I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 110 The Stain of the Country
Speaking of Zheng Guo's "Qi Mu", for decades, there have been many open and secret struggles.As a matter of fact, in any vassal state, open and secret struggles in the country also come and go, and have never stopped.

But in the past, no matter whether it was the "Difficulty of the West Palace" or the "Rebellion of Boyou", they were either more straightforward or more "reasonable and restrained".But it was the first time that someone was as vicious and vicious as he is now.

Zichan can tolerate people, but it doesn't mean that he can let such political opponents continue to threaten him.

"This matter can only be discussed between me and the country. Ziming, you don't want to get involved."

Zichan looked at Li Ran, whom he had placed high hopes on, with a smile in the corner of his eyes.

He didn't want Li Ran to continue to participate in this matter, naturally it was out of a kind of protection for him.Because only in this way can Li Ran enter the temple of Zheng Guo, and even the stage of the world with a more pure and clean identity.

Li Ran is a good seedling, those filthy things on the top floor, try not to touch them if you can.

Li Ran naturally understood Zichan's intentions, and he couldn't help being deeply moved.After all, I recalled what I had said to Marquis Lu when I declined to be an official in the temple of Lu State.

Now that the roles have been reversed, he does not need to shoulder the responsibility of "receiving the country's stains".It's an amazing feeling to be covered by someone.

"Ziming, you should go back now. There are a lot of things going on in the Ji Clan now, and the old suzerain is probably very anxious right now."

Regarding the matter of offering sacrifices to the clan, Li Ran has never made it clear, but Zichan already had some guesses in his mind.

Li Ran understood, Dang even said goodbye to Zichan, and returned to his home.

And when he returned home, just as Zichan expected, everyone was waiting for him.

Jixian, Jiyue, Sun Wu, Chu Dang, and Falcon Yi have all been waiting for a long time.

"Lord."

"gentlemen."

Li Ran passed by Sun Wu and the others, and they all bowed their hands in salute to Li Ran.

"Well, you have worked hard these days, go down and rest."

The last matter, after all, is related to the family scandal of the Ji clan, he thinks it is better not to be in front of Sun Wu and others, and let them participate in it.

"Hey, Ziming is back? How is it? Are things going well inside and outside Zhengyi?"

Ji asked first.

Li Ran cupped his hands and said:

"If you go back to my father-in-law, everything will be fine."

"Doctor Zichan asked my son-in-law to convey it on his behalf. This time, thanks to our Jishi who came forward and got in touch with foreign merchants, he was able to get the help of these people. After the four gates are reopened, he will definitely ask the king for help. I sacrifice my family and ask for a reward."

In this incident, the Ji family contributed their own efforts, and Zichan also saw it in his eyes, so he naturally took it into his heart.

"Oh, Doctor Zichan is too polite. We and Shangqing are in the same spirit. What reward do we need?"

"It's Zi Mingyou, you have been so busy this time, and you are extremely tired. If it weren't for your advice, how could the disease in the city be cured so quickly? I heard that Handang Kingdom has given you the post of pedestrian. You can be regarded as a person with official orders, and you must be more careful in everything."

First of all, looking back at the events that happened these days, Li Ran has handled everything properly.

To be able to get such an extremely intelligent son-in-law as Li Ran is indeed his blessing.

But then again, the more famous Li Ran's reputation was, the more people hated him, and this would naturally bring unnecessary trouble to Jishi.

He reminded Li Ran to be more cautious in everything, in fact, he was implying that Li Ran should not implicate Jishi because of his personal honor and disgrace.

"In addition, there are some things, shouldn't you also explain clearly to the old man?"

At the end of the words, Jixian's eyes turned and became deep for a while.

Ji Le hurriedly took Li Ran's arm, and said coquettishly to Ji Xian:
"Father, Ziming is already very tired from traveling around these days, if there is anything we can talk about tomorrow, it's fine."

"Le'er, this matter is about the life and death of our Ji clan, so don't say too much."

Obviously, her acting like a baby didn't work this time.

Ji Le turned her head, looked at Li Ran again, met Li Ran's eyes, and Li Ran smiled at her, indicating that she was okay.

Seeing this, Ji Le nodded and stood aside.

"Father-in-law, my lord, I went to Dr. Zichan's house to make a suggestion that day. It was indeed a discussion between my son-in-law and Dr. Zichan in advance."

"The reason is to spread the news through my father-in-law."

"This matter is the son-in-law's fault. He failed to report to his father-in-law in time, so please punish him."

Since it was undeniable that he had used the sacrificial ancestors, he simply admitted it openly.

But who knows that Ji Xian was not angry because of this, but said with a little self-deprecation:
"Heh, the old man is getting old, and he is no longer what he used to be. It is normal to be unable to react to some things."

At first, he didn't realize that Li Ran was using him.

It wasn't until later that the government adopted Li Ran's three strategies very smoothly that he realized that there might be something wrong behind it.

After all, no matter how correct Li Ran's suggestion was, he was still only Jishi's son-in-law.As Jishi's son-in-law put forward these three suggestions in the temple, how could the state and the ruling minister not ask Jishi's opinion at all afterwards?

It was from then on that Ji Xian realized that he might have been used by Li Ran.

But he couldn't figure it out for a moment, what exactly was Li Ran's purpose in using him?Is it just an excuse or reason to "persuade" Zichan?
No.

of course not.

Since Li Ran had discussed with Zichan a long time ago, the matter of "convincing" Zichan is more likely to be just a cover, and Li Ran's real goal is definitely not this.

After thinking about it, he finally remembered the guards of Jishi who were repatriated by Li Ran.

At the beginning when he learned that Ji Le was going to send people to another courtyard to guard it, he knew that it must be Li Ran who had discovered it.Therefore, he personally selected these guards, but later, Ji Le sent them all back directly.

At first, he didn't think much of it, but later when he learned that someone was strangled to death in the other courtyard of the Jishi, he realized the real reason why Li Ran sent back these guards.

It's just that he still can't believe it. He wants to get confirmation from Li Ran.

And this is why he had to wait for Li Ran to come back today.

"The old man has gone through decades of ups and downs in the business world, and he has seen a lot of strong winds and waves. Although he will be deceived for a while, but after a little longer, the old man can still figure it out."

"Tell me, who is colluding with outsiders inside our Jishi?"

So far, it is clear that Jixian still does not know the truth about the disease.

He can only guess that someone within his family is colluding with outsiders, but as for the relationship between the two, he is still uncertain.

"Father-in-law really wants to know?"

"What do you think?"

Ji Xian's face was extremely serious.

No matter who is colluding with outsiders, how can he bear the confusion in his heart now that the truth is in front of him?

Hearing the sound, Li Ran looked at Ji Le again, then took a deep breath and said:
"In that case, the son-in-law will tell his father-in-law from the beginning to the end."

This matter cannot be explained clearly word by word, so Li Ran had to sort it out from the beginning.

(End of this chapter)