Near Yongcheng, a small village in Qishan Mountain.
Winter is coming.
In this small village with only a few dozen households, the snow that fell two days ago has not completely melted, and its traces are still clearly visible.
At this moment, every household has its doors closed, and occasionally a few men will go to the mountains to find some wood for the winter before the next heavy snow comes.
"Excuse me, which household in this village are Gui's parents?"
At the entrance of the village, following the inquiry of a young man leading a horse, a man pointed to a dilapidated small garden in the distance.
The man had lived in the village since he was a child, so he naturally knew Gui. Gui died on the battlefield before. I heard that fortunately he met a noble man and his body was found and sent back to his hometown.
As he spoke, the man was a little confused, because he knew that the young man in front of him was definitely not from this village.
"Thank you!"
Bai Yan nodded to the man and then led the horse towards the dilapidated garden.
And when we came to the entrance of Xiaoyuan.
Bai Yan suddenly heard the sound of an argument coming from the courtyard.
"The gift money has been given to you. You can take the person away, but can you return the gift money? Our couple has already lost a son. If so."
"That's not what it says. Qin's law says that if a husband dies, the wife can remarry. Ying'er has already been married to your family before. After Gui died in the war, Ying'er remarried. This is not an annulment. How can we return the gift money?
explain?"
"No, if you don't believe me and let the stingy man comment, you can go to the Three Gongs for comment."
Along with the arguing in the small courtyard, Bai Yan stretched out his hand and slowly pushed open the bamboo door of the small garden.
The next moment, Bai Yan saw several men and a woman making trouble for a middle-aged couple in the small garden. There was also a timid girl standing next to them, as well as several Qin officials.
When Bai Yan stepped into the small garden, the sound of conversations in the small garden suddenly stopped.
Everyone looked at Bai Yan, even the middle-aged couple who were being made difficult for, looked at Bai Yan with doubts on their faces, because they did not recognize the commoner boy who walked into the yard.
"Who are you?"
Several Qin officials looked wary when they saw that Bai Yan had a Qin sword on his waist. The leading Qin official stepped forward and scolded him.
The men and the woman who had made things difficult for the couple just felt relieved when they saw Official Qin speaking. After all, the young man was wearing a sword, and they were also afraid that the young man would get to know the couple.
Now that he remembered that Chefu and the other soldiers were there, even if the young man knew them, he would not dare to do anything to them.
In the small garden.
Bai Yan did not answer the stingy man. He took out his wooden sign from his cloth and showed it to the leading stingy man.
One glance.
At a glance, the stingy man who had just spoken saw clearly written on the wooden sign in the young man's hand, "Fifth Doctor: Bai Yan."
For a moment, Chefu's pupils shrank and his eyes widened in disbelief.
The young boy in front of me not only has a title, but he is also a senior official!
"I'm humble, let's meet the fifth doctor!"
The stingy man quickly bowed his head and bowed his head.
His position is a rural official position, which belongs to a stingy man.
According to the Qin Law, for villages with a population of more than 5,000 people, the county appoints one person as "Youzhi"; for villages with less than 5,000 people, the county appoints one person as "Chefu". Both have the same responsibilities, which are to mediate neighborhood disputes.
, helping the government collect taxes and arrange corvee labor.
It looks very powerful and has a high position, but in the final analysis, it is still a rural official position.
It doesn't even count as a county or city official, let alone in front of the five officials.
In the small garden.
After Shifu finished speaking, everyone present stared wide-eyed and froze on the spot.
The fifth doctor!!
As I thought of these three words in my mind, I looked at the young man again, with his mouth open and his face blank.
They never dreamed that that young man was actually the fifth doctor!
Finally, several Qin officials came to their senses and hurriedly bent down to compile the ceremony.
"I'm humble, let's meet the fifth doctor!"
"I'm humble, let's meet the fifth doctor!"
A famous Qin official said to Bai Yan Jili.
Other people in the courtyard slowly came to their senses at this moment and hurriedly lowered their heads and saluted.
"The common people have seen the fifth doctor!"
"The common people have seen the fifth doctor!"
No matter the men, women, girls, or even the couple, they all lowered their heads at this moment.
Accompanied by footsteps.
In the courtyard, everyone felt that their hearts were about to burst out of their chests. No one understood why a figure as big as the Fifth Doctor came back to this small village today.
"Bai Yan, I have met my uncle and aunt."
Bai Yan came to the couple and bowed his hands to them.
After Bai Yan finished speaking, when the couple heard Bai Yan's name, they immediately raised their heads and looked at the young man in front of them with red eyes.
"But, sir, do you want someone to bring Guier back?"
The woman asked tremblingly with red eyes, and then she knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Bai Yan.
Bai Yan stopped him quickly.
"I am Gui's friend, as I should be!"
In the courtyard.
Whether it was the stingy man or other Qin officials, or even the men, women, and girls, everyone was shocked when they heard Bai Yan's words.
These five doctors are actually Gui's friends.
How is this possible? How can a commoner's son be a good friend of this gentleman?
Just when everyone was stunned.
In the courtyard, the young man's voice sounded again.
"Uncle, aunt, today Bai Yan is here. In addition to paying homage to Gui, he also wants to take his uncle and aunt to Xianyang. Bai Yan has already purchased a house in Xianyang. As long as Bai Yan is alive in the future, my uncle and aunt will have no worries about food and clothing."
now.
Everyone looked at the young man with a look of confusion on his face.
After coming back to his senses, he immediately looked at the couple with envious eyes.
This young fifth doctor.
This is to support Gui and his biological parents!
At sunset.
The originally deserted small village was now very lively with many villagers visiting each other's houses.
It wasn't until the young fifth doctor left after paying homage to the tomb that the villagers were no longer so excited.
"Did you just see that the pavilion chief and the three princes are here?"
"No, this is the fifth doctor! Such a young fifth doctor, hiss~!!"
In one house after another, faint voices of conversation could be heard.
And what he said was nothing more than what happened to Gui's father's family today.
But just now.
At the entrance of the village, a young man wearing cloth, carrying a cloth bundle on his back in the cold winter, quickly arrived at the small garden where Bai Yan went today.
Among the wooden houses in the small garden.
Gui's father and Gui's mother were looking at the girl, and seemed to be saying something to the girl.
"The doctor once said that Gui just entered the battlefield because he didn't want to wrong me. How can I leave now."
Faintly, a woman's voice seemed to be heard faintly.
Just then.
The door suddenly opened, and a young man walked in with a smile on his face.
"Mother, father!"
The young man said to the couple.
In an instant, Gui's father and Gui's mother were frightened, and even the girl turned pale with fright.
"Guier?"
The stunned young man with red eyes stood up and stepped forward tremblingly, reaching out to touch the young man's cheek.
It's not cold, it's not cold, this is not a dream!
Along with this thought, tears continued to flow from Gui Mu's eyes.
"Mother!"
Gui looked at his mother and saw her crying. Gui's eyes also turned red.
Then, Gui looked at his father.
"Guier, what's wrong with you? That grave."
Gui's father looked at Gui at this moment, looking up and down, with a confused look on his face, full of confusion, and in a daze.
The person in front of me is Gui. Who is the person in the grave?
"That person is not me!"
Gui said with a bitter smile.
It turned out that he followed General Cen Zhou to guard the villages and roads near the new city, but he was unfamiliar with the place. Faced with the ambushes of the Han soldiers day and night, the Qin soldiers suffered heavy casualties.
So General Cen Zhou had people disguise themselves and go to various cities as spies, trying to check the movements of Korean soldiers in other cities.
Since he was young and eager to make meritorious deeds, General Cen Zhou gave him the opportunity.
After that, all his clothes and armor were left in the army, but he didn't know it was the Qin soldier. Seeing that his Qin armor was beautiful, and seeing that he hadn't come back for a long time, he wore his Qin armor at night, thinking that no one would notice, and even just in case.
Also bring all the wooden signs.
"The body was left in the wild, eaten by birds and animals, and exposed to the sun. It has long been changed beyond recognition."
Gui said.
When he said this, his eyes turned red, because he knew that even if it was like this, that person would still go and bring 'his' body back.
After the death of Han, General Cen Zhou died in battle. It took him a lot of time to prove his identity, but it was just like this that he heard more things and knew that his Qin armor and wooden plaques had been brought home.
inside the house.
Gui's parents were completely dumbfounded when they heard what their son said. They didn't expect that there was still a misunderstanding about this matter.
"It'll be good to come back, it'll be good to come back!"
Gui's father and Gui's mother breathed a sigh of relief.
But then, the couple thought of today's events, and quickly told their son about Bai Yan's coming here, telling the whole process verbatim.
Talking and talking.
"Today we refused the fifth doctor's kindness, but the fifth doctor could not be stubborn, so he secretly gave us two gold cakes."
While talking, Gui's mother hurriedly came to a corner, moved the wood above, took out a wrapping cloth under a wooden board, and gave it to Gui.
"After the doctor paid homage at the tomb, he handed me the gold cake and then seemed to leave in the direction of Pingyang."
Gui's father said.
Thinking of today's events, Gui's father looked at his son.
Gui's father knew in his heart that the doctor treated Gui sincerely and far more than anyone else.
It's a pity that if Gui got home earlier, the doctor would definitely be able to see Gui.
"Pingyang!"
Gui murmured, looking at the two gold cakes wrapped in the cloth in his hand, his red eyes flashing with tears of emotion.
It’s all laid out in front!
Sincerity in exchange for true love, what happened between brothers,