About half an hour later, Hui Ang and Meng Zhong left the palace.

When he got into the carriage and returned to the inn, Hui Ang smiled and said to Meng Zhong, "Look, there's nothing to worry about. ”

Meng Zhong smiled bitterly, and at the same time secretly admired the righteous brother in front of him.

No, under the outstanding eloquence of this righteous brother, Wang Wei once again gave him Meng Zhong a fiefdom, and also named him the king of Yuncheng, and the key is that Hui Ang also let Qin Guo bear the blame for this, so that the behavior of asking for the seal is justified, Meng Zhong can only say that this righteous brother is worthy of being the prime minister of the Song State since he was in his twenties.

No, when they took their leave, Wei Wang's attitude towards Hui Ang was more enthusiastic than before, just because Hui Ang said that the Song State was firmly on the side of Wei.

"Thank you, brother." Meng Zhong thanked him heartily.

Seeing this, Hui Ang laughed, patted Meng Zhong's arm and said with a smile: "You and my brother, why are you so polite? What's more, this foolish brother is just a lobbyist at most, and there are other people who really help you get the knighthood. ”

As he spoke, he blinked.

Of course, Meng Zhong knew who Hui Ang was referring to, it was none other than Song Wangyan, the monarch of the Song Kingdom.

Without Song Wangyan behind this matter, even if Hui Ang said that it was useless, after all, what Wei Wangyan really cared about was Song Wangyan's attitude.

Seeing Meng Zhong's expression, Hui Ang was not embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Okay, it doesn't have to be like this." The king didn't expect you to thank him for this, and besides, the king didn't need you to thank him in person, he just felt that you were the loyal and good of my Song Kingdom......"

This is not Hui An's nonsense, after all, King Song is arrogant, unless Meng Zhong is willing and sincere to thank him, otherwise, if Meng Zhong is unwilling and unwilling, he only goes to express his gratitude out of courtesy, but will be reprimanded by Song Wangyan.

The thoughts of monarchs are often difficult to speculate, let alone monarchs like Song Wangyan, who are between Ming monarchs and tyrants, it is almost difficult to guess the thoughts of such people.

For this kind of monarch, just follow your heart, the more honest you are, the more you can get the love of this kind of monarch, on the contrary, if it is blind flattery, Tang Ying, who was killed by Song Wang Yan back then, is a good counterexample.

Stepping into the carriage, on the way back to the inn, Meng Zhong asked Hui An, "Brother, what are your plans next?" Go to Zhao or go back to Song? ”

Hui Ang stroked his beard and thought about it, and said, "Zhao Guo...... It is better for Wei to come forward first, and after Wei comes forward, my Song State will send an envoy to Zhao State. ”

Meng Zhong nodded abruptly.

In order to deal with the threat from the Qin and Qi emperors, they prepared to form a four-nation alliance of Wei, Zhao, Song, and Han, regardless of Zhao's attitude, but in Wei, Song, and Han, Wei must be a well-deserved alliance leader, so the matter of winning over Zhao should be brought forward by Wei.

After returning to the post house, Meng Zhong was surprised to see Tian Di sitting in the hall of the post house.

He stepped forward in surprise and saluted: "Uncle Tian, why are you here?" ”

At this time, Tian Di had also noticed Meng Zhong, and deliberately blamed: "Since you have returned to Daliang, why did you settle down in the post house?" ”

Meng Zhong was about to explain, but saw Tian Di waving his hand, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, it's just a joke with you, I'm here to invite you to his mansion for a banquet at the betsake of your Uncle Duan Gan......"

After that, he turned his head to look at Hui An, and said with a smile: "Hui Xiang, don't come unharmed." ”

Hui Ang smiled slightly, and bowed his hand: "Hui Ang greets Mr. Tian." ”

At this time, Meng Zhong also understood, and smiled and debunked Tian Di and said, "Uncle Tian, I wonder why you came in person, it turned out that you came to invite my righteous brother......"

But isn't it, it stands to reason that when inviting Meng Zhong to the mansion for a banquet, Duan Gan's family will only let Duan Ganchong, who is the same generation as Meng Zhong, come forward, instead of Tian Di, who is his uncle's generation, in person, this has nothing to do with whether or not Meng Zhong is valued, it's just a matter of etiquette - how can there be a reason for elders to welcome younger generations?

But if you want to invite Hui An, it will be very different, after all, Hui Ang has a noble status, and his relationship with the Duan Gan clan and Tian Dian is not as close as that of Meng Zhong, so Tian Ang came forward in person.

was debunked by Meng Zhong, Tian Di didn't care, laughed.

Also, each other is their own people, and there is nothing to care about.

And when Meng Zhong and Hui Ang went to Duan Gan's mansion under the guidance of Tian Di, Wei Wangjun was still discussing with Tian Wen, the minister of state, in the palace.

Just as Hui Ang thought, in the face of the threat of Emperor Qin and Qi, Wei Wangjun had already left behind the unhappiness of the Song State who coerced and canonized Meng Zhong, and was now discussing with Tian Wen about winning over the Zhao State.

In this matter, Tian Wen also showed quite a positive attitude.

It's no wonder, after all, on Tian Wen's hatred list, Meng Zhong, who caused him a great loss of face in Zhao State back then, can only rank third at most, and the first and second places are precisely Qin State and Qi State.

Now that there are all kinds of signs that the two enemies of Qin and Qi are actually going to unite, how can Tian Wen sit still and wait to be killed?

Thinking of this, Tian Wen said to Wei Wangyun: "Great King, you can immediately send someone to recall the Great Sima and make the Zhao State hate the Qin State alone......"

What he was referring to was the fact that the State of Qin and his State of Wei joined forces to coerce the State of Zhao to depose Li Dui, the monarch of Fengyang.

In the matter of coercing Zhao to remove Fengyangjun Li Dui, Wei and Qin had the same attitude at first, after all, Fengyangjun Li Dui was close to Qi, if he was allowed to continue to sit in the position of Zhao Guo's prime minister, this would be a danger to both Qin and Wei, so while Wei General Zhai Zhang and Qin General Bai were now in Handan City, Qin and Wei both wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of Fengyangjun Li Dui, and each supported a Zhao person who was friendly to their two countries.

But to their surprise, although the young Zhao Wang He had been overshadowed by Fengyangjun Li Dui for many years, he was still able to calm down, and did not take this opportunity to depose Fengyangjun Li Dui, but worked together with Li Dui to resist the armies of Qin and Wei, which was also the plan of Qin and Wei was put on hold.

At present, Zhao Guo's side is still deadlocked, although Zhao Wanghe said that he would give up assisting Qi to attack Song State, but he refused to remove Fengyang Jun Li Dui, which made Zhai Zhang and Bai Qi also feel a headache, after all, there are some methods, they can't be used on Zhao Wanghe, what is the difference between this and Zhao Guo completely tearing their faces?

But now that the situation has changed, Qin may have signs of a secret alliance with Qi, if Wei continues to force Zhao Wang He to remove Fengyang Jun Li Dui, this is equivalent to continuing to offend Zhao Wang He and Li Dui, so Tian Wen suggested that Wei give up this matter and let Qin go alone to persecute Zhao, so as to transfer Zhao's dissatisfaction to Qin.

I have to say that Tian Wen's proposal is really good.

However, after hearing this, Wei Wangfu had some concerns: "If the Qin State also gives up this matter, so that Li Dui continues to serve as the ...... of Zhao."

As if he had guessed the concerns in Wei Wangyun's heart, Tian Wen chuckled and said: "The king doesn't need to be suspicious, although there are various indications that the Qin State may secretly form an alliance with the Qi State, but this does not mean that the Qin and Qi countries will join forces intimately, and mutual defense is definitely inevitable, doesn't the Qin State want to draw the Zhao State to his side?" ”

Wei Wang Yun nodded thoughtfully: "What Tian Xiang said is extremely true, and the widow immediately sent someone to inform Zhai Zhang......"

Hearing this, Tian Wen thought for a while and said, "Why don't you go to Zhao in person, and you still have some friendship with Li Dui......

Speaking of this, his expression suddenly became strange, and he stopped talking a few times.

Seeing this, King Wei was puzzled and asked, "If Tian Xiang has anything to say, you might as well say it bluntly." ”

I saw a burst of blue and white on Tian Wen's face, and then he said wistfully: "As far as the minister knows, Yun Chengjun and King Zhao have a good relationship......

"Yun Chengjun?"

Wei Wangjun didn't react at first, and after being stunned for a few breaths, he realized that Tian Wen was referring to Meng Zhong, who he had just canonized as Yuncheng Jun, and he was thoughtful in his heart.

As the monarch of the Wei State, it is admittedly annoying that the courtiers asked for a reward, but considering that there was a reason for the incident, and considering that Meng Zhong had indeed made great contributions to his Wei State, and this person was outstanding, the King of Wei did not care very much.

After all, Wei Wangjun also understood that Meng Zhong won the Battle of Yique for his Wei State back then, and the meaning behind this battle was not only to help Korea recapture Xincheng and Yiyang, but more importantly, it was to make Qin State jealous of his Wei State again, and he did not dare to touch Hedong County of Wei State in a short period of time.

At the cost of a mere Yuncheng and the title of a Yuncheng monarch, in exchange for Meng Zhong's loyalty to his Wei State, and continue to stay in his Wei State, so that the Qin State is afraid of this, and does not dare to rashly get involved in his Hedong County of Wei State, this is a sure thing to make money no matter how you look at it.

Not to mention, Meng Zhong also had a deep friendship with Zhao He, the monarch of Zhao State, and just happened to be one of the envoys to win over Zhao State, accompanying Tian Wen to envoy Zhao State.

The problem is that Tian Wen and Meng Zhong do not agree with each other, which is really a difficult problem.

"I wonder if I can take this opportunity to reconcile the two?"

King Wei thought secretly in his heart.

However, in his opinion, the possibility of this matter is not high, after all, he knows Tian Wen's character too well.

After thinking about it, he said to Tian Wen: "Tian Xiang, the widow knows that you and Meng Zhong had some misunderstandings at the beginning, but you also know that Meng Zhong was still very young when he was in the Zhao State, young people, it is inevitable to act impulsively, right now, you and Meng Zhong are both important ministers of my Wei State, if you two can join forces, the widow will not be afraid of Qin Qi......"

"The king is talking about ......," Tian Wen barely squeezed out a smile.

Half an hour later, Tian Wen walked out of the palace in shame and returned to his mansion.

When the staff member Feng Tan saw Tian Wen's appearance, he said strangely: "Xue Gong, I don't know what happened?" ”

Seeing this, Tian Wen told Feng Tan everything that happened in the palace today, and then said with shame and indignation: "Before parting, the king hopes that I and Meng Zhongyan will reconcile...... It just doesn't make sense! ”

After listening to Tian Wen's narration, Feng Tan blinked, and his face inevitably showed a little surprise.

He had a very deep impression of Meng Zhong, and he still remembered that when he was in Zhao State, the young man who ignored Xue Gongtian's reputation and stood up and openly contradicted him.

A few years have passed, and the young man who contradicted Xue Gong at the beginning has now been named the king of Yuncheng by King Wei.

The irony is that in the future, Tian Wen saw that Meng Zhong, who had offended him back then, had to call the other party Yunchengjun out of courtesy, and he could no longer call Meng Zhong's name directly.

Perhaps, this is what Tian Wen is most unwilling to do.

But as far as this matter is concerned, Feng Tan didn't want to express any opinions, after all, in his opinion, Meng Zhong had indeed gradually become the irreplaceable general of the Wei State, and Tian Wen continued to grudge against him, to be honest, it was very unwise to do so, but such an opinion, he knew that the Xue Gong in front of him would not listen.

After thinking about it, Feng Tan said to Tian Wen: "Xue Gong, in fact, I have always been quite puzzled, are you really resentful of Meng Zhong's prejudice?" ”

"What?" Tian Wen frowned, and looked at Feng Tan puzzled: "It's not resentment, what do you think it is?" ”

Feng Tan smiled slightly, shook his head and said: "Maybe you didn't pay attention to it, since Meng Zhong presented Xue Yi's reward to Song Wang Yan on behalf of Song Dynasty, since then, when you see Meng Zhong again, there is no hatred in your eyes...... To outsiders, it seems that he simply dislikes this person......"

Hearing this, Tian Wen was stunned.

After all, the fact is just as Feng Tan said, since Meng Zhong presented Xue Yi's reward on behalf of Song Wang Yan back then, when he saw Meng Zhong again, he was not the kind of attitude that he wanted to kill Meng Zhong, at most he only targeted Meng Zhong and suppressed Meng Zhong.

Shaking his head, he snorted coldly, "That's just me keeping my promise back then!" I still can't wait to ...... What are you mentioning this for? ”

Seeing that Tian Wen was annoyed for no reason, Feng Tan smiled slightly.

From Tian Wen's reaction, he could see that Tian Wen knew very well the importance of Meng Zhong to the Wei State, no, he couldn't even say the sentence "I still want to kill Meng Zhong", which shows that this Xue Gong has become more and more rational in dealing with Meng Zhong.

Of course, I still don't like Meng Zhong.

As for the reason......

Feng Chen thinks that Tian Wen is still biased against Meng Zhong.

Glancing at Tian Wen, Feng Tan said slowly and meaningfully: "I didn't expect that a guard beside Master Zhao back then was about to sit on an equal footing with Xue Pingping...... It's hard to imagine that a commoner could climb to such a position and be so young...... The most incredible thing is that Meng Zhong, who was obviously from the Song Dynasty, was accepted by Duan Ganyin, Tian Dian and other local family forces not long after he arrived in Wei State, and Xue Gong ......"

"Enough!"

Tian Wen's face sank, and he reprimanded Feng Chen unhappily: "Do you want to say that I, Tian Wen, am actually jealous of that Meng Zhong?!" ”

"I didn't say that."

Although he explained this, Feng Chen's smiling expression didn't look like he was denying it.

"You ......"

Tian Wen glared at Feng Tan angrily, and then said with annoyance: "Okay, you immediately send someone to the post house in the city, and ask Meng Zhong to come to see me, the king ordered him as a deputy envoy to accompany me to Zhao State, I have something to explain to him!" ”

Hearing this, Feng Tan persuaded: "It's getting late, it's better to send someone to invite you tomorrow." ”

"Just call him!" Tian Wen said dissatisfiedly: "I will instruct the cook to prepare some wine and food." ”

Seeing this, Feng Tan smiled slightly and said, "Since that's the case, I'll personally invite you." ”

However, it is a pity that Meng Zhong has already been invited to the mansion by Duan Ganyin at this moment, and Feng Tan pounced on it, so he had to come back and report to Tian Wen: "Xue Gong, according to the soldiers of the post house, Meng Zhong and Song Xiang were both invited to their mansions. ”

Tian Wen was stunned, his expression seemed to be annoyed, as if he was angry, and only after half a sound did he say: "I know, you go down, by the way, call Xiahou Zhang over." ”

Feng Tan retreated as he said, and after a while, the doorman Xiahou Zhang came to the house.

"Xue Gong, are you summoned?"

"Hmm." Tian Wen nodded gloomily and asked, "I told you to look for a wizard who is proficient in the art of war, what did you gain?" ”

"This ......"

Xiahou Zhang's face showed a little embarrassment.

Of course, he understood what Tian Wen was saying when he ordered him to recruit wizards who were proficient in the art of war, but the problem was that in the past two years, he had searched all over the Wei Kingdom, and he had not found a genius who could match Meng Zhong.

Thinking about it, Wei is currently short of generals, not to mention a genius who can match Meng Zhong's skills, even if he has Meng Zhong's general skills, Wei Wang Yun will also grant the important position of Sima of the First Army, how can he continue to wander in the market?

Seeing Xiahou Zhang's hesitant and embarrassed expression, Tian Wen was quite annoyed, and said hatefully: "In the entire Wei Kingdom, can't you find a person who can match that Meng Zhong?" ”

Seeing that Tian Wen was angry, Xiahou Zhang hurriedly said: "Xue Gong is angry, in recent days, I have heard from the doormen who came to defect that in Linfen, Hedong, there is a strange person named Mangmao, it is said that he is proficient in martial arts and proficient in the art of war, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people......

"Mangmao?" Tian Wen asked, "Is it credible?" Hedong County is under the jurisdiction of Gongsun Zhu, if there are such good talents under his rule, why didn't Gongsun Jian send people to conquer it? ”

Xiahou Zhang shook his head and said: "I don't know if it's true or not, but I have already sent someone to investigate, if this matter is true, and that Mangmao really has real talent and learning, I will definitely try to persuade this person to defect to Xue Gong." ”

"Hmm."

Tian Wen nodded with satisfaction, and instructed Xiahou Zhang: "In a few days, I will send an envoy to Zhao Guo with Meng Zhong, you can find out the details of that person as soon as possible, if this person really has the ability, invite him to Daliang, and wait for me to come back." ”

"Whoa."

Xiahou Zhang hugged his fists and was about to retreat, but he heard Tian Wen say again: "Don't be in a hurry to leave, I just ordered the kitchen to prepare some wine and food, you can drink with me for a while." ”

Xiahou Zhang was originally an alcoholic, so of course he would not refuse.

After a while, when the chef served the wine and food, Xiahou Zhang showed a surprised expression on his face: "Xue Gong, since it is a drink, why is the dish so rich?" ”

“……”

Tian Wen didn't explain, and drank all the wine in the wine bottle with a calm face.

Looking at him, there is a bit of gnashing of teeth.

Whether it was grudge or jealousy, Tian Wen gradually realized that he was no longer able to suppress Meng Zhong.

Even, when he saw Meng Zhong tomorrow, he had to call the other party Yunchengjun out of courtesy, and even Wei Wangjun began to hint at him, hoping that he and Meng Zhongyan would reconcile.

Tian Wen knew that if he continued like this, he would gradually lose his status in the Wei State.

Unless, he can find a general who can match Meng Zhong and recommend it to the King of Wei, so that the King of Wei will not be more and more reckless of Meng Zhong.

"Mangmao...... I hope it's a genius, a genius who can rival Meng Zhong's.'"

Drinking stuffy wine with Xiahou Zhang, Tian Wen thought secretly in his heart.