I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 525 Chapter 626 Chapter 627
When Zilu heard the words, he was startled for a moment, and then he smiled foolishly:

"Since Master and Master trust Zhong You so much, how can Zhong You refuse? It's just...how is Zhong You going to do it now?"

Hearing Zilu's question, Li Ran said calmly:

"Hehe, Zilu, you don't have to do anything now, just wait for the Ji family to invite you to be their housekeeper! After you get to the Ji family, you can just take care of the trivial matters in the clan with peace of mind, and there is no need to worry about it." I feel bad about it.”

When Zilu heard this, he was surprised and said:

"Ah? Don't you need Zhong You to do anything?"

Kong Qiu also nodded:

"Well, today Ji Sunsi came to ask Renyi. On the surface, he came to ask for advice, but in fact he chose the candidate for his own housekeeper! Now, deep in his heart, I am afraid that he has made up his mind to be among the three of you. I have made a choice. And the words I said for my teacher are actually secretly recommended to you!"

"And judging by the look in his eyes today, he probably will choose you! At that time, Zhong You can just pay attention to the matter, and there will always be a time for you to show your strength in the future!"

In fact, Zilu's martial arts is not low, and although he is honest, he is by no means stupid.

Otherwise, how could such a heavy responsibility be entrusted to him?
Therefore, Zilu understood immediately after hearing it, and immediately said:

"The disciple respects the order of the master!"

Then, Li Ran discussed with Kong Qiu and Zilu what to do next.I saw that Li Ran was holding his chin with one hand, and analyzed with Kong Qiu:

"Although the strength of the main towns of these three families should not be underestimated, it is necessary for one of them to make a head start. After analyzing these days, I feel that Gongshanbuxuan of the Ji family and Gonglianyang of the Meng family still need more You have to take it slow!"

"On the contrary, it's Gong Ruomiao of the Uncle Sun's family, which is considered a weak one! Just because the Uncle Sun didn't dare to die early, when he was dying, the retainer Gong Nan proposed to let the youngest son Shu Sunzhou Qiu succeed the suzerain, but the Duke Ruo Miao strongly opposed it at the time!"

"Gong Ruomiao thinks that Shusun Zhouchou is too young to take on the big job. He should choose an older person from among his peers who are afraid of him. This is the strategy for the long-term development of the Shusun family."

"This matter was quite a big issue among the uncles and grandsons at that time. However, in the end, because of Yang Hu's intervention, he had colluded with Sima Gongnan of the uncles and grandchildren. Besides, Yang Hu also thought that the young master was naturally a younger brother. Longer ones are easier to control, so naturally I support Gongnan."

"I remember that the two sides fought because of this, and Gong Ruoxiao was almost plotted against!"

Hearing this, Kong Qiu couldn't help but nodded and said:
"Yes, and Gong Ruoxiao didn't know where he got the news, but he escaped directly in a critical moment. Later, he fled to Liyi, and he directly took the post of governor of Liyi! On the surface He still supports the Shusun family and pays tribute to the Shusun family every year, but he himself has never stepped out of Liyi since then!"

"Afterwards, after Shusun Zhouchou took over as suzerain, and because he was controlled by Yanghu, the entire Shusun clan didn't care about the affairs of Liyi and couldn't take care of them. Today, Shusun Zhouchou is the governor. , and Yang Hu has lost power, for Gong Ruoxiao, he must be dissatisfied with what happened back then! So, maybe we can use it a little!"

Li Ran nodded. Talking to smart people is so smooth, it can be said that it can be said to be clear at one point.

"Now, the big tree Yanghu of Sima Gongnan of Uncle Sun's family has fallen. As a result, both Shusun Zhouqiu and Gongnan are quite afraid of Liyi!"

"We can start with this, so that the Uncle Sun family can attack Liyi first! At that time, with a little cooperation from me, we can win the city wall of Liyi!"

After Zilu heard the words, he couldn't help asking:
"It's just... Even so, would the Uncle Sun really agree to destroy their own town? It's their main town! It has only been reinforced and raised for decades, and its scale is no less than that of the capital. Qufu!"

Li Ran said:
"Hehe, if they were in control of Liyi normally, then naturally they wouldn't agree so easily."

"However, if Liyi is like now, allowing his magistrate to become bigger, then they have no reason not to be afraid. Besides, the uncle Sun Zhe, after the failure of Yanghu's plot, first fled to Feiyi , and then entered Liyi, there is no doubt that this person is also a big threat to Uncle Sun Zhouqiu!"

"Now, Gongnan is the Sima of the Shusun clan, and he controls the private army of the Shusun clan. Back then, he was actually the one who assassinated Gong Ruomiao, but he didn't succeed. Now Gongnan is gone. Yang Hu's asylum is always worried that he will be retaliated by Gong Ruoxiao."

"He, I'm afraid he can't even sleep well now! Hehe, so we only need to push the boat to make things happen!"

Confucius heard it and couldn't help but be overjoyed:
"Then please benefactor express clearly, how we should do this now."

Li Ran smiled slightly, and said to Kong Qiu:
"Now, Zhongni only needs to go directly to the Uncle Sun's, explain the pros and cons to the Uncle Sun in front of Gongnan, and then you can wait and see what happens!"

Zilu's eyes widened.

"Can it be so simple?"

However, Li Ran came back with a tactical retreat, and said very firmly:

"Hehe, it's so simple! As the saying goes, 'Govern by doing nothing', in everything, you only need to pay attention to one thing and follow the trend, and you will get twice the result with half the effort!"

"It's just that... Zhongni has to go there himself. Remember, you only need to add a handful of firewood to them."

Kong Qiu lowered his head, thinking for a long time in his heart, and then made up his mind:
"Well, what benefactor said is true, since that's the case, Qiu will go now!"

Li Ran stretched out his hand to stop Kong Qiu again:
"Although the matter of the three capitals is urgent, we should not be too anxious. Zhongni still has to think about his words, and we have to discuss it well. If Cuo Zhongni speaks inappropriately at that time, Gongnan and that Shusun Zhouqiu, who is already the governor, will not be easily baited after all!"

Then, the three of them continued to discuss until the sky was getting dark. Seeing that it was getting late, Gong Eryue called out:
"Sir, it's getting late! It's almost time for feeding!"

Only then did Li Ran and the others come to their senses. Because of the arousal they had just said, time had passed by before they knew it, and it was almost Shenshi.

Now being reminded like this, Li Ran and Kong Qiu looked out of the window at the same time, but seeing that the sky had already darkened, they were not hungry at all.

Both of them could not help but smile, Li Ran got up and said:

"What should be said is already said, so let's do it according to this first, or that sentence, everything should go with the flow."

"Let's go! It's getting late, you two should come back after feeding here!"

So, the three of them ate together again, Kong Qiu and Zi Lu said goodbye to Li Ran and returned to the city.

After seeing them off, Li Ran sat in the courtyard to rest.

Gong Eryue came over at this time, and said:
"Sir, you've worked hard. You must be very busy today!"

Li Ran disagreed:

"Just talking for a day, it's not hard work! Compared with you, it's still a lot easier!"

And Gong Eryue asked casually:

"What were you talking about just now? How can you talk all day?"

Li Ran smiled:
"It's all trivial government affairs, and it's really insignificant."

Gong Eryue didn't ask carefully, but suddenly smiled:
"I saw Mr. sinking like this before, and I really hoped that you would come out and walk around more. But now that you have done it, it makes people worry about your body. If Mr. is so busy in the future, I am afraid that your body will I can't stand it either!"

Li Ran heard the words, but replied with a slight smile:
"Hehe, it's as if I can't do anything. I haven't reached the point where I'm so weak. By the way, where is Guang'er?"

Gong Eryue replied:
"Shao Bojun recently found a music and dance teacher for Guang'er from the palace, and he is studying "Shao Wu" there today! This child is smart, I think she has learned it well, presumably before Should have learned it?"

Hearing what Gong Eryue said, Li Ran couldn't help but look sad again:

"Well, her mother... did teach her before..."

Gong Eryue hastily changed the topic again:

"No wonder you can dance so well from the very beginning! By the way, the musician hasn't left yet, let's go and have a look!"

Li Ran hesitated at this moment, but Gong Eryue took his hand and pulled him up abruptly.

In the front hall, Li Guang was dancing to the music of the musicians, while Fan Li was watching from the side.

Li Guang looks more and more beautiful now, because of her heart disease, she looks extraordinarily thin, which makes people feel pitiful.

Suddenly, the accompaniment music stopped, but the teacher called from the side:
"No, no! Miss, this dance style is still too weak! As everyone knows, 'dance' and 'wu' are of the same origin? "Shao Le" is Wang Yue, so it must have the air of a king. ! Although the girl dances well, it still lacks a bit of vigor! It needs to strengthen its strength!"

As soon as Li Ran heard this, he couldn't help but suddenly looked at Gong Eryue.

What did he suddenly seem to realize?
He seemed to have suddenly realized that Gong Eryue's sword moves seemed to be somewhat similar to the music and dance in the Central Plains...

But among them, it is especially like "Shaoyue" - the dance music that Jiyue was best at back then.

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chapter 627

But at this moment, Fan Li spoke from the side:

"Okay, let's stop here today! Teacher Lao Le will come to give advice today."

"Guang'er, rest now."

Hearing this, the musician bowed and retreated with his guqin.And Fan Li took out a handkerchief, and wiped the thin beads of sweat on Li Guang's forehead.

Li Guang smiled and said:

"It's still early, in fact, it won't hurt to study a little longer!"

Fan Li smiled, shook his head and said:
"Guang'er can't just care about himself and others! The musician lives in the palace, and now he has to rush back to the palace while the weather is clear. If the palace gate is closed, wouldn't it be a waste of time? Think about others, This is also the so-called 'benevolence'!"

Li Guang nodded, then turned around again, and saw his father and "Second Mother" standing at the back door, Dang even greeted them:
"Father, Er Niang, when did you come here?"

Li Ran replied:

"Guang'er is good, you have just arrived as a father! Today I was taught by the musician in the palace, how is it going?"

Li Guang said with a little pride:
"It's not too difficult. What I learned today was actually taught by my mother back then, so it's not too difficult..."

Li Ran couldn't help feeling sour when she heard her mentioning Jiyue.

Jiyue seems to be a thorn in his heart forever, and every time he thinks about it, he will be stung.

Seeing this, Gong Eryue interrupted again:

"Guang'er can't be so proud! It's better to be a humble person like your father!"

"By the way, just now I heard from the musician that Guang'er lacked a bit of strength in your dance skills. After that, how about I teach you how to practice swords? Since the dance and martial arts have the same origin, Erniang saw that Guang'er's movements are indeed true. If there is any inconsistency, why not let me guide you with the sword dance! How about it?"

When Guang'er heard this, he suddenly said excitedly:
"Okay! Guang'er likes to watch Er Niang play sword the most! It's so beautiful!"

When Li Ran heard it, he couldn't help but pause again...

……

Besides, on Kong Qiu's side, after he returned home, he was still thinking about the three capitals in his heart.After all, this matter is related to the future national destiny of the Lu Kingdom, and this can't help but make Kong Qiu really excited.

It has always been Confucius' long-cherished wish to make the State of Lu become the hope of "reviving Zhouli" with his own efforts.

In the early morning of the next day, Kong Qiu came to Uncle Sun's mansion and met Uncle Sun Zhouqiu.

At this time, Gong Nan was always by his side. Although Shusun Zhouchou was not as good as the weak crown, and his face was still a little immature, compared to when he first took over as suzerain, he was still much more mature.After all, he was only a few years old at that time.

After the three saluted each other, Gong Nan said on behalf of the Patriarch:

"Master Si Kou has so many opportunities to deal with every day, how can he come to Bifu when he has time?"

Confucius said straight to the point:
"Oh, it's all right. It's just because Qiu checked the files of these years recently. He found that his uncle and grandson Chengzi unfortunately died of illness a few years ago, and Dr. Uncle Sun was still young at that time, so he may not remember some things But maybe you, Gongnan, might know something about it, that is... that big assassination case that happened that year!"

Gongnan took the post of Ma Zheng in Shusun's family, and was in charge of raising, training, using and purchasing horses.Since horses are the most important production and marching assets and belong to a family's heavy capital, the status of his horse is not low.

Gongnan couldn't help raising his eyebrows:
"Oh? Why did Master Si Kou bring up the old case again? Could it be that there are some new clues?"

Kong Qiu waved his hand again:
"Hehe, it's been too long. How can there be any clues? It's just that... after Gong Ruomiao was assassinated, he went to Liyi, and took the post of governor of Liyi on his behalf. According to the I heard that Dr. Uncle Sun has never even gone to Liyi for routine inspections since he became suzerain, this...is it a bit strange?"

In fact, Confucius meant something in his words.

The implication is: Although there is no supporting evidence, according to the development of the situation, it seems that the assassination of Gong Ruomiao is not a simple matter.

Gongnan naturally understood the meaning of this, while Shusun Zhouchou said:
"Gong Ruomiao is now in charge of Liyi, and tributes are collected every year. As for the state's enmity, it is entirely because of the inconvenience of going back and forth, so it was not possible to go! Si Kou's words, please forgive the state's enmity for not understanding... "

Confucius smiled and said:
"Hehe, please forgive me for being presumptuous. According to what I have heard, the tribute of Liyi over the years seems to be less than one year, right? I don't know if this is true? If so, is it because the harvest is not good? Or is it that? Gong Ruoxiao deliberately concealed it, did he do it on purpose?"

When Gongnan heard this, he cautiously replied:

"What exactly is Master Si Kou trying to say? You can be blunt. My lord is still young and doesn't have much experience, so I can't understand all these oblique words."

Kong Qiu was silent for a long time, then finally opened his mouth and said:

"This matter...is originally a family matter of my uncle and grandson, so Qiu shouldn't have said it. But this matter, after all, involves the safety of the Lu country, so I dare not say nothing!... Qiu thought that Gong Ruomiao was probably You already have the heart of a traitor!"

Shusun Zhouchou was young after all, and he couldn't hide anything on his face.Hearing this, he couldn't help but change his expression.

At this time, Kong Qiu continued to add fuel and vinegar:

"Back then, Gong Ruomiao was dissatisfied with Dr. Uncle Sun's succession to the suzerain position, and all the subsequent actions could not be ruled out as a trick he played! The intention was to go to Liyi with an excuse."

"The city wall of Liyi is strong, there are many private soldiers, and Dr. Shusun has not been there for a long time. The people in Liyi are only afraid of the public, but they don't know the Shusun family! Moreover, there are still two sinners of the Shusun family. Fleeing to Liyi, this...is really intriguing!"

"Thinking about Nan Kuai and Yang Hu these years, they are all people who have disturbed the situation in the Lu country! As a military officer, Qiu must be investigated! So... Will Gong Ruomiao become the leader? Uncle Sun, and even the confidant of our Lu State?"

Uncle Sun Zhouqiu said urgently:
"Si Kou's words are very reasonable! In fact..."

Suddenly, Gong Nan hastily covered Uncle Sun Zhouchou's mouth with his cuff, because he didn't want to show his hostility towards Gong Ruomiao in front of outsiders:
"Lord Si Kou, after all, this matter is based on conjecture, and Gong Ruo Miao has not openly betrayed the Lord, so it may be inappropriate to draw conclusions like this!"

When Confucius heard the words, he pretended to sigh and said:

"Hey...Qiu is just a kind reminder. After all, the chaos in Nankuai and Yanghu is the misfortune of our country of Lu! If Gong Ruo Miao Ruo can really keep his own place, it will be fine!"

So Kong Qiu chatted with Uncle Sunzhou Qiushi again, and left.

Shusun Zhouchou and Gongnan also sent Kong Qiu directly out of the gate before returning to the study.

After the screen retreated to the left and right, Uncle Sun Zhouchou asked first:
"Gongnan, you should have done the assassination of Gong Ruomiao back then, right? Kong Zhongni...but he suspects that Gong Ruomiao himself played a bitter trick?..."

Gongnan smiled bitterly and said:
"Back then, Gong Ruo Miao did not support the establishment of the lord as suzerain. Nan also made such a bad plan in order to allow the lord to succeed to the throne smoothly. However, it was a pity that he failed at that time, and he fled to Liyi, and he took advantage of the opportunity. He is in charge of the power of Liyi."

"Actually... What Sir Si Kou said just now is not bad, no matter whether it is my Gongnan's doing, or it is a good show he put on. Now that Gong Ruoxiao is in Liyi, he has indeed become my uncle. Sun's tail is too big to lose!"

"However, we must not let others know about this matter, otherwise...if Gong Ruoxiao is angered, I'm afraid it will arouse his rebellious heart instead!"

After hearing this, Shusun Zhouchou asked worriedly:
"Then what should we do? We can't just sit back and watch Gong Ruomiao become the trouble of Nan Kuai and Yang Hu step by step, right?"

Gongnan thought about it for a while, and then showed a fierce expression:

"My lord, don't worry... the general has plans! I will raise another person... General Ruo Miao... to kill him! As long as he dies, Liyi will naturally belong to my uncle and grandson!"

Shusun Zhouchou narrowed his eyes:
"Okay...then I will leave this matter to you! Be sure to hit it with one blow, or you will be in vain!"

In fact, Gong Nan has been thinking about how to deal with Gong Ruo Miao all these years, so he has made early preparations.

At this moment, he said with confidence in his chest:

"My lord, don't worry, the person who will be used in the end is now in Liyi, and nothing will be lost by then!"

(End of this chapter)