“Wow…wow…”

After entering the city, Meng Hu often exclaimed with emotion because he saw the magnificence of the buildings in the city, which made the Chinese people passing by the street frequently turn their heads to watch.

The pedestrians around him seemed to be silently saying: Where did this countryside bun come from?

But because Meng Zhong, Meng Hu and his seven people were all wearing armor. Even though there were many contempt and disdain in their eyes when the pedestrians were looking at them, no one dared to speak out directly.

After all, those who have the qualifications to wear armor are basically "armor soldiers" and are subordinate nobles. Even those in rural areas still have a higher domestic status than ordinary Chinese people.

Not to mention that the people in this group were wearing sharp swords.

"Ahu, calm down, you... are so embarrassing."

Meng Zhong pulled Ramonhu's arm a little and whispered.

However, Meng Hu didn't care at all, and even asked an angry question at a pedestrian staring at him: "Hey, what are you looking at?"

As a result, the Chinese man ran away in panic, causing Menghu to laugh.

"It's so embarrassing."

Seeing that more and more people on the street were looking at them with strange eyes, Meng Zhong shook his head helplessly.

He stopped a pedestrian on the street and asked, "This father-in-law, I wonder where Lord Hui'an's mansion is in the city?"

The pedestrian stopped by him was an old man about fifty years old. The latter looked at Meng Zhong carefully for a few glances and then replied: "If you are talking about Hui Ang, the former prime minister Hui Ang, then you will be in the city... You go east along this street and walk north after seeing the "Wu Family Restaurant", there is a street called "Hui Zi Lane". In the alley, there is the mansion of Hui Ang, the former prime minister of Song.

"Thank you, my father-in-law." Meng Zhong bowed and thanked.

Immediately, Meng Zhong and his party followed the path pointed by the father-in-law and headed forward. It took about half an hour before they touched Hui'an's mansion.

"Hui Mansion... should be here."

After looking at the horizontal plaque hanging in front of the mansion, seeing the words "Hui Mansion" engraved on it, Meng Zhong nodded secretly and walked up the stone steps.

At this time, four armored soldiers stood in front of the mansion. One of them saw Meng Zhong and his party coming, and left his seat to greet him. He said seriously: "Brothers, I don't know which soldiers they are. This is Hui Xiang's mansion. If there is nothing important, please do not collide."

His tone was quite polite. After all, Meng Zhong and others saw that they were "Armed Soldiers". If they were ordinary people, they would have been scolded.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong clasped his fists and said, "Brother, we are from Shangqiu, Jingbo area, and we are neighbors with Huixiang. An elder at home ordered me to come to visit Huixiang when I arrived in Pengcheng. I wonder if Huixiang can be in the mansion, can we inform you on your behalf?"

When he heard that the other party seemed to have some friendship with Hui'an, the soldier's tone became more kinder: "Doctor Hui is in the palace now, not in the mansion. If you have any trouble, you might as well be outside the mansion."

After hearing this, Meng Hu was a little unhappy and shouted dissatisfiedly: "Did you tell me to wait outside the mansion?"

"Please forgive me for your duty." The soldier said with neither hesitation nor humility.

Of course, Meng Zhong understood what the other party meant, but he just didn't know their identity details. After all, Hui Ann was the adviser to govern the country around Wang Yan, and his confidant. He couldn't just make up a few words to enter the mansion. What if there were spies in it, what should the assassin do?

These days, it is not new to send assassins to kill important political officials from enemy countries.

"Ahu."

Meng Hu lightly scolded Meng Hu, who was full of unswerving faces, then clasped his fists and said to the soldier: "Since that's the case, we will wait under the stone steps. If Doctor Hui returns, please report it on his behalf."

"Please rest assured." Seeing that the other party was so sensible, the vigilance in the eyes of the soldier reduced.

After waiting for about half an hour, a team of soldiers came to the mansion with a carriage near dusk. Then, a man walked off the carriage. He was probably in his forties, wearing a green robe, a jade crown, and a sheathed sword. He walked towards the mansion surrounded by soldiers.

Obviously, this person is Hui Ang.

At this time, the soldier who had just talked with Meng Zhong immediately came up and said with a fist, "Doctor Hui, a few of your neighbors are here to visit..."

"Neighbor?" Hui Ang was stunned when he heard this. Following the direction pointed by the soldier, he saw Meng Zhong and others standing beside a stone beast under the stone steps, with a trace of confusion in his eyes.

After all, he didn't know any of Meng Zhong and others.

However, since the other party called himself a neighbor, Hui Ang still called Meng Zhong and others to the front.

Of course, before approaching Hui'an, Meng Zhong and others were dismantled the weapons they carried with them by the team of soldiers and simply searched them.

"Meng Zhong, I have met Dr. Hui."

Hui'an looked up and down at Meng Zhong for a few times, and smiled calmly, "Boy, do you have relatives with Hui? Could it be that you are from Shangqiu?"

"No, I'm from Jingbo."

As he said that, Meng Zhong took out the bamboo slip written by Zhuangzi from his arms, handed it to Hui'an with both hands, and said, "This is what my teacher asked me to submit to Dr. Hui."

Hui Ang was a little surprised. He took the bamboo slip and spread it open. After a rough look, he saw it saying it - Zhi Hui Ang: This is Meng Zhong, a disciple of Zhuang Zhou!

Seeing this, Hui Ang's face immediately showed a look of surprise. He looked at Meng Zhong in front of him, then at the bamboo slips in his hand. After repeated several times, he asked in disbelief: "Your teacher is actually Master Zhuang?"

Hearing this, the soldiers nearby also turned to look at Meng Zhong, their faces full of shock. After all, no one in the Song Dynasty did not know Master Zhuang, after all, that person was a sage from their Song Dynasty.

"Yes." Meng Zhong bowed and replied.

Hui Ang looked up and down again, then smiled and invited the latter and his group into the mansion.

Hui'an's mansion is much larger than that of Meng'an's mansion in Jingbo, the leader of the Meng family. What's more, Meng Zhong, Meng Hu and others have never visited Meng'an's mansion. This makes Meng Hu unable to help but sigh because of the exquisite facilities in the mansion when he followed Hui'an and others into the mansion.

"Doctor Hui, are these two ponds naturally formed?"

"Of course not, it was excavated through human resources."

"Such a big pool..."

Meng Hu's scream made Meng Zhong and others feel a little ashamed.

After coming to the hall in the front yard of the mansion, Hui Ang ordered the servants in the mansion to serve wine and food to entertain Meng Zhong and his group.

After both of them sat down, Hui Ang asked Meng Zhong and said, "Boy, how are the Master doing recently?"

Meng Zhong was a little puzzled that Hui'an still called him "boy", but he didn't care and replied respectfully: "The Master is still healthy recently."

"Oh." Hui Ann nodded, and then suddenly asked again: "Where is the old servant Xiao Bo beside the Master? Is his body strong?"

"Bo Xiao?" Meng Zhong was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood and said with a few smiles: "The old servants around the Master, we call him "Bo Zhuang". Zhuang Bo's original surname is Xiang, and I don't know who Xiao Bo is mentioned by Doctor Hui."

"Hahaha." Hui'an smiled and changed his words: "Yes, yes, yes, it's Zhuang Bo, I remembered it wrong." After that, he glanced at Meng Zhong and said: "In the past two years, I have rarely believed in the same faith as Master, but I heard that Master is writing a new Taoist discussion..."

"Doctor Hui refers to "Xiaoyaoyou"?" Meng Zhong said calmly: "There is a fish in the north, whose name is Kun. Kun is so big that it is not known how many thousands of miles it is; it turns into a bird, which is called Peng. Peng is so thousands of miles it is not known how many thousands of miles it is; it flies in anger, and its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky. It is a bird, and the sea will move to Nanming..." After reciting this, he glanced at Hui Ang, who was listening with relish, and suddenly said apologetically: "Sorry, Doctor Hui, the boy suddenly remembered that I cannot disclose this new book by Master without his permission."

Hui Ang was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "I believe it, I believe it. Only the master can write such a powerful article..." After that, he raised the wine bottle on the low table in front of him and said apologetically: "It's for my brother's fault, I'm not here to accompany you."

It turned out that Hui Ang had suspicious about Meng Zhong's identity, so he deliberately tried it. But thinking about it, Zhuangzi had not accepted disciples for decades, but a disciple suddenly appeared today. Hui Ang had never heard of it, so he certainly felt suspicious.

However, after a simple test, Hui Ang had already believed it for five or six points. As for the remaining four or five points, Hui Ang believed that as long as the two got along a little, they could clearly distinguish it.

After drinking a few bottles of wine, Hui'an asked about the reason why Meng Zhong and others came to Pengcheng. Meng Zhong did not hide it and said truthfully: "A while ago, the Xiangyi received the order from the king and learned that the king ordered the families to gather their clan soldiers again to assist the king's army in attacking Pengcheng..."

"I see."

Hui Ang sighed slightly when he heard this and asked Meng Zhong: "What do Master have to think about this?"

Meng Zhong repeated Zhuangzi's words: "The Master said that this war is a 'fight for those who lose their way' and there will be no winner on both sides."

"The battle for those who lose their way..."

Hui Ang muttered these words, then smiled bitterly and said, "The Master said it."

After saying that, he poured himself a few more bottles of wine with a look of depression.

In the evening, Hui Ang arranged residences for Meng Zhong, Meng Hu and his group, and then he invited Meng Zhong to his study alone.

Hui'an's study was a little messy, with bamboo slips everywhere on the wooden racks and boxes. Meng Zhong curiously picked up a book and opened it, but unexpectedly found that it was a Confucian book.

This surprised him.

"What's wrong?" Hui'an asked curiously when he saw this.

Meng Zhong explained: "As far as I know, Doctor Hui is a member of Huizi's tribe. The boy originally thought that Doctor Hui learned the knowledge of famous masters, but he didn't expect..."

"I didn't expect it to be Confucianism, right?" Hui Ang smiled and immediately said, "Since you are a disciple of Master Zhuang, you should understand the friendship between Master and my uncle Huizi. There is no need to be so polite between you and me, just be a brother." After that, he took the lead in asking, "A Zhong, what Master taught you must be Taoist classics, right?"

“Not quite.”

Meng Zhong shook his head and said, "The Master also taught me the knowledge of famous masters, such as "Jianbai Lun", "Same and difference" written by Huizi, and "Theory of All Things" and I have all involved it."

Hui Ang opened his eyes wide in surprise when he heard this, and then he was excited to debate with Meng Zhong about the classic propositions of the famous masters. From beginning to end, Meng Zhong's face remained unchanged and answered in a slight manner, which made Hui Ang completely believe that the young man in front of him was indeed a disciple of Zhuangzi.
Chapter completed!