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After writing the letter, Liu Jing ordered a personal soldier to send the letter to Changsha. At this time, a soldier reported outside the house: "You reported to the guard, General Guan Ping is looking for a meeting outside the city."

This time, Liu Jing did not go out of the city to greet him. He knew what Guan Ping was doing. Guan Yu's army was evacuating on a large scale. How could he not know?

Liu Bei was in a hurry to withdraw to Nanjun, although he wanted to increase his reputation by resisting Cao, now that Liu Biao has passed away, Jingzhou has undergone tremendous changes, and increasing his reputation is not as important as supporting a Jingzhou governor.

Liu Jing could fully understand Liu Bei's eagerness, and Liu Bei's withdrawal may not be a bad thing. At least the bonus of resisting Cao was enjoyed by Liu Jing alone.

Liu Jing nodded and smiled, "Please come in."

Soon, Guan Ping hurried in, bowed and bowed, "See Gong Jing"

"General Guan, it's been a long time since I saw you, please sit down."

Liu Jing smiled and asked Guan Ping to sit down. Guan Ping took out Liu Bei's handwritten letter and put it on the table. Liu Jing glanced at him and was slightly stunned. It turned out that it was written by Liu Bei.

But he did not rush to read the letter, and said to Guan Ping with a smile: "We haven't seen each other for about two years."

When Liu Jing first arrived in Jingzhou, he had a good relationship with Guan Ping, especially in the Battle of Xinye that year, when Liu Jing was surrounded by Cao's army. Guan Ping and Zhao Yun risked their lives to save him. This life-saving grace has always been engraved in Liu Jing.

Before the New Year, Liu Jing specially ordered someone to give Guan Ping a BMW named Mo Yu to express his gratitude.

Just as Liu Jing did not forget Guan Ping's life-saving grace, Guan Ping also missed Liu Jing's gift to horses. When he saw Liu Jing's sincere smile, he felt a kind of intimacy like meeting an old friend.

"Yes, I remember the last time I met, I was passing by Wuchang by boat, and I had to thank my husband for his kind hospitality."

The two chatted for a while, and Liu Jing turned the topic to one of his most concerned things. He pondered for a while and asked: "How is General Long's situation now? Since he returned to his hometown to visit the grave last time, I have rarely heard of him. I only heard that he has gone to train troops."

When talking about Zhao Yun, Guan Ping felt sad. Since Zhao Yun returned from Changshan County a few years ago, he has gradually been alienated by his lord and was named the lieutenant of the military training camp. Although his official position is not low, he has no military power.

He was only responsible for training troops in Wuling County, sending batches of new soldiers and sending batches of veterans, and repeating cycles. It has been so far, and all the generals are unfair to Zhao Yun, but he himself seems to have never complained.

In fact, Guan Ping also guessed that Zhao Yun was neglected because of Liu Jing. Sometimes he couldn't help asking about his father's incident, but he got a angrily scolding him.

Guan Ping sighed and said, "Sometimes, I think dragons and you will be better."

Guan Ping immediately felt that it was inappropriate to say this. How could he say such words? If his father knew about it, he would have to beat him to death.

"Why?" Liu Jing asked reluctantly.

"It's nothing, I have to leave. The boat will not wait for me, we will have a date later." Guan Ping knew that he had made a mistake and suddenly felt panic. He did not dare to say more. He quickly got up and said goodbye.

"There will be a period later"

Liu Jing smiled and watched him walk away, then he walked slowly to the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the setting sun gradually falling in the distance. The sunset dyed the clouds in the sky red, and also reflected Liu Jing's face red.

Liu Jing remembered the first meeting with Zhao Yun in Rangshan six years ago, and the brotherly smile of Zhao Yun. He had no relatives in Jingzhou in this era, and only Zhao Yun made him feel a little affection.

Liu Jing looked at the clouds that had gradually turned dark and dim. He thought of Zhao Yun alone in Wuling County. He couldn't help but feel infinite regret. When will Long be willing to fight with him?

After thinking for a long time, he sat down and wrote a letter to Zhao Yun, carefully sealed it, and asked loudly: "Did Li Qing come back?"

"The humble vocation is back"

Li Qing walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee, "Please keep the orders."

Liu Jing handed the letter to him, "Take fifty brothers to Wuling County, bring me some Jingzhou local products to General Zhao Yun, and also hand the letter to General Zhao."

Li Qing quickly agreed, took the letter and hurried out.

Liu Jing then took Liu Bei's letter from the table and opened it to look carefully. The content inside made him sneer. Liu Bei invited him to respect Liu Qi as the main person, promised to make him a general, and recommended him to the Emperor of Han Wuchang. Liu Bei really had the plan to do what he wanted, and he was so delusional. Why did he think he would agree to him.

But when he saw the letter at the end, Liu Jing was stunned. In the last few words, Liu Bei actually threatened himself. If he did not agree to the merger, his true identity would be announced to the world, which would ruin him. Liu Bei also mentioned that he had evidence in hand.

This naked threat immediately made Liu Jing furious. He stood up angrily, grabbed the inkstone on the table and smashed it at the wall, "Big ear thief, go to death."

With a crisp sound, the inkstone fell into pieces and black ink flowed all over the wall.

Liu Jing looked out the window with a blue face. It turned out that Liu Bei really knew his true identity. He knew that he was a fake. He had endured it for so many years. He still had evidence in his hand. What kind of evidence is it.

Liu Jing forced himself to calm down, and couldn't help but feel a little worried. Although Liu Biao was dead, if he declared himself a fake in the name of Liu Qi and then raised the so-called evidence, many people would probably believe it. This is a very difficult thing.

Liu Jing slowly closed his eyes. What evidence does Liu Bei have?

At this moment, Xu Shuxing rushed over, "Shou, there is good news."

Xu Shu stopped for a moment and looked at the ink flowing down the wall and the inkstone fragments all over the ground in surprise. What happened

He turned his head and looked at Liu Jing's personal soldiers behind him. The personal soldiers shook their heads and expressed their ignorance. This made Xu Shu confused. Why did Liu Jing get angry?

Liu Jing had calmed down and sighed, "I am angry about Liu Bei's withdrawal. This person is hypocritical. He just sent Guan Ping to me and asked us to merge and follow Liu Qi together, which made me angry."

Xu Shu glanced at the ink traces on the wall again, and felt a little strange. With Liu Jing's calmness, he would not get angry about such a thing. At most, he would just laugh it off. Is there any other hidden truth?

Xu Shu didn't ask much, shook his head and smiled, "Shou doesn't have to be annoyed by this kind of thing. We don't expect them to fight against Cao's army. Liu Bei proposed to merge the two families, but it was just a delusion."

Liu Jing didn't want to mention this matter more, so he nodded, "Okay, we won't mention this matter, do you think there is any good news?"

Xu Shu quickly took out a letter and handed it to Liu Jing and said with a smile: "This is a letter I just received from Deng Yi from Zhizhong. He expressed his lack of support for Liu Cong as the governor of Jingzhou, and hoped that I could persuade Shou to succeed the governor of Jingzhou."

This is good news. Deng Yi is Deng Wu's uncle. Deng Yi supports him. It is not surprising that Liu Jing is the fourth person in Jingzhou. The Deng family has deep connections in Nanyang. This good news really made him feel better.

Liu Jing immediately wrote a reply letter and handed it to Xu Shu: "You sent someone to keep in touch with Deng Yi. I hope he can stay in Xiangyang as my inner supporter in the Xiangyang officialdom."

"I thought it through and thoughtfully, so I'll arrange a letter to deliver it now."

Xu Shu said goodbye and left. The two personal soldiers began to clean up the ink and fragments on the ground. At this time, Liu Jing had been freed from his anger towards Liu Bei. He had no time to take into account this matter for the time being. He began to consider Xiangyang's response measures.

In fact, Deng Yi's advice was also good. If he did not recognize Liu Cong's governor of Jingzhou, he could proclaim himself the governor of Jingzhou. At least Liu Biao's death will was to succeed him. It was not that Liu Jing wanted to be the governor of Jingzhou, but to get rid of his nominal subordinate status to Xiangyang.

On the other hand, Deng Yi's allegiance also shows the division within Xiangyang, and it can make full use of Deng Yi to win over the officials in Xiangyang for himself.

Considering the internal division of Xiangyang, Liu Jing suddenly remembered something and immediately ordered his personal soldiers to say, "Go to the general's camp and invite General Cai Jin for me."

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There are many villages around Xiangyang, and the most famous one is Caili, which is also the place where the Cai clan lives. It is located in the northwest, about ten miles from Xiangyang City.

Caili is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery. Tanxi, which is about ten feet wide, flows through the village like a jade belt, dividing the village into two, and the old Cai family house is located on the west bank of Tanxi.

At night, under the heavy night sky, a small stone boat slowly stopped on the pier of the Cai family's old house.

After more than a month of confrontation, the ships near Xiangyang had been exhausted by the army. Therefore, the arrival of this ship immediately attracted the attention of the Cai Mansion's gatekeeper, and an old man came up with a lantern.

"Uncle Mi, it's me"

Cai Jin jumped out of the big boat and asked with a smile: "Is my father here?"

"The second master is here, just came back from Xiangyang."

The old man replied, his eyes fell on the young man behind Cai Jin. He saw that he was tall and burly. Although he was dressed in ordinary clothes, his every move showed an extraordinary aura.

The old man only felt that this person looked familiar. He picked up the lantern and looked carefully. He was shocked. The young man turned out to be Liu Jing, and he was suddenly panicked.

Cai Jin smiled and comforted him, "Uncle Mi, don't be afraid. Liu Shou is just here to visit my father. There is no malice, but please don't show off."

The old man was shocked and nodded quickly, saying, "Don't worry, I won't talk too much."

Cai Jin turned around and said to Liu Jing: "Wait for a while, I'll go see my father first."

Liu Jing nodded, "Go and I'll wait here."

Cai Jin hurried into the mansion, Liu Jing stood with his hands behind his back, waiting patiently for news from Cai Jin. The so-called mother gave birth to nine and nine different. Although Cai Mao was his political enemy in the officialdom and had a personal conflict of interest with him, it does not mean that everyone in the Cai family is like this.

Especially the alien Cai Jin appeared in the Cai family, and Cai Mao, as the head of the family, was helpless to take Cai Jin. This can only show one fact that the Cai family has important figures supporting Cai Jin, and this person is most likely Cai Jin's father, Cai Yan, who was the magistrate of Badong at the time.

This was also confirmed from Cai Jin. If Cai Yan turns to support himself, it will play an important role in his future settlement in Xiangyang County.

It was precisely because of this that Liu Jing decided to visit Cai Yan in person.

Cai Jin quickly walked to the yard where his father lived. Seeing that the study light was still on, he felt relieved and stepped forward to knock on the door, whispering: "Father, I have something urgent to report."

"Come in"

Cai Jin pushed the door and entered the room, but was stunned. The room was bright and he saw his father sitting opposite his grandfather, discussing what was going on.

Cai Yan went to Xiangyang to worship Liu Biao during the day. He had just returned to the mansion. He wanted to go to the backyard to report his father's situation, but Cai Xun was even more anxious than him, so he came to find him first.

The father and the two were talking about the situation in Xiangyang, but Cai Jin came. Cai Yan glanced at him and saw that he was hesitant, and asked with a smile: "What's the important thing?"
Chapter completed!