Qin Shi

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At a tea stand about half a day away from Anyi City, an old man with a long beard in a long gown was thinking about the fast horse that was leaving in the distance.He picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, reached out and twirled Nian Zhan's wet beard, and murmured: "Thirteen riders..."

"Another ride! What's going on? We're going to fight again?" The old man at the next table yelled in surprise. Before he finished speaking, another fast horse passed by the tea stand like an arrow!

In just a quarter of an hour, a group of thirteen horses galloped towards Anyi on fast black horses. The people who settled here couldn't help but gather together, and began to guess what kind of news these horses carried.This unusual scene seems to have foreshadowed the crisis behind it.

After nearly a cup of tea time, a pair of merchants in red clothes stopped at the tea stand. The leader was tall and dark-complexioned, and beside him was an old man in brocade robes with wrinkled faces.

I saw the old man tremblingly took out something from his bosom, staggered to the crowd and said loudly: "Have you ever seen the person shown in this portrait? If you tell me whereabouts, my master There will be a lot of rewards!" After finishing speaking, he unfolded the bamboo scroll, and inside was a handsome young girl dressed like a scholar, with a mischievous and carefree expression on her face.

Everyone whispered curiously around the portrait. Seeing this, the old man had to wait patiently for a while.

"I've seen it before." The owner of the tea stall glanced at it by chance, then put down the work at hand, walked up to the old man and looked at the painting carefully: "And I saw you today."

The old man's spirit was shaken, and he couldn't help but straighten his back and ask: "Do you know where the person in the painting has gone?"

"I didn't pay attention to this, but Anyi is the closest to here, and I think it's going there."

Hearing this, the old man nodded in satisfaction, touched his waist again, handed over the reward, and then slowly returned to the side of the leading merchant in red.

"Sure enough, I'm going here. In this way, I will be able to report to my king sooner." The old man said with a smile.

The merchant in red hurriedly clasped his hands and said, "My lord, you are busy working hard."

"Why be polite," the old man waved his hands, and said doubtfully, "I just don't know why my king is looking for this girl. Does your lord know the details of this person?"

Jing Jian laughed twice: "I don't know, I haven't met before."

King Zhou Xian even sent his old servants to look for Yi Qing. Although he didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in the gourd, he was sure that it must be related to Princess Yingyu. Looking at his back, Jing Jian vaguely guessed something, but what he guessed was too unbelievable.Could it be that the princess really wants to invite King Zhou Xian to be their peacemaker?But what's the point.

Along the way, Jing Jian was also confused by this mystery.However, this question was quickly forgotten because of a major event in Qin!

More than [-] horses rode fast horses, and at dawn, they carried Qin's order to seek talents, and rushed to the vassal states day and night!Jing Jian knows that the fate of Qin may be changed because of this move!

Outside the city of Anyi, two horses were leisurely walking towards the city.One of the girls was wearing a blue scholar's long gown, her black hair was tied up casually behind her head, while the other was wearing a yellow gown, she was a petite and lovely pretty girl.The two were chatting and laughing when a brisk sound of horseshoes behind them caught their attention.Looking back, it was a girl who was also wearing a scholar's gown.

Yi Qing was quite surprised to see it, so she couldn't help but look at the woman a few more times.

The woman smiled at Yi Qing, seeing the similar attire of the two, she felt that they were destined, and said, "Is this the first time for the two girls to come back to Anyi?" When she spoke, it made people feel as if they were in the spring breeze!

Yi Qing knew that what she said was "elegant words" that ordinary women couldn't speak, and many scholars and government officials would find it difficult to speak well in their entire lives.The so-called Yayan is the official language as opposed to the dialects of various countries.When Haojing was established as the capital in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the official dialect based on the pronunciation of Wangji in Haojing was determined to be "Yayan".This kind of elegant language cannot be promoted by the people in the mountains and fields. It is mainly used in the government, business travelers, people in the capital city, and scholars, especially in written texts.The students of Confucius once said proudly that Confucius recited "Poems" and "Books" and performed ceremonies, all using pure elegant language instead of the native language of Lu.Xunzi of the Warring States period put more emphasis on elegant words, advocating that "the evil sounds of the barbarians should not be messed with the elegant", and that whether to speak the elegant words or the evil sounds of the barbarians was a major matter of honor and disgrace for scholars. A person is in peace, a gentleman is in peace."That is to say, the Yue people speak the Yue dialect, and the Chu people speak the Chu dialect, but all gentlemen in the world should speak elegant words.Even so, due to various reasons, it is actually difficult for officials, businessmen and Ziguo people to be polite to everyone, let alone those women who seldom go out to socialize, let alone study and become officials.A young girl has a pure and fluent dialect, at least it can be seen that she was born in a family of scholars for generations, and the girl herself has the experience of traveling and studying.

Yi Qing thought that she still couldn't speak well, so she couldn't help admiring this girl from the bottom of her heart, and felt a mysterious aura about her.She cupped her hands hastily and said: "No, but I have revisited the old place."

The girl nodded, then clasped her hands together and said: "Xuanqi, I seem to be destined for the girl. If we meet again in the future, why don't you and I add a light to the case and have a long talk by candlelight, okay?"

"Of course, I'm Yi Qing, Miss Xuan Qi, don't forget what you said today." Yi Qing happily replied.

Xuan Qi chuckled, nodded to Can Yue, and rode away.

Seeing that Yi Qing was still staring at Xuan Qi's back in a daze, Wan Yue asked curiously, "What's so interesting?"

"Canyue, haven't you noticed that the girl's waist is clearly the second brother's personal dagger." Yi Qing replied teasingly: "This is strange, and you can also make fun of it when you see the second brother in the future." fan."

Can Yue seemed to be preoccupied, and said with some hesitation: "Since we have already entered the city, Can Yue wants to say goodbye first." After finishing speaking, Chao Yi Qing cupped her fists and left on her own.

Since the annihilation of the ministries of Rong and Di that day, Xuanji bid farewell and left, but Lin Qingye has never shown up again, and I don't know where he has been wandering for more than half a year.Wan Yue, who originally planned to return to Shennong Mountain, had to put aside the idea of ​​going back temporarily because of a "family letter" written by Hu Ji.Now that I have arrived in Anyi, I am naturally in a hurry to find my sweetheart.

Seeing that she was alone again in a blink of an eye, Yi Qing felt sour for some reason.The sons and daughters of the Warring States period are always scattered, wandering all over the world, and they have nowhere to live. They are probably the group of people they are talking about.All of her close friends are scattered in the sky, and she doesn't know when she will end her days of living everywhere.Thinking back to the past, my wish was to roam the world and roam the mountains and rivers, but now, I just want to find a safe and stable house to live a peaceful life with my friends.Sure enough, it was extremely quiet.

She sighed, thinking that Baixue was in Dongchunxiang, she couldn't help but shake her spirits.After half a year, I don't know how she is doing now?

After entering Chunxiang Cave, she just sat down when she saw a familiar figure, and she couldn't help but be overjoyed.Standing up, she bowed to the person slightly: "Miss Xuan, we met the little girl again not long after we separated. You and I are destined to be together. You don't mind sharing the table with the little girl."

Qing Lijia's eyes lit up, and she said happily: "How did the 'fate' fall on you and me so quickly? Could it be that Miss Yi followed Xuan Qi quietly. Hey, how come you are the only one left?"

Yi Qing sat down next to Xuan Qi: "Isn't it easy to keep up? Those who have entered Anyi, most of them will come to Xiangchun here. My friend has other important matters, and once he enters the city, he will be separated from me." , did the girl ask someone to talk here?"

Xuan Qi said: "Girls come and girls go, what a mouthful, Yi Qing will call me Xuan Qi. Come to this cave Xiangchun, one is to inquire about a piece of news, the other is to find someone."

"Oh? A skilled craftsman, or a knight-errant?"

"Famous scholars." Xuan Qi smiled mysteriously, "Has Yi Qing heard of Legalism?"

Yi Qing looked at Xuan Qi in surprise, and wondered in her heart, could it be that the two of them were looking for the same person?

"The Legalists, Yi Qing has admired Shen Dao's name for a long time, but it is rumored that Shen Dao is good at academics and has no interest in being an official, and Shen Dao is extremely accurate, and both the uncle and the prime minister have the ability to discern people .Xuan Qi is looking for, but this person?"

Xuan Qi shook his head: "It's not this person."

"This is a mystery to Yi Qing." Yi Qing lowered her head and pondered for a moment: "This person has never been an official?"

"Of course."

"Have you been in Anyi City recently?"

"It's not in the city, but it's not far away."

Yi Qing paused, and said word by word: "This person once made a big splash in Dongchunxiang, but then disappeared, didn't he?"

Xuan Qi laughed and said: "It turns out that Yi Qing also knew the name of this person, and she guessed it so quickly."

"I just don't know why Xuan Qi found this person?"

Xuan Qi just drank tea, looked at Yi Qing and smiled, and said nothing.A maid came to the case and asked the two what kind of wine they bought?Xuan Qi took out a bamboo tube from his waist and handed it over: "Give it to your master."

Yi Qing was even more surprised when she saw it.The woman in front of her not only has an inexplicable relationship with Qin Xiaogong, but also seems to be very familiar with Wei Yang. Even the owner here, Bai Xue, seems to have an unusual relationship with her.Since everyone around her knew this woman, why didn't the two of them know each other?As he was thinking about it, the servant girl rumored that Xuan Qi was going to enter the room to speak. Xuan Qi just wanted to say goodbye to Yi Qing, but she heard Yi Qing say: "I am also an old acquaintance with Bai Xue, Xuan Qi would mind if Yi Qing followed suit." Are you going?"

The second entrance to the courtyard is the study of the Bai family.There are six rooms side by side, which are divided into four compartments on the west and two compartments on the east. There is a door in the middle.Among the Bai's family property, only this study room was preserved intact, and even the two servants who were in charge of the study room were also preserved, and they were not dismissed.The old servant is specialized in keeping and repairing the slips of cultural relics. He was a scribe of Bai Gui before he was alive. Because he broke his leg while riding a horse when he was young, he was good at reading and not good at running around, so Bai Gui made him the head of the study.The little maid is Bai Gui's companion who was specially found for his daughter during his lifetime. Because he and his daughter are very congenial, Bai Gui specifically told him to leave these two loyal servants to his daughter.The maid's name is Mei Gu, and she often guards Dongxiangchun for Bai Xue who is out.Every time Bai Xue came home from outside, she had to go to the study to make arrangements for things to be done before going to rest.

Today, Bai Xue is in this study as usual.The old scribe next to him limped and reported: "Master, there is nothing to do today, you can go to rest." Everyone in the White House waited, only this old man insisted on calling Bai Xue "Master", as if he believed that the mistress was as good as the man. .As time went by, people also recognized the title of the old man, and Bai Xue got used to this kind of female son status.

"Scholar, I have something to do." Bai Xue said hurriedly: "You have to pack up the laws and regulations of various countries in the library, oh, not all of them, there are too many, mainly the important laws and regulations of several reform countries since the reform, and pack them into one The big wooden box has to withstand the bumps."

"My lord, do you want to go out and use it yourself? Or sell it? Do you want to give it away?" The scholar said in surprise: "Those are the most precious Tibetan slips of the old prime minister, and some of them are even missing from the national library."

"My scholar," Bai Xue said with a smile, "I know. Things have great uses, and only when they are in their place, right?"

"That's right. I'm just reminding the young master, don't let others go so easily."

"Thank you, Shuweng, how can Bai Xue let others easily? Well, let's do it, that's right."

The old scholar limped and didn't take two steps, when a woman's voice came from behind: "How so? Who are you going to hand over these things to? If the entrustment is not human, Qing'er will fight for her life." , but also to snatch it back."

Bai Xue turned around in surprise, only to see two elegant beauties standing outside the house, the same clothes looked like a pair of brothers returning from a study tour: "Qing'er, how could it be you?" Then she turned around and nodded to Xuan Qi: "This What's the girl's name?"

Xuan Qi took a step forward and cupped his fists, "My surname is Baili, and my name is Xuan Qi. Your Excellency is Snow White?"

Bai Xue nodded in praise and said: "Miss Baili speaks such pure and elegant words. Yes, I am Bai Xue, I just don't know why the girl came here with Princess Yingyu's handwriting?"

Xuan Qi didn't expect that Bai Xue would announce Yingyu's name in front of outsiders, and was a little confused for a while, and Yi Qing never expected that Xuan Qi didn't know Bai Xue, but she was How could there be Yingyu's handwriting?In doubt, she suddenly thought of the dagger on Xuan Qi's waist, and immediately guessed her identity and the purpose of this trip very closely.

Bai Xue saw that her words caused the expressions of the two people in front of her to change a few times, and she couldn't help but feel even more puzzled. After a long time, she choked out a sentence: "...The two of you, don't you know each other? If that's the case, why did you come here together?"

Without waiting for Xuan Qi to speak, Yi Qing took the first step and said: "Miss Xuan Qi, I am the secret envoy of Qin State, and I came to Dong Chunxiang this time, in fact, it is for the person that the girl is looking for."

Xuan Qi was taken aback, and blurted out: "You also came to look for Shen Buhai?"

"Shen Buhai?" Yi Qing and Bai Xue were stunned at the same time, and Yi Qing was surprised: "Didn't the girl come to look for Wei Yang?"

"Wei Yang? I've never heard of it." Xuan Qi thought for a while, then shook his head and replied, "Since Yi Qing has told the truth, then Xuan Qi will no longer hide it. In fact, Xuan Qi came here this time to seek a first or second chance for Qin. Cai. I know that Shen Buhuo is an extraordinary talent, so I specially want to invite him to come out of the mountain to Qin to be his chancellor!"

Yi Qing and Bai Xue looked at each other.Bai Xue said: "But Miss Baili knows that after the spring of Korea, Shen Buhui may be appointed to prepare for reform. The girl seems to be a step late, besides," she and Yi Qing looked at each other: "Qin's phase, I and Yi Qing I have long been interested in Wei Yang, so Shen Buhai can compare to Wei Yang?"