When Shen Bing defeated Yang Duanhe's Hanoi soldiers in the Western Regions, Meng Liang was pouring himself a drink at Beidi Xiaozhu in Xianyang.
"Beidi Xiaozhu" is taken from the Beidi general Shen Bing, and it also means that this is the Beidi's inn in Xianyang.
This is the inn opened by Meng Liang in Xianyang to run the cloth, silk, paper, etc. industries in the north. If he needed to discuss business, Meng Liang would entertain him at this inn.
These days, Meng Liang lived up to Shen Bing's trust and ran the business in the Northland in full swing, especially when he later added seeds and special foods from the Western Regions, fine horses from the Xiongnu, jade from Seleucid, etc., the Northland business became a boom. Xiaozhu has become a hot spot pursued by Xianyang’s dignitaries.
However, these days, Meng Liang has been looking sad all the time.
This is not because Beidi Xiaozhu’s business is slow.
In fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that Beidi Xiaozhu was making money every day. Beidi and even the Beidi Army led by Shen Bing no longer worried about supplying money. Even if the business has dropped a lot, it doesn't matter.
The problem is that……
Shen Bing was wrongly accused of being a rebel?
Fusu was wrongly accused of murdering the emperor!
That’s not true!
Meng Liang poured cup after cup of rice wine into his stomach.
He laughed out loud a few times in the excitement of the wine, but soon it turned into crying again, and then he shook his head and sighed while adding more wine to the glass.
Meng Liang's father, Meng Jia, was a minister of Yingzheng Pang, so he had heard the news a long time ago, so Meng Liang and Shen Bing and his party were cut off, and Shen Bing and Fusu were never mentioned again, otherwise it would be "trouble comes from the mouth." out".
Meng Liang was not sad about this. He only regretted that he was assigned to Xianyang to take care of business and could not live a happy life in Seleucid with Shen Bing in the Western Regions.
Once upon a time, Meng Liang was nothing more than a playboy who had nothing to do all day long. Although he had no worries about food and clothing, he was extremely bored.
It wasn't until he followed Shen Bing that he discovered that there were so many joys in this world.
Rebellious?
So what if you really rebel?
If it weren't for his father's obstruction or concern for his family, Meng Liang would have followed Shen Bing with his family members.
But now...
At this moment, there were two gentle knocks at the door. After getting permission, a waiter came in with a jug of wine and said, "Doctor, this is the wine you want!"
Because Mengliang served in the Northern Army and relied on his father's relationship, he had successfully obtained the title of doctor, so he was called a doctor.
Meng Liang was a little surprised. He didn't order wine, so why would this waiter suddenly come up and refill the pot?
Then Meng Liang understood, because while handing over the wine bottle, the waiter quickly took out a letter from his arms and put it in front of Meng Liang, and whispered: "A letter from the general!"
With that, the waiter said again: "Doctor, please take it easy!" Then he put away the plate and left.
Meng Liang was stunned for a moment, quickly stood up, closed the window, and then eagerly opened the letter.
It was okay not to look at it, but I was secretly frightened when I looked at it. Then my worries turned to excitement, and I whispered: "It's a good saying. As expected of Shen Bing, how could I not have thought of it?"
Then Meng Liang stopped hesitating and was about to put away the letter... After thinking about it, he spread the letter on the table, took the wine bottle and slowly poured wine on it until the letter paper became a ball and nothing could be seen clearly. Then wring it out, knead it into a ball and put it into your sleeve.
After returning to Meng Mansion, Meng Liang immediately asked his general Meng Huan: "Where is father?"
Meng Huan cupped his hands and replied: "He's in the study!"
Meng Liang hurried to the study and saw Meng Jia practicing calligraphy.
Meng Jia actually saw Meng Liang coming in, but he didn't stop writing at all.
He actually knew why Meng Liang came, and it must have been to say good things to Shen Bing again.
This Shen Bing really has something special about him. For example, the paper he makes is the best for writing and painting.
But now that he is a traitor, wouldn't it mean that his life is at risk if he continues to associate with him?
At the same time, Meng Jia secretly sighed: Why can't this treacherous son learn to protect himself wisely? If so, how will the Meng family gain a foothold in Xianyang in the future!
Thinking about it, Meng Jia said in a cold voice without raising his head: "If you come here for Shen Bing again, just go and get thirty boards yourself!"
Meng Liang smiled confidently, gave Meng Jia a gift, and said: "Father, Liang is here to serve Shen Bing, or to save his father and even the Meng family!"
Meng Jia paused for a moment, then continued to write, and said with a smile: "If you want to trick me into letting you go to help Shen Bing, then you are looking down on your father!"
Meng Liang gave another salute and said: "Father, you think you are protecting yourself wisely at this time, but you don't know that the Meng family is in great danger. If you don't realize it, it will be too late!"
Meng Jia's eyelids twitched.
He had always been extremely taboo about the word "disaster is coming". Of course Meng Liang knew it, but now he said it to his face and used it on the Meng family.
Meng Jia gritted his teeth and was about to have an attack, but when he thought about it, it was not too late to first listen to what this traitor had to say before delving further into the matter.
So he let out a "hum", threw the pen on the table, and said, "If you don't tell me the truth this time, I won't be able to spare you!"
Meng Liang saluted again and said: "If this is the case, Liang is willing to be punished by his father!"
Meng Jia frowned and secretly thought that Meng Liang was a little weird today, maybe there was something wrong with him, so he sat back in his chair and nodded: "Speak quickly if you have anything to say, don't be pretentious!"
Meng Liang raised his hand and said, "Have you ever heard, father, that Shen Bing defeated Yang Duanhe recently, and Yang Duanhe was killed? Tens of thousands of the 200,000 Hanoi soldiers surrendered to Shen Bing, and tens of thousands more fled to the sandbank?"
"So what if I heard about it, so what if I didn't hear about it?" Meng Jia asked rhetorically.
"Father." Meng Liang asked: "It can be seen from this battle that Fusu can compete with the Qin Dynasty with the power of Shen Bing. It is even possible to destroy the Qin Dynasty by developing outside the Great Wall for several years..."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Meng Jia raising his hand.
Meng Jia hurriedly walked to the window and took a look outside. After closing the window, he turned around and lowered his voice to lecture Meng Liang: "How can you say such treacherous words? You must never say nonsense again..."
"Father!" Meng Liang shook his head and said, "Liang just wants to ask, if Fusu and Shen Bing are so capable, why do they want to murder the emperor? Isn't this a superfluous move?"
Meng Jia's fingers flew to Meng Liang in the air, and he said angrily: "Shut up, how can we criticize these things?"
If in normal times, Meng Jia was so angry, Meng Liang would have been as obedient as a frightened lamb. But at this time, Meng Liang would not give in at all, saying: "Father, you are so confused. If you don't criticize me again, ', I'm waiting for the Meng family to be in disaster!"
Meng Jia couldn't help being surprised when he saw the truth of Meng Liang's words, and asked: "How do you say this?"
Meng Liang replied: "If Fusu has no intention of rebellion, then he will be harmed by Zhao Gao and Li Si. If Zhao Gao and Li Si come to power, how can they tolerate my Meng family? The first one is General The Meng family has been uprooted!"
Hearing this, Meng Jia couldn't help but open his mouth for a long time and couldn't close it, but he didn't expect this.