Inside the pavilion. Gong Baiyan and Lu Sheng were talking about Yanmen, telling Lu Sheng some of the relationships between Yanmen's noble families. Then they saw a courtyard not far away, and suddenly many soldiers holding Qin swords came in. In the blink of an eye, there were thirty or forty soldiers. people, and guarded the surroundings of the pavilion and the nearby yards.
Bai Yan and Lu Sheng looked puzzled when they saw this scene, but they quickly stood up. At this moment. What caught his eye was the King of Qin Ying Zheng who appeared not far away, accompanied by Bai Yu and many eunuchs.
Seeing Ying Zheng again, it was still at Bai Yu's mansion. Before Bai Yan could wait for Ying Zheng to approach, he raised his hands to bow, and then performed the head-offering ceremony.
The head-officer ceremony requires kneeling, but that kneeling is not the kind of kneeling that later generations did. In the Qin State, people now kneel down. Even when Ying Zheng talks with Qin's important ministers or others, he will kneel down and compose the ceremony.
Lu Sheng looked at General Bai Yu in the distance, accompanied by a man in his thirties wearing black clothes, with a confused look on his face.
Who is that person? He actually had General Bai Yu as his companion. However, following this thought, before Lu Sheng had time to react, he heard a voice coming from beside him.
"Bai Yan, meet the king!" Bai Yan's voice sounded in the pavilion. When Lu Sheng heard this, his pupils shrank almost instantly. Only then did Lu Sheng notice that Bai Yan next to him had already bowed his head.
Seeing this, Lu Sheng didn't dare to be negligent. He quickly saluted the man in black like Bai Yan.
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"Lv Sheng, a common man, pays homage to the king!" Lu Sheng was in a daze as he saluted and spoke. Kings!
! Now he actually saw the king with his own eyes! ! ! King Qin Yingzheng!
"Bai Yan, you are injured, so there is no need to be polite!" Lu Sheng knelt on the ground and bowed, not daring to raise his head. However, when he heard the man's voice, he quietly looked aside, and then Lu Sheng couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
侀Because Lu Sheng saw with his own eyes at this time, King Qin Yingzheng actually supported Bai Yan with both hands. Seeing Bai Yan being helped up by Ying Zheng, and then hearing the voice of "no courtesy", Lu Sheng stood up quickly, and then stepped aside cautiously. Lu Sheng knew clearly that King Qin Ying Zheng suddenly came to the building in front of him. The mansion is not for other people, but for Bai Yan.
Lu Sheng still had this bit of discernment. Inside the pavilion. Standing aside, Lu Sheng secretly watched Bai Yan stand up, Ying Zheng and Bai Yan saluted again, and was filled with fear.
I don't remember when it started, but there were rumors among the people that Bai Yan, the Bai family, was Ying Zheng's favorite. Lu Sheng had heard these rumors countless times, but he had never seen them.
Looking at the appearance of Ying Zheng and Bai Yan, Lu Sheng realized clearly that the rumors were not false at all.
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"Your Majesty!" After Bai Yan completed the ceremony to Ying Zheng, he looked at Ying Zheng and was very surprised, because at this time, he had just retired from the court, and the distance between Bai Yu's residence and the palace was also very small.
Bai Yan looked at Ying Zheng's eyes full of joy and knew in his heart that Ying Zheng should leave the palace as soon as the court came.
"Bai Yan, are you still okay with your injuries?" Ying Zheng looked at Bai Yan with concerned eyes, looked at the young boy in front of him, and asked softly.
Although Xia Wuqie said when he returned to the palace that the poison in Bai Yan's body should have been removed, the word "should" still made Ying Zheng a little worried. Looking at Bai Yu beside him, he knew that he had been assassinated during the invasion of Korea. Poisoned, although the poison has been removed, the body's veins have also been eroded, leaving extremely serious sequelae.
Not to mention that since Yan State attached so much importance to this plan, how could the poison it applied be so simple.侀
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. Bai Yan is in good health!" After hearing Ying Zheng's words, Bai Yan looked up at Ying Zheng and bowed slowly.
However, just as he handed over his hand, Ying Zheng stretched out his hand to press the hand that was about to salute. Seeing this, Bai Yan looked at Ying Zheng with a puzzled expression.
"My shoulder is injured, so there is no need to be too polite!" Ying Zheng shook his head and said to Bai Yan. After saying that, Ying Zheng walked behind the wooden table beside him and knelt down behind the wooden table under the gaze of Bai Yu, Bai Yan and others.
"Sit down!" After Yingzheng knelt down and sat down, he looked at Bai Yan and Bai Yu, made a gesture and motioned for them to take a seat.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!!" Bai Yan and Bai Yu hurriedly saluted Ying Zheng, and then each came to the wooden table beside them and knelt down behind them.
Han Yezhe, Hu Wujing, Lu Sheng and others all stood in the pavilion and watched quietly. After Bai Yan and Bai Yu sat down, under Ying Zheng's eyes, Han Ye took down an edict from the eunuch behind him on a wooden plate.
"Bai Yan listens to the imperial edict!" Han Ye took two steps forward and looked at Bai Yan. When Lu Sheng, Hu Wujing, Bai Yu and others saw this scene, their eyelids twitched and their breathing became rapid.
Everyone knew that the king wanted to give Bai Yan a reward. Thinking of Bai Yan's meritorious service, they didn't know what reward Bai Yan would receive.
Bounty or promotion? Or maybe both! Inside the pavilion. Everyone looked at Bai Yan and guessed in their hearts that if it were a bounty, it should not be less than a thousand gold. After all, this was to save the king. They just didn't know if he could be promoted to a noble title. If he could be promoted to a noble title, then Bai Yan would be the one. At the middle of the watch, he took another step forward.
侀 Along with these thoughts appeared in everyone's mind. When Bai Yan heard the edict, he had already stood up and knelt down beside the wooden table to receive the edict.
Seeing this, Han Yezhe slowly opened the edict in his hand. At this moment. Looking along the green yard with flowers and grass, at the corner not far away, in addition to maids and guards, many figures appeared at the corner.
Those people included men, women, old and young. At first glance, they were clearly Bai Zhong and his party who came from Pingyang. Three days ago, word came back to Pingyang that Bai Yan was injured. After Bai received the news, the elderly Bai Zhong decided to come to Xianyang in person.
侀 At present, I saw Bai Yu kneeling behind a wooden table in the pavilion, with several people standing beside him. In the pavilion, a eunuch-like person was holding an edict and facing Bai Yan. Beside him was a man wearing patterned black clothes with an expression on his face. Kneeling majestically behind a wooden table.
At this moment, whether it was Uncle Bai, Bai Yan, Bai Zhong, Fan, Xue or others, they all stopped.
Bai Junzhu and Bai Yingxue, who were following their parents, also looked at each other and curiously looked at the pavilion in the distance.
At this moment. The eunuch's voice came from the pavilion. Under the watchful eyes of Bai Zhong, Bai Bo, Bai Yan and others, and under the watchful eyes of everyone in the pavilion, including Bai Yu, Lu Sheng and others.
"Before Zuo Geng, Bai Yan had meritorious service in protecting the king. He specially rewarded Luoyin as Bai Yan's fiefdom and food, and also rewarded fifty slaves and twenty beauties each." The Han Dynasty visitor took the edict and simply stated the reward. .
There was no title, or even a bounty, but these light words made the entire pavilion and even Bai Zhong and his party in the distance stand in shock, looking at the black-clothed Ying with dull expressions on their faces. Zheng, and the boy kneeling on the ground.
manor! ! ! King Qin Yingzheng rewarded Bai Yan with a fief! ! ! At this moment, everyone looked at the young man, and the word 'fiefdom' came to mind, and they couldn't help but feel dry.
He has not been granted the title of king, nor has he been granted the title of marquis, but he has been granted a fiefdom! No wonder everyone was stunned and full of shock. The truth is that although Luoyin is not as important a city or town as Luoyang, this reward covers the entire Qin State, and only a few people who are not of royal blood can get it.
Not to mention that the title and bounty are simply incomparable. Even many people who are granted lordships and lordships do not necessarily have their own fiefdoms.
Inside the pavilion. Even Bai Yu, who was mentally prepared, couldn't help but feel in a daze. Hu Wujing, who was standing a few steps away, had a look of astonishment on his face. Lu Sheng on the side even stood with his mouth open, his whole body dumbfounded. He stood with a dull look on his face.
At this time, Bai Yan, who was the person involved, was no better. His face was confused. When he came to his senses, he remembered that he had not thanked him yet.
"Bai Yan, thank you, Your Majesty!" Bai Yan gratefully bowed to Ying Zheng again, feeling a little dazed.
A fiefdom! Ying Zheng actually gave himself a fiefdom! This is something Bai Yan never thought of. Bai Yan had thought about bounties and promotions, and even more daringly, he had briefly thought about offering a reward for Fan Yuqi's ten thousand households.
However, from beginning to end, Bai Yan never thought that the reward given to him by Ying Zheng was actually a fiefdom.
"Get up, Bai Yan!" Ying Zheng looked at Bai Yan's surprised look, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face. Although Luoyin is not a big city like Luoyang or Handan, it is still a city with a population of thirty to forty thousand people. The most important thing is that Luoyin is within the pass.
Although Bai Yan is far from being a king or a lord now, this reward for Bai Yan is quite stressful even for him as the King of Qin.
侀 But relying on Bai Yan's life-saving efforts, it is not a bad idea to give Luoyin as a fief to Bai Yan. After all, Ying Zheng's life is not as good as a city with thirty to forty thousand food.
"As long as you are injured, you can rest in the mansion with peace of mind. There is no need to rush back to Yanmen." Ying Zheng said softly after watching Bai Yan take the order.
Looking at Bai Yan's clothes, he looked at the shoulder where Bai Yan was bleeding after being unconscious that day in the hall.
Ying Zheng once again thought of the scenes he saw in the main hall that day. He thought of the eunuchs and maids who kept retreating with fear on their faces. His Highness, the civil and military officials all looked at them anxiously, but no one dared to step forward. He stepped forward to protect him, the King of Qin.
In the past few days, Ying Zheng has been constantly awakened by nightmares in his late night dreams. In the past few days, Ying Zheng also wanted to understand that the reason why all civil and military officials are afraid of crossing the steps is because after crossing, they are likely to be punished, their lives will be in danger, and their status may be harmed. , On the contrary, as long as he does not cross the steps, even if the assassin of the Yan State succeeds in the assassination and he, the King of Qin, is killed, for all civil and military officials, the State of Qin will still elect the next King of Qin.
As long as he does not cross the steps, in the hearts of the civil and military officials, it is just another King of Qin. That ladder, or in other words, in the eyes of the officials, his own life is more important than him, the King of Qin.
There is only one exception. On that day, only the young man in front of him stood in front of him, the King of Qin. Even though he was kicked hard by the assassin, he still refused to let the assassin rush past him. In the end, the assassin even wanted to trade his life for his life. At this time, this young man did not hesitate to risk his life to stand in front of Ying Zheng and bear the fatal blow.
Under such comparison, in Ying Zheng's heart, how could Luoyin be worthy of Bai Yan's actions that day if he didn't care about his clan members and officials in the court.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Bai Yan looked at Ying Zheng and wanted to salute again. However, seeing Ying Zheng's slightly frowning expression, he quickly changed his approach and put the back of one hand against his forehead and slowly bent down to salute.
This way, the 侀 will not stretch the wound on the other shoulder, and it can replace the ceremony and express support and respect to Ying Zheng.
"You!" Ying Zheng looked at Bai Yan's actions, looked at Bai Yan who still saw the ceremony even though he was injured, smiled bitterly, but no longer persisted.
Ying Zheng sighed in his heart, perhaps it was the boy's stubbornness that made him travel thousands of miles to Da Qin alone after leaving Qi, vowing to make his grandmother's words come true when he returned to Qi.
Inside the pavilion. Seeing the maid bringing herbs, Bai Yan wanted to apply the medicine later, but after Ying Zheng noticed it, he asked the maid to apply the medicine for Bai Yan.
Under the gaze of Ying Zheng and Bai Yu, Bai Yan slowly took off his clothes, revealing his young body with several hideous scars. After the maid untied the binding, a blood-red and hideous wound appeared in front of everyone.
Unlike Bai Yu and others, Ying Zheng did not see Bai Yan's wounds clearly in the hall that day because Bai Yan's shoulders were covered in blood.
At this moment, Ying Zheng saw the appearance of Bai Yan's shoulder clearly with his own eyes. Only then did he know that if Bai Yan hadn't blocked it at that time, it would be Ying Zheng who had such a wound on his body. He would be dead or alive by then, but it was really impossible. must.
Looking at the old scars on Bai Yan's body, Ying Zheng could feel how dangerous this young man had been on the battlefield.
"Your Majesty, I'm at Yanmen, and I'm riding on the side..." Bai Yan watched the maid carefully applying medicine to himself, and when he saw Ying Zheng's eyes, it was rare for a man to stare at him like this. He was not used to it, so he changed the topic and talked to Ying Zheng about some things about Yanmen and the situation between Bianqi and the Huns in the north.
Ying Zheng listened quietly, without disturbing Bai Yan's report, and nodded from time to time. Bai Yu, the official owner of the mansion, also knelt down behind the wooden table and listened quietly. However, at this moment, Bai Yu felt sour in his heart. He looked at Bai Yan with unspeakable envy in his heart.
Wan aspired to become a general like his grandfather Bai Qi since he was a child. Bai Yu inherited his title and entered the army at a young age. Over the past twenty years, Bai Yu, who has entered middle age, has never experienced being treated like this by the king. Care and favor, the land of Luoyin is not big, but it is beside the Wei River not far from the royal city.
Full of melancholy. Bai Yu secretly raised his head and looked at Ying Zheng. Bai Yu knew that a long time ago, his father wrote to the king to tell him that Bai Yan was Zou Xing, the son of the Zou family in Qi, and was not really a descendant of the Bai family.
In other words, when the king looked at Bai Yan at this moment, he knew that Bai Yan came from Qi State, and also from the Zou family.
Your Majesty! I'm afraid you still don't know that this boy deceived all of us in the Bai family. This boy is not a child of the Zou family at all, let alone Zou Xing!
But a boy who appeared out of nowhere. When Gong Baiyu thought of this, he looked at Bai Yan, who was talking about Yanmen, with extremely curious eyes.
Now that Bai Yan has become a general of the Qin State, he has become a general, and even has a fiefdom, which is enough to honor the ancestors and revitalize the lintel. Bai Yu wants to see with his own eyes which noble family this boy Bai Yan comes from, and whether it has declined. The noble family was still a commoner, so they chose to pretend to be Zou Xing.
Inside the mansion. After Bai Yan finished applying the medicine, the maid wrapped his wound and put on his clothes. When Ying Zheng saw that Bai Yan was out of danger and his life was safe, he finally felt relieved. After chatting for a while, he got up and left, returning to the palace.
After all, after going to court, there are a lot of things to deal with. The bamboo slips weighing no less than two stones every day need to be seen in person. Taking into account the distance from here back to the palace, Ying Zheng knows that he will probably be busy until late at night today.
"Farewell, Your Majesty!" When Bai Yan and Bai Yu saw Ying Zheng getting up to go back to the palace, they hurriedly followed suit and slowly prepared the ceremony.
"Yeah!" Ying Zheng nodded. But just before Ying Zheng left the pavilion, he suddenly thought of something and stopped.
"Bai Yan, I almost forgot one more thing." Ying Zheng turned to look at Bai Yan.
"According to the confession of Qin Wuyang, the deputy envoy of Yan State, Yan Dan was very in love with Tian Ding's daughter of the Tian family and visited Qi State several times. Now Yan Dan is planning to assassinate me. I don't know if Tian Ding is involved in this matter. However, I have already Send an envoy to Qi to inform King Qi of this matter." As Ying Zheng spoke, he had no idea whether Tian Ding was involved in this matter, or whether Tian Ding was the instigator behind Yan Dan's assassination.
However, for such an obvious assassination, according to Ying Zheng's understanding of Tian Ding, Tian Ding would most likely not be involved.
The only thing that is certain at the moment is that Yan Dan visited the Tian family of Qi State several times. This is a fact, and it was something Qin Wuyang confessed in order to survive.
Therefore, regardless of whether Tian Ding was involved in the assassination or not, Ying Zheng needed to meet Tian Ding in person.
In addition to the need to beat Tian Ding, more importantly, when Qin attacked Yan, Qi must not interfere.
As long as Tian Ding is not in the Qi State, Qi Prime Minister Hou Sheng, who has been bribed by the Qin State, can ensure that no one in the Qi State's court will speak against the Qi King and prevent the Qin State from destroying the Yan State. Even if there is, the right to speak is far from Tian Ding's. As heavy.
Think of this. Qian Yingzheng turned around and looked directly at Bai Yan, who was doing the ceremony.
"Tian Ding will most likely go on a mission to the State of Qin. If Tian Ding goes on a mission to the State of Qin in the future, you will be responsible for receiving Tian Ding when he waits in Xianyang." Ying Zheng instructed.
The reason why he specifically informed Bai Yan now and deliberately asked Bai Yan to receive him was because Ying Zheng knew that it was Tian Ding who ordered Bai Yan to be driven out of Qi State. When Tian Ding came to Xianyang, Bai Yan would receive Tian Ding. When Ding, it was up to Bai Yan himself to decide whether to explain his past identity and what happened to Tian Ding.
His great-grandfather, King Zhaoxiang, favored Prime Minister Fan Sui. After knowing what happened to Fan Sui in Wei, he took the initiative to let Fan Sui avenge himself.
Now Ying Zheng not only wants Tian Ding to come to Qin, but also gives Bai Yan such an opportunity, and supports Bai Yan just like his great-grandfather did to Fan Sui.
Make friends at a distance and attack at close range. Ying Zheng knew that it was not the time to declare war with Qi, but that didn't mean that Ying Zheng couldn't let his general return the humiliation of the past.
"No!" Bai Yan was stunned when he heard Ying Zheng's words, and then quickly accepted the order. Looking at Ying Zheng's eyes in front of him, Bai Yan seemed to feel what Ying Zheng wanted to express, and he was full of feelings for Ying Zheng. gratitude.
Lu Sheng, who was standing in the pavilion, was also shocked when he heard that his uncle was going to Qin as an envoy. Bai Yu and Hu Wujing saw that after Ying Zheng finished giving instructions to Bai Yan, he turned around and walked out of the pavilion, and looked at each other. Before that, they didn't know that Yan Dan had such a relationship with the Tian family, so they thought that they would go to Qin as envoys in the future. Among the Qi envoys of the country, there will definitely be no Tian Ding.
Unexpectedly, Tian Ding was actually related to Yan Dan before. After hearing Ying Zheng's words, the two of them understood that after the failed assassination attempt by the Yan State, the Qin State had now sent envoys to Qi State Linzi. If there was no accident, the Qi King would definitely be out of touch this time so as not to be offended. Ask Tian Ding to come to Xianyang and explain clearly to Ying Zheng in person.
侀 However, both of them were a little confused as to why the king asked Bai Yan to be responsible for receiving Tian Ding. ........
"Fiefdom! Luoyin!" In Bai Yu's study, Bai Zhong knelt down behind the wooden table, while Uncle Bai and Bai Yan looked absent-minded and murmured from time to time.
The room was very quiet. Even the old man Bai Zhong's face is full of complexity at this moment. Just now I heard that the young man got the fiefdom. Not to mention other people, even Bai Zhong couldn't believe their ears.
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"Father, after the king left, Mr. Yingkan happened to come to visit Bai Yan in the house. Now Bai Yan and his beloved are keeping company." Accompanied by the maid, Mrs. Lu came to the study and said to Bai Zhong .
"Yeah!" Bai Zhong nodded after hearing this, without any surprise. Bai Yan already had his own connections. It was normal for him to come to visit after he learned that Bai Yan had woken up. Moreover, Bai Zhong knew very well that if the news about Bai Yan getting a fiefdom and food town spreads, more people would visit Bai Yan at that time. , so many that it’s staggering.
"Even after he woke up, he still didn't tell Shu Yu his identity?" Bai Zhong looked at Lu, frowned slightly, and asked softly.
Kanuru shook his head. Not to mention Bai Zhong, even Uncle Bai and Bai Yan couldn't help but sigh.
The biggest gap in the relationship between the Bai family and Bai Yan is that they still don't know Bai Yan's true identity and origin. The young man is like a mystery in their eyes.
"Father, maybe it's like Shu Yu said. Since he didn't say it, we won't ask any more questions. Everything... can be as usual!" Uncle Bai was the first to speak, but at the end of the sentence, Bai Yan's expression changed. It was a bit ugly, his voice became unnaturally softer, and his eyes were evasive, not daring to look directly at Brother Zhong.
Uncle Bai also knew that his behavior was the same as two years ago, and he was somewhat disregarding Zhong Yan's feelings. After all, no one wants to betroth their daughter to someone whose origin and name are unknown.
侀But for now. This is also really helpless. And Uncle Bai also knew that not to mention him, even his father, Shu Yu, and even Zhong Yan himself were no longer willing to give up the young man, and it was impossible for him to give up the young man to others or turn him away.
Think of this. Uncle Bai stopped talking, too lazy to be a bad person anymore. Since it concerned Junzhu, he let Zhong Yan handle it by himself.
