"Qing, how do you think Yan can become a general? I didn't expect that what the old woman said back then would come true!"
In the private room, after listening to Cen Qing's story, Ms. Ying was still filled with emotion.
Who would have thought that Shui Yan, who was considered the least promising in her and everyone else's eyes, would actually become a general, a great leader of the Qin State, and was even made the king by King Ying Zheng of Qin.
That's King Qin Yingzheng! Now the territory is vast and the king of Qin has annexed other countries.
Unexpectedly, in their village, not only would a big man appear, but he would also be able to meet the king, the king of a country! If this was spread back to the village, the villagers would probably be dumbfounded. They had never seen such a person before.
In a quiet elegant room.
Listening to Yingshi's words, not to mention Zhao Qiu and Master Xu, even the Monument Princess who once sympathized with Yingshi looked at Yingshi with cold eyes. Unfortunately, Yingshi, who was used to being arrogant in the village, now learned that she had always been The nephew who looked down upon him has been granted the title of king and has become a great leader of the Qin State.
When Ying was so proud, she naturally didn't care about other people, let alone notice other people's gazes. At this moment, Ying's heart was filled with her nephew, and she was filled with emotion and still a little unbelievable.
At this moment.
The door of the private room slowly opened, and Bai Yan's figure entered the private room again.
"aunt!"
Bai Yan looked at Mrs. Ying, walked step by step to her, and raised his hand to salute Mrs. Ying.
Although Zhao Qiu doesn't like the Ying family, she is naturally aware of Bai Yan's actions. Bai Yan has now become the king, and the Ying family is Bai Yan's eldest aunt no matter what. If it is disrespected, Bai Yan's reputation will be ruined in the future. been greatly affected.
"Ehehehe~!"
Looking at Bai Yan's actions, Yingshi had a bright smile on her face that had already calmed down, but she felt a little embarrassed when she felt the coolness in her crotch.
"Auntie, Yan will write a letter tomorrow and send someone to Shouchun and Xianyang to look for news about Zilu. Auntie will wait patiently. In two days, Cen Qing will take her to pay homage to the uncle's tomb. After a while, people will be arranged to move the uncle's tomb back to Linzi!"
Bai Yan raised his hands to Yingshi and said.
Bai Yan had wanted to send his uncle's tomb back to Qi for a long time, but he had always been worried that the information about his family would be exposed. Now Ying's sudden appearance disrupted Bai Yan's plan, and he was worried that Ying's family would leak the information without Shanwu. , Bai Yan plans to arrange for Ying and Cen Qing to go to Daliang to pay homage to their uncle's tomb.
A few days later, Yanmen sent troops to attack Daidi, and then waited for the cavalry and border cavalry to go north, and immediately attacked the Yan State with Li Xin who was fleeing to the north. When they went south to attack Qi State, Bai Yan would have been able to get to his family earlier. No longer need to worry about Yingshi leaking information and making it known to others.
"Ah? Go..."
When Yingshi heard Bai Yan's words, she actually felt a little hesitant in her heart. She had long been estranged from her feelings for Zilu's father. Now that she saw her nephew, Yingshi didn't want to see her. He was already dead, so what else could he see? , it is better to enjoy the life you once dreamed of here in Shanwu.
After all, her nephew has already become a king. Why should she, as an aunt, have to travel around and work hard? She should stay in Zenwu City, use her nephew's money to buy some valuable items, dress up, and enjoy the service of maids and servants. , eating, drinking and having fun in the huge and exquisite mansion.
This is what Yingshi wants!
But seeing Bai Yan speak, and Bai Yan also said that he wanted to move Zilu's father's tomb back to Linzi, Qi State, when Ying thought about it, she thought that her relationship with her nephew in the past was indeed full of conflicts, so she might as well take advantage of the opportunity. Bai Yan did not return to Qi State. She returned to Linzi earlier to establish a good relationship with Yan's father and Shi family and make up for the gap...
In this way, there is no need to worry about the nephew not being respectful to her and not using Zilu in the future!
Yeah! It is indeed more important to move the tomb first.
"Okay! Auntie will go with Qing in two days!"
Yingshi thought about it for a while, and after making up her mind, she agreed to Bai Yan.
Bai Yan nodded when he heard this, and then seeing that it was getting late, he asked his aunt if she wanted to live in his mansion.
Hearing Bai Yan's words, before Yingshi could speak, Cen Qing refused on Yingshi's behalf.
"Mom, I'm leaving in two days. Why don't I stay with Qing'er to make preparations? It's also convenient for Qing'er to tell you some things that need to be explained!"
Cen Qing said to Yingshi, held Yingshi's hand affectionately, gave a slight hint, and glanced at Zhao Qiu opposite.
Yingshi looked confused, but she was in a strange place at the moment. For Yingshi, her only acquaintances were Bai Yan and Cen Qing. Facing Bai Yan's invitation, looking at Cen Qing's eyes, and feeling Cen Qing's hint, Although Ying didn't understand, she still instinctively obeyed Cen Qing's words.
"Yes, yes! Yan'er, I won't disturb you for now. I want to go to Qing'er if I have something to say. If anything happens, I will definitely go look for Yan'er!"
Yingshi smiled and turned to Bai Yan and said.
Looking at the ridiculously beautiful woman opposite, Ms. Ying didn't know the woman's origin and character. She recalled that her nephew was very polite and courteous to the woman, but the woman rarely spoke just now and seemed to have an unpleasant nature.
People are always wary and a little repulsive towards unfamiliar things, and the Ying family, who came from a low background, is no exception. Before she knew the woman's character, the Ying family was also worried about offending her.
"Okay! If Auntie needs it, she will send someone to the Commandery's Mansion to report Yan'er!"
Bai Yan looked at Cen Qing's actions and didn't think much about it. After all, Bai Yan and Cen Qing had no contact with each other when they were in Linzi, Qi State, let alone Cen Qing's relationship with the Ying family after marrying Zilu.
Maybe the Ying family was very, very good to Cen Qing in the past, and she just asked Cen Qing to let go of her grudge. Bai Yan couldn't tell for sure, and it was inconvenient to ask.
What's more, if Ying doesn't go to the mansion, for Bai Yan, it will be even less troublesome.
"Let's go! Miss Bei Ji, it's too inconvenient to go out. How about you come back to the mansion with Bai Yan?"
Bai Yan first looked at Zhao Qiu, then turned to look at Monument Princess and said softly.
Bei Ji did not refuse. After her grandfather died, Bei Ji wandered away without a home and no one to rely on. Now she met Bai Yan, her father's direct disciple. In Bei Ji's heart, Bai Yan was the one she could get close to. people.
With Bai Yan around, she could feel at ease.
In the private room.
Bai Yan watched Master Xu coming, watched Zhao Qiu and Beiji stand up, and bowed his hands to Yingshi and Cen Qing. After the ceremony, he turned and left the private room.
"Qing, why didn't you let your mother go to Yan's place just now? Didn't you hear that Yan's mansion is very big, with boxes of gold? There are nearly a hundred servants and maids waiting on you!"
Mrs. Ying watched her nephew leave the private room until the footsteps disappeared, then she grabbed him and asked her daughter-in-law in a low voice, her eyes full of confusion.
"My mother! Why didn't my mother show her grief when she was talking about my father just now?"
Cen Qing did not answer Yingshi's words, but frowned and said to Yingshi with a worried look on her face.
"ah?……"
When Mrs. Ying heard Cen Qing's words, she was confused. What does this have to do with whether she goes to her nephew's mansion to enjoy it?
Cen Qing looked at Yingshi's appearance and seemed to have guessed what Yingshi was thinking. Her face became more and more worried. She frowned, sighed, and spoke again under Yingshi's increasingly nervous gaze.
"My mother, my mother and Yan Duo had differences in the past, but now Yan has gained fame and is respected by thousands of people, and will be able to return to Qi soon! When Yan meets his mother now, he thinks mostly of friendship and the blood relationship between my father and my father. Father Yan is a biological brother!"
Cen Qing said, shaking her head with worry on her face.
"Why didn't my mother shed tears when she learned about my father's death? If word spread, how would the world view my mother? Even if my mother went to Yan's mansion, how could Yan treat my mother well!"
Cen Qing reminded her sincerely, reminding her that the relationship between Ying and Bai Yan was, no matter what, all because of Bai Yan's uncle. As far as Ying and Bai Yan were concerned, not only were they not related by blood, but they had many disagreements in the past. .
"Ah! That's right! If Qing'er doesn't say anything, my mother will almost forget about it! What should we do? Yan'er, don't keep it in your heart just because of this!"
When Mrs. Ying heard Cen Qing's reminder, she reacted and her expression changed drastically.
She was too scared just now, but then she realized that her nephew did not blame him for what happened. Yingshi was too excited, and her relationship with Zilu's father had weakened. Yingshi didn't take Zilu's father's death to heart at all. Naturally, There is no word of grief.
Now that she heard Cen Qing's words, Yingshi reacted.
"I want to cry, my mother! After a while, my mother will cry. It would be better if everyone in the restaurant knows about it. Then in the future, when the news about Zilu's father's death spreads, the world will know about my mother's heartbroken heart! Not only in this restaurant, when I went to Daliang with Qing'er in the future, my mother would cry all the way. When she saw my father's tomb, my mother would cry heartbrokenly. It would be better if she was unconscious! Let more and more people know that my father is not alive, and the pain and longing in my mother's heart will be moved by the world. In this way, my mother, as my father's widow, whether it is Yan or Zilu who is now named Wu Liejun, is worried. , I will definitely take good care of my mother!"
Cen Qing looked at the panicked Yingshi, and softly persuaded her to give Yingshi advice.
"Yes, yes! Qing'er, your method is good!"
When Ms. Ying heard her daughter-in-law's words, she thought for a moment and nodded excitedly. She felt deeply that her daughter-in-law's words were correct and the method was even better.
As long as her actions spread out in the future, the world will know about it, and everyone will look at her in grief, and how she will be treated by her nephew and eldest son in the future. The more sad she is, as the nephew of the younger generation, she will definitely Care about her more and more.
Seconds! This method works in seconds! ! !
"Wait a minute, no, my mother is crying now!"
The more she thought about it, the more excited she became. For Yingshi, the matter of suffering was naturally within her reach. So under Cen Qing's gaze, Yingshi prepared a few breaths without hesitation, and then she started to cry. The cry sounded like grief. Soon there were even tears in his eyes.
Cen Qing looked at this scene, her eyes were full of coldness. Looking at the crying Yingshi, her worried expression gradually faded away, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
…………………………
Under night.
After rushing back to the mansion, Bai Yan asked Master Xu to take Beiji to the room, settled Master Xu, and then came to the study.
"Why are you looking at me like that!"
Half an hour later, Bai Yan put down the bamboo slips helplessly, sighed, and looked at Zhao Qiu across the wooden table angrily.
Not only Bai Yan, but also Bao Shi, who poured tea for Bai Yan, also looked at Zhao Qiu in confusion.
Both of them noticed that Zhao Qiu was very strange tonight, especially Bao. As a woman, she was keenly aware that Zhao Qiu looked at Bai Yan tonight, which was very strange. Bao had never seen that look before.
What happened? Zhao Qiu went to the restaurant to look for Bai Yan. When he came back, the look in his eyes when he looked at Bai Yan changed so much, it was like he was a completely different person.
What happened at the restaurant?
"I noticed from the restaurant that the carriage behind me was like this too!"
Bai Yan frowned and looked at Zhao Qiu helplessly.
When he returned to the private room in the restaurant, Bai Yan noticed that something was wrong with Zhao Qiu's eyes, and he left behind. This was especially true when they rode in a carriage together. From time to time, he peeked at him, his beautiful eyes revealing his thoughts.
Bai Yan didn't know what Zhao Qiu was planning. Could it be that he saw Ying and learned that Ying was his aunt, so he wanted to use Ying as a threat and force him to betray Qin and return to Qi?
"fine!"
Zhao Qiu heard Bai Yan's words and saw Bai Yan put down the bamboo slips and looked over. Then he came back to his senses in shock. After realizing it, he shook his head guiltily. On his pretty face with a tear mole, his beautiful eyes looked towards On the side, Bai Yan did not look at him.
"I'm going to change tea for the general!"
While Bao Shi was thinking, he turned to Bai Yan and said.
Bao Shi guessed that something must have happened in the restaurant. Seeing Zhao Qiu's expression changed drastically, he finally decided to ask Master Xu. After all, Master Xu had been following Bai Yan.
Is Zhao Qiu's change related to the woman Bai Yan brought back?
In the study room.
After Bao left, only Bai Yan and Zhao Qiu were left. Bai Yan looked at Zhao Qiu who ignored him, shook his head, and could only continue to pick up the bamboo slips and read them.
During the year he left, the number of soldiers recruited here in Yanmen was a bit beyond Bai Yan's imagination. Chai led the generals to train them. But what worried Bai Yan was that in the bamboo slips on Chai showing Xianyang, The difference in the number of soldiers, horses and soldiers was a full five thousand.
If the bamboo slips in Bai Yan's hands were not Chai's autographed letters, Bai Yan would not believe it. Chai actually dared to do such a thing. This kind of thing is no joke. If Xianyang knew about it, let alone Chai, it would be Bai Yan. , are inevitably implicated.
Seeing what Chai said was Mr. Wei's instructions, Bai Yan frowned and wanted to ask Mr. Wei about this matter no matter what.
Although the royal power did not extend to the county, the gentry in the cities and towns in various places would conceal the number of servants and fields in the clan. There were even city orders in many places where the gentry served as officials, concealing the local population, and concealing the king's orders from the local people.
But compared with the number of Qin soldiers, it is not of the same nature.
For example, Xianyang took into account the continuous wars, the hard work of the people, and the decrease in population, so it issued a royal order to reduce tax revenue and promulgated it. This royal order was passed to the county, and then from the county to the counties in the county, and finally to the township. , in this process, in Shu, as well as countless places in Daliang, Peixian, Zhao, and Chu, this tax reduction measure basically only reaches counties.
In the township pavilion below, it is the local nobles who have the final say, just like in Zhongwu City, Zhongwu City, which had just surrendered to the Qin State, the Qin officials who went to investigate the population of Zhongwu City, taking into account the power of the Zhongli family in the local area, and the Zhongli family revealed With connections, benefits, and threats to life, in the end, the population of those rural pavilions in Zhongwucheng will not be investigated, but will be whatever the Zhongli family says.
This was also the case in later generations. Xiang Liang would kill someone in Yueyang, Guanzhong. Not only was Xiang Liang fine, but he returned to Chu land without any hindrance and served as a local official.
However, the soldiers in the army each held weapons that could threaten the power of the empire, and the number of soldiers was concealed. Bai Yan had never heard of this kind of thing, and was even more confused, wondering how Mr. Wei persuaded Chai to actually let him Chai agreed to this.
"Tell me! What is going on?"
Bai Yan held the bamboo slip, looked along it under the candlelight, and looked at Zhao Qiu opposite the wooden table.
In the quiet atmosphere in the study room, Bai Yan was very confused as to what Zhao Qiu had eaten wrong. He felt that he was all weird when he came back. Asking himself, Bai Yan still liked the Zhao Qiu who was so purposeful and disliked him everywhere. .
Bai Yan was really not used to Zhao Qiu's current appearance.
"Are you ready to send troops to replace the land?"
When Zhao Qiu heard Bai Yan's words, her beautiful eyes flickered twice, and then she looked away again. Instead of answering Bai Yan's words, she asked Bai Yan.
"yes!"
Bai Yan nodded.
"Previously, the Qin State sent troops to the Yan State, and Dai Di sent troops to unite with the Yan State, and fought with Qin. In the end, there were heavy casualties. The Yanmen soldiers and horses alone should be enough to destroy the Dai Dynasty!"
Bai Yan said softly, not understanding why Zhao Qiu mentioned the attack on Dai Di, but Bai Yan did not hide his plans. Now that the Chu Kingdom has been destroyed, the general trend of the world has been determined. In the face of absolute power, Dai Di will be defeated. The county, which experienced drought and suffered heavy casualties later, had no ability to resist anymore.
"In fact, there is no need to send troops!"
Zhao Qiu said, her beautiful eyes looking at Bai Yan inadvertently. Seeing Bai Yan's curious eyes and looking at Bai Yan's face in front of her, the words she heard in the restaurant's private room could not help but reappear in her mind.
Thinking of this man's childhood experiences, Zhao Qiu felt a faint, imperceptible feeling of distress in his heart for some reason.
"Dai is a place in northern Xinjiang. Although Zhao Jia claims to be the king of Dai, in fact, hundreds of officials of the Zhao Kingdom who were in Dai in the past have often sneaked into Fanwu, Handan, Gaotang and other places, known as gathering the old The clan secretly unites forces to restore the country, but in fact secretly enjoys it and does not want to return to the previous generation..."
Zhao Qiu said slowly.
Under Bai Yan's surprised gaze, Zhao Qiu looked at the corner of the wooden table aside.
"We only need to send people to capture those old ministers of the Zhao Kingdom, secretly force those old ministers to surrender, and pacify Daidi. Then there will be no need for a single soldier, or even the need to go to Daidi. Someone will bring Zhao Jia to Yanmen. !”
Zhao Qiu said.
After saying that, even Zhao Qiu didn't know why he told Bai Yan these secret things without hesitation. In a heartbeat, Zhao Qiu could only attribute all this to the fact that Dai Di could no longer resist Qin and was restored to power. There is no hope, it is better to let Zhao Jia surrender to Qin as soon as possible and save his life.
Thinking of this, Zhao Qiu couldn't help but think about how Zhao Jia would react when he saw Bai Yan and saw that Xu Zixiao, who he had missed four years ago, was now the great leader of Qin.
"Um?"
When Bai Yan heard Zhao Qiu's words, he frowned. It wasn't that Bai Yan didn't believe Zhao Qiu's words, but that Bai Yan was a little strange. Why did Zhao Qiu suddenly say that he wanted to help him pacify Daidi?
"Didn't you drink?"
Bai Yan lowered his head and looked thoughtful, and secretly looked at Zhao Qiu. He recalled that Zhao Qiu did not drink in the mansion today, nor did he order a drink in the private room of the restaurant.
strangeness?
But why did Zhao Qiu act like he had drunk alcohol when he didn't?
Next to wooden table.
Zhao Qiu heard Bai Yan whispering to himself, and her beautiful eyes were a little confused.
What wine? Aren't you talking about Daichi?
Before Zhao Qiu could answer his doubts, he saw footsteps coming from outside the door. He turned around and saw the door opened and Monument Lady slowly coming into the room.
Seeing the arrival of Bei Ji, and thinking that the relationship between Bei Ji and Bai Yan was better than imagined, Zhao Qiu couldn't help but feel a little irritated. Looking at Bai Yan across the wooden table, Zhao Qiu, who was in a sudden mood, got up and walked out of the room. .
"Um?"
Bei Ji looked at Zhao Qiu, who was walking by with a cold face. When the door closed, Bei Ji turned to look at Bai Yan in confusion, not knowing how she had offended this stunning woman.
"No need to pay attention to it, she is acting weird tonight!"
Bai Yan noticed Bei Ji's worry and explained softly so that Bei Ji didn't have to worry about it.
After listening to Bai Yan's words, Beiji suddenly looked back at the closed door, as if she had thought of something, and then looked at Bai Yan, who was looking down at the bamboo slips at the wooden table under the candlelight, her eyes full of relief.
(End of chapter)
