"Ah Zhong!"

Hearing Meng Zhong whisper the word "hate", Hui An's heart trembled, and he hurriedly arched his hand to Song Wangyan and said, "King, my brother is ......."

However, his words were interrupted by Song Wangyan raising his hand.

I saw that the king of Song looked at Meng Zhong, and said to Hui Ang slowly: "This son, ancestor, father, and brother all died for my Song country, but the widow can't hear him say a word of hatred for me, Hui An, is the widow such an ignorant monarch in your heart?" ”

Hui Ang froze when he heard this, carefully observed Song Wangyan's face, and saw that the latter was indeed not angry, so he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is reckless, please forgive the king." ”

Song Wangyan waved his hand, signaling that Hui Ang didn't have to care, and immediately, he looked at Meng Zhong and nodded and said, "Boy, you are very bold and honest. ”

With that, he forcibly pressed Meng Zhong's shoulder, pulling the latter and continuing to move forward slowly.

During this period, he said in an inexplicable tone: "Today's Chinese people, think about it and still think about my brother, right? …… Do you know who the widow's brother is? ”

Meng Zhong didn't know why, nodded and replied, "It's 'culled into liver'." ”

Song Wangyan snorted lightly when he heard this: "What is cut into a liver, it is "Sicheng Han". [PS: The ancient words "liver" and "Han" sound the same as the universal, "Si" and "Tick" are the turn of one sound, and "Cheng" and "Cheng" are also the same sound. 】

After a pause, he continued: "At that time, the name of the monarch of my Song Kingdom was "Bi", that is, the Song Pigong that you and others know. This person is a faint monarch, at that time, the three Jin Dynasty attacked our Song State for many years, encroaching on our land, with Wei and Han being the most frequent, but the "Song Bi" house, but abandoned the national capital Shangqiu, fled to Pengcheng, built a large number of buildings, rebuilt the palace, therefore, my brother seized his throne and expelled him from the Song State. ”

"The elders of the clan told the boy about this history."

Meng Zhong nodded slightly.

Hearing this, Song Wangyan showed a little mockery on his face, and sneered: "When the elders of your clan said to you, they must have called my brother Mingjun, right?" ”

"Isn't it?" Meng Zhong asked casually.

Song Wang Yan shook his head, and said with a bit of sneer: "What kind of Ming monarch will pay tribute to the wealth of my Song Kingdom to the Qi State every year, and sacrifice the women of my Song Kingdom to the Qi people every year to spoil it?" ”

"......" Meng Zhong frowned slightly, because he had never heard of anything like this.

As if guessing Meng Zhong's thoughts, Song Wang Yan smiled, stretched out his hand and put his hand on the carved pillar of the stone railing next to the corridor, and said in a heavy tone: "My Song Kingdom is located in the fertile land of the Central Plains, with fertile land, many waterways, and the advantages of hills. Shangqiu, Peng, Mengyi (Beibo), Xiayi, Suyi, and Guqiu (Nanbo) are all rich towns coveted by the princes of the world, and it is true that they have the foundation for seeking hegemony. And because of this, the Chu State has regarded our Song State as a must-take place for hundreds of years. …… After my brother usurped the throne, he flattered Qi and made an alliance between Qi and Song, hum! What kind of good thing is your Dao Qi country? …… In the past, when the state of Chu was strong, it competed with the state of Qi, and the state of Qi supported our Song state to suppress the state of Chu, but later, the state of Chu weakened and was unable to fight with the state of Qi anymore. ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Meng Zhong, and said in a deep voice: "Therefore, the widow took my brother's throne, and a weak monarch like this will only make my Song Kingdom weaker and weaker, and it will eventually be annexed by the Qi, Chu, Wei, and Han Kingdoms. ”

"......" Meng Zhong looked at Song Wangyan and did not speak.

At this time, I saw Song Wang Yan turn around and face the open space in front of the hall under the corridor, raised his hands slightly, and said in a deep voice: "This is a world where the strong devour the weak, and benevolence, righteousness, etiquette and virtue are all vain words!" King Faxian, obey benevolence and righteousness, Mu Gong drinks and hates Hongshui, and what about those who do not abide by benevolence, righteousness and etiquette? The three families of Zhao, Wei, and Han divided the Jin Kingdom equally and ranked among the princes; The Tian clan replaced the surname Jiang and occupied the Qi country, which has been passed down to this day...... The big country merges the small country, the strong country merges the weak country, ah, this is the way of the world today. ”

Speaking of this, he turned to face Meng Zhong and said in a deep voice: "Your grandfather, father, and brother all died for my Song Kingdom, and the widow regards him as a warrior loyal to the country and the king, if you hate the widow because of this, the widow doesn't care. …… It's all because you're still young and haven't seen the way of the world yet. But how many wars between nations are righteous and righteous? Mencius advocated the royal way and advocated benevolent government, what is the royal way? The winner is the king, the strong is respected, this is the eternal royal road! ”

“……”

On the side, Hui Ang frowned when he heard this, revealing an expression that wanted to speak and stopped.

At this time, he saw Song Wangyan patting Meng Zhong's shoulder, and said: "Boy, the widow allows you to hate the widow, and there are thousands of people who hate me in this world, how can you be the only one?" …… After a few days, after you follow Wang Shi to Teng Kingdom, you have to take a closer look at the Teng people, if my Song people do not seek self-improvement, today's Teng people will be the fate of the Song people in the future. ”

With that, he waved the sleeves of his robe and walked away.

Hui Ang gave him away, while Meng Zhong watched Song Wang Yan leave.

I have to say that his mood at the moment is very complicated, because he found that Song Wangyan is not a faint monarch like Song Pigong, but a very ambitious monarch, and he attacked Teng not to satisfy his personal desires - that is, to rob Teng's treasures or women, but to make Song stronger and stronger, and no longer need to wag his tail to Qi, Chu and other countries to beg for mercy.

"Ah Zhong."

Hui An's reminder on the side interrupted Meng Zhong's thoughts: "It's getting late, you and I can go back to the house first." ”

"Hmm."

Meng Zhong nodded, and before leaving, he couldn't help but glance at the direction in which Song Wangyan had left, and followed Hui Ang thoughtfully.

That night, in the guest room of Hui'an Mansion, Meng Zhong lay on the couch and tossed and turned.

Teng Hu, who killed his brother Meng Bo, was to protect the people of Teng; And Song Wangyan, who caused this war, was to make the Song Kingdom stronger, which of the two is wrong?

Or is it that he is not actually wrong with either, and is wrong in this world of "Tao loss"?

Before he knew it, he was thinking about it for a night.

After waiting for dawn, Meng Zhong informed Meng Hu and the others, and then said goodbye to Hui Ang, preparing to return to the clan army outside the city.

Seeing that Meng Zhong's complexion was a little bad today, Hui Ang also guessed that he might not have slept well last night, after all, he felt that with Song Wangyan's naked words, the impact on a boy who was only fourteen years old was not small.

Not to mention that Meng Zhong is still a Taoist disciple.

When Taoist disciples go out to sharpen their minds, they will generally have a good impression of the world, thinking that the world is full of beautiful things, but when they see the ugliness of the world, they will inevitably become angry, and even cynical, so that they will eventually live in seclusion like Zhuang Zhou.

So, he told Meng Zhongdao: "You don't have to take too much of what the king said last night, but ...... But you have to put some of it to heart. ”

With Meng Zhong's intelligence, of course he could understand Hui An's vague reminder.

After having breakfast in Hui'ang's Mansion Mountain, Meng Zhong, Meng Hu and the five of their clansmen said goodbye to Hui'an and left.

However, Hui Ang personally delivered it to the city gate before heading to the palace.

After being informed by the palace people, Hui Ang met Song Wangyan.

"This morning, my virtuous brother has left and returned to his family's army outside the city." Arching his hand, Hui Ang said to Song Wangyan.

"Yes." Song Wangyan replied casually.

I don't know if it's a hangover, he seems to have a headache, so he keeps holding his forehead with his hand.

Seeing Hui Ang looking at him with curious eyes, Song Wangyan explained, "Last night, the widow drank some wine alone. Speaking of this, he sighed: "Yidi, this is really a good strategy." ”

Hui Ang nodded when he heard this, and said sincerely: "After the minister returned home last night, he also thought about this strategy repeatedly, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this strategy was quite feasible, but it was a pity that ......"

"It's just too late."

Song Wangyan rubbed his forehead and said lightly.

Indeed, if this plan had been carried out two years earlier, before the Song State had conquered Teng, even if the Song State could not exchange it for Teng State without spending a single soldier, it would still be able to get a "name"—that is, an excuse to denounce Teng.

And now, Song Teng and Teng have regarded each other as enemies, and this trick is useless.

The only thing that Song can do at the moment is to use a large number of troops to forcibly capture Tengcheng, so as to clear the way for the future alliance of Zhao and Yan to crusade against Qi.

No matter how many Teng or Song people die because of this, this battle will surely continue.

"The King."

After thinking about it for a while, Hui Ang arched his hand and said to Song Wangyan: "My brother is also a scholar of Taoism and a famous family, and he is familiar with military books, so I think that if it is only used for a pawn, it will be too condescending......

Hearing this, Song Wang Yan rubbed his forehead for a moment, looked at Hui Ang with a slight frown and said, "Do you want the widow to give him an official title?" ”

"The minister is terrified." Hui Ang bowed his hand and bowed.

Song Wangyan pondered for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "It is true that the widow also has a good impression of this son, and this son is also talented, but he is too young, you say that he is familiar with military books, but the people who are familiar with military books in the world died in battles, and I don't know how many mortals." Attacking Teng is the top priority of our Song Kingdom, and the widows do not allow any mistakes. ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Hui An, and said in a slower tone: "The widow knows that you are worried about this...... In this way, the widow allows you to borrow the situation to him, and you can write a letter to Jing Yu and ask him to take care of the kid. You Hui An's face, will Jing Yu still refuse? But it is not permissible to mention the widow, and the widow does not give him authority. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Although he didn't get the best promise, Hui Ang was already satisfied and hurriedly thanked him.

Seeing this, Song Wangyan waved his hand and said with a chuckle: "No need, that kid is indeed a manufacturable material, and he should be distinguished." …… If he can capture Teng Hu in the future to avenge his brother, the widow will reward him again. ”

"Minister, thank the king on behalf of my brother."

Hui Ang bowed his hand and bowed.

After returning to the mansion that day, Hui Ang wrote a letter in bamboo slips, and asked someone to immediately send it to Teng Guo and hand it over to the military Sima Jingyu.