Liu Wei heard this, but he just snorted coldly: "Master, how can I lead the troops, it's not your turn to put your beak in the future." ”

Gao Shishi saw that the more the two of them talked, the more stiff they became, so he had to divert the topic: "Master Cao, the life and death of Baili Gorge are all tied to your thoughts at this moment, and the longer Your Excellency delays, the more dangerous Baili Gorge will be." ”

Cao Gan sneered: "Am I procrastinating? You said you wanted to listen to my story, didn't I tell you the truth? ”

"Alright then, let's get down to business." Gao Shishi shrugged his shoulders: "You let Zhang Lian go, I can think of ways to cover up the past for you, but how did you run from Jiang Manqing to the north and make a sounding horse?" ”

Cao Ganhu glanced at Gao Pragmatic suspiciously, and asked in disbelief: "Let go of Zhang Lian, can you cover up the past for me?" "Don't talk about Cao Gan, even Liu Ling looked a little suspicious, and secretly said in his heart: Gao Gongzi's words should just be casually, right? Or is it just to stabilize the surname Cao first, and there is no plan to really do it at all? Yes, it must be.

Gao Pragmatic looked indifferent and said: "Some things may be very serious and troublesome in your opinion, but in my opinion, they are very easy and simple. For example, when it comes to Cao Da's decision to let Zhang Lian go, according to your thoughts, you probably think that 'the matter involves rebellion, and its criminal strain', right? ”

Liu Wei and Cao Gan reached an agreement for the first time, and asked in unison: "Isn't it?" Then the two looked at each other, and at the same time turned their faces away in disgust.

"So you're only fit to fight the enemy." Gao pragmatic said unceremoniously: "And I dare to say that as long as the head of Cao Da himself does not mention this matter in the future, the court will not know about it, and even if he hears about it, no one will be willing to pursue it." ”

Gao Shishi's words were categorical, Cao Gan couldn't help but fall into deep thought when he heard it, and Liu Wei couldn't help but ask: "Why is Gao Gongzi so sure?" That's ...... That's ......."

He doesn't say that he is pragmatic and knows that it is nothing more than the sentence "The matter involves rebellion, and its criminal strain".

Gao Pragmatic sighed and asked Liu Wei: "Brother Zishou, let me ask you, do you think Ling Zun is willing to let this matter become known to the world?" ”

"Father?" Liu Wei was surprised: "Does this matter have anything to do with my father?" ”

"Of course there is, and it's not small." Gao pragmatic explained: "Earlier, Ling Zun and Yu Gong teamed up to defeat Zhang Lian, how did Ling Zun go to the court? He said that the minister led his troops to break Zhang Lian's personal guards, and the killing was not counted, and Zhang Lian may have died in the chaos. Brother Zishou, Ling Zun's way of reporting success abounds in my dynasty, and it is naturally insignificant in ordinary eyes, but this is based on the premise that Zhang Lian is really dead or cannot be found...... You know what I mean, right? ”

Liu Ling's face changed in shock: "My father just said that Zhang Lian may have died in the chaos, but he didn't say that he must be dead, why did he deliberately deceive the king?" ”

Gao Pragmatic was originally intent to scare him, and shrugged his shoulders when he heard this: "Ling Zun may just be just to add some color to his military exploits and look more beautiful, and it is normal to talk about it." But you must know that once Zhang Lian's absconding is exposed, all the people involved will not be able to escape responsibility. What will everyone do at this time? will only think about shifting the blame to others, and Ling Zun, as one of the main generals, he himself said that Zhang Lian may have died in the chaos, then others will find an opportunity to shirk the responsibility, saying, 'I originally wanted to investigate in detail, but General Liu said that he was dead, and I didn't have much to do' - you see, Ling Zun was sold like this. ”

Liu Ling's eyes were a little dull, and he muttered, "How can this be...... No, those civil officials would have said so! What to do? What to do? ”

Gao Pragmatic added another yard and continued: "Moreover, it is not only Ling Zun who will be unlucky at that time, such as Yu Gong, his trouble will be even greater, because he reported that Zhang Lian has been punished by him. Think about it, if all of a sudden, someone proves that Zhang Lian actually ran away, what will happen to Yu Gong? ”

Liu Wei was stunned and said: "I'm afraid that I will be guilty of bullying the king." ”

Gao pragmatically nodded and affirmed: "So Duke Yu must be very angry with the person who leaked this matter...... The rest of the officials involved, none of them were martial arts, and even the cabinet elders and ministers who were in charge of the DPRK and China at that time would have such an attitude. ”

Liu Ling shuddered, and said secretly in his heart: Then it will be a big trouble, the military bosses in the southern provinces will offend most of them, not to mention, but also offend I don't know how many civilian officials, as for the cabinet elders and ministerial-level officials, Liu Xianmo said that he offended a group, even if there is only one, then he can't afford to offend! Look at the last time, I just offended a Tongzhou Governor, and I almost lost my official position, if I offended the elder of the pavilion? Even if it's a loss of life!

Liu Wei was majestic on the battlefield, and the level of political struggle was completely unpassable, and he was frightened by Gao Shishi, and trembling and begging for advice: "Gao Gongzi, what about this matter...... But what should I do? ”

Gao pragmatic waved his hand, and said with a big bag: "It's okay, I will help you arrange it, Brother Zishou doesn't need to worry." ”

He turned to Cao Gan and said, "Do you still have any questions about Master Cao?" ”

Cao Gan also recovered from the shock, and looked at Gao Shishi's eyes changed: "No, no, Gao Gongzi...... With the origin of family education, Cao has nothing to say, he is really convinced. ”

He paused and said: "Actually, after Cao was framed by Jiang Manqing at that time, because he was a demoted general, he thought that no one would help me speak, so he didn't think much about it, and fled overnight with my younger brother. Oh, by the way, we weren't in the south at the time, because it was the time when the Japanese invaded Huaibei, so all the troops of the Jiang Manchu Qing were transferred to the command of the governor of Fengyang, and I was in Xiapi ...... at the time."

Gao Shishi listened to his account and knew that at that time, he followed Jiang Manqing in Xiapi to exterminate the Japanese invaders, because there were many large armies from the south to the north to outflank the Japanese invaders from the sea in the direction of Xuzhou, so fleeing to the south was tantamount to throwing himself into a net, and he had no choice but to flee to the north. Later, the two Cao Gan brothers fled all the way to Bazhou along the canal, and married a wife by mistake, who expected that his wife's background was not an ordinary family - Cao Gan's father-in-law was actually one of the famous leaders of the horse in Bazhou, and it was precisely because of Cao Gan's ability that he married his daughter to him. Later, his father-in-law was conspired against when he was fighting with other horses, and Cao Gan became the leader of their team as a son-in-law.

However, Cao Gan was an outsider after all, and he asked himself if he couldn't get along in Bazhou, or even if he did, he had no future, so he took his wife and team to "open up a base" - he quickly defeated and annexed a group of about 200 Xiangma thieves who were originally entrenched in Baili Gorge, and became the new boss of Baili Gorge.

Because Cao Gan knew that if Xiangma wanted to have a way to live, he couldn't oppress the local people too much, so he was quite strict with the management of the Xiangma thieves in Baili Gorge. It is precisely because of this that although the Baili Gorge Ringing Horse Thieves have been active for several years, the government has already had the intention to exterminate them, but as a result, the vicinity of the Baili Gorge has been settled a lot in recent years, so the matter of suppressing the thieves has gradually been delayed, and it has made Cao Gan lead a huge group of Xiangma to get away with it for several years, until this accident.

After listening to Cao Gan's words, Gao Pragmatic gradually had a bottom in his heart: this person can still be used, and the only trouble is the revenge between him and Liu Wei for killing his brother.