Although the first snow after winter came quickly, it was fortunately not heavy and did not last long.
In the private room in the non-returning building.
Bai Yan knelt down in front of the table and looked at the wine bottle on the table that had been heated countless times.
Bai Yan asked himself, if he was given another chance, would he let Gui and the others leave Lantian together?
And the answer is without exception: no!
If it happened again, he would never agree.
Bai Yan's heart was full of bitterness.
When I was a child, I knew that people would die on the battlefield.
When I grew up and practiced martial arts, I thought that with my martial arts skills, I could go to the battlefield.
Now, when I am in the military, I understand that everything is not that simple.
Destiny is never perfect, and God will let you go through hardships.
When I first came to Qin, I finally found friends I could be close to, but when I went to the battlefield, I had to wait for several days to even collect the corpses of my friends, waiting for the opportunity.
In the eyes of outsiders, he had Bai Yu as his backer in the army.
As a result, Bai Yu was assassinated, but because of his surname Bai, he was also put on the must-kill list by the Xiang family of Chu State.
"Doctor, do you want to warm the wine?"
A woman in her twenties looked at the wine bowl in Bai Yan's hand and asked softly.
In the private room.
Bai Yan came back to his senses, listened to the woman's words, shook his head, touched the wine bowl with one hand, and looked at the wine inside.
The coldness of the wine bowl came to my hand.
"Wait until they come!"
Bai Yan said softly.
This was the wine he had agreed upon with Liang Lang and the others, so he would naturally drink it when they arrived.
If you don’t come today, you won’t drink today.
When will they come and when will they drink again?
Next to wooden table.
When the woman heard Bai Yan's words, she turned her head and glanced at the closed window.
Although it was said that the small window had long been closed due to the cold weather, the thin cloth on the small window made it easy to see that the sky outside was completely dark.
The woman couldn't help but wonder, would the person the doctor was waiting for come today?
late at night.
The woman waited and waited, and fell asleep unconsciously.
When the woman woke up, the sun had already risen outside the small window, and the young doctor had disappeared in the private room.
On the table, there were only a few strings of money and a bottle of wine that had not been drunk.
"When did the doctor leave?"
The woman was full of doubts.
Xianyang City.
At the gate of Tingwei Mansion, two carriages drove slowly. After a while, the carriage stopped at the gate of the mansion.
As the servant opened the curtain of the carriage, Li Si's figure slowly got down from the carriage.
Along with him, there was Li Si's son Li You.
The servant at the door of the mansion, after seeing Li Si, quickly stepped forward to hold the horse's rope.
After Li Si, Li You and his son dismounted, they did not rush into the mansion, but turned to look at the carriage behind them.
At this moment, a middle-aged man slowly stepped out of the carriage.
When the man came forward, Li Si held up his hands and saluted.
"Master Yao, please!"
Li Si raised his hand to Yao Jia.
"please!"
Yao Jia did not refuse, nodded in return to Li Si, and then entered the mansion with Li Si.
After Li You watched his father and Yao Jia enter the mansion, he did not rush in. Instead, he turned to look at the waiting men in civilian clothes.
Looking at those men, Li You felt helpless.
These men would come to the door of the mansion every day, wanting to see their father.
Considering his reputation, he couldn't let his servants drive him away.
But they must not stay. Not only are these men incompetent, but their numbers are too eye-catching.
"Gentleman, may I ask, Lord Tingwei, if you have read the words of the previous letter?"
Among the many men, a middle-aged man with messy hair and a strange smell hurriedly came to Li You.
"My father has seen it and then thought about it. He'er is still young and not fully minded, so he doesn't need a teacher."
Li You looked at the middle-aged man and frowned slightly.
Li You was really unhappy with this middle-aged man named Zihuai. Compared with other men, this man regarded himself as noble and seemed to be a good talker, but he was nothing more than a talker without talent.
My father had given this man money before, hoping that he would get along and leave, but he didn't expect that this man was still too lazy to leave.
Thinking about what this person had written before, and thinking about this person's delusional desire to enter the palace and become his disciple's teacher, Li You felt even more disgusted.
"Gentleman, gentleman, gentleman!"
Zihuai watched Li You collect the bamboo slips and then turn around and walk towards the mansion. He quickly wanted to go forward and say something, but he never thought that the next moment, he would be stopped by the servants of the mansion.
In the mansion of Tingwei.
Li Si and Yao Jia were sitting in the study.
Several bronze stoves are placed not far from the desk.
Several maids in the mansion poured the warm tea that had been prepared for Li Si and Yao Jia.
If I hadn't known that it was winter outside, I wouldn't have felt the cold at all while staying in this study.
Yao Jia took a sip of tea and couldn't help but sigh. In the court today, although Li Si is not the prime minister, the king's favor to Li Si and the Li family is no less than that of the prime minister.
"Master Yao, should Li You enter the court? Or enter the county?"
In the study, Li Si looked at Yao Jia and asked softly.
Although Yao Jia was an official of the Wei family and Li Si was an official of the Chu family, since they met Han Fei, their relationship was as close as if they were not divided into factions.
"Yao thought he should join the county!"
Yao Jia looked at Li Si and said softly.
At this time, the door slowly opened and Li You walked in from the outside.
Yao Jia glanced at Li You.
Li Si looked thoughtful when he heard Yao Jia's words.
In fact, Li Si hoped in his heart that Li You could enter the court, but the disadvantage of entering the court was that it would take a long time, and he would wait until the opportunity came.
And the most important thing is that right now he is still a court lieutenant, not a prime minister.
Since both father and son were officials in the same court, it was indeed better to let Li You enter the county.
"If you want to enter the county, should you choose Sanchuan or Yingchuan?"
Li Si asked.
At this time, Li You also knelt down and sat at the wooden table, looking at Yao Jia.
Now that Qin has just destroyed Han, if he decides to enter the county, it would be most appropriate to go to Sanchuan or Yingchuan, where his ability can best be seen.
"You can't go to Yingchuan."
When Yao Jia heard that Li Si was thinking about Yingchuan County, he shook his head quickly, and then told the story about the assassination of the Zhang family in Xinzheng.
"I have informed the king about this matter, and the king has ordered people to investigate. You are not allowed to go to Yingchuan County until there is no news."
Yao Jia said softly, mentioning the Zhang family, even today, he can't help but feel a little palpitated in his heart.
The Zhang family, who was the fifth Prime Minister of Han, was actually accused of rebellion in Xinzheng City.
"Besides, somewhere in Xingyang, when Bai Yan ambushed the Korean army in the past, almost all the adult men in Xingyang were killed or injured."
Yao Jia continued, and after finishing speaking, he picked up the tea and took another sip.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and it feels so comfortable to be able to drink tea here.
In the study room.
When Li Si heard Yao Jia's words, he thought of the Zhang family, and then thought that three years ago, he had gone to Xinzheng to meet the King of Han, but the King of Han did not see him. Then he went to the Zhang family, but the Zhang family also turned him away.
outside.
Like Yao Jia, Li Si also knew that it was impossible for the Zhang family to rebel.
But why did Zhang escape?
Where is Zhang now?
Li Si closed his eyes and thought.
the other side.
Unlike Li Si and Yao Jia, Li You's attention was not on Zhang, but on the person Yao Jia talked about later.
"Bai Yan?"
Li You murmured, he was also very curious about Bai Yan.
In the court, the younger generation of Qin generals, Li Xin, Qiang Yu and Wang Li are quite prestigious and are all talented generals.
Meng Tian entered Lang a few months ago. I heard that the king still valued Meng Tian's talents very much. He would always ask Meng Tian when making military decisions. In addition, Meng Tian was a descendant of the Meng family. There had been rumors before that the king seemed to want Meng Tian to be involved in the offensive in the future.
When he was in another country, he was promoted to general.
Li You originally thought that among the younger generation of the Qin State, there were four sons of famous families: Li Xin, Qiang Yu, Wang Li, and Meng Tian. It would be hopeless for others to become famous through conquests.
Who would have thought that the speed with which the Bai family's disciples performed on the battlefield caught everyone off guard.
He relied on his meritorious deeds to let the whole court know about him.
Let everyone know that in addition to the Li family in Longxi, the Wang family in Xianyang, the Meng family, and the Qiang people in the north, the Bai family in Pingyang, which seems to have declined, has another descendant.
Thinking of the rumor that Bai Yan was not yet in his prime, Li You became more and more curious and wanted to meet him.
Outside Xianyang City.
Ten miles away from Xianyang City is a place called Duyou.
Next to a pavilion, a carriage drove slowly along the road and then stopped near the pavilion.
The words "adult", "girl" and "you, me" in the dialogue are all written according to the "Great Qin Empire".
Unlike Li Xin, Meng Tian and others, the Bai family behind Bai Yan has declined. During this period, the status of the Bai family is far inferior to that of the Li family, Meng family, and Wang family.