Chapter 148 Three Rumors
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When Liu Biao returned to the study, his wife, Mrs. Cai, followed him in, took off her outer robe, and said with a smile: "Actually, I am also worried about something happening to Cong'er, but when he comes back safely, I feel relieved. As for the injury, just take care of it slowly. General, don't worry. There are only injuries that cannot be cured in the world, and there are no diseases that cannot be cured."
Liu Biao nodded, and his wife said something reasonable. He sat down and said a little displeased: "I was angry that he was ridiculous. I obviously asked him to comfort the Tao family for me, but he didn't expect that he would actually go to propose to the Tao family and fight a woman with Huang Zuzhi. The spread of it made me look good."
Mrs. Cai smiled and said without saying a word: "I can only blame the daughter of the Tao family for being beautiful. I heard that even Jing'er wanted to marry her, let alone Cong'er."
"Jing'er"
Liu Biao was stunned. He didn't know about this at all. He couldn't help but frown and asked, "What's going on?"
"I just heard Shaoyu say that Jing'er likes Tao Sheng's daughter. The last time the Huang family competes swords for her was actually the reason. Cong'er also fell in love with this woman and ended up making trouble in disgrace."
"Nonsense"
Liu Biao slapped the table and said angrily: "How can the dignified nephew of the state governor marry a businessman's daughter?"
Mrs. Cai was secretly happy and quickly persuaded: "I just heard about this, and it may not be taken seriously. Moreover, the young man values love. This should be understandable. Why should the general be angry?"
Liu Biao was not stupid. He had always wondered why Liu Jing was so confident in the Tao family and did not hesitate to deal with Zhang Yun for the sake of the Tao family. He thought that Liu Jing was for Chaisang. Now it seems that he was for the daughter of the Tao family, so how could Liu Biao not be angry?
He paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. At that time, Liu Jing refused to marry the daughter of the Cai family and said he wanted to marry the daughter of Sun Quan and the daughter of Cao Cao. Now Liu Biao knew the real reason, which made him feel dissatisfied. If it were the daughter of the Kuai family, he might be able to accept it, but he was the daughter of the Chaisang Tao family.
At this time, Mrs. Cai whispered from the side: "General, the Tao family is indeed responsible for this matter. If you don't protect Cong'er, I mean, I ask the daughter of the Tao family to be a concubine for Cong'er. First, let Cong'er calm down, and secondly, it can block the mouths of outsiders. The general thinks."
Mrs. Cai proposed to marry Tao Zhan to Liu Cong, on the one hand, to retaliate against Liu Jing, and on the other hand, it was also a test to see if Liu Biao was willing to cover up the ugly things. If Liu Biao had this idea, then she could arrange for Shaoyu to marry Liu Cong as soon as possible.
Liu Biao is a person who wants to meet, and he is also worried about outsiders' discussions about his son. Marrying a wife and taking concubines for him is indeed a good way to conceal the truth.
Mrs. Cai’s suggestion made Liu Biao slightly moved. He pondered for a moment, and suddenly thought of Liu Jing, so he waved his hand, "I will talk about these things later. I want to go to the state yamen first. Cong'er's side, so you should do your best."
Liu Biao changed into clothes and hurriedly left. Looking at her husband walking away, Mrs. Cai showed a smug smile on her face. At least she did the first step very successfully.
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Night fell quietly. Since Liu Jing took leave to Chaisang, the Fancheng military camp has been under the control of Liu Hu. However, this is only temporarily. Liu Biao has appointed Wu Juzhi Wu Qing as the Marquis of Fancheng military and will soon take over the military camp.
This news made Liu Hu and others very worried. If Liu Jing is transferred, what should they do?
In the military camp, Liu Hu was standing alone in front of the target to practice archery. He seemed in a bad mood and cursed. Several arrows were shot away. He threw the bow to the ground and cursed: "What a broken bow? His grandma's, he doesn't have a good bow."
At this time, a soldier rushed over and reported in surprise: "Brother Hu, Junhou is back."
Liu Hu didn't react at once. He was stunned for a while, suddenly screamed, spread his feet and ran towards the military camp gate.
From afar, Liu Jing led his horse in from the camp gate. Wei Yan, who was on duty at the city gate, also followed. Liu Hu was so happy that his heart exploded, jumped and shouted, "Brother Jing, do you want a tiger anymore?"
He rushed forward, picked up Liu Jing, turned around and ran away. He was extremely powerful, and he was excited. Liu Jing couldn't break free for a moment. Liu Jing was both angry and funny, and shouted: "Tiger, do you want me to make a fool of yourself?"
Wei Yan next to him was so scared that he quickly grabbed Liu Hu. Liu Hu then let go. Liu Jing punched him on the shoulder and scolded, "After all, I have been a garrison leader for several months, why didn't he make any progress at all?"
Liu Hu scratched the back of his head and laughed: "I was excited for a moment, Junhou Mo was angry."
At this time, the soldiers came to hear the news and surrounded Liu Jing. Everyone had excitement and excitement on their faces, and there was also a sense of respect for their superiors. Liu Jing's deeds in Chaisang had already spread throughout Xiangfan. The soldiers had heard that everyone was talking and expressed their inner expectations.
"Does Junhou still want to go back to Chaisang?"
"Junhou, take us to Chaisang and we are willing to follow you."
Liu Jing looked at his face full of expectations, and he was also moved in his heart. Most of these brothers were born and died in Xinye, and they had deep feelings for each other. Although they had only been breaking up for half a month, he felt that they had broken up for a long time.
This was mainly because of the battle of Chaisang, which gave him a new life. He naturally felt a long-lasting feeling for the former military camp. Liu Jing waved to everyone one by one, and then smiled at a Bo Chang and said, "Han Lao Ben, I'm not here, have you taken the opportunity to go and have you gamble twice?"
Bo Chang quickly saluted: "You have reported to the Marquis of Military Affairs, and you have never gambled once."
After pausing, he added: "The main reason is that my mother at home knows that Junhou is not here, so she takes care of me."
Everyone laughed loudly, Old Man Han was famous for being afraid of his own, "Old Man" someone shouted: "Did you hide the money on the soles of your shoes have also been gone?"
Everyone laughed again, and Liu Jing couldn't help laughing. How could he be willing to give up so many cute soldiers?
"Famous Brothers"
Liu Jing shouted loudly to everyone: "After I come back this time, I will go to Chaisang to serve. If there are brothers who are willing to follow me, I will warmly welcome you. I, Liu Jing, promise everyone that every brother who follows me will have a future."
There was a silence around first, and in an instant, cheers rang out like thunder.
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In the room, Liu Jing and several important figures discussed the incident of everyone going to Chaisang. Liu Jing first briefly told the story of the Battle of Chaisang to the few.
"Junhou did it really inauthentic this time."
Liu Hu thought that this battle had no share, so he couldn't help but say so sadly: "You ran to Chaisang to make a name for yourself, but you left us, the old brothers here to guard the door."
Wei Yan couldn't help but kick him gently below, and Liu Hu glared at the eyes, "Old Wei, it's useless to kick me, there's no chance anymore, can you complain, can you not complain?"
Wei Yan looked embarrassed and had to laugh dryly. Liu Jing smiled and said, "This Battle of Chaisang came suddenly. I had no preparation in advance. Thanks to the Tao family's support for money and food, I recruited some soldiers, otherwise my life would be left there this time."
Liu Hu muttered, "Anyway, I'm going to follow you, so I'll get rid of me, don't think about it."
"alright"
Liu Jing smiled and waved his hand, "Let's talk about the future, this time I plan to take all my brothers away, so I want to ask you to communicate more with your brothers to see what difficulties they have. For example, Han Laoben's wife and children must follow him. I have to consider resettling these soldiers."
Liu Jing said to Shuzuo Lu Sheng again: "Lu Shuzuo, I will leave this matter to you. At the latest the day after tomorrow, you will give me a report."
Lu Sheng nodded silently, "I understand the humble vocation."
At this time, Wei Yan and several trench chiefs asked, "Mr. Jun. What can we do?"
"You have to do two things. One is to cooperate with Lu Shuzuo to understand the difficulties of his brothers, and the second is to stabilize the army and prevent people from slandering the crowd."
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Liu Jing said that the evil words were unfounded. Just when his reputation was at its peak, everyone was praising him when he defended Chaisang and fought against Jiangdong, but there were also some inconsistent voices mixed in it.
There is a rumor that Liu Jing’s origin is unknown, not Liu Biao’s nephew, but Cao Cao sent someone to pretend to be the one who wanted to gain Jingzhou.
There is also a rumor about Liu Jing, saying that Liu Cong was injured, but in fact, Liu Jing sent someone to pretend to be Huang Yong, with the intention of killing Liu Cong.
There is also the first rumor. Liu Cong's lower body was broken and he could no longer have sex, so he has become a useless person.
Although this rumor is not the mainstream of discourse, they have not calmed down and are always mixed with praise. They are neither high-pitched nor low-key. Especially the first rumor is the most interesting, and everyone in Xiangyang is talking about this.
Liu Jing heard this rumor as soon as he arrived in Xiangyang. The first rumor had nothing to do with him. The first two rumors made Liu Jing more vigilant. The rumor of hurting Liu Cong was as expected by him. This must have been a transmission from the Cai family, and he was not worried.
But the first rumor surprised Liu Jing. The rumor was cruel and vicious, far more than the second rumor. When he first heard this rumor, Liu Jing suspected that it was Liu Bei who spread it.
After thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was impossible. Spreading such rumors would not be of any benefit to Liu Bei, but instead harmed more than good. With Liu Bei's cunning and character, he could not stab himself in the back at this time.
So who spread the rumors? Cai Mao or Huang Zu? After thinking about it, there are only Cai and Huang families with the greatest possibility.
Smearing himself from behind and arousing Liu Biao's suspicion of himself is not cruel, and his methods are not vicious. Therefore, for Liu Jing, to calm the morale of the army, the second is to win Liu Biao's trust.
The key is that as long as you win Liu Biao's trust, these rumors will have no meaning.
After leaving the military camp, Liu Jing and several followers crossed the river and returned to Xiangyang. At this time, night was shrouded in both sides of the Han River, and the number of pedestrians crossing the river decreased significantly. By chance, a ferry crossed the river.
Liu Jing crossed the river by boat. He led his horse and walked slowly ashore from the narrow board. A large ship of thousands of stones was parked beside him. The ship was hung with strings of lanterns, with brilliant lights, and it looked particularly dazzling on the dark river surface.
A large death lantern with a diameter of about half a meter was carried on the tall mast. A large black letter was reflected on the orange lantern: yellow.
The word "yellow" made Liu Jing slightly stunned. He instinctively thought of Huang Zu's ship.
Chapter completed!