Jinghong Tower

Qingzhou is the fiefdom of King Qi, and the object of Bai Yan's suspicion is King Qi.

The shopkeeper of Qingzhou Jinghong Tower is named Du Qianqian. Before Bai Yanqiu came to Jinghong Tower, she had heard about Bai Daidai.

Therefore, the first thing Du Qianqian did was to protect Bai Yan. She sent someone to send Bai Yan to Baoding Mansion thousands of miles away.

The reason why it was sent to Baoding instead of other places was because Du Qianqian and Wen Qiu were from the same school. Du Qianqian's mother was Du Hui and Wen Qiu was Du Hui's apprentice; secondly, Bai Yan was a scholar, and Baoding Jing Honglou is a reading building. At the same time, it is also the largest printing workshop in Beizhili. It is more convenient for Bai Yan to hide here.

A few months ago, Du Qianqian sent a letter.

The palace of Prince Qi often purchased maids, mostly girls between six and ten years old. What's funny is that Prince Qi had been a vassal in Qingzhou for many years, but his hobby was suppressed to death.

In recent years, King Qi's preferences have escalated. He is not satisfied with the children who can be bought with money, and has reached out to pampered children such as Bai Daidai.

Such children are delicate and soft, and have been raised as well as snowballs without suffering. They are more delicate and cute than those children who were sold by their biological parents.

In Qingzhou City, and even in the entire land of Lu, when the King of Qi is mentioned, who would not praise him as a wise king? Even in the capital, King Qi's reputation is the best among all the princes.

The letter Du Qianqian sent was very detailed. The King of Qi had someone who did dirty things for him. His name was Hua Wu, who stole Bai Daidai’s name. He used to be a notorious flower picker. After being redeemed from the prison, Hua Wu obeyed the orders of King Qi from then on.

Bai Daidai was young, and she was abused to death.

Those who dumped the corpses were the two godsons of Wu De, the eunuch supervisor of Prince Qi's palace. These two people were responsible for dumping the corpses. At first, they would bury them deeply, but later on, as more people died, they buried them more. They began to do things perfunctorily, and since most of them were young children, they just dug a shallow hole and buried the person in it. It was precisely because of their laziness that Bai Daidai's body was dug out by wild dogs, and those who did not It is unknown how many bodies were found.

Bai Yan finally learned the truth about his daughter's death. To Wen Qiu's surprise, he didn't shed a tear. He asked Wen Qiu to help him tattoo Du Qianqian's letter on his body word for word!

Du Qianqian's letter was thrown into the brazier and burned.

But the truth of his daughter's death is forever engraved on his body, and she will live and die with him!

Bai Yan stayed in Baoding Mansion. In fact, he could no longer go back to Qingzhou.

In order to raise money, he sold his ancestral home to a friend. The friend did not lack a house and bought the house just to help him.

This was a private transaction between the two of them and was not registered with the Yamen.

After a friend bought the house, he let one of his servants live there so that he could look after the house and clean it frequently.

One night, the house suddenly flooded and the fire was raging. Although the neighbors all came to help put out the fire, the servant was still killed in the flames.

Bai Yan knew that the servant died for him. If he had not come to Baoding, he would have died in Qingzhou long ago.

Qingzhou is his beloved hometown, where his favorite wife and daughter once lived, but now, all his relatives have died there, and he cannot go back.

Not long ago, Wen Qiu wanted to find a teacher. He went to the capital first. He didn't know where he went after that, but he was working next to Master He Da.

Wen Qiu was frothing at the mouth and talked a lot about the meaning of this job. He sighed that he actually wanted to go, but he couldn't go.

Others are still hesitating. After all, once they leave, they don’t know when they will come back.

But Bai Yan raised his hand: "Big shopkeeper, I am willing to go."

Wenqiu finished speaking in one breath, and the room was silent. Xiaoli had tears in her eyes. She was afraid of being seen by the boss, so she had to lower her head and pretend to look at her embroidered shoes.

He Ran said: "Let him come in." Wen Qiu responded and went out to invite Bai Yan in.

Bai Yan is very tall, with deep features and fair skin, but he is very thin and has a slender figure. His temperament is like that of a gray crane isolated on the edge of the cold river.

He Ran asked him to sit down, and instead of asking him about his knowledge, he asked directly: "Mr. Bai, does he know who he wants to teach?"

Boyan shook his head: "I don't know, and I don't need to know."

"Why?" He Ran asked.

"As long as you can work with Mr. He, Yu Bai is the best arrangement." Bai Yan said.

He had heard Wen Qiu talk about He Ran countless times. He had never seen anyone worship someone he had never met so much. Therefore, although Bai Yan knew that He Ran was young, he did not expect that He Ran would be so young.

If Wen Qiu had gotten married more than ten years earlier, her daughter would have been this old.

How could he have such respect and admiration for a little girl who could be his own daughter?

But Bai Yan trusted Wen Qiu, and he knew that by following the young master, he might still have a chance for revenge.

For a figure like King Qi, it is difficult for ordinary people to seek revenge.

Only those who have read too many stories will think that killing a prince is easy.

Ordinary people can't even get close to Prince Qi's mansion, let alone take revenge.

Bai Yan would not rashly commit an assassination. He had nothing. He only had one life. If this life was gone, he would be unable to do anything. How could he go down there to see his wife and daughter?

He Ran smiled: "I have no official position, why do you think you can get revenge by following me?"

Bai Yan said: "Although Bai has read some books, he has not seen much of the world. Master He is the most capable person I have ever seen and had the opportunity to follow. Perhaps there is a master better than Mr. He in the world." There is a more capable person, but Bai has no chance to meet him, let alone get to know him."

He Ran nodded, she was very satisfied with Bai Yan's words.

She is not Bai Yan's best choice, but she is Bai Yan's only choice at the moment.

"Okay, you can stay, Xiaoli, and ask the young master to come over and pay homage to the master."

Zhou Jiong came soon. What he was wearing was no longer the same as when he was in Shunde Mansion. He now had many new clothes, new shoes, and new accessories. There was also a bookboy named Chunwang beside him.

Chunwang was twelve years old, two years older than Zhou Jiong.

He Ran introduced Zhou Jiong to Bai Yan. Bai Yan took a test on Zhou Jiong and found that although he was somewhat clever, he had never read a book and did not know a single word.

Bai Yan asked: "Master, in addition to enlightening the young master, does Bai need to teach anything else?"

He could see that He Ran valued Zhou Jiong very much, so he asked this question.

He Ran said: "It's not necessary for the time being. He can only read and understand when he knows how to read. As for the other things, we can teach him after he understands."

Bai Yan stopped asking.

Choosing an auspicious time the next day, Zhou Jiong paid homage to Confucius and paid homage to Bai Yan. From that day on, he studied with Bai Yan.