Qin Gong

Chapter 464 Unexpected Things

end of september.

The assassination of the King of Chu is a huge matter for a Chu country. Under normal circumstances, no one or force can hide it, let alone being killed together with the King of Chu this time. There is the Empress Dowager Li Yanyan and the Li Yuan family.

When the news reached Yangzheng, there was no accident, the whole city of Yangzheng was in a commotion, the streets, alleys, tea shops, restaurants were all people discussing this matter.

In the violent mansion.

A few distinguished guests came today, and the maids and servants in the mansion became busy.

In fact, after mobilizing all the connections and raising more than [-] people in Yang Yan, the Bao family has already squandered their savings, and now they are holding a big banquet again, and they have squeezed out all their money.

Along with the banquet, Bai Yan finally saw one of the old men headed by the rebel forces, Old Shen.

"I have to go south for important business tomorrow! Don't drink too much! I hope you will forgive me!"

Elder Shen, who was quite old, saw everyone warmly toasting wine, and after drinking a round, he quickly waved his hands and shook his head, put down the wine bar, and said to everyone apologetically.

At the banquet.

In addition to Bao Lao, Bao Yuan, Bao Ding, Bao Yu and others, several young children of the Bao family, as well as some young heroes, also came to the banquet.

Huyi is no exception.

Ever since he defeated Luan Hong with swordsmanship that day, the proud smile on Hu Yi's face has never left. The confidence in his eyes is undisguised. Compared with Hu Yi, Luan Hong on the side is just the opposite. After being given to Huyi, Luan Hong clearly felt that Bao Xi's father was determined, and his enthusiasm for him was much less than before.

Luan Hong naturally knew the reason.

Although unwilling, but looking at Huyi, Luan Hong knew that he was indeed no match for Huyi in terms of swordsmanship.

"My lord, the gate, Cui Yan, the governor of the gate outside the gate, is visiting!"

A servant suddenly came to the main hall in a hurry, full of panic, and reported to the violent boss.

Hearing the servant's words, Lao Bao's expression instantly froze, and he looked at Bao Yuan, both of them were puzzled, they didn't know why Cui Yan, the county guard who had never been to the Bao's mansion, came to the mansion at this time.

"County Governor Cui Yan?"

"Cui Yan? What's going on here?"

In the main hall, not only Bao Lao and Bao Yuan were puzzled, but even Bao Ding, Bao Yu and others were shocked and looked at each other.

"Father, I think the news of Elder Shen's arrival must have leaked out. The situation is critical now, so please ask father to escort Elder Shen to leave!"

Just when Hu Yi, Lu Ji and the others looked puzzled, they saw that Bao Yu had come to his senses, turned around and raised his hand, and saluted the old man.

But after listening to Bao Yu's words, Hu Yi, Lu Ji and others nodded their heads and looked at Shen Lao.

indeed.

This possibility is very high. It must be that the news about Shen Lao has been leaked, so Cui Yan just came here.

"Come on!"

Hearing the words of the eldest son Bao Yu, Mr. Bao immediately became nervous, and looked directly outside the door, ready to greet the people in the mansion.

Seeing this, the others, Hu Yi, Luan Hong and others also put their hands on their sabers.

Although Cui Yan's arrival made everyone tremble with fear, fearing that he was here to kill them, but at the same time, both Hu Yi and Luan Hong knew that this time was both danger and opportunity.

To know.

It is Shen Lao who is in the mansion at the moment.

Whether it is Shen Lao's status or Shen's, they are far superior to Bao's. If he can save Shen Lao and leave this time, why worry about not being able to stand out and enjoy the glory and wealth in the future.

"Hey~~~ No need to call!"

Elder Shen looked at this scene, unlike everyone else, he not only reached out to stop Elder Bao, but also looked at the people in the main hall, telling them not to get excited.

"Zi Yu, go to the mansion and welcome the governor to come in!"

After appeasing everyone, Elder Shen looked at Bao Yu and ordered softly.

Following what Shen Lao said, everyone in the main hall froze in place, even Bao Lao had a look of astonishment on his face, but then, everyone thought of something in an instant, and looked at Shen Lao with surprise, surprise, and disbelief. , even Tyranny was no exception.

Bao Yu's expression was a little dazed, he couldn't believe the thought in his mind, you must know that Elder Shen had told him in person that even if the Yang Xing couldn't be taken down, the messier the better.

This is what Shen Lao said personally.

However, looking at the appearance of Shen Lao at this moment, there is no other explanation.

In the eyes of everyone, seeing Bao Yu's unbelievable appearance, Shen Lao sighed and shook his head slightly.

"Ziyu, it's a long story. Even the old man didn't know about it before! This is the test of some old clans such as Han Lao and the Zhuang family. It's hard to make people feel at ease after a test! They were afraid that I would mind, so they never even told me!"

Old Shen explained, then turned slightly sideways, and saluted Old Bao to express his apology.

Had it not been for the sudden assassination of the King of Chu and the chaos in his heart, if he hadn't been going south to the Chu State immediately, and had vaguely thought of giving up the restoration, Han Yi and the others would still not have informed him of this matter.

Originally, in the plan of Han Yi and others, the soonest they had to wait until they were preparing to launch a rebellion was to inform him and Baoshi.

thought here.

Old Shen couldn't help sighing, he knew that Han Yi was not big-hearted, but he didn't expect it to go so far, because of the sudden fortune, he gave Bao such a test.

Quiet~!

Following the words of Old Shen in the main hall, everyone couldn't help looking at Bao Yu, seeing Bao Yu's dazed expression, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Perhaps Hu Yi and other outsiders saw this matter as understandable. After all, because of the sudden fortune, it is understandable to be defensive.

the other side.

Bai Yan, who was kneeling behind the wooden table behind Lu Ji, looked at Old Shen in the distance.

When he heard with his own ears that Cui Yan had betrayed Qin, even though Bai Yan had thought about it, he couldn't help being surprised.
Although many of the Qin officials who came to Yingchuan to serve in Yingchuan were officials who had committed crimes before, so Bai Yan could understand that those officials would not hesitate too much in the face of the wooing of these gentry.

But Cui Yan is the governor of Yingchuan County!
Sheriff!The biggest official in Yingchuan County, even if South Korea is restored, Cui Yan may not be able to get such a high status. After all, Yingchuan is the former South Korea. From another perspective, the whole South Korea is now ruled by Cui Yan territory.

What did those gentry promise Cui Yan?Can make Cui Yan rebel against Qin.

"So that's it. That is to say, they didn't need the Bao family to take down the county guard's mansion at all in the first place."

When Bao Yu heard what Shen Lao said, his eyes were extremely complicated, and he looked at Shen Lao in full view.

"Hey~! That's true! But Ziyu doesn't need to worry, this time the Bao family has gathered so many knights, not only has the Bao family regained the trust of others, but when things are done, everyone will remember that the Bao family recruited these knights ! I will never forget Bao’s contribution!”

Old Shen looked at Bao Yu with helpless eyes.

If he knew about this matter from the beginning, he would never agree to do so, but he never thought that those people knew that he had always been close to Zi Yu, so they would not tell him about this matter.

The purpose is that if the Bao family has a different heart and joins Qin, then Cui Yan will deal with the Bao family.

down the hall.

After Bao Yu heard Elder Shen's explanation, he exchanged glances with his father and uncle, paused for a moment, looked at Elder Shen, and raised his hands to salute.

After the ceremony, Bao Yu turned around and walked out of the main hall to welcome Cui Yan, the governor of Yingchuan County.

Seeing this scene, Elder Shen sighed helplessly again.

Bai Yan knelt and sat in the corner, when he saw Bao Yu passing by with a complicated face, he left the main hall.

Bai Yan knew that if he had told Bao Yu to wake up and had no choice but to do what he said back then, then the actions of those gentry would really be a bit embarrassing.

Thinking of this, Bai Yan turned his head to look at the old man in the innermost part of the main hall. The gentry only knew that the purpose of this visit was to test the Bao clan, not to let the Bao clan really kill the county guard, but they didn't consider that, in order to keep this There are more than 300 people. In order to settle everything, Bao has already squandered all his wealth.

To know.

Before South Korea was destroyed, South Korea did not show the slightest favor to the Bao family. Now what the Bao family squanders is all the property that the Bao family has accumulated year after year.

The Bao family squandered all their belongings, and even bet the lives of the whole family, so that during the riots, the Bao family would directly kill the sheriff's mansion, control the sheriff of the sheriff's mansion, and take down Yang Hao.

As a result, now that the Bao family has emptied their wealth, they just told the Bao family that the county guard's mansion does not need to be attacked, the county guard is theirs, and Yang Hao is already in his pocket.

This makes the people of the Bao family think in their hearts.

From the very beginning, none of those people believed in Bao Shi.

thought here.

Bai Yan knelt behind the wooden table, when he vaguely saw Bao Lao's embarrassing face, and a slightly angry look, Bai Yan didn't know that Bao Yu's father, Bao Shu's grandfather, was full of resentment at the moment Those gentry still resented Baofu.

The actions of those other gentry in Xinzheng, even though they were due to Baofu, made Baoshi look like a joke.

"Great, the county guards are all our people, great things can be done!"

"No, when Qin Guo finds out about this in the future, I'm afraid that Ying Zheng will vomit blood with anger!"

"Even the county guards have rebelled against Qin. It seems that Qin's fate is sealed."

In the lobby, after seeing Bao Yu leave, the atmosphere gradually became active, and men started talking to each other, among them were some young members of the Bao clan.

After learning that Cui Yan belonged to them, the Bao clan's children all showed joyful smiles. Due to their different ages and experiences, those children hadn't considered the interests behind this matter at all.

After a while.

In everyone's eyes, behind Bao Yu, there was a group of twenty or so people who came to the main hall. The leader was wearing an official uniform of the Qin State, and the pattern was exactly the same as Yang Lao, the governor of Yanmen County.

Bai Yan knew that that person should be Cui Yan.

Bai Yan and Cui Yan have never met each other, so Bai Yan is not worried about being recognized by Cui Yan.

However, to Bai Yan's surprise, among the many men behind Cui Yan, he actually saw a child of the Xi family who had met once on the street. Carriage, and there are many Qin officials clearing the way.

"Shen Yan, meet the sheriff!"

"Baoyuan! Meet the Sheriff!"

Seeing Cui Yan's arrival, Mr. Shen and everyone else stood up and saluted Cui Yan.

Naturally, Bai Yan was no exception, he got up and cupped his hands at Cui Yan.

Speaking of which, Bai Yan is also very curious at this moment, how the people in the Bao family feel in their hearts. You must know that the Bao family used so many connections and kept so many heroes in captivity before, in order to kill Cui Yan, and now Cui Yan is like this Come straight to the front.

The most important thing is that Cui Yan is still very likely to know about this matter.

"You don't have to be polite!"

Cui Yan smiled and raised his hand to return the salute.

Scanning the crowd, he was a little surprised when he saw a not burly young man standing in the corner among the crowd, but he didn't take it to heart, thinking that the Bao family had brought him from somewhere.

At the invitation of Lao Bao, Bao Yuan and others, Cui Yan quickly went to the top to take a seat. The wooden table used by Bao Lao was carried away by three maids together, and a brand new wooden table was replaced, and Cui Yan gathered around In the middle, knelt and sat on the top with Shen Lao.

Bai Yan stood behind the wooden table, looking at the children of the gentry, who came to both sides one after another, Hu Yi, Lu Ji, Luan Hong and others consciously gave up their seats.

When he saw a middle-aged man from the gentry approaching, Bai Yan also retreated a little.

Through observation, Bai Yan not only knew that the descendant of the Hu family was named Xi Cheng, but also knew that the rest of them were all first-class families in Yangshuo City, including the Jun family and the Hao family, and those young men were all Come with your father or elders in the clan.

"Gentlemen, when we meet again today, we must all be dissatisfied with the state of Qin and aspiring to help the country of South Korea. Therefore, I don't need to talk about it. Today, I am here to gather together to conspire against Qin!"

After Cui Yan saw all the old men and middle-aged men kneeling down, he glanced at the young nobles and spoke slowly.

In the quiet hall.

Following Cui Yan's narration, everyone listened attentively to the arrangement. When they learned that Old Shen was going to Chu State with Bao Yu, they were not surprised. Today they also learned about the assassination of King Chu. The state of Chu rebelled, and the king and queen mother of Chu were all killed. They were also taken aback. They guessed that the state of Chu was in chaos, but they never imagined that it would be so chaotic.

Even the King of Chu and the Queen Mother dared to kill them!

Under the night.

After the banquet, as night fell, Bai Yan returned to his room unable to fall asleep, so he got up and went to the door, stood under the eaves, and looked at the bright moon in the sky.

The appearance of Cui Ping made Bao's original wish disappear. At the banquet later, Bao Lao and Bao Yuan were obviously quiet, and they were submissively echoing the whole process.

Even Bao Yu was more silent than before.

However, although Bao Yu was uncomfortable, for Bao Yu, Cui Yan's rebellion against Qin was a rare piece of good news, because it also meant that there was no need for the Bao family to lead those 300 people to kill the prefect's mansion. The family is naturally no longer in danger.

When the more than 300 captive knights go to Xinzheng in the future, even Bai Yan doesn't need to think about how to deal with those 300 people.

"Jing Junzi, my lord wants you to go to the gazebo!"

A maid suddenly came to Bai Yan's side and spoke to Bai Yan.

Bai Yan was a little surprised when he heard this, but still nodded.

soon.

Following the maid to the pavilion, Bai Yan saw that except for Bao Yu, Shen Lao, Bao Lao, Bao Yuan, Bao Ding, Hu Yi and others were all inside the pavilion.

Candle lamps are placed on the wooden beams, not only with shelter from the wind, but also illuminated by many candle lamps.

When he came to the gazebo, Bai Yan clearly felt that Bao Xie looked at him in surprise, and then looked at other places. Although there was only one look, Bai Yan could feel that it was different from the past.

Even Hu Yi, Lu Ji, Luan Hong and others looked at him with complicated eyes.

Bai Yan frowned slightly inadvertently, full of bewilderment, not understanding what happened.

"After all, it's a big matter, so don't be careless~! You have to check it~! Zi Yu must not keep it in mind for big things!"

With a touch of sentimentality on Mrs. Shen's aged cheeks, he persuaded Bao Yu.

Bao Yuan and Bao Ding on the side also nodded and looked at Bao Yu.

"That's right! Ziyu and Old Shen have already said that all the merits of our violent family are based on the merits of one city! In this way, there is no need for our clansmen to take risks, wouldn't it be beautiful!"

"That's right, besides, speaking of this matter, it's also because my Bao family has done it before!"

Bao Yu's uncle, Bao Yuan, and Bao Yu's younger brother, Bao Ding, all stood aside to persuade him.

Although Bai Yan didn't hear what happened in front of him, but looking at this scene, it's not hard to guess that it must be Shen Lao who has been appeasing Bao Yu.

Through this matter, it can also be seen why, compared with the gentry in Xinzheng, they all decided to let Shen Lao go to Chu to lobby.

"You are Jing Mo?"

When Bai Yan was thinking, old Shen, who was a lot of age, looked at Bao Yu who was still a little silent, and turned his head to look at Bai Yan.

Seeing this, Bai Yan raised his hands and lowered his head silently.

"Yes! My name is Jing Mo!"

Bai Yan said.

"Hmm, great name!"

Old Shen nodded slowly, and looked at Bai Yan.

"Ziyu has already told the old man about you, but why did the old man let you come here?"

Elder Shen asked.

Following Shen Lao's words, Bao Yu's father Bao Lao, and others, even Bao Xie and others, all looked at Bai Yan curiously. The old man couldn't wait to see this unremarkable Jing Mo.

In terms of swordsmanship, Hu Yi had already inadvertently mentioned what happened that day, and in terms of knowledge, when Bao Yu told about his experience, people couldn't help shaking their heads.

But these didn't affect Elder Shen's desire to see Jing Mo at all.

"I don't know!"

Bai Yan looked at Elder Shen with some doubts, and shook his head.

Whether he doesn't know or he doesn't know, Bai Yan looked at Bao Yu aside, and found that Bao Yu's gaze was also puzzled.

Inside the gazebo.

Just when everyone was puzzled, Old Shen suddenly smiled.

"Will you be willing to learn martial arts?"

Old Shen looked at Bai Yan and asked.

As soon as these words came out, all the people standing in the gazebo widened their eyes and looked at Old Shen in disbelief, even Bao Yu and his father, Lao Bao, were no exception.

Everyone understood what Old Shen said.

Old Shen intends to take Bai Yan as his apprentice!

"This"

Bao Yu's uncle, Bao Yuan, was dumbfounded. He looked at his white-haired elder brother full of doubts, and when he saw his elder brother, he also looked at him in surprise, confirming that he had heard correctly. He didn't look down on the young man in the slightest.

Hu Yi, Luan Hong, and Lu Ji were already red-eyed with jealousy, looking at the elderly Shen, this is Shen Lao!Like Zhao Guoshen's Shen Yi, he is also a great Confucian. More importantly, Shen's identity, connections, and prestige are much stronger than Shen Yi's.

Why did that kid actually get into the eyes of Old Shen? Why did he!

No martial arts, no reading of bamboo slips, and no strength at all, this fragile appearance is disgusting no matter how you look at it.

"Old Shen!"

Bao Yu also looked at Elder Shen in shock, he never thought that the purpose of Elder Shen looking for Bai Yan was to accept Bai Yan as his apprentice.

"Why did Mr. Shen fall in love with this kid?"

Bao Yu held back the shock in his heart, and after calming down a little panic in his heart, he asked curiously.

You must know that Bai Yan's words and deeds these past few days have been seen by Bao Yu, as low-key as possible, even in the same place, no matter whether it is Bao Yu, his younger brother, uncle, or Hu Yi, etc. No one noticed Bai Yan.

Old Shen has only been in the Tyrant's Mansion for a long time, and in less than a day, he has only seen Bai Yan for a few moments, so why does he accept Bai Yan as his apprentice.

Bao Yu's voice fell.

Everyone looked at the boy with various eyes.

Bai Yan is also a little dazed at the moment. This is the first person who offered to accept him as a disciple since he was a child. Before that, in Linzi, Qi State, Bai Yan helped his mentors to bury their corpses. He wanted revenge, so he taught Bai Yan wholeheartedly.

However, Elder Wei's situation is a bit special, Bai Yan only accepted his apprenticeship after teaching Bai Yan for a long time.

No elder has ever seen Bai Yan and said that it doesn't matter how low his status is to accept Bai Yan as a disciple, even some cheaters never said anything.

So now, when Elder Shen asked to take Bai Yan as his disciple, even Bai Yan, who had been on the battlefield and experienced all kinds of framing, was a little dazed and froze in place.

"The eyes, a person's eyes, can't deceive people, and they can see a person most clearly."

Hearing Bao Yu's question, Old Shen looked at Bai Yan and said with a slight smile.

Just now in the main hall, although he was talking, his eyes were looking at the young man from time to time. He clearly felt that the young man's eyes were different from other people's. At that time, he learned about the experience and the events of the previous two days. , he became more and more certain that the young man in front of him was a piece of jade.

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When Bai Yan raised his hand and was about to cup his hands to speak, suddenly, a man from outside the yard hurriedly ran in front of Old Shen.

"My lord, these are the bamboo slips sent by the governor Cui lord, and Cui lord told my lord to hurry over there!"

When the man reported, he immediately handed over the bamboo slips in his hand to Old Shen.

When Old Shen saw the appearance of the subordinate, he was startled. He felt that something serious had happened to him, so he quickly took the bamboo slips and opened them to look.

After reading it, Old Shen's face was full of panic.

"No, there is an urgent order from Xianyang, ordering Cui Yan to arrange tax and food immediately and send it to Yishui!"

While Elder Shen was talking, he handed over the bamboo slips to Bao Yu. Elder Shen was not worried that the news would spread. Right now, the Bao family’s mansion had already been involved in the rebellion, and there was no way out. Cui Yan, the governor of the county, has already turned against Qin, and the Bao family cannot leave Yangzhen. Once the Bao family does not rebel, the first person to be slaughtered is the owner of the Baofu.

"Xianyang?"

Bao Lao and others at the side frowned slightly when they heard Shen Lao's words, and their expressions were a little worried.

That is to say, if they want Qin Xianyang to be unsuspecting, and want to get all the taxes and grains to help Yan State indirectly, then they must do it immediately.

"Zi Yu, follow me to see Lord Cui!"

Elder Shen got up and said that the matter was of great importance and there was no room for delay. After speaking, he walked out of the gazebo.

Bao Yu got up and followed behind, but before leaving, he glanced at Bai Yan.

Following Bao Yu's gaze, Bao Ding, Bao Xie and others all looked at Bai Yan one after another, their eyes full of complexity.

(End of this chapter)