Soldiers come to the world

After writing the letter, Liu Jing ordered a soldier to send the letter to Changsha. At this time, a soldier reported outside the house: "Report to the prefect, General Guan Ping is asking to see you outside the city!"

This time, Liu Jing didn't go out of the city to greet him. He knew what Guan Ping was doing, and Guan Yu's army was withdrawing on a large scale. How could he not know?

Liu Bei was in a hurry to withdraw to Nanjun, even though he wanted to improve his reputation by resisting Cao, now that Liu Biao had passed away, Jingzhou had undergone great changes, and improving his reputation was not as important as supporting a Jingzhou shepherd.

Liu Jing can fully understand Liu Bei's urgency, and Liu Bei's withdrawal may not be a bad thing, at least Liu Jing alone will enjoy the bonus of resisting Cao.

Liu Jing nodded and smiled, "Please come in!"

Not long after, Guan Ping hurried in, bowed and saluted, "See Mr. Jing!"

"General Guan, long time no see, please sit down!"

Liu Jing smiled and asked Guan Ping to sit down. Guan Ping took out Liu Bei's handwritten letter and put it on the table.

But he didn't rush to read the letter, and said to Guan Ping with a smile on his face: "We haven't seen each other for about two years!"

When Liu Jing first arrived in Jingzhou, he had a good friendship with Guan Ping, especially in the Battle of Xinye, when Liu Jing was surrounded by Cao Jun, Guan Ping and Zhao Yun risked their lives to save him, Liu Jing has always engraved this life-saving grace in his heart .

Three years ago, Liu Jing specially ordered someone to send a BMW named 'Moyu' to Guan Ping to express his gratitude.

Just as Liu Jing never forgot Guan Ping's life-saving grace, Guan Ping also never forgot Liu Jing's virtue of gifting a horse. Seeing Liu Jing's sincere smile, he also felt a kind of kindness like meeting an old friend in his heart.

"Yes! I remember the last time we met was when I passed Wuchang by boat, and I would like to thank you for your kind hospitality."

The two chatted for a while, and Liu Jing turned the topic to the one thing he was most concerned about. He pondered for a while and asked, "How is the situation of General Zilong now? Since the last time he returned to his hometown to visit the grave, I rarely listen to him." I heard about him, I only heard that he went to train."

Mentioning Zhao Yun, Guan Ping couldn't help feeling sad. Since Zhao Yun returned from Changshan County three years ago, he has been gradually alienated by the lord, and was named a military training lieutenant. Although his official position is not low, he has no military power.

He was only in charge of training troops in Wuling County, sending out batches of recruits, sending out batches of veterans, and repeating the cycle. It has been three years now, and all the generals have complained about Zhao Yun, but he himself seems to have never complained.

In fact, Guan Ping also guessed that Zhao Yun's neglect was related to Liu Jing. Sometimes he couldn't help asking his father about it, but what he got was angrily reprimanded.

Guan Ping let out a long sigh and said, "Sometimes, I also think Zilong is better with you!"

Guan Ping immediately felt inappropriate when he said this, how could he say such a thing, if his father knew about it, he would have to beat himself to death.

"Why?" Liu Jing asked reluctantly.

"It's nothing, I have to go, the boat won't wait for me, we'll meet later!" Guan Ping knew that he had slipped his words, and suddenly he was flustered, and he didn't dare to say any more, so he got up and left.

"There will be a period later!"

Liu Jing watched him go away with a smile, then slowly walked to the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the sunset in the distance, the clouds in the sky were dyed red by the sunset, and Liu Jing's face was also red.

Liu Jing thought of the first time he met Zhao Yun in Rangshan six years ago, and thought of Zhao Yun's brotherly smile. He had no relatives in this era in Jingzhou, and only Zhao Yun made him feel a trace of family affection.

Liu Jing silently looked at the clouds that were gradually darkening, and thought of Zhao Yun being alone in Wuling County, he couldn't help but feel infinitely sad, when Zilong would be willing to fight side by side with him.

After pondering for a long time, he sat down and wrote a letter to Zhao Yun, carefully sealed it, and asked loudly, "Is Li Qing back yet?"

"The humble job is back!"

Li Qing walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee, "Please tell the eunuch!"

Liu Jing handed the letter to him, "Take fifty brothers and go to Wuling County, bring me some local products from Jingzhou to General Zhao Yun, and also give this letter to General Zhao."

Li Qing quickly agreed, took the letter and hurried out.

Then Liu Jing took Liu Bei's letter from the table, opened it carefully, and the contents inside made him sneer again and again. Liu Bei invited him to respect Liu Qi as the master, promised to make him a partial general, and recommended him to the Han Emperor as Marquis of Wuchang , Liu Bei really knows how to make wishful thinking, but he is so wishful thinking, why does he think he will agree to him?

But at the end of the letter, Liu Jing was stunned. In the last few words, Liu Bei actually threatened himself. If he did not agree to the merger, his real identity would be announced to the world, ruining his reputation. He has evidence in hand.

This naked threat immediately made Liu Jing furious, he stood up angrily, grabbed the inkstone on the table and threw it at the wall, "Big ear thief, go to hell!"

'Snapped! ' With a crisp sound, the inkstone fell to pieces, and the black ink flowed all over the wall.

Liu Jing looked out of the window with a livid face. It turned out that Liu Bei really knew his true identity. He clearly knew that he was a fake, but he had endured it for so many years, and there was still evidence in his hand. What kind of evidence is it?

Liu Jing forced himself to calm down, feeling a little worried. Although Liu Biao was dead, if Liu Qi declared himself a counterfeit and presented so-called evidence, many people would still believe him. This would be a very tricky matter.

Liu Jing slowly closed his eyes, what evidence does Liu Bei have?

At this moment, Xu Shu rushed over excitedly, "Prefect, there is good news!"

Xu Shu suddenly stopped in his tracks, looking at the ink flowing down the wall and the inkstone fragments all over the floor in surprise, what happened?

He turned his head and looked at Liu Jing's soldiers behind him. The soldiers shook their heads, expressing their ignorance, which confused Xu Shu. Why was Liu Jing angry?

Liu Jing has calmed down, sighed and said: "I am annoyed by Liu Bei's withdrawal of troops. This person is extremely hypocritical. He sent Guan Ping to find me just now, asking us to merge the two armies and obey Liu Qi as the master. I am furious."

Xu Shu glanced at the ink marks on the wall again, feeling a little strange in his heart, with Liu Jing's calmness, he would not get angry about such a thing, at most he just laughed it off, could there be other secrets?

Xu Shu didn't ask any further questions, but shook his head and said with a smile: "The prefect needn't be annoyed by this kind of thing. We didn't count on them to fight Cao's army. Liu Bei's idea of ​​merging the two is just wishful thinking."

Liu Jing didn't want to mention this matter, so she nodded, "Okay! We won't mention this matter, what good news do you have?"

Xu Shu quickly took out a letter and handed it to Liu Jing with a smile, "This is the letter I just received from Deng Yi in Zhizhong. He expressed that he does not support Liu Cong as Jingzhou shepherd. I hope I can persuade the prefect to succeed Jingzhou shepherd."

This is good news, Deng Yi is Deng Wu's clan uncle, Deng Yi supports him, Liu Jing is not surprised, but Deng Yi is the fourth person in Jingzhou, and the Deng family has very deep connections in Nanyang, this good news really makes him He feels better.

Liu Jing immediately wrote a reply letter and handed it to Xu Shudao: "You send someone to keep in touch with Deng Yi. I hope he can stay in Xiangyang and serve as my internal correspondent in the Xiangyang officialdom."

"The eunuch is really thoughtful, I'll arrange for the delivery!"

Xu Shu left, and the two soldiers began to clean up the ink and debris on the ground. At this time, Liu Jing had been relieved of his anger towards Liu Bei. He had no time to take care of this matter for the time being, and began to consider Xiangyang's countermeasures.

In fact, Deng Yi's suggestion is also good. If Liu Zong's Jingzhou shepherd is not recognized, he can establish himself as Jingzhou shepherd. At least Liu Biao's last will is to let him succeed. Nominal subordination.

On the other hand, Deng Yi's allegiance also shows the division within Xiangyang, but he can make full use of Deng Yi to win over officials in Xiangyang for himself.

Considering the internal split in Xiangyang, Liu Jing suddenly remembered something, and immediately ordered his soldiers: "Go to General Wen's camp and invite General Cai Jin for me!"

. . . . . .

There are more than a hundred villages, large and small, scattered around Xiangyang. The most famous village is Caili, which is also the place where the Cai clan lives together. It is located in the northwest, about ten miles away from Xiangyang City.

Caili is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery. The Tanxi River, which is more than ten feet wide, flows through the village like a jade belt, dividing the village into two. The old house of the Cai family is located on the west bank of the Tanxi River.

At night, under the heavy darkness, three hundred stone boats slowly stopped at the pier of Cai's old house.

After more than a month of confrontation, the ships near Xiangyang had already been requisitioned by the army. Therefore, the arrival of these three ships immediately attracted the attention of the gatekeeper of the Cai Mansion, and an old man came up with a lantern.

"Uncle Mi, it's me!"

Cai Jin jumped off the big boat and asked with a smile, "Is my father there?"

"Second master is here, just came back from Xiangyang."

As the old man answered, his eyes fell on the young man behind Cai Jin. He was tall and burly. Although he was dressed in ordinary clothes, he showed an extraordinary aura in his gestures and gestures.

The old man only felt that this person looked familiar, and he picked up the lantern to take a closer look, and was immediately shocked. This young man turned out to be Liu Jing, and he was a little panicked.

Cai Jin comforted him with a smile, "Uncle Mi, don't be afraid, Taishou Liu just came to visit my father, there is no malice, but Uncle Mi please don't make it public."

The old man recovered from his shock, and quickly nodded in agreement, "Don't worry, my lord, I won't talk too much."

Cai Jin turned to Liu Jing and said, "The prefect wait a moment, I'll go see my father first."

Liu Jing nodded, "Go! I'll wait here."

Cai Jin hurried into the mansion, Liu Jing stood with his hands behind his back, patiently waiting for the news of Cai Jin, the so-called one mother gave birth to nine sons, and the nine sons were different. Although Cai Mao was his political opponent in the officialdom and had a personal conflict of interest with him, But it doesn't mean that everyone in the Cai family is like this.

Especially Cai Jin appeared in the Cai family, and Cai Mao, the head of the family, had nothing to do with Cai Jin. Cai Yan served as the prefect of Badong County.

This point was also confirmed from Cai Jin's mouth. If Cai Yan turns to support himself, it will play a decisive role in stabilizing Xiangyang County for him in the future.

It was with this in mind that Liu Jing decided to visit Cai Yan in person.

Cai Jin quickly came to the yard where his father lived. Seeing that the light in the study room was still on, he immediately felt relieved. He knocked on the door and said in a loud voice, "Father, the child has something urgent to report."

"Come in!"

Cai Jin opened the door and entered the room, but was stunned for a moment. The room was brightly lit, and his father and grandfather were sitting opposite each other. What were they discussing?

Cai Yan went to Xiangyang to worship Liu Biao during the day, and just returned to the mansion. He wanted to go to the backyard to report his father's situation, but Cai Xun was more anxious than him and came to find him first.

The father and son were discussing the situation in Xiangyang, but Cai Jin came. Cai Yan glanced at his son, saw his hesitation, and asked with a smile, "What's the matter?"

Cai Jin glanced at his grandfather, he didn't know whether he should tell his grandfather, at this moment, Cai Xun saw his hesitation towards him, and said a little displeased: "Jin'er, is there anything you need to keep from your grandfather?"

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