"Can Tonggu see the intention behind the Luoyin situation?"
Seeing Meng Yuye walking towards the young man not far away, Wang Wan quietly came to Li Si and spoke softly.
"Hey, my eyes are stupid, I didn't see it!"
Li Si shook his head. Li Si, who was already fifty-two years old, was looking at the young man in the distance with a complicated heart.
As a disciple of Xunzi, he never thought that there were things in the world that he could not see clearly and situations that he could not understand.
They asked themselves, if they had not known that the king seemed to have approved this matter, Li Si would have thought that the young man had done something frivolous and proud.
However, Li Si didn't know that young man, but he knew Ying Zheng very well!
"I'm ashamed to say it! I wonder if Mr. Wang has any insights?"
Li Si sighed and turned to look at Wang Wan.
Wang Wan saw this, smiled bitterly, looked at Li Si and shook his head.
Wei Liao, Wei Zhuang and other ministers of the Qin State who were on the side were actually in the same mood as Li Si and Wang Wan. They looked at the young man not far away with their eyes as if they were looking at a monster.
They are not yet in their prime, and what they are doing now, whether intentional or unintentional, or unintentional, will eventually make all the officials in their court, and all the veterans who are one or two rounds older than the young man, look down upon him. Find out his true intentions.
"We are all getting older, and in the future! This temple is a place for young people after all!"
Chang Pingjun, who had just experienced the pain of hurting his son, said softly at this time.
As soon as he finished speaking and saw the palace gate open, Lord Changping turned around and walked towards the palace gate.
Li Si stood there, listening to Lord Changping's words, and frowned slightly inadvertently. He turned his head to look at the young man not far away. After a few breaths, he, Wang Wan and others, turned and walked towards the palace gate.
At the palace gate.
"Your Majesty agreed, I will not ask anything about Luoyin. However, there are rumors everywhere in Xianyang during this period. It is obvious that someone is trying to slander us behind the scenes!"
Mr. Hu said to Bai Yan.
Looking at the young man in front of him, Mr. Hu didn't ask too much about Luoyin's affairs. After all, there were so many people at the moment.
As long as the young man is sensible and the king has agreed, Mr. Hu knows that even if there are any problems or problems, Bai Yan will be demoted at most and nothing will happen.
Compared with Luoyin, Mr. Hu is more concerned about the recent rumors in the city.
Mr. Hu, who is a lot older, knows that rumors kill people without swords, but only with words!
"Bai Yan, thank you Mr. Hu! Mr. Hu, please rest assured!"
Bai Yan nodded to Mr. Hu and bowed his hands in ceremony.
While speaking, Bai Yan looked at Mao Jiao calmly.
Mao Jiao also smiled at Bai Yan. Mao Jiao was one of the few people who knew the boy's past experiences, so Mao Jiao was not worried at all about Mr. Hu's worries.
On the contrary, Mao Jiao was very curious about what happened in Luoyin. After all, Mao Jiao could not figure out what Bai Yan's intention was behind Bai Yan's act of letting people cross the river for free. Merchants crossing the river to pay money was the same as doing business. Contribute money and contribute effort, this is the right way.
Now Bai Yan asked merchants to cross the river without paying, which is really against common sense.
But it was not easy to intervene at the moment, so Mao Jiao could only give up.
Seeing that the palace gate had been opened, Mao Jiao called Mr. Hu and Bai Yu to go to the temple. Regarding the Luoyin matter, the young man's eyes were as humble as ever. Although he didn't know the intention behind the Luoyin matter, Mao Jiao was already relieved. Come.
Except for Mao Jiao.
Among everyone, the second person who believed that Bai Yan was not messing around in Luoyin was Meng Yu.
If you want to ask who has the most favorable impression of Bai Yan, Meng Yu is definitely not weaker than the others. After all, Meng Yu personally went to Shangjun Gaonu. To this day, Meng Yu has not forgotten that he saw scenes in the canyon with his own eyes. When he first saw Bai Yan, Bai Yan was in the canyon, covered in blood, but patiently tying the wounds of the seriously injured soldiers.
So no matter how outsiders talk about Bai Yan, Meng Yu always firmly believes in Bai Yan's character. After all, he has seen scenes with his own eyes that no one else has seen.
As the palace gate opened, officials walked towards the palace one after another.
After Bai Yan and Meng Yu exchanged greetings, they made a very polite gesture of invitation to each other, and then walked towards the palace gate together.
"Brother Yan, do you have free time tonight? I have a banquet at Zuimei Building. You and I can have a few drinks tonight!"
Bai Yan took a few steps away, and suddenly Tai Jing, wearing the official uniform of the Qin State, stood in front of Bai Yan and bowed his hands in a ceremony.
It turned out that Tai Jing had just seen too many ministers around Bai Yan, and Bai Yan was also talking to the ministers. He couldn't get a word in when he stepped forward, so he waited until Bai Yan was about to go to court before he stepped forward.
"Brother, Bai Yan will never refuse! Please!"
Bai Yan saluted Tai Jingji.
Just now, Bai Yan also noticed that Tai Jing had been looking at him, but because Mr. Hu and Mr. Mao were there, Bai Yan couldn't get away.
Facing Tai Jing's invitation now, Bai Yan would naturally not refuse.
And seeing that all the officials had entered the palace, Bai Yan quickly invited Tai Jing to go in with him.
"please!"
Tai Jing looked at Bai Yan's approach, with a smile on his face, and made a gesture of invitation to Bai Yan.
Inside the Xianyang Hall.
Bai Yan came to the main hall again. When he knelt down and sat in his seat, he looked at the top of the main hall with a little emotion in his heart.
The last time I came to Xianyang Hall was when Jing Ke assassinated Ying Zheng. At that time, he almost died in Jing Ke's hands. Even now when I think about it, there is still dim sum season.
While thinking, Bai Yan quickly came back to his senses when he saw Ying Zheng appearing in the hall.
"Greetings to the king!"
Bai Yan raised his hand and saluted Ying Zheng together with other officials. After Ying Zheng returned the salute, he stood up.
"Bai Yan, are you feeling better?"
Ying Zheng's voice came from the main hall, which made Bai Yan, who had just finished the ceremony, not react for a moment. When he reacted, Bai Yan had already seen the generals and other officials around him looking sideways at him.
"ah!"
Bai Yan looked stunned, stood up quickly, walked out of the generals, and came to the center of the hall to salute Ying Zheng.
"Back to the king, thanks to the king's concern, Bai Yan's body is just a flesh wound, there is no serious problem!"
Bai Yanshi really didn't expect that the first thing Ying Zheng said after going to court was not about the general trend of the military and the country, not about the war between the countries, let alone the many things about sending troops to conquer Yan, but actually asked him about his injuries.
This caught Bai Yan off guard.
In the main hall.
In fact, the same people who were caught off guard as Bai Yan were the civil and military officials. Everyone was the same as Bai Yan. Unexpectedly, Ying Zheng's first words after coming to court were to ask about Bai Yan's situation.
At this time, all the officials did not react and were extremely quiet.
After coming back to their senses, all the officials looked at Bai Yan with envy and jealousy. What is the king's grace and protection? This is real favor.
Having heard about what happened in Luoyin before and the gossip circulating in Xianyang City, countless officials were watching Bai Yan's reaction and the king's reaction.
The result is good!
To everyone's surprise, the king's current behavior seemed not to care about the rumors in the city at all, and it seemed that he had never taken those words to heart.
How can this not make people jealous!
And we ask ourselves, after serving as officials in the Qin State for more than ten years, and since Ying Zheng succeeded to the throne, there have been no less than ten generals and ministers who have received favors. Li Si and Wei Liao are among them in the court now, but how can Ying Zheng be allowed to do so? Bai Yan was the first person in the court who showed unabashed concern in the eyes of civil and military officials.
This also made Wei Zhuang, Lord Changping, and even Li Si and Wang Wan, headed by civil and military officials, couldn't help but look at each other with doubts in their eyes.
It stands to reason that no matter how broad-minded and magnanimous Ying Zheng is, there are so many rumors in Xianyang that it is impossible not to listen to them. Even if he favors Bai Yan, and even if Bai Yan sacrifices his life to protect the king, I am afraid that he will not listen to those words. It's only when you have doubts in your heart that you have the slightest grudge.
Why now.
Ying Zheng doesn’t care at all?
On the contrary, it makes people feel that they trust Bai Yan more!
Li Si couldn't understand, Wang Wan and Wei Zhuang couldn't understand either. Even Changping Jun, who was wearing the Qin uniform, couldn't help but look at Ying Zheng in the main hall at this moment, his eyes full of confusion.
Ying Zheng's attitude toward Bai's origin as Bai Yan really made them feel a little weird. It was not like the Ying Zheng in his impression.
what is going on?
"Before the wound is healed, there is no need to go to court during this period! If you need any medicinal materials, please submit them to the palace. I have given orders to the imperial physician!"
Ying Zheng knelt down in the main hall, looked at the figure of the young man in the empty and majestic main hall, and said softly.
Fortunately, Ying Zheng also knew that this was the imperial court, the center of power of the Qin State, and the place where state affairs were discussed. Therefore, after giving Bai Yan a few simple instructions, and seeing Bai Yan thanking him, he turned to the topic that had not been dealt with yesterday. matter.
As Ying Zheng spoke.
In the main hall, order returned to normal again.
However, the scene just now made all the civil and military officials clearly understand how much Ying Zheng favors Bai Yan, the Bai family.
Even Tai Jing, who was at the back of the civil service, was looking at Bai Yan eagerly at this moment. His eyes were full of admiration and yearning. If possible, Tai Jing really wanted to take that stab for Bai Yan. No, two stabs, three stabs. It doesn't matter if you stab him or not, as long as he doesn't die or loses his arm.
There were other officials around like Le Shang who had the same idea as Tai Jing.
All the officials looked at Bai Yan with envy as he entered the ranks of generals.
An hour later.
As the court meeting was going on, a palace guard walked in from outside the hall.
"Your Majesty, the envoys of the State of Qi, Tian Ding, Lin Anshun, Xunzhou, and Hou Yao, are asking for an audience!"
The guards came to the center of the hall and bowed their hands to Ying Zheng on the hall.
Hearing this, Ying Zheng looked at the soldier and glanced at Bai Yan calmly among the generals out of the corner of his eye, fleetingly.
"Xuan~!"
Ever since he came to court, Ying Zheng, who had looked serious because of court discussions, could hardly hold back his smile as he spoke.
In fact, Ying Zheng had a lot of dissatisfaction with Tian Ding. He once mentioned this person, and he often wanted to get rid of him quickly, but he just suffered from having no chance. After all, the neutrality of Qi State was very important to Qin State, but Tian Ding was Qi State. Among the officials in the country who advocated alliance with other countries to fight Qin, they were also members of the Qi royal family. How could this prevent Ying Zheng from having murderous intentions towards Tian Ding.
However, since I learned that the young man was driven out of Qi State by Tian Ding.
As time went by, as the young man gradually showed his talent in Qin, Ying Zheng became more and more grateful for Tian Ding's original actions, and the many dissatisfaction with Tian Ding in the past slowly dissipated.
After all, in Ying Zheng's eyes, if Tian Ding hadn't driven the young man out of Qi, how could the battle to destroy Korea have gone so smoothly, and how could the final battle of trapped beasts in Korea not even begin before being trampled by the army. If it weren't for the Gaonu of Shangjun guarding the young man behind him, the Yuezhi and Xiongnu forces would have gone south to plunder, how could they have returned without success, and they still dare not invade Qin again.
There’s more to come!
So now that he hears the name Tian Ding again, Ying Zheng's hatred is gone. What's more, even Ying Zheng can't help but smile, and the bad taste is slowly growing in his heart.
"Xuan, the envoys of Qi State come to the palace!
! "
The eunuch not far away from Ying Zheng heard Ying Zheng's order, took two steps forward, and shouted loudly from the hall toward the outside.
"Xuan, the envoys of Qi State come to the palace!
"
"Xuan, the envoys of Qi State come to the palace!
! "
The eunuch's voice kept coming from outside the hall.
All the civil and military officials in the hall fell silent. Many people turned their heads slightly and looked at the magnificent gate of the hall behind them. They were full of curiosity about Tian Ding, the envoy of Qi State.
After all, anyone who is an official of the Qin State has a certain understanding of the Tian Mansion of the Qi State. This is not because every official of the Qin State has news all over the world, but because the Tian family and Tian Ding of the Qi State are famous in the Qin State and even in the whole world. Among all the countries, there is enough weight.
After a while.
Under the watchful eyes of all the civil and military officials, as the eunuchs led the way, four people from Tian Ding wearing Qi official uniforms appeared in front of everyone.
Seeing Tian Ding and his entourage walking in from the main hall gate and walking among the civil servants and generals, many officials began to breathe quickly. Some officials even happened to look at Tian Ding and avoided their eyes unconsciously.
Tian Ding's innate aura is rare in the world. Just like when Qin Wuyang came to Xianyang Hall and saw Ying Zheng, he felt the aura of the hall and became frightened.
Ying Zheng has the blessing of hundreds of officials in the palace, and his majesty is natural, while Tian Ding is a born powerful person. What he has experienced has made Tian Ding's aura far higher than ordinary people.
"Huh~!"
Although many officials did not dare to look at Tian Ding and others, many officials still became nervous when looking at Tian Ding and his group. Some even breathed rapidly and nervously looked at the backs of Tian Ding and others.
This was not because Bai Yan was so powerful, but when looking at the backs of Tian Ding and his party, many officials couldn't help but think of the assassination of an envoy from the State of Yan last time.
The reward Bai Yan received for risking his life to save the king, even today, makes people jealous with envy.
So now, whether it is Le Shang, Tai Jing, or even some other officials, they are all eager for the Qi envoy Tian Ding and his party to assassinate Ying Zheng again. When the time comes, they will rush to protect Ying Zheng no matter what, even if their arms or legs are broken. It's a small matter, just keep your breath.
"Qi State envoy Tian Ding pays homage to the King of Qin!"
"The doctor of Qi State, Lin Anshun, pays homage to the King of Qin!"
"Xunzhou, the official of Qi State, pays homage to the King of Qin!"
"Hou Yao, the official of Qi State, pays homage to the King of Qin!
"
Tian Ding and the others came to the main hall and exercised the etiquette of ministers towards Ying Zheng in the main hall. As envoys of the State of Qi, Tian Ding and his party did not need to pay homage to Ying Zheng.
After all, Ying Zheng is not the king of the four of them.
Editing ceremony room.
Xunzhou also noticed Li Si, who was headed by hundreds of officials. Looking at Li Si, who was over fifty, Xunzhou nodded slightly to Li Si and calmly held his hands in the ceremony.
Upon seeing this, Li Si returned the favor to Xunzhou.
Changping Jun, Wei Zhuang and other officials were not surprised when they saw this scene. After all, it was known to the world that Li Si studied under Xunzi, and Xunzhou was a descendant of the Xun family.
