Chapter 23 Section 4: The mysterious boy in civilian clothes suddenly transforms

On the plain covered in silver, Liyang City welcomed the sunshine after the first heavy snowfall. The common people in Liyang finally had a piece of rare joy.The big bloody battle that everyone was going to go into battle to kill the enemy, unexpectedly passed by.A heavy snow deeply covered the long-dry wheat field, and made people see that a ripe year is just around the corner.After more than two months of jingling all over the city, the children of the old Qin people all replaced with sharp new spears and swords.God seems to have begun to think about Qin again, otherwise, how could these emergencies and dangers have passed without breath?The Chinese people showed unprecedented excitement and freshness to the sunshine after the snow.Before the government could issue an order, everyone came out of the house with brooms and shovels in their hands to sweep the snow and clear the road.The streets and alleys are full of snowmen with red noses and blue eyes wearing bamboo hats, attracting children to sing, dance and play snowball fights around the snowmen.The most conspicuous ones are the two huge snowmen piled up by the snowplows at the east gate of Liyang City. They are about three feet high and hold spears in their hands. They are as majestic as gods.The snowman was built, attracting enthusiastic cheers of "Long live the old Qin" at the gate of the city.

At this time, the leader of the city gate guard shouted: "Pedestrians get out of the way, and the fast horse will get out of the city!" When the cheering crowd dodged in an uproar, a black fast horse flew out of the city gate like an arrow and crossed the suspension bridge. "One ride!" "Another ride!" "One more ride!" through the east gate.A look of worry suddenly appeared on the cheerful faces of the people of Liyang.For many years, the old Qin people are very familiar with wars but are also very sensitive. When they saw this unusually fast horse, they immediately realized that danger was approaching them again, and the people who gathered together began to evacuate silently.

At this time, the leader of the garrison shouted again: "The government's order is here!" People saw Liyang Lingzi'an striding forward with three civil servants. "We're recruiting strong men again, we're collecting grain and grass, let's see how we distribute it?" someone in the crowd eagerly shouted at a literate man in a long gown.The literate man in the long gown said coldly: "If you re-conquer, there will only be human flesh." The shouter hissed, "Don't talk nonsense, look quickly." Liyang Ling Zi'an ordered the clerk loudly: "Hang up the Zhang, make it higher." The clerk stood on the big stone and hung a proclamation written on sheepskin.Zi'an said loudly: "Fathers, who can read? Come out and read it. Let's go to the south gate." The people crowded around, and the literate man in the long gown was pushed out by the shouter and shouted: "Read, open it." Blind people read it." The literate man in long gown looked up at the notice, but stood there silent for a long time.The crowd was silent, and a dark cloud was clearly hanging over people's faces.The yeller couldn't help shouting: "Are you so afraid? Read it, the big deal is that bloody battle, bird!" But the literate man in the long gown couldn't help shaking his head, his surprised face twitched, and he started to cry.The yelling cursed: "Crying bird! Are you still from the old Qin? Go, don't listen, go home to make pancakes, and fight tomorrow!"

People dispersed silently.The literate man in the long gown suddenly came to his senses and hissed, "Come back! Come back quickly! Good job! I'll read!" People hesitated and gathered around again.The yelling scolded: "Bird! The battle can't be over, there are still good things to do? Read it!" The literate man in the long gown wiped his nose and tears, and said loudly: "This is the order of the monarch to seek talents, to search for talents and strengthen Qin! I will let him be a high-ranking official, and share with him the land and wealth of Qin! If you can recommend talents, you will be rewarded!"

The crowd was stunned for a moment, but suddenly exploded, shouting like thunder: "Okay!" "Long live Qin Gong!" The old people actually shed tears and nodded to each other with emotion: "That's right, that's right." "Mr. Qin woke up, it's time to change. How about when we can take off our ragged pants?" The yeller pulled the literate man in the long gown and left, "Bird! Our old Qin people also have great talents. I recommend you to be a high official, and I will also get a lot of rewards! Let's go, are you dazed?" The literate long gown clapped his hands in fear, "Brother, don't mess around. That great sage is waiting for nothing! I haven't even finished reading a basket of books, and I can't even be a scribe, so I can still be a high-ranking official?" The yeller said eagerly: "Bird! Why don't you find one quickly?"

"I see you can do it!" someone shouted loudly. "Bird! What can I do?" the shouter scolded with a smile. "Teach women a lesson! How do you beat your old wife three times a day?" Everyone burst into laughter, and the shouters chased the "recommender" while cursing, and the gate of the city became lively again. In the laughter of the old Qin people, Qin's Kuaima special envoys were like shooting stars, going north to Jiuyuan, east to Hangu, and south to Wuguan, spreading to the world's six great powers and more than 30 small and medium vassal states.Based on the Qin people who have migrated to various countries for hundreds of years, they secretly distributed Qin Xiaogong's order to seek talents in various forms.Within a few months, the news that the Qin State was eager to seek talents spread among the scholars in the cities and villages, and it became more exciting news than the recruitment of scholars by the Qi State Jixia Academy.

The difference here is that the Jixia Academy in Qi State aims to promote Wenhua. Although it does not rule out some scholars from the academy to become officials, its mainstream is to study after all, and what the scholars are required to do is Huangjuanqing The lamp is self-cultivation and self-motivation, and it is morality.But Qin Guo straightforwardly asked the scholars to become officials, to strengthen Qin, to make contributions, to become generals and ministers, to be famous all over the world, to glorify their ancestors!In contrast, how not to make the scholars feel excited?Because of this, most of the scholars who went to Jixia Academy in Qi State were scholars who were interested in scholarship.At that time, hundreds of schools of thought had representatives in Jixia Academy almost one after another.Shen Dao of Legalism, Mencius of Confucianism, Xunzi of Confucianism and Legalism, Hui Shi and Gongsun Long of famous scholars, Tian Pian of debaters, Lu Zhonglian and Zhuang Xin of Strategists, Zou Yan of Yinyang School, Song Song of Taoism Yin and Yin Wen, Xu Xing from the peasant family, and so on.However, pure scholarship has never been the mainstream spirit of the scholar class in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.Since the emergence of the "scholar" group of people, his mainstream spirit has been to practice the world, to fight in the world with knowledge, and to make contributions with his talents.Confucius is an old stubborn man who speaks straight words. He said many honest truths that will embarrass future generations, such as "It is difficult to raise a villain and a woman. If you are close, you will not be inferior, and if you are far away, you will complain" and so on.It is this obstinate old man who loves to talk badly, and he calls this spirit of scholars "to be excellent in learning, to be an official"-excellent scholars should be officials!This was an undisguised public declaration and lifelong pursuit of the scholar class at that time, and the goal after becoming an official was also unambiguous.It is this kind of frank, straightforward and enterprising spirit of entering the world that the scholars of the Warring States period regarded directly being an official as ten thousand times more important than lifelong study.They are often forced to study books and impart knowledge when they have no hope of becoming an official. This is what later generations call "forcing heroes to be poets".What's more interesting is that, even if you have no choice but to study, what you study is still the study of governing the country.Laozi, Confucius, Mozi, Zhuangzi, and Mencius are all great scholars who have no choice but to pursue their studies, and have established political classics in their knowledge.This kind of spirit of scholar-officials, which promotes and stimulates each other, has been honed through vicissitudes of life and deposited in the souls of scholars. Once there is a fire, it will burst out.

Now, Qin Xiaogong's Order of Seeking Talents is a dazzling fire! It was March when the ice and snow melted when this order of seeking talents was secretly spread to Anyi. Lingshan outside Anyi City is already the spring when wheat seedlings turn green, withered trees, new sprouts and snow turn into gurgling streams.The uncle's cemetery at the foot of the mountain also emerged from the snow and ice. The pines and cypresses are green and the mountain flowers are beginning to appear.The pale yellow withered grass in front of the tomb was also shaken green by the spring breeze.At this moment, on the mountainside path far away from the cemetery, came a girl in a red cloak, which was particularly bright and eye-catching in the early green of the mountains.The girl held an extremely delicate rapier in her hand. She had a tall and beautiful figure, her long hair was tied into a high bun, and a green jade hairpin was inserted horizontally in the middle, as if a scholar had just crowned her head, revealing a kind of Elegant book atmosphere.When she saw the stone archway of her uncle's tomb in the distance, she stood on the mountain path and thought for a while, then looked down at her attire, as if she had calmed down, before continuing to walk towards the cemetery.

The avenue in front of the stone archway was extremely deserted, and the infantry knights sent by Pang Juan here somehow disappeared, and there was not a single sergeant under the archway.The girl was obviously puzzled, and looked around as she walked, and finally saw more than a dozen soldiers guarding the cemetery leaning against the corner of the barracks to bask in the sun.Seeing her coming in, they raised their heads, and the veteran asked hoarsely, "Are you looking for Wei Yang again?" The girl nodded with a smile.A soldier exclaimed: "Look at Wei Yang's blessing, bird!" Nodding his head, he went in.

The hut a few feet away from the mausoleum was obviously built roughly, and it was hard to tell whether it was a stone hut or a thatched hut.The walls are made of large stone slabs, and the gaps are not filled. The roof is covered with a layer of thatch that is not too thick, and the wooden door that is hidden is also worn out.According to the funeral ceremony, the residence of this kind of tomb guard should be the simplest thatched hut, so as to test and hone the filial piety of the tomb guard.Entering the Warring States period, funerals, which were physically and mentally destructive and costly, gradually faded away. All funeral etiquettes were simplified and adapted, and festival funerals were increasingly changed by the customs of the world.As a result, the mausoleum-keeping hut has become a slate-walled thatched-roof that can neither be rigid nor excessively leaky, but also needs to be simple and sheltered from the wind and rain.

The girl looked around in front of the stone hut, shook her head and frowned, seemed very dissatisfied, but smiled mischievously, coughed lightly, and said in a rough voice: "Is the brother of the concubine here? The commoner brother I came here to ask for advice." The wooden door creaked open, and Wei Yang, who was still in a white long gown, strode out with a clearly excited smile on his face.Suddenly, he took a few steps back in astonishment, rubbed his eyes and looked at the beautiful girl in front of him, and asked doubtfully, "Here, you, alone?" The girl nodded with a smile. "Just now, are you talking?" The girl nodded with a smile. "Who are you? Why are you pretending to be my commoner brother?" Wei Yang asked seriously. There was a flush on the girl's face, but she cupped her hands generously and said: "Brother, forgive me, I am the commoner brother, and I am the commoner brother." Wei Yang was very puzzled, and couldn't help but look around the girl.The girl blushed and said nothing, she smiled and let him look at her.After a long time, Wei Yang laughed loudly and said: "There is such a thing in the world? I don't believe it. Could it be that the young lady is the younger sister of the commoner boy?" The girl shook her head, and suddenly said harshly: "I'm here to remind you, with you The big merchant who is playing chess is the secret envoy of Qin State." Wei Yang was close at hand, and suddenly heard the secret language spoken by the beautiful girl in front of him under the tree in the middle of the night, and was suddenly startled, and accidentally fell down and sat on the ground.The girl laughed loudly, and hurriedly went to pull Wei Yang, not wanting to burst out of laughter, so she fell softly on Wei Yang.Wei Yang was confused by this sudden change, and felt funny about his surprise just now, he fell to the ground and laughed out loud.The girl smiled softly on him, but he laughed so hard that he didn't have the strength to support or push her.The two laughed and piled on top of each other at the same time, rolling all over the dirt. "Are you really a commoner brother?" Wei Yang wanted to be serious, but he couldn't help laughing. The girl laughed until tears flowed down her cheeks. Although she sat up, she kept wiping away her tears. Hearing Wei Yang's question and smile, she couldn't help giggling and said, "You invited me here, but you don't recognize me. What's the reason?" "Where? Still calling you the commoner brother?" The girl smiled and shook her head. "Since you are a daughter, why do you pretend to be a traveling scholar?" "I won't tell you." The girl blushed. Wei Yang was amazed, it was the first time he heard the real voice of the daughter of the "commoner brother", and he did not expect that the same person's voice could have such a big difference.As a man, although the voice of "brother in commoner clothes" is clear and clear, but after all men also have this voice, Wei Yang didn't pay special attention to it.But as a woman, the girl's voice is quite different from that of the "commoner brother".Wei Yang is very confident in his hearing that he has trained harshly, and believes that the quality of human voice is difficult to change.However, the girl in front of me and the "commoner boy" in winter can't see any similarities at all, even the voices are definitely two people... Don't think about it, you should know sooner or later.Wei Yang stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Young Gu, please go inside and talk." The girl took off the red silk cloak that was stained with mud, revealing a white tight-fitting long skirt, and her slender figure was even more graceful and elegant.She smiled and nodded: "Brother, please take the lead." Wei Yang pushed open the wooden door that was blown shut by the mountain wind, and said with a smile, "Please come in. I have to find you a place to sit." The girl smiled and said, "There's no need to look for it, the couch is just right." After speaking, she walked to the wooden couch next to the desk, put the cloak on the wooden eaves beside the couch, turned around and said with a smile, "I'll make tea, you can change it first. Dry clothes, I'm going to wear you down today." While talking and doing his hands, he didn't even ask Wei Yang where to put his things properly, and with just a glance of his eyes, he already knew everything about this small room.First, use a fire hook to clear the ashes of the charcoal from the burner, and re-ignite a red charcoal fire; then skillfully set up the iron frame, hang the clay pot to boil water; then sprinkle water on the dry loess ground, He took a broom from the corner and swept away all the dust and dirt in the house; he also washed all the tea pots and cups on the wooden table in the corner; cracks in the slate.At this time, the charcoal fire has been ignited, and the water in the clay pot has been buzzing loudly, and the tidy hut is suddenly warm as spring. Wei Yang changed into a long gown, and admired the softness and neatness of the "commoner boy".He noticed that the dust had been wiped off several bookshelves and the desk covered with bamboo slips, but the position of the slips had not moved at all.And these two places are also the places that scholars are most afraid of being messed up by others. If it is not for a woman who is familiar with study life, she will never have such meticulous care. The girl boiled the water, poured the tea, made a daughter's gift and said with a smile, "Brother, please take a seat." Wei Yang happily cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Please, brother in cloth." The girl raised the pottery cup and said, "To reunite brother, drink this cup to the full." She drank a cup of fragrant tea. Wei Yang raised his glass and said with a smile: "Become a daughter for the commoner brother, drink this cup to the full!" The girl blushed again, and said with a smile: "I'm still a commoner boy, I'm famous." "Dare to ask my little sister's name and surname?" Wei Yang restrained his smile. The girl knelt down on the low couch, and said with a leisurely smile, "My surname is Bai, and my single name is the word Xue." "What is my little sister doing in Dongxiangchun?" "Dong Xiangchun is mine, I go and see it from time to time." Wei Yang suddenly realized that it seemed to confirm his vague guess, and said with a smile: "So, the younger sister is the daughter of the famous Prime Minister Bai Gui?" Bai Xue nodded with a smile, "He's still your commoner brother." Wei Yang smiled faintly, "Little sister is looking for me today, do you want to talk with me?" "No, it's a big deal. But you guess first." "The white-haired hermit showed up?" "no." "The Qin special envoy is here?" "no." Wei Yang murmured: "Is it always something related to Qin?" Bai Xue nodded and smiled, "It seems that you are starting to think about Qin's affairs. I, I bring you two news. One is that after the beginning of spring in South Korea, Shen Buhui may be appointed to prepare for reform; All the countries in the world have issued an order to search for talents to strengthen the Qin Dynasty and to govern the country. What do you think, brother?" Wei Yang cupped his hands solemnly, "Thank you, Snow White." "Don't thank me in advance, I have conditions." Wei Yang said with a hearty smile: "Things with conditions are the best, but unconditional things are the most feared." "Tell me about your comments on those two things. I like to hear you talk about politics." Wei Yang nodded thoughtfully, "These two things are intriguing. South Korea was originally the second weakest country after Qin, and it ranked last among the six major kingdoms in Shandong. But although South Korea is small, it has the most iron mountains and the most agricultural plains. The most. Therefore, South Korea is the best in the world in weapon forging and grain storage. But the reason why it became a weak country is because the foundation of the old aristocrats has not been shaken, and human and financial resources are scattered among powerful fiefdoms. If laws can be unified and people's hearts can be inspired, South Korea It will become a formidable power in the Central Plains. Shen Buhui will be reused by the Marquis of Han, and this day is not far away." Bai Xue nodded in admiration, and asked again: "Does Qin also want to change the law when he issued the Order of Seeking Talents?" Wei Yang was silent for a while, then sighed and said: "Since ancient times, seeking for talents has been false and true. Those who strive to be strong seek talents, and those who seek fame and fame also seek talents. The true meaning of Qin's pursuit of talents, I have to see the order of seeking talents before I can break it." "I've already made arrangements. Tomorrow night there will be a merit order sent to Dong Xiangchun. I'm here to invite you." "The care of this cemetery has been relaxed recently. I will definitely come tomorrow night. It's hard for Snow White." Bai Xue laughed and said, "Why is it so vulgar, don't you call me little sister?" Wei Yang said solemnly: "The girl has a noble heart, how can Wei Yang be disrespectful?" Bai Xue sighed leisurely, "My father left me three things, a piece of wealth, a big net, and a kind of ambition. I was born as a daughter, so it is difficult for me to make full use of these wealth and this big net to realize this ambition. I I want to help a person who is ambitious, vengeful, talented, and ambitious to achieve a great cause. I don’t want this person to regard my help as a gift and damage his ambition, because I also want to contribute to his great cause. to realize my dream.” "Dare to ask girl, what is the ambition left by my father?" "Govern the country with wealth and talents. This is exactly how my father and businessman become prime ministers." Wei Yang nodded and pondered, "What is the girl's dream?" Bai Xue smiled shyly: "I won't tell you. I hope it has already started." Wei Yang felt that the girl in front of him was really a strange person, with incalculable wealth, immeasurable ambition, a famous person in terms of talent, bright and open-minded in mind, extremely intelligent and talented, and absolutely beautiful in appearance.How can she not have any flaws?However, if there were only these, maybe he would stay away from them instead.Just because of these aspects he may be stronger and taller.If these excellent things are born in a man, he will definitely become a life and death friend with him, and will use his wealth without any scruples, just like Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya.However, being born in a woman, these extraordinary brilliance just became the source of alienation between him and her.It's not that he is afraid of the talent and wealth of this kind of woman, but that he feels guilty.A man with lofty ambitions and outstanding talents needs a kind of agility, tenderness, care, and a penetrating bosom friend. If a woman only has the former but not the latter, his life will be rigid and boring. cracks.There is no passion in his heart, but he has to get along with him for a long time because of various external constraints. This is what he feels ashamed of.However, the girl in front of her is not only the former but not the latter, she has both, and the combination in her is so wonderful that it is unbelievable!Naturalness and style are revealed in her talent, elegance and scholarly fragrance are revealed in her management, her unique talent and ambition are deeply hidden behind her beautiful charm, and they are revealed everywhere in her every move.When she was a "commoner boy", Wei Yang couldn't help but fell in love with that commoner scholar. When "he" turned into a glamorous young girl, Wei Yang couldn't control the passion and comfort that flowed through his heart.His never-before-seen laugh was uncontrollable and spontaneous.His soul told him that he already liked the girl very much.There is only one reason, she makes his heart beat, she makes him unrestrained and burning, and she makes him feel relaxed and joyful from the bottom of his heart. But can he accept her?His mind was asking itself. Wei Yang likes to take positive actions in everything.This is also the general preference of scholars in the Warring States Period when they do things-speak thoroughly, and do thoroughly.At this time, his first thought was to say what he wanted to say, and not to hide it.He stood up from the desk and solemnly bowed deeply to Bai Xue, "Miss Bai Xue, thank you for your appreciation and sustenance to Wei Yang. I know that the girl's admiration and sustenance also include the girl's dream. However, Wei Yang I am not a group of people, and I am doomed to struggle alone all my life. I am good, and I can only bring misfortune to those around me. After a girl from a famous family, going along with a middle-class son will only ruin her reputation. Therefore, Wei Yang will neither Becoming a girl's side by side to achieve her ambition will not walk into her dream." Bai Xue's eyes, bright as autumn water, were full of surprise and doubt. She pondered silently, but suddenly laughed heartily, "Wei Yang, ask yourself, are you speaking from your heart? If you really think so, Bai Xue's eyes are worthless I'm done." She sighed deeply, "How happy are you talking about it? How sad it is for me to hear it? You say that fighting alone is a good thing, and you say that you are not good enough. It is enough to have a confidant, and the world should regard him with the same heart'? Bai Xue can know you well, not to mention that you will not be lucky, and I will not be ruined. Even if there is, why should I be afraid? For this reason, I refuse to know each other thousands of miles away, Wei Yang, Wei Yang, are you cowardly or strong? Do you extinguish yourself or burn yourself? Please be careful, please think about it." She said sincerely and painfully, Bright eyes are always looking at Wei Yang. For a moment, Wei Yang felt an unprecedented shock.He is a person with strong self-confidence and sharp words. No one has ever accurately penetrated into his heart and hit him with a single blow.Today, it was the girl in front of him, but what he said made his heart tremble.She is not fierce or harsh, but she has a noble scrutiny of the evasive and kindest pity for the vulnerable, a cold and indifferent judgment of the soul, and an irresistible warm current that melts the ice and snow.For the first time, Wei Yang felt that he was short of breath and had been meditating silently for half a day. Bai Xue smiled, but changed the topic, "Brother, let's get down to business. Remember tomorrow night?" Wei Yang was stunned, then suddenly smiled and said, "I'm in the fog. Alright, let's see Qin's order to seek talents tomorrow night." "Hey, guess what else I brought you?" Bai Xue laughed mischievously. Wei Yang looked at her who didn't seem to have any cumbersome things like pockets, and said with a smile: "Is there any good news?" "What good news? Close your eyes, close your eyes." Wei Yang had never had such intimacy with a girl before, he blushed first, but closed his eyes involuntarily, feeling very warm and comfortable in his heart.Hearing a sound: "Open it, take a look." Then he opened his eyes, but laughed loudly, "Okay, good thing!" On the desk was a small, flat and exquisite mahogany box with a big copper character "deer" on it; beside it was a golden and shiny goose-shaped statue with two red characters "Zhao Jiu".Wei Yang knew at a glance that the wooden box contained roasted venison, and that Jin Zunzhong was his favorite Zhao Jiu, so how could he applaud unhappily?It's just that he didn't understand how these two things could be carried around without showing any traces, so he asked, "How can I carry this with me?" Bai Xue smiled and said, "Come and see." , lightly patted the upper piece of the goose peck, and only heard the vibration of "Dang", the goose peck was tightly stitched; and stretched out two fat jade-like slender fingers to pinch the two sides of the back cover, and the back cover was also perfectly stitched and then stretched out the palm of the hand to gently lift the goose web upwards, and the goose web that was originally the base retracted silently into the belly of the goose; then pinched the goose with two fingers and pushed it gently Even the long goose neck retracted and disappeared.In this way, a goose-shaped statue becomes a bulging golden ball.Bai Xue held the golden ball in her hand, pressed her palm down slowly, and the golden ball turned into a round and flat golden cake.Bai Xue smiled sweetly, "That's it, the one I wear on my belt is just now put in the cloak." Wei Yang had never seen such a delicate and changeable Jiuzun, and he repeatedly praised the magic of the creator.Bai Xue said with a smile: "The material of this goose-shaped statue is extremely thin and tough, and it can hold two catties of wine. My father will take it with me when I travel with merchants." As she spoke, she shook the goose-shaped statue, "Look, there will be no leakage at all. Yes." He took the mahogany box and said: "This wooden box only holds a catty of dried meat. It is six inches long, five inches wide, and three inches thick. It doesn't matter." After finishing speaking, he squeezed, pulled, squeezed, and patted , the goose-shaped statue stood firmly on the desk and released the aroma of wine; another press of the copper buckle of the mahogany box, the box cover flicked open, and a layer of white gauze was lightly removed, and a side of bright red roast venison emitted a long smell Strong fragrance. Wei Yang couldn't help swallowing his saliva and said with a smile: "Such a blessing, it's hard for gods to find it. Is there any Dongxiangchun?" Bai Xue smiled and shook her head, "This is a family heirloom. The Bai family has never been involved with Dong Xiangchun?" "It's such a coincidence that the chef in the mansion can rule a big country." Wei Yang praised. Bai Xue smiled mischievously, "I don't dare to do it, I did it myself." In an instant, Wei Yang saw the cute expression of the "commoner boy" again, and couldn't help saying "ah", but then smiled and said, "You? Can cook?" Bai Xue said leisurely: "Why are you surprised about cooking? If someone wants to eat, someone has to cook." Wei Yang laughed loudly and said, "Okay, then let's eat." Sometimes they talked eloquently, sometimes sighed with emotion, Wei Yang ate wine, Bai Xue drank tea, the two of them unknowingly talked about the setting sun and sunset, and they laughed together and shouted: "Ah, the sun is westward!" When Bai Xue returned to the city of Anyi, it was sunset and dusk.She didn't go through the conspicuous Tianjie, but entered Dongxiangchun from an alley.This is the special secret way for Master Bai to enter the Xiangchun cave. The business tradition passed down by the Bai family is to interfere as little as possible in the daily business of the shops, workshops, and restaurants they open.The Bai family's merchant names all over the world have a chief deacon, who is called the "general manager", and the daily transactions are all in charge of the general manager.The master of the Bai family only came to listen to the audit at the end of the month and the end of the year, or to listen to it during major seasonal festivals.This strange and loose management strategy has actually enabled the Bai family's merchants to expand rapidly within three generations, and there has not been a single case of betrayal of the master or enrichment of private pockets.Bai Gui became prime minister through business. Marquis Wu of Wei asked him about the secrets of business, and Bai Gui replied: "The way of business is the same as the art of governing the country. Delegating power to do things, being wise, courageous, benevolent and strong." Wei Wuhou asked him about his strategy for governing the country, and Bai Gui replied: "The way of business is the same as the way of governing the country." The way is the same, people abandon me and others take me and others." It was during the more than 30 years that Bai Gui was in charge that the Bai family became the same as Zhao Guozhuo's Guo family, Chu Guoyi's, Qi Guodao's family, and South Korea's Bu family. The six giants of the same name.Bai Gui's business talent is unrivaled in the world. He once proudly said: "Wu Zhi produces merchants, Yi Yin and Lu Shang's plan, Sun Wu used soldiers, and Li Kui practiced the law." Many merchants asked him to teach secret techniques with a lot of money. Gui declared in a tone of contempt for the world: "A person who is a businessman is not wise enough to adapt to changes, brave enough to make decisions, benevolent enough to give and take, and strong enough to guard. Although he wants to learn from me, he will never tell him It is also." However, to his only daughter, Bai Gui never taught the way of merchants.Bai Xue once asked quietly: "My daughter is not a businessman, and my father's secret technique of making money will be lost. Do you regret it?" Bai Gui laughed, "The day has its ups and downs, and the moon has its profit and loss. I was born a daughter, and I was not given a son. It’s because the heavens are afraid that I, Bai Gui, will take away all the wealth in the world, so why regret it? My daughter is Bingxue and smart, and she has enough education and travel, so why do you need to do business and defile yourself?” It is Bai Gui's otherworldly and open personality that nourishes and grows Bai Xue's mind of a celebrity who values ​​wealth and fame.However, the strange thing is that Bai Gui's industry did not shrink because of Bai Gui's death. Although the speed of growth and expansion has slowed down, it is still growing.Bai Xue is more relaxed, not to mention that she has never been to a business in various countries, even Dong Xiangchun in Anyi rarely comes.Coincidentally, the last time she came here, she met Wei Yang who talked about politics and chess, which made her secretly come to Dongxiangchun many times involuntarily.Although she is negligent in doing things, once she does things, she is very thoughtful.In order to keep abreast of various news and rumors and help Wei Yang get on the road as soon as possible, she sent her personal maid, Mei Gu, to guard her special secret room in Dongxiangchun, and to do delivery and communication.Every time she comes, she never asks about business, and only does what she cares about, as if this luxurious Dong Xiangchun has nothing to do with her. Although the sky was not completely dark yet, Dong Xiangchun was already brightly lit. "Miss, I'm waiting for you, I'm so anxious." Seeing Bai Xue walk into the secret room, Gu Mei rushed to meet her. "How? What happened?" Bai Xue asked with a smile. Mei Gu whispered: "There is a black-clothed man who has been sitting in the outer hall for two hours without making a sound..." Suddenly, she felt a faint breath behind her, and when she turned around, she found a black-clothed man standing silently behind her , tall, with sideburns and a dark complexion, he couldn't help but exclaimed "Ah!", "That's right, that's him." Bai Xue smiled and said, "Mei Gu, you should go outside and have a look." When Mei Gu went out in a hurry, Bai Xue cupped her hands to the man in black and said, "Brother Hou Ying sent you, strong man?" The man in black bowed deeply, gestured with his mouth, pulled out the bamboo tube from his back, and handed it to Bai Xue respectfully.Bai Xue opened the bamboo tube neatly, pulled out a bunch of bamboo slips, opened it for a glance, and saw the three big characters "Qiuxianling" at the beginning of the slips!She gave a soft "ah" and let out a bright smile.Bai Xue already knew that the person who came was dumb, so she gestured and smiled and said, "Strong man, please rest here and stay for a few days to see Anyi." The man in black waved his hands repeatedly, turned around, and seemed to be leaving immediately.Bai Xue stopped him with a smile: "The strong man Gao Yi, dare to ask his name?" She pointed to the pen and inkstone on the desk.The man in black pondered for a while, walked to the desk, picked up the long jade tube and goose feather, squatted down, took out a bamboo slip from a stack of bamboo slips beside the inkstone, and wrote two big characters crookedly.Bai Xue smiled and said, "Heh, Jingnan. From Chu?" The man in black nodded with a rather reserved smile.Bai Xue turned around and took out two gold cakes from a copper box and handed them over, "Strong man, buy some tea on the way." Jing Nan's face turned red, and he shook his hands and head repeatedly.Bai Xue smiled and stuffed the gold cake into the leather pouch on his back, cupped her hands and said, "Thank you strong man. I also thank Brother Hou Ying for me." Jing Nan nodded, bowed again, turned around and strode out. Bai Xue left two words for Mei Gu, and hurried out of Dong Xiangchun through the secret passage, and returned to her courtyard residence. The Bai family has a lot of real estate properties, but since Bai Gui became the prime minister of Wei, the Bai family's real estate in Anyi began to shrink slowly.Before Bai Gui died, there were only two places left in Anyi's manor, one was a courtyard with four entrances in the city, which was roughly equivalent to the residence of a senior official in Wei State; the other was a small mountain dwelling outside the city for hunting.When Bai Gui was dying, he called his daughter to the bed and told him: "Xue'er, all the land and gardens of the Bai family are gone, and what is left to you for my father is the hunting villa and this small courtyard in the Sushui River Valley. Do you blame the old father?" Bai Xue smiled and shook her head, "Money property is the father's footprints, erasing it is the father's desire to free the daughter. How can the daughter be pedantic?" Bai Gui sighed, "Xue'er, this is just one of them. The most important thing is that your father will protect you from getting caught in money turmoil, and only do what you like to do all your life. Part of the manor land property was donated by the father to the government office and the government, and part was distributed to the fourteen branches of the Bai family. Father After you go, no one will come to share your property with you." She told Bai Xue to find a small copper box from the iron cabinet next to the bed and open it, "Here are the previous certificates from the state government and the fourteen clan heads You have accepted the property settlement contract I made with me." Bai Xue closed the copper box with tears and a smile, "Father, daughter knows that money is something outside of the body..." Bai Gui shook his head lightly, "Snow Son, don't say that lightly. Money is a kind of power. It can make people grow up or destroy people. If the father doesn't deal with it, there are only a few livelihoods left in Anyidong Xiangchun and Chu, Qin, Zhao, and Qi. Except for Dong Xiangchun, the livelihoods of other countries are secret and no one knows. One day, when you don’t need this kind of power to support you, they will be external things.” Bai Gui pointed to his chest with great effort , "Xue'er, untie this." Bai Xue smiled, "People say that father counts the number one in the world, it's true, he wants to count his daughter into old age." Bai Gui also laughed, "Xue'er is my father's baby, Untie it." Bai Xue unbuttoned her father's gown, and couldn't help being surprised—the lining of the gown was covered with various graphics, lines and densely packed small characters, like a clueless spider web!Bai Xue smiled, "Father, this is clearly a tadpole Wen Tianshu." Bai Gui smiled mysteriously, "This is a foreign livelihood map, look at it? It has the principal and contact information on it." Get up, take off the gown and hand it to your daughter, "Xue'er, remember, Wei State may not be a place to live for a long time. Put this thing away. The old father's business is over, it's over..." A burst of laughter, unexpectedly calm went. Twelve-year-old little Baixue didn't feel panic or sadness at all.She wore a bright red auspicious outfit, and treated her old father's funeral as a happy event, which shocked the whole Anyi for a moment!虽说白圭只当过短短的八年丞相，但毕竟是由名满天下的魏国巨商入仕，人望极高，送葬者竟是不绝于道。人们惊讶的发现，白氏并没有国人传闻的那样豪阔，反倒是处处流露出士子世家一般的质朴实在。人们叹息白圭经商治国皆有术，但却没有善始善终，竟是清白寒素的去了，给小女儿留下的太少太少。一段时间过去，白氏家族也就渐渐的从国人心目中淡出了。小白雪平静的成长了起来。 白雪就住在这条小街的这座极为普通的小庭院里。小街多住燕赵两国的商人，所以便叫了燕赵街这个名字。这条小街不繁华，不冷落，不在闹市，也不偏僻，倒确实是一处平凡得令人很难记住的地方。 庭院的第二进是白氏家传的书房。并排六间，分为西四东二两个隔间，中间一门相连，西边是书简文物收藏屋，东边是读书刻简屋。白氏家产中，惟独这书房完整无缺的保留了下来，连专司书房的那个两个仆人也保留下来，没有遣散。老仆是专门保管、修补文物书简的，他是白圭生前的一个书吏，因小时侯骑马摔伤了腿，好读书不善奔波，白圭就让他做了书房总管。小女仆则是白圭生前专门为女儿物色的伴读，由于和女儿很是相投，白圭便专门叮嘱将这两个忠仆留给了女儿。女仆叫梅姑，便是这些天来替白雪守在洞香春的那个少女。白雪每次从外边回到家里，都要先到书房将要办的事儿安排妥当，然后才去休憩消闲。 今晚回来虽然已经是二更时分，书房里还亮着大灯。白雪照例匆匆来到书房。老书吏瘸着腿进来禀报：“公子，今日无事，你去安歇吧。”白府上下人等，只有这个老人坚持将白雪称为“公子”，似乎认定这个女主人与男子一般出色。天长日久，人们也都认可了老人的称谓，白雪也习惯了这样的女公子身份。 “书翁，我有事儿。”白雪匆匆道：“你要将藏书间的各国法令，呵，不是全部，那太多了，主要是几个变法国家自变法以来的重要法令，收拾装成一个大木箱，要经得起颠簸呢。” “公子，你要自己出门用？还是要卖了？要送人？”书翁惊讶道：“那可是老丞相最宝贵的藏简，有些连国府书库都缺失呢。” “我的书翁，”白雪笑道：“晓得也。物有大用，方得其所，是么？” “那是。我是给公子提个醒儿，莫得轻易许人呢。” “多谢书翁了，白雪岂能轻易许人？好了，去办吧，没错的。” 书翁瘸着腿去了。白雪在书案前坐了下来，打开案上一个红木匣，拿出一张一尺见方的黄白色的羊皮纸。这种羊皮纸很难制作，所以很贵重，即或在白氏这样的巨富之家，羊皮纸也不是轻易能用的。除了极重要的书信、命令等，一般书籍文章都是用竹简缮写誊刻的。白雪将羊皮纸轻轻用一方铜镇纸压住一角，从绿玉笔架上抽出一支新修磨得很是光滑圆锐的鹅翎，略一思忖，便凝神嚓——嚓——嚓——的一笔一划写了起来。 片刻之后，白雪写好，便将羊皮纸细心的卷成一个细筒，塞进一根精致的铜管里，“铛”的合上盖子，轻轻扭了三圈，这支铜管便成了一支锁定的信管，非得有约定的钥匙才能开启。这是白氏家族传送商业秘密的特制信管，非重大事件不轻易起用。 白雪将信管笼在袖中，来到西跨院一间石屋前轻轻敲门。 “咕咚”一声，一块硕大的石板被搬开，一个精瘦的汉子走了出来，“小姐？瘦柴衣衫不整，失礼了。”说着便往屋里走要收拾整齐自己。白雪笑道：“瘦柴，莫烦了吧。原是我该唤你到书房的，又不想劳动书翁。来，有事了呢。” “瘦柴听小姐吩咐。” “相烦你去一趟秦国，到栎阳找……”白雪的声音突然低了下去。 “小姐放心。瘦柴这就准备，四更出城。三五天便赶回来。” 白雪回到寝室，已经是更深人静了。她看着庭院中明亮的月光，竟是久久没有睡意。