Liu Jing led the horse and Liu Hu all the way, and soon arrived at the dock, got on the ferry, and the boat sailed to the north shore.

As soon as the ship arrived at the center of the Han River, Liu Jing suddenly saw a public boat coming towards him. He knew everyone on the ship. He quickly waved his hand and shouted: "Cao Wu!"

When the people on the public boat saw him, they hurriedly approached and stopped the ferry. The leader was Cao Ke, who was ranked fifth, so everyone called him Cao Wu.

The two ships leaned together, and Cao Wu said anxiously: "Super Cao, something happened!"

"What happened?" Liu Jing felt a little unhappy. Today was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and Cao Wu called something wrong. This is not a good omen.

"Super Cao, Zhang Ping was captured."

'Zhang Ping!' Liu Jing was stunned. Why was it him again? He asked unhappily: "Who was captured?"

"I was captured by Gan Ning's subordinates, just midnight last night."

Liu Jing frowned. How could Zhang Ping get involved with Gan Ning? At this time, he thought, it was wrong! Zhang Ping was not on duty yesterday or today, so what did he do?

"what is going on?"

Cao Wu glanced at the boatman next to him and hesitated, "Can you change the boat by Supervisor Cao?"

After getting on the public boat, Liu Jing sat down and asked, "Tell me! What happened?"

"Today, Zhang Ping shouldn't be on duty, but he suddenly ran over in the middle of the night and changed shifts with Yang Shun on duty. Then he went out for a tour in the middle of the night and brought more than a dozen brothers. Just as dawn today, Gan Ning sent someone to send a message saying that Zhang Ping and more than a dozen brothers were in his hands and asked the governor to go over and talk about it. We don't know what the specific situation is."

This is strange. What did Zhang Ping come out to do in the middle of the night? Liu Jing pondered for a moment. Even if he didn't care about Zhang Ping, he was in charge of more than a dozen brothers.

Liu Jing asked, "Where is Gan Ning now?"

"It seems to be somewhere west of Fancheng."

At this time, Liu Hu next to him said, "In Fengyi Pavilion."

"Yes! It's at Fengyi Pavilion."

Liu Jing immediately ordered: "Change to Fengyi Pavilion!"

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The place where Ganning is stationed is in Fengyi Pavilion west of Fancheng. There is a harbor and water, and there are dozens of official rooms on the shore. This is actually a boating post station. Officials passing by boat arrive. If they are tired from darkness, they can stay in this post station.

Liu Biao simply assigned the inn to Gan Ning, allowing him and his subordinates to stay here for a long time, and gave them money and food on time every month. In fact, he was to raise Gan Ning in Fancheng, neither using him nor treating him badly, nor destroying Liu Biao's reputation, and also eliminating the biggest trouble of water thieves in Jingxiang.

Liu Biao used the excuse to recommend Gan Ning as the General of the Central Army to the court, and according to the normal process, from a few months to a few years or two, it would delay indefinitely.

There is indeed a pavilion next to the post station called Fengyi Pavilion. The post station is also named after this pavilion. The pavilion is built on a rockery mountain, about seven or eight feet high. Sitting in the pavilion, you can overlook the Han River, watch the river rolling south, with a wide view, which makes you feel refreshed.

Liu Jing stood in front of the wind with his hands behind his back, and a fishy river breeze blew into his face, blowing his hair fluttering, the mountains and rivers were like picturesque, the river went east, and the turbid waves rolled. This scene made Liu Jing's heart tide.

At this time, a burst of rapid footsteps came from behind. Liu Jing turned around and it was Gan Ning who walked towards Fengyiting.

Seeing that he was no longer open his chest and exposed his arms like last time, he wore a blue hero cloak, a brocade belt, and a crown scarf on his head. The thief's heroic spirit disappeared, and he had a bit of elegant temperament.

"General Gan's outfit is unrecognizable."

Gan Ning smiled and waved his hand. The two subordinates spread mats in the pavilion and put on more than a dozen other dishes. Gan Ning smiled slightly, "I have long wanted to invite Mr. Jing to have a glass of water and wine. Can I sit together with you?"

"General Gan is polite."

Liu Jing bowed his hand, and didn't hesitate, and sat down directly. Gan Ning also sat down, poured him a glass of wine, with apologies in his eyes, "Young Master is kind to me, but I caught my subordinates. I apologize to you first. This fact is a forced one."

Liu Jing slowly drank wine without saying anything. He knew that Gan Ning had a deep meaning to arrest Zhang Ping.

Gan Ning sighed and his expression became solemn, "Things are a bit complicated. Let me say it slowly. In fact, the root of this incident was the Battle of Runan more than two months ago."

"The Battle of Runan?" Liu Jing frowned. He was so familiar with the battle.

"Yes."

Gan Ning nodded and said, "After the Battle of Runan, Cao Cao's brother Cao Hong handled the funeral of Runan. According to Cao Cao's killing order, the thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers captured were to be killed to eliminate future troubles. However, Cao Hong was determined to kill only a small part of them, and sold the rest as privately as slaves to make money. I also received news, so I ordered my subordinates to pretend to be a businessman, buy 500 military slaves, and prepare to resell them in Jingzhou."

Liu Jing was a little too big. It was not impossible to buy and sell slaves, but they had to be registered with the government. Each slave must be registered one by one by the government. If it was not registered by the government, it was a crime of private slave trafficking. If the number was large, it would become a serious crime.

Gan Ning even bought Cao's prisoners of war in private, which was even more serious. Once Liu Biao found out, it would cause big trouble. Why did Gan Ning be a little confused?

Gan Ning seemed to know Liu Jing's thoughts and smiled bitterly: "When I bought slaves, I had not yet surrendered to the provincial governor, but I also knew that this was a bit troublesome, so I sent my men to do it. But somehow, this matter was revealed and Zhang Yun knew about it. As far as I know, he also asked someone to buy military slaves in Runan, and now he turned to make a decision on me."

"You mean, he wants to snatch the slaves in your hands?" Liu Jing probably understood a little. Why did Zhang Ping come to the middle of the night last night, which must be related to this matter.

“That’s exactly that!”

Gan Ning nodded, "This group of young and strong slaves bought one tael of gold at that time, and could be sold for ten taels by one tael of gold. Five hundred people were five thousand taels of gold, which was enough for my subordinates to spend a year, so this transaction was very important to me. However, when Zhang Yun found out that I had these slaves in my hand, he asked someone to come to me and wanted to buy them for three taels of gold. Of course, I did not agree. Zhang Yun became angry and made a harsh statement, saying that if these military slaves could enter Jingzhou, he would write his name upside down."

"What happened to Zhang Ping? Why did you catch him last night?"

"Last night I did a test and personally transported ten slaves to the Han River along the Bishui River. The journey was smoother. Unexpectedly, shortly after entering the Han River, you You Jiao Sui was intercepted. The leader was Zhang Ping. He kept saying that he had captured the slave vendors. As a result, the two sides fought. I captured all three ships and more than a dozen soldiers from the You Jiao Sui, including Zhang Ping, who is in my hands now."

Gan Ning was really in a dilemma. He was releasing this group of people. If he was released, this group of people would immediately sue him for private military traffickers and not let them go. The news would soon spread and things would be more troublesome. So Gan Ning was in a dilemma now. After thinking about it, he had to consult Liu Jing.

Unexpectedly, before his men left, Liu Jing came by himself.

There are some things that need not be said too clearly. Liu Jing understood everything about Gan Ning. Gan Ning is in big trouble now. Now that he is in charge of selling military slaves, Liu Biao has the excuse to kill him.

And it seems that Gan Ning seems a little unwilling to accept it. He invited himself to drink, undoubtedly just to ask himself to help him.

Liu Jing must help with this, but he didn't want Gan Ning to feel it was too easy, so he would not show his favor.

After pondering for a while, Liu Jing said, "Let me do this! Let the dozen brothers go home for the New Year first. We tell them not to tell them. As for Zhang Ping, let me think about it again. He is Zhang Yun's brother, which is really difficult to deal with."

Since Gan Ning asked Liu Jing for help, of course he wanted to give him face. He immediately instructed his subordinates: "Apart from Zhang Ping, all the other dozen people were released."

His subordinates agreed and just as they were about to leave, Liu Jing stood up and said, "I'll talk to them first."

At this moment, a subordinate rushed over and reported urgently: "Report to the leader, there are many troops coming outside, and it is Zhang Yun who is here."

Gan Ning stood up and said angrily: "He is indeed here."

He turned around and wanted to leave, and Liu Jing grabbed him, "Wait a minute!"

Liu Jing's mind was turning rapidly. As soon as he arrived, Zhang Yun arrived. Was he just waiting for him? What he really dealt with was not Gan Ning, but Liu Jing. Is this possible? Or he killed two birds with one stone.

Thinking of this, Liu Jing said in a deep voice: "General Gan calms down first. Zhang Yun leads his army to come. I'm afraid that it has planned it for a long time, or Zhang Ping is captured, which is a trap set by Zhang Yun."

Gan Ning was also an extremely smart person, but he was a little confused by the authorities, and he did not see clearly as the bystander Liu Jing. He slowly calmed down with this reminder.

It seems that this is a bit like that. Zhang Ping nicknamed Shuilang. He has extremely powerful underwater skills. Even if he can't beat him, he can dive and escape. It seems a bit too easy to catch him by himself.

Could it be that Zhang Yunshi is really a trap? If this is the case, things will be a bit troublesome.

Gan Ning was not worried about himself. With his force, even if he was outnumbered, he could still break through. He was just worried about the safety of his subordinates. These subordinates had been with him for many years. He did not want them to be implicated by him and inexplicably received harm.

Thinking of this, he looked at Liu Jing like he asked for help, and Liu Jing's calmness gave him a glimmer of hope.

Liu Jing now wants to keep Gan Ning safe, and he doesn't expect that he will run away from Jiangdong in anger because of this incident, causing Jingzhou to lose a general.

"General Gan doesn't have to worry. Zhengdan has the practice of not exerting troops. This must not be the state governor who sent troops. It should be Zhang Yun led his own troops. I will solve this matter."

Speaking of this, Liu Jing called Liu Hu forward and whispered to him a few words. Liu Hu nodded and immediately climbed over the wall and left the waterway. There was no encirclement of Zhang Yun's army.

Liu Jing walked out of the pavilion with big strides. Gan Ning was worried that he would have made mistakes, so he also brought his weapons and followed him out. However, Liu Jing waved his hand, "General Gan should not go out for the time being, I can just deal with it alone."

Gan Ning nodded and stopped. He would watch at the door. If Liu Jing was in danger, he would immediately rescue him.

Outside the post station wall, more than a thousand Zhang Yun's troops surrounded the post station on three sides. In front of the gate, Zhang Yun was full of armor, holding a big knife in his hand, staring at the door coldly, and a hint of sneer flashed in his eyes from time to time.

He was actually ready. As soon as he got the news, Liu Jing entered the post station, so he immediately led his army to surround the Fengyi Pavilion post station.

It was indeed his deliberate arrangement that Zhang Ping was captured by Gan Ning. His purpose was to make a big deal and lead to Gan Ning's private sale of slaves.

He heard that the five hundred military slaves that Gan Ning bought were all extremely strong Yellow Turban Army, so Zhang Yun wanted to take it for himself and become his own troops. Unexpectedly, Gan Ning didn't buy it, which really made him angry.

Today's events were planned by him, with the purpose of killing two birds with one stone, arresting Gan Ning, and causing Liu Jing to be concealed and revoked his position as the governor of Cao.

Zhang Yun was extremely proud. Today he was going to exhale. A hairy child who was still stinky and wanted to fight him. Let’s have a dream!

He waved his sword and shouted loudly: "Gan Ning comes out and speaks, otherwise I will enter the post station!"
Chapter completed!