Beibo, that is, Jingbo, Mengbo.

It is located about 50 miles north of Shangqiu, the capital of the Song Kingdom, and is called Jingbo because there is a hill called "Jingshan" in the territory.

According to legend, Jingshan is the place where the princes of the Shangtang Association and the crimes of Xia Ji are counted.

After the death of King Wu of Zhou in the second year of the destruction of Shang, his maternal brother "Gongdan of Zhou" became regent and quelled the rebellion of "Uncle Guan", "Uncle Cai", "Uncle Huo" and the son of King Shang "Wu Geng", and divided the princes in order to stabilize the state.

Among them, the elder brother of the king of Shang, "Wei Ziqi", was canonized by the Zhou Dynasty to the Shangqiu area, and he was specially allowed to use the Son of Heaven to worship the Shang Dynasty and be a guest of Zhou, known as one of the "Three Ke" in history.

Because Weizi Qi was "surnamed Song", the country he established was called "Song State", and became the only country that inherited the culture of Yin Shang among the feudal princes of the Zhou Dynasty at that time.

In the following hundreds of years, the sub-surname branched out, and more than 100 branches such as Hua's, Dai's, Wu's, Xuan's, Mu's, Xiao's, Le's, Xiang's, Mo's, Shuo's, and Sima's appeared one after another, and Montessori was also one of them.

The sub-surname Mengshi has been living in Bei'an so far, and due to the long relationship, it is impossible to trace the origin of this clan, leaving such three roughly three statements.

First, Montessori is a descendant of the Chinese who witnessed the "Jing Bo Hui Alliance" during the "Shang Tang period", and his ancestors are the descendants of the ancestor of Shang, "Ziqi".

Second, Montessori was a Chinese who lived in the Jingbo area during the "Yin Shang period".

Third, Montessori is a descendant of those who moved to Mengbo with Wei Ziqi when the Song Kingdom was first established, or had lived in the Mengbo area before.

Of these three theories, the first is the most expensive, but no matter which one of them, it cannot be denied that Montessori is indeed a descendant of the surname Zi, but a Chinese who has lived in the Mengbo area for a long time.

In the Song Dynasty, almost all of the patriarchs or suzerains of the Mengshi clan held the position of "middle doctor" in the Song Dynasty, and owned the vast fields around Mengbo as fiefdoms.

It is said that during the Daigong period of the Song Dynasty, the national strength of the Song State was quite strong, and the Mengshi clan had thousands of clansmen at that time, but it is a pity that now, the Mengshi clan is declining, and there are less than 500 clansmen left.

The patriarch of the contemporary Montessori clan is called "Mengqi (Dan)", who has just passed the age of fifty, and is usually a harmonious clan, enjoying a high prestige among the Montemont clan, but today, this Mongol patriarch is furious in the ancestral house of the Montessori clan, looking at a young man kneeling in front of him, and scolding with a cane: "Fool! Unfilial son! ”

The young man, known as Munda and was about twelve or thirteen years old, was the grandson of Munda and the only son of the latter's deceased eldest son, Munda.

Meng Qi had two sons under his knees, the eldest son was named "鷔 (ao)", who had been killed in the war between Song and Wei a few years earlier; The second son's name is "鹜 (wu)", that is, the middle-aged man who bows his hands respectfully by Meng Qi's side at this moment.

According to the clansmen, Menghu's bravery is no better than that of his brother Menglu, and he is now a very brave athlete of the Menghu clan, if nothing else, this person will be the patriarch and suzerain of the next generation of the Menghu clan.

In addition to Meng Qi, Meng Hu, and Meng Da's ancestors, there is also an old man in the house, who is the same generation as Meng Qi, and is an elder of the Meng clan.

Seeing that Meng Qi became more and more angry, and even wanted to raise his cane to beat his grandson, he hurriedly came forward to persuade him: "Sect Master, the young son is young and ignorant, and he doesn't know the stakes involved, but the matter has come to this point, even if the sect master punishes him heavily, it will not help, it is better to send him back to ...... as soon as possible."

Before he could finish speaking, he heard Munda shout, "I don't want to go back!" ”

Seeing this, Meng Qi was furious, and was about to beat this kid with a cane, but Meng Jian hurriedly gave Meng Yu a look, and then the latter immediately dissuaded his father and said: "Father, Da'er is the only son of my brother......

Hearing this, Meng Qi's face froze with anger, obviously thinking of his eldest son Meng Qi, who unfortunately died on the battlefield, and couldn't help but sigh gloomily, looking at his grandson Meng Da with a complicated expression.

What was it that made Meng Qi so angry?

In fact, this matter is not small, but it is not big, it is nothing more than about a great sage of the Song Kingdom who is called "Zhuangzi".

Meng Qi hoped that his grandson Meng Da could become a disciple of the great sage, but considering that Zhuangzi never accepted disciples easily, Meng Qi tried to send Meng Da to Zhuangzi's secluded manor half a year ago and served the latter as a servant, hoping that one day he would be favored by this big county and accepted as a disciple.

This is an extremely beneficial thing for both Montessori and Munda itself.

But what I didn't expect was that Mengda, the unfilial grandson, fled back to the township of the Mengshi clan a few days ago.

After calming down, Meng Qi questioned his grandson Munda and said, "Fool, why don't you want to return to Zhuangzi?" Do you know who that is? ”

Meng Qi originally thought that Meng Da didn't know how powerful, but he didn't expect Meng Da to say: "Grandfather is above, my grandson knows that Zhuangzi is my great sage of the Song Kingdom, and my grandson also knows that if I can become a disciple of Zhuangzi, it will be an extremely beneficial thing for me Mengzi or for my grandson himself, but grandfather, you don't know that in the months that my grandson has served Zhuangzi, Zhuangzi has never paid attention to his grandson, even if his grandson takes the initiative to ask for advice, he will ignore it." …… Grandfather, you know that since his grandson came to the courtyard to serve Zhuangzi half a year ago, Zhuangzi has never said a word to his grandson, and he has never even looked at his grandson. ”

“……”

Listening to his grandson's complaints, the anger on Meng Qi's face gradually subsided, and he glanced at the elder Meng Xuan.

Meng Jian nodded and said: "According to rumors, since the death of Huizi, Zhuangzi has never spoken to anyone, and his temperament has become extremely difficult to get along with...... This is not nonsense. ”

Meng Qi stroked his beard and pondered, and warned Meng Da for a long time: "Perhaps, that is just Zhuangzi's test for you......"

However, even he did not believe this.

You must know that so far, the big clans such as the Hua, Ge, and Le clans living in the Shangqiu and Mengbo areas have successively sent their sons and nephews to serve Zhuangzi, hoping that some of these clans will be favored by Zhuangzi and accepted as disciples.

But unfortunately, so far Zhuangzi has not accepted a single disciple, and as Munda said, Zhuangzi has always turned a blind eye to them.

"Well, you go out first."

After a moment of contemplation, Munda told Munda to leave.

Looking at the back of his grandson leaving, Meng Qi said with a sigh: "It seems that this son is also blessed." ”

Hearing this, the elder Meng Jian said with a smile: "Over the years, all clans have successively sent their sons and nephews to serve Zhuangzi, but no one has been blessed to worship under the name of that great sage. He shook his head, and then said, "I'm afraid it's Zhuangzi." ”

"That being said......"

Meng Qi frowned, in fact, he didn't know that Zhuangzi was not easy to get along with, but the problem was that Zhuangzi's reputation in his Song Kingdom and even the world was too great, and the kings of all countries were looking forward to Zhuangzi and hoped that Zhuangzi would assist them in governing the country.

For example, Dai Yan, the current monarch of the Song State, and Xiong Shang, the king of Chu Wei, the previous monarch of the Chu State, were invited as the prime minister, but Zhuangzi regarded them as dung and repeatedly refused to go out.

If any of the Mengzi disciples can become Zhuangzi's disciples, I believe that Song Wangyan will definitely pay more attention to his Mengzi clan - this is also the reason why the Mengzi, Hua, Ge, Le and other big clans still send their sons and nephews one after another to go there knowing that Zhuangzi is not easy to get along with.

It's not a big hope, but what if?

After thinking about it, Meng Qi felt that he should still choose one or more sons and nephews in the clan to serve Zhuangzi instead of his grandson Mengda.

"Is there a suitable candidate in the clan?" Meng Qi asked Meng Zhidao.

Hearing this, a few different colors flashed in Meng Xuan's eyes, and he lowered his voice and said, "Sect Master, I have a candidate. …… If this son is not yet favored by Zhuangzi, then I, the Mengshi family, might as well simply give up this matter. ”

"Oh? …… Who? ”

Seeing that Meng Jian gave such a high evaluation, Meng Qi couldn't help but show surprise on his face.

On the side, Meng Yu also showed a curious expression on his face.

I saw Meng Jian arch his hand, and Zhengse said: "It's the middle grandson of the clansman Meng Shu and the second son of Meng Qu, Meng Zhong!" ”