On the corridor, Da Qiao slowly stopped. She did not look back, but asked in a low voice: "Why is Your Highness insincere in front of her mother?"

"Where is the insincere way?" Liu Jing asked with a smile.

"Are you really planning to protect Jiangdong?" Da Qiao turned around and looked at Liu Jing.

After a moment of silence, Liu Jing said slowly: "I didn't say I wanted to protect Jiangdong, I just said I would protect the people of Jiangdong from the disaster of war."

"The people of Jiangdong, so that's it!" Da Qiao nodded with a smile. She understood what Liu Jing meant. At this time, she remembered something and said, "Don't your highness be surprised by that piece of jade?"

Liu Jing shook his head, "I don't know what's special. Can the lady tell me?"

"I can't say, go back and ask Shangxiang!"

While speaking, Da Qiao had already led Liu Jing to the gate of the inner palace. She stopped, "I will not send you to Your Highness again. Please come back!"

Liu Jing bowed to her, turned around and strode away. Looking at Liu Jing's back as he walked away, Da Qiao sighed softly

Walking out of the gate of Changgan Palace, Liu Jing looked at the starry sky where night fell quietly. He breathed a sigh of relief and ended the visit. What should he do next?

At this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps came from afar. Sun Quan walked quickly surrounded by more than a dozen guards. Sun Quan smiled and said, "I finally waited for my brother."

Liu Jing also smiled and bowed, "Why don't brother go in? Have you waited at the gate?"

The two looked very relaxed, as if they had just broken up and met again in a blink of an eye. Sun Quan stepped forward and took Liu Jing's arm affectionately, sighing helplessly: "Why don't I want to go in, but my mother refused to see me, so I can only wait outside the door."

"Why doesn't she refuse to see her brother?" Liu Jing asked knowingly.

"Oh! It's hard to describe it. Every family has a difficult sutra. Forget it, I won't mention this matter. I'll send my brother to rest first. If you have anything, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Sun Quan did not mention the ushering storm today, and Liu Jing also tactfully did not talk about it. Both of them knew it. If one more Cao Cao came, the situation would become complicated. If many things were too much, they would not be able to save face. If they didn't say it, they could be peaceful.

Liu Jing did not refuse and boarded the carriage prepared by Sun Quan. The carriage started. Sun Quan personally sent him to the VIP hotel in Jianye City to rest. Liu Jing's guards also urged the horses to follow him, and the group quickly disappeared into the night.

There are two inns where Jianye entertains guests. One is called the Guibin Office and the Honglu Hall, which is located in Shitou City. It is mainly used to entertain foreign guests. Some foreign vassal kings who come to Jiangdong to meet will arrange for living here, and the other is called the Guiguan, also called the Inner Hall. It is located in Jianye County. The prefects or court envoys of various counties in Jiangdong are arranged to live here. However, whether it is the Honglu Hall or the Inner Hall, it is not suitable for the powerful people in the world like Cao Cao and Liu Jing. It is just that Sun Quan was unable to balance for a while, so he temporarily followed the power and arranged the two of them in one place.

The carriage entered the north gate of the county town, walked a hundred steps, and then slowly stopped in front of a large mansion. This was the inner hall, covering an area of ​​twenty acres and consisting of five separate courtyards, one main and four deputy, which looked a bit like the VIP hotel in Wuchang. At this time, the entire inner hall was cleared. Except for Liu Jing, there were no other guests. There were more than a thousand Jiangdong soldiers guarding the wall outside the hall, and they were heavily guarded.

Liu Min stood in front of the gate and waited. He had checked the museum in advance. Liu Jing walked out of the carriage and turned around and smiled at Sun Quan, "It's getting late, brother, please go back and rest! If there is anything, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

At this time, just as night fell, a banquet was set up in the Honglu Pavilion. Sun Quan was going to greet Cao Cao, so he stopped leaving and said with a smile: "My brother is the son-in-law of Jiangdong, and Jianye is the family of my brother. Although I am casual and don't have to be restrained, I will say goodbye to my brother."

He bowed, got on the carriage, and nodded to Liu Jing with a smile. The carriage started and drove quickly outside the city. Soon after, he drove out of the north gate.

Without Sun Quan beside him, Liu Jing felt relaxed. At this time, the postmaster came up and smiled and said, "Please go to have a meal first, the restaurant is ready."

Liu Jing pointed to his subordinates and asked with a smile: "Have you prepared dinner for so many people?"

"Report to your Highness, Mr. Wu has given orders and is ready."

Liu Jing nodded and said to the commander Li Qing: "Arrange all the brothers to stay in the inn, have a meal first, and then have a good rest tonight, brothers!"

Li Qing agreed and asked the deputy general to arrange food and accommodation for the guards. At this time, Liu Jing smiled at Liu Min again and said, "Is Xishi Tavern far away from here?"

Liu Min was stunned, then was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Not far, not far, about two miles."

"Well! Then let me arrange my dinner at Xi's Tavern!"

Xishi Tavern is located in the west of the city, and its business is very prosperous every day. Today is no exception. The tavern is brightly lit and laughing loudly, and is filled with guests. At this moment, more than a thousand soldiers from Jiangdong ran to surround the tavern. The soldiers rushed into the tavern and forced the guests away. The tavern was suddenly in chaos.

Guan Xi was extremely surprised and hurriedly came out to ask the leader: "General Wang, what happened?"

The leader was named Wang Ning, who was the troop lieutenant beside Sun Quan. He was appointed by Sun Quan to fully protect Liu Jing's safety. Liu Jing wanted to come to Xishi Tavern for dinner, and Wang Ning needed to clear the venue first. He said coldly: "His Royal Highness of Han is coming here for dinner soon. You drive away all the diners and clean up the tavern. No more drinkers are allowed to be received during this period."

Guan Xi was surprised and happy. His Highness of the King of Han was coming. She hurriedly ordered the bartender to see the drinkers off immediately and clean up the tavern. The bartenders were so busy that they seemed to be unstuck in the ground, and they were in a panic.

Xishi Tavern is very famous in Jianye. Although it occupies far from the first place and scale, it is only ranked fifth, but it is well-managed. The high-ranking officials and distinguished guests in Jiangdong especially like to come here to eat, which makes the tavern famous. Even King Liu Jing of Han heard about this tavern and asked him to eat here, which made the tavern feel more honorable. The bartenders worked extra hard and quickly arranged the tavern.

After a moment, Li Qing brought dozens of guards into the tavern to check and ensure safety, he went to inform the King of Han. At this time, dozens of steps outside the tavern were already crowded with thousands of people rushing to see the fun. When Liu Jing's carriage slowly stopped in front of the tavern, the people of Jiangdong immediately applauded thunder and cheered loudly.

Just ten days ago, the envoy of Jingzhou sent home letters from tens of thousands of Jiangdong prisoners of war back to Jiangdong and reported their safety to their families. The King of Han rescued tens of thousands of Jiangdong children from the Jiaozhou army, so that they would not have to suffer the pain of going to Jiaozhou to work far away, and would soon return home to reunite with their relatives. This incident had already spread throughout the land of Jiangdong, making Liu Jing's name of benevolence and righteousness penetrate into the hearts of every Jiangdong person, even surpassing Sun Quan.

People love this son-in-law in Jiangdong from the bottom of their hearts. Many old people even call him Jinglang. Liu Jing smiled and waved his hand to the people around him. The cheers became more and more intense. Some people even waved their arms and shouted: "Long live the King of Han!"

"Long live the King of Han!" Thousands of people shouted, and more and more people came around, and more than 10,000 people were coming. The entire Jianye County began to boil.

Guan Xi welcomed Liu Jing into the back hall, which was where Xishi Tavern entertained guests. As the intelligence leader in Jiangdong area, Guan Xi was directly responsible to Liu Jing. She had seen Liu Jing many times, but today she was particularly excited. She knew in her heart that Liu Jing came here today, which must be related to her lifelong event.

She personally presented wine and food to Liu Jing. Although the wine and food were not much, it was very exquisite. She warmed up a pot of good old Kuaiji wine. Liu Jing took a sip of the wine and smiled: "How many years have the Captain Guan been in Jiangdong?"

Guan Xi's pretty face turned slightly red, and he replied respectfully: "Report to Your Highness, Guan Xi has been in Jiangdong for almost six years."

"Six years, this time is not short."

Liu Jing was also quite moved. He looked at Liu Min standing beside him again. Seeing his look of anticipation, he couldn't help but smile and said to Guan Xi: "Today I'm just here for dinner to visit my subordinates. In addition, this Liu Zongjun seems to be looking forward to me coming here too."

Guan Xi's face was flushed, Yingying knelt down and said, "Your Highness will decide everything!"

Liu Jing nodded and said, "In my memory, Captain Guan was not a military post, right!"

"Yes! I only joined the army five years ago, and became a military marquis and general, and gradually promoted to deputy captain."

"In five years, it requires great achievements to be promoted to the vice-campus. Jiangdong gradually became a weak enemy today. Among them, Guan Zheng made great contributions. Although you are a woman, you will not give in at all. From now on, I will officially promote you to the college lieutenant and give you a reward of a thousand taels."

Guan Xi was immediately overjoyed, and she bowed deeply again, "I thank Your Highness for your reward!"

But Liu Min next to him became nervous. He wanted to marry Guan Xi as his wife, rather than seeing her promotion and reward. Of course, if Guan Xi's achievements were recognized, he would be happy for her, but at this moment he hoped that his wish would be fulfilled.

Liu Jing glanced at him and saw that he was nervous on his face, and then he smiled and joked: "Senjun Liu seems to be even more nervous than Captain Guan!"

Liu Min could no longer help, and stepped forward and knelt side by side with Guan Xi, "I beg your highness to fulfill his wish!"

At this time, the dozen guards next to Liu Jing laughed. Guan Xi was so embarrassed that her face turned red. She pinched his arm hard and complained about his recklessness. Liu Jing could see their little movements clearly. Liu Jing's joking heart disappeared and his face became serious.

Then he slowly said to Guan Xi: "The Han army's intelligence stations have five major intelligence stations. In addition to Jiangdong, there are also Jiaozhou, Hedong, Hebei and Zhongyuan. These five stations have always reported to me directly. Now that the Han army has taken Guanlong, I am directly in charge of intelligence, and I am a little overwhelmed, so I plan to set up an intelligence department to command the five major intelligence stations below. The intelligence stations are managed by Military Advisor Pang, but there is also a specific chief officer. I think that Guan is the first chief officer."

Guan Xi understood that King Han’s decision was to transfer her back to Chengdu to be in charge of intelligence and internal affairs. Although the official title was promoted by half a level, his actual power was reduced. He went from leading one side alone to coordinating the five sides, and from field to internal affairs.

But Guan Xi knew in her heart that the purpose of this arrangement was to reduce her business pressure, so that she could take care of her family while not missing her career.

She was extremely grateful and she cried, "Your Highness makes a good arrangement and remembers the humble duty."

Liu Jing nodded and smiled at Liu Min, "People Guan were transferred back to Chengdu, you should go back to Pingzhangtai too! He served as the Minister of State and was in charge of the Han Dynasty's Honglu."

Although it was not the ideal result, Liu Min also knew that Guan Xi could not give up her career and devote herself to taking care of her husband and children at home. The King of Han made such an arrangement to the greatest extent. He was satisfied. Liu Min kowtowed respectfully and said, "I am grateful to Your Highness for your fulfillment!"
Chapter completed!