Inside the Governor's Mansion.

Maybe it's a rare good weather today.

In this winter, even in the gazebo, it doesn't feel cold.

Hu Jin was kneeling at a wooden table with Feng Quji, talking quietly.

With the arrival of the next person, both of them couldn't help but smile.

"That kid is finally here!"

Hu Jin said with a smile and slowly got up.

Feng Qujian also nodded, and after getting up, he looked at the courtyard, the corridor that entered the mansion.

"When the old man was in Xianyang, he always looked forward to seeing this young General Bai, and he finally got his wish."

Feng Qujian also smiled.

It didn't take long.

Under the gaze of Hu Jin and Feng Quji, they saw a young man dressed in cloth and wearing a Qin sword, and they entered the field of vision of the two.

Bai Yan asked Master Xu to wait in the courtyard, and then entered the cool room.

As soon as he entered the pavilion, Bai Yan looked at Hu Jin's side, an old man in his fifties and sixties.

"Bai Yan, meet General Hu!"

However, Bai Yan was not in a hurry, after all, he had not yet been introduced, so he first gave a gift to Hu Jin.

After Hu Jin returned the gift, he introduced Bai Yan.

"Bai Yan, this is the county guard Feng Quji, Lord Feng!"

Hu Jin said to Bai Yan.

Hearing this, Bai Yan hurriedly turned around, seriously faced the gray-haired old man in front of him, raised his hands, and saluted seriously.

"Bai Yan, meet Feng Junshou!"

Bai Yan arched his hand and said.

Feng Quji also took a step back very seriously, faced Bai Yan, and returned the salute.

Speaking of which, in this era, the best place should be the number of etiquette, but if there is a little identity, under the Zhou ceremony, unless the face is torn, even if the two sides quarrel, they will argue while saluting.

This was particularly evident during the debate in the Jixia Academy.

At present, although Bai Yan is a city guard, when they met for the first time, when they gave a salute, they were already over half a hundred years old, and Feng Quji, who was the county guard, would still return the salute seriously, and the number of courtesies would not be slackened in the slightest.

The word "etiquette" is used from beginning to end, which refers to the words and deeds of the princes of various countries to the Zhou family, which is a metaphor, and does not really mean that there is no need for etiquette.

In terms of etiquette, it is related to a person's reputation and future, from ancient times to the present, the more people with status care more about it, even the king, even if the other party is useless, he will not say that he is negligent in etiquette.

Because after the ceremony, there is the word 'admiration'.

"I have admired General Bai's name for a long time, when I was in Xianyang, I often heard that Yao Jia's old guy said that he was young and promising, and even Meng Zhongcheng was full of praise, and when I saw it today, it was really different from ordinary people!"

After Feng Quji finished saluting Bai Yan, he put down his hands, and between his words, he sighed to Bai Yan.

"Lord Feng praises falsely, Bai Yan is just a kid, it should be Bai Yan who has admired Lord Feng for a long time."

Bai Yan listened to Feng Quji's compliments, but he didn't dare to be a little sloppy.

Not only because Feng Quji was older than him and had a higher position, but more importantly, he knew that in the future, it was the old man in front of him who would be on an equal footing with Li Si after the unification of the Qin State.

"Your Excellency, please!"

After Bai Yan finished speaking, he took the lead in making a gesture of invitation to Feng Quji.

Bai Yan's demeanor surprised Hu Jin on the side, you must know that when he first met Bai Yan, Bai Yan didn't take the initiative to get close to so many generals at that time.

"Please!"

Seeing Bai Yan's enthusiasm, Feng Qujian did not refuse, and smiled and signaled.

But then Feng Qujian saw Hu Jin's appearance and was a little puzzled.

"General Hu, this is?"

Feng Qu asked puzzled.

Facing Feng Quji's inquiry, Hu Jin shook his head.

"It's the first time Hu Jin has seen this kid so enthusiastic, even when he was destroying Korea, this kid didn't have such an expression when he saw General Teng and me and other generals."

Hu Jin explained to Feng Quji, and then looked at Bai Yan.

In the Qin State, General Teng is better than Feng Quji, whether it is status, ability, or the king's trust in him, he is above Feng Quji.

But at that time, this kid was not so enthusiastic.

Seeing Feng Qujian today, Bai Yan's actions really surprised him.

"Oh?"

When Feng Qujian heard this, his slightly wrinkled face was full of surprise, and then he looked at Bai Yan, stroked his long beard and smiled.

Bai Yan smiled embarrassedly and didn't explain too much.

It can't be said that it is because he knows that the old man in front of him is the Taishan of the Qin State in the future.

Some words are not spoken, and people can guess out of thin air.

Inside the gazebo.

Accompanied by the three of them taking their seats.

At this time, Hu Jin took the lead in looking at Bai Yan.

"Don't worry about today's incident! The people behind the scenes are just worried about your power and resorting to petty means. ”

Hu Jin said.

Feng Quji also nodded on the side, no matter how the people in the city talked about it now, from beginning to end, no one doubted Bai Yan.

It can be seen how deep the people of Shangjun trust Bai Yan is.

Although Bai Yan ordered the relocation of a city, he won the trust of the people of a county.

As Hu Jin said, Bai Yan was blessed by misfortune!

It can be said that Bai Yan is now in the hearts of the people, unless he sees Bai Yan do something rebellious, otherwise similar methods will not affect Bai Yan's reputation at all.

It is said that the people are ignorant and easy to be taken advantage of.

But it is precisely because of this that the people are also the most simple, once they trust an official, they will firmly believe it, especially Bai Yan's previous actions.

"But before the investigation came out, this matter was transmitted to Xianyang?"

Bai Yan thought about it and decided to ask the doubts in his heart in front of Feng Quji.

This is a manifestation of Bai Yan's attitude, and it is also the first to show honesty to Feng Quji, according to Bai Yan's character, he was so unprepared when he met for the first time, and a large part of the reason was that General Hu Jin was the first to speak.

Bai Yan knew that if it weren't for General Hu Jin's trust in Feng Quji, he would never discuss this matter with him right now.

After all, who would talk about something involving their own people in front of a person they don't trust.

"I know what you're worried about!"

Hu Jin listened to Bai Yan's words, frowned slightly, and then looked at Bai Yan: "Actually, I'm also worried about this, because now in Xianyang, hundreds of officials are still arguing because of their affairs." ”

Hu Jin shook his head.

And his words made Bai Yan frown slightly, but soon, he thought of something.

"The burning of the city?"

Bai Yan opened his mouth and said.

In fact, Bai Yan had worried about this before, but he didn't expect it to really appear!

Bai Yan knew that because of his actions, he saved the people of a city, but in the eyes of many civilian officials who had never been on the battlefield, what he burned was also a high slave in one of the three major cities in a county.

What's more, there is another person, not far from Upper County.

"Hmm!"

Hu Jin nodded: "There is something I haven't told you yet, when the Xiongnu and Yueshi went south, the army led by Meng Tian was only a day or two away from Gaonu, but we didn't know about it at that time!" ”

"Right now, there is an argument everywhere in Xianyang, after you moved the people, you should lead the iron cavalry and retreat to the Yinshan Pass, instead of burning the city, so that when Meng Tian's reinforcements arrive, the high slaves can survive, and the Qin State does not need to spend national strength, labor and money to rebuild the high slaves."

Hu Jin said.

If it weren't for Meng Tian who happened to lead the army not far away, Bai Yan's burning of the city, no one would have said a word.

But on the contrary, the appearance of Meng Tian gave things another possibility, a hypothesis.

In the eyes of some officials, even if Bai Yan didn't know it at the beginning, as long as Bai Yan led the army to retreat at that time, and returned to the pass with other defenders to defend it, Gao Nu could not be burned at all, and the Qin State would not have such a huge loss.

Therefore, some officials in the court have been arguing about Bai Yan's burning of the city, whether it was a wise move or a mistake in decision-making.

The former is a great achievement, and the latter is offset by the merits.

But fortunately, no matter what kind of possibility, it will not affect Bai Yan.

"It's not a matter yet! Even if today's incident happens, you kid don't have to care, after Meng Zhongcheng returned to Xianyang, he has been helping you speak, no matter what the result is, you kid will definitely have it. ”

Hu Jin looked at Bai Yan's expression and said softly.

"Hmm!"

After listening to Hu Jin's words, Bai Yan didn't feel any anger.

Unlike General Hu Jin, Bai Yan knew about Meng Tian, and he also had a premonition that there would be this day.

In the eyes of those officials who have never been on the battlefield, they will not consider right and wrong, and will not consider whether Shangjun can defend the pass in the face of 150,000 Yueshi and Xiongnu men and horses, and wait for General Meng Tian's army to arrive.

In the eyes of those officials, there are only pros and cons, and they only think that if he hadn't ordered Bai Yan to burn the city, if he had been replaced by other generals, he would definitely lead the army to retreat, and according to the development of things, the result would be completely different.

Gaonu is a big city, even if there are 20,000 or 30,000 dead and wounded soldiers and some people, it is also worth it, and when the reinforcements arrive, the crisis will naturally pass, and Gaonu can be saved.

Therefore, his Bai Yan's decision-making eventually led to Gao Nu being burned by fire, and right or wrong is debatable.

Inside the gazebo.

Feng Quji listened to Hu Jin's words, and then looked at Bai Yan.

At the beginning, he was in the Xianyang court, and he saw the entire court with his own eyes, because of Bai Yan's affairs, there were twists and turns.

In the end, when the burning of the city reached the court of the Qin State, the entire court was in a sensation, and the officials were stunned.

After all, the burning of the city, it is the first time that all the officials have seen it.

Now.

Unlike Hu Jin, Feng Qujian saw it more thoroughly, and he knew that in the final analysis, the reason why the matter had not been resolved until now was because Bai Yan had made a head.

If the reward for Bai Yan is too high in the matter of burning the city this time, whether it is the king or other important ministers, they are worried about one thing.

That is, will other city guards imitate Bai Yan in the future and burn the city and burn the enemy.

"By the way, General, Lord Feng! Bai Yan brought two things over, and asked the two of them to take a look. ”

Bai Yan suddenly looked at Hu Jin and Feng Quji, got up and said, he didn't bother with the matter of burning the city anymore.

He burned the city in vain, and his merits and demerits were right and wrong, and he left it to the civil and military officials in Xianyang to argue.

Outside, he is Bai Yan, and he is only responsible for killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions!

What's more, it's still an alien race that has invaded south!

"Oh?"

Heard Bai Yan's words.

Feng Quji and Hu Jin glanced at each other, they were a little curious, Bai Yan, who should be busy in Gaonu, came to Yuzhong City today, what would he bring over.

Behind those officials who argued about Bai Yan's burning of the city, there was the shadow of Qi Qi among them, but they didn't stand on the bright side.

Mi Qi caught Bai Yan and burned the high slaves, it was the city of Qin, not the enemy country!

Unlike when Bai Qi flooded Yancheng, Yancheng is the state of Chu and belongs to the enemy country!

(End of chapter)