Qin Gong

Chapter 724: Qiang Wei's Disloyalty

Chapter 724: Qiang Wei's Disloyalty

The Yuezhi tribe had a vast territory. As the carriage team climbed over one hill after another, Bai Yan couldn't even remember how far they had walked. Finally, they saw countless tent tribes leaning against a mountain range in a vast plain.

Bai Yan woke up, opened his sleepy eyes, turned sideways to look at the Yuezhi tribe, took a breath, turned back and stretched, then picked up a hat and covered his head with it.

"You kid, remember not to wander around. The Yue people love to bully outsiders!"

The old man instructed Bai Yan in a bad mood. Ever since he lost face in front of Bai Yan, his junior, the old man seemed to have been brooding over it. However, no matter how much he cared, it was not difficult to hear the kindness in the old man's words.

When you are in a foreign country, don't wander around if you don't know anyone.

"Remember this, kid!"

Bai Yan smiled, and then continued to lean lazily on the carriage. However, not long after, as they got closer to the Yuezhi tribe and as the number of sheep and livestock around them increased, a chaotic and childish voice came from the front.

It seemed to be the ancient language of Yuezhi, which Bai Yan could not understand. Among all his former teachers in Qi State, only one teacher from Yan could speak a little Xiongnu and Donghu languages. As for the Yuezhi language, although it was very similar, as a foreigner, it was still difficult for Bai Yan to understand it without any preparation, especially because the voice was childish and chaotic.

"What's wrong? Old man!"

Bai Yan also noticed the old man's displeasure. When he turned around and saw a group of more than 20 children, most of them were between five and ten years old, with smiles on their faces, he couldn't help but ask the old man in confusion.

"These Yuezhi children are here to ask for things again!"

The old man said to Bai Yan that he was dissatisfied all the way when he saw those Yuezhi children blocking the road, shouting in groups, raising their hands to demand things, and refusing to let the carriage team pass unless they were given the things.

Seeing this scene, the old man couldn't help but get angry. This is not asking at all, this is clearly robbery.

Relying on the fact that his own people were behind him, he unscrupulously blocked people's roads and demanded things.

The difference between the Central Plains people and the Yuezhi people is particularly clear at this moment.

Looking at the greedy and unsatisfied looks of those children, the old man then looked at Bai Yan, who was lazily walking on the wooden trailer. He had felt a little upset and suffocated watching Bai Yan along the way, but at this moment, the contrast was overwhelming.

On the wooden trailer, this young man named Sanzi is so handsome and pleasing to the eye!

No matter how poor a scholar is, even if his family has fallen on hard times, his manner of speaking, every word and action reveals a sense of comfort. That is a habit that others cannot learn even if they have lived in the Central Plains for thousands of years.

"Boy, hide your sword well. If those Yue clan boys take a fancy to it and insist on snatching it away, you may not be able to keep your sword!"

The old man gave Bai Yan instructions, especially when he saw several Yuezhi children in the distance, who had already opened the wooden trailers and were moving forward.

"it is good!"

Bai Yan was a little surprised, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, but he still obediently hid the wooden sword in the cloth bag he had been leaning against.

Soon, after dealing with these Yuezhi children, the carriage gradually continued to move towards the Yuezhi tribe. Bai Yan noticed that almost everyone in the carriage team had expressions of fatigue and uncontrollable anger.

"After all, they are descendants of the Yue clan. Just like their fathers, they only think about gaining something for nothing and robbing others. I really hope that these people will never have the chance to grow up. It would be better if they die, so that they will not bring disaster to the Central Plains in the future!"

"A disaster to the Central Plains! Bah, they are all the same as their fathers, bullying the weak and fearing the strong. Qin has the Great Liangzao, so they dare to go south and give it a try. Back then, the Great Liangzao set a fire and burned tens of thousands of them to death. In recent years, have you seen which Yuezhi dare to go to Shangjun?"

"That's right. The Xiongnu and Donghu caused chaos in the former Zhao and Yan lands, but as long as they didn't hear the news from Daliangzao, the Yuezhi people would only dare to stay in their tribes!"

Bai Yan leaned against the carriage, listening to the venting discussions around the carriage, looking at the vast expanses of sheep and livestock in the distance of the plain, and suddenly he opened his mouth and yawned, as if sleepiness was coming again.

"What are you thinking about, boy!"

The old man looked at Bai Yan's lazy appearance and couldn't help but ask.

"Before I went north, my wife was already pregnant, and I didn't know what name to give her!"

Bai Yan said to the old man, and then he saw the old man looked surprised for a moment, and then he couldn't help laughing.

"No wonder you dared to go north alone to seek refuge with your relatives. It seems that you have a child, so you are not afraid of death anyway!"

The old man's smile faded and he looked ahead.

"You have just seen the nature of the Yuezhi people. I tell you, even if your relatives have some status, you will not be in a good situation if you stay here in the future. From children to middle-aged men and old people, none of the Yuezhi people are good people!"

When the old man said this, he looked at Bai Yan in the carriage.

"But I think if you had no other choice, you wouldn't have come to Yuezhi alone. Although I don't know your experience and plans, I can still help you. I will be here for about ten days. If you have decided to give your offspring a name, please tell me your address. When I return to Shangjun, I will find a way to ask someone to deliver a message..."

The old man instructed Bai Yan.

The few awkwardness along the way completely disappeared after arriving at the Yuezhi tribe, a foreign land, and was replaced by kindness from the bottom of the heart.

"Thank you, old man!"

Hearing this, Bai Yan paused and a smile appeared on his face.

Half an hour later.

As the carriage team arrived at the Yuezhi tribe, Bai Yan finally had the opportunity to see with his own eyes where the Yuezhi people lived.

Tents are densely distributed and arranged in a complex manner. A main road leading directly to the foot of a high mountain is the only place where people come and go. On this straight and pleasing-looking main road, in addition to the commercial stalls on both sides, many women can be seen tied to wooden stakes like sheep. In some places, there are one or two women, and in some places, there are five or six women beside the wooden stakes.

Under the scorching sun, those women can be vaguely recognized. They are all women from the Central Plains. However, with their scarred, dirty, sallow bodies and unconscious faces, it is hard to imagine what they have experienced and tortured.

Perhaps for these women, they will never have the chance to live like human beings again.

After years of seeing this, the old man and others have long been numb to it, and a slight look of pity would flash across their eyes. When Bai Yan was stunned and dazed, the old man did not forget to remind Bai Yan not to meddle in other people's business.

After entering the camp of the Yuezhi tribe, everyone fell silent. Even Bai Yan fell silent when he learned that those women and dying children would most likely be cruelly tortured to death and then eaten by the Yuezhi people.

"Being taken to the north by the Yuezhi, Xiongnu, and Donghu tribes is the outcome. No one can change it. It has been like this for thousands of years. A thousand years ago, the Central Plains dynasty was unable to deal with these nomadic tribes in the north. A thousand years later, it is still like this today! This area in the north, where people can easily get lost, has always been a forbidden area for the Central Plains army. The King of Zhou moved the capital, and Li Mu defended it. Look at the Daidi and Yanmen Five Counties in the distance. Without Daliangzao, the Xiongnu and Donghu went south to plunder. No one can control it, and no one can control it!"

Perhaps because he saw Bai Yan, who was always cheerful, he fell silent. Before leaving, the old man told Bai Yan that since he would have to live here in the future, he should not meddle in other people's business, but should learn to take these things lightly and learn to be tolerant.

Even if he was surrounded by the Yuezhi children, more than a dozen of them would gather together to bully, rob, spit on, and all laugh and make a fuss!

Even seeing those Central Plains women being kept like animals in fences and stakes...

"Thank you, old man!"

After stopping in front of a tent, Bai Yan watched everyone busy unloading the goods. He listened to the old man's kind advice, picked up his sword, and raised his hand to salute the old man.

Bai Yan had originally planned to say goodbye with a laugh, but after seeing and hearing what he saw and heard after arriving in Yuezhi, he could no longer laugh. He could only simply bow to the old man and express his gratitude.

After the ceremony, he looked at the old man and saw that the others were bringing a Yuezhi man over, stumbling over his words in awkward Yuezhi dialect. After the Yuezhi man nodded, he motioned for Bai Yan to follow him.

After Bai Yan bowed to the others, he followed the Yuezhi man away.

along the way.

Bai Yan followed the Yuezhi man with a sword in hand. He did not pay any attention to the Yuezhi people who were passing by and occasionally cast strange glances at him.

No one knew how long they walked or how far they turned before the Yuezhi man in front of them finally brought Bai Yan to a tent.

The man frowned and pointed at the ground, signaling Bai Yan not to move. Then he walked towards the tent and said some Yuezhi words. In an instant, a man from the Central Plains in his forties walked out of the tent.

When the Central Plains man saw Bai Yan, he was surprised and said something to the Yuezhi man. The Yuezhi man seemed to respect the Central Plains man very much. He nodded, turned around and left.

Seeing the Yuezhi man leaving, the Central Plains man hurriedly invited Bai Yan into the tent with a look of respect. If the Yuezhi man had seen this, he would have been dumbfounded.

"There is a token!"

Inside the tent, the man from Central Plains looked at Bai Yan.

Bai Yan then took out his general seal from his bosom. The moment he saw the general seal, the man from Central Plains was completely shocked. After he came to his senses, he bowed to Bai Yan with fear and trepidation.

"Xun Gai, meet the Great Liangzao!"

Xun Gai never dared to imagine in his dreams that Bai Yan, the great minister of Qin, would come to Yuezhi alone. I'm afraid there is no one else in the world who has such courage.

This is Yuezhi!

Back then, Bai Yan set fire to Gaonu, causing the Yuezhi tribe to wail everywhere. The sky and the plain were filled with cries. Xun Gai couldn't imagine that if the Yuezhi people knew that Bai Yan had come here, would they swarm over, capture Bai Yan and cook him, and then eat his flesh and bones to vent their hatred?

"Has Qiang Wei already developed other intentions?"

After Bai Yan bowed to Xun Gai in return, he began to ask.

Xun Gai was a descendant of a remote branch of the Xun family. Before this, after Xun Shuo had traveled to the Yuezhi, he used his connections as a merchant to help Xun Gai gain a foothold in the Yuezhi. This was why Bai Yan came to see Xun Gai as soon as he arrived in the Yuezhi.

Bai Yan naturally believed in Xun Shuo’s people.

"Yes!"

Xun Gai nodded solemnly, and then told Bai Yan that he had secretly sent people to incite merchants to meet Qiang Wei and persuade Qiang Wei to force Yuezhi Yangjin to send troops to help Qin.

And Qiang Ye...just killed that man directly!

"Daliangzao..."

Xun Gai originally thought that Bai Yan would frown and look worried after hearing the news, but the fact was that after hearing the news, Bai Yan's brows relaxed and he seemed relieved.

This confused Xun Gai!

This is obviously bad news, so why does Bai Yan look like this?

"I want to see Yangjin!"

Bai Yan looked at Xun Gai, then handed the general seal to Xun Gai, and asked Yang Jin to arrange a meeting after learning about it.

"Da Liangzao, no! If Yangjin knew that Da Liangzao was here, she would probably kill him. In the eyes of the Yuezhi people, if Da Liangzao is eliminated, the Yuezhi can go south to plunder!"

Xun Gai advised with great fear and trepidation, his forehead was sweating as he breathed rapidly, fearing that something might happen to Bai Yan in Yuezhi.

"Tell Yang Jin that Qiang Wei's rebellion against Qin was nothing more than a dispute over the division of counties in the Qin court! Qiang Wei wanted to become the king of the Qiang people because of the instigation of Qin's relatives. At present, the Qiang people would never dare to be an enemy of Qin. If Qin agrees to let the Qiang people establish a king, the Yuezhi will have the Qiang people to the west, the growing Xiongnu to the east, and Qin to the south. Is that a benefit?"

Bai Yan said softly.

When Xun Gai heard Bai Yan's words, he was stunned, then he thought for a few breaths, was completely shocked, and hurriedly looked at Bai Yan and nodded. With a look of amazement in his eyes, he motioned Bai Yan to wait here, and he would go and find a way to ask for a meeting with Yang Jin.

Watching Xun Gai's figure leave the tent, Bai Yan turned his head, walked to the wooden table, and knelt down.

Bai Yan had already guessed about Qiang Wei's betrayal.

Qiang Wei used to be a general of the Qin State. Together with the Qiang people, he was originally ordered by the Qin State to help Yangjin recapture and restrain the Yuezhi. However, when the Xiongnu and Donghu went south this time, the Yuezhi did not take any action!

Although the news that Qiang Wei was sent back to Qin was normal, it was not enough to eliminate Bai Yan's suspicion.

Now that we have arrived in Yuezhi, we have finally confirmed that Qiang Wei has become disloyal.

Bai Yan looked at the brush and bamboo slips on the wooden table and couldn't help but pick up the brush. Before he put pen to paper, his eyes seemed to recall the scene of drinking with Qiang Wei and Li Xin in Xianyang. Qiang Wei and Li Xin of the past had high-spirited faces, and they were full of lofty ambitions and had a carefree heart while drinking.

After a few years, everything has changed unexpectedly.

"When I arrived in Yuezhi, I heard that the Qiang people had rebelled and were showing signs of rebellion. I'm afraid they were thinking of making me king..."

Bai Yan wrote on bamboo slips a letter to be sent to Xianyang and presented to Ying Zheng, informing Ying Zheng clearly and in detail of the hidden dangers of foreign enemies in the north.

Thinking of what Ying Zheng said when he called him in the study that day, Bai Yan stopped writing.

Now that he has achieved success and fame, been granted the title of lord and appointed as a general, has a beautiful wife and virtuous concubines, he has everything. In fact, Bai Yan once hesitated whether he should continue to take such risks and work so hard. But when he arrived in Yuezhi, he saw the scenes and heard the words.

Then I thought of the common people of Yanmen, the trust of the soldiers under his command, and the countless graves of the soldiers who died in Gaonu and Yunzhong.

The hesitation disappeared, and Bai Yan was left with only determination and firmness in his heart.

Even if Ying Zheng spoke up, even if his life was in danger, Bai Yan would fight to the death with these foreign enemies in the north. This was the mission Bai Yan had been carrying along the way, and it would be like this for the rest of his life.

If something goes wrong this time...

Bai Yan's handsome cheeks had turned a little yellow due to the wind and sun over the past few days, but as he was thinking, a smile appeared on his cheeks and his expression was frank. Finally, he wrote a sentence at the end of the bamboo slips.

"Your Majesty, I am so lucky to be trusted. If I cannot return to Xianyang this time, I will not regret it!"

After Bai Yan finished writing, he put away the bamboo slips. Recalling that he had not yet given his unborn child a name, he thought for a moment and also wrote down a word. After a few days, he entrusted it to the old man to take back.

"Exercise!"

　The plot later on tends to be more of a happy story. I don’t have enough energy, so I can only write it in the simplest happy story format!

(End of this chapter)