Chapter 217: Marriage [2-in-1]

"PS: The protagonists are married, are you still stingy with tickets? It's almost the end of the month, so if you haven't voted for a monthly ticket yet, hurry up and hit me with your ticket."

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Fei You was the last guest on Meng Zhong's invitation list to come to the banquet, and the reason why he said this was because he was the only one among the guests from Zhao State.

First of all, Zhao Wang He, he didn't come this time, but only entrusted Fei You to bring a congratulatory gift full of three carriages, and he didn't have any words to ask Fei You to bring to Meng Zhong, as if this monarch also had a little resentment towards Meng Zhong.

Besides, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao, a stubborn and upright veteran of Zhao Guo in Meng Zhong's impression, passed away in the winter of last year, so naturally he couldn't come to celebrate Meng Zhong.

It is worth mentioning that before the death of Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao, he officially handed over the military power of the Handan army under his command to his nephew Zhao Ben, and ordered Zhao Ben to continue to defend Handan, together with the palace guard Gong Bo Xinzhi, as one of the few troops of Zhao Wang He relied on, but unfortunately, after the end of the Dune Palace Change, Anping Jun Zhao Cheng took the Zhao State Minister, and joined forces with Fengyang Jun Li Dui to control the government, so that at this time, the courtiers of Zhao State have fallen to Zhao Cheng and Li Dui, even if Zhao Wang He still has a letter period to hold the military power, Zhao Ben and the others didn't help.

After the feast that night, Fei You said to Meng Zhong in private: "The king also has a little complaint about the virtuous brother, because when the foolish brother came this time, although the gentleman entrusted me to send a congratulatory gift, he did not pass on the word. Speaking of this, he glanced at Meng Zhong, and simply singled out this "Zhao Wang He's grudge against Meng Zhong": "Last year, the king sometimes summoned the foolish brother to the palace to speak, and mentioned more than once during the period, if the virtuous brother was willing to stay in Zhao to help him, how could the national government fall into the hands of Zhao Cheng and Li Dui?" ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong said lightly: "The king is too overestimated, only Meng Zhong is alone, how can he fight An Pingjun and Fengyang Jun?" …… I knew today, why was I so ruthless at the beginning?! ”

Seeing Meng Zhong's indifferent expression, Fei You sighed secretly.

Regarding the contradiction between Zhao Wang He and Meng Zhong, or mustard, Fei You is well aware: Zhao Wang He hated Meng Zhong even if he refused to defect to him in the end, and worked for him to resist Anpingjun Zhao Cheng and Fengyangjun Li Dui; And Meng Zhong hated Zhao Wang He for being too ruthless at the beginning, and always refused to let go of Zhao's father, so that he actually acquiesced to Zhao Cheng and Li Dui to force Zhao's father to a dead end.

Everyone knows that Meng Zhong's most respected person in Zhao is Master Zhao's father.

Therefore, it is really not easy to restore the previous relationship between the two, at least the fat and young self-thinking can't resolve the resentment between the two of them.

As for the title of Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao, it was finally inherited by his eldest son Zhao Shang.

Zhao Bao has two sons, the eldest son is named Zhao Shang and the second son is named Zhao Jia, but just as Zhao Bao had said to Meng Zhong before, the two brothers Zhao Shang and Zhao Jia were sent to live in Fengyi by Zhao Bao because their father Zhao Bao often led troops outside the country and lacked discipline, so they were sent by Zhao Bao to live in Fengyi, and out of sight is pure.

Later, after Zhao Shang inherited the title, the two brothers got together with Zhao Cheng's son Zhao Wen and Li Dui's two Li Ji, and often caused trouble for their cousin Zhao Ben, asking Zhao Ben to return the military power of the Handan army to him - it is no wonder that Zhao Bao handed over the most important military power to his nephew Zhao Ben before his death, rather than Zhao Shang and Zhao Jia, the two unsuccessful sons.

Excluding Zhao Wang He and Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao, Meng Zhong may have a friendship in Zhao State, and only the two military Sima Zhao Xi and Xu Jun are left.

But it's a pity that after the Dune Palace Change, Zhao Xi was transferred to the "Lin City" in the Xihe area to prevent the Qin State from taking the opportunity to invade the Zhao State; As for Xu Jun, the military Sima who once fell to Gongzizhang but fell to Zhao Wanghe at the last moment, he was simply transferred to "Fu Shi" as the first defensive force to resist Qin's invasion of Zhao.

Whether it is Lin Cheng or Fu Shi, the two places are too far away from Mengyi, optimistically speaking, maybe Zhao Xi has just received Meng Zhong's invitation at this time, and Xu Jun, who is far away in Fu Shi, may not even have received the invitation letter - if Meng Zhong's two invitation letters had not been lost by the post guards along the way.

Therefore, Fei You came this time, only brought himself, as well as Zhao Wanghe, Zhao Ben's two congratulatory gifts, Zhao Wanghe's three-car congratulatory gifts, he and Zhao Ben each half a car, the most surprising thing is that even An Pingjun Zhao Cheng and Fengyang Jun Li Dui also sent half a car of cloth as a gift.

Could it be that An Pingjun, Zhao Cheng and Fengyangjun Li Dui hope to use this matter to resolve grievances with Meng Zhong?

Of course not!

With the current power of Zhao Cheng and Li Dui in the Zhao State, even if Meng Zhong can be prosperous in the Song State, what is the hindrance to them?

In the final analysis, Zhao Cheng and Li Dui are just looking at Tian Zhang's face, after all, they also consider that Tian Zhang and Meng Zhong are brothers, maybe Meng Zhong will defect to Qi in the future and even rank as the secretary of state in Qi, rather than trouble in the future, it is better to send a little gift now - in the final analysis, there is no direct conflict between the two sides after this matter is removed, and in fact, it is not an enemy.

I have to say that Zhao Cheng and Li Dui are still scheming, at least they are willing to take the initiative to show their goodwill, even if they just raise their hands.

After thinking clearly about the reason why Zhao Cheng and Li Dui sent congratulatory gifts, Meng Zhong smiled with a little self-deprecation and a little melancholy.

To be honest, he didn't have any position to revenge Zhao Cheng and Li Dui's father Zhao, after all, the factors were too complicated.

For example, the incident of the Dune Palace Change, this matter was not provoked by Zhao Cheng and Li Dui, but Gongzi Zhang was provoked with the tacit consent of Zhao's father, in other words, Zhao's father and Gongzizhang were the aggressive side, and Zhao Cheng and Li Dui were the ones who struggled to resist, and the purpose of his resistance was only to protect his vested interests.

After saying goodbye to the fat child, Meng Zhong's mood was really complicated, and after thinking about it, he still decided to go to see the current situation of the teacher Zhuangzi and the Confucian sage Mencius.

At this time, Zhuangzi and Mencius were playing chess in a newly built house, which seemed to be light and light on each other, but in fact the dark tide was surging, so that the Confucian disciples such as Wan Zhang, Gongsun Chou, Le Zheng, and Gongdu in the house, as well as Taoist disciples such as Meng Sui, Wu Ying, Xiang Yu, Mu Wu, and Hua Hu, did not even dare to breathe, and stared at their teachers all the time.

In other words, Zhuangzi and Mencius are both old people in their seventies, and they are both sages in the world today, so will they raise their crutches and fight with each other because of some quarrels between them?

Truth be told, it would! It really would!

Let's talk about Zhuangzi first, a little less respectful, Zhuangzi is a stubborn little old man, in view of his own rejection of Chengxin, scheming, so that he lives to this age, he is like a childlike old man, whether he is happy or angry is very straightforward, if he really has any prejudice against Mencius, he will definitely lift the cane and knock on it.

As for Mencius, in fact, the situation is similar, with his age and identity, there are few people in this world who dare to be disrespectful to him, as if there is a feeling of being in a high place, except for Zhuangzi, who must be called "thief" at the exit, so he is also happy to amuse each other with Zhuangzi, a confidant of the same age and status.

As for another reason, I think that when he Meng Ke traveled around the world, he never showed weakness to others, and therefore left a reputation of "Meng Ke is good and eloquent", which is indescribable whether it is a praise or a derogation, which shows that Mencius is also a strong person, how can he be willing to give in in front of Zhuangzi, a little old man?

But then again, Meng Ke was still very happy to get along with Zhuangzi in his heart, after all, Zhuangzi was full of joy and anger, and his temperament was very straightforward, although there was a danger of being beaten with a cane with him, but it was very easy to win, unlike those people Mencius had seen in his previous travels around the world, full of intrigue and intrigues, making people tired.

When Meng Zhong came to the house, the disciples of Zhuangzi and Mencius breathed a sigh of relief, after all, they could also see that in this senior brother (?) In the face, these two sages will basically exercise restraint.

When Meng Zhong told Zhuangzi and Mencius about the gift given by Zhao Cheng and Li Dui, Zhuangzi said lightly: "If you are not happy to accept it, you can return it, there are no troubles in the world, and mediocrity disturbs themselves." ”

Hearing this, Mencius objected: "Master Zhuang's words are wrong! After that, he taught Meng Zhong: "Ah Zhong, as the so-called gift is still exchanged, he sends a congratulatory gift, you send a gift in return, come and go, you don't owe them anything, you don't need to have any burden." …… If you still have hatred for those two people in your heart, you can take revenge when you have the opportunity to do so in the future, as long as it does not violate the integrity of your heart! ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhuangzi suddenly widened his eyes and scolded: "Hmph! What is not contrary to the righteousness of the heart, and pretends to be benevolent and righteous! Thief, that's how you taught your disciples? ”

Mencius stroked his beard and said with a smile: "My Confucianism has always been to "repay grievances with straightforwardness and repay virtue with virtue"! ”

"Good and evil are all in the heart, what is integrity? What is deviance? ”

"Sticking to the righteousness in your heart is integrity!"

"It's just the integrity of your Confucian family!"

When the debate became fierce, the two sages were on fire and used the crutches they carried at any time, which frightened Meng Zhong and the Confucian and Taoist disciples to hurry forward to persuade them.

"It's not going to work like this."

Mencius's eldest disciple Wan Zhang privately discussed with Meng Zhong: "These two must be separated." ”

Meng Zhong nodded, and then said to Zhuangzi: "Teacher, why don't you go to Meng Sui's house tonight?" ”

"Don't go!" Zhuangzi said with a blowing beard.

Meng Zhong thought for a moment, and then said to Mencius: "Master Mengzi, why don't you live in the house of my clan uncle Menghu?" ”

Mencius glanced at Zhuangzi, who was huffing not far away, and said with a smile: "It's not as interesting as here!" ”

So, Wan Zhang, Meng Zhong, Meng Sui and other juniors immediately understood: Don't look at these two fighting at every turn, in fact, they are still willing to live together.

If you think about it carefully, with the age and identity of these two, it is true that only each other can carry out equal communication and communication.

"It's just that I'm waiting for these juniors......

Glancing at each other, including Meng Zhong and Wan Zhang, all the juniors were a little helpless in their hearts.

Thinking about it, Meng Zhong could only ask Wan Zhang, Wu Ying and others to guard these two old men who were more and more childlike as they lived, lest they really fight each other with crutches.

In this way, Mengyi passed day after day, and in a blink of an eye, it was June 12, that is, the wedding day of Meng Zhong and Le Yan.

Early in the morning, Meng Zhong changed into a red dark robe with the help of Meng Hu, Meng Sui, Le Yi and others, or simply talked about coaxing, although in the congratulatory gifts sent by Song Wangyan, Prince Dai Wu, Zhao Wang and others, there are actually more expensive robes than this, but considering that this robe was sewn by his mother Ge Shi with a needle and a thread, Meng Zhong naturally chose this one.

As for Le Yan, who then came to Mengyi in a carriage, she wore a dark curly coat with a white coat and a green bottom, and several hostas given to her by her mother and married sister on her hair bundle for the first time, and the whole person looked quite graceful and dignified.

The marriage ceremony is set up in the ancestral hall of the Mengyi clan, as for the witness, the man is, of course, Zhuangzi, after all, Mengzhong's father Meng Qu has long passed away, and the teacher is like a father, so it should be presided over by Zhuangzi; And the woman should have been Meng Zhong's father-in-law Le Guo, but seeing Zhuangzi standing in the distance with crutches, Le Guo felt that his identity was not enough to preside over the marriage with Zhuangzi.

So, Mencius offered to replace him, which made Le Guo feel pleasantly surprised and thanked him.

The rest of the guests also applauded, but Zhuangzi was very dissatisfied with this, glaring at Mencius in displeasure, but considering that this was the marriage of his disciple Meng Zhong, the little old man finally did not make any unusual moves.

Under the auspices of Zhuangzi and Mencius, Meng Zhong and Le Yan worshipped heaven and earth, worshiped each other's parents, and then bowed to each other respectfully in the coaxing of the distinguished guests such as the crown prince Dai Wu, Tian Zhang, and Dai Busheng.

"For the rest of your life, please take care of me." [PS: This sentence from the book review is good. 】

Looking at the girl in front of him who was about to become his wife, Meng Zhong said sincerely.

It may be that in front of the elders and guests, Le Yan's whole face turned red, and she couldn't bear to be shy and said: "Where, the concubine doesn't know the etiquette, and if she is rude in the future, please ask her husband...... Husband...... Thank me. ”

"Licheng!"

Without waiting for Mencius, who was still nodding and smiling with his beard, Zhuangzi paused his cane and said.

Immediately, Le Yan's two brothers, Le Zeng and Le Meng, and Meng Zhong's good brothers Meng Sui and Meng Hu, a total of four people, sent Le Yan's new wife to Meng Zhong's home on behalf of Meng Zhong, and waited for Meng Zhong to entertain the guests.

Meng Zhong invited the guests who witnessed his marriage to Le Yan to the ancestral house to entertain the guests.

Considering that the seats were set up a few days ago, Meng Zhong specially changed the seats today, with Zhuang Bo accompanying Zhuangzi and Tian Zhang accompanying Mencius to sit at the same table, plus him and the crown prince Dai Wu, so that Zhuangzi and Mencius would not have any disputes during the banquet - although it was mostly a joke dispute.

In addition, Meng Zhong's father-in-law and mother-in-law Le Guo and Xiang Shi, Meng Zhong's mother Ge Shi and sister Meng Yan shared a table, Wan Zhang, Gongsun Chou and other Confucian disciples had a table, Dai Busheng and Hui An, Fei You, and the elders of Meng Jian, Meng Ji and Le Shi had two tables, and then there were two tables of Song officials in Shangqiu, Mengcheng, and Yucheng led by the county commander "Pi Guan Ji" and the county Sima "Xiao Zhu" of Shangqiu City.

As for the other members of the Mengshi clan and the clansmen of the Le clan, including Meng Zhong's little friends Wu Ying, Xiang Yu and other Taoist disciples, because the venue relationship is located in the open air outside the ancestral house, considering that it is the middle of June at this time, the open air is also shady, but the light is not enough after dusk, so that the Mengshi clan lit a lot of braziers and candlesticks outside.

I have to say that even though Meng Zhong drinks a good amount of alcohol on weekdays, this time he was also drunk by all the guests and the clansmen of the Mengshi and Le clans, and this was still under the condition that Le Yi, Wu Ying, Hua Hu, Mu Wu, Rong Yi and others helped him share it.

Around the time, Meng Zhong was almost filled, so Le Yi, Wu Ying, Hua Hu and others carried Meng Zhong back to the latter's home, and then, Meng Hu, who was still guarding outside Meng Zhong's house at the moment, threw Meng Zhong to the east house - that is, the bed in the room where Meng Zhong and Le Yan lived in the future, and then beckoned Meng Sui, Le Zeng, Le Meng and others to entertain the guests instead of Meng Zhong.

During this period, Rong Zhi, who was the guard of Mengzhong, stayed behind with four Song soldiers and guarded the courtyard and outside the house to prevent thieves - although it was unlikely.

I don't know how long I slept, and in a daze, Meng Zhong felt as if someone was wiping his face for him.

He opened his eyes with some difficulty, and then saw that it was Le Yan.

With the dim light in the room, Le Yan also found that Meng Zhong, who was lying on the couch, opened his eyes slightly, and couldn't help but feel a pound in his heart, and stammered to explain: "I...... The concubine sees you...... Well, I saw that my husband and husband were sweating a lot......"

I have to say that at this moment, Le Yan is even more nervous and shy than when she was still in the wedding in the ancestral hall, but think about it, after all, she is also a nineteen-year-old girl, of course she understands what will happen next after men and women get married.

Her mother, Xiang, and her two older sisters, who had long since married, had told her these things a few months ago, and her cheeks were red with shame.

"Is there any water?"

Meng Zhong swallowed, feeling some thirst in his throat.

"Yes, the concubine will go now."

Le Yan hurriedly got up from the couch, stepped on her shoes to find the kettle on the table in the room, and poured a bowl of water for Meng Zhong.

Taking the bowl, Meng Zhong drank it all, then wiped his mouth with his sleeve and asked, "What time is it?" ”

"I don't know......" Le Yan shook her head and guessed: "When Meng Hu sent her husband into the house, it seemed to be after the time, and it should be after the time at this time......"

"What's the time?" Meng Zhong was stunned for a moment, but immediately listened attentively, but he could still hear the sound of conversation and laughter coming from the ancestral house, and it was obvious that the feast was still going on.

"Do you want to go to the ancestral house to entertain guests?" Le Yan asked.

"Nope." Meng Zhong shook his head and explained, "There are my two righteous brothers there, as well as Ah Yi, Ah Sui, and Wu Ying...... Ah Hu also went, right? It's okay, they'll serve the guests instead of me. ”

"Oh." Le Yan nodded, and then all kinds of shyness welled up in her heart, and asked intermittently, "That...... Is the husband at peace and rest? ”

Meng Zhong is not a fool, where can he not understand this, it may be because he has drunk a lot of wine, and when he heard this, he felt a warmth in his lower abdomen, and he was slowly going down.

"Well......," he replied vaguely.

Hearing this, Le Yan's heart pounded, and from a small box in the dowry next to her, she took out a square white silk cloth that was neatly stacked, placed it next to the bed first, and then walked to the cabinet with the oil lamp, and blew out the light with a loud sound.

Suddenly, the room was completely dark, except for a few rays of moonlight from the window cloth.

"Oops."

"What's wrong?"

"No, it's fine, I just accidentally bumped into ......"

Rubbing the knee that accidentally hit the bed, Le Yan glanced at the man lying on the couch, bit her lip lightly, forcibly endured the shyness in her heart, and untied the belt of her deep coat with trembling hands slightly.

"Sparse and sparseβ€”"

Meng Zhong also heard the subtle sound and couldn't help but peek at it.

Even though the room was dim at the moment, with just a few rays of moonlight in the room, he could still vaguely see that Le Yan was slowly shedding her clothes.

First the deep coat, then the small coat.

"Please...... Please don't peek at ...... husband first."

Suddenly, Le Yan said softly, probably because of shyness, her tone felt like she was trembling.

"Uh...... I'm sorry. ”

Meng Zhong replied with a blank face, quickly withdrew his gaze, and lay on his back on the couch, looking directly at the dark roof.

After a moment, the sparse sound stopped, and in an instant, Meng Zhong felt someone gently lift the futon, and then, a soft and warm body slipped into the futon, trembling all over, but it seemed to be trying to cling to him.

Inadvertently, Meng Zhong's fingers only moved slightly, and he touched Le Yan's soft skin, and he clearly noticed that the whole woman next to him trembled.

This made Meng Zhong subconsciously dare not move.

After a long while, he heard Meng Yan call him softly: "Husband...... Monarch? ”

There was a hint of shyness and confusion in his voice.

"Huh? What the? ”

At this moment, Meng Zhong's reaction was inevitably a little sluggish, so that he didn't realize that it was Meng Yan's hint to him.

No, after a moment of silence, Meng Yan mustered up the courage to hint: "Husband, the concubine is a husband with wide clothes...... Luckily? ”

"Good ......"

Meng Zhong answered, and even felt a small hand lightly put on his chest, and immediately untied his clothes for him.

Suddenly, Meng Zhong's face changed slightly, and he grabbed the little hand, and Le Yan held his breath in shock.

However, at this moment, he saw Meng Zhong ask in a low voice, "Who is outside?" ”

"The husband's guard Rong Oyster, and four soldiers...... Le Yan said puzzledly: "What's the matter?" ”

"I'm afraid it's more than that."

made a silent gesture to Le Yan, Meng Zhong quietly got off the bed, tied his clothes, picked up the sharp sword given to him by Song Wangyan by the wall, and quietly walked to the door.

At this time, outside the door of the house, Meng Hu and Le Jin were covering the lips of Rong Yi with a helpless face, and then gesticulating into the distance.

Immediately, a large group of people from the crown prince Dai Wu, Tian Zhang, Hui An, Hua Hu, and Mu Wu sneaked over from a distance.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Megumii? Even the two of you ......

Seeing the crown prince Dai Wu and Hui An, Rong Yan completely gave up struggling, and the rest of the Song soldiers who were guarding outside the house were also at a loss for what to do.

"Shh

The crown prince Dai Wu made a silent gesture to Rong Yan and the Song soldiers, and immediately lowered his voice and asked Meng Hu, "Meng Hu, what's going on inside?" ”

"Don't worry, don't worry."

Meng Hu lowered his voice and replied, immediately stuck to the wall, listened carefully to the movement in the room, and whispered: "Strange, there is no movement, is it that Ah Zhong has not woken up yet?" ”

"I'll hear it." Hua Hu and Mu Wu also stuck to the wall and listened.

At this moment, only to hear a bang, Meng Zhong smashed the window, jumped out of it, and after landing on the ground, he pulled out the sharp sword in his hand with a bang, and suddenly, the cold light was shining, startling everyone standing in front of him.

"Murder!"

With Meng Hu's strange laughter in his throat, everyone suddenly scattered, Meng Zhong couldn't catch up, so he could only stand in place and wave the sword to scare this group of immoral guys, and even took Rong Yi and a few other Song soldiers to scare him away.

"Who are these people!"

Meng Zhong, who was quite annoyed, slammed the door of the house, casually put the sheathed sword on the table, sat on the couch and explained a few words to Le Yan, and Le Yan couldn't help laughing when he heard it.

"They...... Won't come again? ”

"I'll get it once, and I'll turn my face when I come again!" Meng Zhong replied angrily.

"That ......" Le Yan's voice was full of shyness.

Meng Zhong suddenly understood, took off his coat, and got into the futon.

"Husband, wait a minute, Concubine Rong will put that piece of Baijuan under her, and she will have an explanation to her mother-in-law tomorrow......"

"Huh? Oooh...... Okay? ”

"Hmmm......"

"That ......"

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Please husband...... Pity the concubine ......"

"Hmm!"

[PS: There are rules that do not allow detailed descriptions, so the point stops.] 】