"Shopkeeper, is this the place?" Bai Yan, who was in the Qi carriage, heard what the servant said, stood up, opened the curtain, and then walked out of the carriage.
After getting off the carriage, Bai Yan looked at the surrounding streets and saw the huge tree on the roadside not far away echoing the big tree in the yard. The memories of more than ten years came to mind again.
I vaguely remember that more than ten years ago, Bai Yan and his old friend Xin Shi were obsessed with women all day long. Xin's father scolded her and strictly ordered Xin Shi not to leave the house and asked his servants to keep an eye on the gate of the mansion.
And every time after dark. Xin Shi would climb out of the yard along the big tree, while Bai Yan and other friends would wait outside the mansion in advance to attract the attention of the servants at the gate.
When it gets dark, Xin Shi will climb back from the big tree outside. Looking back now, although it is a dandy, it makes people sigh.
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"You guys wait outside!" Bai Yan turned to the servants and said, then he came to the door of the mansion alone and knocked.
More than ten years have passed, and the gate and the walls of the mansion have been renovated, but the servant standing outside the door is no longer there.
"Who is it?" With a knock on the door, the door soon opened, and an old servant appeared in front of Bai Yan.
"Who are you?" The elderly slave saw Bai Yan dressed in silk clothes with jade ornaments hanging around his waist. He immediately saw that the middle-aged man in front of him was of high origin, and the impatient look on his face immediately dissipated.
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"Is this the Xin Mansion?" Bai Yan looked at the mansion in front of him and asked softly. The old slave nodded.
"It's Xin Mansion!" The old slave looked at Bai Yan with confusion. A simple inquiry immediately made the old slave realize that the middle-aged man in front of him was not from Linzi.
"Please tell Xin Shi that fifteen years ago, an old friend from Fairy Lake came to visit." Qu Baiyan said with cupped hands.
By the Fairy Lake, this is a place only known to Bai Yan and his old friends.
"Okay!" The old slave nodded when he heard Bai Yan's words, then asked Bai Yan to wait and closed the door.
Bai Yan stood outside the door, looking around. While recalling the past, he also felt a little itchy in his heart. After fifteen years, he visited the old place again. He didn't know if the restaurant was still there. The most popular one was Zuixiang. I don’t know if it’s still the same as before.
Can the woman inside be as beautiful as before? Think of this. Qu Baiyan couldn't help laughing and felt a little excited.
However, Bai Yan couldn't let go when he thought about his wife, especially since he came here this time because of the matter between his daughter and Zou Xing. This matter was very important and there must not be any mistakes.
Inside the Xin Mansion.
"Master, there is someone outside the door asking to see you!" The old slave came into the room and said to a sharp-faced man with a small goat's beard.
Hearing this, the sharp-faced man turned his head in confusion.
"Who is it?" The man Chu was Xin Shi, and Xin Shi frowned slightly at this moment. Very few people would come to see him in broad daylight. If someone came, it would mean something serious was going on in the store.
"The man didn't say anything, he just said he was an old friend by Fairy Lake." The old slave reported. When Xin Shi heard what the old slave said, his frown immediately changed and he stared.
An idea came to mind, but Xin Shi couldn't believe it.
"Bring in! No, I'll go there myself!" As Qi Xinshi spoke, he stood up and walked past the old slave. The hurried look surprised the old slave.
After a while. Xin Shi came to the door with excitement and trepidation. As soon as he opened the door, he saw a middle-aged man outside.
At this time, the middle-aged man also turned his head when he heard the sound. The two looked at each other. In an instant, even after fifteen years, both Xin Shi and Bai Yan recognized each other immediately, and their eyes turned red.
The emotions of excitement, nostalgia, and scenes from the past came to mind.祮
"Zhong Yan?" Xin Shi asked in a low voice in disbelief. Bai Yan also had red eyes, took a step back, his wide cuffs fluttered, closed his hands towards Xin Shi, and bowed slowly.
"Long time no see, Bo Shi!" Bai Yan's breathing was a little rapid as he spoke, and his excitement made Bai Yan's eyes wet.
Recalling that he offended those dignitaries of Qi fifteen years ago and almost lost his life, among all his friends at that time, although Xin Shi did not have the biggest family, he was the most dedicated and the busiest in finding connections.
The Shen family was almost implicated. Bai Yan wanted to escape from Linzi later and had no chance to express his kindness to Qi in person, but he still kept it in his heart until now.
"Zhong Yan, please come in!" Xin Shi returned the gift excitedly, without caring about etiquette, and quickly stretched out Ji Li's hands to support Bai Yan and invited Bai Yan into the mansion.
Bai Yan did not refuse, but turned around and asked his servants to lift a wooden box from the carriage, and they entered the mansion together.
Xin Shi naturally realized that this was something brought to him by his friend Bai Yan, and did not refuse. At this moment, Xin Shi's heart was filled with excitement to see his friend.
Inside the mansion. Qi Xinshi walked with Bai Yan, talking about those good friends along the way. As they walked, they offended others, and died of illness. In short, the original eleven people, now more than ten years later, are still in contact, but only three of them are still in contact. People, and they are far apart.
"Where's uncle?" Bai Yan asked as he spoke. As soon as he finished speaking, Xin Shi looked disappointed, then shook his head.
"My father also passed away five years ago. Now that he has left this family fortune, I am almost defeated, haha~!" Xin Shi smiled bitterly.
Bai Yan also realized that he had asked something he shouldn't have asked, so he quickly compiled the ceremony. Qixinshi waved his hand and pulled Bai Yan to continue walking inside.
But at this time, as the wooden box was brought into the yard, the servant slowly opened it and asked the old slave to register it. After all, it was a gift, and it was registered to prevent the servant from stealing.
The old slave had seen what Bai Yan was wearing and thought it must be some high-quality fabrics, plus ten or twenty strings of money. After all, this was already a big gift.
However, the moment the wooden box was opened, a golden scene was introduced to the eyes, which made the old slave's eyes widen and he sat slumped on the ground.
Gold cake. A whole box of gold cakes! The old slave had never seen the scene just now in his life, nor had he ever seen anyone give a gift like this. He was panicked for a moment, his face was in a daze, and he suspected that it was because of his own eyesight.
Xin Shi, who was walking in front, also noticed the movement in the yard. He turned around and saw the old slave sitting slumped on the ground in front of the wooden box.
Xin Shi was not stupid. This scene immediately made Xin Shi guess that the gift from Bai Yan must be exaggerated. Think of this.
Xin Shi looked at Bai Yan beside him in confusion.
"Brother Boshi, let's go in first!" Bai Yan said with a smile, looking unconcerned. However, Xin Shi was not fooled. After taking a look at Bai Yan, he turned around and returned to the wooden box.
After Chu came closer. When Xin Shi saw the golden cakes in the box, which were placed neatly and orderly, his eyes widened for a moment, and he turned to look at Bai Yan in shock.
Xin Shi was also a little confused at this moment. What did Bai Yan want to do? He directly sent a box of gold cakes. Although it was not the largest wooden box, he estimated at a glance that it contained at least two hundred gold.
"Yan will always remember the past feelings in his heart!" Bai Yan didn't explain too much. Looking at his friend's appearance, he cupped his hands and said in greeting.
After the ceremony, seeing that his friend had not recovered for a long time, Bai Yan explained that he had accumulated a lot of savings in the past fifteen years, and the most important thing was that in the past two years, the Bai family had been at the peak of his power.
Although these gold cakes are huge in number, they are not harmful to the Bai family. Compared with this gold, Xin Shi's actions back then are worth nothing.
"Then I will be disrespectful!" Xin Shi nodded and said to Bai Yan. At this moment, Xin Shi sighed with emotion, two hundred gold!
! ! With such a skill, it seems that the Bai family has really risen, that is, after Bai Qi, it has once again returned to its peak.
"Speaking of which, the one who made a fuss about Linzi before was your Bai family's descendant Bai Yan!" Qi Xinshi recalled that when Qin and Zhao fought, everyone in Linzi, Qi State, was talking about it, and the name of Bai's descendant Bai Yan was even more popular. Be remembered.
After all, the previous battle with Gao Nu in Shangjun was already amazing, and the subsequent battle between Bai Yan and Li Mu was even more surprising.
Li Mu Bai Yan! These are the two names that have been spoken the most among everyone in Linzi for a while.
"Bai Yan is still young, and he still can't speak the words of the world!" Bai Yan joked with a smile when he heard his friend's compliments, his words were full of humility.
But at this moment, Bai Yan couldn't laugh or cry in his heart. You are a descendant of the Bai family. That Bai Yan is from your Qi country, not Qin.
"Zhong Yan is too modest!" Xin Shi shook his head, not believing a word of his friend Bai Yan's words. Now I heard that Bai Yan was already a lieutenant of Yanmen County. He was already in a high position at such a young age and was in charge of the Qin Kingdom's cavalry.
I'm afraid it will be a waste of time again in the future.
"Calculating, Bai Yan's age should be about the same age as when you left Qi State. He is really a promising young man." Xin Shi made an invitation gesture to Bai Yan and said as he walked away.
Qu Baiyan nodded. At this moment, Bai Yan didn't dare to tell Xin Shi that Bai Yan was actually the son of Mr. Zou who saved his life, and he was also the only bloodline of the Zou family.
Although Xin Shi has been an old friend of his for many years, Bai Yan's situation is too special now. With countless nobles staring at him, it would be safer if he could have one less thing to worry about.
In the Xin family mansion. Bai Yan followed Xin Shi all the way to the main hall and sat down, and then they had good wine and meat, and talked about interesting things from the past.
After not seeing each other for fifteen years, both Bai Yan and Xin Shi still remember every bit of their friendship in their hearts.
The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, which means that the friendship between wise men is as plain as water, not vain, but pure in heart.
You will have a close friend in your life, and you will die without regrets. These two sentences may be the best way to describe the relationship between Bai Yan and Xin Shi.
Just like today, Bai Yan will come with a box of gold cakes. Although Bai Shi can afford two hundred gold, for Bai Shi, it is by no means a small amount.
But Bai Yan personally brought Xin Mansion. Hour after hour passed. Along with the cups of wine, and the memories of the past, when they reunited after a long separation, not to mention Xin Shi, even Bai Yan didn't pay attention, and he was already drunk.
While drunk, Xin Shi leaned on the wooden table on the ground, holding a wine bottle and looking at the beams.
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"What a pity, Zhong Yan. It would be great if Master Zou was still alive." Xin Shi turned his head slightly and looked at Bai Yan drunkenly.
Bai Yan was not much better. He was lying on the wooden table, holding the wine cup, staring at it, his fat cheeks were red.
"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Bai Yan murmured word by word. The remaining sanity allowed Bai Yan to remember his benefactor, Mr. Zou.
"If Mr. Zou were alive, I, I would definitely raise a thousand pieces of gold and send it to Mr. Zou's house!" As he spoke, Qu Baiyan burped, and his whole body moved, as if he was about to vomit.
Xin Shi looked at Bai Yan's appearance, leaning his drunken head on the wooden table and shaking it.
"It's a pity. Now let alone the rich man, even Master Zou, the whole family has been killed, leaving no descendants. Good people don't live long!" One of the few things to rely on.
It was also after Master Zou's death that the Xin family began to decline.
"No!" Bai Yan stood up hard, looked at Xin Shi drunkenly, and shook his head.祮
"Master Zou still has descendants!" Bai Yan said. Bai Yan's remaining sanity prevented him from saying that Zou Xing was Bai Yan, but he also reminded his old friend that he had made a mistake just now and that Mr. Zou still had descendants.
At this moment, Bai Yan thought that Xin Shi had drunk too much, so he made a mistake. Xin Shi also thought that Bai Yan drank too much. Bai Yan's words may have been correct two years ago. However, two years ago, how could someone who was favored by Master Zou not know about the murder of Master Zou's son Zou Xing?
Looking at the red-faced and drunk Bai Yan, Xin Shi didn't argue. Bai Yan would go to pay homage tomorrow anyway, and then he would be able to see Zou Xing's tomb.
Qi State Linzi. As the sun sets and it gets dark, in a mansion, Bai Junzhu is in front of the window of a room, looking at the moonlight in the sky with her pretty fair face.
This is the moonlight in Linzi of Qi State, the same as that of Qin State. So bright under such a sky.
"Eldest sister, why do you think father didn't come back so late? Mother is not worried about father at all. She also said that even if father wanted to come back today, his old friends would not let him leave." The door was pushed open, and at the same time, Bai Yingxue, a young girl, walked in and muttered.
After arriving at Bai Junzhu's side. Bai Yingxue looked at the eldest sister with curiosity.祮
"Eldest sister, why is mother so sure that those friends will stop father?" Bai Yingxue finished speaking.
Bai Junzhu turned her pretty face and looked at her little sister.
"They must have a very good relationship. I heard my mother say that my father received a lot of kindness when he was in prison! Today my father should be visiting those old friends." After Bai Junzhu finished speaking, he continued to look at the bright moon in the sky outside the window.
Seeing this, Bai Yingxue also lay down on the wooden table, her pretty face slightly raised, her beautiful eyes looking at the moonlight. Be quiet for a long time.
Qi Bai Yingxue was the first to be unable to hold her breath.
"Eldest sister, do you think he hates the bad guys who killed his father and mother? Does he live in hatred all day long?" Bai Yingxue asked curiously, looking at the bright moon, all the images in Bai Yingxue's mind were of that young man.
The longer they were in contact and the more rumors they heard, the more Bai Yingxue felt that maybe the young man could persist until this day without the overwhelming hatred in his heart.
"Just like the one named Wu, eldest sister, you said!" Bai Yingxue frowned slightly, and for a while she couldn't think of the person that eldest sister had mentioned.
Bai Junzhu looked helpless when he saw this.祮
"Wu Zixu!" Bai Junzhu reminded. Listening to the younger sister's words, Bai Junzhu was filled with doubts. The more he thought about it, he recalled the appearance of the young man and recalled that his uncle Bai Yu himself said that the first thing the young man did after joining the army was to join the army first.
How could Bai Junzhu not know what it meant to be the first to get there?
"Yes, that's Wu Zixu!!" After Bai Yingxue heard Bai Junzhu's words, she suddenly realized. Then she talked about the murder of Wu Zixu's father and brother, determined to take revenge, and finally dug up the whipped body from King Chu's mausoleum.
············The next morning. At sunset, Mrs. Xue, Bai Junzhu and Bai Yingxue, waited anxiously for Bai Yan in the mansion. After all, they had agreed to pay homage to Lord Zou today.
After a long time, Mr. Xue saw Bai Yan coming back, and with him, Xin Shi. Mr. Xue has naturally seen Xin Shi.
And Xin Shi also remembered the Xue family. After all, it was because of the Xue family that Bai Yan offended those noble families.
"My beloved!" Mr. Xue came to Bai Yan and asked, smelling a strong smell of wine. Regardless of what Xue said, Qi just turned around and saluted Xin Shi.
"Xue, I have met Mr. Xin!" Xue said. Xin Shi quickly handed over his hand to prepare the gift. Looking at Xue who was becoming more and more charming, Xin Shi couldn't help but sigh that Bai Yan was worth it.
But when he turned to look at the two girls next to Xue, Xin Shi couldn't help but feel secretly frightened. As someone who has read countless girls, to be exaggerated, she has grown up in a restaurant since she was a child. Shen Shi has never seen such a charming girl. Even the Xue family fifteen years ago was not as good as her.
"Both of them are my daughters!" Qi Baiyan looked at his friend and said with a smile.
"Junzhu pays homage to Shibo!"
"Yingxue pays homage to Shibo!" Bai Junzhu and Bai Yingxue said in succession after Bai Yan finished speaking. Xin Shi returned the favor with his hands raised.
Although he was fond of women in restaurants, Xin Shi returned to normal after the surprise. Perhaps this is why fifteen years ago, Xin Shi, who was obviously a playboy, spared no effort to ask others to help Bai Yan.
Xin Shi can take matters into his own hands and has his own bottom line and morality in his heart.祮
"Let's go!" Bai Yan said to his wife. Hu Cong had already prepared everything before dawn and could set out now.
Mrs. Xue nodded, and then followed Bai Yan and Xin Shi with her two daughters, Jun Zhu and Ying Xue. About two hours.
Because there was no one in the Zou family, the mansion already belonged to someone else. Under the leadership of Xin Shi, Bai Yan and his party quickly arrived at the place where the Zou family members were buried.
After the carriage stopped, they saw a famous servant walking in front carrying things needed for worship. Bai Yan and Shen Shi slowly came to the cemetery while taking care of Xue and others.
Near Chu Cemetery. Bai Yan glanced at the past several graves, large and small, and felt desolate in his heart.
Especially the two largest tombs, one of which belongs to Lord Zou.
"Master Zou and Mrs. Zou will be buried together after they die." Xin Shi pointed at the tomb and said, while speaking, he looked at the busy followers and walked aside.
"This is the tomb of Master Zou's son, Zou Xing!" Xin Shi walked a few steps, pointed to a small tomb and told Bai Yan and others.
Qu Baiyan and Xue were shocked when they heard what Xin Shi said. The tomb of Zou Xing? impossible! This is absolutely impossible. Is there a mistake? Zou Xing is Bai Yan, and he is now leading the troops in Yanmen.
Xin Shi didn't notice the expressions of Bai Yan and others and looked at Zou Xing's grave.
"When I first heard that Zou Xing was planning to go to the Qin Kingdom and defect to your Bai family, I never thought that those noble clans were worried that your Bai family would help them grow and cause trouble, so they ordered people to assassinate him on the way. It's a pity. If Zou Xing could survive to You Bai family, that would be great!" Xin Shi said, turning to look helplessly at Bai Yan and the others.
At this time, Xin Shicai noticed the dumbfounded looks of Bai Yan and Xue. Qu Xinshi thought for a moment and thought Bai Yan didn't know about this.
"It is absolutely true at this time that Zou Xing is indeed preparing to travel thousands of miles to Qin to join your Bai family!" Xin Shi said.
"You don't have to blame yourself too much. All this is a given. Those people didn't want the Zou family to have descendants from the beginning!" Xin Shi said with a smile, worried that Bai Yan would feel uncomfortable knowing this matter. After all, Mr. Zou He once saved Bai Yan's life.
Never thought about it. Just when Xin Shi finished speaking, Bai Yan and Xue looked at each other and hurriedly walked to Xin Shi's side, staring at the word "Zou Xing" on the tombstone.
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"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!!" Bai Yan felt that his head was blank and his ears were buzzing.
How could Zou Xing be dead? Zou Xingming is alive and well, and is now in Yanmen. Xue, Bai Junzhu and Bai Yingxue, who looked puzzled, also slowly came to the small tomb and looked at the tombstone above with surprised expressions.
"Impossible!" Mr. Xue shook her head. Only then did Xin Shi realize something was wrong and looked at Bai Yan's family.
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"I told Zhong Yan when he was drinking last night. Zhong Yan was drunk at that time." Xin Shi reminded with a smile.
But Bai Yan ignored Xin Shi's words, but turned around and asked suddenly and urgently.
"Brother Bo Shi, who buried Zou Xing?" Bai Yan looked at Xin Shi eagerly. At this moment, Bai Yan still has a glimmer of hope in his heart, that is, it is not Zou Xing who is in the grave. After all, Bai Yan has the mental ability to lead tens of thousands of troops. He must have escaped the assassination in the first place because of his meritorious service on the battlefield.
"I buried it with my own hands! Why are you asking like this? Mr. Zou is kind to my Xin family!" Qi Xinshi said this with a somewhat guilty look on his face.
"Xin Shi is not talented and has no ability to avenge Master Zou, nor can he protect Master Zou's son. But after knowing that Master Zou's son Zou Xing was assassinated, and having watched Zou Xing grow up since he was a child, Xin Shi naturally wants to retrieve the body." Xin Shi said, looking at Bai Yan.
Xin Shi felt guilty about this matter, but he was never secretive. Being incompetent meant being incompetent. But in the end, he still risked being resented and spent money to find the officials himself, and also went to retrieve Zou Xing's corpse.
"Ah! This."
"What!" Xin Shi didn't expect that after he finished speaking, Bai Yan and Xue were completely stunned, their mouths opened in shock, and they looked at each other blankly.
Qu Xinshi said that he had watched Zou Xing grow up and remembered Master Zou's kindness, so he personally went to retrieve the body and bury it here.
That is to say. The person buried in the tomb here is indeed Zou Xing. If so, any young man who calls himself Zou Xing is not Zou Xing!
That young man was not Zou Xing from the beginning! ! this moment. Bai Yan and Xue were in disbelief. Their scalps were in trouble and goosebumps appeared on their bodies.
From the beginning, all of them thought that the young man was Zou Xing. When I got here now, I found that it was not the case at all.
"He's not!" Bai Junzhu and Bai Yingxue also looked at a loss at this time, their beautiful eyes full of doubts, confusion and confusion.
If that young man were not Zou Xing. So who is he? Why pretend to be Zou Xing again. When Qi thought of this, Bai Junzhu and Bai Yingxue looked at each other in confusion, and their minds couldn't help but think of the young man's appearance when he first came to Bai's.
Especially Bai Junzhu, that boy is her fiancé. She always thought that the boy was called Zou Xing, from the Zou family of Qi, and a descendant of the Zou family!
"What's wrong?" Xin Shi looked at his friend's family and was a little confused. Fortunately, Bai Yan came to his senses first. He looked dazed, but waved his hand to indicate that it was okay.
"I suddenly thought of Mr. Zou's kindness, and I just felt uncomfortable!" Qu Baiyan casually found a reason to explain.
At the moment, Bai Yan didn't tell his friends that someone pretended to be Zou Xing and went to the Bai family. And at this time, even Bai Yan himself didn't know where the young man who was now commanding the Bai family's cavalry in Yanmen came from and what his name was.
Looking at Zou Xing's tomb in front of him, Bai Yan knew that he had to tell his father and brother about this matter quickly. I'm afraid they wouldn't believe it if they knew about it.
