Qin Gong

Chapter 684 Tian Ding's Confusion

"Are you Tian Jin's disciple?"

"Why did Tian Jin accept you as his disciple? How can you prove it?"

"If you were Tian Jin's disciple, why did you lead the army to attack Qi? Are you seeking revenge for your teacher, or are you aiming for Qin?"

"You are Tian Jin's disciple. Was it really the will of heaven that you searched for the Jiuzhou Ding? Did you see him in a dream at night?"

Facing a group of gray-haired old men, some of whom were older than his grandfather, Bai Yan smiled bitterly.

It is said that three women make a drama, and the sight of a group of old men gathered together, talking at once and vying to speak, made Bai Yan not know who to answer for a moment.

for a long time.

Seeing that Master Pei finally got the other elders to stop asking questions, Bai Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Under the gaze of the elders, Bai Yan told them all about how he met Tian Jin in the past, when Tian Jin accepted him as a disciple, and when Tian Jin taught him knowledge.

Most of what Bai Yan said were lies, but Bai Yan told it in such great detail that Mr. Tian, ​​Mr. Zhu and others all looked at each other in surprise, fell silent, and no longer questioned Bai Yan's identity.

This was also thanks to the fact that when Tian Jin taught Bai Yan, he also left a way out for Bai Yan. The purpose was that if one day Bai Yan was really desperate and had no chance to succeed, he would return to Qi and privately visit Tian Lao, Zhu Lao and others. In name, he would be Tian Jin's disciple.

These people are also the few people that Tian Jin can trust, and their friendship is enough for Tian Jin to feel at ease to entrust Bai Yan to these people.

Unfortunately, the escape route that Tian Jin left for Bai Yan was not used in the end. He was first driven out of Qi by Tian Ding himself. When he came back again, it was no longer useful. He could only use it as one of the few evidences that could prove Bai Yan was Tian Jin's disciple.

Just like when I first saw Shi Yan and Tian Sui...

"The incident with the Jiuzhou Ding in the past is a true story. Bai Yan did have a dream! As for why he attacked Qi..."

Bai Yan looked at Mr. Tian and Mr. Zhu, then at Master Pei and the others. He was wearing Qin armor and raised his hand and spoke.

“Even if Bai Yan hadn’t been there, the people who would lead the Qin army and attack Qi today would also include other Qin generals, such as General Wang Jian, General Meng Wu, General Li Yao, and General Feng Jie! That is, General Li Xin, General Yang Yan, and General Yan Mao…”

As Bai Yan spoke, he raised his hand to signal Li Xin and others.

Li Xin and Yang Yan were still in a daze when they learned that Bai Yan was Tian Jin's disciple. Only after seeing Bai Yan's actions did they come to their senses.

"At that time, Bai Yan was not a Qi person. Now the Qin army outside Linzi City is heading to Gaotang and Luping to encircle and destroy the Qi army in these two places!"

Bai Yan said this and bowed to the old men again.

"What Bai Yan said is by no means an exaggeration. Elders, please think about it! Is it a good thing or a bad thing for Qi State for Bai Yan to lead the army?"

Bai Yan's words were definitely not an exaggeration. The Qin army had experienced hundreds of battles, not to mention the cavalry soldiers outside the city now, even the Wei Qin army led by HP, were definitely not something that the Qi army could command.

It is no exaggeration to say that Qi and Qin are now deadlocked at the border. First, Ying Zheng has no justification for his military action. Remember the Qin-Qi alliance, Qi has never sent troops to attack Qin for many years. Second, Bai Yan did not give the order. If Bai Yan had given the order, the Qin army under HP alone would have been enough to capture Gaotang in an instant.

Outside Linzi City.

Bai Yan's words and actions were all respectful and polite, but facing his blunt words, not to mention Master Pei and others, even Old Man Tian and Old Man Zhu felt uncomfortable.

But everyone knew that Bai Yan's words were not empty talk. In the past, in the world, the only ones who could fight and clash with the elite Qin army on the front battlefield were the Zhao border cavalry under Li Mu, the Xiang clan soldiers of Chu, and the Shen Xi army of Chu.

During these years, Bai Yan led the Qin cavalry and first annexed the entire Zhao border cavalry under Li Mu. Then he led the Qin cavalry and the Zhao border cavalry south to fight with the Xiang clan soldiers and Shen Xi's army, and finally destroyed the last two elite troops of the Chu State.

This is the end.

The only remaining brave troops in the entire world were the Qin cavalry and Zhao border cavalry under Bai Yan. Even the Wei Qin army that had previously been famous in Chu was under Bai Yan's command.

"Since the enemy is at the gate, how can we talk about good things?"

Master Pei and Mr. Tian looked at each other, then looked at Bai Yan and asked helplessly.

Bai Yan's words were polite, but now looking at the Qin cavalry army all around them, all outside the city of Linzi, in this tense atmosphere, they really couldn't understand what was "good" about Qi.

"The King of Qin is the common ruler of the world. This is the will of heaven. 1,400 years ago, the will of heaven was on the Shang Dynasty, and the Shang Dynasty destroyed the Xia Dynasty. 800 years ago, the will of heaven was on the Zhou Dynasty, and the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty. Looking back at the ancients, even if they had rare talents, they would not go against the will of heaven. The people in the city of Qi today are very similar to the Xia people when the Xia Dynasty was destroyed and the Shang people when the Shang Dynasty was destroyed."

Bai Yan looked at Master Pei and said, his eyes gazing towards the direction of Linzi City.

"During the 800 years of the Zhou Dynasty, the world was divided, and the countries were at war. Can the souls of the people who died in the war be stopped at millions? Only when the world is settled can the war be stopped! Only when the world is unified can the war be stopped!"

After Bai Yan finished speaking, he turned to look at Master Pei, Mr. Tian, ​​Mr. Zhu and others, and raised his hand again.

"This time, Bai Yan came to Qi on the orders of the King of Qin..."

After a pause, Bai Yan did not put down his saluting hand while speaking. Instead, he slowly raised his head and looked at Master Pei and others with burning eyes.

"It is also in accordance with the will of heaven!"

Bai Yan said.

After hearing Bai Yan's words, not to mention Master Pei, Old Man Tian, ​​Old Man Zhu and other old men, who were unable to utter the thousands of words they had prepared before leaving the city, even Li Xin, Yang Yan, Yan Mao and others who were standing by were all so angry that their blood boiled and their breathing became heavy after hearing Bai Yan's words.

It is also following the will of heaven!

But destiny cannot be violated!
If he led the troops to Qi this time, everyone, including Li Xin, Yang Yan, Yan Mao and other Qin generals, would know that they had no reason to do so and were only ordered by Ying Zheng to attack Qi and pacify Qi.

At this moment, after hearing Bai Yan's words, in the eyes of all the Qin generals, there is no such thing as "no reason for the war". What is the meaning of "no reason for the war"? Compared with Qin Wang Ying Zheng, the weight of heaven is so heavy. Bai Yan once found the Jiuzhou Ding buried under the deep roots of a giant tree because of a dream given by heaven, and also learned that Qin Wang Ying Zheng was the common ruler of the world.

Thinking of this, not to mention Li Xin and other Qin generals, even the Iron Cavalry soldiers and Border Cavalry soldiers guarding nearby showed a hint of relief in their eyes, and then their resolute gazes became even more determined.

"I don't understand! King Qin, how can you accept the will of heaven?"

Master Pei and the others naturally felt that the demeanor of Li Xin and the others, as well as the Qin army soldiers, had changed slightly. Looking at the eyes of the Qin soldiers around them and thinking of the frightened looks of the defenders in Linzi City, Master Pei, Old Tian and the others all clearly realized the insurmountable gap. Suddenly, an old man beside them lowered his head and spoke to himself in confusion, causing Master Pei and the others to turn around and look.

Looking at the old fellow named Wu Yemao, who was puzzled and kept shaking his head, Master Pei and others knew that the old fellow was not doubting Bai Yan's words, but did not understand why Qin, a country of tigers and wolves, would get the will of heaven.

"Ok?"

While sighing, Master Pei suddenly saw that on the plain in the west, a figure was standing next to a war horse, guarded by several Qin soldiers, looking into the distance to the west.

The strange thing is that although the distance was very far, the back figure gave Master Pei a familiar feeling.

"what happened?"

Mr. Tian and Mr. Zhu noticed Master Pei's appearance and looked in the direction he was looking.

"Nothing, but that person seems familiar to me. Can Lord Wu Lie tell me who that person is?"

Master Pei shook his head, turned his head back, and asked Bai Yan with confusion.

"That old man's name is Lu Gong! His son's name is Lu Shuping! If you want to meet him, Bai Yan can send someone to ask him!"

Bai Yan was also shocked by Master Pei's words. He didn't expect that Master Pei could still notice it from such a distance. Fortunately, Bai Yan reacted quickly and explained immediately, pretending to be embarrassed.

This action was also telling Master Pei and the others that the old man named Lu Gong did not want to see them, so he left on purpose.

"Lü Gong? No need!"

Looking at Bai Yan's appearance, Master Pei shook his head, sighed, and then stopped worrying about that figure. Since that person didn't want to see them, regardless of whether there was a grudge between them or not, if he didn't want to see him, then he wouldn't have to.

The most important thing right now is to find out the purpose of Bai Yan’s trip and what it will take to be satisfied.

In fact, at this moment, whether it was Master Pei, or Old Man Tian, ​​Old Man Zhu and others, they were all very nervous. Bai Yan's words just now not only changed the mood of the Qin army soldiers, but also Master Pei and others were affected, and even the influence was greater than that of the Qin army soldiers.

The older you get, the more you respect ghosts, gods and heaven.

Regardless of whether it was about Bai Yan's past acquisition of the Jiuzhou Ding or Bai Yan's dream, they could not refute it. Even after sending wave after wave of people to investigate, they could not find any suspicion of falsehood. Instead, they did not give up, and as the investigation deepened, they became more terrified and awed.

They asked all the villagers and elders in the dozens of miles around the place where the Jiuzhou Ding was buried, but without exception, just like they had been looking for elders from the old and ancient clans of Qi for the past twenty or thirty years to inquire about the whereabouts of the Jiuzhou Ding. No one knew anything.

Now that they know that Bai Yan is Tian Jin's disciple, they are even more convinced that it was indeed the heaven who gave Bai Yan the dream. Otherwise, whether it was Bai Yan or Tian Jin who knew that the Jiuzhou Ding had already been in Qi, Tian Jin's entire family would not have been executed.

"The King of Qi wants to reward the Yan family and grant them fiefdoms?"

Bai Yan listened quietly to Master Pei's words and asked with a somewhat amused look.

If it were five years ago, no, even four years ago, before the incident of Gao Nu in Shangjun, if Bai Yan knew that returning to serve Qi would allow all his family members to be rewarded and his brother and father to become officials, he might have been really tempted and eventually returned to Qi.

But at this moment, Bai Yan shook his head at Master Pei without hesitation. Seeing that Master Pei and others did not look surprised, Bai Yan asked several old men to go back to the city and inform King Qi.

Bai Yan came to Linzi just as he had said at the beginning, not with the intention of attacking the city or harming the King of Qi.

Half an hour later.

Bai Yan agreed with Tian Lao and Zhu Lao that no matter what, they would move Tian Jin's tomb together in the future. Then he stood there and watched Master Pei, Tian Lao, Zhu Lao and others return to Linzi.

"Uncle, it's father, grandfather, and grandmother!!!"

After Bai Yan discussed with Li Xin, Yang Yan and others and asked Yang Yan, Li Xin and Yan Mao to guard other city gates respectively, he just watched Li Xin and others leave when he heard his nephew shouting nearby.

Bai Yan turned around and saw that in the distant plain, his parents and brother were indeed riding on ox carts towards him.

strange?
Based on Bai Yan's understanding of his parents and the instructions he gave to his brother when he left, it is impossible for his parents and brother to come here at this time. Not to mention that there are so many Qin troops here. If they are not careful, they may really engage in a battle with the Qi army in the city.

While thinking, Bai Yan had a vague premonition that his brother and parents came either because his brother and sister-in-law's sister and parents came to plead for them, or because of his grandparents' family.

After all, if the cavalry had not arrived, his parents would have wanted him to find a day to visit his grandparents in the past few days.

The fact that he was already a general of the Qin State and King Wulie of Qin had already been known to the villagers. Based on Bai Yan's understanding of the villagers' character, some of them would surely rush to his grandfather's village and inform his grandparents and uncle's family.

..............................

"What? It's Bai Yan???"

Inside the Lu Mansion, Tian Ding, who was sitting under the pavilion, looked at Lu Qi and Tian Xian in front of him with astonishment. Seeing the two men lowering their heads and not daring to look up, Tian Ding's cheeks were full of daze and his eyes were full of disbelief.

All along, everyone has been looking for the old man who wrote the book, the one whom all the countries in the world, and even Ying Zheng, have been searching for but cannot find.

It’s actually Bai Yan!!!
His current son-in-law.

"No wonder, no wonder..."

His lips moved, and after learning about this, Tian Ding finally realized why his daughter remained silent and only said a few words when she mentioned the mysterious old man.

Why are all those knowledge hidden in the stories in the bamboo slips?

His breathing gradually became rapid, Tian Ding came to his senses and turned his gaze to Lu Qi.

The other people under the pavilion, whether it was Lu Qi's father or Lu Qi's grandfather, all remained silent and looked at each other helplessly when they saw Tian Dingzhen's angry look.

"Why didn't you tell me for so many years?"

Tian Ding asked word by word.

It's no wonder that Tian Ding was so angry. According to Tian Xian's account, five years ago, when Bai Yan left Qi, he used the jade pendant given by Fei Yan to send the bamboo slips to Tian Mansion in Linzi through Lu.

After so many years, everyone, including him, has been looking for the person who wrote the book, and Lu Qi knows it but has never told him.

"Uncle, Lu Qi has never even looked at a bamboo slip in all these years..."

When Lu Qi heard what his uncle Tian Ding said, his whole fat body trembled. He said with a wry smile on his frightened face. After he finished speaking, he did not forget to look at his father and grandfather beside him with a look of help.

"Yes! Not only Qi'er, but all of us in the Lu family have never seen it, nor have we asked about the shops in the clan. Now that I think about it, alas, because Bai Yan passed away, the jade pendant was sent to Qi by someone in various places, so no one knew about it!"

Lu Qi's father saw Lu Qi's eyes, then smiled and explained to Tian Ding.

The old ones are the wisest. Lu Qi's father not only removed everyone in the Lu Mansion from the matter, but also attributed the reason to the different places where Bai Yan sent the letter. The more important reason was the jade pendant, and that jade pendant belonged to Tian Ding's deceased wife. Their Lu Mansion...

"Yan'er!"

When Tian Xian saw that his father was thinking of his mother, his eyes were no longer filled with anger. He noticed that his younger sister was walking in the corridor in the distance accompanied by a maid, so he quickly spoke and directed his father's attention to his younger sister.

"Did Bai Yan leave any bamboo slips in his residence during this period?"

When Tian Ding saw his daughter coming over, he asked directly without waiting for her to say hello.

"No, there is only one scroll, which was sent to Ying Zheng..."

Tian Feiyan hadn't seen her father for a long time, and her beautiful eyes were filled with joy, but when she saw her father's appearance, she suddenly felt aggrieved.

Tian Ding's eyes softened when he looked at Tian Feiyan, but when he heard Tian Feiyan's words, Tian Ding's pupils shrank. He thought of the bamboo slips he had seen in Qi State before, and then thought of Ying Zheng.

Feeling uneasy, Tian Ding looked serious and hurriedly asked Tian Feiyan what was written in the bamboo slips.
Seeing his daughter Tian Feiyan looking at her brother Tian Xian with dissatisfaction, Tian Ding quickly reacted and hurriedly looked at Tian Xian.

"Father, what is written on the bamboo slips is..."

When Tian Xian saw his father's frightening eyes, he quickly recited what he had seen in the past, word for word. Fortunately, he had seen it several times with his own eyes before it was sent to the Xianyang Palace.

"I have also read it and I think there is nothing wrong with it. I think my father will arrive in Xianyang soon. If Ying Zheng knows about it, the author of the book has connections with Wutian Mansion."

After Tian Xian told his father the contents, he did not forget to explain to his father why he sent the bamboo slips to the Xianyang Palace.

"Tweet favor?"

"Tui En???"

Under the pavilion, whether it was Lu Qi, or Lu Qi's father, grandfather Lu Can and others, when they heard Tian Xian's words, they all keenly noticed the two most important words in the bamboo slips.

Just as Tian Xian finished speaking, thinking that everything was fine and his father would be relieved, he unexpectedly saw his father's face thinking about it, and then his face changed drastically and he shook his head in panic.

"Confused!"

Tian Ding scolded.

Looking at Tian Xian, Tian Ding pointed at Tian Xian and wanted to say something, but in the end he sighed helplessly.

"Bai Yan gave you the bamboo slips, which shows that he really wants to take care of the Tian family! But Bai Yan, is this the only bamboo slip you have?"

Tian Ding said.

When Tian Xian heard his father's words, he didn't understand what his father meant for a moment. When he came to his senses, he opened his mouth wide, with a look of surprise and regret.

"Little sister, does my brother-in-law have any other bamboo slips?"

Tian Xian quickly looked at his younger sister Tian Feiyan beside him.

In Tian Xian’s heart, if Bai Yan still had the bamboo slips, his younger sister would definitely know!

"Bamboo slips?"

Tian Feiyan curled her lips and saw her brother's gaze. Then, under the gaze of Lu Qi, her grandfather Lu Can and others, she looked at her father with dissatisfaction.

"He wants his father to blame Yan'er again!"

Tian Feiyan said this with a double meaning.

Tian Ding took a deep breath and looked at his daughter with a helpless face. He knew that his daughter was saying that he was blaming her again and reminding him that it was he who drove Bai Yan out of Qi.

In the matter of Bai Yan, even though Tian Ding knew that his daughter had hidden many things from him, he did not have the confidence to blame his daughter.

Think of this.

Tian Ding closed his eyes and tried hard to digest the news that the author of the book was actually his son-in-law Bai Yan.

Tian Ding couldn't describe his feelings at this moment. He was shocked to hear the news! He was excited and ecstatic because it was his son-in-law! He was worried about the relationship between his son-in-law and Ying Zheng! And so on...

However, Tian Ding also knew that after learning about this matter, no matter how many doubts he had in his heart or how much he wanted to say, he had to wait until his son-in-law Bai Yan returned to Xianyang.

After a few breaths, Tian Ding finally calmed down a little, then he opened his eyes and looked at the panic-stricken Tian Xian.

"When my father left Qi, he met Bai Yan once. If my father is not mistaken, there is a bamboo slip that has probably been delivered to the palace of Xianyang and handed over to Ying Zheng before my father arrived in Xianyang. The relationship between this person and Bai Yan is definitely not that of an ordinary person!"

After Tian Ding finished speaking, he sighed, bowed and said goodbye to his father-in-law Lu Shen, and was about to leave immediately for the Xianyang Palace.

And this moment.

Just as Tian Ding guessed, inside the Xianyang Palace, an eunuch was holding a wooden tray with a scroll of bamboo slips on it, and was walking hurriedly towards Ying Zheng's study in the corridor.

　There was once a lot of controversy over the Enfeoffment Order, which, together with the Golden Knife Scheme, was hailed as an open conspiracy, an eternal open conspiracy, but it was indeed recorded in history books.

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