"Your Majesty, please think twice."

Arching his hand towards Zhao Wang He, Meng Zhong Zhengse said: "Lord Zhao's father is your father after all. ”

"So what?"

Zhao Wang He shook his head when he heard this, and said with a little melancholy: "The master's father's love for the widow is only because he loves the widow's mother, just like you once summed up, just love the house and the black ...... Of course, I don't hold a grudge against my master for this. However, he helped Zhao Zhang to rebel and connived at Zhao Zhang and Tian Buyu to kill the fat minister who supported the widow the most, and the widow never let go of this hatred. ”

He turned his head to look at Meng Zhong, and said: "Meng Qing, the widow once told you that when the widow was the first prince, the ministers in the court and the central government all had prejudices against the widow, thinking that the widow was not enough to shoulder the heavy responsibility, except for the widow's mother Huihou, only the fat minister has always supported the widow......

"Your Excellency's words are wrong, although the fat minister supports your lord, but didn't Lord Zhao's father support you? If it weren't for Lord Zhao's father, he would have overpowered you to become the crown prince under pressure from the inside and out......"

"Huh."

Zhao Wang He interrupted Meng Zhong's words with a chuckle, shook his head and said, "Meng Qing, do you know what the first scripture is that the widow learned? ”

"......" Meng Zhong shook his head.

It is the "Lin Jing (Spring and Autumn)" edited by Confucius, which is a history book of the Lu State, which records the historical records of more than 240 years from the Duke of Lu Yin to the Duke of Lu Ai, after 12 generations of monarchs, telling the prosperity and decline of the Lu State...... Through this book, Fei Xiang made the widow deeply understand several truths: first, the monarch should not be a dummy if he is a name; Second, if the monarch is virtuous and accessible, the subjects will be dependent and the country will be stable, and vice versa, the country will decline......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Wang He let out a long breath, looked at Meng Zhong and shook his head and said, "Does the master father know that the first scripture that the widow learned was the Lin Sutra?" No, he didn't know, he only cared about what he cared about. …… But even so, the widow still treated the master father respectfully in the past, this point, I believe Meng Qing also saw it, it was Meng Qing who said that the master father felt left out after abdication, so the widow followed your advice and treated the master father more filially, but how did the master father treat the widow? ! He connived at Zhao Zhang again and again and tried to abolish the throne of the widow...... You say that the master father is the biological father of the widow after all, and I hope that the widow values this friendship, but how does the master father value this father-son relationship? I, Zhao He, am also the son of the lord father, why must the lord father pull the widow down from the throne and let his eldest son become the monarch of my Zhao country? Could it be because Zhao Zhang resembles the master's father and the widow is 'not like him'? ”

Seeing that King Zhao He was more and more excited, Meng Zhong arched his hand and said in relief: "Your Majesty, Lord Zhao's father is ......."

Unexpectedly, Zhao Wanghe suddenly shouted: "Enough!" ”

This deep cry shocked the fat young man who was standing on the side in shock, and hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "Your Excellency is angry." ”

"It's a widow's gaffe."

Pressing his hand towards the fat child, Zhao Wang He looked at Meng Zhong with apologetic eyes, and said: "Meng Qing, whether it is for Zhao Zhang or the master's father, the widow has endured a lot, and he has done his best...... The widow doesn't know what kind of expectation you have for the widow, but the widow has made up his mind about this matter. ”

Speaking of this, a few traces of confusion flashed in his eyes, and he asked Meng Zhong rhetorically: "In fact, the widow was quite surprised, with Meng Qing's intelligence, how could he think that he could persuade the widow to order An Pingjun to remove the siege of the sand dunes?" Meng Qing, don't forget, the widow was also trapped, at that time, the master father who lived in the Dune Palace, did he ever think that his subordinates would be merciful and let the widow live? ”

Listening to Zhao Wanghe's words, Meng Zhong thought for a moment, and then said: "I also know that it is not easy to persuade the king, there may only be a chance of one in a hundred, or even one in ten thousand, but since there is a glimmer of opportunity, what is the harm in trying to see?" Although the monarch has many prejudices against Lord Zhao, but Lord Zhao is still a male lord in my heart, even if this male lord also has many shortcomings, but people are not sages, who can be without fault? I really didn't want Lord Zhao's father to be a hero, but in the end, he ended up trapped in the sand dunes...... Therefore, when I came to Handan day and night, I will do my best to persuade you, even if you still refuse to change your mind in the end, but you have no regrets...... I won't regret it when I look back on this incident in my old age: I still had a chance to rescue Master Zhao's father, but I missed it ......"

“……”

Zhao Wanghe's face was slightly moved.

At this time, I saw Meng Zhong bowing deeply to Zhao Wang He again, and Zhengse said: "I just used 'affection' to persuade the king, so now, please let me persuade the king from the interests again." ”

Seeing that Meng Zhong was still trying to persuade himself, even if Zhao Wang He hated Lord Zhao's father to the core, he couldn't bear to interrupt the courtier of the same age in front of him at this time, and let the latter tell his opinion.

"Thank you, Your Excellency."

Bowing his hand again, Meng Zhong said with a serious expression: "In terms of interests, the monarch must not force Lord Zhao to die. First of all, in the country of Zhao, the fat minister is no longer there, if the father of Zhao dies again, there will be no one who can curb the old aristocratic faction such as Zhao Cheng of Anping Jun and Li Dui of Fengyang Jun, and when the time comes, the monarch will be held hostage by the old aristocratic faction, and it will be difficult to implement any reforms that benefit the country and the people in the future, because as long as the interests of the old aristocratic faction are slightly damaged, the old aristocratic faction in the country will unite to put pressure on the royal family, and you, the monarch, I am afraid that you have not been able to parry the power of the old aristocratic faction head-on. Therefore, I thought that it was better for the monarch to keep Zhao Master's father to restrain Zhao Cheng, Li Dui and others, after all, Gongzi Zhang was no longer there, and Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao were still young, and no one could threaten the monarch's throne...... This is one of them.

Second, after more than 20 years of painstaking management, Zhao's father has reached today's "Zhao, Qin, and Song Kingdoms Alliance", "Zhao Yan Alliance", "Qi State Submission" and other multi-party diplomatic relations, which has changed the color of the Central Plains talks, and its state minister is now sent by Zhao's father to send his ministers "Lou Xuan", what a shocking achievement? The minister heard that the Wei State was afraid of the Qin State back then, so he was forced to use the envoy Zhang Yi of the Qin State as the Minister of State, so let me ask, why did the Qin State use the Zhao State's retainer Lou Shu as the Minister of State? The minister thought that there was only one possibility, that is, the Qin State was afraid of Lord Zhao's father. The minister admired Zhao's father very much, because Zhao's father was the only monarch among the Central Plains countries who could still interfere in the affairs of Qin's heirs after the rise of Qin, and since then, more than ten years since then, Qin has never taken the initiative to invade Zhao. If you force Zhao's father to death, the previous peace alliance between Zhao and Qin will be nullified, and even Qi will take the opportunity to tear up the agreement to submit to Zhao, which means that Zhao must start a series of negotiations with Qin and Qi again...... The minister can guarantee that the national covenant signed by Zhao and Qin and Qi will definitely not reach the ...... today."

Speaking of this, Meng Zhong took a deep breath, looked at Zhao Wang He and said: "Your Majesty, this war has been fought to this day, Gongzi Zhang has killed himself, Tian Buyu has been ambushed, Your Majesty, you have won the final victory, why are you besieging the sand dunes, too much?" ”

After listening to Meng Zhong's long narration, Zhao Wang He slowly paced in the hall.

It is undeniable that Zhao Wang He also felt that what Meng Zhong said was very reasonable, but there were also views that he did not agree with, for example, Meng Zhong believed that Gongzi Zhang was dead, and even if Zhao's father was still alive, he could not threaten his throne, which Zhao Wang He disagreed.

You must know that the existence of Lord Zhao's father is a threat to King Zhao He, after all, Lord Zhao's father is only forty-six years old this year, and in terms of physical condition, it will not be a problem to hold power for another ten years.

Zhao Wang He has read the "Lin Jing", he knows that hundreds of years ago in the period of the princes competing for hegemony (Spring and Autumn Period), the royal family can see the tragedy of the father killing the son and the son killing the father everywhere, and the father of Zhao Wang He, Zhao Zhufu, just look at him sitting back and watching the once most trusted courtier Feiyi was killed by Gongzi Zhang and Tian Buyu and was indifferent, he knows that this male lord is also a person with a weak temperament, in case he holds a grudge today, and in the future, he will take advantage of the Qin and Song countries to regain control of the government and abolish his Zhao He's throne, how should he parry it then?

Although Gongzi Zhang is dead, he still has two younger brothers who are a few years younger than him, especially the youngest brother Zhao Bao, who is the younger brother of the same father and mother, God knows if Zhao's father will take revenge on him and change Zhao Bao as the monarch of Zhao in the future?

Don't say anything about the relationship between father and son, when Master Zhao's father secretly supported Gongzi Zhang's rebellion, when Feiyi was killed by Gongzi Zhang, and when Zhao He was trapped in Ji Ze and almost died, the so-called father-son relationship may have long been gone.

Compared with the threat brought by Anpingjun Zhao Cheng, Fengyangjun Li Dui and others, Zhao Wang He is still more afraid of the threat brought to him by Zhao's master's father, because Zhao Cheng and Li Dui are ministers, even if they are dictatorial in the future, they will not be able to shake his Zhao He's throne, but Zhao's father is different, he is the only person who is qualified to depose Zhao He.

Thinking of Feiyi again, and then thinking of his mother Huihou......

Zhao Wanghe's heart became more and more determined.

"Meng Qing, I'm sorry." He shook his head at Meng Zhong and said: "The fat minister once taught the widow, only the name of the weapon can not be faked, the civil strife of my Zhao country today, the widow can only get to the end, so the widow cherishes this hard-won victory even more...... As you said, if the widow keeps the lord father here, he can indeed suppress An Pingjun and Fengyang Jun, but if you think about it carefully, it is still the lord father who poses a greater threat to my Zhao State and the widow......"

“……”

Meng Zhong was silent when he heard this, and then let out a long breath.

He had already stated to Zhao Wang He the important role of Zhao's father to Zhao from all aspects of friendship, interests, and diplomatic relations, but Zhao Wanghe still refused to listen, so he had nothing to do.

He's done his best.

"In that case, I will leave here." Arching his hand towards Zhao Wanghe, Meng Zhong immediately turned around and walked outside the hall.

Seeing this, Zhao Wanghe was slightly startled, and hurriedly called out to Meng Zhong and said, "Meng Qing, where are you going?" ”

Meng Zhong stopped, glanced back at Zhao Wanghe, and said calmly, "Go back to the Dune Palace." ”

Hearing this, a hint of discoloration flashed in Zhao Wanghe's eyes, and he frowned and said, "Meng Qing, with your intelligence, I believe you will definitely be able to understand, even if you return to the sand dunes at this moment, it will not help...... Do you not hesitate to die in the sand dunes for the sake of your lord? As far as the widow knows, you still have a mother and sister in the Song Kingdom......"

"Your Excellency is serious." Meng Zhong shook his head and said: "Master Zhao's kindness to Zai Xia has been repaid in Xia, and the reason why he is still around him now is just that he can't bear to die in the end like Lord Zhao's father." …… In the next return to the Dune Palace, I will still make a final attempt, if the final thing cannot be violated, I can only abandon Lord Zhao Father, just like you said, there is still a mother and sister in the Song Kingdom, and Lord Zhao treats me, and it has not yet reached the point where I must repay with death. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Wang He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately stretched out his hand towards Meng Zhong and persuaded: "Meng Qing, since you also know that the situation is inviolable, why don't you stay and help the widow?" You also said just now, his father is gone, Anping Jun and Fengyang Jun may take the opportunity to control the government, and the widow is also worried about this, I hope you can help the widow, and the widow believes that with your intelligence and strategy, you will be able to replace the fat minister and deal with Zhao Cheng, Li Dui and others......"

Speaking of this, he took two steps forward and said with some earnestness: "Please stay and assist the widow, Meng Qing." ”

Meng Zhong took a deep look at Zhao Wanghe and shook his head slightly.

"Why?!"

Zhao Wanghe asked a little disgracedly.

Meng Zhong thought for a while and said: "What attracts Master Zhao the most is a kind of courage to 'give up on me', if it is changed to Master Zhao in your position, he will definitely not use the means of forcing his father to die to stabilize his throne, because he has the confidence to do better than others, and you ...... Lack of courage. Your Majesty, you will be a wise monarch, but you will not be a great ruler who can expand your territory, because you lack the courage to do so. …… I can already have a premonition that in the future, under the combination of soft and hard forces of Qi or Qin, Zhao may vacillate between Qin and Qi, and there will no longer be the situation where Zhao is not afraid of Western Qin and Eastern Qi...... How can such a Zhao State be able to shelter the Song State? Take care, the king of Zhao ......"

With that, he walked out of the hall.

Zhao Wanghe subconsciously raised his right hand, slightly towards the front, towards Meng Zhong's back void twice, and immediately, he silently put down his right hand, looking at Meng Zhong's departing back with a complicated expression.

"Jun, Jun?"

On the side, Fat Young cautiously asked, "Do you want to go and chase Meng Sima back?" ”

"He's not coming back."

Zhao Wang He took a long breath, shook his head and said, "The widow is not the Ming Jun in his mind......"

Fat You hurriedly shook his head and said, "Your Excellency is serious, Meng Sima didn't mean that. ”

"That's what he meant."

Zhao Wanghe shook his head and said seemingly calmly: "Even if he knows that the situation is inviolable, he still has to make a final attempt to relieve the siege of the master father, this is because in his heart, only a male lord like the master father can help the Song Kingdom, not a widow ......"

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger."

Seeing that Zhao Wanghe's face was not quite right, Fei You hurriedly persuaded.

"The widow is not angry, but the widow is just ...... Forget it, Fat Young, you send Meng Qing out of the city first, if he forcibly leaves the city, it will definitely cause unnecessary trouble. ”

"Whoa!"

When Fei You heard this, he immediately said goodbye to Zhao Wanghe, walked out of the hall and ran to Meng Zhong in the distance.

『…… Are you so sure that the widows will not be able to resist the pressure of Qin and Qi, Meng Qing?"

Slowly walking to the door of the hall, Zhao Wang He looked at Meng Zhong's back in the distance and muttered to himself.

At this time, he was a little unconvinced in his heart.

A moment later, Fei You caught up with Meng Zhong and took him away from Handan.

After returning to Feiyi together, Meng Zhong summoned Meng Hu and Wu Ying, who were waiting in the city, and prepared to return to the Dune Palace with them.

When bidding farewell to Meng Zhong and the others, Fei You sighed and said, "Do you have to go, Meng Sima?" ”

Meng Zhong smiled and said, "I still have a handful of brothers in the Dune Palace, how can I abandon them?" ”

"I don't mean that." Fatty You shook his head and said, "Meng Sima, you...... Alas, I simply told Meng Sima, Zhao Cheng and Li Dui they dare not harm you, because the king has specially instructed them before, including Meng Sima's brothers, as long as you are willing to leave the Dune Palace, I dare to guarantee that Zhao Cheng and Li Dui will never dare to take the opportunity to harm Meng Sima and you, but if Meng Sima insists on finding a way to rescue Master Zhao from his predicament......"

Even Meng Zhong didn't expect that there would be such a reason for this.

But then again, he did feel strange a few days ago, after all, Wang Shi had forced Gongzi Zhang to kill himself and Tian Buyu to ambush him by shouting, but for him Meng Zhong, the "rebel general" who had made Wang Shi pay a heavy price several times, Wang Shi didn't say a word - it is no exaggeration to say that if Zhao Cheng and Li Dui insisted on forcing him to death at that time, Meng Zhong didn't know how to get out at that time.

Fortunately, Wang Shi didn't mention him at all, Meng Zhong thought it was Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao's care, but he didn't expect that it was Zhao Wang He who put pressure on Anpingjun Zhao Cheng and Fengyangjun Li Dui and others behind his back.

Thinking of this, Meng Zhong said to Fei You with some guilt: "I was in the palace just now, and because I was too disappointed, my tone and words were a little inappropriate, and I hope that Brother Fei You will see you again in the future and apologize to him on my behalf." ”

Fat You nodded, and then said: "Meng Sima, if it is inviolable, please Meng Sima must not be rash, if you are cornered, you might as well go back to Handan to assist the king, you said that the king lacks a courage, so why doesn't Meng Sima become the courage of the king?" Speaking of this, he also sighed: "I believe this is also my father's wish." ”

“……”

Meng Zhong was stunned, and then said goodbye to the fat young with a wry smile.

Three war horses carried Meng Zhong, Meng Hu, and Wu Ying galloping in the middle of the road, during which Meng Hu glanced back at the fat young who was still standing on the side of the road behind him and watched them, and said with a smile: "Although this fat young man has no talent, he is quite good." ”

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Meng Zhong immediately stopped: "Brother Fat has also practiced martial arts since he was a child, but Fat is too demanding for him, so he thinks that his son is not a weapon......

"I'll just say it casually, I haven't had much contact with him, how do I know?"

Meng Hu muttered two explanations, and then said to Meng Zhong: "What about his proposal?" That is, to return to Handan to assist Zhao He...... I think that's a way to do that, right? With you being reused by Zhao He in Zhao State, this can also maintain the Zhao and Song Alliance, right? ”

"It can't be done." Meng Zhong shook his head slightly when he heard this.

Stay in Zhao State, stay by Zhao Wanghe's side, and help the latter curb the forces of the old aristocratic faction such as Anpingjun Zhao Cheng and Fengyangjun Li Dui? He alone is in the middle of the throne? How could it be done!

Even if Meng Zhong had the support of King Zhao behind him, so what?

For example, in response to whether Zhao was friendly to Qin or Qi, Meng Zhong proposed to be friendly to Qin, and no one from the Manchu courtiers agreed, while Zhao Cheng, the king of Anping, and Li Dui, the king of Fengyang, proposed to be friendly to the Qi state, but they could get the support of the courtiers in the court. In the end, a compromise had to be made.

The fundamental reason for this is that King He of Zhao is fledgling, and his personality is not as strong as that of Zhao's master, so it is naturally difficult to prevent the courtiers from falling to Zhao Cheng and Li Dui.

In this case, even if Meng Zhong stayed in the Zhao State and stayed by the side of Zhao Wanghe, it would be useless.

This is the reason why Meng Zhong resolutely returned to the Dune Palace after failing to persuade Zhao Wanghe - don't look at Zhao's father as if he is facing a desperate situation now, but if Meng Zhong can protect Zhao's father and escape from Zhao, when Qin and Song exert pressure on Zhao in the future, Zhao's father can still return to Zhao in style and take charge of Zhao's authority.

Only in this way can the Zhao-Song Alliance continue to exist.

Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Two days later, Meng Zhong, Meng Hu, and Wu Ying returned to the sand dune area.

In view of the fact that Wang Shi surrounded the Dune Palace at this time, Meng Zhong, who was unable to enter the palace, could only pretend to be the nephew of Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao again, and begged the latter for help.

For Meng Zhong, the fake nephew, to appear in front of him again after a few days, Yang Wenjun felt angry and funny, and couldn't help but tease Meng Zhong and said, "Do you have a short sword on your body today?" ”

I have to say that although it is rumored that Yang Wenjun and Zhao Bao have a bad temper in the outside world, for Meng Zhong, who he admires a lot, this old man is considered to have a good temper, even if he was threatened by Meng Zhong with weapons three times and twice, he did not see any anger.

Of course, this is also because Meng Zhong's actions were not out of selfish interests.

On the same day, after listening to Meng Zhong's story of his persuasion of Zhao Wanghe, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao sighed with emotion: "The old man will not comment on this matter, but the old man will not help you return to the palace." Boy, this is for your good, the old man knows what you want to do, it is nothing more than to make a final attempt to see if he can manage to help the master father out of trouble. …… It's good that you have this heart, but in this matter, you shouldn't meddle anymore, if you insist on doing so, maybe Zhao Cheng and Li Dui will secretly order someone to kill you, and even if the king asks for the guilt, Zhao Cheng and Li Dui can also shirk the ......blame for yourself."

"But my brother is still in the palace......"

"It's easy." Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao immediately said: "You can write a letter, the old man ordered someone to send it to the palace, and handed it to Le Yi and Mengsui boys, and told them to withdraw from the palace as soon as possible, you can rest assured, there is an old man, Zhao Cheng and Li Dui will never dare to take the opportunity to harm you ......and others."

"At least let Zai Xia personally say goodbye to Master Zhao, right?"

"What is there to say goodbye to?"

"Yang Wenjun ......"

After some good talk, Meng Zhong finally persuaded Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao to allow him to return to the Dune Palace to bid farewell to Master Zhao's father.

But Yang Wenjun and Zhao Bao also put forward two conditions for this.

“…… You go to the Dune Palace today, the old man will give you a night to say goodbye to Master Zhao, tomorrow morning, you must take Le Yi and Meng Sui to evacuate the palace with all your companions, and you are not allowed to get close to the palace for half a step after that. This is one of them. ”

"Yes." Meng Zhong nodded.

"Second, don't take the opportunity to help Master Zhao's father get out of trouble."

"Yes." Meng Zhong nodded again.

After Meng Zhong agreed, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao kept his promise and personally took Meng Zhong and the others outside the palace.

Seeing that Meng Zhong and the others had successfully returned to the palace, the guards beside Yang Wenjun and Zhao Bao asked their own monarch and marquis, "Yang Wenjun, do you believe that Meng Zhong's promise?" ”

"I don't believe it." Zhao Bao shook his head slightly.

The guard was shocked when he heard this, and asked, "Then why don't you stop him, but help him?" ”

I saw Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao shook his head, and said lightly: "Young man, there are many people who don't give up until the end, so it's better to let him die completely, let alone ......."

He raised his head to look at the sky where snow was falling, stretched out his right hand to catch a snowflake, and said self-deprecatingly: "What's more, how can an old man, a traitor, be qualified to prevent a priest from fulfilling his loyalty?" ”

『…… Do what you can, boy, don't implicate your own life......

Looking at the Dune Palace not far away, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao thought secretly.

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