In the study, Ying Zheng looked at the bamboo slips and said softly.
Not far from Ying Zheng's wooden table, Wang Ben and Ying Kan, one wearing armor and the other wearing official uniform, were kneeling on the ground silently.
After learning the cause and effect, Ying Zheng was not furious as expected, but looked at the bamboo slips with a calm expression.
"Your Majesty! Mi Jing has a fault for being greedy, but he has been serving Qin for more than ten years. His crime will not lead to death! Your Majesty, please give him a lighter sentence!"
Wang Ben gritted his teeth and said with his hands raised to Ying Zheng, not daring to raise his head to look at Ying Zheng.
"Your Majesty, Mi Jing was also blinded by lust, so he hid Yang Jin from Governor Yang and Lieutenant Bai, and secretly hid Yang Jin. Ying Kan can guarantee that the Yan family must have killed him. Ying Kan and Mi Jing have known each other for many years.
I am sure that he has absolutely nothing to do with the Yuezhi!"
Ying Kan also raised his hand and agreed, pleading for Mi Jing.
"Presumably Yang Jin had secretly left Shan Wu under the arrangement of Lieutenant Bai."
Ying Kan's meaning is actually very simple, which is to tell Ying Zheng that Ying Kan made some mistakes this time because of greed, but at the moment Yang Jin has nothing to do and has left Shan Wu, Mi Jing can also be given a lighter punishment.
Beside the wooden frame.
Meng Yi looked at Wang Bi and Ying Kan talking, and then looked at Ying Zheng. He wondered whether Ying Zheng would be punished for this matter. This matter may be said to be big, but it can be small.
"What did Bai Yan say?"
Ying Zheng looked at the bamboo slips and asked.
When Ying Kan heard what Ying Zheng said, he turned to look at Wang Ben. At this time, Wang Ben's breathing was disordered, and he could see his inner uneasiness. After looking at Ying Kan, Wang Ben dared to raise his head and look at Ying Zheng.
.
"Back to the king, General Bai has come down to arrest the Yan family. When General Bai passed by Shanwu, General Bai was still investigating!"
Reported by Wang Ben.
It's been so long since he left Shanwu. Wang Ben doesn't know the specific situation in Shanwu City. Whether Bai Yan has ordered someone to send a letter to Xianyang. The only thing Wang Ben hopes now is that Bai Yan can remember his past feelings.
points, I can let Mi Jing go once.
Bai Yan's investigation results are really too important, no less important than Ying Zheng's pardon order.
If Bai Yan said that Mi Jing was guilty and Ying Zheng wanted to let Mi Jing go, he would have to ignore Qin's laws and give orders with royal authority. If Bai Yan wrote a letter saying that Mi Jing was not guilty, Ying Zheng would not need to go beyond Qin's laws and could directly be given a lighter sentence.
Punishment, these are two results, and their impact and implementation are also very different.
"Let's put this aside for now. We will make a decision after Bai Yan's investigation results are submitted to Xianyang!"
Ying Zheng said, looking up at Wang Ben and Ying Kan.
And Ying Zheng's actions also made Wang Ben, who still wanted to speak, stop talking.
"promise!"
"promise!!"
Wang Ben, Ying Kan compiled etiquette.
As Wang Bi and Ying Kan left the study, Meng Yi didn't know if it was an illusion, but suddenly felt that Ying Zheng seemed much more relaxed.
"Someone is coming!"
Ying Zheng suddenly shouted. Following Ying Zheng's words, a eunuch from outside the study slowly came into the study. The person who came was none other than Han Yezhe.
"Summon Li Si!"
Ying Zheng told Han Yezhe.
When Han Ye heard this, he nodded politely, turned around and left.
Due to the arrival of Wang Ben and Ying Kan, Meng Yi, who had nothing to do at the moment, stood beside Ying Zheng, waiting for Ying Zheng's instructions.
"Meng Yi! Do you believe Wang Ben and Ying Kan's words? Mi Jing was really greedy for a moment and let the Yan family go and hid Yang Jin."
Ying Zheng suddenly asked at this time.
Meng Yi, who was watching Han Yezhe leave, suddenly heard Ying Zheng's inquiry. He quickly looked at Ying Zheng, thought for a few moments, and slowly raised his hand.
"According to what General Wang Ben said, perhaps Master Mi is indeed greedy. After all, if Master Mi really unites with the Yuezhi, he will not harbor Yang Jin, let alone let Yang Jin live, especially the Yuezhi!"
Meng Yi cupped his hands and replied.
In Meng Yi's eyes, Mi Jing had no motive for doing this. It was the Yuezhi who wanted Yang Jin's life. With Mi Jing's identity and status, there was no need to collude with the Yuezhi. Moreover, Mi Jing's actions were completely
It goes against Yuezhi's wishes.
So after thinking about it, Meng Yi somewhat believed Wang Ben's words.
Behind the wooden table.
When Ying Zheng heard Meng Yi's words, he didn't rush to answer. He just closed his eyes and fell into deep thought, then slowly opened them after a few breaths.
"But Bai Yan, why don't you send a letter to Xianyang?"
Ying Zheng said softly.
In Ying Zheng's eyes, don't underestimate this move. Ying Zheng has never had the slightest doubt about Bai Yan, and Bai Yan's various actions in the past have also proved that he did not misjudge the person. Bai Yan has offended many people. He Ying Zheng
He also saw it, not to mention that Bai Yan personally wrote to Xianyang about Yang Jin's matter before.
This time, after Bai Yan personally retrieved Yang Jin, he did not write to Xianyang.
"this"
Meng Yi was stunned when he heard Ying Zheng's words. At this time, Meng Yi also realized that he had been thinking about General Wang Ben's words just now, judging whether they were true or false, but he had been ignoring such an important detail.
In Bai Yu's mansion.
Seeing Bai Ming and Bai Gao scrambling to hold their little sister, Bai Yu couldn't help laughing, but it was a pity that he was not a boy.
Looking at the child in Bai Gu's arms, Bai Yu felt a little pity. This didn't mean that Bai Yu didn't like his daughter, but now he only had Bai Ming on his knees, and Bai Ming had always liked Bai Yan. He didn't know why, but he asked him about it from time to time.
I have been thinking about Bai Yan very much, and I have also been particularly fond of practicing martial arts in the past two years.
When Bai Ming gets older, he will probably go to Yanmen to follow Bai Yan.
And Bai Yu has been to the battlefield and knows that no matter how good a strategy is, once you draw your sword and enter the battlefield, many times you will really be determined by your fate.
"My dear! Is there really no way for Jun Zhu to go to Yanmen?"
Mrs. Lu, Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Yan sat by the stove together, looked at Bai Yu and asked.
Both Lu and Yan are beautiful women, very young, especially Yan, who is not much older than Bai Yan. Now they are Bai Yu's concubines, and Lu has no objection to this.
Not to mention that when Bai Yu was young, he was in the army all year round and rarely met her. Now Bai Yu is in poor health and has retired from the battlefield, but she has passed her most beautiful age, although she still claims to have charm.
, but in the end it is not as good as those young and charming beauties.
Bai Yu taking a concubine was not a bad thing for her, especially as Bai Ming grew older and always thought about going to Yanmen in the future.
"Now that boy Bai Yan, in addition to our Bai family's cavalry, he also has the side cavalry who used to be under Li Mu. Jun Zhu and that boy are engaged, so it would be a bad idea for Jun Zhu to go to Yanmen!"
Bai Yu looked at Lu and said.
Thinking back to the conversation he had with his father when he returned to his hometown in Pingyang a few days ago, Bai Yu felt a little helpless. His father, Brother Zhong, and he all did not want Jun Zhu to go to Yanmen, fearing that someone would easily catch him in the future, regarding his grandfather's affairs.
It happened once, and none of them, the Bai family, wanted to see it again.
Moreover, it is also a tacit consent to be away from home without his wife and children. This is the case for him and the same for other generals.
"Sir, outside the mansion, Lord Yingkan has come to ask for an audience!"
The study door slowly opened, and a servant slowly came to Bai Yu to report.
"Ying Kan?"
Bai Yu was a little surprised when he heard what the servant said. He didn't expect Ying Kan to come to his mansion to see him at this time.
"Please come in! Forget it, I'll go there myself!"
As Bai Yu spoke, he stood up slowly, but before leaving, he asked Madam Lu to take Bai Ming and others to play somewhere else. He would talk to Ying Kan in the study later.
After a while.
Outside the mansion, Bai Yu had just followed the servants to the gate and saw Ying Kan standing alone outside the gate in the cold wind.
"Master Kan!"
When Bai Yu saw Ying Kan, he smiled and bowed his hands in greeting.
Before that, Bai Yu was away from Xianyang all year round, and his relationship with Ying Kan was neither good nor hostile. They were just superficial friendships. However, by chance, Ying Kan and Bai Yan became good friends. Naturally, Bai Yu also gradually
Get to know Yingkan.
Bai Yu also attaches great importance to Ying Kan. Nowadays, the royal clans in Yueyang and Yongcheng are still presided over by the elderly feudal elders. And a hundred years later, all the power of the clan will naturally be handed over to Ying Kan.
, other royal family members will naturally take Ying Kan as their leader, so not to mention their Bai clan, even other clans also want to be on good terms with Ying Kan.
"General Bai, it's really presumptuous to pay you a surprise visit!"
When Ying Kan heard Bai Yu's voice, he turned his head, saw Bai Yu smiling awkwardly, and raised his hand to salute Bai Yu.
"Why are you so presumptuous? Master Yingkan is here to ask for what you want. Please!"
When Bai Yu spoke, he did not rush to ask Ying Kan why he came to see him, but took the lead in inviting Ying Kan into the mansion.
Yingkan saw this and did not refuse.
"please!"
Ying Kan raised his hand politely and motioned for Bai Yu to go in first.
In the study room.
When Bai Yu brought Ying Kan to the study, Mrs. Lu had already left with the children. Only Mr. Lu and Mrs. Yan were still in the study. Bai Yu brought Ying Kan to the wooden table, knelt down and gave instructions.
The servant went down to prepare the dishes.
The two concubines, Lu and Yan, were sensible enough to warm the wine for Bai Yu and Yingkan.
Ying Kan saw this, and after some evasion, he accepted Bai Yu's kindness with a smile.
"Why does Lord Kan seem so depressed today?"
Although Bai Yu is straightforward by nature, he is not a stupid person. Looking at Ying Kan's distracted and absent-minded appearance, he wonders what must have happened to make Ying Kan behave like this.
Ying Kan watched as Yan came to his side and poured himself wine. He nodded gratefully and then looked at Bai Yu.
"To be honest, General Bai, Yingkan came here today because he has something to ask for!"
Ying Kan raised his hand and said to Bai Yu.
Then seeing Bai Yu's doubts, Ying Kan told the situation about Yanmen Shanwucheng and what happened to Mi Jing.
"Ying Kan has already sent a letter to Shan Wu, but he is afraid that General Bai will hesitate, so he hopes that General Bai will also write a letter!"
Yingkan looked at Bai Yu.
When he came here, he hoped that Bai Yu could write a letter and send it to Shanwu City. Although he had a good relationship with Bai Yan, he had Bai Yan to deal with the robbery and the sale, and he was really afraid that Bai Yan would go too far.
If you persist, Mi Jing will be executed directly.
Others may not dare, but Bai Yan really doesn't dare to bet on Ying Kan. It can be seen how many noble families Bai Yan offended due to the previous robbery and selling. At that time, Bai Yan didn't even give the Meng family face, so he directly
The trusted generals who had followed Meng Wu for more than ten years were killed at will, let alone others.
It is inevitable that those things will happen again now. Mi Jing's mother clan asked him to come to Bai Yu, hoping that Bai Yu would send a letter to Shanwu City.
"I see!"
After hearing Ying Kan's words, Bai Yu was silent for a few moments, thinking about something. After coming back to his senses, he quickly smiled and nodded, and then directly asked his concubine Lu to get the bamboo slips and pen and ink.
"Thank you!"
Ying Kan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and raised his hand to express his gratitude to Bai Yu.
"No problem!"
Bai Yu smiled and told Ying Kan not to take it to heart. After taking the pen and ink from Mr. Lu, he started writing directly in front of Ying Kan.
And Ying Kan never dreamed that the man behind the assassination of Bai Yu in front of him was none other than Lord Changping, so Bai Yu's condition like a cripple was all due to Lord Changping.
Knowing that Mi Jing was detained by Bai Yan, one can imagine what Bai Yu was thinking in his heart.
You can be sure that the bamboo slips sent to Yanmen are definitely more than this one.
Inside Xianyang City.
As the days passed, the royal family members from Yingkan's mother's clan seemed to feel uneasy and kept running among the family members asking for help. Among the family members, more and more people knew about Mi Jing's affairs.
, but fortunately, they all knew the rules and knew that Mi Jing's matter should not be spread out, so except for asking for mercy in front of Ying Zheng, they did not tell anyone else.
Although many people begged for mercy, they only got one sentence in the end. They would wait for the results of Shanwucheng Baiyan's investigation before making a decision.
Obviously everyone understands that Ying Zheng depends on the results of Bai Yan's investigation to decide how to convict Ying Kan.
Inside the Xianyang Palace.
Ying Zheng, Li Si, Wang Wan, Wei Zhuang, Wang Ben and other Qin ministers were in the study room when they saw the huge map.
"As General Wang Ben said, although King Yan is defending Jicheng, as long as there is no external aid, it will be just around the corner to conquer Jicheng!"
Ying Zheng looked at the direction of Yan State on the map, his eyes full of joy.
Yan Dan sent assassins to assassinate him before and wanted his life. Now that he is not dead, he will destroy Yan Dan's mother country and make the people of Yan become the people of Qin.
"Wang Ben!"
Ying Zheng turned his head and looked at Wang Ben. If there was nothing wrong with Yan State, then he would have to consider the affairs of Yingchuan, Chu State, and Wei State.
"king"
Wang Ben bowed his hands in salute and was about to speak when a eunuch hurriedly came to the study.
Seeing this, Wang Ben didn't speak in a hurry.
Other ministers, Li Si and others, also fell silent and turned to look at the eunuch.
"Your Majesty, a secret message from the State of Qi!"
The eunuch came to Ying Zheng, holding a roll of bamboo slips and a piece of cloth in his hands and handed them to Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng was a little surprised when he heard that it was a secret message from Qi State. He reached out to take the bamboo slip and opened it to read.
When Wang Ben heard that the secret message was not sent by Bai Yan, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as long as it was not a bamboo slip sent by Bai Yan.
"Um?"
However, Ying Zheng was surprised, and his confused voice made Wang Ben look over. Then he saw Ying Zheng looking at the bamboo slips in his hand, frowning slightly.
At first Wang Ben thought it was some news and didn't take it to heart. Li Si, Wang Wan and others on the side also thought so. However, as time passed, what was surprising was that Ying Zheng did not let go after seeing the bamboo slips.
Instead, he looked at the bamboo slips over and over again, his expression initially doubtful, but gradually became serious.
Ying Zheng's appearance made Li Si, Wei Zhuang and others look at each other, wondering what was going on.
soon.
In the doubtful eyes of everyone, everyone saw that Ying Zheng suddenly shook his head in a daze, and his breathing suddenly became rapid. There seemed to be uneasiness in his expression, followed by desire. Gradually, his eyes became excited, and then
As time passed, Ying Zheng's excited expression not only did not disappear, but in the end, he became more excited and excited than ever before.
"I must get this person!"
"I must get this person!!!"
Ying Zheng looked at it and suddenly repeated this sentence softly, holding the bamboo slip and slowly putting it down, his eyes full of shock.
Seeing the story in the bamboo slips and savoring the content carefully, Ying Zheng felt his soul trembling at this moment. The faintly revealed little handwriting allowed Ying Zheng to clearly see that the person who wrote the story had great influence on the world.
views and understanding of the world.
Isn't this the person he seeks so hard but can't get? Isn't this the person who will unite the world in the future and be able to help him govern the world and make suggestions?
The world is unified, all peoples are unified, writings have the same characters, and speaking the same words.
There is also a "scientific research" that Ying Zheng has never heard of. Unfortunately, there is only one bamboo slip and the details are not yet known.
"I must get this person!"
After Ying Zheng repeated the sentence again, he looked at the cloth from the eunuch's hand.
Ying Zheng reached for the cloth and looked at the content on it. Sure enough, it was written by Hou Sheng.
When he saw the bamboo slips in the cloth, Hou Sheng personally said that there was an entire study room in Qi State with such bamboo slips. At this moment, Ying Zheng was both frightened and excited. Then when he learned that the King of Qi had never seen the old man,
Not knowing the whereabouts of the old man, I was completely relieved.
"Fortunately, someone is coming!"
Ying Zheng put away the cloth in his hand. As long as King Qi didn't find it, he still had a chance.
Thinking that if Ying Zheng could be assisted by this person in the future, and that there would be such a knowledgeable old man in the court in the future, Ying Zheng couldn't help but tremble with excitement, with a desire he had never felt before in his heart.
No matter what, we must find this person and bring him back to Qin, no matter what the cost!
"Kings!"
Han Ye entered the study and went to Ying Zheng to bow.
"Summon Mao Jiao to the palace immediately! Send another person to Chu State and summon Yao Jia to return to Xianyang!!"
After Ying Zheng saw Han Yezhe coming in, he hurriedly ordered, his voice full of urgency.
After hearing Ying Zheng's words, Li Si, Wei Zhuang, Wang Wan and others looked at each other in confusion. Wei Liao frowned even more because they didn't know why.
"Your Majesty, the Chu Kingdom is in chaos now. Lord Changping has returned to Yingchuan to quell the chaos. If Lord Yao also leaves the Chu Kingdom, the Chu Kingdom will be in trouble."
Wei Liao handed over to Ying Zheng. Although he didn't understand what was written in the secret letter from Qi, Wei Liao knew that once Yao Jia returned to Qin, no one would be in Chu. This was a big problem for Qin.
, is not a good thing, especially since Han Wangan was executed not long ago.
"That's right! Please think twice, Your Majesty! Lord Yao Jia should not leave Chu country rashly now!"
Li Si also stepped forward at this time, bowed his hands in front of Ying Zheng, bowed his head, and echoed.
Wei Zhuang, Wang Wan and others also advised Ying Zheng at this time, hoping that Ying Zheng would withdraw his order and continue to let Yao Jia stay in the Chu Kingdom.
However, what surprised everyone was that Ying Zheng, who had always listened to their suggestions in the past, had an unprecedentedly firm attitude this time and simply shook his head.
"I have made up my mind. There is no need for the ministers to persuade me. This matter is more important than the Kingdom of Chu!"
When Ying Zheng finished talking, he lowered his head and looked at the bamboo slips in his hand, his mood still hard to calm down.