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The so-called Navy Prison is actually a place to detain soldiers who violate military rules. It is located in the southeast corner of Navy Dazhai. It is a long building made of bluestone, which is more than 20 meters long and can be detained for several people.

But at this time, only the Dow Trading Company's servants and managers were imprisoned in prison, with a total of more than 40 people. After experiencing the torture in the middle of the night yesterday, almost all the servants who followed the ship confessed.

Even Zhang Xian, the manager who knew it was a frame-up, could not withstand torture and was forced to sign and seal the letter of accusation, admitting that the Dow Trading Company had smuggled the illegal weapons.

In the innermost room of the prison, an iron chain locked the manager Zhang Xian tightly. He lay on a tattered bed with straw piled up in the corner, and a few mice poked their heads squeaking out of the bed.

Zhang Xian's whole body was covered in blood and could not move. At this time, a thud came from the wooden fence with its thick arms. A jailer in soap clothes opened the lock and walked in, holding a bag of gold-invasive medicine in his hand. He said angrily: "There is an order on it. I'm afraid you will die, so I'll give you medicine."

Zhang Xian snorted and turned around. The prison guard ignored him, squatted down and applied Jin Chuang Medicine on his hands and feet.

At this time, the jailer looked back and lowered his voice and said, "What do you have to take me out?"

Zhang Xian turned his head in surprise, looked at him, suddenly sneered, and lay down again. The prison guard smiled bitterly, "You have confessed, do I still need to mess with you? Is someone asking me to do it?"

Zhang Xian then slowly turned around, and sighed for a while, "I can't stand torture and did something unfaithful, what else can I say."

The jailer nodded silently and said, "Your second boss has also been arrested and locked up in the next cell. Those managers are interrogating one by one."

At this time, a scream came from afar, and then someone cried: "I'll do it, I'll do it."

Zhang Xian bit his lips tightly. He suddenly remembered something and whispered: "I only have one sentence. Wang Cheng and Zhao Yong are either our friends, or they frame the Tao family."

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In front of the steps of the State Ya Square, Liu Jing paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. He was a little worried. He had known that he would have hid Tao Zhan in the military camp and should not hesitate about the damn military discipline.

He was very worried that Zhang Yun's army would find Tao Zhan and capture her, but that was his own room, and maybe he would be a little afraid of being a mouse.

Although he knew that this self-comfort was meaningless, Liu Jing still hoped that Tao Zhan would be safe and sound.

Liu Jing had probably guessed that it was Zhang Yun's work. The Tao family's richest resources were money. Zhang Yun framed the Tao family just to make money.

At this time, a guard came out and bowed: "Sir Kuai invites the public to come in."

Kuai Yue's official position is the General of the Army. He is a senior official in Jingzhou second only to Cai Mao. His official room is located next to Liu Biao's official room. Although it is next door, it actually takes a long time to walk.

Liu Jing followed the guards into the official room. The official room was divided into two rooms inside and outside. The outside room was a place where ordinary guests and books were organized. The inside room was Kuai Yue's real office.

"Mr. Jing, please come in." Kuai Yue's laughter came from the room.

Liu Jing quickly walked into the inner room and saw Kuai Yue sitting behind the desk and writing hard. He hurriedly stepped forward and gave a deep bow, "See Mr. Kuai."

Since Kuai Yue persuaded him to persuade Liu Biao last time, he has never seen Liu Jing again. He put down his pen and looked him up and down with a smile, "Is the injury better?"

"Report to Mr. Kuai, it's almost done."

Kuai Yue nodded, "I heard from your uncle that he was going to let Huang Zhong teach you martial arts. Have you become a disciple?"

Liu Jing smiled bitterly in his heart. Huang Zhong did not take away what others loved and refused to accept himself as his disciple. How could he be a disciple? He shook his head, "It's just art."

After pausing, Liu Jing continued, "I have something important to ask Kuai Gong for help today."

"Haha, what's the matter?"

"Last night, the Tao family ship was intercepted by the navy..."

Liu Jing told Kuai Yue in detail what he knew, and finally said: "The incident happened strangely, both Youjiao and the navy army, and it was obvious that there was a premeditation. Moreover, the Tao family fleet disappeared half a month ago, and now it suddenly appeared again. Weapons were found on the ship. Don't Kuai Gong think this is a frame-up?"

Kuai Yue closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and slowly said, "Li Shou talked about this to me in the morning, and he was quite dissatisfied with this matter. You Jiao Office did not report this matter to him. He only realized that this big thing had happened when he heard the Magistrate of Fancheng County."

Liu Jing's heart moved. He remembered Tao Zhan said that his second uncle came to find the missing fleet to entrust Li Gui with Xiangyang. The Tao family and Li Gui had a friendship. So, will Li Gui stand by and watch after the Tao family's disaster this time?

Then... Li Gui came to Kuai Yue not for this purpose to save the Tao family.

Thinking of this, Liu Jing's eyes became eager, and he stared at Kuai Yue with bright eyes. Kuai Yue seemed to understand Liu Jing's thoughts. He smiled, stood up, walked to the window with his hands behind his back, and looked at the blue sky. After a long time, he smiled faintly and said, "Do you know why Zhang Yun attacked the Tao family?"

"I don't know"

Kuai Yue sighed, "Your uncle agreed to Zhang Yun to restore his private soldiers a month ago and allow him to own thousands of soldiers. This is the root of the disaster. Zhang Yun has no money and food in his hands, so he cannot recruit soldiers."

Liu Jing was slightly stunned. Kuai Yue revealed the secret of heaven with one sentence. It turned out that Liu Biao had re-approved Zhang Yun to recruit private soldiers. He frowned and asked in confusion: "Didn't my uncle say last time that he would use this matter to eliminate the private soldiers in Jingzhou?"

Kuai Yue shook his head with a wry smile, "Things are not that simple. The great troubles in Jingzhou, the tribes, slaves, and manors are all related to the major families in Jingzhou. Our Kuai family also has more than 5,000 private soldiers in the tribe, more than a dozen large manors, and thousands of slaves.

The power is even greater, such as the Cai family, Huang family, and Pang family. These are just four major families. In fact, there are dozens of small and medium-sized families. For example, the Chaisang Tao family is one of them. The Lord of Zhou wanted to take advantage of Zhang Yun's affairs to attack the aristocratic family, but he did not have the courage to really attack the aristocratic family, and it ended up in the end. Therefore, he promised him that Zhang Yun restored the aristocratic family, because he gave up on this matter."

Liu Jing was silent. This incident was beyond his expectations. However, after thinking about it carefully, he expected that when he read the Romance of the People's Republic of China in his previous life, he always thought that Liu Biao was a useless person. He was deceived by the Cai family and was sent to his foundation for nothing.

But in this era, he realized that Liu Biao was actually a talented and stubborn person. He entered Jingzhou alone and relied on the Jingzhou family. After more than ten years of fighting in the south and north, he conquered a thousand miles of country.

But Liu Biao had a fatal weakness. He lacked courage and decisiveness, valued fame, and did not dare to offend the Jingzhou family. He accommodated and compromised everything. In the end, he became dependent on the Jingzhou family, so that his orders changed every day, making people at a loss and seemed a little indecisive.

He could no longer get out of this vicious circle. He was busy balancing the interests of the aristocratic family throughout his life and even arranging his own marriage, which was also a kind of compromise on the interests of the aristocratic family in Jingzhou.

It is precisely for this reason that after depriving Zhang Yun's music department for two months, he restored Zhang Yun's music department again, which is enough to illustrate all the problems.

But now it is not about these complex political and economic issues, but now it is about solving the current crisis. Liu Jing's thoughts returned to the Tao family and said in a deep voice: "I hope Kuai Gong can help me solve the danger of the Tao family."

Kuai Yue nodded. Li Gui had already come to him once in the morning. He hesitated because he knew that Cai Mao was manipulating behind this matter. This matter had nothing to do with him. He didn't want to be involved in it. But now Liu Jing is also asking him for help, and Kuai Yue finally decided to intervene in the matter.

"Okay, I'll talk to the provincial master. In addition, you should try your best to find some evidence that is beneficial to the Tao family. If the evidence of Tao family's private military trafficking is conclusive and the insistence of Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others, even if the provincial master wants to mediate the matter, it may not be easy."

"My younger generation understands, let's look for evidence."

Liu Jing bowed and left Kuai Yue's official room. He was worried about Tao Zhan's safety, so he immediately returned to Fancheng.

Kuai Yue sat in the official room and pondered for a while, and then he came to Liu Biao's official room slowly. Liu Biao's official house was a two-story building, located next to Kuai Yue's official room, but in fact, there were still some steps apart and it took a long time to walk.

Kuai Yue walked to the door of the official room and asked the guards: "The governor of the state can be there."

"Reported to join the army, Zhou Muzheng and Military Commander Cai discussed military affairs."
Chapter completed!