Chapter Seventy-Five: Returning Home
After two days of traveling, on the morning of the third day, Meng Tian finally saw the walls of Yiqu City. Due to the reason that the King of Qin ordered the Yiqu to be renamed as the North County of the Qin State, the city wall has been renovated and rebuilt, and at the same time, because of the construction of the city wall, the North County has also accepted a lot of herdsmen who live on the grassland to settle down, and at the same time, because the construction of the city wall still has a salary to get, so many people have joined the ranks of repairing the city wall. When Meng Tian came to the gate of Yiqu, he saw that the two characters of Yiqu cast with mud on the original city gate had been smoothed out, and replaced by a plaque with the words Beijun in gold on a black background.
Because Meng Tian rode the black wind and stood at the city gate and kept reading the words on the city gate, blocking the entry and exit of the city gate personnel, someone reported to the Qin soldiers on duty nearby. Qin Bing received that someone was riding a horse at the gate to obstruct traffic, so he came to check. Coincidentally, the commander of the Qin army who was on duty at the gate today was a captain who ate with Wang Fei in the restaurant that day, and he knew Meng Tian, although maybe Meng Tian would not remember him, since Meng Tian drove away all the Wei killer organizations in Yiqu, the local garrison regarded Meng Tian as an idol.
When he walked to the city gate, he saw a man on a horse stalling at the gate, so he stepped forward to interrogate him. When he walked in front of the man on horseback and saw the face of the person on the horse, he hurriedly knelt down and bowed: "The villain greets General Meng." ”
Meng Tian saw a Wu Chang kneeling down to pay homage to him, hurriedly dismounted, helped Wu Chang up, and said, "How do you recognize me coming?" Because Meng Tian wanted to see Zi Yanran earlier, he was lightly dressed, did not wear armor, and only brought a spear from the military camp all the way to Yiqu.
Wu Chang saw the person he admired standing in front of him, and even helped himself up, and said excitedly: "General Yu, the villain once saw the general in the restaurant with Lord Duwei that day, and later followed the general to fight against the killers of the Wei State, so the villain recognized General Meng, besides, I am afraid that there is no soldier in Beijun who has not heard of the general's prestige." ”
Meng Tian didn't expect that he was so famous in Beijun now, and he was a little embarrassed, and said, "Eh, okay." What's your name?"
Wu Chang clasped his fists and replied, "The villain's name is Li Liang. ”
"Li Liang, I know, I'm going to enter the city now, you can come to me when you have the opportunity, and I'll let you enter the Mengjia Army." Meng Tian got back on the horse and said to Li Liang on the horse.
Hearing that he could enter the Mengjia army, Li Liang was even more excited, and hurriedly asked his soldiers to open a way for Meng Tian at the city gate. Meng Tian nodded at Li Liang, then rode into the northern county town and headed straight towards the county guard's mansion.
At the gate of the city, after Li Liang's soldiers heard that Meng Tian allowed Li Liang to enter the Meng family's army, they all looked at Li Liang with envy. Li Liang looked at his brother who had followed him for many years, and said proudly: "I'm going to eat roast whole sheep tonight, I'm in for a treat." The men cheered again.
When I entered the city, there were many times more people on the streets of Bukgun than when I walked, and the shops on both sides of the road were also opened, and people kept coming in and out, picking out the goods they were satisfied with. Because of the large number of people, Meng Tian did not go very fast on horseback, in order not to affect others, Meng Tian simply dismounted and led Heifeng Street to walk to the county guard's mansion. On the road, someone mistakenly thought that Meng Tian, who was leading the black wind, was a herdsman who came to sell horses, and came up to ask Meng Tian if the horses behind him were for sale, Meng Tian shook his head and responded one by one with a smile.
After walking slowly for half an hour, Meng Tian came to the county guard's mansion. Today's county guard mansion has also changed the plaque of the royal palace above the original gate to the plaque of the northern county guard, and the decoration on the gate has also been painted with new colors, and the gate of the entire county guard mansion has a new look, sweeping away the previous decadent appearance.
The soldiers guarding at the gate of the county guard mansion also recognized Meng Tian and hurriedly stepped forward to lead the horse for him. Meng Tian asked the soldier who came to lead the horse who was in the county guard mansion now, and the soldier replied that the county guard and the abra had both left the county guard mansion to go out for inspection, and now there were still Lord Meng and Lord Zi in the mansion. Meng Tian understood that the soldier said that Master Meng should be his own brother Meng Yi, it seems that Zi Yanran should be in the mansion, thinking that the letter she wrote to her should have arrived yesterday, she knew that she would arrive in the next two days, and it should be unlikely that she would go out.
Meng Tian asked the soldiers to take the black wind away, and instructed him to feed it well, and then entered the county guard's mansion with the admiring eyes of the soldiers at the door. There hasn't been much change in the county guard's mansion, it seems that everything is the same, but there are more people in the mansion. The office officials in the county guard mansion and the people who came in to do business looked at this burly man with suspicion in their eyes, but thinking that this was the county guard mansion, no one would be stupid enough to come here to make trouble, so they didn't care about Meng Tian.
Meng Tian came to the hall of the county guard's mansion, there was only Meng Yi in it, he was looking down at the report on the bamboo slips, and when he heard footsteps coming in, Meng Yi didn't look up, but said: "The newly sent official business can be put on the table, and it will not be handled until the county guard comes back." ”
Meng Tian smiled and said, "Second brother, see who I am?"
Meng Yi raised his head suddenly, wasn't it his eldest brother who was standing in front of him? Meng Yi stood up and stepped over the table in front of him, stepped forward and hugged Meng Tian, and said, "Miss me, big brother." Then he looked behind Meng Tian and asked, "Why, didn't my father come along?"
Meng Tian and Meng Yi separated and said, "How can you learn the enthusiasm of the Yiqu people." My father and Uncle Wang were inconvenient to come because they had to lead a large army, so I was the only one who came here on the black wind this time. ”
Meng Yi said: "I haven't seen my father for nearly a month, I miss him a little, but it's okay, since you are back, then we will leave earlier, and we can naturally see my father when we return home." ”
Meng Tian snorted, and then asked Meng Yi: "Why are you here alone, Yanran, where is she?"
Meng Yi said: "Sister-in-law has been happy to death since she received your letter yesterday, and she drank a few more glasses of wine last night, so she should still be resting now." ”
"Okay, you get busy here first, I'll go find her in the back. Meng Tian didn't care about Meng Yi having already called Zi Yanran's sister-in-law, anyway, he had to shout sooner or later, what was the difference between shouting early and shouting late.
After Meng Tian and Meng Yi separated, they went out of the hall, and then asked the soldiers in the mansion about the room where Qing Zi Yanran lived. It turned out that Zi Yanran had always lived in the same room where she lived, and after asking clearly, Meng Tian refused the soldier's request to lead the way, and came to the door of the house where Zi Yanran lived alone.
Meng Tian stepped forward and knocked on the door, but there was no sound in the room, so he knocked on it, but he didn't expect the door to open by itself. How much did this Nizi drink at night, and she didn't even close the door, Meng Tian thought, pushed the door open and entered the house, and then closed the door.
Everything in the house is as clean as new, and it still maintains the way it was when he left, Meng Tian did not stay, and entered the bedroom in the room, and there was a beautiful woman sleeping on the bed, which was the Zi Yanran who Meng Tian was thinking about. Zi Yanran received Meng Tian's letter after washing yesterday, and was very happy to learn that he was going to pick him up and go home soon, and drank a few more drinks with his father, Abra and Meng Yi at night, and went back to the house to lie on the bed and sleep, the quilt was not covered, and even the boots were not taken off.
Meng Tian carefully took off his boots for his woman, then flattened Zi Yanran's body and covered her with a quilt. Looking at Zi Yanran, who was asleep, Meng Tian's face showed a doting smile, and he bent down and kissed Zi Yanran lightly on the forehead.
Just as Meng Tian sat up straight, Zi Yanran, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly opened her eyes, and saw Meng Tian sitting next to her in a daze, Zi Yanran muttered: "It seems that I haven't woken up from my dream yet." Then he rolled over and went back to sleep. After a while, Zi Yanran sat up suddenly, looked at Meng Tian who was sitting next to her, rubbed her eyes, and said, "Is this true? Or am I dreaming?"
Meng Tian smiled and scratched Zi Yanran's nose and said, "Little lazy worm, do you say this is true or fake?"
Feeling the touch from the tip of her nose, Zi Yanran understood that it was really Meng Tian sitting next to her, she hugged Meng Tian fiercely, and cried with joy. Meng Tian hugged Zi Yanran, stroked the hair behind Zi Yanran with his hand, and said, "I'm back, I'm here to pick you up." Hearing this, Zi Yanran even lay on Meng Tian and cried quietly, she finally waited for this day, although it was only about a month since the last time she sent Meng Tian away, but Zi Yanran already felt that she had passed half of her life.
"Yanran, Yanran, are you up? I heard the soldier at the door say that Meng Tian has returned, let me tell you. Outside the door, I suddenly remembered the voice of Zi Yanran's father, Zi Mingdu.
Meng Tian let go of Zi Yanran in her arms, then wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes for her, and said, "Okay, I'm already back, my father has arrived, get up and meet me with me." ”
Zi Yanran nodded meekly, then got up from the bed, combed her hair casually, and then came to the door and opened the door to let her father in.
Zi Mingdu didn't feel anything other than seeing Meng Tian in his daughter's room, but was happy, thinking that he was very satisfied with his son-in-law.
Welcoming Zi Mingdu into the house, and when Zi Mingdu sat down, Meng Tian stepped forward and knelt in front of Zi Mingdu, and said: "Uncle, today I Meng Tian asked you to marry, I hope you can marry Yan Ran to me, I will use my life to guarantee that I will definitely be good to Yan Ran in this life." ”