Qin Gong

Chapter 151 Arrived at Gao Nu, kindly helping.

The sixth day after Yuan Day.

Shangjun!

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, compared with Xianyang, the further north you go, the colder the weather.

Fortunately, whether it was Bai Yan or Feng Nian, they were well prepared and wrapped in thick clothes.

Along the way, the rolling mountains and rivers made Bai Yan realize that the journey to Gaonu took longer than expected.

Fortunately, despite the hardships along the way, he arrived at Gaonu City without incident.

city ​​gate.

Several Qin officials held long spears and were inspecting the people entering and leaving. As one of the three major cities in Shangjun, Gao Nu had a huge flow of people and the population in the city.

The most important reason for becoming the three major cities is that when the merchants of the Qin State traded with the Xiongnu and the Yueshi, they were all in Gaonu.

Qin's medicinal materials, tea, and even a series of necessities such as salt mines were all needed by the Huns. For safety, Qin's merchants would not be so stupid as to take their goods directly to the grassland.

From ancient times to the present, those merchants who were courageous and dared to take goods to the grassland basically did not have a happy ending. After a certain transaction, they were directly killed and robbed by the Huns.

After all, in the grasslands, the Huns don't care whether you live or die, they will kill you if you want.

In the eyes of the Huns, let alone a merchant, even envoys and sons, the Huns dare to kill.

"stop!"

A Qin official saw Bai Yan who was leading the horse forward, and said.

Like several other Qin officials, this Qin official was also very young, and they were all soldiers. After training in the barracks, they were dispatched to Gao Nu to garrison here.

At this time, Bai Yan took out the wooden sign and the city seal from his pocket.

The young Qin soldier stepped forward, and when he saw Bai Yan's wooden sign and the hanging city seal, his eyes widened.

"Meet the city guard!"

Qin Zu hastily bowed his hands and saluted.

The other Qin soldiers didn't know why at first, but when they saw the seal in Bai Yan's hand, they immediately thought of something.

"Meet the city guard!"

"Meet the city guard!"

A famous Qin official didn't care about the interrogation, and hurriedly bowed his head and bowed his hands in salute.

this moment.

All the other people who came in and out looked at the young Bai Yan with astonishment on their faces. On the carriages that had not been checked, the merchants who heard the movement all lifted the curtains of the carriages and came out sideways to watch.

"Ok!"

Bai Yan was also a little taken aback, he did not expect that this city's seal keeping would cause such a big commotion.

Looking at this scene, Feng Nian clicked his tongue again and again, looking at Bai Yan with admiration.

When he was in Wei State, Bai Yan was still sleeping under someone else's roof, just like him, but now he holds a city seal.

Seeing Bai Yan go in, Feng Nian came back to his senses and hurriedly followed.

in the city.

Bai Yan led the horse, looking at the streets of the city, there were many Xiongnu traders and Qin traders. The furs that were hard to find in Xianyang City before were all seen here in the hands of Xiongnu traders.

"how much is this?"

Leading the horse, Bai Yan came to a trader, knelt down, and held a piece of silver-gray wolf skin.

But the next moment.

The Xiongnu trader chattered something, Bai Yan narrowed his eyes, and his expression suddenly collapsed.

Because he found that he couldn't understand what the Huns were saying.

"But you want to buy wolf fur? I can understand the language of the Huns, give me two dollars, no, three dollars, and I will help you communicate with this Huns dealer?
At this time, a child about ten years old came to Bai Yan's side and said to Bai Yan.

And maybe it's because Bai Yan is holding a wolf's fur, the child knows to increase the price temporarily.

"Can you understand the language of the Huns?"

Bai Yan was a little surprised when he heard what the child said.

It's a bit amazing to be able to understand the words of the Huns at such a young age!
"Three coins!"

When the child heard Bai Yan's words, the expression on his face was full of pride. It was obvious that he, who was a child at heart, benefited greatly from hearing Bai Yan's words.

However, the next moment, Bai Yan's words made the child's face completely flattered.

"Aren't those children the same as you, can understand the language of the Huns?"

Bai Yan pointed to several children in the distance.

"They don't understand!"

The child tried his best to answer Bai Yan calmly, but the guilty look in his eyes and the lack of arrogance in his tone just now clearly told Bai Yan that he was lying.

"Half money! If you help me negotiate the price with this Hun, I will give you half money. If not, I will go find those children."

Bai Yan said with a smile.

After Bai Yan finished speaking, Tong Tong and Feng Nian were not calm anymore.

Feng Nian looked at Bai Yan incomprehensibly, because even half a dollar is not a small sum.

Haitong has never seen Bai Yan bargaining like this, directly from five cents to half a cent, and he has never seen that person who gave so much less at once.

"One money, no less, you go to them, it's also one money!"

The child looked at Bai Yan and said.

This time, the child's expression and gaze obviously did not seem to be lying, and even the anxious little eyes were a little red.

Next to the merchant.

Bai Yan just planned to haggle over the price, take out the wooden sign, and tell the child that even if he doesn't spend money, he can find someone to come, and intends to let the child think carefully about whether he wants half the money.

But seeing the child's earnest eyes, those eager eyes, Bai Yan finally nodded.

"Okay! I'll give you a dollar!"

Under Feng Nian's incomprehensible gaze, Bai Yan took out a coin from his pocket and handed it to the child.

Fangcai.

Bai Yan saw his former self in the child, and he was like that at that time.

And he also observed that there are many children here, but many Qin merchants have servants who understand the Xiongnu dialect.

After a while.

With the help of the child, Bai Yan successfully spent less than one-tenth of the money in Xianyang to buy furs.
After holding the fur, Bai Yan couldn't help complaining that the merchants in Qin State really cannibalize people without spit out their bones.

Merchants who love the state of Qin raised their prices tenfold, or even higher.

After saying goodbye to that child.

Bai Yan was about to lead the horse and walk towards the city guard's mansion.

At this moment.

"I heard that Mr. Lu was killed, and the murderer has not been found so far. I heard that it was killed by the Huns. I don't know if it is true."

"That's right, I heard that Mr. Lu has written a letter to resign and return to his hometown. He never wanted to encounter such a thing."

"It's a pity, Lord Lu's family, young and old, were all killed."

Accompanied by the sound of several pedestrians walking and talking.

After hearing this, Bai Yan was a little puzzled, and then turned to look at the child.

"Do you know what they're talking about?"

Bai Yan asked.

Hearing this, the child instinctively opened his mouth to ask for money, but for some reason, seeing the young Bai Yan frowning in thought at this moment, he finally stopped talking about money.

"Lord Lu, the city magistrate who was just transferred to Gaonu County not long ago, heard that he planned to resign and return to his hometown, but half a month ago, the whole family was suddenly killed, and the murderer was never found. Li Pingyan and the county captain Hu Jin are all here."

The child told all about this incident that caused a sensation in Gao Nu.

After hearing this, Bai Yan was a little puzzled.

"Do you know how old Mr. Lu is?"

Bai Yan turned his head and looked at the child.

The child thought for a while, looked at Bai Yan, and said with some uncertainty: "I heard that it is half a hundred, and some people say forty."

Bai Yan looked pensive.

Whether it is half a hundred or forty, it is still far from the age to resign.

Not only Qin, but also other countries, it is not without ministers who are seventy or eighty years old and still occupy high positions.

Why did Mr. Lu resign, and after resigning, his family was killed.

"Do you know where Master Lu's residence is?"

Bai Yan looked at the child, holding the fur in one hand, and took out two coins from his pocket with the other.

Hu Jin, who made great contributions in the war against Korea, has now been promoted to Zuo Geng, and his position has also been promoted to County Lieutenant.

In the official position system of the Qin State, the county lieutenant: in charge of the garrison of the county, in charge of public security.

Right now, Hu Jin was just promoted to the county captain, and now Master Lu was killed. If the murderer cannot be found out, this matter will definitely become a stumbling block to Hu Jin's promotion in the future, and it will become a talking point for political opponents.

Now that he just came to Gaonu, although it is not yet the day of taking office, if possible, he would not mind giving Hu Jin a favor to see if he can help Hu Jin solve this case.

　There is still one update too late, readers, I will update one update first!

　　
　
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