Night. As the night sky above Xianyang City was full of stars and the moonlight hung high, a horse-drawn carriage slowly drove in a street in Xianyang City.

Due to the large population, Xianyang City, as the capital of the Qin State, is naturally in an endless stream of merchants from other countries, and Xianyang at night naturally has unique customs and customs belonging to the Qin State.

But fortunately, the people who can come to Xianyang in the Qin State are all people with eyes, and when they saw that there were men on horseback around the carriage holding torches to light the way, they all retreated to both sides, that is, there were drunk people who were indignant and wanted to borrow wine to help the fun, and when they saw those men with one hand on the sword at their waists, they also calmed down and obediently retreated to the side.

And just as the carriage was about to pass through a small alley. On the windowsill of the second floor of a shop, in the dark night, a sharp arrow was quietly aimed at the slowly moving carriage on the street.

Along with that, there is a window on the other side of the street. The sound of the carriage turning resounded in the quiet streets, and the carriage got closer and closer as the pedestrians walking in the night gave way.

Finally, as if just as a moment had passed the shop, three sharp arrows struck the carriage in the blink of an eye, two of which were stuck by the wooden beams of the carriage and the other shot directly into the carriage.

"There are assassins!!"

"Protect the General!" This sudden change made the man on horseback who was originally holding a torch pull out his Qin sword one after another, looking around with vigilance and the shops on both sides of the street.

Among the men, the three looked at the arrows on the carriage, immediately judged the direction of the arrows, hurriedly dismounted, and ran towards the two shops with swords in hand.

However, the Assassins seemed to have disappeared from the night. on the streets. Many passers-by came back to their senses at this time, looking at the arrows on the carriage, they were all startled, although they didn't know which adult was riding in the car, but everyone knew that tomorrow I am afraid that the assassination of this adult will definitely spread throughout Xianyang.

"Who? Such a big burden! ”

"I don't know! I don't know who is sitting in the carriage! ”

"I just heard those people shout general!" Many scholars on both sides of the street whispered.

And just as everyone was speculating about who had been assassinated in the carriage, a man with a sword came and ran to the carriage.

"General! The assassins have run away! In the direction of Dongcheng! The man saluted to the carriage. With the man's words, in the eyes of the pedestrians on the street, the curtain of the carriage had been slowly lifted, and a figure appeared in front of everyone.

"Order someone to inform Xianyang Ling!" Bai Yan stood on the carriage, looked around, and said softly, and after finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at the two arrows that were nailed to the wooden beams of the carriage.

"Look at that Jueben, it's the general's !!"

"That's right, so young, wearing official uniforms and generals, in the Qin Kingdom~ it's Bai Yan!!"

"It's Bai Yan, the county lieutenant of Yanmen! Unexpectedly, the person who was assassinated was actually Bai Yan! Although it was already night, under the torches of the men, the people and pedestrians on the street all clearly saw Bai Yan's young face and the official uniform and knighthood on his body.

At this moment, in the eyes of these people and pedestrians, there will be no shortage of talking points tomorrow and for a period of time in the future, after all, they have seen General Zuo Geng and Yanmen County Lieutenant Bai Yan assassinated in Xianyang City.

"No!" The cronies standing next to the carriage heard Bai Yan's words, saluted Bai Yan, and then hurriedly went to the side to get on a war horse and rushed towards the official mansion.

Bai Yan stood on the carriage, looked at the pedestrians around him, pulled out an arrow with all his might, and threw it on the street.

"Go home!" Bai Yan said softly, and after speaking, he turned around and continued to leave in the carriage. Hai time. Outside the gate of Bai Yu's mansion, Bai Yan's carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate.

The men with torches were still looking around vigilantly, and the situation on the street just now scared all of them into a cold sweat, fortunately the general was fine, otherwise they would be to blame.

On the carriage, Bai Yan slowly walked down from it, escorted by his cronies, and walked towards the mansion.

The servant guarding the mansion naturally knew Bai Yan, and when he saw Bai Yan coming back, he hurriedly went to report to Bai Yu. A moment later.

In the study, Bai Bo, Bai Yan, Bai Yu, and Tai Jing all looked at Bai Yan with stunned expressions. After Bai Yan saluted everyone, he saw that Tai Jing was also there, so he remembered that he had an appointment with Tai Jing today, so he hurriedly apologized to Tai Jing.

"Brother Jing, today in the palace, I couldn't attend the banquet as scheduled, I hope you will forgive me!" Bai Yan smiled bitterly, saluted Tai Jingji, and said apologetically.

"It's okay!" Tai Jing looked at Bai Yan who was tired, and his face was also full of astonishment, so he hurriedly waved his hand, and then turned his head to look at Bai Yu and the others.

To be honest, it was when Zhao Diqian was with him that Tai Jing saw Bai Yan who was leading the troops outside, and Bai Yan was not as tired as he was in front of him at that time.

"At the palace?" When Bai Bo and Bai Yan heard Bai Yan's words, they glanced at each other, and the two of them were full of doubts.

"The king left you in the palace today, and did not leave until this time?" Bai Bo was the first to ask, looking at Bai Yan, his eyes couldn't suppress his curiosity.

Bai Yan nodded, saluted the uncle, and then hurriedly picked up the tea on the table and took a sip.

"Why did the king keep you in the palace for so long?" Without waiting for Bai Bo to say anything, Bai Yu asked anxiously, at this moment Bai Yu was full of surprise, his face was confused, and he couldn't figure out why the king kept Bai Yan for so long.

"It's not a big deal, I was asking about the injury and Luoyin's affairs, and the queen asked him to stay in the study and present the bamboo silk until he arrived!" Bai Yan gulped down the water and hurriedly explained.

Although he had eaten in the palace, it was also once, and he wanted to drink water the rest of the time, but looking at the busy Ying Zheng, he didn't dare to take the initiative to drink it, which also led to an afternoon and evening, Bai Yan only drank water once, or when he ate at night.

Inside the study. With Bai Yan's voice, everyone quieted down, whether it was Bai Bo, Bai Yan, Bai Yu, Tai Jing, all of them widened their eyes, looking at Bai Yan with shock, their eyes full of incredulity.

At this moment, even Bai Yu, who was straightforward by nature and was very arrogant, heard Bai Yan's explanation, and immediately thought of the king's intentions.

That's the same, Bai Yu opened his mouth slightly at the moment, and looked at Bai Yan like a nobody with a stunned expression.

When they were waiting for Bai Yan, they were still curious about why Bai Yan didn't have any news until late at night, and they guessed that Bai Yan might have dealt with something, and the king asked Bai Yan to go.

And from beginning to end, they never thought that it was the king who left Bai Yan in the palace and took him with him.

Bai Bo's breathing was shortness of breath at the moment, and his eyes were full of fire when he looked at Bai Yan. Needless to say, looking at Bai Yan, he was even more excited than seeing boxes of gold, in Tai Jing's eyes, Bai Yan was like this now, which he never dreamed of, serving the king around, if he could do this one day, then it was estimated that he would die happily.

When the time comes, the friends and colleagues around him, and even the Fa Xiao and the clansmen in his hometown, who see that they are not respectful, even those big clansmen, will have to scold themselves, after all, they may need to help themselves in the future.

Think of those images. Tai Jing's whole person was going to be fluttering, looking at Bai Yan, it was called an excitement, and he couldn't wait to be like Bai Yan in the future.

Under candlelight. In the end, it was Bai Yu who was calmer, after all, Bai Yu was a general, and now he went to court every day and could see the king.

"Your Majesty!" Bai Yu looked at Bai Yan and wanted to say something, but because he was too nervous, his mouth was a little dry, and he swallowed his saliva: "The king still told you to go tomorrow?" Bai Yu's breathing was slightly short, he looked at Bai Yan, and when he said that, looking at Bai Yan who was too calm at the moment, Bai Yu couldn't wait to see what Bai Yan was thinking in his head, why he wasn't excited at all.

Those of them who heard it couldn't help but be excited, why did Bai Yan, the person concerned, have a flat face.

"It's called, the king instructed that tomorrow after the next court, go directly to the palace study!" Bai Yan looked at Bai Yu and replied softly, with a hint of helplessness in his words.

Quiet~! The entire study room fell into silence here because of Bai Yan's words, and what followed was the excitement of everyone, even Bai Yu, who was very arrogant, couldn't help but show a happy expression at this moment.

"Good boy!" Bai Yu looked at Bai Yan and didn't know what to say. Bai Yu is like this, not to mention the other people in the study, at this time, even Bai Yan, who has always been steady, has no face as before, except for shock, it is excited.

Bai Bo and Tai Jing didn't know what to say until a moment before they came back to their senses.

"Sure enough!" Bai Bo turned his head to look at Bai Yan. Bai Yan also had a serious face at the moment, and nodded at his brother.

"Your Majesty, this is preparing to train Bai Yan as a regular servant!" Bai Yan said, at present, the king's intention is very obvious, he is ready to take Bai Yan with him as a common thing to cultivate.

In addition to helping Ying Zheng deal with some affairs that the county sent to Xianyang, he is to accompany Ying Zheng, learn major government affairs, and prepare for the important positions of the Qin State in the future.

And just imagine, in the future, once those old ministers of the Qin State retire in old age, in the face of the important positions held by those old ministers before, will such an important power be handed over to people from other forces, or to people who have been by their side all the year round, have the ability and know the roots, and have personally cultivated them.

"How old are you? Why does the king value you so much? When Bai Yu heard his brother's words, he naturally knew that what his brother said was true, and while he was excited and happy, he turned his head to look Bai Yan up and down, looking at the young man in front of him who was not burly, nor fat, let alone handsome, Bai Yu couldn't see it, and he couldn't understand why the king valued the kid in front of him so much.

If he was leading the troops outside and opening up territory for the Qin State, this Bai Yu admitted that this kid did have some skills, at least better than his uncle, but Bai Yu really didn't imagine that the king did not hesitate to let Bai Yan, a kid, abandon his military power and turn to the court, and take it with him personally.

In addition to being good at leading troops in battle, what does this kid look like a regular servant? Thinking that this kid would become one of the many ministers of the court in the future, Bai Yu didn't know why, and he vaguely felt that it seemed very unreliable.

In the study, Bai Yan looked at Bai Yu's eyes, smiled bitterly, and didn't tease Bai Yu anymore, he was really tired today, not only was his body tense, but his spirit didn't dare to relax for a moment.

For Bai Yan, going to the study to accompany Ying Zheng is thousands of times more tiring than leading troops to fight outside, and even more tiring than going to the battlefield.

Leading the troops to fight only needs to rely on Qin Jian to plan to deal with the deployment of the enemy, in addition to planning, it is manual work, killing people is, but accompanying Ying Zheng in the palace study, not only must be attentive all the time, and even a word must be considered.

Nearest the king nearest the gallows. Although in Bai Yan's eyes, this sentence is not very suitable for Ying Zheng, but Ying Zheng is the king of a country after all, and Qin Shi Huang, who will rule the world in the future, it is impossible to say that there is no pressure.

Just like when he was thirsty today, Bai Yan didn't dare to take the initiative to drink water. Under the dim candlelight. As everyone talked, a maid came to the study and told Bai Yu that there was already a banquet and wine behind the mansion.

Bai Yu nodded, only to learn that Tai Jing had not eaten, and Bai Yan had not returned, so Bai Yu instructed his subordinates to prepare wine and food in the mansion and prepare to entertain Tai Jing.

"You're not fast, huh? Why do you look unhappy? That's right! Don't tell me you don't want to, boy! I don't know if Bai Yan's depressed expression was too obvious, or what, Bai Yu was going to let Bai Yan beckon Tai Jing to eat, but looking at Bai Yan, Bai Yu vaguely realized that Bai Yan didn't seem to want to stay in the palace and didn't want to be a regular waiter.

Thinking of this possibility, Bai Yu almost didn't ease up in one breath, glaring at Bai Yan, it seemed that as long as Bai Yan dared to nod, he would dare to beat Bai Yan.

Bai Bo and Bai Yan on the side heard Bai Yu's words, and at first thought that Bai Yu thought a lot, how could this be possible, this is a regular servant, the most recent position of the minister, and he will definitely be given a heavy responsibility by the political commissar in the future.

However, when the two looked at Bai Yan, for some reason, looking at Bai Yan's embarrassing smile, a bad premonition quietly appeared in the hearts of the two.

No way!!! Bai Yan really wanted to refuse? Tai Jing, who had already fantasized about following Bai Yan's chicken dog to heaven in the future, heard Bai Yu's words, and instinctively thought in his heart, 'How is this possible', but when he saw Bai Yan's plain and unexcited appearance, Tai Jing suddenly had a wit in his heart.

No way! Impossible, right!! Tai Jing opened his mouth slightly, looking at Bai Yan with a dull face.

"How is this possible, the king is willing to promote Bai Yan, it is really Bai Yan's luck, how can Bai Yan refuse!" Bai Yan came back to his senses, looked at Bai Yu who was looking at him directly, saw Bai Bo and Bai Yan's nervous eyes, and Tai Jing's appearance of wanting to jump up, and hurriedly said with a smile.

"It's good that you kid knows!" Bai Yu looked at Bai Yan, still with a hint of suspicion, but Bai Yan's words did make him feel a lot more settled.

The same is true for Bai Bo, Bai Yan, and Tai Jing. If Bai Yan even refuses this, then in their eyes, he is an extremely stupid person, and they all have to wonder if there is something wrong with Bai Yan's brain.

"If you fail to fulfill your contract today, don't blame me, please!" Bai Yan saw that Bai Yu and the others did not suspect it, and hurriedly took a detour to where Tai Jing was, the wine and food had been prepared, and now he would talk about it here in the mansion.

·········· Day 2. Bai Yan still rode the carriage with Bai Yu to the court, still the same as last time, Bai Yan just walked out of the carriage, attracting the attention of many civil and military officials in front of the palace gate.

Bai Yan is okay, Bai Yu saw this scene, his brows were tightly locked, and his eyes were already quite impatient. If it was like yesterday, it would be fine, but it was obviously not the first time, why did those officials still look at Bai Yan's kid with such eyes, could it be that he really deceived him, what if the Bai family didn't dare to do it?

Come to think of it. Bai Yu's heart became more and more angry. Fortunately, seeing Hu Lao and Mao Jiao coming over together at this time, Bai Yufang suppressed the anger in his heart.

"Old Hu, Old Mao!"

"Old Hu, Old Mao!" Bai Yan and Bai Yu faced Hu Quan and Mao Jiao. Hu Quan and Mao nodded their heads, and after simply returning the salute, they looked Bai Yan up and down anxiously, which made Bai Yu on the side curious, what was going on, why did Hu Lao and Mao Lao look at Bai Yan like this.

"Did the Assassins hurt you last night?" Hu Lao looked at Bai Yan and asked. The news of Bai Yan's assassination last night had already spread throughout Xianyang, after all, in Xianyang City, the assassination of a general Zuo Geng was not a trivial matter.

Last night, not to mention the city order of Xianyang City, the officials of the whole city, and even the palace garrison all went out to search for assassins everywhere in the city, and even the king was already angry about this matter.

The same is true. Hu Lao, who took away the news last night, has been worried about whether Bai Yan is injured.

"Let Hu Lao and Mao Lao worry, Bai Yan is ashamed, please rest assured, Bai Yan is not injured!" Bai Yan said to Hu Lao's grateful salute.

However, Bai Yu, who was next to Bai Yan and Hu Lao, was stunned when he heard Hu Lao's words at this moment. Assassination?

？？？ Bai Yan, this kid was assassinated by assassins last night? Why didn't you hear this kid say this all night last night?