In a mansion in a small alley, in the main hall, several young men were sitting and talking. On the wooden table in front of each man were bowls of delicious meat and delicacies, as well as wine glasses full of fine wine.
As cups of wine poured down his throat, the man watched the dancers dancing in the main hall. The smile on his face and his eyes never left.
While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone.
It’s hard to imagine how big the gap is beyond the scene behind this sentence.
It is even very possible that these dancing girls were born in the hometown where countless people have starved to death, the Bone Wasteland.
"You, come here and pour wine for Mr. Jing Qi!"
While the leader, Zhu Xun, was drinking, he noticed Jing Qi, the Jing brother, behind the wooden table. His eyes were always on a dancing girl.
Seeing this, the Lord, as a person who has experienced this, naturally understands why.
Therefore, he extended his hand unceremoniously and asked the dancer to serve Jing Qi.
"Brother Jing Qi, if you like it, you can just say so!"
Seeing Jing Qi's gaze, Zhu Xun took the initiative and said unconcernedly.
In Zhu Xun's eyes, she is just a dancer. At the banquets these days, the dancer alone is different every day.
Among the others, Chen Xu and Dong Guogao laughed jokingly.
At this moment, Chen Xu and Dong Guogao were both holding a dancing girl beside them. Even though the Zhao country had been destroyed and suffered successive disasters, the women of the Zhao country in the Zhao land were really beautiful.
"Brother Jing Qi, there is no need to be polite!"
Zhu Xun smiled, then raised his hand and saluted Tian Sui, Chu Heng and others.
"The same goes for gentlemen, don't be polite!"
Zhu Xun said with a smile.
Of course, Zhu Xun also knew that unlike Chen Xu and the Jing brothers, Tian Sui, who was far away from Qi and was extremely wealthy, naturally had high standards and could understandably look down on the pretty dancers.
As for Huan Chu, it was because he accidentally met Tian Feiyan, a woman of the Tian family, when he was visiting the Tian family in Qi State. From then on, it was understandable that he was like a man possessed.
Therefore, these two people have not chosen a dancer in the past few days, and the master has not forced it. He just hopes that if he meets someone he likes, he can just ask.
In the main hall.
Zhu Xun's words and actions made Chen Xu and Tian Sui hold their hands in front of them and return the favor with a smile while holding the wine cup.
But before Zhu Xun could pick up the wine cup on the wooden table.
Suddenly, under everyone's gaze, a servant suddenly ran in in a hurry.
See the situation.
Chen Xu, Huan Chu and others all looked at each other in confusion, not understanding what was going on.
At this time, Zhu Xun also looked at Tian Sui, who also frowned slightly.
"Young gentleman! This is a secret message sent by Mr. Corpse and Mr. Wu!"
The servant came to his master, handed over his report, and handed over a scroll of bamboo slips.
When Zhuxun heard that it was Xiyan and Wu Gao who sent it, he stood up quickly, walked around the wooden table excitedly, came to the slave kneeling on the ground, and picked up the bamboo slips.
"Message from Corpse Weir!"
"Wu Gao!"
After Tian Sui and Chen Xu heard the servant's words, they looked at each other.
Then, under the gaze of the two of them, Zhu Xun, who was looking at the bamboo slips, frowned slightly, but when he saw the back, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Tian Sui.
"What's the matter?"
Tian Sui saw Zhu Xun's eyes and asked softly.
"Brother Tian Sui, look at it!"
Zhu Xun did not answer Tian Sui in a hurry, but took two steps and handed the bamboo slips to Tian Sui.
In the main hall.
Regardless of whether it was the two brothers Jing Qi, Jing Shu, or Dong Guogao, they all looked away from the dancing girl beside them and turned to look at Zhu Xun and Tian Sui.
Chen Xu, who was beside Tian Sui, also let go of the woman beside him, stood up, patted the silk clothes, came to Tian Sui's side, and looked at the bamboo slips in Tian Sui's hand.
At first glance, Chen Xu couldn't help but frown at the content in front of him. He didn't expect Zheng to make such a big mistake.
When he saw Xu Zixiao appearing behind him, intercepting the bamboo slips and sending them back to Zheng Liu, Chen Xu was relieved.
It’s good that the news didn’t leak out!
If the news were to leak, the consequences would be unimaginable.
However, Chen Xu, who was relieved, immediately noticed the name mentioned on the bamboo slip.
Xu Zixiao!!
Chen Xu had also heard of this name.
"I didn't expect it was him!"
Chen Xu said softly, and then looked at the content behind.
After a few breaths.
As Tian Sui put away the bamboo slips, Chen Xu looked at Tian Sui.
"Is Xu Zixiao coming to Zhongmou City too?"
Chen Xu said.
Since there is not much content in the bamboo slips, most of them mention Xu Zixiao.
Moreover, Wu Gao and Xi Yan both said frankly in the bamboo slips that they were going to bring Xu Zixiao to Zhongmou. So calculating the time, they should arrive at Zhongmou City today.
Chen Xu knew clearly that unlike Wu Gao Shiyan, no one in the main hall had ever come into contact with Xu Zixiao.
No one knew much about Xu Zixiao.
"The letter did not mention the origin of Xu Zixiao!"
Chen Xu sighed with emotion.
They had investigated the Xu family at the beginning, but found nothing. However, they had found some clues about the person who assassinated Xu Zixiao.
That Xu family is too mysterious.
What's more surprising is that many people thought that Xu Zixiao had already been poisoned and died, but they didn't expect that he was still alive.
"Although the origin was not disclosed, given Xu Zixiao's behavior in Handan, and the fact that Wu Gaoneng brought Xu Zixiao to Zhongmou, and Xieyan did not object, it should be credible and there is no need to doubt it."
After Tian Sui finished speaking, he looked at Chen Xu.
"After all, Corpse Yan's identity is more sensitive than you and me!"
Tian Sui said.
Then he handed the bamboo slips to Huan Chu who was standing aside.
"indeed so!"
After listening to Tian Sui's words, Chen Xu watched Huan Chu take the bamboo slips from Tian Sui's hand and nodded lightly.
Tian Sui is right, the Corpse Weir is the corpse of the Prime Minister of the Wei State. If the assassination of Ying Zheng is exposed, the Wei State will definitely use the lives of the corpse family to pacify the Qin State if it is worried that the Qin State will send troops to attack.
anger.
Based on their understanding of Shiyan, Shiyan was cautious and intelligent by nature. If they didn't trust Xu Zixiao, they would never agree to Wu Gao bringing people to Zhongmou City.
Not to mention that in Handan, Xu Zixiao once helped Gongzi Jia and the State of Zhao to fight against the State of Qin.
Think of this.
The few doubts Chen Xu had about Xu Zixiao's mysterious origins were all dissipated.
In the main hall.
The words of Tian Sui and Chen Xu naturally fell on the ears of others.
"I'll tell my grandfather about this first!"
Zhuxun watched Chen Xu hand the bamboo slips to others and spoke first.
The matter was of great importance, even if it was Wu Gao, the person brought by Shiyan, he still had to tell his grandfather.
On the way to Zhongmou City.
In the vehicle, Bai Yan felt the bumps on the road. Wu Gao and Xi Yan, who were riding in the carriage together, seemed to have endless things to say and chatter, and laughter could be heard from time to time.
Fortunately, due to physical discomfort, Bai Yan could quietly close his eyes and rest his mind most of the time.
Now that Zheng is staying in Luoyang, if there is no Tian Sui in Zhongmou City, it will be very simple to deal with it, just killing.
However, Tian Sui's appearance made things a little troublesome.
"stop!"
After an unknown amount of time, and days of running fast, the group finally arrived at Zhongmou City.
Hearing the sound of inquiries outside, Bai Yan stretched out his hand to open the small window curtain and looked outside.
"go in!"
However, Bai Yan didn't even look twice when he heard the voice of the Qin soldiers guarding the city gate.
Bai Yan put down the wooden window curtains and took a peek at the small things. From here, the gate of Zhongmou City was completely out of the control of the Qin State. Not only the news sent by Zhongmou City was false, but also some of the officials in Zhongmou City.
The guards, even most of the guards, have been bribed.
No wonder Wu Gao and Shiyan once made bold promises that Bai Yan would die without a burial place as soon as he arrived at Zhongmou City.
Think of this.
Bai Yan looked at Wu Gao and Xiyan calmly.
Wu Gao and Xiyan, who knew nothing at the moment, saw Bai Yan looking over and smiled.
"Zixiao, I will introduce you to our friends later!"
Wu Gao said.
Corpse Yan on the side also nodded.
"Perhaps Bai Yan is also in Zhongmou City at this moment. When the time comes, we will get rid of Ying Zheng's henchman together! Qin General Bai Yan!"
Xiyan said.
When he said this, Xi Yan, who always gave people a feeling of being elegant and easy-going, his expression was full of excitement, and there was a hint of indifference in his eyes.
Because as a descendant of the Prime Minister of the Wei State, Xi Yan is most aware of the pressure that the Qin State is putting on the Wei State. The most threatening one is the Bai family's cavalry stationed in Yanmen in the north. Whenever he thinks of that
Riding an iron cavalry will make people anxious, fearing that they will suddenly go south at any time.
"Yes! Kill that Qin general Bai Yan!"
Wu Gao nodded after hearing what Xi Yan said.
At this moment, Wu Gao was trembling with excitement when he thought that Bai Yan was already in Zhongmu City. He was the youngest and most promising Qin general in the Qin Kingdom!
As long as Qin general Bai Yan is eliminated, Qin's threat to the world will undoubtedly be much less.
Even though Bai Yan is not a Qin general, compared to other Qin generals, what scares the world most about Bai Yan is not his talent, but his age.
Wang Jian, Yang Duanhe, Meng Wu, Li Yao and other great generals of the Qin State will all grow old one day.
The descendants of those generals, even if they cannot be corrupted, do not make people fearful and uneasy. Only Bai Yan, who is a descendant of the Bai family, makes people very fearful.
Therefore, when he thought at the moment, being able to get rid of Bai Yan in Zhongmou City in one fell swoop would be tantamount to breaking the foundation of Qin's future. Wu Gao's blood surged all over his body, and he wished he could kill Bai Yan immediately.
Thinking room.
Wu Gao suddenly discovered that Zi Xiao didn't seem very excited after hearing his conversation with Xi Yan.
How is this going?
"Zixiao, do you want to get rid of that Bai Yan?"
Wu Gao asked, and then he looked at Xiyan and found that Xiyan was also full of doubts.
Wu Gao and Xiyan looked at Bai Yan.
Under the gaze of the two men, Bai Yan shook his head slightly.
"I have no enmity or enmity with the Bai family, and I have no intention of participating in the world's disputes."
Bai Yan said.
Xiyan was puzzled when he heard Bai Yan's words.
"Xi Yan disagrees with this statement. When a gentleman is alive, he should take making meritorious deeds as his own responsibility. The affairs of the world are really the affairs of the gentleman. If the gentleman does not care about it, there will be no peace in the world. Although Xi Yan is here to assassinate Ying Zheng,
I came here to get rid of Bai Yan, but I also fully agree with what Bai Yan once said."
Xi Yan said this and raised his hands to Bai Yan: "A man born in troubled times should carry a three-foot sword and make extraordinary achievements!"
After Xi Yan finished speaking, he slowly bowed to Bai Yan.
Wu Gao nodded at the side. How could Wu Gao not know this?
Don't talk about him. Now that Bai Yan has become famous all over the world, his past deeds have already spread all over the world. Among them, the most unforgettable one is when Bai Yan was drinking with a group of teenagers in Lantian and shouted that sentence boldly.
A man born in troubled times should carry a three-foot sword and achieve unparalleled achievements!!!
Every time this sentence rang out and Wu Gao murmured it in his heart, he couldn't help but get excited and yearn for it like the rest of the world.
Many times Wu Gao, like others, would fantasize in his mind, how wonderful it would be if Bai Yan hadn't enlisted in the Qin State and served in the Qin State. At that time, one of the people in the elegant room of the restaurant was him.
"A man is born in troubled times and makes great achievements!"
In the carriage, when Bai Yan heard Xi Yan say these words, a touch of sadness flashed in his eyes.
The world only remembers what he said, but no one cares. When he said this, there was no news from the other six people in the private room.
at the moment.
Seeing Xi Yan and Wu Gao excitedly saying that they wanted to kill him, Bai Yan put away his sadness and felt helpless in his heart.
The world has no idea at this moment that even without him Bai Yan, the Qin State would still destroy the six countries one by one, and Wang Jian, Wang Ben and his son would lead the army to pacify the world for Yingzheng.
Looking at Corpse Yan with an excited expression.
Bai Yan was about to speak, but he didn't want Xi Yan to continue speaking.
"Zixiao, for the sake of the people of the world, Xiyan has the courage to speak out."
Corpse Yan looked at Bai Yan.
"No one is immune to the turmoil in the world. If Zixiao doesn't want the Xu family to experience being searched by Qin again, he should understand that if Qin is violently punished, the world will prosper!"
After Xi Yan finished speaking, he saluted Bai Yan again.
Bai Yan looked at Corpse Weir, raised his hand to return the salute, and then shook his head.
"The lifelong wish of Zixiao and his people is that the world will be peaceful and the people can live in peace. They have no other ambitions."
Bai Yan explained, and after speaking, he coughed again, with a somewhat painful expression on his pale face.
Shiyan wanted to say something else, but at this time Wu Gao pulled Shiyan.
Wu Gao looked at Xu Zixiao who was coughing, thought for a moment, and told Shiyan the story Xu Zixiao told him when he went on a hunting trip.
As Corpse Yan listened, the expression on his face gradually changed from fear to surprise, and finally full of surprise. After hearing the story, he came to his senses, thought of something, and immediately looked at the young man.
At this time, Xiyan suddenly understood what the young man said just now.
After understanding the truth, Xiyan no longer pressed him, and raised his hand to express his discourtesy.
Seeing this, Bai Yan knew that there was another misunderstanding, so he did not choose to explain, but raised his hands and returned the greeting without saying a word.
After a long time.
The carriage slowly stopped in front of a mansion, Wu Gao and Bai Yan stepped out of the carriage.
Looking at the mansion in front of him, Bai Yan asked his wife to go down and rest.
Then, led by Wu Gao from Xiyan, they came to the gate of the mansion. After being informed by the servants, they entered the mansion together.
And in the courtyard of the mansion.
Bai Yan just followed Wu Gao and came to the courtyard behind the corpse barrier, and saw a group of young men who were already talking in the courtyard. When they saw Wu Gao and others, they all looked over with smiles on their faces.
"Brother Wu!"
"Brother Xiyan!!"
"Junzi Chen!"
"Brother Huan Chu!!!"
Wu Gao and Xiyan raised his hands with a smile on his face, and smiled and saluted the six young men.
Bai Yan was not anxious, but watched quietly.
And when he saw Xie Yan bowing his hands in front of an extraordinary young man, he said "Brother Tian."
Bai Yan still didn't know, but the young man who looked like a handsome man and exchanged hands with Xiyan was Tian Feiyan's eldest brother, Tian Sui.
See the situation.
Bai Yan once again lamented that Tian Ding's late wife, Tian Feiyan's mother, must have grown up to be a disaster for the country and the people.
This inheritance means strength, just like him, he looks like his father. Many people looked at his appearance since he was a child and said that he would definitely be a kind person in the future.
In the courtyard.
Perhaps feeling Bai Yan's gaze, Tian Sui still didn't know that the boy was Bai Yan, the general of Qin, nor that he was the boy who had been in contact with his little sister when his father drove him out of Linzi in Qi State. Tian Sui turned around and looked
Xiang Baiyan.
"Who is this?"
After Tian Sui and Xi Yan gathered together the ceremony, he asked.
In fact, whether it is Tian Sui, Chen Xu, Zhu Xun, Huan Chu and others, they have already guessed that the pale young man who came with Wu Gao and Tian Sui should be Xu Zixiao who helped Gongzi Jia in Handan.
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Chen Xu and Huan Chu looked at each other, while brothers Jing Qi and Jing Shu also frowned slightly.
Looking at the young man's appearance, several people had already vaguely guessed that although the young man did not die from the poison that Handan was poisoned in the past, he was probably still poisonous in his body.
"Brother Tian Sui, this is Xu Zixiao, a descendant of the Xu family!"
Xi Yan said to Tian Sui with a smile on his face.
Seeing Tian Sui's surprise and joyful expression, Xi Yan naturally saw through it without saying anything. After all, what happened next, Xi Yan knew clearly, would definitely surprise Tian Sui.
"Zixiao also has another identity, that is Doctor Qi, a closed disciple of Duke Jin!"
Xiyan said.
Tian Sui, who was originally about to step forward and bow his hands in ceremony, took a step forward when he suddenly heard the words of Xi Yan beside him. His whole body froze on the spot, and his handsome face looked at Xi Yan in astonishment.
Not only Tian Sui, but also Chen Xu, Zhu Xun and others in the courtyard also stopped talking and looked at each other in confusion, and then looked at the young man in shock.
Doctor Qi, Jin Gong’s closed disciple?
"impossible!"
Chen Xu instinctively murmured, his voice very weak.
And those words brought everyone back to their senses from the shock.
Among them, Tian Sui frowned and turned his head to look at Chen Xu.
When Chen Xu saw the look in his friend Tian Sui's eyes, he naturally understood what he meant, so he shook his head.
As an old man from Qi State, Chen Xu had never heard that before Jin Gong died, there were still disciples alive.
but!
If he is pretending, it is too stupid. After all, the one standing in this courtyard now has no background. It is more like deceiving the ignorant people with things like Jin Gong's disciples. He deceives them.
In the courtyard.
There were many people who had the same idea as Chen Xu, and Tian Sui was no exception. At this moment, Tian Sui glanced at the corpse weir full of doubts.
And Xiyan naturally knew what his friend was thinking, so he smiled all over his face and even couldn't help but laugh out loud.
See the situation.
It makes others even more confused.
Wu Gao on the side was not in a hurry to speak for Xu Zixiao at this time. After all, it was better for Shiyan to speak for him.
"Don't worry, he is indeed a descendant of Mr. Jin!"
Shiyan put away his smile and said to Tian Sui, trying to reassure him.
Then he briefly told what happened when he was a child. There was no need to tell Tian Sui that not many people knew about it. After all, there were many things that would have been impossible to know if he were not Jin Gong's beloved disciple.
Tian Sui listened, his eyes full of disbelief.
He is really a closed disciple of Duke Jin!
And he is a closed-door disciple that even his father has never heard of!
Think of this.
Tian Sui thought for a while, then stepped forward and bowed to the young man first.
"Tian Sui was very rude just now. Jin Gong is an old friend of my father's. My father never mentioned that Jin Gong accepted a disciple. I heard that Xu Junzi was Jin Gong's favorite disciple, so I was stunned. I hope Xu Junzi will never forgive me!"
Tian Sui said.
At this moment, Tian Sui still couldn't calm down. The first thought in his mind was that something had gone wrong, but there was no way Xiyan could lie to him.
"No problem!"
Bai Yanji returned the gift.
After coughing twice, Bai Yan finished the ceremony, panting slightly, and looked at Tian Feiyan's eldest brother in front of him. Looking at his expression, he knew that the other party still didn't believe it.
Bai Yan was not worried. On the way here, he remembered something that Jin Gong said. At first, he was not sure that it was Tian Ding's son.
Later, when he heard Xi Yan accidentally talking about his acquaintance experience with Tian Sui and Tian Sui's personality, Bai Yan just felt that it should be Tian Sui.
At this moment, Bai Yan looked at Tian Sui, without putting his hand down, but with a smile on his face.
"My mentor once mentioned Tian Junzi accidentally. He said that when Tian Junzi was young, he was lively and active, and he liked to explore. Let Zixiao!"
As Bai Yan was talking, his pale face suddenly couldn't help but smile. He almost couldn't hold it in, so he finally uttered the last four words: "Take a warning!"
Others couldn't understand Bai Yan's words. Only Tian Sui suddenly thought of something and his eyes widened, and he opened his mouth slightly with a look of astonishment on his face.
I remember when I was a child, after going to the toilet, I took a stick to study it, and then I smelled it, and Jin Gong happened to see it.
When he was naughty when he was a child, Jin Gong would threaten him with this incident every time.
Guys, guys who like fighting, please wait a moment.
On the road to the unification of the Qin State, there was more than just conquest and war, there were many, many other things.