Just as Tian Cong was preparing to go to Qin as an envoy on behalf of the Qi State, in the next few days, the Qi State court received several messages one after another.

The first is the news of Ying Zheng's assassination, with the news reaching the Qi State court, the entire Qi State court's civil and military officials were all sensational, and everyone did not expect that Yan Guogong Dan would be so bold and send assassins as Yan envoys to assassinate Ying Zheng.

Before the civil and military officials returned to their senses from the first news, the envoys of the Qin State brought a letter from the King of Qin, and quickly came all the way to the Qi State and sent it to the King of Qi.

Let Tian Ding, led by the prince of Qi, send an envoy to Qin, which undoubtedly stunned the officials again, Tian Ding's position in Qi is very important, let Tian Ding personally go to Qin as an envoy, and the civil and military officials are not stupid, they have already realized the seriousness of the matter.

also made many officials go down to the court, and secretly discussed in private whether it was Yan Dan's plan to assassinate Yingzheng, and Tian Ding also participated in it.

Many officials are worried that if Tian Ding really participates in it, it will probably be a catastrophe for the Qi State, which will make the Qi State, which has not been at war for decades, fall into war again.

Baiguan does have reason to be worried. After all, as long as he has been an official in Qi for a few years, as long as he has eyes, he knows that in the entire Qi country, Tian Ding is an anti-Qin faction, and he is also the biggest official among them.

Therefore, Tian Ding really has a reason and a motive to participate in the assassination plan. However, what surprised the civil and military officials the most was that the prime minister who had always been the least likely to deal with Tian Ding, this time he did not take the opportunity to attack Tian Ding, and even did not bother to send his henchmen to participate when King Qi investigated whether Tian Ding was involved in the assassination.

And when the news came on the third day, it was not in the court of Qi, on the contrary, the news came from the merchants who came and went from Qin Qi.

This news also caused a sensation in the entire Linzi City in an instant. On the streets of Linzi City.

"Have you heard? Bai Yan, the general of the Qin State, was given a fief by Yingzheng! ”

"Hiss~! Fief! Really? Didn't I hear that Bai Yan was young? How old is he! How can you suddenly say that you can get a fief? ”

"I've also heard that it seems to be Yan Dan of the Yan Kingdom, who assassinated King Yingzheng of Qin, and then Bai Yan blocked the assassin's assassination!"

"Brother Tai, I heard that Bai Yan's fief is still Luoyin, I don't know if it's true!" On the streets, pedestrians passed by, and three or five people talked to each other, and the words were full of the latest news from the Qin State.

I am afraid that the speed of this transmission can only be compared when Han and Zhao die. Unofficial channels, in fact, as long as things are big enough, the speed of transmission is even no less than that of secret agents specially dispatched by various countries.

After all, there is a pass order for secret agents in their own country, and it is unimpeded, but in other vassal states, the procedures are much more troublesome, but the merchant is not, one by one, the merchant who originally learned the news and hurried to the next city, just happened to meet other merchant who was in a hurry, and spread the news between words, and the speed of transmission is often ten times and a hundred times the spread.

This is also why, in the blink of an eye, when the news of Yingzheng's assassination and Bai Yan's acquisition of the fief reached Linzi of Qi State, the speed was no less than that of the official channels of Qi State, and the speed of spreading in Linzi was even more jaw-dropping, and in less than half a day, Linzi, which has a population of hundreds of thousands, has spread all over the streets and alleys.

"Buy corncakes! Fragrant corncake! Check it out! At the corner of a street and alley, a small stall is at the mouth of the alley, a middle-aged man is shouting hard, and a middle-aged woman is waiting in the stall.

"Bring me three corncakes!" Three men dressed in Confucian costumes, hearing the man's shouting, felt hunger in their stomachs, looked at each other, and followed the middle-aged man to the stall.

"Okay!" When the middle-aged man saw that there were buyers, and it was obviously three scholars, he immediately showed a flattering smile, led the three men to the stall, and motioned for his wife to bring three corn cakes.

"Gentleman, this is a corn cake, a small half penny!" After the middle-aged man took the corn cake from his wife, he handed it to the three men, and at the same time took the money from the man's hand.

"Hey~! When will we be like the Qin general Bai Yan, we don't want to cross the battlefield, but we also hope to be famous all over the world and have a high position! ”

"High-ranking officials can get it, fiefdoms are hard to find!"

"It's not, it's a talented person in the world, a person who can get a fief, how many people can do it!" While waiting to find money, the three men chatted first, and their tones were full of envy for Bai Yan, and it was not ordinary envy.

After watching the stall vendor find good money, the three men took the corn cake and left, and when they left, they were still talking about the slaves who heard that Bai Yan went out to get the fief and was rewarded by King Yingzheng of Qin, and there were more than 20 great beauties.

Alley mouth. The middle-aged man watched the three of them leave, looked at the scorching sun in the sky, wiped his sweaty forehead, turned his head to look at the stall, looked at his wife, and smiled.

"Clean up, I'll go see Shou'er later! Shou'er, that kid is about to become a father. "The middle-aged man is the eldest brother of the Xiao family, that is, Bai Yan's uncle, Xiao Yan, and the woman is Xiao Yan's wife, Ying, who is also Bai Yan's uncle.

"Good! Lover, you rest first! The old Ying, looking at his man, nodded in response, and asked Xiao Ma to take a rest.

Although the family doesn't have much money, but for her man, Ying has no complaints, from marrying Omata, to the peddler, until today, Matama has never let her shout once, just doing some light work in the paving.

As a hawker, shouting is the most painful physical work, and when she is not in good health, she will have a sore throat and can't eat all day.

Every time Ying was distressed, she wanted to help, but she didn't want to. In the words of the sonata, the mother had told her very early on that after they had no father, there was nothing left in the family, she married, and she would be his wife in the future, the only person who accompanied him until he was old in his life, and if he could not endure hardship, he must not be burdened, and there were many, many words, and he couldn't remember very well.

But in short, remember to be good to your wife.

"My mother's health is not good, this day is too big, just let my mother be at home later!" Sitting on the ground, he breathed a sigh of relief and said to his wife.

"Hmm!" When Ying heard Matata's words, she nodded as she cleaned up the stalls. Yesterday, I planned to go to Shuicun today to visit the Xiao family, so I didn't make many corn cakes early in the morning, and I cleaned them up quickly.

I heard from acquaintances that Yun Han was already pregnant, and after her mother found out, she secretly bought something delicious and said that she would send it to Shui Shou.

"Beloved, have you heard? Just now they said that the Qin general Bai Yan actually got a fief! Ying took some of the leaves and dipped them in the water, and turned her head to look at Omata as she wiped the paving.

I just heard the words of those people, and I couldn't imagine such a picture when I wanted to break my head, fiefdom! That's a big deal!

"O fiefdom! It's the adults of our family who work for that mansion, their ancestors are so powerful, they haven't ever gotten a fief! Ying gasped slightly and said softly.

Hearing his wife's words, he nodded.

"Yes! Fiefdom! Amata shook her head with emotion, took the water in the barrel beside her, and reached out to spoon it up to take a sip.

"How big is that fiefdom, and can you spend all the money you collect every year? So many people pay taxes, my beloved, how much money do you say that fief has to have in a year? Ying asked, turning her head to look at Omata as she worked.

Matsumata couldn't help but laugh when she looked at her wife's curious face.

"How do I know, it is estimated that few people can know, a hundred gold, a thousand gold, there should be!" Omata thought about it, and finally came up with a number, for which Omata didn't know whether it was right or wrong, anyway, for them the people, it was completely untouchable.

It is also very good that they can pay the money every year and have a full stomach in the second half of the year, and if they can have some left over to add something to the family, it is a great luck, and they must send more sacrifices to God.

Fiefdom kind of thing! They don't dare to think about it, and they can't imagine it.

"Hiss~! Daughter! That's a lot! I don't know what it looks like! When Ying heard the daughter, her face was in a daze, and she sighed softly.

After a long time. Finally came back to his senses, Ying continued to work, but also asked a question.

"Lover, did you say that the adults have seen the house where our children work?" Ying thought of his son, and recalled the mansion for which his son worked, and the owner of the mansion was a county doctor in Qi State.

Qi is different from other countries, the set set set up by Guan Zhong, except for Linzi and Jimo, Ju these big cities, some other small places, are three townships and one gathering to set up a county, determined by the size, the county has a county marshal, and the county marshal is under the doctor.

So before, every time her son came back, she touted to her family about following the doctor, how magnificent, and how the family was, and she always thought so.

Although the status of the doctor is far inferior to that of the Qin general Bai Yan, for the couple, the doctor is already a big man that their husband and wife cannot climb in their lives.

"The daughter must have never seen it, but the hundred gold should have seen it, the last time that kid came back, he bragged to us with a proud face, did you forget?" Omata returned to the Tao.

After getting up, he patted his buttocks, put away the bucket, and helped his wife push the paving back in the direction of home.

Two hours later. Water Village. At the entrance of Shuicun Village, due to the end of spring ploughing, the people have been able to breathe a sigh of relief, and it is also like this, under the scorching sun, many people will gather under the old trees at the entrance of the village, chatting together.

"I want to be Bai Yan!"

"I'm Bai Yan!"

"I want to be Bai Yan, you should be Yan~!"

"I don't want to woo woo~~!!" Some urchins were playing with small sticks nearby, accompanied by quarrels and cries, which also made some women look sideways.

Surprisingly, however, the woman did not object to the children's quarrels. On the contrary, because one of the women learned that her child was going to pretend to be Yan, and some of them became angry, and the other women also hurriedly reprimanded their children, patiently teaching them to play and play, but they must not let others pretend to be Yan, which is insulting.

"Have you heard? Bai Yan, the general of the Qin State, was rewarded with a fief by the King of Qin! ”

"Fiefdom?"

"Hiss ~ fiefdom? Really? Under the shadow of the trees, a dozen white-haired old men were talking, and some young men and some teenagers gathered around.

After ploughing the fields, the family is poor, and naturally there is not much to do, all of them want to marry a wife, it takes years of hard work, and if you are lucky, you can save some money, such as restaurants and hunting, no matter where you are, only belong to the rich and the children of the powerful.

After being so busy, being able to gather in the shade of a tree to talk is a normal man's leisure time.

Now. When the villagers who came back from Linzi in Qi State talked about what they had seen and heard in Linzi City in Qi State, the villagers under the shade of the trees, regardless of men, women and children, all looked at each other and made a noise, and everyone was shocked and looked at each other dumbfounded.

Fiefdom! was originally a general of the Qin State, a new famous general in the world, and now he has a fief, is this still possible?

Many young men instinctively think. I'm afraid that now that Qin will Bai Yan, like those white-skinned and beautiful women they see in the city, beauties that they can't touch in their lives, as long as Bai Yan speaks, it is estimated that all those women will be willing to marry Bai Yan.

And a status they can't even think of!

"Fiefdom, the old man remembers, the last time he was treated like this by the king was Li Mu!"

"Indeed, now Bai Yan of the Qin State is the second person after Li Mu! When the old man heard about the high slave in Qinshang County, he had a hunch that Bai Yan was not an ordinary general! Sure enough, it didn't surprise the old man! ”

"You're late, when the old man heard the word Bai Yan's name, he learned in a dream that Bai Yan was taught by his ancestor Bai Qi, and the fief was sooner or later! Do you remember the white rise? At the beginning of the Changping War, no one in the Six Nations dared to fight with Bai Qi! ”

"You.... Hmph, then why don't you talk about the Yan in our village? ”

"You! You come out and compare with the old man! "Some white-haired and long-bearded village elders want to express themselves when they talk about it, but in the end, no one is convinced, after all, everyone wants to be spread out, saying that they have great vision and discerning people.

However, when talking about Yan, an old man seemed to feel humiliated, and he couldn't help but get up, and pointed at the old man who had just spoken, ready to die.

Looked at. More than 30 men, women, and children all around couldn't help laughing.

"Hahaha!"

"Hahahaha!" Both men and women couldn't help but laugh out loud. They had all heard of Bai Yan, the Qin general, and they were all shocked and amazed by his deeds, but for Yan, as a villager in Shui Village, they knew even more.

The difference between one surname and one surname is worlds different in their eyes. Just like there is a man named Xi in the village next door to them, who is an honest old man with children and daughters in the family, but Yan Guo and Yan Wang are also called Xi, the difference between these two people is that one has no surname, the other is surnamed Ji, one is a villager, and the other is the king of Yan Kingdom.

For Na Yan, whenever the people in the village talked about it, they couldn't help but laugh with contempt. This is the concept of Na Yan in the hearts of all the villagers from childhood to adulthood, and not everyone was like this at first, but just like those naughty children, you don't think so, it's difficult to fit in.

Over time, more and more people, even everyone in the village, except for a few households, thought so.

A year ago, after learning that Na Yan left home, he often sent money to his family, which was eye-catching at the time, but it wasn't until the news came from his uncle's family that Yan was not in Yicheng at all, which instantly made everyone's opinion of it collapse.

So it intensified. More and more gossip came out in the village, and some people ridiculed and speculated that the unsuccessful Yan in the village probably had already secretly sold his body, so that he could give money to his family.

Some people also say that Na Yan must have been crippled, and the person who beat the crippled Yan was a kind-hearted adult, so he often gave Yan some money, which made Yan have the money to send it home.

There are all kinds of speculations. But without exception, none of them are good, and nothing but ridicule is left but ridicule.

It's not that no one has thought about other additions, but they have all been vetoed by others without exception, but everything is a good thing, why does Na Yan still dare not come back when there is money in the family, is it that he can't come back, or he doesn't have the face to come back?

For this, no one can refute it. In the end, this is also what everyone thinks in their hearts, Na Yan probably has no face to come back, otherwise why wouldn't even the eldest brother's marriage relatives, or even the stubborn old woman who loved him so much since childhood, not come back to visit.

"Isn't that Omata and his wife?"

"It seems that this is to see the Shuishou family again!" Some young men suddenly noticed that on the road outside the village, the figure of the young man and his wife were talking to each other.

And the sound of these young men's talk reached the ears of the old people, women and children who were arguing and ridiculing, and immediately made everyone stop arguing and laughing.

Although they had all laughed at Yan and the old woman before, after all, those two were both old and weak, and they were not the same as the Omamata, who had worked since childhood, took care of the family at a young age, and with all his strength, ordinary people could not beat him.

Even those men in the village didn't dare to make fun of the boy to his face, and compared to the boyamata, many people had a shadow on his brother Wo Gu, when they were young, that O Gu was the most feared person in their hearts, with a violent temper, as long as they heard anyone laughing at his mother, he would beat people directly, and he would beat him to death, not to die, even if his head was broken and bleeding, he would fight back to the death, once three people took advantage of the darkness to beat one, originally thought that he would beat the valley to half a cripple, but he never thought that two people could not return home in the back, and almost died on the way, If it hadn't happened to be close to the village, one person would have run back to the village, and the other two would have been dead by the next day.

So far, no one dares to laugh at his mother in front of Xiao Gu, no one dares to do it, whether it is an old man or a woman.

A moment later. The people standing at the entrance of the village watched as Mitsumata walked away with his wife, and began to talk again.

"You still remember, that Shui Shou heard that he offended an adult, so he broke his leg!"

"I heard that, if that adult knows that Shui Shou is still alive, hmph, then I'm afraid that Mitsumata will also be implicated!"

"That's it!" Many young men were very unhappy in their hearts, and after they finished speaking, they seemed to be much happier in their hearts.

And in a small garden. In the busy Yanfu family, I was full of joy to see the arrival of my son. Xiao Mata watched Shui Shou come out of the shadow of his cripplement, a hearty smile appeared on his face again, and he was also relieved in his heart, it seems that his wife's pregnancy made Shui Shou see a lot.

With the sunset. After dinner, with nothing to do first, when Ying chatted with Shui Shou's mother-in-law, he inadvertently mentioned things in the city, and when he was excited, he accidentally talked about the matter of Bai Yan, the general of Qin, getting a fief, Ying's original intention was to share, and to say this thing that shook the entire Linzi, but he inadvertently forgot that the word Yan is now a sad thing for the Xiao family.

Because since learning that Zhong Yan was not in Yicheng, Zhong Yan's whereabouts have been unknown. Although some people still say that Zhong Yan asked him to bring money home, but for the explanation of where Zhong Yan is, whether it is Xiao's family, Yan's father, or even Shui Shou, they no longer believe it.

Now in their eyes. Unless they saw Zhong Yan with their own eyes, they didn't believe anyone who said that Zhong Yan was fine.

"Maybe Yan'er is really fine, don't worry about it yet!" After seeing his wife's mistake, he looked at himself with a guilty face, and hurriedly comforted his little sister, but when he said this, he didn't even believe it.

Fortunately, Xiao Mata gave Shui Shou a look. Shui Shou endured his sadness, suppressed his uncomfortable mood, and looked at his aunt with a smile.

"Uncle, what about the legend in Linzi City? Tell Shou, Shou has always admired Bai Yanna and other famous generals! Due to the inconvenience of legs and feet, I can only be informed by my aunt! Shui Shou said softly, missing his brother in his heart made Shui Shou's eyes red, but after experiencing a huge blow, Shui Shou wanted his father and mother to be happy, and because he had joined the army, he had been at the lowest level in the army, and he had also been a doorman, so all along, Shui Shou was also full of admiration for the Qin general Bai Yan, and for the deeds of the Qin general Bai Yan that spread all over the world.

Such a famous general in the world, as a man, how can he not be enthusiastic, how can he not think about it, one day, he can take a look from afar, and take a look at the famous general whose prestige spreads all over the world!

"Oh, Shou'er, that Qin general Bai Yan, he, he's got a fief!" Ying looked guilty, heard Shui Shou's words, glanced at his lover Xiao Mata, and after getting permission, he hurriedly explained.

Inside the dark garden. Yan's father, Xiao Shi, Yun Han, who is pregnant, and Shui Shou, who has disabled legs and feet, are all quietly listening to the things that are now causing a sensation in Linzi City, the famous general of the Qin State.

Meanwhile. In the city of Linzi in the state of Qi. In the palace of the king of Qi, as night fell, a young beauty wearing silk clothes and jade ornaments and a hairpin quietly came to the corridor and stepped forward to hold the fifty-two-year-old Qi Wangjian.

"Your Majesty~!" The beauty is close, and the coquettish voice sounds. However, Qi Wangjian, who was already old, didn't bother to pay attention to it, looking at the moonlight, Qi Wangjian couldn't help but sigh.

"Is the king worried about Lord Tian's envoy to the Qin State?" The beauty asked softly with concern.

When Qi Wangjian heard this, he couldn't help but nodded.

"Yes! The widow is miserable! Qi Wangjian did not hide it, for Concubine Li, in addition to her young age and attractive appearance, what made Qi Wangjian most useful was Concubine Li's intelligence and thoughtfulness, much like his mother who had been dead for many years.

is also the same, many things, Qi Wangjian did not hide Concubine Li.

"Tian Ding is a widow brother, although King Qin said that he wanted to send a treasure to the widow, but the widow was always a little ashamed of the clan brother!" Qi Wangjian explained.

"Why should the king be troubled? Lord Tian is worried about the country, this time he sent an envoy to the Qin State, but to share the worries of the king, the assassination of the king of Qin is a major event in the world, the king thinks, if the king suffers from this, he is angry and learns that the minister of Qin is implicated, but he is still willing to give treasures? Concubine Li chuckled and said with a smile.

Concubine Li knows that the King of Qi is not all really guilty of Tian Ding now, and part of the reason is that the request of the King of Qin is a bit rude, after all, the King of Qi belongs to the same monarch, how can the king ask the king to say this.

This will naturally damage King Qi's face.

"Yes! Hahaha! Then King Qin is broad-minded! This move is quite sincere, hahaha, not bad, not bad! When Qi Wangjian heard Concubine Li's words, his wrinkled face instantly improved a lot, revealing some smiles.

Indeed, Concubine Li's words are not unreasonable, the king asked the king to be a little rude, but Ying Zheng personally sent a treasure, this sincerity is also rare, if it is spread to the world, everyone in the world will see the sincerity of King Qin, and they will not say how he is the king of Qi.

Thinking of this, Qi Wangjian's mood instantly improved a lot.

"Speaking of which, Lord Tian is too, before Lord Tian asked the king to tear up the alliance with the Qin State many times, but he didn't want to think about the king's intentions, look at the people of Qin, and then look at the people of Qi under the king's governance, this is clear, Lord Tian has the heart to break with the Qin State, it is better to recruit some great talents for the king, with one day, when the Qin State and the countries are both defeated......" Concubine Li complained, but she didn't dare to really blame, and after finishing speaking, she also looked at Qi Wangjian delicately.

"The king will definitely take the opportunity to conquer the world!" Concubine Li looked at King Qi's eyes, and pretended to be playful, full of flattering looks.

Seeing this, Qi Wangjian immediately laughed again, shook his head again and again, looked at Concubine Li's eyes, and loved the house and Wu.

In the eyes of Qi Wangjian, in this world, except for his most respected mother, only Concubine Li understands him best, and all the countries in the world only know that he Qi State sits idly by, and allows Qin State to send troops to destroy other countries, but he doesn't want to think about it, he King Qi is actually secretly cultivating virtuous ministers and famous generals.

He King Qi also hopes that one day, he can have many generals and famous generals like Qin.

"Concubine Ai, don't break your word, that brother Tian Ding is also tired of bowing for the Qi country, cultivating talents for the Qi country, and recruiting sages from the world, this is clear, don't say such things in the future." Qi Wangjian looked at Concubine Li and said, the words were all reprimands, but the doting in his tone was not hidden.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Concubine Li replied delicately, nodded obediently, and then looked at this man who was older than her father with a smile.

King Qi established a heartfelt understanding, the corners of his mouth rose, and he turned around and walked towards the room.