Luoyin City, once a city with an inconspicuous reputation, now with the arrival of more and more merchants, countless merchants and all kinds of rare and rare things have also followed merchants to Luoyin City.

And the more people, the more goods, the more restaurants, and the children of the scholar clan with identity and background also prefer to come to Luoyin for recreation.

If these are placed in the afterlife, it is called a virtuous circle.

In this world, it is not well known, and even in the situation of endless wars, among the vassal states, in addition to Qi abroad, more still pay attention to farming and warfare, although there are merchants, but more are not liked by the king.

The Shang Dynasty who used to be in the Qin State was like this, if the people were all bothered to do business, who would farm and who would fight.

Inside Luoyin City.

Bai Yan took Lu Gong, Lu Ze and others to his mansion, and when he saw that the mansion was empty, whether it was the courtyard or the room, it was all empty, not to mention the brothers Lu Gong and Lu Ze, that is, Lu Pheasant, they all looked puzzled.

This is really too far from the Wuliejun Mansion they imagined.

It was Lu Gong who was the first to react, and after thinking of something, he looked at Bai Yan.

"Shuping once heard that Wu Liejun was in Chu and sold his wealth in exchange for grain, and when he saw it today, he really felt a lot of emotion!"

Lu Gong said, Lu Gong's name is Wen, and the word is Shuping.

When Lu Gong thought that when he was in Weidi, he vaguely heard that Bai Yan had exhausted his family wealth in exchange for grain and millet for the soldiers of the Qin army, and Lu Gong had a lot of emotion at that time, but he didn't expect that the so-called exhaustion of family wealth was so complete.

Where is this exhaustion of family wealth, this is completely selling wealth!

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Lu Gong wouldn't have believed it.

In the eyes of Duke Lü, it is not uncommon for people who are civil and military officials in the court to seek private wealth, and even more, such as Guo Kai's generation, who collected the wealth of the Qin State and destroyed the society of Zhao.

Someone like Bai Yan is the first time Lu Gong has seen him.

"I will take the king's order and lead the army to conquer the country! The faith of the king, the courage of the king, and the soldiers who are not afraid of death, the three are for a great victory! Bai Yan's wealth was exhausted in the past, the soldiers were full and fought, and the king gave ten thousand gold to return, Bai Yan didn't sigh with emotion, he could meet the loyalty and courage of the soldiers, and he could inherit the good faith of my king! It's Bai Yan's luck! Looking at the king from above, and talking about the soldiers, Bai Yan is not as good as it! Shame! ”

When Bai Yan heard Lu Gong's words, he shook his head and sighed as he walked, with a melancholy look on his face, as if he was fortunate enough to meet such a good king and such a brave soldier in this life, it was already in vain.

The conversation between Bai Yan and Lu Gong, Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi on the side all saw it in their eyes, and when they looked at Bai Yan's appearance, both of them couldn't help but have a scene of a good minister in their minds.

But for Ying Zheng, the two brothers really don't have a good impression.

Their friends were famous in their homeland in the past, but today, those who have been caught have been arrested, those who have fled, and some of them can only hide in the mountains to survive.

All this is because of the laws and regulations of the Qin State, strict laws and regulations.

How can they like the State of Qin and the King of Qin.

"It seems that Wu Liejun is in the Qin State, and he has a virtuous monarch!"

Lu Gong said softly, and then sighed.

After crossing the river, he talked all the way to the mansion, and after a long time of contact, he noticed that Bai Yan was approachable and had no malicious intentions, so Lu Gong let down his guard.

"Inherit the grace of heaven, I can meet my king!"

Bai Yan said that for any praise from Lu Gong, his words were full of gratitude to Yingzheng, and he attributed all the credit to the sky and Yingzheng.

Although Bai Yan is young, he already knows that it is okay if good words are not spread, but if he is arrogant by nature and has no eyes for the king's remarks, he will be told by someone with a heart that the king will not be able to help but feel estranged.

For the court, when walking on thin ice, you will have a good death! Bai Yan has always kept this truth in his heart, which is why no matter what credit Bai Yan makes, for those who insult him in the court, like Cai Chao and others, Bai Yan has never thought of revenge in private.

Sometimes in the court, there are some people who are incompatible, but it is a good thing.

Who can know better than those who hate themselves where they are at fault and where their words are inappropriate, but if there is no one to supervise their actions, a little negligence, and eventually a big mistake, not to mention the Spring and Autumn Period, even in later generations, there are countless people, and because of this, they will be ruined, and even die.

Now.

Listening to Lu Gong's words, listening to Lu Gong's words, he used Xianjun to describe Yingzheng, and then specially mentioned him and Qin State, this hidden meaning is nothing more than an allusion that he Bai Yan is a Qi person.

Thinking of this, Bai Yan thought for a moment, and then followed the eaves and looked at the sky above the courtyard.

"When he was young, Bai Yan used to look at the sky in front of the window, wondering why the scene inside the house was not as good as what he saw outside."

Bai Yan came to the gate of the main hall, stopped, and then looked at Lu Gong.

"Bai Yan was puzzled, and his mother was puzzled, and the house was blind! Older, Bai Yan asked again, the difference between Qi and other countries, when a businessman laughs and solves doubts, it is no different, they are all under the vast sky! Bai Yanfu asked, all countries are the same, how can there be a difference between countries? Merchants don't say anything! ”

Bai Yan was under the gaze of Lu Gong and the others, and after finishing speaking, he showed a little smile and turned his head to look at the sky outside the eaves.

"In the past, the Xiang State was destroyed, and then called the Chu people, the Zhongshan State was destroyed, and then the Zhao people, the Zheng State was destroyed, and the Han people were destroyed, and the Lu State was destroyed, and they called themselves the Wei people and the Qi people......"

Bai Yan stood with his hands in his hands, his brows furrowed slightly, and his eyes stared at the sky: "Bai Yan wants to see what kind of scene the people of the world are under a sky, claiming to be a country, Bai Yan wants to see with his own eyes, the mountains and rivers outside the Central Plains, where the sky is different!" ”

In front of the main hall.

Hearing Bai Yan's words, not to mention Lu Gong, even Lu Ze, Lu Shizhi, and even Lu Pheasant, they were all shocked by Bai Yan's words, and even Lu Pheasant, a woman, could hear Bai Yan's lofty ambition from Bai Yan's words.

From the wooden house to the country of Qi, from the country of Qi to the world, and then look beyond the Central Plains!

Lu Gong and Lu Ze wanted to refute, but what Bai Yan said made them frown, indeed, those vassal states that were once destroyed were gradually integrated into the vassal states in various places after they were annexed, and there was no longer a distinction between the states of the Spring and Autumn Period.

At present, Qin's annihilation of the kingdoms is just a repetition of the previous annexation, and this kind of thing has happened countless times in the past hundreds of years.

Even after the Qin State annexed the Qi State, all the Qi people became Qin people, so even Bai Yan, in the eyes of later generations, there was no betrayal, and this kind of thing was not uncommon in the Spring and Autumn Period.

"Can Qi ......"

After thinking about it, Lu Shizhi wanted to open his mouth to refute, saying that you Bai Yan are Qi people, why don't you help Qi people annex the world and make the world Qi people, but before he opened his mouth, Lu Shizhi suddenly remembered.

Bai Yan was driven out of Qi by Tian Ding!

It's not that Bai Yan doesn't want to serve the Qi State!!

Lu Shiyi was speechless, and when the words came to his mouth, he could only swallow them.

"But not all the people in the world are as Wu Liejun thinks!"

Lu Ze finally chose to speak and said to Bai Yan.

In fact, on the way here, his father Lu Wen had already hinted at Lu Ze, asking them to talk as little as possible, and it was best to hide it.

This is also why Lu Ze rarely spoke along the way, even if Bai Yan deliberately led the words to Lu Ze, Lu Ze was silent again and again.

But at the moment.

Listening to these words in Bai Yan's mouth, even when Lu Ze gathered with all his friends in the past, no one had mentioned them, or even had no thoughts.

Lu Ze couldn't help but stand up and debate with Bai Yan.

This is since the Spring and Autumn Period, it has been thoroughly integrated into the persistence of the bones of talents, and the contention of a hundred schools of thought is like this, serving the king, serving as a minister of the court, and it is also like this, if there is a puzzle, if there is something to say, then do a debate.

"You say that you are a person in the world, but you are a person from a famous family in the world?"

When Bai Yan heard Lu Ze's words, he chuckled at the corner of his mouth and shook his head.

Along the way, whether it was talking about the Qin State, or mentioning other vassal states, or being an official general, Bai Yan had been observing Lu Ze's reaction during the conversation, and now he finally heard Lu Ze speak, at this time, Bai Yan also had a general understanding of Lu Ze in his heart.

Regarding Lu Ze's words, Bai Yan did not agree with them at all.

"At the beginning of the week, the world has been in turmoil for 800 years! Look at the scenery in Luoyin City, how many people in the world are looking forward to becoming a merchant and seller, but the world is in turmoil, farming and war, all the suffering is on the shoulders of the people, the man dies in battle, the wife is helpless, the man survives, and it is difficult to escape the ......"

Bai Yan turned his head and looked at Lu Ze with a straight gaze.

Every word is a bloody fact, Bai Yan wants to see what Lu Ze's reaction is, whether he is like the other scholars, paralyzed and unkind, and continues to be obsessed with the war in the world, or has a conscience, and can see the suffering of the people in his eyes.

Seeing that Lu Ze's face was stunned and unable to refute, Bai Yan breathed a sigh of relief, at least Lu Ze was not an indifferent person, turned around and bowed to Lu Ze.

"Bai Yan is Qin today, I hope that the past is confused, and the children of the world in the future generations will not ask again, Bai Yan's actions of leading the troops in the present dynasty, I hope that all the people in the world in the future will no longer suffer from war and separation, if he can do it, although he is the body of Qi people, but Bai Yan is broken bones, what does it matter!"

Bai Yan saluted Lu Ze seriously, and his words not only answered Lu Ze's question, but also showed his determination.

Looking at Lu Ze, who was stunned, and forgetting to return the courtesy, Bai Yan turned around and looked at Lu Gong.

"Lu Bo, please!"

Bai Yan made a gesture of invitation to Lu Gong and motioned for Lu Gong to enter the main hall.

Lu Gong looked at Bai Yan's actions, and then he came back to his senses and hurriedly returned the salute.

"Wu Liejun! Please! ”

Lu Gong said, motioning for Bai Yan to enter the main hall.

At this time, Lu Gong, who was old, looked at Bai Yan, who turned around and walked in front, and thought of what Bai Yan said.

For a long time, when it came to Bai Yan, in the eyes of Lu Gong, like the eldest son, the second son, and everyone, they all thought that Bai Yan was a person who was driven out of the Qi country and did not want to return to Qi.

Whether it is because of the fact that he was driven out of the Qi State in the past, or because of the fame and fortune of the Qin State, he does not want to return to Qi!

All in all, Bai Yan gives people the feeling that he is a person who does not care about his mother country because of his own selfishness.

But at this moment, Bai Yan's words and open-minded appearance made Lu Gong's impression of Bai Yan change dramatically.

If Bai Yan forgets the kindness of his mother country and is ungrateful, then Bai Yan cares about the world and thinks about the future generations, what should he do?

Is the country of Qi big, or the people of the world?

Looking at Bai Yan who had entered the main hall, at this time, even Lu Gong's heart began to become complicated and a little confused.

Inside the main hall.

As the wine and food were prepared, the maid retreated, and Bai Yan was directly above, holding the wine jue, and kept toasting and talking with Lu Gong and others.

While drinking with Bai Yan, Lu Gong looked at his eldest son Lu Ze and second son Lu Shizhi, and talked more and more about Bai Yan, and this time, Lu Gong did not stop it.

Recalling the appearance of the eldest son and the second son with a lost face, Lu Gong knew that from ancient times to the present, scholars have focused on the princes, and the drunken rhetoric, the talent in the belly, and the high-spirited theory also revolve around the Central Plains.

It seems that everyone in the world is looking at a piece of princes' land, but Bai Yan's eyes are looking at the whole world.

Under this huge gap, the eldest son and the second son became more and more curious about Bai Yan, and they had more and more thoughts of talking and communicating with Bai Yan.

At this time.

Watching Lu Ze and Bai Yan talking, Lu Shizhi couldn't interject anymore, listening to Lu Ze talk about the disadvantages of Qin State dominating the world, but Bai Yan used the unification of the world, the south and the hundred Yue, and the north to accept the grassland, and the more he talked, the more he said, not to mention Lu Ze in many places, even Lu Gong rarely heard of it.

As Lu Ze talked less and less, more people listened to Bai Yan talking, Lu Gong did not speak, and Lu Gong himself listened to it with relish, many times, even Lu Gong, when he thought of the scene depicted in Bai Yan's words, he couldn't help but nod after thinking about it.

However, inadvertently, Lu Gong suddenly found his daughter Lu Pheasant, and at this time he also looked at Bai Yan who was constantly talking to Lu Ze, looking at his daughter's beautiful eyes flashing and staring intently, Lu Gong turned his head to look at Bai Yan, and then thought of something, and was a little worried.

When he was in Xianyang, Duke Lü heard that Bai Yan had been ordered by King Yingzheng of Qin to marry the daughter of Tian Ding.

For the daughter of Na Tian Ding, when he was a single father in the past, Lu Gong had heard of this woman's reputation in Qi State, and even heard that countless children of the scholar clan in Qi State, and even Zhao Yan Wei Chu, the sons of various countries, all expressed their desire to marry this woman as a wife.

If it was by the river in the past, if the daughter had thoughts, maybe there would still be a chance, and now ......

Lu Gong sighed.

……………………

Next.

In Luoyin's mansion, Bai Yan woke up and looked at Lu Gong, Lu Ze and the others who were about to say goodbye early in the morning, this time Bai Yan did not do anything to keep him.

Sent Lu Gong, Lu Ze and others all the way to the gate of the mansion, looking at Lu Ze, whose eyes were no longer as cold and resistant as yesterday, Bai Yan was not in a hurry to say anything about solicitation at the moment.

The words at yesterday's banquet have already made Lu Ze remember in his heart, and the rest is to see Lu Ze's own choice.

For Bai Yan, as he once thought in his heart, the Lu Gong family is different from the Zhang Liang family of the Zhang family, the Zhang family of the fifth generation of the Han Dynasty is destined to be mortal enemies with the Qin State, and on the contrary, whether it is Lu Gong or Lu Ze, there is no irresolvable mortal enmity with the Qin State, even if Bai Yan and Lu Gong and Lu Ze will not see each other again in the future, it will not prevent Bai Yan from informing Lu Gong and Lu Ze of the concept of unification.

"Wu Liejun stops, there will be a period later!"

Accompanied by Lu Pheasant, Lu Gong turned his head to look at Bai Yan and bowed his hand, signaling that Bai Yan did not have to send it again.

"Wu Liejun stop! There will be a period later! ”

Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi looked at Bai Yan who was sending each other off, and hurriedly bowed their hands, but this time, the two brothers looked at Bai Yan with completely different eyes.

Even if Bai Yan is the martial martial monarch of the Qin State, even if he knows that Bai Yan is the favorite minister of King Yingzheng of Qin, this does not prevent the two brothers from admiring Bai Yan, regardless of whether Bai Yan's idea is feasible or not, in terms of Bai Yan's ambition, it is enough to make the two brothers respect.

did not get close to Bai Yan, the two brothers were more afraid of Bai Yan's talents, and more of them were still opposing identities and were vigilant, and after contacting Bai Yan, the two brothers found that Bai Yan was also a righteous person, and he had righteousness in his heart, no less than anyone.

After some conversation, the two of them finally understood why Bai Yan would write to Shangjun Gaonu, Yanhe, Yanmen, and Daliang to ask Yingzheng for food.

Recalling that when I drank with my friends in the past, there were many friends who said that those were all ridiculous words and false words, and even the Yanmen deal with the plundering and selling was Bai Yan's means to eliminate dissidents and kill others, and there was no shortage of officials in the Qin State who wrote letters to admonish them.

Now thinking of the words of their former friends, both of them can't help but smile bitterly.

"Good walk! If it is two gentlemen in the future, come to Xianyang again, Bai Yanding will set up a wine banquet and invite the two gentlemen! ”

After Bai Yan looked at Gong Lu and returned the salute, he looked at Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi, and said with intimacy, as if he was looking forward to meeting next time to have a drink.

When Lu Ze and Lu Shizhi heard Bai Yan's words, they thought of Bai Yan, who had been rewarded by the feudal monarch in Xianyang before, and ordered the servants of the mansion to refuse all visitors and not raise any guests.

Now in the face of Bai Yan's invitation, for a while, not to mention Lu Shizhi, even Lu Ze has an impulse, and he can't wait to repay Bai Yan's attention with all his enthusiasm.

Fortunately, thinking of Yingzheng and their former friends, the two brothers endured it.

"The two of us, we will definitely not give up!"

Lu Ze didn't say anything more, just remember the gratitude in his heart, then glanced at Bai Yan, nodded to each other, and then turned around and left the mansion with his father.

Bai Yan watched Lu Gong, Lu Ze and the others leave, and when he saw Lu Pheasant in cloth clothes, he couldn't help but smile and nodded, and then watched a few people leave.

"General, who is Lu Ze?"

Yu stood beside Bai Yan, looking at the back of Lu Gong and the others leaving, and was finally able to ask the words from the bottom of his heart.

Yesterday, Yu was very curious, why Bai Yan attached so much importance to Na Lu Ze, and even personally set up a banquet to talk, this treatment, Yu has been by Bai Yan's side for so long, and it is rare to see a few people.

"Lu Ze, he is a capable person!"

Bai Yan listened to Yu's words and said softly.

In later generations, Feng Wuxue, the brother of the Feng Zao clan, as well as Wang Li, the grandson of Wang Jian and the son of Wang Ben, Li You, the son of Li Si, and Yang Xiong of the Yang family, were all defeated at the hands of Lu Ze, and there will only be more of the generals of the Qin State who are not recorded.

"Prepare the horses, since they are gone, we will also set off immediately and rush to Yanmen!"

Bai Yan turned his head and commanded.

"No!"

He nodded, then left, ready for the carriage.

After a while, when Bai Yan changed his clothes and picked up the famous sword Zhan Lu, he saw Zhan Lu coming in a hurry.

"General, this is my mother and my wife, who got up early in the morning to prepare for the general!"

He came to Bai Yan and held a wrap, and when he opened it, it was full of corn cakes with meat filling.

At this moment, he was also a little embarrassed, yesterday Bai Yan promised to let some people who were not afraid of death go to Yanmen to enlist in the army after the spring ploughing, so after the banquet, he went back to his mansion at night to explain to his mother, and he never thought that his mother and wife knew that Bai Yan had returned to Luoyin, so they wanted to cook for Bai Yan to eat, and they heard that Bai Yan had a guest.

Then he instructed him to go back to the mansion early in the morning and bring some food for the general.

Rao is cheeky is a little worried, whether the general will not like to eat these corn cakes.

"Let's go! Let's go to Yanmen! ”

Bai Yan put on Zhan Lu, raised his hand to pick up a piece of corn cake from his arms, felt the temperature on it, took a bite and ate it, and said as he walked outside.

"No!"

Hearing this, he nodded hurriedly, put away the package with a smile, and left behind Bai Yan.

It's not water!

It was Bai Yan's remarks and conversations in the mansion, and they were going to be passed out through the mouths of Lu Ze's friends in the future.

Ying Zheng began to suspect for the first time that the mysterious old man who cast and wrote the bamboo slips was Bai Yan.