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Compared with the hustle and bustle of the day, the night is silent, but only under the cover of the night can the real masters take the stage one by one.

At the same time when Cai Mao visited Liu Jing, in front of a house covering an area of ​​about eight acres in the north of Xiangyang City, a dark shadow hurriedly came from the corner of the street. In the darkness, he could not see his appearance clearly, but his steps were rapid and he seemed a little anxious.

He walked up the steps and knocked on the door. After a moment, the door creaked and a faint light shot out from the door, shining on the face of the knocker. It turned out that he was Jin Cao Lijun, who had always been low-key and mysterious.

Li Jun flashed into the door and asked in a low voice: "Is Mr. Jia here?"

"Here, I'm waiting for you." said a man holding a lantern.

Li Jun hurried to the inner courtyard. Two burly men stood in front of a door. Li Jun stepped forward and bowed, "I want to see Mr. Jia."

A big man immediately reported: "Sir, Li Jun asks for a meeting"

"Let him in"

The two big men dodged away, Li Jun took a deep breath, calmed down his nervousness, pushed open the door and walked in.

The room has soft light and simple layout, with couches and rows of bookshelf guarding the walls, and various bamboo slips are piled up on the bookshelf.

A middle-aged man was sitting on the couch reading a book. He was thin and gentle, but his eyes were filled with a shrewdness that ordinary people did not have.

His name is Jia Hong, and he is an ordinary staff member under Cao Cao's corps. He is usually responsible for sorting out some books. Last year, he was sent to Jingzhou by Cao Cao and became the eyes and ears of Cao Cao who was stationed in Jingzhou. He was responsible for managing the detailed works of Cao's army in the entire Jingzhou area.

At this time, Li Jun hurried in, knelt down and bowed, "I am humble to Li Jun, pay homage to Mr.

"List of Litun is exempted from gifts, please sit down"

Li Jun sat down. He was actually one of the countless works of Cao's army stationed in Jingzhou. He was originally a scout station chief of Cao's army. He was smart and capable. He came to Xiangyang two years ago and was placed in Youjiao by the senior officials of Jingzhou who were pro-Cao in the Youjiao office. He served as the position of Jin Cao.

He is not very official, but has a great power. He can bring a lot of intelligence and has always been highly valued by Jia Hong. However, since Liu Jing served as the governor of You Jiao, Li Jun's importance has been demonstrated again. Jia Hong directly found him and asked him to collect Liu Jing's intelligence every day. This was an order issued by Cao Cao himself.

Jia Hong was also looking forward to Li Jun's arrival. The whole city of Xiangfan was full of controversy. The naval army captain Zhang Yun was punished. This was a major event no matter what. Cao Cao must be reported to him in time, but only Li Jun knew the truth and details in the middle.

"I'm a little impatient when I talk about my life today." Jia Hong said with a smile.

"What happened today is really wonderful, with twists and turns. I really admire Liu Jing's eagerness and calmness.

Although Li Jun's true identity was written by Cao Jun, he really admired Liu Jing very much. He took charge of Zhang Ping and beat Zhang Yun up in shame after only half a month of taking office. Liu Jing was just a sixteen-year-old boy, which was surprising to think about it.

Li Jun slowly told Jia Hong what happened today, and Jia Hong wrote so much that he recorded Li Jun’s narrative in detail.

He put down his pen, looked carefully again, frowned slightly, "Is he that powerful?"

"I participated in this matter from beginning to end. Every sentence is true, and there is still news that he actually released the five army slaves."

"Oh, this is serious." Jia Hong didn't believe it. After all, it was still a rare thing to release slaves in this era.

"It shouldn't be wrong. I heard what Liu Hu said. He went north with Liu Jing today, and it should be to solve the problem of slaves."

Jia Hong finished writing this matter and handed Li Jun the written thing, "Look, see if I missed it?"

Li Jun took the white paper and looked carefully. It was basically consistent with his oral statement. He nodded, "No problem."

When Li Jun left, Jia Hong's face also showed surprise. He burned the house and fought with Zhang Yun, and released the military slaves. He had so many things today, and they were all concentrated on a young man. This pair of Jingzhou officialdom that had been silent for several years undoubtedly caused a small wave. It was not simple and interesting. Even Jia Hong realized that Liu Jing would have more and more wonderful stories.

He reorganized it again, put it in the envelope, and handed it to a messenger, "Go to Xuchang and hand it over to the Prime Minister."

The messenger hurriedly received the message. Jia Hong looked at the messenger's back as he left. He was also a little surprised. The Prime Minister seemed to be very concerned about Liu Jing's situation. Why is this?

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Cai’s mansion, Cai Mao sat on the couch and listened to Cai Zhong’s report to him about contacting Zhang Yun. Because Zhang Ping was seriously injured by the fire, it might be difficult to save him.

Zhang Ping's bond that connects the Cai and Zhang families has been lost. Cai Zhong is Zhang Ping's brother-in-law, so he took on the heavy responsibility of this bond.

Today he went to Zhang Yun for this matter, hoping that the Cai and Zhang factions had officially formed an alliance. This is what Cai Mao told him again.

"Reporting to my brother, Zhang Yun is in a low mood now. I said I would join forces with him to deal with Liu Jing, but he was very depressed and said that he had been warned by the provincial governor and did not dare to act rashly anymore. No matter how I persuaded him, he refused to agree. It was really disappointing."

"Is this a disappointment, but a sign of his becoming smarter."

Cai Mao sneered, "I don't think I can get any benefits by killing Liu Jing. It's just a vent of anger, but the price paid is so heavy. He has even been deprived of his troops. If he doesn't learn from his lessons, he will not even be able to save his military position in the next step."

"But....."

Cai Zhong wanted to talk about the relationship between Liu Jing and the Kuai family again, but Cai Mao waved his hand impatiently and interrupted Cai Zhong, "I don't want to listen to Liu Jing now, and talk about the alliance between Cai and Zhang. Have you talked to him about this?"

It’s not that Cai Mao didn’t want to deal with Liu Jing, but he didn’t want to discuss this matter with Cai Zhong. This person was stupid and reckless. If he knew his thoughts, he might have caused a big disaster.

Cai was a little disappointed, and even the head of the family was no longer interested in Liu Jing. He was the only one left. He was depressed in his heart how to deal with Liu Jing. He had to let go of this matter for the time being and turn his thoughts to his brother's problem.

"Report to my brother, I've talked to him."

"What's his state?"

Cai Zhong shook his head, "He is not very cooperative and seems not interested in the Cai-Zhang alliance."

"Why?" Cai Mao frowned and asked in confusion.

"He said... why didn't my brother speak for him in the matter of the division and refused to help him excuse me. He couldn't feel his brother's sincerity."

"What sincerity does he want"

Cai Mao snorted heavily, really a little angry. In fact, he knew what Zhang Yun was referring to. He was also present when Zhang Yun was punished that day, but he remained silent.

Isn't Zhang Yun not unaware of the situation at that time? Liu Biao just took the opportunity to cut power. Who dared to object at that time? Besides, wasn't he pleading for him?

Cai Zhong sighed and said, "Brother, he was willing to form an alliance last time. I guess he was in a bad mood these two days and was talking angry. When he calmed down, I would talk to him again, and there would be no big problem."

Cai Mao nodded. The Kuai family was their common enemy, and he also felt that there should be no problem with Cai and Zhang's alliance.

"I will leave it to you about the alliance with Zhang Yun. This matter must be negotiated, so go first."

Cai Zhong bowed and hurriedly stepped back. Cai Mao walked to the window and looked at Cai Zhong out of the yard, with his thoughts in his heart.

He tried his best to clarify his own ideas and distinguish between the primary and secondary. Although Liu Jing was abominable, he did not harm the fundamental interests of the Cai family after all. In Jingzhou, he was far from posing a threat to the Cai family.

One of the ones who really threatened the interests of the Cai family was Liu Bei, who led the wolf into the house, and the other was the Kuai family who secretly competed with the Cai family. These two were the real enemies of the Cai family. They should be dealing with them, not a young and stinky child.

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A carriage slowly stopped in front of the steps of the Liu Mansion under the escort of dozens of cavalry. For the general, Zhao Yun was watching the situation in all directions vigilantly. A soldier stepped forward and opened the car door and helped the lord Liu Bei out of the carriage.

Liu Qi, who was waiting at the door, rushed down the steps, came up, and knelt down on both knees to salute: "My nephew Liu Qi pays homage to his uncle."

Liu Bei quickly helped him up and said with a smile: "Let your nephew wait for a long time, is your father here?"

"My father is waiting in the study and asks my uncle to follow me."

Sun Qian walked out of the carriage again, and he smiled and said, "Lord, then I won't go in."

Liu Bei nodded, "Okay, wait outside."

Liu Bei followed Liu Qi to the door of the mansion, and the housekeeper invited Zhao Yun, Sun Qian and others to rest.

"Uncle, I have something I have to remind you first."

Seeing that there was no one around, Liu Qi whispered: "It is best for uncle not to mention Zhang Yun's matter."

"Oh why is this?" Liu Bei asked with a smile.

"This afternoon, my aunt came to plead for Zhang Yun. Instead of agreeing, my father scolded her, saying that her aunt was arrogant and that her father still has not yet been angry. My uncle must not mention Zhang Yun's matter. My nephew means not to plead for him."

"I understand, thank you for your reminder."

But Liu Bei thought to himself that this eldest son was honest and a trustworthy person. He asked with a smile: "Can you say anything about Mr. Jing?"

"It's okay. My father thought that this time was innocent. He praised me for his kindness and even released all the five slaves. Most people can't do it."

Liu Bei was a little surprised when there was such a thing, and he didn't know about it.

Moreover, Liu Biao actually praised this matter. Generally, those who freed slaves except for scholars who judged them as righteous acts, those in power would not support it, because this would offend the other large estate owners who owned slaves, that is, the powerful class.

If Liu Biao praised this incident, it only means that the sharp decline in the number of self-cultivated farmers in Jingzhou has affected the income of the government, and Liu Biao is worried about this.

If this is true, will Liu Biao reduce Xinye's supply of money and grain as a result?

Liu Bei's heart tightened, he couldn't help but speed up and followed Liu Qi to the study...

In the study, Liu Biao was walking back and forth with his hands behind his back. He was in a good mood today. He took this opportunity to severely punish Zhang Yun and deprived him of the music department. In this way, no one dared to use the music department privately, and this cancer in Jingzhou might have been cut off from this.

Today, Zhang Yun complained about his injustice for an afternoon and repeatedly confessed that he did not set fire to him. He would not have burned his clan brothers to death. In fact, Liu Biao also understood that if he gave Zhang Yun a courage, he would not dare to burn the government office on the first day of the first lunar month. This fire was really strange. Perhaps it was Liu Jing's bitter plan.

However, Liu Biao did not want to investigate the matter. It didn't matter who burned the fire. What's important is that he had already shocked the officials. Zhang Yun was his nephew and was also deprived of his troops. It would be clear who would dare to use the troops without any voluntarily in the future.

From this point of view, Liu Jing's wisdom in this matter was quite praised by Liu Biao.
Chapter completed!