The three people looked at each other.
Du Biao's face was ashen: "This, this, this...doesn't this turtle grandson not want to live? Check for me and find those assassins! I, the Baiya Army, must give Brother Liu an explanation!"
Liu Zheng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Don't go, it's useless."
Du Biao didn't believe it.
But when half an hour passed and his men came to report, the assassins suddenly disappeared from Baiya City and were never found again!
Du Biao's face was livid, he slapped the case and became angry, gritting his teeth: "This is Cheng Jiang..."
Liu Zheng shook his head and dissuaded him and said: "Brother Du, don't be impatient. There is no time to rush. You need to consider the long term. No matter who this assassin is, if they want to kill me, if they put some poison on the sword, I am afraid that I will be dead by now."
These words scared Du Biao into a cold sweat.
After several attempts by the doctor to confirm that it was not poisonous, he felt relieved.
Yang Ke also had a solemn look on his face: "Young master Liu, you mean that the other party is trying to intimidate Mr. Liu and try to scare him away?"
Liu Zheng laughed and said: "So I am even more sure that this matter should be done by the prefecture. Because they saw that my 30,000 troops were still outside the city, they threw a rat weapon and wanted to kill me, but they didn't dare. They were worried that the army would attack. , this Baiya City can’t stand it!”
Yang Ke took a deep breath: "Today in Baiya Prefecture, I'm afraid there are only 30,000 troops available. This..."
In one sentence, Liu Zheng explained the complex situation in Baiya Prefecture today. In the past, the Baiya Army had a horse farm, money, and military strength. The prefect's mansion was naturally willing to be a puppet, but what about now? With Chen Ping's consumption, the Baiya Army lost most of it. Now it only has 20,000 troops. It's strange that the Prefecture doesn't have any ideas...
Du Biao said angrily: "Zhang Chengjiang is really a snake and rat, trying to exploit both ends of the camp!~ Back then, Baiya Prefecture was very poor. If it weren't for my Baiya Army's business, how could the people be full? Now he is adding insult to injury. …”
Liu Zheng and Yang Ke were both speechless.
Since ancient times, haven't there been many things that add insult to injury?
What's more, your White Cliff Army is an illegal organization in itself.
From your point of view, Baiyajun deserves credit for his hard work. But from Zhang Chengjiang's point of view, the Baiya Army occupies the magpie's nest. Who is justice and who is evil cannot be defined in itself.
In terms of theory and law, the Prefect's Mansion is even better.
"Don't worry, brother Liu, I, Du Biao, will definitely seek justice for you in this matter!"
Du Biao was anxious and angry.
Liu Zheng and Yang Ke quickly advised him. At this time, the war horse contract meeting in Baiya Prefecture is about to begin. Recently, many foreign vassal kings, officials, generals, and traders have begun to enter the city one after another.
It would be unwise to break up with the prefect at this time.
But since the Prefect's Mansion has taken action, it has to be on guard.
Yang Ke took a deep breath: "Prefect Zhang Chengjiang has always been a coward by nature. This incident must be caused by his evil daughter!"
"daughter?"
Liu Zheng was stunned. He was really wondering if there was an expert behind this piece of Chengjiang, but he didn't expect it to be his daughter.
Yang Ke sneered and said: "Zhang Xiao! This girl is just sixteen years old. She has been known as a genius since she was a child, and she is extremely evil. She was sent to Beijing to study since she was a child, and she just came back recently... If I go by Zhang Chengjiang's character, I would still I really don’t believe that he dares to do such a thing, but since Mr. Liu is definitely the governor’s residence, then it is definitely Zhang Xiao!”
"Zhang Xiao?"
Liu Zheng smiled slightly. He suddenly wanted to meet this little girl who was called a monster.
Because after he came to Baiya Prefecture, he felt that it was very abnormal...
Yes, it was very different from the Baiya he imagined! He has always believed that the White Ya Army is in Bai Ya State, and that is the local emperor of the White Ya Army, who has absolute control over this place, whether it is politics, the army, or people's hearts...
But today.
Just when he was assassinated, he discovered a very incredible situation.
That is, even though Yang Ke was by his side, the people in Baiya Prefecture allowed this assassination to happen in front of him. Liu Zheng did not imagine that they would swarm in to support the Baiya Army.
Why is this?
This shows that the Baiya Army is not as popular as he imagined in Baiya!
Regarding this complicated situation, Liu Zheng planned to observe it for a few more days.
At this moment, a swarm of people from outside suddenly rushed in.
"Is Brother Yang back?"
"Brother Yang!"
"Hahaha, brothers miss you so much!"
"Brother Yang, this heavy loss is not your fault..."
A bunch of people came over to ask for help.
Liu Zheng squinted his eyes and smiled immediately.
…
The Baiya Prefecture at this time.
As soon as Zhang Chengjiang returned here, he almost collapsed to the ground, sweating profusely: "I was scared to death, scared to death! Du Biao almost killed me!"
"Bandits, a bunch of gangsters!"
The officials around Zhang Chengjiang looked at each other in shock. In this Baiya Prefecture, who dares to say that the Baiya Army is not his? Which of the officials here has no interest relationship with the White Cliff Army? So they didn't dare to say a word about this matter.
"Huh, useless guy!"
Zhang Chengjiang shouted angrily: "Get out, get out of here!"
In the end, only two of the officials were left. Zhang Chengjiang slowly stood up, changed his cowardice, and smiled coldly: "A bunch of rip-offs, let's go!"
The three people walked into the inner house.
In front of a boudoir, Zhang Chengjiang took a deep breath and was about to speak.
A cold voice came from inside.
"How did Liu Zheng react?"
Zhang Chengjiang said cautiously: "There was no reaction at all. Just like you thought, the Baiya Army was not asked to come to investigate. Ha, I don't think they can necessarily see it!"
"ignorance!"
The voice said coldly.
The two people next to him quickly lowered their heads.
Logically speaking, as a daughter, she should not reprimand her father like this. But in Zhang Chengjiang's house, the situation is different. The young lady of the Zhang family, Zhang Xiao, had been reading scriptures since she was six years old. She was taken to Beijing by a big shot and trained carefully. Now when I come back to Baiya Prefecture again, I have my own mission...
Compared with his own daughter, Zhang Chengjiang looked like a scumbag.
So Zhang Chengjiang only dared to smile and said: "What Xiao'er said is that dad is ignorant, dad is ignorant."
The voice said coldly again: "Young Master Liu has just returned from a great victory, but he refuses to comment on his achievements and appreciate them. Do you think he is so stupid as you?"
Zhang Chengjiang broke into a cold sweat when he heard this: "Xiaoer teach me!"
Zhang Xiao said coldly: "I have been teaching you since I was ten years old, and that's why I have this good opportunity today. If this Young Master of the Liu Family does not come, Baiya Prefecture will definitely return to your hands, but this Young Master of the Liu Family Once it arrived, it became a variable..."
Zhang Chengjiang said disdainfully: "Why should we be afraid of a child with a yellow mouth?"
"If he hadn't been afraid of the 30,000 troops outside the city, he would have died today!"
Zhang Chengjiang had an angry look on his face: "This Baiya Army really doesn't take me as the governor seriously! They attracted an army of 30,000 people, but they didn't even know that I, the governor, would be heard from!"
Zhang Xiao said coldly: "Remember, the more arrogant they are, the more opportunities you have, understand?"
"Go down, I need to think carefully..."
"good!"
…
Liu Zheng looked at the people in front of him with a smile.
Suddenly he felt like he was in trouble.
A big black man with two giant axes in his hands, with a big beard on his face, stared at the two copper bells and laughed loudly. Looking next to him, there is a charming woman standing. The two people seem to have a close relationship, which gives people a visual impact.
Then……
A Taoist priest, a monk, a nun...
A fat man, a short man, a tailor, a butcher...
This group of people has all kinds of images. As long as you can think of it, you can find it here. There is no need to run around.
Yang Ke was also very happy. After greeting the brothers and sisters, he looked at Liu Zheng and said with a smile: "Brothers, this is the famous Liu Zhoutong in Liangzhou, Mr. Liu! Mr. Liu, these are all us. Brother of Bai Yajun, this is Black Vajra Ran Tu, born with supernatural power! This is Sister Mei Niang Xiang, with amazing martial arts skills! This is the abbot Lao Donkey, who is full of hard Qigong. This is the ghost girl, with invincible beauty skills. This is Mr. Liu. , His legs and feet are quite strong, he can travel thousands of miles in a day..."
Each and every one of them had greeted Liu Zheng.
Liu Zheng lost his breath for a moment and wiped his face with his hands.
this……
Is this the sense of deja vu from Water Margin?
This Baiya Army is really full of gangsterism. The dignified second leader Yang Ke and the third leader Du Biao are all brothers and sisters with these people. Regardless of you and me, the place suddenly became very lively. Every word you said to me, Liu Zheng's eardrums were buzzing.
When he heard that Liu Zheng had been assassinated, Ran Tu shouted loudly, carrying two axes, and went out to find the assassin.
Several people tried their best to stop him. Fortunately, Du Biao didn't say that he suspected it was the prefect's residence, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to stop him.
"Okay, okay, brothers, let's stop the excitement. This battle has caused heavy losses. It's all my fault, Yang Ke! When the boss comes back, I will go to the meeting to apologize!"
Seeing that Liu Zheng was silent, Yang Ke knew that it was too noisy and quickly asked these people to leave.
Ran Tu frowned and said, "Huh, second brother, I will plead guilty with you when the time comes. Let's see who dares to bully my second brother!"
After saying this, the group of people left.
Yang Ke then smiled bitterly: "Don't blame Mr. Liu, these brothers..."
Liu Zheng smiled and said: "Very good."
Jianghu people, Jianghu aura, Jianghu night rain, these were all things Liu Zheng longed for.
but!
He finally knew where the problem with the White Cliff Army lay.
This organization lacks a strict system! In other words, success depends on Jianghu Qi, and failure depends on Jianghu Qi!
Liu Zheng once saw a very appropriate metaphor in later generations.
That's why during the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei was so popular, but still couldn't win back to the Central Plains? Except that Cao Cao occupied the orthodoxy and held the emperor in power to order the princes. In fact, the biggest reason is that what Liu Bei leads is actually just a legion.
Even if he occupied a land of abundance like Bashu, he still regarded his army as a guest of Bashu...
He had never thought of governing Bashu as a country! He has not even formulated a decent policy or system to truly configure this place or a country!
This is the most important reason!
However, what about Cao Cao?
During the reign of Cao Cao, the Central Plains followed the Han system and had an official rank system recognized and recognized by the world.
Under Cao Cao's governance, the Central Plains region became more peaceful, which was the general trend.
Liu Bei, on the other hand, resorted to militarism and always acted like a "crusader".
Therefore, when he was in Bashu, he was the most unpopular.
At that time, Liu Ba, the great literary giant of Bashu, turned a deaf ear to Liu Bei's requests for talents several times, and even made bad remarks. This actually makes sense. Because he knew that Liu Bei only regarded Bashu as a granary and used Bashu's population to fight wars. His heart was not in Bashu at all...
In this way, one will decrease and the other will increase.
Liu Bei's failure is inevitable.
And what about the current Baiya Army?
Liu Zheng smiled bitterly.
In his opinion, he is even worse than Liu Bei!
