On the Qianzhong Road in spring in March, the spring breeze is not as gentle as in Jiangzhou.
The temperature this spring was low, and there was a light snowfall in early March.
Chenxi County, the lotus pond garden in the backyard of the county government office.
Sitting in the pavilion was a girl wrapped tightly in a windbreaker.
Dressed in rich clothes, dressed in wealth, with bright eyes and white teeth looking forward to life.
There was just a sad look on her eyebrows.
He looked at the dry pool and sighed from time to time.
"Manying, it's cold outside, go back."
At this time, a heroic woman walked over, came to the girl's side and spoke softly.
When Liu Manqing returned home after handling official duties, she found that her foster sister was not there. After asking, she found out that she had gone to the lake in the backyard again.
Recently, Liu Manying always comes to the lake to relax.
Because she said that being by the lake reminded her of some past scenes.
"Second sister." Liu Manying stood up and called her second sister.
Seeing the sad look on her face, Liu Manqing sighed and said, "Oh, if you can't remember it, don't force it. It hurts your mind, but it's not worth the loss."
"I didn't think about it at first, but recently, there are always some scattered fragments in my memory. When I don't think about it, they will pop up."
Liu Manying continued with some distress: "But if I try hard to think, I can't think of anything. I even have a headache when I think about it!"
"Man Ying. Take your time. If there are some fragments, it means you haven't completely forgotten it. Maybe you will remember it later?" Liu Manqing patted the back of Liu Manying's hand and said.
"Well, I don't want to think about it today. I have been sitting for an hour and my legs are a little numb!"
Liu Manying picked something on the spot and moved her limbs and muscles.
"You! You came here to sit here in such a cold weather. Let's go back and have a bowl of ginger tea!" Liu Manqing said and asked her stepsister to go back.
"Second sister, I'm not cold anymore. How about we discuss and warm up?" Liu Manying broke away and Liu Manqing said with a smile.
"Ha! You are thinking well. You are tired from sitting, so let me relax your muscles and bones!" Liu Manqing feigned anger, but she also put on a posture.
This is the backyard of the county government. Except for the patrolling guards and servants, there are no outsiders.
The two sisters often compete in martial arts here.
Liu Manying, who has practiced martial arts for two years, is already quite skilled.
The Liu brothers and sisters were also impressed by the girl's talent in martial arts.
In two years, I have been practicing for ten or eight years on top of others.
"Second sister, then I will be offended!" Liu Manying curled her lips and smiled, putting on airs.
"Come here! Let the second sister see your progress in the past few days!"
The two women started fighting.
Both of them followed a light and swift path.
There were more than ten rounds of fighting between fists and palms.
Liu Manying became more energetic as she fought, while Liu Manqing became more surprised as she fought.
After not fighting for a few days, the third sister became much more powerful.
He couldn't suppress her without using all his strength.
"Bah bang bang!"
When the two were inextricably linked, a sound of applause was heard.
It's Liu Jinpeng here.
Liu Jinpeng is now the magistrate of Chenxi County, and of course he is also the Chenxi Qianhu.
A person who combines Chenxi's military and political skills.
After arriving at the Central Guizhou Road, Liu Jinpeng originally wanted to go further west to Luyang.
However, Jiu An didn't agree and dumped Chen Xi to him.
It was said that he was asked to stay at the border of Central Guizhou Road to provide support.
In the past two years, Jiu An's ambitions have become bigger and bigger.
Most of the Central Guizhou Road was conquered by him.
After their strength grew, the men and horses under the Liu brothers and sisters became something that Jiu An coveted.
Jiu An proposed many times that Liu Jinpeng should serve as a garrison in Yuanling, Chenzhou.
If Liu Jinpeng went there, he would probably never return.
Although he took refuge in Jiu An, Liu Jinpeng was very wary of Jiu An.
After the Chinese New Year this year, Jiu An changed his mind and stopped looking at Liu Jinpeng, and instead focused on Liu Manqing and Liu Manying.
This guy proposed to marry Liu Manqing or Liu Manying to him as his little wife.
In this way, Liu Jinpeng became his uncle.
The two families are relatives, so there is no need to guard against each other.
Liu Jinpeng refused at the time.
Jiu An is a barbarian. Not to mention his ugly appearance, he is said to be extremely cruel to women.
Several of his wives and concubines were tortured to death by him.
How could Liu Jinpeng, a man like this, marry his sister to him?
Jiu An's two plans failed, and now his fangs are more and more exposed.
There are many barbarians around Chenxi and in the city, and they are here to inquire for information.
Liu Jinpeng has not fallen out with Jiu An yet, nor can he forcefully eliminate those barbarians.
Liu Jinpeng has been worried about this matter recently.
I discussed it with Liu Manqing in the morning, but couldn't come up with any good solution.
At this stage, the only thing that can be done is to reorganize armaments, increase patrol manpower, and strengthen the security of county towns and military camps.
Returning from the county government office in the front yard, Liu Jinpeng heard from his servants that two sisters were sparring in the backyard, so he immediately came over to take a look.
I happened to see the two of them fighting passionately.
After watching for a while, Liu Jinpeng applauded.
Because he realized that if he didn't interfere, someone might be slightly injured.
When martial arts practitioners compete and compete, it is inevitable that they will get injured.
But now that you have seen it, you should always take precautions.
"Brother!"
"Brother!"
Both girls clasped their fists and saluted.
Liu Jinpeng looked at the two girls and smiled happily.
Needless to say, Liu Manqing is a biological sister, and Liu Manying, a foster sister, is also deeply loved by Liu Jinpeng.
Especially after Liu Manying learned martial arts, she looked like the Liu family with her heroic appearance.
That's why Liu Jinpeng categorically rejected Jiu An's marriage proposal, even if it was his adopted sister.
"Let's go, we have been discussing for a while, you must be hungry, I just asked the kitchen to prepare delicious food!" Liu Jinpeng said with a smile.
"Brother is so nice!" Liu Manying took Liu Jinpeng's arm and smiled.
"Haha! If you have something to eat, say good things to me. Yesterday, if you gave me a folding fan, you would say I'm a robber! You guy!" Liu Jinpeng pointed at Liu Manying's forehead and said with a smile.
"Ah? Who! Who dares to say that my eldest brother is a robber! Watch me beat him!" Liu Manying clenched her fists and said "full of righteous indignation".
"Hahaha! You, you!"
Brother Liu and his sister all burst into laughter.
Liu Jinpeng was originally in a bad mood because of Jiu An's incident, but he became much happier after being teased by Liu Manying.
After dinner, the three brothers and sisters sat together and talked.
"Brother, did that Jiuan Black Monkey propose marriage again?" Liu Manying asked about this matter.
He called Jiu An the black monkey because Jiu An was dark, thin, and had a sharp mouth and thick hair on his cheeks, making him look like a monkey...
"Yes! It's that annoying black monkey who wants to distract my sister again! Can I let him succeed?" Liu Jinpeng nodded.
"Then what should we do? Will he come and beat us?" Liu Manying asked.
"Probably not, at least not in the short term. He just conquered the northern mountain people some time ago and should take a rest for a month or two." Liu Jinpeng shook his head and said.
"Then how about we kill him! Sneak into Chenzhou secretly and take advantage of him not paying attention, click!"
When Liu Manying said this, she still sneaked in while sitting down.
Finally, he made a slashing motion with his right hand.
"As long as the Jiu'an-Qianzhong Road is solved, chaos will break out. We might be able to move into Chenzhou!"
Liu Manying finally added.
After several years of wandering and growing up, Liu Manying is now very sensible.
Of course, his funny personality has become more and more obvious.
"Yeah! What a good idea! Let's kill him tonight!"
Liu Jinpeng nodded seriously.
"Oh! Can you two stop making trouble?"
Liu Manqing couldn't stand it anymore and shook her head to interrupt their performance.
"Second sister, what I said is true. You said that if we assassinate Jiu An, wouldn't all the problems be solved?" Liu Manying tilted her head and looked at the second sister.
"How can Jiu An be so easy to kill? Not to mention that Chenzhou is heavily guarded, Jiu An himself is a master. Three or five ordinary warriors can't get close to him!" Liu Manqing shook her head and said with a grimace.
"Then let's use a honey trap and pretend to agree to get married. After we get close to him... Whoosh! Click! Just kill him like that!"
Liu Manying said with gestures.
"No! You absolutely cannot agree to him!"
Liu Jinpeng said seriously.
This time I really disagree.
"Jiu An is a cunning and insidious person, and he must not take risks openly."
"Just now you said assassination, maybe there is a 10% or 20% certainty. But if you say you are pretending to be flattering... there is no chance of success!"
Liu Jinpeng frowned.
"If Jiu An survives, what if he comes to attack us in a few months... Brother, can we beat him?"
Liu Manying looked at Liu Jinpeng with some worry at this time.
"If we go out to fight out of the city, we will definitely not be his opponent. But if we stay in the city and defend it, it won't be so easy for him to break in!" Liu Jinpeng said with confidence.
In recent years, Chenxi has been managed very carefully by Liu Jinpeng, and the city walls and city defenses have been completely rebuilt.
Moreover, Liu Jinpeng has saved enough supplies, and it is possible that he and Jiu An will spend three to five years.
"Brother, don't forget, there are 40,000 barbarians among the 70,000 people in Chenxi!"
Liu Manqing raised a fatal question with concern.
Central Guizhou is the main gathering place. Chenxi and Chenzhou in the east are actually not bad. Before the natural disaster, the barbarian population accounted for less than half.
However, after the natural disaster, the barbarians became larger and drove and killed many common people. Many people fled to other places. Even in the easternmost county like Chenxi, more than half of the barbarians were represented.
Although most of these barbarians are not the tribal people of Jiu'an.
But there's no guarantee that they won't help Jiu'an open a city gate and cause some damage.
"Alas! I've thought of this question too."
Liu Jinpeng stood up, walked to the door and stopped.
He did not look back, but said calmly: "If it really comes to the day when Chenzhou is trapped, all unstable factors will be directly eliminated!"
After saying that, he left the room.
Liu Manqing trembled slightly, feeling unbearable in her heart.
"Are you really going to be so... cruel?" Liu Manying also frowned and said.
"Maybe...maybe...sigh!"
Liu Manqing didn't say the word "need" in the end, she just sighed heavily.
Liu Jinpeng is a very cruel person, he is very cruel to his enemies and his own people.
But he is very good to his two younger sisters.
Even if she wants to fight with Jiu An, she still has no intention of giving up her sister's intention to please Jiu An.
The two sisters also knew that Liu Jinpeng was doing it for themselves. After the city was destroyed, they would definitely not end well.
Therefore, although they couldn't bear it, they did not approve of Liu Jinpeng's approach.
But I have never been able to really stand up and oppose it.
Perhaps this is a kind of helplessness in troubled times.