I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 225 Chapter 252 Chapter 253 The Death of Zhufan
Zhu Fan died.

In the phrase "Son of Wu, I will never beg for surrender" by the soldiers of Wu State, in the solemn and loud shouts, and in the face of Wu Ju's humiliation, Zhu Fan finally chose to draw his sword and commit suicide.

Again, he can't live up to his "identity", let alone the reputation of the Wu Kingdom for hundreds of years.

Wu people, I would rather die than surrender!

This is what Zhu Fan can think of, the best belonging he can have, and the best ending of his life.

And then, more than 1000 Wu soldiers also picked up the halberd, and all died of seppuku.But seeing them fall in the cold rain one after another, the scene shocked all Chu people for a while.

Even if Sun Wu saw this scene, he couldn't help feeling admiration for his current opponent.

Maybe many years later, he can still think of what happened today, and Zhu Fan's heroism in that scene that he would rather die than surrender.

In contrast, at this moment, Li Ran's eyes were full of endless anger.

Of course he knew that with Zhu Fan's strong temper, he would never be able to withstand Wu Ju's ridicule and humiliation, which is why he let Sun Wu lead his troops to capture Zhu Fan alive.

But Wu Ju's sneaky arrival disrupted his entire plan.

Once Zhu Fan died, the states surnamed Ji in the Central Plains would definitely regard him as the chief enemy, and Zheng Guo would also become the target of resentment by the Central Plains states, so Li Ran's reputation in the Central Plains would definitely plummet.

At that time, if Shu Niu, Feng Duan, and the forces occupying Qi State who have been secretly fighting with him are used, how will he deal with himself in the future?
Therefore, for him, Zhu Fan must not die!

Li Ran suddenly turned his head to look at Wu Ju, his sharp eyes seemed to cut Wu Ju alive.

"Hahahaha, Zhu Fan's child died here today, it is really a great blessing for our country of Chu!"

"Mr. has made such a remarkable achievement, please be honored!"

But at this moment, Wu Ju directly set up Li Ran again.

Not only did he turn a blind eye to Li Ran's fierce and angry gaze, he even directly attributed all the credit for Zhu Fan's death to Li Ran.

It was you, Li Ran, who killed Zhu Fan, and it was you, Li Ran, who made this incomparable achievement for our Chu country!

You, Li Ran, are the lucky stars of our country of Chu!
"doctor!"

Li Ran roared furiously, the anger in his eyes could no longer be hidden, and it gushed out instantly.

"Oh? Sir, what's the matter?"

Wu Ju frowned at him pretending not to know.

"what happened?"

"Why did the doctor appear here? And why did he speak out to force the King of Wu to death? Don't the doctor know that Li Ziming's plan is to capture the King of Wu alive?!"

In Li Ran's original plan, "capturing Zhufan alive" was actually a lie, but it was his ultimate goal and his only goal to let him recognize the reality and let him stop the army and go back to recuperate.

"Hehe, what you said sir is wrong."

"If the king of Wu is not dead today, there will be no peace in the east of Chu Kingdom!"

"Shouldn't he be dead? How many people in our country of Chu were killed in the battle of Shujiu? Over the years, he has come to our country of Chu to harass him again and again! If he doesn't die, don't you want Mr.... please respect yourself, Mr. now It’s my guest minister from the state of Chu! As a guest guest, you should know what you can do and what you can’t do!”

How can you, a guest minister of Chu State, speak for Wu State?Or speak for Zhu Fan, the initiator of this war?
Isn't this eating inside and outside?

Wu Ju didn't give Li Ran a good face, but counterattacked him with the sharpest words.

But this time, Li Ran was completely angered.

I saw his expression suddenly darken, his eyes sparkled with fire, and his whole body was instantly murderous!
"Today the doctor forced the King of Wu to death. The whole Wu Kingdom will definitely regard the Chu Kingdom as their vengeance. In the future, when the Chu Kingdom is in trouble, the Wu Kingdom will take advantage of the chaos and the war between Wu and Chu will resume. Knowing how many people will be displaced because of this, is that what the doctor wants to see?"

"Furthermore, for the death of Zhu Fan today, the states of the Central Plains with the surname of Ji will surely place this account on the head of Chu State. However, 'the ancients were warriors, they were not seriously injured, and they did not capture their hair'! Chu State has just Having obtained the position of the leader of the alliance, but now forcefully forcing the monarch of a country to death, wouldn't the people in the world despise such a low-handed method?"

"Don't the doctor know that although the doctor is playing tricks for a while, he has already caused a century-old disaster for the Chu country?! Not only did he bring a century-old disaster for the Chu country, even the doctor's family will not be spared by then!"

It is obviously impossible to speak for Wu Guo from Li Ran's perspective.

But speaking from Chu's point of view, or even from Wu Ju's point of view, that's what it should be.

The death of Zhu Fan today seems to be the result of Chu's great victory. It seems that from then on, it will be difficult for Wu to gain momentum in the southeast border of Chu.

But looking back, is this really that simple?

Yes, for the death of Zhu Fan, the Central Plains countries will definitely blame Li Ran and scold Li Ran, thinking that Li Ran has abandoned the state surnamed Ji and reached out to help the state surnamed barbarians.

But the monarchs and ministers of the countries in the Central Plains are not fools. Of course they know that the biggest enemy of Wu is Chu.

It was because of the great war between Wu and Chu that Zhu Fan died because of this. This account has been turned over and over again, and in the end it will still be counted on the head of Chu State.

As the lord of the world, it's okay to crusade against non-subjects, but from ancient times to the present, it has never been heard of a crusade against a non-subject state, but finally killed the opponent's monarch.

With such an act, can Chu's position as the leader of the Central Plains be recognized by the Central Plains?
Let alone approval, they may even stop believing everything you Chu people say in the future.If you don't join forces to boycott your Chu State, it's considered pretty good.

Also, who can guarantee that there will be no more accidents in Chu State in the future?
Once civil strife breaks out in your Chu country in the future, will the countries in the Central Plains still sit idly by?If you don't take the opportunity to knock you down, will they become the next kings of Wu?
What's more, with the feud of the Wu Kingdom now, would they just let it go?

If you don't know how to "restrain yourself and return to the ritual", the difficulties you Chu will face in the future will eventually come one after another, and even the hundreds of years of foundation may be destroyed in one fell swoop!
And this is exactly what Wu Zixu and Sun Wu will do in the future.

By now, Li Ran could see Wu Ju's superficiality.

Originally, he thought that Wu Ju was already sophisticated enough, and he was also a leader in Yangmou.

But today, what Wu Ju has done has completely put the state of Chu on a precipice of danger, which can be called insane!

"Sir, you are a country with the Ji surname wholeheartedly, so why are you making alarmist remarks here?"

"It's just a state of Wu. In the future, the destruction of the state of Wu is only a matter of raising one's hand!"

Wu Ju is now full of confidence. He even forgot the Shujiu battle that happened not long ago, and even forgot the painful experience of being walked by Wu Guo in the Jianghuai River Basin like a dog.

Once Zhu Fan died, he even believed that Chu State had enough strength to destroy Wu State!

At this time, he is even more conceited than Zhu Fan!
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"

"This is the funniest joke I've ever heard in my life!"

"The doctor has not reflected on himself until now, the Wu family is in danger, and the Chu country is in danger!"

Li Ran didn't say any more, he just had to wait for the historical events to continue to happen, and then everything he said today would naturally become reality.

So, he and Sun Wu quickly left Chaoyi, and after a brief tidying up, they hurried back to Yingdu.

Of course Wu Ju didn't know that what Li Ran said today would become a reality one day in the future.Therefore, his reaction to Li Ran today is still due to Li Ran's heart to Ji's surname.

And he also deliberately mentioned this point in the good news to the King of Chu, so that the King of Chu could give him a good beat when he met Li Ran, so that Li Ran could completely break away from these delusions.

Victorious and triumphant, the teacher returned home.

So far, it is only natural that Wu Ju made such an extraordinary achievement, and they will also welcome the congratulations from the kings and ministers of the Chu Kingdom.

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Chapter 253
Zhufan, the first king of a country to die in battle in history.

His death will also directly lead to Wu Guo not daring to touch the land of Chu State again in the next ten years.

In this way, Chu Wang Xiongwei can rest assured and continue to develop his grand plan and hegemony, without having to worry about the Wu Kingdom in the southeast border.

For King Chu, this is a happy event, a great happy event!

When the news came back to Yingdu, the King of Chu, who had been paying close attention to the frontline war, was overjoyed when he heard such good news.

He, the King of Chu, Xiongwei, took the throne for only one year, and he severely damaged the bitter enemy in the east - the state of Wu, and even took the head of Zhufan, the king of the state of Wu!

What kind of martial arts is this? !

And how could he, King Chu, not show off?
Of course, there must be something in it that the king of Chu wanted to deter those old nobles who secretly opposed him.

After all, he did not get the right position. Some old nobles in the country, such as the Ju family who was severely suppressed by him, and the remnants of the Ruo Ao family, these people still use the reason that the former king Jia Ao died unexplained. A lot of slander.

This time he was able to achieve such a feat at the beginning of his ascension to the throne. If it wasn't for the blessing of destiny, how could it be so smooth?

Since he has a destiny, he should be able to shut up these people's mouths!

And following King Chu's announcement, everyone in the Chu Kingdom also knew that King Wu and Zhu Fan were dead, so Li Ran, Wu Ju, and Sun Wu were all full of praise for a while.Everyone thinks that Chu has these three people, and it will be easy for them to dominate the world.

But what they didn't know was that Li Ran, who was on his way back to Yingdu, was extremely depressed at this moment.

With Zhu Fan's death, all his plans fell through, and he had never felt such a sense of frustration.

In the past, he could be said to be inaccurate in his calculations and right in his calculations.

But this time, his strategy fell short, and even directly affected the situation of the whole world.

This made him, who had always insisted on the stability of the world, traumatized in his heart, and made him sleepless for a long time.

"Changqing, the matter has come to this point, is it because I am too smart for my brother? Or is it because I look down on other people too much?"

Li Ran is now able to understand why Zhu Fan committed suicide by slaying himself, and why the soldiers of Wu State went to die together with the Lord.After all, in this ancient era, the dignity of being a human being was their focus. As for their own lives, it seemed so insignificant.

But what Li Ran couldn't understand was why Wu Ju had to force Zhu Fan to death?
At that critical juncture, if Wu Ju could bend down and stay in line with him and Sun Wu, Zhu Fan would not have committed suicide because of it.

At that time, Zhu Fan will stop fighting and make peace with Chu State. Wouldn't that be much better than the current situation?

Why did he, Wu Ju, force Zhu Fan to death so recklessly?
Just for military exploits?
Li Ran couldn't believe that Wu Ju knew some "Zhou etiquette" at any rate. Could it be that he really didn't understand the magical effect of these "self-denial and return to etiquette"?

However, it doesn't matter whether he believes it or not at the moment, the important thing is that perhaps Wu Ju really thinks so.

Because, the life and death of King Wu Zhu Fan is the biggest bargaining chip for his Wu clan to establish a family!
As I said before, Wu Jumao recommended himself to fight in order to gain military exploits, improve the status of the Wu family in Chu State, thereby consolidating the power of their Wu family, and even become a super family that surpassed the Xie family. His children and grandchildren pave the way.

Therefore, in the face of Zhu Fan's head and such unworldly feats, Wu Ju, who has always been scheming and well-versed, will become so eager for quick success and become more and more reckless.

From this, it is not difficult to see, what is the culprit behind the "decay of ritual and music collapse"?When the immediate vested interests are strong enough to make people crazy, those "invisible and intangible", but often real "foresight" will no longer be paid attention to by people as if they are nothing.

This was the case with Wu Ju, he never considered what kind of disaster Zhu Fan's death would bring to the Wu and Chu countries, and what hidden dangers it would bring to his Wu clan.

Just because Zhu Fan's head is really too important to him now.

But the matter has come to this point, Li Ran's plan has completely failed, and the storm he will face next is obviously more serious than the military disaster between Wu and Chu.

Sun Wu obviously knew this too, so he understood Li Ran's question very well.

"Why did you say that, Mister? Mister's plan is flawless. If it weren't for Wu Ju's recklessness to get in the way, this matter would never have developed to the point it is today!"

"If you want to blame, you can only blame Wu Ju for being too shallow. He has turned Wu into Chu's old enemy. From then on, the world may not be stable."

As a direct participant in the whole matter, Sun Wu saw it most clearly.

However, Li Ran laughed at himself.

Just listen to Sun Wu continue:
"At this moment, if my husband thinks about blaming himself again, I'm afraid it will be useless."

"From the point of view of martial arts, sir, you should think about how to respond to the questions from Dr. Zichan and the countries of the Central Plains."

"Wu Wang's death will definitely implicate Mister, and become a reason for those people to criticize Mister!"

Sun Wu frowned, obviously thinking about this issue.

After all, Zhu Fan's death is irreversible, how to deal with the verbal and written criticism of the monarchs and ministers of the Central Plains is what Li Ran needs to consider most at this time.

But who would have thought that Li Ran let out a long sigh, opened the curtain and looked out.

The cold and rainy Chu land was filled with smog, and the surroundings were gloomy and silent. There was no cock crowing, no dog barking, and few people.

Looking at such a world, Li Ran remained silent.

He originally thought that with his thousands of years of historical experience and the logical thinking of modern people, he could handle anything in this world with ease.

So when he participated in the township school assembly in Qufu for the first time, he regarded everyone as "students".

In short, in Li Ran's opinion, no one in this era can be his opponent.

But until now, he realized how stupid and arrogant he was back then.

Any era has characteristics that cannot be changed by this era. Even if Li Ran is a latecomer, No. 5000 with 1 years of historical experience, he cannot change the characteristics of this era.

Moreover, in such an era, there are still many things that he cannot do, and he cannot accomplish in the way he wants.

As the saying goes, if you don't forget your original intention, you will always be there.

But now, Li Ran doubted the correctness of this sentence.

He is always just one person.

A person who is also made of flesh and blood is not a saint who does not eat the fireworks of the world.

Ordinary to him is equal to ordinary to all living beings.

……

After half a month of ups and downs, Li Ran and Sun Wu finally returned to Yingdu together.

And what awaited them was the Jiao Lao of the King of Chu who greeted them personally.

Under Zhang Hua's stage, the king of Chu walked down hundreds of steps, and led a group of civil servants and generals of Chu to meet Li Ran and Sun Wu in person.

This scene can be called spectacular.

Thousands of guards of the King of Chu surrounded Zhang Huatai, and all the dignitaries of the Chu Kingdom stood side by side in two rows behind the King of Chu. There is an excitement that has not faded yet.

"Greetingly welcome Mr. Ziming's return from victory, the monarch and his ministers pay the same respects, and I thank you for your merits in Chu!"

Following the voice of Prince Qiji, in front of Zhang Huatai, the monarchs and ministers of Chu State bowed to Li Ran at the same time.

This kind of glory, even the prince Qiji is envious, his gloomy eyes are full of inexplicable expressions.

But Li Ran had to pay back the courteous reception from the King of Chu. He walked quickly to the King of Chu and knelt down on the ground.

　original:
　　In the twelfth month, Wu Zizhu Fan attacked Chu to report the battle of the boat division.The door is in the nest.Chao Niuchen said: "The king of Wu is brave and light. If he opens it, he will kiss him. If I shoot him, he will die. Even the king will die, and the border will be safe!" Follow him.Wu Zimen Yan, Niu Chen hid in the short wall to shoot him, died. —— "Zuo Zhuan·Xianggong 25 Years"

　　
　
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