After dawn, Hui Ang first instructed the house to prepare breakfast, and then he and Meng Zhong ate in the side hall of the inner courtyard.

I didn't think it yesterday afternoon, but last night I followed Hui Ang to the inner courtyard of the mansion, and Meng Zhong realized how deep and big this mansion was, and it was conceivable how important this brother was in Song Wangyan's heart.

"Ah Zhong, you will live in your brother's house for the past two days, and after a few days, I will arrange for your brother."

While eating, Hui Ang said to Meng Zhong with a smile.

Meng Zhong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he understood what Hui Ang meant, so he politely excused himself: "Brother, I will return to the army today." ”

"Huh? You're not ......."

Hui Ang couldn't turn a corner.

His original intention was to arrange for this younger brother to take care of him, after all, this is also what Master Zhuang meant.

Master Zhuang wrote very clearly on the slip: This is my disciple of Zhuang Zhou, you Hui'an can do it yourself.

With Hui An's wisdom and wisdom, plus he has been an official by Song Wangyan's side for twenty years, how can he not even see this hint? Obviously, this is the elder of Master Zhuang, who wants him to take care of Meng Zhong's younger generation.

Seeing Hui An's surprised expression, Meng Zhong also understood that this brother must have misunderstood, so he explained with a smile: "I served in the army this time to see the battlefield that my brother Meng Bo experienced during his lifetime, and I wanted to see what Teng Hu looked like, not to be a leader...... If I had accepted my brother's kindness, I would have been expelled from my master when I returned. ”

As he spoke, he explained that his brother Meng Bo had been killed by Teng Hu.

"Condolences and change."

Hui An's face was a little gloomy and relieved, and he suddenly realized in his heart.

I remember that he was still wondering before, wondering why the Zhuang master would ask his disciple to come to Pengcheng, and specially wrote to him to take care of it, but he didn't expect that there was such an inside story.

At the same time, Hui Ang also realized that Master Zhuang's original intention might just be to let his disciple Meng Zhong personally experience the cruelty of the "battle of the unenlightened", which is the so-called tempering.

And the "care" implied by Master Zhuang should be that he hopes that he will properly protect this brother.

But considering that the sword has no eyes on the battlefield, Hui Ang still couldn't help but persuade him: "Ah Zhong, the danger on the battlefield is unknown, you are a disciple of the master, and you have inherited the knowledge of my uncle Huizi, so I can't bear you as a brother...... You have to avenge your brother, and your brother can help you. ”

Meng Zhong shook his head and politely refused.

After all, his purpose was not to kill Teng Hu, but to end the resentment against Teng Hu in his heart, and he believed that after seeing Teng Hu, his heart would tell him the result.

While the two of them were talking, suddenly a servant from the house came in and reported: "Master, the king invites the master to the palace." ”

"Well, I see."

Unlike the kind and friendly when talking to Meng Zhong, Hui Ang nodded slightly and said with dignity.

Seeing this scene, Meng Zhong couldn't help but sigh in his heart: If it weren't for the relationship between Zhuangzi and Huizi, it would not be easy for him to see Hui'an as a disciple of the Mengshi family.

Just when Meng Zhong was secretly sighing, he saw Hui Ang glance at him, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly asked, "Ah Zhong, do you want to meet the monarch of my Song Kingdom?" ”

Meng Zhong listened and asked strangely, "The monarch asked Brother Ah to discuss important matters, is it inappropriate for me to go with him?" ”

"It's not a big deal." Hui Ang shook his head and said lightly: "It's nothing more than discussing the way to treat Qi Guo." …… The monarchs and ministers of Qi were not ignorant, so how could they not see the intentions of Zhao and Song? As you said, our Song State's attack on Teng State has actually posed a threat to Qi State, but so far, Qi State has only supported Teng State behind its back, and has not openly torn its face with our Song State, and even sent envoys many times to try to win over our country. ”

After Hui An's narration, Meng Zhong learned that the Song State was now a key point between the "Qin and Zhao" forces and the "Qi" forces, that is, the Song State could not only help Qin and Zhao to threaten Qi, but also in turn help Qi to threaten Zhao.

And if Qi can persuade Song to defect, then Qi will be able to stop the matter of "Zhao Attack Zhongshan" without any worries, so that Zhongshan will always become the fishbone that Zhao Guo has in his throat.

This is also the reason why the Song State fought the Teng State for more than two years, and the Qi State did not directly send troops to crusade against the Song State, but only secretly supported the Teng State behind the scenes.

This made Meng Zhong feel a little puzzled: Isn't he a medium-sized country?

In this regard, Hui Ang explained with a smile: "My Song Kingdom is not strong, but it is not weak either. ”

In fact, the Song State is really not weak, you must know that twenty years ago, under the operation of Zhao Wangyong, who succeeded to the throne at the beginning, there was a situation in which the three kingdoms of "Zhao, Han and Song" confronted the three kingdoms of "Qin, Wei and Qi", so that the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei and Qi did not dare to act rashly, and finally gave up the idea of "carving up Zhao State", which shows that the Song State is not as weak as Meng Zhong thought, even if it is not as strong as Qin and Qi, it is much stronger than Weiguo, Lu and Yan.

At the instigation of Hui An, Meng Zhong followed the elder brother and got into the carriage to the palace together.

After all, he was also curious about that Song Wangyan and wanted to see the monarch of his Song Kingdom with his own eyes.

The royal palace in Pengcheng City has to be said to be very majestic and magnificent, Hui Ang took Meng Zhong to get off the carriage at the palace gate and walked towards the palace together.

At this time, it can reflect Hui An's status in Pengcheng and Song Wangyan's side, it stands to reason that Meng Zhong, a completely unfamiliar face, entered the palace, at least he had to interrogate, but because Hui Ang was beside him, those guards guarding the palace gate turned a blind eye to Meng Zhong, and just asked Meng Zhong to hand over the sword on his waist, and even omitted the body search.

It can be seen that Hui Ang has indeed won the trust of Song Wangyan.

After entering the palace gate, Hui Ang took Meng Zhong and slowly walked to the depths of the palace under the guidance of a team of guards.

During this period, Meng Zhong looked around and saw countless palaces and pavilions in the palace, and his face showed a few strange expressions.

As if guessing his thoughts, Hui Ang explained with a smile: "These palaces are not built by the king's orders, but "open the duke". ”

The Duke of Pi in his mouth, that is, the former monarch of the Song Kingdom, Song Pigong, was ignorant and absurd, and built palaces many times during his reign, and was seized the throne by the brother of Song Wangyan.

Meng Zhong was relieved.

Not long after, Hui Ang and Meng Zhong came to a school in the palace.

I saw that this school field, paved with blue bricks, neat and orderly, surrounded by two kinds of flags, one is the "Song" flag with apricot as the base and white as the word, and the other is the "Song" flag with white as the bottom and gold as the word.

Another group of powerful guards stood with halberds in order, making Meng Zhong mistakenly believe that he had come to the military camp of the king and was not in the palace.

Seeing Meng Zhong's surprised expression, Hui Ang explained with a smile: "The king has admired martial arts since he was a child, even though he is approaching his fifties now......

As soon as he said this, he didn't know what he saw, and suddenly his voice stopped abruptly, and his face frowned.

Following his gaze, Meng Zhong saw a man holding a bow and arrows standing in the school field, and saw that this man was wearing an apricot and gold robe, and was holding his sleeves and drawing a bow to aim ahead.

I think it is the monarch of his Song Kingdom, Song Wangyan.

And in front of Song Wangyan, about a dozen zhang, there were several guards holding a long bamboo pole, and there was an object hanging on the bamboo pole, what was it, Meng Zhong didn't see it clearly from a distance, and when he saw Hui Ang frowning and walking forward quickly, he hurriedly followed.

At this moment, I heard the sound of a bowstring, and on the long bamboo pole held by the guards in the distance, something that I don't know what it was suddenly exploded, as if something liquid was splashing with it.

"Hahahaha." Song Wangyan, who was holding a jade bow, laughed when he saw this, and a group of people standing behind him also complimented and praised him.

"King!"

Hui Ang walked over with a calm face.

Hearing the voice, Song Wangyan glanced back and saw that it was Hui An, so he handed the jade bow in his hand to the attendant beside him, pointed to the distance and asked with a smile: "Hui An, come here, you can see the scene just now?" Ha! Is this king brave? ”

Before Hui Ang could speak, a man beside Song Wangyan who was in his forties and fifties praised with a smile: "King Song is as brave as he was back then." ”

Hui Ang stepped forward, glanced at the man who opened his mouth to compliment Song Wangyan, and immediately arched his hand to Song Wangyan and said, "Great King, I beg you not to do this again in the future. ”

Song Wangyan said a little unhappily after hearing this: "Could it be that those Confucian people are chewing the root of their tongues again?" ”

"Definitely." Hui Ang Zhengse said: "This 'shooting the sky' gift comes from Wu Yi, the king of Yin Shang, Wu Yi is tyrannical, not Ming Jun, how can the king follow him?" ”

"Hui An, you don't want to listen to the nonsense of the world, what do they know?"

Song Wangyan said unhappily: "There are also those people in Confucianism, who are still saying that "Heaven has bestowed Zhou as the Son of Heaven", and this destiny is returned...... It's just gibberish! ”

During this period, Meng Zhong secretly looked at the monarch of the Song Kingdom in front of him, according to his observation, Song Wangyan was about forty or fifty years old, his hair and beard were slightly gray, but his face was very good, his physique was strong, and he was powerful, not so much a monarch, in fact, it was more in line with the image of a general who led troops to fight.

"The King's ......"

Hui Ang wanted to persuade again, but saw Song Wangyan waving his hand and interrupted: "Okay, okay, you guy is a disappointment." ”

After that, he glanced at Meng Zhong who was following Hui An, and asked casually, "Hui An, who is this kid?" ”

Seeing this, Hui Ang could only temporarily stop persuading the monarch, changed his mood, and introduced Meng Zhongdao: "This is my brother." ”

"Your brother?"

King Song was stunned for a moment, and asked with an incredulous expression, "Didn't your father pass away at an early age?" Where did you come from, brother? ”

At this time, Hui Ang explained with a smile: "This son is the disciple of Master Zhuang, Meng Zhong!" And Master Zhuang also taught this son the famous family on behalf of my uncle Hui Shi, so it is reasonable for this son to be regarded as my brother. ”

"Master Zhuang?" The middle-aged man who had just complimented Song Wangyan asked in surprise, looking Meng Zhong up and down.

Seeing this, Hui Ang introduced Meng Zhong: "Ah Zhong, this is my Song State Minister, Doctor Qiu He. ”

"Oh, it turns out that he is the Zhao man who replaced Brother Hui Ang as Song Xiang."

Knowing this, Meng Zhong arched his hand towards Qiu He: "The kid has seen Doctor Qiu." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a scolding from Song Wangyan behind him.

"Okay, you're Zhuang Zhou's disciple of that old thing? …… is not only a disciple of Zhuang Zhou, but also dares to appear in front of the widow?! ”

Meng Zhong turned his head in astonishment, but saw that Song Wangyan had already held a sharp sword at some point, and looked at him with a calm face and gritted teeth.