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The next morning, the morning light shone through the windows.

At this time, Meng Zhong had already woken up, but because his right arm was pillowed by his newlywed wife Le Yan, he did not dare to move, for fear of disturbing his wife, who was still sleeping.

"Wife......

Meng Zhong couldn't help but smile lightly.

He felt that this feeling was a little new at the moment.

He remembered that for as long as he could remember, he had only slept with his deceased brother Meng Bo, and Meng Bo had been recruited for the country when Meng Zhong was ten years old, and he had never returned as a soldier to attack the Teng Kingdom, and for the next seven or eight years, Meng Zhong had never slept alone, and this was the first time he had slept with others, and it was also with his new wife.

Obviously, they still felt quite strange yesterday, and even a little nervous about each other, but today, Meng Zhong has classified the women around him as "family" in his heart, this strange feeling is really strange, but it is also ...... It's not bad.

Or rather, it's a pretty good feeling.

Idle, Meng Zhong turned his head slightly to the right and looked at the woman in his arms, but saw her facing him sideways, curled up slightly, and her hands were shrunk in front of her chest, obviously still feeling a little strange and hesitant about all this experience.

Gently brushing away the hair covering her cheeks, Meng Zhong looked at his new wife up close for the first time, watching her breathe slowly, looking at her frowning brow that sometimes furrowed in her sleep, and looking at her slightly open lips.

During this period, there is a warm breath flowing all over the body, crispy and numb.

Turning his head again to look at the window of the outhouse that had been smashed by him yesterday, Meng Zhong realized that the hour was not early, he had to get up quickly, and he had to meet the guests who had come to celebrate his marriage later.

After hesitating for a moment, he gently supported Le Yan's head with his left hand, and at the same time quietly pulled his right arm out.

Although his actions were already very cautious, they still alarmed Le Yan in his sleep, who immediately opened his eyes, just in time to meet Meng Zhong's four eyes.

It may be that she has just woken up, Le Yan's thoughts are not very clear, and she was shocked to find that there was a man lying next to her, and her face was shocked for a moment.

However, after only a breath or two, she was relieved: this man was none other than her newly married husband.

Immediately afterward, her face was flushed with shyness, and her red lips opened and closed, as if she didn't know what to say.

At this time, Meng Zhong took the lead in explaining embarrassedly: "I saw that you were sleeping very deeply, and I didn't want to disturb you, but I didn't expect ...... It still woke you up. ”

"The husband's words are serious, and it is the fault of the concubine. …… Husband, are you going to get up? ”

"Hmm. …… Master Meng and his disciples may stay for a while, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Dai Bushengjun Sima, as well as my brothers-in-law Tian Zhang and Hui An, I am afraid that they will not be able to stay for a long time, and they will presumably bid farewell today, and I have to send them off. ”

"As it should be." Le Yan nodded and said, "The concubine is serving her husband and dressing ......."

As she spoke, she supported the couch with her arms and prepared to sit up, but as soon as she moved, she felt a tingling pain in her lower body, causing her to fall defenselessly on the couch again.

Seeing this scene, Meng Zhong coughed and said, "You...... I guess I'll rest on the couch today. ”

Hearing this, Le Yan's face flushed with shame, but she still insisted: "The concubine is not in the way, the concubine comes to dress the husband and dress, after all, this is the duty of the concubine......"

"Really?" Meng Zhong chuckled deliberately.

Le Yan was stunned for a moment, as if she realized something, picked up the futon and subconsciously looked down, and then found that she was naked, and she was speechless for a moment.

After a little dead silence, she stretched out a white arm from the futon, pointed to the ground next to the couch, and whispered with full shyness: "Husband, husband, can you ...... Can you help the concubine pick up her clothes......"

"Alright." Meng Zhong smiled and patted the back of Le Yan's hand, and said with relief: "Anyway, you can rest well today, don't I know how to dress myself?" ”

"That'...... All right. Le Yan covered most of her face with a futon and replied shyly.

I saw Meng Zhong bend down and pick up the clothes that belonged to Le Yan on the ground, put them next to the couch, and immediately put on his robe.

During this period, Le Yan also secretly looked at her husband.

As the so-called clothes are not obvious, undressing is material, don't look at Meng Zhong after putting on the robe, he looks quite elegant and polite, as if he is very thin, but at this moment he is naked, but he can see that his arms and back have strong muscles, not only not thin, but very strong - this is inseparable from his perennial exercise.

"Turns out he's not skinny at all...... Let's just say, he is a Sima who leads troops to fight, how can he be thin? No wonder last night ......

Thinking of last night, Le Yan suddenly felt like her cheeks were burning, and subconsciously pulled the futon covering her cheeks up again, covering her eyes.

But then I felt that this was inappropriate—wouldn't I not see my husband anymore?

So she loosened the taut futon a little so that she could see her husband getting dressed.

After all, it is at this age that not only young men will be curious about women, but in fact women are also the same, not to mention that for Le Yan, the husband in front of her is still the husband who will be with her for the rest of her life.

At the same time, in the main house of the family, Meng Zhong's mother Ge Shi and sister Meng Yan had already woken up, and Ge Shi, who had just become a mother-in-law, was standing outside the house at the moment, looking at the east house with some anxiety, and kept muttering: "Breakfast has been prepared a long time ago, Ah Zhong, this child, why can't he get up yet?" …… He'll have to see off the guests later, I don't know, kid. ”

Meng Yan was eating at this time, and when she heard this, she "hummed" lightly, and lowered her head to pick up the rice.

After thinking about it, Ge Shi turned his head to Meng Yan and said, "Ah Yan, you go and urge your brother and tell him to get up quickly." ”

"I don't want it." Meng Yan subconsciously refused, and immediately, seeing Ge's puzzled gaze, she hurriedly explained: "In case my brother and sister-in-law haven't gotten up yet, I rashly crash into it, how bad is this?" ”

"You stupid boy, won't you knock on the door first?" Ge Shi said angrily: "Go quickly." ”

"Oh......"

Not daring to disobey her stepmother, Meng Yan pouted and walked outside the house, but after walking a few steps, she was stopped by Ge Shi again, and whispered in her ear: "If your sister-in-law wakes up, you ask her to give you that piece of white silk, and you bring it to your mother." ”

"White silk?" Meng Yan asked puzzledly: "Mother, what do you want her to do with a piece of white silk?" ”

"Just look at ...... for your mother"

"What's so nice about white silk? Brother got married this time, and those guests of Brother sent so many beautiful cloths, do you have to see him a piece of white silk? ”

"You kid......"

Ge Shi didn't know how to explain to Meng Yan, and urged: "You just go, go quickly." ”

"Oh......"

Meng Yan answered, so she had to come to the east house, knocked lightly on the door, and shouted, "Brother? Brother? ”

Only a moment later, Meng Zhong's voice came from inside the house: "Grandma? Hold on. ”

Immediately, Meng Zhong opened the door and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Well, see my brother and sister-in-law...... My sister-in-law couldn't afford it for a long time, and my mother called me to urge me...... Isn't Brother going to send those guests off today? ”

As she said this, Meng Yan's eyes also sneaked into the inner room.

"Haven't I already gotten up?" Meng Zhong replied with a smile, and immediately saw Meng Yan's appearance of probing his brain, and smiled angrily: "What are you doing?" ”

"I'll see if my sister-in-law wakes up...... My mother told me one thing, saying that I asked my sister-in-law to ask for a piece of white silk......"

"Oh......"

Meng Zhong was stunned.

Not to mention, it's really not good for a man like him to interfere in this matter, according to custom, it is usually a married sister-in-law who comes forward, and as for the mother-in-law, it is not good to come forward directly in this kind of matter.

Thinking of this, Meng Zhong coughed and said, "Your sister-in-law has woken up, you go, I'll go to the main house." …… By the way, close the door when you leave, your sister-in-law and her...... I need to take a break today. ”

"Oh......"

Meng Yan didn't understand her brother's words very well, but she didn't care, and when she saw her brother walking towards the main house, she tiptoed to the inner room.

In all fairness, Meng Yan's feelings for Le Yan's sister-in-law are neither good nor bad.

The reason why it is not bad is because Le Yan's character is really good, even if Meng Zhong went to Zhao Guo without giving her a reply, Le Yan still waited without complaint, and even saw that Ge Shi and Meng Yan's mother and daughter were too hardworking, and took the initiative to take her mother's servants to help with things in the field.

What's more, seeing that Meng Yan's clothes were old, Le Yan also sewed new clothes for her with her own hands.

Therefore, after removing other feelings, Meng Yan's impression of Le Yan is still very good, but why can't she talk about it, this is mainly because she is not adaptable.

I still remember that eight years ago, Meng Yan's real brother Meng Chunzhan died in Teng State, after learning the bad news, his mother Xiao also died because of excessive grief, so that only Meng Yan was left alone in the family, at that time, it was Ge who adopted Meng Yan who was only seven or eight years old, and regarded him as his own, and Meng Zhong also doted on this sister very much.

Meng Yan cherished this precious family affection very much, but suddenly one day, a woman named Le Yan broke into their house, so that Ge Shi, who loved her in the past, has often talked about this woman in recent years, and she will naturally feel panicked and hesitant about it.

As for the rest, I'm afraid it's as if my brother has been taken away.

"Tuk-tuk."

Walking to the lightly covered inner room, Meng Yan knocked lightly on the door.

At this time, Le Yan had just put on a close-fitting coat in the house, and was startled when she heard the voice, and asked with a little panic: "Who?" ”

"It's me, Meng Yan."

It turned out to be a sister-in-law.

Le Yan was suddenly relieved, and said softly: "Is it Xiao Yan, come in." ”

As she spoke, she couldn't help but laugh herself.

It's no wonder, after all, she and Meng Yan are both called Yan, so that sometimes when she calls Meng Yan Xiaoyan, she always has the illusion that she seems to be calling herself.

may be the relationship of the same name, so when she first met Meng Yan, she had a very good impression of this sister-in-law, but it was a pity that the latter seemed to ignore her.

Yiyan walked into the house and saw Le Yan sitting on the couch wearing only a close-fitting coat.

Looking at the bed, Meng Yan couldn't help biting her lip slightly, after all, when she was young, she also had a fight with her brother Meng Zhong on this bed, but now, there is a strange woman sitting on this bed.

Thinking of this, she was a little unhappy in her heart, and said with a straight face: "Mother asked me to see if you got up, by the way, let you give me a piece of white silk." ”

"White silk?"

Le Yan was stunned for a moment, her face turned red in an instant, and she took out the piece of white silk that she had already folded squarely from under the pillow, and just wanted to stay and hand it to Meng Yan, she felt a sharp pain in her lower body as if it was torn, and her brows were wrinkled in pain.

"What's wrong with you?"

Meng Yan's heart was not bad, seeing that Le Yan showed a painful look, she hurriedly stepped forward a few steps to support the latter, and asked a little nervously: "Aren't you sick?" No wonder my brother said you need to take a break...... Do you want me to help you get a doctor in the city? ”

"No, no, no......"

As soon as Le Yan heard it, she knew that this sister-in-law didn't know anything about this matter, and she didn't know how to explain it for a while, so she had to say vaguely: "I'm just ...... I'm a little tired, just rest for a day......" As she spoke, she handed the piece of white silk in her hand to Meng Yan, blushing and said, "You take it, don't make your mother-in-law wait for a long time." ”

"Are you alright?"

"Well, out of the way......"

"Okay, then you lie down and rest, and I'll bring you the food later."

"No, no...... Well, I'm sorry for you. ”

"It's not troublesome, it's just ......" Speaking of this, Meng Yan seemed to smell something, sniffed and asked, "What is the smell in this room?" ”

"I don't know ...... either" Le Yan covered her blushing face with the futon and changed the topic in a panic: "That...... Then I'll rest a little longer......"

"Well, you lie down."

Although she had some bitterness for Le Yan in her heart, considering that the sister-in-law in front of her seemed to be sick, Meng Yan was also a little unbearable, so she folded the quilt for her, and then turned around and walked outside the house.

"Why does my mother ask me to ask this woman for this piece of white silk?"

Out of curiosity, Meng Yan saw that there was no one around, so she simply spread out the white silk in her hand, and even saw the little red on the white silk.

At first she was a little puzzled, but then she thought about something—after all, she was sixteen years old, and she had experienced what she had to go through as a daughter's family.

"What does my mother want this filthy thing to do?"

Meng Yan was a little disgusted, but if she looked closely, it seemed that the blood stains on the white silk were not the same as her impression, at least they didn't smell that strange fishy smell.

I don't understand.

With all kinds of confusion, Meng Yan hurriedly folded the white silk as it was and sent it to her mother Ge Shi, who was still standing outside the main house.

Taking the piece of white silk from Meng Yan's hand, Ge Shi spread it out and took a look, although she knew that Le Yan was a clan daughter from the Le family, and she was naturally clean, but she dared to rest assured when she saw this thing in the end.

"Mother, what is this?"

"Uh......" Ge Shi glanced at Meng Yan, considering that her daughter is now sixteen years old and has reached the age of talking about marriage, so after hesitating for a moment, she still explained to Meng Yan with her ear, and Meng Yan immediately blushed when she heard it.

At this time, Ge Shi handed the piece of white silk back to Meng Yan and told her: "Ah Yan, return this piece of white silk to your sister-in-law...... Be careful, this is a very precious thing in my daughter's house. Go and heat up the chicken soup for your mother, and go back to make up for your sister-in-law......"

"I want chicken soup too......"

"Of course you have your share." Ge Shi rubbed his daughter's hair, smiled and urged, "Go quickly." ”

"Oh......"

At this time, Meng Zhong had already eaten breakfast at home, and then went to the ancestral house.

As Meng Zhong guessed, on that day, the crown prince Dai Wu, Hui An, Dai Busheng, and Tian Zhang all submitted their resignations to him.

After all, these four are all in important positions, and the crown prince Dai Wu is currently sitting in Tancheng and guarding the land of Sihuai; Hui Ang replaced Qiu He, who had returned to Zhao, and once again became the minister of Song; As for Tian Zhang and Dai Busheng, they are the main generals of the two countries who are currently leading the army Chen soldiers on the border of Qi and Song.

It is no exaggeration to say that the fact that these four people were able to come to Meng Zhong's marriage this time really gave Meng Zhong a great face.

Before parting, the four also chatted with Meng Zhong in private.

Let's talk about Tian Zhang first, he put forward the suggestion in his heart to Meng Zhong, that is, he hopes that Meng Zhong will defect to the Qi State and take his place in the future.

In his opinion, this was a very beneficial thing for both Qi and Song, and the only concern was the land of the king of Qi, which, as Mencius had previously asserted, was mean and unkind, and may not be tolerant.

Originally, Tian Zhang didn't have much feeling, but this time he met Dai Wu, the crown prince of the Song Kingdom, and after seeing Dai Wu's behavior, he had to sigh secretly: The monarch field of his Qi State is really not as sincere and tolerant as Dai Wu, the prince of the Song Kingdom, and approachable.

But even so, Tian Zhang still held on to the last glimmer of hope, and told Meng Zhong about it: "Ah Zhong, when you succeed in your studies and prepare to go out in the future, please be sure to defect to Qi first, with your talent, plus the help of the foolish brother, you will definitely be able to make a big difference in the country of Qi, and over time, most of you can take over the position of the foolish brother. ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong said euphemistically: "Brother's kind and foolish brother understands that if there is really a future, he will inevitably disturb his brother. ”

Hearing this, it was a tactful refusal, Tian Zhang sighed secretly about this, and he didn't say much, after all, the current monarch field of his Qi country is indeed not a Ming monarch worthy of service.

Thinking of this, Tian Zhang said to Meng Zhong again: "Since this is the case, the foolish brother will not persuade him more, but the virtuous brother remembers, if the virtuous brother has any difficulties in the future, you might as well ask someone to tell the elder brother that if you can help, the elder brother will do his best." ”

"Thank you, brother."

“…… By the way, the teacher is also going to stay with you for a while, and have a good talk with Master Zhuang, you have to take good care of it. ”

"Brother, don't worry."

After the instructions, Tian Zhang turned around and saluted the crown prince Dai Wu, Hui An, Dai Busheng and the rest of the people, and then rode in a carriage and left under the protection of several guards.

Following him, the crown prince Dai Wu, Dai Busheng, and Hui Ang also chatted with Meng Zhong before leaving.

The crown prince Dai Wu only assured Meng Zhong that he would handle the relationship between the Song State and the Qi State according to the latter's instructions, but in his words, he also vaguely expressed that he hoped that Meng Zhong would be able to help him in the Song State in the future.

Although Meng Zhong did not make a clear response, he also said: What he has done so far is for the Song Kingdom.

This made the crown prince Dai Wu quite happy.

The subsequent Dai Busheng, this upright military Sima was not involved in anything else, purely to congratulate Meng Zhong on his marriage again, and let Meng Zhong work harder and give birth to a few children quickly, after all, in this era, eighteen or nineteen years old have just gotten married, which is indeed late.

As for the last Hui An, his words before leaving were similar to Dai Busheng, in short, he hoped that Meng Zhong would take advantage of this period of peace to reunite with his family in Mengyi and sharpen himself.

In addition, Hui Ang also assured Meng Zhong that he would always pass on news about Wei to him, and if he had the opportunity, he suggested that Meng Zhong go back to Wei to gain some knowledge.

I have to say that unlike the crown prince Dai Wu and Tian Zhang, Hui Ang did not advise Meng Zhong to come out too early. Maybe in his heart, he also hoped that Meng Zhong would come out of the Song Kingdom after the crown prince Dai Wu inherited the throne and become an important minister who was personally canonized and promoted by the crown prince Dai Wu - although there is no such thing as "one monarch and one courtier" in this era, it is more or less related.

After the crown prince Dai Wu, Dai Busheng, and Hui Ang said goodbye and left, the guests who came mainly because of these three also bid farewell to Montessori, Le Shi and Meng Zhong, so that Mengyi, which was overcrowded a few days ago, was half empty at once.

The next day, Fei You also proposed this trip to Meng Zhong.

As one of Meng Zhong's few friends in Zhao State, Fei You actually doesn't matter how long he lives in Mengyi, after all, although he also belongs to Yi Jun, he has no position in Zhao State, at best, he is just Zhao Wang He's guest secretary, his status is quite high, but he also has no power.

Of course, it is not that King Zhao does not give power, but that Zhao Cheng, Anpingjun, and Li Dui, Fengyangjun, are a little jealous of Feiyou, after all, Feiyou is the son of Feiyi, a descendant of the Bai Di Fei clan, and belongs to the alien race among the Zhao people.

Once the fat child is allowed to occupy a high position, it will inevitably repeat the mistakes of the original Zhao master's father, resulting in a large number of Bai Di, Xiongnu, Lin Hu and other foreign nationalities gathered under the Zhao royal family - the original Zhao master's father was because of the support and support of these foreign races in the Zhao State, so that Zhao Cheng, Li Dui and other old nobles who still had a great influence on the royal family during the "Hufu Cavalry Shooting" were gradually unable to resist the power of the Zhao Master's father after the Zhao State implemented the Hufu Cavalry Shooting Reform.

The lesson of the previous car, the teacher of the rear car, is why Zhao Cheng and Li Dui also guarded against the fat young, so that the fat young is now in a high position in the Zhao country, and there is only one title of guest secretary.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong graciously said, "Since my brother has no jurisdiction in Zhao State, why don't you stay for a few more days?" ”

Fat You shook his head with a smile and said, "Foolish brother is not at ease with your lordship. …… With my father's reputation during his lifetime, it seems that Zhao Cheng and Li Dui will not stop me from entering the palace, and the courtiers who can speak at present, except for Xin Qi and Zhao Ben, are only foolish brothers...... Moreover, I also hope to bring the good news that my brother has married back to Zhao and inform your lord. ”

Having said that, all Meng Zhong can do is to see off the fat child.

As the so-called banquet in the world, these guests who gathered in Mengyi because of the marriage of Mengzhong finally took their own leave, and within a few days, only Mencius and his disciples remained in Mengyi for the time being.

This made Mengyi, which was quite lively a while ago, also return to calm again.

As for Meng Zhong's family, although there are more people like Le Yan, there doesn't seem to be much change in the family.

I just don't know how long this tranquility can last.