Meng Dong

Meng Dong always thought that Yan Hong's promise to take him to Ningzhou was just a joke, and it would be difficult to realize in this life.But I never thought that this day would actually come. Although it has been several years, it may be because I have never expected it. When it suddenly came true, I just felt pleasantly surprised and unbelievable.

Since his ascension to the throne, Southwest Wang Yansheng has been making great efforts to govern, rectify the court system, and recuperate.Both civil and military officials and ordinary people can feel that this will be a monarch with great achievements. The country of Chu falls into his hands, and finally he has a chance to flourish.

Since the last years of the former dynasty, the situation where the world was divided into two and the north and the south were governed separately may have a chance to end in Yan Sheng's hands.

The fact is true, Yan Sheng is not only a capable emperor, but also an ambitious emperor.It took him a year to completely take the power of the government into his own hands, and reduced taxes for three consecutive years so that the people could recuperate.

Compared with Chu State’s rejuvenation, the situation of Liang State in the past few years has not been very clear. Since Guo Gu’s death, the country of Liang State has been in chaos. Sitting on the throne, but obviously, his inexplicable foreign minister could not completely make Guo Gu's old ministers and some people with ulterior motives in the court completely surrender. In addition, the cause of Guo Gu's death was strange. Since Sun Qianzhi succeeded to the throne, domestic rebellions have been repeatedly banned , Liang Guo's already weak army was exhausted and quelled chaos everywhere.The people suffered from wars and chaos, fleeing everywhere, coupled with heavy taxes and endless corvee, it can be said that the country has no peace and the people have no means of living.

The Chu army was led by the great general Qi Zhao himself. Qi Zhao was highly skilled in martial arts and capable of conquering battles. After entering the Kingdom of Liang, it was as if he had entered the land of no one. Then go all the way north and take Ningzhou City straight.

The battle lasted for nearly a year, and the momentum was huge, but it had no direct relationship with Jiangling City. Jiangling only provided some food, grass and ships when the army passed by.After all, with the current strength of the Chu State, it is not necessary to use Jiangling's troops to deal with a Liang State.

Therefore, Jiangling did not participate in the whole battle. Yan Hong occasionally went to the army to discuss with him, and also communicated frequently with the capital to discuss the follow-up battle. However, Meng Dong was either in the Qiwu Pavilion or back to the mansion every day Accompanying the old lady as a companion, he seldom cared about military matters, let alone Liang Guo's fate.

As early as a few years ago, when he escaped from Sun Qianzhi's hands, he completely abandoned all the past and his hatred for Sun Qianzhi.In his opinion, Chu's actions today should be the fulfillment of his expectations that day, and Sun Qianzhi suffered retribution for his many evil deeds.

As for how and when he will be punished, Meng Dong no longer cares about it.

But unexpectedly one day, when Yan Hong came back from the army, he ordered Qingming to prepare the carriages and luggage. Meng Dong was surprised and couldn't help asking: "But what's urgent in the army?"

"It's not urgent, but there are some things." Yan Hong stretched out his hand and touched his face lightly. "Although it has been delayed for several years, I always remember the things I promised you before, and now I can finally fulfill them."

Meng Dong was taken into a carriage by this man with confusion, and left Jiangling City all the way northward. The boat and the vehicle took more than a month, and finally arrived at Ningzhou City.

When getting off the carriage at the gate of Ningzhou City, Meng Dong was momentarily at a loss.On the way north, he already knew where Yan Hong was taking him. After such a long time, Meng Dong thought that his heart could be as calm as water, but now he stood under the city gate and looked at the city wall. With the three big characters hanging high, Meng Dong suddenly felt as if he had passed away.

Eighteen years ago, in order to survive, he left his hometown and escaped from Ningzhou City. Since then, his life trajectory has undergone a huge deviation. The original route, on the contrary, gained another brand new life because of it.He felt comfortable and satisfied, so he let go of the past, but he didn't expect to be able to return here at this time.

It's really unpredictable and unpredictable.

In 18 years, there have been two generations of emperors, which is enough to bring about earth-shaking changes in Ningzhou City. In addition, Meng Dong was young at the time and rarely had the opportunity to leave the palace, so he didn't know much about everything in the city. Everything seemed strange to him.

But Meng Dong knew from the bottom of his heart that this was his hometown.It was the place he had thought about day and night and wanted to return to for more than ten years.Holding hands with Yan Hong, he walked slowly through the city, hearing the familiar yet unfamiliar local accent. Meng Dong had no expression on his face, but there was a flash of water in his eyes.

Yan Hong touched his hand lightly, and said slowly: "Half a month ago, the Chu army took over Ningzhou City, and now everything in this city has returned to the original order. I asked the Holy Majesty what he meant. I don't plan to make too many changes to Ningzhou City. After the old ministers of Qianliang are completely taken care of, the army will retreat to the capital and new officials will be sent to take up their posts. All the cities in the original Qianliang territory will be restored as soon as possible peaceful."

Meng Dong stopped and turned his head to look around. After a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief: "This may be the best result for the people of Ningzhou, and even the entire Beiliang." His His eyes stayed on a booth not far away, and he said slowly, "In the eyes of these common people, they don't really care about the royal orthodoxy at all, and they don't care about who will sit on the throne in the end. What they care about is when they They can live a peaceful life, and the current emperor can give them, and they are naturally happy. Among the emperors who have come and gone in the past 20 years, only the current emperor can give them such peace, and that is enough."

Yan Hong tapped his hand lightly with his fingertips, and said with a light smile, "I thought you would feel a little uncomfortable."

Meng Dong turned his head and thought for a while, then shook his head lightly: "If I had come back here a few years earlier, I might have felt uncomfortable. But for me now, life in Ningzhou City is like a previous life. , has no special connection with me anymore, I will remember, feel emotional, maybe have a little nostalgia, but I will never feel sad again." He turned his head and looked at Yan Hong, "Because what I got is already better than what I got. There is much more to lose."

The corners of Yan Hong's lips curled into smile lines: "Mr. Meng has become more and more good at talking in the past two years."

"My lord knows, I only treat you like this," Meng Dong smiled back at him, "Are you satisfied?"

"Extremely satisfied." Yan Hong clenched his hand tightly, intertwined his fingers, and pointed in a direction ahead, "The imperial city is just ahead, do you want to take a look? I have already greeted the Holy Majesty in advance, He promised to save Sun Qianzhi's life for a few days, and when we arrive, he will leave it to us to deal with."

"Sun Qianzhi..." Meng Dong slowly repeated, "I feel like I haven't heard this name for 800 years."

Yan Hong nodded: "In addition, I also asked someone to inquire about your...Su Bi." Yan Hong carefully scanned Meng Dong's expression with a slight sideways glance, then lowered his voice, and said slowly, "Actually, it took a while. Kung fu, because there is no trace of her existence in either the previous Sun Mansion or the later imperial palace. In the end, I found some news about her from one of Sun Qianzhi's subordinates for many years... as early as when she went to the military camp to join Sun Qianzhi At that time, it was cooked..."

Meng Dong closed his eyes slightly, and shook his head lightly: "People always have to pay the price for their own choices. During those more than ten years of getting along, she still chose to stand on Sun Qianzhi's side, but she didn't know that in the end, Will she have any regrets?"

Yan Hong turned his head to look at Meng Dong, and saw only a trace of pity on his face, other than that, there was no other emotion.He found that he still underestimated Meng Dong many times, he was far more transparent and open-minded than he imagined.What he let go of is not only the past pain, but also the original hatred. He knows in his heart that only when he really no longer hates anyone can he truly free himself.

Sensing his gaze, Meng Dong raised the corners of his lips: "Why?"

"I guess, you don't want to go into the palace with me now, don't want to see Sun Qianzhi, let alone deal with him with your own hands." Yan Hong said slowly.

Meng Dong turned his head and glanced at the tall and majestic imperial city gate at the end of the street: "Whether it is Sun Qianzhi or Su Bi, they have paid the price for their choices. Does the Holy One want Sun Qianzhi's life or let him live on? It’s what he deserved, but it has nothing to do with me.”

Yan Hong slightly hooked his lips and nodded: "You can think about it, this is the best." He took a deep breath, "In this case, today is like what I promised you at the beginning, I will bring you to Ningxia. Zhoucheng to experience the different customs here, but I don’t know anything about this place, so it’s probably up to you to take me.”

Meng Dong nodded lightly: "Although I have been away from here for nearly twenty years, I am indeed more familiar with you than you. But before that, I want you to accompany me to a place."

Yan Hong looked puzzled: "Where?"

Meng Dong held his hand and said slowly: "You will know later."

This time they didn't take a carriage, but each rode a horse. They left the gate of Ningzhou City and walked westward along the official road, and finally stopped in front of a huge stone archway. Meng Dong tightly reined in the horse with his fingers. Rein looked up at the archway: "I can still find it, but it's hard to count."

Yan Hong was stunned, and looked back along the stone archway: "This is it?"

"The imperial mausoleum of Liang State, my ancestors were buried here. After my father died, Guo Gu buried my father and mother here in order to preserve his reputation." Meng Dong He turned his head and glanced at Yan Hong, then got off his horse and reached out his hand from under the horse, "Since I'm back here, I should always bring you to meet them."

Yan Hong was stunned for a moment, took Meng Dong's hand, jumped off the horse, and stood side by side with him.

The emperors of the Liang Kingdom and some princes, princesses and concubines are buried in this imperial tomb. When Guo Gu was in power, he would come here occasionally, so people have been taking care of them all those years.But after his grandson Qianzhi won the throne, he no longer cared about this place, so it has been gradually deserted in the past few years, and it seems a bit desolate and quiet when walking all the way.

When Meng Dong was young, he came here with his father to pay homage to his ancestors, but his impression was not very deep. He could only take Yan Hong to walk and look here. After a long time, he finally found the mausoleum of his parents.

Meng Dong looked at the huge roof built with brick walls in front of him. His father, emperor and queen mother were buried under this roof.Meng Dong lowered his eyes slightly, knelt down for a while, kowtowed three heads heavily towards the top of the treasure in front of him, and said slowly: "My son is not filial, so many years have passed before I was able to come back to visit my parents."

He pressed his fingers on the floor tiles, tears hung in his eyes, and all the emotions that he had almost forgotten for many years came to his heart: "My girder has shown signs of decline, and I can't turn the tide with my son and minister alone. I can only see the foundation of the ancestors fall But fortunately, the world is finally able to live in peace and peace for the people. If you want to come to know the father, you are also happy to see the current situation. As for Guo Gu, he deceived the king, and his ministers had already killed him four years ago. Hand Blade can be regarded as an explanation for your elders and all the people in the harem who died tragically in that fire."

Meng Dong exhaled lightly, and his tone became more relaxed. He raised his head, stretched out his hand and gently brushed the bricks and stones on the top of the treasure: "As for my son himself, it can be regarded as having a brand new life. Although it may not be according to the The original hope was the same, but more relaxed and at ease, the son thought, that day in the sea of ​​fire, the queen mother would entrust Su Bi to save me out and save my life, and probably hope to see me live well ? Now, I don’t know if you will feel happy seeing me like this.”

A figure came over, knelt down next to Meng Dong, held Meng Dong's hand, and slowly said to the Baoding in front of him: "Father, Queen Mother and Empress are on the top, and Yan Hong is on the bottom. Witnessed by Wang and mother, we got married, because Ningzhou is a long way away, I only came to greet you two at this moment, I hope you two will forgive me."

While talking, Yan Hong kowtowed three times towards the top of the treasure, and then continued: "Perhaps Meng Dong will return to Jiangling with me in the future, and he can't stay in Ningzhou to accompany your elders, but my son-in-law swears here, This life will be hand in hand with him, and we will never lose each other.”

The corners of Meng Dong's lips rose, he turned his head sideways, glanced at Yan Hong, and then kowtowed to the top of the treasure: "The minister there is resigning now. The mountains are high and the road is far away, and you may not be able to return often, but you two Now I should be able to rest assured that no matter where I go, I will have a good life."

【End of the show】

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