Chapter 61: To the Frontier
After washing the dust for Meng Yi and Han Jin in the palace, the group sat down in the hall and began to discuss things. First of all, Meng Yi, as the envoy of King Qin, announced what happened to King Yingzheng of Qin on Yiqu, as well as all the arrangements for the aftermath, and allowed Meng Tian to say that the Qin people and the Yiqu people would jointly manage the Yiqu, and the specific person would be decided by Meng Tian himself.
After listening to Meng Yi read the will of King Qin, Meng Yi looked at Zi Yanran, who was sitting with his eldest brother, just at the banquet, Meng Tian had already told Meng Yi that he was going to marry Zi Yanran, and Meng Yi was also very cordial to this future sister-in-law. Meng Yi walked up to Meng Tian and Zi Yanran and said, "Big brother, this time Lu Xiangguo didn't want to agree to the management of Yiqu by the Yiqu people, but at the insistence of the king, he finally agreed with the eldest brother's opinion. Sister-in-law, during this time, I will help you manage Yiqu with Master Han in Yiqu until my brother comes back from the north, and then we will return to Xianyang together as a family. Also, the eldest brother should tell his father about this when he goes to the border this time, and I believe that my father will be very happy. ”
Zi Yanran was happy, resting her head on Meng Tian's shoulder, smiling and not speaking. Meng Tian rubbed Zi Yanran's hair with his face, and said to Meng Yi: "Although my father once said that as a man, we should put the interests of the Qin State first, but he didn't say that the two of us were not allowed to get married too early. Besides, an excellent daughter-in-law like Yanran is not easy to find, if my father does not agree, I will go to my mother and grandfather, I believe that the two of them will also agree, isn't there still a king in the end, as long as the king is willing to speak, then who else in the family dares to object. ”
Meng Yi said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, look at it, my eldest brother has already spoiled you so much before you pass the door, and when you two get married in the future, you can't bully me." ”
When Zi Yanran heard that Meng Yi had always called herself sister-in-law, she was naturally happy in her heart, and she was also happy that she could be accepted by Meng Tian's family. Zi Yanran said to Meng Yi: "Second brother, what you said, I am not that kind of person, you are Meng Tian's own brother, so naturally he is my own brother, I am reluctant to bully you." ”
As soon as Zi Yanran finished speaking, everyone in the hall laughed.
Meng Tian waved his hand, the laughter in the hall gradually subsided, Meng Tian stood up and said: "The Wei State of Yiqu is dead, and the escape, I think that as long as the Yiqu people and the Qin people are united, then the Wei people will definitely not dare to cause trouble again." Yiqu is the western gateway of Qin, the former king of Yiqu once returned to the first queen and then rebelled, so it will be exterminated by the first king, so I hope that the future Yiqu can sincerely return to the Great Qin, and there will no longer be a distinction between Qin and Yiqu people. Second uncle, I believe that Yiqu can be led by you, and the life of Yiqu people will definitely get better and better. ”
Abra stood up and said, "You can rest assured of this, with me and my eldest brother here, I promise that Yiqu will not happen before, this is my promise to you, and it is also a thank you for allowing us to return to our homeland." ”
Meng Tian nodded, and said to Han Jin: "Lord Han, since the king sent you to Yiqu this time, then I think the king must trust you very much, I hope you can manage Yiqu well with the help of Yanran and Second Uncle Abra, and turn Yiqu into the best pasture in my Great Qin. ”
Han Jin understood in his heart the weight of Meng Tian in the heart of the current King of Qin, even if he was nominally one level higher than Meng Tian's official rank now, then it would not be necessary to wait until King Qin Yingzheng became pro-government in the future, so he hurriedly said: "General Meng, rest assured, the king and Xiangguo have explained before I come, and I will definitely not disappoint the expectations of the king and Xiangguo, and manage the Yiqu well." ”
Meng Tian nodded and said: "In this way, my heart is settled, and I have a lot of days in Yiqu, I plan to leave tomorrow morning with Brother Zhao to go to the north to meet my father, and strive to drive the Hu barbarians away as soon as possible." Then Meng Tian looked at Zi Yanran, held her hand, and said, "Yanran, you wait for me here for a while, and when I come back, I will take you home to see my grandfather and mother, I believe they will like you very much." ”
Zi Yanran looked at Meng Tian tenderly and said, "Well, I will wait for you here, waiting for you to marry me." ”
After Meng Tian finished explaining his affairs, he left the hall with Zi Yanran and went to the palace to see his sweat and blood. In the past few days, except for the time when Meng Tian was thinking about how to exterminate the assassins of the Wei State, the rest of the time he was thinking about his own black wind. Zi Yanran went to the stable of the palace at night and gave laxatives to the horses in the palace, as a result, all the horses in the stable were having diarrhea, and before they reached the stable, there was a smell of horse manure from afar, Meng Tian covered his nose and looked at Zi Yanran, who was also covering his nose beside him, unable to speak, and did not dare to speak, the two of them quickly withdrew for a long distance before letting go of the hand covering their nose and breathing in fresh air.
Meng Tian called a soldier and asked him to go outside the palace to find some doctors who knew how to heal horses, and let them heal the horses in the stable, and then Zi Yanran took him to the courtyard where Hei Feng was. followed Zi Yanran to the courtyard where Hei Feng was imprisoned alone, not so much to detain Hei Feng as to keep Hei Feng alone in one place, because sweat and blood horses are also rare horses on the grassland, so the sweat and blood horses on the grassland are called God's gifts and gods' mounts. Black Wind eats and drinks well in the yard, and there are special soldiers in charge of raising it. The moment he saw his master, Black Wind hissed and jumped high with his front hooves to express his joy at seeing his master. Black Wind's sudden action startled Qin Bing, who was grooming it.
Meng Tian was naturally very happy to see his baby, he walked to Hei Feng's side and stroked the mane on Hei Feng's neck and back with his hands, sent the combing soldiers away, and picked up the brush to comb Hei Feng's hair himself. Zi Yanran also came to Hei Feng's side, put her face on Hei Feng's face, and gently stroked Hei Feng with both hands. Hei Feng also rarely didn't move, letting Zi Yanran touch him.
Meng Tian was surprised: "Yanran, how did you do it, you know, Heifeng is not allowed to touch its face by anyone except me, how can it let you touch it and still not lose your temper, it's really strange." ”
Zi Yanran said playfully: "This is my secret with Heifeng, so I won't tell you." You say yes, Black Wind?"
Hei Feng also hissed mischievously, expressing his agreement with Zi Yanran's words, and Meng Tian on the side of the watch was speechless, shook his head and continued to brush Hei Feng.
That night, Zi Mingdu returned to the Yiqu capital with a few Yiqu people, and when he saw that his daughter and brother were safe and sound, he put down a stone in his heart. Zi Yanran met with her father and told her father about herself and Meng Tian. Zi Ming didn't react much after knowing it, maybe he already knew his daughter's intentions in his heart, but it wasn't as fast as the two of them developed.
Meng Yi took his brother to Zimingdu, and according to the etiquette of the Qin people, he asked Zi Yanran's father to marry his brother on behalf of him, and then handed over a piece of jade pendant that Yingzheng gave him with him as a dowry to Zimingdu, and promised to wait until he returned to Xianyang to meet his grandfather and mother, and then sent the dowry gift.
Zi Ming looked at his daughter and Meng Tian standing together, although Zi Yanran, who looked petite, and Meng Tian, who was relatively strong, were not very suitable, but Zi Ming still agreed to Meng Tian's courtship, because he felt that his daughter's vision would not be bad, and Meng Tian was indeed good, just this time to drive away the killers of the Wei State and let the Yiqu people and the Qin people jointly manage the Yiqu This hand can be said to be very beautiful, what else can I say.
In the evening in Yiqu City, on the huge field in front of the palace, a grand bonfire party was organized by the local Qin soldiers and Yiqu people, and the herdsmen of Yiqu heard that they could live the same life as the Qin people in the future, and every family was smiling, pulling out their cattle and sheep to slaughter, and enjoying them at the bonfire party. The caravans who lived in Yiqu that day also heard the good news of Yiqu, and they no longer had to pay high taxes in Yiqu in the future, and Qin State wanted to change Yiqu to Qin's North County, so that Yiqu would be unimpeded all the way from Yiqu to Xianyang, and they would also open the wine they brought from the Western Regions and enjoy it with Qin soldiers and Yiqu people.
Meng Tian and Zi Yanran were surrounded by the crowd and danced around the huge fire in the center of the venue to celebrate with the crowd. Meng Tian didn't want to come down to dance, so he took Zi Yanran, who had been drunk a little too much, and pulled her seat to the center of the venue, and danced hand in hand with the herdsmen of Yiqu.
After the dance, the wine from the Western Regions came up, Meng Tian said that he was dizzy and a little uncomfortable, Zi Yanran saw that Meng Tian drank too much wine and felt uncomfortable, and then helped Meng Tian staggered back to the resting place. Back in the room, Zi Yanran put Meng Tian on the bed, ready to return to her room, and was about to turn around to leave, Meng Tian lay on the bed and shouted "Yanran" in a daze, Zi Yanran stood on the side of the bed, looked at her beloved lying on the bed, and then took off Meng Tian's clothes, and then took off her dress and lay down with Meng Tian.
After a night of silence, Meng Tian was woken up by a knock on the door in the morning, and then saw Zi Yanran, who was still sleeping next to him, and looked at the two people naked under the quilt, Meng Tian quietly got up, put on his clothes, and prepared to ride to the north.
Just as he put on his armor and was about to walk out of the door, he was hugged from behind, Meng Tian knew that it was Zi Yanran, and said, "Yanran, wait for me here, okay?"
Zi Yanran was a little reluctant to let her lover leave her and go to the battlefield, hugged her tighter, and then said: "My man is the most powerful hero in heaven and earth, I will wait for my hero here, and when he comes to marry me home, promise me, take care of yourself, your body belongs to me now, and I will not allow you to let him be hurt a little." ”
"Good. I promise you. Zi Yanran let go of her hand holding Meng Tian, Meng Tian and Meng Yi turned around, walked out of the room, and walked towards the gate of the palace with Zhao Li, who had been waiting at the door for a long time.
Meng Yi and the others had already prepared horses, water and dry food at the gate of the palace, and when they saw Meng Tian walking out of the palace, Meng Yi handed over the reins of the black wind to his brother and said take care. Meng Tian looked at his younger brother, nodded and did not speak, then rode on his horse, said goodbye to Zimingdu, Abra and Zhang Tang and others, and then rode out of the city with Zhao Li.
Out of Yiqu City, Meng Tian inadvertently turned around and saw a figure on the city wall, Meng Tian knew that it must be Zi Yanran, waved his arm vigorously, and then clamped his legs between the horse's belly. Black Wind received orders from his master and galloped north with his master.
Zi Yanran watched Meng Tian gradually move away from the city wall, and kept watching on the city wall until there was no longer Meng Tian's existence in sight.