In front of the window on the second floor, Liu Jing actually saw Lu Su, which surprised him. How could Lu Su be here? He immediately ordered the guards to go to the tavern to invite Lu Su. Soon, Lu Su brought a few entourages to the bank of Caohe River. Lu Su bowed and smiled and said, "What a coincidence. I just arrived in Wuchang, but I didn't inform the government in advance. Please forgive me!"

Liu Jing laughed, "This is Zijing's fault. We cannot fulfill the friendship of landlords. We might as well get on the boat and give it a lecture."

"That's annoying!"

Lu Su did not postpone it and boarded the ship happily. Although the war between the two families had just ended, it did not affect the personal friendship between Lu Su and Liu Jing. The two sat down in the cabin. Liu Jing smiled and said, "I think Zijing should be the opposition during the Western Expedition of Wu Hou in the West!"

Lu Su smiled bitterly and apologized: "Not only do I object, but Gongjin also firmly opposes it. However, Wu Hou insisted on his own actions and eventually made a big mistake. I don't know what to say."

Liu Jing's smile disappeared and he said lightly: "It's nothing. If I hadn't been to the Western Expedition, maybe I would have taken the initiative to attack Jiangdong and each of them for their own country. For the sake of interests, of course I wouldn't blame Wu Hou, but... this matter may be difficult to recover."

Lu Su felt very bitter in his heart. Now he had something to ask for, so he had to bow his head and said for a while: "Can the governor of the state begs be asked to negotiate and resolve the aftermath issue for the sake of our two families fighting against Cao Cao, and the Marquis of Wu promised not to invade Jingzhou again."

Liu Jing smiled coldly, "But your Marquis of Wu is really speechless!"

Lu Su was silent. He didn't know what to say. This atmosphere made him feel embarrassed. Liu Jing was not a mean person, and he didn't want to deliberately make things difficult for Lu Su. There was no need for this. Liu Jing smiled again and said, "But because of my friendship with Zijing, I can return Princess Shangxiang to you first, without any conditions."

Lu Su was overjoyed. Liu Jing was willing to let go of this, which means that the negotiation could continue. He no longer mentioned the negotiations and had to do it step by step.

Liu Jing brought Lu Su to the Guibin Post. Wang Yicheng greeted him and bowed and said, "See the governor of the state!"

"How is Princess Shangxiang now?"

Wang Yicheng showed a look of timidity on his face and explained: "The princess insisted on going to the prisoner-of-war camp. After three days of hunger strike, Mrs. Zhou happened to visit her, so she agreed to her request. The princess is now in the prisoner-of-war camp."

Wang Yicheng said while secretly looking at Liu Jing's face. Seeing that he was a little unhappy, he quickly added: "I heard that it was placed alone, and the wife also sent a female guard to protect her, as if the wife and the princess had known each other before."

Liu Jing generally did not allow his wife to interfere in government affairs. His wife moved Sun Shangxiang to the prisoner-of-war camp without authorization, which made him even more unhappy. However, when he heard that his wife knew Sun Shangxiang, his face cleared a little and turned to Lu Su and said, "I'm sorry, let's go to the prisoner-of-war camp again!"

Lu Su was worried in his heart how could the princess’s daughter live in a place like a prisoner of war camp? However, when he heard that there were female guards to protect him, he felt a little relieved and hurriedly said, "It's better to go to the prisoner of war camp first."

The two of them turned over their horses and ran to the prisoner-of-war camp outside the northern city at the escort of the cavalry.

The prisoner-of-war camp is actually a military camp, covering an area of ​​thousands of acres. Currently, tens of thousands of prisoners of war in Jiangdong are imprisoned. General Li Jun led 5,000 soldiers to guard it. He is on high alert. However, in order to prevent the prisoners of war from causing trouble, all officers above the generals were detained, including Taishici, Lu Meng and Xu Sheng, who were also under house arrest in the city.

Liu Jing ran all the way to the prisoner-of-war camp, and Li Jun came out to greet him. Liu Jing asked, "Is Princess Jiangdong imprisoned here?"

Li Jun smiled bitterly, "Here! Please follow me in the state."

Liu Jing took Lu Su into the prisoner-of-war camp and walked to the northwest corner. There was an area surrounded by camp bars, covering an area of ​​about one acre, with two white tents, and there were special soldiers outside to guard it, so outsiders were not allowed to enter. There were five female guards protecting Sun Shangxiang, which was of course a kind of custody.

Liu Jing took Lu Su into the camp, and several female guards hurriedly stepped forward to salute. Liu Jing glanced at the tent and asked, "How is she? Are she still on a hunger strike?"

The female leader of the guard shook his head, "Report to the provincial governor, she is better now, but her physique is very weak. The military doctor visited her yesterday and said that she would have to lie in peace for at least half a month before she could recover."

Liu Jing walked to the tent and took a look through the gap. Seeing that Sun Shangxiang seemed to be lying on the couch and was not asleep, Liu Jing asked with a smile: "Can I come in?"

After a while, a hateful voice came from the tent: "I am your prisoner of war. Do you do whatever you want? Is it necessary to ask me?"

Liu Jing raised the curtain and walked in. Lu Su hesitated for a moment and did not follow in. The two of them would be husband and wife in the future, so they could not get involved.

In the big tent, Sun Shangxiang had already turned her back, covered her quilt tightly, and even covered her head, leaving only a strand of black hair outside.

Liu Jing sat down beside her couch and said gently: "I'm here to tell you that when you are in better health, I'll let you go back."

"Hmph! I will never believe what you said." Sun Shangxiang snorted coldly.

"Why don't you believe it? Will I, a dignified Jingzhou master, still deceive you?"

"Do you keep your word or not, you know in your heart!"

Sun Shangxiang implied that Liu Jing had promised her to shoot three arrows, but in the end Liu Jing broke the appointment, but Liu Jing had long forgotten about this, and he really didn't understand.

"Okay! I'll arrange a boat to take you back to Jiangdong tomorrow morning. Believe it or not."

Sun Shangxiang sat up suddenly and glared at Liu Jing, "Don't be fake, I won't go back."

Liu Jing was not angry, he smiled, "Why don't you go back? Is it comfortable to live here?"

"It has nothing to do with you."

"Why has nothing to do with me? I don't like some prisoners of war, so I will expel him. The same is true for you. I expel you from Jingzhou. Where are you willing to go? You can leave tomorrow morning!"

After saying that, Liu Jing got up and left. Sun Shangxiang bit her lips tightly. Just as Liu Jing was about to leave the tent, she whispered loudly: "I am also a member of Jiangdong. If I want to leave, I will go with the soldiers. I will never leave them and go back to Jiangdong alone."

Liu Jing stopped and looked back at her. After a while, he nodded, "Since that's the case, I'll let you go back with the Jiangdong soldiers. You will set off together tomorrow morning."

"Wait a minute!"

Sun Shangxiang looked at Liu Jing in surprise, "What did you say just now?"

Liu Jing said calmly: "I said, for your sake, all the soldiers in Jiangdong were released, and all the soldiers captured in Lujiang County were released back to Jiangdong."

"Did you... have you reached any conditions with my brother?" Sun Quan asked with a suspicion on his face.

"Miss Shangxiang, you underestimate me Liu Jing too much. I released all 100,000 Cao's prisoners of war. Did you ever mention any conditions? This war is not the fault of the soldiers. Including you, we should not be enemies."

After saying that, Liu Jing took the tent and walked out. Sun Shangxiang watched his back disappear, and her teeth bit her lips white. She seemed to have knocked her five-flavor bottle over, and she didn't know what it felt...

Liu Jing walked out of the tent and saw Lu Su standing far away outside the fence. He walked up and smiled, "Why did Zijing run out?"

Lu Su laughed dryly, "Since the provincial governor decided to let her go, I think it's better for me not to see her for the time being."

"You heard it all!"

Lu Su suddenly bowed and bowed deeply, "The governor of the state is willing to let my Jiangdong soldiers return home. Lu Su is grateful. On behalf of the Marquis of Wu, I also thank the governor of the state for his kindness!"

Liu Jing patted his shoulder lightly and smiled and said, "Zi Jing said one more word. I only said to let the soldiers go back, but I didn't say let the generals go. Zi Jing must not think too well."

After saying that, Liu Jing left, Lu Su let out a long time before he felt bitter. He also felt something was wrong. How could there be such a good thing in the world?

.........

At night, Liu Jing pillowed his hands under his head, lay on the couch and looked at the dark roof thoughtfully. Tao Zhan reached out and gently stroked his face, and asked in a low voice: "Why aren't you sleeping yet?"

"I was too tired all the way and couldn't sleep!"

"Who told you to want that? Can't you rest for two days?" Tao Zhan complained.

Liu Jing smiled and did not answer her words. After a while, Tao Zhan asked, "Do you really decide to marry her?"

"who?"

"What do you think?"

Liu Jing was silent and said for a while: "I don't know either."

Tao Zhan sighed and said, "I'm not jealous. I want to say that no matter why I want to marry her, since she has married you, you must treat her well, so that she can get a real husband and not become a victim of interest exchange."

Liu Jing was very surprised. He didn't expect his wife to say this. After a while, Tao Zhan whispered again: "I just hope you don't forget the old if you have new ones."

Liu Jing was moved. He turned around and hugged his wife tightly into his arms, whispered in her ear: "You are my long-standing wife, and no one can replace you."

Tao Zhan put his face on her husband's chest and sighed deeply in his heart. Who can understand the helplessness and pain in her heart?

............

There were crowds of people on the pier outside Wuchang City, and more than 50,000 prisoners of war in Jiangdong lined up to board the ship. Everyone was extremely excited and finally could go home to reunite with their relatives. Many people were so excited that they cried bitterly. They thought they would serve hard labor in Jingzhou for life, but they didn't expect that they would be released in just half a month.

As large ships docked, Jiangdong soldiers began to line up on board. On another Qianshi Tower boat, Sun Shangxiang stood at the bow of the ship, silently staring at the crowds of people on the dock, looking at the excited faces of the soldiers. This was gratitude for rebirth and a desire to go home.

The soldiers were no longer wearing armor, but wearing ordinary people's clothes. The shadow of war could no longer be seen on them. They changed from soldiers to ordinary farmers, fishermen, and merchants. These were living lives and no longer had to face death. Sun Shangxiang sighed softly. At this moment, she suddenly became extremely disgusted with the war.

She looked down at the helmet on her hand. It was a silver helmet given to her by her brother before she set out on the war. She used to love it extremely much. At this time, Sun Shangxiang felt it heavy and the helmet was full of killing. Sun Shangxiang raised her hand, threw the helmet into the Yangtze River, and turned back to the cabin.
Chapter completed!