I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 467 Zi Gong and Fan Li

And after hearing Fan Li's words, Si Lu knew that what he said was very reasonable, but for some reason, he still ignored the chaos caused by the people of the country against the priest.

Therefore, Jishi is still under siege by the people even today.

All the businesses of Jishi were shut down.And anyone who is a member of the Ji clan, or who works under him, is like a mouse crossing the street in the city.

As for the people in the sacrificial mansion, they can even get out.

Duanmuci couldn't help being impatient after hearing these news, but there was nothing he could do.He had to lie dormant nearby for the time being and wait for the opportunity to move.

However, what he never expected was that.A few days later, the riots in the city not only did not subside, but intensified!

One morning, Duanmuci was living in the post house, when he suddenly heard a commotion outside the post house.

Duanmu heard the news, and hurried to the street, mingled among the crowd and looked around.

One person was seen with his hands tied behind his back and was held in a prison van.

It turned out that this person was none other than Zheng Yi's Si Kou Deng Xi!He was directly ordered to be arrested and imprisoned by Si Si!
Deng Xi, since the end of the Zichan era, has been in charge of Sikou in Zhengyi after being recommended by Li Ran.

Because of his fairness, honesty and decent judgment, he has gained quite a reputation among the people in the past few years.

Therefore, he originally had certain restrictions on the people, and Zheng Yi still had something to reason with.

However, now that he himself is in jail, he cannot protect himself.So what about Jishi?But who else can you rely on?

Seeing this situation, Duanmu knew that if he continued to wait and see, those people might rush into the sacrificial palace to do evil at any time!
Although he doesn't know much about Zheng Yi's past, he can clearly feel one thing from the development of the situation and the gossip:
That was the disaster of the Ji family, and I'm afraid it was intentional by the officials!

It's just that it's inconvenient for the officials to intervene directly, so they let the situation develop step by step!
Obviously, choosing to put Deng Xi in prison at this time is bound to fuel the matter.

In addition, Duanmuci lived in the official post these days, and at the same time found something strange, that is the caravans of the Qi Guotian family living in the official post.

In fact, when Duanmuci was in Weiguo, he had already dealt with the caravan of their Qi Guotian clan.

Everyone in the world knows that the Qi Guotian family is now everywhere in Qi to buy people's hearts, and it takes a lot of money to buy people's hearts.

Apparently, the Tian family in Qi State used small dendrobium as grain and lent large dendrobium. Not only could they not rely on farm income as their main income, it was precisely because of their caravan that their Tian family could have such abundant financial resources.

The Qi Guotian clan and the Zheng Guoji clan, as merchant families that coexisted side by side, have been fighting each other for a long time.

It's like the people of Qi who were behind the disaster relief and food transportation in Weiguo back then.Therefore, there is no doubt that the Qi Guotian clan is the biggest beneficiary behind the collapse of the Ji clan.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Zheng Guo officials now attach so much importance to them.

After all, this is something that even Duanmu Ci can figure out, how could Si Lu not realize it?

Now it is clear that Si Si intends to let the merchants of Qi Guotian's family replace the original position of Ji's family!
Especially now that the price of goods in Zhengyi is soaring, the appearance of Tian's merchants can be said to be timely.

And they are like Zheng Guo's saviors. Whether they are four-year-olds or Chinese people, they all think that they are the real "friends" of Zheng Guo.

Duanmuci knew very well that he had to take action.Otherwise, the demise of Zheng Guoji's family may have happened in an instant.

Therefore, Duanmuci first mingled among the people besieging the sacrificial mansion during the day, and carefully observed the surrounding situation.

At night, Duanmuci finally found a gap that he had found during the day, and sneaked into the sacrificial mansion secretly.

Duanmuci had just landed, but was caught by the heavily guarded guards of the Jifu.

Coming head-on, there was a burst of dazzling flames.Duanmuci put a hand in front of his eyes, and whispered:

"I was entrusted by Mr. Ziming!"

When everyone heard the words, they couldn't help but hesitate.After looking at each other for a while, he covered his face and brought him in front of Fan Li.

Later, when Fan Li heard that this person was actually sent by Li Ran, he couldn't help but feel suspicious, so he took off the hood given by Duanmu and asked:
"Who is brother?"

Duanmuci first got used to the light of some torches, and when he saw a young man about his own age standing in front of him, he immediately guessed that this person was Fan Li that Li Ran had mentioned before.

"My family, Duanmu, named Ci, styled Zigong, a native of Wei, is hereby ordered by Mr. Ziming and his family teacher to help Jishi escape to Zhengyi!"

Fan Li couldn't think about who he was for a while, so he immediately brought him into the secret room, and prepared a bright lamp and a cup of sake.

"My name is Li Fan, who is a native of Chu State. In the early years, he was entrusted by Mr. Ziming and stayed in Zheng State. Now Jishi is in danger, and Li is helpless. If he wants to take Jishi away to Zhengyi, I'm afraid. It's not that easy!"

Duanmu Ci sighed:

"Ci has been hovering in the city for several days, and the predicament here is already known."

Fan Li couldn't help shaking his head when he heard that:
"Hey... In the old days, Taishu was a generous person. When he was in power, he did not commit any crimes to the people. However, because of this, in just a few years, there were many profiteers in Zheng Guo. As the leader of political and businessmen, Jishi , since the death of the family steward Xiaoyi, the members of the Ji clan have also been treacherous. Fan Li's qualifications are shallow, and he is from Chu, so he can't convince the public. Therefore, at that time, the Ji clan was also criticized by the Zheng people.

"Over time, the people of the country have accumulated grievances, which has led to today's disaster."

While listening, Duanmuci drank the sake in his hand thoughtfully, remained silent for a while, then nodded slowly and said:

"Well... it seems that we have to start with merchants!"

Hearing this, Fan Li couldn't help looking sideways at Duan Muci:
"Oh? I don't know what good strategy Zigong has?"

"Hehe, there is no way. Since Jishi is the family of merchants, it is necessary to deal with it in the way of merchants! Only in this way can the value of Jishi be shown to the state of Zheng. If we can calm down the current Chinese people's attitude towards Jishi If you misunderstand, the crisis of the sacrifice family will be solved by itself!"

"It's just... now Zhengyi's business has fallen into the hands of Qi Guotian's merchants. Therefore, if Jishi wants to regain the initiative, he needs a lot of money to exchange for it!"

After hearing this, Fan Li said again:
"If you talk about money... Jishi's wealth is quite rich... it's just..."

In fact, Fan Li didn't know whether he should trust Duanmu Ci in front of him, after all, they had never met before.

Moreover, the financial power of their Jishi Dazong is not in the hands of Fan Li at this moment.

Although Fan Li was entrusted by Li Ran and Ji Le, he was just an outsider after all, and he was from Chu.So in the final analysis, the members of the Ji clan did not fully trust him.

What's more, Fan Li's main job was to accompany Guang'er.

Seeing this, Duanmuci also said helplessly:

"I do have a lot of money, but the journey is far away. If I go back to Weiguo, I'm afraid it will be difficult to protect here!"

While talking, Duanmuci took out Li Ran's token.

Fan Li held it in his hand and looked it over carefully, and thus confirmed Duanmuci's identity.

Fan Li thought for a while before answering:
"Since that's the case... Please Zigong wait here for a while."

Duanmuci knew that he was going to discuss with the chief elder of Jishi.

"It's okay, I'll wait here, Brother Fan, please help yourself."

Fan Li walked out immediately, and he directly found the elder Jishi in the mansion.

The Great Elder of the Ji Clan, that is, the concubine of Ji Le's grandfather, is considered to be the highest seniority in the Ji Clan.

It was only because the chief priest of Jishi died in the fire of the four kingdoms first.There were no successors after the sacrifice, and Li Ran was not in Zheng State for a long time.Therefore, after discussion among the clansmen, this great elder was jointly elected to preside over the daily affairs of Jishi.

It's just that, although this great elder has a lot of experience, on the one hand, he is also a person who has no independent opinions. After all, the elders who can have some independent opinions have already been liquidated by Shuniu before.

On the other hand, this Great Elder is old after all, and it is impossible to manage many things.

Therefore, it is better to say that he was chosen as a decoration than the person who was chosen to host.

Sure enough, after hearing Fan Li's words, the Great Elder remained silent and seemed quite hesitant.

Seeing this, Fan Li couldn't help further persuading:

"Grand Elder, this matter needs to be resolved immediately! Otherwise, the family sacrifice will be in danger!"

In fact, why didn't this great elder know that the Ji family was in danger?However, it is too risky to hand over all Jishi's money to an outsider.

Taking a step back, what if this person is a counterfeit?If he took away all the money in the mansion, wouldn't their last straw be gone?
"Fan Li, do you think this person is really reliable?"

Fan Li said:
"This person was sent by Mr. Ziming. Although he is young, Guanzhi is indeed a person with outstanding abilities. Moreover, he can still do things cheaply in Zhengyi. If it weren't for this person, we would have to sit and wait for death! Li is willing to believe this people!"

After hesitating for a moment, the great elder Jishi said:

"Since that's the case...then just trust him!"

(End of this chapter)