Yang Guangchuan invited Wang Shao, Li Che, and Zhang Heng to come to the main hall of Jinyang Palace, originally to discuss with them that he wanted to ask his father to transfer him back to Chang'an to continue to investigate the matter of Guan Zizi, but he did not expect to get the news from Gao Liansheng that Goguryeo had driven Gao Baoning away from his border.

In this way, the topic of the first meeting of several people naturally shifted to how to arrest Gao Baoning and return to China and accept the punishment of the imperial court.

After listening to Yang Guang's introduction of the cause and effect of this matter, Wang Shao, the right servant of the Xingtai, was the first to speak: "Since the photograph has been declared a vassal to my Great Sui, the Eastern Turks are now a vassal state of the imperial court, according to the opinion of the lower officials, it is better for the prince to come forward and directly ask the photograph to return Gao Baoning to us, and the photograph will not dare to disobey the wishes of the imperial court." ”

Li Che also chimed in: "The last general agrees with the idea of the king's servant. In the previous photo, he moved his tooth tent north without authorization, wasn't it forced by the pressure of the prince to move back to Zihe Town? For the sake of a defeated general of the former Qi Dynasty, the picture will not refute the face of the prince. ”

Among the three, only Zhang Heng was thoughtful, bowing his head and saying nothing.

"Jianping, tell us what you think about this matter." In the past two years, Yang Guang has vaguely regarded Zhang Heng as his number one strategist in front of his account, and whenever he encounters a major event, he must first seek Zhang Heng's opinion before he can make a decision.

Zhang Heng heard that Yang Guang wanted to express his opinion by name, and arched his hand upward: "Lord Wang, the officials are just thinking that Gao Baoning has been driven out of Goguryeo by Gao Tang's order before Gao Liansheng set off from Goguryeo to return to Bingzhou, and it has been nearly a month now. If, as Wang Servant and General Li said, the prince came forward and asked for someone directly from the photo, and the photograph disobeyed and verbally agreed to hand over the person, but secretly let Gao Baoning find another place to live, how should we deal with it? To the north of the Turks are the Tiele tribes, and to the east there are more states and tribes such as tapirs, Khitans, and Xi, whose territories are intertwined, and once Gao Baoning hears the wind and flees, it will be difficult to capture him. ”

"Well, Jianping's words do have some truth, what about the two of you?" Yang Guang nodded, his eyes swept at Wang Shao and Li Che, and asked.

"Lord Wang, the East Turkic region is vast and sparsely populated, if you don't take pictures, don't say that Gao Baoning is captured, even if you want to find his hiding place in the Turks accurately, I'm afraid it will take a lot of trouble." Wang Shao didn't take Zhang Heng's words for granted in his heart, and deliberately reminded Yang Guangdao.

Zhang Shangshu was worried that the picture was against the yang and yin, so he released Gao Baoning privately, which is not difficult. According to the opinion of the general, it is better to follow the practice of the prince forcing the photograph to move south, and at the same time sending a letter to the photograph, asking him to hand over Gao Baoning, mobilize a large army to increase troops to Baidaozhou, and force the photograph to be returned to Gao Baoning to us. "Li Che came up with a hard and soft approach.

Yang Guang has basically been relieved from the grief caused by An Ruoxi's death, and because he has newly received Zhang Xutuo's report, he is anxious to ask for a transfer back to Beijing to investigate the case, and he really doesn't want to make a big deal like last time, and in order to get back Gao Baoning and the Turks have a regeneration incident, so after listening to Li Che's advice, he didn't say a word, locked his eyebrows, and turned his eyes to Zhang Heng again, hoping that he could give himself a better idea.

is different from the previous An Ruoxi who actually played the number one strategist around Yang Guang, on the one hand, Yang Guang is getting older, and compared with when he first arrived in the state, he already has his own views and propositions on many things; On the other hand, in terms of the weight of speaking in front of Yang Guang and the intimacy of the relationship with Yang Guang, Zhang Heng is quite self-aware, and understands that he is just a subordinate under Yang Guang, and he definitely cannot be compared with An Ruoxi.

It is precisely for this reason that although Zhang Heng occasionally directly states his proposition and response to a certain matter, in most cases, he will adopt a step-by-step approach and tactfully guide Yang Guang to realize the correct and effective way to deal with it.

At this time, seeing that Yang Guang obviously did not agree with Li Che's suggestion, Zhang Heng thought for a while, and still suggested tactfully: "The lower officials think that what Wang Servant said just now points to the key point of this matter, Gao Baoning's army was defeated and lost five years ago, so as long as he can accurately find out where he is hiding in the Turkic territory, isn't it easy to arrest him and return to China next?" ”

Yang Guang was plucked by Zhang Heng, his eyes rolled, he already had an idea, and said briskly: "It's not as fast as a secret investigation." The king already has a plan on how to deal with this matter. Qi Angong ordered Zhao Cai to take charge of the scout camp, and from today onwards, all of them will be dispatched to the Turkic territory to visit Gao Baoning's hiding place, and once his whereabouts are discovered, he will be allowed to act cheaply, or catch or kill, and let him deal with it at the right time, and there is no need to report it again. ”

Wang Shao and Li Che didn't expect that Yang Guang would use the method of sending scouts to find and assassinate to deal with this matter, and they wanted to persuade again, but they heard Yang Guang turn around and say: "At present, the situation in Hebei has stabilized, and this king intends to ask him to be transferred back to Beijing to continue to preside over the investigation of the case of Nanchen Guanzi, and I invite you to come today, one is to help this king consider the wording of the chapter, and the other is to say hello to you in advance, so that you can have a preparation in your heart." ”

Li Che knew that Yang Guang had issued a formal order in the matter of dealing with Gao Baoning, and he would not allow himself to raise any more questions, so he took the lead in resigning to Yang and left the main hall on the grounds of sending orders to Zhao Cai.

Yang Guang wanted to be transferred back to Beijing to preside over the investigation, and when he heard the news, Wang Shao, who was the head of the officials in Xingtai, Hebei Province, immediately felt the pressure on his shoulders and asked tentatively: "What clues did the prince get to investigate the case, so please be transferred back to Beijing in the last chapter?" ”

Except for a handful of cronies such as Zhang Xutuo and Xian Yuluo, Yang Guang has always tried his best to avoid talking about the progress of the investigation, so when he heard Wang Shao asking him about the progress of the investigation, Yang Guang only smiled slightly, and replied lightly: "I just said hello to a few of you in advance, whether my father will transfer me back to Beijing at my request is still between the two." Taking a step back, even if my father sends me back to Beijing, he will send another prince and important minister to replace me, and the king's servant does not need to worry too much. ”

"I didn't worry too much. Xia Guan just thought that if the prince asked him to be transferred back to Beijing, in case of a regeneration of Turkic incidents, he might not be able to be as familiar with the situation as the prince and deal with it freely. Wang Shao saw that Yang Guang avoided answering the progress of the investigation he asked, so he didn't ask any more questions, but only explained.

Zhang Heng held the idea that Yang Guang would not take the initiative to talk about everything, and he would never ask, and heard Yang Guang mention that he and others had come to draft a chapter to the emperor, and he thought about his identity, so he instructed the deacons in the palace to prepare paper, pen, inkstone, and ink, and prepare to draft the chapter for Yang Guang.