After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 40

Inside the bamboo house was indeed Zhong Ying, who had been shot in the shoulder by an arrow just now, blood soaked his sleeve, and he was supporting a more seriously injured person in his hand.

"Master Meng" seeing Meng Di come in, Zhong Ying said pleasantly: "My lord, it really is you!" In fact, I didn't really hear it in the bamboo house just now, I just tried it in the hope of just in case.

After the surprise, what is left is embarrassment. How to explain why I am still alive is a troublesome thing.

"Master Zhi has left, this is not a place to stay for a long time." Meng Di looked at the inside of the bamboo house, and asked Zhong Ying to help the wounded to return along the way they came.

Sitting on the boat, the old man saw four people coming from a distance, and asked strangely, "Did you see Mr. Yufu?"

"I haven't seen it, old man, please sail quickly." Meng Di was worried that it would be troublesome if reinforcements from the Zhi clan arrived.Only then did the old man realize that Zhong Ying and the two were covered in blood, and he was too frightened to speak, so he pushed the boat away from the shore conscientiously.

The shore seems to have regained its former calm. After a while, an old man with long beard walked out from behind the tree, watching the boat drifting away.

"Handi? It's interesting, it seems that it's time to go out for a walk."

Zhong Ying's shoulder was pierced by a feather arrow, but luckily no bones were injured, after being tied tightly with cloth strips, nothing happened for the time being.

What is difficult is another middle-aged man, who is now unconscious.

Meng Di checked carefully and found that several ribs were broken, as if he was injured by a copper tree. Judging from the hematemesis at the corner of his mouth, he should have injured his internal organs.

The medicine bag carried by the Han army contained medicines for treating internal injuries, but at this moment they could only recuperate slowly.

To deal with it briefly, Meng Di and Zhong Ying came to the bow and sat down.Zhong Ying said gratefully: "If there is no help from Mr. Meng, this time we must be doomed."

"To live and die together, why be so polite." Meng Di waved his hand.

"Your Excellency offended Zhi Shi because of me, Zhong Ying is really ashamed. Zhi Shi is powerful, please be careful."

"If you offend me, you'll be offended. There's nothing to worry about. No matter how strong Zhishi is, I won't provoke him."

Zhong Ying hesitated for a long time before he hesitated and said: "I have concealed something earlier, please forgive me, my lord."

"Everyone has their own secrets, don't worry, I won't inquire about your private affairs."

He is not a person who likes to ask questions, and the comatose middle-aged man obviously has a lot of background, let alone trouble.If Zhong Ying doesn't want to tell, he can do it himself.

Seeing Zhong Ying's face turning blue and turning red, Meng Di patted his shoulder and comforted him: "Heal well, if they know that you are still alive, Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu will be very happy."

"How are they? Are they all alive?"

"Except for Peng Ji and Zhao Yang, everyone else is still alive. By the way, you don't know that Li is the king of Yue Goujian, right?"

"Li is the king of Yue?" Zhong Ying opened his mouth wide.

"Yeah, I didn't expect that the brothers back then were really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." Meng Di seemed to look at Zhong Ying meaningfully.

The few apprentices who followed him on the adventure to the north, now it seems that it is not easy.But it is also true, given the situation of death at that time, anyone who dared to gamble with himself was an extraordinary person.

Seeing Zhongying's embarrassed look, Meng Di smiled and continued, "Li, that is Goujian, the king of Yue, who gave me a large fief, which is hundreds of miles away. Xiao Wu Xiao Liu and Gan Ying are all there. .”

"Is it Handi?"

"Yes, I call it Han."

"My lord, can I also go to Handi in the future?"

"Why not."

The two fell silent.

As night fell, the old man tied the boat to the shore, and took the live fish on the boat to a nearby village to exchange for some food. After dinner, everyone fell asleep on the board of the boat under the starlight.

Silent all night.

On the second day, the injured middle-aged man finally woke up slowly. Apart from being unable to move, he was conscious.

Knowing that the two were rescued by Meng Di, Meng Di insisted on standing up to thank them, so Meng Di asked them what their plans were.

What are your plans?The middle-aged man showed a wry smile.

"The widow, Ji Chao." The middle-aged man stopped Zhong Ying's blocking movement with his eyes, and continued: "Zeng was the emperor of Zhou."

Zhou Tianzi!Meng Di raised his eyebrows. Originally, he estimated that the background would be very big, but he didn't expect it to be so big.

Even Su'er, who didn't care about everything, leaned over and looked at him curiously.Fortunately, the old man who steered the boat was busy and couldn't hear the conversation here.

After only a few words, Ji Chao couldn't hold on anymore and fell into a deep sleep again.

Zhong Ying invited Meng Di to the stern of the boat, since Ji Chao himself did not hide anything, he simply told the cause and effect together.

Ji Chao was the eldest concubine son of King Jing of Zhou, and he was deeply loved. At that time, two important ministers in the court, Shan Mugongqi and Liu Xiangong, sincerely supported Prince Meng as the crown prince.

King Zhou Jing felt that time was running out, and wanted to take advantage of the hunting opportunity to get rid of the two men and pave the way for the prince to succeed to the throne.

Ironically, on the day of hunting, King Zhou Jing died of a heart attack before he could do anything to Shan Qi and Liu Zhi.Before his death, he entrusted the task of reforming the Prince's Dynasty to Taifu Binmeng in front of all the ministers.

After that, the situation became very complicated. Binmeng was killed, which angered all the officials, craftsmen and members of the royal family.

The Shan and Liu families were quite powerful, but the Prince Dynasty had the support of the people and the royal family, and gradually controlled the situation.

Until the state of Jin intervened, at the request of Duke Shan Mu, Ji Tan and Zhixuan of the state of Jin rushed to lead the army to support Prince Meng as king.

Because of panic and cold, he died of illness in Wangcheng. Shan Mugong and Liu Wengong arranged for the prince to succeed him.

Afterwards, the prince's court came to the Yin family to support him, and he regained the king's city, and became king smoothly.The Shan family and the Liu family hid in Liu Yi, south of Luoshui, and respected Gai as the emperor, and the two sides were at a stalemate.

In this way, the weird situation of one country with two sons lasted for five years.In the end, the Jin State sent troops, and the Chinese Army General Zhixuan and the Chinese Army Zuo Zhao Yang led the army to defeat the Ji Dynasty.

Ji Chao could only leave Chu State with hundreds of officials and classics and ritual vessels, and hid in Chu State. He was also deprived of the title of emperor and demoted to a courtier.

The state of Jin was powerful, and Ji Chao knew that there was no hope of restoring the state, so he lived in seclusion with peace of mind.

Unexpectedly, the state of Jin still sent people to hunt him down. Zhong Ying was pretending to be a scholar in Yingdu. The so-called murder in the street was actually an assassin.This is how he was recruited as a disciple and met Mengdi later.

After the state of Wu invaded the state of Chu, the state of Chu was in chaos. Zhongying found Ji Chao. In order to avoid being disturbed by the defeated soldiers, he came along the Huai River to seek refuge in the state of Lu.Unexpectedly, she was discovered by Zhi Shi on the way, and chased and killed him all the way until he was rescued by Meng Di.

Zhong Ying only picks up the important ones, and Meng Di's heart is still agitated.Later generations only know that the Zhou royal family is declining day by day, and the princes are vying for supremacy, but there are no classics in the twists and turns, or even if there are, they are not what Mengdi could see back then.

So the question is, what to do next?
Meng Di didn't expect to save such a big trouble just by saving someone casually.

If you just throw your hands away and ignore it, you will inevitably feel sorry.But it doesn't seem to be a problem to travel around the vassal states with an outdated emperor.

(End of this chapter)