After bidding farewell to the strange old man, Shui Yan didn't meet any strange people again.
Shui Yan didn't pay much attention to the strange old man known as the 'Old Man on the Shang'. After all, he just happened to pass by and he only had a one-on-one relationship with the old man.
Aside from the fact that the old man insisted on accepting him as his disciple, there was no other relationship between the two of them.
And after crossing the Zhuo River.
After Shui Yan left Qi on horseback, he did not choose to go to Zhao. Instead, he entered Han from Wei and then entered Qin from South Korea.
There were frequent frictions between Qin and Zhao. It is undoubtedly safer to go to Qin from Wei and Han. This is also a route that merchants between Qin and Qi will choose.
However, the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, it takes longer.
Even if Shui Yan had a horse, it took him nearly two months to reach the Qin border.
When Shui Yan arrived in Pingyang, his whole appearance changed! Not to mention her hair was a little messy, her clothes were covered in dust and had several holes.
The two parcels that had left Qi State were now only one, and it weighed almost nothing.
Shui Yan looked at Pingyang City in front of him.
If it hadn't been for a horse, he wouldn't have been able to get here without knowing what year and month it was.
No wonder the ancients didn’t like traveling.
This is not a trip, this is obviously killing people!
Although in Qi, Wei, and Han, there were post stations called "Run" and "Zhi", and in the Qin State, there were also inns called "You" Yi.
But the former requires money. The latter is not given any advance at all.
Without money, he could only sleep on the roadside along the way. When it rained, he would spend the night on the eaves of other people's houses.
"I hope this trip won't be in vain!"
After murmuring, Shui Yan stepped towards Pingyang City Gate.
Pingyang City. It is a small city in the hinterland of Qin State, between Yongcheng and Xianyang.
Xianyang is the capital of the Qin State and the most prosperous place in the Qin State, with countless rich, powerful and clans.
Yongcheng is where the ancestral temple of the King of Qin is located. The Queen Mother Huayang who supported King Zhuangxiang of Qin to succeed to the throne lived in Qinian Palace in Yongcheng.
Therefore, Pingyang City, between the two, is particularly inconspicuous, and there are even few nobles and nobles.
The reason why Pingyang is famous is simply because there is a Bai family in Pingyang City.
Shui Yan walked through the streets of Pingyang City, holding the horse that had been following him through hardships along the way.
Fortunately, Pingyang City is not that big. After asking around, we soon arrived at the gate of Bai's mansion.
Looking at the mansion in front of me, I thought of the decline of the Zou family, plus my own shabby appearance.
While smiling bitterly, Shui Yan couldn't help but have a thought.
He won't be kicked out!
But since they all came to the Bai family in Pingyang, it was naturally impossible to return at this time.
"stop!"
Seeing Shui Yan step forward, the two servants who had been guarding the door of the mansion stepped forward and kept looking at Shui Yan.
If you hadn't seen the young man holding a horse despite his shabby appearance.
The two servants who were guarding the door probably didn't even bother to ask, so they just drove Shui Yan away.
It was that horse that made them come forward to stop him in confusion, and they did not dare to drive people away directly.
Under the watchful eyes of the two servants, Shui Yan took out Zou Xing's jade pendant from his arms.
After a while.
The Bai family's mansion.
"What? This!"
A slightly stout middle-aged man looked at the jade pendant in his hand and his eyes widened. Then he looked at the jade pendant carefully.
But after looking up and down, the middle-aged man was sure that this jade pendant was indeed his.
The middle-aged man is Bai Yan.
Looking at the jade pendant at this moment, not to mention Bai Yan, even the graceful woman beside him was very surprised.
"What should I do? I'm afraid my father will have to reprimand me again!"
Bai Yan covered his forehead, looking worried.
Fifteen years ago, he was rescued from the prison cell by Master Zou of Qi State. He was still alive after the disaster, and he had a beautiful woman in his arms, so he proposed marriage on a whim.
I didn't take this matter to heart after that.
After all, it's just a marriage.
Moreover, Mr. Zou had a life-saving grace for him.
However, things were slightly different from what he imagined.
His father, Bai Zhong, had already planned to marry the Bai family to the Meng family and the Li family in Longxi.
This made him either break his trust or be scolded by his father.
What a good thing!
"Now that things have come to a close, let's invite him into the house first. You tell your father immediately about the matter. I'll inform Jun Zhu and Yingxue. We'll meet first and then make a decision."
The woman looked at her man and said softly.
"It was a favor owed by you and me in the past. If we don't even see each other now, maybe you and I won't be afraid if word spreads, but the Bai family's reputation may be ruined."
After the woman finished speaking, she ordered her servants to invite the people to the house.
"That's all."
Bai Yan sighed.
After a while.
Bai Yan was not surprised. Bai Zhong, who was over fifty and looked old, was so angry that he was almost speechless when he heard Bai Yan's words.
"you you you!!!"
Bai Zhong was so angry that he couldn't even speak completely.
Although Bai Yan is already middle-aged and wealthy, he still lowers his head and dare not say a word in front of his father Bai Zhong. Just let the scolding go with your face.
On the other side of the courtyard of the Bai Mansion, two girls also looked at their mother in surprise.
"What, my father once arranged a marriage for the eldest sister? Now that person is outside the house?"
The younger girl looked at her mother in shock with beautiful eyes, and her mouth was filled with astonishment.
Then the girl turned to look at her eldest sister, her eyes full of worry.
As for girls, let alone the eldest sister, she is not only beautiful in appearance, but also in terms of talent and learning, she is a step ahead of those gentry women in Yongcheng and Xianyang.
There are countless noble men pursuing their eldest sister.
Even my grandfather once vaguely mentioned that he wanted his eldest sister to be betrothed to the Meng family and the Li family.
Why did a 'fiancé' from Qi suddenly appear now?
"We will discuss this matter later. Jun Zhu, please go with your mother to see that person first. After all, it concerns your father, and it will also affect the Bai family's reputation."
The woman ignored her younger daughter and looked at her eldest daughter, whose pretty face did not show it although her eyes were very uneasy.
"Um."
The older girl, listening to her mother's words, nodded slightly even though her breathing could be seen to be a little rapid.
When Shui Yan followed his servants into the mansion.
Everyone in the Bai family in the mansion heard the news and went to the lobby.
And when Shui Yan walked through several corridors and courtyards, he finally came to the lobby.
In the Bai family hall, the Bai family members in Pingyang City had already gathered together.
The first ones sitting on their knees were Bai Zhong and two old women over fifty years old.
Next came Bai Yan and two middle-aged men.
The other eight or nine young descendants of the Bai family, men and women, all followed their mother and stood on both sides.
When Shui Yan entered the lobby.
"Hiss~!"
"this!!"
At this moment, the descendants of the Bai family, who were about the same size as Shui Yan, looked straight at Shui Yan, looking at his uncle Bai Yan who was sitting on his knees with doubts on their faces.
Seems confused.
Is this Bai Junzhu's fiancé?
Didn't mother and others all say that grandfather planned to betroth Junzhu to the Meng family or the Li family in Longxi?
If you marry this person, wouldn't it be...
It is no wonder that these descendants of the Bai family are making some noise at this moment. Even Bai Zhong, Bai Yan and others were dumbfounded when they looked at the young man walking into the lobby.
He looked at the young man wearing tattered cloth clothes and his hair was disheveled. If it hadn't been for that jade pendant, they wouldn't have dared to believe that the person in front of them was actually a descendant of the Zou family.
As Bai Junzhu's father, Bai Yan looked at the young man and almost lost his breath when he thought that if he really betrothed his daughter to this young man.
In fact, even if he didn't see his wife's worried eyes, Bai Yan had already made up his mind.
no!
Even if she is killed, she cannot betroth her daughter to this young man.
We must find a way to stop the young man's talk without damaging Bai's reputation.
"Sister!"
Bai Yingxue looked at the young man now, and then looked at her eldest sister with red eyes, full of worry.
"Father is here, don't worry."
Bai Junzhu said softly to her little sister, but her slightly frowning pretty eyebrows and her beautiful eyes full of worry had exposed her uneasy heart.
