"Oh? I remember that two years ago, you said that the lord of Youzhou has no ambitions, let alone loyalty, treachery, and mediocrity, and cannot last long. Gao Yin sat upright, holding a cup of tea in his hand, and smiled faintly, "Now this tone has changed very quickly." ”

Gao Qing listened, his face was ashamed, and he lowered his head and said: "I didn't know the general trend of the world before, and I was really ashamed to peep into the north. ”

"How I don't know your thoughts, it's just that I'm not convinced," Gao Yin put down the teacup and smiled faintly, "That Gao and his family are from the side, but he has achieved such an achievement, you feel that you are one step behind, so you slander Youzhou, but now it is useless to say it." ”

Gao Qing still lowered his head, but said a little unconvinced: "If you talk about this, the child will not lose to him, but if there is some opportunity, he can rise to the top, and now this imperial examination is an opportunity!" ”

Gao Yin shook his head and sighed: "The imperial examination is an opportunity, but the family will also be hit hard by this, fortunately, my Gao family's foundation is not in Youzhou, otherwise it will be a headache." ”

"Actually, this step could have been foreseen a long time ago," Gao Qing raised his head, with a look of determination in his eyes, "The child said before that the momentum of Youzhou is difficult to achieve, just to see that the general of Zhengbei does that civil and military move, suppresses the family, and promotes the Hanmen, this move will inevitably shake the foundation, and this will have a wrong judgment." ”

Gao Yin laughed and said in a comparative tone: "Then now that General Zhengbei has gone one step further, what is the difference in directly invading the Sanzhou family?" ”

Gao Qing said: "If there is any difference now, one is that there is the birth of the Xuanjia Army, such combat power, enough to suppress any shortcomings, and also laid the foundation for the prestige of the general, it is difficult to shake in an instant, these two are to exterminate the Huns, in addition to demonstrating the force, but also to avenge the emperor, the name is justified, first to take advantage of a good reputation, there are also advantages, three, but also to deter the surrounding heroes, so that they dare not have any more changes, plus this fourth point, serial plan!" ”

"Serial scheme, serial scheme, it is indeed a serial scheme," Gao Yin heard this, revealing a sigh, "This kind of situation has fallen on the head of our Gao family, and I am afraid that there is no other way than to accept fate." ”

"The assassination happened so exquisitely, the children should think that it was arranged by Youzhou." Gao Qing also sighed to himself, "The assassination involves the family, whoever dares to jump out at this time will be killed by the Xuanjia Army!" However, the general chose to do a big imperial examination at this time, this law is all over the counties and counties of the three states, if it is successful, it completely shakes the foundation of the family, but the family does not dare to come out, and it is related to the assassination, is it not wronged? ”

Gao Yin also said with a straight face: "Just look at the general's detention of a group of children of the family before the expedition, I am afraid that this bureau has already been laid down, it is really far-sighted, but at that time, who can arrive first, Xuanjia attack, can be invincible?" ”

"Not only is it invincible on the battlefield, but it is also invincible in the hearts of the people," Gao Qing said, showing a little admiration, "With the Xuanjia Army suppressing the Northland, everyone has to think more before they act, so that many things that originally seemed difficult to implement are also worth implementing." ”

"The problem is not only here," Gao Yin finally expressed his opinion, "Now that the three states have been taken by the General's Mansion, they are connected together, try to see the world, in terms of territory, I am afraid that it is also one of the best, not to mention, originally a Youzhou, suppressing the family, they can go south, but now there is turmoil everywhere, only Youzhou is rich, but it is reluctant." ”

"There is also the next step of this Xuanjia army, it is very likely that they will go south," Gao Qing added, "The back road of the Youzhou family, most of them are still in Hebei, and there are many people who go to Jizhou, originally Youzhou is buried in development, others do not know the combat power of the Xuanjia army, and it can still be done, thinking that if this place is not left, they can go south to Jizhou, but in their hearts, as long as they go south, how can Jizhou stop it, so the family does not dare to run, and the Chen family is unhappy. Money is fundamentally going to decline. ”

As the father and son spoke, they both slowly felt that the situation in the north was obviously clear.

In the end, Gao Yin sighed: "It's too late for us now, if you still want to have a bit of status in the General's Mansion, you can't miss the imperial examination this time, but my father doesn't want you to take the exam here." ”

"Not taking the test here?" Gao Qing's heart moved, "Father's meaning is ......"

"I'll fix a book for you, you go to Jixian County to become a naturalized citizen, and take the exam there," Gao Yin stroked his beard and smiled, his expression was unfathomable, "I think that from my father's experience, this general's foot has a greater chance of being promoted, and it can also help you establish connections." ”

"The name of the child!" Gao Qing bowed his hand and looked forward to it.

Here, his old father got busy, and two days later, Gao Qing embarked on a journey to the west as he wished, and there were a few people with him, all of whom were descendants of the Liaoxi clan, and they were all ordinary thoughts.

On the way, they each rode in a carriage, and when they were resting halfway, they gathered together again to discuss the matter of the imperial examination.

One of them said: "It stands to reason that this news didn't take long, it only spread in Naji County a few days ago, and it didn't take long for us to know it everywhere in Pingzhou, and it didn't spread it very fast, even the military intelligence report was just like that." ”

Gao Qing knew something, so he said vaguely: "I heard that there is a special method of communication in the Xuanjia Army, and it is fast. ”

Someone immediately chimed in: "I have also heard such rumors, saying that there are many secret methods in the General's Mansion, among which there is a secret method of communication, no matter a hundred miles or thousands of miles, it can be transmitted in one day, plus behind that Captain Zhang, there are also many people, I heard that there is a lot of arrangement by Sun Xiu of the General's Mansion, and a lot of manpower has been arranged. ”

But some people were worried: "The General's Mansion is still in Jixian County, and the people there must have been prepared in the past few days, but we are still one step behind." ”

At this time, one person smiled and said: "Actually, it's useless for me to discuss these here, because counting the days, today's Ji County is holding a sacrificial ceremony to comfort the emperor, where is there time to pay attention to others." So saying, the man looked up at the sun and said, "Maybe it's already started at this time." ”

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Under the scorching sun, Liu Cong's father and son were flustered, they were led to the altar, and they looked at many people along the way, all full of hatred.

They felt a wave of fear, and then under the scorching sun, the heat wave hit and the father and son felt dizzy and dizzy, and it was even difficult to stand still.

Behind the father and son, there was also Zhao Ran, but this person looked like a bachelor, and he didn't need to be urged by the escort, so he took the initiative to move forward.

At the end of the road that the three of them were advancing, the altar that had been erected stood solemnly, Chen Zhi stood on a high platform, and behind him was a clay sculpture, and behind the clay sculpture was a coffin.