Chapter 52 The first fat shortage in Jingzhou
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Although Zhang Ping was not in the military and was just a military marquis, he was very famous in Jingzhou. He was nicknamed Shuilang and was notorious. He relied on the support of his brother Zhang Yun and his brother-in-law Cai Zhong to run rampant on the Han River. Almost every boatman on the Han River suffered his hardship.
On the open space in the outer courtyard, dozens of soldiers stood against the wall, forming a large circle, and everyone's eyes were full of expectations. Zhang Ping actually wanted to challenge the new governor, which really made everyone very nervous. Both of them were backstage people, one was the younger brother of Zhang Yun, Cai Zhong's younger brother, and the other was the nephew of the governor of the state.
Everyone is particularly worried about Liu Jing. Although Liu Jing defeated Cai Jin in the sword competition and caused a sensation in Xiangyang, it was just a competition among young men. When he met a real adult master, he could withstand several rounds. Once something happened to Liu Jing, how could he explain to the provincial governor and whether it would implicate him.
Everyone began to worry, dozens of eyes looked at Zhang Ping. Lu Sheng sat on a big rock, covering his nose. He was even more worried. Liu Jing was the one who came to fight because of him. If something happened to Liu Jing, he might be the first to be implicated. Lu Sheng knew Zhang Ping in particular, he was cruel and ruthless, and he did not take any serious measures. He was injured in countless people.
"Buddha bless him, he must not have anything to do."
In the courtyard, Zhang Ping and Liu Jing stood on one side, each holding a black and red two-color stick in their hands. This was the whistle stick they patrol. It was made of date wood. The wood was heavy and solid. Although it did not hurt people directly like a sword, it would be a life-threatening worry when hitting it at a critical point.
Zhang Ping's eyes were wafting with time, flashing with fierce light, and bent slightly behind him, like a wild wolf who discovered prey, with a grim smile on his face. He had seen Liu Jing and Cai Jin's competition with his own eyes. Although it was not bad, it was just a joke in his eyes. If he wanted to compare himself, he was still far behind.
He didn't dare to kill Liu Jing directly, but today he must teach Liu Jing a severe lesson, let him withdraw from the position of governor of Cao, and at the same time give his brother-in-law Cai Zhong an explanation. He knew that Cai Zhong hated Liu Jing, and today he happened to take advantage of this opportunity to vent his anger on Cai Zhong.
Liu Jing seemed a little calm and leisurely. He was swaying the two-color stick casually in his hand, but he was thinking quickly in his mind how to turn the sword technique that caused the wind and thunder to the stick. He suddenly found that it was completely feasible. No matter what weapon he used, he could use the wind and thunder to the stick.
Just treat the stick as a knife.
The power of his arms began to condense, waiting for the fatal blow to explode.
At this time, Lu Sheng slowly walked to Jin Cao and Li Jun. Li Jun was also the main official of the You Payment Office, responsible for inspecting the businessman's tax payment situation. He had just returned when he encountered Zhang Ping's challenge to Liu Jing. He put his hands on his chest and looked coldly at the two people in the yard duel.
"Jin Cao, who do you think will win?" Lu Sheng asked worriedly.
"In terms of the competition, maybe the new governor Cao cannot win, but the one who was unlucky in the end must be Zhang Ping."
"Why" Lu Sheng asked in confusion.
Li Jun glanced at Lu Sheng, shook his head and said, "It seems that Zhang Ping's punch was quite hard, Shu Zuo was a little confused. The following is guilty of the superiors, can Zhang Ping escape?"
Lu Sheng bit his lip, "Maybe Zhang Yun would say that they are just competing for skills and have no intention of being the best."
"Hmph, of course Zhang Yun would say this, but what would he say if he arranged for Gong Jing to take office?"
Lu Sheng stopped saying a word and looked at the two men in the competition again. He was most worried that Liu Jing would be injured and disabled, so that Liu Jing would not be able to stay anymore. Once Zhang Ping became a family, he would be miserable. Lu Sheng's heart was a mess, and hoped that Liu Jing would not make any mistakes.
In the courtyard, Liu Jing was like a different person. He was no longer careless as before, but turned into a cheetah, staring at Zhang Ping like a sharp blade, and every muscle in his body was tense. His whole body had gradually accumulated strength and had reached a critical point that was about to break out.
Zhang Ping also felt the changes of Liu Jing. He was slightly shocked. He looked like a soldier who had been in war...
But Liu Jing didn't allow him to think about it carefully. He roared and suddenly started. He was like a cheetah hunting, his body was as fast as lightning. He rushed to Zhang Ping's eyes in an instant, and the two-color stick in his hand slashed towards Zhang Ping's horizontally. The stick in his hand seemed to turn into a knife.
A common stick contains the truth of martial arts.
“Good come”
Zhang Ping shouted loudly and waved the stick to Liu Jing's left shoulder. His actual weapon was a cooked copper stick weighing forty kilograms. His kung fu was much stronger than Liu Jing's skill. When he saw Liu Jing actually used the stick as a knife, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
At this time, Liu Jing's stick was two feet away from Zhang Ping's forehead, but Zhang Ping's stick came first, only one foot away from Liu Jing's left shoulder. Zhang Ping grinned and said, "Small, fall down."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Ping's eyes suddenly opened wide. Why did the other party's stick suddenly come to his eyes and seem to be shaking in front of him, unable to dodge any more. He hit his forehead with a stick. The severe pain made him scream, and his eyes turned dark and he fainted.
Liu Jing held back the stick and looked at Zhang Ping who was lying on the ground coldly, and his heart was ups and downs. Unfortunately, there was no knife in his hand, so he could not use the momentum of holding wind and thunder. However, the twenty-four attacks were finally simplified into one move, and even the wooden stick played out the essence of that move.
There was silence around him, and everyone couldn't believe what they saw. The famous water wolf actually fell down with one stick. He is an expert in playing sticks, can't even stop a stick?
The silence was only a moment, and suddenly there was a thunderous cheer in the courtyard. Everyone couldn't help but cheer. Everyone rushed up, lifted Liu Jing high and threw him into the air, as if welcoming the hero who returned in triumphantly, and they were sincerely happy.
Several of Zhang Ping's confidants brought by Zhang Ping to carry Zhang Ping who had fainted and slipped away quietly.
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"This time, the Supervisor Cao attacked Zhang Ping, wiped out his prestige and greatly relieved the soldiers. In fact, everyone hopes that Supervisor Cao can win."
On a small street east of Fancheng, Lu Sheng led Liu Jing and more than a dozen men to visit the wife and children of his ex-Du Cao. Lu Sheng was extremely excited. Liu Jing's final victory made him feel relieved. At least he didn't have to worry about Zhang Ping dealing with him.
"This matter is not finished"
Liu Jing said lightly: "You can write an impeachment later and report it to the Chief Wang Junzhu, and say that Zhang Ping is guilty of the superiors and should be executed according to military rules. If the superiors refuse to punish him and want to cover up him, then I will report this to the governor of the state."
Of course, the matter would not be settled. How could Liu Jing allow Cai Zhong’s brother-in-law to be his subordinate? He caused trouble for himself on the first day and asked him to do things in the future. Of course, he would take this opportunity to drive Zhang Ping away. The following is the best excuse. He believes that Wang Ji will help him.
Lu Sheng was overjoyed. He was even more reluctant to drive Zhang Ping away. "If you go back to a low position, write it."
Everyone walked into an alley. Lu Sheng looked back at more than a dozen subordinates and laughed in a low voice: "This trick is very clever to visit Ma Duke Cao's wife and children. Everyone says that Jing Gong is affectionate and intentional. In fact, in order to sympathize with his subordinates, his death made everyone very sad. He dared not speak out. He heard that Jing Gong was going to visit the orphan and widowed mother, and everyone raised the money."
Liu Jing smiled but said nothing. Soon everyone came to a small courtyard. The gate was dilapidated and large areas of paint fell off, revealing mottled grayish white.
Lu Sheng stepped forward and knocked on the door, "Sister-in-law, it's me Lu Sheng."
The door was opened, revealing the pale face of a young woman. She was about ten years old and pretty. She was wearing a coarse cloth skirt and a copper hairpin on her head. Two little boys followed her, all looking timidly at the crowd outside the door.
The young woman knew Lu Sheng. She looked at Liu Jing and asked hesitantly: "Is there anything Lu Shuzuo has to do?"
"This is our new governor Liu. Today, we will visit our sister-in-law and nephew."
"oh"
The young woman's eyes were dull, she opened the door, "Please come in"
Liu Jing smiled and bowed, "I'm disturbing my sister-in-law."
He led everyone into the yard. There were vegetables planted in one corner of the yard, and more than a dozen chickens and a small persimmon tree. Although there were chickens and ducks in the yard, they were cleaned up.
"Please sit in the house"
The young woman invited everyone to the living room. The two subordinates put down a heavy basket. Liu Jing pointed at the basket and smiled and said, "This is a 10,000 yuan that everyone has collected. It is our little intention. Please accept it."
The young woman's eyes turned red, she covered her mouth and turned her head, holding back her tears. After a while, she choked and said in a voice: "Thank you, Liu Tucao, thank you everyone."
Liu Jing sighed and sat down. Lu Sheng also sat down. More than a dozen subordinates retreated to the yard to wait. At this time, Liu Jing found a bag of rice behind him and a few bowls of water on the table. It seemed that there had just been a guest and he had left for a short time.
The young woman hurriedly stepped forward to clean up the bowls on the table and said apologetically: "A few people came to my mother's house. I'll bring me some rice. I'll make honey water for you just now."
"It's okay, sister-in-law, don't be polite. Let's sit and leave."
"How can you sit down? At least you can drink some hot water."
The young woman hurried out, and Liu Jing looked back at the rice bag. He unexpectedly found that the word Kuai was printed on the rice bag, and he was stunned.
"What's her maiden name?" Liu Jing asked Lu Sheng in confusion.
Lu Sheng showed a look of embarrassment on his face. He actually didn't want to say something, but he didn't expect that Liu Jing would find it. Helplessly, he had to whisper: "She is the concubine of the Kuai family, and Ma Ducao's backstage is actually the Kuai family."
This unexpected discovery shocked Liu Jing. It turned out that the murdered Ma Ducao was the son-in-law of the Kuai family. So, if he went to Youjiao to serve as the governor, would it be Kuai Yue who was secretly exerting his efforts?
Also, what is the relationship between Liu Qi and Kuai Yue? You must know that your position should be proposed to Liu Biao by Liu Qi.
Chapter completed!