"Let go of me! Bai Yan! Bai Yan! You are a Qi person, help the tyrant to win the government, help the tyrant to be abused, and you will not die well! ”

"Bai Yan! Thou shalt not die well! ”

"There is no way to storm Qin, the scourge of the world, and people with lofty ideals in the world should gather to resist Qin and survive Qin!"

The streets in Linzi City were already crowded with people, and with the rows of Qin army soldiers walking with swords in hand, countless Qi people gave way, and then what caught their eyes was a man tied to a wooden trailer, constantly screaming in despair.

The people of Qi looked at those men, listened to the words of those men, and all of them talked in private, pointing at those men.

In Qidi, which has not experienced war, if there is a murder in the city, it will be enough to cause a sensation, and now that so many people are being arrested, the words that are scolding in their mouths, not to mention other knowledgeable people, even ordinary people know that these people are likely to be beheaded for public display.

"I know that person, that person is Qu Yu, Qu Zizhao father and son, how can they be in Linzi City?"

"I know that person, I have seen it in Qin State before, his name is Ji Sheng, he is a wanted criminal in Qin State, and he was a guest of Changping Jun before!"

"Hey, that's not the old gentleman Wei Zhao......"

As a country of Qi with developed commerce and trade, Qi businessmen can be said to be all over the world, so among the crowded people, everyone was stunned as the lively businessmen recognized the people who were arrested one by one.

These are all wanted criminals by the Qin State, when did they come to Linzi? Why haven't you heard any news, and no one said they'd seen it in the city?

Also, how could they all be arrested all at once now?

Looking at the Qin soldiers wearing Qin armor and their eyes were terrifying, the onlookers retreated one after another.

On the shops on both sides of the street, those who were stunned with the merchants, as well as the Qi people in the city, as the children of the family with a background and wealth in the Qi capital city with developed commerce and trade, the men of the Qi Guoshi clan were shocked when they saw Wei Zhao, Huang and others, and the shock in their hearts was incomprehensible.

As natives of Linzi, they didn't know when these people came to Linzi City, and the Qin army actually arrested all these people in an instant.

It's scary to think about!

This made all the men of the Qi State Clan, thinking of Qin Jun, and they couldn't help but be afraid.

The other side.

In a small alley in the city, several women walked together, talking about the capture of Qin wanted criminals in the city, and hurriedly walked towards the street, for fear that they would be too late and would not see the excitement.

A man in cloth in his forties, walking past several women at this time, watching the people along the way to see the excitement, this man is just the opposite, at this moment the man has a solemn face, hurriedly walked towards a quiet alley.

After a long time, the man finally followed the quiet alleys and came to a small garden, but when the man pushed open the bamboo door of the small garden, looking at the quiet courtyard, the man stopped.

Glancing at the courtyard, quietly, a bad premonition suddenly appeared in the man's heart.

turned around and was about to walk back, but at this time, two men in cloth clothes had already come behind him, directly pulled out two Qin swords, and put them on the man's neck.

In the wooden house behind him, the door also opened, and a Qin soldier in clothes and armor walked out with a man and woman who were tied up one by one.

The man is Fan Zeng.

At this moment, being held around his neck by two Qin swords, Fan Zeng sighed, closed his eyes helplessly, and his heart was full of despair.

Previously, as a staff member of the Xiang family, Fan Zeng also had a certain reputation in the Chu State, before the fall of the Chu State, too many scholars in Chu turned to the Qin State and Bai Yan, not to mention the Song, Yu, Qi, and Liang clans in Chu, and the Zhongli clan, which became more and more powerful, was enough to make Fan Zeng afraid.

It is also like this that Fan Zengfang chose to come to Qi State, and chose Linzi, which is densely populated and full of scholars.

The more chaotic Linzi City is, the more connected the Chu Di Shi clan is in the past, and with the help of the Jixia Xue Palace, it is easy to hide, after all, when you go to other places, you are not familiar with the place, and it is easy to be discovered by the local Shi clan of Qi State, so as to leak the news.

But right now.

Looking at these Qin pawns holding swords in front of him, Fan Zeng knew that his whereabouts were still found by Bai Yan.

But Fan Zeng was puzzled.

In Linzi, there are very few people who know their whereabouts, and even among their respective clans, they rarely move around, and even hide their traces, why Bai Yan can find them so accurately.

"Let's go!"

Listening to the angry shouts of the Qin pawns in his ears, Fan Zeng could only stumble and be escorted away from Xiaoyuan by the Qin pawns.

Inside the castle guard's mansion.

Bai Yan knelt under the gazebo, listening to the report of his cronies Tan Yi, and his face was thoughtful.

If there was no news from the teacher, as well as the addresses provided by Tian Dan and Tian Heng, Bai Yan couldn't imagine how dangerous his little uncle's situation would be in the face of so many remnants of the Chu State after he left Linzi.

However, in the past few days, Bai Yan has been thinking about why Tian Dan and Tian Heng would help him, you must know that before, these remnants of the Chu State were Tian Dan, Tian Heng and others, supporting Gongzi Sheng, and dealing with one of the dependents of the Qin State.

Although he had been Tian Dan and Tian Heng at the beginning, this was obviously not enough, so Tian Dan and others took the initiative to tell the address of the remnants of the Chu State.

"General, Fan Zeng has brought it here!"

Su Xin came over at this time, reported to Bai Yanyu, and then turned around and asked the soldiers behind him to bring Fan Zeng over.

Bai Yan looked at Fan Zeng, compared to Qu Yu, Wei Zhao, Ji Sheng and others, the former ministers of the Chu State, Bai Yan has always cared most about this Fan Zeng.

According to the records of later historical records, Fan Zeng was the strategist of the Xiang family, and no matter how high or low his strategy was, he was very capable of knowing people, and he was also respected as a father by the king of Chu in later generations.

"Uncle in the past, once with Bai Yan, Mr. Yan's talent!"

Bai Yan asked the soldiers to let go of Fan Zeng, and then invited Fan Zeng to come and take a seat.

Looking at Fan Zeng, who had an indignant face and a pointed face, his expression was full of arrogance, Bai Yan didn't care, the Fan family behind Fan Zeng, and the origin of his little uncle Fan Hao, there were some reasons, Bai Yan also wanted to invite Fan Zeng to come and sit down.

"Valley! Uncle of Qin General Bai Yan! Hum~! In the past, no one thought of it! ”

Fan Zeng watched Bai Yan put a cup of tea in front of him, his eyes full of indignation.

"Before Fan Zeng died, he had a word, I wanted to ask Xiao Gu, can you remember Xiang Liang's past feelings? In the past, Xiang Liang treated Xiao Gu like a sibling, but Xiao Gu forgot? ”

Fan Zeng said that in the back, his voice became louder and colder, and he seemed to sympathize with Xiang Liang at the beginning.

"In the past, my uncle did not allow Bai Yan to get rid of the Xiang family, regardless of Bai Yan's persuasion, he would rather abandon the officials of the Qin State and go to Jiangdong with the Xiang family, on the way, it was Bai Yan who led his uncle away and got rid of the Xiang family one by one! When his uncle returned, Xiang was already a corpse. ”

Bai Yan looked at the grief-stricken Fan Zeng and explained to himself.

Fan Zeng was stunned when he heard Bai Yan's words, and then stared at Bai Yan's face, and when he saw Bai Yan's gaze, Fan Zeng was sure that Bai Yan was not lying.

Thinking back to the news he got at the beginning, that is to say, in the past, Xiao Gu went back, not to confirm whether there was any omission from the Xiang family, but that Xiao Gu did not know that Bai Yan had secretly sent someone to kill the Xiang family.

"An ungrateful man after all!"

Fan Zeng didn't dwell on it any longer, but just told Bai Yan that no matter what, Xiao Gu was an ungrateful person.

In Bai Yan's eyes, what is benevolence and righteousness, there is no war among all beings in the world, for grace, the world is one, and there is no war, this is righteousness! The former is the living beings of the world, and the latter is the descendants of future generations, which of the two is not greater than the kindness of one person, and which one is not heavier than Xiang Liang? ”

Bai Yan retorted and turned his head to look at the courtyard.

"The Xiang clan will help the King of Chu to take the throne of Xiong Ju! When Xiang has what he believes, who can be benevolent? ”

Bai Yan suddenly laughed, and under the gaze of Tan Yi, Su Xin, and other Qin army soldiers, he looked back at Fan Zeng, who still had an arrogant and angry face.

"Do you know, why is Bai Yan in Chu and can get the help of the Chu clan?"

Bai Yan suddenly looked at Fan Zeng and asked.

Fan Zeng listened to Bai Yan's defense, his breath was short, and although he didn't say anything to refute it, in his heart, he scoffed at Bai Yan's words.

After all, in Fan Zeng's eyes, what Xiang did in the past was not at fault.

However, hearing Bai Yan's sudden rhetorical question later, Fan Zeng was stunned both in his eyes and in his expression, and Fan Zeng was also very curious about Bai Yan's words.

It's not just Fan Zeng himself, thinking back to the beginning, everyone, even Changping Jun, General Xiang Yan, and even the King of Chu and many ministers of Chu State, don't understand why, as a Qi person who led the troops for the Qin State, Bai Yan can get the help of one Chu State scholar clan after another in Chu Land, and even surrender, and even some secrets that the Chu State Scholar Clan cannot access, Bai Yan knows it well.

Outside the gazebo.

After Zhao Qiu asked the maid to stay in the courtyard, he came to the pavilion alone, and when he heard Bai Yan's words, there were some doubts in his beautiful eyes.

With curiosity, Zhao Qiu walked into the pavilion step by step, came to Bai Yan's side, and knelt beside Bai Yan under Fan Zeng's gaze.

The moment Fan Zeng saw Zhao Qiu, his eyes were a little surprised, but he was not surprised when he thought of Bai Yan's identity, after all, Bai Yan was young and was the object that countless scholars wanted to cling to.

It is not surprising that Bai Yan has such a beauty beside him.

Compared with this charming beauty, Fan Zeng was more curious about what Bai Yan had just said.

How did Bai Yan know those things at the beginning, why there were so many Chu clan warriors helping Bai Yan, and some secret things, even if they were dozens of Yao Jia, they couldn't know.

"How do you know?"

Fan Zeng looked at Bai Yan, and finally couldn't help but speak.

In Fan Zeng's eyes, even if he dies, he wants to die clearly, and he loses clearly.

"Peng Yicheng, Peng Qi's son Peng Bo, once had a conflict with Jing Qi, and Peng Qi and Xiong You had a private agreement before......."

"Yugancheng, the hinterland of the granary of the Chu State, Mi'an, the son of Mi Zong, has hidden the grain of a hundred miles with the secret order of King You!"

"Xiyang City, an important place in the Chu State, its main general Fan Xiang's deputy generals, generals, Zeng Cheng, Hu Sun, Xi Shao, etc., a total of seven people, five of whom are Xiong You's henchmen, and the remaining two are Li Yuan's disciples, and Chengen Li Yuan was promoted."

Under the curious eyes of Fan Zeng and Zhao Qiu, Bai Yan drank a cup of tea and told the things that happened in Chu Di in detail and completely.

One, two, three......

When dozens of things were told by Bai Yan completely, Fan Zeng's face was already blank, his eyes were blank, and he seemed a little incredible.

In the end, when Bai Yan told Xiong Yu some things that were very secret and only known to their respective disciples in detail, Fan Zeng was in a trance and kept shaking his head.

How could Bai Yan know so much detail, this is absolutely impossible, even Xiong You's cronies and disciples could not know such a detailed matter, how could Bai Yan know that Bai Yan was an outsider, not to mention that before Bai Yan, he was obviously leading troops in Qin State, obviously fighting with Zhao State, and obviously in Zhao Land in the north.

So many things are so detailed, unless Xiong Yu himself ......

Fan Zeng thought about it, and with the thoughts that came to his mind, when he remembered that Bai Yan had just mentioned, the Xiang family helped Xiong Cheng and seize the throne of the king of Chu!

A terrifying conjecture appeared in Fan Zeng's mind, and when he looked at Bai Yan in front of him again, the arrogance on Fan Zeng's face had long since receded, and was replaced by a miserable and horrified face!

"The unification of the world, what all the people want, Qin to destroy Chu, is in the will of heaven! If you get Jiuding, people and gods will help together! ”

Bai Yan looked at Fan Zeng's appearance and said with a smile.

However, at this moment, it was Bai Yan's fluttering words, but in Fan Zeng's heart, they were as graceful as thunder.

Such as Jiuding! Help of man and God!

Bai Yan didn't seem to answer, but these eight words made Fan Zeng tremble, and deep down, he was at a loss.

After a long time, when he finally came back to his senses, Fan Zeng slowly looked up at Bai Yan, his lips trembled slightly, but he couldn't say a word.

"Today, Bai Yan invited Mr. to come, just to inform Mr. that the address where Mr. lives is what the former Tian clan relatives, Tian Dan, Tian Heng, and Gongzi Sheng said!"

Bai Yan looked at Fan Zeng's whole person in a trance, and he didn't frighten Fan Zeng anymore.

"Why did you tell me about this?"

Fan Zeng was silent for a long time before he spoke.

Fortunately, Fan Zeng is not an ordinary person, otherwise Fan Zeng estimated that his crotch would be wet at this moment, let alone answer Bai Yan's words.

Bai Yan didn't answer Fan Zeng in a hurry, but asked Su Xin to go to the study to bring pen and ink.

A moment later.

After Bai Yan got the pen and ink, he wrote a paragraph on a piece of bamboo slips.

Zhao Qiu knelt beside Bai Yan, with a tearful mole in his beautiful eyes, looking at Bai Yan's writing, he couldn't help but murmur softly.

"Set your heart for heaven and earth!"

"Make a life for the people!"

"For the sake of the saints, continue to learn!"

"For all generations...... Open the peace! ”

At the end of the mouth, Zhao Qiuqiao's face was raised, her eyes looked at Bai Yan beside her, looking at Bai Yan holding the bamboo slip, and handing her hands to Fan Zeng, Zhao Qiu's beautiful eyes flickered slightly, fleeting, but between her snorts, she didn't seem to be calm.

Kai Taiping !!

Thinking of these three words, Zhao Qiu couldn't help but think back to Bai Yan in the past few years, helping the Qin State to make great military exploits, and to be born and die for the Qin State!

Read thousands of Jane, but in this life, Zhao Qiu has seen the most shocking words, which are nothing more than the last time he saw Bai Yan in the clouds, the two sentences written by Bai Yan himself.

If you don't live for the people, please go his way! If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, don't enter this door! ”

Even as a woman, Zhao Qiu was touched by these two sentences at that time.

But now, compared to those two sentences, Zhao Qiu saw his ambition from that simple piece of bamboo slip, in heaven and earth, the people, the saints, and the eternal world!

Inside the gazebo.

Compared with Zhao Qiu, Fan Zeng looked at the bamboo slips, which was not much better, and even the whole person was stunned.

Fan Zeng, who boasts of reading bamboo slips all his life and specializing in countless ancient books, has always been praised and sought after by many Chu magnates, which is also the reason why Fan Zeng is proud.

What is a talent, whether it is Fan Zeng all the time, or a saint from ancient times to the present, they all serve the monarch and make a name for themselves in the world, and it is their lifelong ambition, and at this moment they are looking at a piece of bamboo slip in their hands.

Fan Zeng, who specializes in countless ancient silks, couldn't say a word.

Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and ...... for all generations Open the peace!

It seems that a thin piece of bamboo slips seems to be just a few numbers, but in Fan Zeng's heart, it is like thunder, so that Fan Zeng, who has been studying bamboo slips all his life, feels for the first time that he is confused about his ambition.

Serve the monarch and make a name for yourself in the world!

Recalling the aspirations of countless Confucians, countless talents, and countless scholars from ancient times to the present, Fan Zeng looked at the bamboo slips in his hand again, lost his mind, and couldn't help but instinctively ask a question.

What is the reason for the study that you have specialized in for so many years?

"Sir, great talent! However, the benevolence and righteousness of one person, and the benevolence and righteousness of the world, Bai Yan also asked Mr. to think twice! People are inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or as light as a feather, what is the name of the ages, what is the sage of the world, Bai Yan also ask Mr. to think carefully! ”

Bai Yan looked at Fan Zeng, who was holding the bamboo slip, and arched his hand and said.

Then Bai Yan didn't plan to talk to Fan Zeng anymore, and motioned to Su Xin to take Fan Zeng to the cell first.

For Fan Zeng, Bai Yan's purpose is to see if Fan Zeng is a person like Zhang Liang or a person like Xiao He, if it is the former, Bai Yan will not care about his uncle and aunt, and he will not hesitate to get rid of Fan Zeng.

But if it is the latter, Bai Yan still wants to strive for a talent like Fan Zeng.

Especially after experiencing the things of Tian Dan and Tian Heng, Bai Yan firmly believes that those who turn enemies into friends and can tolerate others will help others!

Right now, Bai Yan is not in a hurry to make Fan Zeng change for a while, it is not easy to change the impression that has been ingrained for thousands of years and let go of some grievances.

However, if Fan Zeng can really change his mind, at least for Bai Yan, the road in the future will be much easier.

"You really ......"

Zhao Qiu looked at Fan Zeng, who was in a trance, and after being taken away by Bai Yan's cronies, he couldn't help but turn his head and look at Bai Yan.

Bai Yan turned his head to look at Zhao Qiu, there was a hint of suspicion and shock on his pretty face, it was rare to see Zhao Qiu show such an expression, Bai Yan couldn't help laughing.

It wasn't until Zhao Qiu's complexion gradually turned cold that Bai Yanfang relented.

"If everything is given by the heavens, how could Bai Yan be surrounded in Chudong in the past! It's just that Xiong You has a bereaved family in private, and he is Xiong You's cronies and dedicated to Bai Yan! ”

Bai Yan looked at Zhao Qiu and explained casually.

Zhao Qiu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Bai Yan's explanation, but after hearing Bai Yan's explanation, Zhao Qiu knew that this also meant that Fang Cai's words were all Bai Yan's words from the bottom of his heart.