In the Hu Mansion at dusk, the white silk is still hanging under the eaves, and the servants guarding the gate are still wearing white clothes.

The customs and habits of the Qin State are slightly different from those of the Central Plains, and in the Spring and Autumn Period, the rites made by Confucius prevailed, so it is said: the Son of Heaven is buried in seven days and buried in July. The princes were buried on the fifth day and in May. Doctors, scholars, and people will be buried on three days, and they will be buried on three days.

In the Warring States Period, with the disappearance of the Zhou royal family, funerals gradually became more prevalent in 'thick burials'.

"If the prince has a mourner, it is said that the coffin must be heavy, the burial must be thick, the clothes must be many, the embroidery must be complicated, and the mound must be huge. Save the dead and deplete the family. Save the dead of the princes, the empty treasury house, and then the gold and jade beads are more than the body, the group is thrifty, the chariots and horses are hidden, and there will be more for the house curtain, the drum, a few hakama, the pot is indiscriminate, the sword of Ge, the feather of the feather, the tooth leather, and the burial of it, satisfied. If they are martyred, it is said that the princes of the Son of Heaven will be killed, and the many will be hundreds, and the widows will be dozens. generals, great martyrs, dozens of people, few outnumbered. ”

In one sentence, it depicts that thick burials began to prevail among the princes, and slowly developed, affecting all the nobles in the princely countries of the world.

In the Qin State, fortunately, during the period of Qin Xiangong, Qin Xiangong completely abolished the burial of the living, which did not let the living martyrdom pass down, but although there was no living martyrdom, this also led to the fact that there was no living burial among the scholars, so they could only start from the funeral goods in the thick burial, which also led to the funeral goods being more important than before.

Hu Quan was the secretary of the Qin State before his death, and after his death, Ying Zheng personally ordered a thick burial, so the excavation of the mausoleum and the burial utensils have not yet been prepared.

Hu Lao's coffin has been waiting for so long, in the eyes of the world, there is nothing wrong, but with the longer the preparation, the more the world can appreciate the grandeur of Hu Quan's burial, the scale is large, this is something that many famous families are eager to do, after all, in addition to financial resources, if you want to reach a certain scale, you must get the permission of the king.

Inside the yard.

Sima Xing, Hu Jin, Bai Yu, Bai Bo and others were talking in the courtyard with the people of the Shi clan who came to mourn, and also explained the matters to be paid attention to on the way to Luoyin.

Luoyin is Bai Yan's fiefdom, there, there is no need to worry about anyone daring to be disrespectful to Hu Lao's mausoleum, plus Hu Jin, Hu Wujing, Bai Yu, Sima Xing, and Sima Chang are all ministers of the Qin State, Hu Lao is buried in Luoyin, they can go to visit, whether it is the Bai family or the Sima family, they are not willing to let Hu Lao go to a remote place for burial.

"It's back!"

Suddenly, Hu Jin, who was talking with Bai Yu and the others, saw a familiar figure walking in the corridor in the direction of the gate in the distance.

Looking at that figure, Hu Jin's haggard cheeks showed a touch of relief.

From the time of the destruction of Korea, that young man had unconsciously become a household name.

"That kid is finally back!"

With Hu Jin's words, Bai Yu, as well as Bai Bo, Sima Xing and others in the distance, also noticed the figure of the young man, and when the figure approached, Bai Yu showed a smile.

"Uncle!"

Bai Yan raised his hand and saluted Bai Yu, Hu Jin, Sima Xing, Bai Bo and others in turn.

"Let's go see Mr. Hu first."

When Bai Yu saw Bai Yan, he seemed to remember that when Hu Lao was in the court, facing those ministers who admonished Bai Yan, he protected Bai Yan again and again, and his eyes were slightly red.

"Before Hu Lao died, he learned about the assassination of your kid, and he was still worried about your kid."

Bai Yu said, there is no need to say much, one sentence is enough.

Bai Yu's words made Bai Yan's heart tremble, and when he thought of Hu Lao's appearance, his heart was full of guilt.

In the backyard of Hu's house.

"Eldest sister! Eldest sister, he's back, and my father asked you to send 'five suits' over! ”

Bai Yingxue hurriedly came to the room with the servants, came to the eldest sister Bai Junzhu who was chatting with Feng Hui, and said breathlessly.

"Hmm!"

Bai Junzhu was also stunned when he heard his little sister's words, but then got up and looked at Feng Hui: "Junzhu is gone first!" ”

Thinking of the appearance of the young man in his mind, Bai Junzhu didn't know why he was so excited in his heart right now.

"Go ahead!"

Feng Hui nodded.

Looking at the back of Bai Junzhu saying goodbye and leaving, Feng Hui was full of emotion, that is, only Bai Yan could make Bai Junzhu, who had always been calm in the past, show such an appearance.

In the main hall.

When Bai Junzhu came to the main hall with a wooden plate and the 'five clothes', the first thing he saw was the young man kneeling in front of the coffin.

The five costumes are derived from the five different types of mourning clothes in ancient times, such as those made of the coarsest raw linen, the slashing of the outer and outer edges, the coarser linen cloth, the neat decay of the edges, and the great gong made of the coarsest cooked linen.

Five different mourning clothes, so the five clothes, passed to the back, the softer cloth replaced the linen, but the name of the clothing, still continue to use the name of the five clothes.

Bai Junzhu came to Bai Yan's side with five clothes, knelt down slowly, put the wooden plate on the ground, and looked at Bai Yan's side face beside him, at this time, Bai Junzhu could clearly see the tears on the young man's cheeks.

I don't know why.

This scene made Bai Junzhu feel for the first time that teenagers also have vulnerable times.

Without making a sound to comfort, Bai Junzhu knew that the young man needed to be quiet at this time, so he silently reached out and took out five suits from the wooden plate.

Bai Yingxue also stepped forward to help at this time, if the eldest sister Bai Junzhu is Bai Yan's wife, then she is naturally a wife and sister, and at the moment, the eldest sister is not good at helping Bai Yan put on the five clothes, as a wife and sister, she naturally has to help.

"Thank you!"

Bai Yan also wore five clothes for the first time, raised his hand, and after wearing it, he glanced at Bai Junzhu with gratitude.

"Hmm!"

Bai Junzhu saw Bai Yan's eyes, nodded slightly, and after tidying up the five clothes on Bai Yan's body, he left with his little sister Bai Yingxue.

Before the coffin.

With the departure of Bai Junzhu and Bai Yingxue, Bai Yan looked at the coffin in front of him, and when he thought that the person lying in it was Hu Lao, who had protected him in the past, Bai Yan's heart was dull and extremely uncomfortable.

From childhood to adulthood, Hu Lao is one of the few people who has always taken care of him, although he has no blood relatives, but he is like an elder, protecting him in the court all the time.

Tears had already flowed when he got the news, but Bai Yu's words made Bai Yan's heart still tremble, at this moment, Bai Yan wanted to see Hu Lao with his own eyes again, even if he could say thank you to Hu Lao in person.

It's getting dark.

The brothers Hu Jin and Hu Wujing asked Bai Yan to go to dinner, and then went to rest, after all, Bai Yan had been running all the way back during this time, and it was not appropriate to keep vigil.

Bai Yan did not refuse, this is not that Bai Yan is unwilling to keep vigil, but after learning that Hu Lao's coffin was two days later, he set off to Luoyin for burial, Bai Yan has planned to go to Luoyin to guard the tomb for Hu Lao for a period of time, but this matter must be reported to Ying Zheng and obtained Ying Zheng's permission, and before going to Luoyin to guard filial piety, Bai Yan also wants to present the affairs of Chu to Ying Zheng.

Late at night.

In a room in Hu's mansion, Bai Yan was writing on bamboo slips under the candlelight, holding pen and ink.

In a scroll of bamboo slips, there is a detailed record of the forces of the Chu State, which ones are available, those Shi clans can make the Chu State unstable, those people can rebel, the festivals between the Shi clans, and the strength that the Chu State can roughly take, if it is a big war, how many thousands of troops can be supplied by the grain stock of the Chu State, and how many days can it be supplied.

These, Bai Yan wrote them intact in a scroll of bamboo slips, and also attached a route that allowed the Qin army to attack.

Don't underestimate those scholar forces, think about Guo Kai at the beginning, you know that whether it is with interests or persecution, as long as there are people with power to do internal response, destroying the country will get twice the result with half the effort.

The most important thing is that Bai Yan also specially analyzed it very rigorously, attacking the Chu State, you must not attack it in a hurry, the Chu State has a vast territory, and there are many remote places, the land is vast and the people are numerous, and the power of the Chu State Shi clan is deep-rooted, if it is not comparable to Han Zhao before, if the Chu State Shi clan cannot be destroyed, the Chu State will not die.

Next.

As Bai Junzhu knocked on the door, no one responded, so he opened the door, and what caught his eye was Bai Yan, who was lying on the wooden table and had fallen asleep, and on the wooden table on the side, seven or eight rolls of bamboo slips were neatly placed.

Bai Junzhu came to the wooden table and looked at the sleeping Bai Yan lying on the wooden table, only then did he know that Bai Yan hadn't slept all night.

Looking at the tired appearance on Bai Yan's side face, Bai Junzhu couldn't bear to be disturbed in his heart, but thinking that Bai Yan hadn't eaten for so long, he still gently reached out and pushed Bai Yan's shoulder.

"Huh?"

When Bai Yan woke up in a daze, he opened his eyes, and after seeing Bai Junzhu, he hurriedly sat up straight and looked around, and then looked out the window.

"Uncle Hu asked you to come over for lunch! Come back and rest after eating! ”

Bai Junzhu said to Bai Yan.

At dawn, Bai Junzhu came to Hu Mansion from Baifu, and heard his father and uncle say that Bai Yan might have been too tired all the way and hadn't woken up yet, so he wanted Bai Yan to rest more, so he didn't let anyone ask Bai Yan to get up for dinner, but until lunch, he didn't see Bai Yan's figure, and his uncle and uncle were not at ease, so she came over to have a look.

"Okay, I'm tired of telling my uncle that Bai Yan still has some trivial matters, and when they are dealt with clearly, Bai Yan will go to dinner!"

Bai Yanqiang endured the sleepiness, shook his head, and said to Bai Junzhu, and then reached out to pick up the brush on the wooden table, dipped it in ink, and continued to write in front of the wooden table, word by word in the bamboo slip.

Bai Junzhu's grandfather, Bai Zhong, will take Bai Bo, Bai Yan and others to Luoyin in advance tomorrow.

There isn't much time left.

Hu Lao is kind to him, he has always regarded him as a junior, he was not in Xianyang before, but now when he comes back, he has to go to Luoyin for a trip.

"I'll help you sharpen your ink!"

Bai Junzhu looked at Bai Yan's persistent appearance, his beautiful eyes hesitated for a while, he didn't persuade again, and he didn't leave in a hurry, but came to Bai Yan's side, knelt down, looked at the ink that was gradually drying out, and stretched out his hand to gently help Bai Yan study the ink.

Bai Junzhu's actions made Bai Yan glance at his side, although he was a little surprised, Bai Yan did not refuse.

I don't know how long it took.

After Bai Yan finished writing the bamboo slips one by one, the sun was already setting outside the window, and in Bai Junzhu's worried gaze, Bai Yan was still concentrating on writing the bamboo slips.

Maybe it was because Bai Junzhu and Bai Yan stayed in the room for too long, just as Bai Yan was about to finish writing, there was a sound of footsteps outside the room, and then Bai Yingxue, who was wearing a white mourning dress, suddenly came to the door of the study.

Before Bai Yingxue could say anything, behind Bai Yingxue, except for the maids, Hu Jin and Bai Yu had already walked into the door.

"Uncle!"

Bai Yan heard the movement and saw Hu Jin and Bai Yu coming, so he put down the brush and got up to salute the two.

"Uncle!"

Bai Junzhu also got up and stood beside Bai Yan.

"Why are you in the room all day?"

Hu Jin, who was wearing mourning clothes, frowned, looked at Bai Yan's eyes that were already bloodshot, and asked with concern.

Bai Yu's tired cheeks at the moment were also a little angry, and he glanced at Bai Junzhu with some dissatisfaction, and then looked at Bai Yan with a little angry eyes, and then, looking at the bamboo slips on the wooden table, he was a little puzzled, and slowly stepped forward and picked up a roll to look at.

At this moment, Bai Yu wanted to know what Bai Yan had been doing in the study all day since last night, and why he had boiled himself up like this.

Hu Jin looked at the bamboo slip in Bai Yu's hand, and as the two looked at it, their expressions suddenly became solemn, especially when they saw Bai Yan's analysis of the Chu State and the admonition to attack the Chu State, at this time, the two of them didn't know where they were, Bai Yan's time, it didn't seem that it was as everyone imagined, this trip to the Qin-Chu border, and did useless work.

Hu Jin stood beside Bai Yu, and after reading the bamboo slips, he changed his appearance, looked at Bai Yan with a solemn look, and then stepped forward, picked up another roll of bamboo slips that had been rolled up, and opened it.

"All of these were found on this trip?"

After Hu Jin looked at the bamboo slips in his hand, his face had changed from solemn at the beginning to shock at the back, and his tone was a little incredulous.

"What the hell is going on? Where did you go this time? ”

Bai Yu was not much better than Hu Jin, looking at Bai Yan, at this time Bai Yu knew why Bai Yan was staying up and writing these bamboo slips, such an important thing, if they hadn't come here, they wouldn't have known.

What makes Bai Yu even more puzzled is where did Bai Yan, this kid, learn about such an important and very obscure thing, you must know most of the content in this bamboo slip, I'm afraid it is difficult for Yao Jia to know, and where did this kid know.

"This matter can't be known to others, right now, Bai Yan can't say it!"

Bai Yan looked at Bai Yu and Hu Jin, and arched his hand and said, signaling that there are many people in the mansion at the moment, and if you are not careful, the news will spread.

When Bai Yu heard Bai Yan's words, he saw that there were maids and servants behind him and even outside the door, and there were people coming and going, so it was really not appropriate to speak, and he glanced at Hu Jin.

"You will stay in Xianyang on this trip."

Bai Yu turned his head and spoke to Bai Yan, since Bai Yan had such an important matter.

"No, Bai Yan's trip must go to Luoyin!"

Bai Yan shook his head, and said without waiting for Bai Yu to finish speaking, although his face was a little haggard, his bloodshot eyes were unprecedentedly firm, and even more sad and stubborn.

Bai Yan's appearance attracted the eyes of Bai Yu and Hu Jin, listening to Bai Yan's words, thinking of Bai Yan's actions from last night to now, the purpose of which was to go to Luoyin.

For a while, Bai Yu and Hu Jin were silent.

Hu Jin thought of his father, and then looked at Bai Yan.

"How long will it take? If you can still write it, your uncle will send you to the palace later! ”

Hu Jin asked.

On the side, Bai Yu looked at Hu Jin with some surprise, but he didn't refute it out loud, this matter is too important, and it is inevitable that there will be many dreams at night, and it will not be delayed.

"Just a little longer!"

Bai Yan said, and then returned to the wooden table again, picked up pen and ink, and began to write in front of the wooden table.

in the room.

Bai Yan continued to write, slowly completing the analysis and admonitions of the Chu State in the back, and on the other side, Bai Yu and Hu Jin also took advantage of this opportunity to keep looking at the scrolls of bamboo slips, and the more they looked, the more solemn their faces became, their eyes were extremely shocked, and their breathing continued to be short.

Looking at the bamboo slips, there are chances of detailed things in all aspects of the Chu State.

The two of them didn't expect that Bai Yan would have such an important harvest from this trip, if the two of them knew about it yesterday, they wouldn't let Bai Yan come to Hufu first.

"Eldest sister, what's going on? Why uncle After they saw the bamboo slips, they all looked serious, as if they saw something terrible. ”

Bai Yingxue quietly came to Bai Junzhu's side and asked softly, her two eyes looked at those bamboo slips with great curiosity, but she didn't dare to look at them without permission, so she could only pin her hopes on the eldest sister, after all, the eldest sister was helping Bai Yan to study ink, and she must have seen what was written in the bamboo slips.

"Don't ask!"

Bai Junzhu did not answer Bai Yingxue.

"I'm curious~! , why does it look like the eldest sister, your face is mediocre, and they are not the same as your uncle at all. ”

Bai Yingxue held her mouth, muttered as she spoke, and looked at her eldest sister aggrievedly.

After Bai Junzhu glanced at Bai Yingxue with beautiful eyes, he didn't pay attention to the little sister anymore.

Of course, she had already seen what was written in the bamboo slips, and she also understood why her uncle and Uncle Hu Jin were so dignified, as for why she was surprised at all, thinking of this, Bai Junzhu looked at the scene in front of her, and sighed faintly.

Uncle Hu Jin and Uncle Hu Jin in front of them saw these bamboo slips and saw the hope of destroying Chu, so if the two uncles knew that now the whole world was in an uproar, and those bamboo slips in the hands of King Qi were all written by Bai Yan in front of him, what would happen?

At night.

Outside the gate of the Xianyang Palace, a carriage slowly drove to the palace gate and stopped, and then under the gaze of the palace guards, Hu Jin, who was wearing the official uniform of the Qin State and wearing white clothes, walked down from the carriage with Bai Yan.

After Bai Yan came to the palace gate to reveal his identity, he said that there was something important to present to the king.

As the palace guards went in to report, Bai Yan and Hu Jin stood patiently outside the palace gate under the torches.

I waited a long time.

Han Zhizhi, accompanied by several maids and eunuchs, came to the palace gate.

"Han Zhizhi!"

Bai Yan bowed his hand to Han Zhi.

"General Bai, General Hu!"

Han Zhenzhi, Bai Yan and Hu Jin are naturally old acquaintances, and there is no restraint when they meet, but at this moment, Han Zhenzhi looked at the two in front of him very curiously, after all, it is rare to say that after dark, they still come to present things.

"Is there something wrong with the two generals?"

Han asked.

"Dare to ask Han Yu, is the king still in the study?"

Bai Yan asked, although it was in the night, the light of the torch still made Bai Yan's eyes tired.

Han Yu was curious in his heart, and nodded slowly.

Then, under the gaze of Han Yan, Bai Yan turned around and put the package containing the bamboo slips in front of him.

"I also hope that Han Yan can hand over this thing to the king for Bai Yan!"

Bai Yan said.

When Han Yan heard Bai Yan's words, he looked at the package in Bai Yan's hand with some surprise, and then looked at the two of them curiously, what is this, it is actually worthy of Bai Yan and Hu Jin, and even after dark, they came to present it.

Inside the study of the royal palace.

"Your Majesty, dinner is ready, it's time to eat!"

Princess Mi was behind Ying Zheng, stretched out her hand and gently rubbed her head for Ying Zheng, looking at the bamboo slips weighing two stones every day, Ying Zheng had to personally deal with them, and she had to be busy until dark every day, and even Princess Mi didn't know why Ying Zheng was working so hard.

Ying Zheng closed his eyes, and before he could speak, hurried footsteps sounded in the study.

"Your Majesty, General Bai Yan and General Hu Jin just came to the palace, saying that they were presenting this thing, please take a look at it!"

Han's words rang out in the study.

Hearing Bai Yan's words, Ying Zheng slowly opened his eyes, looked at Han Zhenzhi, and then noticed the large package in Han Yan's hand, which seemed to be full of bamboo slips.

"Bai Yan?"

Ying Zheng was a little puzzled, why Bai Yan wanted to deliver bamboo slips late at night, and still presented such a large package.

"Your Majesty, it's late at night, how about you go to eat first?"

Princess Mi frowned slightly, said softly, and then raised her eyes, and saw that Han Yu seemed to want to say something, and hurriedly glanced at Han Yu.

"The king has approved the recital of the two stones today!"

Princess Mi said.

With Princess Mi's words, Han Yu was also a little embarrassed, and he didn't expect that Princess Mi would be in the study, but now that Princess Mi is here, one or two rolls of bamboo slips are okay to say, let Yingzheng look at it.

But what Bai Yan presented this time was a large package of bamboo slips.

There are so many bamboo slips, which makes Han Yu dare not speak easily.

"Han Yu, the king hasn't eaten dinner yet!"

Princess Mi whispered to Han Yu.

Ying Zheng hesitated for a moment, looked at a large package in Han Zhizhi's hand, from the last dynasty to noon, and then to discuss with Li Si, Wei Yi and others how to attack the Wei State, how to beware of the Chu State during this time, and then reviewed the two-stone bamboo slips later, he was indeed a little tired at this time.

"Bai Yanke is still outside the palace?"

Ying Zheng asked.

Han Zheng shook his head when he heard Ying Zheng's inquiry.

"When I returned to the king, I saw that General Bai looked tired, and after presenting this thing, he had already left with General Hu."

Han replied truthfully.

"Your Majesty, it shouldn't be a big deal, it's mostly related to the burial of Hu Lao, and it won't hurt if the king looks at it tomorrow!"

When Princess Mi heard this, she stood aside and said to Yingzheng.

Ying Zheng heard this and nodded.

"The widow will see you tomorrow."

Ying Zheng sighed, got up slowly, and walked towards the outside of the study, with Princess Mi following behind.

Seeing this, Han Yu could only put this package of bamboo slips first and put it next to the wooden table, in the middle of the wooden boxes containing boxes of bamboo slips, waiting for Yingzheng to have time to take time to look at the bamboo slips in those wooden boxes tomorrow.

I'm not feeling well, I don't know if it's Fuyang again, my head is dizzy, I rushed to the manuscript from seven o'clock in the evening, and now I'm almost five o'clock in the morning, I'm sorry.

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