After a few days of haze, I finally saw the sun shining, there was no imaginary warmth, as if it was colder than a few days ago, it was said that the snow was not cold and the snow was cold, a north wind blew, Zhuang Qiu sat on the wheel and shivered.

Today, the three of Junliang got up early in the morning, wanting to rush to Xianyang before dark, and came out for such a long time, Junliang was also a little homecoming, looking at the direction of Xianyang early, Hanguguan was not far ahead, and it could be reached by driving half a pillar of incense.

"Miss Bai, do you have any plans to return to Xianyang? Why don't you live in my house first! It was the former general's mansion, and now it has been given to me by the king, and the west courtyard has been empty, and the old housekeeper will clean it every day, so it can be seen that he is very loyal to the Bai family. ”

Jun Liang said jokingly, he is also concerned, after all, in the current Qin State, Bai Qingyu is homeless, and his home is also occupied by Junliang, in order to resolve the embarrassment after returning to China, it is better to explain in advance and invite Bai Qingyu to live in the General's Mansion, anyway, it is not harmful to live in such a large courtyard.

"Thank you, then I will be disrespectful, don't be embarrassed, I will marry the king sooner or later, there is no one in the family, what is given to you is yours, and it has nothing to do with me in the future. ”

Bai whispered, his voice was very calm, and he couldn't hear joy or sorrow.

"Brother Liang, your house is really that big, go back and pick a good room for me, I haven't lived in the General's Mansion since I was a child!"

Zhuang Qiu said cheekily on the side, his face was very yearning.

"You have a nursing home, there are still a lot of requirements, go back and pick it yourself! There are so many empty houses, you want to live there and live there, but don't think about the small courtyard in the east, where does my brother live, I don't know if his injuries have healed after such a long time!"

Jun Liang looked at Zhuang Qiu, and suddenly remembered Zhao Wusu, the two of them had similar personalities, and the two of them must be lively together.

"Brother Liang, do you still have a brother, why have you never heard of it?"

Zhuang Qiu looked puzzled, didn't he say last time that he had been alone since he was a child!

"Alas! I met Zhenwu when I was in Zhao State, I was the third son of the military god Zhao Kuo, when I fled from Zhao State with Zhenwu, Xiao Suzi did not help less, but unfortunately the new king of Zhao State ascended the throne, Zhao Kuo's family was asked to behead, and it was also my secret agent of Qin State who rescued him from Zhao State, but he could only be rescued alone, the whole family died under the knife of the Zhao royal family, and even the secret agents of my Qin State all died to save him, Zhao State is very fond of the descendants of the God of War!"

Jun Liang sighed and said that Zhao Wusu's personality has not become as optimistic as before since then, it can be seen that he has been suppressing the hatred in his heart, if one day Xiao Suzi gains power, I am afraid that the first thing he will do is to destroy the Zhao State.

"Zhao Kuo's military exploits are too great, the Zhao royal family has always been intrigued, and they will not let Zhao Kuo, the hero of Zhao State, a hero of the Thousand Autumns, Guan Yanque is not a character, he is just a vain name, he can only look at one country, not the world!"

Bai whispered a sentence in the carriage lightly, causing Junliang and Zhuang Qiu to ponder.

"So, it wasn't the newly enthroned king who ordered the execution of Zhao Kuo's family, but the prime minister Guan Yanque?"

Jun Liang hesitated for a moment and asked in a whisper to Bai.

"Yes or no, don't say it first, but King Zhao has just ascended the throne, his position is not stable, the first thing he did was not to win over, but to kill, there are some problems in this, he is also the minister of Sheji, Zhao Kuo was executed, and Guan Yanque was retained, this doesn't make sense, no matter how great Zhao Kuo's credit is, the current eight countries in the world are standing on their feet, relying only on one Guan Yanque, the road after Zhao Guo is difficult!"

Bai whispered softly, pondered for a moment and said: "Moreover, Guan Yanque has always been at odds with Zhao Kuo and advocates a truce, but this world is not that he said that he can stop the war if he can stop the war, and the technique of Lian Heng is only temporary, and now Guan Yanque advocates friendship with Wei and forms an alliance with the country, and even the Wei State jointly resists the Qin State in the north and the Chu State in the south. ”

"If my guess is correct, this is Guan Yanque's plan, kill Zhao Kuo, and make peace with Wei Guo, Wei Guo saw that Zhao Guo's military god was dead, naturally he would not be suspicious, and he would definitely believe Zhao Guo's suggestion, if Zhao Kuo did not die, Wei Guo would definitely not be concentric with Zhao Guo, after all, even if Wei's military soldiers were strong, they could not be compared with Zhao Kuo, the military god who won all battles. It's just speculation now, and it will take time to prove the specifics!"

After Bai whispered, Jun Liang and Zhuang Qiu's eyes widened, and they didn't even pay attention to the fact that they had already arrived at the Hangu Pass!

"I only thought that the white girl was a woman before, although she was from General Bai's mansion, she never thought about it, but now I hear the girl's words, but she really regards it as a celestial, and the white girl's knowledge is far above us!"

Junliang praised unceremoniously, it was too unexpected, this is a great talent, no wonder Qin Zhenwu wanted him to be sure to take Bai Qingyu back to Qin State, with such a master in the harem, many problems will be solved.

The three of them sat down again, the front was already Hangu Pass, the city gate, rows of sergeants stood at the entrance, the inspection was more careful, and even many merchants were turned away, Qin is now a big war is imminent, afraid that other countries will mix into Qin, Junliang did not line up behind the long line, but drove directly to the city gate, the people lined up around watched one after another, thinking in their hearts, I don't know whose young master, forced into Hangu Pass, are waiting to see Junliang's jokes.

But the picture they imagined did not appear, and there was no sergeant to drive the carriage, the two arrogant boys, blasted out of the Hangu Pass, and when Junliang took out a small sign from his waist, the inspection guard saw it, and then let it go, respectfully as if he had seen a nobleman.

What Junliang just took out was the token that Qin Zhenwu gave him, which was used in Xianyang City last time, and it was very useful to go to the prison of the Criminal Department, or to mobilize the army in the city, and Junliang forgot to return it to Qin Zhenwu, didn't this come in handy just now, otherwise he would not have been blasted out if he only relied on his mouth to explain to the soldiers!

Entering Hangu Pass, there is no bustle in the small city, most of the shops are closed, and there are many fewer street vendors, and those who are still selling are definitely the old Qin people, the Qin people have been bitter and cold since ancient times, and they have not seen any battles in the past hundred and ten years, and a war that has not yet started has scared away the merchants of those other countries, but the Qin people never cared.

Lao Liu, a Qin man who sells baked cakes on the street, looked at those businessmen with disdain, packed up his things and prepared to take refuge in the city, the work in his hands still did not stop, and he was baked in an iron pot on the stove, baking a few red baked cakes, this thing is also a handiwork, once upon a time Lao Liu had done it for everyone in the army, but it was too troublesome, and then even if someone asked for it, Lao Liu did not do it, and now he can only return to his old business in order to make a living.

Lao Liu was injured in the leg, and the familiar neighbors all called him Liu lame, which was left in the early years with the Qin army when he was fighting against the Huns, how could Lao Liu also be a pawn in the army! A spear was also taught by General Bai himself, that was to reward him, and captured the leader of the Huns in the First World War.

Later, in the first battle of the northern snow mountain, Lao Liu killed dozens of Hun barbarians in a row, but his right leg was also stabbed by a cold arrow, and the injury was not a big deal, but the cold weather in the north froze the right leg through, and the military doctor said that this leg will be a waste leg in the future, but just like that, Lao Liu is still very proud, and it is worth it in this life, the Hun barbarians who died in their own hands, there are not fifty but also thirty or forty people, and they can boast about their children and grandchildren when they return to their hometown.

But when he really returned to his hometown, he found that he was used to using spears, and picked up the hoe to hoe the ground, which was not decent, that is, the reward given by the king was more, otherwise Lao Liu really didn't know how to survive in those years, discarded the spear, and went back to his old job again, making baked cakes is also good, and he can earn a lot of copper plates a day, although he is not as rich as his colleagues in the army in the past, but it is more than enough to feed a family.

Now Lao Liu is already sixty years old, and the picture of drinking blood on the battlefield with a spear still appears in dreams from time to time, waking up and drinking a bowl of spirits, which is already the norm, until a few days ago, the only male in his own family, he had to join the army, Lao Liu was obstructed in every way, and no one would know the battlefield better than Lao Liu. What's going on, the sword has no eyes, I finally had a child when I was forty years old, and now I am sixty years old, I don't want to send black hair for nothing, but it's useless! The son can say, the man swears to serve the motherland to the death, the barbarians suppress the border, bully me Qin people, and the people of my generation should rush to the battlefield.

Lao Liu thought in his mind at the corner of the street, his son before he joined the army, he was really similar to himself! He was full of spirit, but he was not as burly as Lao Tzu was back then, so he simply didn't care, Qin people were bitter, two years ago, Lao Liu also had the idea of dragging his lame leg and rushing to Pingyang Pass, but he was helpless but fell ill in bed, and he wanted to go but couldn't, General Bai entered the enemy formation on a single horse, what a demeanor!

Lao Liu shook his head, sighed and said to himself: "The dog should be like Lao Tzu, don't be hurt by those barbarians!" After speaking, he heard the sound of the carriage, the business has not been good these days, and there are fewer and fewer people who buy the baked cakes.

The people who came were Junliang and Zhuang Qiu, they didn't eat in the morning, and now their stomachs are growling, and the weather is a little cold, Junliang and Zhuang Qiu are naturally not afraid, but the white whispers in the car are not like Junliang and Zhuang Qiu after all, and their bodies can resist.

"Old man, how do you sell baked cakes?"

Junliang asked, jumping off the wheel.

"Five copper plates, how many do you want?"

Lao Liu looked at Junliang, the three copper plates of the baked cakes, to five copper plates, not Lao Liu's greed, but the current market, different from the past, price increase is necessary.

"Wrap me ten! Eat on the way! ”

Junliang threw Lao Liu a piece of broken silver, and then stopped talking.

"Okay, you can wait, just a moment. ”

Lao Liu smiled happily in his heart, looking at the son in front of him who didn't know who it was, spending a lot of money, this piece of broken silver could buy fifty baked cakes, if it was his own child, Lao Liu would not be able to reprimand.

"Where are you going, little boy?"

Lao Liu asked Junliang while he was alive.

"Xianyang. ”

Junliang replied with a smile.

"Xianyang! That's going to hurry up, now it's a short day, it's dark when you say it's dark, it's best to arrive before dark, don't hide it from the son, Lao Liu also went to Xianyang, and he also drank wine in the general's mansion. The road is also familiar, in the past few years, the legs and feet are not good, and I have never been to it again, how is the current Xianyang City, has there been any change?"

Lao Liu said nostalgically.

When Jun Liang heard that Lao Liu had been to the General's Mansion, he said with some surprise: "You have also joined the army before?"

"That's natural, most of the Qin people of my age have joined the army, when Lao Liu and I were in the north, I killed countless Hun barbarians, but unfortunately I was pierced in the leg by a cold arrow, and I was also unlucky, haha!"

Lao Liu seemed to be joking, telling his past as a joke.

After hearing this, Junliang took a step back, bowed and said, "It turned out to be a senior, and it was rude!"

"Oh, little boy, why is this, it's all in the past, and now I'm an old man who sells baked cakes, but I can't afford the big gift of the little boy. ”

Lao Liu saw Junliang bowing and saluting, and hurriedly wanted to run over to help him, but he was unable to move, his hands were full of flour, and he was stunned on the spot for a while.

"You are a senior in the army, and you have received it. ”

Junliang got up and smiled, not caring at all.

"Alas, it's all in the past, the compatriots and brothers of the year, only I, the old man, is still alive in the world, don't laugh at the little boy, I don't listen to your accent like a Qin countryman, why do you want to go to Xianyang?"

Lao Liu asked.

"Something, go visit the elders. ”

Jun Liang said it simply, and did not reveal that he was serving in the Qin State.

"Alas, now in the north, I'm afraid that the war will break out again, Xiao Wang has just returned to China, and he has encountered this kind of thing that he hasn't seen for many years, Xiao Gongzi must pay attention to safety on the way to the north!"

Lao Liu sighed, as if he was worried about the future of the Qin State.

"Haha, it's okay, old man, what do you think of the Hun barbarians and the Qin army this time?"

Jun Liang smiled and chatted with Lao Liu.

"What can I think of this old man, if you want me to say, this Huns, with the advantage of cavalry, just want to confront my Qin army head-on, my Qin army has won a relatively large face, but the Qin army has not gone through a big battle for several years, most of the army is hairy boys, it is difficult to say, look at the commander!"

Lao Liu pasted the last baked cake into the iron pot on the stove, turned to Junliang and said.

"What do you mean by that?"

Junliang asked with some incomprehension.

"When I joined the army, the army was also above, did not experience the baptism of war hairy boy, but the white general of the year was a hundred years of never encountered, the commander of the army, although there are many Huns, but under the leadership of General Bai, the Huns returned home, left in Yumen Pass 200,000 Hun corpses, for a time the Huns lost the capital to fight again, you don't know, the Huns seem to be arrogant, infinitely powerful, immediately more powerful, but their army is composed of multiple tribes on the grassland, no rules, no military discipline, 300,000 troops is the largest number they can gather, but also a standing army, a war that year, Although our Qin army is also suffering heavy casualties, but if there is a big battle, our Qin army can still fight, but the Huns are different, eat his 200,000 troops, they will have to retract back to the nest, this has been forty years, before the vitality has recovered, this is impatient to have another battle with my Qin State, the outcome is unpredictable!"

Lao Liu frowned and slowly analyzed.

"You once fought side by side with General Bai?"

Jun Liang was a little surprised, this person in front of him was really a senior!

"Haha, I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, the old man's marksmanship was taught to me by General Bai himself, if I wasn't sick in bed two years ago, I would have been in the first battle of Pingyang Pass, but it's a pity that a person like General Bai died there, and the Seven Kingdoms bullied me too much!"

Lao Liu said very heroic, Junliang could also see the look in Lao Liu's eyes, he had seen a lot of such eyes in the Yulin Army.

"Don't hide it from the old man, it is the descendants of General Bai who are sitting in the car, and I am also a soldier of our Qin State!"

Jun Liang said unabashedly, if there is still deception to such an old man, then he can't talk about it.

"Really? Do I remember that two years ago, General Bai and his three sons all died in Pingyang Pass?"

Lao Liu was a little skeptical of what the young man in front of him said.

Before Junliang could speak, Bai Qingyu slowly walked down from the car, came to Lao Liu, and bowed.

"Meet the seniors, Bai Buregret is the father!"

After Bai whispered, he saw Lao Liu's surprised eyes.

When General Bai was young, he was also like this, but you were a little more handsome. ”

Lao Liu burst into tears, looking at the former and descendant of the general in front of him, and was a little excited.

"My father once said before his death that the most sorry thing in his life is you, the old brothers on the battlefield who once fought side by side, but the military law of the Qin State is strict, and he can't seek a way back for you, and I hope Uncle Liu will not blame him!"

Bai whispered softly, the Qin people are still martial, but for these retired veterans, no one cares, and some subsidies are hastily done, which is also the disadvantages of the law of the Shang Jun back then, the Shang Jun is heavy on agriculture, the king has kept the law of the Shang Jun over the years, and the national strength of the Qin State is a lot, but no matter what the law, there are drawbacks, the name of the Shang Jun, especially after death, there are people who take his law as the right way, if the Shang Jun is alive, he may be able to see these drawbacks, and change them, but now if someone wants to change, he will be spurned by ten thousand people!