Around the hour of You, Hui Ang took Meng Zhong to the palace to the banquet in a carriage.

At this time, the sky was getting darker, and the guards in the palace were illuminating the fire lamps, cauldrons and braziers near the roads in the palace one by one, and the light burning of oil and firewood to illuminate the palace.

Meng Zhong privately speculated that the oil and firewood consumed by the royal palace this night might be enough for his Montessus township to consume in one month.

"These are also "excess" things that the Master resisted?"

Meng Zhong thought to himself.

However, he did not tell Hui'an these words in his heart because he felt that it was meaningless.

Soon, Meng Zhong followed Hui'an to the main hall, and under the guidance of an envoy, he walked into the hall.

As the main hall of the royal palace, this palace is naturally magnificent. The pillars inside and outside the hall may require two people to embrace each other, not to mention the carvings and ornaments in the hall. It is hard to imagine how much financial resources the Song Kingdom consumed when Song Pigong built the entire palace.

At this time, someone was already sitting in the hall behind a desk. It was no one else, but Qiu He, the prime minister of Song.

When he turned around and saw Hui Ang and Meng Zhong walk into the hall, although his expression had not changed, he frowned slightly, especially when he saw Meng Zhong.

To be fair, as an important official when Zhao Wang Yong promoted the "Hu Clothing, Horsemanship and Shooting", Qiu He was both civil and military, and was deeply trusted by King Zhao. Therefore, Zhao Wang Yong sent him to Song State as prime minister and urged the cooperation between Zhao and Song State.

How could a person like this be afraid of Meng Zhong, who was only fourteen years old? At most, he felt that at his age in his forties and fifties, he would seem too embarrassing to debate with a teenager. Even if he wins, his face will be lost, let alone that he was speechless by Meng Zhong this afternoon.

"Dr. Hui."

Qiu He stood up and bowed to Qiu He who was walking towards him. Then, he did not forget to say hello to Meng Zhong in kind: "Little brother, we're meeting again."

"Crime of hatred."

"Doctor Qiu." Hui'an and Meng Zhong also bowed and returned the gift.

There are naturally strict rules for the seats at the palace banquet. After a few simple greetings between the two sides, a palace servant invited Hui'an to the chief on the west side.

At this time, Hui Ang saw a table on his seat on the west side, and asked casually: "Whose seat is this? Tang Yang?"

The Tang Yang he mentioned was also an important official of the Song State, but Hui Ann was very inconsistent with this person.

Unexpectedly, the palace maid replied, "Report to Doctor Hui, this is the king for this..." She glanced at Meng Zhong, and after a moment of pause, she continued, "The seat for this young master Meng Zhong."

It can be seen that she did not know Meng Zhong's identity and did not know what to call her, so she finally used a respectful title like Xiao Gongzi.

Hui Ang was stunned when he heard this. Even though he didn't expect that Song Wangyan would set up a seat for his brother Meng Zhong alone.

On the other side, Qiu He also looked at the scene in surprise. To be honest, he really thought that the seat was left for Tang Yang.

"Little young master, haha."

Hui Ang smiled and greeted Meng Zhong and said, "A Zhong, since it is the king's destiny, you should sit down quickly."

Meng Zhongyi was a little confused, but he still sat down after the second case on the west side according to Hui'an's instructions.

Soon, Song Wangyan, wearing apricot white king robe, walked in from outside the hall. Seeing this, Hui Ang, Qiu He and Meng Zhong all stood up and bowed and bowed.

"Sit all."

Song Wangyan waved his hand, then walked to the throne, sat down, looked at Qiu He on his left hand, then looked at Hui Ang and Meng Zhong on his right hand, and then smiled and said, "Today's small banquet between me and you three, there are only four of me, so there is no need to be restricted."

The last sentence is not restricted, he said it as Meng Zhong.

It has to be said that after seeing Meng Zhong and his nearly three generations of background, Song Wangyan had a good impression of this son. After all, Meng Zhong's grandfather Meng Shu, father Meng Qu, and brother Meng Bo were all soldiers who died for the Song Dynasty, and they could be called loyal and martyrs in the family - although there was no such statement at this time.

After Song Wangyan finished speaking, a group of palace servants held a tray and served the dishes.

If the Zhou Li was followed, the number of dishes in front of people of different identities would be different. Of course, if we were to follow the Zhou Li, Meng Zhong was not qualified to set up a seat alone in the hall - he was not even qualified to stand.

In the end, there were seven dishes on the case of Wang Yan of Song, Hui Ang and Qiu He were five, while Meng Zhong was four.

The four dishes are a whole chicken, a whole fish, a bowl of meat that doesn't look like pork, and a bowl of cooking dishes mixed with some mushrooms.

Hui Ang and Qiu He had one more fetal sheep than him.

As for Wang Yan of Song, on the basis of Hui Ang and Qiu He, they added fruits and so on.

It has to be said that it is already a very remarkable thing to be able to set up a separate seat in the Palace of Song and get the treatment of four dishes. Even if Meng Qi, the sect leader of the Meng family, would probably only have this treatment when he arrived at the palace, and it was even worse.

Immediately, the sound of palace music sounded in the hall, ding ding dong dong, melodious and long. During this period, there was a group of music girls performing dances. They were probably in their teens to twenties, and they looked very young and beautiful, quite pleasing to the eye.

Song Wangyan was probably tired of watching these music and dances, so he paid attention to the reactions of the three people below.

I have to say that Hui Ang and Qiu He's attitudes are very plain. The former stroked his beard and admired the dance of the music girl. From time to time, he squinted his eyes and nodded slightly, as if he was intoxicated by the dance music; while Hui Ang sat upright, with no slight expression on his face.

As for Meng Zhong, who should have seen this kind of dance for the first time, he looked at the women with curious eyes and the buildings in the hall.

After a while, the girls finished their dance and stepped down one after another. At this time, Song Wangyan suddenly asked Meng Zhong with a smile: "Boy, have you ever fallen in love with one of the women? I can give it to you."

Hui Ang and Qiu He were stunned when they heard this, and they all looked at Meng Zhong with a smile. After all, in modern times, dancers and musicians are also a kind of "gift" given to each other by the powerful and nobles, and many people even regard it as an elegant thing.

When Meng Zhong heard the tone of Song Wangyan, he knew that the monarch was teasing himself. After thinking for a while, he replied: "I once heard that a pond of water raises a pond of fish. Here, the girl has adapted to the life in the palace. If the king gives it to the boy, he will definitely not be able to adapt to the sufferings of the people and die of depression. The boy couldn't bear it. Moreover,... the boy was about to go to the war with Teng Kingdom, and even if he survived by chance, he would be able to return to his hometown in the future. He would have to work hard all day long for farming. I am afraid that he would not have time to appreciate their beautiful dance. This harmed the interests of the king, but could not give the boy a real benefit. Perhaps a woman would die of depression. Why do you need to do such a thing?"

Beside him, Hui Ang felt a little sarcastic in Meng Zhong's words, and quickly smoothed out the scene: "This is the word "the way of heaven"?"

After saying that, he bowed to Wang Yan of Song and said, "King, my brother insisted on setting up on the battlefield to serve the country. I tried hard to persuade him and was very determined. The king gave the girl of Joseph. If I asked me to have a warrior missing from Song, what should I do?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

When Song Wangyan heard this, he laughed and exposed the matter.

To be fair, he could hear the sarcasm in Meng Zhong's words, but he didn't care - a righteous man who died for the country, even if there were a little complaints, Song Wangyan could understand it.

After all, he was not really "rebirth of Jie and Zhou".

After laughing, Song Wangyan asked Meng Zhong about Zhuangzi's current situation, mainly his physical condition, and Meng Zhongyi answered truthfully.

Then Song Wang Yan sighed and said, "Our Song State is not without great sages. For example, Song Yan, Hui Shi, and Zhuang Zhou are not used by me. Otherwise, Qi, how could Chu be afraid?"

Indeed, the most famous Song State in modern times are Song Yan, Hui Shi and Zhuang Zhou, among which Hui Shi is Hui Zi, who devoted almost all his energy to Wei State; while Song Yan, who studied at the Jixia Academy in Qi in his early years, was respected as "Mr. Jixia". Unfortunately, like Zhuang Zhou, he was a Taoist disciple. The purpose of his study was to understand the principles of the world, not to serve as an official.

The same was true for Zhuang Zhou. The biggest official he had ever been in his life was a minor official in Qiyuan. Since then, Chu and Song countries have repeatedly refused to ask him to be the prime minister.

Whenever I think of this, Song Wangyan is furious.

Hearing this, Qiu He also asked Meng Zhong with a smile: "What did Master Zhuang do on weekdays when he was in seclusion?"

Meng Zhong replied: "We will take our disciples out for a trip during the day, but most of the time the Master is thinking, and occasionally, the Master will take us to observe the celestial phenomena at night."

"It's a great wise man." Qiu He praised.

Immediately, he suddenly asked, "Why do you think such a great wise man refuse to help King Song? In the eyes of the Master, King Song is not a wise ruler?"

Hearing this, Hui Ang said unhappily: "Qiu Xiang, your words are suspected of being criticized."

Qiu He waved his hand and said with a smile: "Doctor Hui is so serious, so I just asked casually. After all, in Zhao State, the subjects of Zhao State unanimously support the monarch..."

After saying that, he turned to look at Meng Zhong, and Wang Yan of Song also looked at Meng Zhong with interest, wanting to hear how Meng Zhong, a disciple, would defend his teacher Zhuangzi.

Under Hui'an's worried expression, Meng Zhong said lightly: "The Master is not unwilling to assist the king, but he is unwilling to assist any monarch in the world. As for whether the King of Song is a "wise king", the boy thinks that "ming" means distinguishing right from wrong and interests... For example, at this moment, the king also felt that what Doctor Qiu said was inappropriate, but because Doctor Qiu was an envoy sent by Zhao State, he should leave mercy and not expose it in person to embarrass the doctor. This is what the wise king did."

Qiu He was speechless and could not refute it on the spot.
Chapter completed!