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Under the guidance of a team of palace guards, Meng Zhong came to the palace where Zhao Wang He was.

At this time, outside the palace, there was a man in his thirties standing, and I saw that this person was about eight feet tall, wearing armor, a sword at his waist, and his faintly visible arms were at least two circles thicker than Meng Zhong's, looking quite brave.

After seeing Meng Zhong, the middle-aged general stepped down the steps, hugged his fists towards Meng Zhong and took the lead in greeting: "Honorable, it must be Meng Zhong and Meng Sima, right?" In the next "letter period". ”

It turned out that the middle-aged Zhao general in front of him was the general of Zhao who was ordered to guard the palace.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted back: "Meng Zhong has seen ...... Checkmate. ”

"General?"

Xin Qi was slightly stunned, and then a little inexplicable smile appeared on his face.

He could see that Meng Zhong didn't know what to call his official position, so he used a vague "general".

In fact, Xin Shi is not a general, he is a "palace uncle", an adjutant of "Gong Zheng" - Gong Zheng is an important minister in charge of the palace precepts and pickets those who violate the orders, and is served by the secretary doctor. During the day, the number of personnel in each hall of the palace was checked on time, and it was recorded on the wooden board for evaluation; At dusk and at night, they knocked on the wooden poles to check the guards on duty; When there is a sudden change in the palace, the palace also has the right to seal off the palace or even mobilize troops.

All in all, everything that has to do with the palace must be handled by the palace.

The palace uncle is the adjutant of the palace, the chief who directly commands the palace guards, and generally does not interfere in "civilian" matters such as "assessing palace officials and attendants", but is only responsible for guarding the security and vigilance of the palace.

It can be understood that the letter period of serving as a palace uncle is actually equivalent to the guard Sima beside Zhao Wanghe.

Strictly speaking, only military positions that lead troops to fight will be called "generals" or "generals", so it is not very appropriate for Meng Zhong to call the letter period generals.

However, this is a trivial matter, not to mention that Xin Zhi also knows that Meng Zhong is not from Zhao Guo and is not familiar with Zhao Guo's official position, so he doesn't care.

Seeing that Xin Ji was still looking himself up and down, Meng Zhong explained: "General Xin, I was summoned by the king. ”

"I know."

Xin Qi nodded slightly, looked at Meng Zhong and said kindly, "As far as I know, it was the fat minister who recommended you in front of the king. ”

"Fat phase?"

Meng Zhong was slightly stunned, as if he felt a little surprised.

Immediately, he saw that Xinji was still looking himself up and down, and he asked suspiciously, "Then ...... you?"

As if he had guessed the thoughts in Meng Zhong's heart, Xin Qi raised his hand, waved his hand and said with a smile: "Meng Sima doesn't need to be suspicious, Xin just learned that Fei Xiang recommended a young talent in front of the king, so he came to take a look...... Hehe. He smiled, then raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the hall, and signaled, "Meng Sima, please." ”

“……”

Meng Zhong glanced at the letter with some surprise, walked past him with his fists in his hands, and walked into the hall.

At this time, one of the guards beside him whispered to him: "Gong Bo, do you really want this kid to get close to the king?" ”

Looking at the back of Meng Zhong leaving, Xin Qi said lightly: "This son...... It is a person recommended by the fat phase, and the vision of the fat phase is still very accurate, since this son can be recommended by the fat phase, he will not have any deficit in virtue in the future, so he doesn't have to care. ”

Hearing this, the guard said in a low voice: "But as far as I know, this son is very close to Gongzizhang, Tian Buyu and others......

"Don't you know what you know?"

The letter interrupted the guard, crossed his arms and watched Meng Zhong's figure disappear into the palace, and said lightly: "Let's wait and see what happens." …… Remember, don't do anything superfluous. ”

“…… Here! ”

The guard behind him whispered.

At this time, Meng Zhong had already stepped into the palace, looking around at the decorations in the palace.

As the main hall of Handan Palace of Zhao State, the decoration in the palace is actually not beautiful, but those carvings are extremely exquisite, which is true, but in general it is still relatively simple, and Meng Zhong lives in the palace these days The side hall is actually not much different, at best, the size of the temple, and the ornaments in the palace are different.

Looking up at the front, in the depths of the hall about ten zhang away, Meng Zhong saw a young man of his age sitting behind a low table, with his head slightly bowed, as if he was reading something on the low table—when Meng Zhong got closer, he realized that he was looking at a bamboo slip.

This young man is the one Meng Zhong saw during the palace banquet a while ago, the current monarch of Zhao State, Zhao He.

It has to be said that Meng Zhong has never invited the monarch of a certain country on such a more formal occasion, although before entering the palace, he has handed over the sword he carried with him to the guards outside the palace, but his understanding of the rules of the palace is only to this extent.

Looking at the guards standing next to each pillar in the hall, holding halberds, even if it was Meng Zhong, he was quite at a loss at this time, not knowing what to do next—or rather, what kind of etiquette to use.

After hesitating for a moment, he simply walked straight towards Zhao Wanghe, until he reached the bottom of the royal steps, he bowed down and saluted: "Foreign minister Meng Zhong, I have seen Zhao ...... Junshang. ”

In fact, when Meng Zhong walked towards him, Zhao Wanghe had already noticed it, and Zhao Wanghe also found that Meng Zhong didn't seem to know the rules or etiquette in the palace.

However, Zhao Wanghe didn't care, and after looking Meng Zhong up and down a few times, he asked softly, "Qing...... Is it Meng Zhong from the Song Kingdom? ”

"Yes." Meng Zhong replied with a fist.

Seeing this, Zhao Wanghe pointed to the seat under the stairs and said softly, "Please sit down." ”

"Thank you, Your Excellency."

After thanking him, Meng Zhong came to the seat on the west side of the hall and sat down.

At this time, I heard Zhao Wanghe ask, "Qing, how old are you?" ”

"The minister is sixteen years old."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Wanghe's face showed a little surprise, because he was also sixteen years old this year.

"Obviously the same age as me, but this person can lead 500 soldiers and defeat tens of thousands of troops in the Qi country......

Recalling what Fei Yi told him, Zhao Wanghe looked at Meng Zhong's gaze, full of good feelings.

It is true that his body is not strong, and his character is slightly cowardly, but this does not mean that he does not have a good impression of those brave warriors, in fact, on the contrary, he admires those brave warriors as much as Lord Zhao's father and Gongzi Zhang, and hopes to be close to them.

After all, the world itself is a world that advocates "martial arts".

"The widow heard from the fat minister, although Meng Qing is young, he is a good talent, and when he followed his master father to conquer the Qi country, he led five hundred soldiers to defeat tens of thousands of Qi army ......"

"The king praised it falsely, and the minister just took advantage of his unpreparedness to sneak attack."

"Even if it is a sneak attack, it is a great thing to be able to break through tens of thousands of people with 500 soldiers. …… Can you tell the widow what happened that night? ”

"Huh?"

Meng Zhong looked at Zhao Wang He in surprise, and he found that this new monarch of Zhao seemed to be looking forward to this.

Seeing this, he told Zhao Wanghe about the attack on the Qi camp that day and night, and according to Zhao Wanghe's request, he told it in great detail.

Subsequently, in the process of Meng Zhong's narration, whenever he talked about the thrilling place, he could always hear Zhao Wanghe's exclamation, especially when Meng Zhong told that he and Le Yi resolutely entered the depths of the Qi camp when there were only 500 people under him, and then turned the five camps in the southeast, northwest, and central upside down, I saw Zhao Wanghe clenching his fists and his face full of excitement.

It took an hour and a half to tell the whole story, and Meng Zhong finished telling the story.

At this time, I saw Zhao Wang He let out a long breath, and the look on his face seemed to be quite satisfied.

He couldn't help but praise Meng Zhong and said: "Qing and the soldiers under Qing are really warriors!" ”

"You've praised it." Meng Zhong replied modestly.

Looking at the young warrior of the same age as himself in front of him, recalling the thrilling experience that the young man had just recounted, Zhao Wanghe's affection for Meng Zhong skyrocketed - after all, he was the same age.

"Where is Qing from the Song Kingdom?"

"Jingbo Mengyi."

"Jing Bo? Where's that? ”

"Hmm...... Have you ever heard of Shangqiu? ”

"No one in Shangqiu knows."

"Jingbo is dozens of miles north of Shangqiu, and Mengyi is a township on the outskirts of Jingbo City."

"Oh." Zhao Wanghe suddenly realized, and immediately asked Meng Zhongdao: "What other relatives are in the Qing family?" ”

"There is also a mother and a younger sister in the minister's family."

"Where's my father?"

"My father died in the war between the Song and Wei states in the early years."

"Uh, please be careful. …… Qing is the eldest son in the family? ”

"No, the minister is the second son, and I have a brother named Meng Bo, but a few years ago, he was killed in the war against the Teng Kingdom."

"Uh...... Please mourn and be submissive. ”

Mentioning the other party's grief twice in a row, Zhao Wang He also felt a little guilty, and said a little unscrupulously: "My mother also passed away a few years ago......

『……』

Meng Zhong looked at Zhao Wanghe with some surprise.

Of course, he knew that Zhao Wanghe's mother "Wu Wa" had passed away four years ago, and even knew that Wu Wa begged Zhao's father to pass the throne to her son before she died, so that Zhao's father now regrets this matter very much.

But what is this Zhao Guoxinjun doing when he mentions this?

"Could it be that because he accidentally mentioned his deceased father and brother, he felt guilty, so he also mentioned the loss of a loved one? …… He's really a nice new gentleman."

Meng Zhong secretly guessed.

If you think about it, it's quite possible.

"He's really a new gentleman with a pretty good personality."

Meng Zhong thought to himself.

After that, according to Zhao Wanghe's request, Meng Zhong told some things he personally experienced, such as the trivial things of living in Mengyi when he was a child, such as apprenticeship with Zhuangzi and so on.

We chatted until it was close to dusk, and then Meng Zhong got up and said goodbye: "Your Majesty, the hour is not early, it's time for the minister to leave." ”

Seeing this, Zhao Wanghe turned his head to look at the sky outside the window, and saw that the sky was really as Meng Zhong said, a few traces of disappointment flashed imperceptibly on his face, and then he said to Meng Zhong: "Will Qing come tomorrow?" ”

"Huh?"

Meng Zhong was stunned, and said with a little hesitation: "If the king summons, the minister ...... Don't dare to refuse. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Wanghe showed a happy look on his face: "Then, tomorrow is still this time, and the widow is waiting here." ”

“……”

Nodding with a slight hesitation, Meng Zhong left the palace.

As soon as he walked outside the hall, he saw Zhao Xiangfei Yi standing in the corridor outside the hall, looking at him with a smile.

"Is the fat minister here to ask you to see you?"

Meng Zhong stepped forward and greeted Fei Yi.

However, Fei Yi shook his head with a smile, and immediately looked Meng Zhong up and down a few times and said, "Meng Sima, take a walk with the old man, can you?" ”

“……”

Looking at the kind smile on Fei Yi's face, Meng Zhong nodded slowly.