Chapter 542 Jiuding leaves Pengcheng, Tian Dings plan
The next day.
The sky had just brightened, and on the streets of Pengcheng, dense crowds of people could already be seen, including men, women, old and young, farmers, merchants, and among them there were groups of gentry children standing on tiptoes and looking at the crowd.
"I heard that Bai Yan is not going to offer sacrifices this time, but is planning to move the Jiuding to Xianyang in Qin State."
"I've heard about it too. It seems like someone went outside the city just now, and they saw the cavalry waiting outside Pengcheng."
Amidst the noisy discussion, it is human nature to watch the excitement, let alone those in Pengcheng now, but it is rumored that the treasure that has been passed down since the Xia Dynasty means the Jiuding of Kyushu.
Not only the ordinary people in the city, but also the dignitaries and clans in Pengcheng all took advantage of this opportunity to see it with their own eyes. After all, everyone knew that if they missed this opportunity, they would never be able to do so in their lifetime.
A chance to see it with my own eyes again.
Everyone wants to chat with relatives, friends, or their children and grandchildren in the future, and say that I was lucky enough to see Jiuding in Pengcheng. Later, the Jiuding was sent to Xianyang. From now on, not many people are around anymore.
I’ve seen it in Xianyang.
Then, you can enjoy the adoring eyes of your children and grandchildren, and the envious eyes of your friends.
"Make way! Everyone, make way for me!!!"
"Get out of the way!!"
One by one, the cavalry officers drew their swords on the street and walked towards the people of Pengcheng.
When the common people, merchants, and nobles saw the expressionless faces of the cavalry, the slightly frowning eyes, and the Qin swords in their hands that had killed countless people, they all retreated in an instant, or crowded towards both sides of the street.
However, these people were afraid of the cavalry and did not dare to stop them. However, there were always some scholars who were not afraid of death. When they saw the cavalry soldiers coming, they stood in twos and threes on the street. Although they were breathing rapidly, they endured fear and looked on their faces.
He looked at the iron knight soldiers with disdain.
"I am a scholar from Jucheng of the Qi State, Lu Qiuzong. Today, Bai Yan stole the treasure of the Qi State and offered it to Ying Zheng. We would rather die than agree. He wanted to take Jiuding to Xianyang, so he killed us.
Step over our bodies!"
The leading scholar was only twenty-three or four years old. He was dressed in commoner clothes and had gray cloth and a wooden hairpin on his head. But it had to be said that he was much more courageous than the tens of thousands of people watching around him.
"The husband of the state of Qi is a scholar, Ju Lu, I wish to die!"
"Fan Mang, a scholar of Qi, Qin and Zhou, is willing to die!"
The other two scholars, like Lu Qiu Zong, did not seem to have very good family backgrounds, but at this moment they were both standing in the street, looking at the oncoming Qin Iron Knight soldiers, without giving in at all.
mean.
soon.
Under the discussion of all the Pengcheng people and merchants on the street, a cavalry soldier soon came to the three of them.
Looking at the three scholars in front of him, for this iron cavalry soldier, he could easily kill these three people by himself. However, the identity of these three Qi soldiers made the iron cavalry officer hesitate.
At this time, more than twenty scholars came from the distance again, each one announcing his or her name. Among the many people, except for about ten people who were scholars of the Chu State, the rest were all scholars of the Qi State.
These people quickly walked up to Lu Qiuzong and the other three, looked at the iron knight soldiers together, and tried to stop them with their bodies.
Seeing the actions of these scholars, many cavalry soldiers who had experienced killings on the battlefield were holding Qin swords, and they could not help but feel angry. The sharp cold light of the Qin sword seemed to be about to cut down those scholars in the next moment.
Critical time.
Soon the sound of iron hoofs was heard, and everyone turned their heads to see General Jiu coming over on his war horse.
"Are you seeking death?"
Jiu looked at these scholars and asked with a calm expression. However, Jiu seemed to be born with a gloomy feeling. Even in daily life, he would always give people a gloomy feeling.
Bai Yan had said at the beginning that his children would be scared when Jiu returned home like this.
"The thief of Qin stole the tripod, why bother to say more? Kill him if you want. If possible, let Bai Yan come out. I heard that Bai Yan is from Qi. We want to see if Bai Yan is worthy of two people from Qi."
Character!"
Lu Qiu Zong snorted coldly. It seemed that more and more scholars behind him were emboldened. Even when facing Jiu, they all scolded him harshly.
Following Lu Qiuzong's words, other scholars immediately followed suit.
"If you take one more step forward, shoot and kill!"
Jiu looked at the scholars and gave the order directly without saying anything.
However, the noblemen on the street clearly noticed that Jiu also had scruples. He said he would kill if he took one step forward. If he didn't step forward, he would naturally not kill.
on the street.
More and more cavalry soldiers, holding long swords and bows and crossbows, came to both sides of the dove, looking directly at the scholars.
Even the cavalry officers knew that if they had not taken care of Qi, these people would have been corpses.
In a stalemate.
Not long after, Bai Yan, dressed in black and riding a war horse, followed by Xiao He, Xun Shuo and Zhang, came to Jiu.
"General!"
"General!!"
Seeing Bai Yan, Jiu quickly stepped aside and then saluted Bai Yan. All the cavalry officers also saluted Bai Yan.
For a moment, at a glance, the cavalry soldiers who had just made all the people in Pengcheng, and even the scholars, fearful, disappeared instantly with the appearance of Bai Yan.
This made everyone stunned and looked at the young man in black riding a horse in surprise.
"Is he Bai Yan?"
“It’s so impressive!”
Some noble women watching on the second floor of the restaurant started talking when they saw this scene. Since ancient times, the woman Mu Qiang, when she saw those ferocious cavalry soldiers, all bowed to the young man with admiration. She was a very picky noble man.
The women all felt that Bai Yan's delicate face seemed much more handsome.
"Are you Bai Yan?"
Lu Qiu Zong saw Bai Yan. For some reason, his eyes dodge uncontrollably when Bai Yan looked directly at him. However, after he calmed down, he still pretended to be tough and asked.
"I am Bai Yan!"
Bai Yan rode his war horse and slowly stepped forward and came to Lu Qiuzong and others. He looked along Lu Qiuzong and scanned the scholars in front of him.
"I heard that you are from Qi. Since you are from Qi, why do you want to help Qin and destroy Wei? Now, you want to dedicate the tripod of Jiuzhou to Ying Zheng!!!"
Lu Qiuzong's voice made Bai Yan look away and look at Lu Qiuzong's indignant look.
"Eating the king's salary and being loyal to the king, Bai Yan accepted the King of Qin's trust and worshiped the general, and was able to lead the army. Therefore, he should repay the kindness of the King of Qin, carry the three-foot sword, and die for the King of Qin."
Bai Yan did not tell what happened with Tian Ding, but explained in another way, and then looked at the countless Pengcheng people, merchants, and nobles on the street.
"In the past, the king of Qi abandoned the cauldron, and everyone in the world knew that Chu and Qi searched for the cauldron but could not find it. Qin destroyed Wei and the nine cauldrons were revealed. It was God's will~! Why did Bai Yan offer the cauldron and steal the cauldron?"
When Bai Yan said the next sentence, he yelled loudly and glanced at everyone. There were fierce-looking cavalry soldiers, and no one dared to look at Bai Yan's eyes.
"It's ridiculous. You, Bai Yan, led the troops to capture Pengcheng and snatched away the Nine Cauldrons. How could it be a gift from heaven? If you, Bai Yan, hadn't captured Pengcheng, how could the Qin Kingdom have the Nine Cauldrons?"
Lu Qiu Zong was stunned when he heard Bai Yan's words, then retorted unconvinced and glared at Bai Yan.
Other scholars also nodded in agreement. Everyone knew that if Bai Yan hadn't suddenly captured Pengcheng, how could Jiuding fall into the hands of Qin.
Thinking of this, everyone was angry and helpless.
What makes them angry is that Bai Yan's ability to lead troops is beyond their imagination. Even the famous general Huang Ye, who has 30,000 elite Chu troops, is being teased by Bai Yan, let alone them. But what is helpless is that Bai Yan is actually from Qi, but
He chose to serve the Qin State.
This makes them hate it! It would be great if Bai Yan was in Qi! Why doesn't Bai Yan return to his mother country and serve the King of Qi?
"It's the heaven that arranged for me, Bai Yan, to go to the Qin Kingdom. It was also destined that Bai Yan would win the Nine Cauldrons!"
Bai Yan looked at Lu Qiu Zong and said, then showed a smile and looked at Lu Qiu Zong.
"Even if Bai Yan doesn't get Jiuding, if Chu general Huang Ye gets Jiuding, will he give it to Qi?"
Bai Yan asked in return.
When Lu Qiuzong and other Qi scholars heard Bai Yan's words, they obviously didn't expect that Bai Yan would suddenly be involved in this matter. They looked at the guilty and evasive looks of the Chu scholars beside them. For a moment, a different kind of feeling filled their eyes.
The meaning permeated among the scholars.
"Bai Yan, don't try to alienate us. No matter what happens today, we will not agree to let Jiuding be sent to Xianyang unless we die here!"
Lu Qiuzong took the initiative to speak at this time and looked at Bai Yan.
Because of Lu Qiuzong's words, other scholars from Qi and Chu suddenly suppressed their strange behavior and thought that the most important thing at the moment was to prevent Jiuding from going to Xianyang.
And this time.
Bai Yan glanced at Lu Qiuzong and did not answer Lu Qiuzong again. After a soldier came to report, Bai Yan rode his horse and turned back.
This made Lu Qiu Zong and other scholars look surprised. They looked at each other in confusion, wondering what Bai Yan meant.
A carriage escorted by retinues drove slowly down the street.
When the carriage stopped, Tian Ding and Tian Xian got off the carriage. When they saw that the surrounding streets were full of Pengcheng people, Tian Xian glanced at the cavalry soldiers and then turned to look at his father who had already stepped off the carriage.
"Master Tian!"
Bai Yan came over on horseback at this time, turned over and dismounted, and saluted Tian Ding.
"General Bai Yan!"
Tian Ding returned the courtesy.
Bai Yan immediately saluted Tian Xian and told Tian Ding about the Qi scholars blocking the road.
"Fortunately, Master Tian is here, so Bai Yan can avoid sending letters to Qi State, and Bai Yan is not willing to use swords to kill those Qi State scholars."
Bai Yan looked at Tian Ding and said.
If Tian Ding was not in Pengcheng, there might still be some trouble, but now Tian Ding is in Pengcheng. As a clan member of the Qi State, Tian Ding has no less power than the Prime Minister of Qi, so he will naturally have to deal with those Qi State scholars, otherwise Tian Ding will have to deal with this matter.
Think carefully about whether you are deliberately sitting back and watching the relationship between Qin and Qi deteriorate.
When the time comes, Tian Ding will not only give an explanation to the King of Qi and the officials of Qi, but also give an explanation to Qin.
"Tian Ding can help the general with the Jiuding matter, but the general please remember what Tian Ding said yesterday. The general is from Qi!!!"
After Tian Ding listened to Bai Yan's words, whether he looked at Bai Yan or looked at him, he seemed to be vaguely angry, as if he was dissatisfied with him speaking to Bai Yan with all his heart and soul, but Bai Yan was not at all humane, and Jiuding's matter had no room for negotiation.
nothing.
After saying that, Tian Ding turned around and walked past Bai Yan, heading towards the scholars.
When Tian Xian saw this, he couldn't help but look at Bai Yan and sighed, as if he didn't like what Bai Yan did.
Bai Yan could only apologize.
Seeing Tian Xian shaking his head pretending to be generous, Bai Yan turned his head, looked at Tian Ding's back, and then glanced at Tian Xian beside him.
"You really pretend that I don't know. You all know that this is a 'fake tripod', and you all wish I had sent it to Xianyang earlier!"
Bai Yan complained in his heart.
I really think Bai Yan doesn't know that the father and son are already happy in their hearts. Even if he doesn't need to speak, the father and son will find a way to let those Qi scholars leave.
Still pretending!!!
"The general first helped Qin to destroy Wei, and now he has found the Nine Cauldrons. The general has returned to Xianyang, and his achievements have already made him an extremely popular minister. Why is the general so anxious to attack Chu?"
Tian Xian took advantage of this moment to look at Bai Yan and asked. Tian Xian was still very close to Bai Yan. After all, Tian Xian was not as stubborn as his father Tian Ding, and he had a crush on Bai Yan from the beginning because of his little sister.
Later, Bai Yan was kind to him again.
It can be said that in Tian Mansion, apart from younger sister Tian Feiyan, Tian Xian is the closest person to Bai Yan.
"If you don't attack the Chu State, Bai Yan is worried that one day, the Qi State will be dragged into the water. The wise king looks at the scene of Qi State's prosperity for decades. It is an unprecedented prosperous age among the princes. How can the wise king bear it?
, destroy it under the slaughter?”
Bai Yan turned his head and said to Tian Xian.
"Jiuding, I will personally return to Qi and ask your Majesty to send envoys to Xianyang to ask for the title. The tripod is the property of Qi, how can Qin take it by force? As for Tian Ding, even if the war is against each other, Qi will still get Jiuding back...
…”
Tian Ding's voice came from far away, Bai Yan looked over, and just then Bai Yan noticed that although Lu Qiu Zong was poor, he had obviously seen Tian Ding, so when he saw Tian Ding, Lu Qiu Zong
It seems like they have found a backbone.
"But Qin wants to destroy all the countries in the world!"
Tian Xian sighed and told a naked fact that no one in the world could accept.
"At the beginning, the King of Zhou entrusted eight hundred princes. Do those princes still remember the hatred of their ancestors?"
Bai Yan said.
Tian Xian turned his head to look at Bai Yan, thought for a moment, and soon understood what Bai Yan meant.
"A country with a thousand years is rare, but a clan with a thousand years will last forever! No matter how prosperous the Qi State is, no matter how high the Tian family's status is, it will only be in the Qi State!"
Bai Yan turned his head, met Tian Xian's eyes, and joked with a smile, but the truth is that as long as there is status and status, as long as the clan's bloodline can be passed down for thousands of years, that is the most important thing.
At the beginning, the Tian family had not only replaced the Jiang family, but also owned all the land of Qi.
"The words are reasonable, but in my father's eyes, they may be fallacies."
Tian Xian couldn't help but shake his head.
Bai Yan also sighed.
"Every road has been traveled before. Who knows where the road will be before someone walks on it!"
When Tian Xian heard Bai Yan's emotion, he looked surprised again.
Bai Yan and Tian Xian chatted for a while. Since they were not much different in age and had many similarities in their personalities, they got along very well.
While chatting, Tian Xian suddenly thought of his father's instructions.
"About your relationship with Yan'er, you should know about the old man who cast the slips."
Tian Xian said, Tian Xian was also curious about the mysterious old man riding a bull, but as for his younger sister Tian Feiyan, Tian Xian still believed in his younger sister Tian Feiyan on this matter, and he, his father and his eldest brother both
After analysis, Bai Yan should only know the news at most.
After all, his father had already investigated and found out that Bai Yan did not spend much time with his younger sister Feiyan, and was subsequently driven out of the Qi State by his father. After Bai Yan arrived in the Qin State, he has been in the Qin State camp, and his traces are hard to find.
After leading the troops to attack one after another, it was impossible for the younger sister to hand over the bamboo slips to Bai Yan.
Moreover, my father had investigated carefully and found out that from beginning to end, the younger sister had never ordered anyone to buy any bamboo slips, let alone transcribe more than ten large boxes and so many bamboo slips.
In addition, news came from the Qin State, and Ying Zheng had indeed never known about this matter before.
"Heard something!"
Bai Yan nodded and looked at Tian Xian curiously, wondering why Tian Xian suddenly got involved in this matter.
"Now all the bamboo slips are stored in the palace of the King of Qi. My father promised that as long as you return to Qi, my father will let you see all the bamboo slips in person, and if you find the old man, he will do everything possible to let you in
How about becoming a disciple of his? And..."
Tian Xian said.
At the end of the sentence, Tian Xian looked around. When he saw that Gu and other cavalry generals were there, he still didn't finish speaking, but showed a slight smile and gave Bai Yan a look of 'comprehension'.
Just as Tian Xian finished speaking, he saw in the distance that his father had successfully persuaded the scholars to leave.
Bai Yan looked at Tian Xian, the person who wanted to deceive him, and shook his head in his heart. When he saw Xun Shuo coming over at this time, he stepped forward.
"Let's go! This trip is going to Xianyang. People along the way have been ordered to report it, and the generals of the cities and towns in various places have been ordered to lead troops to escort."
Bai Yan said to Xun Shuo.
Xun Shuo nodded when he heard this, saluted Tian Xian, then saluted Tian Ding, then turned and left.
"Thank you, Mr. Tian!"
At this time, Bai Yan also "gratefully" handed over to Tian Ding, expressing his gratitude and thanking Tian Ding for his help in resolving the siege.
"No need to say thank you..."
Tian Ding seemed to want to say something, but finally looked at Bai Yan, but shook his head melancholy, as if he was a little disappointed with Bai Yan, and then left directly with Tian Xian.
When Bai Yan saw this, he didn't stop him. Without the obstruction from the Qi nobles, the rest was easy to talk about.
Taking Xiao He and Mang with him, Bai Yan quickly arranged for Jiu, Xun Shuo and others to slowly leave Pengcheng with Jiuding amidst the exclamations of all the people in Pengcheng.
Half an hour later.
In a study room, Tian Ding and Tian Xian finally breathed a sigh of relief after learning that Jiuding had left Pengcheng. Now they were just waiting for Jiuding to arrive in Xianyang.
"Leave immediately to return to Yangguan!"
Tian Ding learned from Tian Xian that after talking to Bai Yan just now, although he could feel that Bai Yan really didn't want Qi to be involved in the war, he knew that he couldn't persuade Bai Yan. Qin and Chu would soon have an immediate conflict.
There was a war, and now Tian Ding didn't want to stay in Pengcheng anymore.
"good!"
Tian Xian nodded, and then ordered his subordinates to go down and prepare.
At this time, I saw the retinue bringing the scholar Lu Qiuzong, who had just stopped Bai Yan on the street, into the room.
"Zong, meet Mr. Tian!"
After Lu Qiu Zong came to the study, he saluted Tian Ding and looked at Tian Ding with enthusiasm. When he was in Linzi, Qi State, he once saw Tian Ding from a distance outside the academy.
He never thought that he would have the opportunity to talk to Tian Ding in this life.
"Do you know why I stopped you just now?"
Tian Ding saw Lu Qiuzong and said softly.
Under Tian Xian's gaze, Lu Qiu was surprised when he heard his father Tian Ding's words.
"Master Tian didn't say that he wanted to return to Qi State and let the King of Qi..."
Lu Qiu Zong spoke doubtfully and repeated what Tian Ding said on the street. However, before he finished speaking, he saw Tian Ding shaking his head.
This made Lu Qiu Zong look puzzled.
"The Jiuding that Bai Yan sent to Xianyang is a fake tripod!"
Tian Ding said.
When Lu Qiu Zong heard this, his eyes suddenly widened and he looked at Tian Ding in shock.
Fake tripod?
Lu Qiu Zong saw that Tian Ding was not joking at all. He thought of Tian Ding's identity and that Tian Ding had stopped them on the street. At this time, Lu Qiu Zong finally understood.
Later, at Tian Ding's suggestion, Tian Xian brought him and his father here. After investigation, he learned that Bai Yan, in order to get Yingzheng to change his government, found a Song Ding, pretended to be a Jiuding and threw it into Surabaya. This was also
Can it explain why Bai Yan had such a sophisticated plan to capture Pengcheng?
As for the Song family in Shiliting, all the people in Shiliting, including the Song family, had been killed by Bai Yan.
"What? That Bai Yan is so cruel!"
Lu Qiu Zong, a poor man, couldn't help but shudder when he heard Tian Ding's words. Just now on the street, he thought Bai Yan was a hero. Although he was loyal to Qin, at least his abilities were admirable.
Now that he knew that Bai Yan was such a hypocritical person, so fond of success and cruel, Lu Qiuzong immediately regretted his previous thoughts, and even thinking about Bai Yan's appearance, he was full of hatred.
"I sent a letter back to Linzi, and now I have called you here because I want to ask you if you are willing to go to Xianyang and expose Bai Yan in front of all the officials of the Qin State, in front of Ying Zheng, and in front of all the Qin people!"
Tian Ding asked, and at the end of his sentence, he looked straight at Lu Qiuzong: "I may die in Xianyang during this trip!"
"Why don't you dare!"
Almost at the moment Tian Ding finished speaking, Lu Qiu Zong replied without hesitation, looking at Tian Ding with eyes that showed no dodge, only anger.
"Bai Yan has ordered the Wei army to attack Chu. I'm afraid the Qin army will also attack the Chu state soon. The Chu state is in danger and the state of Chu is in danger. How can Qi survive alone? Bai Yan must not let Bai Yan succeed. Will Qi and Chu be safe this time?
We all rely on you to go to Xianyang and expose Bai Yan!"
Tian Ding raised his hand and slowly saluted Lu Qiuzong.
"No!"
Lu Qiu Zong hurriedly stepped forward to help Tian Ding, then thought of his identity, let go of his hand, and looked at the Qi clan. The famous Lord Tian Ding Tian so solemnly asked himself to put the safety of Qi on himself, Lu Qiu Zong
Zong Zong was so excited that he couldn't describe it in words, and while breathing rapidly, he raised his hand and returned the salute to Tian Ding.
"Don't worry, Mr. Tian. Even if Luqiu dies in Xianyang during this trip, he will never let Bai Yan succeed! Mr. Tian is waiting for good news!"
Lu Qiu Zong said, then stood up and left directly.
For Hanshi Lu Qiuzong, it was already a blessing for him to be able to talk to Tian Ding in person, let alone to be treated so solemnly by Tian Ding and entrust the safety of Qi to him.
Even if Lu Qiu was not afraid of death, he would not take his friends to stop Bai Yan today.
"It's a pity. If it weren't for Bai Yan's return to Qi, this Luqiu Zong could be reused!"
Tian Ding watched Tian Xian order his followers and handed some money to Lu Qiuzong. After waiting for Lu Qiuzong to leave, he sighed.
"Father, there is no need to feel sorry. There are so many generous people in Qi. Now we must make the matter known to everyone and make a fuss about it. Otherwise, considering that Bai Yan has saved Ying Zheng's life, it will be difficult to alienate him and force Bai Yan to leave.
Qin State. Bai Yan is now not only important to Qi State, but also related to Qin State's attack on Chu. This time, Bai Yan must be infamous and leave Qin State. As long as the king knows that Bai Yan has been framed."
Tian Xian comforted his father and said that as long as the King of Qi knew that Bai Yan was framed, it would not matter if Bai Yan's reputation was spread all over the world. Only then could Bai Yan, whose reputation was ruined, serve Qi wholeheartedly.
As for Lu Qiu Zong, although it is a pity, compared with Lu Qiu Zong's death in blocking the Qin army before, it would be better to die like Jing Ke, where he could die well and be famous all over the world after his death.
"My father sent someone back to Linzi last night to inform the king about the fake tripod!"
After Tian Ding finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to leave the room.