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For Meng Zhong's marriage, the Montessori and Le families have paid a lot of financial resources and energy.

As early as late February, Montessori and Leshi invited many craftsmen from nearby counties such as Mengcheng, Shangqiu, and Yucheng to build one decent house after another on the vacant land on the east side of Mengyi, and built 20 new ones.

I thought that these houses were enough to entertain the guests who came to the banquet, but I didn't expect that after the crown prince Dai Wu personally came to the banquet, these houses were almost full.

It turned out that when it was learned that the crown prince Dai Wu personally came to Mengyi to congratulate Meng Zhong on his marriage, officials in Mengcheng, Shangqiu, and Yucheng, as well as the patriarch or young patriarch of the family, came to congratulate him with congratulatory gifts - in fact, most of them had no friendship with Meng's and Le's clans, including Mengzhong, and were not even invited.

But even if people came to congratulate them with congratulatory gifts, Montessori and Leshi could not refuse people thousands of miles away, so they had to temporarily build new houses.

"Thank you Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince for coming to Mengyi and rushing to the marriage of the clan (son-in-law), I am grateful."

In front of the crown prince Dai Wu, the old patriarch Meng Qi and the patriarch of the Le clan, Le Guo, saluted respectfully.

"Where, where, the two of you are serious."

As Meng Zhong remembered, the crown prince Dai Wu returned the salute gently, and immediately beckoned Meng Zhong to his side, patted Meng Zhong on the back and praised: "Meng Qing is really the most outstanding young man Dai Wu has ever seen......

At this time, Meng Zhong's brother-in-law Hui Ang was also beside him, and said with a smile when he heard the words: "Prince, you are also in the prime of life......

"Hahaha......" Prince Dai Wu laughed when he heard this.

All in all, because the crown prince Dai Wu is approachable, the atmosphere when welcoming guests is very harmonious.

Speaking of the congratulatory gifts brought by the crown prince Dai Wu this time, when His Royal Highness the crown prince set off from Tancheng, he actually brought a congratulatory gift full of three carriages, but when he passed through Pengcheng, he suddenly learned that his father Song Wang Yan entrusted Hui Ang to give Meng Zhong three chariots of congratulatory gifts, so Dai Wu rearranged the congratulatory gifts he brought with him, and abandoned some relatively worthless things, and only loaded the rest in two carriages - in short, he couldn't surpass his father, right?

However, although there are only two carts of congratulatory gifts left, the weight of these congratulatory gifts is not light, such as bronze tripods, lacquerware, jade horses, jade, jewels, and cloths.

It can be seen that the crown prince Dai Wu is quite important to Meng Zhong.

On the way to take the crown prince Dai Wu to live in the newly built houses in the clan, Meng Zhong asked the crown prince Dai Wu: "Prince, isn't it in the way of Tancheng?" What changes can Qi make this year? ”

The crown prince Dai Wu smiled and said with relief: "The Qi people are still repairing the "Jucheng", obviously because our army counterattacked into the territory of Qi last time, which made the King of Qi very jealous. As for the rest, Uncle Busheng once heard that the Qi people had gathered many troops in the area of Jucheng and were stepping up their training, maybe in the battle last year, the King of Qi was not reconciled, and still planned to try to invade my Song Kingdom. But don't worry, after your guidance last year, we have also learned how to deal with Qi State: if he doesn't fight, our side will not commit any crimes; If he wants to attack, he will simply break the net. ”

Meng Zhong nodded slightly when he heard this.

I have to say that the relationship between Qi and Song is now a two-headed fear of a wolf with a hemp stick, although the Song State is afraid of the Qi State attacking on a large scale, but the Qi State is also afraid of the Song State implementing the tactics of losing both at any cost, therefore, the Qi and Song countries are now respectively in the "Jucheng" and "Tancheng" two places, the situation looks very tense, but there is no sign of war so far - obviously the Qi Wangtian because of last year's defeat, no longer dare to underestimate the Song State.

"I'm afraid that Qi Guo will pull Zhao Guo and Yan Guo to end."

Meng Zhong thought for a while and said to the crown prince Dai Wu and Hui An.

Hearing this, the crown prince Dai Wu and Hui Ang nodded approvingly.

A single Qi State, now the Song State can barely compete, but if the Zhao State and the Yan State send troops to help the Qi State, the situation will be very bad for the Song State.

Thinking of this, Meng Zhong asked Hui An, "Brother Yi, how is the matter of concluding an alliance with Wei?" ”

"It's not optimistic."

Hui Ang stroked his beard and said: "You also know that the current minister of Wei is Xue Gongtianwen, and this person hates me for the Song State attacking his fiefdom (Xue Yi), and has hindered our country's envoys several times......"

"What if you return Xue Yi to him?" Meng Zhong asked.

Hui Ang smiled when he heard this: "Do you think the king didn't think of it? As he spoke, he slowly restrained the smile on his face, stroked his beard and said in a deep voice: "I have a plan for this, and I have sent someone to implement it, if this matter is successful, I can separate King Qi and Tian Wen...... At that time, our Song State will return Xue Yi to Tian Wen, and then Tian Wen can be persuaded to help our Song State and make Wei State and my Song State ally with it. ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong asked curiously, "What is the plan of the righteous brother?" ”

"Haha." Hui Ang glanced at the crowd around him, and said mysteriously: "There are many people here, and it is difficult to reveal, so I will tell you in detail in the future." ”

Meng Zhong glanced around and nodded.

On the day and the next day after the crown prince Dai Wu arrived in Mengyi, Mengcheng, Shangqiu, Yucheng and other places nearby, even officials and families who had nothing to do with Mengshi, Le's and Mengzhong's eight poles also came to congratulate them, so that Mengyi was overcrowded at this time.

After another day or two, Sima Dai of the Song Guojun led a hundred Song soldiers to Mengyi with three cars of congratulatory gifts, one car is his congratulatory gift, and the other car is Dai Yingzhi's congratulatory gift, as for the remaining car, it is Xiao Jia, Xiang Kai, Cao Wei and other fragmentary congratulatory gifts.

This made the guests even more shocked by the fact that the crown prince Dai Wu had come to congratulate him.

Upon learning of this, Meng Zhong took the Mengshi clan, the Le clan and the guests led by the prince Dai Wu and Hui Ang to greet him, only to see Dai Busheng patting Meng Zhong on the shoulder and saying with a smile after saluting the prince Dai Wu and Hui An: "Haha, the old man has come all the way from the border to congratulate you, how about it, boy, the old man is righteous enough, right?" ”

What else could Meng Zhong say at this time, he could only nod his head and say yes.

I have to say that although Dai Busheng is reckless and even sometimes a little rude, his personality is really straightforward and righteous, and he also belongs to the type that can make friends regardless of the identity gap as long as he looks at you.

However, considering the security of the border between Qi and Song, Meng Zhong couldn't help but ask: "I heard that the Chen soldiers of the Qi State are in Ju County, and the military Sima has left the border, and the Qi State is ......."

"It doesn't matter." Dai Busheng waved his hand, and after glancing around, he whispered to Meng Zhong, the crown prince Dai Wu, and Hui An: "Before leaving, I received a letter from Tian Zhang, in which he said that he would also come to my Song Kingdom to celebrate your marriage, and privately agreed with me that they were not allowed to take the opportunity to use troops......

According to Dai Busheng, he was also stunned for a moment after receiving Tian Zhang's letter that day, and then happily replied to the letter, agreeing with Tian Zhang not to invade each other, after all, he had a very good impression of Meng Zhong, as long as the Qi and Song countries did not go to war, this time Meng Zhong got married, he would definitely be present.

As for Dai Yingzhi, although he also rushed to Mengzhong's marriage, he was still worried about the border and Tian Zhang's fraud, so after the two discussed, Dai Busheng came to congratulate each other with gifts, and as for Dai Yingzhi, he was still stationed on the border of Qi and Song to guard against the Qi army.

"How can there be such a thing?"

After listening to Dai Busheng's words, the crown prince Dai Wu and Hui Ang looked at each other.

Although he Song State actually did not have the intention of attacking Qi State, Tian Zhang, as the Great Sima of Qi State, actually negotiated with the generals of Song State in private and agreed not to invade each other, which is too bizarre.

"I can't imagine that Kuang Zhang, who is famous and famous, is also so true temperament...... I really don't know what King Qi will think when he learns about this. Hui Ang said with a strange expression.

"What do you think?" Dai Busheng pursed his lips and said: "I suffered such a big loss last year, before Jucheng is repaired, how dare King Qi attack my Song Kingdom again?" As he spoke, he looked around and casually asked, "What?" Tian Zhang hasn't arrived yet? …… Hey, hey, hey, he's not going to take advantage of his brother-in-law's marriage, right? ”

Meng Zhong smiled and relieved when he heard this: "Jun Sima is relieved, I think Brother Tian Zhangyi must have gone to Zou Kingdom first, and by the way, he picked up Mencius to come with him...... If Mencius is willing to come. ”

He wasn't worried about Dai Busheng's casual speculation, after all, with Tian Zhang's character, he would never cheat in this kind of thing - if he really used this matter to cheat, not only would Meng Zhong completely turn against him, but even his teacher Mencius would not forgive him.

Sure enough, only two days after Dai Busheng arrived in Mengyi, Tian Zhang brought his teacher Mencius and close Confucian children such as Wan Zhang, Gongsun Chou, Gongdu, and Le Zheng to Mengyi.

I have to say that when Meng Zhong took the crown prince Dai Wu, Dai Busheng, Hui Ang and the rest of the cadres to greet Tian Zhang and the others, the atmosphere was actually a little awkward.

After all, Tian Zhang is the general of the Qi State, and he is also the chief general of the Great Sima level, when he led the army to attack the Song State, it seems that Song Wangyan, Dai Busheng, Dai Yingzhi and others are eager to get rid of it first and then quickly, but they never thought that they would have the day to welcome Tian Zhang.

It may be that seeing Dai Wu, Dai Busheng, Hui Ang and others with strange expressions, Tian Zhang took the lead and said with a smile: "State affairs are state affairs, personal friends are personal friends, today in front of you is only Tian Zhang, not Sima Kuangzhang of Qi State!" ”

Hearing this, Dai Wu, Dai Busheng, Hui Ang and others nodded their heads one after another, after all, people in this era are still very open to public and private matters, not to mention that there is a Confucian sage Mencius next to him and his disciples.

"Mengfuzi."

After a brief chat with Tian Zhang, Meng Zhong hurriedly came to Mencius's car, personally helped Mencius get out of the carriage, and immediately bowed his hand, and said apologetically: "I bother Master Mengzi to come all the way to the boy's wedding banquet, and the boy really can't go. ”

"It doesn't matter." I saw Mencius take the crutches handed by the eldest disciple Wan Zhang, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "These old men have been teaching disciples in Zou for a long time, and they also feel dull, but although the world is big, there is no place for the old man to go, this time the little friend got married, and the old man just went out to relax, by ......the way, he said, he glanced around, and said with a strange expression: "Hasn't Master Zhuang arrived yet?" The old man also wanted to communicate with him by the way...... Academic. ”

Meng Zhong hurriedly said, "The kid will inform my teacher immediately." ”

"Good, good." Mencius stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Tell him that I, Meng Ke, am waiting for him in Mengyi." ”

"Why does that sound so strange?"

Meng Zhong pondered for a while, but he didn't have time to think about it now, so he turned to greet Confucian disciples such as Wan Zhang, Gongsun Chou, Le Zheng, and Gongdu.

The Confucian disciples returned the salute one after another.

It is worth mentioning that among the many guests, Mencius and his disciples were the most special gifts, all of which were books – most of course, Confucian books.

"Ah Sui, Ah Hu."

After greeting the Confucian disciples, Meng Zhong summoned Meng Sui and Meng Hu and instructed them to entertain the guests on their behalf, while he immediately drove his chariot to Zhuangziju and informed the teacher that Mencius had arrived in Mengyi.

"What? Meng Ke has already arrived in Mengyi? And said that he was waiting for me in Mengyi? ”

When Zhuangzi learned Mencius's original words from Meng Zhong, he was furious, and immediately took his servant Zhuang Bo, who was about the same age as him, and rode in Meng Zhong's chariot to Mengyi.

Speaking of which, Meng Zhong's wedding date is actually set for June 12, but it is still only the second day of June, but the guests who came to congratulate have already reached 7788, and even the people who were not actually invited have also attended a lot, so that Mengyi is overcrowded at the moment, considering that these guests cannot be hung out, especially those distinguished guests, the patriarchs and elders of the Mengshi and Le clans decided to set up a banquet in advance, and began to hold a banquet on that day until June 12.

Counting the invitees on Meng Zhong's list, only Zhao Guo's group of people has not yet responded, and the rest have either gone to the banquet in person or sent congratulatory gifts.

That night, that is, on the evening of the second day of the sixth lunar month, the Montessori and Le clans began to hold a feast, and in view of the fact that there were so many guests who came to congratulate them, that the Montessori and Le clans gave up the low table where one person sat alone, and adopted long tables, which could seat about six people per table, but even so, the two clans still set up from the ancestral house of the Montessori to the open air.

Speaking of the banquet that night, those who could sit in the ancestral house of the Mengshi clan were of course the most distinguished guests, such as Meng Zhong's teacher Zhuang Fuzi, as well as Mencius, the crown prince Dai Wu, Tian Zhang, Hui An, Dai Busheng, and Confucian disciples such as Wan Zhang and Gongsun Chou.

In front of such a lineup of guests, even the old people of Mengji, Le Guo, Meng Jian and other Montessori and Le's will inevitably feel a little trembling, not to mention Menghu, Le Zeng, Le Meng and others.

Le Meng is Le Zeng's younger brother, Le Yan's second brother, he used to be angry with Meng Zhong, and even once said that when Meng Zhong's kid returns to Mengyi in the future, he will definitely beat this kid and give his sister Le Yan out of anger, but at this moment, looking at the exaggerated guests present, even if he is a very brave Le Meng on weekdays, he is also a little apprehensive at this moment, patted Meng Zhong's shoulder, and held back for a long time before saying: "Please treat my sister well in the future." ”

Meng Zhong didn't know that he had escaped by luck, and beckoned this brother-in-law to take a seat.

According to his identity and seniority, Le Meng was arranged at the table of Confucian disciples such as Gongdu, Le Zheng, and Chen Zhen, and his brothers Le Jin and Le Xu were also at the same table.

So for a long time, Le Meng looked at Le Jin and Le Xu in amazement, watching them talk about Taoism and Confucianism with Gongdu, Le Zheng, Chen Zhen and other Confucian disciples, and couldn't interject at all.

He wanted to change seats with his brother Le Zeng, but found that his brother Le Zeng's situation was similar to him, and he was also in the world of Gongsun Chou, Meng Sui, Xiang Yi and others.

"I ...... I went to the toilet and a few of them went on to talk. ”

Leaving the table as if fleeing, Le Meng ran into his brother Le Zeng shortly afterward, and both brothers felt out of place with the guests at the same table, let alone entertain, and couldn't interject at all.

However, after secretly looking around the room a few times, the two brothers realized that in fact, their two tables were the most harmonious, and the atmosphere was the most embarrassing, none other than the table between Tian Zhang and Dai Busheng, and the table between Master Zhuang and Mencius.

Let's talk about Tian Zhang and Dai Busheng's table, one is the great Sima of Qi State, and the other is the military Sima of Song State, and in last year's war between Qi and Song, these two were still enemies, even if state affairs are state affairs, personal friends are personal friends, it is really not a good idea to let these two sit together.

No, Tian Zhang laughed and said that the Song soldiers under Dai Busheng were too weak, so that they were vulnerable when they were in Xue Yi, and Dai Busheng sneered at Qi Qi's strong foreign strength, so that he led the army to attack the hinterland last year, and in the end, the more the two talked more and more fiercely, if it weren't for Le Yi and Hui Ang at the same table, I am afraid that these two would have to fight.

Finally persuaded the two, Hui Ang took the opportunity to take a breath outside the house, and just happened to run into the crown prince Dai Wu.

At that time, Hui Ang said to the crown prince Dai Wu: "Prince, why don't you change the seat with you, you are my prince of the Song Kingdom, and Dai Jun, Sima and Tian Zhang will give you some face." ”

He thought that the crown prince Dai Wu would not agree, but in the end, the crown prince Dai Wu gladly accepted and reminded Hui Ang before entering the house: "Doctor Hui, but this is what you asked to change, and you are not allowed to regret it after you change it!" ”

After that, the crown prince Dai Wu ran to Hui An's table as if he had fled.

『？？』

Looking at the back of the prince Dai Wu leaving, Hui Ang looked puzzled.

After all, as far as he knew, the table where the crown prince Dai Wu was sitting was Zhuangzi and Mencius, the two sages of the time, and these two would not be like Tian Zhang and Dai Busheng, right?

Shaking his head in bewilderment, Hui Ang came to the table of Zhuangzi and Mencius, only to see that there were four people sitting at this table: Zhuangzi, Zhuangbo, Mencius, and Wanzhang.

"I've bothered the four, and I've changed seats with the prince below."

After giving an explanation, Hui Ang sat down in the original seat of Prince Dai Wu.

Seeing this, Zhuangzi and Mencius both nodded kindly towards Hui An, and immediately, the two sitting opposite each other turned their eyes to each other again.

"Zhuangzi is a scholar of heaven and man, and the common man can't reach it, but he can know who is the person?"

"Confucianism is clever and false, deceiving the world, I see it as like the wine in this mash, I wonder why Mencius thinks that Confucianism should prevail?"

"Huh?"

Hui Ang looked up in shock.

As soon as he sat down, he felt that the situation was not quite what he had imagined, and it seemed that there was no harmony between the two sages.

"No, no, no."

I saw that under Hui An's stunned gaze, Mencius picked up the wine bowl and said with a smile: "The mash, the juice coexists, and all are edible, this is in line with the nature of the Tao, Zhuangzi actually said that it is against the way of heaven?" ”

"Confucian scholars also dare to speak of the way of heaven? Amusing! Zhuangzi stroked his palms and smiled.

"When will Zhuangzi speak on behalf of Heaven?" Mencius said with a smile.

"Humph! The old man has a walking stick, which is very heavy, and can easily tear the big gourd apart! ”

"The old man also has a cane, which is very handy on weekdays!"

“…… Uncle Johnson, give me my crutch! ”

"Wan Zhang, hand over the teacher's crutch!"

"Master's ......"

"Teachers should not ......"

Zhuang Bo and Wan Zhang hurriedly whispered dissuasion, during which they smiled at the stunned Hui Ang with embarrassed faces, and the eyes of both revealed a message: Why did you come to this table?

『……』

Hui Ang opened his mouth, and recalled in his heart the back of the crown prince Dai Wu who seemed to be fleeing, and his heart suddenly became abrupt.

He turned his head to look at the crown prince Dai Wu next door, but saw that the latter was looking here with a somewhat gloating smile, and after seeing his gaze, the latter immediately turned his head and pretended to be chatting with Tian Zhang and Dai Busheng.

『…… Knowing this, I might as well be at the table of Tian Zhang and Dai Busheng, so that the two of them can make a move, I dare to step forward, and I can even fight back, but these two ......

Looking at Zhuangzi and Mencius, who were staring at each other and sneering at each other in front of him, Hui Ang swallowed his saliva.

Suddenly, Hui Ang felt that the atmosphere on the table suddenly changed, and Zhuangzi and Mencius began to talk happily again.

"What's going on?"

Before Hui Ang could react, he saw the voice of his righteous brother Meng Zhong coming from behind him: "Teacher, Master Meng, I am very happy to see that you two are talking very happily. ”

"Hahahaha......"

Zhuangzi and Mencius glanced at each other, and nodded with a tacit smile under the strange expressions of Zhuang Bo, Wan Zhang, and Hui An.

Suddenly, Meng Zhong was stunned and asked puzzledly, "Teacher, what are you doing with crutches in your hand?" …… Not? Mencius too? ”

"Uh......"

Zhuangzi was stunned, and then said quietly: "The old man is about to invite Mencius to take a walk outside the house and discuss with each other...... Academic. ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Mencius also stroked his beard and nodded.

Hearing this, Uncle Zhuang and Wan Zhang glanced at each other, and the former couldn't help but say, "I think the two of you should sit for a while, Ah Zhong, why don't you come and sit at this table." ”

On the side, Wan Zhang also said solemnly: "Please come to this table!" ”

Puzzled, he glanced at Uncle Zhuang and Wan Zhang, Meng Zhong nodded and said, "Okay, but let me entertain the guests first...... That's right. ”

As he spoke, he pulled a man behind him in front of him and introduced to Zhuangzi and Mencius: "Teacher, Mencius, please allow me to introduce to you two, this is the son of the late minister of Zhao State, Feiyi, he is a friend of the boy in Zhao before, and he came from Zhao State to celebrate the boy this time...... Brother Fei, this is my teacher Zhuangzi, and this is the Confucian sage Mencius......"

Listening to Meng Zhong's words, Fat You's face was moved, and he hurriedly bowed and said, "I never thought that I would have the fate to meet two saints in the world on this trip, fortunately, fortunately." ”

As soon as the words fell, he saw Hui Ang stand up, arch his hand and said: "It turned out to be the son of Zhao Guoxian, and under Hui Ang, he is Ah Zhong's brother-in-law." ”

"It turned out to be Dr. Hui, the important minister of the Song Dynasty, who has admired him for a long time."

"The fat brother is too famous." Hui Ang smiled and said to Meng Zhong quietly: "The fat young brother has come all the way from the Zhao Kingdom, so you must not slack off, and you should sit on your seat." As he spoke, he enthusiastically pulled the fat boy to his seat.

Although Fei You also wanted to be close to the two sages of Zhuangzi and Mencius, he was embarrassed to snatch Hui An's seat, and hurriedly excused himself: "Doctor Hui, how can this be embarrassing?" How dare you take your seat? ”

"No, no, no, at this moment, he is just Ah Zhong's righteous brother, and he should give way to the honored guest, if the fat brother refuses again, it will be yours."

"This ...... Thank you very much. ”

"Where, where, ......" Hui Ang left with a smile on his face.

"I have heard that Hui Ang of the Song Kingdom is a rare virtuous minister in the world, and when I see it today, it is indeed true!"

In addition to the secret praise in his heart, the fat young man sat down in Hui An's seat full of joy.

As soon as he raised his head after sitting down, he saw Zhuang Bo and Wan Zhang both looking at him with sympathetic eyes.

『…… Huh?'

The smile on Fat You's face stiffened slightly, and he instinctively felt that the situation seemed to be a little different from what he had imagined.