I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 353 Suiguo Guarding the South

Immediately afterwards, Li Ran noticed that Fan Li in front of him actually called Shen Wuyu "father", so he asked casually:
"How is your father doing now?"

"After my father and the king of Chu separated in Xu State, due to the turmoil in the current situation, the king of Chu hanged himself at brother Zhong's place. When my father learned of the situation, he abandoned his position as Yin in Zhongli County. Now he is living in seclusion with brother Zhong. Guard the remains of the king of Chu, in the hope that in the future, he can be buried with the ceremony of a king!"

"And this news, only our Shen family knows now! My father is afraid that if you don't know about the incident, it may affect your long-term plans, so he asked Fan Li to report the funeral!"

Li Ran was startled for a moment, then smiled wryly.At the beginning, he asked Shen Wuyu to give King Chu a good death, but he did not expect that he would actually do it.

"That's right, how is brother Shen Baoxu doing now?"

"Brother disguised himself as a Yueman. After being captured by the Wu people, he reported the top-secret information of the Chu state and waited for an opportunity to get close to Wu Wang Yuji. Now he has successfully stabbed him to death! He also took advantage of the chaos and retreated. Now he is talking to my father and Zhong Let's guard the spirit of the King of Chu together."

"Huh? It actually succeeded? ... And ... and still escaped unscathed?"

Li Ran was somewhat surprised by this.If stabbing Wu Wang Yu Ji to death was already not easy, then if he was able to escape completely, he would be truly astonished.

"Before the assassination, Uncle encouraged the rest of the prisoners of Yue to revolt, and he prepared his own escape route. Therefore, as soon as he succeeded, those prisoners of Yue immediately fled together, so the people of Wu were in chaos for a while. It's a mess. Uncle got away by luck!"

"It's really sublime... Shen Baoxu, you really deserve to be Shen Baoxu!"

Li Ran admired secretly in his heart, and said in his mouth:

"Brother Ling is both wise and brave. In this way, Wu State will have no time to invade Chu State for the time being, but Chu State is now..."

The state of Chu is now under the control of Prince Qiji, and his brother Xiong Bi is on the throne, so it can be said to be in chaos.

It is also impossible to know what the future of Chu State will be like.

But because of this, Ye Yi's side is temporarily safe.

"Mr. Ziming, no one can predict the situation in Chu now, and my father is powerless about it."

The prince's abandonment of illness has long been revealed, so now he must be busy with how to kill the king and usurp the throne.

And with his personality, as long as he doesn't challenge his bottom line, he will eventually show others with a "calm down" attitude, so he won't be aggressive towards Ye Yi anymore.

Therefore, Li Ran decided to put the situation of Chu State aside for the time being.

Li Ran glanced at Fan Li again, but couldn't help feeling a little confused, and asked:
"By the way, why doesn't Shaobo use Shen as his family, but Fan as his family?"

Li Ran spoke Fan Li's characters directly, and his "character" was bestowed by his father not long ago.He was a little puzzled for a moment.But then he thought maybe his father had mentioned it to Mr. Ziming before, so he was just a little startled at this moment, and didn't pay much attention to it:

"Mr. Hui, our Shen family is originally the descendant of the State of Shen, so we use 'Shen' as our family. However, we can also take the other family of his ancestor 'Fan Shan', so we take the family as 'Fan'. Now my father wants to avoid Therefore, he deliberately concealed the identity of 'Shen', and took 'Fan' as his family. My father now claims to be the 'Fan Shan Queen', and asked us to also call ourselves Fan when we show up."

(In "Guoyu", "Shen Wuyu" is indeed also called "Fan Wuyu", but whether Fan Li is after Fan Wuyu is unknown. This is a fabrication.)
Hearing this, Li Ran couldn't help but nodded and said:
"I see!"

"In fact, not only that, but there are also some members of our Shen clan, who changed their clan to 'Wen', just because we are all descendants of King Wen, so the clan members use the 'posthumous title' of the ancestor as their clan. Therefore, 'Shen' , 'Fan', and 'Wen' are all my family!"

After Li Ran listened, although he didn't say anything, he felt a strange feeling in his heart.If it is really according to what Fan Li said, is the "wen" of the future languages ​​also changed by the Shen family?If so, then the double stars of the politicians that King Goujian of Yue relied on in the future will really become the same family.

(Fan Li and Wen Zhong are actually from Chu, and their ancestral places are also similar. This is true. However, whether they came from the same school is unknown. This is a fiction.)
However, Li Ran would not say these words, but Li Ran responded politely:

"Young uncle has worked hard all the way, and he will retire first to rest. When he was young, he had a banquet to entertain him."

Fan Li didn't intend to back down, Li Ran was feeling strange, Fan Li bowed deeply to Li Ran:
"Just now, when Fan Li was waiting outside, he heard the conversation between the master and you. In fact, Fan Li has a way to deal with the copper shortage."

Hearing this, Li Ran couldn't help being overjoyed, and couldn't help asking:
"Oh? What can I do? Uncle Shao, tell me quickly!"

Fan Li replied:

"Not far to the south of Yeyi, there used to be a country surnamed Ji, which was rich in copper and stone. Although the land has been merged into Chu State, its owner still exists. You can ask them if they are willing to help!"

"Oh? There is such a country in the hinterland of Chu?"

Li Ran didn't know about this, but he couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"This country is Suiguo. Suiguo was a big country that the emperor of Zhou entrusted to guard the south. At the beginning of the founding of the country, it was an important stronghold for the Zhou people in Jianghan. And at that time, within the territory of Suiguo, copper and stone were exposed. Therefore, to build a country here with the country is to control the copper and stone here, and use this to fight hard, and tried to contain the expansion of Jingchu..."

When Fan Li said this, Li Ran thought of this country.That's right, back then, Suiguo was also a vassal in the south, and it was rich in mineral deposits.It's just that in the past hundred years, it has disappeared directly.

Everyone in the world thought that the country of Sui had already been destroyed by the country of Chu, but they didn't expect that they had survived till now.

"Suiguo was sitting on bronze and stone back then. With its military strength, it was a strong enemy of Chu. It was only because the surrounding small countries were wiped out one after another, and the Zhou royal family was in decline. Suiguo had no choice. Under Ji Liang's help, they made an oath with Chu State: "Eternal alliance, mutual non-aggression". Because of this, Sui State has basically been preserved to this day!"

(Digression: The chime bells of Marquis Yi of Zeng unearthed earlier, with textual research, is the funerary object given to the king of Sui by King Chu Zhao later. According to the current textual research, Zeng and Sui are actually the same country.)
"Because the monarch of Sui State is Ji, and Mr. Zhou is also a native of Zhou, and the person he is asking for does not have any enmity with Chu State, so if Mr. goes to ask for help, he promises to reward you later, then only relying on Mr. Chu's status in Chu State. With his fame and his status as a priest in the Zheng Kingdom, the King of Sui Kingdom will definitely help him!"

Hearing this, Li Ran couldn't help but nodded in praise and said:
"What Shaobo said is very true! If it is true, then there will be no worries!"

Fan Li was aware of their difficulties just by hearing a few words from outside, and thus came up with such a strategy of "asking for help from Suiguo".

Not only that, but this strategy also took into account the relationship between Sui and Chu, and even Li Ran's reputation in Chu, and so on.

And based on this, it can be directly judged that Suiguo is a force that they can win now.

Li Ran also admired this meticulous thought. No wonder this person enjoys a great reputation in the long history.

At this time, Fan Li volunteered again:

"Sir, Fan Li is willing to go and complete this matter, as long as the sir can complete the official document."

"This trip has a lot to do with it, so I would like to go with this little friend and help me a little bit!"

At this time, Ye Xu also stepped forward and clasped his fists to ask.

But Li Ran pondered for a while, and decided to let the two of them go to Sui Guo for help, just to see what little Fan Li could do.In addition, 20 people were sent as guards, and a scroll was revised and handed over to Fan Li.

"The state of Chu is not stable at the moment. The danger along the way is not small. Remember to pay attention to safety. Don't stay in a dangerous place for a long time to avoid unnecessary troubles. Although this trip has nothing to do with the state of Chu, the government of the state of Chu is in chaos now. There's no telling what's going to happen next!"

When Fan Li got the official document, he clasped his fists and said:
"Don't worry, sir, Li has already planned a route in his heart, and he should hurry to Suiguo. It's not too late, Li will set off now!"

After the discussion, Fan Li and Ye Xu set off with the 20 people.Li Ran and Sun Wu sent them to the city gate.

Sun Wu watched the two of them go away, feeling uneasy in his heart:

"This person is so young, can he really be worthy of this great responsibility?"

After Li Ran heard the words, he smiled slightly, and replied quite firmly:
"Hehe, Changqing is worrying too much! Thinking back, Brother Changqing was like this?"

(End of this chapter)