Qin Gong

In Bai Yan's mansion, in the gazebo, Xun Shuo, who had been away for several months, finally returned to Shan Wu.

And Bai Yan did not go against his original promise, and held a banquet in the mansion, and the delicious food and wine were extravagant that Bai Yan had never had before.

In the main hall.

As many candle lamps radiated light, the entire main hall was clearly illuminated, and the six dancers who had been kept in captivity in the mansion danced eye-catching dance music in the main hall.

In the past, the rest of the gentry bestowed the beauties on Bai Yan, and Bai Yan had already found an opportunity to bestow them all on the generals under his command. After all, those women stayed in the residence. To reward the generals under his command, only the six dancers bestowed by Yingzheng, and the dozen or so beautiful women bestowed by Yingzheng, Bai Yan did not dare to reward the generals at will, so he stayed in the mansion all the time. They are all handed over to Bao's management.

But at this moment, it is clear at a glance how big the difference is between the woman given by the gentry and the woman given by Ying Zheng.

Zhuo Zicheng, who was watching women's dance music at Lu's Restaurant that day, looked straight at the dancers, and he never took his eyes off the dancers. Even if he came from a wealthy Jia family, Zhuo Zicheng had never seen such beauty, and was so kind. female music.

Zhuo Zicheng was like this, Fu Zhi, Tai Gao, and other gentry men in Shanwu City were even more unbearable, almost forgot to talk to other people.

until a moment later.

A dozen or so beauties came to the main hall with jugs of good wine, walked to each wooden table, and poured good wine for the guests respectively. Only then did the noblemen come back to their senses, but seeing such a beautiful woman beside them, All the men couldn't help but look straight at him, their vanity was extremely satisfied at this moment.

You must know that this is in the Junwei's mansion, and the number of banquets in the Junwei's mansion is no less than one hand. Not only can they come here to participate in the banquet, but they can also make the beauties in the Junwei's mansion pour wine. People are proud, and it also shows their status in Yanmen and their weight in the county captain.

"Zixiao, this time the Yanmen is not hindered, Zixiao is the first achievement! Bai Yan is here, for all the soldiers and people of Yanmen, respecting Zixiao, if there is no Zixiao involved in danger, how can we be like us today, Yanmen today !"

Bai Yan saw Master Xu gently pouring the wine beside him, he couldn't wait to pick up the cup of wine with both hands, and toasted Xun Shuo.

At that time, he rushed from Shanwu to the Yuezhi tribe, and the changes in the Yuezhi tribe happened so quickly, Bai Yan could imagine that at that time, Xun Shuo probably didn't even take a break, running around day and night.

Inside the main hall.

Following Bai Yan's words, not only Yang Lao, Gan Si and others, but also other noble men all looked at Xun Shuo at this time, and then picked up the wine bar together.

"Yes! Thanks to Zixiao!"

"Yes, yes, yes! We should respect Zixiao together!"

The men of the gentry looked at each other and discussed, and then looked at Xun Shuo.

Chen Ze and Fu Yao knelt behind the wooden table next to Xun Shuo, watching the scene in front of them, and listening to Bai Yan's words, they couldn't help but smack their lips, this Bai Yan really gave Zuzi filial piety , not only entertaining guests in the prefecture's mansion, but also doing a lot of ostentation. The first glass of wine served is to respect and filial piety in front of everyone, not to mention words.

The two, who could see Bai Yan's intentions, looked at each other, and both sighed that Xun Shuo was really following the right person. Looking back at that time, Xun Shuo's appearance in Zhao Guo was extremely desolate, and he almost died during the period. The hall was crowded out everywhere, and looking at the present, Xun Shuo followed Bai Yan and had no successors. Bai Yan not only gave Xun Shuo sufficient rights and trust, but also gave Xun Shuo unprecedented respect.

After this banquet, don't talk about these gentry children.

Even Yang Duanhe, the governor of the county, and Xun Shuo in the frontier and iron cavalry camps would have enough prestige and status because of Bai Yan's words.

"The general's false praise! Zi Xiao is ashamed to accept it!"

Xun Shuo suddenly became the object of everyone's attention, and he didn't realize it for a while. After he regained his senses, he hurriedly returned the salute to Bai Yan dumbfounded.

Holding the wine cup in both hands, looking at Bai Yan's smiling eyes, Xun Shuo naturally knew Bai Yan's kindness, although he was usually joking, but at this moment he really couldn't stand Bai Yan's praise.

Compared with him rushing to Yueshi day and night to persuade the Yueshi Yamucha tribe to rebel, Bai Yanna rushed back to Yanmen day and night based on judgment alone, and personally took people to the cloud to fight the Xiongnu bloody battle No matter how thick-skinned he was, he didn't dare to promise that first achievement in front of Bai Yan.

"How ridiculous! Please!"

Bai Yan didn't give Xun Shuo a chance to refuse, he toasted directly, and then drank the wine in the wine jue in one gulp.

After putting down the wine bar, seeing everyone in the main hall drinking fine wine one after another, Bai Yan waited for Xun Shuo to finish drinking, then asked Xun Shuo something about the Yue family.

Inside the main hall.

Except for Yang Duanhe who is the county guard, the others, including Gan Si, don't need to care about Yueshi's situation, so they didn't continue to echo anything, and they all communicated with each other, especially for Zhuo Zicheng, Chen Ze, and their husbands. Yao, the sons of noble families from other places.

Taking advantage of the many opportunities now, one more relationship is one more network, and no one knows whether it will be of great use in the future.

"Brother Chen Ze and Brother Fu Yao, can you consider staying in Shanwu this time?"

Chen Ze and Fu Yao were talking with other gentry men, looking at those gentry boys, enjoying the service of the beauties around them, when they suddenly heard Bai Yan's words, and then heard their own name, they turned their heads quickly , looked at Bai Yan.

Seeing Bai Yan speak out to persuade him to stay.

Chen Ze and Fu Yao looked at each other, then nodded, and cupped their hands at Bai Yan respectively.

"Thank you General for your kindness. The General has stayed with you before. The two of us are very grateful. We already have the intention to follow the General in our hearts. We also agreed to send Zixiao back to the family and tell the elders together."

Chen Ze arched his hands, looked at Bai Yan and said, at the end, he sighed and shook his head.

"The letter has already been sent from the family, but Ziyao and I have decided to go back to Qi State in person first!"

Chen Zeman bowed his hands to Bai Yan apologetically, and because he declined Bai Yan's kindness, Chen Ze had a guilty expression on his cheek.

Fu Yao also looked at Bai Yan full of apology, and saluted slowly with Chen Ze.

"If Shan Wu comes again in the future, we will have the audacity to stay under the general's sect! Use meager strength!"

Fu Yao was worried that Bai Yan would be too disappointed, so he promised that the two of them would never refuse Bai Yan's invitation when they came to Shanwu City next time.

"This time I can't keep the two dear friends, Bai Yan has regrets in his heart, but Bai Yan will keep this in mind, and in Shanwu in the future, I look forward to the two of you coming to Shanwu again!"

Bai Yan nodded, hearing that Chen Ze and Fu Yao still wanted to leave, she didn't say anything else.

However, the disappointed expression on Bai Yan's face and his words still moved Chen Ze and Fu Yao, and they saluted Bai Yan again.

After all, Bai Yan attached so much importance to the two of them, and even said that Zai Shanwu waited for them to return in the future, and if Bai Yan's words could be heard, as scholars, they would have no regrets.

"The two gentlemen have been in Shanwu for a long time, and there must be very little money left. Let the wife prepare a lot of money and hand it over to the two gentlemen tomorrow!"

Bai Yan turned his head and gave instructions to Master Xu.

"promise!"

Master Xu obediently nodded to Bai Yan.

Bai Yan's actions caused Chen Ze and Fu Yao to wave their hands repeatedly, but before they could speak, Xun Shuo suddenly spoke.

"General, please prepare one more person!"

Xun Shuo suddenly smiled embarrassedly, and looked at Bai Yan.

Hearing Xun Shuo's words, not to mention Bai Yan, even Yang Duanhe, Gan Si and others looked at Xun Shuo with puzzled faces. Could it be that Xun Shuo, who had just returned to Shanwu City, wanted to leave too.

"During this period of time, many people have heard rumors from the Qi State that Xun Shuo also wants to go back to the Qi State!"

After Xun Shuo saw everyone's eyes, he knew their doubts, so he clasped his hands and explained.

It was passed on so miraculously that before returning to Yanmen, Xun Shuo had already learned the story when he met the governor Feng Quji and the county captain Hu Jin in Shangjun.

One or two may be suspicious, and ten or hundreds may be dubious. However, when all the forces send people to investigate, and even the princes of Chu, Wei, and Qin attach great importance to it, it proves that the rumors are basically true. Yes, the old man must exist.

"I see!"

Old Yang nodded slowly when he heard Xun Shuo's words.

Of course, Mr. Yang knew about the old man riding a bull that was widely circulated in Qi State, but he had no way of knowing what the old man wrote. Most of the gentry have never seen its content.

Now they couldn't find out even if they wanted to investigate. Maybe Xun Shuo, who was born in the Xun family, returned to Qi State and used enough resources and contacts. There might be a chance to see those bamboo slips and see if the rumors are true.

"Are you going to find the old man riding the bull?"

Bai Yan looked at Xun Shuo with strange eyes, different from Old Yang, seeing Xun Shuo return to Qi State because of those rumors, Bai Yan couldn't laugh or cry in his heart.

What was even more helpless was that Bai Yan did not dare to tell Xun Shuo the truth.

After all, the passages in those bamboo slips will surely offend countless famous families, and even the military family of Qin State. Right now, it is not possible to let those people know the truth of the matter and let them know who wrote it.

It's not that Bai Yan doesn't believe in Xun Shuo, but that Bai Yan knows better than others about the relationship between Xun Shuo, Chen Ze and Fu Yao. He watched Chen Ze and Fu Yao leave Qi country for thousands of miles to find Xun Shuo alone. From the matter, it can be seen how good their relationship is. It is basically impossible to expect Xun Shuo not to hint at Chen Ze and Fu Yao after he knows the matter.

thought here.

In the end, Bai Yan decided that it would be better not to speak out, as if he wanted Xun Shuo to go back to Qi country. After all, Xun Shuo had stayed in Zhao country for so many years since he traveled all over the world, and he hadn't been back to see his people for a long time.

As for the rumored matter, he will find a reason to let Xun Shuo return to goodness in the future!

"I'm going to look for it. If it's true, Zixiao will do everything possible to get the old man to come to Shanwu!"

Xun Shuo, who was kneeling behind the wooden table, saw Bai Yan's strange eyes, and thought that Bai Yan was also eager to see the old man, so he looked at Bai Yan, folded his hands and explained with a smile.

At this moment, Xun Shuo's smiling face was still very confident, just as he had always been, and even after he finished speaking, he gave Bai Yan a "reassuring" look, as if he wanted to tell Bai Yan that he would definitely not disappoint Bai Yan hope.

"To be honest, General Bai, Governor Yang, everyone here, the two of us are here because of that rumor!"

Before Bai Yan could speak, Chen Ze and Fu Yao also took the opportunity to explain, folded their hands and looked at Bai Yan, Yang Duanhe, and then at the others.

"The clansman heard that the old man has the knowledge of governing the world, so he wrote a letter here, hoping that the two of us can worship the old man as a teacher! Learn his way of governing the world, and in the future, we can do our best for the world!"

Fu Yao looked at Bai Yan.

Speaking of this, Fu Yao also has some pride in his heart. After all, with their husband's and Chen's contacts in Qi State, as long as the old gentleman is in Qi State, they will definitely have a better chance of finding him than others.

After the two of them worshiped the old man as their teacher and completed their studies, were they still afraid that their talents would not be valued by the king?
thought here.

Fu Yao's heart was suddenly full of pride, and the rare talents who ruled the world such as Shang Yang, Zhang Yi, Gongsun Yan, and Su Qin in the past could not help appearing in his mind.

Wouldn't it be great if a man was born alive, and if he could leave his name through the ages like those ancestors, and be admired by future generations for generations to come!What a pity!

"It turns out that I went to worship the old man as my teacher!"

"Hiss~! No wonder!"

"Congratulations, in the future Chen Junzi and Husband will join the famous teacher's school, and they will definitely become great sages in the world!"

"Yes! Congratulations, congratulations, I'll give you a toast!"

In the main hall, after hearing the words of Fu Yao and Chen Ze, the other gentry men were startled. They naturally had a little understanding of the clan connections of Fu Yao and Chen Ze, and they knew that things might not be impossible.

The clans of Chen Ze and Fu Yao belonged to the great clan of the Qi State, they have connections and status, and they are worthy of their friendship. Now, with the addition of those legends, thinking that Chen Ze and Fu Yao in front of them are likely to become the old man's disciples in the future, Not to mention those gentry men, even Gan Si, Tai Gao, and even Yang Lao, who was a county guard at a young age, couldn't help feeling more close.

Everyone is thinking about making their relationship better.

Just look at Li Si and Han Feizi to see how important a famous teacher is. Han Feizi is fine, he was originally a Korean son, but Li Si is different. The minister of the country is highly valued and trusted by Yingzheng because he is a teacher of Xunzi.

Immediately, the reason why the rumored old man riding a bull is so sought after by the world, causing countless scholars to search everywhere, is that it has something to do with Li Si and the state of Qin.

Li Si's experience has made the world's admiration for famous teachers reach an unprecedented level invisibly.

Thinking back to those disciples of the Guigu School, and now suddenly hearing that there appears an old man who may be more mysterious than the Guigu School, with talents and learning that have never appeared in the world, how can this make the scholars not crazy.

And under the oppression of Qin's iron cavalry, how could other vassal states not hope for a hidden master who can help them.

These are the reasons why the rumors have always been high but not low.

In the middle of the night.

After the banquet, most of the people who came to the dinner party were very drunk. The most serious ones were Chen Ze and Fu Yao. They both vomited and were carried out of the mansion by the servants of the mansion.

"Before I heard about the affairs of the Qi State, the old man was also very curious, and I have ordered someone to send a letter to my brother to inquire."

Yang Duanhe and Bai Yan were walking down the corridor, talking while walking.

Bai Yan nodded, looking at the maids holding candle lamps in front of them, chatting with Yang Duanhe, sending Yang Duanhe out of the city, he never thought that at this moment, he suddenly saw a few soldiers coming in a hurry.

"General, urgent orders from Xianyang!"

The leading soldiers said to Bai Yan.

After the words were finished, among several soldiers, one of the generals with a tired look stepped forward, took up a piece of cloth with both hands, and handed it to Bai Yan.

"General Bai, I am Ling Ding Tian, ​​the guard of the palace, and I am here by the king's order!"

The general named Ding Tian said.

Bai Yan and Yang Duanhe looked at each other in puzzlement when they heard that the urgent order was sent by Xianyang.

"It's work!"

Bai Yan said to the guard order, bowed his hand to return the salute, and then told the soldiers to take them down to eat and rest.

Xianyang's secret orders all have special methods, no one can tamper with them. After Bai Yan reached out to take the edict, he slowly opened it. After reading the contents inside, his expression was full of surprise, and then he became a little dignified .

"But what?"

Yang Duanhe looked at Bai Yan in surprise, not knowing what the news was.

When Bai Yan heard what Yang Lao said, he didn't hide anything from Yang Lao, and directly handed over the edict to Yang Lao, and he didn't shy away from guard Ling Ding Tian's eyes.

Seeing this, Elder Yang knew that there was no need to hide him from this urgent call, so he stretched out his hand to accept the edict.

However, when Bai Yan saw the imperial edict and told Bai Yan to leave immediately, secretly went to Yingchuan in secret, and prepared to attack Chu State together with Wang Ben, his expression was exactly the same as Bai Yan's just now.

"This"

Old Yang put away the edict, and then looked at Bai Yan.

When Wang Ben passed through Shanwu City, he specifically mentioned that he would lead troops to attack Chu, but Mr. Yang did not expect that Yingzheng was going to let Bai Yan participate in this battle, and it seemed that he was going to follow the example of Changping Baiqi That battle made Bai Yan hide his whereabouts after going to the border of Chu State.

"It seems that the king really wants to attack Chu this time! This time, I'm afraid the king has high expectations!"

After seeing those soldiers leaving, Old Yang said to Bai Yan.

Old Yang knew that if he tentatively attacked Chu State to show deterrence, Wang Ben alone would be enough to let Bai Yan go, and he also hid his whereabouts. Ying Zheng clearly wanted Bai Yan to see if there was a chance to completely wipe out Chu. country.

At this time, Elder Yang was almost certain that if Bai Yan found a chance, Ying Zheng would definitely send an army to help Bai Yan at any cost, so that Bai Yan could destroy Chu.

"Chu Kingdom may not be so easy to destroy!"

Bai Yan shook his head.

Bai Yan originally thought that Wang Ben was the only one who would attack Chu State, but he never thought that he would actually participate in the attack on Chu State this year.

Thinking of Lord Changping of Yingchuan, Bai Yan frowned slightly, worried that something might happen.

In history, it was the time between Meng Tian and Li Xin, two years later, Lord Changping rebelled against Qin after Wei was destroyed and Li Xin attacked Chu, but right now, Bai Yan is not sure.

late at night.

After Bai Yan sent Mr. Yang out of the mansion, he watched the servants and maids sweeping and cleaning up the main hall, and then walked back to the backyard.

Feeling the peaceful and carefree atmosphere, looking at the night, Bai Yan felt a little melancholy. He didn't know how to talk to Bao Shi and Zhao Qiu. go.