After bidding farewell to King He of Zhao, Feng Tan immediately went to meet Fengyang Jun Li Dui, Li Dui asked his son Li Ji to invite Feng Tan to the mansion, and then the two chatted for a while, Feng Tan also took the opportunity to inform Li Dui, saying that Xue Gongtian Wen would come to visit in person a few days later.

As soon as he heard this, Li Dui immediately laughed and said, "Since Duke Xue is here, the old man should be hospitalized." ”

After Feng Tan left satisfied, Li Ji frowned and said to his father: "Father, what the hell do you say Wei is doing?" Obviously, I coerced my Zhao State with Bai Qi of Qin State before, forcing you to back down as prime minister, but in a blink of an eye, I changed my attitude, not only did I no longer force you to back down, but Zhai Zhang, Tian Wen, and they came to show you goodwill......"

Hearing this, Fengyang Jun Li Dui stroked his beard and pondered silently.

During these days, his life was actually not good, and he was quite worried.

There are two main reasons, one is that Qin and Wei united to force him to retreat from the position of Zhao Xiang, and the other is that the monarch of his Zhao State, Zhao Wang He, took advantage of the opportunity of the Qin and Wei alliance to crusade against Zhao and took the opportunity to regain some of his power.

I have to say that under the threat of this internal and external forces, Li Dui was really panicked at that time, because he knew from the beginning that the young Zhao Wang He was not a good person, after all, this was a monarch who had acquiesced in him and An Pingjun Zhao Cheng to force his biological father to death.

Therefore, when Zhao Wang He took advantage of the change in the situation to acquiesce to Zhao Ben to retake the city defense of Handan, Li Dui was shocked to move his Li clan almost overnight, moving his Li clan from Zhao to other countries.

Also, at that time, Zhai Zhang of Wei and Bai Qi of Qin forced him to retreat from the position of Zhao Xiang, and Zhao Wang He took the opportunity to regain power, and the huge Zhao State could no longer tolerate him.

But when he was frightened by this, Zhao Wang He sent Fei You to convey a signal of goodwill to him, hoping that he would continue to hold the position of Zhao Xiang.

At that time, Li Dui was shocked, but in the end, he still followed Fei You into the city to meet Zhao Wang He, after all, the foundation of his Li clan is in Zhao State, and it is not possible to move the clan in a short time, not to mention, there is a change in the Dune Palace before, which country's monarch is willing to accept him, a courtier who once forced his monarch to death?

Considering this, in fact, when Li Dui went to Handan to meet Zhao Wanghe, he was already mentally prepared to sacrifice himself to protect the family.

However, to his surprise, Zhao Wanghe invited him into the palace was not a trap, on the contrary, Zhao Wanghe also reassured him, saying that he would never be deposed because of the threat of Qin and Wei.

At that time, Li Dui asked Zhao Wang He in an almost trembling tone: "The old minister used to treat the monarch like that, and the monarch didn't blame the old minister?" ”

Zhao Wang He smiled and said: "Although you have selfish desires, but you have governed Zhao State very well and fulfilled your duties as the prime minister, the widow will not blame you." ”

At that time, hearing Zhao Wanghe's words, Li Dui's mood was really complicated.

All in all, just as Xue Gongtianwen guessed, it was precisely because Li Dui had the support of Zhao Wanghe behind him that he dared to resist Zhai Zhang and Bai Qi, and even united with the other armies of Zhao to compete with the Qin and Wei coalition forces, and there was a great posture of breaking out a big war again.

But at this moment, Zhai Zhang of Wei suddenly changed his attitude, and actually turned to his Zhao side to fight against Bai Qi of Qin, not to mention that Bai Qi of Qin State felt inexplicable about this, and even Zhao Guo was at a loss for his head.

And now, even the minister of Wei, Xue Gongtian Wen, who is famous all over the world, is going to send him to Zhao again, and let Feng Tan express his goodwill in advance, Fengyang Jun Li Dui thought about it for a long time, thinking that there must be a big secret behind this matter.

In view of the fact that Zhao Wanghe is secretly behind him, Li Dui also has a lot of confidence in his heart.

All in all, Li Dui lost very badly in this operation to assist Qi in his crusade against the Song State, but fortunately, he has not lost the reliance of Zhao Wang He on him, he is still the minister of Zhao State, but before this he was a powerful minister of Zhao State, and from now on, he is just an important minister of Zhao State.

But having said that, it was precisely by taking advantage of this opportunity that Li Dui figured out Zhao Wanghe's attitude towards him, but there was no need to be afraid of Zhao Wanghe's unfavorable treatment to him day and night, which can be regarded as a small comfort.

A few days later, at the beginning of September, Feng Tan rushed back to Yecheng and sent a message to Xue Gongtian, conveying that King He of Zhao and Li Dui, the king of Fengyang, were eager to welcome him as an envoy to Zhao.

Seeing this, Tian Wen immediately asked Meng Zhong to follow him to Handan, Zhao State.

In fact, when Feng Tan arrived in Yecheng, Zhai Zhang had just returned to Yecheng, and Meng Zhong originally wanted to have a chat with this big Sima.

I have to say that unlike the arrogant and conceited Xiwu Gongsun Xi, although Zhai Zhang's temper is worse, once he gets angry, he will scold him, but this veteran of Wei State did not target Meng Zhong after all, but admired Meng Zhong quite a lot, so Meng Zhong had more good feelings for Zhai Zhang.

Including the people around him, such as Meng Hu, who always called Zhai Zhang Lao Zhai with a smile.

It is also strange to say, with Zhai Zhang's stinky temper, it is also strange to hear Meng Hu call him to death without moving his hand, you must know that throughout the entire Wei State, no one has ever dared to call Zhai Zhang like this, not even Meng Zhong and Tang Zhi.

After saying goodbye to Zhai Zhang, Tang Zhi and others for the time being, and leaving the promise of returning to Yecheng to have wine with Zhai Zhang, Tang Zhi and others on the return journey, Meng Zhong and Meng Hu followed Xue Gongtian Wen across the Zhangshui River and set foot on the land of Zhao.

Zhangshui, north of Yecheng, is the border between Zhao and Wei, but since Meng Zhong had not been here before, he didn't have much feeling.

But as the team continued north, getting closer and closer to Handan, Zhao State, his mood became more and more complicated.

It wasn't until a few days later that he arrived outside the city of Handan.

At this time, outside the south gate of Handan City, Fengyang Jun Li Dui led many Zhao courtiers were waiting here, and when they saw the two hundred Fangcheng cavalry, many Zhao courtiers were quite suspicious and discussed in private.

Someone even asked Li Dui suspiciously: "Fengyangjun, who are these cavalrymen...... Wei also has cavalry? ”

As for these Wei cavalry, Li Dui was not surprised, after all, he had already seen the Wei cavalry when he was in Taoyi a while ago.

"If I'm not mistaken, these are the Fangcheng cavalry under Meng Zhong's command, right? As far as I know, Meng Zhong and Tian Wen are not compatible, how can they send the cavalry under their command to escort Tian Wen? Could it be that Meng Zhong also came this time? …… Well, that's right, Meng Zhong and Jun Shang used to have a close relationship, and Wei might send Meng Zhong to persuade Jun Shang......

Brushing his beard, Fengyang Jun Li Dui thought secretly.

But this matter is not his turn to worry about, and Li Dui does not take it to heart.

After a while, Li Dui really saw Meng Zhong on his war horse, and even nodded kindly to Meng Zhong.

Just like what Li Dui said to Meng Zhong when he was in Taoyi before, he actually had no ill feelings towards Meng Zhong, and the reason why the two sides were opposed at the beginning was only because of their different positions - from an objective point of view, Meng Zhong did not deny Li Dui's statement.

After the two hundred cavalry slowly stood up, Xue Gongtian Wen's convoy also slowly stopped outside the city.

Immediately, Tian Wen stepped out of the carriage under the gaze of the onlookers of Zhao State's subjects, pretended to sort out the folds on his clothes, and immediately spread his hands and walked towards Fengyangjun Li Dui and others not far away, and said with a smile: "Fengyangjun, don't come unharmed." ”

Behind him, hundreds of chivalrous warriors of all stripes followed unhurriedly.

I have to say that in terms of pomp and publicity, among the people Meng Zhong has met so far, none of them can match Tian Wen.

It's a pity that Tian Wen is far from tall due to congenital reasons, which makes his image of Xue Gong discounted a lot.

In contrast, Wei Ran, the prime minister of the Qin State, had more momentum than Tian Wen alone, even if Wei Ran's entourage was only a few dozen people when he traveled.

Turning over and dismounting, Meng Zhong walked in the direction of Tian Wen.

At this time, Tian Wen had already chatted with Fengyangjun Li Dui and other Zhao courtiers, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Meng Zhong walking towards him, so he introduced Li Dui with a smile: "Fengyangjun, this is the newly crowned Yuncheng Jun of my country...... He doesn't need me to introduce him, does he? ”

"Yun Chengjun?"

Li Dui's eyes widened slightly in surprise, including his son Li Ji beside him, who all looked at Meng Zhong in surprise after hearing Tian Wen's words.

You must know that six years ago, Meng Zhong was just a respected guard beside Lord Zhao's father, but now, Meng Zhong can almost sit on an equal footing with Fengyang Jun Li Dui.

Although Li Dui's father and son also knew Meng Zhong's talent, and had guessed that Meng Zhong would inevitably be reused by the King of Wei in Wei, they still didn't expect that Meng Zhong's day of becoming the king would come so quickly.

Twenty-year-old Yi Jun? It's unimaginable!

It must be said that Li Dui is worthy of being an old and cunning model, even though he was very surprised in his heart, he immediately restrained his surprised look, and said in a natural tone: "With the talent of Yuncheng Jun, it is only a matter of time before the king worships the marquis......"

"Fengyang-kun has a good reputation." Meng Zhong replied lightly.

Li Dui was not surprised by Meng Zhong's cold response, after all, there was no friendship between the two of them, and even Li Dui knew that if he hadn't opened up when Meng Zhong and the others fled from Zhao State, preventing the Zhao army under his command from continuing to pursue Meng Zhong and others, Meng Zhong was afraid that he would not even give him this cold response.

Of course, this does not mean that Li Dui expected the future at the beginning, but just out of the consideration of "don't do everything absolutely".

No, because he was merciful back then, although Meng Zhong hated him, it was not good to draw his sword and kill him.

Arching his hand towards Tian Wen and Meng Zhong, Fengyang Jun Li Dui said with a smile: "Xue Gong, Yuncheng Jun, the king is already waiting for the two of you in the palace, it is better for the two of you to go to the post house in the city to bathe and change your clothes first, and then go with me to see the king." ”

"Okay." Tian Wen replied with a smile.

"Please."

"Please."

Following Li Dui and Tian Wen's side, Meng Zhong also walked towards the city.

When he approached the city gate, he couldn't help but raise his head and look at the word Handan engraved with a big seal above the city gate, and stood silent for a long time.

In view of his current identity is different from the past, the hundreds of knights who followed Tian Wen did not dare to collide and avoided one after another, but Feng Tan walked to Meng Zhong's side and asked with a smile: "Yun Chengjun is afraid that he has a deep feeling for this Handan." ”

"yes." Meng Zhong nodded and let out a long breath.

For this capital of Zhao State, he has had three strongest feelings so far.

The first time, when he followed Li Shi, the envoy of the Song Kingdom, to Zhao State, he saw Handan, one of the largest cities in the whole world, for the first time, and was shocked by the prosperity and liveliness of Handan.

The second time, he was on the side of Zhao Zhang, the son of Zhao State, a member of the rebel army, leading the rebel army to attack Handan, intending to defeat Wang Shi and make Zhao Zhang the monarch of Zhao State.

Today is the third time, as the envoy of Wei and the newly canonized king of Wei, he set foot in this city again in this capacity.

Handan is still the same, but it is no longer human.

After a long time, Meng Zhong sighed slightly, and said to Feng Tan: "Mr. Feng, you and I should go into the city, don't make Xue Gong wait for a long time." ”

Feng Tan nodded and was just about to speak, when he heard someone on the city gate tower greeting them: "Hey, down there." ”

"Huh?"

Feng Tan raised his head and took a look, and then saw a general on the city gate tower with his arms half-prostrated on the battlement, looking at them condescendingly.

"Who is this?" How can you be so rude?'

Feng Chen frowned, and suddenly his heart moved, and he turned his head to look at Meng Zhong beside him.

Sure enough, as he expected, Meng Zhong's face did not show any anger at all, but showed a little nostalgia.

"Why don't you come down and have a few words? Zhao Ben. Meng Zhong greeted with a smile.

"Humph!"

Zhao Ben on the tower of the city gate snorted coldly, and immediately disappeared from above, Meng Zhong didn't care, and led Feng Chen inward.

Sure enough, when he entered the city, he looked left and right, and saw Zhao Ben slowly walking down the stairs on the inner side of the city wall on the left.

"He is the nephew of the late Yang Wenjun, Zhao Ben." Meng Zhong explained softly to Feng Chen.

Feng Tan nodded abruptly.

In fact, Feng Tan knew Zhao Ben, but not long after the change of the Dune Palace, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao passed away, Zhao Ben lost his biggest backer, and Zhao Wang He was also vacated by Anpingjun Zhao Cheng and Fengyangjun Li Dui at that time, so that Zhao Ben was squeezed out of the house county in the north, and he herded horses and trained troops in the Bo Yushui area, and stayed there for three or four years.

The living conditions in the north are naturally far inferior to Handan, so Zhao Ben's image has changed greatly in the past three or four years, and he has changed the image of the original white-faced young general, and his face has become much rougher, so that Feng Tan didn't recognize it for a while.

In fact, in fact, Meng Zhong didn't recognize him at first, but he didn't have a few acquaintances in Zhao who greeted him in this way, so he recognized Zhao Ben.

Seeing each other again after a few years, Zhao Ben looked Meng Zhong up and down a few times, and said in an elusive tone: "I haven't seen you for a few years, the boy of Meng Zhong back then is now a gentleman of Yiyi......"

Although his tone seemed to be full of provocation, Meng Zhong didn't mean to be angry at all, even Meng Hu, who was following behind Meng Zhong, didn't care, and after saying hello to Zhao Ben, he continued to look at the crowd of onlookers with his head open, sometimes praising and praising them.

Also, they and Zhao Ben have known each other for a long time, and they know that Zhao Ben has been talking like this from the beginning, which sounds yin and yang, but he is a loyal person who values love and righteousness.

It was precisely because he knew Zhao Ben that Meng Zhong naturally didn't care, and said very politely: "I heard that in recent years, you have been squeezed out to the north to collect horse manure?" How? Has the official been reinstated this time? Congratulations. ”

His politeness made Zhao Ben's face change slightly, only to see Zhao Ben grinding his teeth hatefully, and then turned his head and glanced at Li Dui and Tian Wen in the distance.

Obviously, Li Dui and Tian Wen also noticed that Meng Zhong was chatting with Zhao Ben, so the two of them stopped on the streets of the city and chatted a few more words, and the Zhao people on the side of the streets of the city scrambled to look around.

Glancing at Tian Wen in the distance, Zhao Ben sneered: "That arrogant and domineering short man is still so disgusting. [Zhao Run: ? 】

Meng Zhong smiled faintly, and it was not easy to answer anything.

At this time, I heard Zhao Ben say: "I thought it was just Tian Wen who came to envoy me Zhao Guo, but I never thought about it...... How did you get mixed up with him? ”

"It's a long story...... Meng Zhong sighed, and at the same time introduced Feng Tan to Zhao Ben, lest Zhao Ben say some bad things about Tian Wen again: "This is the doorman that Xue Gong relies on, Mr. Feng Chen. ”

“……”

Of course, Zhao Ben understood Meng Zhong's hint, and after nodding to Feng Chen, he said: "I just dislike Tian Wen and some people under him for being arrogant, and I have no prejudice against characters like Mr., don't care, Sir." ”

Feng Tan opened his mouth, and he didn't know what to say, after all, most of the time, Tian Wen was indeed high-profile, and there were many disciples under him who relied on Tian Wen's reputation and did do some arrogant things.

At this time, Zhao Ben said to Meng Zhong: "Okay, you go first, these days in Handan, if you are free, come to me for a drink." …… It's been a while since you've been drinking together, have you? ”

"To be exact, you and I haven't ever drunk together." Meng Zhong said with a light smile.

"Hey!" Zhao Ben pursed his lips and smiled, turned around and walked towards the stone steps, waving his hand casually as he walked, and said goodbye.

Looking at the back of Zhao Ben leaving, Feng Tan said: "The former Zhao Ben is not like this...... Well, there is no such thing as a casual person...... There is momentum. ”

Meng Zhong smiled slightly.

Indeed, a few years ago, Zhao Ben was very good at etiquette, but now, his words and deeds are like a bastard, but the momentum faintly revealed in his body is similar to that of a few years ago, obviously in the years of being excluded, Zhao Ben did not relax his martial arts training at all, and always wanted to regain everything that his uncle Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao entrusted to him before his death - the duties of the royal family, as well as the military power of the Handan army.

There is no doubt that Zhao Ben is the most trusted Zhao general in China.

Watching Zhao Ben step up the city wall from afar, Meng Zhong took Feng Tan back to Li Dui and Tian Wen, Li Dui and Tian Wen did not mention the matter of Fang Cai, and after getting into the carriage, they went to the post house in the city.

About an hour later, Tian Wen, Meng Zhong, Meng Hu, Feng Tan and others all finished bathing and changing clothes in the post house, and then got into a carriage and went to the palace under the leadership of Fengyang Jun Li Dui.

During the period, seeing that there was no one in the car, Meng Hu drooped his head and sighed: "When did we go to Zhao Kingdom, there are beautiful Zhao girls to serve us to bathe, and there are ...... Tsk tsk. I thought I could be treated like this today, but I didn't expect it, alas, ......"

Meng Zhong rolled his eyes, didn't bother to pay attention to Meng Hu, leaned against the window of the carriage and looked at the street outside the window, and his mood became inexplicably anxious as he got closer and closer to the palace.

He still hadn't figured out how to face Zhao Wanghe.

After all, the last time the two met, the atmosphere was not pleasant, and even Meng Zhong used "Junshang" to call Zhao Wanghe in the past, calling Zhao Wanghe "the king of Zhao", which showed his attitude of breaking off righteousness.

Looking back now, Meng Zhong admits that he was too extreme at the time, but then again, the behavior of Zhao Wang He acquiescing to Anpingjun Zhao Cheng and Fengyangjun Li Dui forcing Zhao's father to death still lingers in his heart.

I don't know how long later, the carriage stopped with a creak, and then Li Dui's entourage called outside the carriage: "Yuncheng Jun, the palace has arrived." ”

"Okay."

Meng Zhong answered, got out of the carriage with Meng Hu who muttered, and immediately entered the palace with Tian Wen and Feng Tan under the leadership of Li Dui, and came to the outside of the main hall.

"Duke Xue of Wei, Jun of Yuncheng, meet the king."

After hearing the announcement from the confessor outside the main hall, Fengyang Jun Li Dui faced Tian Wen and Meng Zhong and said, "Xue Gong, Yun Chengjun, please." ”

"Please." Tian Wen and Meng Zhong returned the salute, and then followed behind Li Dui and walked into the hall together.

I saw that in the hall, about twenty Zhao Guo's ministers were already listed around the main hall, and they were the people of Tian Wen and Meng Zhong who had just come forward to greet Li Dui.

And on the throne in front of him, He Zheng, the king of Zhao, was sitting precariously, and behind him stood a guard holding a halberd, which was Zhao Xiangfeiyi's son Feiyou.

I saw that in a quiet hall, Li Dui took the lead in saluting He Wang, the king of Zhao, and said: "King, the Wei State sent Xue Gong and Yuncheng Jun to envoy my Zhao State, and the old minister has gone out of the city to greet the king on behalf of him. ”

"There's Lao Li Xiang." Zhao Wang He said warmly.

Hearing this, Li Dui returned to his position, that is, the first place on the left, and immediately stroked his beard, looking at Meng Zhong with great interest, thinking that he was also very curious, what kind of scene would it be like for Zhao Wang He and Meng Zhong, who turned against Zhao Wang and Meng Zhong because of Master Zhao's father, to meet again today.

At this time, Tian Wen led Meng Zhong to take a few steps forward, bowed to Zhao Wang He and said: "I am fortunate to see that Zhao Wang is healthy, this time on the order of the king of our country, Tian Wen and Yuncheng Jun sent an envoy to your country, with the intention of ending the good of the three Jins, and hoping that Wei and Zhao will ...... here."

I have to say that Zhao Wanghe didn't listen to Tian Wen's polite words, because he was looking at Meng Zhong intently.

It's a pity that because Meng Zhong lowered his head, he couldn't really see Meng Zhong's face.

He smiled slightly, raised his hand and said, "Two of you are exempt." ”

Hearing this, Tian Wen and Meng Zhong also straightened up.

At this time, Zhao Wanghe finally saw Meng Zhong's face clearly, compared with a few years ago, Meng Zhong had faded a little bit immature, and had a little more momentum, especially those eyes, the gaze was particularly sharp, as if a sharp sword pierced Zhao Wanghe's chest, making him lose his square inch for a while.

"The King." Fat young whispered a reminder.

Zhao Wang He was shocked at this time, and said with a smile: "The widow has received the wish of the king of Wei, and the widow also very much hopes to maintain good diplomatic relations with the Wei state and promote the mutual non-aggression between the two countries. By the way, Xue Gong and ...... Yun Chengjun has been working hard all the way this time, and it must have been very hard, and the widow has ordered the kitchen in the palace to prepare some wine and food for the two of them. ”

"Thank you, King Zhao." Tian Wen bowed his hand with a smile on his face, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Meng Zhong beside him who seemed to be standing still, his heart was slightly startled, and he coughed quietly as a reminder.

After receiving Tian Wen's reminder, Meng Zhong glanced at Zhao Wang He with a complicated expression, and bowed his hand: "Thank you King Zhao." ”

"King Zhao...... What?'

Looking at Meng Zhong, who bowed to him in the palace, to be honest, Zhao Wang He didn't feel happy at all.

The person under the king's rank had been cultivated in his Zhao country, and should have become an important minister of his Zhao country.

He Zhao He's ...... Humerus Minister.