Gao Kui left Linzi, this tall strong man wearing a suit of armor had blank eyes, lost his former brilliance, empty and spiritual, as if he had seen the most terrible thing in the world, scared the three souls away and two souls, and walked out of the Thorn Mansion like a walking corpse.

He didn't dare to turn back until he left the Assassin's Mansion and returned to the barracks, for a small person like him, things involving politics would be so complicated, and these things were undoubtedly something he had never experienced, he was in a state of confusion, he didn't know what to do, and he just wanted to leave such a place of right and wrong as soon as possible.

And in the Assassin's Mansion after Gao Kui left, Yuan Tan acted as if nothing had happened, as for whether Gao Kui knew each other or not, it didn't matter, all Yuan Tan had to do was just throw stones and ask for directions, but he didn't know that his direct position really scared this lowly lieutenant in the barracks, this kind of thing, he didn't dare to think about it all his life, but for Yuan Tan, it was just an ordinary thing.

As for Gao Kui's reaction, he doesn't care too much, because he is full of confidence, and the reason is very simple, because a man like Gao Kui is lustful and greedy for money, so it is impossible for him to resist the temptation, so for the olive branch thrown from then on, he will never give up such a God-given opportunity.

As long as there is desire, ambition, everything will become easy to do, Yuan Tan will give him the opportunity to show himself, and this is obviously incomparable to others, maybe he can't accept it now, he thought that everything that could be obtained through hard work turned out to be faster through trading, which is undoubtedly a huge impact for him, but as long as he can figure it out, he should be glad that when he meets himself, he can fight for ten years less.

Although all this is not because of his own efforts and talents, but being valued and used by others is not the value of a person, and he may be kicked out in the end, but this is also better than his current inaction, you must know that even if the ten-year goal he set is finally achieved, isn't it the miscellaneous general that Yuan Tan promised now? What's more, what will happen in the next ten years, who knows, the battlefield is ruthless, maybe the goal is achieved, maybe the next battle will be killed on the battlefield.

It is because Yuan Tan will have great confidence, maybe he will not be able to figure it out or even think about it now, but this is the reality, and even after he has figured it out, he will be glad to have met him.

This time, Gao Kui became the captain of the bandits, leading 10,000 troops alone and sending troops to Donglai, which is already unimaginable for him, in terms of his identity and position, if it weren't for the seriousness of the situation in this banditry, at most 3,000 people, would he be so likely to be entrusted with a heavy responsibility? Leading 10,000 people to go on the expedition, this was something he had thought about before going to bed, but it was still a bit of a dream to realize, but the 10,000 soldiers and horses were really in his hands, and he even got Yuan Tan's hospitality and summons, such an opportunity will only be more in the future, as Yuan Tan expected, Gao Kui's transformation was far faster than he thought.

The truth is actually very simple, I'm not afraid that you won't be greedy for money, not lustful, not greedy for high-ranking officials, I'm afraid that you won't love these, as long as you have desires, then everything will become extremely simple, Yuan Tan's favor has become a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in Gao Kui's heart at this moment, how can he let it go?

He is Gao Lan's general, from a family to follow Gao Lan's southern and northern wars to have today's status, he understands what is the most precious and real, not to mention that Yuan Dagongzi did not let him betray the general, but just hoped that he could influence him and help him seize the position of the prince.

Do you need to think about this kind of thing? There is no need at all, and once they can help Yuan Gongzi at this time, then the future of the general will not be bright, and he will naturally rise with it.

Although he was born as a house slave, he understands why he is where he is today, so if he really betrays Gao Ran, then he would rather die than do this kind of dirty thing, but in the current situation, he is definitely a matchmaker for the eldest prince and the general, as long as he climbs the eldest prince, it will only be good for the general and him, so that they can really gain a firm foothold in Jizhou.

In the past few years, he has seen the situation of the general being idle, not to mention the busy traffic in the past, but how to say that there are still many people who come to visit every day, but in recent years, there are many people, whether it is the general's old knowledge or a long time to hide, no one dares to associate with them, this kind of hot and cold situation makes him sad, but also understands a truth, that is, power, only power will make you extremely powerful.

Women are just a momentary pleasure, but power allows him to really enjoy, not to mention anything else, just say that the current Jizhou army of 10,000 people must be respectful in front of him, every word he says is an order, no one dares to disobey and dare to object, if there is, he can dispose of them at any time, even if it is easy to kill them, this is the taste of power, which makes people obsessed and unforgettable.

After tasting it, he won't want to give up anymore, he tasted the sweetness, and this is just the identity of a captain, after he arrived at the general, what kind of scenery would it be, he didn't dare to think about it, but at least he didn't want to be a woman like a horse, so why look at his Yuan Tan's face?

Before arriving at the Yuanmen schoolyard, Gao Kui, who was riding on the horse, completely figured it out, entered the schoolyard and turned over and dismounted, and he quickly returned to his residence.

Everything today is just an episode for him, now he needs to pack up his mood and prepare for tomorrow's expedition, for him, the bandits in Donglai County are the top priority now, although this time it sounds like another rebellion of the bandits and the Yellow Turban Army, but before he came, General Gao Ran had already told him clearly, there was a figure of Xuzhou behind it, and even the Xuzhou army was making trouble.

To deal with them, first of all, we must have the support of the local residents, although it is difficult, but at least we must not friction with them, which is more critical than whether the bandits are successful, otherwise he will not be able to move an inch in Donglai, with the Xuzhou army supported by these people, they have almost no hope of suppressing the bandits.

In the end, not only is it impossible to exterminate the bandits, but there is a great possibility of becoming the soul of these bandits, this matter is a matter that Gao Ranqian has instructed him to do, and it is also the key to his deepest taboo.

Everything is based on suppressing bandits as much as possible, uniting the Donglai clan as the leader, solving these two things, and then solving the bandits, it is the time to really settle accounts after the autumn, and we must distinguish the priorities.

For Gao Ran's advice, Gao Kui nodded heavily and said: "The last general understands, although these bandits are attacking the county, but they only attack the county government and the county government, but they have not committed any crimes against the big families, and even because they know their special identity, maybe the big clan of Donglai is secretly helping them, so there will be a situation where Donglai County is not spared from the county guard to the county magistrate." And the last general went to suppress the bandits this time, the most important thing is to win them over as much as possible, although it will be difficult to divide them, but if you want to succeed in suppressing the bandits, this is definitely the key. ”

Gao Kui never dared to forget Gao Lan's instructions, after all, Liu Lan had mastered Qingzhou for so many years, and it was reasonable for them to secretly support the Xuzhou Army, but if they wanted to divide them, it was obviously a little whimsical to use them, but he was helpless, after all, there were only more than 10,000 troops, and you let him kill so much, so this time to suppress the bandits, he could only take one step at a time, hoping to reap the best results.

Early in the morning of the second day, Gao Kui led the troops to Donglai, Yuan Tan went to see him off, and Yuan Tan did not have too much advice on this time to suppress the bandits, although he was the assassin of Qingzhou, but he had been ordered by Yuan Shao not to interfere in military affairs, so there were some things he had to avoid.

But this time it is not so easy to suppress the bandits, and even he thinks that the reason why Liu Lan will take the initiative to give up Qingzhou is actually for this day, the reason is very simple, because they seem to have got Qingzhou, but they have not won the hearts of the people of Qingzhou, how many of these people have Liu Lan's internal response, and how many people are willing to do internal response for Liu Lan, once they attack Xuzhou, Qingzhou's troubles will follow one after another, just like now, so that they are tired of coping, and there is no way to launch any offensive against Xuzhou.

Although everything was still just his guess, if this was really as he expected, then the trouble of the bandits in Qingzhou would not be so easy to solve. Because you don't know how many soldiers and internal responses Liu Lan left behind in Qingzhou.

On the other hand, there aren't even too many of them, but if they raise their arms, they can recruit an extremely large group of people to work for them in an instant.

Gao Ran sent Gao Kui, just to explore the way, this candidate, can only use the most reliable henchmen, only in this way can he judge what the situation of Donglai is, he has a number in his heart, and then it will be much easier to solve it, and if all this is just his speculation, not a fact, then Gao Kui can also directly suppress it, to solve these troubles in Qingzhou, and then come to meet him, killing two birds with one stone.

After sending Gao Kui away, Yuan Tan, who had just returned to the Assassin's Mansion, saw a personal soldier walking forward quickly, whispering beside Ah and saying, "Eldest prince, Mr. Guo sent someone to deliver an urgent letter. ”

"Where's the messenger now?" Gao Ran took the letter and did not rush to open it.

"The council chamber."

"Lead the way." While walking and opening the letter, it seems that nothing has anything to do with Jizhou, it is all inconsequential things, but this letter is just a disguise, the real key must be in the mouth of the sender, there are some secrets, it is impossible to write in the letter.

Came to the council hall and waved everyone away, the messenger roughly said the current situation in Jizhou, especially when asking what happened in Qingzhou, before Guo Tu knew from Yuan Tan early in the morning that Yuan Shao planned to send Gao Ran to raid Xuzhou, but before the battle in Qingzhou was not fought, he suddenly sent Wen Chou out, Guo Tu and others who were far away in Yecheng smelled the danger, and sent a letter to Yuan Tan overnight to ask if there was an accident.

This matter doesn't seem to have much to do with them, but it is a big opportunity for them, if they want to win back a city now, they can only wait for the moment when the Jizhou scholars make a mistake, otherwise they will never have the possibility of turning over, so Guo Tu and the others are particularly concerned about this matter, and they are also eager to know what happened.

Yuan Tan didn't say, he didn't have anything to say to the messenger, he would write a letter for the messenger to bring back, as for these inside information, in fact, even if Guo Tu knew, it couldn't be of any use, but he continued to be eager to know, so it didn't hurt to tell him, but now, Yuan Tan began to ask some messengers about the situation in Yecheng.

Yuan Tan didn't say anything to the messenger, and the messenger never dared to have any complaints, but Yuan Tan asked him something, and if he didn't say it, he would have the threat of losing his head.

But when he said that this time the people's reaction to the matter of being requisitioned and pressed for grain was not very strong, but many people were willing to serve the general, Yuan Tan lost patience and didn't want to listen anymore. These words are bullshit to him, the government is recruited, so do you little people want to?

Even if you don't want to, it's just a forced levy, but people like Yuan Tan, who have never moved to care for the people, will not know that the people of Jizhou love Yuan Shao, the taxes are extremely low, and they love the people extraordinarily, and the wealth of the people of Jizhou over the years has even surpassed the second emperor of Hengling, which is all the credit of Yuan Shao.

At this point, even Liu Lan deeply admires Yuan Shao, although he cannot make achievements in commerce and industry like Liu Lan, but in this era, he has allowed the people of Jizhou to live a life that they can't believe in the past, especially in such troubled times, his achievements are extremely eye-catching.

To be honest, if it weren't for the troubled times, maybe Yuan Shao and Cao Cao would really be able to rule the world in the future, Yuan Shao is still a member of the fourth and fifth princes of the Yuan family, and Cao Cao may also become one of the three princes, they are all leaders in this era, but unfortunately just like Yuan Shao, he is a good Situ in the prosperous times, but he has become a great general in the troubled times.

It is natural to lose to Cao Cao, but if it comes to governing the country, no one is more talented than him in the governance of the people, even Cao Cao is ashamed of himself.

But it's a pity that this great general who loves the people like a son has such an eldest son, who not only treats the people as ants, but even kills them, it is conceivable that Yuan Shao does not choose him as the heir, but he ignores one point, the era he lives in is a troubled era after all.

If it is a prosperous era, his choice is understandable, but in the troubled times, his choice needs to be considered, just like Cao Cao chose Cao Pi instead of Cao Zhi.