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This palace banquet lasted until very late that day. When it was late at night, the ministers of Zhao State in the palace were almost drunk and needed family servants and their entourages to help them return home.

However, what is incredible is that the palace banquet lasted for five days, and countless dishes and wine were consumed during this period.

It is worth mentioning that at the palace banquet on the second day, Meng Zhong got his seat. Although the seat is relatively backward and closer to the hall gate on the east side of the hall, the advantage is that his friends also got their seats.

『Who will it be?』

Meng Zhong was confused about this for a long time, until after he sat down in his seat, he saw Zhao Xiangfeiyi nodding and smiling at him from a distance.

"Is it Zhao Xiangfeiyi?"

Meng Zhong thought to himself.

If you think about it carefully, it is indeed the most likely that Zhao Xiangfeiyi is.

First of all, he was deliberately transferred to the group of Gongzi Zhang, which basically ruled out that it was the purpose of Zhao Zhufu and Gongzi Zhang.

Because of Gongzi Zhang's personality, he would not make up for the fact that he had been "exposed", let alone that he was just enthroned "Anyang Jun". He was in full swing at this moment, and most of the time he could not think of this level.

As for Zhao Zhufu, from the "surprise" that Zhao Zhufu gave Meng Zhong yesterday, we can see that Zhao Zhufu is grinding his character - probably the so-called "being afraid of danger and not panic in the face of trouble", how could he arrange Meng Zhong to a "relatively inconspicuous" position?

After thinking about it, maybe only Fei Yi would do this.

When he was drinking that night, Zhao Xiangfeiyi left the table and went to the toilet. When he returned to the palace, he sat at Meng Zhong's seat for a moment and asked about the whereabouts of Li Shi, the envoy of Song State.

At that time, Meng Zhong told Fei Yi that Li Shi had returned to the State of Song.

Fei Yi said "Oh" and his face was not surprised. Seeing this, Meng Zhong felt even more suspicious, so he couldn't help asking: "Zhao Xiang, don't you know the seats for the boy and others, but Zhao Xiang arranged for us?"

Fei Yi nodded frankly and advised without waiting for Meng Zhong to ask why: "Young friend should not be too close to you... Anyang Jun, Tian Buluo and others."

To be fair, if someone else said this, Meng Zhong would probably feel disgusted, but Meng Zhong really couldn't feel any disgusted with Zhao Xiang in front of him. Since Fei Yi argued with Zhao's father yesterday for Zhao's sake and persuaded Zhao's father to give up the idea of ​​enthroning Prince Zhang as the King of Dai, Meng Zhong admired Zhao Xiang.

Although he was an "enemy", Meng Zhong still admired him very much.

Having said that, Meng Zhong also felt that the fact that Master Zhao wanted to enthrone Prince Zhang as the King of Dai yesterday was too whimsical - even if he did not understand what Master Zhao was thinking about.

After thinking about it, Meng Zhong explained in the words of Zhao Zhufu's father "teached" him: "I don't want to get close to Anyang Jun, but I just have some connections with Doctor Tian... I'm a newcomer to him, and in Zhao, there is only Doctor Tian, ​​a man from the same country."

"I hope so."

Fei Yi nodded without hesitation, and then said with a smile: "I came from a barbarian, but I have always heard that Master Zhuang is a county in the Song Dynasty. As Master Zhuang's disciple, I think I have many unique insights to teach me... After the celebration banquet, I will invite my friend to the house to attend the banquet. Then I will ask Master Zhuang's knowledge and ask me not to give me any advice."

"How dare you?"

Meng Zhong quickly bowed his hand to return the gift.

Immediately, when Fei Yi left and returned to his own seat, Meng Sui and Xiang Liao and the others quietly moved to Meng Zhong's seat. The former whispered to Meng Zhong: "A Zhong, is Fei Yi showing you good things?"

Meng Zhong shook his head slightly.

He knew himself, and of course he understood that Fei Yi, who was the prime minister of Zhao, did not attach so much importance to him. Fei Yi only valued his teacher Zhuangzi and his righteous brother Huiyang.

At this time, Fei Yi had returned to his seat. Immediately, Fengyang Jun Li Dui took the toast to ask Fei Yi in a low voice: "Fei Xiang, is there anything strange about that kid?"

Fei Yi did not hide it and said truthfully: "This son is Hui Angyi's brother, Zhuangzi's disciple, with a noble status and should not be neglected."

Hearing this, Fengyang Jun Li Du raised his eyebrows and seemed a little surprised.

But it was just a little surprised.

After thinking about it, he turned to a man behind him who was about forty years old and said, "Li Ji, go to contact that boy on behalf of me." [PS: According to the ancient etiquette system, the words on the table should be called "Ping", but because many historical figures lack historical materials, the author does not want to compile them himself, so most of the time they use the full name or "A Mou" instead. Let me explain it here.]

This man is Li Dui's son "Li Ji".

"Yes, father." Li Ji nodded when he heard this, then picked up the wine bottle and walked towards the Meng Zhong's house in the distance, and chatted with the latter for a moment.

After a while, Li Ji returned to the seat, and Li Dui asked him, "How?"

Li Ji thought for a while and replied: "Looking at this son's expression and conversation, he really doesn't look like a fifteen-year-old boy. In addition, this son has learned a lot. His son just asked him about the laws of the State of Wei. He replied with Li Ku's code and answered them smoothly."

"oh."

Li Dui responded lightly, glanced at Master Zhao who was drinking with the ministers in the hall, and then looked at Zhao Zhang, the Anyang Jun sitting in the row opposite him, and stroked his beard thoughtfully.

He hadn't figured out what kind of person the young man named Meng Zhong belonged to - was he a confidant who was deliberately cultivated by Zhao Zhufu, or a party member of Anyang Jun Zhao Zhang.

It has to be said that the two are very different: if they are just the gang members of Anyang Jun Zhao Zhang, they should try their best to suppress them because of conflicts of interests between them; but if Zhao Zhufu involves him, Li Dui will not have the courage.

Of course, it was not just him. It can be seen from the fact that Zhao's father went crazy in public yesterday that, except for Fei Yi's argument, no one else was afraid of Zhao's father. After all, it was not thirty years ago.

"Look at it for a while."

Li Dui thought to himself.

I have to say that there are far more than Fei Yi, Li Du and others who hold similar ideas. During this five-day palace banquet, Meng Zhong and his friends were repeatedly bombarded by ministers from Zhao State in the palace.

These people frequently advised Meng Zhong and others to drink, took the opportunity to get closer and get the details of Meng Zhong and others, and disturbed Meng Hu and others, so that at the third day of the palace banquet, even though they knew that the dishes and drinks were enough at the banquet, Meng Hu and Le Jin, Wu Ying and others were reluctant to come again.

Those who persevered until the end were Meng Zhong, Meng Sui, Xiang Liao and Le Yi.

From the panic at the beginning to the ease of chatting and laughing later, Meng Zhong, Meng Sui, Xiang Liao and Le Yi were fully tempered in the five-day palace banquet, which surprised a group of Zhao ministers who were secretly paying attention to them.

Finally, the five-day palace banquet ended.

On the night of the end, Meng Zhong and Le Yi helped Zhao Zhufu, who was drunk, to the palace where they stayed.

Incredibly, when he returned to the resting palace, after drinking a cup of tea to quit drinking, the father Zhao, who was originally drunk, suddenly recovered from his awakening. Or simply said that he was not drunk.

"How do you feel these five days?"

Master Zhao asked Meng Zhongdao with a smile.

After hearing this, Meng Zhong was full of resentment. After all, on the first day, he was really at a loss by the "sudden attack" of Master Zhao's father. After all, all the Zhao ministers in the entire palace were watching him. Fortunately, although he was inevitably panicked at that time, he did not show any embarrassment in the end, which made people laugh.

As if feeling the resentment in Meng Zhong's heart, Zhao Zhufu smiled and said, "Hahaha, I just want to test your personality. Ordinary people are inevitably at a loss in that situation... Such people are hard to become great!"

"So, what about the result of Zhao Zhufu's test?" Meng Zhong asked coldly.

I saw Master Zhao stroke his beard and nodding as if he was satisfied and said, "Among all the scholars, you and Le Yi are not afraid of danger, don't panic when encountering trouble, and you are like a general."

In Zhao Zhufu's evaluation, Meng Zhong and Le Yi received his highest praise, followed by Meng Hu, Wu Ying and Meng Sui. Although these three people were panicked at the time, they were not very obvious. They were Xiang Liao, Hua Hu, Mu Wu, Le Jin, and Le Xu. According to Zhao Zhufu's observations at that time, these five people were obviously panicked at that time. Fortunately, Meng Zhong took the lead in walking towards Tian Buluo, and they followed closely behind, finally avoiding the embarrassment of standing there.

"I really didn't expect Master Zhao to give me such a high evaluation..." Meng Zhong thanked without sincerity.

Seeing this, Master Zhao laughed loudly, and then smiled and comforted, "Okay, okay, let's do it, I'll wait for some military lieutenants as compensation. What do you think?"

『Military title?』

Meng Zhong and Le Yi looked at each other quietly.

They didn't believe that Zhao Zhufu's move was just for "compensation". They felt that this should be the opportunity given to them by Zhao Zhufu on purpose - that is, by allowing Meng Zhong and others to gain power, they would strengthen Zhao Zhufu's own power.

To put it bluntly, they are just "chess pieces" that Zhao Zhufu gradually regained power, and such pieces are probably not just them.

Seeing that Meng Zhong and Le Yi were waiting for the following text, Zhao Master's father thought for a while and said, "As these days, I have carefully observed you and all of you know that you are talented. I now give you two choices. First, Gongzi Zhang just enthroned the Lord of Anyang. It was the time to use people. Meng Zhong, based on your relationship with Tian Buluo, it would be no problem to seek military power under Gongzi Zhang; second, I am led by me as a general. I believe you two can see that in the past few days, I have had some disputes with Zhao..., my uncle Wang Zhao Cheng, Zhao Bao and others. It turns out that I am going to replace all the guards and train one again, but I don't know if you can take on this important task."

After saying that, he looked at Meng Zhong and Le Yi, waiting for their reply.

Working under Gongzi Zhang?

Or work under Zhao Zhufu?

To be honest, there is not much difference between the two. After all, even if Zhao Zhufu wants to regain power, this power will be handed over to Gongzi Zhang sooner or later - the premise is that Zhao Zhufu successfully abolished King He of Zhao and regained the power given to the latter.

But the difference is not big, but the difficulty is very different.

With his Meng Zhong's relationship, you can do it as long as you don't know anything about Prince Zhang and Tian; but working under Zhao's father to train the new army is destined to be obstructed by the Zhao clan - although those generals of the Zhao clan may not dare to come out openly, they may not be stumbling behind their backs.

『How to choose?』

Meng Zhong and Le Yi looked at each other, thinking about the pros and cons.
Chapter completed!