Chapter 624: A Box of Pastries

Because Shi Bin made great contributions to recovering Hebei East Road this time, he was still relatively 'humble' in front of the emperor, so that some officials who were very dissatisfied with Shi Bin were not able to ask Shi Bin on the spot.

When he talked to him in Wang Yi's mansion before, Shi Bin knew which people were hostile to him, and of course Shi Bin paid special attention to those people. In addition to a few powerful characters who are temperamental, he found that many of them had facial muscles that twitched slightly or were very stiff, as if they had a stroke. The eyes are so unnatural, and he can't help but dodge and dare not look at him.

Li Zong himself almost fell three times in a row while walking, but each time Shi Bin held him up, and he replied with a smile full of 'gratitude'. In the eyes of people who don't know why, the two must have a deep relationship, and only those who know the inside story understand that Shi Bin is acting, and Li Zong is afraid of provoking Shi Bin to curry favor with him.

Such a situation made Shi Bin laugh secretly in his heart, and he had to sigh that it was really comfortable to coerce the Son of Heaven to make the princes. However, he felt comfortable, but he couldn't show it on the surface, and he couldn't help but apologize to the emperor that he didn't serve well.

The scene was not long over, and Li Zong returned to the palace, and the rest of the ministers went back to their own homes to do their own things.

As soon as he entered the mansion, the first thing Shi Bin did was to fall asleep, and ordered that no urgent military affairs should not disturb his rest.

This night, Shi Bin actually slept for two days, and didn't get up until the afternoon of the third day after returning to Lin'an.

Years of marching and fighting have developed a good habit - never slack off. As long as we get up together, the first thing that comes to mind is to deal with official business and review official documents.

Therefore, as soon as he came out of the bedroom, Shi Bin shouted: "Xu Feng, come over to me!" ”

After following Shi Bin for many years, he understood what Shi Bin meant by shouting, so Xu Feng rushed over. There was no need for Shi Bin to ask, he took the initiative to say: "My lord, there has been no major incident in the past two days, just a little troublesome. ”

A bit of a hassle? It's worth playing. Xu Feng's speech is rarely so vague, since it is so vague, it can be seen that this matter is definitely not small, but it is not very difficult to solve, so he didn't want to disturb his rest. Thinking of this, Shi Bin was not angry, just signaled him to hurry up and tell the matter.

"My lord, many officials wanted to join you before, but they didn't get the opportunity at first. You were resting for the past two days, and they wanted to sneak into the palace to ask the emperor how things were going. But now that you are the front of the palace, we have stopped them and prevented them from entering the palace as a matter of course. As a result, there will be some conflicts, which is the trouble that the lower officials said. I'm afraid it will have some adverse effects on adults. ”

"It's really a bit troublesome, it's my negligence, I didn't tell you who can let them enter the palace and who must not be put into the palace before resting. But sooner or later this effect will be there, it's not a big deal. I'm sorry to make it difficult for you. ”

"You don't have to apologize, how can you apologize to me? Adults are so tired for the benefit of everyone, not to mention that a wise man must make a mistake in a thousand thoughts. Xu Feng immediately replied in a panic.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, take me to the palace gate first."

Along the way, I learned from Xu Fengkou that there were no less than thirty officials who asked to enter the palace at this time, but there was no Zhao Kui among them. Although Zhao Kui's attitude before was willing to help him resolve the conflict between him and some officials, Shi Bin did not believe it. Instead, he thought that he would take the lead in making trouble, but now he didn't come at all, which made Shi Bin surprised and confused.

After arriving at the gate of the palace, Shi Bin really saw more than 30 officials making noise there, clamoring to enter the palace to face the saint, while his subordinates were struggling to stop it, and it was very difficult to stop it.

Unexpectedly, a group of weak scholars who couldn't pick their shoulders and couldn't lift their hands also burst out with some energy, which made Shi Bin feel the crisis, and rushed over without saying a word, joining the team to stop everyone.

As soon as they saw Shi Bin, the murderous god, arrive, everyone immediately stopped and retreated to a foot away. This made Shi Bin think of a word 'retreat', and he couldn't help but feel it for a while

Proud.

"Ladies and gentlemen, may I ask what you are doing here? How did a dignified Song official make him as unruly as a village woman? Shi Bin asked with a serious face.

As soon as these words came out, most of these people immediately weakened, and only a few of them were still full of anger. And some people justifiably explained that it was because Shi Bin's people prevented them from facing the saint that they were so unruly, and they had to do it as a last resort.

Naturally, he couldn't admit that he was the one who made the mistake, so Shi Bin repeatedly emphasized that he was the head of the palace, and in order to protect the emperor's safety, no one was allowed to face the saint without the emperor's permission and his inspection.

knew that Shi Bin was justified in this regard, so everyone did not argue with Shi Bin in this regard, but asked if they could face the saint now that Shi Bin came.

It's really a bunch of persistent guys, it seems that they have to find a way to delay, Shi Bin said secretly. After all, these officials must not be allowed to see the Ricnum without adequate preparation, because that would be too uncertain. So he said: "The emperor has just returned from the imperial expedition, and he should rest for two more days when he is over fifty years old, are you right?" If you must see the emperor, Shi promised to let you see him within three days. How is it? ”

Most of them just came along to coax, and it was not necessary to see the Sect of Reason, nor did they necessarily know why Shi Bin was able to monopolize the five important positions. Now that Shi Bin made a promise, they naturally took a step back, just reminding Shi Bin to remember that the promise was then dispersed.

Everyone dispersed, and Shi Bin naturally returned to the mansion. After going back, he didn't rest, but ordered Xu Feng to call Jia Ling and Sai Xishi over.

"Two ladies, Xu Feng will tell you everything."

"That's it. I didn't expect these guys to react so much, it's really surprising. Aren't they all a bunch of corpse vegetarians on weekdays? Jia Ling said very puzzled.

"Most of them are jealous in their hearts, and they are afraid that they will lose their official positions by their husbands, so they join forces to go to see Li Zong, hoping to get an answer."

"Xi Shi is reasonable, so what should we do, we can't stop these officials forever and prevent them from seeing the emperor."

"Didn't you ask the emperor to kill people and see serious injuries healed before? Intimidating him like this, does he dare to stumble around? Dare to talk nonsense with your mouth? Jia Ling obviously didn't believe it.

"I definitely don't dare to ordinary people, but I may not dare in front of Zhao Kui. Now Zhao Kui is the lifesaver of Li Zong. If Zhao Kui intervened, Li Zong would probably say. "So we have to think of some other ways to take precautions." ”

"Isn't that easy? Find someone to follow the emperor at any time! Sai Si Shi laughed.

"I sent two guards to follow me at all times, but there are always some places where it is inconvenient to go. It seems that we need to find some people to keep an eye on it all the time, and we have to be smart. Shi Bin said, "It's too stupid to make it easy for people to see the clues and tell the truth, which is not good." Tell me, what kind of person should be used if this is the case? ”

It didn't take long for Xu Feng to give the answer: a small eunuch with him and a historian who was absolutely loyal to Shi Bin.

Eunuchs and historians? This sentence made Shi Bin and the three of them suddenly realize, and they clapped their hands again and again, saying that Xu Feng had a good idea. Because the little eunuch is not on the side except for the emperor when he is happy to fish and water at night, and he definitely follows the rest of the time. Even when you go to the toilet, you won't be far away. Historians, on the other hand, can record all kinds of things and performances of the emperor very accurately and meticulously.

Things should be done sooner rather than later, after Shi Bin thought about these things clearly, he immediately ordered Xu Feng to choose the little eunuchs, historians and guards who were very loyal and smart to him, and began to follow the emperor at all times.

Although he had long known that the guards were Shi Bin's people, he didn't find out that the little eunuch and the historian had also become Shi Bin's people, so Li Zong told the little eunuch and the historian a lot of what he thought when Shi Bin was not around, so that Shi Bin still clearly understood his thoughts.

The clearest thing to understand is that it is necessary to do everything possible to regain power and exterminate Shi Bin and Shi Bin's brothers at least three tribes. It's just that there is no way now, and I am very panicked, and some don't know what to do.

Shi Bin, who learned of this, was immediately furious and said to Li Zong

also had murderous intent. If it weren't for Jia Ling and Sai Xishi's repeated dissuasion, he would have planned to abolish Li Zong and set up a new monarch. The reason for the two to dissuade Shi Bin was very simple: there was no basis for empty words, and the emperor could not be abolished at will, which would make the situation unstable in the Great Song Dynasty and give the Yuan people an opportunity.

The two female Zhuge were reasonable, and Shi Bin was only angry for a while, so it didn't take long for the fire to be extinguished, but he was obviously still depressed.

"Do you say you have to have proof?" Shi Bin asked.

"It must, and not only human evidence but also physical evidence, if you can catch it on the spot, it would be better." Jia Ling said.

"Okay, then wait, I believe it won't be long before they make a move, but who do you think made it? Could it be Zhao Kui? ”

"Husband, if there is really such a thing, he will definitely take the lead, but with his sophistication, he will never act recklessly, let alone do it himself, so we must observe carefully and pay attention to it secretly, and we must not startle the snake." Sai Xi Shi said.

In order to rest assured, Shi Bin listened to Jia Ling and Sai Xishi's advice and went to the palace again to meet Li Zong.

Seeing this devil who put himself under house arrest, Rizune immediately curled up, not daring to show the slightest flaw. Although he knew that he was surrounded by his own people, in order not to make Li Zong suspicious, Shi Bin was still not so rampant. Everything came according to the rules, but he spoke as if he was the emperor.

As his subordinates said, Li Zong did not come out of the panic, and when he saw Shi Bin, he was frightened and stuttered when he spoke. But this is precisely the best cover-up, so this makes Shi Bin feel more and more careful.

As a foodie, Shi Bin is naturally delicious. And the meals and pastries made by the imperial chef are definitely the best in the Great Song Dynasty, so Shi Bin simply stayed in the palace for lunch on this day.

It's just that the performance of Li Zong at noon made Shi Bin feel a little abnormal, and he seemed to be more nervous than in the morning. But Shi Bin didn't pay much attention to this, he just wanted to eat some delicious food. It wasn't until after eating that Shi Bin began to doubt that Li Zong's appearance was still there.

"Your Majesty, may I ask why you are so nervous at noon? Didn't you just eat your two pastries and a few bites? You are rich in the world, are you still reluctant to give up this little thing? Shi Bin scoffed.

"Shi Aiqing misunderstood, Aiqing has made great contributions to my Great Song Dynasty, how can I be reluctant to give up these pastries and meals? It's just that the food is too simple for your taste. ”

Meals are too basic for my taste? I can really talk, I'm afraid it's because I think the food is not poisonous and it's simple! Shi Bin scolded in his heart.

"Thank you for the emperor's concern, although the minister loves food, he has also adapted to simple food for his perennial campaign, so it doesn't matter." Shi Bin smiled very gratefully.

Originally, I wanted to leave when I was full of wine and food, but I was hungry again when I was told by Rizong. But he didn't want to trouble the chef all the time, so he looked around hoping to find something to eat.

Suddenly, I found a food box from a small room, obviously containing pastries, it looked very exquisite, and the things inside must be good, which naturally aroused the gluttony in Shi Bin's stomach again.

"Your Majesty, what's in there?" Shi Bin pointed to the food box and asked Li Zong with a smile.

"It's just a box of pastries, I don't know who sent it, I'm tired these days, so I left it alone."

"Your Majesty, it seems that you don't care about it, the minister is hungry again, how about giving the minister that box of pastries?" Shi Bin said with a smile.

"This..."

"Why don't the ministers leave two pieces for the emperor to eat, and let the ministers take the rest with the box?" Shi Bin asked.

"I'm afraid it's not good, it's better to leave the box with me, I like this beautiful box, how about Shi Aiqing eat a few more pastries?"

Knowing that it was a little inappropriate for the courtiers and the emperor to fight over things, Shi Bin simply agreed to Lizong's request to eat more pastries but not take the box away. However, after he ate this meal, he ate six of the eight pieces of pastry, and only two small bites were left for Li Zong...

Suddenly, Li Zong's face was like a bitter gourd, and he didn't want to see the bitter gourd face, so Shi Bin immediately left the palace.

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