I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 1 Traveling through the Spring and Autumn is too dangerous

In the 31st year of Lu Xianggong, the king of Zhou was on the outskirts of Luoyi.

"Stop! Stop! If you don't stop, I'm going to shoot!..."

Under the cloudy and thunderstorm night, there were waves of chasing after him.The wheels of the car also made dull noises on the uneven dirt road, but they were instantly drowned out by the thunder from the sky.

On the carriage, a man who looked like a guard was sitting on the driver's seat, while driving wildly, he looked into the carriage behind him from time to time.

At this time, there were two people in the car, one dressed as a servant, sitting sideways.The other person was lying flat beside him, a young man about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a face like a jade crown, carved with an axe and a knife, his appearance was very handsome.

But at this moment, his complexion was pale, as if he had suffered a serious illness, and he was still unconscious.And from time to time, some words that the guards couldn't understand no matter how hard they heard.

"Mentor... Prince! No... don't go..."

……

After driving so hard all night, the guards driving the car were already exhausted.But fortunately, he finally took advantage of the night and the heavy rain to get rid of the pursuers behind him.

When the sky cleared up, the guards dragged their exhausted bodies and came to a small stream. They were about to get out of the car to wet the wrapping cloth and put it on the young man in the car, but unexpectedly, he was unconscious all the time. The young man suddenly flipped over and looked at himself with horror in his eyes.

"gentlemen…"

"you…"

Li Ran looked at the guard in front of him, stared at each other, and froze in place for a moment.

Then, the memories in my mind flooded out like a tide.

Li Ran, a student of quantum physics from the [-]th century.Because of being involved in a war that had nothing to do with him, his mentor had to let Li Ran participate in a dangerous experiment in order to save Li Ran's life - the traceability project.

His mentor was the chief designer of the historical traceability project, and Li Ran traveled through this method.

Coincidentally, Li Ran's ancestor in this life happened to be named Li Ran, and the tracing was successful, and Li Ran saved his life for the time being.

"Li Ran? Accompanied by Prince Jin of the Zhou royal family?"

With the continuous influx of memory fragments, Li Ran's understanding of the traced person is gradually increasing.

Li Ran in this life is the history of the Zhou royal family's Luoyi keeper, also known as the librarian.When he was young, he was a classmate of Ji Jin, the prince of the Zhou royal family, and the two grew up together, which can be said to be like brothers.

"However, after Jin enters the palace to see his mother this time, I'm afraid it will be bad luck. If something happens to Jin, remember not to seek revenge. Wan Wang cares about the common people in the world, don't forget your oath..."

"Prince!"

"what!"

Li Ran recalled so far, and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, as if it was about to burst.

After a while, he slowly woke up again, looking out of the car with empty eyes.

"Arnold...we...where are we going?"

A Nuo is Prince Jin's bodyguard, the only person Prince Jin can trust.

"Ah sir, you have finally woken up. I don't know what kind of sickness sir has, but it is so dangerous. I am in a trance, intermittently."

"Do you want some water, sir? After drinking the water, let's hurry up and get on the road. I'm afraid Wang Jinei will not be peaceful these few days. If those thieves catch up..."

A Nuo was rambling on about something, but Li Ran didn't hear clearly at all.Because at this moment, the memory in his mind is gradually filling up.

It is said that Queen Jiang of Qi State, King Ling of Zhou, wanted to harm Prince Jin in order to make her son Ji Gui the crown prince.

When Prince Jin's people in the palace got the news, they rushed to inform Prince Ji Jin and asked him to leave Wang Ji quickly.

However, at this time, it happened that someone from the palace came to summon again, announcing that the prince would enter the palace to discuss matters the next day.

Prince Jin thought about it all night, knowing that he was doomed to die now.If you don't follow the order to escape, then you have a ghost in your heart, and it will be confirmed by then.If you follow the edict, I'm afraid it will be the disaster of sword and axe.

This is a dead end, but he doesn't want to hurt others.Knowing the relationship between Li Ran and herself, according to the queen's behavior, she will definitely not let him go.

Therefore, he had to order someone to send Li Ran out of Wang Ji overnight.

……

"Where is the prince? Where is the prince now?"

After Li Ran woke up, he obviously didn't know the situation, so he asked anxiously.

"Prince...Prince, he, since he entered the palace, it should be impossible..."

Arnold seemed to be whimpering as he set up the carriage.

"What! Too...the prince..."

Li Ran looked a little annoyed.

"Hey, I just hate that I traced back to the source at the wrong time. If I could advance a few days earlier, why did I end up here!"

It seems that tracing the source also needs to pay attention to timing.

Li Ran thought so.

Li Ran in this life, because of his excellent character and learning, became Prince Jin's accompanying student.Therefore, the two can be described as close friends.The two once vowed that they must rejuvenate the Zhou family and solve the problems of the people of the world.

But now, the crown prince was killed, and he fled in a hurry. It is a blessing to be able to save a life, so don't talk about other things.

"Oh, Brother Ran, it seems that the responsibility of Xing Zhou will have to fall on your shoulders in the future."

Li Ran thought of the last words of advice that Prince Ji Jin had with him for the last time, and only then did he understand the meaning of it, so he couldn't help being sentimental again.

After a long time, I felt that the carriage finally stopped slowly. Seeing A Nuo jumping off the driver's seat, he turned around and bowed to Li Ran and said:

"Sir is all right, and Wang Ji has already left here. Take care, sir! I have to get up and go back, little one."

Not as sad as Li Ran, but at this moment, A Nuo was already packing his bags while talking.

He also pulled out a horse that had been prepared in the forest, and jumped onto the horse one by one.

"Wait a minute!"

Li Ran jumped off the car, stepped forward and grabbed the rein, and said nervously:
"Now that the crown prince is murdered, Wang Ji Nei must be extremely dangerous! Since you are the crown prince's personal bodyguard, who in Luoyi doesn't know you? Wouldn't it be a trap for you to go back now?"

A Nuo slowly let go of Li Ran's tight grip on the reins, and said:
"Thank you sir for your kindness!... However, the prince's kindness is with me, even if I die, I can't repay it in case. I am a white person, but the prince stays here like a brother. Now there are villains who are killing my brother, how can I do it?" Sit back and ignore it?! Even if it doesn’t work, it’s just death, so what’s there to be afraid of!”

"Sir, take care all the way."

After saying this, the man bowed his hands to Li Ran on the horse, and then galloped away.

Li Ran knew that he was bound to die, so he no longer tried to stop him, because he knew that everyone had their own destiny.

The destiny of this guard is probably to protect the Lord and die, what about himself?
Thinking about being hunted down by the queen, what should I do in this vast world?
When Li Ran was at a loss, a sharp and hasty horse cry suddenly came from his ears!
But seeing another wave of dust billowing in the distance, it seemed that there were many guards with halberds rushing in Wang Ji's direction, and the horses neighed. One could tell at a glance that they were coming to chase and kill the prince's party!

Li Ran was shocked, and hurriedly let the servant drive away.

But they were still being watched by the guards behind, and how could the speed of ordinary carriages be faster than these best war horses?
He ran only ten miles away, and he was about to be overtaken!

In desperation, Li Ran had no choice but to smear the dust on his face and make himself dirty from head to toe.

"Stop! If you dare to drive again, we will shoot!"

Hearing a clamor from behind, Li Ran didn't dare to move any more, so he asked the vulgar servant to stop the carriage quickly.

Afterwards, the guards who were chasing him jumped onto the carriage and began to search pretendingly.

"You... what are you going to do?!"

"I'm waiting to track down the murderer who killed the prince. If you are so sneaky, there must be a ghost!"

But with the belts around their waists, Li Ran could tell at a glance that these people were the guards of the palace.

And will the palace guards come out to arrest the murderer?Impossible at all, this is clearly a thief shouting "stop thief".

"I...I am the housekeeper of Mr. Liu's mansion. You...you come here in such a aggressive pursuit, how can I not panic?"

When these guards heard that they were from Duke Liu's mansion, they were startled unexpectedly.In fact, Li Ran was talking nonsense out of his quick wit.He had only heard rumors from others that his appearance was somewhat similar to that of Liu Gongfu's housekeeper.

Fortunately, these halberd-wielding guards did not know Li Ran. After all, Li Ran only worked in the library before, and basically never socialized.However, the housekeeper of Duke Liu's mansion often had the chance to meet people in the palace like them.

These people took a closer look and realized that it was really "Liu Family Zai", so they immediately put away their war halberds:
"Yo! It turns out that it is really the Liu Family Zai, I misunderstood the misunderstanding! ... I was also chasing the murderer here, but I don't know what suspicious people the Liu Family Zai encountered?"

Li Ran naturally knew that the "suspicious" person they were referring to was A Nuo, the guard who took him out of the city before, so he just shook his head and said:
"Never met."

Seeing that the investigation was futile, the guards didn't dare to delay any longer, so they let Li Ran go.Although Li Ran was lucky enough to escape, he was also terrified.

The chasing soldiers finally retreated, and finally recovered a life.Li Ran let out a long breath, and immediately began to calculate:

"Now Zhou Wangji is determined not to go back. It is a fluke to escape today. What about tomorrow? Can it be so lucky?"

Li Ran looked up to the sky and sighed, but the matter was already a foregone conclusion, and he had to find ways to survive.

"Young master, where are we going now?"

After some escape, although they escaped the first wave of queens' pursuit, no one knows how many more are left behind. At this time, the sooner they leave the place of right and wrong, the better.

The servant found a stream and brought clean water to wash Li Ran's face.

After Li Ran calmed down, he turned his head to look at his servant who had been with him for many years - Owl Wing.

This person is Li Ran's father's servant brought back from Qi State. He has been following Li Ran and serving Li Ran for many years. It can be said that he is loyal.

"Young master, why don't we go to Jin country first? Jin country is the hegemony of the world today, and the royal family is in trouble, so we should help each other."

This statement is true. For nearly a hundred years, Jin State has always been the most powerful vassal state. Going to Jin State now is naturally a very good choice.

However, Li Ran disagreed.

"Hey, come on."

Li Ran shook his head and said helplessly:
"In today's state of Jin, there are fierce struggles among Fan, Bank of China, Zhi, Han, Zhao, and Wei Liuqing. On the surface, the state of Jin seems to be strong and prosperous, but in fact it is already a state of gold and jade, and it is ruined. If you go to Jin at this time China, I am afraid that not only will it not help the matter, but it will be involved in their struggle for no reason."

Li Ran, who was dismissed because he was squeezed out by the powerful, naturally did not want to be involved in such a struggle again.

What's more, Prince Jin is already dead, so what can the Zhou royal family do at this time?
After all, the dead cannot be resurrected
"Then why not go to the country of Lu? With the talent of the young master, maybe there is still room for it."

Hearing this, Li Ran couldn't help but think again.

What Owl Wing said was also reliable.

As the state of the Zhou royal family with the surname Ji, the State of Lu has retained a complete set of Zhou ritual rules and regulations.

If the princes of various countries want to understand the rituals of Zhou, they will first go to the state of Lu to learn and observe the rituals.Its rites and music are at its peak, and its folk customs have always been simple. It is a well-known state of etiquette.

It might be a good choice for someone like him to keep the history of the library and go to Lu to seek a living.After all, everyone is a person who has read the book and understands the truth, and it will definitely be much more fun to communicate with each other.

Li Ran made a decision in his heart and set off immediately.

Even so, the process was very difficult.This is a troubled time, and there are frequent battles between the vassal states. Along the way, it is tragic to see that the common people are starved of food, poorly clothed, and devastated.

Therefore, Li Ran's eastward journey was full of food and sleep, and he was hungry, almost dying on the way.If it weren't for Xiaoyi's ability to run errands and beg for food, he might have already returned to his hometown.

Stopping and stopping in this way, the original itinerary was only a few days, but it was hard to travel for tens of thousands of days. Fortunately, I arrived in Qufu safely and without any danger.

Qufu - a place that has a profound influence on later generations of China, Li Ran came here after a twists and turns all the way.

It was a newcomer, but Li Ran, who had just entered the city, was stunned to see the crowds in the city. Such a prosperous scene.

After all, in the past half a month, he has never dared to go to crowded places.At this time, seeing the voices of people in front of him, it naturally gave him a feeling of being alive again.

The state of Lu is indeed worthy of being a country with the surname of Ji, and the place where the Zhou ritual system is preserved and developed is actually much more stable than other vassal states.

But he also knew in his heart that this was also relative.

The country of Lu also had its own conflicts and disputes, but compared to other big countries, they were not as intense.

Now that I have come to Qufu, I naturally need to find a place to live first, and then get some food.

During these days of fleeing, Li Ran almost didn't gnaw on the bark.Only then did he remember how nourishing life was when he sat in his manor eating pastries and drinking red wine.

"Hey, if I knew today, why did I have to do it at the beginning! What is not good to learn, what physics to learn. In the end, I made a broken travel machine, but I almost died, and now I am still living on the streets in ancient times..."

"Hey... Forget it, since it's here, let's live on..."

It is obviously useless to miss the life before tracing the source. The most important thing now is how to live.

There are no such things as inns, B&Bs, and hotels these days. Ordinary people have to prepare dry food for the corresponding number of days when they go out, and sleep wherever they go.

If you want to find a posthouse to live in, unless you are a high-ranking official with status, otherwise it is just a dream.

But as a cultural person, if he were to be made to sleep on the street and make him look ugly, he would probably be jumping in panic.

But Owl Yi obviously doesn't know where to sleep. You, the master, don't know where to sleep. How can I, a current person, know?
Just when the two of them were at a loss and stared at each other, they heard a commotion on the street:
"Let's go, the township assembly is about to start!"

"I heard that many gentlemen are here, we can't miss it."

"Then what are you waiting for, hurry up!"

Just when Li Ran, who had just arrived, was very confused, the people on the street ran towards a place like a gust of wind.

(End of this chapter)