I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 17 Young Master Chou's Disguise
Hearing this, Li Ran felt as if he had been struck by a bolt from the blue:
The prince is dead!

Just as Li Ran was being hunted down in that narrow alley in Qufu, Prince Ye died in Lu Palace!

The assassination operations in the two places were carried out almost simultaneously.But the only difference is that Lu Gong's assassination succeeded, but Li Ran was able to escape by relying on Sun Wu's supernatural power.

Following the news of Prince Ye's death, everyone saw Li Ran's anger.

But he didn't lose his temper, he didn't burst into a rage, and he didn't roar to ask the sky.

He just silently and gloomyly looked at that originally quite sunny face, the twinkling starlight in his eyes gradually turned into firelight, and the dense flame of vengeance burned slowly in his heart, but he seemed quite forbearing.

"My lord, what should I do now?"

According to reports from Shusun's retainers, what was even worse was that after the death of Prince Ye, Ji Sunsu immediately connected with a group of courtiers and put Shusunbao under house arrest in the mansion.Because the defense of Lu Gong was arranged by Shu Sunbao himself, so Prince Ye was killed, Shu Sunbao happened to be dereliction of duty, and even became the first suspect.

Therefore, Shu Sunbao's mansion must not be able to go back now.And it is obvious that the real murderer behind the assassination of Prince Ye definitely does not want Li Ran to live on, and will definitely set up another round around the mansion so as to wipe out the roots.

So the most important thing in front of Li Ran at the moment is how to save his own life.

Just like in Zhou Wangji, Li Ran faced this problem again.

"My lord! For the current plan, it seems that we can only escape from Qufu before discussing!"

Hearing what Sun Su said, Li Ran didn't panic, and he didn't plan to run away at all. He chose to stay in Qufu!

"My lord? Qufu is extremely dangerous to my lord. If I don't leave, I'm afraid my life will be lost!"

Sun Su had his own reasons for saying this. After all, he had only one mission, and that was to protect Li Ran.

"This place is not far from Uncle Sun's Mansion, and it's so dangerous. How could the assassins sent by the Ji Clan be unprepared? Outside Qufu City, it might be even more dangerous. What's more, if we just run away Going out of the city, wouldn't that just give the Ji clan an excuse?"

Seeing that Ji Le took a step forward, Ji Le also wanted to comfort her.But who would have thought that Li Ran suddenly looked up at Sun Wu:

"Brother Sun Wu, you are highly skilled in martial arts, can you help me with the next one?"

Thinking that Sun Wu had just saved his life, Li Ran seemed somewhat reluctant when he blurted out, and he was worried that Sun Wu would refuse.

However, after all, Sun Wu was born as a calf and is not afraid of tigers. Instead of refusing, he said quite righteously:
"Mister, don't you want to find out the real culprit? If so, Wu is obliged to do so. Although Wu is not from Lu, there is no reason to shrink back when encountering such injustice. Please tell me bluntly, Wu will definitely do anything!"

Li Ran was very grateful when he heard the sound, nodded frequently and said:

"Very good! Doctor Shusun is under house arrest now, and we have no place to stand in the court of the State of Lu. If we want to stir up trouble, we must make some noise!"

"And I am being chased and killed at this time. If I show up, I'm afraid it will be more catastrophic. Although I am not afraid of death, if I die at this time, no one can avenge the prince. There will never be a day when the truth will be revealed, so I invite Brother Sun Wu."

Li Ran made arrangements, and Sun Wu immediately took orders.

Looking at his leaving back, the gloomy look on Li Ran's face gradually improved, but the serious face still made people feel nervous.

Ji Le looked at him suspiciously and asked:
"So, is it really feasible?"

Although she had no doubts about Li Ran's strategy, she knew in her heart that what they were going to deal with this time was none other than Ji and Meng.

Before, they could use the power of the Jin State to deal with these two major forces. It was because the Jin State was so huge that no matter it was the Ji Clan or the Meng Clan, they could only fear it.

But right now they can only rely on their own strength to deal with this crisis.And the disparity in strength makes it almost impossible to succeed?

"The prince sacrifices to heaven and ascends the throne. If he can get the help of his uncle and doctor, he will revitalize the government in the future and regain his real power."

"However, Uncle Sun has such a broad-mindedness, but the Ji family and the Meng family have never had it. They killed the prince in order to firmly control the Lu country in their hands, to control the monarch with ministers, and to judge the monarch's affairs without authorization."

"This matter is so treacherous and immoral, it must not be said clearly. Therefore, if we make this matter a big deal and everyone knows it, the Ji family and the Meng family will definitely show their flaws! Now, no matter whether it succeeds or not, I will give it a try. !"

Li Ran's attitude was extremely firm.

He is not a man who likes tactics, but when he steps into this battlefield, it means that he has no way out.

Especially after experiencing the turmoil of the Zhou royal family, he has already developed a kind of sympathy for Prince Ye who is in Lu State, a friend who is very similar to Prince Jin.

He still remembered Prince Ye's indignation when he said in his uncle's house that he wanted to fulfill his father's behest.

He still remembers Prince Ye's indignation when he heard him say he wanted to keep his own place, and he still remembers the grand ambitions that Prince Ye harbored in his heart.

It's a pity that these things have become a thing of the past with the death of Prince Ye.

Now, the only thing Li Ran can do is to fulfill Prince Ye's last wish.

Looking at the unwavering expression on Li Ran's face, Ji Le felt puzzled for a moment.

She couldn't understand the friendship between Li Ran and Prince Ye.In her eyes, Li Ran and the prince are just acquaintances, not even as good as her friendship with the prince.Why did Li Ran even disregard his own life for Prince Ye?

But she still chose to believe in Li Ran, because she felt something in Li Ran's words that she had never seen or even heard.

"What's next?"

Ji Le thought for a while, then raised her head and asked.

"Go and find Mr. Chou."

There was a strange light in Li Ran's eyes.

Qufu, a separate courtyard.

This courtyard is located next to the royal road on the west side of the Lu Palace. The Lu Palace is a hundred feet to the east, and the Xialiu River is two hundred feet to the south. The geographical location is excellent.It used to be the property of Uncle Sun Bao, but later it became Jishi's foothold in Lu State, and it has always been used for Jishi's business operations in Lu State.

When Ji Le brought Li Ran here, Young Master Chou was already here.

"The servants here are all traffickers from my family in Lu State. They have been handling the business of our Ji clan in Qufu for many years, so they should be reliable."

"In addition, there are thirty guards inside and outside the yard, so don't worry about the safety here."

Hearing this, Li Ran couldn't help but cast a glance outside the room.As expected, a row of guards stood guard on both sides of the door.He had a burly figure, and the bronze scabbard in his hand was faintly glowing with golden light.

The wealth and wealth are as strong as those of the priests, and these thirty elite guards alone are enough to rival any of the three Huan forces in Qufu, not to mention the servants in this other courtyard who also run various businesses in Qufu.

Ji Le brought Li Ran here because he wanted to save Li Ran's life.In addition, she also wanted to see how Li Ran would rescue Uncle Sun Bao and find justice for Prince Ye.

Young Master Chou still looked crazy, seeing Ji Le coming, he immediately ran over, grabbed Ji Le and said with a smirk:

"Sister, you are here."

In the past, Li Ran and Ji Le might just sigh in their hearts to show their helplessness towards this young master.

But today, when Li Ran saw such a crazy and ignorant son Chou again, he pulled him to a corner where no one was around. No matter how hard he struggled, Li Ran never let go.

"What are you doing? Let go of me! I'm going to play with my sister!"

Young master Chou suffered from pain in his wrist, and looked at Li Ran who had a serious expression in front of him, his face was full of fear, and fear was shining in his bright and dark eyes.

"Young master! Today's words, I will only say once!"

Li Ran looked into his eyes and said in a voice almost roaring.

Then Young Master Chou froze in place, staring at him motionless, with a weak and helpless expression still lingering on his face.

Li Ran ignored it completely, and just continued to say:
"Your brother prince is dead! Their target now is you! They want to help you to the top and let you act as their puppet. If you continue to pretend to be crazy and foolish in the future, there will always be a day when you will be exposed. After all, you will still escape But the result of being assassinated by them! Your brother's death is a lesson from the past!"

"My lord, you know better than anyone else that if you want to live, you have to pretend to be crazy! So these years, you dare not show signs of being a normal person, let alone show your dismay for the status quo of Lu State, and for Ji Ji. Shi, the Meng family hates it!"

"But have you ever thought that since you were born in the Duke of Lu, there are some things that are destined to be missions that you cannot escape."

"Since I have acquaintance with your elder brother, I promised him that I will help him regain the power belonging to the Lu Kingdom, help him revive the Lu Kingdom, and help him clean up the dirt of the Lu Kingdom! Although he is dead now, But I won't give up either!"

After Li Ran's voice fell, there was a sudden silence in the other courtyard.

Young Master Chou looked at Li Ran suspiciously for a long time.

The silence of the two seemed to be a very tacit cooperation. Li Ran's silence was to give Young Master Chou time to think, and Young Master Chou's silence seemed to be thinking about the various things in Li Ran's words.

But there was still a hint of fear in Young Master Chou's puzzled eyes.

"You...how did you see that this young master is pretending to be stupid?"

After a while, Young Master Chou suddenly sighed, and then asked in a deep voice.

Yes, Young Master Chou's insanity is just pretending.

His fear was precisely because Li Ran saw through his disguise.Because Li Ran can see through it, it means that the Ji family will see through it one day in the future.

He didn't know where his flaws appeared, and Li Ran discovered the clues.But he can be sure that since Li Ran has seen through his disguise, he will not allow himself to continue to pretend.

Because Li Ran's words just now can be said to be very tough.

People with a tough attitude will always go all the way to darkness.

And such a person is also dangerous.

He thought of his father, the father who died in the palace of Chu, the father who died in the palace of Chu with resentment.

He thought of his elder brother who just died tragically in Lu Palace.

Anyone who dares to oppose the Ji family and the Meng family, anyone who dares to resist them, even the king, will inevitably die in the end.

They have one thing in common with Li Ran, that is persistence.

He knew that such attachment had already killed his father and elder brother, and he did not want to be killed by such attachment again.

But the persistent Li Ran found him, and exposed the mask he relied on for survival.

　Knowledge points: Ji Ye, Prince of Lu Kingdom

　　In the 31st year of Duke Xiang of Lu:
　　"through":
　　In autumn and September, Guisi, Ziye died.

　　"pass":
　　original:

　　In June Xinsi, the public died in the Chu Palace.Uncle Zhong stole his arch to give it to his imperial servants, and took it into his arms, so he was offended.Ziye, the son of Lihu Nu Jinggui, is second to the Ji family.In autumn and September, Guisi died and was destroyed.

　　Translation:

　　In the sixth month of Xinsi, Duke Xiang of Lu died in Chu Palace.Uncle Sun Bao entered the palace to "steal" the arch, and planned to give it to Prince Ji Ye (as a ritual vessel for the heir).So, he put it in his arms and took it out of the palace, so he was convicted.Uncle Sunbao plans to set up Ji Ye, the son of Hu Guo's daughter, to oppose Ji's family.But in autumn, in September, Prince Ji Ye died, and the arched wall was also destroyed.

　　
　
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