As the people began to work in the fields, Yanmen's abandoned land was full of busy people everywhere in the fields.
Plowing the fields, sowing seeds, and sowing grains, each of these things made the busy people sweat all over their bodies under the scorching sun. However, although it looked hard, the smiles on each of the people's cheeks couldn't help but show up, and their eyes were full of sweat.
Tired and full of expectations.
After several years of drought, no one can compare with the people of Yanmen and cherish their hard-won life more.
In this world, the most tired people are the common people.
In this world, the most miserable people are the common people.
In this world, the people who have the least demands are the common people.
All I need and all I want is to live a good life.
And many times, these very simple requests are also a kind of extravagant hope, because the superiors always only know their own needs, and the needs of the people are often ranked at the bottom, below everything else.
This recognition may be just a trivial matter.
Bai Yan was able to gain a foothold in Yanmen in such a short period of time. It was not just as simple as getting rid of the old forces of Yanmen, as people in the world thought. If the needs of the people were not met, even the hope of survival would be lost.
Without it, how could we have the stability we have today?
Gongzi Jia, now the king of Daijun, sent people to Yanmen one after another to conspire, but in the end they all returned without success.
What Gongzijia wants to get is not just Bianqiu, but something equally important as Bianqiu is the people of Yanmen.
Perhaps Gongzi Jia never understood why after Bai Yan took over Yanmen, no matter the tens of thousands of side riders or the people of Yanmen County, they were no longer willing to support him, the prince of Zhao and a person with the blood of Prince Zhao.
Shan has no city gate.
Several carriages with flags of the Yan Kingdom slowly arrived at the city gate.
After being blocked by the Qin officials guarding the city gate, a carriage headed by a man holding an envoy from the State of Yan stepped out of the carriage.
"I am Jing Ke, the envoy of Yan. I have been ordered to go to the State of Qin to meet the King of Qin! I passed by Yanmen and came to Shanwu City to visit Governor Yang and Commander Bai!"
Jing Ke stood on the carriage and said to the Qin officials.
At this moment, on the left and right of these carriages, there were fifty Yan soldiers holding sharp swords, and they looked very imposing.
When the Qin officials heard Jing Ke's words, although they did not recognize the staff, they did not dare to stop him after seeing the token of customs clearance.
"Go and report to the county guard, county lieutenant!"
The leading Qin official turned his head and gave instructions to the Qin official behind him. While speaking, he also looked at the other Qin official and winked.
When the Yan envoy came, he naturally wanted to inform the county guard, and since there were so many Yan soldiers armed with sharp blades, he naturally had to take precautions.
Not to mention all the Qin officials here in Shanwu City, even the Qin officials in the entire Yanmen County, are directly under the command of the county captain.
"Envoy Yan, please enter the city!"
The Qin officials saw the other two Qin officials turning around and running towards the city, so they turned around and signaled to the Yan envoys in front of them that they could enter the city.
Jing Ke held the scepter of the State of Yan and said nothing. After taking a look at the city gate, he turned around and walked back to the carriage.
Bai Yan's mansion.
Bai Yan was practicing martial arts in the yard with his sword in hand. Under the sun, with a kick on the hilt of the sword, the Qin sword spun several times in the air. The sound of the blade breaking through the air was heard. Then the hilt fell into Bai Yan's hand again. This
This move made Zhao Qiu and Bao Shi, who were not far away in the pavilion, look sideways.
"Sister, what good things do you think he has? Not only is he a handsome man, but he is also extremely scheming. He kills people on the battlefield at a young age. If you follow him, you don't know which day he will die on the battlefield!"
Zhao Qiu stared at Bai Yan's martial arts figure with beautiful eyes and said softly.
Zhao Qiu didn't understand why the Bao family beside him was so devoted to the young man. Zhao Qiu knew many people and clearly felt that the Bao family was sincerely interested in the young man.
This good thing not only makes Zhao Qiu depressed, but also makes Zhao Qiu feel desperate.
"He is indeed not a handsome man!"
After hearing Zhao Qiu's words, Bao's equally beautiful face showed a smile, but was not affected by Zhao Qiu's words.
Looking at the young man practicing martial arts, Bao's eyes were filled with tenderness.
"But why do you want to follow him? My sister can ask those cavalry generals and the people of Yanmen now if they have the chance."
Bao Shi explained softly, a light sentence without any confrontation, but it made Zhao Qiu speechless to refute.
On the side, Master Xu and Xi stood in the pavilion, looking at Zhao Qiu with particularly unhappy eyes, full of resentment.
This was not the first time that the two of them had heard this woman speak ill of the general, and they did not understand why the general wanted to keep her in the mansion.
This woman was indeed charming and a disaster to the country, but the general never went to her room to actually sleep. Even if he did, he would kneel down at the wooden table and read a book in the middle of the night, and leave on time in the middle of the night. Master Xu and Xi both knew this.
.
So the two of them didn't understand.
Since the general strictly ordered this woman not to have contact with the outside world, why did he keep this woman in the mansion all the time and treat her so well that he didn't care if she said bad things?
How nice it would be to be in a prison cell!
Regardless of her previous status, lock her up a few more times and see if she still dares to speak ill of the general.
"It's not scheming!"
When Zhao Qiu heard Bao's words, he paused and said.
At this moment.
Bai Yan, who had been practicing sword practice for a long time and was sweating profusely, stopped swinging his sword and walked towards the pavilion, preparing to rest.
"General!"
When Master Xu saw Bai Yan coming, he quickly picked up the scabbard and stepped forward. After Bai Yan entered the pavilion, he handed the scabbard to Bai Yan.
Inside the pavilion.
Bai Yan gasped, sweat from his forehead dripping down his cheeks and onto his already soaked black clothes.
After putting Qin Jian away, Bai Yan came to the wooden table in front of Bao. He placed Qin Jian and leaned the hilt against the wooden table. He looked at the tea handed over by Bao, drank it while looking at the tea on the wooden table.
birdcage.
“Live well!”
Bai Yan reached out and touched the birdcage. Yesterday when he took Bao Shi out to play, he happened to encounter these two birds in the hands of a merchant from Chu State.
Seeing that Bao Shi liked it very much, Bai Yan bought it and let Bao Shi keep it in captivity.
At first, Bai Yan was worried that these two birds would die, but now it looks like they are living well.
At this moment.
Bai Yan suddenly saw a confidant walking over in a hurry.
"General, the envoy of Yan came here to ask for an audience. He said he was visiting the general and the county governor. Now the envoy of Yan has entered the city and headed to the county governor's mansion."
Under the watchful eyes of Zhao Qiu, Bao Shi and others, the confidants came to Bai Yan and handed in the report.
"Envoy Yan?"
Bai Yan looked at his cronies with a surprised look on his face. He didn't expect that Envoy Yan would come to Shanwu City.
After coming back to his senses, Bai Yan stood up. No matter why Yan suddenly came to Shan Wu, he still wanted to see him. After all, others had already arrived.
But the moment he turned around, Bai Yan felt his hand being held by a soft and delicate hand. He turned his head in confusion, and then saw Zhao Qiu looking at him in surprise and confusion.
"Didn't you say before that the cavalry left the city to escort the envoy of Yan?"
Zhao Qiu said.
Thinking back to the night before, I waited for a long time in the mansion for Bai Yan to come back, and then made a special trip to Bai Yan's study.
She clearly remembered that at that time, the young man in front of her said that the cavalry left just to escort the Yan envoy.
"I didn't expect that the envoy from Yan did not pass by Jingxing, but came to Yanmen from the north road!"
Bai Yan felt the soft and waxy hands on his palms and shook his head slightly.
Bai Yan wasn't lying about this. He really didn't expect that Jing Ke would take the initiative to come to Yanmen.
Looking at Zhao Qiu in front of him, since the showdown in Handan, Zhao Qiu has shown his true nature to him and stopped pretending. Before that in Shanwu City, Zhao Qiu knew that he was Xu Zixiao and had no good impression of him. In addition, Zhongmou City
things.
It can be said that Bai Yan has long since stopped asking Zhao Qiu to get along well with him, and only hopes that Zhao Qiu can stay here quietly.
So now that he saw Zhao Qiu reaching out to hold his hand, Bai Yan could feel the tension in Zhao Qiu's heart just now.
"Why do you care so much about the Yan envoy?"
Bai Yan looked at Zhao Qiu pretending to be curious.
"If there is an accident during Yan's trip to offer the land, and King Qin does not get the map, then the fate of Yan is likely to be destroyed. I don't want to see Yan destroyed!"
Zhao Qiu didn't seem to be worried about Bai Yan's question. After Bai Yan asked, he explained without any hesitation.
After finishing speaking.
Zhao Qiu also noticed that his hand was holding Bai Yan, and quickly let go, but after thinking about it, he still looked at Bai Yan.
"Can I accompany you to see Yan Shi?"
Zhao Qiu looked at Bai Yan with beautiful eyes and asked softly.
Since arriving in this mansion, she can walk around as she pleases, but cannot leave the mansion. She can receive news from outside the mansion, but cannot send letters to outsiders. Zhao Qiu doesn't mind this at all.
After all, Zhao Qiu knew that after she learned that Bai Yan was Xu Zixiao, it was extremely good that she could still do this.
All of these are the bottom lines given to her by the young man in front of her. As long as she doesn't touch them, she will always be safe in the future.
But now that she heard that Envoy Yan was coming, she still wanted to take a look.
Although she did not recognize all the ministers of Yan State, she still knew them all because they were suitable for missions and good at speaking.
What is the plan of the Yan State this time? Maybe you can deduce it by looking at who the envoy of Yan is.
"You mentioned to me before that you wanted me to help you investigate the Xiongnu affairs. If the Yan envoy is an acquaintance of mine later, ask me to ask him to say a few words. You can also listen on the side. I promise to help you investigate afterwards.
It’s about the Xiongnu, and there is a road from Yan to the east coast to Linhu, and Linhu leads directly to the Xiongnu!”
Zhao Qiu said that she knew what Bai Yan wanted.
In Zhao Qiu's eyes, her excuse was enough to make Bai Yan less suspicious. After all, even she was not sure of Yan Guo's intentions at the moment, let alone Bai Yan.
Under such circumstances, if you hear her excuse, you will definitely believe her.
"He's at the Sheriff's Mansion!"
Bai Yan frowned slightly when he heard Zhao Qiu's words.
When he heard that Zhao Qiu wanted to leave the mansion, Bai Yan's instinctive reaction was to refuse, because Zhao Qiu was too smart, and there would be variables when leaving the mansion, so he had no reason to take risks for no reason.
But Zhao Qiu's promise made Bai Yan a little moved.
Now Zhao Qiu doesn't know that Yan Guo's offering of land is fake and the assassination is real. Even if Zhao Qiu knows about it, he can't do anything. After all, Zhao Qiu is here in the mansion. He just needs to be careful not to let Zhao Qiu make any small moves along the way.
"I won't mess around!"
Zhao Qiu looked at Bai Yan, although there were other people here.
But Zhao Qiu also hinted at Bai Yan in her words that she was by Bai Yan's side now and she would not sacrifice her life in exchange for exposing a false identity.
"General, please take Master Xu with you this time too!"
At this time, Bao Shi saw that Bai Yan was a little moved, so he spoke softly.
It was inconvenient to go with too many people, and it attracted attention. Bao knew that if Zhao Qiu wanted to go, it would be better for Master Xu to go with him.
This way, Bai Yan won't be too distracted when facing Yan Shi.
"Um!"
Bai Yan looked at Bao Shi, nodded, and then turned to look at Zhao Qiu.
"Let's go!"
After Bai Yan finished speaking, he walked towards the outside of the mansion.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Qiu quickly followed.
After a while.
On the streets of Zenwu Castle.
Inside Bai Yan's carriage, Zhao Qiu gently opened the curtain and looked at the street scenery outside the window with her beautiful eyes.
Since the fall of the Zhao Kingdom, she lost her status as a princess. With the demise of the Zhao royal family, she came to Yanmen from Dai.
Although she has always had a charming appearance, she is like a bird in a cage. In Bai Yan's mansion, Bao seems to be afraid to go out and walk around freely now, trapped in the mansion, but Bai Yan has time.
, but often took Bao to play, even out of the city.
Only she has been in the mansion all this time and has only been able to come out until now.
Inside the carriage.
Bai Yan also noticed Zhao Qiu on the side, looking carefully at the appearance outside the carriage, and he kept looking until now.
Bai Yan also knew that this was after Zhao Qiu had been imprisoned for several months. Zhao Qiu had not seen the scenery outside for so long that he couldn't help but look a little lost.
In this regard, Bai Yan knew that his approach was a bit unkind to Zhao Qiu.
But no matter what, Bai Yan would not let Zhao Qiu leave the mansion and give Zhao Qiu a chance to contact the outside world privately.
for a long time.
The carriage, escorted by several cavalry officers, slowly arrived at the gate of the Sheriff's Mansion.
Before Bai Yan could get out of the carriage, he saw from the small window that there were carriages carrying the flags of the Yan Kingdom and a famous Yan soldier holding a sharp blade outside the governor's mansion.
"Remember what you promised me!"
Bai Yan turned to look at Zhao Qiu, then walked out of the carriage after speaking.
Zhao Qiu looked at Bai Yan's back and slowly stood up.
"Is he Bai Yan?"
"Bai Yan?"
"It should be, look at those cavalry and this carriage!"
Not far outside the carriage, a dozen Yan soldiers saw Bai Yan walking out of the carriage, looked at each other, and started talking in low voices.
The one that puts the greatest pressure on the Yan State now is the Qin State, and what makes the Yan people most uneasy among the Qin States is the Bai family cavalry stationed in Yanmen. Compared with the Qin army on the banks of the Yishui River, the Yan State has a vast territory and gentle terrain.
If Yan and Qin were to go to war, the biggest threat to Yan's chariots would be the cavalry.
Not to mention, the past achievements of Bai's cavalry were too impressive.
Destroy Han, destroy Zhao, these two simple words are enough to scare people.
This is the destruction of a country! Destruction of a country!
All Yan people are sincerely worried whenever they think of it, and no one wants to see it. In the future, when people talk about Bai's cavalry, the word "annihilate Yan" will still appear.
"General, the county guard is already waiting for the general in the mansion."
At the gate of the governor's mansion, several servants guarding the gate saw Bai Yan, and the leader immediately bent forward.
But while he was talking, the servant suddenly saw Zhao Qiu slowly walking out of the carriage. He was stunned on the spot and lost his mind for a moment.
Not only this servant, but also the frightened Yan soldiers not far away fell silent instantly when they saw Zhao Qiu stepping out of the carriage.
Inside the governor's mansion.
In the main hall, Yang Duanhe was sitting on his knees, and there were four men on the left and right below. What was surprising was that although the four of them were all wearing Yan costumes, one of them only looked about twelve or thirteen years old.
But the sitting position is that of the deputy envoy.
Jing Ke looked at the wine and delicacies on the wine table, listened to Yang Duanhe's instructions to the maid after talking to him, and looked at Qin Wuyang opposite Qin Wuyang calmly.
Recalling that just now Qin Wuyang spoke to Yang Duanhe without fear of appearance, honor or disgrace, Jing Ke felt even more at ease.
Although Qin Wuyang was young, he not only dared to kill people, but in Yan State, Qin Wuyang was so ferocious that ordinary people did not even dare to look at him. Now he can speak calmly and calmly in front of Qin State veteran Yang Duanhe.
With all these performances, Jing Ke finally felt relieved.
Qin Wuyang is worthy of being a general of the Yan Kingdom. He is so courageous. No wonder Yan Dan went out of his way to ask Qin Wuyang to be his deputy.
With Qin Wuyang here, it will not be difficult to assassinate Ying Zheng this time!
"Sir, the county captain has arrived!"
A servant hurriedly walked into the main hall, and then came to the lobby to report to Yang Duan under the watchful eyes of Jing Ke and other four people.
When Jing Ke heard the servant's words, he became distracted and turned his head slightly to look outside the main hall.
At this moment, Jing Ke's mind recalled that when he was in Yan State, Yan Dan said that if possible, it would be best to assassinate Qin general Bai Yan in Xianyang of Qin State this time.
Shi ① Jing Ke was an unlucky guy who met Qin Wuyang as his deputy.