After Gan Ning thanked him, he realized that he didn't have a seat. Due to the rush of the matter, Liu Biao didn't think of this. After saying this, he realized that there was no seat prepared. Most of the people present didn't like Gan Ning sitting next to them, so they were unhappy with Gan Ning.
Ning turned a blind eye to his situation.
Gan Ning looked around, and everyone around him turned their heads away.
"Master Gan, if you don't mind, come and do it here." Liu Qi invited.
"Thank you very much." Gan Ning thanked him. Liu Qi helped him just now, which made him have a good impression of Liu Qi. After all, if Liu Qi hadn't been there just now, it would have taken some effort for Liu Biao to accept them, so he didn't refuse. Liu Qi said this
Bian had already prepared a seat. He originally planned to discuss the preparations with Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others in detail when he met them. Unexpectedly, Pang Tong and Xu Shu did not see them, but Gan Ning was waiting for them. Now it is just in use.
"Introduce yourself, Liu Qi." Liu Qi said after Gan Ning sat down and raised his hands.
"Gan Ning, whose courtesy name is Xingba." Gan Ning cupped his hands and replied.
"Thank you for what happened today. If the eldest son needs me, Gan Xingba, in the future, all he needs to do is send someone to say that he will go through fire and water without hesitation." Gan Ning said solemnly to Liu Qi.
"In this case, I will be in trouble if something happens in the future." Liu Qi was not polite. He had to be humble to the literati and generous to the warriors, otherwise he would think that you looked down on him.
"Brother Gan, have you just arrived in Jingzhou?" Liu Qi asked.
"Yes, I heard that Master Zhou Mu's birthday banquet was coming non-stop. I just happened to catch it while the other brothers were still on the way." Gan Ning said without any secret.
"I wonder if Brother Gan has a place to live in Xiangyang?" Liu Qi asked.
"I have never been to Xiangyang before, so I don't have it. After the banquet is over, I will go look for it." Gan Ning said and drank all the wine on the table.
"There are many vacant rooms in my mansion. What if Brother Gan doesn't mind and wants to live with me first? I'm afraid it won't be easy to find a house for a while." Liu Qi reminded. After all, Gan Ning's reputation is at stake.
Then, probably no one would be willing to sell him a house.
"In that case, you're welcome Gan. Come and toast the eldest son Gan with a glass of wine. The eldest son's kindness is all in this glass of wine." Gan Ning obviously knew his situation and did not refuse. He picked up the wine glass and toasted Liu Qi.
Knowing that Liu Qi helped him just now, Liu Qi's brand has been stamped on him. If he didn't follow Liu Qi, he might not even be able to buy a place to live.
"Do it." Liu Qi raised his glass and drank it with Gan Ning.
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In a private house in Xiangyang City, Zhang Lingzheng, who had disappeared for three days, looked at the group of men in black in front of him with a cold face. This group of men in black were completely covered in black clothes, and even their heads were covered with black cloth.
Reveal a pair of eyes and hands.
The courtyard was quiet. Occasionally, a cold wind blew through, rustling the fallen leaves on the ground. The man in black remained expressionless, as motionless as a group of statues.
"Are you ready?" Zhang Ling suddenly spoke, his voice extremely loud in the quiet courtyard.
The man in black remained silent.
"Very good. Now that you are all ready, let's go. You should know what to do if the mission fails." Zhang Ling said. His face remained expressionless.
"Shashasha...", "Shashasha..." The men in black in the courtyard divided into two teams and left at the same time.
Zhang Ling watched the two teams leave before walking into the house.
"Uh huh huh..." There are two old people in the house who look like a couple from their costumes, but the couple are now tied to the pillars in the house, and their mouths are stuffed with cloth, so they can't make any sound.
When the two of them saw Zhang Ling coming in, they both stared at Zhang Ling, as if they had deep hatred.
Zhang Ling remained expressionless, walking step by step in front of the two people, looking at them and saying: "It's a pity that eyes can't kill." After saying this, two streams of blood spurted out from the necks of the two old men, and the light in their eyes
Gradually it became dim, and I could not rest in peace.
Zhang Ling stood up and left, his face still as cold as before.
……….
Northwest of Xiangyang City, compared to other parts of Xiangyang City, this place is a bit desolate, even desolate, because this is where the prison of Xiangyang City is located. People with a little ability have long been moved from here, leaving only those who can barely do it.
People who live hand to mouth cannot afford to move.
The wind seems to be particularly cold today. The four jailors outside the prison are all wearing high-collared clothes, and their entire bodies are huddled in their clothes. You can still vaguely see them shivering.
"Boss, why don't we go in? No one is coming to see us anyway. It's so cold outside. It's hard to stand here." The young man in his twenties said.
"It's nonsense. If you're not afraid of ten thousand, you're afraid of the worst. If the higher authorities come to check, we will lose our jobs. If you don't want to do this, get out of here and don't hurt us." A middle-aged man in his forties said.
"Boss, don't blame Goudan. Isn't this also for you? Look at the brothers standing there and suffering so much. They are eating and drinking inside. It's so uncomfortable. Why don't we go in first and wait for a while before we come out and have a little rest?
It's okay." A young man said.
"Is this a bit against the rules?" the middle-aged man said hesitantly.
"Boss, what Zhang Kui said is right, you'll be fine if you just go in for a while." Another person saw that the middle-aged man was a little moved and also helped.
"Okay, but we can only take turns to go back and rest. Goudan and I will go back and rest first. Zhang Kui, you and Li Chuang will stay outside first. We will replace you in an hour." After the middle-aged man said this, he and Goudan wanted to go inside the prison.
Go.
"Boss, I want to go to the toilet. You should go back first." Goudan said to the middle-aged man just halfway through.
"You have a lot to do, so go back quickly and be careful on the way." The middle-aged man explained.
"It's okay, I'll be back in a minute." Goudan said and ran away.
Outside prison.
"Brother Kui, why do you think the boss is so nice to Goudan?" Li Chuang asked.
"Who knows? I just vaguely heard that Goudan once saved the boss's life. I don't know if it's true. Anyway, the boss took special care of Goudan when he came here." Zhang Kui said.
"No way, just like Goudan, you still want to save your elder brother? Is this possible?" Li Chuang asked in surprise.
"I don't know, anyway, everyone else says so, who knows whether it's true or not. Hey, this damn weather is really unbearable." After saying that, he tightened his clothes again.
The two of them just chatted word by word, not noticing the black shadows approaching them all around.
In the night, a group of men in black, under the cover of darkness and cold wind, thought about the prison slowly approaching.
There was a soft "click" sound. All the men in black clung to the ground, motionless, looking like stones in the dark night.
"What's the sound?" Li Chuang asked in surprise. He stretched out his head and looked around, but found nothing.
"Look, it's just the wind that scares you." Zhang Kui also stretched out his head and said.
"But, I clearly heard a noise just now." Li Chuang said.
"Okay, okay, stop being suspicious." Zhang Kui complained.
Just when the two of them were about to retract their heads, two cold lights flashed, and when they saw clearly, two daggers were already inserted into their throats. Only the ends of the daggers were still trembling slightly. There was disbelief in their eyes, and their bodies slowed down.
He slowly fell to one side, and was caught by two men in black. The man in black pulled out his dagger, wiped it on the two of them, and then walked cautiously into the prison.
A quarter of an hour later, the man in black took the unconscious Zhang Yue out of the prison without making any sound.
"Damn it, why are you so unlucky? Did I do something evil in my previous life that made me so unlucky in this life?" Goudan scolded while thinking about prison when he came, but he was covered in feces.
"These two guys are lazy again. You must tell the boss to deal with them severely." Goudan said harshly when he saw that Zhang Kui and the others were not around.
"Ouch." Goudan tripped over something and fell to the ground immediately.
"Ah!" Goudan exclaimed when he saw clearly that it was Li Chuang who tripped him. He was so frightened that he ran away and shouted: "Li Chuang, if you scare me again, I will tell the boss to deal with you severely."
Seeing that Li Chuang didn't respond for a while, Goudan stumbled and ran to Li Chuang's side. When he saw the scars on Li Chuang's neck, he let out another exclamation.
It took Goudan a while to wake up.
"Boss, boss..." Goudan yelled and ran like crazy into the prison. Goudan shouted and searched in the prison, with some confusion and helplessness on his face.
The prisoners in the prison were all awakened by Goudan's screams. They were all lying on the fence gate watching the screaming Goudan running around.
Goudan opened the cold corpses one by one, with a trace of hope, anxiety and despair in his eyes. The corpses were opened one by one. Looking at these former companions, Goudan seemed not to recognize them and still shouted,
"Boss, boss..."
More and more corpses were being opened, Goudan's voice became quieter and quieter, and the hope in his eyes became darker and darker. It was just that last bit of hope that urged him to move forward and open each corpse.
In the corner, a corpse was lying quietly. The dark gray coat made of coarse cloth had not yet been taken off, and there were a few weeds mixed in the messy hair. The knife in his hand had not been put down, and his eyes were open.
There was still a trace of surprise in his eyes.
When Goudan saw the corpse, Goudan stopped and walked towards the corpse step by step, calling "Boss" softly with every step he took, as if he was afraid of waking up the sleeping person.
Goudan just walked towards the corpse step by step, getting closer to the body with every step he took. However, Goudan's footsteps became slower and slower, and his voice became smaller and smaller. There was almost no hope in his eyes.
The road was finally over. When Goudan gently hugged the boss's body, he called out a few more times. The boss didn't respond, and the last glimmer of light in Goudan's eyes completely dissipated.
He took off the sword for the boss, put his clothes neatly again, combed his hair, and then gently closed his eyes for him. Then he stroked his forehead, as if he wanted to smooth out his early wrinkles.
While stroking him, he said softly: "Boss, haven't you always wanted me to call you father? I'll call you father today, okay?"
"If you don't say it, you just agree...Father, Father..."
"Goudan, get up quickly, look at how lazy you are, if you don't get up, I'll beat you up."
"Goudan, you need to eat more. It's hard work standing guard at night."
Who cares about this humble life in the cold night? What remains is endless despair and the continuation of killing.