"Don't mention it, it's a mess!"

Manager Wang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Liu Jing arrived this afternoon, but as a result, he got off the boat and was seriously injured. I witnessed it with my own eyes that both legs were broken and hung on the city wall. The Cai family was so angry that they were crazy, but there was no movement on the Zhoumu side."

“Is that fun?”

Lu Ji became even more interested and asked quickly: "Why did Liu Jing beat someone? Did it happen by chance or planned?"

Manager Wang hesitated and said, "It seems to be a coincidence, because Cai Zhong first scolded the soldiers who greeted Liu Jing, which angered Liu Jing, but I feel that things are not simple, because Liu Jing punished Cai Zhong with the excuse of Jiang Xia's defeat, which won the respect of the army. From this point of view, it feels that he deliberately scolded Cai Zhong again."

Lu Ji just asked casually, nodded, took out a letter and handed it to Manager Wang, "This is the letter Wu Hou has given you. What Wu Hou wants you to do is in the letter. I am just going to Jingzhou to envoy you, I will not ask about your affairs."

Manager Wang respectfully took the letter and read it carefully under the lamp. In the letter, he asked them to create public opinion and help Liu Jing get to power. Manager Wang nodded slowly and said to himself: "I will definitely not disappoint Mr. Wu."

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Liu Jing also lives in the Tao Trading Company in Fancheng. Although he has a small house in Fancheng, considering his safety, the soldiers who guard him are determined not to let him live in the small house.

It was already late at night, and most of the soldiers were asleep. Liu Jing's room was still bright and there was a faint shadow on the window screen. Liu Jing did not rest and was discussing the next countermeasures with Xu Shu.

The re-attack of Cai Zhong today is also beyond the plan for Liu Jing, but this incident also has both advantages and disadvantages for him. The disadvantages are obvious. Cai Zhong's crime in the Battle of Jiangxia is not his turn to deal with it. This is the power of the provincial governor, but he surpassed the authority to serve as a substitute and committed the crime of deceiving the emperor.

The interests are also obvious. On the one hand, it can win the reputation of the military, win the respect of the soldiers, and gain the morale of the army.

On the other hand, if Liu Jing and the Cai family publicly make enemies, then all the accusations against him will be marked as a public revenge, thus losing the fairness and persuasion, which is not conducive to Cai Mao's support from other senior officials.

Therefore, weighing the pros and cons and fighting Cai Zhong harder is still more beneficial than disadvantages. This is also the decision made by Liu Jing after a quick judgment. As Liu Jing's planner, Xu Shu did not object. He just felt that Liu Jing was a little impulsive and made an irreversible major decision without careful consideration.

What if Cai Mao supports Liu Jing in Jiangxia's affairs? Of course, the possibility is not great, but Liu Jing should at least see the situation clearly before making a decision. His impulsiveness is definitely not a kingly way.

"I just hope Sima can be more cautious next time and think twice before doing everything."

Xu Shu implicitly pointed out the mistakes made by Liu Jing, and Liu Jing knew them well and bowed to him and said, "Liu Jing remembers the criticism of Mr. Liu Jing. Think twice before doing anything in the future."

Xu Shu felt that he was not humble and was just dealing with himself, but Xu Shu had no choice but to change the topic, "What happened to Cai Zhong today, and the Cai family will inevitably have countermeasures. So will our plan change?"

Liu Jing pondered for a moment: "I met the provincial governor today. I feel that Xiangyang does not have a clear strategy for the Jiangxia incident. Maybe they don't know how to deal with it. We don't need to change our plans and respond to changes in the same way. In the next few days, we will seize the time to win over the talents in Jingxiang. I plan to visit Pang Degong at Lumen Academy tomorrow morning."

Xu Shu laughed, "Then I'll visit Kong Ming and see what his attitude is?"

Liu Jing shook his head, "Niang Jiu is going to see Mrs. Huang tomorrow. She promised to test Mrs. Huang's idea for me. Actually, I don't think Kong Ming will tell the truth, but his wife may reveal some of his ideas. I suggest that Yuan Zhi ignore Kong Ming for the time being."

Xu Shu smiled and said, "So Sima has this trick. Kongming's back door caught fire. I'll learn it!"

Xu Shu laughed calmly and asked again: "What will I do tomorrow?"

Liu Jing stretched out his body for a long time and smiled lazily: "I don't think you should do anything. As long as you show up in Longzhong tomorrow, there will definitely be a constant stream of people coming to find you."

Only then did Xu Shu understand what Liu Jing meant. He originally wanted to use himself as bait to catch those northern gentry who were not met with talent.

"Since that's the case, I won't care about Jiangxia Academy."

Liu Jing waved his hand quickly, "Just make a joke with you. I still have to ask you to be responsible for the matter of Jiangxia Academy, but tomorrow you will first explore the situation in Longzhong Town."

Xu Shu nodded silently. At this moment, a soldier outside the door reported: "Report to Sima, a young officer came outside the door and said he had a sword contest with Sima!"

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Cai Jin inquired for a long time before finally learning that Liu Jing lived in the Tao Trading Company. At this time, Cai Jin was standing outside the gate of the Trading Company, like a straight tree stump, waiting quietly for Liu Jing to come out.

There was a sound of footsteps in the gate, and Liu Jing walked out under the escort of more than a dozen soldiers. Compared with two years ago, both of them had a great change. Two years ago, both of them were sixteen or seventeen years old, and now they are both adults.

If Liu Jing's changes mainly lie in his temperament, then Cai Jin's changes lie in his appearance. What Liu Jing saw was an officer with neatly trimmed beard on his lips and two inches long beard left on his jaw, which he almost didn't recognize.

"It's you!"

Liu Jing laughed, "Brother Cai, it's been a long time since we met."

Cai Jin bowed and bowed to Liu Jing, "Liu Sima, we had made an appointment to compete in swords again on the first day of October, but the October war was fierce and there was no time to take care of it. Now the war has subsided, and Liu Sima is in Xiangyang again. I asked Liu Sima, would you like to fulfill the agreement?"

Liu Jing smiled, "Cai Junhou is indeed a believer. Since I have agreed, I will not regret it. Except for tomorrow, the location and time will be decided by Cai Junhou."

Cai Jin was secretly shocked. It was only two months ago that he was promoted to military marquis. Liu Jing actually knew it. Could it be that he could hear or not in Xiangyang?

Cai Jin was not too surprised. He had made arrangements. Since Liu Jing agreed, he immediately said: "Then the morning after tomorrow, at the Xiangyang South School. I hope to compete with Liu Sima immediately!"

The day after tomorrow, Liu Jing had no arrangements for the time being, so he nodded happily, "Then we will make up for it!"

Cai gave a gift, turned around and left, Liu Jing stopped him, "Cai Junhou, please stay."

"What else does Sima Liu do?" Cai Jin turned around and asked.

Liu Jing pondered for a moment, stared at Cai Jin's eyes and said, "The competition between us has nothing to do with the family."

Cai Jin nodded, "It has nothing to do with the Cai family!"

He turned around and left quickly, gradually disappearing into the night. Liu Jing looked at his back and couldn't help but say to himself: "This person is a Wenpin disciple."

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The next morning, Liu Jing led more than a hundred soldiers, Xu Shu and Tao Zhan to Longzhong together. Tao Zhan took his maid Ajiao and Xiao Baozi to sit in a carriage. If nothing unexpected happens, she would stay in Zhuge's mansion for two days and talk about the past with Zhuge's wife Huang Yueying.

It is also a kind of fate. Tao Zhan and Huang Yueying met by chance at a party, and the two became close friends and wrote letters for more than a year.

Huang Yueying repeatedly invited her to visit Longzhong, but Tao Zhan thought of Liu Biao's order and felt very disgusted with Xiangyang. If it weren't for Liu Jing's request this time, she wouldn't have come to Xiangyang.

The carriage passed the Han River from the west pier of Fancheng and headed towards Longzhong along the mountainous area.

Returning to his old residence, Xu Shu was extremely interested. He rode his horse on the way to introduce the scenic spots in Longzhong, an ordinary forest, a clear pool of pools of water, and an alien rock. Under his rendering, the story became vivid.

Among them, Xiao Baozi was most fascinated by her. She asked from time to time, "Mr. Xu, do you say that the tears were transformed by the fairy's tears, just a tear?"

Xu Shu laughed, "I don't know the specifics, it's probably just a tear!"

"But the fairy is also a woman. When a woman crys, she tears all over her. There should be a lot of pools of water nearby, right?"

Tao Zhan listened to her questioning in the car, and couldn't help but laugh, "The fairy moved for three thousand miles, and tears should be scattered all the way. From now on, aren't there any lakes all the way?"

"So that's how it is!" Xiao Baozi whispered, his tone very serious, as if the fairy's tears turned into a lake.

Xu Shu asked again with a smile: "Miss Tao, you are going to find Mrs. Huang today. Does she know you are here?"

"It should be known that I wrote a quick letter before leaving. Yesterday I asked the sender and said that the letter had been delivered to Zhuge Mansion."

Through the gauze curtain, Tao Zhan couldn't help but look at Liu Jing secretly. She found that Liu Jing was very silent today. Xu Shu told many allusions along the way, including the soldiers. Everyone listened with relish, but Liu Jing was a little restless, as if he was thinking about something, and he didn't say a word along the way.

Tao Zhan thought to himself, ‘What's wrong with him today?’

Xu Shu found that Tao Zhan was suddenly silent and felt a little strange. He glanced at Liu Jing and realized that Liu Jing had not said a word along the way. He urged him to come forward and slowly approached Liu Jing, "Sima, what happened?"

Liu Jing shook his head, "It's nothing big, but I'm just thinking about the meeting with my uncle last night, and I always feel a little weird."

"Can Sima talk?"

"During the sacrifice at the beginning of the year, my uncle was still radiant and energetic. But when I saw him last night, I found that he had suddenly become ten years older, his hair and beard were nearly half of his skin, his back was loose, and he felt a little hunched. I felt something was wrong."

"Sima suspects someone is poisoning?"

A look of suspicion flashed in Liu Jing's eyes, "I didn't ask about this, but I still think he was in a conspiracy. I was thinking, if someone really poisoned him, who would it be?"

Xu Shu pondered for a moment and said, "If you poison it and don't be noticed by the provincial governor, you can only be the closest person. Maybe someone bribed the guards and maids around him, or maybe it was the ones around him."

Liu Jing could not imagine who poisoned him for a moment, but he knew very well. Although he also knew that Liu Biao died five years later in history, Liu Jing also knew in his heart that since his arrival, the ship of history had begun to deviate from the channel.

He can no longer consider the issue according to the historical development context. Liu Biao is likely to die early. Once Liu Biao dies and Cao Cao's army has not yet gone south, Jingzhou will be trapped in great chaos. Who can be the lord of Jingzhou when he falls?

This will be a huge challenge and an opportunity for him, Liu Jing.

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Chapter completed!