Chapter 61: After the War (2)
On September 20, Song Wangyan brought Hui'an to the Song army camp outside Tengcheng.
When he learned that Teng Hu's body had been handed over to Teng people, Song Wangyan was slightly angry and scolded the army Sima Jingcheng and said, "You have returned Teng Hu's body to Teng people so easily?"
Seeing that King Song was angry, Jing Zi was so scared that he trembled all over and quickly explained: "Don't be angry. I originally planned to cut off Teng Hu's head and ordered people to use bamboo poles to fight in front of Teng City. I believe this move will make Teng's popularity crazy..."
Upon hearing this, Song Wangyan's face cleared a little, but from the side, Hui Ann shook his head and said calmly: "It is not a benevolent person to destroy human corpses."
Song Wangyan glanced at Hui'an and said nothing.
I have to say that only Hui Ang dares to say this in front of Song Wangyan, and only Hui Ang will not be scolded by Song Wangyan after saying such words.
“Yes.”
Hearing Hui'an's words, Jing Cheng hurriedly said, "I am considering that this move will surely damage your reputation of benevolence and righteousness, so I did not dare to do that... In addition, there is a great man from the Mo family who came to talk about it."
"There is no need to return Teng Hu's body to Teng people. I want to see what Teng Hu, who has repeatedly disobeyed me, looks like..." Speaking of this, Song Wangyan snorted coldly and said, "Forget it, Hui Ang will help you solve the situation today. Let's just do this. Anyway, Teng Hu is dead every now and then, so it's not a big deal to return his body to Teng people."
"The king is wise."
Hui Ann complimented.
Song Wangyan glanced at Hui'an and snorted lightly. It was obvious that Hui'an was not unaware that Hui'an intended to rescue Jing'an. As for the reason, it was only Jing'an took care of Hui'an's brother Meng Zhong. After all, this idea was given to Hui'an by Song Wangyan.
Seeing that King Song had forgiven him, Jing Zi was secretly grateful and quietly cast a grateful look at Hui'an.
At this time, Wang Yan of Song asked: "Jing Ze, that Mo family master is still in the military camp?"
"Yes." Jing Ze bowed and replied, "I sent some soldiers to guard him, but according to what the soldiers said, this person had no intention of escaping."
"The Mohist family fought for justice, this is how it is." Hui Ang said in a tone with a little admiration.
"Hmph!" Song Wangyan snorted coldly again.
At this time, Jing Zi asked carefully: "Master, do you want to meet Qiu Liang? This person repeatedly mentioned that he wanted to meet you, King."
"What are you seeing? No!" Song Wangyan immediately refused.
It has to be said that for Chu Mo, the Mo Xia Sect, all countries in the world love and hate. After all, Mo family disciples who advocate "either love" and "non-attack" can be regarded as natural ally of weak countries, and often assist weak countries to resist the invasion of strong countries.
Thinking back to the time, when the powerful Chu State attacked the weak Song State, the Mo family also helped the Song State without hesitation.
Because of this, Wang Yan of Song did not want to offend the Mo family. After all, he could not guarantee whether the Song State would be attacked by other countries in the future. After all, the Song State was located between Qi, Chu, and Wei, and these three countries were incompatible with the Song State. If they were really unfortunately attacked by a powerful country, the Mo family might also help him to resist the attack of other countries.
This may sound incredible, but in fact, the Mohist school is like this: this is a group of righteous men running around to achieve "no wars in the world."
"Master, let's meet him." Hui Ang persuaded: "Whether the Mo family helped Teng State or the Song army killed the Mo family, this would not make our Song State aggrieved with the Mo family. However, if the king refused to summon the great son of the Mo family, it would make the Mo people in the world feel blank and even resentful to our Song State."
After hearing Hui'an's persuasion, Song Wangyan's tone eased: "Although that's the case, the Mo family's trick... Even if I don't see Qiu Liang, I can still guess what he wants to say to me..."
Hui'an smiled bitterly when he heard this, after all, what Song Wangyan said was also true.
But he still persuaded Song Wangyan: "Even so, you still have to meet, and you can't be rude."
"Okay, okay." Song Wangyan breathed helplessly.
Suddenly, he seemed to remember something and asked Jing Ze: "Jing Ze, what you said in the previous battle report, someone recommended you a siege equipment called Jing Lanche, and this person was actually a kid named Meng Zhong, is that right?"
Jing Ze secretly glanced at Hui'an when he heard this. Seeing that the latter had no words, he didn't dare to say anything. He honestly said: "Reply to the king's words, that's true."
At this moment, I heard Song Wangyan laugh and tease, "You have never taken this powerful weapon for yourself. Is that boy the righteous brother Hui'an asked you to take care of?"
After hearing this, Jing Qian's expression changed suddenly and he was quite at a loss. After a long time, he stuttered: "Great, king, me, how dare I do such a thing?"
"snort!"
Song Wangyan snorted lightly, and then said to a guard beside him: "Go, call that kid over."
"Yes." The guard retreated with his fists.
A moment later, Meng Zhong followed the guard to the tent and met Wang Yan of Song, Jingzi of the army, and his righteous brother Hui'an.
"Meng Zhong pays homage to the king and to the doctor Hui."
"Okay."
Under the surprised gaze of the army Sima Jingyan, Song Wangyan waved his hand casually and said with a smile: "Boy, I heard you talk loudly over the past few days, but I never thought that you really have some ability. The well railing car you offered is very good! I heard that it was this well railing car that forced Teng Hu to give up defending the city and lead his army out of the city to assault our army, and was eventually killed by our army...What reward do you want?"
Meng Zhong thought for a moment and asked, "Can any kind of reward be okay?"
Hearing this, Hui'en was a little surprised. After all, as far as he knew, his brother Meng Zhong was not a person who was greedy for power and wealth.
However, Song Wangyan didn't care about this at all. He smiled and said, "Ah, no matter what kind of reward it is, even if you want me to betroth your favorite daughter to you...hahahaha."
Speaking of this, he started laughing by himself.
At this time, Meng Zhong said seriously: "Since that's the case, please agree to the boy. After breaking through Teng City, don't slaughter the Teng people again."
Suddenly, Song Wangyan's laughter came to an abrupt end, but Hui Ang looked at Meng Zhong with praise.
"Do you care so much about the life and death of Teng people?"
Song Wangyan looked straight at Meng Zhong and said calmly: "Boy, you are from Song."
The calm voices with a few unpleasant voices made the army Sima Jingzhi swallow secretly, but Meng Zhong was not afraid and said seriously: "It's not for the Teng people, but for the Song people, for the king, you... I once said that the people are not afraid of death, how can they be afraid of death? In order to protect their country, the Teng people are not afraid of death. How can the king threaten them with "death"?"
When Song Wangyan heard this, he laughed and said, "Your speech... I have heard this many times over the years. I think there was a scholar who used this speech to convince me..."
After saying that, he glanced at Hui Ang who was laughing. Undoubtedly, the scholar in Song Wangyan's mouth was referring to Hui Ang.
"But what you said... the people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death?" Song Wangyan stroked his beard and thought carefully about my words.
It is undeniable that Taoist words and sentences always contain profound truths, which makes people impressed.
Even if it is King Yan of Song.
After a long time, Song Wangyan asked Meng Zhong: "Although Teng Hu died, the Teng people still refuse to surrender to me. Do you still want me to forgive them?"
"It has nothing to do with that." Meng Zhong shook his head and said, "The so-called war means to achieve the goal through war. The king's goal is to capture Teng Kingdom. After the capture of Teng City in the future, the king's goal has been achieved. Why do you have to kill again?... Can kill more Teng people allow the king to gain more benefits?"
Song Wangyan thought for a while and asked with a smile: "In the past, only people used 'benevolence and righteousness' to persuade me, and 'benefit' to persuade me, kid, you are the first one..." After saying that, he nodded and said: "Okay, the Teng people no longer use stupid resistance to anger me. I will follow what you said, and after breaking through Teng City, I will no longer massacre."
Seeing that Song Wangyan's promise "leave room for nothing", Meng Zhong wanted to persuade him again, but he saw Hui Ang shook his head slightly, as if he was signaling him to stop here, so he gave up his idea of continuing to persuade him.
A moment later, Hui Ang took Meng Zhong for a walk in the camp. During this period, Meng Zhong asked Hui Ang, "Brother, why did you stop me just now?"
"That's all." Hui Ann explained with a smile: "The monarch's words are tantamount to the king's order and cannot be changed, otherwise the monarch will lose his majesty. Therefore, the monarch has always paid attention to his words and deeds, and will not make promises easily and speak all the words. Just now, even if you persuade him, you will not get the promise you want. Instead, it will make the king disgusted with you, so just click it."
"So that's it." Meng Zhong nodded suddenly.
Seeing this, Hui Ang smiled and said, "I have not talked about this for now. I have also seen Jing Zhi's war report. According to the war report, Teng Hu was captured and killed by Sima Mengqing, the family of your Meng family. Is that your uncle?"
Meng Zhong nodded and told Hui'an about Meng Qing's death.
After listening to Meng Zhong's story, Hui'an's face moved and couldn't help but sigh: "It's such a pity for such a warrior."
After saying that, he saw Meng Zhong's face was gloomy and enlightened: "The deceased cannot be pursued. Ah Zhong, be mourning and following the changes... By the way, your heart has disappeared, and it is useless to stay in the army. I will take you to Zou Kingdom to pay a visit to a great sage of the world and increase your knowledge."
"Zou Guo? Daxian? Who?" Meng Zhong asked curiously.
Hearing this, Hui Ang blinked his eyes and said, "Who do you think of the Confucian sages in the world?"
"Mencius?"
Meng Zhong looked surprised.
Chapter completed!