In Pingyang City, almost no people can be seen on the streets.
At the city gate, a Qin official hid in the corner of the city to avoid the cold wind after closing the city gate.
When it's still dark, the cold wind makes people shiver, but at least it doesn't give people a bone-chilling feeling. However, as it gets dark, the howling cold wind makes people gasp.
On the city tower, a Qin official was shivering due to the cold wind. Fortunately, after discussion, he took turns to stand guard.
Bai family's mansion.
In the main hall, Bai Zhong, Bai Bo and others were all seated.
After a while, I saw a young man helping Bai Yu to the main hall.
now.
Whether it was Bai Zhong, Ji, or Bai Bo, Bai Yan, Bai Ji and others, they all looked at the young man beside Bai Yu.
The other members of the Bai clan also turned their heads to look.
Under everyone's gaze, Bai Yan supported Bai Yu and walked step by step to a wooden table.
In the main hall.
Bai Yingxue watched the young man salute to his grandfather Bai Zhong, grandmother Ji and Fan, and then salute to his uncle, father and Ji's father.
Bai Yingxue's beautiful eyes sparkled with an inexplicable meaning.
Climb Yangcheng first, take charge of the cavalry, play on the mountain to kill the enemy, and go north to seize the city.
One event after another, one eye-popping achievement after another, if placed on any child of a famous family, would be enough to make that child look down upon others.
However, these deeds were accomplished by a young man from a declining noble clan in Qi State.
Looking at the young boy.
The larger the gap, the more shocking this huge contrast is.
Bai Yingxue didn't know whether the young man in front of him was stronger or weaker than Li Xin and Meng Tian, but there was no doubt that this young man came from an official family, and Li Xin and Meng Tian were both famous generals. After familiarizing themselves with military books and the teachings of their elders,
In this regard, young people have no advantage.
But even so, the young man was still able to stand upright and lead troops on the battlefield.
Think of this.
Perhaps even Bai Yingxue herself didn't know that there was an indescribable brilliance in the way she looked at the young man.
In the main hall.
With a large number of people, the etiquette is not too complicated.
After a simple salute, when the elders of the Bai family saw Bai Yan salute, they naturally returned the salute one by one.
After the ceremony, Bai Yan came to a wooden table next to Bai Ping and slowly knelt down.
Looking at the delicious food on the table in front of him, he then looked at Bai Ping. Bai Yan had had a conversation with Bai Ping when Wan Feng was there, so the two of them were not getting along at the moment and nodded to each other.
At the table above the main hall, Bai Zhong saw that everyone was already seated, so he took the lead in raising a glass. After some speeches, all members of the Bai clan raised their glasses one after another, and then drank together.
The banquet was nothing more than a celebration of Bai Yan.
So what follows is congratulations.
Bai Yan held up the wine glass and naturally greeted him with a smile. His words were full of humility, and he gave a toast when it was necessary.
In fact, this banquet.
Not only did Bai Yan feel embarrassed when he drank, but Bai Zhong, Bai Yan, Bai Bo and others also drank in great embarrassment.
After it was decided to break off the engagement, Bai Yan and Bai Shi basically had nothing to do with each other.
now.
For Bai Yan, the purpose of coming to Baishi was firstly to visit Bai Yu, and secondly to show it to outsiders so that outsiders wouldn't be suspicious. He didn't want anyone to go to Qi State to investigate him.
And for the Bai family.
Bai Zhong, Bai Yan and others also knew in their hearts that Bai Yan did not like the Bai family. It could be seen from the last time he left without saying goodbye.
But Bai Shi needed this banquet more than Bai Yan.
Bai Yan doesn't want outsiders to be suspicious, so why not the Bai family.
In this hall, Bai Yu is a general, followed by Bai Yan, who is a doctor.
In the eyes of outsiders, these two people are the only ones with titles among the Bai family.
After Bai Yu was poisoned, the Bai family needed to let outsiders see that Bai Yu was the most important person in the Bai family, and Bai Yan was the person who held the most power in the military.
This is related to Bai's status and reputation.
"Respectfully"
An hour later.
Accompanied by toasts, conversations, and cups of wine poured down his throat, Bai Yan gradually lay down on the table. The wine glass in his hand fell on the table, and the wine spilled out.
not far away.
Bai Junzhu knelt down in front of the wooden table. Her beautiful eyes inadvertently looked at Bai Yan, who was lying on the table, and then looked away to look elsewhere.
However, Bai Junzhu's pretty face seemed expressionless, and her delicate hands under the wooden table clenched the corners of her clothes unnaturally tightly.
"Someone, send Bai Yan to the room to rest."
Ji called two servants and asked them to help Bai Yan go to the room to rest. Then he asked the two maids to boil some water and wipe Bai Yan's face later.
Bai Yingxue looked at Bai Yan being carried away, a trace of doubt flashed in her eyes, was she really drunk?
Ever since she first heard that Bai Yan killed twenty-two people in Yangcheng, Bai Yingxue's impression of Bai Yan was that she could never be deceived by Bai Yan's appearance.
So now she was very suspicious that Bai Yan was pretending to be drunk in order to leave the banquet.
Thinking room.
Bai Yingxue suddenly heard her grandfather suddenly speaking in the lobby.
"Uncle Yu, this time he is willing to stay in the Bai family to spend the New Year's Day."
After Bai Zhong saw Bai Yan leaving, he looked at a member of the Bai clan in the hall drinking and chatting with each other. He thought of something and looked at Bai Yu.
If you didn't know the relationship between Bai Yu and Bai Yan before, then on this day Bai Yan came to the Bai family and was always at Bai Yu's place. From this, you can see that the relationship between Bai Yu and Bai Yan is very good.
Bai Zhong felt a little lucky at this time. At first, he felt that Bai was ashamed of the young man, so he wrote a letter to Bai Yu who was in the army. Through a strange combination of circumstances, Bai Yu and Bai Yan formed a good relationship.
In the main hall.
As Bai Zhong spoke, other members of the Bai clan fell silent. Everyone knew that they were talking about business at this time.
"He doesn't want to?"
Ji looked at Bai Yu, shook his head, and asked softly.
Uncle Bai, Bai Yan, and Bai Ji also looked at Bai Yu.
"Shu Yu, even if you ask, he doesn't want to agree?"
Uncle Bai asked doubtfully.
In his eyes, the relationship between Bai Yu and Bai Yan was extraordinary. It could be seen when he was in Wanfeng that Bai Yan really cared about Bai Yu.
It stands to reason.
Based on the relationship between the two.
If Bai Yu opens his mouth, Bai Yan will refuse once or twice at most, but in the end he will agree due to feelings.
"He shouldn't refuse!"
Bai Ji also looked puzzled at this moment.
It is ironic to say that the people who were least willing to agree to Bai Junzhu's marriage were not Bai Yan, but Uncle Bai and Bai Ji.
And right now, those who want to keep Bai Yan the most are Uncle Bai and Bai Ji.
"He wanted to go to Lantian, pick up an old general, go to Xianyang, and spend the New Year's Day with the old general."
Bai Yu shook his head, and then slowly told what happened to Old Soldier Yu.
Bai Junzhu and Bai Yingxue listened quietly, with thoughtful expressions on their faces.
Uncle Bai and Bai Ji frowned slightly when they heard this.
"Nothing more! One has no relatives and the other has no reason. Why should Bai Yan spend the first day with this old soldier?"
Bai Ji said puzzledly.
Uncle Bai also stroked his beard and nodded slightly.
"Uncle Yu, maybe it would be better if you continue to talk to Bai Yan and let him spend Yuan Day in the Bai family."
Uncle Bai also spoke.
An old pawn whose title has not been changed, has no noble status, and has no relatives, Bai Yan is now the fifth official, and there is no need to establish a good relationship with him.
Rather than being alone with an old pawn, it would be better to be in the Bai family's mansion.
In the lobby.
Bai Ji and Uncle Bai's words made the men and women of the Bai clan nod their heads one after another. Even Bai Zhong, Ji clan, Fan clan, and even Bai Yan all agreed.
Everyone thinks what Uncle Bai and Bai Ji said is right.
It is estimated that any other person would think the same way. After all, he is just a novice. He does not have any noble background and does not even have any relatives.
"That kid, if he hadn't gone, maybe he wouldn't have been able to appease the cavalry army so easily."
Bai Yu shook his head and said something that left everyone confused.
Bai Yu looked at the puzzled expressions of his eldest brother, younger brother, father, and other clan members, but did not open his mouth to explain anything.
Bai Yu knew that there was nothing wrong with what his eldest brother and his younger brother said.
The eldest brother is right, it is not worth it to have an old pawn with no relatives and no background without changing his title.
Like those generals in the army, those generals and generals with backgrounds and prospects, who cares.
No one will care at all.
But this is where Bai Yan is different from the rest of the world!
Bai Yu had a hunch that maybe it won't be long before Bai Yan's prestige among Bai's cavalry will surpass him.
This is Bai Yu's intuition, and he knows that it has nothing to do with ability.
"That kid, where will he be transferred to in the future?"
Bai Yan asked softly at this time.
During the banquet, they never asked this question.
Bai Zhong, Uncle Bai and other members of the Bai family looked at Bai Yu again.
Under everyone's gaze, Bai Yu shook his head.
"That boy will go to Gaonu to serve as city guard in one month!"
Bai Yu said this sentence dumbfounded.
As the words fell.
"What?"
"Gaonu City Guard?"
"He, how old is he?"
In the main hall, there were voices of disbelief or doubt.
At this moment, except for Bai Yu's wife and children, everyone else was stunned.
Bai Zhong looked astonished, while Bai Bo, Bai Yan, and Bai Ji were dumbfounded, and the rest of the tribe looked at each other.
City guard!
Bai Yan was appointed as the guardian of Gaonu City!
This was a city guarded by Gao Nu, with the Xiongnu to the north and the important territory of Zhao to the east.
How old is Bai Yancai?
In the quiet main hall, everyone looked a little dazed at the moment.
Bai Junzhu's beautiful eyes were also full of surprise. Remembering that the young man just now would be qualified to serve as city guard in the near future, the few pride in her heart seemed to be missing again.
"That kid once escorted Yao Jia to Xinzheng after he made meritorious service."
Bai Yu explained softly, and then slowly told the reasons why Bai Yan went to Xinzheng and was later promoted to the fifth doctor.
In the main hall.
Bai Junzhu listened, her beautiful eyes trance-like.
Bai Yingxue, who was on the side, was listening to her uncle's words. Her beautiful eyes were shining brightly on her pretty face.
Amazing!
In a nice room.
"Hiss~!"
After the servants left, Bai Yan opened his eyes on the bed and rubbed his somewhat drunken forehead.
Although he was pretending to be drunk, he did drink quite a bit.