Inside Daliang City.
The traces of the flood disaster in the past have slowly disappeared. Although it is no longer as prosperous as before, thousands of lights are once again appearing under the night.
The Qin soldiers were patrolling the city roads in the night, looking at the dark outside of the city. Fortunately, they could see the stars in the sky, otherwise the dark scene would be like a huge mouth of an abyss, which would be scary.
In the streets.
Ten Qin soldiers walked together in the street, patrolling as they walked. As the capital of Wei, which had just been captured by Qin, although Wei had surrendered, there would inevitably be stubborn Wei people in the city who were unwilling to surrender to Qin. If there are few Qin soldiers on patrol, they may be retaliated against, so it is not safe with a small number of people.
"It's easy for you, gentleman~!"
"Gentleman, slow down!"
The faint lights and shadows flickered, the neon restaurants, the scholars coming and going, and the women's smiling words. This scene makes it difficult to imagine that the Wei Kingdom had just experienced subjugation, and even experienced disasters.
Not far from the restaurant, three guards with swords and torches were following a carriage driving through the night.
This scene attracted many people's attention, and when they saw that the carriage seemed to have a Qin pattern, both the drunken scholars and the women in front of the restaurant became quiet.
It wasn't until the carriage was gone that the sound of conversation resumed.
Alley at night.
A dozen figures walked in the night, along the dark alley, all the way to the street entrance. When they saw the carriage driving slowly in the distance, these figures slowly pulled out the swords in their hands.
This street is far away from the noisy restaurants. In the quiet atmosphere, the grunting of the carriage is very obvious. When the three retinues next to the carriage approached holding torches, they discovered those figures.
"There's a thief!"
With the exclamation, the three subordinates just threw away the torches in their hands. Before they had time to draw their swords, they saw a figure rushing up with a sharp blade.
In an instant, the two subordinates were directly hacked to the ground. After the remaining subordinate blocked a blow with a sword, before he could react, he was stabbed from behind by another person holding a sharp sword.
Plop~!
The body of the retinue was lying on the ground. The firelight reflected from the torch on the ground clearly showed that the body of the retinue was constantly covered with blood.
On the carriage, the young groom looked at this scene with a horrified expression, his hands holding the horse rope trembling.
A fat middle-aged man in the carriage was also trembling. When he heard the coachman's scream, his whole body trembled. Then he saw the carriage curtain opened, and two people holding sharp swords, whom he had never seen before. The man who passed by walked in.
"Who are you? Please, please, let me go!"
The man's voice sounded just now, then he groaned, and there was no more movement.
Surrounded by the three retinues, the torch that had just been thrown on the ground was still not extinguished, and a man came to the torch and picked it up from the ground. In the light of the fire, it was clearly visible that the man was Zhang Liang.
Seeing Zhang Liang step forward, other men with sharp swords around him got out of the way.
Zhang Liang looked at the corpse in the carriage with indifference in his eyes. This was the fate of surrendering to Lord Changping. He threw the torch in front of the curtain and lit it. As the horse left in panic, Zhang Liang looked at it. The direction the carriage came from.
Zhang Liang knew very well that he had no chance to kill Lord Changping with one blow, so he had to endure it, otherwise Lord Changping would probably think that Zhang's family had arrived in Daliang.
"Gentleman!"
A man suddenly hurried to Zhang Liang from a distance and whispered something to Zhang Liang.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Liang immediately turned around and disappeared into the night.
In a mansion.
Zhang Liang had just returned to the mansion. In the main hall, he saw his uncle Zhang Xiao and the old Korean clan members Han Shichang, Tian Jiao, Han Zhan and others.
Among them, Han Zhan, Han Ji and others are descendants of Han Shen and Han Shi. Counting together, they are also members of the Korean royal family. After Xinzheng was captured by the Qin army, the Han family's lineage, Han Qi, and the general Han Ling were captured. Changping Jun secretly assassinated Han Qi and his two other sons, Han Shen and Han Shi, because they had no time to leave Xinzheng, so they were all captured by Qin soldiers. It is said that his wife and daughter were all made slaves, and Han Qi and others were already captured. Pressed to repair the mausoleum, there has been no news since.
Fortunately, Han Zhan and Han Ji studied in Wei and Qi in their early years and settled down, so they survived.
"Uncle is anxious to get Zifang back, but what's the matter?"
After Zhang Liang bowed his hands to everyone, he looked curiously at his uncle Zhang Xiao.
Zhang Xiao sat on his knees behind the wooden seat. When he saw Zhang Liang coming back, he told Zhang Liang the news he had just learned.
"Jiuding?"
When Zhang Liang heard what his uncle Zhang Xiao said, he looked surprised and frowned in thought.
"Is this news true or false?"
Zhang Liang asked.
Jiuding has disappeared for nearly fifty years. During these fifty years, countless people have gone to Surabaya without finding it. Why is there suddenly news now?
"After the Chu State learned the news, they ordered people to silence them, but it was already a step too late. Qi and Chu had already sent people to prepare for the fight, but in the end it was still a step too late. Bai Yan had already captured Pengcheng and found Jiuding first! It seems that, It should be true.”
Zhang Xiao said.
Hearing Zhang Xiao's words, Zhang Liang, who had always looked calm since entering the main hall, his pupils were startled, and he immediately raised his head and looked directly at his uncle.
"Bai Yan only has three thousand horses, how can he conquer Pengcheng?"
Zhang Liang asked in disbelief.
Zhang Xiao did not speak when he heard the words, but the men of different ages and silk clothes behind the wooden table next to Zhang Xiao, as well as Han Shichang, Tian Jiao and others opposite and above the main hall, also fell silent.
They also couldn't believe that they only commanded 3,000 Qin cavalry and captured Pengcheng, which was garrisoned by Chu general Huang Ye and 30,000 Chu troops.
But that is the fact, and the news is definitely not false.
"Is there anything the Wei clan can do?"
After being quiet, Zhang Liang couldn't help but look at the others. The meaning of Jiuding was different. Since ancient times, since the Xia Dynasty, it had symbolized everything in the world. If the Qin State obtained Jiuding, it would have the meaning of orthodoxy.
"The nobles of the Wei State have only just received the news. I am afraid that those people are no better than us at the moment. Moreover, the Wei State army has been mobilized by Bai Yan at the moment. If you want to stop it, I am afraid that there is nothing you can do."
Tian Jiao said to Zhang Liang.
Just as Tian Jiao finished speaking, Han Zhan on the side also nodded.
"And it seems that those in the Wei clan are no longer prepared to be enemies of Qin."
Han Zhan looked worried, and then he thought about South Korea and the fate of his grandfather and father. Han Zhan's eyes were filled with injustice, and he felt deep resentment towards Qin. Han Zhan even resented the Wei clan.
"No, we must not let Qin win Jiuding!"
Zhang Liang shook his head. Changping Lord had a blood feud with the Zhang family, and the Qin State was the enemy of the country's subjugation. Adding the two together, Zhang Liang did not want Jiuding to be obtained by the Qin State.
"Now the only way to start is from Bai Yan. Bai Yan is from Qi. Uncle, Zifang plans to persuade Bai Yan!"
Zhang Liang turned to look at his uncle Zhang Xiao.
"No!"
Zhang Xiao took a deep breath, not agreeing with Zhang Liang's actions, and then looked at Tian Jiao, who was sitting on his knees behind the wooden table opposite.
Tian Jiao naturally knew what Zhang Xiao meant and nodded slowly.
"It's better for me to go see Bai Yan!"
After Tian Jiao finished speaking, he looked at the others.
"I'll go with you too!"
Han Zhan also spoke at this time, his eyes full of determination.
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In Daliang City, Lord Changping, who was in his mansion, stood up excitedly as he looked at the bamboo slips sent by Bai Yan's order.
"Bai Yan has obtained the fake Jiuding and is preparing to send it to Xianyang."
Changping-kun said with a smile.
"It seems that everything is going very smoothly. There is news from Nie Kuan somewhere. Nie Kuan has taken Song Jin to Shouchun and is just waiting for Jiuding to be delivered to Xianyang."
In the room, Ji Sheng was also on the side and said to Mr. Changping.
At this moment, Ji Sheng's face was full of smiles. When he thought of the fake cauldron in Bai Yan's hand, Ji Sheng couldn't help but think that in the future, people all over the world would say that Bai Yan used a fake cauldron and passed it off as a real cauldron.
When the time comes, Bai Yan's reputation will be ruined, and he will let Lord Changping and Lord Changwen arrange people to add fuel to the fire.
As time goes by, it is not difficult to drive a wedge between Ying Zheng and Bai Yan.
"Bai Yan!"
When Lord Changping heard Ji Sheng's words, a rare smile appeared on his face, and he was relieved. As long as Bai Yan was worried about Ying Zheng's blame for the fake tripod, he would have countless ways to let Bai Yan leave Qin on his own.
"Mr. Changping, what's wrong, Xu Kun, who just left the mansion, has been killed!"
A servant suddenly hurried into the room and reported to Lord Changping.
Hear the words.
Chang Pingjun's face, which was originally full of joy, suddenly became shocked, and his eyebrows looking at Ji Sheng gradually turned gloomy.
Xu Kun was a member of the noble clan of the Wei State. During this period, Lord Changping finally managed to win him over. In the blink of an eye, he was killed not long after he left the mansion, and he was still riding a Qin State carriage.
During this period, five people, including Xu Kun, had died in assassinations.
"Who could it be?"
Ji Sheng was also full of doubts, and kept thinking in his mind. Ji Sheng knew the traces of all the generals of the Qin State, so it was absolutely impossible for the Qin Army general to seek personal revenge, and Xu Kun had already defected to Lord Changping.
But who is going to kill Xu Kun at this time? It seems that he has always been against Changping Lord. Whoever surrenders to Changping Lord will die.
This has also caused other nobles who have taken refuge in Lord Changping to feel panic. If those who had just left Lord Changping's residence with Xu Kun, they would probably be uneasy if they learned about this tomorrow.
"You can continue to investigate this matter privately tomorrow, and I will go see Wei Wei and Shihe tomorrow."
Lord Changping said, recalling the wooing during this time, although everyone was obedient to him, Lord Changping always felt that not only Shihe, but also Wei Wei were vaguely hostile to him.
hostility!
Even Lord Changping didn't understand where Wei Wei's hostility came from.
Behind Wei Wei are the Wei clan and Wei nobles, and behind Shihe are the former Wei officials and Wei scholars. These two people are extremely crucial to Lord Changping.
So now, Chang Pingjun has to think of a way to win over these two people.
Some people said that Bai Yan laughed away his grudges and felt unhappy, but in fact Bai Yan did not blame Tian Ding.
But it doesn’t mean that others don’t blame Tian Ding!
Compared to Bai Yan blaming Tian Ding in person, Tian Ding had nowhere to vent and blamed himself. Being blamed by King Qi and others was more relieving.
Bai Yan didn't scold him, but there were many people who scolded him on his behalf.
