Qin Gong

In the Hu Mansion at dusk, the white silk was still hanging under the eaves, and the servants guarding the gate were still wearing white clothes.

The customs and habits of the Qin State are slightly different from those of the Central Plains. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the rituals made by Confucius prevailed. Therefore, it is said: The emperor was buried on the seventh day and buried in the seventh month.The princes were buried on the fifth day, and buried in the fifth month.Doctors, scholars, and ordinary people are buried in three days, and buried in three days.

In the Warring States period, with the disappearance of the Zhou royal family, funerals gradually became more popular.

"When princes and lords have funerals, they say that the coffin must be heavy, the burial must be thick, the clothes must be many, the embroidery must be complicated, and the Qiulong must be huge. The dead of ordinary people and sluts will exhaust their families. The dead of princes will be empty treasuries. The mansion, then the gold and jade pearls are more than the body, the Lun group is economical, the chariots and horses are hidden, and they must be house curtains, tripods and drums, Jibei, pots, Ge swords, feathers, tooth leather, buried in bed, satisfied .If martyrdom is followed, it is said that the son of heaven and princes will kill martyrs, hundreds of people will be killed, and dozens of widows will be killed. Generals and grand masters will be killed and martyred, dozens of people will be killed, and several widows will be killed.”

In one sentence, it depicts that thick burials began to prevail among the princes, and gradually developed, affecting the gentry in all the princes of the world.

In the Qin State, fortunately, during the period of Qin Xiangong, Qin Xiangong completely abolished the burial of living people, so that the burial of living people was not allowed to be passed down. Starting with the funerary objects in the thick burial, this also led to more emphasis on the funerary objects than before.

Hu Quan was the Minister of State of Qin before his death, and after his death, Ying Zheng personally ordered a generous burial. Therefore, the excavation of the mausoleum and the funeral artifacts have not yet been properly prepared.

Hu Lao's coffin has been waiting for such a long time. In the eyes of the world, there is nothing wrong with it. On the contrary, the longer the preparation time, the more the world can appreciate the grandness and scale of Hu Quan's burial. Things that cannot be desired, after all, in addition to financial resources, if you want to reach a certain scale, you need to get the king's permission.

inside the yard.

Sima Xing, Hu Jin, Bai Yu, Bai Bo and others were talking in the courtyard with the gentry who came to express their condolences, and they also explained the matters that the servants should pay attention to on the way to Luoyin.

Luoyin is the fiefdom of Baiyan, there is no need to worry about anyone daring to disrespect Hu Laozhi's mausoleum, and Hu Jin, Hu Wujing, Bai Yu, Sima Xing, and Sima Chang are all ministers of Qin State, and Hu Lao is buried in Luoyin , they can go to visit, neither the Bai family nor the Sima family are willing to let Mr. Hu go to a remote place for burial.

"came back!"

Suddenly, Hu Jin, who was talking with other people together with Bai Yu, saw a familiar figure walking in the corridor towards the gate in the distance.

Looking at that figure, Hu Jin's haggard cheek showed a hint of relief.

From the time when Korea was destroyed, that young man has unknowingly become a household name.

"The kid is finally back!"

Following Hu Jin's words, Bai Yu, Uncle Bai, Sima Xing and others in the distance also noticed the young man's figure. When the figure approached, Bai Yu showed a smile.

"uncle!"

Bai Yan raised his hand and saluted Bai Yu, Hu Jin, Sima Xing, Bai Bo and others in turn.

"Go and see Mr. Hu first."

When Bai Yu saw Bai Yan, he seemed to recall the way Mr. Hu protected Bai Yan time and time again in front of those ministers who advised Bai Yan in the court hall, his eyes were slightly red.

"Before Mr. Hu died, he was still worried about you when he learned that your boy was assassinated."

Bai Yu said, there is no need to say more, one sentence is enough.

Bai Yu's words made Bai Yan's heart tremble, thinking of Mr. Hu's appearance, his heart was full of guilt.

In the backyard of the Hu Mansion.

"Eldest sister! Elder sister, he is back, father asked you to send 'five clothes' there!"

Bai Yingxue hurriedly brought the servants into the room, came to the elder sister Bai Junzhu who was chatting with Feng Hui, and said out of breath.

"Ok!"

When Bai Junzhu heard what the younger sister said, he was also taken aback, but then he got up and looked at Feng Hui: "Junzhu excuse me first!"

Thinking of the boy's appearance in his mind, Bai Junzhu didn't know why he was so excited right now.

"Go!"

Feng Hui nodded.

Looking at the back of Bai Junzhu saying goodbye and leaving, Feng Hui was full of emotion, that is, only Bai Yan could make Bai Junzhu, who had always been calm in the past, show such an appearance.

in the hall.

When Bai Junzhu came to the main hall with the wooden tray and the 'five clothes', the first thing he saw was the boy kneeling in front of the coffin.

The five clothes come from five different kinds of mourning clothes in ancient times. For example, they are made of the thickest raw linen, with cut-offs on the outer and outer edges; There are great achievements made of the thickest cooked sackcloth, etc.

There are five different kinds of mourning clothes, so the five clothes were passed on later, and the softer fabrics replaced the linen, but the name of the clothes was still used as the five clothes.

Bai Junzhu came to Bai Yan with five clothes, knelt down slowly, put the wooden tray on the ground, and looked at Bai Yan's side face beside him. At this moment, Bai Junzhu could clearly see the tear stains on the young man's cheek.

Do not know why.

This scene made Bai Junzhu feel for the first time that teenagers are also vulnerable.

There was no sound of comfort, Bai Junzhu knew that the boy needed to be quiet at this time, so he silently reached out and took out five servings from the wooden tray.

Bai Yingxue also stepped forward to help at this time. If the eldest sister Bai Junzhu was Bai Yan's wife, then she would naturally be considered a wife and sister. Right now, it is difficult for the eldest sister to help Bai Yan put on five clothes by herself. As a wife and sister, she naturally has to help.

"Thank you!"

It was also the first time for Bai Yan to wear five clothes. He raised his hand, and after putting it on, he gave Bai Junzhu a grateful look.

"Ok!"

Seeing the look in Bai Yan's eyes, Bai Junzhu nodded slightly, and after finishing the five clothes on Bai Yan's body, he took his younger sister Bai Yingxue and left. At this time, Bai Yan needed to be alone quietly and accept this fact well.

In front of the coffin.

Following the departure of Bai Junzhu and Bai Yingxue, Bai Yan looked at the coffin in front of him, and when he thought that the person lying in it was Mr. Hu who had protected him in the past, Bai Yan felt depressed and extremely uncomfortable.

From childhood to adulthood, Mr. Hu was one of the few people who always took care of him. Although he had no blood relatives, he was like an elder, protecting him in court all the time.

Tears had already flowed by the time he got the news, but Bai Yu's words made Bai Yan's heart still trembling. At this moment, Bai Yan wanted to see Mr. Hu with his own eyes again, even if he could speak to Mr. Hu himself. A thank you.

It was getting dark.

Brothers Hu Jin and Hu Wujing asked Bai Yan to have dinner and then went to rest, after all, Bai Yan was traveling all the way back and forth during this time, so it is not suitable for night watch.

Bai Yan didn't refuse, it wasn't that Bai Yan didn't want to keep watch at night, but after learning that Mr. Hu's coffin was two days away, and then set off for Luoyin to be buried, Bai Yan already planned to go to Luoyin to guard the tomb for Mr. Hu for a while , but this matter has to be reported to Yingzheng and approved by Yingzheng, and before going to Luoyin to observe filial piety, Bai Yan will also present the matter of Chu to Yingzheng.

In the middle of the night.

In a room in the Hu Mansion, Bai Yan was writing on bamboo slips with a pen and ink under the candle lamp.

The scrolls of bamboo slips record in detail the forces of Chu State, which ones are available, which gentry can cause turmoil in Chu State, who can instigate rebellion, the festivals among gentry, and the roughly available troops of Chu State. How many tens of thousands of troops can be supplied by the country's grain reserves, and for how many days?

All of these, Bai Yan wrote down in rolls of bamboo slips without any mistakes, and also attached a route for the Qin army to attack.

Don't underestimate those gentry forces, think about Guo Kai back then, and you will know that whether it is by profit or persecution, as long as there are people with power as internal support, the destruction of the country will be twice the result with half the effort.

The most important thing is that Bai Yan also made a very rigorous analysis that when attacking Chu, one must not attack in a hurry. The territory of Chu is vast, and there are many remote places with a large population. It was not because Han Zhao was comparable before, if the gentry of Chu State could not be destroyed, Chu State would not perish.

The next day.

After Bai Junzhu knocked on the door, there was no response, so he opened the door, and what came into view was Bai Yan who had fallen asleep on the wooden table, and on the wooden table beside him, seven Eight volumes of bamboo slips.

Bai Junzhu came to the wooden table and saw the sleeping Bai Yan laying on the wooden table, only then did he realize that Bai Yan hadn't slept all night.

Looking at Bai Yan's exhausted side face, Bai Junzhu couldn't bear to be disturbed, but thinking that Bai Yan hadn't eaten for so long, he still gently pushed Bai Yan's shoulder.

"Ok?"

When Bai Yan woke up in a daze, he opened his eyes. After seeing Bai Junzhu, he quickly sat up straight and looked around, and then looked out of the window.

"Uncle Hu asked you to have lunch! Come back to rest after eating!"

Bai Junzhu said to Bai Yan.

At daybreak, Bai Junzhu came from Bai Mansion to Hu Mansion, and heard his father and uncle saying that Bai Yan might be too tired all the way and hadn't woken up yet, so he wanted Bai Yan to rest more, so he didn't ask anyone to call Bai Yan Woke up and had dinner, but Bai Yan was not seen until lunch. Uncle and uncle were worried, so they asked her to come and have a look.

"Okay, please tell Uncle, Bai Yan still has some trivial matters, once they are cleared up, Bai Yan will go to eat!"

Bai Yan suppressed his tiredness, shook his head, and said to Bai Junzhu, then reached out to pick up the writing brush on the wooden table, dipped it in ink, and continued to write word by word on the bamboo slips in front of the wooden table.

Bai Junzhu's grandfather, Bai Zhong, will bring Bai Bo, Bai Yan and others to Luoyin tomorrow.

There is not much time left.

Mr. Hu is kind to him, and has always regarded him as a junior. He was not in Xianyang before, but now that he is back, he has to go to Luoyin for everything.

"I'll grind the ink for you!"

Bai Junzhu looked at Bai Yan's persistent appearance, Meimou hesitated for a while, did not persuade any more, and did not leave in a hurry, but came to Bai Yan's side, knelt down, looked at the ink that was getting dry, stretched out his hand and gently helped Bai Yan study ink.

Bai Junzhu's actions made Bai Yan look to the side, although a little surprised, but Bai Yan did not refuse.

I don't know how long it took.

After Bai Yan finished writing the bamboo slips one by one, the sun was setting outside the window again. Under Bai Junzhu's worried eyes, Bai Yan was still writing the bamboo slips with full concentration.

Perhaps it was because Bai Junzhu and Bai Yan stayed in the room for too long, just as Bai Yan was about to finish writing, footsteps came from outside the room, and then Bai Yingxue, who was wearing a white mourning dress, suddenly came to the door of the study, and Bai Junzhu felt like The cold eyes are different, Bai Yingxue's big eyes looked at the elder sister in the room curiously, and then set her eyes on Bai Yan.

Before Bai Yingxue could say anything, behind Bai Yingxue, apart from the maid, Hu Jin and Bai Yu had already walked into the door.

"uncle!"

When Bai Yan heard the movement and saw Hu Jin and Bai Yu approaching, he put down his brush, stood up and saluted them.

"uncle!"

Bai Junzhu also got up and stood beside Bai Yan.

"Why are you in the room all day?"

Hu Jin, who was wearing mourning clothes, frowned, seeing that Bai Yan's eyes were already bloodshot, and asked with concern.

There was also some anger on Bai Yu's tired face at the moment, and he glanced at Bai Junzhu with some dissatisfaction, then looked at Bai Yan with a little anger, and then looked at the bamboo slips on the wooden table, with some doubts, slowly Step forward, grab a roll and look.

At this moment, Bai Yu wants to know what Bai Yan has been doing in the study all day since last night, and why he put himself in such a state.

Hu Jin looked at the bamboo slips in Bai Yu's hands, and as the two looked at them, his expression suddenly became serious, especially when he saw Bai Yan's analysis of Chu State and his advice to attack Chu State. I don't know, it seems that Bai Yan's trip this time is not what everyone imagined. This trip to the border of Qin and Chu was a useless effort.

Hu Jin stood beside Bai Yu, after reading the bamboo slips, he changed his appearance just now, and gave Bai Yan a solemn look, then stepped forward, picked up another roll of bamboo slips that had been rolled up, and opened them to read.

"Are these found during this trip?"

After reading the bamboo slips in his hand, Hu Jin's expression changed from solemn at the beginning to shock at the end, and his tone was a little unbelievable.

"What's going on? Where did your kid go this time?"

Bai Yu is not much better than Hu Jin. Looking at Bai Yan, Bai Yu just now knew why Bai Yan had to write these bamboo slips even though he was suffering. If they hadn't come here for such an important matter, they wouldn't have thought about it. Know.

What made Bai Yu even more puzzled was, how did Bai Yan know such an important and very obscure matter, and most of the content in this bamboo slip, even Yao Jia would have a hard time knowing it. And where do you know.

"We can't let others know about this matter, but right now, I'm sorry Bai Yan can't say anything!"

Bai Yan looked at Bai Yu and Hu Jin, cupped his hands and said, indicating that there are many people in the mansion right now, if you are not careful, news will spread.

Hearing Bai Yan's words, Bai Yu saw that there were maids and servants behind him and even outside the door, and there were people coming and going outside, so it was really inappropriate to talk, so he exchanged glances with Hu Jin. After nodding,

"You will stay in Xianyang during this trip."

Bai Yu turned his head and spoke to Bai Yan, since Bai Yan has such an important matter.

"No, Bai Yan must go to Luoyin for this trip!"

Bai Yan shook his head, and spoke without waiting for Bai Yu to finish speaking. Although his face was a bit haggard, his bloodshot eyes were unprecedentedly firm, with a hint of sadness and stubbornness.

Bai Yan's appearance caught the eyes of Bai Yu and Hu Jin. After listening to Bai Yan's words, he thought of Bai Yan's actions from last night until now, and his purpose was to go to Luoyin.

For a while, Bai Yu and Hu Jin fell silent.

Hu Jin thought of his father, and then looked at Bai Yan.

"How long will it take? If you can continue writing, uncle will send you to the palace later!"

Hu Jin asked.

On the side, Bai Yu looked at Hu Jin in surprise, but he didn't refute it aloud. This matter is really important, and there will be many nights and dreams, so it can't be delayed.

"Just a little while longer!"

Bai Yan said, and then returned to the wooden table again, picked up the pen and ink, and began to write in front of the wooden table.

inside the room.

Bai Yan was continuing to write, and slowly completed the analysis and advice on the state of Chu later. On the other side, Bai Yu and Hu Jin also took this opportunity to keep looking at the scrolls of bamboo slips. The more dignified the person's face, the more shocked his eyes, and the faster his breathing.

Looking at the bamboo slips, there are details about all aspects of Chu State.

The two of them never thought that Bai Yan's trip would yield such important gains. If they knew about it yesterday, they would never let Bai Yan come to Hu's residence first.

"Sister, what's going on? Uncle and the others all looked serious after seeing the bamboo slips, as if they saw something terrible."

Bai Yingxue quietly came to Bai Junzhu's side, and asked softly, her two eyes looked at those bamboo slips with incomparable curiosity, but she didn't dare to look at them without authorization, so she could only pin her hopes on the elder sister, after all, the elder sister was just helping Bai Yan to study the bamboo slips. Mo, must have seen what was written on the bamboo slips.

"Do not ask!"

Bai Junzhu didn't answer Bai Yingxue.

"I'm just curious~! Why does it look like you have an ordinary face, elder sister, and you are not at all different from uncle and the others."

Bai Yingxue held her mouth, muttered as she spoke, and looked at her elder sister with aggrieved eyes.

After Bai Junzhu's beautiful eyes glanced at Bai Yingxue, he ignored the little girl.

Just now, of course, she had seen the content written in the bamboo slips, and understood why her uncle and Uncle Hu Jin were so dignified. As for why she was not surprised at all, thinking of this, Bai Junzhu looked at the scene in front of her and sighed faintly.

Uncle and Uncle Hu Jin saw these bamboo slips and saw the hope of destroying Chu, so it was already like this. If the two uncles knew, the whole world is now buzzing. Those bamboo slips in the hands of King Qi are all Bai Yan in front of him. What will happen?

Under the night.

Outside the gate of the Xianyang Palace, a carriage slowly drove to the gate and stopped. Then, under the watchful eyes of the palace guards, Hu Jin, who was wearing the official Qin uniform and white clothes, walked out of the carriage with Bai Yan.

After Bai Yan came to the palace gate to declare his identity, he said that he had something important to present to the king.

As the palace guards went in to report, Bai Yan and Hu Jin waited patiently outside the palace gate under the torches.

waited a long time.

Accompanied by several maids and eunuchs, Han Yezhe came outside the palace gate just now.

"Korean visitor!"

Bai Yan cupped his hands and bowed to Han Yezhe.

"General Bai, General Hu!"

Han Yezhe, Bai Yan, and Hu Jin are naturally old acquaintances, and they are not restrained when they meet, but at this moment Han Yezhe looks at the two of them very curiously, after all, it is rare for them to come to present things after dark.

"Is there something wrong with the two generals?"

Han Yezhe asked.

"If you dare to ask Han Ye, is the king still in the study?"

Bai Yan clasped his hands and asked, even though it was in the darkness, the light from the torch still made Bai Yan's eyes tired.

Out of curiosity, Han Yezhe nodded slowly.

Then, under the eyes of Han Yezhe, Bai Yan turned around and got on the carriage, turned around and brought the package containing the bamboo slips in front of him.

"I still hope that Han Ye will be able to give this thing to the king for Bai Yan!"

Bai Yan said.

Hearing Bai Yan's words, Han Yezhe looked at the package in Bai Yan's hand in surprise, and then looked at the two curiously. What is it? Come and present.

In the study of the palace.

"Your Majesty, dinner is ready, it's time to eat!"

Behind Yingzheng, Concubine Mi stretched out her hand and gently rubbed her head for Yingzheng. Seeing that the bamboo slips that weighed two stones every day had to be read and handled by Yingzheng himself, and she was busy until dark every day. Even Concubine Mi didn't know, Why is Ying Zheng so hard.

Ying Zheng closed his eyes, and before he could speak, there were hurried footsteps in the study.

"Your Majesty, General Bai Yan and General Hu Jin came to the palace just now, saying that they are presenting this item, please have a look at it, Your Majesty!"

Han Yezhe's words resounded in the study.

Hearing the word Bai Yan, Ying Zheng slowly opened his eyes, looked at Han Yezhe, and then noticed the large package in Han Yezhe's hand, which seemed to be full of bamboo slips.

"Bai Yan?"

Ying Zheng was a little puzzled, why did Bai Yan present the bamboo slips late at night, and still present such a large package.

"Your Majesty, it's already late at night, how about going to eat first?"

Concubine Mi frowned slightly, and said softly, then raised her eyes, seeing that Han Yezhe seemed to want to say something, she quickly winked at Han Yezhe.

"Your Majesty has reviewed the memorial of the two stones today!"

Princess Mi said.

Following Concubine Mi's words, Han Yizhe was also a little embarrassed, he didn't expect that Concubine Mi would be in the study just now, and now Concubine Mi is here, one or two bamboo slips are easy to say, let Ying Zheng have a look.

But what Bai Yan presented this time was a large bundle of bamboo slips.

With so many bamboo slips, the Korean audience dared not speak easily.

"Han Ye, your majesty has not had dinner yet!"

Princess Mi said softly to Han Yezhe.

Yingzheng hesitated for a moment, then looked at the large package in Han Yezhe's hand, from Shang Dynasty to noon, then discussed with Li Si, Wei Liao and others how to attack Wei State, how to guard against Chu State during this period, and then to the back I was really tired after reviewing the bamboo slips that weighed two stones.

"Bai Yan is still outside the palace?"

Ying Zheng asked.

Han Yezhe shook his head when he heard Ying Zheng's question.

"Back to the king, I just saw that General Bai looked exhausted. After presenting this object, he has already left with General Hu."

Han Yezhe replied truthfully.

"Your Majesty, that shouldn't be an important matter. It's mostly related to Mr. Hu's burial. It doesn't matter if your Majesty sees it tomorrow!"

Princess Mi heard the words, stood aside, and said to Ying Zheng.

When Ying Zheng heard this, he nodded.

"The widow will see you tomorrow."

Ying Zheng sighed, got up slowly, and walked out of the study, with Princess Mi following behind.

Seeing this, the Korean audience could only put this package of bamboo slips on the wooden table, among the wooden boxes containing boxes of bamboo slips, and wait for Yingzheng to have time tomorrow, and the bamboo slips in those wooden boxes, Let's look together.

I don’t feel well, I don’t know if it’s Fuyang again, my head is groggy, I’ve been rushing to write a manuscript since [-]pm, and now it’s almost [-]am, I’m sorry.

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