In the Linzi Palace, Qi Wangjian lay lazily on the couch, enjoying the massage from his beloved concubine.
"It's been such a long time for me! I don't want to see my clan brother and the Chu envoy again!"
Qi Wangjian closed his eyes helplessly and said.
"The king is the king of Qi, and Lord Tian is the king's minister. Therefore, Lord Tian only thinks about Qin, but the king cares about the people of Qi! It's normal that Lord Tian can't understand the king's worries. Now the Qin State asked the Qin general Bai Yan to attack the Wei State. Everyone thought that it was impossible for the Qin State to destroy Wei in only three years and five years. They never thought that the Qin general Bai Yan unexpectedly wanted to dig a canal in order to The water has flooded the beams. The city of Daliang, which was originally strong in the eyes of everyone, will not be able to hold on in the blink of an eye. It is human nature for Mr. Tian to be anxious. At the moment, the king can only be aggrieved and endure Mr. Tian's painstaking efforts. After all, who can Let the king be a wise king!"
Concubine Li looked at Qi Wangjian who was lying on her lap, and while gently touching Qi Wangjian's acupuncture points, she said slowly that maybe the other concubines would ask Qi Wangjian to think of a way to take away Tian Ding after hearing what Qi Wangjian said, but in Li Concubine's eyes, Here, Qi Wangjian is a sensible king. If she said to take Tian Ding away, Qi Wangjian would definitely not agree.
"My beloved concubine~!"
When Qi Wangjian heard Concubine Li's words, he opened his eyes and looked at Concubine Li lovingly. He wished he could give all the rare treasures he owned to this beauty who knew him well.
After his mother passed away, in the eyes of Qi Wangjian, Concubine Li was the only one who truly understood him.
Sigh.
Thinking of Tian Ding, Qi Wangjian is very old, almost fifty-five years old. Now, for more than a month, he has been tortured by Tian Ding and cannot live in peace. This feeling makes Qi Wangjian not comfortable at all.
"Qi State has many talented scholars, and there are also many people who can assist in the administration and peace of the people. Qi has put them into great use, but it still takes time and effort to strengthen Qi. Compared with Qin State, Qin State's famous scholars and scholars are far inferior to Qi State. However, However, the number of famous generals in the Qi State is hard to catch up with. The Wang family and his son, the Li family and his son, the Meng family and his son, and the Yang family. These four families are the famous general families of the Qin State. The children of all generations have been loyal to the Qin State. I thought they were waiting for them. When the four clans grew old and it was difficult for their descendants to inherit the throne, Qi was already strong and could be in opposition to Qin. I never thought that another Qin general, Bai Yan, would appear!"
Qi Wangjian frowned gloomily when he thought of Concubine Li's words.
Mao Jiao and Yao Jia were secretly recruiting scholars in Linzi. How could Wang Jian of Qi not know about this? However, Wang Jian of Qi had long ago not cared about the scholars. The real talents were all in the palace of the King of Qi, and outside , even talented people are unwilling to serve in the Qin Dynasty, and Yao Jia and the others will not find any great talents at all.
Compared with the actions of Yao Jia and Mao Jiao, Qi Wangjian was more concerned about the sudden appearance of Bai Yan, a Qin general in Qin.
Originally, in the mind of King Qi, Wang Jian of the Wang family, Li Yao of the Li family, and Yang Duanhe of the Yang family were all in their old age and could die of old age or become seriously ill at any time. By then, among these four families, they would Only Meng Wu and Wang Ben were qualified for such important posts, but the talents of these two men were still difficult to compare with those of Wang Jian, Li Yao, Yang Duan and other veteran generals. At that time, whether they were uniting with Chu or fighting against Qin alone to fight for border lands, , are the best opportunities for Qi State.
Never thought about it.
Bai Yan suddenly appeared. When Qin attacked Han, he first heard of his name. Later, when Qin went to the county, ten thousand people fought to the death with 150,000 and became famous all over the world. When he attacked Zhao, even when Li Xin and Wang Ben were defeated by Li Mu, He fought against Li Mu and personally led his troops to stop Li Mu's plan. After Li Mu's death, he even surrendered to Zhao Bianqi and served as a deterrent to Qin from all the forces in the north...
Now the attack on Wei caught everyone in the world off guard. He commanded the Qin army without losing a single soldier, and immediately put Wei in danger of subjugation.
"Hey~! Qin State!"
Thinking of this, King Jian of Qi was full of melancholy. Why were there so many famous generals in Qin? Even if Wang, Li, Meng, and Yang faded away one after another, the younger and braver Bai Yan would definitely become the leader of Qin. Pillar.
Sometimes it's not Qi Wangjian's fault, it's Ying Zheng's luck, which really makes Qi Wangjian envious.
The state of Qin always produces famous generals.
"Report! Report to Your Majesty, General Tian Sui outside the palace, and Xi Yan, the grandson of Prime Minister Wei, asking for an audience!"
At this time, a eunuch hurriedly came to the gate, knelt outside and opened his mouth to report.
Hearing this, Concubine Li looked at the door with her charming face, and then looked at Qi Wangjian who was lying on his lap.
"Nephew Tian Sui? Corpse weir? Tell those two people that I am ill and will not see you today!!"
As soon as Qi Wangjian heard that it was the grandson of the corpse prime minister of Wei State who was asking for an audience, he knew that he must come to ask for help. After confirming that he would not send troops to ask for help from Wei State, Qi Wangjian finally didn't have Tian Ding nagging him, so how could he want to deal with the person who was about to become The corpses of those who perished.
"Your Majesty, it's better to meet him! After all, the corpse is quite famous among the scholars in the world. If the scholars of Wei State can know about the king's difficulties, they will be able to sympathize with the king's difficulties in the future. At that time, Wei State was hostile to Qin State. The scholars of the country will definitely come to Qi to seek refuge with the King and serve the King!"
Li Fei tried to persuade her at this time.
Wang Jian of Qi felt a little melancholy after hearing this, but looking at Concubine Li who was smiling and full of coquettishness, he finally took a deep breath, put aside his enjoyment, and decided to meet those two people.
At this moment, Qi Wangjian could not imagine that Li Fei's mind was filled with Tian Sui, whom she had met several times before.
Although she was afraid of Tian Ding, Concubine Li had to admit that all of Tian Ding's three sons were very handsome, especially Zhongzi Tian Sui, who had a young and heroic look on his face. Concubine Li still knew it even after so long. Keep it in my mind and never forget it.
After a while.
In the inner hall of the palace, Qi Wangjian stared at Tian Sui and Corpse Yan in front of him with disbelief.
"Bai Yan is from Qi???"
Qi Wangjian looked confused. He couldn't be more confused. At this moment, Qi Wangjian kept wondering whether his ears had heard wrongly.
That Bai Yan is actually from Qi! ! !
"Back to the King of Qi, this matter is absolutely true. This is why Yan came here. I hope the King of Qi can write a letter to summon the wise and let Bai Yan return to the Qi Kingdom and serve the King of Qi. In this way, not only the Wei Kingdom can turn the crisis into peace, but also the Qi Kingdom." The king can also add a famous general who is famous all over the world. At that time, the strength of the Qi State will definitely be greatly increased!"
Xi Yan raised his hands to Qi Wangjian and said.
Tian Sui was silent on the side. He felt that Concubine Li next to King Qi was looking at him with shrunken eyes. Tian Sui was a little at a loss. If he had changed his identity, Tian Sui would naturally not be polite, but now this person is full of temptation. The woman is the beloved concubine of King Qi.
"Qi Ren! Qi Ren! It's actually Qi Ren..."
When Qi Wangjian heard Xie Yan's words, he walked back and forth in the inner hall in a daze, his expression full of surprise, mixed with excitement.
"Okay, okay, Tian Sui, can you find out Bai Yan's origins? I have to go to his house in person and visit him to ask for a letter from my family members!"
At this moment, King Qi Jian no longer had any extra thoughts to pay attention to Concubine Li. Not long ago, King Jiandu of Qi was still envious of Ying Zheng and full of melancholy. The appearance of Qin General Bai Yan made all his previous plans become useless. like water off a duck's back.
But now, Tian Sui and Xi Yan told him.
That Bai Yan, that Bai Yan who led ten thousand soldiers in a bloody battle with an army of one hundred and fifty thousand in Shangjun Gaonu, that famous Qin general Bai Yan who was even defeated in a fight with Li Mu and now flooded the beams, was actually from his Qi country!
How could this not make Qi Wangjian excited and excited!
If the Qin State has Bai Yan, let alone a famous general who can lead troops to fight against the Qin State, even the Zhao State may have a chance to either incorporate them all into the Qi State or help the Zhao State to restore the state. At that time, the Qin State sent troops , and his country Qi would not be so frightened.
"Back to the king, my father has ordered people to investigate. I think they will be able to find out soon!"
When Tian Sui heard Qi Wangjian's question and saw Qi Wangjian's hands rolling up his sleeves, they were trembling with excitement, so he cupped his hands and answered.
"good good good good!!!"
Qi Wangjian kept nodding his head, and after walking back and forth for a few breaths, he turned his head and looked at Tian Sui with burning eyes.
"Go back and tell your clan brother Tian Ding that I will give him full authority to investigate this matter. You must find out the matter and help me recall Bai Yan!"
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Tianfu.
In the study, under the leadership of Tian Ding's retinue, three Qi officials came to the study tremblingly, knelt in front of Tian Ding, and kept saying something under the questioning of Tian Ding and Tian Cong.
Except for one or two of the officials, petty officials, and soldiers who investigated Zou Xing's death four years ago, the rest had been transferred to other places. Three of them happened to be transferred to Xiangting near Linzi.
This is also closely related to the reason why Han, Zhao, and Yan fell one after another. A large number of nobles, nobles, and common people from other countries came to Qi one after another. Especially the area near Linzi was the most popular among the nobles and nobles. Therefore, in more than four years, , Linzi, which already has a population of hundreds of thousands, has seen an explosive increase in household registration.
In the past few years, the three huge mansions of Tian Mansion were not enough to store the rare treasures and boxes of gold sent to them. This shows how many nobles and nobles came.
"What? We from Tianfu?"
When Tian Cong heard what the three officials said, he frowned slightly and looked at his father with confusion.
If Tian Cong remembered correctly, their Tian Mansion had never accepted a young boy and enshrined him in the mansion.
"Sir, this is absolutely true. Four years ago, there was indeed a young man holding a token of the Tian family!"
An official looked at Tian Ding with fear, fearing that Tian Ding would not believe him.
The other two men also nodded slowly at this time. Although the three of them didn't know exactly what happened at first, they still vaguely remembered that afterward, when they heard their colleagues mention the young man, they looked admiring, but not satisfied. He told them other things. After they kept asking, they finally revealed that the man was from the Tian Mansion. He asked less questions, and also mentioned his method of examining corpses. As expected at such a young age, he could become a disciple of the Tian Mansion.
"Father, why don't you order someone to investigate immediately and find everyone at that time!"
Tian Cong frowned slightly when he saw that the three clerks knew little. He turned to his father and said.
Tian Xian was also on the side, looking at the three people with some melancholy.
However, just when Tian Cong and Tian Xian thought that their father would decide to conduct a thorough investigation, they discovered that their father seemed to be remembering something, with a shocked look on his face, and his eyes were looking forward without blinking, as if he was recalling something.
Seeing this, the two brothers looked at each other with confusion, but also looked at their father patiently.
After a long time.
"There is no need to continue investigating this matter!"
Tian Ding slowly raised his hand, but the shock was still visible on his face.
This made Tian Cong and Tian Xian very curious. They didn't understand why their father said there was no need to investigate further, when it was clear that nothing had been investigated yet.
"Take them back."
Tian Ding ordered. After watching the three officials leave with the servants, Tian Ding still couldn't hide the shock and disbelief in his eyes.
If Tian Ding couldn't remember anything at the beginning, then when he mentioned his youth, Tian's keepsake, and the action of checking the corpse, Tian Ding suddenly thought of something.
Just four years ago, my beloved daughter met a young man outside Linzi City. After his servants went to investigate, they learned that the young man was the son of a farmer. At that time, he ordered his servants to warn the young man to leave Qi State. .
Tian Ding had not seen the young man with his own eyes, and if Tian Ding remembered correctly, the servant had said at the beginning that the young man was a corpse collector.
"Father!"
"Father!!"
When Tian Cong and Tian Xian saw their father standing up slowly in a daze, they quickly followed suit and looked at their father with a frown.
However, Tian Ding did not respond to the calls of the two brothers at all.
In the study, Tian Ding looked thoughtful and walked slowly. As the trivial incident four years ago appeared in his mind, Zou Xing, the young man who was close to his daughter's corpse, ordered his men to drive the young man out of Qi. country. Coincidentally, Zou Xing was murdered by Tian Xian and his men. The three officials just said that a young man holding a Tianfu token passed by and went to confirm the body...
One thing after another flashed through his mind, Tian Ding's pupils gradually widened. When the picture finally appeared in his mind, it was already in Luoyin City, that handsome and restrained young man named Bai Yan. The young man, dressed in Qin official uniform, led many Qin officials, waiting at the city gate.
Bai Yan! ! ! !
It was the boy who collected the corpse back then! ! !
When Tian Ding thought of this, his whole body was dizzy from this sudden thought. Thinking back to Bai Yan's appearance in the past, Tian Ding's whole body became slightly unsteady.
"Father!!"
"Father!!!"
Tian Cong and Tian Xian hurriedly stepped forward. Ever since they were young, they had never seen their father in such a dazed state. For a moment, they were so frightened that their faces turned pale and full of worry.
Their father, Tian Ding, has always been regarded as an upright person in their eyes. He is calm and calm in the face of anything. This is the first time that he looks like this now.
With the support of Tian Cong and Tian Xian, Tian Ding panted and slowly returned to the wooden table to rest.
Tian Ding, who had gone through ups and downs and lived for nearly half his life, smiled bitterly in shock and slowly closed his eyes.
Outside the study.
Not long after, in the worried eyes of Tian Cong and Tian Xian, there were some footsteps. The two brothers looked and saw the little sister returning to the house, followed by the maids and servants.
"Yan'er!"
Seeing the little sister Tian Feiyan, both Tian Cong and Tian Xian were relieved. If the little sister didn't come back, they were afraid that they would order a search for her all over the city.
"Yan'er pays homage to his father and two brothers!"
Tian Feiyan came to the study and took care of it obediently. Looking at his father's appearance, Tian Feiyan was a little confused.
At this time, there was the sound of rushing outside the study again. Tian Feiyan turned around and saw a servant hurriedly came to the study to prepare a gift for his father.
"Reporting to your lord, the investigation in the city has been completed, and all the people named Zihuai have been registered."
After the servant finished speaking, he held a roll of bamboo slips in his hands.
Tian Cong stepped forward and took the bamboo slips and gave them to his father Tian Ding. After Tian Xian asked the servant to step back, he looked at his younger sister Tian Feiyan.
"Yan'er, is Bai Yan the same person as Qi Ren? And you and he have known each other for a long time?"
Tian Xian asked softly.
Tian Feiyan pursed his lips, looked at his brother Tian Xian's appearance, nodded slowly, and looked at his brother and father quietly with his eyes.
"Yan'er, why didn't you tell me about this earlier? Do you know how important it is that Bai Yan is from Qi! If you know that Bai Yan is from Qi..."
Tian Cong looked at his little sister's appearance and sighed helplessly, with a somewhat reproachful tone.
On the side, Tian Ding opened the bamboo slips and looked at the densely packed address records under the same names. When he saw one of them, just outside Linzi City, Tian Ding did not look any further, but looked at his beloved daughter.
"Yan'er, is that Bai Yan the boy that his father drove away four years ago?"
Tian Ding asked softly.
Tian Ding couldn't help but look blank at the moment when he thought of the appearance of Bai Yan when he saw him. If this was true, then he had been blaming Mao Jiao in his heart for not telling him that the Qi people were Bai Yan. Look, the person least qualified to blame is probably him.
"Huh? Father..."
Hearing his father's words, Tian Cong and Tian Xian turned their heads in shock. Tian Xian was okay, but full of doubts. How could his father say that he was the one who drove Bai Yan away.
When Tian Cong heard his father's words at this moment, he suddenly vaguely remembered something, but he couldn't remember the details.
Under the gazes of Tian Ding, Tian Cong, and Tian Xian, Tian Feiyan hesitated, looked at his father Tian Ding, and then nodded.
"yes!"
Tian Feiyan replied.
A simple word, but Tian Ding felt as if all his strength had been drained out of him in an instant, and he was sitting beside the wooden table with a face full of confusion.
Bai Yan was really the young man who was driven away by his own orders four years ago!
When Tian Ding thought of this, his heart was so complicated.
Especially when I think about Bai Yan's great military exploits for the Qin State, and how Bai Yan alone has conquered the north and become the second person after Li Mu to scare the nomads in the north. It is said that Bai Yan's sword is still there. While Touman Chanyu was there, he also thought that Daliang, the capital of Wei State, which was the strongest in the world, was the place Bai Yan wanted to capture without losing a single soldier.
"Four years ago...it was him!!!"
As Tian Cong murmured, looking at his father beside him, he suddenly remembered what happened four years ago. At that time, he was still in the study and heard his father giving instructions to his servants because of his little sister's matter.
At this moment, Tian Cong finally understood why his father looked like that just now, and why he looked so lost behind him.
Not to mention his father Tian Ding, when Tian Cong came to his senses and realized that Bai Yan was the person his father ordered to drive away four years ago, Tian Cong felt ridiculous. However, when he looked at his little sister, Tian Cong Only then did it become clear why the younger sister had known Bai Yan a long time ago.
"Little sister, tell me brother, what is going on?"
In the study, the only person who didn't know was Tian Xian. At this moment, Tian Xian was like an ant on a hot pot, full of anxiety. However, looking at the appearance of his father and brother Tian Cong, Tian Xian could only ask his little sister anxiously.
After watching his little sister look at his father, he slowly told what happened four years ago. Tian Xian was stunned when he heard the whole story.
"Is that young man Bai Yan?"
Tian Xian opened his mouth and looked at his little sister in confusion. He had never thought that behind the incident of Bai Yan being Qi Ren, such a thing actually happened.
At this time, Tian Xian turned to look at his father, and finally understood why his father was like that. His father claimed that he had dedicated his whole life and hard work for the Qi State. As a result, Bai Yan now attacked Zhao, destroyed Wei, and drove away the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu for the Qin State. , but it was his father who drove him out of Qi State.
Even Tian Xian couldn't imagine how his father would report this matter to King Qi.
Tell King Qi that Bai Yan is the person who his father personally drove out of Qi four years ago!
"Little sister, can you take me to that water village tomorrow?"
Tian Xian turned around and looked at his younger sister Tian Feiyan. He still wanted to know where Bai Yan, who had rescued him, lived when he was in Qi State. After all, he wanted to lobby Bai Yan, so he had to know something about it. Listen. The younger sister said that it must be very difficult for her to be a corpse collector.
As for threats, Tian Xian knew that with his little sister's intelligence, she wouldn't worry about him or other brothers having such thoughts.
Not to mention that they and the King of Qi are now recruiting Bai Yan to return to Qi to serve, rather than forcing him to return to Qi.
It just failed to recruit him. Because he had gone to Yingchuan and Zhong brother Tian Sui had gone to Zhongmou to assassinate Ying Zheng, their Tian family was destined not to have a stalemate with Bai Yan.
Neither he, his father, nor the other two brothers would choose to risk the lives of all the clan members to fight Bai Yanyu to death. Their Tian family wanted to resist the Qin State, and the target of hostility was always the Qin State, not Bai Yanyu. Yan, not to mention Bai Yan, had a life-saving grace for him and his brother Tian Sui. When his father went to Xianyang, Bai Yan never mentioned this matter in front of Ying Zheng.
And the King of Qi is still hesitant. Before the King of Qi orders the attack on the Qin army, the Tian Mansion will never allow the officials in the Qi court, Prime Minister Hou Sheng, etc. who were bribed by the Qin government to get caught...
Everything is decided, their Tian Mansion will not touch Bai Yan's family.
"good!"
When Tian Feiyan heard his brother Tian Xian's words, he curled his lips, thinking of the villagers in the water village and the mocking words, and asked his brother to see if there was anything good to see.
However, looking at his father's appearance, Tian Feiyan was not in a hurry to tell his brother Bai Yan that his leg was broken by Tian Jia. He asked his brother Tian Xian to see him tomorrow and went to his father to tell him.
