Bai Yan naturally didn't know what those women said in the Bao family's mansion. After leaving the mansion, Bai Yan came to the place he had made an appointment with his confidant Lou Feng.
"General!"
When Lou Feng saw Bai Yan arriving and saw no one around, he quickly stepped forward and bowed his hands in ceremony.
"What about the rest?"
Bai Yan looked at Lou Feng and asked.
"General, please follow me!"
Lou Feng said to Bai Yan, and then took Bai Yan around several alleys until he came to a remote courtyard, knocked on the door, and when the door opened, he took Bai Yan in.
In the courtyard, what came into view were a dozen men, sharpening their swords and practicing martial arts.
"General!"
"General!!"
When one man after another saw Bai Yan, they stopped what they were doing and saluted Bai Yan.
Bai Yan nodded and looked at the soldiers in disguise in front of him.
After deciding to come to Yanggui, except for some of the people Bai Yan brought to escort Baoshu back to Yanmen, the rest followed them to Yangdi. However, due to the large number of people, Bai Yan only took two of them into Baoshu.
Mansion, everything else is hidden in the city.
"General, six more people have gone out to investigate the news!"
Lou Feng said to Bai Yan.
While Lou Feng was talking, he saw Bai Yan arriving. A soldier in disguise brought out a plate of gold from the room, which was about forty or fifty yuan. This was what Lou Feng handed over to Bai Yan according to Bai Yan's instructions.
The token you gave me, go to Lu's shop to get the gold.
"General, this is the money obtained!"
The soldiers came to Bai Yan with the gold.
Bai Yan glanced at the gold and did not choose to take it. Instead, he turned to look at Lou Feng.
"There are more than 300 people in the city. It's definitely not enough to feed the poor people! Lou Feng, in the past two days, you took the money and took turns going to the city to investigate and find out who was responsible for the food of those people in the past.
good!"
After Bai Yan said this, he glanced at the soldiers in the courtyard.
"Before the autumn harvest, there should be nothing important. When I have the opportunity, I will take the soldiers to relax and have a good time. I don't need to worry about money. Besides having fun, I also want to inquire about the situation in the city.
Let’s see if anything big happens.”
Bai Yan ordered.
"No! General, don't worry!"
Lou Feng raised his hand to accept the order and nodded slowly.
Seeing that the gold had been obtained, Bai Yan gave some instructions and after everything was explained clearly, he turned around and left.
Inside Yangju City.
Bai Yan walked on the street, looking at the people coming and going, with a thoughtful expression on his face. The reason why he came to Yangzhen was because Bai Yan suspected that the purpose of those nobles was probably Tian Xian, who was now the envoy.
But it's just speculation at the moment, and no definite news has been received yet.
"General!"
While Bai Yan was thinking, two men came to Bai Yan's side.
These two men were the two cronies that Bai Yan brought into the Bao Mansion. After Bai Yan left the Bao Mansion, they waited for a while and then left the Bao Mansion together. As for the news from the Bao Fu, Bao Yu's
The servant will inform them.
Bai Yan watched the two cronies arrive. Before he could speak, there was a noise on the street in front of him.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!!"
Bai Yan followed the sound and saw many Qin officials driving away people on the street.
Seeing this, Bai Yan also moved out of the way with his cronies on the side.
Then, under Bai Yan's gaze, a carriage drove slowly in the street in the distance. What was surprising was that the carriage did not seem to be one of those extremely private carriages, but one with only a sunshade.
A carriage with no shelter around it.
As the carriage approached, Bai Yan could clearly see that the carriage contained a charming woman and a man in his twenties or eighties.
The sound of the wheels made the carriage pass in front of him. Bai Yan noticed that the people in Yangzhen seemed to be used to it. However, Bai Yan was a little puzzled as to why the man was not wearing an official uniform, or even a rank, let alone a rank.
Like important matters, official business, but so many Qin officials can clear the way on the streets.
"Junzi Ai is going hunting with the beauty again!"
"No, I heard that the gentlemen of the Jun family and the Hao family hunted a deer outside the city two days ago, on the other side of Xitou Mountain. I believe that the gentleman also heard the news, so he took the beauty there.
Show off your skills.”
On the street, the people who had just given way started talking quietly after seeing the carriage leaving.
Bai Yan walked slowly with his confidants, listening to the discussions of the people around him.
Aoi!
When Bai Yan heard this surname, he suddenly recalled in his mind that he had once met an official with the surname of Chu, Yingchen Chengshou, Chuan!
In the past, he was ordered to lead the cavalry to escort Han Wangan to Yingchen, and the person who received him was Yinchuan.
Could it be that the man just now has something to do with Chuan?
While Bai Yan was thinking, he walked forward and soon brought two of his confidants to a restaurant. According to Lou Feng just now, the restaurant in front of him was the best restaurant in Yangzhi City.
Bai Yan glanced at the restaurant in front of him and walked towards the door of the restaurant without hesitation.
"Hey~ guests, please come quickly!"
The two women standing outside the restaurant saw Bai Yan and the others. When they saw that all three of them had swords at their waists, they stepped forward to greet them with smiles on their faces.
Bai Yan and the others were already accustomed to this scene, so they followed the woman into the restaurant.
"How many gentlemen? Do you want a private room?"
The woman led Bai Yan into the restaurant and asked with a smile as she walked.
Bai Yan glanced at the restaurant in front of him, and then under the woman's gaze, he raised his hand with a calm expression and pointed at the wooden table in a corner of the first floor.
"Just sit at that table!"
Bai Yan said, and then took out three coins from his pocket.
"Another bottle of wine!"
Bai Yan said.
Following Bai Yan's words and the three coins in his hand, a huge contrast appeared in the woman's expression. The smile on her face disappeared visibly. She glanced at Bai Yan and saw the child coming over.
"Take the three of them over! That table!"
The woman reached out and gently took the three pieces of money from Bai Yan's hand. After handing them to the waiter, she pointed to the table in the corner and said. After speaking, she immediately turned around and left without stopping at all, walking straight towards the door of the restaurant.
It’s not the woman’s fault. Not only this restaurant, but also other restaurants. Restaurants in other cities, apart from the floor height, are also divided into private rooms and small rooms. The prices are naturally different. Looking inside the restaurant
The cheapest ones are undoubtedly the tables on the first floor. Usually the people sitting at these tables either have no money, are poor, or are extremely picky. In short, any restaurant girl knows that those sitting on the first floor are the cheapest ones to have a drink.
He drinks wine and leaves immediately without asking any woman to keep him company.
"Three guests, please!"
After the waiter took the three dollars, he didn't have the power of the woman. After all, as a waiter, he was responsible for the chores on the first floor. He was already used to it. It was not his turn to deliver drinks to private rooms and the like.
"Thank you!"
Bai Yan nodded, cupped his hands and said.
Upon seeing this, the other two cronies knew Bai Yan's identity and did not pay too much attention to the woman's appearance just now. Then, under the leadership of the waiter, the two followed Bai Yan to a wooden table in the corner and sat down.
After a while.
A pot of wine and a stack of dried beans were brought to the wooden table.
Bai Yan didn't mind the quality of the wine. When he saw the wine being served, he picked up the jug and poured wine into the wooden cups on the table. Seeing this, the other two cronies suddenly became frightened.
Fortunately, after seeing Bai Yan's eyes, the two of them calmed down, but they still looked a little restless.
After all, in the eyes of the two of them, Bai Yan is a general.
They had never heard of a general toasting their soldiers, let alone seen him.
"I was so busy in the past that I rarely had the opportunity to drink like this. Speaking of which, I have experienced life and death together along the way. I haven't learned much about you. Please take this opportunity to tell me about the people in your family and some things in your hometown.
Interesting story, how about it?"
After Bai Yan poured the wine, he picked up the wooden cup with both hands and said with a smile.
When the two cronies saw Bai Yan toasting, they immediately picked up their wine glasses and returned the toast to Bai Yan.
These two cronies were named Nong and Zhang Liang.
The next few hours.
Bai Yan listened patiently to the two people in front of him, talking about things at home, his wife, children, mother, and interesting things in his hometown.
During this period, Bai Yan noticed that many Qin officials wearing official uniforms and some men came to this restaurant separately.
Bai Yan silently remembered how many people there were.
As a few hours passed, from morning to sunset, the waiter in the restaurant would come over every hour. Fortunately, Bai Yan would refill the bottle of wine appropriately at this time, so he didn't let him go.
The waiter is in trouble.
The sky outside the window is gradually getting darker, more and more people are coming to the restaurant, and the environment on the first floor is becoming more and more noisy.
The two cronies also spoke carefully to avoid being noticed, but after sitting there for a whole day, Bai Yan was asking about the two of them, with no intention of asking for news. The two looked at each other with confusion.
.
"Gentleman, please come in quickly! Please come in quickly!!"
Suddenly, amid the noisy conversation, the enthusiastic voices of two women came, which immediately silenced the surrounding voices. Many people followed the sound and saw two women and a group of eight or nine men coming to the restaurant.
Inside.
"Gentleman, please come upstairs! There is a first-class private room!"
The woman enthusiastically led the way.
But what surprised the woman was that the well-dressed middle-aged man in the lead suddenly saw something and stopped. The other men in civilian clothes behind him also stopped when they saw what happened.
Under the gaze of many men, the middle-aged man suddenly whispered something to the woman, and she saw the woman walking towards the corner of the first floor.
"Uncle, who is that person?"
Behind the middle-aged man, a younger man asked curiously, wondering why the woman asked the woman to invite that man to go to the private room with her when her father decided.
"Those three people are the ones my brother brought back yesterday!"
Baoding sighed and explained.
While he was talking, Baoding saw that the woman in the distance had already walked back, and the three people stood up one after another, stood at the wooden table and bowed their hands in greeting, but did not follow the woman.
Seeing this, Baoding nodded with satisfaction.
It’s a sign of recognition!
Late at night.
In the Bao family's mansion, Bao Yu looked at the letter in his hand. When the servant told Bai Yan to return to the house, Bao Yu hurriedly asked the servant to invite Bai Yan to come over.
After a while.
Bai Yan, who had just returned home, followed his servant to Bao Yu's study.
"Lord Bao!"
Bai Yan looked at Bao Yu and raised his hand to salute.
Under candlelight.
When Bao Yu saw Bai Yan, he raised his hand in return and waited until the servant left.
"I heard you went to a restaurant today?"
Bao Yu looked at Bai Yan and asked softly as Bai Yan smelled of alcohol.
"Go and take a look at the situation in the city. Compared to other places, restaurants are not only better informed, but also the easiest place to see the relationship between the nobles and officials in a place."
Bai Yan nodded. After spending the whole day in the restaurant today, what he saw and heard was that he finally understood why Yingchuan was in such chaos.
Bai Yan knew about the Yingchuan chaos in the past, but he never imagined that the chaos would reach such an extent, with everyone from city captains to ordinary officials and soldiers mingling with the gentry.
Even in the restaurant, Bai Yan heard some people say with his own ears that if he wanted to become a Qin official, he only needed to join the nobles and become their confidants. Then the nobles would let the chief officials in Yangzhu City arrange their positions.
When Bai Yan heard this sentence, he couldn't help but shake his head.
Bai Yan knew clearly that behind this sentence, it meant that in Yangzhi City, almost half of the Qin officials were already members of the gentry, or even more than half.
This is the seat of Yingchuan County!
But not anywhere else.
Think of this.
Bai Yan looked at Bao Yu in front of him. Bao Yu was always away from home and rarely returned to Yang Zhen. I'm afraid even Bao Yu didn't know the current situation in Yang Zhen.
"That's not bad!"
When Bao Yu heard Bai Yan's words, he thought for a few moments and nodded in agreement. After finishing speaking, Bao Yu took a roll of bamboo slips and handed it to Bai Yan.
"News came from the Chu Kingdom today that the King of Chu, Xiong You, has been killed! It was Xiong Fuchu's disciples who did it!"
Bao Yu informed Bai Yan about the murder of King Xiong You of Chu.
After agreeing to Bai Yan, he no longer devoted himself to the matter of restoration. Now he calmed down and looked at each incident. Only then did Bao Yu understand how ridiculous the restoration was, and finally understood why Bai Yan would say that it would be better to let the young master
To spend this life peacefully.
That is the new King of Chu!
The territory of Chu is several times larger than that of Yingchuan, and it is said to have millions of soldiers. Xiong You is the king of a country!
However, it was just like this. It was only two months after he succeeded to the throne. Xiong You, who had just ascended the throne of the Chu Kingdom, was killed by others. Now thinking back to Mr. Shen and Mr. Han, the nobles did not hesitate to spend a huge amount of money to get Xiong You's help.
With the price and connections, he helped Xiong You and Li Yuan fight for the throne in Chu State.
"The killing of Xiong You may affect the rebellion! And in two days, I may have to go to Chu State!"
Bao Yu said to Bai Yan with worried eyes.
If the rebellion did not happen, Bao Yu would not be able to go north with peace of mind. In Bao Yu's eyes, he knew better than anyone else that in the clan, not to mention his father, Zhongdi and others were of the same lineage as his uncle.
He will let this opportunity go. Once he leaves, his father and others will definitely participate in riots again in the future.
A showdown was impossible. If I wanted to tell my father and others the truth, I could only wait for the turmoil to end.
Although Bai Yan will not be in any danger if he tells it now, once the news gets out, it will definitely frighten all the nobles. Not to mention that all the nobles will go into hiding. Even in Xianyang, they will not be let go.
He even angered Bai Yan.
There are too many people in the clan with different ideas. At the moment, no one can guarantee whether the news will leak out.
"Indeed! Knowing that Xiong You was killed, all the rebel nobles in Yingchuan County will definitely be terrified!"
Bai Yan frowned slightly after reading the bamboo slips. Although Xianyang would definitely take action, and the unrest in Yingchuan was definitely a certainty, the news of King Chu's death reached Xianyang, and then Xianyang made the decision and ordered someone to pass the order to Xianyang.
Yingchuan, this all takes time.
Before that, the Yingchuan nobles would definitely send people to Chu State again.
"If we really go to the Chu Kingdom, we hope to find out the detailed plans of those noble clans! I will stay in Yangzhen and watch over the Bao clan!"
Bai Yan returned the bamboo slips to Bao Yu. After much deliberation, Bai Yan decided not to go to Chu State yet. Although Bai Yan also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to go to Chu State to see his uncle and the country.
My aunt, whom I have never met before, and my uncle's children, look at my uncle's family.
But after all, it didn’t feel like it wasn’t the right time.
At this moment, he and Bao Yu must have someone watching them, otherwise if something happens, they can only watch helplessly and cannot do anything.
As for Bao Yu going to Chu State, Bai Yan is not worried.
Bao Yu's attachment to Korea was not as high as he imagined. What he really obsessed with was to restore the glory of his ancestors. Bao Shu was in Yanmen, which meant that Bao Yu would never have any thoughts about Korea again in the future.
Also because Bao Shu kept his name anonymous, for Bao Yu, among all the vassal states, Qin was the only one he could choose.
Therefore, Bai Yan was not worried about Bao Yu going to Chu State.
"Okay! If I really want to go to Chu State, I'll have a lot of work here in Baofu!"
Bao Yu took the bamboo slip and said softly.
No one knows that his daughter Bao Shu is still alive. Therefore, under such circumstances, Bao Yu knows that no one will doubt him. Bai Yan wants to know how Mr. Shen and others can unite the Qi State. He will have a chance to go to the Chu State this time.