In Shouchun City, it is rainy and cloudy, and the dark sky is always shrouded in the sky.

On the street, people are wearing hats and walking, grass and green shoes are full of muddy water, looking at the carriages that come and go from time to time along the way, there is always negligence and trampling in the muddy water, looking at the carriage, and dare not scold, can only say in their hearts, blame why it rains.

Under a row of particularly tall and connected buildings, a horse-drawn carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate.

Seeing this, some thin men who were originally sitting on the muddy ground in front of the door kept carrying stones, came to the carriage, and put the flat stones on the ground, and even some men saw that the stones were stained with some muddy water at some point, and hurriedly wiped them with the clothes on their bodies.

A pair of men and women walked down from the carriage, the man was fat and greasy, but whether it was the clothes on his body or the accessories he hung, it could be seen that his identity was not bad, and the woman was wearing exquisite Chu costumes and makeup, and her appearance was particularly beautiful.

The attendant next to the carriage held a canopy to shield the man and woman from the rain, and after the man and woman got down from the carriage, they naturally stepped on the stones that had been wiped clean, and walked towards the tall building.

Just before entering, the man took out a few random coins from his cuffs and threw them on the ground.

After the man entered the tall building, the men who were kneeling on the ground immediately rushed to grab the money that had fallen on the ground, and then put away the stones and waited for the next carriage to arrive.

"Gentleman, it's here!"

Bai Yan rode in the carriage, heard the sound of the carriage, and felt that after the carriage stopped, he reached out and lifted the curtain.

After stepping out of the carriage, Bai Yan saw more than twenty men kneeling on the muddy ground at first glance, and those men did not dare to look at each other after looking at him, lowering their heads, while Bai Yan's eyes were on those stones.

Although it was the first time to come to Shouchun, he had been to the teahouse, and Bai Yan also knew a little.

Walking along those stones, he took some money from his cuffs, hesitated, and finally threw it towards the ground in the distance, although it looked a little contrived, Bai Yan still threw it towards a dry place, just to feel better.

Inside the building.

Bai Yan just entered, and immediately saw that there was a hole inside, no wonder when he was in the teahouse, whenever he talked about the place of fun, everyone said that this 'Yuan Yuan' was a must in Shouchun.

"Oops! That's not all! ”

"Let me come, I will be able to win!"

"Press, press!"

Bai Yan looked along the first floor, and in the exquisite first floor, there were places distributed, the children of the scholars and wealthy merchants in silk clothes all gathered in front of each play, there were throwing pots, cockfights, and coveting, etc., basically in every place, there were strings of money, even gold.

This is in stark contrast to the appearance of kneeling on the ground outside the door, for a few dollars.

"Gentleman, five hundred dollars!"

Among the several men guarding the door, the man at the head saw Bai Yan, and when he noticed that Bai Yan's shoulders were wet with a little rain, his brows furrowed slightly, but then he stepped forward with a smile and a respectful salute to Bai Yan.

Five hundred yuan, this price alone is estimated to scare countless people.

Bai Yan took out a small cloth wrap that had been prepared long ago from his arms and handed it to the man in front of him.

"First time!"

Bai Yan explained.

Since these men were guarding the gate, Bai Yan didn't say anything, they also knew about the face, so Bai Yan chose to say frankly.

"Gentleman, play on the first floor, Qule on the second floor, and have a private room on the third floor, there are maids inside, if the gentleman doesn't understand, you can ask, or come here, look for us!"

The gatekeeper who collected the money smiled at Bai Yan and said, After saluting, please let Bai Yan in.

"If the gentleman is alone, there is a special female slave on the second floor, the gentleman may be able to go and have a look!"

The man said.

Bai Yan nodded, returned the salute, and after being grateful, he walked inside.

This place can't be followed, so he can't get in, but Bai Yan is not worried, here, no one will pay attention to him, everyone's eyes are already on gambling, there is no distinction between countries, only the difference between rich and poor.

"Bite it! Bite it! Ay~! Bad luck! ”

A thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy looked at the dou ring on the ground with a look of annoyance, and behind him, there were two beautiful women rubbing his shoulders.

"That Zhaogao lost again! I'm afraid that if I go back, I will inevitably be reprimanded. ”

"But no, during this time, Na Zhaogao is losing, and he loses more and more money every day."

The young man's annoyed voice instantly attracted many people's attention, which naturally attracted many people to talk about it, and looked at this scene gloatingly.

It's none of your business, watch the excitement, this is a problem that the vast majority of people can't change since ancient times, after all, there is no need to change.

I think that the young Zhao Gao came here to gamble and lose, and who can he complain about.

"Lu Qi, how much does Zhaogao owe you! I'm afraid it's not less than 300 gold! ”

A scholar in his twenties turned his head and patted Lu Qi's shoulder with a smile when he saw the appearance of the announcement in the distance.

"Go, go!"

Lu Qi lowered his head, feeling the gloating tone of Jing Zhe beside him, and angrily let him take his hand.

At this moment, Lu Qi couldn't help but curse in his heart.

If it weren't for the continuous supply of money from Yingchuan and Luoyin, Lu Qi's belongings would have been hollowed out by Zhaogao's kid, and when he thought that Zhaogao was the son of Zhaomin, the city of Juchaocheng, he was very favored, and it was not good to refuse to borrow money, not to mention, it was not good to ask for money.

"Brother Lu Qi!"

A familiar voice suddenly sounded behind him, Lu Qi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly, closed his eyes full of despair, and scolded Jing Zhe's whole family.

However, when Lu Qi turned his head and looked at Zhao Gao, he immediately changed to a close look.

"Gentleman Gao!"

Lu Qi smiled and gave Zhao Gao a salute, but before Lu Qi could speak, he saw Zhao Gao looking at him directly.

"Brother Lu Qi, lend me a little more money, ten gold, ten gold, I will definitely pay it back in the future!"

Zhao Gao saluted Lu Qi and bluntly said that he wanted to borrow money.

Lu Qi looked at Zhao Gao's actions, looked at several other young scholars behind Zhao Gao who also lost, and looked at this group of people, Lu Qi wanted to scold in his heart, he didn't read books at a young age, and came here all day long to gamble, drink, and have fun.

"Mr. Gao, Lu Qi."

Lu Qi made up his mind this time that he was not going to give Zhao Gao any more money, and he couldn't get it back at all.

However, Lu Qi, who was about to turn around, suddenly saw a familiar figure in the crowd in the distance, looking at the appearance of that figure, Lu Qi's pupils shrank, his eyes widened, and he wondered if he was dazzled.

"Good! Ten gold! ”

When Lu Qi came back to his senses and looked at Zhao Gao, he did not hesitate to hand over some gold from his sleeve pocket to Zhao Gao.

This unhesitating move, not to mention Jing Zhe and the others who came with Lu Qi around, as well as the favorite concubines beside Lu Qi, even Zhao Gao was a little confused by Lu Qi, but looking at the gold in his hand, Zhao Gao had only one thought in his mind, and he had money to win back what he had lost before, this time he would definitely be able to win back all the money he had lost, and he would have a lot of money at that time.

After Zhao Gao thanked Lu Qi repeatedly, he hurriedly turned around and continued to gamble.

The people who were watching around also looked at Lu Qi in surprise when they saw this, but they didn't take it seriously, they turned around and continued to gamble, they can come here to have fun, and become a regular customer, they are basically people with status, ten gold, it's really not much.

"Win!"

Bai Yan stopped outside a cockfighting ring, looked at the chickens locked in a bamboo cage in the ring, and then looked at the other side, another chicken that had already fought twice, but was still high-spirited.

In the front row, Bai Yan squatted down and pressed a gold at will.

A familiar figure next to him came over, and after laughing at the businessman on the side, he also looked at the cockfighting in the bamboo cage, and then placed a bet.

"Win! Victory! Victory!! ”

"There is a private room on the third floor! The last one! ”

After the cockfight began, in the shouts, everyone looked at the cockfight intently, no one noticed, Bai Yan and Lu Qi, who were squatting next to the cockfighting ring, would not notice it vaguely, Lu Qi looked at the cockfight and whispered a word.

Lu Qi was really scared out of a cold sweat by Bai Yan, Lu Qi didn't expect Bai Yan to come to Shouchun, you must know that all the border cities of Qin and Chu are stared at by assassins and killers, and each city is strictly guarded, in Lu Qi's eyes, Bai Yan can't enter Chu at all, let alone come to Shouchun.

At this moment, Lu Qi's heart was beating rapidly, full of worry, although he didn't know what identity Bai Yan was and how he entered the Chu State, but Lu Qi knew that together with him and Lu Sheng, all the people and scholars related to Qin and Qin had already been watched, or the people around him had already been bought.

"Good!"

Bai Yan nodded, and then stared at the cockfight carefully.

After the cockfight ended, Lu Qi took the lead in shaking his head, and left with the favorite concubine who was waiting outside.

Bai Yan took the money, and after wandering around for a while, he went to the third floor, and according to what Lu Qi said before, he went down the room to the last room and knocked on the door.

After the door opened.

Lu Qi hurriedly let Bai Yan in, and then after stretching out his head to look outside, he hurriedly closed the door.

"Why are you here?"

Lu Qi hurriedly pulled Bai Yan to the private room and sat down on his knees.

Bai Yan didn't speak in a hurry, but looked at the woman in Lu Qiya's room, who was quiet and timid.

"She is a Yue person, she was caught here to sell before, I saw that she was pitiful, so I bought her."

Lu Qi said that he did not say Bai Yan's name during the conversation, but he explained that the woman was from Yue, not Chu, and he bought it by chance.

"In the Chu State, can you know a person named Chengding, who sells utensils between Chu and Zhao."

After listening to Lu Qi's words, Bai Yan looked at Lu Qi and asked.

This is one of the few news that Bai Yan knows, and when he came here today, Bai Yan wanted to inquire as a trader, after all, as long as he has money in these places of pleasure, he is not afraid of not being respected, and the identity of the dealer will not make people suspicious.

What I didn't expect was that I would meet Lu Qi here.

"Determined?"

Lu Qi listened to the name, thought for a few breaths, and then shook his head.

"I've never heard of this person."

Lu Qi looked at Bai Yan with some doubts, what kind of person is this Chengding, who can actually let Bai Yan, the general of the Qin State, come to find it in person.

"This person is important? Do you have to find it? ”

Lu Qi asked.

Bai Yan nodded, if there is really such a person as Chengding, then it must be found, Zhao Qiu knows many Chu people, but only this Chengding is mentioned.

"It's a bit tricky!"

When Lu Qi heard Bai Yan's words, his brows furrowed slightly, and at the moment, except for the few cronies beside him, Lu Qi didn't dare to call the others, for fear that he didn't know who had been bought by others.

And looking for other connections, it is bound to make a big move, and when the time comes, the news will leak.

"I am in Shouchun City, and I have a lot of contacts with many disciples of the scholar clan, I heard that in order to capture the Qin general Bai Yan, Qu Jingzhao's three families took the lead, together with other scholar clans, all sent people to investigate Bai Yan's news, basically between the various scholar clans, there are more or less bribed eyeliner, and the Lu family's shop is no exception!"

Lu Qi inadvertently looked at Bai Yan and said slowly.

"I've heard about it, too!"

Bai Yan nodded.

Seeing this, Lu Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and at this moment, suddenly Lu Qi's beloved concubine, her eyes were full of hesitation, and finally looked at Bai Yan and Lu Qi.

"Benefactor, Yan Nan has heard of this person!"

Lu Qi's concubine suddenly spoke.

When Bai Yan heard this, he looked at Lu Qi together, and then the two glanced at each other.

At this time, he and Bai Yanfang learned the name of Lu Qi's concubine, Yanan, and Yan seem to be an ancient surname in Baiyue, which can be traced back to the thousand-year-old oracle bone period, and due to the geographical reasons of Baiyue, the same surname and the same village are very popular, and even one village and one surname.

"Where is he?"

Bai Yan glanced at Lu Qi, then looked at the woman and asked.

Lu Qi was also confused, and hurriedly looked at his concubine.

Xianyang City.

The death of Shangqing Hu Quan caused a sensation in the entire Xianyang, on this day, not only the Hu family wore white silk, but all the children of the Bai family and all the clansmen of the Sima clan were all dressed in linen and filial piety.

"Meet the King!"

"Meet the King!!"

In the courtyard, the guests who came to mourn were all famous families with status in the Qin State, and even the Ying clan represented by Ying Kan also came in person.

Wei Yi, Li Si, Chang Wenjun, Wang Xuan, Kui Zheng and other ministers of the Qin State also talked in the courtyard, and when they saw Yingzheng, they stopped talking and gave way.

Ying Zheng walked straight from the courtyard, and then came to the main hall, looking at the Hu, Bai, and Sima clansmen, all kneeling in the main hall wearing white silk, Ying Zheng's gaze, and then put it on the coffin in front of him.

"Hu Shangqing bowed to the essence of the Qin State, passed on the order of the widow, Hu Shangqing, with a thick burial, and all its things were transferred from the palace!"

Ying Zheng tilted his head slightly, and instructed the Han Confessor behind him.

When Han Yu heard this, he hurriedly replied.

Bai Yu and Sima Xing, two men who used to be very arrogant, heard Ying Zheng's words at this moment, their eyes were red and tearful, and they didn't say a word, but kowtowed to Ying Zheng again and again in gratitude.

In the eyes of the Hu family's grateful Dade, after Ying Zheng expressed his condolences, he asked Hu Wujing to go out with him to chat.

In the backyard of the mansion.

Different from the front yard, the backyard is full of the ladies of the Bai family and the Sima family, and the ladies of the Hu family need to go to the main hall, and the wives and daughters of those who come to mourn the guests will naturally be handed over to the ladies of the Bai family and the Sima family to receive them.

"I heard that the king has come!"

"It's a pity that Mao Shangqing heard that he went to Qi State, and Hu Lao had the best relationship with Mao Shangqing before his death."

"It's okay if you're not there, if Mao Shangqing learns about this, I'm afraid I'll be heartbroken."

In the backyard, seven or eight women were talking to each other, as well as elsewhere.

And when those women learned that Ying Zheng personally buried Hu Lao, without exception, everyone's eyes were full of envy, Ying Zheng was the king of Qin, and he came to mourn in person at such a busy time, and even ordered a thick burial, how can this not be envied.

They all know that the thick burial in Ying Zheng's mouth is better than that of the Hu family, both in scale and utensils, it must be more exquisite.

The only pity is that Mao Jiao, who is a lifelong friend of Hu Laonai, is now in the distant Qi country, as for why Mao Jiao suddenly went to the Qi country in a hurry, they are naturally clear about the female relatives of the scholar clan.

It's nothing more than the mysterious old man of Qi and those bamboo slips.

From the beginning of the rumors, everyone doubted and didn't believe that it was so magical, to Yingzheng urgently ordering Mao Jiao to leave Xianyang and rush to Qi State, and finally heard that Yao Jia had returned from Chu State and also went to Qi State, everyone had to believe that this matter was likely to be true.

And as more and more news came from the Qi Kingdom, as the princes and kings including the King of Qi and the King of Chu sent people to look around, as well as the scholars in the three vassal states of Wei, Chu, and Qi, the almost crazy moves, no one doubted the truth of the rumors.

There really are old bull riders!

Inside the yard.

In her spare time, the woman liked to talk more than anyone else about hearsay and gossip, and now that she had gathered together, she would naturally not miss this opportunity, and seven or eight of them got together, and when they mentioned Mao Jiao, they all talked about the old man riding the bull.

After making sure that the rumors were true, these women were more eager than the common people to have their own heirs, and to have a chance to become the sons of the old bull-riding, and it was no exaggeration to say that they were even willing to pay any price.

"Brother and sister-in-law, be careful, if you are pregnant, let the maid come to these things, otherwise the clan brother will not be able to help nagging when he sees it."

Bai Yingxue carefully took the fruit plate in Feng Hui's hand, looking at Feng Hui's slightly bulging abdomen, for fear that Feng Hui would make a mistake.

When Feng Hui heard Bai Yingxue's words, a smile appeared on her pretty face, and she became even more amused when she thought of Bai Ping's helpless appearance.

However, looking at Bai Yingxue, who has become more and more beautiful and moving over time, Feng Hui couldn't help but sigh, who will be cheaper in the end.

And also

Feng Hui looked into the distance, among the women, the woman who was quietly holding the fruit plate, compared to Bai Yingxue, the woman really made people see, and couldn't help but hold her breath, quiet and beautiful, stunning, these are not enough to describe the feeling that the woman gives people.

Bai Junzhu!

After a few breaths, watching the white Junzhu coming, Feng Hui came back to his senses.

"Junzhu, rest when you're tired!"

Feng Hui instructed softly, both from a famous family, but for Bai Junzhu, Feng Hui was impressed, the longer she contacted, the more she understood this indescribable woman.

"Hmm!"

Bai Junzhu nodded when he heard this, and then looked at Bai Yingxue on the side.

Seeing this, Feng Hui couldn't help but laugh at the corners of her mouth, and gloated at Bai Yingxue, who looked aggrieved beside her.

"It's an old man riding a bull again, and I'm talking about this person every day, in my opinion, it's just a person who sells his reputation and reputation, and he comes out if he has the ability! What is it to hide, shrink your head and shrink your tail, and return the way to govern the country"

Bai Yingxue didn't dare to disobey her eldest sister.

Don't look at Bai Yingxue's active and lively nature, but listening to the words of the eldest sister since she was a child has been engraved in her bones, and that kind of blood suppression makes Bai Yingxue can only put her grievances on those women, so she muttered in a low voice.

"Be quiet, don't be afraid of being laughed at again."

Feng Hui looked at Bai Yingxue with a smile and a smile, Bai Yingxue was reprimanded by countless elders who admired the old man because of this, and was even said behind the back of some women.

"I'm not wrong!"

Bai Yingxue looked up at Feng Hui unconvinced, her eyes were full of anger, but she was obviously unconvinced, but for some reason, this appearance made people feel particularly cute.

Feng Hui couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh anymore, and then motioned for Bai Yingxue to look over there.

Bai Yingxue looked, and when she saw the eldest sister, she closed her mouth aggrievedly again.

"You say, where will the mysterious old man go on a bull ride?"

"Listen to my beloved, it may be to go to Wei!"

"How can it be the State of Wei, that old man must be in seclusion and does not care about the world, and likes to ride a bull, my good people guess that it is mostly the State of Chu!"

There was an endless stream of noisy voices behind him, and countless different voices repeatedly mentioned a name, as well as one thing, bamboo slips, old man!

And Bai Junzhu listened to those words, looked at the aggrieved little sister in front of her, and returned to her most embarrassing encounter.

At that time, because she learned that her little sister was going to steal the jade pendant, she was worried that if the matter went out, the Bai family would be laughed at and become the laughing stock of the world, so she hurriedly took the little sister to put the jade pendant back, but when she put the jade pendant, she saw the bamboo slips on the wooden table.

That was the first time the teenager came to the Bai Mansion, and it was also the thing she couldn't forget the most, and she still remembers it vividly.

Although she had only seen some of them, when Bai Junzhu heard the rumors, she thought of this matter, and she was already sure.

Those bamboo slips in Qi are not written by old people at all, and the person who really writes them is a teenager.

Although she was shocked, so shocked that she couldn't help but tremble, but she knew very well that this was the truth, it was definitely him, it was definitely written by him.

Now.

Listening to the noisy talk behind him, looking at the little sister who was full of grievances, how much Bai Junzhu wanted to tell her in person.

There is no old man riding a bull in the world at all, all the women behind him, the person they want to find is actually a teenager, a young man who came all the way from Qi to Qin, and that young man is Bai Yan, who you have seen many times.

"There are a lot of people here, so let's take my brother and sister-in-law to find a place to sit down."

Bai Junzhu said to his little sister Yingxue.

Bai Yan's matter, Bai Junzhu didn't say it, Bai Junzhu knew that once she said it, even if there was no evidence, no matter whether these women at the moment would believe it or not, it was enough to alarm people like the front hall, those scholars who came to mourn, and all the ministers of the Qin State, even King Yingzheng of Qin was no exception.

But Bai Junzhu didn't say it, even his father, mother, uncle, grandfather, and uncle were no exception.

Because it's him!

Looking at Bai Yingxue, who nodded in agreement, Bai Junzhu turned his pretty face sideways, looked at the sky in the distance, and the appearance of the young man appeared in his mind.

The young man's talent always seems to make her unable to understand, and she always thinks she understands something, but with contact, as time passes, the young man always reveals what she shows again and again, and also makes her see that the world is amazed by him.

This time, although she was not by his side, she could feel that Bai Yan seemed to want to take advantage of this matter to do something.

As for the little sister.

Bai Junzhu turned his head and looked at Yingxue, the little sister who helped Feng Hui leave.

Maybe one day, little sister Bai Yingxue, she will know.