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Of course, Master Zhao's father would not be afraid of the monarchs and ministers of Zhao in Handan, but he agreed to go to Handan to participate in the palace banquet, but there were several other reasons.

For example, the garrison on this side of the sand dunes is not ready to crusade against Qi, and the envoys he sent to Yan to jointly crusade against Qi are still on the way at the moment, including Li Shi, the envoy of Song - in short, "Zhao Yan and Song Three Kingdoms Joint Crusade against Qi" may not be launched until next year, so Lord Zhao has enough time to spare.

As for the second reason, that is, Master Zhao is ready to fight for some interests for Gongzi Zhang, after all, Gongzi Zhang has followed him to attack Zhongshan Country since he was fifteen years old, and has made a lot of contributions to Zhao Guoguo, but until now he is still only the identity of the "abolished prince", not to mention that Master Zhao's father is becoming more and more unbearable, even the people of Zhao State, there are many people who find it difficult to understand this.

In fact, in the final analysis, this matter is because of Wu Wa's relationship: when the beloved beauty Wu Wa was still alive, Zhao's father never considered the issue of Gongzi Zhang at all, knowing that it was not until Wu Wa passed away a few years ago, and Zhao's father also passed the throne to Wu Wa's son Zhao He, at this time, Zhao's father gradually changed his mind, and even, completely changed his views on Zhao Zhang and Zhao He in his heart.

I have to say that this made Meng Zhong extremely curious about the queen called Wu Wa, Meng Yao, - what kind of woman could make Master Zhao fascinated by her to such a point.

It's a pity that Wu Wa passed away a few years ago.

But Meng Zhong can still guess from the soft-spoken narration of Master Zhao's father and son Zhang: it must be a woman with quite powerful means.

Before leaving for Handan, Meng Zhong invited Gongzizhang and Tian Buyu again, and expressed his willingness to help Gongzizhang, which made Gongzizhang and Tian Buyu very happy.

On the side, Tian Buyu stroked his two mustaches and smiled silently, obviously having already guessed that Meng Zhong would eventually make such a decision—because he felt that Meng Zhong was smart and wise, and a smart and wise person could finally weigh the benefits and disadvantages and join their side.

Immediately, Gongzizhang patted Meng Zhong on the shoulder more closely, said something similar to "I will definitely not treat you badly", and gave Meng Zhong a talisman so that Meng Zhong and his friends could freely enter and leave the army under his command in the future and deliver news to him in time.

But then again, Gongzizhang's expectations for Meng Zhong and others are probably only to the extent of "passing on the news", because he doesn't know the ability of Meng Zhong and others, who made Meng Zhong's group of teenagers too young.

Of course, Gongzizhang's expectations for Meng Zhong himself are above this, but this is only because Meng Zhong is a disciple of Zhuangzi and the righteous brother of Hui An, an important minister of the Song State.

To be honest, this made Menghu, Huahu, Le Jin, and Le Xu a little disappointed, and he originally thought that after they defected to Gongzizhang, Gongzizhang would immediately grant military positions and let them all become generals in charge of the army.

In this regard, Meng Zhong could only comfort him with kind words: "Master Zhao will give me a chance, as long as we can grasp it." ”

He didn't mind that Gongzizhang didn't reuse them and grant them military positions as Meng Hu said, after all, they hadn't achieved an inch at the moment, if they were promoted so easily, how would Zhao, who followed Gongzizhang, think of them?

What's more, if you get the military position and military power from Gongzizhang like this, how can you talk about helping Gongzizhang on the ground?

"We must find a way to grasp the power of the army through other means, so as to strengthen the power of Gongzizhang." Le Yi said to everyone about this matter.

His suggestion was recognized and supported by Meng Zhong, Meng Sui, and Xiang Yi.

Two days later, Zhao's father took his son Zhang and Tian Buyu, and a group of Zhao generals, including Meng Zhong and a group of young guards, set off for Handan.

Since all the members of the team were riding war horses, only three days later, the group arrived in Handan from the sand dunes.

Coming to Handan, the capital of Zhao again, Meng Zhong was quite emotional.

I remember that when he came to Handan a while ago, he didn't have any distractions in his heart, he just wanted to see the strength and prosperity of the Zhao Kingdom, but now, he was involved in the struggle for power and profit within the Zhao royal family.

He sighed slightly.

As if seeing his sigh, Meng Sui asked curiously, "What's the matter, Ah Zhong?" ”

I saw Meng Zhong sitting on a war horse, looking up at the words engraved on the gate of Handan, and whispered: "I'm just thinking, stepping into this city, maybe you and I will not be able to reach the 'leisurely' level mentioned by the master in our lives......"

Hearing this, except for Le Yi and Meng Hu, who were a little confused, the rest of Meng Sui, Le Jin and others were silent.

Immediately, Hua Hu muttered in a low voice: "It can't be reached in the first place, right?" I never counted on it anyway. ”

Hearing this, Wu Ying, Xiang Yi, Le Jin, and Le Xu, including Meng Zhong and Meng Sui, all laughed to varying degrees.

Indeed, the realm of "leisure" taught by Master Zhuang is too profound, just like the bright moon in the night sky, looking up can be seen in the night sky, and looking down can be seen in the waterhole, but whether it is from the night sky or from the waterhole, you can't touch the bright moon of Cui Can.

"Probably only immortals can do it." Hua Hu shrugged and said, and was immediately patted on the back very unceremoniously by Wu Ying - Wu Ying respected Zhuangzi very much, even if he knew that Hua Hu was just teasing, he couldn't bear it.

Meng Zhong stopped his companions' fighting, and immediately glanced at Handan City, which was getting closer and closer, and said in a low voice, "Okay, let's enter the city." ”

As he spoke, Master Zhao took Gongzi Zhang and rushed towards Handan City, and they immediately followed.

Since the team informed Handan of the itinerary in advance, when Lord Zhao and his party arrived in Handan City, there were already courtiers of Zhao outside the city to greet them.

The procession, about 500 Zhao soldiers, lined up on the left and right, and at the front of this procession, stood three old ministers who were all about fifty or sixty years old, all brightly dressed.

Meng Zhong watched curiously from a distance.

The three old men in Chinese clothes, the one in the center, Meng Zhong, recognized it, that is, the minister of Zhao State, Feiyi, as for the other two, he felt strange.

So, while Lord Zhao's father and Gongzi Zhang were greeting the three old men in Chinese clothes led by Zhao Xiangfeiyi, Meng Zhong drove the war horse and quietly came to Tian Buyi's side, and asked in a low voice: "Brother, who are the two old men next to Zhao Xiangfeiyi?" ”

Tian Buyu stroked his beard and said in a low voice: "That is, the two people I said before, Zhao Cheng and Li Dui." ”

After that, he further explained: "Zhao Cheng is the younger brother of Zhao Suhou, the uncle of Zhao's master's father, and he is extremely prestigious in the Zhao royal family, and even Zhao's master's father has to give him face; As for Li Dui, this person is the grandson of "Li Tong", the secretary of Zhao State, who has obtained the title of "Fengyang Jun" with the help of his ancestors when he was young. Fei Yi is in the phase, and he will be after this person. ”

Meng Zhong nodded suddenly, and finally understood why Tian Buyu was so jealous of Zhao Cheng and Li Dui.

At this time, Master Zhao's father and Feiyi, Zhao Cheng, Li Dui and others had finished greetings, and everyone rode into the city together.

It may be that after learning that Zhao's father returned to Handan today, the Zhao people in Handan City rushed to stand on the streets to watch, but fortunately, there was a team of Zhao soldiers to maintain law and order, so as not to cause chaos.

During this period, Master Zhao's father straddled the war horse and stretched out his hand to wave to the Zhao people on both sides of the street, causing those Zhao people to shout frantically for support.

"It seems that Master Zhao still has a lot of prestige."

Meng Zhong thought to himself.

Probably seeing Meng Zhong's thoughts, Tian Buyu stroked his beard and laughed in a low voice: "Are you surprised by the prestige of Master Zhao?" Oh, after all, the father of Zhao is the male lord who is generally supported by the Zhao people, and when he first succeeded to the throne, he dismantled the conspiracy of the rest of the countries to try to carve up the Zhao State, and then opened up territory for the Zhao State, laid down a huge "Dai County", and defeated several foreign tribes such as Lin Hu, Xiongnu, and Lou Fu, forcing them to submit to the Zhao State, and this time the Zhongshan State was destroyed...... Although Zhao Wang He is already the new monarch of Zhao State, his prestige in the hearts of Zhao people is far from being comparable to that of Zhao's master. ”

After listening to Tian Buyu's words, even if it was Meng Zhong, he couldn't help but sigh at the contribution of Lord Zhao's father to the Zhao State.

At the same time, he also found that Zhao's father and Song Wangyan are indeed very similar, the same advocating force, the same ambition, it is no wonder that these two monarchs can hit it off and promote the Zhao-Song alliance for nearly thirty years.

After a while, Lord Zhao's father and his party came to the Zhao Palace, which was in Handan City.

At this time, Zhao Wang He had led the rest of the Zhao courtiers to greet him in front of the palace, and in front of the public, Zhao Wang He personally stepped forward to hold the reins for Zhao's father, so that Zhao's father could get off the horse.

Seeing this scene, Meng Zhong secretly thought in his heart: Although the monarchy of Zhao State is gradually transferring to the side of the new monarch Zhao He, in comparison, Lord Zhao still has great power and prestige.

For example, at this moment, King Zhao is leading the horse for Zhao's father, even if it is just the son's respect for his father, but the ministers of Zhao State who are next to him can indifferently look at Zhao He, the "new monarch", doing this, it can be seen that the "master father" is still above the "new monarch", but I don't know how long this relationship can be maintained.

"My son has worked hard to govern the country during this time."

After dismounting, Master Zhao's father grabbed his son Zhao Wanghe's arms with both hands, smiled and nodded in praise.

Zhao Wanghe hurriedly said: "The son is not hard, the main father is fighting outside, it is hard......"

Subsequently, headed by Gongzi Zhang, everyone bowed to Zhao Wang He again.

On this occasion, Meng Zhong and the others were not even qualified to bow to Zhao Wang He, so when Gongzi Zhang saluted Zhao Wang He, he had the opportunity to see the look of Master Zhao - maybe it was only for a moment, when Master Zhao saw that his appearance and bravery were similar to his Gongzi Zhang, and bent down to salute his younger brother Zhao Wang He, Master Zhao frowned deeply.

After that, Master Zhao, who originally had a few smiles on his face, suddenly turned cold.

Although he still had a little smile on his face, with Meng Zhong's understanding of Master Zhao these days, he felt that Master Zhao's smile at the moment was quite reluctant.

"Father, my son has prepared a feast in the palace, and I invite him to enter the palace."

After the two sides finished the ceremony, Zhao Wang He, Fei Yi, Zhao Cheng, Li Dui and others introduced Zhao's father, Gongzi Zhang and the rest of the people into the palace.