Chapter 67 Bamboo Forest Trial
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Caijia Village is located in the northwest of Xiangyang City and is a settlement of the Cai clan. There are about two families, most of which are surnamed Cai, or close relatives or distant tribes, which are more or less related to Cai Mao.
At noon, Cai Mao rode a dozen followers to Caijia Village. He seemed a little worried. As soon as the tribe members greeted him, he just barely agreed.
I soon came to the owner's house of Cai's Mansion. This is a large mansion covering an area of nearly acres and the main mansion of the Cai family. Cai Mao's main relatives all lived in this mansion, including his uncles and a dozen nephews, but Cai Mao came to find his second uncle Cai Xun today.
As soon as Cai Mao walked into the house, he came directly to a quiet courtyard in the back house. The gate of the courtyard was half closed. Cai Mao carefully pushed the door in, but saw his second uncle Cai Xun sitting in the corner of the courtyard, smashing pieces of soil connected to the board with a small hammer.
"Second Uncle"
Cai Mao called down, Cai Xun slowly raised his head, and when he saw that it was Cai Mao, he was a little surprised, and asked with a smile: "Didn't you say you went back to Xiangyang yesterday afternoon? Why are you back again?"
"Reporting to my uncle, something happened, my nephew was a little upset, so I beg for my second uncle to give me some advice."
"Then tell me, what happened?"
Cai Mao sighed, and then explained in detail the matter of Zhang Yunhuo's death. Finally, he said: "My nephew didn't expect it would be the result. He was demoted and suspended from his salary, and was deprived of his troops. The actions of the provincial governor were a bit unexpected."
Cai Xun frowned, "That Zhang Yun is also a very smart person. How could he do such a stupid thing? He dared to burn Youjiao? How could this make Xiangyang County look good?"
"Zhang Yun is eager to kill Gan Ning, but his nephew thought that the fire-burning Youjiao was not done by Zhang Yun."
"You mean, this is the bitter plan of Liu Biao's nephew."
"It was my nephew who thought Zhang Yun had actually fallen into the trap."
Cai Xun nodded, "I can't tell that this young man is very brave. He plans to lure Zhang Yun, burn the house to make Zhang Yun dirty. It is surprising that Liu Biao has such a nephew."
"That Liu Jing is indeed very capable. He has to erase the incident of Gan Ning's private trafficking of military slaves." Cai Mao told Liu Jing about the case of military slaves again.
Cai Xun's face became solemn. A little boy could actually control the county yamen and Tao family. This is not simple.
After a while, Cai Xun asked, "Then what's the matter with me?"
"Actually, my nephew also has a way to find out the truth about the Huo Shaoyoujiao. As long as I find other soldiers in the Youjiaojiao that night, I will know if the fire-induced object was arranged by Liu Jing in advance. But my nephew didn't know whether he should do this. He was very hesitant and came to ask my second uncle for advice."
"Why do you want to find out the truth?" Cai Xun asked as he stared at him.
"My nephew thinks, this is a good opportunity to win over Zhang Yun."
Good opportunity
Cai Xun sneered, "You can think of it, can't Liu Biao think of why he didn't check it? Nephew, it's not me that I said you, you actually haven't seen through what the problem is?"
"My nephew also feels that the provincial governor is taking advantage of the situation. It was not Zhang Yun's intention to burn the Youjiao Institute. It was just a fire caused by the chaos. It was enough to demote and suspend his salary. It was even more serious when he deprived of his troops."
"The problem lies in this part. Didn't you say that Zhang Yun had led more than a thousand troops to besiege Fengyiting Station the night before, right?"
"This is indeed the case"
Speaking of this, Cai Mao understood, "Uncle Er means that it was actually this incident that angered Liu Biao, so Liu Biao took advantage of the situation and deprived Zhang Yun of his troops."
Cai Xun nodded, "That's true, who is Liu Jingsheng? He dared to use troops without following his orders. How could he tolerate it? He is the real mastermind. It is probably a profound meaning for him to allow Zhang Yun to send troops. Do you understand?"
Cai Mao wiped the sweat from his forehead, "My nephew understands a little. Liu Biao wanted to use this matter to warn the Jingzhou officials. He had to agree to use the troops, even if he was a nephew."
Cai Xun narrowed his eyes and smiled. His nephew was not stupid and could understand his meaning. "Since you understand, what to do, I don't need to say more."
"My nephew will stay out of this matter."
At this time, Cai Xun thought of something again and reminded Cai Mao: "When Liu Jing was able to make five slave contracts overnight, this must be Kuai Yue's secret help. It seems that the Kuai family values this person very much, and you can also try to win him over. If he doesn't know how to politely, then the Cai family must pay attention to him and use all methods to suppress him. Don't give him a chance to stand out. Do you understand?"
Cai Mao was a little reluctant to do this, but he didn't dare to refuse, so he had to agree vaguely, "My nephew understands."
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Liu Jing rushed back to Fancheng in the afternoon. He did not go home for the time being, but went to the temporary rented residence of Youjiao. Not far from the burned Youjiao, it was an empty house, covering about acres of land and close to the civil wharf.
At this time, the tens of thousands of people watching the Youjiao House had already dispersed. Although it was still the focus, the discussion venue had moved from outside the city to inside the city. There was no idle person watching next to the burned Youjiao House. Only a dozen soldiers cleaned up some unburned books and objects in the ruins.
However, Liu Jing unexpectedly discovered Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun stood on the dock in front of Youjiao Station, holding the horse, staring at the burned ruins with worry. A warm feeling surged in Liu Jing's heart. Zhao Yun was caring for himself and came to visit him.
"Brother Long"
Liu Jing shouted and urged his horse to run up. Zhao Yun also saw him, and a smile appeared on his face. He was accompanying his lord Liu Bei to Xiangyang to attend the New Year ceremony of Xiangyang. He learned about the Youjiao House at noon. He was worried and crossed the river to visit.
"Your soldiers said you are not here, I'm going back."
Zhao Yun walked forward and looked at Liu Jing up and down. Seeing that he was not injured, he finally let go of his heart. "I heard that Zhang Yun went out to siege you thousands of times, and we are all worried that something might happen to you."
Liu Jing turned over and got off the horse and smiled, "Give him Zhang Yun a courage, he doesn't dare to hurt me, brother, don't worry."
Zhao Yun shook his head, "Today is just your luck. In the chaos, even if Zhang Yun doesn't want to kill you, it's hard to guarantee that his subordinates can absolutely obey orders and are easily injured by accident. Just like Zhang Yun doesn't want to burn You to surrender the house, but his subordinates did it. How can you say that you can't take risks in everything."
Liu Jing couldn't say that You Jiao's house was burned by himself, which would affect Zhao Yun's view of himself. He scratched his head and smiled, and changed the topic, "Yu Zhenren is back, do you know?"
"I know, Master went to Shinye and told me about your affairs, so that I would continue to give you guidance and supervise you to prevent you from being lazy and slack."
Speaking of this, Zhao Yun couldn't help but smile and said, "Tell me honestly, have you been lazy in the past half month? Do you insist on training every day?"
"Brother underestimates me. Am I the kind of person who has no will?" Liu Jing shouted with a little exaggerated expression.
"It's hard to say, I want to prove it myself."
Zhao Yun patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Find a secluded place and let's practice."
Liu Jing was overjoyed. He made great progress during this period and was already itchy. He was looking forward to practicing with Zhao Yun to prove his martial arts skills. Since Zhao Yun took the initiative to propose, he was naturally extremely happy.
He pointed to a bamboo forest in the northeast, "There is a clearing in the bamboo forest, which is very secluded, so we can go there."
Liu Jing was about to leave, but he saw Liu Hu next to him. Seeing him looking at him eagerly, Liu Jing suddenly remembered something. Liu Huwu's incident, but he still couldn't hide it from Zhao Yun. After pondering for a while, Liu Jing pointed at Liu Hu and said to Zhao Yun: "This is my fellow brother Liu Hu. I follow me to do things. I am a person I can trust. He is also good at martial arts. Can he let him watch?"
Zhao Yun understood what Liu Jing meant. Although Yuzhen did not accept Liu Jing as his disciple, he gave all his money and ordered himself to pass the real bird-to-phoenix gun to Liu Jing.
Zhao Yun has regarded Liu Jing as his junior brother, and even as his brother. His biggest wish is to let Liu Jing practice the same martial arts as him, but he has his own principles and does not want the martial arts of Luofeng Sect to be easily spread.
Zhao Yun understood Liu Jing’s implication and pondered for a moment: “If you must have wanted to teach him something, I can only pretend not to know anything. However, without the consent of the master, I dare not spread the skills of the fallen phoenix and the bird-to-phoenix gun at will. You are an exception, I hope you can understand.”
Liu Jing understood what Zhao Yun meant, that is, Zhao said that Yun did not teach Liu Hu, but he tacitly agreed to his teaching, and he pretended not to know.
Liu Jing was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "I know what I know and I will never teach others at will."
Zhao Yun nodded, "Just understand, go."
Liu Jing winked at Liu Hu and took Zhao Yun to the bamboo forest. Liu Hu was both nervous and full of expectations. He followed them far behind with his horse.
The bamboo forest covers a wide area, with a two-acre vacant land in the middle, covered with thick bamboo leaves. Zhao Yun tied the horse, pulled out the battle knife, and looked at Liu Jing, "Use the wind and thunder change that the master taught you, do your best."
Liu Jing slowly drew his sword, his arms quickly gathered their strength, and the smooth twenty-four attack techniques flowed through him like mercury, gradually converging into one move.
He shouted, rushed up, and a cold light flashed, and a knife slashed at Zhao Yun's shoulder. The knife changed like a sudden change of wind and thunder, and several pounds of power burst out in an instant.
Liu Hu's face changed drastically when he saw this move of wind and thunder. He had read it all and remembered it in his heart, but he always felt it was complicated and he was slashed out with just one short knife, and there was no time to complete the twenty-four changes.
It was not until Liu Jing slashed out that he suddenly realized that Liu Jing had not used twenty-four changes at all, only one sword, but his sword contained all the changes, and each change could be found in this sword.
Only then did Liu Hu finally understand that these twenty-four changes were just in his heart, and there was no need to use them. After understanding them thoroughly, under any circumstances, they were all just one knife.
"good"
Zhao Yun cheered and flashed slightly to the left. The sword force pulled, which slowed Liu Jing's sword speed. He then slashed with his backhand, and two blades hit each other, and fire was splattered everywhere. A powerful force caused Liu Jing to take two steps back, but the sword did not escape. The sword waved with the momentum and used wind and thunder to turn the offensive into a defensive and blocked all loopholes. However, there was a hidden counterattack in the defense.
Zhao Yun did not fight, but stared at Liu Jing in a daze, his heart full of surprise. It was not only that Liu Jing could resist him for one round, but his martial arts improved rapidly. Of course, Zhao Yunyuan did not do his best. Despite this, he still made great progress.
More importantly, Liu Jing was able to innovate himself, use wind and thunder to transform his attacking sword technique into a defensive sword technique, and it was very good, but he didn't find any flaws.
Zhao Yun was a little disbelief, "Is this what the master taught you to turn off attack into defense?"
Liu Jing shook his head, "I realized it myself. As long as I use this wind and thunder change in reverse, I can turn off attack into defense. In fact, attack and defense are only in one thought. In Wuchang, Guan Gong also told me this."
Zhao Yun sighed long, "You can understand the essence of this move after only half a month of practice. It's really not simple, your understanding is even better than mine."
"Brother means, I have made great progress," Liu Jing asked with a smile, but there was a bright look in his eyes that could not be concealed.
Zhao Yun nodded slightly, but did not praise him, "This is normal. Master's pills can stimulate the power of the dantian in a very short period of time. They will improve the fastest within a month, but they will slow down significantly after a month, and then it will be difficult to break through. It takes several years to practice hard to make a breakthrough. I was like this back then, and the same is true for you. Whether you can make a breakthrough depends on your luck."
Chapter completed!