Song Wangyan, this is a monarch with mixed reputations.

He was the younger brother of the previous monarch of the Song State, Song Kuo Chengjun, and when he was in his twenties, he served as the general of the Song State, and he was brave and good at fighting, and he was extremely prestigious in the Song army, so his army would later support him to usurp his brother's throne.

In the eyes of outsiders, especially in the rumors released by the Qi State, Song Wangyan is an out-and-out tyrant, it is rumored that he does not respect heaven and earth, does not pay attention to etiquette, indulges in wine, and also says what to cut the back of the hunchback man, cut off the legs of the person who crossed the river in the morning, in fact, these are all slanders of Song Wangyan by the Qi State, the reason is that Song Wangyan usurped the position of the monarch of the Song Dynasty, who was good at the Qi State, and led the Song State, which had been subservient to the Qi State, to challenge the majesty of the Qi State, which was intolerable to the Qi State.

Therefore, the state of Qi released rumors and slandered Song Wangyan as 'the reincarnation of the Song Dynasty', but in fact, Confucianism, the most influential contemporary public opinion, has never made a negative evaluation of Song Wangyan, and even Mencius, the leader of Confucianism, also respectfully called Song Yan the king of Song, and persuaded Song Wangyan to govern the country with 'benevolent government', saying that he would not be afraid of Qi and Chu.

Compared with Mencius's original envoy to Wei to see King Wei Xiang, when he left, he said that King Wei Xiang did not look like a monarch, and his action of calling Song Yan the King of Song was already extremely friendly.

Of course, this is also because Mencius himself had a good impression of the Song State, because at that time, there was only one and a half countries that followed Confucianism to govern the country and implement benevolent government, one was the Teng State, which was destroyed by the Song State a few years ago, and the other half was the Song State.

It sounds ironic, the Song Wangyan who was slandered by the Qi State as the reincarnation of the Song Dynasty, the Song State under his rule actually implemented benevolent government - although the Song State implemented benevolent government mainly because of the relationship between the state minister and Hui'an, but at least Song Wangyan also has to approve of this matter, right?

In addition to Mencius, the one who has a great affection for Song Wangyan and the Song State is the Zhao master father of the Zhao State.

Zhao's father and Song Wangyan had a solid alliance for more than 30 years, during which there was never any conflict or friction between Zhao and Song, and when Meng Zhong was still in Zhao, he heard Zhao's father praise Song Wangyan as his most trusted and reliable ally more than once.

As the so-called things are clustered and people are divided into groups, people like Mencius, Zhao Zhufu and others all respect Song Wangyan so much, and Song Wangyan will certainly not be the faint monarch of the 'reincarnation' in the rumors.

Of course, there are two sides to everything, not to mention people, Song Wangyan also has shortcomings, such as belligerent, irritable, and murderous.

After all, from the perspective of the 'status' of the vassal states, the Song State is one of the 'three ke' of the Zhou royal family, and the status is much higher than that of the Qi State, so in order to restore the dignity of the Song State, Song Wangyan launched three wars against the Qi State, Chu State, and Wei State within a few years after seizing the throne of his brother's monarch, and fought Qi, Chu, and Wei, the three powerful countries that coveted the richness of the Song State. In order to show these three countries that the Song State has decided to burn all the jade, and will never forgive the enemy countries that try to invade the Song State, even if it is a powerful country.

It may seem to many people that Song Wangyan's actions are a little disgusted, but facts have proved that after these three successive wars, the three kingdoms of Qi, Chu, and Wei were indeed shocked, and they have not invaded the Song State for more than 30 years.

On the contrary, it was Song Wangyan, after recuperating for twenty or thirty years, he once again launched an expansion against Teng and Huaisi, expanding the territory of the Song State.

As for irritability and murder, these two shortcomings can actually be said together.

Song Wangyan really has a bad temper, he is easy to get angry, and when he gets angry, he will kill people, so the courtiers of the Song State are afraid of this monarch.

But in fact, Song Wangyan is by no means indiscriminate killing, such as Hui An, it is no exaggeration to say that all the courtiers of the Song State have advised and disobeyed Song Wang Yan all the times, and there is no Hui Ang alone, but until now, Hui Ang is still alive and well, and he still serves as the minister of Song State, and is deeply respected by Song Wang Yan.

On the other hand, a villain like Tang Ying, who only knows how to flatter, just said something to cater to Song Wangyan when Song Wangyan and Hui Ang had a dispute, but was killed by Song Wangyan - Song Wangyan transferred his anger towards Hui Ang at that time to Tang Ying.

This incident is enough to prove that Song Wangyan is not a faint monarch who does not distinguish between right and wrong, on the contrary, he is still a Ming monarch, but his always tyrannical and murderous image is really difficult to hook up with Ming Jun.

No, at this moment, when Meng Zhong said those words that openly challenged Song Wangyan, the attendants and guards nearby were dumbfounded.

You must know that throughout the entire Song Kingdom, no one dares to point at Song Wangyan and say something like 'come, let me wake you up this old fool', the crown prince Dai Wu does not dare, and the state minister Hui Ang will not, let alone Dai Busheng, Dai Yingzhi and others.

What is the origin of this young man named Meng Zhong?

Just when everyone present thought that this young man would definitely die and would definitely be killed by Song Wangyan's guards, Song Wangyan unexpectedly accepted the young man's challenge.

In front of everyone, the king of Song ordered someone to fetch a set of armor and ordered the palace maids present to help Meng Zhong put it on, and during this time, he chatted with Meng Zhong with his sword: "Since you have returned to the Song State, it seems that the war between the Wei State and the Qin State has ended?" ”

"Ahh

With the help of two frightened palace maids, Meng Zhong put on his armor and replied: "It was almost over in late July, and in the following half a month, I discussed the issue of land cession with Wei Ran of the Qin State. ”

"Mowing the land?"

Song Wangyan's eyes widened in surprise: "Qin State cut land? You helped Wei recapture the West River? ”

"It's just that more than 200 miles of land, including Dali, Linjin, Yuanli, Heyang, Shaoliang, and Jigu Shucheng, is not a complete Xihe County, compared with the Xihe County of the former Wei State, there are still a few cities in the hands of the Qin State, such as Yin and Jin, but if you want to force the Qin State to cede the Yin and Jin, it is almost impossible, if the Qin State does not have the Yin and Jin, the path for him to send troops to the Central Plains will be cut off......" Meng Zhong did not explain in detail, but simply said a few words.

"More than 200 miles of land?"

A little trance flashed on Song Wangyan's face.

You must know that in these years, the Song State occupied Teng State, occupied Xue Yi, and occupied Huaisi, and all these places combined, it is still unknown whether there are more than 200 li, but the young man in front of him only helped Wei State seize more than 200 li of land from Qin State through a war that took more than half a year.

Thinking of this, Song Wangyan inevitably had some envy, jealousy and hatred for Wei.

'Have you ever wanted to come back?' ’

Song Wangyan couldn't help but want to ask this, but he couldn't pull off this face after all, and asked lightly: "This time for such a contribution to the Wei State, what does King Wei reward you?" ”

"The King of Wei was named the Marquis of Yun." Meng Zhong asked calmly.

Hearing this, the eyes of the two young palace maids wearing armor for him flashed with deep shock, and they looked at each other in shock.

The young man in front of him, who was about the same age as them, was actually the Marquis of Wei?

The attendants and guards who heard this also widened their eyes in shock at this moment.

It's no wonder, after all, the marquis is already the title of a contemporary extremely human minister, and ordinary people may not be able to get it in their lifetime, and this young man ...... Acquired at such a young age?

"Marquis Yun?"

Song Wang Yan touched it for a moment, and deliberately provoked: "There is only one knight?" What about the corresponding rewards? What about the fiefdoms? ”

Meng Zhong calmly replied, "I don't know. …… At that time, I heard some rumors, so I didn't wait for the reward for meritorious deeds, so I set off to the Song Kingdom, probably with a follow-up. ”

Hearing what Meng Zhong said'some rumors', and then thinking of this son's bad attitude, in fact, Song Wangyan had already guessed a few points, but instead of being angry, he admired Meng Zhong quite a bit in his heart, after all, Meng Zhong hurried back to the Song Kingdom after hearing that the homeland was in trouble, and he didn't even care about the marquis's reward.

"The widow advises you to serve a snack." Song Wangyan deliberately provoked: "Wei Yun has always been stingy, and considering that you have a grudge against Tian Wen, don't just get an empty lord of the Marquis of Yun for nothing...... After a pause, he added meaningfully: "This kind of empty lord, the widow can seal you casually." ”

Meng Zhong glanced at Song Wangyan and sneered, "Is this your invitation to me?" ”

"Ridiculous!"

King Song sneered with a straight face: "Who do you think you are?" You think that if you help Wei capture more than 200 li, the widows will ...... you"

As he spoke, he couldn't go on.

Well, this time Meng Zhong helped Wei to seize more than 200 li of land from Qin, in fact, he was full of envy, jealousy and hatred in his heart, after all, Meng Zhong was a native of his Song State, and he should have been the general of his Song State to open up territory for Song State.

Just for the young man in front of him...... Song Wangyan, who has been strong and stubborn since he was a child, really can't pull his face.

He thought for a while and said, "If you can't stay in Wei in the future, the widow can consider giving you a position as a military commander." ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong sneered and sneered: "Counting on me to lose power in the Wei State, you might as well abdicate and pass the throne to the crown prince, I will still think about it." ”

"......" Song Wangyan's face sank and he stopped talking.

At this time, the two palace maids had already helped Meng Zhong put on the armor, and Meng Zhong smiled one by one: "Thank you both." ”

"No, no need to ......" The two palace maids were frightened, and quickly left Meng Zhong with their heads down.

It's not that Meng Zhong's smile was so scary, but Meng Zhong's straightforward words that made Song Wangyan abdicate scared them.

Including the attendants and guards who were watching not far away, although Meng Zhong said without any burden, but these people who listened to their ears only heard cold sweat on their foreheads, and they called in their hearts that this Marquis of Wei was too bold to dare to say such a thing.

In front of everyone's eyes, Meng Zhong, who had already put on his armor, slowly walked towards Song Wangyan, and as he walked, he slowly drew out the sharp sword that Song Wangyan had given him.

Seeing this, Song Wangyan also raised the sword in his hand, looked at Meng Zhong and said in a deep voice: "Boy, have you been ten years?" Let the widow see your growth, see where you have the guts, and dare to speak disrespectfully to the widow! ”

"Humph! Please teach King Song! ”

With a cold snort, Meng Zhong walked quickly towards Song Wangyan.

At the same time, Hui Ang was still in the barracks outside the city, paying attention to the transportation of meat, and chatting with Dai Busheng about the current battle situation.

Chatting and chatting, suddenly two guards hurriedly rushed here, hugged their fists and reported: "Hui Xiang, Sima, a servant from Hui Xiang's mansion came to the outside of the camp, saying that there was something important and wanted to see Hui Xiang immediately. ”

Dai Busheng looked at Hui Ang when he heard this, and asked silently: Something happened to your family?

Hui Ang shook his head and said in his heart I don't know.

Seeing this, Dai Busheng ordered someone to send someone to bring in the servants from Hui An's mansion, but as soon as the two servants saw Hui An, they eagerly said, "Master, the second uncle is back......

Hui Ang was stunned, and then realized that the second uncle mentioned in the servant's mouth may be referring to his brother-in-law Meng Zhong.

"You mean my brother Mengzhong?"

"Exactly."

"Hah!" Hui Ang asked happily when he heard this, "Where is Ah Zhong at the moment?" At home? ”

"Nope." The other servant shook his head and said breathlessly: "The second uncle went straight to the palace to ask the king, and listened to the guards at the palace gate, the second uncle's face was gloomy, and it seemed that there was something important......"

"Straight to the king? Not good! ”

Hui Ang thought for a moment, and then realized that the situation was not good.

You must know that Meng Zhong came to Pengcheng in the past, every time he saw him in the mansion and described his brotherhood, when did he go straight to the palace to meet Song Wangyan?

If something is abnormal, it must be a demon, this time Meng Zhong went straight to see Song Wangyan, it must be a bad thing!

Thinking of this, Hui Ang couldn't stay any longer, turned his head to Dai Busheng, who also showed surprise, and said: "It stands to reason that my brother still has a lot of affairs on the Wei side, and he won't return to the Song State like this, he must have heard about 'that incident' and went to the king to argue with him......"

Dai Busheng also knew the stakes of the matter, and hurriedly said: "It's inconvenient for me to come forward, Hui Xiang, please rush back to the palace immediately, Meng Zhong's kid and the king...... Alas, Hui Xiang and leave immediately. ”

Hui Ang nodded, immediately said goodbye to Dai Busheng, and took the servants back to Pengcheng in a carriage.

Back in Pengcheng City, Hui Ang and his party went straight to the palace.

As Hui An, there was naturally no need to report, and after giving way at the palace gate, Hui Ang got out of the carriage and ran quickly to the palace alone.

Along the way, he asked a team of guards about Song Wangyan's location: "Where is the king now?" ”

The guards replied, "In the palace schoolyard, I am competing with a young man named Meng Zhong. ”

Sword competition?

Isn't that just the mark?

Hui Ang sweated in shock and ran quickly to the school grounds.

When he came to the school, he looked around, and sure enough, he saw two people in armor competing in the schoolyard, one was Song Wangyan, and the other was his brother-in-law Meng Zhong.

The two men were arguing with each other while fighting swords.

“…… This country is strengthened by the widows, and it is not your turn to point fingers at the widows! ”

"Hah! That's really great, great King Song......"

"Bastard! If you have the ability, don't flash around! ”

"Huh? Good! …… Yo, great King Song, why did you retreat before you could exert your strength? ”

"Bastard! The widow is going to kill you! ”

"Come, let you kill."

『……』

Standing by the school yard for a long time, Hui Ang breathed a sigh of relief.

God willing, things haven't gotten to the biggest yet, but ......

Glancing at the palace maids, attendants and guards standing next to the school grounds, Hui Ang thought about it, then stepped forward, waved his hand and said, "All stand down." ”

The palace maids, attendants, and guards looked at each other, or one of the guards said timidly: "Huixiang, where is our duty......

"Don't you still believe in Hui?"

Hui Ang comforted gently: "It's going to be fine, the young man in the field is my brother-in-law, he won't hurt the king, he just wants to correct some of the mistakes made by the king through his way...... You all know the temper of the king, and next, don't go near here, this is also for your good. Don't worry, I'll be here. ”

Hearing this, those palace maids, waiters, and guards didn't understand, nodded and were about to leave, when they heard a bang, and Song Wangyan in the field was reflexively pressed to the ground by Meng Zhong.

"What's wrong? The great King of Song, isn't he going to kill me? How did you fall on your own? …… Come, stand up. ”

In the distance, Meng Zhong's ridicule of Song Wangyan was heard.

Immediately, there was the angry insult of Song Wangyan when he got up from the ground.

『…… Hui Xiang is right, this is really not something we can see......

The palace maids, attendants, and guards looked at each other, quickly pretended not to see anything, and immediately left this land of right and wrong, leaving Hui Ang alone in the school field, watching the sword competition between Song Wangyan and Meng Zhong in the distance.

I have to say that Song Wang Yan is obviously sixty years old, but unlike the rumors of 'immersing himself in wine', this monarch still retains very good physical fitness and martial arts even today, I saw him swinging his sword at Meng Zhong while continuing to scold Meng Zhong in his mouth: "There are no widows, you are still enslaved by the Qi State!" Why do you dare to disobey the widows? ”

"So you expelled the prince? Stupidity! When I returned to the Song Kingdom, I told you about the civil strife in the Zhao Kingdom, and the contradictions between the Zhao master's father and Zhao He, I thought you would take it as a warning, but I didn't expect ......"

With a bang, Meng Zhong picked up the sword in Song Wangyan's hand with a sword, and immediately hit him with an elbow in the chest, forcing him to retreat again and again.

Losing the sword in his hand, Song Wangyan didn't pick it up, he swung his fist at Meng Zhong, and scolded in his mouth: "The widow has been quite tolerant of them, it is them, it is they who disobey the widow......"

Meng Zhong also then threw down the sword in his hand, and while facing the Song Wangyan fists and feet, he said with a straight face: "Through the current bad situation in the Song Kingdom, you should know that the crown prince is the future of the Song Kingdom, and I won't tell you any big truths, welcome back the prince, and inspire the subjects to repel the Qi army!" ”

"Humph! The outnumbered will repel the invading Qi army! ”

"No, you can't! …… Although you have merit in the country, you will only make your subjects afraid, only the crown prince Dai Wu is the Ming monarch that the subjects of the Song State are willing to follow, but you have foolishly expelled the prince, divided the Song people, and made those who are willing to follow the prince and be loyal to the prince lose hope......"

"The crown prince, the crown prince, is the monarch who single-handedly reversed the fortunes of the Song Kingdom! The widow is the Song Kingdom! ”

"The way you look reminds me of Master Zhao...... Another reason why Lord Zhao's father refused to hand over power at the beginning was that he was afraid of being gradually forgotten by the Zhao people......"

With a thud, Meng Zhong grabbed Song Wangyan's arm and picked him up, causing the latter's back to fall to the ground.

At this time, I saw him condescendingly looking at Song Wangyan who fell to the ground, shook his head and said: "Mencius said, those who convince others with their strength are not convinced, and they are not supported by their strength. You rule the country by force and resist the Qi country, so when you are old, no one will fear you. You keep saying that you will personally repel the Qi army, but now that you can't even beat me, why do you lead the army to repel the Qi army? …… But the crown prince is different, the prince wears martial arts and cultivates benevolence, even if he does not have the same force as when you were young, there are many people who are willing to follow him. ”

Saying that, he took a deep breath and said: "The father and son of the Zhao State killed each other, which greatly damaged the national strength, and now the Song State has also provoked the Qi State to take the opportunity to invade because of the discord between the father and son. Throw away your so-called stubbornness! My brother died because of your order to conquer Teng, so that my mother washed her face with tears for several years, and I still can't forget it, and my hatred for you is even greater than Teng Hu! …… It was only when you said at that time that everything you did was to make the Song State strong and not to become the target of wanton attacks by other powerful countries, and I extinguished this hatred. Especially after meeting Master Zhao's father later, I gradually felt that maybe you were right. But now, you have expelled the crown prince and split the morale of the Song people, even if the Song Kingdom is on the verge of collapse, you still refuse to face up to the mistakes you made. What you have done is still in line with your oath of 'everything for the strength and prosperity of the Song Kingdom'? ”

“……”

Song Wangyan fell to the ground in the shape of 'big', panting and not saying a word, the expression on his face changed color.

At this time, Meng Zhongchang took a breath, looked at Song Wangyan and said coldly: "Next, I will go to welcome back the crown prince and ask the prince to come forward to inspire the whole country, if you want to stop it, then it may be time for me to avenge my brother's revenge!" …… But I still hope that you can honestly lie here......"

Speaking of this, he hesitated, and finally added with a complicated expression: "Song State, I will not forget your merits, nor will I forget you, as you said, without you, Song State is still a vassal of Qi State, and it was wantonly invaded by Qi, Wei, Han, and Chu, but now Song State needs more than the crown prince." …… It's not that you're inferior to the crown prince, it's just that you're old, and you have little courage left, and you can no longer lead the country, so the Song State can only use another way to resist the threat of Qi and other countries...... The benevolence of the prince can make up for it. ”

With that, he walked over to his sword, picked it up, and then turned and walked over to Hui'an.

Looking at Song Wangyan who fell to the ground silently, Hui Ang smiled slightly, and said: "Excuse me, Ah Zhong, you may be the only one in the entire Song Kingdom who can convince the king, although ......"

After saying that, he looked at Song Wangyan who fell to the ground in the distance and shook his head.

Hearing this, Meng Zhong raised his right hand and clenched his fist, and said with a smile: "I don't know how many years I've been waiting for this moment. ”

"You......" Hui Ang shook his head helplessly, and then gently entrusted: "Go, welcome back the crown prince, and help my Song State repel the Qi army." Leave it to me here......"

Glancing back at Song Wangyan, Meng Zhong nodded and left.

After Meng Zhong left, Hui Ang slowly walked towards Song Wangyan, and saw Song Wangyan lying on the ground, looking at the sky with blank eyes, he knelt on one knee and said softly: "Great King, Ah Zhong...... He went to greet the prince. ”

There was no wave in Song Wangyan's eyes, and after a while, he said bitterly: "Hui An, widow...... It's really old, and even a milky little hairy child, the widow is no match anymore......"

"But all people will eventually have the moment of old age, but in the hearts of the ministers, the king is still the king who can bend and stretch the iron hook...... As Ah Zhong said, I, the Song people, will not forget the king, how can the Song people forget a brave king like you? Throughout the history of our Song Kingdom, no previous king can compare with the great king. ”

"Hahahaha, hahahaha...... Hui'an, who is upright, can't imagine that there will be times for flattery. ”

"It's not flattery, it's the minister's heartfelt words."

"Words from the bottom of my heart...... Let's talk about it more. ”

"Uh......"

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