Chapter 65: A Love Story (1)
In a blink of an eye, it is already the spring of the second year, although the spring in Longxi is still cold sooner or later, but after all, it is spring, and the flowers and plants can already be seen on the hillside.
One morning, Ying Kang walked out of the mansion and came to the hillside outside the city, looking at the mountains, meadows, and streams in the distance.
The battle with Feng Rong has been won, his friend Zhao Boyu is also married, and the soldiers borrowed from the royal family are about to return to Guanzhong.
The royal family also agreed with the opinion of the Inuqiu Qin people and officially appointed Yingkang as Inuqiu Sima.
Everything was basically going in the direction that the Qin people wanted.
But Yingkang, who officially became Inuqiu Sima, was not happy at all. He is seventeen years old, long past the age of marriage and childbirth, but where is his future wife?
Spring is the season of the growth of all things, the season of estrus for animals, and the season for boys and girls to fall in love.
Ying Kang at this age is no exception to think of her future marriage partner, what kind of person should she be?
Longxi is desolate, Longshan is Liaoyuan, the earth is vast, and the sky is blue, but there is also a lack of women here, and there is a lack of a woman who can make Yingkang like.
Seventeen-year-old Ying Kang walked alone on the edge of the empty Longshan Mountain, his heart was helpless and empty. In the distance, his two entourages watched from afar as Yingkang walked around alone. I also felt that he was strange and pitiful.
"Tell me, our Lord Sima is so old, why don't you get married?"
"Hey---, I said that you are the person who has the bottom of taste, what kind of character is our Lord Sima, can ordinary girls accompany others?"
"You can't say that, although our Lord Sima is not an ordinary person, you must know that this person has to do what he has to do when he reaches a certain age. If you don't do this, when everyone else is done, you'll be left alone. Just like our Lord Sima, look at people who are the same age as him are married, even his best friend Zhao Boyu is also married, and now Lord Sima doesn't even have a person to talk to! ”
"Hey---, according to what you say, it seems that Lord Sima is also very bitter in his heart."
"Isn't it?"
The two attendants chatted while walking, not looking at Yingkang from a distance.
At that moment, among the mountains to the west, a fast horse galloped over.
"Hey--, stop talking, let's see if anyone is coming."
The two of them immediately straightened up and watched the fast horse quickly walk from the west, and it turned out that the servants of the palace had come.
"What are you going to do?" Ying Kang's entourage asked.
"The old woman and the doctor have invited Master Sima back to the house." The servant replied.
"What's so in such a hurry?"
"I don't know, you just hurry up and ask Master Sima to go back to the house with me." How can a servant know about his master?
The entourage did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly went over to explain the situation to Yingkang, so Yingkang took the entourage and followed the servant back to the Inuqiu Doctor's Mansion.
"Fifth brother, you're back." It can be seen that Yingqi has been waiting here for a long time, and when he saw Yingkang coming back, he stepped forward happily and said.
"Yingkang has seen the eldest brother, I wonder why the eldest brother is in such a hurry to call me back?" Yingkang arched his hand.
"It's nothing, it's just that my mother misses you and wants to say a few words to you." As he spoke, Ying Qi smiled and took Ying Kang's hand and walked towards his mother's room.
The mother of the Ying brothers is already in her sixties, and it is an absolute high life expectancy in the Western Weekend Year, when people have a very short lifespan. Seeing Yingkang and Yingqi's brothers coming in, their eyes were full of kindness.
"Kang'er, come to your mother's side, your mother has something to tell you." The old lady said happily to Yingkang.
Yingkang obediently sat down beside his mother.
The old lady looked left and right, "It's bigger, it's really grown up, it's more and more like your father, how you look at your eyebrows!" ”
The old lady's words made Yingkang very embarrassed, "Doesn't my mother have something to say to the child." Please also ask my mother to speak up. ”
"Okay, Kang'er, my mother called you over today just to talk to your eldest brother about your marriage." The old lady got down to business and talked to Yingkang seriously.
As soon as he heard that his mother was going to tell him about this, Yingkang immediately blushed.
The old lady looked at Yingkang, "Child, my mother and your father have a total of five of your brothers." Now that the other four are married, you are the only one left who has not even solved the marriage, and my mother has always felt uncomfortable! Hey---, it's also to blame your father, who has known about wars and wars all his life, but as a result, he even lost his own life, and delayed the marriage of his children. What the hell is this? ”
As she spoke, the old lady blamed her old man for losing his life on the battlefield.
"Mother, don't talk about these things, Kang'er promised you that she would definitely avenge my father." Seeing this, Ying Kang hurriedly said.
As soon as she heard that the child wanted to avenge her husband, the old lady immediately became vigilant, this was originally to tell Ying Kang about his marriage, how could it be related to revenge. Once Yingkang wants to continue to avenge his father, won't he get married in this life?
"No, no, no, what my mother told you today is not about revenge, but about your marriage. As for the matter of revenge, let's talk about it later, the contradiction between the Qin people and Rong Di cannot be solved in a day or two, and we don't expect to solve it in such a short time if it has not been resolved in several lifetimes. ”
As he spoke, the words turned back to their original positions, "Kang'er, tell your mother about it, what do you think about your marriage?" ”
"This? The child was thinking that he was still young and should not wait and see. Ying Kang held back a lot of energy before he said. When he said this, even he found it difficult to open his mouth.
"Small? Seventeen years old, are you still young? You're not young at all, child, you have to get married quickly. If you don't get married, the descendants of the Ying family will have to delay you. The old lady said quickly.
"Brother, you are indeed not young, the eldest brother was married when he was fourteen years old, look at the two children now that my father and Kai'er are older than you. You see you're seventeen years old, and it's long overdue to get married. Seeing this, Ying Qi followed her mother's words and said to Ying Kang.
Seventeen years old, it's not too young.
After listening to his mother and eldest brother's words, Yingkang was embarrassed to say anything more.
"Child, you are a child of the Ying family, some things can't be done by your own temperament, and what you should do at a certain age is still in accordance with the rules. But Mother is the only one left with you who is not married, tell your mother what kind of woman you want to find as your future wife. The old lady looked at Yingkang and said seriously.
What kind of woman do you find to be your future wife?
Yingkang hesitated, confused.
He wanted to say that the other half he was looking for was Ji Ruoxi, but he couldn't say the words when he came to his lips.
Ji Ruoxi?
That is the princess of the Zhou royal family, and his father is the secretary of the royal family. On the other hand, he is just the son of a small Qin tribe located in the Dog Hill in the west, not to mention other factors such as appearance, talent, knowledge, environment and so on.
"Child, do you have a sweetheart, speak it out for your mother and your eldest brother, let's propose marriage to others!" Seeing that Yingkang didn't speak, her mother reminded her again.
"I, I, I want to find Princess Ruoxi of the Kingdom of Yu as a wife." After holding it for a long time, Yingkang's voice whispered like a mosquito.
Who?
Mother looked at Yingqi, Yingqi looked at her mother, and asked with a puzzled face.