Chapter 142: Disputes During the Banquet (2) [Two in One]

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"Sword Skills?"

Zhao Xiangfeiyi frowned and began to worry about the situation.

Although he also heard that the children of a family like Meng Zhong generally began to practice martial arts at the age of eight to ten, and Meng Zhong also showed his ability in force when he was in the Zhao Kingdom, but even so, it was less than ten years for Meng Zhong to practice martial arts, and considering that this son was a disciple of Zhuangzi, Huizi, and Mencius, he must be better than martial arts, and he may not be able to parry those chivalrous warriors around Xue Gongtian Wen.

You must know that those rough chivalrous bravery, it is by virtue of force and sword skills that Tian Wen has been appreciated, and the age is at least ten years older than Meng Zhong, it seems that this kind of competition is not fair at all.

Thinking of this, Fei Yi immediately opened his mouth to dissuade him: "Duke Xue, please restrain your guests, in the palace, it is not appropriate to use swords and swords......"

Hearing this, the man shouted with indignation: "Fat Xiang, I respect you as a virtuous person, but please don't interfere in this matter......" Saying, he turned his head and stared at Meng Zhong with a vicious gaze, and said fiercely: "Although my generation is vulgar, but I also know the truth of "a soldier dies for a confidant", the so-called "a thousand days of raising a soldier" is used for a while, I Mu Xiao has been under Xue Gong for several years, and I have not built an inch, but Xue Gong treats me like a confidant and brother, today there are arrogant people who speak and humiliate Xue Gong, if I turn a blind eye, do I still deserve to be called a human being?!" ”

After that, he looked at Meng Zhong and shouted, "Boy, do you dare to fight?!" ”

Listening to the words of this chivalrous man named Mu Xiao, the guests who were watching nodded slightly.

The priest is a confidant, and this allusion speaks of "Yu Rang".

Yu Rang was a disciple of the "Rebellion of the Six Qings" of the Jin Kingdom, the sect leader of the Zhi family, "Zhi Boyao (Xun Yao)".

At that time, Zhi Boyao united with the Wei family and the Han family to attack the Zhao family, but he didn't expect the Wei family and the Han family to attack them after the fall of the Zhao family, so when the three coalition forces attacked the Zhao family's last territory "Jinyang", they secretly united with the Zhao family, and the inside and outside joined forces to severely damage the Zhi family, causing the Zhi family to be defeated.

Subsequently, the head of the Zhao family, "Zhao Xiangzi", united with the Wei family and the Han family, counterattacked the territory of the Zhi family, killed Zhi Boyao, whom he deeply hated, and made the latter's head into a wine vessel.

The Zhi family, as a result, died out in the Jin state, and some of the clansmen fled to the Qin state.

At this time, Zhi Boyao's disciple Yu Rang did not escape, he smeared his whole body with wood paint, deliberately made the skin of his whole body fester, and swallowed coals to deliberately make his voice hoarse, and changed his appearance, just to assassinate Zhao Xiangzi, the suzerain of the Zhao family, and avenge Zhi Boyao.

During the first assassination, Yu Rang hid in the latrine, and suddenly attacked Zhao Xiangzi when he was out of courtesy, but unfortunately he was caught by Zhao Xiangzi's guards.

After being captured, Zhao Xiangzi asked Yu Rang for the reason, and learned that Yu Rang's "charcoal swallowing paint body" was to assassinate him to avenge Zhi Boyao, he was quite moved, and said to the left and right: "Zhi Boyao is dead, and there is no queen, but this person still wants to avenge his master, and the sages of this world are also unjust, and I should avoid it." ”

So, he asked the guards to let Yu Rang go, and then carefully avoided Yu Rang.

Sure enough, after Yu Rang was released, he still did not dispel his belief in revenge, even if his friends advised him to give up this hatred: You have also served the Fan clan and the Zhongxing clan, why are you the only one who is so loyal to Zhibo?

At this time, Yu Rang said the famous saying that has been passed down through the ages: Fan's and Zhongxing's treat me with everyone (ordinary people), so I repay them with everyone; Only know that Bo treats me as a countryman, so I repay him as a countryman!

The friend persuaded him again: With your talents, if you do your best to serve Zhao Xiangzi loyally, then he will definitely value you and trust you, why not wait for you to gain his trust, and then kill him to avenge the old master?

Yu Rang said with a smile: Killing the new monarch for the sake of the old monarch is an extremely corrupt practice for the monarch and ministers. I want to kill Zhao Xiangzi to avenge Zhibo, just to clarify the righteousness of the monarch and ministers, not whether it is successful in revenge. If I am committed to Zhao Xiangzi and become a courtier of others, but I am secretly plotting and planning to assassinate someone, this is tantamount to having two hearts for the monarch. I know today that I can't do it, that is, to shame the people who have two hearts in the world in the future!

After learning of Yu Rang's words, Zhao Xiangzi respected Yu Rang even more, and ordered the guards not to reveal his whereabouts, and to avoid Yu Rang more carefully.

However, Yu Rang spent a long time and a lot of energy, but he still found out about Zhao Xiangzi's whereabouts and hid under a bridge on the road that Zhao Xiangzi had to pass.

It is a pity that Yu Rang's second assassination was still unsuccessful, and it is said that Yu Rang's murderous aura alarmed Zhao Xiangzi's mount, so that Zhao Xiangzi subconsciously thought of Yu Rang: "It must still be Yu Rang." ”

So, Zhao Xiangzi ordered the guards to search under the bridge, and sure enough, they found Yu Rang and captured him again.

Originally, Zhao Xiangzi didn't want to kill Yu Rang, but he was worried that Yu Rang would assassinate him again and again, coupled with the persuasion of the guards, he finally decided to kill Yu Rang.

However, before he ordered to kill Yu Rang, Yu Rang made a plea, that is, he wanted Zhao Xiangzi to take off his robe and let him destroy the robe with a sharp sword.

Zhao Xiangzi took pity on Yu Rang's loyalty, so he took off his robe and ordered the guards to hand it over to Yu Rang.

Subsequently, after Yu Rang slashed Zhao Xiangzi's robe with his sword, he shouted, "I can finally repay Zhibo", and then drew his sword to kill himself.

Zhao Xiangzi took pity on his loyalty and ordered Yu Rang to be buried.

So far, Yu Rang has become a role model for righteous people in the world and left a name in history.

So far, "the king is worried about the prison of the minister, and the king humiliates the minister to death", which has become the belief that the righteous man in the world is the righteous minister.

Because of this, when this chivalrous warrior named Mu Xiao tried to challenge Meng Zhong and retaliate against Meng Zhong's "humiliation" of Xue Gongtianwen, even the courtiers of Zhao State nodded slightly, looking at Mu Xiao and the other chivalrous warriors with appreciation, and even, with a slightly contemptuous gaze, looked at Meng Zhong, who still hadn't made a statement.

It is no wonder that this is the definition and custom of "righteousness" in the world.

I have to say that these courtiers of Zhao State, they are not related to Meng Zhong, of course they will not speak for Meng Zhong, at this time, only Feiyi came forward to dissuade, because Feiyi was afraid that Meng Zhong would be hurt by Tian Wen's chivalrous bravery, after all, he still hoped that Meng Zhong would inherit his mantle in the future and assist Zhao Wang He wholeheartedly.

Thinking of this, Fei Yi raised his voice and said to Xue Gongtianwen: "Xue Gong, you are a world-famous Qi Xiang, do you want to deal with a young man who has not reached the weak crown?" ”

Seeing that it was Fei Yi who spoke, Xue Gongtian Wen's tense face relaxed slightly, and he said with a chuckle: "Fat Xiang is serious." …… How could Tian be scheming with a teenager in full view of everyone? It's just that this young man has made several insulting remarks, and the doorman below can't swallow this breath. …… My disciples want to get this breath back for me, and how can I stop them? But Fei Xiang can rest assured, Tian promised not to hurt the teenager. ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to Mu Xiao and said, "Mu Xiao, in this palace, it is absolutely forbidden to commit murder and hurt people, but it is okay to use swordsmanship to increase the interest of the guests here." ”

Hearing this, Na Mu Xiao suddenly understood, and after licking his lips, he shouted at Meng Zhong: "Boy, did you hear that?" I won't hurt you, but I'm just learning swordsmanship with you. …… Didn't you lead 500 soldiers to attack tens of thousands of Qi troops at night and win? Presumably the force is good, right? Do you have the courage to compete with my generation? ”

"Xue Gong ......"

Fei Yi endured the unhappiness in his heart, and wanted to persuade, but saw Fengyangjun Li Dui interjecting with a smile: "Fat Xiang, it's just a matter of learning, what's the matter?" Meng Sima led 500 soldiers to break the feat of tens of thousands of Qi troops, although the old man had heard of it, but he had never seen it with his own eyes, and now he took the opportunity to let the old man see and understand. …… An Pingjun, what do you think? ”

An Pingjun Zhao Cheng looked at Meng Zhong, snorted coldly, and said hypocritically: "What Fengyang Jun said is extremely true, the old man also wants to see Meng Sima's martial arts. ”

I have to say that at the beginning, Anpingjun Zhao Cheng and Fengyangjun Li Dui didn't have any ill feelings towards Meng Zhong and others, but Meng Zhong's speed of "sprang up" was too fast, and he was first favored by Zhao's father as a guard, and soon after he was promoted to guard Sima, in charge of the five hundred Xin Guards.

What's more critical is that Meng Zhong not only has an unclear relationship with Anyang Jun Zhao Zhang, Tian Buyu and others, but also seems to have made friends with Feiyi, Zhao Wanghe and others in recent days.

You must know that even if Meng Zhong joins the "Xinjun faction" headed by Zhao Wanghe, this is definitely not his own person for Zhao Cheng, Li Dui and others, let alone this kid is really brave, and he dares to attack the camp of tens of thousands of Qi troops at night with five hundred Xinwei - keeping this kid here, whether this kid supports Zhao's master's father, Gongzi Zhang, or supports Zhao Wanghe, this is not a good thing for Zhao Cheng, Li Dui and others.

In addition, this person's brother Meng Hu is not disrespectful, if he can eradicate this son with the help of Xue Gongtianwen's hand, Zhao Cheng and Li Dui will naturally be happy to see it.

"Anpingjun, Fengyangjun, you ......"

Seeing that Anpingjun Zhao Cheng and Fengyangjun Li Dui actually helped Xue Gongtian Wen, an outsider, to squeeze Meng Zhong, a courtier of his Zhao State, Fei Yi's heart was furious, and he raised his finger with an ugly face, and the two were about to speak, but they saw a hand stretched out next to him and pressed his hand down.

He subconsciously turned his head, and saw Meng Zhong saying to him calmly: "Fat Xiang, let's stop here." …… The protective feelings of the fat phase are remembered in my heart, but this matter started because of me, so it's up to me to face it. ”

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Fei Yi looked at Meng Zhong in disbelief, and saw that the latter's expression was calm as if he was not fake, so he hesitated and nodded slowly.

After convincing Fei Yi, Meng Zhong looked directly at Tian Wen.

"Ah Zhong is angry......

Meng Hu, who knew Meng Zhong best, saw that Meng Zhong's face was becoming more and more calm, and secretly licked his tongue excitedly.

As a clan companion who grew up together, Meng Hu knows Meng Zhong too well, he knows very well, don't look at Meng Zhong's calm face at the moment, but in fact, he is afraid that he is already angry in his heart.

I have to say that Meng Hu guessed well, Meng Zhong's endurance for Tian Wen has reached the limit.

You must know that from the very beginning of this matter, Tian Wen was disrespectful and deliberately caused trouble, but because of the gap in the identities of the two, the courtiers of Zhao State intentionally or unintentionally favored Tian Wen - Zhao Cheng, who seemed to be Anpingjun, and Li Dui, Fengyangjun, did not talk about these people, and the rest of the Zhao courtiers, even Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao, who had a good relationship with Meng Zhong before, did not come forward to speak for Meng Zhong.

In the entire hall, only Fei Yi was trying his best to ease the situation and defend him.

And what's even more odious is that Tian Wen and his disciples are always aggressive - he was convicted of humiliating Tian Wen just by ridiculing each other, and Tian Wen was the first to open his mouth to humiliate him and his Xinwei army, how can this be explained?

"Tian Xiang, is this what you mean?"

Raising his hand to Mu Yong and the other fierce heroes, Meng Zhong asked very calmly.

Probably because he is confident that his subordinates are brave, they will be able to teach this kid who dares to humiliate himself a good lesson, Tian Wen's anger in his heart has dissipated a little at this moment, and more is the pleasure of falling into a well, he chuckled and said: "Boy, Tian forgive you for the humiliation, you just need to learn swordsmanship with Tian's doorman to help the guests present." ”

Speaking of this, he deliberately paused and said, "Or are you afraid, afraid of losing to Tian's doorman?" To be a coward? ”

Hearing this, Mu Xiao's chivalrous warriors laughed.

In the harsh ridicule, Meng Zhong smiled with relief and said with a smile: "I am willing to accept Tian Xiang's challenge, but I hope that Tian Xiang will come forward by himself, and don't pretend to be ......."

The smile on Tian Wenyan's face froze, and he looked at Meng Zhong with some incredulity and asked, "Do you want me...... Playing with you? Swordsmanship? ”

With that, he burst out laughing.

At the same time, Na Mu Xiao also shouted: "Boy, what kind of thing are you, you want Xue Gong to come forward? ”

"What are you?!"

Meng Zhong quickly glared coldly at those chivalrous braves, and scolded unceremoniously: "I, Meng Zhong, was born in the military household of the Song Kingdom, and my ancestors were all "Che Shi" for several generations, fighting for the country, and I was born and died before I got the title of "Shi", and I, Meng Zhong, joined the war at the age of fourteen, and killed four Teng soldiers when I went out on the expedition, and the Song Dynasty awarded me the title of "Sergeant". …… And what are you waiting for? How many swordsmanship skills, devote yourself to Tian Wen's sect, eat, drink and have fun, and become a "scholar" with one transformation? It's an insult to the name "Shi"! …… It's just some barbarians who rely on the courage of their husbands, if it weren't for Tian Wen's relationship, what qualifications would you have to stand in front of me?! Could it be that the Qi State relied on you horsemen to defeat the Qin State? ”

"You kid......" Mu Xiao and the other heroes were furious, but they didn't know how to refute.

Because Meng Zhong was right, these people were not "scholars" from the right path at all, they were basically homeless and outlaws who had no family business and left their hometowns, just because they knew some swordsmanship, they pretended to be "chivalrous" and defected to Xue Gongtian Wenmen.

I have to say that their kind of "scholars" are just a false name, and they can't stand scrutiny at all.

"Shut up!"

Looking directly at Mu Xiao's chivalrous bravery, Meng Zhong said in a cold tone: "In my eyes, you wait for the puppet to be already a dead person, just stay there honestly, and when you die!" ”

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Hearing Meng Zhong's words, the hall was suddenly silent.

Not to mention that An Pingjun Zhao Cheng, Fengyang Jun Li Dui, Xue Gongtian Wen and others were stunned by Meng Zhong's "bold words", and even Fei Yi felt a little incredible.

At this time, I saw Meng Zhong raise his hand to Tian Wen and said in a deep voice: "Xue Gong, you want to test whether I am worthy of my name, why don't you play in person?" Or are you scared? Afraid of losing to me? To be a coward? ”

He used Tian Wen's words to ridicule him and fought back against Tian Wen.

Hearing this, Tian Wen trembled with anger, he has lived to be more than thirty years old now, except for the humiliation he suffered when he was in the Qin State, in other countries, who does not respect him?

However, the boy in front of him, who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, dared to humiliate him like this.

"You ......"

"Huh." Interrupting Tian Wen with a chuckle, Meng Zhong once again mocked Tian Wen with Tian Wen's words that had just humiliated him: "It's just a discussion, in this palace, it is absolutely impossible to commit murder and hurt people, but it doesn't hurt to use swordsmanship to learn and add a little interest to the guests here......

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Tian Wen clenched his fists angrily, his eyes on fire.

Seeing this, his guest secretary Wei hurriedly whispered to dissuade: "Xue Gong, don't be impulsive. ”

As he spoke, Wei Chu looked at Meng Zhong solemnly.

He knew very well that although this young man named Meng Zhong was young, he was an orthodox armor warrior who had indeed killed people, and Xue Gongtian Wen had been pampered since he was a child, although he had also studied martial arts, but he was not necessarily the opponent of that young man.

What if the boy gets hurt?

Taking a step back, even if he has not been injured, as long as he loses, I believe that Xue Gongtianwen will inevitably become the laughing stock of the world at this point - what is the benefit of this kind of gambling that does not win and loses face?

Under the reminder and dissuasion of Wei, Tian Wen finally resisted the anger in his heart, and he pressed his hand to signal the heroes who were scolding Meng Zhong at this time, looked at Meng Zhong and sneered: "Boy, although you are a soldier, you are not worthy of learning from Tian. …… You know that Tian will not surrender his identity to fight with you, but you still want to challenge Tian, hehehe, it is really cunning! ”

"Each other, each other."

Meng Zhong sneered and sneered: "Tian Xiang knows that I am the general of the army, and I have learned the art of war of 'ten thousand enemies', not the sword skills of the brave man, but he asked the people who are good at swordsmanship to challenge me, wanting to attack my weaknesses with his strengths, and in terms of cunning, he is far inferior to Tian Xiang!" ”

Speaking of this, he snorted and mocked: "Why don't you just ask these people to compare their age with me?" Anyone on the scene can defeat the next one, so won't you win? ”

Hearing Meng Zhong's mocking ridicule, a light laugh sounded in the hall, probably because he thought Meng Zhong's words were funny.

However, when Tian Wen turned his head in shame, the Zhao ministers in the hall put away their smiles, but Master Zhao, Zhao Wanghe, and Gongzi Zhang and others still had chuckles on their faces.

Among these people, Master Zhao is probably the most indifferent, as if he is sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai old man, looking at the dispute between Meng Zhong and Tian Wen with a smile.

And Gongzi Zhang is full of hatred.

Although he didn't defend Meng Zhong, it was because of Tian Buyu's advice to "wait and see what happens for the time being", but as long as those chivalrous warriors under Tian Wen's sect dared to be presumptuous, he would immediately order the recruitment of guards outside the hall and dismantle this group of chivalrous warriors.

No, in fact, the generals brought by Gongzizhang had already stood quietly on the side of Meng Zhong and the others, staring at Zhao Cheng, Li Dui, and Tian Wen with unkind expressions - this is also the reason why Mu Xiao and other chivalrous warriors have only dared to laugh and scold Meng Zhong so far, but they did not dare to rush over and besiege Meng Zhong.

As for Zhao Wanghe, he was more excited, excited that Meng Zhong faced Anpingjun Zhao Cheng, Fengyangjun Li Dui, Xue Gongtian Wen and others, but his face did not change from beginning to end, and he did not fall behind in the verbal confrontation.

At this time, he finally understood why Fang Cai Feiyi sat back and watched Meng Zhong being besieged by Zhao Cheng, Li Dui, Tian Wen and others, because only in this way could he see Meng Zhong's true ability.

"If Meng Qing can assist the widow wholeheartedly......

Thinking of the excitement, King Zhao unconsciously clenched his fists.

And at this time, in the corner of this hall, there was actually another person who was as excited as Zhao Wanghe, clenching his fists excitedly.

This person is a young man beside the eunuch Ling Miaoxian.

I saw the young man looking at Meng Zhong not far away with longing eyes, clenched his fists, and muttered, "It's really ...... That Meng Sima was really amazing, even in the face of An Pingjun, Fengyang Jun, Xue Gongtian Wen and others, he was not afraid...... But I'm soft-spoken, otherwise ......"

"What else are you going to do?"

As if hearing the young man's muttering, the eunuch ordered Miao Xian to slap the young man's head and scolded in a low voice: "That Meng Zhong is just bluffing, how can he really not be afraid?" In the same way, your father has a friendship with me, and that's why I brought you to the palace, so don't make trouble for me. …… Zhao Cheng, Li Dui, Tian Wen, I can't afford to offend any of them. ”

"Yes......"

The young man surnamed Lin named "Xiangru" nodded nodly.

"Is that a bluff?"

The young man didn't dare to resist Miao Xian, and looked at Meng Zhong in the field again with longing and admiration.

"The husband should be like this, not afraid of the powerful...... If I ...... one day'

Looking at his thin hands, and then at Meng Zhong in the distance, he secretly strengthened his belief.

I have to say that this young man guessed well, Meng Zhong was not bluffing, although he was ridiculed by everyone present, or ridiculed for wanting to challenge Tian Wen without his own strength, or laughing at him for being timid, so he deliberately used the excuse of challenging Tian Wen to escape those chivalrous challenges, but from beginning to end, Meng Zhong's face did not change, and he had the Taoist attitude of "honor and disgrace are not shocked".

This made the crane who was watching from a distance nod secretly: This son, the future is limitless!

At this time, Tian Wen was still persecuting Meng Zhong with words: "Boy, you said so much, it's just that you don't dare to fight my chivalrous warriors, like you are cowardly and cowardly, and you deserve to call yourself a soldier?" ”

"The battle of the horseman, can it also be called bravery?" Meng Zhong sneered and said, "Tian Xiang is brave and brave, and I don't know how many benefits they have won for the Qi State?" Since these heroes are so brave, why did Tian Xiang let these heroes stay in Wei and not rush to the battlefield? ”

Speaking of this, he took a deep breath and said, "In my Meng Zhong's opinion, the 'brave warriors' are only qualified to fight for the country, not these chivalrous warriors who are keen on fighting for the horseman. …… Tian Xiang repeatedly had doubts about the fact that he led 500 soldiers to attack tens of thousands of Qi troops at night, so it was better to play bigger, Tian Xiang sent 500 people, and I also sent 500 people, and we made an appointment to fight outside the city......"

Speaking of this, he glanced at the heroes who were still shouting, and said word by word: "After I lead five hundred Xinwei to slaughter these five hundred horsemen, as long as there are fifty casualties on our side, even if I lose Meng Zhong!" When the time comes, how to deal with Tian Xiang will be listened to! How is it? ”

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Suddenly, the hall was silent.

Not only was Tian Wen speechless, but even those chivalrous warriors who were still shouting, after hearing Meng Zhong's murderous words, they also subconsciously stopped taunting and insulting.

"How is Tian Xiangyi?!"

Taking a step forward, Meng Zhong looked directly into Tian Wen's eyes and said in a deep voice.