Chapter Two Hundred and Five: Accepting Apprentices
After sending the customers away, Mu Lituo closed the door of the store and invited Meng Tian and his wife into the back yard.
There were three rooms in the courtyard, a room where Mulit and his wife lived, a storeroom for things, and a kitchen for cooking.
When Mu Li took off his lead and Meng Tian and Zi Yanran to the courtyard, an older woman was standing in the courtyard, but she seemed to be doing laundry, her slightly thick waist was tied with an apron, and the sleeves on her arms were rolled up. Although her hair was wrapped in a long scarf, her eyes were as blue as those of Kirito.
Muritol pointed to the woman and said, "This is my lady, her name is Diana." Diana, these two are the Qin general I often tell you about who saved my life twice, the great benefactor of our family. ”
Diana gave Meng Tian and Zi Yanran a Loulan courtesy, and then said in the not-so-sophisticated Qin dialect, "Welcome, our distinguished guests. ”
"Go roast a sheep, and bring out the wine I made for our guests. Mu Lituo said as he invited Meng Tian and Zi Yanran into the room, and then asked the two of them to sit down.
Muritt brought in a half-man-tall barrel from the outside and placed it on the ground. The barrel was opened, Mu Lituo took three more bowls, scooped out the red liquid from the barrel with a spoon and poured it into the bowl, and then served it to Meng Tian and Zi Yanran, "This is the wine I carefully made, you can taste it and see how it tastes?"
The wine in the bowl was very bright red, and it seemed to be human blood. Meng Tian picked up the wooden bowl, looked at Mu Lituo suspiciously, and then asked, "Is this the wine you said, Mu Lituo?"
Mu Lituo nodded, and he said to Meng Tian: "That's right, you taste it, it's delicious." ”
Zi Yanran looked at Meng Tian, Meng Tian put the bowl to his mouth, and asked in his nose The taste of wine was indeed different from the wine he drank at home in the barracks before. Meng Tian took a small sip, felt that it tasted good, and then opened his mouth and poured all the bowls of wine into it.
"Good amount of wine. Murito shouted hello.
After Meng Tian finished drinking, he was still unsatisfied, smacked his mouth, and said to Zi Yanran: "Person, you taste it, this wine tastes good." ”
Zi Yanran picked up the bowl full of red wine in front of her, then took a sip, nodded and said, "Yes, it's a lot better than the wine at home." ”
Mu Lituo laughed, he said: "General Meng, your Qin country's fine wine is made from grain, and my wine is not made of grain, but grapes, but unfortunately Qin country did not plant, and these wines were brought by me when I escaped from Loulan." ”
Hearing Mu Lituo say that he had fled to Beijun made Meng Tian a little interested. He opened his mouth and asked, "By the way, Mu Lituo, why did you say that you escaped from Loulan? I remember how many daughters you have, why didn't you see them?"
What about them?"
Seeing her man ask someone else's daughter, Zi Yanran remembered what the daughter of Muli in the broken village said to Meng Tian. Zi Yanran touched Meng Tian's thigh under the table with her hand, and then pinched it fiercely, making Meng Tian take a sharp breath, and then continued to pretend to smile and look at Mu Lituo.
Seeing Meng Tian ask about his sadness, he said, "Alas, it's all my fault. When I returned to Loulan from Qin, I think our king talked about the strength and prosperity of Qin, which made our king yearn for establishing diplomatic relations with Qin, but our king's younger brother didn't think so. He learned of the wealth of the Qin State, and wanted to send troops to attack Great Qin, and asked me to lead the way. When I refused, he took my daughters, forced me with their lives, and raped my lovely daughter, Tunaza, in front of me, and then I escaped with my family while they were not looking. Later, upon hearing the news, the king's younger brother overthrew the king's rule and became king himself. After that, I went to Buk-gun and lived here. After that, Muritol was already in tears.
Meng Tian remembered the beautiful girl when he first met Tunazha, and then thought of her being raped to death, Meng Tian snorted coldly and slammed his fist on the table.
Meng Tian asked, "Mu Lituo, thank you." Thank you for making these sacrifices for the sake of the Qin State. Meng Tian poured his bowl with wine, and then picked up the bowl and toasted Mu Li.
Mu Li wiped his tears, picked up the bowl and drank the wine in the bowl with Meng Tian. "My strength alone cannot compete with a country, so I have to live here and live with my wife. It's just that our children will never see each other. Over the years, my wife has given birth to a son for me, and I named him Tuqin, hoping that he can be a Qin person and no longer be a Loulan person. ”
"Yes, how old is he?" Zi Yanran is now very interested in children's affairs, whether it is her own son or someone else's son.
"He's just turned ten, but he's almost as tall as I am. Speaking of his son, Muri lost some of his heart and smiled again. "When he grows up, I want him to join the Qin army, hoping that one day he will be able to avenge his sisters. ”
Meng Tian patted Mu Lituo's shoulder and said: "Okay, I'll take him with me when we leave, I'm willing to accept him as my apprentice, what do you think, I just have a son now, and they will definitely be good brothers in the future." ”
Mu Li grabbed Meng Tian's hand and said in surprise: "Really, General Meng, that's really good." My dear, is the mutton roasted, go and get Tu Qin back, General Meng is willing to accept him as an apprentice. Mu Lituo confirmed Meng Tian's words and hurriedly shouted to his wife.
"Father, who's looking for me?" said a tall boy into the house to his father.
Murito see
His son came in and hurriedly said to Meng Tian and Zi Yanran: "Look, this is my son, how about it, he's very tall." "Mulrito is very proud of his son, and in the whole of North County, there are few people his son his age who can be higher than him.
Meng Tian stood up, walked around Tu Qin, and nodded with satisfaction. "Yes, he is a good seedling of martial arts. Then continue to sit down and enjoy a delicious wine.
Mu Lituo pointed at Meng Tian and said to his son: "Tu Qin, this is General Meng Tian of the Mengjia Army of the Qin State, just now General Meng said that he wanted to accept you as an apprentice, are you willing?"
Meng Jiajun, Meng Tian, these two names came out from his father, which startled the young Tu Qin. What is the Mengjia army, I heard the soldiers defending the city in Beijun say that it is the elite of the millions of troops in the Qin State, and it is invincible on the battlefield. Their general Meng Tian is even more said to be a fairy-like figure, who almost killed the Xinling Jun of Wei with an arrow as soon as he joined the army, and defeated the royal court of the Rongdi people with hundreds of troops and defeated thousands of Rongdi cavalry or something. I didn't expect to see such a legendary character with my own eyes today, which made the little guy a little incredulous.
"Tuqin worship...... Meet General Mengda. Tu Qin believed his father's words and hurriedly knelt on the ground and bowed to Meng Tian.
Meng Tian said: "It is fate to be able to meet your family today, since your father said that you are willing to join the Qin army, then it is better to come to my Mengjia army, follow me, I will teach you martial arts, and you can also lead the Mengjia army in the future, what do you think, are you willing to worship me as a teacher?"
"Yes, yes. Tu Qin met the master. Tu Qin hurriedly said, for fear that Meng Tian would regret it, and kowtowed respectfully on the ground three times.
"Get up first, and I'll take you with me later." By the way, this is your teacher. Meng Tian asked Tu Qin to stand up, and then pointed at Zi Yanran and said to Tu Qin.
Tu Qin just got up and knelt on the ground again, kneeling down and kowtowing to Zi Yanran, "Meet the master." ”
Zi Yanran patted Meng Tian, then helped Su Qin up with a smile and asked him to sit down, "Your master suddenly said that he wanted to accept you as an apprentice, so suddenly, the master didn't bring you any greeting gifts." Well, this is a small item I just bought on the street, so I'll give it to you as a greeting gift. Zi Yanran took out a smaller scimitar that she had just bought on the street, the scabbard was gorgeous, and there was a gemstone inlaid on it.
Zi Yanran put the scimitar in Tu Qin's hand, and Tu Qin looked at his father, and then at his master.
Meng Tian said: "This is a little bit of your master's heart, you can accept it." ”
"Thank you, Master. ”
After accepting the apprentice, Meng Tian and Zi Yanran did not stay at Mulituo's house for a long time, although Mulituo repeatedly retained, Meng Tian said that he promised his father-in-law, there is really no time tonight, and when he comes back tomorrow, then Mulituo is satisfied, and he and his son send the husband and wife to the door and let them leave.