Taking advantage of the free time when he returned to Wei, Meng Zhong told his brother-in-law Hui Ang all the information revealed in Le Yi's letter.

Not surprisingly, the news of the mutual emperor of Qin and Qi, even Hui An's face changed suddenly, after all, this news is too amazing, you must know that since the fall of the Chu State, the Qi State has often played the role of "the Central Plains States are the longitudinal chief", sparing no effort to suppress the rising Qin State, and the Qin State also regards the Qi State as no less than the fierce rival of the Wei and Han Alliance, it is difficult to imagine that the Qin State will take the initiative to show favor to the Qi State.

But thinking about it carefully, Hui Ang also felt that it was not impossible for Qin to choose to join forces with Qi, after all, as far as the current Qin State was concerned, the alliance between Wei and Han was the biggest stumbling block blocking their progress, if they could not defeat the alliance between Wei and Han, Qin would never want to set foot in the Central Plains, in this case, it would not make much sense for Qin to regard Qi as an enemy.

The threat from the Qi State was ranked second to the Wei and Han Alliances, and Hui Ang believed that this was probably the reason why Qin Prime Minister Wei Ran sent an envoy to the Qi State and took the initiative to show favor to the Qi king's field.

And this, the threat to the Wei and Song countries is extremely huge, Hui Ang felt that after staying in the Great Liang, it was necessary to talk to Wei Wangjun and Wei Xiangtian Wen about this matter, and even as Meng Zhong suggested, try to draw Zhao to their side, as long as Wei, Zhao, and Han Sanjin join forces again, plus Song, they may be able to resist the threat from Qin and Qi.

Half a month later, that is, at the end of July, Meng Zhong, Hui An, and the city army under Meng Zhong's command slowly arrived at Daliang, the capital of Wei.

Knowing that Hui An, the minister of the Song State, came to visit in person, Wei Wangyun did not dare to be rude, and even asked Tian Wen, the minister of state, to come forward on his behalf and welcome Hui An's arrival outside the city.

Tian Wen and Hui Ang, in fact, do not have much friendship, but I have to say that these two are worthy of being the ministers of state for many years, they are sleek and can speak well, so that the atmosphere is very harmonious when they first meet, and people who don't know it probably think that these two are close friends who have known each other for many years.

Compared with treating Hui An, Tian Wen's attitude towards Meng Zhong is inevitably much colder, but obviously Tian Wen also knows that Hui Ang is Meng Zhong's brother-in-law, so he did not deliberately target Meng Zhong.

After greeting each other, Hui Ang asked Tian Wendao: "Xue Gong, I don't know what the situation is on the Zhao side?" ”

Seeing that Hui Ang asked about Zhao Guo without warning, Tian Wen was a little surprised, but he still told the truth: "Zhai Dasima and Bai Qi of Qin State besieged Handan for a long time, although Handan resisted fiercely, but finally gave in to our side. …… Hui Xiang rest assured, at least in the past one or two years, Zhao Guo should not dare to invade your country again. ”

As soon as Hui Ang heard it, he knew that Tian Wen had misunderstood, and he smiled and said, "I don't mean this, I want to ask ...... Did King Zhao take the opportunity to regain power? What is the situation of Fengyang Jun Li Zhen? ”

“……”

Tian Wen glanced at Hui Ang meaningfully.

I have to say that it is not a secret in Wei that Zhao Cheng, Anpingjun Zhao Cheng, and Li Dui, Fengyangjun, controlled the government of Zhao before and after, but Wei did not have anything to do about it.

After thinking for a moment, Tian Wen said to Hui An: "Tian does not hide Hui Xiang. …… This crusade against Zhao State, whether it is our country or Qin State, has the intention to get rid of Fengyang Jun Li Dui, but Zhao State ...... The young King of Zhao was not simple, he did not take the opportunity to regain power, but fought against the Qin-Wei coalition army together with Fengyang Jun Li Dui......"

Hearing this, Hui Ang glanced at Meng Zhong and nodded thoughtfully.

Tian Wen obviously noticed the expressions of the righteous brothers, and asked with a slight frown: "Hui Xiang mentioned Zhao Guo for no reason, could it be that there is any deep meaning in it?" ”

Seeing this, Hui Ang nodded and said with a smile: "This matter is a long story, it is better to wait until you see Queen Wei and state it in person." ”

Tian Wen nodded, stretched out his hand and asked, "It's okay." The king has prepared a banquet in the palace to entertain Hui Xiang......"

"King Wei is so polite."

After some politeness, Tian Wen led Hui Ang and Meng Zhong into the city to meet the King of Wei, while Meng Hu, Hua Hu, Le Jin and others stayed outside the city to be responsible for the stationing of the army, and by the way, they waited for the officials and materials sent by the King of Wei to reward the army.

Before meeting the monarch of another country, it is necessary to bathe and change clothes, which is the number of etiquette.

On the way to the post house in the city, Meng Zhong also asked Tian Wen about the Qin army, that is, the army of Sima Cuo, the minister of Qin.

Tian Wenwen didn't want to see Meng Zhong, but because Hui Ang was by his side, he rarely answered Meng Zhong's question with a pleasant face.

According to Tian Wen, Sima Cuo's army returned to Wei four or five days earlier than Meng Zhong and Hui An, but because Wei has always been deeply vigilant against Qin, so after rewarding the Qin army, Wei Wangjun asked Tian Wen to come forward to send this Qin army back to Qin, after all, Wei Wangjun and Tian Wen both knew that this time Qin and Wei joined forces to prevent Qi from trying to annex Song, but this does not mean that Qin and Wei have resolved the contradiction - as long as Qin still wants to set foot in the Central Plains, then the contradiction between Qin and Wei can never be resolved.

About an hour later, Meng Zhong and Hui Ang bathed and changed their clothes in the post house in Daliang City, and then took a carriage to the palace under the leadership of Tian Wen.

After meeting Wei Wangyun, Hui Ang presented his credentials, and expressed his gratitude to Wei Wangjun on behalf of Song Wangyan, the Song monarch, Dai Wu, the crown prince of Song, and the Song people of the whole country, and he also presented a gift list, probably wealth, wine, beauties, and the like.

Of course, Wei Wangjun didn't care about these gifts, but he did receive Song Guo's gratitude, and he said to Hui Ang with a smile: "Song Wang is too polite, Wei and Song are allies of each other, Song is in trouble, and I, Wei State, should give a helping hand." ”

During this period, Wei Wangjun did not forget to praise Meng Zhong, which made the atmosphere in the palace more harmonious, but Xue Gongtianwen's expression seemed to be a little cowardly, obviously this noble son who was famous in the Central Plains still couldn't forget the grievances and grievances between him and Meng Zhong.

Subsequently, as Tian Wen said, the people of the palace of King Wei sent sumptuous wine and food, and hospitalized Hui Ang and Meng Zhong - well, strictly speaking, Meng Zhong should be the same as Tian Wen, and he should be regarded as the companion of this banquet.

While drinking and chatting, after three rounds of drinking, Hui Ang suddenly turned his head and winked at Meng Zhong who was sitting next to him, and there seemed to be a bit of snickering in his eyes.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong was slightly stunned, but immediately understood: this righteous brother is about to start.

Sure enough, I saw Hui Ang raise his glass again and thank Wei Wangjun for sending troops to rescue the Song Kingdom, and then said to Wei Wangjun intentionally or unintentionally: "Speaking of which, whether it is the king of my family or Zaixia, I am very surprised that the Wei army that led the army to rescue my Song State this time will be led by my brother Meng Zhong...... My brother is young and vigorous, and he is impulsive, but he can get the understanding of King Wei, who is worthy of being a virtuous monarch in the world. ”

Although King Wei didn't quite understand why Hui Ang mentioned Meng Zhong, he could roughly guess that it was nothing more than Hui Ang taking the opportunity to invite credit to his righteous brother Meng Zhong.

But he is not averse.

After all, Wei State does not have any handsome talents now, except for one Zhai Zhang, the rest is only Meng Zhong is the most reliable, and the rest of the generals like Tang Zhi are enough, as generals, but as commanders, they have never been tested, unlike Meng Zhong, a battle of Yique and a battle of Wanfang are extremely good, and even the famous general Sima Cuo of Qin State was frustrated in the hands of this son, which once made King Wei happy.

Picking up a handsome talent for nothing, isn't it worth his joy for this?

Not to mention, Meng Zhong also has a large number of young and promising generals such as Meng Hu, Hua Hu, Meng Sui, and Le Jin.

So following Hui An's words, Wei Wang Yun also praised Meng Zhong again, but at this moment, Hui Ang suddenly said: "Speaking of which, in view of my brother Meng Zhong's merits, the king of my family had intended to give Shangqiu to him as a fief and crown him as the king of the mall......"

After he finished saying this, the palace suddenly fell silent.

At this time, looking at Wei Wangjun and Xue Gongtian Wen, they were already speechless by Hui An's words.

Shangqiu City?

Song Wang Yan actually intended to reward Shangqiu City to Meng Zhong as a fief?

Although Wei Wangjun did not know much about the Song Kingdom, he also knew the significance of Shangqiu to the Song Kingdom, and if Song Wangyan really rewarded Shangqiu to Mengzhong, the impact of this incident in the Song State was no less than that of rewarding Mengzhong, which is now the capital of the Song State, to Mengzhong - and even in terms of the historical background of Shangqiu, the impact of rewarding Shangqiu was even worse.

But on the other hand, it can also be seen from this incident how much Song Wangyan attaches importance to Meng Zhong.

"Actually, how can this be?" Swallowing his saliva slightly, King Wei laughed dryly, his eyes looking at Meng Zhong intentionally or unintentionally.

At this time, Meng Zhong had already lowered his head, so that others would not see the embarrassed look on his face.

I have to say that even if Wei Wangjun is angry, he will inevitably feel a little apprehensive at this moment.

After all, as far as the current situation is concerned, it seems that the Song State is ready to dig into the corners of the wall in his Wei State, and it is still Meng Zhong, an outstanding young commander, who is digging up.

Forget about others, but this Meng Zhong, that is a powerful general who once fought against Tian Zhang, Sima Cuo and other famous generals but did not fall behind at all, even his great Sima Zhai Zhang of Wei, that Zhai Zhang, who has always had a bad temper, now praises Meng Zhong more, Wei Wang Wei is also thinking about how to try to resolve the contradiction between Meng Zhong and Tian Wen, so that he can reuse Meng Zhong to resist Qin in the future, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen today.

In the face of Wei Wangyun's shock, Hui Ang said to himself: "Of course, how dare you talk about such a big thing?" My brother is the tall foot of Master Zhuang, and since he first met the king of my family when he was fourteen years old, he attracted the attention of the king of my family...... Later, I learned about his various deeds, and I loved him even more. Speaking of this, he shook his head and pretended to regret and said, "However, my brother is stubborn, and he said that he is now a courtier of Wei, how can he accept the reward of the monarch of another country?" That's why I turned away from the reward of the king of my house. …… This is deeply regrettable to my king. ”

After hearing Hui An's words, Wei Wangjun and Xue Gongtian Wen glanced at each other.

They can be sure that Hui Ang is clearly going to take the opportunity to ask for a reward for Meng Zhong, and even Song Wangyan also participated-Wei Wangjun did not doubt Hui An's words, after all, if it was not true, Hui Ang would definitely not have the courage to take Song Wangyan to say something, even if this Hui Ang was the most important minister of Song Wangyan.

I have to say that when he realized that he was put under a soft trap by Hui Ang and Song Wangyan, Wei Wangyan was also a little unhappy in his heart.

But he is not good at attacking, after all, it seems that a general like Meng Zhong is indeed available but not sought, not to mention Hui An's last sentence "My king deeply regrets it", which made Wei Wangyan feel a little crisis, God knows if Song Wangyan intends to recall Meng Zhong back to the Song Kingdom?

Therefore, even if he is dissatisfied in his heart, Wei Wangjun has to reward Meng Zhong according to Hui An's intentions.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, Meng Zhong won the battle of Yique for his Wei State, and this great merit was enough for him to sit in the position of Hedong Shou in one fell swoop, but it was only because Xue Gongtian Wen got in the way that Wei Wang Yun sealed Meng Zhong to the remote place in the land of Wanfang.

And now, the mother's family has come to the door to reason, it is not enough to come to a Hui An, and there is Song Wang Yan behind the scenes, there is a posture that you will recall me to the Song State if you don't reward me, even if it is Wei Wangjun and Tian Wen, there is nothing to be done about it.

At most, I complained in my heart: I, Wei State, have just lifted the siege for your Song State, and you Song Wangyan is so grateful to us?

But if you think about it carefully, with the credit of Meng Zhong coming to Wei State, he only got such a little reward, Wei State did have a loss, and Wei Wangjun couldn't explain anything.

"Reward!"

King Wei thought secretly in his heart.

However, what to reward?

The king of the Song Dynasty took out Shangqiu, and what can be compared with Shangqiu in the historical sense of his Wei State is only the old capital Anyi and today's capital Daliang, so he can't reward Daliang to his courtiers, right?

That...... Rewarding Anyi?

To be honest, Wei Wangjun was reluctant, after all, Anyi was the original capital of his Wei State and the place where his ancestors made their fortune, how could he reward his courtiers?

After thinking about it, Wei Wangjun decided to throw this problem to Tian Wen, after all, this matter was originally made by Tian Wen, and it should be solved by Tian Wen.

So he nodded and said: "What Hui Xiang said is extremely true, Meng Qing is young and promising, and he is condescended to the position of Fang Cheng Ling, and he is indeed inconsiderate. In addition, Meng Qing's meritorious rescue of Song Guo this time should indeed be rewarded. After saying that, he turned his head to look at Xue Gong Tianwen and asked, "Tian Xiang, in your opinion, how should you reward him?" ”

Seeing that Wei Wangjun threw the problem to himself, Tian Wen also struggled a little in his heart.

From his heart, he wanted Meng Zhong to obediently stay in Wei for his use, and he didn't want Meng Zhong to get a high position so quickly, but now that it is not done, Renniang's family has come forward to fight against injustice, forcing him to compromise.

Intransigence?

The uncompromising Song State recalled Meng Zhong in the name of the right, so that the Song State gained a general, and he Wei lost a general, and even Wei Wangjun would complain about him because of this incident - if Wei Wangjun did not intend to keep Meng Zhong, how could he throw this problem to him?

Tian Wen is still very clear about this.

Taking a deep look at Meng Zhong, who was pretending to be an ostrich with his head down, Tian Wen suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of powerlessness, and at the same time a little envious.

Look at Meng Zhong, in the Wei State, Xihe Confucianism is the backer, in the Song State, even Song Wangyan did not hesitate to come forward to help him in person, but what about Tianwen? In Wei for more than ten years, he has never been sincerely accepted by the local family forces of Wei, and the Qi State has turned against the king of Qi, although he has the name of Xue Gong that resounded throughout the Central Plains, but in terms of the connections behind the strong support, he may not be as strong as that kid.

After thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth, squeezed out a little smile on his face and said to Wei Wangjun: "King, it is better to reward Yuncheng to Meng Zhong as a fief again, and then crown him as a ...... Yun Chengjun. ”

"Yuncheng?"

Hui Ang was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then recalled the location of Yuncheng in his mind.

After thinking about the location of Yuncheng, to be honest, Hui Ang was not very satisfied, because Yuncheng was located on the east side of Yeyi, and Sima Cai Wu, who had a good relationship with Mengzhong before, was stationed in the area of Yuncheng.

Overall, it's also a remote city that's far away from the girders.

But after glancing at Wei Wangyun, he didn't say anything more, because he also understood that it was impossible for Wei to reward Anyi to his brother-in-law Meng Zhong as a fief, which was also the reason why Wei Wangjun threw the problem to Tian Wen, not that Tian Wen deliberately made it bad - in the current situation, Tian Wen should not have done too much.

Unlike Hui An, after Meng Zhong heard Tian Wen's words, he was a mixture of joy and disappointment.

Yuncheng, that is, the city where Cai Wu was stationed, is located on the east side of Yeyi, although it is not as prosperous as Anyi in Hedong, but it is also a prosperous city, and what is more commendable is that Yuncheng is located at the intersection of Rushui and Yingshui, and the waterways extend in all directions, in terms of geographical location, it is no less than the Taoyi of the Song Kingdom.

It's just that going back a few decades, there were frequent wars between Wei and Chu, and the Chu army often invaded Yuncheng to destroy and loot, which made Yuncheng's prosperity far less than Hedong Anyi, but as long as it was carefully managed, it is not difficult to guess that Yuncheng will also become a big city like Anyi and Taoyi in the future.

Although Meng Zhong yearns for the fiefdom in the east of the river, the problem is that in this way, his fiefdom will be one in the east and one in the west, which is not easy to govern - Wuyang aside, he can't give up Yeyi, right? That's a city with a population of more than 100,000 today!

Therefore, as far as Meng Zhong's current situation is concerned, Yuncheng is indeed a very good choice, at least in this way, Yeyi and Yuncheng can be connected, which is convenient for management and garrisoning.

And after listening to Tian Wen's words, Wei Wangyun's eyes lit up.

After all, the significance of Yuncheng to Wei is far less than that of Anyi, and he is reluctant to reward Anyi, the old capital left by his ancestors, to his courtiers, but for Yuncheng, he has no such reluctance, not to mention that after rewarding Yuncheng to Meng Zhong, the southern border of his Wei State is equivalent to being transferred to Meng Zhong in disguise, with Meng Zhong's talent in leading troops to fight, he Wei State does not need to worry about the threat from the south from now on - don't look at the biggest threat to the south now, Chu State is sluggish, and it doesn't seem to be much of a threat, but as long as Chu State is still on the side of Qin, He, Wei, could not completely relax his vigilance against the south.

During the Battle of Wanfang, the cavalry of the Qin State invaded Yuncheng from Xia Cai, which was a very dangerous signal.

Thinking of this, King Wei smiled and said to Meng Zhong: "Meng Qing, in view of your merits so far, the widow will reward you with Yuncheng and crown you as the king of Yuncheng, are you satisfied?" ”

What else is there to say about this? Meng Zhong immediately got up and thanked him: "The minister is panicked. …… Thank you, Great King, for the reward. ”

When he sat back down in the middle of the table again, Hui'an winked at him again.

I have to say that Meng Zhong is really a little embarrassed at the moment, after all, he also understands that the reward he received today was won for him by Song Wangyan and his righteous brother Hui Ang by coercing Wei in disguise, and the means are not very glorious to be honest.

But in any case, this is a good thing after all, and if he wants to maintain the alliance between Wei and Song, or even strengthen the diplomatic relations between the two countries, it is also inextricably linked to his position in Wei.

This is also the reason why Meng Zhong cheekily accepted the canonization of Wei Wangjun.

In view of Hui An's disguised threat to Wei Wangyun, it is not difficult to guess that Wei Wangjun must be a little unhappy in his heart.

But Hui Ang had already thought of a solution.

I saw him arch his hand and say, "Thank you King Wei for rewarding my brother." …… In fact, there is an inside story behind this incident. ”

As he spoke, he didn't wait for Wei Wangjun to ask, so he took the initiative to say: "A while ago, during the period when the Qin-Wei coalition army was reinforcing my Song State, Wei Ran, the minister of Qin, sent an envoy to my Song State and mentioned my brother ...... in front of my king."

"Wei Ran?"

Wei Wangyun, who was originally a little unhappy in his heart, immediately took Hui An's words to heart.

"Exactly." Hui Ang said solemnly: "At that time, Wei Ran said in a joking tone in front of the king of my family, saying that my brother Meng Zhong was in the Wei State and had twice thwarted his plans for the Qin State, and then mentioned the diplomatic relations between the Qin and Song dynasties, and signaled the king of my family to recall my brother to the Song State......"

“……”

Wei Wangyun suddenly frowned.

He didn't doubt Hui An's words, after all, Meng Zhong had indeed twice thwarted the wars of Qin against his Wei state, and it was understandable that Marquis Wei Ran regarded Meng Zhong as an obstacle and would try to solve this person.

He nodded and said, "That's why you're ......."

"Huh." Hui Ang smiled and said: "Now that the King of Wei values my brother so much, he not only gave him Yuncheng, but also named him the King of Yuncheng, feeling the importance of the King of Wei, even if the king of my family summons, how can my brother leave the King of Wei?" ”

"I see......"

Wei Wangyun suddenly realized, he finally understood why Song Wangyan and Hui Ang forced him to reward Meng Zhong in disguise, it turned out that there was a marquis Wei Ran behind him.

And Song Guo obviously did not intend to follow Wei Ran's instructions.

After thinking about it, Wei Wangfu frowned and asked, "Then Wei Ran, make a threat to your country?" ”

"I didn't say it explicitly, but it meant it." Hui Ang spread his hands and said: "My Song State is not only friendly with Qin State, but also friendly with your country, but Qin State wants to encroach on Wei State step by step to achieve the goal of setting foot in the Central Plains, so Wei Ran wants my Song State to make a choice, whether to help Song State or help Wei State, this is also reasonable." ”

Wei Wangyun nodded slightly, and then asked Hui Ang with a solemn expression: "Then...... What choice will your country make? ”

Hui Ang smiled and said without concealment: "Of course, it is on your side. ”

"Oh?" Hui An's straightforwardness surprised Wei Wangjun a little.

"Why do you want to stand on the side of the Qin State? Once your country is defeated in the struggle against Qin and Qin is able to set foot in the Central Plains, will Qin care about its friendship with my Song State? ”

"Well said!"

King Wei praised with joy on his face: "The Qin people have wolf ambitions and have coveted the Central Plains for a long time, and if they set foot in the Central Plains, the Central Plains countries will not be able to live in peace." Your monarchs and ministers can see this clearly, and the widow is deeply gratified. ”

"King Wei praised ......"

Hui Ang arched his hand with a smile, and in an instant, he saw the look on his face put away, and said with a straight face: "Regarding the Marquis Wei Ran, or the recent tricks of the Qin State, there is another important matter to report to the King of Wei. …… The king of Wei can know that Wei Ran sent an envoy to the state of Qi a while ago, wanting to emulate the king of Xuzhou proposed by Hui Shi, the minister of your country, and promote the mutual emperor of Qin and Qi......"

"Follow the example of King Xuzhou...... Emperor Qin and Qi Mutual Emperor?! ”

Wei Wang Yun subconsciously leaned forward, his beard was slightly promoted, and beside him, Tian Wen, who was originally full of sorrow, also changed his face suddenly after receiving this.

You must know that the Prime Minister of Xuzhou was an excellent means for his Wei State, how could Wei Wangjun and Xue Gongtian Wen not know the stakes?

Immediately, Wei Wangjun forgot everything before, and said in a deep voice: "Please talk about this matter in detail." ”

It is no wonder that Wei Wangfu was so shocked, after all, once the Qin State joined forces with the Qi State, it would undoubtedly be a disaster for the Central Plains States.

And Wei, as the main target of Qin's attack, will inevitably suffer from it.