Chapter 579: The Great Crisis

In the blink of an eye, it was the fifth year of Baoyou (1257), and Shi Bin lived a stable life for another two years. In the past two years, the Yuan people have been very honest and have given Shi Bin plenty of time for development. Song Ting did not deliberately embarrass him, and it was rare to have the credibility to exempt him from taxes, and the promised appropriations were also in place on time.

It's just that recently, the Yuan people began to move again, and Shi Bin knew that the good days would not be too long, and this storm was coming. Now in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Hedong, Shi Bin has arranged a total of 150,000 horses, definitely a lot, and all of them are elite soldiers and strong generals on the battlefield of a hundred battles, although there are some risks, but as long as they guard the passes everywhere, they will be fine, but he is still not steady.

If you know why you are not steady, this person will feel better. On the contrary, this inexplicable unsteadiness makes me feel very uncomfortable, and it is common to be disturbed by sleeping, and I may even get sick if I am serious.

Shi Bin asked himself if this kind of unsteadiness was not for no reason, but he didn't notice it. As Yuanren's actions became more and more obvious, Shi Bin's sense of crisis also grew, and he finally felt that he had to figure out where this uneasiness came from, so he called Jia Ling and Sai Xishi over again.

"Two ladies, I have been restless for the past few days, but Jinghu Road, Sichuan, Kuizhou, Henan, Jingxi Road, Shaanxi and Hedong are all safe and sound, but why are you so restless?" Shi Bin asked.

"Restless?" After listening to Shi Bin's words, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi said in unison, obviously very surprised that Shi Bin was uneasy. Now that the situation on Shi Bin's territory is very good, there really shouldn't be any anxiety. Even if the Yuan people come now, they have the confidence to beat the Yuan people back.

"Isn't it because the activities of the Yuan people have been more frequent recently?" Sai Xi Shi asked, "The Yuan people have indeed made a lot of moves recently, but our people have sent back the news that Meng Ge is still troubled by the infighting, and the recent activities of the Yuan people have not even exceeded five hundred people at one time, so it really doesn't pose any threat to us." ”

"That's true, I've thought about it, but why am I just uneasy?" Shi Bin said very suspiciously.

"Husband, has you been too tired lately and haven't had a good rest?" Jia Ling asked with concern.

"Although I am a little tired, I am used to it, and this restlessness is not caused by tiredness, there must be some other reasons, some reasons that I have not paid attention to." Shi Bin said affirmatively, "I know that the two ladies think that I am worrying about the sky, but whether it is unfounded or not, now that the Yuan people are coming, we must get everything right." So send all our people out and bring as much news from the capital as possible. I also have to get some news from the Lu family brothers on the two roads in Jiangnan. I don't feel at ease with them, and I feel that this uneasiness has something to do with them. ”

"Xiaoling, it's best to let your father-in-law help pay attention to it, he is well-connected, and it is easier and more accurate to get these news than us."

Knowing that what Shi Bin said was right, these things would have to be done even if Shi Bin was not restless, otherwise he would not be able to deal with the upcoming attack of the Yuan people wholeheartedly.

Not long after, Zhao Gang in the capital sent back a very unfavorable news for Shi Bin: Li Zong knew that the Yuan people planned to invade the south again, and they were not ready to go to war, and were preparing for peace talks. Zhao Kui and Li Fu tried their best to insist on going to war, but they were rejected by Li Zong. And at the time of sending the message, Rikhon had already begun to select envoys for the peace talks in the north.

This bombshell made Shi Bin dizzy

Dizzy. If Li Zong does not resist the Yuan, then he will not be able to expand his strength openly, if the Yuan people really make peace, after a long time, he may even be cut off from his military power and slaughtered by others. So Shi Bin made up his mind that he had to fight, no matter what.

So Jia Ling and Sai Xishi were called to the study again, and Shi Bin said: "Li Zong, this bastard wants to negotiate peace, we must not negotiate peace, what do you say?" ”

"Isn't there still Zhao Kui and Li Fu? Although they are at odds with us, they are still staunch resisters! Said Seish.

"Li Zong was unexpectedly strong this time, and directly rejected Zhao Kui and Li Fu's invitation, saying that peace talks must be held first, and peace talks will start after they fail." Shi Bin explained, and then frowned and said, "No, there must be something greasy in this, and someone in the shadows must be fueling the trouble, Zhao Gang just got the news on the surface." ”

knew that Zhao Gang didn't have much scheming and was definitely not good at intelligence and news, so Jia Ling and Sai Xishi both agreed with Shi Bin's statement, so they had to wait quietly for the spies sent to send back more accurate information.

On the third day after receiving Zhao Gang's information, Er Zhuang came. As soon as he came, Shi Bin and the others immediately realized that something was wrong. On weekdays, Lijia seems to be unable to care about Shi Bin's affairs, but now he has sent people over, which shows that there is a lot of trouble.

"Erzhuang, why are you here?" Shi Bin asked kindly.

"Uncle, my lord wants me to bring you some messages."

"What message do you bring?" Shi Bin asked, "Is it related to the recent emperor wants to talk to Yuanhe?" ”

"It turns out that my uncle knows about it, and it has something to do with this. Since my uncle knows it, Erzhuang won't talk about it. ”

Seeing that Er Zhuang didn't plan to say anything more, Shi Bin immediately said that he only knew about this, but the specific content was not clear, and he needed to know more.

"Uncle, the reason why the emperor is so firm in peace talks this time is because someone is behind the scenes."

"There are really people who are doing bad in secret, Er Zhuang, who is doing bad in secret." Shi Bin asked with a serious face.

"Lu Wenfu."

"Lu Wenfu!" This time, Shi Bin, Jia Ling, Sai Xishi and Xu Feng all shouted in unison. Sai Xishi, the female bandit leader, scolded even more, saying that she shouldn't have helped Lu Wenfu keep her official position in the first place, let alone spared the white-eyed wolf's life for the sake of Lu Wende's face, and now she was bitten by the white-eyed wolf.

Hearing these words, Shi Bin looked ashamed, although it was someone else who made the idea, but he was the one who took the idea, if he didn't have the kindness of a woman, he wouldn't be in trouble today.

"Erzhuang, you said that Lu Wenfu was the mastermind behind this, but what about Lu Wende, was he involved?" Shi Bin asked.

"I don't know about this Erzhuang, presumably Lu Wende can't escape the involvement. Most likely with one eye open and one eye closed. ”

Shi Bin did not agree with Erzhuang's 'Lu Wende turned a blind eye', Lu Wende is a very disciplined person, and even if he defends his brother, he will not condone Lu Wenfu to become a capitulation faction. So in Shi Bin's view, all this was done by Lu Wenfu secretly with the surrender faction in the capital.

Of course, you can't directly deny Er Zhuang who came all the way to deliver the letter, so Shi Bin did not agree with what Er Zhuang said, but settled him down first.

"I'm afraid we have to go to Jiangnan." Shi Bin smiled bitterly, "The sooner this problem is solved, the better." I won't be soft again this time, the two brothers of the Lu family will either only fall Lu Wenfu, or both will fall! ”

Soon it will be ready

Departure, Er Zhuang also planned to leave. When leaving, Shi Bin not only gave him a lot of reward, but also learned from him which officials had partnered with Lu Wenfu to negotiate peace with the emperor.

Since Lu Wenfu and those civil officials were unkind, Shi Bin did not plan to give lectures, and used extraordinary means - some surrender factions in the capital began to disappear one after another, and at most three disappeared in one day.

This situation was clearly directed against the capitulation faction, and those centrists who had fallen with the wind immediately stopped supporting the Liberian peace talks, but became 'dead and unspeakable' factions.

Seeing that the officials in the capital were still interested in keeping their mouths shut, Shi Bin did not intend to arouse public anger, and soon released four or five guys with good official reputations, and the rest of the die-hard surrender faction was taken by him to Xinzhou, where Lu Wenfu is now restrained.

never expected that Shi Bin would run from Taiyuan to Xinzhou and ask him to meet him in Shilipu outside the city, which made Lu Wenfu feel uneasy. He didn't believe that Shi Bin would have nothing to rely on when he came to see him, and even suspected that there was Shi Bin's conspiracy to kill him. Who told him to have done something bad just now? In addition, he was under house arrest by Shi Bin once before, and now he doesn't dare to go out of the city to meet Shi Bin, just saying that it is okay to meet but in the city.

was only bringing a few dozen personal guards, how could Shi Bin let himself become a turtle in the urn? Of course he refused to go into the city. Since Lu Wenfu refused to leave the city, Shi Bin went to Longxing Mansion, where Lu Wende was located.

Knowing that Shi Bin had come thousands of miles away, and there was nothing major in the Song Dynasty, this made Lu Wende very uneasy in his heart, and suspected that the matter was related to Lu Wenfu.

But you can't just ask, you still need basic greetings. Who knew that Shi Bin didn't give the slightest face, and when he saw Lu Wende, he said: "Lord Lu, this time the official is up to ask for something." ”

"Why are brothers so angry?" Lu Wende asked very puzzled.

The current Shi Bin didn't eat Lu Wende's set, but just said coldly: "Master Lu, there is something I don't know if you know. Brother Ling teamed up with some surrender factions in the DPRK to start peace talks before the Yuan people went south! ”

This news also made Lu Wende a big hit. He deeply understood that this was Lu Wenfu taking revenge on Shi Bin, and he would definitely come to the dark if he couldn't fight, and planned to give Shi Bin a salary.

"Brother Shi, your news is not mistaken, Wenfu dare to do this?" Lu Wende said, "I have warned him not to have any more dealings with the Yuan people, otherwise he will be dismissed." ”

"Master Lu, I know you don't believe it, so I brought a few witnesses and a few physical evidence with me on the way here." After saying that, with a gesture, Xu Feng brought in a few imperial histories that he had captured.

Although I don't often go to Beijing, I also know a few imperial histories, and two of them are familiar with them. Just looking at these people cowering, Lu Wende didn't need to ask to know that what Shi Bin said was true. So without any excuse, he nodded directly to Shi Bin in agreement.

Since Lu Wende didn't mess around, Shi Bin still planned to talk about some affection, so Shi Bin said very seriously: "Brother Lu, this matter is not trivial, what are you going to do?" If Lu Wenfu is allowed to make trouble like this, I am afraid that you and I will not have a good life. I'm here to discuss with you what to do. ”

This is the truth, if Lu Wenfu really persuaded Li Zong to just beg and not want to resist, once the country is destroyed, he Lu Wende will be a big sinner. Because he was so anxious, he forgot to introduce Shi Bin into the living room, and he stood in the outer courtyard for a long time. In the end, it was Jia Ling who couldn't stand a few reminders, which made Lu Wende realize the faux pas and immediately invited them in.

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