Chapter Ninety-Six: Zhao Gang's Mission

On the second day of his assassination, Shi Bin convened all his brothers to discuss what to do with Zhao Gang and the Mongolian horses he had brought back

At this time, although Zhao Gang was not locked in a cell in the county seat, he was also detained in a wing of the county office, guarded by four soldiers in turn.

Everyone sat in the conference hall and was silent, except for Li Ergou, all of them went with Zhao Gang to assassinate Zhengzhou Dalu Huachiguo, and the love was naturally deep, not to mention that there was no conclusive evidence that he collaborated with the enemy, but it was precisely because of this that it was much more difficult to do, after all, why didn't anyone want to send a tiger kiss on their bodies?

The sky was already cloudy, and now there was such a dilemma, and his face was full of sadness, so that the hall was even darker, not like a discussion but like a mourning.

There are more important things that need to be solved in the county, so naturally I can't spend an afternoon here, Shi Bin finally spoke: "Brothers, let's discuss how to deal with Zhao Gang's mistake this time. We don't have to characterize this first, even if it's the worst. ”

Even after listening to Shi Bin's words, no one made a sound, they were all brothers who came together and didn't want to fall into the well and get a bad reputation for ruthlessness and unrighteousness, but there was no suitable way to solve it, so they had to keep silent.

In the end, Li Ergou couldn't hold back and said, "Big brother, the younger brother defected to you later." The other brothers in the hall are all following the eldest brother from the end of the micro, and he is a righteous gentleman who must be in a dilemma, and it is estimated that only I am the most suitable to open this head. ”

To Shi Bin's surprise, he never expected that it would be Li Ergou, the person who should be the most wise to protect himself, to express his attitude first, Shi Bin didn't want him to speak, but when he saw this situation, he immediately nodded and signaled him to express his opinion as soon as possible.

"Big brother, brothers, in the opinion of the younger brother, Brother Zhao must be innocent. But there is merit to be rewarded, and there must be punishment, only in this way can he become powerful, so in the opinion of the younger brother, Brother Zhao can come to offset the merit. ”

In the eyes of everyone, this is a nonsense, and several people got up from their chairs almost at the same time to reprimand Li Ergou, making everyone happy, it really deserves to be beaten.

However, he still sat peacefully on the wicker chair without the slightest shame, and only took a sip of tea with a smile as a deaf ear to the reprimands that had been reprimanded to him. It was as if they were not scolding him Li Ergou, but arguing with each other.

Such an abnormal performance naturally makes people feel strange, not to mention that they only see the attack but do not fight back, and it will not be long before the person who takes the initiative to attack will feel nowhere to focus and automatically stop attacking.

Wang San, who had been observing from the sidelines, immediately walked up to Li Ergou with a smile and said with a smile: "Brother Ergou, if you have something to say, the eldest brother and the brothers are all hot and short, but you are drinking tea here, isn't it a little unkind?" ”

After listening to Wang San's words, Li Ergou of course took advantage of the slope to get off the donkey and expressed his opinion. He believed that although Zhao Gang was suspected of collaborating with the enemy, he did not have any evidence, so he could not be punished as collaborating with the enemy. What's more, he has already brought back thirty Mongolian horses, which is a great achievement.

Besides, no spy would assassinate Shi Bin in front of so many people, and if he was so stupid, he should not be a spy, but should be called a dead man. But Zhao Gang has followed Shi Bin for several years, and there is no gap between the two, if he is rebelled, he will only be a spy and will never be a dead soldier. So, of course, it was taken advantage of, but it was just a major mistake on his part.

Then he proposed his own solution: cut Zhao Gang's military power, and let him, a Mongolian-Han mixed-race child, take the herdsman to take care of the horse raising from afar. Cutting off the military power is a punishment, and letting him raise horses is a trust in him. Lu Yao knew that Ma Ma had seen people's hearts for a long time, and if Zhao Kongo was just used, he would definitely not be fled according to his temperament. If you have already surrendered, you don't have to chase and kill, and you brothers will no longer feel embarrassed, just as if there is no such brother.

As soon as this method came out, there was no dull feeling in the hall, and everyone was impressed by Li Ergou, and praised and thanked them one after another. After all, it's the best way to think of it right now. Shi Bin stepped down from the main seat and held Li Ergou's hand tightly, thanking him for not being afraid of gossip and taking the overall situation into account.

Although Li Ergou was born in Caokou, he is also a loyal and righteous man, he immediately said: "The eldest brother was willing to spare my life back then, and now he has handed over the important agriculture to the younger brother to manage. I think all the brothers also want to help Brother Zhao, but they don't have an idea, lest they come to fight the fire and kill Brother Zhao instead of saving him. ”

These words made everyone very happy, so that the brothers who were wise and kept themselves without saying a word also went down.

Seeing that the matter had been satisfactorily resolved, everyone had left to work on their own things, Wang San accidentally knocked over the teacup and splashed the tea, so he didn't go out, but stood aside to clean up the water stains on his clothes.

I wanted to summon someone to deal with it, but if I think about it carefully, this is not like Wang San's formal style, he has always been meticulous and will never be so careless. This time, not only was he the last to go, but he also knocked over the teacup and splashed tea. There must be a demon when things go wrong, and it seems that Wang San has something inconvenient to say in front of everyone.

Slowly walked in front of him, and said with a smile: "Brother Xian, now there are only two of you and me in this hall, even those subordinates dare not come up without being summoned, just say anything, and I am not afraid that the wall has ears." ”

Looking at Shi Bin with a smile, Wang San asked him what he was going to do with the herdsman who had been brought back together. And letting Zhao Gang go to raise horses can definitely only be temporary, can such a good brother be raised for a lifetime? Isn't that ridiculous?

Indeed, Li Ergou's method only solves the urgent need, and the herdsman can't kill him so lightly, and Zhao Gang can't let him raise horses for a lifetime, so he must find a way to clear his sins.

"Big brother, the younger brother has another plan, which is to follow the second dog brother." Wang San said with a smile.

"Really? Please come and listen! ”

Everyone knows that Shi Bin is very affectionate, and he is very guilty of Zhao Gang trapped in this quagmire, and he should not leave him alone in the north.

Wang San said that he could ask Zhao Gang to atone for his crimes. If he pretends to have been wronged, he will go to raise horses with the herdsman, and he must have food and clothing, and he must be much worse when he is in command, and then he often complains about Shi Bin's injustice.

In this way, it can be seen whether the herdsman has malicious intentions or not. If there is really a bad intention, let Zhao Gang "escape", this can be regarded as a dark move buried by Shi Bin in the north, as for what will happen in the future, it is not considered now.

If Zhao Gangguo is really bought, then let him escape. As Li Ergou said, there should be no such brother.

In Shi Bin's opinion, this is a good strategy, but there is a big flaw, how can you tell whether Zhao Gang really escaped or faked escape?

"Big brother doesn't have to worry so much, as long as he agrees on a contact point and code words with Zhao Gang. If he really didn't invest in the yuan, then he would send back the information on time, and it was a big deal that we would find a way to verify it ourselves at that time. ”

But Shi Bin still didn't want to do this, how could Zhao Gang be a reckless man who was suitable to be a spy, didn't that let him go to the north to die? After thinking about it repeatedly, he still rejected Wang San's plan to use him as a spy, and only agreed to use him to explore the remaining herdsmen. To raise a horse well is to atone for one's sins.

Wang San was already very happy to accept some of his suggestions, after all, it was a bit whimsical to let Zhao Gang be a spy. Then he left Shi Bin's mansion and returned to the county office.

Shi Bin took a pot of tea to the room where Zhao Gang was detained, his face full of pain and guilt. Without waiting for Shi Bin to react, he immediately stood up and snatched the teapot from Shi Bin's hand, and poured it into his mouth.

At first, he didn't understand it, but he immediately understood the meaning of Zhao Gang's strange action, and Shi Bin couldn't help but raise his head and laugh.

After drinking a pot of tea, Zhao Gang first felt that the taste was wrong, and then found that he had no symptoms of poisoning, and then Shi Bin didn't look happy but like he was laughing at himself.

This can also be regarded as a reminder, and after thinking about it carefully, it is certain that Shi Bin did not seem to come in to kill him just now, as if he had something to discuss.

"Big brother, what do you mean by that?"

"What do you mean? I also wanted to ask you what you mean! Such a good pot of Biluochun was poured down by you like this, I didn't even drink a sip! Shi Bin feigned anger.

At this time, Zhao Gang was embarrassed, he had already put Shi Bin in danger yesterday, and today he misunderstood that he was going to harm himself, if there was a hole in the ground, he would definitely get into it.

"Brother, all the brothers in the council hall know that you are innocent, but you have to give everyone an explanation. So the eldest brother is going to let you do two things, the first is to raise horses, and the second is to explore the bottom of the herdsman, as long as you do it with all your heart. But we have to thank you two dog brothers, otherwise we don't know what to do. ”

Since there is a way and it is not to kill him, it must be a great forgiveness, Zhao Gang is of course very happy, and said that he will do his best to do what Shi Bin explained.

Zhao Gang's attitude was completely expected by Shi Bin, and he just advised: "This first thing I believe is easy for you, and the eldest brother can give you a bottom, once the first batch of horses are born, you can come back to lead the troops." But this second big brother has to remind you. ”

Zhao Gang was still very self-aware, and immediately asked Shi Bin to tell him everything he was going to say carefully, in case he did something wrong again and broke the big thing.

"Actually, it's acting, acting for the herdsman. I guess you'll have to be grieved for a while. The food will be much worse, and maybe a few brothers will come to find fault, but these are all for the sake of us, because we must know whether the herdsman is a spy or not. ”

After hearing these words, Zhao Gang was already in tears, although he knew that most of him would not die, but he should never have the opportunity to lead the troops again.

But Shi Bin made it so clear to him that this horse breeding was just a cover to block everyone's criticism, as long as everything was still business as usual after this period of time.

"They're all brothers in the same family, can I not believe you? Besides, how can you be a spy with your tendon in your head? Don't send yourself to the ondol. Hahahaha! After Shi Bin finished speaking, he laughed again.

Although this is not a very good sound, in the eyes of Zhao Gang, a simple person, it is an unconditional trust in himself, which shows that Shi Bin absolutely does not believe that he will betray him.

So Zhao Gang also laughed innocently and said, "Big brother, then I will do as you instruct." Please forgive me for any rudeness. ”

"Nonsense, since it's acting, you have to act seriously, even if you kick me, it's okay!" After speaking, he turned around and went out, and arranged for someone to send Zhao Gang to the horse farm outside the city after his nose was blue and his face was swollen.