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In all fairness, Meng Zhong did not have the idea of holding Xue Gongtian hostage before, and drawing his sword at this moment was actually just for self-preservation.

After all, if he really had this thought, just because he was only a few steps away from Tian Wen at the moment, he could easily hold Tian Wen hostage and force Tian Wen to obey.

But he didn't do that, because he already deeply felt that this famous Xue Gong was actually a person with little power and a strong sense of revenge.

『…… What can I do now?'

Don't look at Meng Zhong's eyes staring coldly at Tian Wen in the distance at this moment, but he was quite apprehensive in his heart.

You must know that in order to enable him to settle the old grievances with Tian Wenhua, his brother-in-law Hui Ang specially handed over to him the letter of gift from the King of Song to Xue Yi Yu Tianwen, and asked him to bring Wei to Tian Wen, but he didn't expect that Tian Wen had a long-standing hatred for him, and before Meng Zhong could express his intentions after the two met, he ordered to recruit the guards in the palace to put Meng Zhong and others to death, forcing Meng Zhong to draw his sword to protect himself.

Meng Zhong still has his mother Ge Shi, his sister Meng Yan and his newlywed wife Le Yan in the family, how can they be easily poked in the neck? If Tian Wen insists on harming him, he will inevitably kill Tian Wen first - the problem is the result of killing Tian Wen.

It was with this consequence in mind that he did not take a few steps forward to take Tian Wen, but left Tian Wen enough time to withdraw the order.

Similar to Meng Zhong's mood at this moment, Tian Wen was also a little apprehensive in his heart.

Like Feng Chen, Tian Wen also knew that this Meng Zhong was a ruthless character, although he couldn't see it on the outside, but once he had a murderous intent, he was extremely decisive.

If it were someone else, Tian Wen would not be so jealous, and maybe even sneered and sneered: "You dare to kill me?" ”

But facing the young man in front of him, Tian Wen opened his mouth several times but never dared to say, "You dare to kill me?" These words, because he knows that the guy opposite is really daring nine times out of ten.

Annoyed that he was bluffed back by this kid who was not too old to take a weak crown back by half a step, Tian Wen's face turned slightly red, and with the horror in his heart, he quietly stepped forward half a step, looked at Meng Zhong and pretended to be indifferent and said: "Kill Tian, you will definitely not be able to escape from Daliang alive." ”

"Lustful and inward!"

Tian Wen couldn't guess what he was thinking at the moment without opening his mouth, and as soon as he opened his mouth, Meng Zhong immediately guessed a few points, and couldn't help but disdain in his heart.

He said lightly: "Meng Mou came with goodwill on the orders of my Song monarch, but when Xue Gong first saw him, he immediately summoned the guards to try to kill the lives of the inferior people...... If Xue Gong insisted on doing so, then he would only be able to kill the killer for self-preservation......"

As he spoke, he glanced at Feng Tan who was standing not far away, thinking to himself why didn't this Feng Tan come forward to play a round, if this continued, wouldn't he and Tian Wen have to die?

"Could it be that this Feng Tan doesn't really care about Tian Wen at all?"

Meng Zhong thought with a frown.

It is of course impossible to say that Feng Tan actually doesn't care about Tian Wen at all, the reason why he didn't come forward to play the round for a long time was just that he was shocked by Meng Zhong's momentum for a while, after all, he was already jealous of Meng Zhong, not to mention that after Meng Zhong experienced the Dune Palace Revolution and the battle of Qi Song, his momentum was far from what he was when he first met Tian Wen, Feng Tan and others, so that Feng Tan was shocked to see Meng Zhong draw his sword, and he only had the thoughts of "bad" and "bad" in his heart, and completely lost his usual calm.

In the final analysis, it was because Meng Zhong left too deep an impression on him when he was in Zhao State.

However, when he saw Meng Zhong's gaze when he frequently looked at him, Feng Chen still reacted quickly, and hurriedly stood up and said: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, Xue Gong didn't know that Meng Sima came with kindness this time, and thought it was...... Hehe, Xue Gong? He frequently gestured to Tian Wen with his eyes.

“……”

Tian Wen glanced at Feng Chen, then took a deep look at Meng Zhong, and then a faint smile appeared on his face: "After a few years of absence, Meng Sima is really still like this...... Brave. ”

As he spoke, he waved at the guards and motioned for them to stand down.

"Xue Gong has an overreputation."

Meng Zhong smiled slightly, and took advantage of the situation to withdraw the sword in his hand.

Seeing this, Meng Sui, Le Yi, and Rong Yi also withdrew the sharp sword in their hands from the scabbard.

On the side, Li Shi, the envoy of the Song Kingdom, was still so frightened that he couldn't even speak, his face was pale, even though Meng Zhong and the others had withdrawn their swords, and Tian Wen had a smile on his face again, his heart was still up and down.

I have to say that Li Shi had vaguely guessed that Meng Zhong and the others might have some grievances with Xue Gongtianwen, but he never expected that the grievances between the two sides would reach the point of drawing their swords as soon as they met.

"You may be seated."

After a while, Tian Wen raised his hand and invited Li Shi, Meng Zhong and others to sit down in the study, during which he said lightly to Meng Zhong: "At the beginning, you helped Zhao Gongzizhang rebel and seize the throne, but after the defeat, I saw that Zhao Guo did not want you and others, and I thought that you had died in Zhao State, but I never thought that you returned to Song State safe and sound...... What's the matter, did Zhao Cheng and Li Dui show mercy to your subordinates? ”

Meng Zhong replied with a smile: "Maybe it's for the sake of my brother-in-law Tian Zhang's face." ”

『Tian Zhang......』

Tian Wen then remembered that the young man in front of him was the righteous brother of Tian Zhang, a famous general of Qi State.

"Heh, Tian Zhang......" I saw Tian Wen chuckle a few times, and suddenly said: "I heard that last year, Tian Di sent Tian Zhang to lead the army to attack the Song State, and he was defeated by your Song State, and Tian was also quite surprised to hear this news...... The dignified Kuang Zhang was defeated in the hands of your little Song Kingdom......"

On the side, Feng Tan saw that Tian Wen said Song Guo so badly, and hurriedly interjected: "When did Meng Sima return to Song State, could it be that you were already in Song State at that time, and it was Kuang Zhang who was frustrated in Song State?" ”

"Xue Gong and Mr. Feng have misunderstood." Meng Zhong smiled: "In last year's battle, the two countries of Qi and Song just fought a draw. In the final analysis, it is just that the Qi State has misestimated the strength of our Song State, even if my brother Tian Zhang, with only 150,000 troops, it will be difficult to destroy my Song State...... As for my brother Tian Zhang, he did encounter it on the battlefield when he fell, but he was not my brother's opponent at all. ”

Feng Tan said with a smile when he heard this: "Meng Sima is too modest. …… Others don't know Meng Sima's ability, but Xue Gong is very clear. In terms of military training, the Xinwei army trained by Meng Sima was once known as Zhao Wushu, and was not under Wei Wushu at all; On the march to fight, Meng Sima and Pang Xuan, those were the two fierce generals under the command of Zhao's master father and Gongzi Zhang, like Yang Wenjun (Zhao Bao), Zhao Ben, Li Ji, Lian Po and others of Zhao State, they are not Meng Sima's opponents at all, if it were not for Niu Qian, the situation in Zhao State may not be what it is now. ”

“……”

Meng Zhong glanced at Feng Tan in surprise, but he didn't expect Feng Tan to know about Zhao Jiang Niu Qian.

Seeing this, Feng Tan stroked his beard and said with a smile: "For a fierce general like Meng Sima, Xue Gong also sent someone to pay attention to it at all times." ”

"I'm afraid you're just thinking about how to kill me, right?"

Glancing at Tian Wen, Meng Zhong pretended to be surprised, and said, "This is really ...... I didn't expect it. ”

I have to say that with Feng Chen's round, the atmosphere in the study has really improved a lot, and it is no longer as tense as it was.

Of course, the most critical reason has to be said that Tian Wen has calmed down, unlike Fang Cai, who was carried away by anger.

Chatting and chatting, everyone talked about the matter of "the Song State wants to form an alliance with the Wei State against the Qi State", and without waiting for Tian Wen, Feng Tan and others to take the opportunity to claim benefits, Meng Zhong took the initiative to say: "This time I came to the Wei State to be ordered by the monarch of my Song State to give Xue Yi's reward to Xue Gong......"

As he spoke, he took out the bamboo tube from his bosom and pulled out the reward from it.

Seeing this, Feng Tan hurriedly got up and walked to Meng Zhong to accept it, but he didn't think that Meng Zhong turned his head to Tian Wen and said, "Before giving this thing, I have a few words in my heart that I want to say to Xue Gongyan." ”

“…… But it doesn't hurt to say that. Tian Wen said calmly.

I saw Meng Zhong looking at Tian Wen and said with a smile: "When I was in the Zhao Kingdom, I was young and vigorous and offended Xue Gong, but now, I have the same interests as Xue Gong, I don't know if Xue Gong is willing to resolve the conflict with Xia and fight against Qi State?" Otherwise, if you invite Xue Gong every time you ask for it, Xue Gong will be scared in the next one, which is unbearable. ”

Tian Wen's face, which was still smiling slightly, sank slightly, and said lightly: "If Tian refuses, will you not give this thing to Tian?" ”

"That's not going to happen." Meng Zhong said with a smile: "This thing was given to Xue Gong by the King of Song, and it has nothing to do with the matter below, how dare you use this thing as a threat?" ”

Saying that, in order to show his sincerity, he took the lead in handing Xue Yi's reward certificate to Feng Chen.

Feng Chen took the reward and did not leave immediately, but turned to look at Tian Wen and gestured to the latter with his eyes.

Of course, he is inclined to reconcile with Tian Wen and Meng Zhong, after all, Meng Zhong has good skills, and he has connections such as Hui Ang and Tian Zhangna, and more importantly, they have the same interests as each other, so why stick to the grievances of the year?

Compared with Li Shi next to him, it is obvious that this young man is more suitable to become the communication link between Tian Wen and Song Guo.

“…… Good. ”

Under Feng Tan's frequent eye hints, Tian Wen hesitated for a while, and then nodded and said, "For the sake of you braving the wind and snow to send this thing, Tian no longer cares about your original offense." ”

"It's very reluctant......

Although Meng Zhong felt that Tian Wen's promise was really reluctant, he could only pretend to be happy at this moment and thanked him: "Thank you Xue Gong for being generous." ”

Seeing this, Feng Tan secretly sighed.

Even Meng Zhong could see it, how could he, as Tian Wen's staff and courtiers, not see it?

But no matter what, this is also a good start, after all, Tian Wen has the best face, as long as it is promised in person, even if he doesn't like it in his heart, he won't regret it.

As far as Meng Zhong is concerned, Tian Wen may not have a good relationship with Meng Zhong, but at least he will not deal with the latter on the surface, such as summoning the guards of the palace to put Meng Zhong to death.

"Xue Gong."

Holding the reward, Feng Chen walked up to Tian Wen and handed the object to the latter.

Tian Wen immediately took the reward letter, spread it out on the table in front of him, and looked at it carefully.

I have to say that Tian Wen is still quite concerned about this generous gift from the Song Kingdom, after all, Xue Yi is the family business left to him by his father Tian Ying, and his name "Xue Gong" also comes from this, so he has to get Xue Yi again no matter what, otherwise he will lose his feudal title Xue Yi, isn't this a joke?

"King Song is generous!"

Seeing that it was clearly stated in the reward that Song Guo promised that Xue Yi would be owned by Tian Wen and his descendants for generations, Tian Wen nodded with satisfaction, relieved, and even looked at Meng Zhong a little more pleasantly.

After he put away the reward, he smiled and said to Li Shi: "Doctor Li, Tian has made arrangements in advance for Dr. Li's desire to meet the king, and he can promote this matter tomorrow and tomorrow, and Tian will also help him at that time, and he will definitely help Dr. Li persuade the king to conclude an alliance with the Song State." ”

In fact, Li Shi also knew very well that during the time he came to Wei, it was actually Tian Wen who obstructed him many times, so that King Wei didn't pay attention to him at all, but at this moment, he also had to thank Tian Wen: "Thank you Xue Gong." …… It depends on Xue Gong at the intermediary. ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say."

Tian Wen laughed, and immediately ordered the kitchen in the house to prepare wine and food to entertain Li Shi, Meng Zhong and others.

In the ensuing banquet, Meng Zhong also met with several other followers around Tian Wen, such as Xiahou Zhang.

Xiahou Zhang, at first glance, looks quite rough, but in fact, this person is very thoughtful, and the way he helps Tian Wen is also the most special.

The rest of Tian Wen's disciples are all spreading good names for Tian Wen, but this person is the only one who speaks ill of Tian Wen outside, and even fabricates some shortcomings that Tian Wen does not need, so that many people accuse Xiahou Zhang of low morality, and he is obviously treated favorably by Xue Gong Tianwen, but he still slanders the benefactor so much.

A close friend once asked Xiahou Zhang why he did this, and he explained: I slandered Xue Gong like this, but Xue Gong never cared about it, and still treated me well, didn't it set off Xue Gong's mind? I don't hesitate to tarnish my character to repay Xue Gong, how can you just repay Xue Gong with good words?

I have to say, this is a very special person.

During the banquet, Xiahou Zhang said to Xue Gong Tianwen in private: "That person is the Meng Zhong who offended Xue Gong in Zhao State?" Do you want to kill him for Xue Gong in the next place? ”

Tian Wen looked at Meng Zhong when he heard this.

He trusts Xiahou Zhang very much, because Xiahou Zhang's personality is like Zhi Boyao's doorman Yu Rang, don't look at the usual hip-hop and don't do a good job, and even sometimes say bad things about him Tian Wen outside, but Tian Wen knows very well that as long as he has any orders, Xiahou Zhang will do his best to achieve it for him even if he pays for his life.

Just like at this moment, as long as he Tian Wen nodded and said, "Kill this person for me", Xiahou Zhang would definitely kill Meng Zhong at any cost, even if he died with the latter.

But there was no need, after all, in the current situation, he and Meng Zhong were indeed allies on the same road, even if he still had a deep grudge against the latter in his heart.

"This son is Song Xianghui's righteous brother, Song Guo just gave Tian a generous gift, and Tian killed Song Xiang's brother, what is this?" Tian Wen lightly refused.

Hearing this, Xiahou Zhang said again: "Then do you want to find a few swordsmen in the next place, and try to make them ugly in the name of testing their sword skills?" Don't take his life, just make him lose some face. ”

I have to say that Tian Wen is still quite moved by this suggestion.

But after thinking about it carefully, Tian Wen still shook his head and vetoed.

First, he got Xue Yi today, and he was in a good mood and didn't want to stiffen the situation; The second is that he found that Meng Zhong's strength seems to have improved greatly, and he thinks that he sharpened it when he fought the enemy with a sword in the battle between the Dune Palace and Qi Song.

The swordsmen around him may not be the opponents of a fierce soldier like Meng Zhong who came out of the battlefield now.

Not to mention, he found that Meng Zhong seemed to have a very sharp sword in his hand, so that Fang could easily cut off the sword of the guard with one sword, and once the fight really started, maybe Meng Zhong would cut off the sword in his swordsman's hand with one sword, and then kill the swordsman with another sword.

Tian Wen knew very well that that kid was a ruthless character, and he was merciless when he led the Xinwei army to slaughter his five hundred swordsmen, without blinking an eye.

Thinking of this, Tian Wen shook his head slightly and said to Xiahou Zhang: "Forget it, I'm in a good mood today, so I won't worry about him." ”

Seeing this, Xiahou Zhang also returned to his seat, looking at Meng Zhong from a distance with a smile.

Not to mention, Xiahou Zhang's attitude is good, at least compared to the swordsmen under Tian Wen's hands who immediately drew their swords and wanted to rush up when they saw Meng Zhong hateful and hostile eyes at him, Xiahou Zhang was the calmest one.

During the private conversation between Tian Wen and Xiahou Zhang, Meng Zhong was also talking to Feng Chen.

It's not that he has any friendship with Feng Tan, it's just that among the group of people around Tian Wen, only Feng Tan is the calmest and knows how to focus on the overall situation, so he won't speak ill of each other because of the grievances back then.

Speaking of which, in today's banquet, Meng Zhong also saw many swordsmen around Tian Wen, but he didn't see Wei Chu, so he asked Feng Zhendao: "Why don't you see Mr. Wei Chu, isn't Mr. Wei in Wei State?" ”

Hearing about Wei, the smile on Feng Tan's face froze, and then he sighed and said, "Wei Zi...... Deceased. ”

"What's going on?" Meng Zhong asked in surprise.

Seeing this, Feng Tan briefly explained to Meng Zhong.

It turned out that two years ago, King Qi Tiandi suspected Xue Gong Tianwen because of the "Tian Jia robbed the king", and thought that Tian Wen and Tian Jia conspired, so Wei rushed to Qi State, drew his sword in front of the Qi Palace, and used his life to assure King Qi Tiandi that Tian Wen was not involved, which made Qi King Tiandi dispel his suspicions about Tian Wen.

Unexpectedly, after just over a year, King Qi Tiandi once again suspected that Xue Gongtian Wen had something to do with the traitor Tian Jia, and Wei could be said to have died in vain.

"Duke Xue hates King Qi deeply for this, and Meng Sima must not mention it in front of Duke Xue, whether it is King Qi's field or Wei Zi." After sighing, Feng Chen reminded Meng Zhongdao in a low voice.

Hearing this, Meng Zhong turned his head and glanced at Tian Wen in surprise.

He must admit that although Tian Wen's mind is far less than rumored, Tian Wen has indeed treated the disciples and swordsmen around him who are willing to follow him, whether it is whether he values affection or righteousness, or protects his shortcomings, he is not a ruthless and unrighteous person.

It's just that for outsiders, this Tianwen doesn't have this tolerance and protection at all.

About two hours later, Li Shi, Meng Zhong, Meng Sui, Le Yi, and Rong Yi, who were full of wine and food, left Xue Gongtianwen's mansion under the send-off of Feng Tan.

At this time, Li Shi finally couldn't help but ask: "Little Brother Meng, you and Xue Gongtian Wen ......"

I have to say that when I first met Tian Wen today, it really scared Li Shi a lot.

"It's just some past grievances, Doctor Li, why don't you go back to the post house first, and I'll walk around the city at will." Meng Zhong said with a smile.

Li Shiyou wanted to understand the grievances between Meng Zhong and Tian Wen, but he didn't dare to ask, so he had to nod and take the lead in the carriage to leave.

As soon as he left, the smile on Meng Zhong's face immediately retracted.

On the side, Le Yi said lightly: "It seems that Tian Wen has no intention of resolving grievances with us, I see that he agreed very reluctantly at that time." ”

"Humph!" Meng Sui sneered when he heard this: "What Xue Gong, it's just a vain name." …… It is said that just because others said that he was short, he took the so-called chivalrous warriors and slaughtered a county town in Zhao State. ”

On the side, Rong Yi saw that Le Yi and Meng Sui had such an attitude towards Xue Gong Tian Wen, and asked in confusion: "Meng Sima, do you really have any grievances with Tian Wen?" ”

Seeing that Meng Zhong had no intention of stopping it, Meng Sui told Rong Yi about what happened in Zhao State that year, only to hear Rong Yan angry and hateful: "I didn't expect Xue Gongtianwen, who is famous all over the world, to be so narrow-minded, it's really better to be famous than to meet!" With that, he turned to Meng Zhong and asked, "Sima, what should we do next?" ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong, Meng Sui, and Le Yi all fell silent.

Before coming to Wei this time, they originally thought that with the reward letter of Xue Yi given to them by Hui An, they could settle the grievances with Tian Wenhua that day, and take the opportunity to ask Tian Wen to recommend them to the king of Wei, so that they could have a chance to show their strength in Wei State.

The so-called experience, the so-called increase in knowledge, refers to trying to get in touch with the monarchs and magnates of the Wei State, expand the network, is it just to go to the Wei State for a tour to see what local specialties the Wei State has?

"Why don't you visit Zhai Zhang and Xiwu?" Meng Sui suggested on the side.

According to Song Lei, after the death of the "rhino head" Gongsun Yan, Zhai Zhang became the top general of the Wei State, and he once competed with the famous general of the Qin State, and was called a famous general of the world.

And Xiwu, that is, Gongsun Xi, is also a famous general of Wei State, who helped Tian Zhang break through Qin's Hangu Pass three years ago.

I have to say that in fact, in the past Wei State, there are quite a lot of talents who can serve as generals, since Wu Qi, there are still Gongsun Yan, Gongshu Acne, Pang Juan, Gongzi Wei, Long Jia, Sun He, Wei Zhang, Wei Cuo, etc., but it is a pity that these generals later died and fled, so that now only Zhai Zhang and Gongsun Xi are left, which is really embarrassing.

"But we have no friendship with Zhai Huang and Gongsun Xi, how can they recommend us in front of King Wei?" Le Yi shook his head and said.

"What then?" Meng Sui frowned and said, "Rely solely on Tian Wen to maintain the alliance between the Wei State and my Song State? I don't think it's reliable! ”

"Alright, don't talk about it."

Meng Zhong interrupted Meng Sui's words, and then after thinking for a moment, he said, "Now that the matter is over, I can only visit Duan Gan's clan. ”

"Duan Gan's Clan?" Meng Sui, Le Yi, and Rong Yi looked at each other: "A family? Haven't you heard of it? ”

Meng Zhong exhaled slightly and said in a deep voice: "Duan Gan's clan, that is, the descendant of Duan Ganmu, a heavy minister of Wei Wenhou. Duan Ganmu once worshipped Zi Xia, a disciple of the Confucian sage Confucius, as his teacher, and his descendants have been the children of the 'Confucianism of the West River' for generations...... Let's visit Duan Gan's clan first and see the situation before making plans. ”

At this time, he had vaguely guessed the reason why his teacher Zhuangzi loosened his mouth and allowed Mencius to accept him as a disciple, I am afraid that the teacher guessed that Wei and his party must rely on the power of Confucianism in Wei, otherwise, I am afraid it will be difficult to get the opportunity to exert their strength in Wei when Wei Xiangtian Wen has a prejudice against him.

Thinking of this, Meng Zhong couldn't help but feel great gratitude to his teacher Zhuangzi.

This teacher really did everything for him.