In Beibo, namely Jingbo and Mengbo.

It is located about fifty miles north of Shangqiu, the old capital of the Song Dynasty. It is called Jingbo because there is a hill called "Jingshan".

According to legend, Jingshan was a prince of Shang Tang who joined forces with him and listed the crimes of Jie Jie of Xia.

Later, the Shang destroyed Xia, and Zhou destroyed Shang. After King Wu of Zhou passed away the second year of the Shang Dynasty, his mother's brother "Zhou Gongdan" was regent and put down the rebellion of "Shu Guan", "Shu Cai", "Shu Huo" and "Wu Geng", the son of King Zhou of Shang, and other forces. In order to stabilize the country, he was granted the title of princes.

Among them, King Zhou of Shang, "Weiziqi", was enthroned by the Zhou Dynasty to the Shangqiu area, and he was specially allowed to use the emperor's rituals and music to worship the Shang Dynasty, and was a guest with Zhou, which was known in history as one of the "Three Ke".

Because Weizi Qi was "Zi's surname is Song", the country he established was called "Song State" and became the only country among the princes who were enfeoffed by the Zhou Dynasty at that time that inherited the culture of the Shang Dynasty.

In the following hundreds of years, the Zi surname had branches and leaves, and more than a hundred branches such as the Father of Hua, Dai, Wu, Xuan, Mu, Xiao, Le, Xiang, Mo, Shuo, Sima, etc. were successively appeared, and the Mon family was also one of them.

The Meng family, the Zi family, has lived in Beibo so far. Due to its long-standing relationship, it is impossible to trace the origin of this clan, leaving only three general statements.

First, the Montessus was a descendant of the people of the "Jingbo Alliance" in the "Shang Tang Period", and its ancestors were descendants of the "Zi Qi", the ancestor of the Shang Dynasty.

Secondly, the Meng family was a national who lived in the Jingbo area during the "Shang and Shang Dynasties".

Third, when the Meng family was first established in the Song Dynasty, they moved to Mengbo with Weiziqi, or had been living in the Mengbo area before.

The first of these three statements is the most expensive, but no matter which statement it is, it cannot be denied that the Meng family is indeed descended from the Zi surname, and is a Chinese who had lived in the Mengbo area for a long time ago.

In the Song Dynasty, the patriarchs of the Meng family, or sect leaders, almost all served as the "Zhongdafu" in the State of Song Dynasty, and had vast land in the Mengbo area as a fief.

It is said that during the reign of Duke Dai of Song, the state of Song was quite strong, and the Meng family had more than 500 clan members at that time. Unfortunately, the Meng family is gradually declining, leaving less than 200 clan members.

The patriarch of the contemporary Montessori tribe is called "Dan". He is just over 50 years old and is harmonious in the tribe. He enjoys a high prestige among the Montessori tribe. He is a respectable elder.

But today, the Montessus master was furious in his ancestral house in the township, and the target of him was kneeling in front of him, with a disastrous defeat.

"Follower! Rebellious!"

The young man is called "Monda". He is twelve years old this year. He is the eldest grandson of Mengqin and the only descendant of the latter's deceased eldest son "Monda".

Meng Qi had two sons under his knees, the eldest son was named "Yu (ao), who died in the war between Song and Wei nearly ten years ago; his second son was named "wu (wu), which was the middle-aged man who was standing with his hands down and respectfully beside Meng Qi.

This Mengwu was thirty years old and had a strong face, a tiger's back and a bear's waist. You can tell at a glance that she was a brave man.

According to the clan members, Mengwu's bravery is even better than his brother Meng Qie. He is a very brave and famous athlete in the Mong family. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be the next leader and sect leader of the Mong family.

In addition to Meng Qi, Meng Wu and Meng Da’s grandparents and grandsons, there is an old man in the house.

The old man was about the same age as Meng Qi and his appearance was quite similar. He stood by with a cane, frowned slightly, and said nothing. He stroked his beard with his right hand, and looked at Meng Qi scolding his grandson with a thoughtful expression on his face.

This old man is the elder of the Mongolian clan and the cousin of the sect leader Meng Qi, "Meng Jian".

"Your father died early. I have taught you carefully since I was a child. I hope you can achieve success in your studies and take on the important tasks within the clan. I never thought that you were so short-sighted..." Meng Qi became more and more angry as he spoke, and subconsciously he wanted to raise his crutch to beat his grandson in front of him.

Seeing this, the elder Meng Jian quickly dissuaded: "The son is young and ignorant, and he does not know the pros and cons of this matter. However, the matter has come to this point. Even if the sect leader punishes him heavily, it will be useless. It is better to send him back as soon as possible to make up for it..."

Before he finished speaking, Mengda shouted in an aggrieved voice: "I don't want to go back!"

The elder Meng Jian was interrupted and had not yet shown any displeasure. However, the sect leader Meng Jian was furious and immediately raised his crutch, as he was about to fall heavily on his grandson's back.

Seeing this, Meng Jian dissuaded him again, and at the same time he kept winking at Meng Wu who was standing beside him.

Meng Wu understood and said carefully: "Don't rest assured, Da'er will not be upset. Although there are shortcomings, he will be the only descendant of his brother. I hope his father will forgive him..."

Hearing this, Meng Yan's face became angry and held up a crutch, and her face changed color.

He obviously remembered his eldest son Meng Qie, who unfortunately died in the battlefield.

After a long time, Meng Yan sighed sadly, slowly put down the crutch in his hand, and looked at Meng Da, the trembling grandson in front of him with a complicated expression.

What happened that made the leader of the Meng family, Mengzhi, so angry?

In fact, this matter is small or big, but it only involves a great sage of the Song Dynasty known as "Zhuangzi".

It turned out that Meng Yan hoped that his grandson Meng Da would become the disciple of the great sage, but considering that Zhuangzi never easily accepted disciples, two years ago, Meng Yan personally sent Meng Da to the manor where Zhuangzi lived in seclusion, asking him to serve Zhuangzi as a servant, hoping that one day he would be attracted by Zhuangzi and be accepted as a disciple.

It has to be said that this is extremely beneficial to both Montessori and Monta himself.

But unexpectedly, Mengda, the unfilial grandson, secretly fled back to the village of the Meng family yesterday.

After learning about this, Meng Qi was shocked and hurriedly took a carriage from Mengbo City to a town outside the city. In this ancestral house, he ordered his second son Meng Wu to call out his unfilial grandson Meng Da and questioned the reason.

After a while, Meng Qi gradually calmed down and asked his grandson Meng Da with a calm face, "Yu Zi, why don't you want to return to Zhuangzi? Today you must tell me something!...Do you know who that character is?"

Meng Qi thought Meng Da was not aware of his greatness, but unexpectedly, although Meng Da shrank, his explanation made Meng Qi stunned: "Grandfather is above, and his grandson knows that Zhuangzi is a great sage in the Song Dynasty. His grandson also knows that if he can become a disciple of Zhuangzi, it is extremely beneficial for me, Meng's family or grandson himself. But grandson knows that Zhuangzi has never paid attention to his grandson in the past two years of serving Zhuangzi, even if his grandson takes the initiative to ask for teaching, he will ignore it... Grandfather, you also know that Zhuangzi has never said a word to his grandson since his grandson came to the courtyard to serve Zhuangzi two years ago."

“…”

After hearing the grandson's complaint, Meng Yan's anger gradually faded and he looked at the elder Meng Jian.

At this time, Meng Da glanced up at his grandfather's expression. Seeing that his anger gradually faded, he felt a little calmer in his heart and his tone seemed a little calmer: "It's not just the grandson, but the other families living in the courtyard of Zhuangzi at this time all thought it was hopeless to join Zhuangzi..."

Hearing this, Meng Yan stroked her gray beard without saying a word.

And beside him, the elder Meng Jian nodded and said slowly: "According to rumors, since Huizi passed away, Zhuangzi has never talked to others, and his temperament has become extremely difficult to deal with... Daer is not lying nonsense."

Meng Yan stroked his beard and pondered. After thinking for a while, he warned Meng Da: "I think that maybe it was a test for Zhuangzi..."

However, he didn't believe this.

You should know that so far, families such as Huafa, Ge, Le and others who live in Shangqiu and Mengbo have sent their clan nephews to serve Zhuangzi one after another, hoping that anyone among these clans would be attracted by Zhuangzi and accepted as disciples.

But unfortunately, Zhuangzi has not accepted a single disciple so far. As Mengda said, Zhuangzi has never ignored them.

After a long time, Meng Qi asked his grandson in a deep voice, "Yu Zi, do you really don't want to go back to Zhuangzi?"

Hearing this, Mengda leaned over and bowed and whispered: "My grandson lived in Zhuangzi's residence for two years. His grandson had read all kinds of bamboo slips in his house and warehouse. Although there were many confusions in it, Zhuangzi refused to teach himself. Therefore, the grandson thought that it would be of no benefit to stay there, so it would be better to return to the family as soon as possible."

Meng Qi pondered for a moment when he heard this, then sighed: "Forget it, you go out first."

Looking at the grandson's departure back, he sighed again, shook his head with a sigh and said, "This child is also blessed."

The elder Meng Jian smiled and said, "Over the years, all families have sent their nephews to serve Zhuangzi, but no one is blessed to join the great sage. Is it true that all the sons are blessed?" He shook his head and continued, "I'm afraid it's Zhuangzi."

“With that being said…”

Meng Qi frowned. In fact, he didn't know that Zhuangzi was not easy to meet, but the problem was that Zhuangzi was too famous in his Song Kingdom and even in the world. Since the death of the sage "Song Yan", a sage known as "Song Rongzi", passed away, Zhuangzi became the only Taoist wise man in the Song Kingdom. The monarchs of all countries were looking forward to Zhuangzi, hoping that Zhuangzi would assist them in governing the country.

For example, the current monarch of Song State Dai Yan, and the previous monarch of Chu State Xiong Shang, Xiong Shang, were invited to serve as the prime minister of the country, but Zhuangzi regarded them as dirt and refused to serve in office many times.

If anyone among the Meng family members could become Zhuangzi's disciples, I believe that Wang Yan of Song would definitely value his Meng family more. This is why the Meng family, Huashi, Geshi, and Leshi and other major clans knew that Zhuangzi was not good at getting along with each other, but they still sent their nephews from the clan to go one after another.

Although the hope is not great, what if?

Just as Meng Yan was pondering, he suddenly heard Meng Jian say, "Although it is extremely difficult to become a disciple of Zhuangzi, Meng Da left without saying goodbye and returned to his clan without authorization. My Meng family should give Zhuangzi an explanation to avoid damage to the reputation of the family." At this point, he paused and continued with a smile: "It would be better to send a few more clans to serve Zhuangzi to make up for today's mistakes."

Meng Yan nodded slightly when he heard this. He also felt that he should choose one or several nephews from the clan and go to serve Zhuangzi instead of his grandson Mengda.

As for the candidates you choose, of course you are smart.

"Is there any other suitable person in the clan?" Meng Qi asked Meng Jian and said.

Hearing this, Meng Jian's eyes shone slightly, bowed his hands and said in a low voice: "Sect Master, I do have a choice in my heart. If this son cannot be regarded by Zhuangzi, then there is no clan anymore."

"Oh? Who?"

Seeing that Meng Jian gave such a high evaluation, Meng Yan couldn't help but look surprised on her face.

Beside, Mengwu also showed a curious expression on her face.

Meng Jian stroked his beard and showed a little inexplicable look of satisfaction on his face.
Chapter completed!