Chapter 338 An unexpected conversation with Yang Duan and the old general
people.
Inside Luoyang City.
Before Bai Yan could wait for Gui to return from delivering the letter, he received the order from the eunuch. Ying Zheng gave the order and continued on his way to Handan the next day.
"Wei Chen obeys your orders!"
Bai Yan was in the courtyard. When he heard the eunuch's words, he bowed his hands to the eunuch and saluted him.
After taking the edict with both hands, Bai Yan looked at the eunuch in front of him.
"Pee Ye!"
Bai Yan compiled the etiquette again.
Seeing the eunuch politely returning the gift, Bai Yan thought about it.
"Your Majesty, is he at Luoyang Palace?"
Bai Yan asked.
According to normal expectations, they should not set off so soon. Now that the edict was suddenly sent, Bai Yan was a little confused as to what was going on.
"Back to General Bai, the king should be accompanying Mrs. Zheng to play in the Luoyang Palace at this time!"
Peiye said to Bai Yan, cupping his hands.
Hear the words.
Bai Yan frowned slightly, Mrs. Zheng?
When he left Xianyang, he served as the escort for the trip, but he had never heard of Mrs. Zheng accompanying him.
"Who is Mrs. Zheng?"
Bai Yan thought for a while, looked at Pei Ye and asked.
Bai Yan actually received no news at all about this woman who suddenly appeared.
"Sir, Mrs. Zheng is a well-known beauty in Luoyang City. She comes from a famous family. She is the youngest daughter of the famous Confucian scholar Zheng Gong. When he heard that the king came to Luoyang, he specially asked Mrs. Zheng to sleep with him."
Peiye explained.
Then Pei Ye informed Bai Yan of the original process one by one, and reassured Bai Yan that there was no need to worry about the origins of Mr. Zheng and Mrs. Zheng, as Master Yingkan had already investigated clearly.
"Thank you!"
Bai Yan nodded and returned the greeting to Pei Ye with gratitude.
Bai Yan then invited Pei Ye to sit down for a while, but Pei Ye politely refused.
Bai Yan then personally sent Pei Ye away from the mansion.
In front of the mansion.
Bai Yan looked at Pei Yezhe's leaving figure, his heart full of worries.
"Go and ask Yanmao to come over!"
Bai Yan turned around and said to the servants in the mansion.
"promise!"
The servants quickly accepted the order.
After returning to the mansion, Bai Yan came to the study, stood by the study window, and looked at the scenery outside the window.
It was only then that Bai Yan suddenly realized that from receiving the order to making subsequent arrangements, one issue had been ignored, and that was Ying Zheng.
As the king of Qin, Ying Zheng had a distinguished status, and the news that he left Xianyang for Handan had already been known to everyone.
Regardless of those who are trying to take advantage of the opportunity to stand up and enjoy the glory and wealth, or those who are currently offering their daughters to Duke Zheng, without exception, they will not miss this opportunity for Ying Zheng to travel.
Exactly like this, it was the biggest omission of this trip.
Because Bai Yan can mobilize all the cavalry soldiers and can resist everyone, but he doesn't have half the power when it comes to Ying Zheng.
Beside the window.
Bai Yan looked thoughtful, not sure whether Mrs. Zheng was an enemy or a friend.
Moreover, now that Mrs. Zheng has accompanied Ying Zheng, Ying Kan has investigated her, and he has no right to interfere.
"General!"
Outside the study, Yanmao walked in slowly, came to Bai Yan's side and bowed his hands in a ceremony.
"Just now King Cai sent an edict to set off tomorrow and continue to Handan!"
Bai Yan looked out the window.
Inform Yanmao of the edict just received.
"Um?"
When Yanmao heard Bai Yan's words, he looked surprised and was not prepared at all.
so fast?
However, after coming back to his senses, Yanmao looked at Bai Yan and immediately realized that this sudden edict had disrupted all the general's arrangements.
Think of this.
Yanmao bowed his hand to Bai Yan.
"General Mo will go to the camp now and let the soldiers get ready!"
Yanmao said.
Although he was surprised by this sudden edict, Yanmao knew that military orders could not be violated.
Now that the king has given the order to the general, he will go and prepare the soldiers to set off tomorrow.
"Wait a minute!"
Bai Yan said, then turned around and looked at Yanmao.
"I'm going to visit General Yang later, and then go to Luoyang Palace to see the king. There is a certain possibility that going to the palace is the enemy's plan. You can keep an eye on Luoyang City for me in the palace."
Bai Yan ordered.
The reason why Bai Yan didn't leave with Pei Ye just now was because he was afraid that this was a plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
After all, as long as he leaves the mansion, if something serious goes wrong in Xianyang City, as the general, Bai Yan will also be implicated.
"promise!"
After Yanmao heard Bai Yan's words, he understood Bai Yan's meaning and quickly handed over his hands to prepare the ceremony.
After the ceremony.
Yanmao looked at Bai Yan preparing to leave and thought for a while.
"General, has something unexpected happened?"
Yanmao asked.
Bai Yan didn't speak, just shook his head at Yanmao.
Inside Luoyang City.
Bai Yan was wearing Qin official uniform and sitting in a carriage. After a long time, he arrived at the residence of Yang Duan and the old general.
The carriage stopped, Bai Yan was not in a hurry to get out of the carriage, but kept sitting in the carriage waiting for something.
"General, there are many people following you!"
A cavalry soldier said softly outside the carriage.
When Bai Yan heard this, he was not surprised.
"Arrange the soldiers to follow those people!"
Bai Yan spoke, and after finishing speaking, he stood up and walked out of the carriage.
Those who were following him should all be spies of the noble clans. Luoyang City was so big, there were so many noble clans, and some of the noble clans had intricate relationships. Without evidence, Bai Yan didn't dare to take action rashly.
However, it is not difficult to find out the noble clan and power behind them through those people.
Bai Yan knew that the cavalry officers who were at the border all year round were much better at detecting news and tracking than these noble spies.
Looking at the mansion in front of me.
Bai Yan came forward with a confidant holding a cloth bundle. After informing the servants of the mansion about his identity, he was quickly brought into the mansion by the servants.
Then he followed the servant all the way to the study and saw Old General Yang in official uniform.
In the study room.
Bai Yan looked at Old General Yang who was standing up, and quickly raised his hands to salute.
"Bai Yan, meet General Yang!"
Bai Yan opened his mouth and said.
When Old General Yang saw Bai Yan, he was naturally not too polite. After nodding lightly, he returned the greeting and motioned for Bai Yan to take a seat.
Bai Yan took the cloth bundle from his confidant and placed it on the wooden table.
Under Old General Yang's puzzled gaze, Bai Yan opened his official uniform, knelt down and opened the cloth.
"This is?"
Old General Yang looked at the more than twenty scrolls of bamboo slips wrapped in cloth, his brows furrowed and his eyes full of doubts.
"Old General Yang, these are the messages sent by the guards of the cities along the way between Luoyang and Handan!"
Bai Yan didn't hide anything, he said it bluntly, and then stretched out his hand to motion to General Yang to pick it up and watch it.
In Bai Yan's eyes.
Although Old General Yang didn't understand why Bai Yan brought these bamboo slips, he still looked at them one by one with doubts.
After a long time.
After Old General Yang read all the bamboo slips and put down the last scroll, his wrinkled old face slowly looked at Bai Yan opposite the wooden table.
"Bai Yan, are you suspecting that all these news are false?"
Old General Yang asked softly.
Among these messages, they all reported that soldiers had been dispatched to guard the route and everything was fine.
However, since Bai Yan brought him here, it proves that Bai Yan does not believe the news.
really.
Under the gaze of Old General Yang, Bai Yan pondered for a few moments and nodded slowly.
"It's not that Bai Yan is suspicious of my Qin officials, but that he is worried. These messages seem to have been intentionally sent to me, Bai Yan, to make me feel at ease."
Bai Yan said.
Speaking of this, Bai Yan's eyebrows were filled with worry.
It was also in front of Old General Yang that Bai Yan spoke so bluntly. If it had been another person, Bai Yan would not have said it so clearly.
"In the past, there was only one county in Korea, and many nobles secretly rebelled against Qin. Bai Yan did not believe that those nobles in Zhao State would abide by their duties!"
Bai Yan explained, while talking, he also mentioned the events of Yingchuan County in the past.
This also tells Yang Duan and the old general that there are so many anti-Qin forces in a land as big as Han, not to mention that there are more and richer nobles in Zhao.
"Did Ying Kan say anything?"
Yang Duan and the old general heard Bai Yan's words and suddenly asked.
Bai Yan thought for a while and told Ying Kan what happened.
After finishing speaking.
Bai Yan saw Yang Duan and the old general shaking their heads.
"Luckily, I have you as my escort on this trip!"
Yang Duan and the old general said with emotion.
When Bai Yan heard this, he looked straight at Yang Duan and the old general.
Because Bai Yan knew clearly that the meaning of Old General Yang's words obviously agreed with his thoughts and speculations.
"In the past in Yingchuan!"
Old General Yang spoke, looking at the characters Qin written on the bamboo slips in his hand, with a hint of melancholy on his cheeks.
"How could I not know that Korea has just been destroyed by Qin, and there must be many people in Korea who are against Qin?"
Old General Yang said.
Speaking of the Yingchuan incident, Old General Yang's eyes fell into memories.
Then General Yang told Bai Yan.
When he was ordered to lead the Qin army and prepare to go north from Yingchuan County, he had been sending people to find out the news. At that time, most of the news was the same as before. However, what happened after that was completely opposite.
In the study room.
Bai Yan knelt quietly behind the wooden table, listening to Yang Duan and the old general talk about what happened in Yingchuan County at that time.
After General Yang finished speaking.
Bai Yan just breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at these bamboo slips, he finally confirmed his guess.
The quieter and more stable it is, the more it looks like everything is safe and sound behind the scenes, which actually proves the greater the power behind the scenes.
As expected, this trip to General Yang was not in vain.
With the words of the old general, Bai Yan felt even more confident than he already was. At least he would go to see Ying Zheng. No matter what, he would not regret it.
"But now, how can you convince the king?"
Yang Duan and the old general looked at the young Bai Yan across the wooden table and asked softly.
At this moment, Yang Duan and the old general were filled with joy.
Making the same mistake, the young Bai Yan did not follow his old path. When he was confused, he came to the mansion to see him.
But at the same time, General Yang also knew very well that the most important issue at the moment was how to convince the king.
Think back to the beginning.
Old General Yang also stopped again with doubts.
At that time, General Yang knew very well that it was impossible for Ying Zheng, all the generals, all the civil and military officials, and all the garrison guards in other places to stop the attack on Zhao because of his doubts.
Now Bai Yan wants to be like this. On the way to Handan, it is impossible for Bai Yan to have more than 100,000 soldiers, laborers, Xianyang defenders, and even Ying Zheng and accompanying officials just because of Bai Yan's doubts and guesses.
All stay.
"If you need me, just ask!"
Old General Yang looked at Bai Yan's worried look and said.
Bai Yan shook his head.
"Thank you, old general!"
Bai Yan raised his hands to Old General Yang and said, "I came here mainly because I wanted to ask Old General Yang for his opinion."
The current situation is very special. Bai Yan is not stupid and will never let Old General Yang get involved in this matter. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, not only will he be affected, but Old General Yang will also be dragged down for no reason.
Bai Yan would not do such a loss-making thing.
If something goes wrong, you can't just blame everything on it.
"Old general, Bai Yan will leave first and go to the palace to meet the king!"
After thinking clearly, Bai Yan slowly stood up and said goodbye to Old General Yang.
Upon seeing this, General Yang also stood up and returned the salute to Bai Yan.
"If necessary, please order someone to inform me!"
Old General Yang sent Bai Yan outside the study. After Bai Yan declined, he stood there and gave Bai Yan instructions.
Bai Yan nodded, saluted Old General Yang again, and then left.
Outside the door.
Yang Duan and the old general just stood there, looking at Bai Yan's figure, and followed the maid away.
After a few breaths, the courtyard returned to silence.
At this time, the sound of footsteps sounded behind Yang Duan and the old general. When the old general Yang heard the movement, he did not look back.
"Brother, this young man will definitely achieve great things in the future!"
Old General Yang said softly.
And the person who walked out of the study was surprisingly Yang Xian, whom Bai Yan had had a break with when he was in Shangjun a year ago.
Bai Yan could never have imagined that in addition to him and Yang Duanhe, Yang Xian was also hiding in the study.
At this time, Yang Xian was no longer as high-spirited as he was a year ago. Under the official title on his head, there seemed to be more gray hair on his bunted hair.
"Um!"
Yang Xian looked at the yard in the distance with complicated eyes.
He has also read the bamboo slips placed on the wooden table. He has to say that, let alone his eldest son or his second son, no one, including himself, will react after receiving this news.
What doubts.
But that young man had doubts and even came here with a bamboo slip to ask to see his brother Yang Duanhe.
Watch it all.
Looking back on what happened in Shangjun, Yang Xian felt full of regret and helplessness.
At that time, when we met for the first time, who would have thought that this young man would be so perceptive.
"Brother, put aside your grudges! Whether it's for Yang Xiong or our Yang family. Moreover, Yang Xi, as an official, has been interacting with nobles from other places all year round, so it is inevitable that he will not be implicated in the future."
Yang Duanhe turned around and looked at his eldest brother.
After learning that the king was coming to Luoyang, the eldest brother came to Luoyang early in the morning to wait. He also met the king yesterday. But just now, he learned that Bai Yan asked for an audience. The elder brother would rather stand behind the bookshelf than see Bai Yan.
From this, we know that the eldest brother still has not let go of his original grudge against Bai Yan.
Outside the study room.
When Yang Xian heard his brother's words, his face was filled with hesitation.
Bai Yan had saved Yang Yan's life and helped his brother in Xianyang. Yang Xian already knew this, but there was always a hurdle in Yang Xian's heart about Bai Yan.
"good!"
In the end, Yang Xian thought of his eldest son, and after his second son, he nodded slightly.
The Yang family cannot be divided, and my brother is right. In the future, the Yang family will most likely ask for help from Bai Yan.
At this age, I am about to enter the old age, and I should not affect my descendants because of myself.
And at the beginning
"I forgot my true intention!"
Yang Xian looked up from the yard, looked at the blue sky, and murmured in his heart.
If I hadn't been biased against Bai Yan at the beginning, everything would have been completely different.
With this thought, the depression in Yang Xian's heart suddenly disappeared and he felt relaxed.
"But this time, it's still unclear whether he can deal with those noble forces!"
Yang Xian said.
Then he withdrew his gaze and looked in the direction Bai Yan left just now.
"The forces on this trip are no weaker than the ones you encountered back then, or even worse!"
Yang Xian touched his long beard, took a deep breath, and sighed.
After the world was unified, Ying Zheng toured the world five times!