Today's Great Song Dynasty has been peaceful for a hundred years, and the economy and culture have been very prosperous, but it has been at a disadvantage in the military struggle with the northern Liao State and the Northwest Xia State, and even after the defeat, it was forced to sign a treaty, and offered New Year's coins to the Liao State and the Western Xia State every year, and used the money to buy a stable.

And the reason why Zhang Bin is now in Dashun City, the border pass military village, and is going to die here according to the original history, is also the result of the weak military strength of the Great Song Dynasty and the repeated bullying of the Western Xia.

Zhang Bin has been familiar with the Thirteen Confucian Classics since he was a child, and the six Confucian arts of etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics have been studied and practiced hard since he was a child, especially archery is quite proficient, but if he fails to pass the imperial examination, he can only be regarded as mediocre and seek a way out.

In fact, although Zhang Bin's hard work and talent are not outstanding, they can by no means be mediocre.

Under Zhang Zai's strict requirements and teaching, Zhang Bin practiced three dogs in summer and three nines in winter, and did not drop out of writing for a day.

However, even if the Northern Song Dynasty studied hard for ten years, if you want to be admitted to the Jinshi in the gold list, it is like crossing a single-plank bridge with thousands of troops, which is much more difficult and difficult than entering Peking University and Tsinghua University in the college entrance examination in later generations.

In Zhang Bin's memory, there are now more than 20 million households in the Great Song Dynasty, and the number of people is more than 100 million unprecedentedly, so many people only admit more than 300 jinshi every three years, with an average of only 100 a year, such a small proportion, which makes Zhang Bin feel desperate when he thinks about it.

Not to mention that the Jinshi in the examination has always been more in the south and less in the north, Fujian, Zhejiang, Sichuan and Shu several roads, it is not uncommon for each state to have more than a dozen Jinshi, and even some Confucian families, six or seven Jinshi in one subject also occur from time to time.

And in the Northwest Zhulu, there are more than 50 military states, and there have never been more than five Jinshi in each time since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty. Even in some military states in the northwest, it is common for not to produce a single jinshi for ten consecutive years.

In short, with such a small proportion, it is really nothing that Zhang Bin does not have a Zhongjinshi, but because his father is the famous Guan Xue Zhang Zai, under the contrast, he is felt mediocre by the world.

And Zhang Bin himself is not angry, and his temperament has changed greatly after failing the imperial examination, from a good student to a gentleman.

Fortunately, Zhang Bin still has a reputation, and Zhang Zai tried to send him to the side of the deputy envoy to pacify the deputy envoy of Yanyan Road to serve as a senator, in a vain attempt to let him sharpen in the army and get on the right path, but now it seems that it has not had much effect.

Zhang Bin has been in Dashun City for more than a year, and although the military affairs arranged by the cultivator have not been pulled down, he is not diligent, let alone brilliant, but he has become a famous gentleman in Dashun City, and he will go to Hongyue Tower to fool around whenever he has time.

Originally, in these years, it was nothing for the children of the official eunuchs to go to the Qinglou, but for a woman in the Qinglou to fight for the wind and jealousy, he also took off his clothes and hanged himself, and it was no longer enough to describe what Zhang Bin did with embarrassment and insult to his family, and because of this matter, he had the title of "idiot".

"No matter what, if it comes, it will be safe, God has given me such a strange opportunity, if I don't change something, I am really a person who travels through it, at least I have to make the weak Song become a strong Song, and then after"

After Zhang Bin accepted the reality, he secretly looked forward to his life, but suddenly remembered that there was a big trouble in front of him that needed to be solved immediately.

"Reputation is too important in this era, and this incident is enough to ruin my future."

"Not to mention what kind of life is open."

A cold light flashed in Zhang Bin's eyes, he was not a good man and a woman in his later life, and his rich life experience made him easily see a lot of strange things from his memory.

At this time, the figures of a woman and a young man came to his mind.

The woman is undoubtedly plump, gorgeous and charming, which makes the original Zhang Bin unable to sleep and love to death.

But the young man was the culprit who once hanged Zhang Bin, and then stripped him of his clothes, making him ruined.

The thought flickered in his mind, Zhang Bin turned around and went back to the courtyard, wrote an invitation, handed it to the tiger head, and said, "Go to the prison military mansion and give this invitation to Wu Chengjie, the son of the Wu Mansion." ”

"Okay, Childe." The tiger head, who had been standing at the door in a daze, agreed, walked over to take the invitation, and strode away.

Zhang Bin pondered for a while, left the study, walked all the way through the courtyard, came to the small garden in the backyard, and found five identical flowers and plants in the corner of the garden with his memory.

Zhang Bin's house in Dashun City is not big, the garden is more than ten steps long and wide, and what flowers are there, even if the original Zhang Bin has not paid attention to it, but he also has an impression.

The stems of this plant found are erect, the plants are clustered, the stems are four-cornered columnar, the apical racemes are long, the inflorescences are as long as the adult middle finger, the bracts are small, blue-purple, quite good-looking, and have a certain ornamentality.

Zhang Bin didn't know what this flower and plant was called in the Song Dynasty, but he knew that this plant was famous in some fields in later generations.

Sage, Zhang Bin didn't expect to have such a good thing in his yard, and when he thought of the characteristics of sage, he was more confident in his plan tonight.

Sage is one of the few amazing plants that can make people lose control and even hallucinate.

Instructed Zhu Niang to dig out the five sage plants carefully, Zhang Bin locked himself in the kitchen alone, gently broke the sage, tore it into small pieces, and then carefully stuffed his nose with a water-soaked cloth towel, closed his lips tightly, and put the sage on the brazier and began to roast.

After the sage was roasted to brown, Zhang Bin carefully ground it into powder and found a small porcelain bottle with a stopper and put it in.

Night.

Zhang Bin, who was dressed in a gorgeous brocade dress and wearing a crown hat, walked into the Red Moon Building with a tiger head, and said to the old bustard with a hippie smile, "Shi Niang, prepare a private room, my son made an appointment with Wu Gongzi tonight." ”

This Shi Niang looked at him, an imperceptible sneer flashed in the depths of her eyes, and said, "Yo, it turned out to be Zhang Gongzi, please inside, I will arrange it for you." ”

With the conversation between the two, there was a sudden silence inside and outside the entrance hall of the Red Moon Building, and everyone present looked over, and then turned their heads again, only to look here a few times from time to time.

Although he had been mentally prepared, at this moment, Zhang Bin was still blushed by the bright or secret contempt in his eyes and some pointing at the ridicule, and he was extremely annoyed, and he realized the terrifying lethality of human words.

went upstairs with an expressionless face and entered the private room prepared by the bustard, Zhang Bin immediately instructed the tiger head, "Go to the door and watch, don't let anyone in." ”

Tiger Head said yes and went to the door.

Zhang Bin took out two very small cloth towels, soaked them in tea and stuffed them into his nostrils to ensure that outsiders could not see them.

Then he took out the small porcelain bottle and carefully poured the sage powder into the oil lamp.

As soon as Zhang Bin finished doing this, he heard footsteps at the door, quickly put away the small porcelain vase, and said casually, "Tiger head, let Wu Gongzi come in." ”

"Ziyu, how is your body recovering, brother, I am preparing to visit you at home tomorrow." A thin and slightly pale noble son walked in, greeted Zhang Bin with a smile, and called Zhang Bin's cousin, which shows that the relationship between the two is usually very good.

"Brother Wu, please take a seat first." Zhang Bin smiled bitterly and clenched his fists, then turned his head and ordered, "Hutou, you are watching outside, Wu Gongzi and I have important things to say, and no one can come in without my permission." ”

Wu Chengjie's eyes narrowed slightly, and he waved his hand to let his entourage retreat.

After the two sat down, Zhang Bin sighed and said, "Brother Wu, the little brother invited you over today, just to ask what happened seven days ago, the little brother seemed to have drunk too much at that time, and he couldn't remember many things." ”

Wu Chengjie thought to himself that you were poured three jars of wine by me that day, and you drank like a dead pig, of course you can't remember clearly, but it's a pity, this idiot didn't die, although he was ruined, but he still had to die.

The thought flashed in his mind, but Wu Chengjie said apologetically, "Ziyu, it's not for my brother to say you, a woman in a green building, you don't need to be so infatuated, of course, this is related to the fact that you drank too much wine at the time and couldn't control yourself for a while." It's just that my brother drank too much at the time, otherwise he would have stopped you. ”

Zhang Bin listened to Wu Chengjie's nonsense, while secretly observing the other party's eyes, and saw that there were already some red blood in the depths of the other party's eyes, and the pupils also showed signs of dissipation, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Brother Wu, you answer me truthfully, do you also like the moon slave." Zhang Bin asked angrily.

Wu Chengjie didn't admit it when he was killed, but an inexplicable insolence suddenly emerged from the depths of his heart, and he had an impulse not to vomit and be unhappy about the secret that had been pressed in his heart, and sneered, "Zhang Bin, I don't hide it from you, the moon slave is the old friend of this son, you are just a poor worm who is used." ”

"The effect of this sage is terrifying, Wu Chengjie's demeanor and words at this time are his truest side." Zhang Bin was secretly shocked in his heart, but he looked angry, and said, "Wu Chengjie, don't talk about it, I'm being used by you for something."

Wu Chengjie sneered, looking at Zhang Bin's face with disgust and contempt, "I'm afraid you idiot don't know yet, I and Yue Nu tricked you into telling you about the defense and deployment of Dashun City, and now the defense and deployment of Dashun City has been known by the West Thief." ”

Zhang Bin's face changed, and he gritted his teeth and said, "You and Yuenu are both Western thieves and spies."

Wu Chengjie scolded, "Idiot, the moon slave is the secret spy of the Western thief, I just have a handle in the hands of the moon slave, and I have to help her do things." ”

Zhang Bin looked at Wu Chengjie's eyes were already bloodshot and his pupils were dilated, knowing that no matter what he asked at this time, the other party would never lie at all, but as time went by, the other party would hallucinate in front of his eyes and might become a madman.

Zhang Bin's main goal is to prove his innocence, and if Wu Chengjie becomes a madman, it will backfire, so he immediately snorted coldly, "Wu Chengjie, where is the moon slave now?"

Wu Chengjie said contemptuously, "It's okay to tell you this idiot, the moon slave received the above task and went to the Heiluo Department in Hengshan." ”

Zhang Bin suddenly shouted, "Wu Chengjie, you are a coward." ”

After speaking, Zhang Bin immediately stood up, pushed open the door and walked out.

Wu Chengjie's expression was distorted, followed closely behind, and shouted, "Zhang Bin, stop for me." ”

The tiger head was stunned for a moment and followed closely behind Zhang Bin.

And Wu Chengjie's entourage looked at his son-in-law, frowned and followed.

Zhang Bin and Wu Chengjie came to the most crowded hall in Hongyue Building one after another, Zhang Bin's eyes were like electricity, swept the audience, and even saw a few colleagues.

The two arrived one after another, and Wu Chengjie yelled again, which had already alarmed everyone, and they all looked at them and talked about it, of course, Zhang Bin was inevitably despised and ridiculed again.

Walking to the middle of the hall, Zhang Bin suddenly stopped, turned around and asked loudly to Wu Chengjie, who was catching up, "Wu Chengjie, let me ask you, I was stripped naked and hanged seven days ago, what the hell is going on, do you want to murder me and frame my innocence?"

"Hahaha" Wu Chengjie laughed wildly and said loudly, "Zhang Bin, you're right, I drunk you seven days ago, then stripped you of your clothes, and hung you up, trying to kill you and make you ruined, but I didn't expect you to die, it's a pity"

The audience was already in an uproar, and the pot exploded, and many people suddenly realized that their expressions were very different when they looked at Zhang Bin, and their expressions were even more wonderful when they looked at Wu Chengjie.

Wu Chengjie's entourage ran over and covered Wu Chengjie's mouth, and said loudly, "Don't take it seriously, our son drank too much, and just now he was talking nonsense." ”

After speaking, this very capable entourage forcibly took Wu Chengjie away from the Red Moon Tower.

Zhang Bin's plan tonight went very smoothly, proving his innocence, and knowing that the moon slave turned out to be a secret spy of the Western Xia Kingdom, it can be said that he gained a lot, but at this time he was not happy at all.

"The woman named Yuenu was worried that Zhang Bin would react, and took the initiative to confess to the Song army's main general, which led to the readjustment of the city defense deployment, so she asked Wu Chengjie to kill Zhang Bin and kill him."

"It's a big deal." Zhang Bin and the two colleagues present said a few words casually, then hurriedly said goodbye, and got into the carriage with a gloomy expression, the beads of sweat on his forehead gurgled down, and the sweat soaked his thin clothes almost instantly.

"Now that I'm not dead, I'm afraid that woman named Moon Slave will send someone to kill me."

"But even so, after the news is leaked, I will definitely be ruined, the history of the death of Zhang Zai's second son is unknown, the death is strange, and afterwards he and Zhang Zai have a bad relationship, most of the things are exposed"

Thinking clearly about the situation in front of him, Zhang Bin was sweating profusely, but he was helpless for a while