Since they are both descendants of each other, Meng Zhong and the others quickly became acquainted with Le Yi, and even the father of Zhao also learned about Le Yi, a young man, and also accepted Le Yi as a guard.

Of course, the reason why Master Zhao's father did this was not because of the recommendation of Meng Zhong and others, but because of Le Yi's identity.

First of all, Le Yi was born in Zhongshan, and accepting him as a guard is conducive to alleviating the hatred and contradiction between the Zhao people and the Zhongshan people.

Secondly, Master Zhao's father has a little relationship with the "Le Chi" of the Zhongshan Le clan - that is, the grandson of Le Yang and the son of Le Shu, who once served as the orchestra pit of Zhongshan Xiang.

Zhongshan Xiangle Chi is very capable, he once represented Zhongshan as an envoy to Qin.

It was after the "Five Kingdoms Prime Minister", the Qi State tried to force the Zhongshan King "Cuo" to abolish the throne, so the Zhongshan King sent an envoy "Zhang Deng" to the Qi State to ask to see the Qi Prime Minister "Tian Ying", and after offering a bribe, Tian Ying helped him.

But then, Qi persuaded Tian Ying of "Zhang Chou", and Tian Ying changed his mind.

However, in the end, King Xuan of Qi, who had just succeeded to the throne for a few years, still received Zhang Deng, the envoy of Zhongshan, and acquiesced to the throne of King Zhongshan - as a condition, Zhongshan would continue to submit to Qi.

At the same time that Zhang Deng sent an envoy to Qi, Le Chi also sent an envoy to Qin, and also persuaded Qin to acquiesce to the throne of King Zhongshan.

Due to the tacit approval of Qin and Qi, although Gongsun Yan's initiation of the "Five Kingdoms Prime Minister" did not work, the throne of King Zhongshan was preserved.

After that, the orchestra was left by King Huiwen of Qin as the minister of Qin until Zhang Yi returned to Qin and resumed his position as prime minister - when the "Battle of Sanqiu" broke out between Qin and Qi, and the Qi general Kuang Zhang defeated the Qin army, so that the Central Plains states saw the possibility of defeating Qin, so Zhang Yi was deposed by Wei and Gongsun Yan, who advocated "joining forces to resist Qin", became Wei minister.

After Zhang Yi returned to Qin, Le Chi lost his position as Qin Xiang, so he left Qin and came to Zhao.

After that, that is, the civil strife in Yan, the Qi State took the opportunity to capture the entire territory of the Yan State, and the father of Zhao intended to win over the Yan State, so he persuaded Korea to release the proton Yan Gongzi (Yan Zhao Wang), so he asked Le Chi to lead the Zhao soldiers to escort him to the Yan State to inherit the throne.

Due to the advanced age of the orchestra pit at that time, he finally died in the Yan Kingdom. [PS: When the author turned over the historical materials, he found that this orchestra pit has lived for a long time, he served as the general of Zhongshan around 378 BC, and in 314 BC, he was able to escort King Yan Zhao into Yan, which at least has to live to about eighty-five years old, right? Even more than ninety years old. Or are there actually two orchestra pits? The orchestra pit that escorted King Yan Zhao was another one? But looking at the historical data, it seems that it is indeed the same, I don't understand, it may really be longevity. 】

"Ah Yi, could it be that some of your people have moved to Yan Kingdom?"

Le Jin asked Le Yidao.

Le Yi nodded and said: "I heard the patriarch talk about this matter, about ten years ago, it seems that some people did move to Yan Kingdom, but I don't know how it is. ”

It's no wonder, after all, he was still an infant at the time, where did he know the specific situation.

In the following three months, Meng Zhong and others followed Zhao's father to parade around the Zhongshan Realm, and the situation in Zhongshan gradually eased under Zhao's appeasement and preferential treatment policy, and the Zhongshan people living here gradually accepted Zhao's rule.

As for Meng Zhong and the others, including Le Yi, they were personally trained by Master Zhao during these three months, and Master Zhao taught these young people swordsmanship, archery, horsemanship, and even the art of war.

In this regard, Le Yi was very puzzled.

He said to Meng Zhong in private: "I look at Master Zhao, and it seems that I don't just plan to use us as guards. Ah Zhong, you are Lord Zhao's most trusted guard, do you know what is it? ”

Meng Zhong nodded, signaling Le Yi not to make a noise.

In fact, Meng Zhong noticed this matter a month ago: although Master Zhao pretended to be "idle" and taught Meng Zhong and others martial arts, but after a long time, Meng Zhong realized that Master Zhao was clearly doing his best to cultivate them.

What is the reason for this?

Could it be that Master Zhao was as enthusiastic about teaching his disciples as Mencius?

Meng Zhong doesn't think so.

He felt that Master Zhao's father might have sensed a threat from the new monarch Zhao He.

remembers the matter of "passing on the throne to Zhao He", Meng Zhong had a conversation with Master Zhao's father after inviting Gongzi Zhang and Tian Buyu.

During that conversation, Meng Zhong faintly felt that Master Zhao regretted the matter of "passing on Zhao He".

Meng Zhong can also understand this, after all, Lord Zhao's father's body is still healthy, but the power in his hands is being lost little by little because of the relationship between the new monarch Zhao He, which may be an unbearable thing for a male lord who is still in the prime of life.

And looking at the current posture, Master Zhao's father seems to plan to re-cultivate his cronies and establish his power.

For example, Master Zhao's father gradually promoted Meng Zhong and others in the status of a guard, and another example was the exceptional promotion of Meng Hu - Meng Hu only led a few teams of troops to patrol the border between Zhao and Qi a few times, and Lord Zhao raised the first-class title, which is simply inexplicable.

It was probably in mid-October, after Zhao's father rested, Meng Zhong asked Meng Hu, Meng Sui, Le Yi and others to be on duty instead of him, and he went to Gongzizhang's army to visit Tian Buyu.

After all, in Zhao State, Tian Buyu was the only person he could consult.

For Meng Zhong to visit again, Gongzizhang seemed very enthusiastic.

In other words, he has been in a good mood recently, because in the past month or two, Lord Zhao has commended him for his merits and achievements in Zhongshan Kingdom many times, and his words vaguely reveal his intention to canonize him as the king of Yi.

To be honest, Gongzi Zhang didn't really care about Feng Jun, because what he wanted most was to take back the throne that should have belonged to him from his younger brother Zhao He, and what really made him happy was that he felt that his father seemed to be getting closer and closer to him.

No, just in the past few days, Master Zhao's father also praised his son Zhang for his courage and courage in public, just like him back then.

This made Gongzizhang very happy.

"Meng Zhong, is there something important to come here so late?" After seeing Meng Zhong, Gongzizhang asked very affectionately.

The reason why he is affectionate to Meng Zhong is because Meng Zhong is "his own person", on the other hand, it is also because Meng Zhong's status by the side of Master Zhao is getting higher and higher, for example, in the past three months, Lord Zhao has gradually stopped protecting other guards, and ordered Meng Zhong, Meng Hu, and Meng Sui, including Le Yi, who had just become a guard, to protect him left and right.

In this case, Gongzizhang treated Meng Zhong more and more closely and politely.

"Childe." Meng Zhong hugged his fists and said with a little apology: "I've disturbed Gongzi's rest, I came here because I have something to ask Doctor Tian." ”

On the side, Tian Buyu stroked his beard and smiled: "Didn't you say that you can just call me brother?" ”

A moment later, Tian Buyu took Meng Zhong to his tent and asked about his intentions.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong whispered to Tian Buyu: "Brother, please retreat." ”

Tian Buyu was stunned, the smile on his face was suddenly put away, and he immediately ordered the guards to stay away from his tent.

At this time, he lowered his voice and asked, "Is it Lord Zhao's business?" ”

Meng Zhong nodded, and said to Tian Buyu in a low voice: "I don't know if Brother knows that in the past three months, Master Zhao seems to be trying his best to cultivate our ......."

"That's a good thing." Tian Buyu stroked his beard and smiled.

Meng Zhong nodded when he heard this, and then said: "It is indeed a good thing, but the deep meaning has to make the foolish brother reverie." ”

Tian Buyu looked at Meng Zhong for a while, and suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Do you think that Master Zhao may want to cultivate you and others as cronies?" ”

Although he asked rhetorically, his tone was very firm.

Obviously, this Tian Buyu Tian Doctor actually saw it, but the object of Master Zhao's cultivation was Meng Zhong and other "own people", so Tian Buyu pretended to be confused and deliberately pretended not to know.

It wasn't until today that Meng Zhong clarified this matter, and Tian Buyu began to think about whether to tell certain things and dishes.

After thinking about it for a long time, Tian Buyu asked Meng Zhongdao: "Brother, what do you think of Gongzizhang's character?" ”

Meng Zhong thought for a while and said, "In my opinion, Gongzi Zhang is brave and resolute, but his personality is reckless......"

"I'm not asking you this."

Tian Buyu raised his hand to interrupt Meng Zhong's words, and said with a smile: "Actually, you have already seen it, you can see that Gongzi Zhang and Wei are brothers, and they have the thoughts of Zhao He and Wang ......."

“……”

Meng Zhong frowned slightly, not knowing how to answer.

In fact, as early as when he first met Gongzi Zhang, when he saw Gongzi Zhang mentioning Wu Wa and Zhao Shi, he guessed that Zhao Zhang was dissatisfied with being under Zhao Wanghe, but he didn't want to be implicated, after all, the purpose of his coming to Zhao State this time was just to increase his knowledge, not to help Zhao Zhang seize the position of the monarch of Zhao State.

As if he saw Meng Zhong's thoughts, Tian Buyu lowered his voice and said: "Brother Xian, Brother Wei knows that you don't want to participate in it, but Brother Wei wants to tell you that only when Gongzi Zhang obtains the throne, the alliance between Zhao and Song will be stable, and your Meng clan can also gain a foothold in Zhao State and get a fief and title." ”

"......" Meng Zhong looked at Tian Buyu with some suspicion.

"Brother won't lie to you." Tian Buyu shook his head, and immediately asked, "When you went to Handan before, did you see Feiyi, Zhao Cheng, and Li Dui?" ”

"I've only seen Zhao Xiangfeiyi."

"No wonder." Tian Buyu nodded, and immediately explained: "Feiyi, this person's position is not to worry too much, he has always held a neutral attitude between Qi and Song, and the key lies in Zhao Cheng and Li Dui...... Zhao Cheng is the uncle of Zhao's master's father and the younger brother of Zhao Suhou, he and Li Dui are close to the Qi State, oppose the Zhao and Song Dynasty to unite against the Qi State, and advocate "United Qi against Qin", why do you say? Because Zhao Cheng and Li Dui privately received many benefits from the Qi State. These two people are all important ministers around Zhao He, under their influence, Zhao He will inevitably get close to the Qi State and alienate the Song State, now that the Zhao master's father is still there, he can still cover one or two, if one day Zhao's father is gone, Zhao will inevitably cut off contact with the Song State and choose to form an alliance with the Qi State, what kind of result will the Song State face? ”

Shaking his head, Tian Buyu lowered his voice and said, "The State of Zhao will definitely turn against the State of Qi, or sit back and watch the State of Qi attack the Song State, or help the State of Qi attack the State of Song." …… And the only way to resolve this disaster is to help Gongzizhang seize the throne! Now that you are valued by Lord Zhao's side, you may have the opportunity to help your son and make the Song Kingdom avoid this disaster. And your Meng clan can also become a powerful person in Zhao with this merit, and get a fiefdom and a title...... For my brother, you know that you are witty and intelligent, and you should consider the benefits and disadvantages for yourself. ”

“……”

Meng Zhong frowned and nodded slightly.

He was thinking carefully about what Tian Buyu said.