Xie Ming

Chapter 539: Sudden Changes
It was the evening of August 22nd, and Xiao Xing's team was trapped in the Zhenjiang Posthouse for two days. Ma was doing his errands and encountered some problems. By the night when the deadline came, he had managed to complete the grain transfer.

In response to this, Gu Changting, who was impatient and could not stand the idleness, rushed into Xiao Lang's room and started to complain.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yi became annoyed and scolded the stupid boy.

Ye Zheng was behind them, and they looked at each other in silence for a moment.
Suddenly, downstairs of the posthouse, Qin Jing and a messenger rushed upstairs in a hurry!
Thump thump thump.
The sound of footsteps on the wooden ladder was obvious.

Then, there was a loud clang!
Qin Jing and his men broke into Xiao Lang's house.

This fool is always impatient and flustered when encountering things. His foolishness is even worse than Chang Ting's.

General Xiao left without saying a word.

"Guo, Duke!"

"News, news."

Qin Jing broke into the door, panting excitedly.

After he finished speaking, he grabbed the soldier behind him and ordered him to speak quickly.

The soldier was caught off guard by such courtesy and trembled all over. He bowed his head and reported.

"Uh, yes, yes!"

"Report, report to the Duke."

"I just dismounted from my horse and served as a commoner. Master Ma ordered me to come and deliver the message."

"It is said that the matter has been settled with the prefectural governor Mei in Zhenjiang. The 13,000 dan of grain in the prefectural granary can be transferred!"

"Call, call everyone to inspect the grain!" said the messenger.

Upon hearing this, Xiao and Gu were delighted and hurriedly chased the infantrymen forward.

"Hahaha"

"Okay, okay."

"So where is Ma Weimin now?"

"Can we just go directly to the government treasury and granary to take over?!" Xiao Wen asked anxiously.

"Uh, yes, yes!"

"No, but there are some differences!"

While the messenger was answering, for some reason, he seemed to be hesitating about something else.

Hearing this, Xiao Jingchuan's eyebrows suddenly raised, feeling that this matter might not be that simple.

"Huh? What's the matter? Tell me quickly!" Xiao asked.

"Yes, hey, please tell me quickly! What happened?" Changting added in a hurry.

"Uh, yes, it was Master Ma who said that."

"They said they wanted the Duke to bring his men over quickly."

"The city's deputy commander Zheng Huai'en, who was ordered by Master Ma to bring the palace soldiers, is already at the scene."

"According to Master Ma, this batch of grain was originally intended to be used as military rations."

"Liu Zeqing, General Liu's station is close to us. I don't know how they found out about this batch of grain."

"Just now, Marshal Liu's soldiers sent a reinforced battalion over there."

"It looks like they are about to start snatching food!"

"Master Ma was afraid that this matter would get worse, so he ordered me to come back quickly to report the news, and told the Duke to take the people over there immediately. If we are any later, it might be too late!"

"Once the bandits named Liu robbed the food."

"It's all because of those bastards. It's going to be hard to get the food back from them!"

The messenger spoke in a hurry, afraid of missing the time, so he spoke very quickly.

Upon hearing this, Xiao and Gu were both stunned, but before Xiao Lang could reply, Changting next to them became anxious first.

"Fuck that bastard Liu Zeqing!"

"Who the hell is he?"

"Not to mention his surname is Liu, he is still stationed in Shandong and has not returned home."

"Even if he came to Zhenjiang in person, what would that matter?"

"He is blatantly trying to steal our food. He is a traitor!" Chang Ting cursed indignantly, very arrogantly. But Qin Jing, who heard this earlier, sighed faintly.

As he engraved this, he still retained some calmness compared to Chang Ting.

Then he looked at Xiao Lang and thought about it carefully before reconsidering his decision.

"Uh"

"Don't shout yet, Changting."

"Um, the Duke!"

"I have something to say, but I don't know whether I should say it or not!" Qin Jing whispered, interrupting Chang Ting's arrogance.

"Haha, no problem, just tell me!" Xiao Xiang continued, not revealing his attitude for the time being.

"Yeah, yes, that's it."

"I feel that if Liu Zeqing's men were in the army in the past, we would have the soldiers and power to punish them, and it would be reasonable and not too troublesome."

"But, but the situation is different now."

"The Duke is back in Beijing this time to take up a new post. We have only a few hundred soldiers at hand."

"And Xiaochun also reported everything clearly when he first arrived." As he spoke, he pointed to the soldier who was delivering orders under him.

"It is said that Liu Zeqing's group came to steal food, and they sent enough troops to form a reinforced battalion!"

"There is a huge disparity in strength between us and their troops right now."

"You see, if we really rush over, those soldiers will be so rude and reckless that they won't hesitate to mess with us."

"Well, I'm afraid we won't be able to deal with them in the short term!"

“I’m afraid.”

"Don't go there excitedly, only to be left standing there. In the end, you won't be able to do anything about it, and you won't be able to do anything about it!"

"Losing face and reputation is the least of my worries."

"The Lord suffers the most and nothing is accomplished."

After the question was put forward, it was seen that Qin Jing had considered his response for a while, and he did not stop talking, and continued to talk about his own way of dealing with it.

"Yeah, that's why."

"My Lord, in my opinion, it would be better if you don't show up for this matter for now." As he spoke, he clasped his fists respectfully.

"It would be safer to let me and Chang Ting lead the team to pass this level!"

"Well, if we can really scare those bastards, that would be great!"

"But even if we can't suppress it and a fight breaks out, and we hurt people and make things worse, whether you put pressure on the state government to force Liu Zeqing to submit, or report it directly to the palace and suppress it with the emperor's order, I'm afraid you will have more room for maneuver."

"You, how are you?!"

Qin Jing's clever arrangement was quite suitable for the current situation.

It turned out that his son had indeed made progress in these months.

Regardless of other things, just the ability to handle affairs in this worldly-wise way is far ahead of Chang Ting.

Xiao Lang looked around carefully, but couldn't tell for a moment whether he should be happy or sad about Qin Jing's change, whether it was a blessing or a curse.
"hehe."

"Did you hear that?"

"Changting, you should learn something from me."

"Qin Jing is much more experienced than you now, huh?! Hehehe."

Xiao suddenly spoke, attacking both people and things, implicitly and implicitly.

"But, Qin Jing, you've over-considered this a bit!"

"Ma Weimin must have run two or three laps these past two days for this job, and his legs must have become thinner."

"Since we have finally managed to get the grain transfer done."

"When the time comes for us men to do something, we are hiding in this posthouse, not even daring to fart. What the hell are we supposed to do?"

"Pack up your bedrolls and get out of here as soon as possible, and go home to take care of your children!"

"I, Xiao Jingchuan, don't care if I have soldiers or not, I'm going to take charge of this place!"

(End of this chapter)