In the restaurant, Zhan was in the shopkeeper's room, closing the door and calculating the restaurant's profits.
As a confidant of the Tian family, Zhen, who was sent to Shanwu City by Tian Feiyan, has been controlling this restaurant. In just one or two years, starting from this restaurant, he has grown up in Gansi and often come to the restaurant. With the help of a group of nobles, Tian's Restaurant quickly spread to other counties and cities, and as far as Luoyang, Xinzheng, Jicheng, Daliang and other places.
And opening so many restaurants, as Tian's industry, naturally cannot be as simple as making a simple profit.
Collecting news, delivering news, and providing hiding places for local Qi martial arts are the core of the restaurant.
Looking at today's huge income, I was doing the accounting when I suddenly heard a knock on the door, and then I heard the waiter say that Bai Yan's carriage had arrived outside the restaurant.
Hear the words.
Lin quickly put down what he was doing, stood up, walked around the wooden table, and left the room.
"Zhao, meet Lord Wu Lie!"
In the restaurant, Zeng Zhen saw Bai Yan arriving and stepped forward to salute Bai Yan. His tone was full of humility. If Zeng Zhen had just asked Bai Yan to inform him if he needed it because of Tian Fu's instructions, then at this moment, Zeng Zhen In his eyes, Bai Yan was already his master.
He is Tian Feiyan's confidant, and Tian Feiyan, who already controls all the news about Qi Martial Arts, is Bai Yan's wife. Naturally, Bai Yan is his master.
"Be polite!"
Bai Yan bowed his hands in return.
Bai Yan, who used to come to this restaurant for banquets when he was in Shanwu City, was naturally very familiar with Chan. Although Chan's status was not high, Bai Yan also knew that Chan was Tian Feiyan's confidant.
Inside the restaurant.
Whether they were guests entering the restaurant or coming downstairs drunkenly, all of them were wearing silk clothes and chatting with friends with smiles on their faces.
However, when they came to the lobby, almost all of them noticed Master Xu. After all, Master Xu’s beauty and figure were enough to make lustful men’s hearts flutter. However, before those men could recognize Master Xu, they suddenly noticed that they were with Master Xu. Standing next to the teacher was another young man in black.
"Qin, Qin...Daliang Zao!"
A drunk man, smelling of alcohol, looked straight at Master Xu with his red face, scanning Master Xu's exquisite clothes, the slight bulge, and the buttocks, in a daze. Suddenly, I heard the trembling words of my friend beside me.
The drunk man was full of doubts.
Qin, what Qin, what Daliang made?
Looking at his friend in confusion, the drunk man followed his friend's gaze and turned his head. When he saw the man next to Master Xu, his eyes suddenly widened when he saw the man's appearance clearly.
Bai Baibai... Yan! ! !
The drunk man's eyes were full of horror, and his drunken face suddenly sobered up a lot. Recalling that he had met Bai Yan once with his tribe, the drunk man knew clearly that he was definitely not wrong.
That man was clearly Bai Yan! Bai Yan has returned to Shanwu City!
"Da Liang Zao!"
"Great creation!!!"
When they learned that the man next to Master Xu and Lin was Bai Yan, all the nobles and merchants, whether they knew him or not, were both excited and nervous as they bowed their hands to Bai Yan.
Under the gaze of everyone.
Bai Yan raised his hands and gently bowed his hands to everyone to show respect. Then, led by Lin and a maid, he turned and walked towards the wooden stairs of the restaurant.
On the first floor, everyone stood there, looking at each other quietly, their eyes full of excitement.
Bai Yan is back! They actually saw Bai Yan with their own eyes in the restaurant!
We must inform our friends and our clansmen of this news as soon as possible.
After a while.
Zhen took Bai Yan to the fourth floor of the private room, the best private room in the entire restaurant.
Bai Yan had asked the waiter to tell Cen Qing that he had arrived at the restaurant. After talking with Zhan for a while, and watching Zhan leave, Bai Yan and Master Xu waited in the private room.
"Master Xu plays the zither for the general!"
Master Xu looked at Bai Yan and knew that it would take a lot of time for Xi'er to bring people here, so he thought about it, looked at Bai Yan and nodded, then walked to the guzheng in small steps, raised his delicate hands and put them on the guzheng, playing for Bai Yan. Play together.
Under the candlelight, Bai Yan was sitting on his knees behind the wooden table, listening to the music played by Master Xu, and his expression could not help but relax.
Beautiful sounds often make people feel comfortable and comfortable. This is true thousands of years later, and it is also true today.
There are no tedious affairs, no uneasy crises. In a quiet elegant room, listening to the sound of melodies and strings, if you don't drink, you can drink several times. This feeling of no worries and complete enjoyment, Bai Yan They all felt a little emotional. It’s no wonder that other gentry children were addicted to it. It’s no wonder that countless Confucian scholars and knight-errants often exhausted their wealth and lingered in restaurants one after another, hunting during the day and playing strings at night. It was difficult for normal people to resist.
However, Bai Yan was a little surprised when he suddenly heard rapid footsteps outside. He didn't expect Cen Qing to come so quickly. Could it be that Cen Qing asked Bei Ji to live nearby?
Before Bai Yan could think more, he soon heard a female voice coming from outside the door.
"Sir, the shopkeeper asked the little girl to come and pour wine for you!"
The woman's voice seemed familiar. Bai Yan was very confused, but then he frowned.
Just now, he didn't ask Zhen to arrange for the woman to come and pour the wine, and he didn't even order the wine!
As the sound of the guzheng stopped, Master Xu also looked confused.
"Sir, the little girl has come in!"
The woman outside the door did not wait for Bai Yan to respond, then gently pushed open the unlocked door of the private room, and walked into the private room step by step.
"How did you get here?"
When Bai Yan saw the woman's appearance, he sighed in surprise.
As the door closed, the woman walked step by step into the private room, beside Bai Yan's wooden table. Only then did Master Xu see that the woman was actually Zhao Qiu.
"Zhao Qiu comes over and pours wine for the general!"
Zhao Qiu knelt down and sat next to Bai Yan, but when he saw that there was not a bottle of wine on the wooden table, his beautiful eyes looked at Bai Yan in surprise.
"Zhao Qiu thought it was because the wine in the mansion was not good to drink and the women in the mansion were not good-looking, so he asked the general to come here!"
Zhao Qiu explained softly.
Bai Yan listened to Zhao Qiu's words, shook his head helplessly, without saying a word, signaled Master Xu to continue playing the guzheng, then closed his eyes and continued to enjoy the sound of the music.
However, as the guzheng was playing, before he had listened for a few breaths, he suddenly felt a slender hand on his thigh. Before Bai Yan could react, a sharp pain shot through his thigh. Bai Yan immediately opened his eyes and instinctively sucked in a cold breath. Angry, he immediately grabbed the delicate hand and turned to look at the beauty beside him with cold eyes.
Bai Yan was caught off guard, not knowing where he offended Zhao Qiu again.
“Today’s matter regarding the Nine Provinces Cauldron has not been explained clearly yet!”
Zhao Qiu said softly, noticing that his hand was tightly held by Bai Yan, he tried to break away slightly, and watched Bai Yan let go. After Zhao Qiu withdrew his little hand, his beautiful eyes looked aside.
"The Kyushu Cauldron is real!"
Bai Yan smiled bitterly and said softly.
After rubbing the pinched area and looking at Zhao Qiu beside him, Bai Yan sighed helplessly, and then told Zhao Qiu in detail about the past.
"Is the dream real?"
Zhao Qiu listened, her beautiful eyes fixed on Bai Yan's profile. Under the candlelight, Bai Yan's face did not look guilty at all. Even though Zhao Qiu was mentally prepared, he still looked a little pale.
No wonder all the people who didn't believe the rumors before went silent after arriving in Xianyang.
It's actually true!
"Heaven, why do you entrust me with dreams?"
Zhao Qiu was confused and muttered to himself in a daze.
Bai Yan looked at Zhao Qiu's appearance and thought that Zhao Qiu would feel very uncomfortable after hearing about this incident, and would even lose his mind for a while. Unexpectedly, within a few breaths, he saw Zhao Qiu raising his pretty face and staring intently. looked directly at him.
"Tian Ding, why did you agree to betroth your beloved daughter to you? Even when you were at war with the Chu State, Tian Ding did not make any move. Mr. Wei was once confused..."
Zhao Qiu asked, but before he finished speaking, he vaguely heard footsteps outside.
He knew a lot of things that could not be known to outsiders, so when Zhao Qiu noticed someone coming outside the private room, he stopped talking and did not ask any more questions, but stayed obediently beside Bai Yan.
The private room door opens.
Under the watchful eyes of Bai Yan and Zhao Qiu, they saw Cen Qing leading Bei Ji into the elegant room.
"Wu Liejun!"
Cen Qing had not seen Bai Yan for about a year. Now looking at Bai Yan's appearance, Cen Qing felt nervous. When she saw Zhao Qiu next to Bai Yan, her eyes were full of surprise. She couldn't imagine that there was such a charming and charming woman. .
Could she be Tian Feiyan, the rumored wife of Bai Yan?
No wonder there are rumors that countless princes from various countries came to visit Tian Ding and wanted to marry Tian Ding's daughter.
"Wu Liejun!"
Not only Cen Qing, but also Bei Ji, when she saw Zhao Qiu, even Bei Ji, who was also a beauty, couldn't help but be shocked by Zhao Qiu's stunning beauty. Fortunately, she was also a woman, and Bei Ji quickly reacted. , looked at Bai Yan, whom he had met before, and gave a gentle salute.
Beiji watched Cen Qing salute, then slowly retreat and close the door. Beiji knew that Cen Qing was going to bring Yingshi over, so she turned back to look at Bai Yan.
"Oh~ No wonder I'm in such a hurry to leave the mansion, it turns out I have an appointment with a beautiful woman!"
Bai Yan motioned for Monument Princess to take a seat, and then he heard Zhao Qiu next to him suddenly making fun of her.
"My mentor's daughter!"
Bai Yan turned to look at Zhao Qiu, looking at Zhao Qiu's small tear mark, looking at Zhao Qiu's beautiful eyes looking straight at Monument Princess, sighed, and explained helplessly.
In terms of beauty, Monument Princess is stunning, but if compared with Zhao Qiu, almost all men would choose Zhao Qiu without hesitation, because Zhao Qiu's beauty is enough for men to make them unable to resist.
One is pitiful and protective to a greater or lesser extent, while the other can't help but ignite his heart at a glance, and out of greed, wishes he could have it as his own.
Therefore, Bai Yan didn't know why Zhao Qiu looked like he saw an enemy when he saw the Stele Lady.
"Mentor?"
When Zhao Qiu heard Bai Yan's words, she turned her beautiful eyes and looked at Bai Yan without any trace. When she saw Bai Yan's eyes, she looked at Monument Princess and then became quiet.
same.
On the other side, Monument Princess, who was sitting on her knees behind the wooden table, heard Bai Yan's words. She was supposed to be Zhao Qiu. She was more or less unnatural. She instantly looked at Bai Yan with a pretty face and her beautiful eyes stared blankly.
Teacher! ! !
These two simple words brought to mind the memory of her father's tomb that she had seen in Qidi.
Bai Yan is his father's disciple! ! !
No wonder, no wonder when Bai Yan saw her and learned that she was the daughter of Yin Bei, he gave her gold and asked her to go to Qi Di, and also promised to avenge her father.
Thinking of her father's tomb, tears gradually appeared in Bei Ji's eyes, and then slowly filled her eyes and flowed down her cheeks.
"From now on, I will stay in Shanwu with peace of mind!"
Bai Yan looked at the crying Monument Princess and said softly.
Regarding the mood of the Monument Princess, Bai Yan could understand that Zhao Qiu was here now, not only the Monument Princess, but Bai Yan also did not want Zhao Qiu to know that he would assassinate Prime Minister Qi and win the battle in the future.
"Girl of Monument, thank you Lord Wulie!"
When Bei Ji heard Bai Yan's words, she looked at Bai Yan gratefully and slowly lowered her head.
If there hadn't been an outsider here, if she hadn't sensed the deeper meaning behind Bai Yan's failure to mention her father, Bei Ji would have wanted to tell Bai Yan all her grievances.
In the private room.
Zhao Qiu and Master Xu heard Bai Yan's words and looked at Bei Ji who was crying. They seemed to realize that Bei Ji's father was probably no longer alive.
Zhao Qiu noticed that Bai Yan next to him was looking at her accusingly. Feeling guilty, he lowered his head and curled his lips. Although he knew that he had made a mistake in his words, he gently raised his eyes and looked at the woman at the wooden table opposite. As a woman , Zhao Qiu knows how easy it is for the man next to him...
Thinking about it, Zhao Qiufang couldn't help but realize in her heart that the man next to her had nothing to do with her, why was she so upset! ! !
The more Zhao Qiu thought about it, the angrier and more irritated he became. He wished he could go to a room and calm down. But now, listening to Bai Yan talking to the woman next to him, and the concerned questioning voice, Zhao Qiu always felt a little uncomfortable and uncomfortable. Resistant.
Zhao Qiu closed his eyes and tried to calm down. He found in despair that the more he forced himself not to think about it, the more the voice of the man beside him kept appearing in his mind.
Especially the scene that has appeared hundreds of times in the past, and that sentence.
"But do good deeds without worrying about your future!"
While Zhao Qiu was thinking, her beautiful eyes with small moles at the corners of her eyes inadvertently turned to look at the man beside her, her eyes seemed a little confused.
Unlike Bai Yan who was kneeling behind the wooden table, both Monument Lady and Master Xu clearly saw the way Zhao Qiu looked at Bai Yan.
Along with the conversation.
After a long time, footsteps were heard again outside the door, and there seemed to be more than one person.
"...wait outside for a while!"
As Cen Qing's voice sounded outside the private room, it seemed to be giving instructions to someone, and then the door opened and Cen Qing came into the private room again.
Under Bai Yan's doubtful gaze, Cen Qing came to him step by step.
"Wu Liejun, someone wants to see Wu Liejun!"
Cen Qing looked at Bai Yan carefully and said softly.
Master Xu, who was playing Qi Zheng, stopped his hands when he heard someone asking to see Bai Yan. Zhao Qiu, who was kneeling next to Bai Yan, heard someone wanted to see Bai Yan and didn't take it to heart. After all, Zhao Qiu knew it. , with Bai Yan's current identity, title, position, and power in his hands, there will be countless people who want to see Bai Yan in the future.
"who?"
Bai Yan looked at Cen Qing with some confusion. Logically speaking, if he were an ordinary person, Cen Qing would not come to report.
"A person familiar to Lord Wu Lie!"
Cen Qing, who was rare, did not directly tell Bai Yan the name of the person he was seeking to see, but instead told Bai Yan that it was a person Bai Yan was very familiar with.
Seeing this, not to mention Bai Yan, even Zhao Qiu, who had not paid much attention to it, could not help but raise his beautiful eyes in surprise and look at Xi'er.
Outside the private room.
At this moment, the young Ying thought that in the elegant room behind her, the famous Qin Dynasty Daliang, Wu Liejun Bai Yan, was among them. Ying was so nervous that her hands and feet were weak, and her palms and forehead were covered with sweat.
The Ying family who was born in the village has never been seen in this life, let alone an ordinary city magistrate made by Daliang of Qin State.
Now when she thought about the fact that she was about to meet a big shot she had never seen in her life, and asked him for help, Yingshi couldn't help but feel so nervous that her legs became weak, and she felt the urge to urinate.
But at this time, how could the Ying family dare to leave? It was thanks to Xi'er and Beiji that the world-famous Qin State Daliang made this quilt. This quilt was probably only available for this one time. How could the Ying family dare to be careless in the slightest? .
"The general lets you in!"
Cen Qing walked out of the room, came to Yingshi, and said to Yingshi.
Hearing this, Mrs. Ying, who looked tense, was almost startled. Then she nodded quickly, followed Cen Qing, lowered her head, and entered the private room step by step. At this moment, Ms. Ying was breathing rapidly and looked uneasy.
"General, the people are here!"
After listening to Cen Qing's words, Yingshi, who did not dare to raise her head, lowered her head slightly and knelt down directly in the direction where Cen Qing was speaking.
"My lord, the female Ying clan, please pay homage to your lord!"
Yingshi was anxious and quickly kowtowed in the direction of the Daliang Zao. After the ceremony, the trembling Yingshi dared to kneel on the ground and carefully raised her head to look at the Qin State whom she had never met before. Made in Daliang.
Looking up along the wooden table, when Mrs. Ying saw clearly the appearance of Qin Wu Liejun, a great man made by the Qin State, she froze on the spot.
Looking behind the wooden table, she saw the appearance of the man. Even though she hadn't seen him for many years, Yingshi would never admit that he was wrong. That man was the son of the Xiao family, the nephew she had laughed at for more than ten years, and Shui Yan, whom she had not heard from for many years! ! !
"Shui Yan?"
Ying couldn't believe how she could see Shui Yan here!
With doubts, Ying turned her head and looked at Cen Qing, wondering why Cen Qing was with Shui Yan.
Where is the Daliang of Qin?
Yingshi suddenly thought of something, and with doubts, she turned around and looked around the elegant room. However, in the entire exquisite elegant room, apart from the other two women, there was only Shui Yan, and next to Shui Yan, she was so beautiful. A woman who is hard to take away.
what happened? Where are people?
Although this elegant room is indeed exquisite, it is worthy of being on the fourth floor where even other nobles and officials are usually not allowed to come. It is indeed better than others...
Fourth floor! ! !
This is the fourth floor! ! !
In the past, even Shanwu City Order and all the other nobles in the city did not dare to go up to the fourth floor of the restaurant alone! ! !
"Shui Yan?"
"Shui Yan???"
After hearing what Yingshi said and entering the private room from Yingshi, Zhao Qiu and Bei Ji were puzzled, and now they even frowned.
Why does this woman seem to know Bai Yan and call him Shui Yan?
When Zhao Qiu's beautiful eyes were confused, she suddenly remembered that she had secretly overheard the conversation between Bai Yan and Mr. Wei outside the study door. At that time, apart from Bai Yan's identity as a Qi person, which shocked Zhao Qiu, Bai Yan also seemed to have said, He was originally the son of one hundred people in Qi! ! !
Thinking of this, Zhao Qiu's eyes froze, and he turned to look at Bai Yan beside him, and then looked at the woman.
Could it be that this woman is Bai Yan's relative?
Before Zhao Qiu could answer his doubts.
At this time, the owner of the restaurant, Zhan, walked into the private room from outside. After taking a look at Mrs. Ying, he bowed his hands to Bai Yan.
"Wu Liejun! Lu family, Lu You, Yu family, Xu family and others learned that Wu Liejun was in the restaurant and wanted to ask to see Wu Liejun!"
He raised his hands to Bai Yan and said.
The Yu family, the Xu family, and others are okay, but the Lu family, Lu You, is the son of Lu Jia. Bai Yan had a very close relationship with Lu Jia before. Now Bai Yan marries Tian Feiyan, and Lu Jia was originally married to Tian Feiyan's deceased mother. The relationship is the best.
Therefore, Lu You was there, so Zhen came up to disturb Bai Yan.
"Bring them up!"
Bai Yan looked at Chen and said softly.
Hearing the words, Zhen cupped his hands and turned to leave. At this moment, in the private room, Yingshi was kneeling on the ground. Her face was already bloodless with fear, her face was covered with sweat, and her hands were trembling to support her. on the ground.
Bai Yan! Shui Yan, Bai Yan! ! !
Yingshi, who had lived in the restaurant for many days and knew that the restaurant owner had a huge network of people, listened to the restaurant owner, saluted Shui Yan and called Bai Yan Wu Liejun, but Yingshi didn't know anything about it.
In the past, Shui Yan was the nephew that she always laughed at and looked down upon.
Now he is what the world calls...Bai Yan! ! !
Qin State... Made in Daliang! ! !
In a trance.
Thinking of what happened in the past, Ms. Ying was filled with fear and fear. Driven by her survival instinct, she quickly looked at her nephew with a horrified expression and crawled forward.
"Yan'er, Yan'er, it's my aunt's fault before. Yan'er, I was my aunt before. I shouldn't make fun of you, and I shouldn't laugh at you with outsiders. Yan'er, it's my aunt's fault! Yan'er, don't hate your aunt!! It's the village The villagers here, all of them, have been laughing at Yan'er, they are targeting Yan'er! Not my aunt!! Not my aunt!!"
Yingshi's pale face was full of pleading, and her horrified eyes were full of fear.
Looking behind the wooden table in front of her, she saw this nephew who was once so shameful to her and whom she felt would embarrass her even if he had anything to do with him.
Knowing that this nephew, who had disappeared for many years, was now the one responsible for Bai Yan's murder by Daliang of Qin, the Ying family was extremely frightened, worried that Shui Yan would hold a grudge against her because of what happened in the past.
After all, when they were in Linzi, Shui Yan had many quarrels with her and never got along with her, and he often contradicted her because of her ridicule and criticism.
In the private room.
After listening to Yingshi's words, not only Monument Lady and Master Xu, but also Zhao Qiu couldn't help but frown slightly and looked at Yingshi with doubts on their faces.
aunt? In this case, there is no doubt that this woman is Bai Yan's relative.
Can……
What ridicule?
Why did Aunt Bai Yan say that all the villagers in the village were laughing at them? Not her aunt!
Zhao Qiu couldn't help but look at Bai Yan beside him, looking at the young man's profile with beautiful eyes, feeling a little strange.
Zhao Qiu, who was eavesdropping outside the door at the beginning, only knew that Bai Yan was the son of a hundred people.
Although Master Xu had been to Shuicun, he didn't know that Bai Yan was born in Shuicun.
