The Sheriff's Mansion.
A Qin official hurriedly came to the mansion and then came to the study.
"Your Excellency, the Governor of Gaonu City, Bai Yan, is asking for an audience outside the mansion!"
The Qin official raised his hands to the governor Yang Xian.
Hear the words.
Yang Xian looked at the bamboo slips without raising his head or putting down the bamboo slips in his hands.
"Let him in!"
Yang Xian said something when he saw it.
After Qin Li heard this, he quickly turned around and left the study.
Yang Xian held the bamboo slip in one hand, reached for the porcelain cup with the other hand, put the porcelain cup containing tea to his mouth, blew it gently, and then sipped it into his mouth.
After putting down the porcelain cup, one of the two maids behind Yang Xian went to the side, carrying hot tea, and carefully poured it for Yang Xian.
Throughout the whole process, Yang Xian's eyes never left the bamboo slips.
"I didn't expect that Bai Yan would actually come to Yuzhong City in person!"
On the other side of the wooden seat, Li Pingyan, who had not yet left, said in surprise.
Then Li Pingyan couldn't help but shake her head. Without evidence, what would happen if she came.
"It's just conceited!"
Yang Xian was not too surprised.
After a long time.
Following the sound of footsteps, a sentence rang out in the study.
"Gaonu City, city guard Bai Yan, see the county guard!"
Perhaps he had just finished reading the bamboo slips, or perhaps he wanted to see what the person who wanted him to ask for help from other counties looked like. Yang Xian finally raised his head and looked at the person who had just spoken in the study.
At this look, Yang Xian's old face, which was not happy at all, showed a hint of displeasure.
"Are you the Bai Yan who asked me to ask for help?"
Yang Xian looked at the young man, who could be considered young even for his grandson, and his brows furrowed unnaturally.
Li Pingyan on the side was also quite surprised when she saw Bai Yan.
Previously, I had always thought that Bai Yan, who could achieve the first victory at a young age and had made several meritorious deeds, should be a tall and strong young man.
Unexpectedly, Bai Yan, a descendant of the Bai family who was known as the young general of the Qin army like his nephew Li Xin in the eyes of others, turned out to be a frail young man.
In the study room.
When Bai Yan heard what the governor Yang Xian said, he was a little surprised, but he still nodded.
"yes!"
Bai Yan looked at the old and gray-haired County Sheriff Yang Xian with some confusion. He couldn't remember where he had offended the County Sheriff Yang Xian!
"Is there any evidence?"
Yang Xian reached for an unopened bamboo slip from the wooden table, and then opened it to read.
"There is no evidence! But Bai Yan felt that it was too abnormal. It was obviously a drought, but now the cold winter was coming, but the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu were silent. Bai Yan thought that as long as the army was mobilized, no matter what happened to the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu, Shangjun, Whether it’s the Northland, it’s all safe.”
When Bai Yan heard Yang Xian's words, he quickly raised his hands to explain, but as soon as he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yang Xian.
"Do you know how much food and grass is needed for a hundred thousand troops to march along the way? Do you know how much food and grass Shangjun will have to bear when a hundred thousand troops come to Shangjun? If you don't have evidence to ask for reinforcements and mobilize troops, you will be hurting the country and the people!"
Yang Xian looked at the bamboo slips and said softly.
"Sir, Bai Yan is willing to guarantee it with his life!"
Bai Yan looked at Yang Xian, but the next moment.
"Life? How much is your life worth?"
Yang Xian's old voice said mockingly.
As the county guard, Yang Xian was also Bai Yan's superior official. He didn't show any mercy to Bai Yan at this moment.
Li Pingyan was not surprised. Yang Xian was not only a county guard, but also a veteran of the four dynasties of Qin. Like General Yang Ruihe, he was the backbone of the Yang family. Bai Yan was just a junior.
Bai Yan's actions before, not to mention Yang Xian, even he felt that this descendant of the Bai family was not as reliable as the rumors said.
And one day ago, he had ordered people to send this matter to Xianyang and give it to Yushi Zhongcheng. His original intention was to let the Yushi doctor know about it.
Listening to Bai Yan's words just now, Li Pingyan felt that it was better to write another letter and report everything in front of him.
If yesterday he felt that Bai Yan was not suitable to be a city guard, then now Li Pingyan felt that Bai Yan's character should be tempered. Today's Bai Yan is not suitable to be a city guard.
"Sir, Bai Yan's life is worthless, but inside Gaonu City!"
Bai Yan looked at Yang Xian and was about to continue speaking.
At this time, the study door behind Bai Yan was pushed open, and a maid slowly came in.
"Sir, Mr. Dongyuan Tang Bing and Mr. Xiahuang Cui Guang have arrived!"
The maid said to Yang Xian.
Hearing this, Yang Xian quickly stood up and walked outside.
Even Li Pingyan quickly stood up when she heard the names of these two people, patted her clothes, and walked out with Yang Xian.
"grown ups!"
Bai Yan saw Yang Xian and Li Pingyan were leaving and quickly spoke again.
Yang Xianli ignored Bai Yan and walked quickly outside.
Bai Yan looked at Yang Xian and Li Pingyan in the courtyard of the county magistrate's mansion, welcoming two old men in their fifties and sixties with enthusiasm.
"grown ups!"
Bai Yan looked at Yang Xian's leaving figure and saluted him again.
"I have something important to discuss with you!"
Yang Xian, who had already lost his patience, stopped, glanced at Bai Yan, and then walked straight to the main hall.
Bai Yan stood on the same spot, standing in the courtyard.
When he was a child, in Qi Guo's hometown village, the villagers looked down on him and he could leave and return to his home.
But now that I have grown up, I am ridiculed and ignored in this mansion. My feet that can walk thousands of miles are like being weighed down by 10,000-pound shackles, but I can't walk even one step at this moment.
Because Bai Yan knew better than anyone else that once he left, the people of Gaonu would be homeless. As long as he took one step outside the threshold of the mansion, countless cavalry soldiers would be killed and injured in the future.
From time to time, snowflakes began to fall.
Bai Yan looked up at the sky, praying in his heart that there would be a heavy snowfall that would trap him in the elms and the Xiongnu in the grassland.
Half an hour passed.
In the yard, the cold wind howled by, blowing snowflakes.
Bai Yan watched several maids walking towards the main hall from another place, carrying fine tea leaves. Bai Yan couldn't remember which kettle the hot kettle was in the hand of the maid.
An hour later.
Bai Yan stood in the yard, watching the snowflakes falling from the sky disappear, and his hope gradually disappeared.
Two hours later.
The sky was getting dark, and Bai Yan, who had not eaten anything all day, stood in the courtyard and watched a famous maid in the distance carrying hot meals and wine into the main hall.
Outside the mansion door.
More than thirty cavalry soldiers stood outside the door.
A carriage came slowly at this time, accompanied by more than a dozen close followers. After the carriage stopped, the curtain opened, and a man familiar to the cavalry officer stepped out of the carriage.
"Meet the general!"
"Meet the General!!"
When a famous cavalry officer saw General Hu Jin, he quickly raised his hand and saluted.
Hu Jin looked at these cavalry soldiers and was a little confused because they felt familiar. Then he immediately thought that these were Gao Nu's cavalry soldiers.
"Why are you here?"
Hu Jin got out of the carriage and asked.
"We are coming to Yuzhong with General Bai Yan."
The cavalry general who accompanied him told Hu Jin what happened. Hu Jin was full of surprises.
Hearing that Bai Yan had arrived at the Sheriff's Mansion two hours ago, Hu Jin hurriedly walked towards the mansion.
Inside the mansion.
"Why was he there for so long?"
"No, I've been standing here for two hours, and it's almost getting dark! He hasn't left yet!"
"Despite his young age, I heard that he is the city guard of Gaonu City, Bai Yan!"
"What, he is Bai Yan? Look, he is so young, thin and weak, not strong at all?"
As the two servants walked, they looked at the young man standing alone in the yard, wearing Qin armor and wearing Qin sword, and whispered.
When the two of them almost bumped into someone, they quickly came to their senses. This time, they almost collapsed on the ground without being frightened.
"grown ups!"
"grown ups!!"
Seeing Hu Jin, the two servants hurriedly saluted, feeling extremely uneasy and thankful that they had not bumped into the county lieutenant just now.
Hu Jin did not answer the two servants. At this moment, his eyes were staring blankly at the young man standing in the yard.
Looking at the young man's back, Hu Jin still remembered that during the battle in Yangcheng, this young man was the first to capture the city and kill twenty-two people!
Hu Jin also remembered that after Bai Yu was poisoned, it was this young man who stepped forward and turned the tide, leading the Bai family's cavalry northward to perform meritorious deeds.
Hu Jin even remembered that when he was in Xincheng, in front of Yao Jia, General Teng and other generals, the young man cut off Korea's remaining vitality with just a few words.
at the moment.
After bidding farewell to Xinzheng, I saw the young man again in Yuzhong, Shangjun, but this time, I saw him standing alone in the yard.
With credit and fame, why did the young man come to Yuzhong persistently for a guess, and stood here to be laughed at coldly?
Hu Jin understood why as soon as he thought about it. Having been in contact with Bai Yan, he knew clearly that Bai Yan came here because he was certain that the Yueshi and the Xiongnu would go south.
Think of this.
Hu Jin stepped forward and came to Bai Yan's side.
"Without evidence, no one, let alone Yang Xian or Li Pingyan, would ask for help from other counties."
Hu Jin said.
Bai Yan, whose face was turned pale by the cold wind, only then noticed that General Hu Jin had arrived beside him at some point.
"Bai Yan, I have met General Hu!"
Bai Yan bowed his hands to Hu Jin.
"One county doesn't have enough soldiers and horses?"
Hu Jin looked at Bai Yan, who had no water on him, no particles in, and his mouth was dry, and said softly.
The meaning of this sentence is to tell Bai Yan that he, Hu Jin, is now a county captain.
"General, if that day comes, Bai Yan still hopes that General Hu will help Bai Yan and escort the people to Yuzhong."
Bai Yan looked at Hu Jin and said with a smile, but the look on his smiling face seemed to make people feel sad.
At this time, a maid came from a distance and came to Hu Jin's side.
"General Hu, the banquet has been prepared. Your Excellency, please invite the general in!"
The maid said to Hu Jin.
Bai Yan heard the maid's words at this time and looked at Hu Jin with a smile.
"General, Bai Yan takes his leave first!"
After Bai Yan finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave.
"Come in with me, and I will speak to you again."
Hu Jin looked at Bai Yan.
Hearing the laughter of Yang Xian and others coming from the main hall of the mansion, Bai Yan stopped, turned to look at Hu Jin, and smiled gratefully.
"No, general, something is wrong with Bai Yan!"
Bai Yan said.
From the beginning, he knew that General Hu Jin would help him, but after receiving the bamboo slips and stepping into the city, he had no intention of looking for General Hu Jin.
In the bamboo slips, General Hu Jin has made it very clear that he is just obsessed with it, so why should he make it difficult for General Hu Jin to be a good person in the future? After all, Mr. Li, the censor, is watching.
He turned to look at the mansion door.
Bai Yan walked towards the door step by step.
[Da Qin Empire] and Mr. Chen’s [Han Gaozu] all have words such as “adult, father, you, us, and everyone”.
I also hope that all readers will not mind too much about the title of this book.
(End of chapter)
