your father-in-law, Lord Jia, or that sentence, can you represent Lord Jia, if you can, you will have a later word, if not, there is no need to say more." ”

These words made Shi Bin very happy, it seems that although Zheng Qingzhi was a little dissatisfied with the previous request he made, he did not accept the proposal to unite Jia Yidao to resist the yuan.

Now that he is asking, he must no longer be ambiguous, he must be clear. After thinking about it, Jia Yidao's attitude seemed to be similar to Zheng Qingzhi at this time, so Shi Bin made up his mind and said very firmly, "My lord, I have discussed with Lord Jia before I came, as long as you are willing to unite, he will definitely unite with you." In my opinion, now you should all put the resistance to the yuan first, and the others will be put down for the time being, and the lower officials don't want to go back and forth, after all, it is too tiring. ”

"Okay, this matter is so agreed, as long as he is sincere, this official will definitely not break his word." Zheng Qingzhi also said with certainty.

With Zheng Qingzhi's words, Shi Bin can be regarded as completely relieved, Zheng Qingzhi has always been true to his word, as long as Jia Rudao does not break his word, it will be much easier to unite against the Yuan. And once the two are united, even if the matter of upgrading the two states cannot be done this time, it will definitely be much easier to do it in the future.

I thought that Zheng Qingzhi was going to give an expulsion order, but I didn't expect him to still look at him with a smile.

Such an opinion made Shi Bin feel uncomfortable, and said, "May I ask what other instructions Lord Zaifu has?" ”

"I heard that you have a good relationship with your wife Jia Ling? Respectful to each other? ”

What is the matter with Zheng Qingzhi, the dignified Zaifu is quite gossipy, Shi Bin secretly despises him, but of course the answer is still polite, "Thank you for your concern, respect each other like a guest can't be talked about, there are often quarrels, but it is true that mutual care and understanding are true." ”

"It's rare, it's rare, Lord Shi is really a blessed person, Jia Ling has never been rude, but she didn't expect to care so much about adults. This official also heard that Jia Yidao takes a lot of care of you, and you are a person who knows how to repay your kindness, I don't know if I can think that you are a faction of Lord Jia? ”

After hearing this, Shi Bin suddenly felt a lot of pressure, why did Zheng Qingzhi talk about factions for no reason? Shi Bin secretly thought, he is Jia Nidao's son-in-law, and he is naturally a faction of Jia Nidao, doesn't he Zheng Qingzhi know that he is also a faction?

In order to prevent mistakes, Shi Bin immediately kept silent, and just squeezed out a little smile to look at Zheng Qingzhi. After laughing for a long time, it is naturally more ugly than crying, Shi Bin himself couldn't stand it, seeing that Zheng Qingzhi was still laughing, he had to speak, "Lord Zheng, although Xia Guan has received a lot of favor from my father-in-law, it is not his faction, I don't want to be any faction, I only want to be the Great Song faction." ”

"Lord Shi is really smart and answers very well." Zheng Qingzhi boasted, "But with your wisdom, the official really wants to know why you want to upgrade to the level of the second state when you have already won the prefect of Dingzhou for only a few months, aren't you afraid of criticism from the DPRK and China?" Aren't you afraid of ruining your bones? ”

Of course, Shi Bin didn't say the deepest reason, but just said the answer that he had already prepared in his belly, "Xia Guan just learned from his colleagues that Jiedu Prefecture can take over more military power, and Xia Guan's heart is resisting the Yuan, and he hates being hindered the most. My Song soldiers are not weaker than the Yuan soldiers, and they have been defeated several times not because of the lack of food and grass, or because the soldiers do not know the generals, and the generals do not know the soldiers. As for the matter of criticism, there is no way to avoid it, and as for whether the lower officials think that the lower officials are accumulating strength to resist the Yuan or separating the hegemony, it is up to them to say. ”

Seeing that Shi Bin's answer was both public and private, and very sincere, Zheng Qingzhi said again, "Master Shi, do you know how much criticism this official will receive if he approves your request?" ”

At this time, Shi Bin was too lazy to care about so much, and there was a little indifferent taste, "My lord, the lower officials know that you will definitely be under a lot of pressure, but the lower officials don't force it, as long as you can unite with my father-in-law, it is a great merit, and the rest of the lower officials don't care." ”

Speaking of this, Shi Bin suddenly remembered the fold of the sleeve and handed it to Zheng Qingzhi.

Zheng Qingzhi took it and looked at it, and immediately believed what Shi Bin said, Jia Rudao did have the sincerity to unite with him, otherwise he would not have asked Shi Bin to personally send this recital. I said so much before, it is estimated that it is just to maintain the face of his envoys along the river.

In order to express his sincerity, Zheng Qingzhi finally relented, "Lord Shi, since Master Jia is so sincere, you don't have to run anymore, just take the words back, just say that I, Zheng Qingzhi, agree to join forces with him to fight against the Yuan, and you will contact you in the future." As for the fact that you want to promote Tan and Ding Erzhou to Jiedu Prefecture, I should also do it, but this time you owe me, and you will have to pay it back later, what do you think? ”

Of course, pies will not fall from the sky, Shi Bin naturally understands, and at the same time sighs that Zheng Qing is really a master of oil extraction in the officialdom for a long time, and he has not forgotten to squeeze him at this time, but in order to achieve his goal, he doesn't care if he owes personal favors, and immediately agrees.

However, Shi Bin was not grateful to Zheng Qingzhi for this, in Shi Bin's opinion, he should be like this for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty. If he disagrees, he despises him, regardless of the overall situation, and is unable to take on a big responsibility.