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When Sun Quan's fleet arrived in Liyang County, Liu Jing's dozen warships were still in Liyang County, but Liu Jing himself was gone.

Li Fu was taken into Sun Quan's cabin, and he bowed and said, "Jiangxia Lord Bo Li Fu met with Wu Hou."

Sun Quan glanced at him and asked with a smile: "If I remember correctly, Mr. Li should be the leader of Yuan Shangjun. When will he join Jiangxia?"

"Is it strange for me to go to Jiangxia?"

"No wonder, Mr. Jing is a very good lord. When I dealt with him, I knew that he would be the lord of Jingzhou sooner or later. Mr. Li's enrollment in Jiangxia was indeed a wise move."

Sun Quan smiled and turned the topic back, "I want to know where Mr. Jing has gone."

"Report to the Marquis of Wu, Duke Jing has something to do, so he will go back to Jiangxia first. He left me a sentence to tell Wu that the alliance between the two sides can also be discussed in Pengze, and you may not have to come to Dongwu."

Even though Sun Quan has always been calm, he still couldn't hold back his anger at this time and asked in a deep voice: "I don't know when Duke Jing left?"

"It's really a coincidence. I just left last night. If I knew that the Marquis of Wu was coming, the Duke would definitely wait for another day."

"Thank you, Mr. Li, I know it in my heart."

Sun Quan knew it was true that Liu Jing left when he knew he was here. He immediately called Zhou Yu and told him: "Liu Jing just left last night, and it should not be far away. Gongjin can chase him immediately. Be sure to invite him back."

Zhou Yu hesitated and said, "I feel that Liu Jing doesn't actually want to leave. He knows that the lord will come to pick him up in person and he will probably come back."

Sun Quan shook his head, "Since I have shown sincerity, then my nature will show sincerity to the end and give him enough face. It can be regarded as my apology for neglecting him."

"I understand, go after him immediately."

Zhou Yu bowed and went out. At this time, the guards reported to him: "Report to the Marquis of Wu and the magistrate of Liyang County, I'm waiting outside."

"Let him in"

Soon, the magistrate of Liyang County, dressed in official uniform, hurried in and knelt down to worship, "I am the magistrate of Liyang County Luo Min, who paid homage to the Marquis of Wu."

Sun Quan sat down and asked him, "I want to know about the assassination of Duke Jing. Have you ever investigated it?"

County magistrate Luo Min nodded, "I began a detailed investigation the next day. Assassination did occur. Many cargo ship workers can confirm that there were more than a dozen black-clad men riding horses. They used crossbow arrows to shoot Jing Gong's boat. Someone saw with his own eyes that there were also men in black in the water. They had good water quality and climbed up ashore and ran away. I went to the east to investigate. The group of black-clad men escaped into Yangxian and then ran northeast."

"What other lines are there like war horses, accents, etc."

Luo Min shook her head, "I dare not talk nonsense. I really know nothing. I only know that this group of people is very disciplined. They shoot one arrow and leave at the same time. It is obviously very trained."

Sun Quan asked a few more questions, and asked very carefully, but the county magistrate Luo Min could not come up with more favorable lines, so Sun Quan had to order someone to send him away. As soon as the county magistrate Luo left, Sun Quan's face immediately calmed down and said to the guard order: "Go and find me Gong Cheng and Changshi Zhang."

Although Sun Quan also thought of the possibility of a tough plan, the current situation made him dare not think too much in that direction. He is now very passive and has not arranged someone to guard the way, so he is a little confused. He is in the wrong, so he can only find the responsible person inside.

Soon, Cheng Pu and Zhang Zhao rushed over and bowed together, "See Wu Hou"

Sun Quan stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, and did not look back, and asked coldly: "Tell me who arranged the assassination?"

Cheng Pu and Zhang Zhao looked at each other and shook their heads together, saying, "You report to the Marquis of Wu, this matter has nothing to do with us."

"I still want to argue"

Sun Quan suddenly turned around and stared at Cheng Pu and said angrily: "You are the one who advocates killing Liu Jing. I don't agree, just start by secretly, right?"

The blue veins on Sun Quan's forehead burst out, and he finally got furious. Zhang Zhao and Cheng Pu had never seen Sun Quan get such a big temper, so they couldn't help but kneel down together. Cheng Pu kowtowed and said, "Although I hate him, I am definitely not a person who doesn't know the overall situation. Without the consent of Wu Hou, I will never do this reckless and stupid worst strategy, and I will never."

Zhang Zhao also explained: "Of course I will not assassinate him, as this will only harm the interests of Jiangdong and force Jiangxia to surrender to Cao."

Cheng Pu is the oldest man in Jiangdong and has a high status. If he does, he will definitely admit it. Zhang Zhao will not do such a stupid thing. Since the two of them deny it, Sun Quan also believes them. He thought about it and said, "Can it be your nephew's secretly doing it, or some military brothers who hold a grudge against Chaisang's miserable defeat back then, so he secretly organized this assassination. Can you guarantee that it has nothing to do with them?"

Cheng Pu and Zhang Zhao were silent. They could not guarantee that there was indeed a possibility. For the sake of activeness, including Zhang Zhao's second Zhang Xiu, the young brothers often gathered a group of brothers in the officialdom. Zhang Zhao never stopped him considering that he could accumulate contacts for his son.

More importantly, there are indeed many people in Jiangdong who are resentful of Chaisang's defeat back then, and many people hate Liu Jing, especially Ling Tong and Pan Zhang's younger brother Pan Long, who have repeatedly threatened to kill Liu Jing.

This time Liu Jing came to Jiangdong, and there was indeed a possibility that he would be assassinated by them, and the possibility was still very high.

Sun Quan glanced at them and said coldly: "It seems that you understand that there is such a possibility. Now I can't find out who did it. How do you tell me how to give Liu Jing an explanation?"

Zhang Zhao pondered for a moment and said, "The lord can tell Liu Jing that this matter is under investigation. It may be that Cao Cao wanted to destroy the alliance between Sun and Liu families and deliberately assassinate in Jiangdong. It may be that Cai Mao pretended to use a knife to kill people, and used Jiangdong's hand to kill him, and then they annex Jiangxia. In short, the responsibility can be put on these two families. Then the lord promised that this would not happen again, which should be an explanation."

After a pause, Zhang Zhao smiled and said, "More importantly, the lord came to greet him in person, show sincerity, and give him enough face. If he really wants to form an alliance with his lord, he will not be worried about the assassination. Didn't he leave last night?"

Sun Quan nodded. Although Zhang Zhao had different positions, he considered the problem carefully and understood the people's hearts thoroughly, and was indeed beyond the reach of others. He was worthy of being an official.

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Zhou Yu drove a boat to chase Liu Jing, and he knew very well that since Liu Jing left the night before Wu Hou arrived, it means that he was not really going back to Jiangxia, but just making a gesture to gain psychological advantages in the following negotiations.

Zhou Yu had to secretly scold Liu Jing for being cunning. This is actually a bit like buying things in a small stall in later generations. When customers look at things and turn around and leave, the vendor will say soft words to coax the customers back, and the things are good, the prices are easy to negotiate.

This kind of market psychology is used less, which means street vendors. If they are used more, they are negotiated between the two countries, and the principle is the same.

Zhou Yu knew that Liu Jing still needed supplies, and there was a supply place on the Wuhu County Wharf. At dusk the next day, Zhou Yu's Five Historical Clippers arrived at the Wuhu County Wharf. Before they got close to the wharf, a soldier pointed at the wharf and shouted: "Governor, look at the boat of Jiangxia."

Zhou Yu also saw that seven or eight five-stone warships were parked on the dock, and soldiers were transporting things from the dock to the ship, and they were indeed replenishing supplies here.

Standing at the bow of a large ship, with his back facing them, staring at the soldiers carrying goods with their hands behind their backs. The figure looked tall, wearing a long robe and a golden crown on his head. It was probably Liu Jing who was angry.

At this time, a soldier reminded the ship behind him. Liu Jing turned around and happened to face Zhou Yu. Although the Chaisang War broke out before the New Year, they had never seen each other before. Zhou Yu bowed and smiled and said, "In the east of Zhou Gongjin of the Yangtze River, you are Gong Jing."

Seeing that Zhou Yu was handsome, tall and elegant, and elegant, Liu Jing couldn't help but secretly praised him: He is worthy of being Zhou Lang from Jiangdong, but he is indeed a romantic figure and a dragon and phoenix among people.

Liu Jing also smiled and replied, "It's Liu Jing, I have heard of the beautiful name of Zhou Lang in Jiangdong for a long time."

Zhou Yu was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Gongjin came from Liyang County. Can you talk to Gong?"

Liu Jing looked at him lightly for a moment, waved his hand, "Governor Zhou asked to get on the boat and talk."

The two entered the cabin and sat down. Zhou Yu said sincerely: "Mr. Wu has arrived in Liyang County. Wu is deeply furious about Duke Jing's experience in Liyang County. He has ordered the murderer to be investigated. He will definitely arrest the murderer and give him an explanation. But no matter how you ask the Duke to believe it, this is definitely not the original intention of Wu."

"Of course I believe in the sincerity of the Marquis of Wu, otherwise I would not have come to Jiangdong. In fact, I have made countless enemies over the years. Whether it is Cao Cao or Cai Mao, they all have the motives to kill me. I don't necessarily think it was done by the people of Jiangdong.

The key is that I hope to see the sincerity of the Wuhou alliance, and hope that our two families can abandon the unhappiness of the past and work together to fight against Cao. This is my purpose in coming to Jiangdong. I hope that the Governor Zhou will tell the Wuhou.”

Zhou Yu nodded silently, he pondered for a while and asked again: "I don't know when the general public will think Cao Cao's army will go south."

Liu Jing smiled, "I think that the governor Zhou and I should agree. As long as the Cao army ends the battle in Liaodong, we will immediately start to invade the south. If it is fast this winter, then it will be slower next spring and summer. Cao Cao's army will definitely attack Nanyang in large numbers. Governor Zhou thinks."

Zhou Yu sighed, "Heroes have similar views, and I think so."

Zhou Yu was anxious and stood up and bowed, "Please go back with me no matter what, and discuss the plan to fight against Cao with Wu Hou."

Liu Jing nodded, "Since Wu Hou and Governor Zhou are so sincere, of course I will put the overall situation first."

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The assassination storm finally disappeared from the sincerity shown by Sun Quan. Liu Jing did not ask about the assassin again, nor did he mention the differences within Jiangdong at all. The next afternoon, Liu Jing returned to Liyang County, accompanied by Zhou Yu.

Sun Quan has been waiting here for nearly four days. Although a series of storms have occurred, many people are worried that they will feel a little embarrassed when they meet.

But what actually happened proved that this worry was completely redundant. They were like old friends who had not seen each other for many years, and they hugged each other with laughter and hugged each other as soon as they met.

Sun Quan looked at him up and down and said with a smile: "Many years ago, I was wondering which guy dared to bully my sister. Later I found out that this bold guy was Gong Jing."

Liu Jing quickly explained, "That was a misunderstanding."

Sun Quan smiled and patted Liu Jing on the shoulder, "You don't need to explain, I know in my heart. If it weren't for the public's heart guard, the sister-in-law would probably be caught by Huang Zu. I'm not even too grateful."

Liu Jing smiled slightly, "My sister shouldn't have gone to Jiangxia back then, it's dangerous."

Sun Quan nodded, changed the topic, and smiled and said, "To be honest, I was not convinced in the Battle of Chaisang back then. Can Duke Jing be willing to fight with me again?"

Liu Jing smiled happily, "I am willing to accompany you again to make Wu Hou convinced."
Chapter completed!