(Thanks to the three Yellow Tooth book friends for their tips)

Looking at Su Jin's triumphant face, Li Zhihe was confused for a while, if what Su Jin said was true, this guy was an out-and-out scoundrel, he even dared to do such a thing, what else did he dare not do?

"Then ...... Then you used this to blackmail Yan Sansi and ask him to agree to marry the daughter of the Yan family to you? ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "Exactly, unless he secretly slaughtered me, he can only marry his niece to me, Yan Sansi is a benevolent gentleman, how could he poison me because of this, so I naturally became the son-in-law of the Yan family." ”

"Then you have to ask Yan Sansi to help you up and down, and even ...... It may even be cheating and winning the top prize in the undergraduate? ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "I found that you are getting smarter and smarter, and you will rush to answer, I won't say much else, I just tell you that the chief examiner of the undergraduate examination is Yan Sansi, do you understand?" ”

Li Zhihe stretched out his sleeves to wipe the beads of sweat on his forehead, nodded and said in a low voice: "Understood...... Got it. ”

Su Jin Zhengse said: "This is a big secret, today you and I saw it at first sight, and scolded me to tell you this secret, but if a third party knows, you must say it; I can't cure you if I am a small official, but how can Yan Sansi allow you to talk nonsense, you can pinch your calves and stomach to weigh it. ”

Li Zhihe said: "No, how can I use this matter to go out to publicize it, and if it is related to the reputation of Yan Sansi, even if I give me a few guts, I don't dare." I felt remorseful in my heart, I didn't come to listen to him if I knew it, and I had no reason to take on my part, which was more troublesome.

However, Li Zhihe has not let down his guard, and Su Jin's words have not been completely confirmed, even if it is quite reasonable to speculate, but what does this have to do with Su Jin's intention to join his gang to make money? I still need to ask again.

"Since you are already the son-in-law of the east bed of the Yan Mansion, why did you come to this border place as an official? There is war here, the place is barren, even if you want to fish for oil and water, you don't need to come to Weizhou. ”

"You don't understand this, my uncle said, since it is a family, the starting point must be high, and it can be left in the capital as an official, but according to the regulations of the imperial court, even the champion can only start from the six or seven grade officials, so that it will take at least seven or eight years to get to the level of the fourth grade prefect, and there can be no mistakes in between; My uncle came up with an idea, the border towns are more difficult, the imperial court is willing to come here as an official are given preferential treatment, the purpose is to encourage officials to come to the border state as officials, it happens that Weizhou Zhizhou is vacant, so Yan Sansi looked for the emperor to get me to Weizhou to be an official, this is not a four-grade official all of a sudden, more energetic. ”

"But...... Weizhou is a place of war, you are not afraid of war, once Weizhou City is lost, then it will ......"

"Bah, bah, bah...... Crow's beak! How can it be so easy to lose, after fighting with the West Thief for three or four years, when has Weizhou City been lost? Besides, my uncle can say, now the western thief is also a big injury, the country is already full of famine, starvation is everywhere, and he is forced to start a war with our Great Song Dynasty, in less than half a year, the Western thief will definitely ask for peace with the Great Song Dynasty, and at that time we will be meritorious men who guard the border, and we can be transferred back to the capital to be promoted. ”

Li Zhihe was secretly frightened, what Yan Shu said was indeed the conclusion he had analyzed, he was on the border, and he had dealt with the West Thief too many times, and the West Thief's movements in every period of time reflected their psychology.

At the beginning of the war, the Western Xia soldiers were not frequently dispatched, but once the attack was a large-scale onslaught, and they did not hesitate to use tens of thousands of horses to fight a big battle, which shows that they were very confident, so confident that they thought that they could defeat the main force of the Western Northern Song army with one or two general battles.

And now, the number of thieves dispatched by the west is several times more frequent than before, but the number is much less, most of them are small groups of cavalry that loot and sweep on a small scale, and their purpose is not to attack the city, but to rob the property and grain and plunder cattle, sheep and livestock for the purpose, such frequent and urgent looting, can only show that they are in the shortage of materials, otherwise how can they let the small group of cavalry risk being surrounded and annihilated to send out frequently?

In fact, the Song army on Jingyuan Road and Huanqing Road has successfully annihilated several such cavalry squads, and Di Qing of Yanzhou Mansion on Huanqing Road has become famous in such a small-scale battle, and under his command he has already won the head of more than 500 Western Xia cavalry.

Li Zhihe understood that Su Jin's words were true, and looking at Su Jin's appearance, he would never be able to analyze the subtle changes in the situation, so what Yan Shu said must have been said by Yan Shu himself.

"However, since Lord Su is already a guest of the Yan Mansion, how can he have such a strong demand for money? It's a bit incredible to open and close your mouth for thousands of miles for officials and just for money. ”

Su Jin was stunned and said, "What's incredible? Do you think that I am the son-in-law of the Yan Mansion, and the Yan family's money will be spent by me? The Yan family is rich, but that's other people's money, understand? My wife and I got married, and Yan Sansi did give a lot of dowry, but can I move the money? That's a woman's money, and even if I don't have a good time, I won't squander my lady's money. ”

Li Zhihe nodded yes, but said in his heart: You are virtuous, you can make the stomach of an adult woman a scoundrel, but at this time, you are pretending to be noble.

"Besides, I originally had two small amounts of money, enough for my own expenses, but since I became a relative of Yanfu, my money has been spent like running water, and it is not enough at all; I'm not afraid of your jokes, I'm in a lot of foreign debt. ”

Li Zhihe was stunned and said, "Why is this?" ”

Su Jin shook his head and said, "Hey, you are a relative who doesn't have a big official, how can you understand?" The relatives of the Yan family are all over the capital, which family is not a figure with a head and a face? With these people, can you spend less money? My lady doesn't want to lose face, the house should be big, there should be more servants, the food should not be too bad, the carriage should be good when you go out, and the horses in our family eat all the fine materials, in order to go out energetically, the hair color is shiny, so that outsiders look envious, don't you say that this is not full of food? ”

Li Zhihe suddenly realized, but also deeply sympathetic, he understands the extravagant atmosphere of the capital, when the big families gather, the topic is often very gossipy, whose horse pulling the cart is unkempt like a wild donkey, whose gatehouse is short like a thatched house Yunyun will become the talk after tea and dinner, the official eunuchs and their relatives meet and gather not to have anything serious to talk about, but mainly to fight the rich and expensive, whose jewelry is expensive, whose carriage is luxurious, whose servants are more, and the clothes are bright, this is the focus of comparison.

Su Jinwu complained to himself: "You are like last month, the third lady of Yan Sansi made his thirtieth birthday, and Fu Bi, another son-in-law of the Yan family, gave a gift of nearly 10,000 yuan, you said that you are also the son-in-law of Yan Mansion, can I give less?" I gritted my teeth and stomped my feet to give a gift of 15,000 yuan, damn it, I have face, but my waist bag is deflated, what kind of life do you tell me? ”

Looking at Su Jin's sad face, Li Zhihe actually felt sympathy for Su Jin, and at the same time gloated, who told you to the belly of the adult's daughter, you just fell into this trap, and you deserved to be dragged to death.

"But Master Su, you don't know the situation in Weizhou City, the farmers and businesses here are stagnant, and you can't even collect a penny of taxes, so you can't make money even if you want to get here."

Su Jin stared at Li Zhihe and shook his head and smacked his lips: "It seems that I have been talking to Li Jianjun for a long time, it is equivalent to talking in vain, Li Jianjun is not a friend enough, I told you everything, but you still hide it from me, if it was according to my temper in the past, I would have scolded it a long time ago; But since I have become an official, I also have to learn some physique, since Li Jianjun is not a friend enough, I can't afford to stick a hot face to your cold ass, and I will take my leave, and I will pack up and go back to Beijing tomorrow, so we won't be angry here. ”

Li Zhihe hurriedly stopped Su Jin, who was about to leave, and said hesitantly: "Lord Su, don't be angry, I really don't know where to make money here, Lord Mo Ruosu points out a way, so that the official will follow?" ”

Su Jin took a sip and said, "Do you take me for a fool?" You are all secretly in full swing, I just want a piece of the pie, but you came to be a bitch to set up an archway, and I look down on you a little; I made it clear, Lord Sansi is my uncle, I begged him to make a big stroke of the pen, and the grain and grass materials sent to Weizhou will be doubled or halved, you want to make money but you have to look at my face, either everyone gets rich, or they scatter in two; As soon as I leave, I will ensure that you will have no food and no pay in March, do you believe it or not? ”

Li Zhihe sighed secretly, I'd rather mess with a gentleman than a villain, this one in front of him is an out-and-out villain and a scoundrel, it seems that if he is not dragged into the gang, this guy will definitely make Weizhou City a mess; And what moved Li Zhihe even more was Su Jin's words just now, Su Jin and Yan Shu have a close relationship, if he is in Weizhou, are you afraid that there will be a steady stream of grain and grass materials? At present, in addition to military rations, there is not much surplus grain to sell, and there is still a big gap in Weizhou City.

Li Zhihe was both moved and hesitant, both wanting to agree and faintly feeling afraid, he suddenly rubbed his hands and hesitated.