Chapter 51: The Righteous Canal Meeting
After a day of discussion and gathering, Zi Yanran, her father Zi Mingdu, and her second uncle Abra made a decision, and Abra and Zi Yanran led the fifty warriors in the cottage to the capital of Yiqu to uncover the conspiracy of the Wei Assassin organization.
On the morning of the second day, at the gate of the cottage, 50 warriors were ready to go, and more than 50 horses behind them were fed with fodder last night, and the horses were hung with bows and arrows and quivers, and on the other side were hung with the grassland scimitars commonly used by the Yiqu people. Not long after, Abra and Zi Yanran slowly walked out of the cottage with their horses, followed by Zi Mingdu to see them off.
Abra led the horse to the door, and saw that all the warriors in his cottage were gearing up, and he was very relieved in his heart, he had left his hometown for more than 20 years, and today he finally had the opportunity to return to his homeland with his people, how could he not be excited? Abra looked at everyone, stepped forward, and said loudly: " I, the mighty warriors of Yiqu, today we are going to drive out the jackals who have made us lose our homes, regain the grasslands and lands that belong to our Yiqu people, and lead our people back to our own homes, are you willing?"
"Yes, yes, we are willing to go with the leader to drive out the jackals and take back our homeland!" replied the fifty warriors in a loud voice.
"Okay, let's go. Abra mounted his horse first, and then Zi Yanran followed, and fifty warriors made way in the middle, and then they all mounted their horses and galloped towards the grassland below the mountain with the commander.
Zi Mingdu stood at the door of the cottage and watched his baby girl follow his brother to be born and die, and he was inevitably a little sentimental in his heart, but he hated himself for being a scholar, and he was injured a few days ago, so he couldn't go with him, sighed and turned back.
Abra, Zi Yanran and the fifty warriors of the Fifty Warriors rode at a gallop, stopping at the pond where Meng Tian and Zi Yanran confessed to each other on the way. Zi Yanran took the water belt hanging on the horse's back, walked to the upstream of the horse's drinking water, slowly poured a water bag of water, and then took a sip, remembering that she was also here the day before yesterday, she and Meng Tian confessed to each other, and she leaned on the picture of Meng Tian's arms, Zi Yanran's face flushed, she took a sip secretly, and said a word of shamelessness, I don't know if she was talking about herself or whom.
After Abra took care of his horse and drank the water, he inadvertently saw Zi Yanran, who had left everyone, in a daze in the distance, so he walked over slowly.
"What are you thinking?" said Abra as she walked beside Zi Yanran.
Zi Yanran was recalling the sweet words Meng Tian said to herself, when her illusion was suddenly shattered, and when she turned her head, it turned out to be her second uncle. Zi Yanran's face turned even redder instantly, and she whispered: "Second uncle, why did you come here, and there was no sound when you walked, which scared me." ”
Abra noticed that Zi Yanran's expression was a little unnatural, coupled with her red face, Abra understood that her niece had a body even if she was careless. Abra pretended not to notice, laughed casually, and said, "Second Uncle walks without a sound? I remember when I taught you martial arts before, you were lazy, I didn't see you before you knew I was coming and pretended to be very attentive, how could I not hear it today?"
Zi Yanran listened to Abra's words, knew that he was laughing at himself, and said coquettishly: "Oh, second uncle, people are thinking about things, but they were disrupted by you." ”
"Oh, yes? I guess, oh, my precious niece is thinking about men, you are not young this year, according to the age of the women on the grassland, they have already begun to give birth. Abra said solemnly with his hands behind his back.
Zi Yanran listened to Abra's words, her little face instantly changed from the original red apple to a ripe peach, said that the second uncle was really bad, picked up the water bag and ran back to Abra's side.
Abra looked at Zi Yanran's figure running away, and sighed, it seems that his precious niece's heart was really snatched away by the little boy of the Qin State, if it is true, it is not a bad thing, although Yanran is not a real child of the grassland, but she grew up in her arms since she was a child, even if she really marries Meng Tian in the future, I believe it will be good for the people of Yiqu. But then again, if Yan Ran can really get together with Meng Tian, there is no good bride price on his side, and the Meng family can be regarded as a famous family in Xianyang City and even the entire Qin State, and there will be no lack of anything in the future, which is a problem. Abra thought about the bride price, shook his head, and returned to his horse, and when everyone was rested, he continued to mount his horse and march towards the capital.
After everyone got on their horses, they galloped for about two hours, and finally they could see the earthen city wall of the Yiqu capital in the distance, and then Zi Yanran took Abra and fifty warriors to the meeting place agreed with Meng Tian. When she arrived at the agreed place, Zi Yanran found that Meng Tian had not yet come, because there were too many people in her group, and there were a lot of horses, and they also carried weapons, so she was afraid of attracting attention, so she found a place for Abra to disperse everyone and then rest on the spot.
Because of the assassination of the supreme commander, the Yiqu capital began to be only allowed to go out and not enter in the evening, so some passing caravans who came late settled outside the capital, which also made Zi Yanran and Abra and his party not too ostentatious, as for the horses and weapons, they were even more life-saving things on the grassland, and they would not attract attention. However, since most of Zi Yanran and his party were robbers on the grassland, it was inevitable that there would be passing caravans and patrolling Qin soldiers who would recognize them, so Zi Yanran asked everyone to keep a low profile as much as possible, and everyone was not allowed to go out at night except for those who stood guard.
There was nothing to do all night, and it seemed that the caravans passing by would not think that the robbers on the grassland would be bold enough to run to sleep under the nose of Qin Jun, so no one noticed that the group of robbers who slept not far from them last night was not far from them. In order to avoid being recognized, Zi Yanran, Abra, and the fifty warriors of the Warriors of the Fifty Names Qu had not yet dawned, and while the surrounding caravans were still asleep, they quietly left the place where they had camped last night.
Continue to the place agreed with Meng Tian, this place is an abandoned forest outside Yiqu City, it is a mountain forest fire caused by the thunder in the sky in the early years when the weather was dry, and after many years, you can still see some scorched wood that has been struck by lightning. The herdsmen living in the grassland thought that this was a punishment from the gods of heaven to punish the endless destruction of the grassland, so this place gradually became deserted, and few people came here, so it became the best place in Zi Yanran's heart.
waited until noon, still did not see Meng Tian's figure, Zi Yanran sat on a clean piece of wood, one hand supported her chin, and the other hand held a wooden stick on the ground and drew circles randomly. The time agreed between himself and Meng Tian was today and tomorrow, because Meng Tian didn't know how far he was from the nearest Qin army camp, and only said that in two days at most, whether he borrowed soldiers or not, he would definitely rush here to join him, and now it was already noon but he hadn't seen anyone yet, Zi Yanran couldn't help but be a little worried.
Abra saw Zi Yanran sitting on the side, her little face was full of unhappiness, and she thought that none of the clansmen who had been guarding around in the morning had come to report that someone had come, and she understood that she must be thinking about Meng Tian. So he tore off a rabbit leg from the roasted rabbit he hunted, walked over and shook the rabbit leg in front of Zi Yanran, and said, "Fragrant rabbit leg, do you want Xiao Yanran to eat it?"
Zi Yanran was interrupted by the second uncle, put down the wooden stick in her hand, took the rabbit leg, said thank you to the second uncle, and took a small bite on the fragrant rabbit leg.
Abra watched Zi Yanran open his mouth to eat, smiled, and comforted: "Don't worry, although I haven't known Meng Tian long enough, I believe that whether it's as a general or as a man, oh he's a little young, he's not a man, he will definitely do what he promised you, although the second uncle doesn't know much about the feelings of you children, but the second uncle's eyes will not be wrong to look at people, and your father and you were the same back then, so although the second uncle doesn't like this Meng Tian, the second uncle believes in him." ”
Zi Yanran raised her head, looked at the man she knew from herself and called her second uncle, and said, "Thank you, second uncle, I also believe that Meng Tian will definitely come." ”
"Oh, are you talking about me?" Before Zi Yanran's words fell, she heard a voice sound.