Outside the city of Linzi.

The scorching sun at noon makes people's skin feel hot, not to mention that under the countless banners of the Qin army outside the city, the sweaty Qin pawns, even the Qi pawns on the head of Linzi City, are no better there.

If it weren't for the fact that the other side was fighting for their own country at this moment, and a little carelessness would be life and death, perhaps no one would want to confront each other in such a climate.

And outside the city.

Under the gaze of both sides of the Qin and Qi armies, dozens of Qi palace guards, as well as a dozen Qin soldiers, looked at each other vigilantly.

And in the middle, under the huge awning, Qi Wangjian and Bai Yan knelt at the wooden table and talked.

"Two hundred and fifty miles of fiefdom?"

When Qi Wangjian heard Bai Yan's promise, he sighed, his brows furrowed slightly, and his eyes were full of displeasure.

"The country of Qi of the widows, the territory is not less than 10,000 miles, the household registration of the people is not less than 3 million, the widows surrender to Qin, and the Qin country only gives the widows only 250 li?"

Qi Wangjian looked at Bai Yan with some anger in his eyes, if he didn't want to make things stiff, Qi Wangjian couldn't wait to get up and leave immediately.

Two hundred and fifty miles!

No matter how much Qi Wangjian was afraid of the Qin State, it would never be possible to agree to this condition, and use the millions of people of the Qi State and the territory of no less than 10,000 li to exchange for a mere 250-li fief.

"Indeed, two hundred and fifty miles!"

Bai Yan naturally also saw the dissatisfaction in King Qi's expression.

However, Bai Yan did not panic at all, now it is the King of Qi who is passive, not him Bai Yan, and when they meet today, Bai Yan does not ask to be able to convince the King of Qi in one day.

"Bai Yan is a Qi person, the territory in the words of the King of Qi is more than 10,000, in Bai Yan's eyes, but he doesn't think that Qi is governed by the five capitals, and there are garrison troops in the five places, and the five capitals are all ordered by the King of Qi in name, but in fact they are very different, otherwise Tian Dan and Tian Heng, how can they have the confidence to dare to plot chaos!"

Bai Yan said, and then glanced at Linzi City behind Qi Wangjian.

"As for the household registration of three million ......"

Speaking of this, Bai Yan looked at King Qi.

"Qidi household registration is three million, Bai Yanxin! But King Qi, how much can be mobilized? ”

Bai Yan's words unceremoniously said the situation of the King of Qi now: "Don't say that other cities in Qi are a city in Linzi, I am afraid that if the King of Qi wants to catch Tian Dan and Tian Heng, it will be difficult to reach the sky!"

Bai Yan sighed, it seemed that even Bai Yan felt a little ridiculous, in the capital of Qi State, Tian Dan and Tian Heng, the Tian clan's relatives, wanted to rebel, but after the King of Qi found out, he couldn't even catch a figure.

This couldn't help but make Bai Yan clearly feel that after Qi Di accommodated the scholars of Han, Zhao, Wei, Yan, and Chu in a short period of time, a huge hidden danger began to appear.

That is, now even the King of Qi can no longer completely control Linzi as he once did.

Or in Linzi City, the surface of commerce and trade is prosperous, the population is prosperous, but in fact it has been extremely chaotic, the scholars in various places are intertwined, the old clan of the seven heroes in the past, has completely corrupted the officials of the Qi State, from the small to the tour, to the officials of the Qi State.

Looking at the old Qi Wangjian, his expression was very angry.

"King Qi went out of the city and talked to Bai Yan for only half an hour, but in this half an hour, King Qi was always restless, his eyes were full of worry, Bai Yan dared to ask King Qi, but he was not worried about Linzi City? Worried that some thieves will take advantage of King Qi's absence and take the opportunity to cause trouble? ”

Bai Yan asked softly.

"The widow will catch Tian Dan and Tian Heng!"

King Qi looked at Bai Yan, and the hesitation in his heart was said to be hindered, but it was also to ensure his own interests, so Qi Wangjian naturally would not admit it.

Later, in Qi Wangjian's eyes, he saw Bai Yan smile and shook his head.

"Bai Yan dares to bet with King Qi, King Qi will definitely not be able to capture Tian Dan and Tian Heng!"

Bai Yan said, looking at the angry look in Qi Wangjian's eyes after the words fell, Bai Yan raised his hand and touched the wine lord on the table.

"Yesterday, Bai Yan has received news that Tian Dan and Tian Heng are already secretly contacting the various scholars in Linzi City to prepare for ......a rebellion."

Bai Yan reminded King Qi.

"What?"

Qi Wangjian instinctively raised his head and looked at Bai Yan with shock, as if he wanted to know whether Bai Yan's words were true or false.

"How can Wu Liejun have any news about Tian Dan?"

Qi Wangjian asked with a short breath.

Bai Yan shook his head and did not speak, indicating the origin of the news, and could not inform King Qi at the moment.

In fact, the news of Tian Dan's conspiracy, Bai Yan deceived the King of Qi, but Bai Yan gambled that the King of Qi would not dare not believe it.

The previous assassination in front of the palace gate, as well as the bamboo slips for King Qi, allowed King Qi to successfully see through the plans of Tian Dan, Tian Heng and others, and in the past two days, Tian Dan and Tian Heng have not been caught for a long time.

In this case, no matter what Bai Yan said, Qi Wangjian didn't dare to ignore it.

Qi Wangjian has been pampered since he was a child, and he has succeeded King Qi for so many years, and Qi Wangjian, who is now old, is more desperate than anyone else.

Wooden table.

Feel the shade under the umbrella canopy and a gentle breeze blowing.

Bai Yan looked at Qi Wangjian, whose pupils were full of panic and looked uneasy, picked up the wine jue and drank the wine inside.

"King Qi! Two hundred and fifty miles, it's already a lot! Although Qi does not exist and the throne is not there, such a vast fief is enough for the king of Qi to have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life, and the descendants of the descendants can also enjoy the glory and wealth. ”

Bai Yan put down the wine jue, looked at Qi Wang Quan, raised his hand, and reminded with a worried face: "Qiang Qin is still blocked by the city wall, but the thieves in the city can't be prevented!" The King of Qi doesn't believe in the elite of the soldiers under Bai Yan's command, but the King of Qi should know that if the old clan of Chu Weiyan intends to jointly overthrow the King of Qi and establish a new king, the consequences will ......."

Bai Yan sighed, and said that, the rest depends on how the king is.

"Wu Liejun's words are too much! The generals of the defenders in the city are all outnumbered ministers, even if the traitors make trouble, there is no need to worry! On the contrary, the king of Qin first had an alliance with the widow and did not invade each other, but now that the leader of the army has arrived, the king of Qin's dishonest move, the heart of the Qin country, the widow has a deep understanding! ”

After Qi Wangjian calmed down, he looked at Bai Yan and said.

The heart of the Qin State, the word tiger and wolf are omitted in the middle of this sentence, and Bai Yan can't hear it.

"If King Qin doesn't remember the old feelings, does King Qi really think that he can have two hundred and fifty miles of fiefdom? Look at Wei Guogong, the Zinan clan, there are still temples to worship, but they only live in the wild king, not a fief! The king of Qi thinks about it, compared to the contribution of Wei Wei to the Qin State, there is no fief, and the king of Qi has a fief of 250 li, so can the king of Qi still say that the king of Qin is unrighteous? ”

Bai Yan said to King Qi, frowning slightly, taking Wei Guo as a comparison, so that in comparison, the conditions that Qin State gave to King Qi are the difference between heaven and earth.

"If Wu Liejun serves the Qi State, the widow can give three hundred li to Wu Liejun!"

King Qi looked at Bai Yan with a gloomy face and said, he did not give up persuading Bai Yan to serve himself and rebel against the Qin State.

However, after all, Bai Yan's words still made King Qi feel a lot better, and the anger in his eyes visibly subsided.

"Thank you King Qi for your kindness, but Bai Yan has served the King of Qin, and it is difficult for one minister to serve the two masters, and I hope that King Qi will forgive me!"

Bai Yan raised his hand and bowed his head to King Qi with gratitude, thanking King Qi for his kindness and appreciation.

"I heard that Wu Liejun's parents are both outside Linzi City, in a place called Shuicun......"

King Qi asked.

did not bother with the fiefdom anymore, and the attitude between King Qi and Bai Yan eased a lot, but when it came to Bai Yan's family, even now, Qi Wangjian couldn't believe that Wu Liejun Bai Yan's background was actually outside Linzi City, a small village that was not famous at all, and his parents were ordinary farmers.

If it weren't for Tian Heng with a portrait and his servants to tell everything about it, Qi Wangjian would not have believed it.

I didn't expect that the young man who made history mention Water Village in the past was Bai Yan.

"That's true, my father and mother have lived in the mountain village for many years!"

Bai Yan nodded, not denying it.

"Feng Qing worships the general! Feng Qing worships the general! ”

Qi Wangjian said with a long sigh of emotion, and then on his old face, his eyes looked at Bai Yan, who was now wearing Qin armor and had a great good title on his head.

Recalling Tian Dan, Tian Heng, Gongzisheng, Tian Xie and others, they found the villagers of Shui Village in the city, and found out about things related to Bai Yan, King Qi was really unwilling in his heart, and now Bai Yan's experience has already been in Linzi City and spread rapidly.

Listening to the eunuchs in the palace, Bai Yan was bullied and abused by the villagers since he was a child, which made countless Qi people, from the officials of Qi State, the children of the powerful scholars, down to the common people and Xiao Er, all indignant and unfair, and the words of Bai Yan's maternal grandmother who was ridiculed by everyone made everyone think of the title and fief that Bai Yan has now.

Achieved !!

When they came back to their senses, everyone reacted, from the beginning of the humiliation, for Bai Yan to be unfair, and now seeing that Bai Yan has become a great good man of the Qin State, Bai Yan's deeds have made countless Qi people in the city boil, and they have applauded, as if they have a bad breath.

Even many officials who didn't like Bai Yan and the children of the Qi Guoshi clan were silent on this matter.

This is the scene in the city reported by the eunuchs in the palace and Qi Wangjian.

When he left the city, Qi Wang Jianneng clearly heard the enthusiastic discussions of countless scholars in the wine shops and tea shops along the way.

However, Bai Yan's deeds, such a thing that is enough to be famous for eternity, there is a paragraph in everyone's mouth that is rarely talked about, and it seems that everyone instinctively ignores it, the king who worships Bai Yan is the king of Qin.

As soon as he thought of this, Qi Wangjian had unspeakable regrets in his heart.

Why is it that such a beautiful talk that has been passed down through the ages, one is Bai Yan of Qi, and the other is not him, the king of Qi?

It's hard to calm down!!

"Wu Liejun, if the widow agrees to surrender to Qin, can you add another request?"

Qi Wangjian closed his eyes and thought for a long time, Tian Dan and Tian Heng had not been caught, and it was not appropriate for him to stay outside the city for too long, especially when he heard Fang Cai Bai Yan's words, Qi Wangjian was really uneasy in his heart, but before leaving, Qi Wangjian wanted to say a request of his own to Bai Yan.

"King Qi said bluntly!"

Bai Yan looked at Qi Wangjian with some surprise, but he didn't expect Qi Wangjian to be so fast, and he had a loose look.

In addition to being surprised, Bai Yan was also very curious, what other requirements did King Qi have for building a fief, Zongmiao? Bai Yan will naturally ask for Yingzheng at this point, after all, Bai Yan's father-in-law, Tian Ding, is also the son of the Tian family, and he is also the son-in-law of the Tian family.

"Knowing the origin and deeds of Wu Liejun in the past, the widow loves his daughter Hanzi, crying and wanting to become Wu Liejun's wife!"

Qi Wangjian looked at Bai Yan and said, shaking his head with a smile, a little emotional.

There is no exaggeration in this statement.

In the past, after learning about Bai Yan's deeds, even Tian Xie, Gongzisheng, Tian Heng and others were shocked, and their hearts were full of throbbing, not to mention the beloved daughter Hanzi who was saved by Bai Yan.

On the same day, after Tian Xie, Gongzisheng and others left, they saw that Yu Hanzi's eyes were red and swollen from crying, and they kept begging him as a father, bluntly saying that she would not marry Wu Liejun in this life.

Looking at his beloved daughter who was kneeling on the ground and kept crying and saying that he regretted it, Qi Wangjian was also a little helpless.

Qi Wangjian actually had the idea of Concubine Hanzi for a long time, and he had already planned to talk to King Yingzheng of Qin about this matter, but unfortunately Concubine Hanzi was young and was deceived by his brother and daughter Tian Feiyan, and as a result, Tian Feiyan picked up a bargain and became Bai Yan's wife.

Now, although Bai Yan has clearly refused to serve the Qi State again, in the eyes of Qi Wangjian, he does not mind marrying his beloved daughter to Bai Yan.

Bai Yan is not only the king of Qin and has his own fief, but more importantly, Bai Yan also holds the military power of Qin, and the division of the northern frontier under his command is the elite of the elite.

This King of Qi has been the king for decades, and now he is old, watching the countries being annexed and destroyed by the Qin State, and experiencing the actions of Tian Dan, Tian Heng and others, Qi Wangjian's dedication to this throne has long been gone.

It's not impossible to descend to Qin!

But the premise is to have a guarantee, just like now, let Bai Yan become his son-in-law, as for the clan brother Tian Ding, Qi Wangjian can't take care of so much at the moment, Concubine Hanzi is his beloved daughter, compared to Tian Ding, Qi Wangjian is more afraid of the fall of Qin, Ying Zheng broke his promise, and he also needs Bai Yan's marriage more.

"This ......"

Bai Yan looked confused, and after confirming that he had heard King Qi's words correctly, he raised his hand with tears and laughter.

"Bai Yan has married a wife, his wife is the daughter of Tian Ding, Tian Feiyan, this is the marriage given by the King of Qin himself, and I hope the King of Qi will understand!"

Bai Yan refused without hesitation.

In terms of age, Fei Hanzi is indeed the same as Tian Feiyan, and in terms of personality, she is kinder than Tian Feiyan, and she speaks very gently, but in Bai Yan's heart, she has already decided that Tian Feiyan, Bai Yan's wife in this life, will only be Tian Feiyan alone.

If it weren't for Tian Feiyan, Bai Yan would not have a second wife in this life, more than five years ago, Bai Yan didn't understand Tian Ding, but now, Bai Yan can understand better than anyone why Tian Ding will no longer marry a wife in this life after his wife's death, even if he has had a beautiful concubine, but he has never had the idea of marrying a beautiful concubine.

"The king of Qin, the widow will personally write a letter, please change the king of Qin! Marriage again! ”

Qi Wangjian saw Bai Yan's refusal, his brows were tightly locked, his eyes were a little dissatisfied, and he still said without giving up.

"The poor do not forget their aspirations, and the rich do not abandon their wives!"

Bai Yan looked at Qi Wangjian, still shook his head, and bowed his head apologetically.

Looked at.

King Qi sighed deeply, no matter how unwilling he was, it was impossible to say any more, now he is still the king of Qi, the king of a country of Qi, and Concubine Hanzi is also the princess of Qi Kingdom, no matter what, it is impossible to continue to ask, Wanru begged to marry Concubine Hanzi to Bai Yan.

Seeing that Bai Yan was unwilling to agree, Qi Wangjian didn't want to mention the surrender of Qin again, and now in Qi Wangjian's heart, there is still a chance to retreat from Qin, and that is the old man who invited him to the palace.

With the presence of the old man, it is his Qi Wangjian who has the greatest confidence to deal with the Qin State.

Under the scorching sun.

Qi Wangjian got up slowly, nodded at Bai Yan, watched Bai Yan return the salute, and then turned around and left, preparing to return to Linzi City.

At this moment, Qi Wangjian had a headache when he thought of returning to the palace, and he didn't know how to face it, and he didn't know how to persuade Yu Hanzi, who was crying so much that his eyes were red and swollen.

"General, is the King of Qi willing to surrender to Qin?"

After seeing King Qi leave, he came to Bai Yan's side and stood behind Bai Yan to watch the back of Qi Wangjian leaving.

Li Xin on the side also looked at Bai Yan curiously, but they didn't get close, so they didn't know what Bai Yan was talking to King Qi.

However, thinking that the Qi State now has no less than hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and according to the news, the grain and grass in Linzi City are enough for the Qi army to eat for ten years, Li Xin guessed that the King of Qi may not surrender to Qin so easily, and even Qin Qi will inevitably have a war.

"It's coming soon, at most ten days and a half months, the King of Qi will descend to Qin!"

Bai Yan replied softly.

Looking at Li Xin and Lu who were full of accidents on the side, and seeing the two of them look at each other, Bai Yan turned around and walked in the direction of Qin Jun.

……………………

Two days later.

After Bai Yan handed over the military camp to Wei Lao and Yang Yan, he took the time to go back to Shuicun.

It's not that Bai Yan wants to go back to the village to relax, but he has to go back, and now many scholars in Qi have sent money and congratulatory gifts from all over the country to Bai Yan's home in Shuicun, and Bai Yan naturally wants to go back.

Those Qi scholars are not pretending to be smart, but they have Bai Yan's tacit approval to do so, between Bai Yan and the Qi national scholars, it is Chen Ze and Fu Yao who are running around.

"Xiao's family, such a big garden, I heard that boxes of financial resources are piled up, and no one can stand still!"

"No, I just took a sneak peek and saw a lot of people, all busy pushing boxes up!"

"At the age of the old man, I have never seen so much money in my life, and it will take several lifetimes to spend it!"

In the water village, the villagers of the water village looked at the endless comings and goings, carrying boxes of wooden boxes, followed by groups of rich and noble people in silk clothes, and all the villagers swallowed their bowls of saliva.

In the village, only when they went to Linzi City, could they occasionally meet one or two powerful people, dressed in exquisite silk clothes and jade ornaments.

And right now, the powerful adults wearing silk clothes and jade ornaments, they didn't dare to raise their heads when they met in the past, for fear of causing trouble, and the big people actually came to Water Village, this small village, in groups.

Many of the old people in the village have never seen or heard such a scene in their lives.

However, everyone knows that all of this is related to the Xiao family in the village, and these groups of big people have come to befriend the Xiao family and the Yan family.

Now.

In the village of Shuicun, everyone, regardless of men, women, young and old, had a look of regret in their eyes.

Obviously, Yan's father and his family are all from Shui Village, and it stands to reason that all of them can go to Yan's father and Xiao's family to help, in terms of closeness, they are also villagers who have been in contact with the Xiao family for many years, and they are closer to the Xiao family.

Can it be ......

"Child, mother, if you don't ask, if you want to help, if you want to help, you can help!"

"I don't dare to go, a few people who beat Shuishou that day, I heard that they all lost their news, and there was no news, many people said ......, it's good that the Xiao family didn't trouble us, anyway, I don't dare to go!"

……

Inside the garden.

"Brother Shou! This is Yu Dou, the person who is married to the city, this is Sang Gongmian, Zhan Maoshen, Lu Hui, and the person of Langya......"

Under the introduction of Chen Ze and Fu Yao, Shui Shou, who was limping, saluted one man in silk clothes after another.

In the past, for Shui Shou, the men of the scholar clan who could not be contacted no matter what, now when they see Shui Shou, not only did they not discriminate against Shui Shou's disability, but they returned the salute with Shui Shou with enthusiasm, and the tone was full of closeness during the conversation.

"Drink water, you can sit here!"

The Xiao family and the father of Yan are also busy working non-stop, they have always been a peasant couple, where have they seen such a scene, especially in the back, they also saw people from these big clans, and some celebrities and officials of some cities.

This made Xiao and Yan's father even more afraid to slack off, and kept greeting everyone, even Yan's father, at this time, he couldn't take care of his parents in the corner of Xiaoyuan, as well as Bai Yan's uncle.

"My lord, drink water!"

At this moment, looking at the busy father and the Xiao family, not to mention Zitai's restlessness, even Bai Yan and Shui Shou's grandmother were embarrassed to call Yan's father, and even the grandfather who reprimanded Yan's father at every turn in the past didn't dare to open his mouth at this moment, honestly in the corner of Xiaoyuan, watching everyone coming and going, and not daring to look directly at those people in silk clothes, he sat down without saying a word.

In the final analysis, even if Zitai has read a book, these people in front of him, pick any one, and none of them are a scholar or a grandfather's family, who can take the initiative to talk.

The same is true for officials who come in person.

"Zitai! You go and help Brother Zhong and sister-in-law, and serve tea! ”

The grandmother looked at the three sons on the side and said softly, looking at the big people who couldn't climb high in the past, looking at the kind face of the Xiao family, the grandmother said that it was fake not to blush.

Zhongzi hasn't read any books, Xiao's family is a woman's family, and Shuishou's legs and feet are inconvenient, so it's not much use to know these people, so it's better to let Zitai know.

Knowing so many big names, wherever Zitai goes in the future, no matter what he does, why worry about not having nobles to help him.

And also.

Grandmother looked at the big wooden boxes on the side, but she saw the heavy weight with her own eyes, and heard with her own ears that the two handsome men said to Shui Shou that they were all money and cloth.

Money, so heavy, how much money is in it?

Grandmother's heart is full of fire, can this random box be spent in this life? If you let Zhongzi take one box, no, two boxes, no, and move the general directly to his own house, then let alone treat the eldest daughter-in-law, it is to redeem the rest of the daughters-in-law, plus in this life, I am afraid that I will not be able to spend all the clothes I will wear in the future! Neither is it coarse cloth.

"Brother Zhong didn't speak, the child didn't dare! Former little nephew ......"

Zitai said with a helpless face, at this moment Zitai was also impatient and panicked, what his mother meant, where Zitai is not clear, not to mention his mother, Zitai also wants to step forward, follow Brother Zhong, or nephew Shui Shou, and get to know those big people, even if you know one!

After studying and reading hard for so many years, in Linzi City, I have occasionally seen a few times, like these scholars and officials in front of me, but which time is not from a distance, can not come forward.

Now that there is such a good opportunity, how can Zitai not be in a hurry.

But when he thought of his little nephew Shui Yan, Zitai was a little scared for no reason, before, he didn't like his little nephew very much, so he didn't get along much since he was a child, and before he came here today, he had heard that the little nephew personally reprimanded Shui Shou's family, and did not allow that family to be powerful.

Thinking of this, Zitai didn't dare to help now, who knows if it will dislike the little nephew.

You must know that now outside the mountain, there are all Qin State iron cavalry, and tens of thousands of Qin State iron cavalry have surrounded Linzi, the capital of Qi State, which has more troops and countless populations, and the Qi State army in the city does not dare to go out of the city to fight.

And the little nephew is the commander of this famous Qin army.

How did he dare to dislike his little nephew, and even Zitai couldn't help but be a little scared when he thought of his little nephew.

"Alas~!"

The grandfather sighed and glanced at the third son with hatred.