Bai Yan rode a war horse and escorted the carriage slowly to the Xinzheng Palace.
After reining in the horse, Bai Yan turned over and dismounted, and then saw Yao Jia also walking out of the carriage with a staff in hand and getting off the carriage.
"Master Yao, Bai Yan is waiting outside the palace."
Bai Yan stepped forward and saluted Yao Jia.
Envoys do not carry armor or swords.
Whether it is superstition or psychological effects, all countries are very taboo about people from enemy countries entering the palace wearing armor and swords.
And this time he was not an envoy. He was ordered to escort Yao Jia Zhouquan, so he wore this armor.
"Thank you!"
Yao Jia held the staff in his hand and smiled at Bai Yan.
After saying that, Yao Jia walked towards the Korean palace.
Bai Yan looked at Yao Jia's back as he entered the Korean palace, and carefully looked at the palace in front of him.
In the name Xinzheng, Zheng once represented a country, Zheng State.
During the period of Zheng Henggong, Zheng Henggong used his status as a minister of the Zhou royal family to move the capital of the Zheng Kingdom to Zheng. This also paved the way for the rise of the Zheng Kingdom later.
Because something big happened next.
Shenhou united with Quanrong to attack Haojing, and King You was killed under Lishan Mountain, thus the Western Zhou Dynasty was destroyed.
After that, the Zhou royal family moved eastward to Luoyang.
Luoyang is very close to Xinzheng. Therefore, during the period of Zheng Zhuanggong, the power of the Zhou royal family collapsed. As a minister of the Zhou royal family, Zheng Zhuanggong often used the royal family's orders for personal gain, annexed many small countries around Zheng at that time, and also interfered with Song, Wei, Lu and other countries.
In terms of internal affairs, when Qi was invaded by Beidi, Zheng also sent troops to help.
The Zheng State of that era was the largest country in the early Spring and Autumn Period and the overlord of the Central Plains.
Later, when the Zhou Dynasty was dissatisfied with Zheng Zhuanggong, Zheng Guo also had a "Battle of Yi Ge" with the Zhou royal family. In that battle, the Zhou emperor was shot in the shoulder, and the Zhou Dynasty was disgraced.
When he first heard Jin Gong talk about this period of history, he couldn't help but think of an allusion that he remembered deeply, which was also about "holding the emperor hostage".
What Bai Yan was concerned about at that time was not the Battle of Suige, but the one who had originally advised Zheng Henggong, Tai Shibo, who was in charge of the Zhou royal family's classics at that time.
During the reign of King Zhou You, he favored treacherous people and doted on Bao Si, causing the princes to become disloyal.
Did the Taishi Bo expect that King Zhou You of the Western Zhou Dynasty would die, or was it a coincidence?
At the beginning, the Zhou Dynasty had a palace not only in the capital city of Haojing, but also in Luoyang. Tai Shibo, who was in charge of the Zhou royal family's classics, could not have known this.
Therefore, it is very intriguing that Tai Shibo persuaded Duke Heng of Zheng to move the capital to Zheng.
It is a pity that after Zheng Zhuanggong, the civil strife in Zheng continued. Qing Dynasty abolished the Duke, and the Duke killed other officials. In addition, the enemy countries continued to invade. After hundreds of years of civil strife, Zheng was finally annexed by Han.
South Korea even moved its capital to Xinzheng, the capital of Zheng.
It seems that he wanted to be close to Luoyang and the Emperor of Zhou like Zheng Henggong did.
Bai Yan looked at the palace in front of him and couldn't help but sigh. Compared to the Qin Kingdom, this palace had experienced the vicissitudes of the Spring and Autumn Period and witnessed celebrities and overlords.
However, hundreds of years ago, celebrities and princes such as King Ping of Zhou, Duke Heng of Zheng, Tai Shibo, and Duke Zhuang of Zheng might not have imagined that hundreds of years later, they would succeed Han.
In the past, in their eyes, the 'Qin' was enfeoffed in a bitter and cold land.
On this day, envoys from the State of Qin were sent to the palace to persuade South Korea to surrender.
In a few days, Qin's army will be able to surround this big city.
Thinking of this, Bai Yan lowered his head and looked at the Qin armor he was wearing, and at the Qin general. Now he was also a Qin official.
Just then.
Bai Yan suddenly saw a carriage approaching from a distance, followed by more than ten men dressed in cloth and holding sharp swords.
Like Bai Yan, a Qin official also looked at the carriage.
Then as the carriage stopped in front of the palace gate, a man in his twenties and thirties, dressed in blue silk clothes, slowly stepped out of the carriage.
Bai Yan saw that the man was not wearing the clothes of a Korean official, but with the silk clothes and the exquisite jade pendant on his waist, the man was obviously not an ordinary nobleman.
But Bai Yan didn't think much about it.
Xinzheng is the capital of South Korea, and there are countless dignitaries and nobles in the city.
What Bai Yan didn't expect was that the man did not enter the palace. Instead, after saying something in front of the palace guard, he took out a roll of bamboo slips from his sleeve pocket and handed it to the guard. The guard nodded, and then
Enter the palace with the bamboo slips.
The man, on the other hand, walked slowly towards him.
See the situation.
Every Qin official looked wary, and the dozen or so men holding sharp swords who had just followed the carriage also ran forward to confront the Qin officials.
More than thirty Qin officials faced off against more than ten men.
This scene shocked the palace guards far away from the palace gate. After the leading guard general asked one guard to enter the palace, he led the rest of the guards to look at Bai Yan.
It seems that the guarding general was worried about conflicts between Bai Yan and those Qin officials who were escorting the Qin envoys.
But in fact, whether it was the guard general or the other soldiers, the looks they looked at Bai Yan and others were full of warning.
Bai Yan looked at the man in green and glanced at the servants holding sharp swords without trace.
He could tell that the dozen or so followers of the man were not ordinary knight-errant disciples. Ordinary knight-errants and righteous men mostly lived alone. Even after becoming disciples, they were quite arrogant.
At present, these groups of people give people the impression that they are well-trained, more like knight-errants who have enlisted in the army.
Bai Yan knew that these people would not do anything here.
The Qin army is now in Xincheng, and South Korea will never dare to kill the Qin envoys at this time.
Even if Chu and Zhao sent reinforcements, South Korea would not dare. After all, where does South Korea's strength lie? Facing Qin, South Korea would not dare to leave any room.
Next to the carriage.
Several of Yao Jia's disciples and knights were holding sharp swords and saw the man in green silk clothes who was the leader walking towards Bai Yan step by step.
They were not worried about what would happen to Bai Yan.
After all, they knew very well that the swordsmanship of Bai Yan, a younger Qin official than them, was by no means average.
Yangcheng killed twenty-two people.
Asking themselves, they knew that if they climbed the tower alone and faced countless enemy soldiers, they would not be able to do it.
This is why the King of Qin asked him to escort Yao Jia to Xinzheng.
Even if there is a conflict, the young man wearing armor and Qin sword will definitely be sure to draw his sword and subdue him in an instant. And the closer the man is, the greater his confidence will be.
"Are you Bai Yan?"
Under everyone's gaze, the man in green silk clothes stopped five steps away from Bai Yan and looked at Bai Yan.
There was no salute, not even a trace of respect in his words.
Moreover, as he spoke, the man's face seemed to have a calm expression, but the unkindness in his eyes was undisguised.
It is hard to imagine that a man who is clearly a member of the noble family would behave so rudely now.
"yes!"
Bai Yan looked at the man in front of him calmly. He seemed to have never seen this man before.
Although he didn't know who this man was, he didn't deny it.
After all, once you deny it, you will not only be laughed at by the people in front of you, but you will also be ridiculed by the world if word spreads.
Him today.
He is no longer the young man who was in the village back then. He has to take care of the Bai family and the cavalry soldiers, and may even have some influence on his future entry into the Qin court.
"Who are you?"
Bai Yan looked into this man's eyes and asked.
Since the person who comes is not good.
Bai Yan also wanted to know who this man was.
When the man in green silk clothes heard Bai Yan's question, he immediately looked sarcastic and chuckled a few times.
"A mountain insect cannot speak to a kind person, and a butcher cannot speak to a human being. If you do too much injustice, you will die, and you will be punished by your son-in-law!"
After the man in green clothes finished speaking, he turned around and left.
At this moment, when all the Qin officials heard what the man said, they all looked at Bai Yan.
They had rested for a while when passing by the new city before, and they all knew about Lu Zuoshan. It was said that all the men in Xingyang died, and the wailing of women in Xingyang filled the city in those days.
The reason is that Bai Yanqin led the cavalry army to ambush the Korean army in Luzuo Mountain.
The man was obviously calling Bai Yan a butcher who didn't deserve to talk to anyone, let alone die a good death.
Bai Yan frowned slightly as he watched the man in green leave.
Did you come here just to scold him with some words from Confucius?
Before, seeing the man's clothes and entourage, he had some worries in his heart. However, he felt that the man was young but completely brainless.
It is estimated that he has a prominent family, and an elder in the family is an official in the Korean court and is a son of a noble family.
Generally, only people with this kind of high status have a sense of superiority since childhood. When encountering trouble, they are impulsive and act righteously, looking aloof.
Think of this.
Bai Yan turned his head and looked at the palace, ignoring the man again.
Regarding what the man said about Lu Zuoshan, Bai Yan had no regrets in his heart. If he was given another chance, he would still make that choice.
Soldiers who, deception also.
Generals fight for the country, and soldiers kill for the living. The battlefield is a life-and-death battle. Those who wear armor and hold long swords are enemies when they are unwilling to take off their armor.
Outside the palace gate.
Bai Yan waited for a long time but did not see Yao Jia coming out. This was far beyond his previous expectations.
Another half hour passed before Bai Yan saw Yao Jia walking out of the palace.
"Master Yao!"
When Bai Yan saw Yao Jia coming over, he raised his hands and saluted.
Seeing that Yao Jia's expression seemed a little gloomy, Bai Yan knew that Yao Jia's attempt to persuade the King of Han to surrender this time might not go smoothly.
"King Han won't surrender?"
Bai Yan looked at Yao Jia's frown and asked softly.
Yao Jia held the staff and shook his head.
"General Han Shen Juan and some Han ministers still wanted to resist Qin, and Han Wangan was wavering. Who would have thought that just now Zhang Ping ordered his eldest son to write a letter to Han Wangan, so that Han Wangan still had residual intentions."
Yao Jia said, turning to look at the Korean palace behind him. If Zhang Ping hadn't submitted a letter just now, maybe he would still have a chance to convince Han Wangan today.
Yao Jia sighed, turned his head, and suddenly saw Bai Yan standing there with his eyes wide open, looking lost.
Seeing this, Yao Jia was a little confused.
He didn't seem to understand why Bai Yan was acting like this suddenly.
"Master Yao, is Zhang Ping's eldest son named Zhang Liang?"
Bai Yan looked at Yao Jia, his eyes full of confusion.
Previously in Wanfeng, he asked Feng Wen if he had ever seen Zhang Liang, the grandson of Kaifengdi. But now, listening to Yao Jia's words, it was obvious that the man who came to scold him just now was the Zhang Liang he had never forgotten.
But, remembering the man’s actions just now, it was Zhang Liang? He was one of the Three Great Masters of later generations?
This impulsive and impulsive appearance seems to have no connection at all.
"The Zhang family is from a famous family in South Korea. Yao Jiading remembered correctly, it is indeed Zhang Liang."
Yao Jia nodded.
As a senior minister of the Qin State, he traveled to other countries all the year round and bribed important ministers of other countries, so he would definitely remember the Zhang family of South Korea incorrectly.
After all, the Zhang family is a famous family in South Korea with five generations of relatives. How could he not know the Zhang family members.
"its not right!"
Bai Yan moved his lips slightly and murmured.
Bai Yan felt as if something had been missed. If the man just now was Zhang Liang, with his kind of character, he would never be the famous person who would strategize and retire after being granted the title of Marquis.
"Let's go back to the inn first!"
Yao Jia looked at Bai Yan and was mumbling, but he was not in the mood to ask too many questions at the moment. He was here to persuade Han Wangan to surrender. If he failed to persuade him to surrender, although he had no fault, he had no merit.
"good!"
Bai Yan raised his head, nodded to Yao Jia, then turned over and got on the horse. After Yao Jia also got on the carriage, he walked towards the inn.
Night.
"It's the old man!"
Bai Yan, who was kneeling at the table in his room at night, thought about it for a day and finally understood what he had missed.
Previously, in his eyes, Zhang Liang was as smart as a demon, but he ignored that his impression of Zhang Liang was all due to Zhang Liang's actions after he rebelled against Qin.
But what about before?
Scatter all the family wealth and assassinate Ying Zheng!
Thinking about it this way, Bai Yan could understand why Zhang Liang came suddenly at the palace gate today and directly insulted people with Confucius' words regardless of etiquette, giving people the impression that he was impulsive and did not care about anything else.
Impulsive people who can risk everything and use up their wealth are completely different from those in later generations.
"I said that when I heard about the old man in the village before, I always felt like I had heard him before!"
Bai Yan murmured.
At this time, he thought of the old man who couldn't be driven away. He didn't know that the old man was Zhang Liang's future mentor, Huang Shigong!
Thinking of this, Bai Yan's expression was a bit incredulous.
That old man, is Huang Shigong?
When he was on the road before, he didn't think about Zhang Liang at all, let alone before Zhang Liang became famous. Therefore, when the old man said that the old man was still alive, he didn't think about it.
In this way, he almost had Zhang Liang cut off because of his feelings and became Huang Shigong's disciple.
"No, if I have a chance in the future, I will definitely find that old man again."
Bai Yan knew clearly that the old man could transform Zhang Liang into one of the Three Great Masters. His abilities were extraordinary, and nothing could be done to make the old man accept Zhang Liang as his disciple again.
He still remembered that the old man said at that time that all he had learned throughout his life was hidden in Quyang, so he hoped that he would not come to Qin and go to Quyang to study.
Quyang.
In Zhao country!
However, Bai Yan is not sure whether he can find the old man in Quyang.
When I first met the old man, I was on the way out of Qi State. Although he was very old, he was in good health and ran around everywhere.
"No wonder the old man who said he had been to Tian Mansion turned out to be Mr. Huang Shi!"
Bai Yan shook his head and sighed, stretched out his hand and pressed his forehead with his hand, his expression was very uncomfortable.
Why didn’t I think of it before?
Bai Yan felt that he couldn't blame himself for not remembering that when he was on his way, he met such an old man wearing rags and messy hair. He shamelessly wanted to accept him as his disciple all day long, and he couldn't drive him away no matter how hard he tried.
Change will drag the old man to a celebrity,
Rather than being a celebrity, it is more like saying that the old man is a human trafficker.
According to historical records, Zhang Liang's father died in 250 BC, but the Zhang family genealogy records that Zhang Liang's father Zhang Ping was disheartened after seeing Han Mie with his own eyes, and finally died in depression.
And many rumors say that the reason why Zheng Guo entered Qin was because of Zhang Ping's plan to tire Qin.
Because there is Huang Shigong in the book, Zhang Liang is not as smart as a monster from the beginning, and I personally feel that Zhang Liang's assassination method is to imitate Yan Dan.
Furthermore, the act of dissipating all the family wealth and the subsequent act of persuading others to be forbearing, these two actions are completely unlike the same person. Regardless of whether he is mature or not, during the period of Han Mi, Zhang Liang should have been more impulsive and angry.