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Liu Jing did not go to check the situation of defending the city, but went directly to the Youjiao House two miles away. The Youjiao House was newly built, and compared with the past, not only the building was more grand, but also the area occupied twice as much.

However, the number of people did not increase, and there was still more than one person. The new governor, Cao, was said to be somewhat related to Huang Zu.

Several main subordinates, Zhang Ping, was seriously injured and eventually died.

Shuzuo Lu Sheng also followed Liu Jing to the military camp and served as an officer in Liu Jing's camp. Among the officials in the Youjiao Office, Liu Jing knew only Li Jun.

It was just a coincidence that Liu Jing had just turned over and got off the horse at the gate, but he saw Li Jun walking out of the gate. Li Jun was surprised, "Is it Gong Jing?"

Liu Jing smiled and said, "There's just something to come to you."

Li Jun hurriedly said, "Please come to my official room to speak."

Liu Jing led his horse and entered the official room, looked at him and said with a smile: "It seems much spacious than before."

"What's the use of being spacious? I feel so nervous when I don't do it well."

Li Jun asked Liu Jing to sit down, found a bottle of wine, and put two plates of side dishes. Li Jun poured Liu Jing a glass of wine and sighed: "This new governor Jiang Cao is an absolute greedy person. On the first day of his tenure, he hinted at his brothers to be filial. I was forced to give him ten taels of gold. There were several brothers who were not filial to him, and he made various excuses to drive them out of Youjiao Station one after another. He had to say flattering words every day, and he would curse him if he had offended him."

Liu Jing frowned, "What is the background of this person?"

"I heard that it is Huang Zu's brother-in-law. He was originally under Cai Zhong, and was jointly sponsored by Cai Mao and Huang Zu. The backstage is very tough, so he is particularly arrogant."

Liu Jing has seen many such things in his past life or later life. In the officialdom, who is not fighting for the backstage? Moreover, Li Jun also has a backstage, and he is quite solid. He is said to be a clan member of Li Gui, the guardian of Xiangyang.

Liu Jing smiled and stopped talking about this matter, so he turned the topic to the main thing, "I came to find you, it is an important thing, I want to ask you for help."

"Please tell me, but I will never refuse if I can help."

"That's right, a batch of cargo ships in the Tao family were robbed on the Han River and their whereabouts were unknown. Have you heard of this?"

Li Jun nodded, "I have heard of this incident, it seems to be south of Yicheng County and is not within our jurisdiction, so I didn't ask much."

After a pause, Li Jun asked again: "Is this matter related to the public?"

Liu Jing pondered for a moment and said, "It has something to do with one of my friends. He asked me, so I'll ask you who did it?"

Li Jun looked at the roof and pondered for a long time, and slowly said, "Maybe I have a way to find out the truth, please give me two days."

.........

Half an hour later, Li Jun appeared in Xiangyang City. He came to the small house again and knocked on the door rhythmically. The door opened a crack and he flashed in and went in.

In the room, Jia Hong was sorting out the information from all over Jingzhou, and someone reported at the door: "Sir, Li Jun is here."

Jia Hong was stunned. What did he do? But after a change of thought, it was okay, he was about to look for him.

"Let him in"

Li Jun quickly walked into the room and bowed, "Sir."

"You're here just in time, I'll tell you something."

Jia Hong smiled slightly, "Sit down first and talk about it."

Li Jun sat down and Jia Hong took a secret order from the table. "Today, I just received a secret order from Xu Du, and ordered us to pay close attention to Liu Jing's situation. I heard that Cheng was very interested in him, so I asked Yu Jin in detail about his situation."

He put the secret order back on the table. This is not something that Li Jun can see at his level. Jia Hong said again: "So I thought about it and it is the most suitable for you. I will find a way to transfer you into Liu Jing's army. You should also show your loyalty to Liu Jing, so as not to find him strange."

Li Jun is a soldier and only knows to absolutely obey orders. Since his boss has orders, he can only obey. However, deep down in his heart, he also hopes that he will follow Liu Jing, at least he will be more comfortable than he is now.

Seeing that he had no objection, Jia Hong smiled and said, "What's wrong with me?"

"Report to sir, I'm also here for Liu Jing's business. He just came to find a low-ranking position."

Li Jun then told Liu Jing that he had asked him to investigate the Tao family's ship, and finally said: "I don't know if I can help him, so I didn't agree. I came to ask for instructions."

Jia Hong frowned slightly, how could Liu Jing care about this matter, what did he have to do with the Tao family?

Jia Hong asked again: "So, how much do you know about this matter?"

"I know a little bit, and a subordinate of Bei Zhi once found a little clue. This may be related to Zhang Yun."

Zhang Yun

Jia Hong's eyes lit up. He knew that Liu Jing and Zhang Yun had a grudge. If this incident could provoke a secret fight between Liu Jing and even Kuai Yue and Zhang Yun, wouldn't this just be the right way to get a job with Xu Du?

There is another secret order Jia Hong received today, which made him think of trying to provoke an internal strife in Jingzhou. He was worried that he had no idea where to start. This happened just right.

Cai Mao and Zhang Yun formed an alliance, and Liu Jing had a close relationship with the Kuai family. It was a god-given opportunity. Thinking of this, Jia Hong hurriedly asked: "When did you promise to tell Liu Jing the result?"

"I told him that in two days."

Two days were indeed a little tight, Jia Hong nodded. He had to mobilize all forces to find out the matter as quickly as possible.

.........

At this time, in Cai Mao's study, Cai Mao was discussing a major event with Cai Zhong and Zhang Yun, and the cause of this incident was Liu Biao.

Month ago, due to the burning of Youjiao Office, Liu Biao used Zhang Yun to take action, deprived his Qujunta, and dispersed all Zhang Yun's thousands of private troops to the various armies in Jingzhou.

But Liu Biao was ultimately hampered by family affection, and promised Zhang Yun that he could rebuild the Qu Department. At this time, all the private troops had been dispersed and incorporated into the formal army, and it was impossible to summon them back, so Zhang Yun had to start recruiting again.

Building a private military department with thousands of people required a lot of money and food. Zhang Yun didn't have much money, so he had to come to Cai Mao for help.

Out of the relationship between allies, Cai Mao promised to support him as part of his food, and the rest of the food still had to be solved by Zhang Yun himself. Cai Mao pointed him out another idea that he could attack the Tao family.

Since ancient times, merchants have been cash machines for the powerful and powerful. The richest people in Jingzhou are the Tao family, but the Tao family is not ordinary merchants. It is impossible to send a few soldiers to the door and let the Tao family spit out the money. They still have to use strategies.

"Military advisor, everything is ready. You see when it is more suitable to do it?" Zhang Yun whispered to Cai Mao for advice.

After the lessons learned by You Jiao, Zhang Yun became smarter and no longer took responsibility for himself. This strategy was made by Cai Mao, so Zhang Yun naturally had to tie himself to Cai Mao. If something happened, Cai Mao would have to take care of him.

Of course, Cai Mao knew it well, but in order to win over Zhang Yun, he was still willing to bear this risk, but the Tao family and Huang Zu had some marriage relationship, so he was not convenient for him to come forward.

Cai Mao walked a few steps behind his back and turned to Zhang Yun and said, "I have greeted Jiang Zhuang in Youjiao Station for this matter. He agreed to come forward for inspection, but one thing you have to remember is that whether this matter is encountered by your naval patrol or you deliberately send troops, you must report to the provincial governor in time and not make the last mistake again."

"Please rest assured by the military advisor. I won't make any mistakes again this time, but I'm a little worried that Xiangyang County will interfere, and that a few fake Tao boatmen might be exposed."

Cai Mao smiled, "Don't worry, Wang Ji went to Xinye and came back only after the genius. The old fox Li Gui won't cause trouble easily. You record the confession as quickly as possible, and then silence the fake boatman. In this way, there will be no evidence and the case can be made into an iron case. Then, no matter how you speak, the Tao family will pay the money."

Zhang Yun couldn't help but become excited, "Since Wang Ji is back the day after tomorrow, I want to take action tonight and arrest someone tomorrow to make a decision. Come on, Wang Ji will finish the matter before he comes back. Even if he wants to intervene, he has nowhere to focus."

Cai Mao pondered for a moment. Since the Tao family had come to Fancheng, it should not be delayed anymore. He nodded, "Yes."

...........

At the beginning of the day, a fleet of more than 50 flat-bottomed cargo ships appeared on the Han River more than ten miles east of Fancheng.

This flat-bottom cargo ship is the main shipping force on the southern waterways. It has shallow draft, cargo capacity, and is easy to control. Whether in the Han River or the Yangtze River, this flat-bottom cargo ship can be seen everywhere.

But this fleet of ships is only special, each ship has a double-carp flag on its bow. This is the logo of the Tao Family Business, which means that this fleet belongs to the Tao Family.

It is not suitable for sailing in the dark night. The black water surface is sparkling, the waves are rising and falling, and there is a hidden murderous intent.

A Tao family manager stood on a large boat and looked around with a solemn expression. His name was Zhang Xian, who was a small manager of the Tao family.

More than ten days ago, he escorted a batch of acquired Xincang to Chaisang, but was seized by a group of unknown people and was not released until an hour ago.

He didn't know what happened and why they were seized. He knew nothing about who these people were. Fortunately, there was not much goods, so he could go back and explain to the owner.

However, Zhang Xian was still worried. He had two more strange friends. They said nothing and were on the last boat. He wanted to check the cargo, but they didn't let him get on the boat. They stood with a knife and were fierce, which made him feel a little bad.

"Sincere, look at it"

A boatman suddenly pointed to the water and shouted: "The boat in Youjiao is here."

There were more than twenty small boats on the water surface, with black flags of Youjiao Station being inserted on the boat. More than a dozen big men with swords stood at the bow of the boat and ordered the boat to stop in a fierce manner.

"Stop the ship inspection"

Manager Zhang had no choice but to wave his hand and "stop the boat"

The fleet stopped slowly, and before the ship could stop, dozens of soldiers from Youjiao rushed onto the ship, waved their long swords, and shouted loudly across the water, "pulling the oil cloth and opening the bottom cabin"

The officer is Cao Jiangzhong, the new You Jiao Supervisor who replaced Liu Jing. He jumped onto the main ship and shouted to Zhang Xian: "Where is the fleet?"

Zhang Xian quickly stepped forward and bent down and nodded, "We are the fleet of Dow Trading Company, and the ship is full of ordinary cargo."

Zhang Xian heard that Jiang Tucao was the son-in-law of the Huang family, and his mistress was also the daughter of the Huang family in Jiangxia. They were all from the family, so he should give this face to him.

But Jiang Zhong obviously did not buy this account. He said coldly: "Even the Dow Trading Company needs to check it. There is an order on it to strictly investigate prohibited items."

It was at this moment that a soldier who inspected shouted: "Super Cao, military crossbows and combat knives appeared in the bottom cabin."

Jiang Zhong's face changed drastically, he grabbed the neck of the manager Zhang Xian and said viciously: "You dare to smuggle the illegal army."

"The villain doesn't know it, the villain doesn't know it"

Zhang Xian was so scared that he waved his hands repeatedly. He suddenly thought of something in his heart. Looking back, it turned out that the last big ship was found. He suddenly realized that they must have been framed.

At this time, someone shouted again: "The navy's patrol fleet is here."

A warship appeared on the water surface, which was a Jingzhou naval patrol, composed of more than ten warships.

Zhang Yun stood on the first building boat, staring coldly at the Tao family fleet on the water not far away, with a smug smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he saw a big fish entering the net.

.........

Liu Biao was pushed by his wife in his sleep, "General, it seems that there is something outside to report."

Liu Biao asked unhappily: "What's the matter?"

A guard outside the door reported: "Report to the provincial governor, a fleet of illegal military weapons appeared on the navy patrol. Zhang asked the provincial governor to ask the provincial governor how to deal with it."

Liu Biao yawned, and another sensation came, and said impatiently: "Tell him, investigate it strictly to the end."
Chapter completed!