Meng Yi saw that the eldest brother's face was a little bad, and hurriedly said: "Eldest brother, let's go home first, this is not the place to talk, let's go home first." ”

Meng Tian nodded and said to Meng Yi: "Okay, let's go, let's go home first." ”

The two brothers hadn't seen each other for a long time, but neither of them spoke on the way from the city gate to the general's mansion, so that even Meng Li, who followed them back to the mansion, felt that there was something wrong with the atmosphere.

At the gate of the General's Mansion, Meng Tian's wife Zi Yanran and son Meng Tianci waited for Meng Tian's return at the door with the servants of the family. Meng Tian rode to the door of the house, Meng Tianci called out to his father happily, and then walked down the steps quickly to lead the horse for his father.

Meng Tian smiled at his son, then patted Meng Tianci's shoulder with his hand, and said to him: "It's not bad, your body is getting stronger and stronger, it seems that your kung fu has not been wasted during my absence." ”

Meng Tianci was patted on the shoulder by his father, although he knew that this was his father's kung fu test, he still felt a hot feeling coming from his shoulder. Meng Tianci said to his father: "How dare you, child, father, you don't know, during your absence, my mother's care was stricter than you, and I didn't go to the palace when Fusu called me to enter the palace the day before yesterday." ”

Hearing this, Meng Tian looked at the woman who was standing on the steps and had been looking at him smiling since he got off the horse, this time he accompanied His Majesty the Emperor on his eastern tour for nearly three months, only in these three months, Meng Tian could see that Zi Yanran was a lot haggard, and a few of the green silk on her sideburns had quietly changed color.

Meng Tian walked up the steps, came to his woman's side, hugged her in his arms, smelled the familiar smell of his lover, and Meng Tian felt a sense of stability in his heart that he hadn't seen for a long time. "Yanran, you've worked hard. Meng Tian said in Zi Yanran's ear.

Zi Yanran misses her husband, but in front of so many people on the street, she was hugged in her arms by her lover, and she was so old again, and her face showed a long-lost blush. She broke free from Meng Tian's embrace, raised her hand to wipe away the tears flowing from the corners of her eyes, and said with a smile: "How old are you, in front of the children, you are still so disrespectful to the old." ”

Meng Tian laughed loudly when he heard this, put one hand around Zi Yanran's waist, and then turned his head to Meng Yi, Meng Li and the others under the steps and said, "Let's go, let's go home." ”

When the general returned home, the general's mansion, which had always been quiet, suddenly became lively, and Du Hui also rushed back from the barracks outside the city to get together with the old brothers. At night, along with the families of several generals of the Meng family's army, as well as some other friends, they were all invited into the mansion by Meng Tian, and the general's mansion held a banquet with brilliant lights.

At the banquet, Meng Tian looked at the many relatives and friends sitting in front of him, raised his glass and said: "Everyone, today I Meng Tian go home, thank you for coming, as the host, I toast everyone!"

Meng Yi, as Meng Tian's younger brother, has never been very talkative, and he also stood up at this time, and he said to his eldest brother: "Brother accompanied His Majesty on his eastern tour this time, and he did his duty along the way, protecting His Majesty from being hurt by the traitorous party, and even went thousands of miles to Dongjun to sweep away the rebels, and worked hard, come, I will give my brother another drink!"

Meng Tian said a good word loudly and drank with Meng Yi.

Except for a few civil servants above the court such as Meng Yi and Wei Yi, most of the people who came to the banquet tonight were military generals, Wang Li, Zhou Zhe, and even Pang Fei, who was the commander of the forbidden army, also arrived in the Mongolian mansion tonight. Everyone listened to Meng Yi's words, and many generals seemed to have a little anger on their faces.

Meng Tian seemed to notice that there was something wrong with the expressions of the people at the banquet, he was a little displeased, and said: "What's the matter, one by one, why don't you eat vegetables, come on, come on, don't be polite, in my house as in your own home." ”

Wang Li has been playing with Meng Tian and Meng Yi since childhood, and everyone present is afraid that except for Meng Tianci, Wang Li should have the best relationship with Meng Tian, although over the years, except for Meng Tian when the two of them were able to drink together in Xianyang, the number of times they have met at other times is also only a handful, but this will not affect the relationship between the two iron buddies in the slightest. "Big brother, this time you not only protected Your Majesty in Bolangsha, but also went to Dongjun in person to quell the rebellion in Dongjun with Brother Mengli, these two credits together, how can you say that it is also a great achievement, why don't you see Your Majesty rewarding your eldest brother today, and don't let your eldest brother enter the palace to visit?"

Meng Tian was stunned when he heard this, what Wang Li said was exactly what he thought in his heart, of course, he was not for the two credits that Wang Li said in his words, but His Majesty did not summon him to the palace for the first time today. According to the past habits, no matter what Meng Tian went out for, as soon as he returned to Xianyang, the first thing he had to do was to enter the palace, but for some reason it changed today.

Sitting on the side, Meng Yi and Wei Yi and other people who had a good relationship with Emperor Yingzheng changed their faces, Meng Yi looked at Wei Yi who was sitting next to him, and Wei Yi also looked at Meng Yi and shook his head slightly. Meng Yi understood what Wei Yi meant, and didn't look at his eldest brother, just sat there and didn't speak. vertex

Pang Fei is a military general, he was picked up by Meng Tian, and he can achieve the position of the current commander of the forbidden army, it can be said that he is the highest-ranking military general in Qin, except for a few people such as Meng Tian and Zhang Han. He is also Yingzheng's personal general, and he knows a little bit about what Wang Li said, so he said directly to Meng Tian: " General, Wang Li's brother, this matter may not really blame Your Majesty, it is all the Zhao Gao beside Your Majesty who made it bad, he had a gap with his eldest brother before, and this time the general has made a great contribution, Zhao Gao made a statement to His Majesty, saying that the general is already a very popular minister, and His Majesty has rewarded the general with enough things before, so this time His Majesty will not directly summon the general, but wait for the time to go to the court and then let the general meet. ”

Pang Fei is the person next to Ying Zheng, no matter whether what he said is true or false, at least it is somewhat credible. However, Meng Yi and Wei Yi's faces were extremely difficult to see, what Pang Fei said was only half right, because Zhao Gao's words were not enough to make His Majesty the Emperor change his mind, and the person who really spoke was Prime Minister Li Si, because of Li Si's opening, His Majesty withdrew his will to reward Meng Tian.

After Pang Fei finished speaking, several generals of the Mengjia Army were all angry, the general was born and died for the Qin State, how could His Majesty listen to a few slanderous words of the villain and write off the general's credit, doesn't this make everyone chill?

Meng Tian sat in his seat, he didn't say a word for a long time, he looked at his younger brother and Wei Yi, it is true that Pang Fei is a person next to His Majesty the Emperor, but he is just a military general, and he doesn't know anything about the affairs of the court, if half of what Pang Fei said is right, then the remaining half of the answer should be known from Meng Yi and Wei Yi.

No matter what, tonight, at this time, here, is not the time to talk about it. Meng Tian was afraid that the generals would make trouble, so he suddenly laughed twice and said to everyone: "Okay, I don't lack anything in the general's mansion, even if Your Majesty wants to reward me with something, I don't want it." Come on, come on, I didn't invite you here tonight to say anything aggrieved to me, but to invite you to drink, come, I'll toast you again!"

Everyone present was not stupid, and they also knew that there was something wrong with what they said tonight, so everyone eased up, and then raised their glasses together, and continued to drink with Meng Tian.

Late at night, everyone got up to say goodbye to Meng Tian and took their families home to rest. Meng Tian and his wife insisted on everyone who came to the house tonight one by one and sent them out of the door. When Meng Tian returned to the hall, he found that Meng Yi and Wei Yi were still sitting in the hall and were not in a hurry to leave.

"Why don't you two go back, don't you have to go to court tomorrow?" Meng Tian asked the two of them.

Wei Yi looked at Meng Tian, and then said with a smile: "If I leave, will the general have to ask someone to stop me back halfway?" Then why should I leave, wouldn't it be beautiful to save the general's effort?"

"Hahaha......" Meng Tian laughed loudly after listening to Wei Yi's words, then walked to his seat and sat down, looked at his younger brother Meng Yi and Wei Yi and said: "Lord Wei Yi is really an old fox, I think I have covered it up well enough, but I didn't expect to be seen through by adults." ”

Meng Yi said on the side: "Big brother, I actually wanted to tell you about today's matter a long time ago, but it is more appropriate for Lord Wei Yi to tell the eldest brother about this matter. ”

Meng Tian looked at Wei Yu, Wei Yu sighed, and then said: "Your Majesty returned to Xianyang half a month ago, and the first thing he did after coming back was to build another palace in Afang Palace......

"Build a palace, why do you need to build a new one when there are so many palaces in Afang Palace?" asked Meng Tian.

Wei Yi didn't get angry because Meng Tian interrupted him, on the contrary, he sighed again and continued: "Meng Yi and I have also played, but Your Majesty has not approved it, and later we learned that this new palace built is not for people to live in, but for a Taoist alchemy. ”

Alchemy? Meng Tian looked confused, how could he never have heard of this matter.

"Brother doesn't know, since my brother left Linzi, before His Majesty drove back to Xianyang, one day Zhao Gao suddenly brought a strange Taoist to see His Majesty, saying that he came from overseas Xianshan, his name is Xu Fu, and he is a cultivator. According to him, if His Majesty can eat the elixir he refined, he can live longer, and he may even live forever!" Meng Yi said to his eldest brother.

Meng Tian was shocked by what Meng Yi said again, immortality, the meaning of these four words is probably unknown to everyone in the world, but why does this Xu Fu dare to use this gimmick to package himself, if there is a problem with the elixir, he is not afraid that His Majesty the Emperor will kill him in anger?

Meng Tian's face was shocked, and he asked Meng Yi and Wei Yu, "Is this true?"