Under dusk.

On the banks of the Zishui River, there are two seats and a wooden table, placed under a simple pavilion.

It is said to be a pavilion, but in fact it is only a few pieces of dried bark covered on it, and it is only supported by a few rotten tree stumps around it.

Bai Yan stood outside the humble pavilion, surrounded by soldiers holding Qin swords, and he also looked around, vigilant for any change in the distance, after all, it was not far away, after crossing the Zishui River, it was completely the territory of the Qi State.

The general came here and, to be honest, took some risks.

However, he also understood that the general's words were reasonable, as a general, where it was not dangerous in troubled times, as a minister, when he was not calculated in the court, it was far safer to come here to see acquaintances than on the battlefield and the court.

"General, people are coming!"

As the dusk wore on, he finally saw the twenty or so riders coming on horseback in the distance.

Seeing that there were not many people, he was also relieved, there were only more than 20 people, even if he was elite, he was sure that the general would not be in the slightest danger, and this confidence not only came from himself, but also from other iron cavalry soldiers around him.

Listening to the words, Bai Yan's eyes turned from the Zishui River to the distance, when he saw those figures approaching and saw the familiar person at the head, Bai Yan couldn't help but recall in his mind that the last time they met, they went to kill Guo Kai together.

"Don't worry!"

Bai Yan looked at the subconsciously stopped in front of him and said softly.

After nodding his head, he took two steps out of the way, wearing the official uniform of the Qin State and Bai Yan of Zhan Lu, and slowly stepped forward.

"Yan, I've seen General Tian!"

Bai Yan looked at Tian Wei, who was riding a war horse and approaching with three horses alone, raised his hand, and saluted slowly, Bai Yan bowed his head slightly according to etiquette, not worried that Tian Wei would hurt him.

“……”

Tian Wei rode on horseback, looking at Bai Yan who was saluting, his expression was full of complexity.

When the two met again, not only Bai Yan couldn't help but recall the beginning, Tian Wei's thoughts were also difficult to calm down, when he learned that Xu Zixiao was arrested, he couldn't understand that Tian Wei was thinking of a way all the time, and he even begged his father.

All this is to save Xu Zixiao.

And now, when I saw Xu Zixiao again, Xu Zixiao was already Bai Yan, and Qin would be Bai Yan.

This made Tian Wei how to calm down.

But thinking of something, Tian Wei didn't have too much anger, and after relieving his thoughts, he turned over and dismounted, so that the other three cronies didn't have to follow, and slowly came to Bai Yan.

"Tian Wei, I've seen General Bai!"

Tian Wei raised his hand, and when he said this, his tone was still so unnatural.

And Tian Wei seemed to feel this, so after returning the gift, he looked at the wine in the pavilion on the side.

"It is rumored that the Qin general Bai Yan has never used beautiful jade wine to lead the troops, so I thought that I was going to meet each other standing today."

Tian Wei said.

Jade wine beauty account, this is the Shang Dynasty, it was a habit handed down, even today, there are many generals will bring their wives and concubines, entourage garrison, and Tian Wei has always heard that the young Bai Yan never brought beauty with wine, so I didn't expect to see a table of wine at this time.

"And when and where! This wine is made by the old merchants of Qufu, Lu wine and Qi wine have the same magic, but its taste is not at all, Bai Yan has not tasted it before, please! ”

Bai Yan looked at Tian Wei, then looked at the table of wine, explained softly, and then raised his hand to gesture and went over to taste it together.

Tian Wei did not refuse.

At the wooden table, Bai Yan, who knelt down, asked him to leave with the other soldiers, and then picked up the wine jug and poured wine in Tian Wei's wine jue, and the wine was full, and the two drank together.

This glass of wine entered his throat, and for Tian Wei, it seemed to suppress all the melancholy, and he slowly put down the wine, and then noticed something.

"This is the famous sword given by Yingzheng, which means the Zhan Lu of benevolence and righteousness?"

Tian Wei looked at the saber on Bai Yan's waist.

When Bai Yan heard this, he looked at Tian Wei's appearance, so he took Zhan Lu off his waist, handed his hands to Tian Wei, and motioned for Tian Wei to take a look.

"Aren't you afraid that Tian Wei will assassinate him with a sword? No matter how strong your swordsmanship is, if you don't have a sword, you may not be able to survive under my sword! ”

Seeing Bai Yan's appearance without hesitation, Tian Wei spoke.

"If you drink this wine, you don't worry about Bai Yan being poisoned, so what is Bai Yan afraid of!"

Bai Yan said with a smile.

At the beginning, the Qi skills brought by Tian Wei were all eliminated by the soldiers under Bai Yan's command, but Tian Wei's friends and Tian Wei himself left safely, and even this matter, Bai Yan never told Ying Zheng.

In addition, Tian Xian, Tian Feiyan, and Tian Ding happened to go to Pengcheng some time ago.

Bai Yan knew that Tian Wei would never draw his sword against him.

"A good sword, worthy of a world-famous sword!"

Tian Wei gently pulled out Zhan Lu, and when he saw the sharp blade of the sword, even Tian Wei, who had seen countless famous swords, couldn't help but whisper in amazement, his eyes could not hide his obsession.

Since ancient times, men have loved swords.

This is the instinct engraved in the body of most boys since they were young, when they picked up a small branch and waved it.

"As long as General Tian is willing to drive the Chu army out of the Qi State, Bai Yan is willing to give this sword to General Tian!"

Bai Yan looked at Tian Wei who couldn't take his eyes off Zhan Lu, and said with a smile.

Tian Wei heard Bai Yan's words, took a deep breath, looked at Zhan Lu in his hand with reluctance, looked at the sharp blade, and finally closed Zhan Lu with his hand, and then returned his hands to Bai Yan.

The meaning is self-evident.

"The left prime minister of the Qin State was assassinated in Linzi, and the Qi State took in the Chu army, which is a disaster!"

Bai Yan took the wine jug and poured wine for Tian Wei again, at this moment, Bai Yan didn't seem to be the general of Qin, and Tian Wei was not the general of Qi, and the two of them seemed to be back to the beginning.

Traveling together, gossiping together, drinking together, killing together.

"In the past, why did you let me go?"

Tian Wei looked at Bai Yan and did not answer Bai Yan's inquiry, but asked softly about the original matter.

This is also the most important reason why Tian Wei has always been eager to see Bai Yan, in Tian Wei's heart, if he can't ask Bai Yan in person, he can't let go of his feelings.

When he asked this sentence, Tian Wei's heart was also full of complexity.

If Qi Ji's cronies and soldiers were killed by Bai Yan, Tian Wei would have been full of resentment even if he left Zhao State, and he wanted to destroy Qin State and kill Bai Yan, but until he saw the corpse weir and learned from the corpse weir that Bai Yan was Xu Zixiao, who had been following him at the beginning.

The hatred in Tian Wei's heart turned into confusion.

Tian Wei knew better than anyone that Bai Yan Danfan had the slightest idea of arresting him at that time, not only him and his friends, but also his father, and even the entire Tian Mansion, I am afraid that they would also face the revenge of the Qin State.

Hate and gratitude, and exist in Tian Wei's heart.

Then, before Tian Wei could sort out his thoughts from the matter of Bai Yan is Xu Zixiao, when he returned to Linzi, Tian Wei suddenly learned that Bai Yan, who let him go, was not only a Qi person, but also a father, who personally ordered his servants to drive him out of Qi State.

At that time, Tian Wei was stunned, and it was hard to believe this in his heart.

At this time.

When they met again, looking at Bai Yan kneeling across the wooden table in front of him, looking at his delicate cheeks, what came to Tian Wei's mind was more in the village called Water Village, the road he walked to the village in the past, and saw the paths in the village, as well as the wooden houses that looked very poor in the messy courtyard.

Then, later, he, his father and others learned from the village woman's mouth.

After learning everything, Tian Wei always wanted to know why Bai Yan did not hesitate to hide from Yingzheng and secretly let him go.

"It's smoke?"

Tian Wei looked at Bai Yan and didn't speak, but took out a jade pendant from his arms, and after getting Bai Yan's answer with his own eyes, Tian Wei finally felt a little relieved in his heart,

As the son of Tian Ding, Tian Wei knows better than anyone and is more familiar with the origin of the jade pendant, because it is the thing that his mother gave to his little sister.

Seeing that Bai Yan always put this jade pendant on his body, Tian Wei looked at Bai Yan.

"Father, I hope you are back!"

Tian Wei opened his mouth and said, looking directly at Yu Pei, in this sentence, there was also a faint hint of Bai Yan.

"In the past, Bai Yan said, the Lu of eating the king, the matter of loyalty to the king, if Bai Yan can rebel against Qin today, in the past, he can also rebel against Qi."

Bai Yan laughed at himself and told Tian Wei that even if he Bai Yan left the Qin State, the Qi State should not want him.

Seeing this, Tian Sui looked sideways at the wide Zishui River outside the official road in the distance.

"Do you remember, why did Bai Qi die in the past?"

Tian Wei suddenly spoke.

Bai Yan touched the jade pendant in his hand, his eyes showed a touch of longing, and then put the jade pendant away and listened to Tian Wei's words.

"Disobedience!"

Bai Yan replied.

However, Tian Wei shook his head and turned his gaze to look at Bai Yan.

"But Bai Qi called himself sick, why did King Qin Zhaoxiang still be aggressive, and finally gave Bai Qi death, Tian Wei thought that it was nothing more than someone taking the opportunity to spread Bai Qi's words, even if no matter whether Bai Qi had said those words in the past, when he learned that the defeated King Qin Zhaoxiang was humiliated, he was annoyed and angry, so he executed Bai Qi and vented his anger."

Tian Wei said softly.

Bai Yan listened quietly, but he didn't understand why Tian Wei wanted to say this to him.

Seeing this, Tian Wei did not hide it.

"Bai Qi made great achievements for the Qin State, and his father once had a word with Sui, and he received the news of the Chu State in Pengcheng, and heard that the general had slaughtered the people of Yiting......"

When Tian Wei said this, he saw Bai Yan frowning slightly, thinking that Jiuding should have arrived in Xianyang now, so he continued to Bai Yan: "Among them, after the King of Song, the Song family, there is a big tripod in the family, the Song family was slaughtered, and the big ding was lost. ”

Under Tian Wei's gaze, Bai Yan shook his head and looked at Zhan Lu on the wooden table.

"People, not killed by Bai Yan!"

Bai Yan looked up at Tian Wei.

"It is rumored that Song Jin, the son of the Song family, who fled to the state of Chu, informed the world that it was the person you ordered to kill and rob Dading. It just so happens that now you are sending Kyushu Ding to Xianyang, I believe in you, but is the King of Qin willing to believe it? Does the world believe it? ”

Tian Wei looked directly at Bai Yan and said softly, right now at this Qi Chu border, Tian Wei hopes to persuade Bai Yan to return to Qi with him immediately.

When he came, Tian Wei had already speculated that at this time in Pengcheng, this matter might have already spread, and even after Bai Yan left Qufu, there should be someone in Qufu secretly spreading the news.

This situation, Bai Yan has no possibility to reverse it, Bai Yan's capture of Pengcheng was shocking, but in the same way, it also buried hidden dangers for Bai Yan, Bai Yan would not have thought that all this was a conspiracy against him, the more powerful Bai Yan's talent was, the less suspicious this conspiracy would be.

"I sent it to the Ding of Xianyang, not the Ding of the Song family!"

Bai Yan looked at Tian Wei and shook his head seriously and said.

Tian Wei listened to Bai Yan's words and thought that Bai Yan stubbornly didn't believe in this matter, which also made Tian Wei can't help but sigh in his heart, Bai Yan, who is good at leading troops, will eventually have things that he is not good at and make mistakes.

Tian Wei knew that Bai Yan should not have understood what he meant, what he said was not that someone secretly replaced Jiuding on the way, but that at the beginning, what Bai Yan salvaged in Surabaya was a fake tripod.

However, thinking that Bai Yan had taken Pengcheng from the hands of Chu General Huang Ye, Tian Wei guessed, no matter how much he said now, I am afraid that Bai Yan would not believe it, maybe after a while, the news that the fake Ding was debunked reached Bai Yan, and Bai Yan would accept the facts.

"One day, you will know, I hope you remember, how to die in vain."

Tian Wei opened his mouth and sighed, and did not talk about this topic again.

Finally came here from Yangguan, even if he rode a horse along the way, it would take a day, so when he saw Bai Yan again, Tian Wei was not in a hurry to leave, and he just had to tell Bai Yan something.

The most important of these is Tian Jin's matter.

Tian Wei had been to the village where Bai Yan lived, so Tian Wei didn't dare to imagine when Tian Jin had quietly accepted a young man from farming as a disciple.

But Tian Wei knew that Bai Yan was really a disciple of Gong Jin.

"Tian Jin is his mentor, don't tell anyone else! Nor will your father tell the king what he wants, and in time you will know. ”

Tian Wei instructed, looking at Bai Yan.

"Remember!"

When he said this, Tian Wei thought of his father, Tian Xian, and more, and his little sister.

At the beginning, Tian Jin was in the Qi country, offended countless people, many people wanted Tian Jin to die, and the king of Qi ordered the slaughter of his clan, so Tian Wei considered that Bai Yan would return to the Qi country in the future, so he told Bai Yan not to say this matter now, and even if so, in this life, don't say it!

Bai Yan listened to Tian Wei's words, picked up the wine jug, and slowly poured wine in the wine jue.

Bai Yan knew what Tian Wei meant.

In Bai Yan's heart, the matter of Duke Jin, sooner or later, he will let the King of Qi know, but it will not be at the critical time when the Qin State is attacking the Chu State.

……………………

Outside the Yangguan.

In the direction of Linzi in the Qi State, that is, in the direction of Liangfu Mountain west of Yangguan, in the camp of the Chu army.

Several generals such as the old general Jing Fang of the Chu State, the Chu general Nong Yue, and the Chu general Xiao Jiliang all gathered in the shuai account.

"General, we can't wait any longer, if we wait any longer, we won't have the slightest chance!"

Chu General Nong Yue looked at the old general Jing Fang and said.

Looking at the hesitant appearance of the old general Jing Fang's face, Nong Yue looked anxious, and then looked at the other generals.

"Previously, my Chu State sent an envoy to Qin State, Qin State attacked Wei State, Wei and Qi were connected, Qi State must be worried about the disaster of overthrowing Wei State, plus Qi State and Qin State have always been allied, and the King of Qi has never stopped Qin State from annexing the country, you think about it, how can Qi State let the Chu army enter Qi Land now, and how can the King of Qi turn against Qin State without warning!"

Nong Yue said.

Hearing Nong Yue's words, the other generals of the Chu State nodded one after another, and they were very clear about why the Qin State suddenly attacked the Wei State, and as the generals of the Chu State, they were very clear in their hearts.

"We are all in Qi, it is Tian Ding's order! Checkmate! The prime minister of Qin was assassinated in Qi State, and the King of Qi was worried about Qin's revenge, I thought that the King of Qi had not changed his mind and allied Chu to attack Qin, after all, Bai Yan was a Qi person, and Tian Ding went to Qufu before, and he also wanted to persuade Bai Yan to return to Qi......"

Chu general Xiao Jiliang retorted, and then looked at the old general Jing Fang.

However, when the words fell, I saw Nong Yue sneering.

"Then why is the first thing King Qi did in a hurry to find the murderer!"

Nong Yue said.

At this time, a cronie hurriedly came to the camp tent, walked to the old general Jing Fang, and gave his hand to report.

"General, I have already inquired about the news, Tian Wei, the general of Qi State, is not in the city, according to the detailed report of the bribe, he has left Yangguan yesterday and went to the direction of Qufu."

The cronie said to Jing Fang.

As the words fell, the other people in the camp looked startled, and looked at each other, and the uneasiness in their eyes became more and more obvious.

"General, the last general thinks that there must be a misunderstanding in the middle, if Bai Yan deliberately leads General Tian Sui away, wouldn't we fall for Bai Yan's scheme!"

Xiao Jiliang said.

"Xiao Jiliang, you immediately go to Yangguan to see General Qi Cheng, saying that you have something to do with General Tian Sui!"

The old general Jing Fang naturally did not easily assert because of the words of his subordinate general Nong Yue, but asked Xiao Jiliang to immediately go to where the army of Qi was and ask where Tian Wei was.

"No!"

When Xiao Jiliang heard the old general's words, he nodded hurriedly, and after glancing at Nong Yue, he turned around and left the camp.

Inside Yangguan City.

Xiao Jiliang took a few cronies, and after explaining the matter with the guards at the pass, he entered the city, and wanted to walk towards the general's mansion, but he never thought that he had not left the city gate far, but at this time, a general of the Qi army suddenly came over and said that the general was looking for him.

Hearing this, Xiao Jiliang, who had seen General Wuhe, nodded, took a few cronies, and followed the general of the Qi army to see Wuhe.

(End of chapter)