Spring ploughing in April, continuous drizzle.

Cen Qing and the Ying clan took some money, bought a carriage, and three servants, and left Shanwu City and went to Daliang, where Bai Yan told them to go.

Because of his sensitive identity and the matter of the land, Bai Yan needed to discuss with Yang Duanhe, so he did not go to send the Ying family, but just asked Xu Shi to send it on his behalf.

Two days later.

Bai Yan was in the mansion, and he heard a report from his subordinates, Chai and Ye, who asked to see him outside the mansion one after another.

While ordering the servants to invite people to the study, Bai Yan got up, took Xu Shi away from Zhao Qiu and the Tyrant Clan, and walked towards the study.

A moment later, in the study, Bai Yan knelt at the wooden table, and finally saw Chai and Ye.

Among all the generals, whether it is Chai or Ye, in Bai Yan's heart, they are all absolute henchmen, otherwise they would not have left Chai and Ye before leaving Yanmen in the past, guarding Yanmen and guarding against the rebellion in the north.

But now that he has returned to Yanmen, Chai's actions made Bai Yan feel strange for the first time.

In the border, the number of soldiers in the army is hidden!

It is no exaggeration to say that just when this matter is spread and Xianyang learns about it, not only will Chai die without a place to be buried, but all the generals, captains, and Bai Yan in the entire Yanmen will all bring countless troubles, and even kill themselves.

Ke Chai not only made this move in the end, but even before, he didn't inform Bai Yan.

Bai Yan couldn't understand Chai.

"Close the door!"

Bai Yan looked at the two people who entered the study and said to karma.

Hearing this, he immediately turned around, and after confirming that there was no one outside, he closed the door.

"Chai, meet Daliangzao!"

Chai came to the wooden table, bowed to Bai Yan, and looked at Bai Yan with his eyes, just like at the beginning.

After all, five years ago, it was Chai, outside the Qin army camp outside Yangcheng, giving up the things at hand, and tirelessly teaching Bai Yan to ride a horse and shoot arrows over and over again, no matter how stupid Bai Yan was at first, he patiently taught and accompanied Bai Yan.

It can be said that among all the iron cavalry veterans and pawns, if you want to say that you are close to Bai Yanqin, few people can compare with Chai.

"Karma! Meet Daliangzao! ”

Ye also came to Bai Yan at this time, raised his hand and bowed to Bai Yan.

Perhaps it is also the reason why he has led troops to garrison the frontier all the year round, inspect the wilderness, and deal with the Huns, but his complexion today is much darker yellow than a year ago, and his cheeks look a little chapped.

And when he saw Bai Yan again, knowing that Bai Yan had been crowned the king and had become a great good man of the Qin State, no matter how yellow Ye's face was, he couldn't hide the joy in his eyes, which was a look that only people who really cared and were close to him from the bottom of their hearts would show.

"Sit!"

Bai Yan let Ye and Chai come to the opposite of the wooden table and knelt down.

In the following conversation, Bai Yan was not in a hurry to ask about the hidden soldiers, but chatted with Chai and Ye about the things he had encountered in the past year.

During this period, Bai Yan also learned that it was not for Wei Lao to stop him, Chai and Ye had already gathered troops and were ready to lead the troops south to Chudi.

Not long after chatting, Xu Shi pushed open the door and brought a pot of tea.

"Go outside and watch, don't let anyone else come close!"

Bai Yan said to Xu Shi.

After Xu Shi poured tea for Bai Yan, Chai, and Ye, he heard Bai Yan's words, nodded at Bai Yan, and then glanced at Chai and Ye, and then left the study and closed the door.

"Why are you hiding the number of soldiers in the battalion?"

Bai Yan watched the door close, and Master Xu was guarding outside the door, and then looked at Chai and Ye.

Chai and Ye listened to the sound of the door closing, and naturally knew Bai Yan's deep meaning, and at the moment, the more dissatisfied Bai Yan's expression was, the more moved the two of them were by letting Xu Shi guard the door.

At least, even if it involved the killing of heads, Bai Yan did not hesitate to choose to protect them and ask privately.

Seeing this move, not to mention karma, it was Chai, they all showed relieved eyes, no matter what in the future, they would not regret it.

"General Hui, it's Wei Lao ......"

Chai raised his hand to Bai Yan to report, and told Bai Yan in detail what happened in Yanmen after Bai Yan left Yanmen.

It turned out that not long after Bai Yan left, with the arrival of Wang Zhao from Xianyang, Wei Lao, who had been in the Yunzhong Mountain Range one after another, suddenly came to the camp of the Qin army, and while watching the newly recruited soldiers practice, he instructed Chai to conceal the number of soldiers.

The reason is that Wei Lao is worried that once there is an accident in the war between Qin and Chu, there will be countless hidden dangers within the Qin State, and when the Zhao Dishi clan will inevitably have different intentions and repeat the Yingchuan Rebellion, not to mention leaving a part of the private soldiers, not only can guard against the nomadic tribes of the northern grassland, but also can decide the situation of the northern tribes at a critical time.

Inside the study.

When it came to the end, Chai's eyes were a little evasive, and he didn't dare to look at Bai Yan.

Seeing this situation, Bai Yan didn't know anything, what was worried that the old clan of Zhao Di had different intentions and tried to restore, and what the situation in the north was all an excuse.

The land has already been consumed by Zhao Jia, and Zhao Qiu, another capable orphan of the Zhao family, is in the mansion, and the north can completely let the two fight, even if Yanmen intervenes, it can also be Xianyang in a bright and bright way, so why hide it.

The real reason is actually that Wei Lao wants to raise tigers in the north, and this is the reason why Chai finally agreed to Wei Lao.

"Before Yang Jin restored the Yue Clan, behind this, there is the shadow of Wei Lao?"

Bai Yan closed his eyes and pondered, and after a long time, asked softly.

Bai Yan is not stupid, after learning about Wei Lao's series of measures, and then thinking of the restoration of Yangjin, where do you still not understand that there must be the shadow of Wei Lao behind the changes of the Yue family.

Opening his eyes, Bai Yan looked away from Chai and looked at the karma on the side.

"Go back to Daliangzao! Before Wei Lao, let Ye lead the troops and attack the Xiongnu, but in fact, whenever the Xiongnu and the Yueshi were in a bad battle, they went to ......"

Ye was also a little weak-hearted, and when he heard Bai Yan's inquiry, he arched his hand and said, not daring to look at Bai Yan.

In this matter, the degree of participation is no less than that of Chai, if Chai is responsible for concealing the report, then the private soldiers who have been hoarded are all out of the fortress with the army under the command of the industry.

Now that Bai Yan is asking, karma will naturally not hide Bai Yan.

For karma, it is also the first time to do such a thing, and it is false to say that you are not afraid, after all, if it is spread and known, karma knows better than anyone else what will happen to you in the future.

But for Bai Yan, who had saved his life, after hearing Wei Lao's complaint, Ye finally did not hesitate and agreed.

Ye has never read any ancient bamboo silks, and he can't say any big truths, but Wei Lao's words are very clear, no matter how much military exploits Bai Yan has in the future, how high his status in the Qin State is, and real power is the foundation of Bai Yan's life.

There is no real power, such as Shang Ying, Wei Ranshi, Qin Fenghou, in the end, it is difficult to escape death, Bai Yan only has the military power north of the Central Plains, so that he can guard the northern Xinjiang without chaos, and survive in the temples of the Qin State without falling, as long as Bai Yan does not die, all the iron horses, side horses, and all the garrisons in the northern Xinjiang will be popular with the people, so that the trouble in the north, although it has its might, but there is no reality.

On the contrary, Bai Yan is not there, the people in Northern Xinjiang are unstable, and any Qin general in the Qin Dynasty has no prestige in Northern Xinjiang, let alone comparable to Bai Yan's prestige.

Letting a person with no prestige garrison Yanmen is a real disaster, and this is true for all county officials, scholars, people, and even soldiers in the army.

Therefore, when the Qin State annexed the world, it was busy with wars, and the counties and counties were unstable and difficult to scruple about, the Tibetan garrison soldiers and soldiers were raised to raise the prestige of the northern troubles.

In the face of the turmoil and instability in various counties and counties, when pacified, Bai Yan will definitely want to stabilize in the north no matter what, so that Bai Yan will not leave the northern Xinjiang, let alone lose the military power of the northern Xinjiang, and there is a trouble in the northern Xinjiang, not only the Qin court needs Bai Yan to be stationed in the northern Xinjiang, but also the counties and counties in the northern Xinjiang, countless scholars, people, merchants, and officials.

"Apart from the two of you, who else is involved in this?"

Bai Yan heard that Ye explained the whole process completely and unmistakably, slowly got up, frowned and asked.

"And Yang Lao! and Gansi ......"

Chai heard Bai Yan's inquiry, and looked at the karma beside him who was outside the fortress and killed all the tribes of the grassland, and he lowered his head at the moment.

I'm afraid that in the world, only in front of Bai Yan alone, will the industry be like this.

Hearing Bai Yan's inquiry, Chai looked at Bai Yan and told Bai Yan what happened later.

At the beginning, Chai was also worried that this matter would be difficult to conceal, although many of the soldiers were from other counties and counties outside Yanmen, but as a county of Qin, not everything could be hidden, even if Chai was in charge of the Qin army camp, even if all the generals in the Qin army camp were their iron cavalry trusted generals.

But in fact, the things that followed went smoothly as Chai expected, and for the affairs of the Qin army's camp, whether it was Yang Lao or Gan Si, they were all silent, as if they were invisible.

Even the Yanmen clan, which worries Chai the most, seems to know nothing, no rumors, no movement......

This made the firewood, which had already planned to secretly place people outside the plug once Xianyang sent someone to investigate, was surprised, and then there was a somewhat creepy feeling.

It's like something that everyone should know, but it's unusual, as if only you know it......

It wasn't until later that Chai finally figured out that it wasn't that everyone couldn't notice it, but even if someone noticed that something was wrong, everyone would tacitly keep silent.

The soldiers in the Qin army specially came to Yanmen on foot from other counties and counties, because Bai Yan came, and the people of Yanmen knew Bai Yan's personality, compared with other Qin generals, the people of Yanmen already only recognized Bai Yan alone.

As for the scholars in Yanmen, after dealing with the plunder, the scholars in Yanmen now have a lot to do with Bai Yan, not to mention that the scholars have a relationship network with each other, no one will offend the interests of the vast majority of the scholars, the scholars are not stupid, and the people of the scholars know that they rely on Bai Yan to rise, and if Bai Yan is replaced, they will inevitably be purged when they are rising.

Even the perennial wandering merchants, who did not hesitate to travel hardships, rushed to Yanmen from afar, in addition to relying on the protection provided by Bai Yan, plus there was no need to supply the local scholars, the biggest reason was that all the merchants knew how dark the officials of other counties were.

The merchants all knew it, and the scholars were even more so.

Therefore, people with low status perceive anomalies and don't know what's going on, while people who have the ability to know and perceive anomalies don't say anything.

The scholars are like this, and the Yanmen officials who are silent looking at Yang Lao, Gan Si and others are even more so.

In the face of the threat of the steppe tribes in the north, whoever wants to speak, who dares to speak.

In the study.

Talking to Chai, after listening to Chai's words, Bai Yan's face changed, standing in the study, his whole head was big, and his breathing was short.

"What exactly is the teacher's intention?"

Bai Yan said softly and bluntly, his tone full of doubt.

Right now, Bai Yan didn't know what his mentor Wei Lao was going to do, but hearing Chai and Ye's words, Bai Yan had clearly felt that Wei Lao was unconsciously tying up the interests of countless people with himself.

Just like Chai and Ye at this time, if Bai Yan chooses to present bamboo slips and send the detailed number of Yanmen Shiwu to Xianyang, even if it is a fault for the two of them, it will make Chai, Ye and other camp generals doomed, and even Yang Lao will be held accountable.

They are all secretly, at the cost of risk, and conspire with Yang Lao for Bai Yan, Bai Yan but whenever he presents bamboo slips, even if there is a legitimate reason, it is bound to chill the hearts of countless generals.

But as this matter passed day by day, Bai Yan was worried, now he is a sergeant in the hidden battalion, so what will happen in the future?

If one day, this matter is known to Xianyang, wouldn't he have to break the net with Xianyang no matter what, and lead the troops to stand on his own? Unless......

Take control of the Qin court!!

Bai Yan thought of this, vaguely, he had already felt Wei Lao's intentions, especially even Yang Duanhe, the county guard, acquiesced in this matter, it stands to reason that Yang Lao, who is stable by nature, knows better than Bai Yan that relying on the soldiers and horses of Yanmen alone, for the Qin court, it cannot form a threat, the biggest possibility, the best result, is nothing more than to create chaos in the world and the restoration of forces in various places.

Elder Yang would never want to see such a result!

"This is preparing to do it on behalf of the land, you two have prepared early!"

Bai Yan thought about it, sighed, didn't think about it anymore, but took a roll of bamboo slips from the wooden frame, handed it to Chai and Ye, and instructed.

Previously, Chai and Ye stayed in Yanmen, but now they want to annex the land, and this matter naturally has to be handed over to these two people.

"No!"

"No!!"

After Chai and Ye saw the bamboo slips, they looked surprised, and then they were excited.

Seeing that this was tantamount to being sent to the front of their eyes, they didn't know Bai Yan's intentions, so they hurriedly raised their hands and saluted Bai Yan.

Seeing that Bai Yan didn't blame them, Chai and Ye breathed a sigh of relief, and then saw that Bai Yan didn't have any instructions, and after talking for a while, the two left the mansion and were on call in Shanwu City at any time.

Night falls.

In Bai Yan's mansion, Zhao Qiu came to the study, glanced at Master Xu, and then looked at Bai Yan who was holding a bamboo slip with an expressionless face.

"You handed over the matter of pacifying the land to Chai and Ye?"

Zhao Qiu came to the wooden table and asked softly, and then couldn't help but whisper 'really generous'.

Although it was a small voice, Bai Yan couldn't hear it, and looked up at Zhao Qiu.

"Tomorrow, Bai Yan will leave Shanwu and go to Gaotang! Li Xin has already sent a letter, and Bai Yan plans to lead the troops as soon as possible and enter the Qi Kingdom! ”

Bai Yan explained.

After knowing Wei Lao's actions, Bai Yan had to leave Shanwu as soon as possible before meeting Wei Lao, and first figure out Wei Lao's plans before making a decision.

For this reason, Bai Yan has ordered someone to send a letter to Yunzhong, so that Wei Lao will go to Linzi of Qi State together on this trip, after all, Wei Lao is a good friend of Jin Gong, and Bai Yan will definitely visit Jin Gong's cemetery when he goes to Qi State on this trip.

According to the agreement five years ago, after Bai Yan avenged them, he brought a pot of wine to the tomb to worship them.

And those who killed them are all in the Qi country!

"Tomorrow?"

When Zhao Qiu heard Bai Yan's words, his brows furrowed slightly, and his expression was full of surprise.

Looking at the white eyes who wanted to return to Qi as soon as possible, thinking of the words that Cen Qing said in the restaurant in the past, Zhao Qiu's tearful eyes and beautiful and seductive face, suddenly looked at Bai Yan with a serious face.

"I also want to go to Qi Country!"

Zhao Qiu said.

As soon as the words came out, beside the wooden table, not only Bai Yan, but also Xu Shi, couldn't help but look at Zhao Qiu in surprise.

"I just want to go to Qi State, I will help you make a plan and easily get the land, isn't it this trivial matter, you are not willing to make it for the Qin State?"

Zhao Qiu saw Bai Yan's surprised eyes, and after removing his eyes, he asked softly, but the slightly flickering gaze seemed to be a little weak.