Zhongmou City.
When Bai Yan led the cavalry back to Zhongmou, Ying Zheng had not yet arrived.
Within Zhongmou City, the past killings have not yet subsided, and panic can still be seen throughout Zhongmou City.
This can’t be blamed on the people of Zhongmou City for being afraid. After all, in one night, just one night, in the entire Zhongmou City, no less than ten people from the Zhao Dishi family, who used to be unattainable, were slaughtered, and even more people were killed. Countless.
It seemed that all the major forces in Zhongmou City were wiped out overnight. Not only Zhongmou City, but also the nobles who came to Zhongmou City from other places were not spared.
For the people who have been living in Zhongmou City, seeing these things now is like a dream, and they have never dared to think about it.
"General!"
Bai Yan took Ye and others to the Chengwei Mansion in Zhongmu City, where Yanmao was handling affairs. When he saw Bai Yan, Yanmao stood up to prepare the ceremony.
"No need to be polite!"
Bai Yan looked at Yanmao, then came to the wooden table, looked at the wooden plaques with names engraved on them, and picked up a few pieces.
"Is everything taken care of?"
Bai Yan asked.
Bai Yan had a hunch before that even if Tian Sui was transferred, Qi Martial Arts would probably intervene. Once Qi Martial Arts intervened, there would be casualties among the cavalry soldiers.
However, looking at so many wooden signs and looking at each word on the wooden signs, Bai Yan still ignored Qi Jiji's strength in urban battles.
All the skilled craftsmen in the world are together.
Those technicians who were heavily paid by Qi could not change the entire war, but they could make all opponents fearful.
"General, everything has been taken care of. I have ordered people to send the letter to Yanmen."
Yanmao looked at Bai Yan and handed over his hand to report.
Looking at Bai Yan, Yanmao and Ye looked at each other. They both knew that the general in front of them had been working hard for Qin since he joined the army. However, since the battle of Gaonu in Shangjun, the general had secretly made money for the sake of his soldiers.
As generals of the Qin Army, both Yanmao and Ye knew that if the general did this, it would be easy for the general to confirm his facts. Once verified, he would be taken advantage of by villains.
But the two people who knew why the general amassed money could not persuade him.
Others collect wealth to enjoy glory and wealth for themselves. The general collects wealth, but his family disperses the wealth and gives it to the orphans and widows of the fallen soldiers.
If word spreads, no one in the world will believe it.
Even they themselves find it hard to believe that they are following such a general.
However, both Ye and Yanmao now understand that the general's actions also give the general a unique prestige in the army. Not to mention other generals in the cavalry army, even the two of them, if they have different intentions, it is no exaggeration to say that, They will be killed immediately by trusted soldiers.
This description is not an exaggeration.
The general's prestige in the hearts of the soldiers today has never been reached even by General Bai Yu.
On the one hand, the general leads all the soldiers to win every battle and never loses. On the other hand, the general treats his subordinates like no one in the world.
As for the rumors about Wu Qi and others, they never treat the generals. In the eyes of the entire army, Wu Qi and the others do not know. They only know that the general treats them well, and they only recognize one general, and that is Bai Yan!
In the study room.
Bai Yan nodded when he heard Yanmao's words.
Looking at the wooden plaques with names engraved in front of him, the only thing Bai Yan could do was to let them no longer have to worry about being alone at home after they died in the war.
"Ye, arrange for people to send all of these to Yanmen!"
Bai Yan ordered, then turned and left.
"promise!"
Industry handed over to take orders.
Yanmao stood in the study room and raised his hand to bow to Bai Yan.
In Zhongmu City, after Bai Yan left the Chengwei's mansion, he took a carriage and arrived at the City Keeper's mansion.
When I was outside Handan City with Tian Sui and Wu Gao, I saw thousands of Qin soldiers leaving Handan. At that time, Bai Yan was riding in a carriage. Through the gap in the small window of the carriage, he saw the Qin army generals leading the troops in the chariot. , it’s Uncle Meng.
At that time, Uncle Meng did not expect that he was riding in a carriage, and the people around him were all anti-Qin nobles.
Having just returned to Zhongmou City, Bai Yan naturally wanted to visit some Uncle Meng. After all, he and Uncle Meng were both colleagues. As the leading generals of the Qin State, they would inevitably have intersections in the future.
However, I came to the castle guard's mansion.
Bai Yan stood at the gate. After informing the servant of his intention, what Bai Yan never expected was that when the servant returned to the gate from the mansion, he told him that General Uncle Meng was in poor health and could not meet him.
"What? This!"
When Bai Yan's two accompanying cronies heard what the servant said, they looked indignant and couldn't help but step forward to argue.
Because the general had already asked General Yanmao before coming here, today Uncle Meng also went to inspect the city and ordered the entire city to continue martial law. It was also said that a banquet was held in the mansion.
It has only been a long time since I was diagnosed with illness.
This is obviously because he knew that the general was coming and deliberately ignored him without even giving him any face!
But before the two soldiers could speak.
Bai Yan, who was in front, raised his hand to signal not to cause trouble.
"Thank you!"
After Bai Yan appeased his cronies, he bowed his hands and bowed to the servants in the mansion.
After saying that, Bai Yan glanced at the mansion in front of him, turned around slowly, and left with his cronies.
Two days later.
In Zhongmou City, all the people of Zhongmou City were walking back and forth on the streets, and merchants were hugging their wives and concubines. Suddenly, they saw dense crowds of Qin officials and cavalry soldiers beginning to clear the main streets.
"What's going on? You're not going to kill someone again, are you?"
"Not quite!"
"Could it be that Ying Zheng is here?"
"Calculating the time, it should be!"
All the people on the street got out of the way. Looking at the Qin knights holding Chang Ge and Qin swords on the street, many people started whispering.
Since the incident that day, Zhongmou City has been under martial law, and Qin officials patrolled the city day and night.
Now Qin Qi suddenly cleared the road, which made people nervous.
soon.
On the main road in Zhongmou City, everyone, whether pedestrians or carriages, stepped aside.
At this time, several carriages escorted by Qin officials slowly passed by the street, and soon followed the street directly to the outside of the city gate.
Outside the city gate.
Cavalry soldiers guarded both sides of the road, and there were cavalry soldiers guarding all the city gates.
On the carriage, Uncle Meng, who was wearing the official uniform of the Qin State and carrying his rank, and several old men in Confucian clothes, slowly got out of the carriage.
Uncle Meng glanced around, looked at the protection of the cavalry soldiers, and then waited beside the carriage.
In the carriages behind Uncle Meng, there were also people wearing Confucian clothes. They were of different ages. There were more than twenty people in number, and the youngest should be in his forties.
Among these people are some famous Confucian scholars, teachers of hundreds of schools of thought, and famous families in Zhao.
The reason why these people are here.
Most of them were invited by Uncle Meng, and many of them were determined to follow the trend and move closer to Qin after seeing the situation in the world.
"snort!"
When Uncle Meng saw from the corner of his eye, Bai Yan, who was riding a war horse and wearing Qin armor, came slowly not far away, he couldn't help but snorted softly.
The voice was very soft.
But several old men beside him could also feel it, especially the unhappy expression on Uncle Meng's face. Anyone who was not blind could see it.
So several old men were not far away. After dismounting and handing over their horses to their trusted aides, the young man came over.
The elders all knew that if their guess was correct, that person should be Bai Yan.
In the past in Yanmen, everyone had already known that Bai Yan showed no mercy and ordered Su Han to be killed.
That Su Han is from Mengshi.
"General Bai Yan!"
Among the several old men, one old man slowly stepped forward and took the lead in bowing to the young man.
Not only this old man, but also a middle-aged man among many scholars just a few steps away also stepped forward with a smile and saluted Bai Yan.
"General Bai Yan!"
The middle-aged man and the old man were respectively Yu Qi from the Yu family and Shen Yin from the Shen family who had a relationship with Bai Yan.
"Bai Yan has met Mr. Shen and the head of the Yu family!"
Bai Yan returned the greeting to Mr. Shen and Yu Qi.
Bai Yan didn't expect to see these two people here. After all, it was these two people who helped Zhao Qiu pretend to be Shen Ji and send her to Yanmen's house.
Unexpectedly, these two people are actually here now.
But at the moment, Bai Yan was not in a hurry to stay with these two people for a long time, but looked at Uncle Meng behind them.
"Bai Yan, I've met General Meng! Two days ago, Bai Yan didn't know that General Meng was feeling unwell, so he took the liberty to visit him and disturbed General Meng's rest. Please forgive me, General Meng!"
Bai Yan came to Uncle Meng and bowed his hands as a gift. He didn't seem to see the displeasure on Uncle Meng's face.
"General Bai was so majestic the past few days! It's a pity for Uncle Meng!"
Uncle Meng looked at Bai Yan, frowned slightly, and said a casual greeting. There was something in his words. After finishing speaking, he put down his hand with a somewhat impatient expression.
Several old men on the side looked at each other.
what happened? Two days ago, Bai Yan went to the city guard's house to visit?
Thinking of this, they, who have lived for most of their lives, can't make any guesses at the moment. Looking at the young man who just came over and took the initiative to arrange the ceremony, they couldn't help but shake their heads in their hearts. In terms of chest size, just in this simple matter In the past, Uncle Meng was not as good as the young Bai Yan.
Even Shen Yin and Yu Qi, who had a close relationship with the Meng family, frowned slightly at this moment and looked at Uncle Meng in surprise.
Two days ago.
In the city guard's mansion, Meng was hosting a banquet, and they were also among them.
