Qin Gong

On the way to Juchao City, Bai Yan and Zhaogao took the same carriage.

Zhaogao was enjoying it very comfortably, and behind him were two charming women in their 30s who had been serving Zhaogao, and along the way, Zhaogao often looked at Bai Yan with small eyes.

In Zhaogao's eyes, Bai Yan, who is not much older than him, is completely like a different kind, silent and seldom speaks.

'Uninteresting scholar' is Zhao Gao's evaluation of Bai Yan after the conversation.

Juchao City is located to the south of Shouchun, and it is the closest road to Jiujiang and Baiyue. On the map of Chu State, a large area further south of Juchao City is a fertile land, which is comparable to Shouchun. Xiacai, after crossing the Huai River in the north of spring, is divided into east and west, and Shouchun, which is located in the middle, is located in a dangerous mountain range with enough defensive mountain terrain.

Whether it is Xiacai or Juchao, later generations will sum it up into one name: the land of Huainan!

No matter in any dynasty, when the world talks about the fertile land, this place with fertile water and soil, mild climate and abundant rainfall will be indispensable, and in every dynasty, this place will get the reputation of a granary. There are many concubines living here.

I have been on the road for several days in a row, and the road along the way has been accompanied by rain.

The spring plowing has not yet completely passed, and along the way you can clearly see that there are people working in the fields, and the falling rainwater is like a layer of tulle in the sky, floating slowly and gently swinging back and forth with the breeze.

"It's almost time to reach the nest, do you plan to go there during the day or at night?"

Zhao Gao watched Bai Yan gently open the cloth window, staring at the beautiful scenery outside the window in a daze, and he didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that the farmer seemed to be envious of such a life.

Thinking of this, Zhao Gao shook his head again and again, how could anyone envy such a life, how hard it is!You have to go out to farm at sunrise, and you can go home to rest at sunset. You don’t see much money all year round. Even the wives you marry are poor women with yellow skin. My son, enjoys life comfortably, has maids and servants, can go wherever he wants, never worry about money, not to mention that as long as he names his name, he will receive hospitality from others, just go out, those farmers see, Everyone bows their heads and gives way.

"Since it is to worship Chu people, it is better to go at night!"

Bai Yan heard Zhaogao's words, put down the curtain, thought for a while, and said to Zhaogao.

Different from all the vassal states in the Central Plains, the sacrifices in the Chu State are not like the sacrifices in the Central Plains. They are sacrificed during the day, and the sacrifices in the Chu State are all at night. However, because the country was weak and poor, there was nothing to sacrifice, so he went to a neighboring country to steal a cow, and was afraid of being discovered, so he sacrificed at night. This custom of sacrifice at night began in Chu State. has been handed down.

Bai Yan doesn't know if this is true or not. After such a long time, who can know, after all, he is different from other people. Bai Yan knows that since the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the countries in the Central Plains have always regarded Chu as a barbarian, arrogant and indifferent. It has always been the attitude of the Central Plains people towards the Chu people.

No one knows whether Chu State suffered from the lack of scholars at that time, so that the people in the Central Plains passed it on from mouth to mouth and became a fact.

The totem believed by Chu people is the phoenix, and the phoenix drum on the tiger seat is one of the most iconic phoenix drums in Chu.

"Okay, then wait until Juchao City, I will make arrangements, and wait for my news."

Zhao Gao looked at Bai Yan and nodded.

Although Li Yuan was originally from Zhao, but he has been in Chu for so long, he is already half of Chu, and whether Xiong You is the blood of the king of Chu, Zhaogao has always been very clear about this, and he really belongs to the state of Chu. Everyone in the palace is blind. If Xiong You has the slightest blood relationship problem, how can there be so many gentry support, and even Xiong Lingchu is at a disadvantage in the fight for the throne.

Now seeing that lunatic Jing Qi massacred so many people, and most of the Xiang family, Huang family, and all the civil and military officials in the court have already leaned towards Jing Qi, others are unwilling to stand up to refute Jing Qi's words, offending already Jing Qi on the left.

But this does not mean that Xiong is still in their eyes, as Jing Qi said, it is not the blood of King Chu.

"It's work!"

Bai Yan nodded.

Half an hour later, as the drizzle gradually dissipated, the carriage that Bai Yan and Zhao Gao were riding in also slowly arrived at Juchao City.

With Zhao Gao present, the guards of the city gate did not even dare to look up, let alone ask questions, for fear of causing Zhao Gao’s dissatisfaction. After all, Zhao Gao’s times of being in a bad mood were several times more than the times of being in a good mood. , there were many door officials who were killed by Zhao Gao before.

Bai Yan was brought by Zhaogao to a beautiful mansion with a perfect location, Zhaogao asked Bai Yan to live here and wait for his news, and then left directly.

"No wonder."

Bai Yan was in the mansion, looking at the scene and scale in front of him, thinking of Zhaogao in Yuanyuan Tower, and thinking of the extravagance of Chu people's children, he was full of sighs, Zhaogao was only one of Zhaomin's many descendants, but that's it, Zhaogao It is difficult to compare with officials who have the title of doctor in Qin State.

In such an environment, the gentry of the Chu State, once they lost everything, or wanted to live like the Qin people, how could they be willing.

After following the servant to a room and settling down, Bai Yan waited patiently for news from Zhao Gao.

But what Bai Yan didn't know was that since he entered Juchao City, someone had been following him, and then saw him enter Zhaogao's mansion with his own eyes.

"Gentleman, in Zhaogao's mansion!"

Not long after, a man came to a restaurant and said to another man.

And the man called Junzi is exactly the Ban Ding that Bai Yan has seen.

"Is there any movement from Master Shenxi?"

Ban Ding was playing with a wine jug and asked softly.

"The teachers of Shenxi are all in Qisi City!"

said the man.

Ban Ding nodded, drank the fine wine in the bar, and thought for a while.

"Let all the six soldiers who sneaked into the city stare at the city guard's mansion, and if there is a slight change, not one will stay!"

Ban Ding ordered.

When he learned that Bai Yan was coming to Juchao City, Ban Ding was full of puzzles, but no matter how puzzled he was, Ban Ding would not let Bai Yan make any mistakes at this moment, and he had to protect Bai Yan to leave Chu safely and soundly. country.

"promise!"

Hearing this, the man turned and left.

"Why did you come to Habitat City?"

Ban Ding frowned slightly, sighed, and walked slowly to the window, frowning slightly, looking at the scenery of Juchao City outside the window.

dusk.

Zhao Gao still didn't keep Bai Yan waiting for long, after dinner, Zhao Gao's followers came to the mansion and took Bai Yan to leave the city again.

When Bai Yan came to the place where King Chu was buried with the sacrifice, it was already pitch black.

The two followers sent by Zhaogao held torches, looked around in the darkness, and came to the tomb again, saying that they were not nervous would be a lie.

Bai Yan asked the two of them to wait in the carriage first, and the two followers nodded repeatedly when they saw this.

"Now that the King of Chu is in charge, Xiong You's lineage has been killed except for the daughters who married far away. No one in Li Yuan's family was spared, even his young grandson, without exception. My heart is pitiful! No heirs , no descendants, look at the Xiong negative Chu palace, singing and singing day and night"

In front of the two tombs, Bai Yan started to burn the sacrifices with a torch, and told the current situation in Shouchun in detail.

In the night, the light of the fire swayed slowly with the breeze, except for the faint fire light from the carriage in the distance, only Bai Yan had light.

And by candlelight.

The unwilling roars finally turned into powerless cries, which could not be heard by the groom and the two followers in the distance.

However, the corners of Bai Yan's mouth turned up, and then he slowly raised his head, looking at the grave, a man in his 50s and an old man in his 70s.

"Did you see the two of us?"

In the dark night, when Xiong You and Li Yuan, who had already been killed, saw Bai Yan's expression, they were full of disbelief, and asked cautiously.

Bai Yan stood up slowly, showing a hint of a smile, and slowly raised his hand.

"I am the envoy sent by heaven to avenge King Chu!"

Bai Yan raised his hand to salute the two of them.

This is not the first time that Bai Yan has played tricks on resentful dead souls, whether it is the people who were killed in Linzi back then, or Zou Xing, Bao Xiao, and Xu Chengling who died with unrepentant death.
Bai Yan was already used to dealing with these dead souls with bloody feuds.

They were all human beings before they were alive, but now there is only resentment left and it dissipates slowly.

"Messenger! Seriously"

Xiong You, who is in his 50s, and Li Yuan, who is in his 70s, were shocked when they saw that Bai Yan could really see them. At first they just guessed and couldn't believe it, but the words of the man in front of them directly confirmed this matter.

Looking at each other, they didn't expect that after they died, someone could actually see them.

And because they have never experienced these things, neither Xiong You nor Li Yuan actually noticed that their names for Bai Yan had changed.

"Heaven can see your grievances, so it gave me eyes and ears. Whether you can take revenge depends not on the sky, but on your ability. I am no more than your hands!"

Bai Yan cupped his hands and said, with a serious face.

Xiong You and Li Yuan heard the words, looked at the desolate place around, thought of their own death, thought of the death of their clansmen, thought that there were no descendants, and thought of Xiong Lingchu, Jing Qi, and those gentry who were in Shouchun City at the moment. Enjoyment, power and wealth, and their clansmen are safe and sound.

Xiong You and Li Yuan looked at the person in front of them at the moment, and the two of them, who were burning with anger, had only one thought in their minds.

No matter what the cost, let those people die together. They have no descendants, and those people don't want to have any! ! !

thought here.

Xiong You and Li Yuan raised their hands one after another to salute Bai Yan.

The next day.

After the worship, Bai Yan prepared to return to Shouchun again.

This move, let alone Ban Ding, who has been hiding in the dark, is stunned, even Zhaogao, a son of the noble family, feels extraordinarily unreal. The three hundred gold can be earned so easily?
This is too simple!
Under the gate of Juchao City.

Zhao Gao sent Bai Yan out of the city all the way, after knowing that Bai Yan was really going to sacrifice, Zhao Gao felt a little guilty, he insisted on giving the two concubines to Bai Yan, and Bai Yan was not allowed to refuse.

"Gentleman!"

Bai Yan was saying goodbye to Zhaogao, when he suddenly saw Mang who had been waiting outside the city gate as agreed, came hurriedly, and handed a roll of bamboo slips to Bai Yan.

Seeing this, Bai Yan stretched out his hand to take the bamboo slip, opened it to look at it, and when he saw the contents, Bai Yan's eyes gradually turned red.

Thinking of the old man who protected him time and time again in the court.

After Bai Yan finished reading the bamboo slips, he raised his head and tried his best to suppress the tears, but a line of tears still flowed down his cheeks.

Bai Yan calmed down for a long time before he calmed down, then turned to look at Zhao Gao.

"Gao Jun, my husband wants to leave Chu State immediately, so let's go!"

Bai Yan cupped his hands to Zhaogao and said.

Looking at Bai Yan's appearance, Zhao Gao roughly guessed that the farmer in front of him must have learned something bad. Thinking about this trip, he didn't feel very good at all, so Zhao Gao thought about it, and then he started to think about it. In the process, he took out a token and handed it to Bai Yan.

"If you have this thing, you will be able to leave Chu as soon as possible!"

After Zhaogao handed it to Bai Yan, seeing Bai Yan took it, he raised his hand and said seriously.

After guessing that Mr. Tian in front of him might be in a hurry to leave the state of Chu due to important matters, Zhaogao’s original intention was to help Mr. Tian as soon as he could. Excuse me.

"Thank you!"

Bai Yan thought for a while, but did not refuse. After saluting Zhao Gao gratefully, he did not ride in the carriage again, but rode on the horse together with Mang, and rushed towards Shouchun.

This time, there happened to be Zhao Gao's token, so when Bai Yan passed Shouchun City, he did not enter Shouchun City to stay again, lest his uncle would make excuses to arrange for him to leave.

Bai Yan didn't have time to tell his little uncle what he had gained from going to Juchao City, but Bai Yan believed that when he came to Chu State next time, he would already surprise his little uncle.

a few days later.
Giant Sun City.

One of the cities on the Qin-Chu border, in the middle of the Chu State, forms a defensive posture facing north with Chengfu and Xiangcheng. Since ancient times, it has been heavily guarded by the Chu State.

And under the gate of the crowded city, among the people coming in and out, the uncle was carrying a cloth parcel on his back, his face was weak, his lips were pale and a little peeled, looking ahead, the uncle stood on tiptoe from time to time.

"Why so many people?"

"It's not that I heard that the King of Chu has sent envoys to Qin. Presumably, Qin will retreat in a short time. Many people want to return to their homeland to farm. After all, they can't live without farming!"

"So that's it! No wonder so many people want to enter the city, it turns out they want to go back from Yangcheng!"

There were noisy discussions all around.

The uncle looked around, feeling a little dizzy under the scorching sun, but thinking of his inaction in the state of Chu all this time, the uncle finally decided to find a way to go to the state of Qin, and no matter what, he had to go to Xianyang to see Li Si. Ask Li Si to intercede and cancel his wanted arrest.

During this period of time, the daughter-in-law gave too little money, and the uncle didn't have enough to buy things after eating a few meals. This also made the uncle not eat a bite of food for two days, and there was no food in his stomach. The uncle was already too weak to be weaker.

"Give way, give way quickly!"

The voice of the gatekeeper came from behind, the uncle had already seen the strangeness, and obediently moved a few steps aside, not daring to offend these gatekeepers, for fear that he would not even be able to enter the city gate later, and would end up starving to death in the wild.

As long as you can enter the city, even if you are begging, you will not starve to death!

Suddenly, the uncle didn't know if he hadn't eaten for too long, or if he was dizzy from the sun, causing hallucinations in his eyes, why he saw Yan'er, and Yan'er was actually holding a horse.

"Yan'er?"

The uncle was full of doubts, he didn't understand, how could Yan'er be here?

"Yan'er!"

After a long time, when the uncle looked at it for a long time and made sure that he was not dazzled, he quickly widened his eyes, looked around, swallowed with difficulty, his pained expression was fleeting, and then hurried forward excitedly.