In Linzi City, as a carriage slowly drove to the city gate, the Qi gatekeepers who were impatient because they got up early were interrogating the people entering and leaving the city gate. When they heard the sound of the carriage, they turned their heads and saw an exquisite carriage.
The carriage appeared in front of me.
Before the Qi Chu gatekeepers could react, when they saw the pictures and texts on the carriage, all the gatekeepers' pupils shrank, and they were all shocked. They quickly gave way, not even daring to straighten their posture when retreating.
Then he watched the carriage leave the city with several mounted guards, and not a single guard dared to stop him for questioning.
And inside the carriage.
With the slight shaking, the atmosphere in the carriage was particularly quiet. Except for the sound of rolling wheels outside, no one in the carriage spoke.
Tian Xian and Tian Feiyan sat quietly on their knees, looking from time to time at their father, who had his eyes closed, and Tian Sui, his brother Zhong who looked worried.
The two brothers and sisters were not surprised that Brother Zhong was coming, but they couldn't believe that their father was actually going to visit that village.
But thinking about it later, my father knew that Bai Yan was very important to Qi State now. How could his father be rash about such a big event? What's more, it was his father who drove Bai Yan out of Qi State in the first place.
Therefore, the two siblings would naturally neither refuse nor refuse their father's request. Even Tian Feiyan knew that even though her father was extremely doting on her in the past, when it came to important matters, her father definitely did not mean the same thing.
Unless she wants to scare her father to death!
Half an hour later.
The carriage followed the path and came to a slow stop beside an official road. Listening to the coachman's voice outside, the three brothers and sisters quickly got out of the car, along with Tian Ding.
When he saw the narrow path in front of him, looking at the path leading to the mountains and rivers in the dense forest, Tian Ding was a little surprised, but watching his beloved daughter walking down the path with her followers, she still took Tian Sui and Tian Xian with her.
behind.
The road is not easy.
Especially for Tian Ding, who has not walked on the trails for who knows how many years.
I don't know how long it took, until the scorching sun even hit the head, and the group of people arrived at this small village called Shuicun.
Looking at the people who occasionally passed by on the path under the shade of green trees, they all went to a house in the village. It seemed that there was some happy event. Tian Ding looked around and walked silently until he followed Tian Feiyan's servants.
It was quite far away, and we just followed the village path and came to the outside of a small garden.
Looking at the quiet Xiaoyuan, after confirming that this was Bai Yan's former residence, Tian Xian gently pushed the Xiaoyuan away, went to the Xiaoyuan, and looked around.
"Is anyone here?"
Tian Xian shouted softly.
However, in the quiet Xiaoyuan, no one responded to Tian Xian. Tian Xian called a few more times, but still no one responded.
At this time, Tian Sui also walked into the small garden. Looking at the ordinary small garden surrounded by broken fences, looking at the messy piles of wood, and the wooden house in front of him that was not even a residence, Tian Sui felt a little a little confused.
Confused, this is the place where he has lived since he was a child?
Looking at everything around him, Tian Sui's mind recalled his brother's words yesterday: it was his father who drove Bai Yan out of Qi State in the first place!
This couldn't help but remind Tian Sui of how he looked when he first saw Bai Yan...
Now I look at Bai Yan’s former residence.
"Father, they should not be at home!"
Tian Feiyan followed his father Tian Ding and said to his father who was looking around.
Tian Ding nodded when he heard the words, and soon after, a servant came to Tian Feiyan with an old man wearing civilian clothes and half of his eyes blind.
After seeing the blind man's appearance.
"Feeling!"
Tian Sui looked at his younger sister in astonishment, and even Tian Ding turned his head to look at his beloved daughter.
How could they not know the blind man Fei Leng, but none of them expected that Tian Feiyan would let Fei Leng stay in this water village all the time.
"Fei Leng, meet my little master, meet Master Tian!"
Fei Leng opened one eye, saw Tian Ding, and saluted Tian Ding.
However, there is a detail here. Fei Leng saluted to Tian Feiyan first and then to Tian Ding. This also means that in Fei Leng's eyes, Tian Feiyan's status is higher than that of Tian Ding.
"Where are the people?"
Tian Feiyan pretended not to see the gazes of his father and brother, and asked Fei Leng where Yan's father and his family had gone.
Later, Tian Feiyan learned from Fei Leng that it turned out that something happened at his grandfather's house early in the morning, and he asked his uncle to come over early to let Yan's father and his family pass.
After learning why Yan's father and his family were not at home, Tian Feiyan turned his head and looked at his father, indicating whether he wanted to go to his grandfather's house.
"Go find a villager and come over!"
Tian Ding turned his head and gave instructions to a subordinate.
Tian Feiyan didn't know what was going on when he saw this. His father was obviously worried that she would seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and that she was hiding something. Tian Feiyan had already guessed this, and looked aside with his lips pursed.
After a while.
Wait for the group to return to the shade of the trees at the entrance of the village.
The retinue also brought a village woman. When the village woman saw the clothes of Tian Ding and his entourage, as well as the retinue, she did not know that these people in front of her were either rich or noble, so she stood in front of Tian Ding full of anxiety.
"Is there a person named Yan here?"
Tian Ding looked at the village woman in front of him.
When Tian Ding asked Yan about the boy, the village woman secretly cursed that the boy must have provoked someone, just like his elder brother.
The village woman secretly cursed in her heart, but when faced with Tian Ding's inquiry, the village woman naturally did not dare to hide anything. She not only told what she knew, but also told what she had learned from other people. She also quickly distanced herself from them while speaking.
It seems that he is worried about taking his anger out on her because of Yan's incident.
As she spoke, the village woman was also thinking that she would tell other people in the village what she said later. Fortunately, she was smart, otherwise Yan Na would not know who he had offended, and whether it would affect the villagers like them.
The village women had no idea.
Because of her words, whether it was Tian Ding, Tian Sui, or Tian Xian, they all looked surprised and surprised, and then looked stunned, as if they were wondering if they had heard wrong.
Only Tian Feiyan, listening to the village woman's words, felt uncomfortable in his beautiful eyes when he thought of those scenes.
Looking at his father's slightly changing expression, Tian Feiyan suddenly noticed from the corner of his eye that a retinue was walking quickly in the distance.
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Under the scorching sun, white birds flew from high in the sky in the distance. On the big tree next to the village, some birds flew to the treetop and tried to land on it, but in the end they flew away again.
Mao Jiao wiped the sweat from his forehead. When he arrived at Shuicun, he saw Tian Ding and his party under the big tree at the entrance of the village.
Mao Jiao had no worries and walked directly towards Tian Ding.
When he saw Tian's carriage on the official road, Mao Jiao knew that the news of his arrival would definitely reach Tian Ding before him.
Under the shade of trees.
Tian Ding watched Mao Jiao arrive, but his mind was still troubled by the village woman's words.
After the happy village woman in front of him took the money and left, Tian Ding stood up, watched Mao Jiao gradually approaching, and then raised his hands.
"Master Mao!"
After Tian Ding finished the ceremony, he looked at Mao Jiao with complicated eyes. He had complained about Mao Jiao in his heart, but when he knew that he had personally driven away Bai Yan and was not allowed to return to Qi, what qualifications did Tian Ding have to continue?
He blamed Mao Jiao for not telling him about Bai Yan in Xianyang.
"Master Tian!"
Mao Jiao returned the gift with his hands in hand.
Looking at Tian Ding, who was no longer wearing the official uniform of Qi State, but wearing silk clothes, Mao Jiao learned from Yao Jia that Tian Mansion seemed to be collecting information about 'Zihuai', and guessed what Tian Ding already knew, and today
The informant told him that Tian Ding left Linzi in a carriage, and Mao Jiao guessed that Tian Ding would come here.
After the ceremony, Mao Jiao put down his hands, stood at the entrance of the village, glanced at the village in front of him, and sighed softly, somewhat self-consciously.
"Master Tian must be very surprised that that boy actually grew up in this village!"
Mao Jiao noticed the absent-minded looks on Tian Ding's two sons, Tian Sui and Tian Xian, and did not find it strange.
"When Mao Jiao came here for the first time under the orders of King Qin, he was so emotional..."
Mao Jiao turned his head and looked at Tian Ding: "Master Tian, can you believe that when he was in Gaonu City in Qin State, he ignored the criticism of others and the complaints of the people, and ordered the people of Gaonu City to leave Gaonu City amidst all the complaints of the people?
In Nu City, the person who finally saved the people of Gaonu City was Bai Yan!"
After Mao Jiao finished speaking, even after three years, Mao Jiao still vividly remembers the scene when he first came to this village, and it still makes Mao Jiao feel moved from the bottom of his heart.
Mao Jiao has never forgotten what those women said in front of him three years ago.
"The old gentleman also came here after hearing about Na Yan? Then I will talk to the old gentleman. Speaking of that family, it is pitiful to say that the family of three was originally a good family. They never wanted to give birth to a second son, that boy Yan. Then
The boy has been weak since he was a child and has a brain disease. Anyone in our village knows that Na Yan will have no future at all."
"Old sir, you don't know. Fortunately, you didn't meet Na Yan's grandmother. I heard that the old woman went to Linzi for illness!"
"Otherwise, if the old woman's eyesight is dim and she can't hear people talking about her grandson, and she still yells all day long, there will definitely be a wise king and a wise king who will recognize her grandson and give her grandson a title. Whether it's an adult or a child, they can argue a few words.
They will all be driven away by the old woman with a broom."
"That's right, it's really ridiculous to really think that there will be a king in the world who appreciates her grandson! Hahahaha."
"That is, even though a person who carries corpses has some money, in the end he can only do the work of carrying corpses and burying corpses..."
The words of those women in the past appeared in Mao Jiao's mind word by word. Mao Jiao could imagine what that young boy had to face growing up in this village.
At this time, Mao Jiao also noticed from the corner of his eye that in a distant village, a family had a happy event. This reminded Mao Jiao that on the way here, he heard villagers from other villages talking about a young man in Shui Village.
, became a servant of an official in Linzi.
The common people were all envious and sighed, saying that the young man from Shuicun would be great in the future and would be able to follow the officials.
"Master Mao!"
Tian Ding was quiet for a moment, listening to Mao Jiao's words, and naturally understood what Mao Jiao meant.
Just now, even Tian Ding, who had seen countless things in the world, found it hard to believe when he heard those words from the village woman. The young man the woman talked about was really the Bai Yan he had met in Luoyin.
It was Gao Nu in Shangjun, the man who saved a whole city of people.
I remember that back then, Bai Yan was still in Yanmen, writing a letter to Ying Zheng to ask for food for the people of Zhao State!
Compare Bai Yan's experience from childhood to adulthood...
"Tian Ding! It's too late to regret it!"
Tian Ding's eyes were filled with confusion. After a long time, he shook his head deeply and sighed, saying that he would be lying if he said he had no regrets.
The more he got to know Bai Yan, the more Tian Ding regretted it. A person's talent will be valued by others, but it is a person's character that can move people's hearts the most.
Especially after seeing the intrigues in the court, seeing countless people clinging to power, and seeing too many dirty things, Tian Ding knew better than anyone else what kind of virtuous and talented ministers the King of Qi needed.
It was a pity that in his eyes, how could a young man who collected corpses get close to the only daughter he and his deceased wife loved.
"Tian Ding will go to see Bai Yan in person this time."
Tian Ding said with a melancholy look on his face.
It happened that the soldiers and horses of the second son Tian Sui were also at the border of Qi State. Tian Ding was not worried about anything. In Tian Ding's eyes, since he was the one who drove Bai Yan out of Qi State, now he naturally wanted to go and see him in person.
Bai Yan.
However, Tian Ding became a little worried when he thought that Fei Leng had just said that brother Bai Yan's legs were actually broken by someone ordered by Tian Jia.
Fortunately, his beloved daughter Feiyan never told Bai Yan about this matter.
Now we can only wait for Bai Yan to leave Qin and return to Qi, and then find a way to calm Bai Yan's anger. Before that, Bai Yan must not let Bai Yan know about this matter.
Therefore, we must not let his biological parents know about Bai Yan at this time.
"Master Tian wants to go in person?"
Mao Jiao was a little surprised, but he also realized that Tian Ding was really determined this time and would try his best to win Bai Yan back to Qi.
But after thinking about it, Mao Jiao shook his head.
"I'm afraid Master Tian will return in vain!"
Mao Jiao advised.
With Mao Jiao's body, Ying Zheng favors and trusts Bai Yan so much, and with Bai Yan's character, it is definitely not that easy to win Bai Yan back to Qi.
"It all depends on man!"
Tian Ding replied.
Under the shade of trees.
Tian Sui and Tian Xian both knew that Mao Jiao was from Qi, and when they heard their father talking to Mao Jiao, they listened quietly.
When they heard that their father was going to see Bai Yan in person, the two brothers were not surprised, and they were not too worried about their father's safety. For Bai Yan, let alone Tian Xian who had been rescued by Bai Yan, it was Tian Sui.
I couldn't say anything.
Compared with what happened when Bai Yan tricked him in Zhongmou City, it seems that from the beginning, Bai Yan did not rely on his Tian Sui to go to Zhongmou City. Later, Bai Yan not only let him go in private, but also his best friend Chen Xu.
He was able to leave because of him, and now he clearly knows that it was his father who drove Bai Yan out of Qi four years ago...
No matter how you calculate it, it’s all Tian Suili’s fault!
Especially when I was already in the wrong situation, I came here today and heard those women talking about Bai Yan.
"My lord! My lord!!!"
After a while, a guard from a distance hurriedly ran to Tian Ding, and then handed a roll of bamboo slips to Tian Ding.
Under the gazes of Tian Sui, Tian Xian, Tian Feiyan, and Mao Jiao, Tian Ding opened the bamboo slips, looked at the news inside, and then frowned.
"Jiuding!"
Tian Ding looked at the bamboo slips to see where the news came from the Chu State. Tian Ding did not expect that the Chu State could actually think of such a plan. After thinking about it, Tian Ding immediately understood the purpose of the Chu State.
Obviously, the purpose of the Chu State this time was not only to get Bai Yan to leave Daliang and go to Surabaya, but also to set up a situation to create a rift between Bai Yan and Ying Zheng, forcing Bai Yan to leave the Qin State in the end!
This is a conspiracy, similar to the one when we besieged Wei to save Zhao.
"Wonderful! I don't know who planned it."
When Tian Ding thought of this, excitement flashed in his eyes. If it happened, why should he worry about how to get Bai Yan back together!
He slowly put away the bamboo slips and handed them to his subordinates.
Ying Zheng had a favor to promote Mao Jiao, so he tried not to let Mao Jiao know about it, let alone his daughter.
Thinking of this, Tian Ding turned his head and looked at his beloved daughter Tian Feiyan angrily. Although his daughter only found out after a long time that Bai Yan was the Yan he had driven away, after knowing it, her daughter actually still took this matter seriously.
, I kept it secret from him for so long, and if I said it too early, he might not take it seriously, nor would King Qi take it seriously, so it would be better to wait until he and King Qi take it seriously before telling it!"
In this regard, Tian Ding did not believe his daughter's words at all. How could he, a father, not know what her daughter's temperament was like? Tian Ding knew that if he had no choice but to force this matter, his daughter would never mention it and continue to hide it.