Qin Gong

Chapter 479

Shan Wucheng.

After the first snowfall, Bingdong’s cold snow will fall every few days, which also causes a large area of ​​Yanmen, including Shanwu City, to be covered by majestic snow during this month, and the mountains and rivers At a glance, there is a vast expanse of whiteness.

The people of Shanwu City spent the annual Yuan Day Festival in such an atmosphere.

City gate.

A little bit of snow could still be seen, and some Qin officials gasped at the city gate, holding Changge and rubbing their hands. As the hot mist dissipated in their hands, their eyes gradually turned to the carriage driving in the distance.

"stop!"

A Qin official came to the carriage with some doubts and stopped the carriages in front of him.

Don't blame Qin officials.

Not to mention the road to Shanwu, even the snow on the eaves of the city is not thin, and the sky is about to darken, and it is still snowing lightly. Under such circumstances, several carriages came here. How can this be possible? Let people not be suspicious, what kind of thing, or what kind of business, is worth fighting so hard, and you have to come to Shanwucheng in heavy snow days.

And beside the carriage, there were actually five or six followers following him.

"Go and see!"

Among the other few Qin officials, two Qin officials looked at each other, stepped forward one after another, each came to a carriage, and made a gesture to check the inside of the carriage.

At this time, walking in the front carriage, a middle-aged man stepped down. The man was in his 40s and was wearing thick silk clothes.

"I am Captain Chuan Songjian, Doctor Qin Shao Meng, today I have something important to come to meet with the Yanmen Supervisor Yushi. There are some fragile jade objects in the carriage, which are of great value. I hope you will accommodate me, it will be convenient!"

While speaking, the middle-aged man named Shao Meng took out a wooden plaque from his pocket to prove his identity, and handed it to the inquiring Qin officials. He inadvertently turned his head to look at those Qin officials who wanted to see the carriage.

"Captain Chuan Songjian!"

The official Qin looked at the wooden sign and confirmed the head portrait and unique seal on it. After confirming that it was correct, he returned the target to Shao Meng.

The official Qin had never heard of this Chuan Song Jian, and knew in his heart that it was probably a small place, and the man in front of him was also the resident general there.

"I hope the captain will forgive me, the county guard and the county captain have orders, but everyone who enters the city must be inspected!"

The Qin official cupped his hands and said, he didn't give up the inspection because of Shao Meng's words.

Seeing this scene, Shao Meng frowned slightly, but still nodded. Although he is a school lieutenant, no matter his position or title, he has no right to disobey the county guard or the county lieutenant at all.

Sigh.

Shao Meng turned his head and watched the two Qin officials enter the carriage to search, but he was not too worried, as there were mostly money in it.

"What happened in the city during this time? Why did you hear that Shanwu City has been under martial law for nearly a month when you came here!"

Shao Meng turned his head, thought for a while, and looked at Qin Li, clasping his hands to ask, his eyes were very puzzled.

Seeing Shao Meng being so polite, the official Qin couldn't help but answer, so he took a breath and nodded melancholy.

"No, after all, it's because of the murder that happened in the city nearly a month ago. I heard that the person has never been found, and his whereabouts are unknown!"

Qin officials explained.

Hearing this, Shao Meng thought for a while, nodded slowly, then seemed to think of something, and looked at Qin Li with puzzled eyes.

"The county guard, county lieutenant, and censor, what can you say? Oh, I am worried that when I visit the censor, there will be something wrong with my words!"

Shao Meng asked, and then explained why he asked.

Qin Li frowned slightly when he heard Shao Meng's words, and shook his head after thinking for a while.

"During this period of time, I didn't have any orders. The county guard sent people to other counties to inquire if they could find the murderer Yan's family two days ago, and the county lieutenant often went out during this period, and only came back not long ago. I heard that due to the heavy snow, some huts in some villages outside collapsed and killed several people, so they were very busy, but I don’t know the details, as for the supervisor.”

Qin official was talking, suddenly full of doubts, under Shao Meng's gaze, he turned his head to look at other Qin officials.

"By the way, have you seen the supervisor's history during this period of time?"

Qin official asked.

Because at this time he remembered that he hadn't seen Jian Yushi for a long time, no matter whether it was news or people, it seemed that he hadn't seen him. Looking back now, it's still a little strange.

"no!"

"Me neither!"

"Strange, I didn't either!"

Following the inquiry of the Qin official, many Qin officials looked at each other in dismay at this time, and suddenly became a little confused. They had often heard about the prison censor before, but since the homicide, they have never heard of the prison censor again. Pass.

"Ok?"

Seeing this scene, Shao Meng frowned. For some reason, he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

Shanwu City.

When Bai Yan returned to the mansion, he sat in front of the charcoal fire, stretched out his hand to feel the warmth of the charcoal fire, and kept breathing mist.

Outside the door of the study, Bao Shi came with a pot of hot chicken soup, two thick clothes and a piece of fur hanging on his small hand, came to Bai Yan, and put the chicken soup and clothes on the wooden table.

"The matter in the village hasn't been dealt with yet?"

Bao asked curiously.

Bai Yan shook his head.

"The whole village has been affected, and it is no longer suitable for living. This incident killed two old people and three women. One of them was the old wife and the old mother of a soldier on the frontier. Order people to send the news to Daying, and it is estimated that they can return to the village tomorrow, but the children in the other two families have become orphans, and it is not so easy to resettle them!"

Bai Yan explained that after seeing the hot soup, he directly held the porcelain bowl with both hands and felt the slight heat on it.

That mountain is really too cold, too cold, much colder than later generations. Due to the difficult and dangerous road these few days, Bai Yan didn't want to bother others, so Bai Yan led people there on horseback. When the cold wind with Bingdong in it blows, it is refreshing.

The soldiers can send someone to accompany him, but he can only go by himself, don't mention how much he misses the days of lying comfortably in this study and warming himself by the fire.

"By the way, pay attention these few days, maybe people from the Zhang family will come to Shanwu City, but the exact date is not yet clear!"

Bai Yan took a sip of the hot soup, suddenly thought of something, looked at Bao Shi and said.

News has come from Yingchuan that Mrs. Zhang left Yingchuan a long time ago after Han Wangan was executed. Obviously Mrs. Zhang has received the news. If there is no accident, she should have arrived at Yanmen in the past few days.

As for whether the manpower brought by Mrs. Zhang will enter Yanmen territory, Bai Yan thinks probably not.

Bai Yan thinks about it, if he wants to kill Mi Nuo, where he will lurk, there is a high probability that it will not be in Yanmen. Compared with other counties where there are many gentry, the gentry here in Yanmen has a shallow foundation and it is not easy to do it at all. When we leave Yanmen County, we can create an assassination of the old Zhao family.

"okay!"

When Bao Shi heard Bai Yan's words, he nodded slowly.

Regarding the news from Ying Chuan, Bai Yan never concealed from her, so Bao Shi also knew that Bai Yan planned to use Zhang Shi's hand to get rid of Mi Jing.

When he came behind Bai Yan, Bao stretched out his hand to help Bai Yan take off the already soaked Qin official uniform and the clothes inside. Looking at Bai Yan's scars, it was not the first time that Bao had seen him, but now Bao With beautiful eyes, she still felt a little distressed, picked up the clothes and put them on for Bai Yan, and then put them on the fur.

"General, someone is begging to see you outside the mansion! They say they are here at the order of Lord Changping!"

A servant came to the study and said to Bai Yan who was drinking hot soup.

Hearing this, Bai Yan exchanged glances with Bao Shi who was looking over, neither of them was surprised.

"please come in!"

Bai Yan ordered softly.

The servant took the order and quickly turned around and walked out of the study.

"General, I'll go down first!"

After seeing the servant leaving, Bao Shi looked at Bai Yan, and after Bai Yan nodded, he took the wet clothes and left.

Not long after Baoshi left.

Under the guidance of the servant, Bai Yan in the study saw two men.

"Cai Si pays his respects to Commandant Bai!"

"Shao Meng, the school lieutenant, meet General Bai!"

Two men in their 40s came up to Bai Yan, one behind the other, and raised their hands to salute Bai Yan.

Seeing this, Bai Yan stood up and returned the salute to the two of them.

"I don't know what the two of you are here for?"

After returning the gift, Bai Yan didn't rush to let the two sit down, but faced the two and asked directly.

Seeing this, Cai Si and Shao Meng knew that Bai Yan was pretending to be confused, so they didn't rush to answer, but looked at Bai Yan and smiled apologetically.

"sit!"

Seeing this, Bai Yan invited the two of them to sit down.

Cai Si and Shao Meng looked at each other, and slowly came to the wooden table and knelt down. After seeing Bai Yan knelt down on the other side of the wooden table, Cai Si raised his hand first to salute.

"Earlier, Mr. Changping heard that some clansmen were secretly helping the Yan family, and also that Yanmen Shanwu issued a wanted order, so he led his troops to arrest them and asked him personally. After learning about Shanwu City, he ordered us two people come."

Cai Si looked a little hesitant, thought for a while, and looked at Bai Yan with fawning eyes.

"I hope General Bai can forgive Mi Jing once! On another day, Lord Yan will be personally escorted to Shanwu City by Lord Chang Wen."

Cai Si cupped his hands and said.

Cai is not Cai Si's surname, he does not have a surname, this Cai came from the same place as Li Si, the Tingwei of Qin State, and was named Cai Si after he came to Qin State.

"So it's for this!"

Bai Yan knelt behind the wooden table, and when he heard Cai Si's words, he showed a thoughtful expression.

Cai Si nodded.

"The two of us have already prepared a small amount of gold, and I hope that General Bai can help. If Mi Jing is spared this time, Lord Changping and Lord Changwen will always remember the general's kindness in the future!"

When Cai Si said this, he looked at Bai Yan worriedly.

What does it mean to keep in mind the kindness? It means to let Mi Jing go, which is kindness. If you don't want to, Lord Changping and Lord Changwen will keep this matter in mind.

Whether this sentence is literal or a threat depends on Bai Yan's actions.

"I don't know what the general wants?"

Cai Si looked at Bai Yan.

In fact, when we came here, not to mention Lord Changping and them, even the Yan family didn't know the situation here at Shanwu City, and no news reached Yingchuan at all, but fortunately, Lord Changping knew from Yan's family that Mi Jing After killing Yang Jin, he was already vaguely worried. He was afraid that Mi Jing would not be able to deal with Bai Yan and that something big would happen, so he quickly sent him to Shanwu.

Facts have proved that Mr. Changping was right in his prediction.

It wasn't until today that they came to Shanwu City that Cai Si and Shao Meng knew that Mi Jing had already been arrested on the second day Yan Shi left Shanwu, but Bai Yan kept suppressing the news and sealed off the city. Just let the news get out.

Both Cai Si and Shao Meng were frightened into a cold sweat, and his confidant Mr. Chang Ping had a premonition, otherwise, after a few more days, no one knew whether Bai Yan would have pushed them to Xianyang.

"You can know that what Mi Jing committed is a capital crime!"

Bai Yan pondered, and looked up at the two people in front of him.

When Cai Si heard Bai Yan's words, he exchanged glances with Shao Meng, both of them looked at Bai Yan anxiously, and laughed embarrassingly.

"General, the Yan family has already committed crimes, and everyone was killed by the Yan family. It was just a coincidence that Mi Jing hid Yang Jin secretly because of her greed for beauty when the incident happened."

Cai Si raised his hand to 'explain', and looked at Bai Yan with a smile. The meaning was already obvious, the people were all killed by Yan Shi, and Mi Jing just happened to meet Yang Jin who was fleeing for his life. He was also worried that someone would find out that Yan Shi hadn't been captured just now.

Shao Meng also smiled and nodded to Bai Yanji.

"Yes! General Bai, in a few days, Lord Chang Wen will personally escort Yan Shi to General Bai."

While Shao Meng was speaking, looking at Bai Yan, who still seemed to have a blunt attitude, a lot of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Mi Jing is the eldest son of Lord Chang Wen, and her mother is a member of the Ying family. If Bai Yan insists on disposing of Mi Jing according to the Qin law, let alone Bai Yan, even the two of them, I am afraid that they will not be able to do well. Don't think about going any further in the future. .

Just when the two were about to continue persuading, under the watchful eyes of the two.

"Since Lord Changwen is coming, why don't we wait for Lord Changwen to come to Shanshan without further discussion!"

After thinking for a while, Bai Yan looked at Cai Si and Shao Meng and said.

Seeing that Bai Yan's tone finally eased, Cai Si and Shao Meng breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. The murder case is under the jurisdiction of the county lieutenant, and the investigation and conviction are mainly done by the county lieutenant. As long as Bai Yan, who is a county lieutenant, does not rush to convict When Chang Wenjun arrives in Shanwu, everything will be easy to talk about.

And this also gave them time to contact Li Shi quickly. Apart from Li Xin, who was still leading the army in Yandi, Li Shi, a Bairen, also sent letters.

The two of them are also aware of Bai Yan's iron and blood methods in front of them, so they know that if it is an ordinary minister of Qin, Bai Yan may not take it into consideration, but the Bairen Li and Bai Yan have a lot of friendship. On the way to escort Yingzheng, even though Bai Yan has been advised and targeted by many ministers, Li Shi did not shy away from telling the world about his relationship with Bai Yan.

It can be said that it was also that time in Xianyang, when many ministers in the court saw that Mrs. Li invited Bai Yan to a banquet, they restrained themselves a bit.

Li Xin is Chang Wenjun's beloved disciple, if Li Xin were to send a letter to invite people from the Bai people from the Li family to come and ask the Bai people from the Li family to intercede for Mi Jing, presumably Bai Yan would not be indifferent.

After all, the Bairen Li clan knew that Bai Yan had offended countless people, but still stood up for Bai Yan.

If Bai Yan keeps any sympathy, in the future, not to mention the Bairen Li's heart is chilled, even those gentry who are on good terms with Bai Yan and the Bai family will have to evaluate whether Bai Yan and the Bai family are worth making friends with.

Xianyang, Qin State.

Yingzheng was in the study, dealing with the bamboo slips, and not far from Yingzheng, a young man in official Qin uniform was holding the bamboo slips and putting them on the wooden frame, doing what Bai Yan had done before.

Bai Yan has never seen this young man before, but in the gentry circles in Xianyang, the young man is quite famous, there is no one else, a descendant of the Meng family, Meng Yi.

After Bai Yan left, and seeing that Ying Zheng was not resting well during this period of time, Princess Mi mentioned the famous Meng Yi in front of Ying Zheng several times, hoping to promote Meng Yi to the study.

Meng Yi was born in the Meng family who has been loyal to the Qin Kingdom for generations, the grandson of General Meng Ao, the son of General Meng Wu, and Princess Mi heard that, unlike Meng Tian, ​​as a descendant of Meng Tian, ​​Meng Yi is not good at sword dancing. He has always liked books and ancient slips. Among the children of the gentry, they are quite knowledgeable and famous.

Finally, under the suggestion of Princess Mi, Ying Zheng agreed to it, considering that a young child who was trustworthy and born in a famous family would be beneficial to Qin if he was trained.

"Your Majesty! General Wang Ben is begging to see you outside the palace gate!"

At this time, an eunuch hurried to the study and reported to Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng was a little surprised when he heard the eunuch's words, but he nodded and immediately let Wang Ben in.

"Your Majesty! Lord Ying Kan is asking to see you outside the palace gate!"

This eunuch hadn't left for a long time, and another eunuch came in a hurry, Ying Zheng was really surprised, is this a coincidence?

For some reason, Ying Zheng didn't feel it, but instead vaguely felt that something had happened.

(End of this chapter)