On September 20, Song Wangyan arrived at the Song army camp outside Tengcheng with Hui An.

When he learned that Teng Hu's body had been returned to Teng Ren, Song Wangyan was slightly angry in his heart, and angrily reprimanded Jun Sima Jingyu and said, "You actually returned Teng Hu's body to Teng Ren so easily? ”

Seeing that King Song was angry, Jing Yu trembled with fright, and hurriedly explained: "The king is angry, the minister originally planned to cut off Teng Hu's head, and ordered someone to use a bamboo pole to fight in front of Teng Cheng, I believe that this move will definitely make Teng Qi crazy......"

Hearing this, Song Wangyan's face turned slightly pale, but from the side, Hui Ang shook his head and said calmly: "The destruction of people's bodies is not done by the benevolent. ”

Song Wangyan glanced at Hui Ang and did not speak.

I have to say that only Hui Ang dared to say this in front of Song Wangyan, and only Hui Ang would not be scolded by Song Wangyan after saying such a thing.

"Yes, yes."

Hearing Hui An's words, Jing Yu hurriedly said: "The minister also considered that this move would definitely damage the reputation of your benevolence and righteousness, so he didn't dare to do that. …… In addition, there is a Mo family's juzi who came to talk about the item. ”

"Then it is not necessary to return Teng Hu's corpse to Teng Ren, the widow still wants to see, Teng Hu, who has repeatedly disobeyed the widow, what does it look like" Speaking ......of this, Song Wang Yan snorted coldly and said: "Forget it, Hui Ang will relieve you today, this matter is like this, anyway, Teng Hu is dead, and returning his body to Teng Ren is not a big deal." ”

"The king is wise."

Hui Ang complimented on the side.

Song Wangyan glanced at Hui Ang and snorted lightly, obviously he didn't see that Hui Ang intended to relieve Jing An, as for the reason, it was nothing more than Jing Yan taking care of Hui An's brother-in-law Meng Zhong - after all, this idea was given to Hui Ang by Song Wangyan.

Seeing that King Song had forgiven him, Jing Yu secretly rejoiced, and quietly cast a grateful look at Hui An.

At this time, I heard Song Wangyan ask: "Jing Yu, is the Mo family's son still in the barracks?" ”

"Yes." Jing Yu bowed down and replied, "The minister sent some soldiers to guard him, but according to the soldiers, this person has no intention of fleeing at all. ”

"The Mo family fights for righteousness, that's it." Hui Ang said in a tone of admiration.

"Humph!" Song Wangyan snorted coldly again.

At this time, Jing Yu cautiously asked, "King, do you want to meet that Qiu Liang?" This person has repeatedly mentioned that he wants to meet you, the king. ”

"See what? Missing! Song Wangyan immediately refused.

I have to say that for Chu Mo in the Mo family, that is, the Moxia faction, all countries in the world can be said to love and hate, after all, the disciples of the Mo family who advocate "both love" and "non-attack" can be called natural allies of weak countries, and they always help weak countries resist the aggression of strong countries.

I think that at the beginning, when the powerful Chu State attacked the weak Song State, the Mo family also helped the Song State without hesitation.

Because of this, Song Wangyan didn't want to offend the Mo family, after all, it was difficult for him to guarantee whether his Song State would be attacked by other countries in the future, after all, his Song State was located between the three kingdoms of Qi, Chu, and Wei, and all three countries were at odds with the Song State - if he was really unfortunate enough to be attacked by a powerful country, maybe the Mo family would also help him Song State resist the attack of other countries.

This may sound incredible, but in fact the Mo family is like this: this is a group of righteous men who are running everywhere in order to achieve "no more wars and strife in the world".

"My lord, let's see you." Hui Ang persuaded on the side: "Whether it is the Mo family helping Teng Guo, or my Song army killing the Mo family, this will not make my Song Kingdom and the Mo family have a grudge, but if the king refuses to summon the Mo family's son, this will make the Mo people in the world feel disgraced, so that they will be resentful of my Song State." ”

Hearing Hui An's persuasion, Song Wangyan's tone softened: "Having said that, the Mo family's ...... Even if the widow does not see the mound, he can guess what he wants to say to the widow......"

Hui Ang also smiled bitterly when he heard this, after all, what Song Wangyan said was also the truth.

But he still persuaded Song Wang Yan and said: "Even so, you still have to see it, and you can't be rude." ”

"Good, good." Song Wangyan exhaled helplessly.

Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, and asked Jing Yuan: "Jing Yuan, as you said in the previous battle report, someone recommended to you a siege equipment called Jing Lang Che, and this person is actually a kid named Meng Zhong, is that so?" ”

Jing Yu secretly glanced at Hui Ang when he heard this, and saw that the latter didn't say anything, and didn't dare to say anything, so he said honestly: "Back to the king's words, it's true." ”

At this time, I heard Song Wangyan laugh and joke: "You didn't take this kind of siege weapon for yourself, is it because that kid is the righteous brother that Hui Ang asked you to take care of?" ”

Hearing this, Jing Yu's face changed suddenly, and he was a little at a loss, and he stammered for a long time before he stammered: "Great, great king, minister, how dare a minister do such a thing?" ”

"Humph!"

Song Wangyan snorted lightly, and then said to a guard beside him: "Go, call that kid over." ”

"Yes." The guard clenched his fists and retreated.

A moment later, Meng Zhong followed the guard to the tent, where he met Song Wangyan, the military Sima Jingxuan, and his brother Hui An.

"Meng Zhong visits the king and meets Dr. Hui."

"Alright."

Under the surprised gaze of Jun Sima Jingyi, Song Wangyan waved his hand casually, and said with a smile: "Boy, in those days, the widow listened to your boastful talk, and I never thought that you really had some ability, and the well car you offered was very good!" The widow heard that it was this well car that forced Teng Hu to give up defending the city, led the army out of the city to assault our army, and was finally killed by our army. …… What reward do you want? ”

Meng Zhong pondered for a moment and asked, "Is it okay to give any kind of reward?" ”

Hearing this, Hui Ang was a little surprised, after all, as far as he knew, his righteous brother Meng Zhong was not a person who coveted power and wealth.

However, Song Wangyan didn't care about this, and said with a smile when he heard this: "Ah, no matter what kind of reward you have, even if you want to marry your most beloved daughter to you...... Hahahaha. ”

At this, he laughed to himself.

At this time, I heard Meng Zhong Zhengse say: "In this case, please promise the kid that after the city of Teng is broken, he will not slaughter the Teng people again." ”

Suddenly, Song Wangyan's laughter came to an abrupt end, but Hui An, on the other hand, looked at Meng Zhong with approving eyes.

"Do you care so much about the life or death of the Teng people?"

Song Wang Yan looked directly at Meng Zhong and said flatly: "Boy, you are from Song. ”

The calm voice with a little displeasure made Jun Sima Jingyu swallow his saliva secretly, but Meng Zhong was not afraid, and said: "The kid is not for Tengren, but for my Song Kingdom, for you, the king...... Lao Tzu once said that the people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death? In order to protect their country, the people of Jinteng are not afraid of death, how can the king threaten them with "death" again? ”

Song Wang Yan smiled when he heard this: "You have this kind of rhetoric...... I don't know how many times I've heard it over the years, and I think there was a scholar back then, who used this set of rhetoric to convince the widow......"

After that, he glanced at Hui Ang, who was laughing, there is no doubt that the scholar in Song Wangyan's mouth was referring to Hui An.

"But what do you say...... The people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death? King Song stroked his beard and pondered Lao Tzu's words carefully.

It is undeniable that the words and phrases of Taoism always contain such profound truths that people can't help but be impressed.

Even if it's Song Wangyan.

After a long time, Song Wang Yan asked Meng Zhongdao: "Although Teng Hu is dead, but Teng people still refuse to give in to the widows, do you still want the widows to forgive them?" ”

"It has nothing to do with that." Meng Zhong shook his head and said: "The so-called war is to achieve the goal through war, the king's purpose is to capture Teng, and after the capture of Tengcheng in the coming day, the king's goal has been achieved, so why kill again?" …… Killing more Teng people, can it make the king more profitable? ”

Song Wangyan thought for a while, and asked with a smile: "In the past, only people used 'benevolence' to persuade me, and 'profit' to persuade me, boy, you are still the first ......" After that, he nodded and said: "Okay, I have to stop the Teng people to provoke the widow with stupid resistance, and the widow will follow what you said, and after the Teng City is broken, it will no longer be slaughtered." ”

Seeing that Song Wangyan's promise "left room for improvement", Meng Zhong originally wanted to persuade again, but he caught a glimpse of Hui Ang shaking his head slightly, as if signaling him to stop here, so he dismissed the idea of continuing to persuade.

After a while, Hui Ang took Meng Zhong for a walk in the camp, during which Meng Zhong asked Hui An, "Brother, why did you stop me?" ”

"That's it." Hui Ang smiled and explained: "The words of the monarch are tantamount to a royal decree and cannot be changed, otherwise the monarch will lose his prestige." Therefore, the monarch has always been careful about his words and deeds, and will not easily make promises and fill his words. Even if you persuade again, you won't get the promise you want, but will make the king disgusted with you. ”

"I see." Meng Zhong nodded abruptly.

Seeing this, Hui Ang said with a smile: "Let's not talk about this, I have also seen Jing Hui's battle report, according to the battle report, Teng Hu was captured and killed by Sima Mengqing, the family of your Meng clan, is that your clan uncle?" ”

Meng Zhong nodded and told Hui Ang about Meng Qing's death.

After listening to Meng Zhong's story, Hui An's face was moved, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's a pity that such a warrior is so strong. ”

After that, he saw Meng Zhong's gloomy face, so he enlightened: "The deceased is no longer traceable, Ah Zhong, mourn and change." …… By the way, anyway, your knot has disappeared, and it is useless to stay in the army, so I will take you to Zou to meet a great sage in the world and increase your knowledge. ”

"Zou Guo? Daehyun? Who? Meng Zhong asked curiously.

Hearing this, Hui Ang blinked his eyes and said, "Confucian sages, who do you say?" ”

"Mencius?"

Meng Zhong looked surprised.