Fan Zihu believed that Hou Yuan was not without reason, everyone was a general of the Erzhu clan, and their territories were adjacent to each other, and they exchanged letters on a daily basis.

Hou Yuan, the assassin of Qingzhou, was very careful, he did not let the messenger go straight through Yanzhou, but took the north bank of the Yellow River, and then crossed the river by the river bridge into Luoyang.

After Gao Cheng received Hou Yuan's letter, he was naturally very happy.

To be honest, he was ready to fight with Hou Yuan.

Gao Cheng did not forget Han Ling's night talk back then, but he only had that contact with Hou Yuan once, and he had few contacts since then.

He was not arrogant and thought that just one time of wooing, Hou Yuan would be happy and convinced of him.

But now that he knows Hou Yuan's choice, Gao Cheng is more confident in controlling the eastern part of the Henan region.

Without hesitation, Gao Cheng immediately asked Gao Jishi to lead the original five hundred guards to escort him north to Jinyang.

Gao Jishi had already recruited 500 guards for Gao Cheng to return to Luoyang, and when he received the escort mission, he also terminated the training of 500 foot soldiers.

There were once seven generals of the Gyeonggi Army, six people out of the town, five assassins, and one county guard, and Gao Cheng only left Gao Jishi by his side.

Although he was very envious of the rest of the people serving as governors of local prefectures and counties, Gao Jishi could also feel Gao Cheng's trustworthiness.

Gao Cheng and Gao Huan are separated from each other, and the advantage is naturally that they have a high degree of autonomy and can calmly cultivate their own forces.

The disadvantage is that once there is a major change, the father and son need to discuss and go back and forth, which will definitely delay time.

Fortunately, Hou Yuan delayed for him, and I believe that Fan Zihu will not break out in a short time.

Entering Jinyang, Gao Cheng went straight to Xiangguo's Mansion to find Gao Huan to discuss, but learned that he went to the Chinese and foreign mansions to convene generals and staff to discuss military affairs, and temporarily went to the Chinese and foreign mansions next door to find him.

Gao Huan learned that Gao Cheng was coming from Luoyang, and knew that something big must have happened, so he quickly dismissed everyone and ordered the officials to call Gao Cheng to meet him.

Gao Cheng walked through the corridor of the Chinese and foreign governments, and there were constantly generals and staff members of the Chinese and foreign governments who informed him of his name and salutes, and Gao Cheng returned the salute one by one, and he was not in a hurry at this time.

Among the crowd, two names caught his attention.

Dugu Yongye, Wang Shiliang.

Dugu Yongye's character Shiji has a Xianbei name, but it is indeed a Han person.

His original surname is Liu, a native of Zhongshan, his mother remarried when he was a child, and he also changed his surname to Dugu with his stepfather.

Among the generals of Jinyang, it belongs to the role of a little minion.

But this little minion has been appreciated by the two brothers Gao Cheng and Gao Yang in history, and has soared to the sky since then.

Another person, Wang Shiliang, is from the Taiyuan Wang family, because of the experience of losing his mother first and then his father when he was a teenager, he has developed a cautious and difficult character to socialize.

His experience is more tortuous, as a native of Jinyang, not just from the Erzhu clan.

After the death of Er Zhurong, Er Zhuzhao inherited Jinyang, and then sent troops to Luoyang.

Wang Shiliang, who was a low-level staff member of the Erzhu clan, was captured and sent to Hexi.

After Douling Bufan was attacked and killed by Gao Huan and Er Zhuzhao, Douling Yili ascended to the throne, he attached great importance to Wang Shiliang's ability, promoted him to Youcheng, and married his granddaughter to him.

After Yili was defeated by Gao Huan, in order to appease his people, Wang Shiliang was used by Gao Huan again and became one of the many staff members of the Chinese and foreign governments.

In history, Wang Shiliang was the Sima of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, assisting Gao Cheng in controlling the Gyeonggi Army, and the original owner was fifteen years old that year, and it can even be said that Wang Shiliang was the most valued military staff member of the original owner, usurping the throne in Yecheng and handing over the military power of Jinyang to Wang Shiliang.

If it weren't for Gao Yang concealing the news of Gao Cheng's death and using the General's Mansion to supervise Tang Yong to defraud Wang Shiliang of military power, Gao Xiaoyu would never have been without the possibility of ascending to the throne.

No matter how cautious Wang Shiliang was, he never thought that the benefactor would die from the assassination of the cook, so he only thought that it was Gao Cheng who summoned him to Yecheng.

Afterwards, in order to punish Gao Cheng's generals who did not support him in Jinyang, Gao Yang demoted them all, nominally granted high positions, but never refused to give real power, Wang Shiliang was one of the representatives, and was idle for ten years, until Gao Yan usurped the throne and was reactivated.

King Xiao Gao had a long idea of Wang Shiliang, but unfortunately he was arrested and taken to Hexi.

When Sudouling Yili was defeated, Gao Cheng had no senior staff position to accommodate him.

Now that Gao Cheng is stepping up his control over the history of the assassins in Henan's states and counties, most of the original senior staff will be like Yang Yu in other states and counties, and the vacancies urgently need to be filled, so Gao Cheng re-targeted Wang Shiliang.

This is also the reason why Gao Cheng insisted on coming to Jinyang to discuss Fan Zihu with Gao Huan.

Walking into the council hall, Gao Cheng handed the letter he received to Gao Huan, and after Gao Huan read it, he frowned and said:

"Hou Yuan, this person can't be trusted!"

It's not that I don't believe that Fan Zihu and others rebelled, but I don't believe that Hou Yuan is really as loyal as the letter says.

There has always been a line in Gao Huan's heart, and that is the Battle of Hanling.

After the battle of Han Ling, Gao Huan did not trust any of the generals who beat the water dogs of the Erzhu clan, although Hou Jing surrendered after Han Ling, he did not participate in the liquidation of the Erzhu clan.

Before the battle of Hanling, the generals who stood firmly on his side regarded them as his own people.

There are three exceptions to this, Hu Sichun, He Batsheng, and Hou Yuan.

Needless to say, Hu Sichun and He Batsheng are self-explanatory.

Hou Yuan is purely because of Er Zhurong's trusted past, and his resoluteness to surrender after the battle of Guang'a, such a character makes Gao Huan dare not trust him.

Otherwise, Han Ling would not have deliberately let Gao Cheng raise Zhu Zhao to rebel because of He Batsheng, and wanted to kill He Batsheng's example to intimidate Hou Yuan and force him to fight to the death.

Another reason is the news that Fan Zihu, Dayeba, and Hou Yuan are in close contact, and Gao Huan, Gao Cheng, and his son have all heard about it.

The father and son of the Gao family let Fan Zihu, whose life trajectory coincided with He Batsheng's highly overlapping trajectory, succeed Yanzhou, how could they have less surveillance of him.

Gao Cheng didn't immediately refute Gao Huan, he just quoted Er Zhurong and said:

"In the past, Tianzhu once said that Hou Yuan was good at adapting to opportunities.

"Father, Hou Yuan is a person who can see the situation clearly, Henan has no danger to defend, and with the power of his father and the wide range of soldiers, how can the rebels succeed?

"The child doesn't believe in Hou Yuan's loyalty, but I believe in Tianzhu's vision of people."

Gao Huan was silent for a long time before he said:

"Ah Hui is right."

Gao Cheng continued:

"Now that Hou Yuan's mind has been determined, the child has an idea."

Gao Huan's expression was quite playful:

"It is the same as thinking for the father."

"Why don't I write down what I think on paper with my father and then watch it together?"

Gao Cheng said with a smile.

When Gao Huan heard this, his eyes lit up:

"That's very good."

Immediately ordered someone to get a pen and paper.

Gao Cheng and he each wrote down what they thought in their hearts, and when they unfolded it together, the father and son looked at each other and smiled.

I saw what Gao Cheng wrote:

'Secretly liaison, openly suppressed. Hypothetical rebellion and rebellion. ’

Gao Huan wrote a much shorter one, with only five words:

'Hou Yuan is the internal response. ’

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There must be more at night, after all, there are still 9,000 words left, and I have a cold, so I can only write slowly. Let's talk about the reason for 2000 first, and the rest will be completed in two chapters.