Qin Gong

Chapter 399 Luoyin Rebellion ([-])

As night fell, in Luoyin City, in a mansion, Bai Junzhu and Bai Yingxue were waiting for Bai Yan's return.

And until dawn, the two sisters, who couldn't resist the sleepiness, fell asleep on the wooden table, but Bai Yan's figure didn't come back.

Day two.

When Bai Ping arrived, the two sisters were awakened just now.

"What about Yan?"

Bai Ping came to the study, watched the two cousins ​​wake up dimly, and asked softly.

"I left yesterday, and I haven't returned!"

Bai Junzhu got up and said to Bai Ping.

Yesterday she had instructed her attendants and other people in the mansion to notify her if Bai Yan came back, but until now, Bai Junzhu has not seen the servant to report.

"leave?"

Bai Ping frowned when he heard Bai Junzhu's words.

On the way to Luoyin, Bai Ping already knew what happened in Luoyin City during this period, so when he heard that Bai Yan left yesterday, he knew why.

"I have ordered someone to go back to Xianyang and tell my father!"

Bai Ping said to Bai Junzhu.

Luoyin City was given to Bai Yan as a fief just now, and Bai Yan didn't know anything about the gentry and relations in Luoyin City, so after Bai Ping learned about Luoyin, he was worried that Bai Yan would suffer, so he immediately ordered his servants to return to Xianyang Go and report to your father and ask him to come to Luoyin.

"Ok!"

Bai Junzhu heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Bai Ping's words.

Bai Junzhu naturally knew Bai Ping's intentions. As long as the uncle came here on behalf of the Bai family, if it was really the actions of the nobles in Luoyin City, then after contacting the uncle and confirming his attitude, the nobles in Luoyin City would also take the opportunity to restrain themselves , not only won't continue to make too much noise, but will also buy Bai Yan's favor to help Bai Yan calm down the recent events.

No matter what happened in the city at this moment, or the previous plundering and selling, the power that Bai Yan offended, in the final analysis, is nothing more than profit.

As long as Bai Yan compromises with them, no matter who is playing tricks behind Luo Yin's back, he will accept it as soon as he sees it.

Inside the study.

Just as Bai Junzhu was talking with Bai Ping.

"My lord! I heard that Miss Xu received a letter from the general and is about to leave the mansion!"

A maid hurriedly approached the study and came to Bai Junzhu to report.

heard.

Bai Junzhu and Bai Ping looked at each other, and walked straight out of the study, with Bai Yingxue quickly following behind.

In Luoyin city.

Bai Yan was wearing common clothes, sitting cross-legged on a street corner, leaning against a pile of firewood, if he didn't have a sword at his waist, he would have looked like a young man who had nothing to do all day long.

Along with the disheveled hair, the corners of the mouth also began to have a little beard due to the growth of age. It is difficult to compare the current Bai Yan with the Qin general who is galloping on the battlefield.

Looking at the pedestrians coming and going on the street.

With a piece of grass in his mouth, Bai Yan didn't waste the money for a meal last night. At this moment, he already has an understanding of the relationship between the nobles in Luoyin City.

Bai Yan knew even those sons of noble clans were domineering in Luoyin City relying on their family strength.

But right now Bai Yan is still not sure whether the people who caused trouble here in Luoyin City and took the opportunity to trip him up are the gentry in Luoyin City or the forces he offended before.

With the rising sun.

Bai Yan waited for a long time, and finally saw Master Xu arrive with two cronies.

"Gentleman, I checked, it wasn't poisoning! No trauma was found either! According to the Qin official, it really looks like drowning!"

Seeing Bai Yan, Master Xu looked at the pedestrians around him, so he stepped forward and changed his words, and reported to Bai Yan in a low voice.

After receiving Bai Yan's letter just now, Master Xu followed Bai Yan's request and immediately took the seal and went to the government to check the corpses. Fortunately, the corpses were not buried. After checking, it was confirmed that those people died without poisoned.

"Miss Yingxue, why are you not in the mansion?"

Bai Yan nodded to Master Xu when he heard what Master Xu said, and then looked at Bai Yingxue who came with Master Xu.

Following Bai Yan's inquiry.

Bai Yingxue lowered her head full of guilt.

"I told Eldest Sister that it was too boring in the mansion, so I wanted to go out with Ms. Xu for a stroll."

Bai Yingxue explained in a low voice.

Master Xu glanced at Bai Yingxue, then turned his head to look at Bai Yan, bowed his head slightly, and did not dare to speak. In fact, Junzhu, the eldest daughter of the Bai family, agreed to let Yingxue follow her, but it was only to go to the government and follow her. Here, it was entirely Bai Yingxue's decision.

And because they are both women, Master Xu couldn't really open his mouth to drive Bai Yingxue away.

After all, Xu Shi used to be a woman of the gentry, but when she was a child, she and her mother were kicked out of the Xu Mansion. As soon as her mother died, she was sold to a restaurant.

Therefore, for Bai Junzhu and Bai Yingxue who were born in the Bai family, Xu Shi felt a little inferior in his heart, and lowered his status a lot.

Even though they saved Bai Yu and pretended to be Bian Que's disciple, everyone in the Bai clan respected Master Xu very much, but without Bai Yan's order, Master Xu didn't dare to drive him away.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Hearing Bai Yingxue's explanation, Bai Yan didn't say anything. For this Bai Yingxue who was younger than him, Bai Yan was also very clear about her temperament. After thinking about something, she finally didn't ask Bai Yingxue to go back.

"it is good!"

Seeing that Bai Yan didn't chase her away, Bai Yingxue raised her head in surprise, looked at the backs of Bai Yan, Xu Shi and others who turned and left, and hurriedly followed.

on the street.

Along the way, people are talking about drowning people, no matter in teahouses or restaurants, you can hear noisy discussions.

As the days passed, more and more bad words about Bai Yan appeared on the street.

"Recently, people are worried. Many people don't even dare to come out to do business. They are worried about their wives and children at home."

"Isn't it? If you have money, who wants to come out? Recently, there are dead people everywhere, have you heard? In She Village, the butcher named Mang went into the house and took advantage of the neighbor's man to go out. Not only did the woman occupy her, but she even killed that woman and the whole family."

"It's not peaceful recently! I heard that those who drowned are all because of the heavens~ they want to punish Bai Yan!"

A peddler selling bamboo hats was chatting with the peddler at the next-door stall. He spoke in a very low voice at the end, but when he finished speaking, he suddenly saw a man approaching the stall.

This startled the peddler and turned his head quickly.

But before he had time to be afraid, when the peddler saw the two beauties behind the man, especially the younger beauty, the peddler looked straight at him. He had been doing business in Luoyin for more than ten years, and he had seen the two beauties who could be compared to the one in front of him. There are not many women who are as beautiful as this.

It is no exaggeration to say that you may not be able to see one throughout the year!
And the peddler who was selling wooden hairpins next to him was not much better at the moment. The jade hairpins he was holding in his hand fell to the ground without knowing it. In his eyes, there was only the beauty he saw.

"How do you sell the head hat?"

Holding a bamboo hat on the pavement, Bai Yan asked softly.

Hearing Bai Yan's inquiry, the peddler who sold bamboo hats came back to his senses, even reacted, seeing that Bai Yan was wearing a sword, he didn't get angry, and couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.

"Five dollars!"

The peddler said to Bai Yan, with a flattering smile on his face.

When Bai Yan heard the price, he took out the remaining money from yesterday from his sleeve pocket, counted 25 pieces, handed them to the peddler, then picked up two bamboo hats from the stall, turned around and gave them to Master Xu and Bai Yingxue respectively. superior.

Seeing that he looked much better after wearing the bamboo hat, Bai Yan nodded in satisfaction, then took three more, distributed them to the two cronies, and put one on himself.

Bai Yingxue watched Bai Yan turn and leave, and while following behind her, her heart was full of doubts at the moment.

Right now, the city is full of slanderous words against the young man, why the young man doesn't care at all, he is clearly walking on the street, hearing the words of pedestrians and vendors, why does he seem to not care at all.

She couldn't help being a little angry when she heard it.

Why, as a young man himself who was talked about by the people, was indifferent, and he could immediately reveal his identity and go to the government to order the government to refute the rumors.

Thinking of what elder sister said last night, Bai Yingxue already hated the gentry in Luoyin city to the core.

In Bai Yingxue's eyes, regardless of whether those people were killed by those gentry or not, right now, those gentry must be in the mansion, sitting and watching the young man's jokes, waiting for the young man to bow his head.

By the Weishui River.

Bai Yan came to the riverside again, but this time was different from yesterday, from Wu Meng and others, Bai Yan already knew many things about Luoyang City.

After all, Pu Ling was in such a state of desperation that he was also from Luoyin, a scholar from Luoyin, and knew far more news about Luoyin than ordinary people.

Follow the Weishui River and walk upstream along the river.

Since people have been drowning and died during this period of time, there are not many people fishing in the Weishui River, let alone few people.

After a long time.

When Bai Yan, who was wearing a hat, saw figures on the bank of the Weishui River, it was some people who had lost their loved ones, crying and mourning by the bank of the river.

People in some places have this custom. If you drown in the river, in the eyes of the people, it must be that the Weishui River is no longer blessed, and you must come to sacrifice, and you are also remembering the lost relatives.

Bai Yan, Master Xu and his party came not far from the weeping old and weak women and children.

After waiting for a while, Bai Yan stepped forward when he saw those women, children, old and young crying and planning to leave and go home after the sacrifice.

"Old lady, may I ask who was drowned in the family?"

Bai Yan came to an old woman with white hair and asked softly.

The old woman was trembling with grief, when she saw Bai Yan and heard Bai Yan's inquiry, tears slowly shed down her wrinkled face under her gray hair.

"Who are you?"

The old lady did not answer Bai Yan, but asked softly.

The other three old women, as well as two young women with children, also looked at Bai Yan and his party wearing hats at the moment, full of vigilance, but fortunately, two of them were women, and She was very fair and beautiful, so she was not afraid just now.

"I am an official of Qin State. I heard about Luoyin, so I came here from Xianyang to investigate."

Bai Yan said softly, and took out a seal from his bosom, but the seal was not given to the old woman.

But seeing the seal, no matter if it was the old woman in front of Bai Yan, or other women, children, old and weak, they all knelt down to Bai Yan.

"grown ups!"

"My lord, please investigate clearly for us!"

Seeing that Bai Yan was an official from Xianyang who came to investigate, all the old women kowtowed to Bai Yan while crying bitterly, regardless of the muddy riverside and the stones in the mud.

Seeing this, Bai Yan quickly reached out to help the old woman up.

"Get up quickly, I will try my best to be the master for you, but we are needed right now, and I will say everything I know."

Bai Yan said softly.

Hearing Bai Yan's words, the old and weak women and children kneeling on the ground seemed to have found someone who made the decision. Next, facing Bai Yan's inquiries, they all spoke out without any concealment, even if it involved many small matters in the family, there was no exception. Nothing to hide.

Through questioning, Bai Yan soon knew that, as Wu Meng said, there are old and young in no one, and this is the place where the corpse was seen before.

Bai Yan turned his head to look at the surrounding river, a hint of disappointment appeared in his eyes, and then he looked upstream, with a faint worry in his eyes.

Early this morning, Bai Yan also visited the place where the corpse was buried.

Bai Yan also felt at this moment that if he wanted to find out the murderer in this case, it might be a bit troublesome.

Turning his head and looking at the old women in front of him telling all the things he knew, and seeing the young women looking at him with expectant eyes, Bai Yan also felt very pressured in his heart.

Fortunately, it is not helpless.

Yesterday, after knowing the cause and effect of the incident, Bai Yan inquired about the news from the Qin officials from Puling, and just now, he specially asked Master Xu to take someone to the government to check the corpse.

Since there was no trauma and no poisoning, it is very likely that the murderer or accomplice who drowned five people who were good at water must have been familiar with the five people who drowned, at least the five people were unprepared. May succeed.

Otherwise, five men who are good at water and rely on the Wei River to make a living can drown to death, even ten unarmed men can't do it.

Bai Yan didn't know if the Luoyang city order and all the Qin officials in Luoyin were aware of this, but Bai Yan had a hunch that even if some Qin officials could think of it, there would definitely be people or forces interfering to prevent Qin officials from investigating too much. Especially the villages of the dead.

Yesterday Pu Ling said that Qin officials had closed the case as death by drowning!

It can be seen from this incident that some people hope to see that the five people drowned normally and the case should be closed earlier.

"Didn't it mean that five people were found drowned here? Why did only you and four families come here?"

Listening to these old women's stories, Bai Yan was suddenly a little puzzled, as the old women introduced the drowning of their relatives one by one.

One, two, three, four! !

Why did only four relatives of the deceased come to the riverside?Obviously, five people were drowned!

A place has a custom of a place, so living on the banks of the Weishui River for generations, these old women have the custom of offering sacrifices to the god of the river, it is impossible to leave a family with a dead body, without this custom.

"My lord, that family is a poor person. There is only one blind old woman in the family. People in the village have never dared to tell her about the drowning of their three sons!"

An old lady heard Bai Yan's inquiry, and explained softly, and couldn't help sighing when talking about the situation of the family of the deceased.

"The blind old woman died on the battlefield along with her eldest son and second son in her early years. Fortunately, the only remaining three sons were born filial. The blind old mother, even when talking about marriage, was rejected by other women's families every time, and she never abandoned the blind old mother. It was the same, and the villagers didn't know how to tell the old woman! They only said that her third son had something to go out of the house. a period of time."

next to the river.

When Bai Yingxue and Master Xu heard the old woman's words, their beautiful eyes couldn't help turning slightly red.

When they heard that the blind old woman had only one son left, and had no children, they knew how desperate the old woman would be if she knew about it.

"Could you please take me to the old lady's house to have a look?"

Bai Yan thought for a while, and bowed his hands to the ladies in front of him.

"My lord, you don't have to be polite. If you want to go, you can do it now!"

Several old women by the river wiped away the tears from their eyes, and hurriedly responded.

After half an hour.

On a relatively remote road away from the river, Bai Yan followed behind many women, detoured a hillside, and came to the village mentioned by the women.

Before he could go down the hillside and go to the village, Bai Yan saw a middle-aged man sitting under a tree beside the road and crying. A family in the village looked at the lonely old woman sitting in the yard with tears streaming down her face.

Bai Yan saw all the old women, young women, as well as Bai Yingxue and Master Xu, but he didn't see the middle-aged man.

Bai Yan thought of something and heaved a sigh of relief.

When you can see it, things are much easier!
"My lord, the blind old woman is the one who sits in the courtyard of any small garden!"

An old woman said to Bai Yan, pointing to a small garden in the village.

Bai Yan looked in the direction where the old woman was pointing, and suddenly saw the small garden in the village. An old woman was sitting alone in it, her figure was small, but she was very conspicuous in the small garden.

For some reason, Bai Yan suddenly thought of his grandmother.

Ever since my uncle got married and moved to Linzi, my grandmother often sat alone in the small courtyard like this.

Every time I went to see my grandmother, I saw her alone.

Thinking room.

Looking at the figure in the distance, thinking of his grandmother, remembering the scenes of his grandmother lovingly smiling and pampering him when he was a child, Bai Yan couldn't restrain the longing in his heart anymore, turned his head, and looked at him with red eyes. to the side.

I have been away from home for more than two years, and it is a lie not to miss my grandmother!

When I left home, my grandmother still coaxed me to dry dry food overnight.

"Let's go first! I'll be there later!"

After Bai Yan came over slowly, he instructed softly.

Master Xu and Bai Yingxue stared blankly at the side of the young man with beautiful eyes. When they saw the young man's eyes, they did not expect that Bai Yan, who has always been praised as a young general by the world, would show such a side.

Bai Yingxue looked at the young man, and recalled the scenes that the two of them had experienced back then. She had been hearing about the young man's deeds, and in her eyes, the young man had always been very strong. , Looking at the slightly red eyes of the young man, for some reason, there is a hint of distress in the beautiful eyes.

"He should be homesick!"

An idea popped up in Bai Yingxue's mind.

"Let's go!"

Under the protection of two servants, the old lady quickly led Master Xu and his party towards the village.

Bai Yan looked at the back of Xu Shi and others leaving, and after calming down, he turned his head to look at the middle-aged man under the shade of the tree.

In Luoyin city.

In a mansion, in a main hall, seven men wearing silk clothes and jade ornaments knelt and sat behind their respective wooden tables, drinking and laughing constantly.

"This time, Na Bai Yan, no matter how capable he is, he won't be able to recover!"

"That's right, the people in the city now all say that God punished Bai Yan, that's why he died!"

"Hahaha! We'll sit and wait to see Bai Yan's joke, fiefdom! Hehe, even though Luoyin is already a fiefdom of Baiyan, it doesn't mean we can't do anything about it!"

The three men talked to each other with a smile, and when they mentioned Bai Yan, they laughed and shook their heads.

Although there is no saying in this world that a strong dragon will not overwhelm a local snake, in the eyes of these men, this is really the meaning. No matter how capable Bai Yan is, he has not yet gained a foothold in the land of Luoyin.

"Don't underestimate Bai Yan, even if Bai Yan can't find out, the Bai family may not let it go in the future!"

A white-haired old man headed above the main hall knelt behind the wooden table, glanced at these men, and asked softly, beside him, there was a scepter.

"Lord Luo, don't worry, Mrs. Bai doesn't say whether the murderer will be found, even if Mrs. Bai finds out the murderer in the future, she won't find us here!"

A middle-aged man saluted the old man, and after speaking with a smile on his face, he turned his head and exchanged glances with the others.

They were all waiting for Bai Shi and Bai Yan to make a fool of themselves and beg them personally.

(End of this chapter)