At the same time that Yang Su and Lai Hu'er led the naval army, broke the Taihu Lake Gate, and completely annihilated the rebels of Li Ling on the East Road, Yang Guang, who was ordered to Fu Suijiang, also went south from Bingzhou and arrived in Guangling.

Yang Guang knew very well that his father Yang Jian's intention to reappoint himself as the governor of Yangzhou this time was different from the previous time, and he intended to use Huairou methods to appease the Jiangnan scholars and people, so that Jiangnan could be integrated into the Sui Dynasty as soon as possible, and realize the grand ambition of unifying the four parts of the world.

Therefore, before he set off from Bingzhou to the south, he specially wrote to Yang Jian, requesting that he bring the princess Xiao E to pacify Guangling, and at the same time sent a letter to the two think tanks of his shogunate, Zhang Heng and Pei Yun, to escort Xiao E to Guangling to meet him.

Because it was different from the last time when he led hundreds of thousands of troops to cross the river to attack Chen, after Yang Guang arrived in Guangling, he did not live in the old marshal's mansion in the new city, Zhang Yuan, but changed his place of residence to the Yangzhou governor's mansion on Shugang, in order to live closer to the people in the city and facilitate the observation of the people's feelings and opinions.

Yang Guang led the Jin King Hussar Battalion and his party to Guangling, and early on the morning of the third day of living in the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion, Zhang Heng and Pei Yun escorted the princess Xiao E to Guangling.

Without waiting for Yang Guang to personally take Xiao Er into the governor's mansion, the husband and wife said a few words, Zhang Heng asked Yang Guang to the main hall of the governor's mansion in a puzzled manner, saying that he had something important to explain to Yang Guang.

When Yang Guang and Zhang Heng walked into the main hall of the governor's mansion, they saw Pei Yun standing in the hall with a sullen face, and couldn't help but turn around and ask Zhang Heng: "Jianping, why is this anger coming from?" ”

Zhang Heng stared at Pei Yun, first invited Yang Guang to take a seat, and then said loudly: "Pei Yun, as the chief of the shogunate of the King of Jin, made his own decisions without the permission of the prince, and recruited Feng Xiaoxi, a servant of the Yue Kingdom who was in the same place with him, to Guangling, and asked the prince to treat him for the crime of disrespect. And Jianping is the chief of the Jin Dynasty, as the chief official of the shogunate, he can't do his duty, stop Pei Yun in time, and ask the prince to punish him together. ”

Yang Guang didn't expect Zhang Heng to hurriedly pull himself here, originally to sue Pei Yun for his situation, and ask him to punish the two of them, so he turned to Pei Yun and asked: "Chongzhi, since you know that this king told you and Jianping to stay in Beijing to monitor your intentions before leaving the town and joining the state, why didn't you bring her and Sima Luo to Guangling without the permission of this king?" ”

Pei Yun had made great contributions in the battle of Yang Guangtong's army against Chen, persuaded Ren Zhong, the general of Southern Chen, to open the gate of Jiankang City, and welcomed the Sui army into the city.

He is usually not very harmonious with Zhang Heng, the head of the Jin Dynasty, this time after hearing the news that the imperial court assigned Yang Guang out of the town of Yangzhou and Fusui Jiangnan, he was even more self-assured of Chen Yougong, and was very familiar with the situation of the government and the opposition in Jiangnan, and wanted to help Yang Guang to Fusui Jiangnan as soon as possible, and was rewarded for his meritorious service, ranking before Zhang Heng, so he dared to call the shots without authorization, and secretly ordered his subordinates to bring Xinyi, Sima Luo and Feng Xiaoxi to Guangling. I walked from Chang'an in a hurry, and I didn't have time to explain this matter to the prince in advance, because the lower officials were reckless. However, the lower officials acted like this, completely out of the desire to make the prince and Sima Luo help the prince to care for the loyalty of the south of the Yangtze River, and there was no trace of selfish distractions, and the prince was still asked to be clear. ”

"How can the two of them help this king to Fusui Jiangnan, you might as well talk about it in detail." Yang Guang glanced at Zhang Heng and asked Pei Yundao.

"Back to the prince, Xia Guan Jiushi Jiangnan, I am quite familiar with the affairs of the Nanchen Dynasty and the opposition." Pei Yun said, deliberately pursed his lips at Zhang Heng beside him, "Xinyi Shitai was born in the Gu family, one of the four major surnames in Jiangnan, if she is willing to come forward to help the prince to care for Jiangnan, at least it will be beneficial to the prince to win the heart of the Jiangnan clan; According to the speculation of the lower officials, it is likely that he participated in the rebellion in Jiangnan, and his own daughter is in the hands of the prince, which should help the prince to surrender and accept the rebellion. As for the maid Feng Xiaoxi in the Yue Guo Mansion, Xia Guan has ordered someone to find out that she was originally the sister of Feng Xiaolian, the favorite concubine of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and it is rumored that during the period when she was stationed in Xinzhou with the Yue Guo Gong, she had a personal relationship with Zhang Zhongjian, the killer of the 'Wild Goose' Nest, and bringing her here may be helpful to the prince to thoroughly investigate the 'Wild Goose's Nest case. ”

Yang Guang recruited Pei Yun into his shogunate, originally in order to ask him to help him thoroughly investigate the "Wild Goose's Nest" case that had not yet been solved in his opinion, and at this time, when he took the initiative to mention the fugitive "Wild Goose's Nest" killer Zhang Zhongjian, he couldn't help but ask him: "According to you, could it be that Zhang Zhongjian is also hiding in Jiangnan?" Chongzhi claimed to be Jiangnan Tong, and before this king left Beijing and went out of the town and merged with the state, Jiao Er, who ordered you to investigate, tracked down Guan Zizai with the pseudonym Gao Liansheng from Goguryeo, did there be any news about the south? ”

Pei Yun shook his head at first, and then added: "The two things asked by the prince have not received an exact report, so they don't dare to answer rashly in front of the prince. However, during the period when the prince was out of town and the state, the people under Xia Guan found out a lot about the rebels in the south of the Yangtze River, among which the rebels of Gao Zhizhi all the way deserve special attention from the prince. When the official learned from his former master in Chang'an that Guan Zizai's original name was Qinglian, and he was originally a scholar of Depang before Chen Ji drove him, he ordered someone to find out in detail the origin and origin of this person: Qinglian's surname is Gao, and Gao Zhizhi, the rebel leader who now supports Chen Junfan as the emperor in Huiji, is from the same family, and they are all descendants of the Gao clan who moved south from the north three hundred years ago. As a result, Xia Guan suspected that behind the high wisdom, there were likely people in the 'Wild Goose's Nest who secretly supported him in rebelling. ”

Yang Guang stood up when he heard this, paced back and forth in the hall for two times, stopped, and said to Zhang Heng and Pei Yun: "Chong Zhi brought his heart, Sima Luo, and Feng Xiaoxi to Guangling, which really helps the king to fusui Jiangnan, you two don't have to be estranged because of this matter, you must work together to assist this king to fusui Jiangnan as soon as possible, and live up to the trust of your father." The news that Chong Zhifang just reported is very important, Jianping, I bother you to leave tomorrow and go to the Yue Guo Gong Army, and report the news of Guan Zi's surname Gao and the rebel leader Gao Zhizhi out of the Gao clan in Jiangnan to Yue Guogong, and ask him to pay a little attention when leading the army to quell the rebellion, and find out whether Gao Qinglian is in Gao Zhizhi's army as soon as possible. If there is no positive response to this matter, you will remain in the army of the Yue Kingdom for one day. ”

Zhang Heng heard it clearly, and understood that this was Yang Guang's intention to support himself to avoid another dispute with Pei Yun, although he was a little reluctant to leave Yang Guang's side so quickly, but because he remembered that in helping Yang Guang to pacify the south of the Yangtze River, Pei Yun did have an advantage that he was far behind, so he gave up his life.