Soldiers come to the world

Liu Jing led the horse and Liu Hu walked quickly all the way, and they arrived at the pier after a while, boarded the ferry, and the boat sailed to the north bank.

As soon as the boat arrived in the middle of the Hanshui River, Liu Jing suddenly saw a public boat from the Tourist Payment Office approaching. He knew everyone on board, so he waved his hands and shouted: "Cao Wu!"

When the people on the public boat saw him, they quickly approached and stopped the ferry. The leader was Cao Ke, who was fifth, so everyone called him Cao Wu.

The two boats leaned together, and Cao Wu said anxiously: "Supervisor Cao, something has happened!"

"What happened?" Liu Jing felt a little unhappy. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and Cao Wu shouted that something happened. This is not a good omen.

"Cao Cao, Zhang Ping was taken away."

'Zhang Ping! ’ Liu Jing was taken aback, why was it him again, he asked displeasedly: "Who was taken away?"

"I was taken away by Gan Ning's subordinates in the middle of the night last night."

Liu Jing frowned, how could Zhang Ping get into trouble with Gan Ning, at this moment, he thought, it's wrong!Zhang Ping was not on duty yesterday and today, what did he come out for?

"what is the problem?"

Cao Wu glanced at the boatman next to him and hesitated, "Can Governor Cao change the boat?"

After boarding the public boat, Liu Jing sat down and asked, "Tell me! What happened?"

"Today at Zhengdan, Zhang Ping wasn't supposed to be on duty, but he suddenly came over in the middle of the night last night and changed shifts with Yang Shun, who was on duty. Ning sent someone to send a message, saying that Zhang Ping and a dozen brothers are in his hands, and asked Du Cao to go over and talk, but we don't know the specific situation."

This is strange, what did Zhang Ping run out in the middle of the night?Liu Jing pondered for a moment, even if he didn't care about Zhang Ping, he was in charge of the dozen or so brothers.

Liu Jing asked, "Where is Gan Ning now?"

"It seems to be somewhere west of Fancheng."

At this time, Liu Hu next to him said, "At the Phoenix Wing Pavilion."

"Yes! It's at the Phoenix Wing Pavilion."

Liu Jing immediately ordered: "Turn around and go to Fengyi Pavilion!"

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Gan Ning was stationed at Fengyi Pavilion to the west of Fancheng. There was a harbor with dozens of official houses on the bank. This place was actually a boat station. Officials came by boat. If it was dark and tired, they could go Stay in this station.

Liu Biao simply assigned this station to Gan Ning, let him and his men stay here permanently, and sent them money and food on time every month. In fact, he raised Gan Ning in Fancheng, neither using him nor treating him badly, neither Bad Liu Biao's reputation also got rid of Jingxiang's biggest water thief.

The excuse Liu Biao used was to recommend Gan Ning to the imperial court as Zhonglang General. According to the normal process, it would be a few months at least, or a year or two at most, and it would be delayed indefinitely.

There is indeed a pavilion next to the post station, which is called Fengyi Pavilion. The post station is also named after this pavilion. The pavilion is built on a rockery mountain, about seven or eight feet high. Sitting in the pavilion, you can overlook the Han River and watch the river rolling southward. , wide field of view, refreshing.

Liu Jing stood facing the wind with his hands behind his back, and the river wind with a fishy smell came towards his face, blowing his hair fluttering.

At this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind him, Liu Jing turned around, and it was Gan Ning walking towards Fengyi Pavilion.

Liu Jing saw that he no longer showed his chest like last time. He was wearing a blue hero cloak, a brocade belt around his waist, and a crown scarf on his head.

"General Gan's outfit is unrecognizable."

Gan Ning chuckled and waved his hands. Two of his subordinates laid out a mat in the pavilion and put out more than a dozen kinds of wine and vegetables. Gan Ning smiled slightly, "I have long wanted to invite Mr. Jing to drink a glass of water and wine. Can I sit with you?"

"General Gan is polite."

Liu Jing cupped his hands, and sat down directly, Gan Ning also sat down, poured him a glass of wine, and apologized in his eyes, "Master, you are kind to me, but I arrested his subordinates. It is really imperative to apologize to the young master."

Liu Jing drank slowly and didn't speak, he knew that Gan Ning must have deep meaning in arresting Zhang Ping.

Gan Ning sighed, his expression became serious, "The matter is a bit complicated, let me say it slowly, in fact, the root of this matter still came from the Battle of Runan more than two months ago."

"The Battle of Runan?" Liu Jing frowned, he was too familiar with that battle.

"Yes."

Gan Ning nodded and said, "After the Battle of Runan was over, Cao Hong, Cao Cao's younger brother, took care of the funeral affairs in Runan. According to Cao Cao's extermination order, all the thousands of captured Yellow Turban soldiers were to be killed to avoid future troubles. , but Cao Hong changed his mind and killed only a small part, and sold the rest as slaves to make money. I also got the news, so I ordered my men to pretend to be merchants, buy five hundred military slaves, and prepare to resell them in Jingzhou."

Liu Jing's head is a bit big. It is not impossible to buy and sell slaves, but it must be registered with the government. Every slave must be registered one by one by the government. committed a mortal sin.

And Gan Ning even bought Cao Jun's prisoners privately, which was a serious crime. Once Liu Biao found out, this would cause big trouble, why Gan Ning was a little confused.

Gan Ning seemed to know what Liu Jing was thinking, and said with a wry smile: "When I bought the slaves, I hadn't joined the state shepherd, but I also knew that this matter was troublesome, so I sent my subordinates to do it, but somehow, this matter The matter got out, and Zhang Yun actually found out about it, as far as I know, he also asked someone to buy military slaves in Runan, and now he has turned around to attack me."

"You mean, he wants to snatch your slave away?" Liu Jing probably understood a little bit, why Zhang Ping came to be on duty in the middle of the night last night must have something to do with this matter.

"exactly!"

Gan Ning nodded, "These young and strong slaves were bought by one tael of gold at the time, and they could be sold for ten taels. 500 people are worth 5000 taels of gold, which is enough for my subordinates to spend for a year, so this sale is very important to me. But when Zhang Yun found out that I had these slaves, he asked someone to come to me and offered to buy them for three taels of gold. If he can enter Jingzhou, he will write his name upside down."

"What happened to Zhang Ping? Why did you arrest him last night?"

"Last night I made a test. I personally transported ten slaves along Bishui into Hanshui. The journey was relatively smooth. Unexpectedly, shortly after entering Hanshui, they were stopped by your travel police. The leader was Zhang Ping. He I kept talking about arresting slave traders, but the two sides fought, and I captured all three ships and more than a dozen soldiers from Youjiao, including Zhang Ping, who is now in my hands."

Gan Ning is indeed in a dilemma. If he releases this group of people, he will not let him go. If he does, this group of people will immediately sue him for smuggling military slaves. Ning was in a dilemma. After much deliberation, he had to ask Liu Jing to discuss it.

Unexpectedly, before his men left, Liu Jing came by himself.

Some things really need not be explained too clearly, Liu Jing understood all Gan Ning's meaning, Gan Ning is in big trouble now, only one charge of privately selling military slaves, Liu Biao has an excuse to kill him.

From the looks of it, Gan Ning seemed a bit unwilling, he bought himself a drink, no doubt he wanted himself to do him a favor.

Liu Jing definitely wanted to help with this job, but he didn't want Gan Ning to feel too easy, so that he would not show his favor.

After pondering for a while, Liu Jing said: "Let's do this! First release a dozen brothers and let them go home to celebrate the New Year. We asked them not to speak out. As for Zhang Ping, let me think about it again. He is Zhang Yun's younger brother, so it's really not good." manage."

Since Gan Ning asked Liu Jing for help, of course he wanted to give him face, he immediately ordered his subordinates: "Except for Zhang Ping, the other ten people have been released."

The subordinates agreed, and just about to leave, Liu Jing stood up and said, "I'll go and talk to them first."

At this moment, one of his subordinates rushed over and hurriedly reported: "Leader Qi, there are many troops outside, and Zhang Yun is here."

Gan Ning stood up abruptly and said angrily, "He really came."

He turned around to leave, but Liu Jing grabbed him, "Wait a minute!"

Liu Jing's thoughts turned quickly, as soon as Zhang Yun arrived, Zhang Yun was just waiting for him. What he really dealt with was not Gan Ning, but Liu Jing. Is this possible?Or he kills two birds with one stone.

Thinking of this, Liu Jing said in a deep voice: "General Gan calm down first, Zhang Yun led the army to come, I'm afraid it was premeditated, or Zhang Ping's arrest was a trap set by Zhang Yun."

Gan Ning is also an extremely shrewd person, but he is a little obsessed with the authorities, and he is not as clear as a bystander like Liu Jing. With Liu Jing's reminder, he gradually calmed down.

There seems to be something like this, that Zhang Ping, nicknamed Water Wolf, is extremely good at underwater, even if he can't beat him, he can dive and escape. It seems a bit too easy to catch him by himself.

Is it really a trap set by Zhang Yun?If this is the case, things are a bit troublesome.

Gan Ning is not worried about himself. With his force, even if he is outnumbered, he can still break through. He is just worried about the safety of his subordinates. These subordinates have been with him for many years. He does not want them to be implicated by him and get hurt for no reason. .

Thinking of this, he looked towards Liu Jing as if asking for help, Liu Jing's calmness gave him a glimmer of hope.

Liu Jing wanted to keep Gan Ning safe now, he didn't want him to leave Jiangdong in a rage because of this incident, causing Jingzhou to lose a general.

"General Gan, don't worry. Zhengdan has a practice of not fighting. It must not be the state herdsman who sent troops here. It should be Zhang Yun leading his own troops. I will settle this matter."

Speaking of this, Liu Jing called Liu Hu forward, whispered a few words to him, Liu Hu nodded, and immediately climbed over the wall and left the waterway, where Zhang Yun's army was not surrounded.

Liu Jing strode out of the pavilion, Gan Ning was worried that he might be in the wrong, so he put on his weapon and followed out, but Liu Jing waved his hand, "General Gan, don't go out for now, I can deal with it alone."

Gan Ning nodded and stopped, he would watch at the door, if Liu Jing was in danger, he would immediately rescue him.

Outside the wall of the post station, more than a thousand Zhang Yun's trilogy surrounded the post station on three sides. In front of the gate, Zhang Yun was in full armor, holding a big knife, staring at the door coldly, with a sneer of complacency flashing in his eyes from time to time.

In fact, he was already ready. He had just received the news that Liu Jing had entered the station, so he immediately led his troops to surround the Fengyi Pavilion station.

Zhang Ping was caught by Gan Ning, it was indeed his deliberate arrangement, his purpose was to make matters worse and lead to Gan Ning's illegal slave sale.

He heard that the [-] slaves Gan Ning bought were all extremely strong Yellow Turban soldiers, so Zhang Yun decided to take them as his own, but unexpectedly, Gan Ning didn't buy them, which really made him furious.

What happened today is his painstaking plan, the purpose is to kill two birds with one stone, arrest Gan Ning, and at the same time make Liu Jing fall into the crime of covering up, and remove him from the post of supervisor.

Zhang Yun was extremely proud, today he was going to vent his anger, a brat who was young wanted to fight him, it's a dream!

He waved his long knife and shouted sharply: "Gan Ning come out and speak, or I will kill you in the post!"