Inside the city of Xianyang.

Yang House.

The veteran Yang Duanhe was dressed in cloth, even though he was full of sideburns and white hair, Yang Duanhe still did not forget to study the military book, and he had been like this for decades.

In Yang Duanhe's eyes, there are many things that he has been exposed to, and many times he will always forget some unconsciously, and as a general, he must not forget the bamboo slips such as the art of war, as well as the battles that have been recorded.

Under candlelight.

In the middle of the night, seeing that the maid didn't know how many times she had picked out the candlelight, Yang Duanhe was still reluctant to put down the bamboo slips in his hand.

At this moment, the door opened, and with a hint of coolness, a cheerful footstep sounded.

"Grandfather grandfather!!"

A child's voice came, Yang Duanhe turned his head, and saw a five or six-year-old child, running towards him happily.

"Pu Shan! But come to put your grandfather to sleep again? ”

Yang Duanhe looked at his little grandson, and his old eyes were full of love.

Putting down the bamboo slips, Yang Duanhe turned sideways slightly and looked at Yang Pushan, the child who pounced on him.

"Hmm!"

Accompanied by Yang Pushan's milky words, Yang Duanhe smiled.

"Okay, grandfather go to sleep!"

Yang Duanhe nodded, and after getting up, he picked up Yang Pushan.

In fact, why did his grandson come, Yang Duanhe didn't know where, I am afraid that Yang Yan was worried about his body, so he specially asked Pu Shan to come over.

"Pu Shan, go and call your father over!"

Yang Duan and Fang Cai's grandson instructed softly.

Since his grandson is here, it means that Yang Yan has not rested yet.

"Good!"

Yang Pushan, who was five or six years old, heard Yang Duanhe's words and hurriedly trotted out of the door.

It didn't take long.

Yang Duanhe, who was in the study, saw Yang Yan dressed in silk clothes and entering the study.

"Father!"

After Yang Yan entered the study, he came to Yang Duanhe and bowed his hand.

Under the dim candlelight.

Yang Duan nodded, looking at Yang Pushan who was about to hug him when he came back, Yang Duan and his good grandson with a smile on his face.

"Calculate the time, then Bai Yan will return to Xianyang in a day or two!"

Yang Duanhe looked at Yang Yan while holding his grandson.

Yang Duanhe knew that in the past, if it weren't for Bai Yan, Yang Yan would have died tragically in the hands of Zhao Jun, how could he still have his life to return to Xianyang.

During this time, I heard that the daughter-in-law in the mansion mentioned that Yang Yan had prepared financial gifts, and after Bai Yan returned to Xianyang, he would find a time to send it to Bai Yan, and set up a banquet in the mansion to invite Bai Yan.

"Counting the days, it should be within these days or two!"

After Yang Yan heard his father's words, he nodded, and then asked softly, "Father is worried about uncle?" ”

Seeing that his father specially mentioned this matter to himself, Yang Yan knew that it was probably because of the uncle's family.

He and his father have a very good impression of Bai Yan, but there are still some gaps and estrangements between the uncle's family and Bai Yan.

After all, in Shangjun in the past, although the uncle and Bai Yan did not have a direct conflict, the two were always a little unhappy.

"You should know what your uncle is like,"

Yang Duanhe sighed.

The voice fell.

Suddenly, the father and son saw that Yang Pushan, who had been pursing his lips, suddenly asked curiously.

"The Bai Yan that my grandfather said, is it the Zuo Chang in their mouths?"

Yang Pushan's small cheeks were full of curiosity and looked at his grandfather.

"Pu Shan knows?"

Yang Duanhe couldn't help but smile on his old face that had experienced wind and frost and had a lot of years when he heard the words of his grandson.

Yang Yan also looked at his third son curiously.

Facing Yang Duanhe's inquiry, as well as Yang Yan's gaze, Yang Pushan nodded.

"When Pu Shan was playing with Hu Shen, I heard Hu Shen say it."

Yang Pushan said.

Inside the study.

As Yang Pushan slowly said the matter of Hu Shen eavesdropping on his father's conversation.

In the back, talking about the experience of going out with Hu Shen, Yang Pushan's face was full of joy, and when he mentioned Bai Yan, he was sometimes excited, sometimes a little scared.

After a long time.

Yang Duanhe, who listened to the whole process, looked at the little grandson Yang Pushan in his arms.

"After this incident, I will go to see your uncle!"

Yang Duanhe turned his head and instructed Yang Yan.

In terms of selfishness, Yang Duanhe didn't agree that Yang Yan and Bai Yan were too close, especially Bai Yan at this time, who had just returned from killing Zhao and was killing in Yanmen.

Now he is getting close to Bai Yan.

It is equivalent to telling the world that Yang Yan and Bai Yan are standing together.

In this way, Yang Yan will also be implicated by Bai Yan, and he will definitely be secretly hated by many people.

But Yang Duanhe also knew that his eldest son Yang Yan was not only injured, but he almost broke into a catastrophe, but fortunately Bai Yan rescued him.

This life-saving grace!

Yang Yan has to pay it back no matter what, not to mention that Bai Yan has offended countless people, even if Bai Yan will be beheaded tomorrow, Yang Yan will have to find a way to save people today.

If he is greedy for life and afraid of death, if he is ungrateful, even if Yang Yan can live, then let alone how he will be treated by the world in the future, even if the court of the Qin State and those powerful clans are no longer able to look down on Yang Yan.

"Yan is clear! Father, rest assured! ”

Yang Yan heard his father's words and gave up.

Looking at his father, Yang Yan knew the meaning of his father's instructions, their Yang clan came from Zhao State, the ancestor was Yang of the Jin State, and the later branch came down, during the period of Zhao Xiaocheng Wang, they came to Qin State and took root, and now Uncle Yang Xian is the minister of Qin, and his father Yang Duanhe is a general of Qin.

After befriending the Bai family, no matter what the result is, Yang Yan is a member of the Yang family after all.

Bai Yan has a life-saving grace for him, his father is old, although he doesn't care,

But where is the uncle, I still have to inform him.

"If there is no Yingchuan thing, it would be great!"

Yang Yan looked at Yang Pushan in his father's arms and said softly,

First, the uncle resigned, and although he became an official again, it was obviously not as good as before, and the most fatal thing for the Yang family was the Yingchuan incident.

If there is no Yingchuan incident, as the father of the old minister and general of the Qin State, the king will definitely trust his father and continue to reuse his father, and his father can fully support the Yang family.

If this was the case, he would not have made meritorious contributions at the beginning, and he almost killed the Yang family in the end.

"There's no need to worry about this, after you make friends with Bai Yan, you and Yang Xiong, Bai Yan will not sit idly by and watch you be abandoned!"

Yang Duanhe heard the eldest son's emotion, and said indifferently.

Yang Yan and Bai Yan, there are pros and cons, the disadvantage is that it will offend the Shi clan, but the benefits are also obvious, as long as the Yang family and the Bai family are friendly, even if there is no Yang Duanhe, Bai Yan, who is now powerful and sitting on one side, will also help the Yang family.

This is also the reason why Fang Cai looked at his grandson, and Yang Duanhe finally turned his head and asked Yang Yan to see Yang Xian.

As long as the descendants of the Yang family have a backer in the court, whether it is Yang Pushan in front of him, or other grandchildren, or even a hundred years later, as long as the Yang family produces a talented person in the future, he will be qualified to let the family rise again.

With the seniority of his ancestors and the connections of his family, he was reused again.

Inside the study.

Yang Duanhe and Yang Yan, father and son, talked in a whisper.

However, at this moment, suddenly there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the study, and when they heard the movement, whether it was Yang Duanhe or Yang Yan, they all hurriedly turned their heads to look, not knowing what was happening.

Then father and son looked at each other.

It's almost late at night, what's going on?

"General, the royal summons from the palace!"

A servant suddenly hurried to the study and said to Yang Duanhe.

Hear the words.

Whether it was Yang Duanhe or Yang Yan, he was stunned for a moment.

Wang Zhao!!

How could there be a king call at this time?

Yang Yan frowned slightly, and a trace of worry appeared in his eyes, after his father returned from Zhao Di, he had no name but no reality, and now the king has sent an urgent order in the middle of the night.

Come to think of it.

Yang Yan's hand couldn't help it, trembling slightly, and a trace of fear appeared in his heart.

Although it feels unlikely, although he knows that the king is not the kind of faint king, but after all, it is about his father, and Yang Yan is a human being, so he still can't help but worry, worried that the scroll of Wang Zhao will be the order he is most afraid of.

"Pu Shan, you go to sleep first, grandfather and your father have important matters, obedient!"

Yang Yan heard his father's voice, turned his head, and looked at his father who was coaxing Yang Pushan, and couldn't help but worry between his eyebrows.

"Hmmm! Pu Shan, go to sleep! ”

Yang Pushan, who was young, turned around carefree when he heard Yang Duanhe's words, and trotted out of the study, there were waiting maids outside, and he was not worried about getting dark.

After Yang Duanhe looked at his grandson and left the study, he got up, and on his old cheeks, the loving smile had disappeared, replaced by the confidence of a generation of veterans, and then followed the servant and walked towards the outside of the study.

Yang Yan hurriedly followed behind.

A moment later.

In the courtyard of the mansion, a Qin pawn wearing Qin armor, wearing a sword, and holding a torch stood around the courtyard.

Yang Duanhe and Yang Yan, as generals of the Qin State, have experienced the battlefield, and when they saw this scene and looked at those Qin soldiers, they naturally would not be timid.

Seeing Han Mo, Yang Duanhe, and Yang Yan who were holding the edict and wearing eunuch clothes, they were all a little surprised.

Yang Duanhe stepped forward, and Yang Yan also followed.

"Han Zhizhi!"

Han Mo, who is forty years old, is the 'confessor' in the palace, subordinate to Lang Zhongling, and is responsible for welcoming officials and accepting ministers in the palace, so Yang Duanhe has known him for a long time and belongs to old acquaintances, and Yang Duanhe had a chance when he was young, and he also helped Han Mo who made mistakes.

"Old General! General Yang! ”

Han Mo, who was dressed in eunuch clothes, looked at Yang Duanhe and Yang Yan, and returned the salute with a smile.

After the ceremony, Yang Duanhe got up and looked at Han Mo, and Yang Yan, who was followed by Ji Li, also raised his head.

When Yang Yan looked at Han Mo's appearance, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Han Mo's smile obviously didn't seem to be an accident!

"General Yang, take the order!"

Han Mo didn't rush to catch up with Yang Duanhe politely, but took the Wang Zhao he brought in his hand and slowly opened it.

After seeing Yang Duanhe salute again.

Han Mo looked at the contents of Wang Zhao.

"Wang Zhao, Yang Duanhe is an old minister of the three dynasties of my Qin State, who led a large army to attack Zhao, quelled the rebellion, destroyed Zhao Yougong, and gave a special reward, four hundred gold, and another three hundred households in the food town, and went to Handan with him on the same day to sacrifice together!"

After Han Mo finished reading the edict, he put away the edict with both hands and looked at Yang Duanhe with a smile.

Now.

Yang Duanhe, who was still bowing his hand, raised his head and looked at Han Mo with a puzzled expression, a flash of shock flashed in his eyes.

Not only Yang Duanhe, but even Yang Duanhe and Yang Yan behind him were all stunned at the moment, suspecting that their ears were not misheard.

Obviously, the king began to alienate his father before, and even after he retired from the court, he never summoned his father to discuss with other important ministers of the court.

Don't talk about them Yang.

It is that all the civil and military officials in the court, even the scholars and magnates of Xianyang City, have already seen that the Yang family has gradually lost the king's respect and trust after the Yingchuan incident, and with the Yang Xian incident, the Yang family has begun to gradually withdraw from the power center of the Qin State.

Therefore, Yang Yan never dreamed that he would suddenly receive such an edict today.

This!!!

Yang Yan, who has experienced officialdom, knows that don't underestimate this simple reward, but behind it, it represents the king's recognition.

Come to think of it.

Yang Yan looked at Han Mo who was holding the edict and handing it to his father, and then looked at his father's back, the cold eyes he had experienced during this time and the ridicule behind him.

At this moment.

Yang Yan looked at the bent back of his father in front of him, his eyes were red, and his eyes were full of tears.

Father was not abandoned by the king! The king recognized his father's contribution when he destroyed Zhao!

"Weichen~! Wechen! Thank you, Your Majesty! ”

Excited with Yang Yan, there was also the veteran Yang Duanhe, and at this moment, Yang Duanhe, who had gray temples, also looked at the edict with tears in his eyes.

When he received the edict with his own hands, Yang Duan and his hands trembled slightly.

"Yang Duanhe, the guilty minister, thank the king!"

After Yang Duanhe received the edict, he turned to the direction of the palace and knelt down again.

During the ceremony, Yang Duan and the edict he held in both hands were clinging to his forehead and gray hair.

As a third-generation veteran of the Qin State, he has experienced too many things in the Qin State, and it can be said that Yang Duanhe's life is dedicated to the Qin State.

Therefore, after Yang Duanhe returned to Xianyang, he always understood very well why the former famous general Lian Po left Zhao Guo and was in his heart until he died, thinking about Zhao Guo.

Yang Duanhe, who was reluctant to leave the Qin State, thought that he would end up depressed in the Qin State in the future.

I didn't think about it.

The king has not forgotten him, an old minister!

In the courtyard, there are many palace guards with torches, so the fire is very bright.

Han Mo, who was standing in the courtyard, didn't speak in a hurry, looking at Yang Duanhe and Yang Yan, who were kneeling on the ground, Han Mo could naturally understand the mood of the two.

lost and regained, and it is also the trust and respect of King Yingzheng of Qin.

If this matter is placed on any Qin State official, I am afraid it will not be any better.

Long.

Watching Yang Duanhe and Yang Yan get up, Han Mo stood up, then turned his head and asked the guards to bring in the prepared reward.

"Lord Han, can you sit down?"

Yang Duanhe was red-eyed, and after calming down, he realized that he had neglected Han Mo.

"The old general doesn't have to be polite, Han Mo has to go back to the palace to resume his life!"

Han Mo smiled and declined.

Seeing this, Yang Duanhe saluted Han Mo again.

Han Mo also returned the salute.

"Lord Han, can you tell the old man what happened in the palace?"

After Yang Duan finished the ceremony, the old man's face looked at the edict in his hand, and then looked at Han Mo.

In the court, Yang Duanhe, who was an official to a general, knew that Yingzheng suddenly ordered him to summon the king, and it was likely that something had happened.

Yang Yan was on the side, looking at his father, and then at Han Mo.

Under the watchful eye of father and son.

Han Mo nodded.

Turning his head to look at the corridor, a Qin guard had already gone to carry the wooden box, and many other guards went to light the way in the corridor.

Han Mo turned his head, looked at Yang Duanhe, and nodded.

"At sunset, Zuo Shu Chang Bai Yan returned to Xianyang, and was summoned by the king in the palace, the king and Zuo Shu were in the study, chatting for more than two hours, when Han Mo came to the old general, he also met Zuo Shu Chang who had just left on the road, and the Zuo Shu Chang seemed to be going to the mansion of his uncle General Bai Yu!"

Han Mo said.

Then he thought about it, his eyes flashed left and right, and he looked at the Qin guards in the distance on both sides.

"Old general, in addition to this edict, the king also has the intention to let the lord go to Yanmen County Guard!"

Han Mo said in a low voice.

Then Han Mo paid attention to his surroundings again, and when he saw that no one was approaching, he continued to whisper to Yang Duanhe, while waiting for Wang Zhao, he heard the king looking at the edict, and sighed softly: Old General Yang, this time you are qualified to be the county guard of Yanmen, don't let the widow down!

After speaking, there were many people, and Han Mo stopped talking.

It was also his old acquaintance with Yang Duan that he said this matter in advance.

"Bai Yan!"

In the courtyard, hearing Han Mo's words, Yang Duanhe and Yang Yan were shocked and looked at each other.

They didn't expect that.

Behind this edict, it was actually Bai Yan who was helping them.

And he talked with the king in the study for more than two hours!

Thinking of this, Yang Duanhe and Yang Yan were very curious, how did Bai Yan do it to make Wang Shang change his mind?

You must know that the ministers and generals who had a good relationship with the Yang family before all helped the advice to write a book, but the result not only did not convince the king, but made the king even more displeased.

However, right now, looking at Han Mojili, he was in a hurry to go back to his life.

Yang Duanhe and Yang Yan could only put away their thoughts, hurriedly returned the salute with their hands, and then ordered someone to send Han Mo out of the mansion.

A moment later.

The Yang Mansion returned to quiet, and after watching Han Mo and the palace guards leave, Yang Duanhe and Yang Yan stood in the courtyard under the illumination of the maids and servants holding candles.

"Father, if this is true, then the king obviously wants to reuse his father!"

Yang Yan saw that there was no one around, so he couldn't help it, and said to his father excitedly.

Because Yingzheng was going to Handan, Zhao State, the entire court was busy arranging during this time, handling all the plans and important matters clearly.

In addition, his father was trapped by thieves in Yingchuan before, which led to a lot of criticism, and the king asked his father to accompany him to Handan, Yang Yan knew that the king must want to appoint his father again when Handan was sacrificing.

At that time, the resistance of my father to be the county guard of Yanmen will definitely be far smaller than that of the Qin court.

"Hmm!"

Yang Duanhe looked at the edict in his hand and nodded, at this moment, Yang Duanhe and the old cheeks were still a little distracted.

Bai Yan!

How did the children of the Bai family, who were young and saved the life of his eldest son, change the king's mind, and even let him go to Yanmen to serve as the county guard.

When Yang Duanhe was puzzled, he suddenly heard Yang Yan's words.

"Father! I just heard Lord Han Mo mention that Bai Yan went to his uncle Bai Yu's mansion, and Yan went here to see Bai Yan in person! ”

Yang Yan said excitedly.

Once as soon as he said goodbye, Yang Yan asked Bai Yan to talk to him when he returned to Xianyang, and he would definitely prepare a banquet and personally invite Bai Yan to the banquet.

I never thought that now that Bai Yan has returned, he has not yet repaid his life-saving grace, and the banquet has not yet been prepared.

Bai Yan did them a great favor again.

This kindness.

Yang Yan didn't know what to say, at this moment, Yang Yan couldn't wait to see Bai Yan immediately and express his gratitude to Bai Yan.

"Okay, be careful not to be seen, the edict has just been delivered, so be careful. After tomorrow, he can no longer care about anything else, and then he will invite Bai Yan to the mansion as a guest. ”

When Yang Duanhe heard Yang Yan's words, he didn't stop Yang Yan, but just gave two instructions.

When Yang Yan heard this, he bowed to his father, and then couldn't wait for the servants to prepare the carriage, and walked towards the outside of the mansion with a few servants.

Night.

Bai Yan was in the study of Bai Yu's mansion until the dead of night, and he didn't see Bai Yu return.

However, Bai Yan was not in a hurry to leave, although Bai Yan also wanted to go back to his mansion earlier, but as a junior, it was really not good to leave directly when he came to the mansion and saw no one.

Therefore, Bai Yan never left, quietly in the study, waiting for Bai Yu's return.

Inside the study.

At first, Bai Yan asked the maid that those were military books in the study, and then under the service of the maid, he slowly knelt in front of the window and looked at the military books.

It's just that with time.

Bai Yan, who has been riding a horse today, still can't help but feel a little sleepy.

Looking at the lit candlelight, Bai Yan turned his head and looked at the moonlight in the distance outside the window.

After reading the 'Taigong Liutao' taught to him by Wei Lao, these ordinary military books not only seem to be easy to understand, but even some places are not detailed enough, and there are fatal shortcomings in them.

Therefore, after Bai Yan watched it for a long time, coupled with his sleepiness, he didn't want to watch it very much.

"Haven't come back yet!"

In the middle of the night in November, a light breeze was blowing, and Bai Yan still felt a hint of coolness.

Putting down the bamboo slip in his hand, Bai Yan thought about today's conversation with Ying Zheng, and thought a lot, including the mention of his grandmother.

The last time I saw my uncle, I didn't have much time to catch up with my uncle.

He even had to send his uncle back to the lodge overnight.

At that time, Bai Yan didn't ask his uncle if the daughter of Na Lu Bo was still alive in Chu State, and what was it now.

Between thoughts.

Bai Yan suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside, and after a few breaths, the door of the study opened.

Bai Yu walked in from outside the study.

"You kid won't order anyone to say it in advance when he comes back!"

After Bai Yu entered the study, he saw Bai Yan, who was kneeling on the wooden table in front of the window, and was getting up, and scolded softly.

However, when I saw Bai Yan who looked at him after getting up and slowly saluted.

No matter how much blame Bai Yu had in his heart, he couldn't say it.

"Bai Yan has seen his uncle!"

Bai Yan bowed his hand and saluted.

Bai Yu looked at Bai Yan, who was dressed in the official uniform of the Qin State and gave people the impression of being polite, looking at the tiredness on Bai Yan's face, he couldn't help but sigh.

Bai Yu, who used to lead the troops outside, didn't know where Bai Yan was running all the way.

"Sit down! Listen to the slave, it was your boy who didn't let the slave go to the eldest brother's mansion to report it? ”

As Bai Yu spoke, he came to the other side of the wooden table and knelt down.

Looking at Bai Yan, who was young and wearing a knighthood, Bai Yu didn't wait for Bai Yan to speak, so he said to himself.

"I just found out that you are in the mansion, and I have already ordered someone to call the two brothers over!"

Bai Yu said this, with a slight smile.

In the past, if the Bai family needed to rely on Bai Yan and owed Bai Yan, then now, after the incident in Yanmen, Bai Yan can owe them the Bai family.

You must know that behind the Yanmen incident, Bai Yan offended so many nobles of the noble clan, and those magnates were intertwined and involved in a wide range of things, even in the Qin State, there were many involved.

During this period of time, the Bai family can be overwhelmed by Bai Yan.

In the eyes of the world.

Bai Yan is a disciple of the Bai family, and any behavior, the world will implicate the Bai family!

"Uncle, this!"

When Bai Yan heard Bai Yu's words, his face was stunned, and then his face collapsed, and he couldn't cry or laugh.

The emotional party is that Bai has been waiting here for so long, and he knew that if this was the case, it would be better to go directly to Bai Bo and Bai Yan from the beginning.

"If you're sleepy, rest here!"

Bai Yu ignored Bai Yan and watched the maid pour warm tea for herself.

At this moment, Bai Yu didn't know that Bai Yan was in the palace, and he was alone with Ying Zheng in the study, talking for more than two hours.

In Bai Yu's eyes.

Bai Yan obviously came here after going to the palace and simply recovering his life.

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The weather is unpredictable in winter, and it is easy to catch a cold, so you should pay attention to keeping your body warm and drink more hot water!

(End of chapter)