I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 295 The Prophecy of the Great Fire in the Four Kingdoms
At this time, what Sun Wu held in his hand was the news from Owl Wing from Zheng Guo.

Li Ran hurriedly took it over, and after he finished reading it, his face suddenly became very ugly.

"Sir, what happened?"

Sun Wu, who had been staying by Li Ran's side all the time, did not open it to read the news in advance, but seeing that Li Ran seemed to be a little bit wrong at this time, he asked immediately.

Obviously, if it wasn't for something big about to happen, why would Li Ran have such an ugly face?

Hearing the sound, Li Ran handed him the letter casually.

Sun Wu took it for a while, then couldn't help being startled, and hurriedly looked at Li Ran and said:
"This... Mister, I'm afraid something will happen to this stubborn bully!"

It turned out that in this letter, Owl Yi told Li Ran about the news from the State of Lu.

Shu Niu's actions in Lu State became more and more frequent during this period, and after Ji Sun Yiru inherited the suzerain, together with him, it seems that he is plotting to suppress the Lu State Office again.And the power of the Lu State also showed signs that it was about to fall into the Ji clan again.

And according to what Xiaoyi noticed before, it seems that Shu Niu also secretly contacted Feng Duan, who is now living in seclusion in Zhengyi, and now that he is so active in the country of Lu, there must be some conspiracy behind it!
But Xiaoyi's status in Zheng Guo was just Li Ran's steward after all, and his information channel was naturally inferior to that of a powerful official like Zichan.Therefore, Xiao Yi has no idea what conspiracy Shu Niu, Feng Duan, and Ji Sun Yiru have conspired in the dark.

This also made Li Ran appear very passive in his current situation.

He was in Chu State, and if something happened to Zheng Yi, it would be tantamount to his old nest being directly taken away.And how can he save the near fire with the distant water now?

"This vertical bull, relying on the evil power of the crowd, has not been thinking about doing harm to the world for a day or two. This time, he is moving around like this, and he is about to make a move. Presumably what he will do next will affect the entire Lu country. Even Zheng Guo has a lot to do with it."

"It's just... It's a little strange, why has there been no news from Doctor Zichan?"

Li Ran frowned, feeling uneasy about Zichan's silence and his situation.

After all, to be honest, Zichan's source of news must be wider than that of Xiaoyi.Now that Xiaoyi has got the news, why is there no movement from Zichan?
"Could it be that Doctor Zichan is busy with state affairs these days and has no time to take care of Shu Niu?"

As the governing secretary of Zheng Guo, Zichan needs to personally do all the big and small domestic affairs. Although the incident of erecting a cow is eye-catching, Zichan will not take the initiative to find out before it happens.

But Li Ran shook his head for a while, noncommittal, and showed a thoughtful look on his face. After a long sigh, he fell into silence again.

At this moment, Sun Wu seemed to suddenly remember something, and took out a kit from his bosom, and immediately opened it and handed it over.

"By the way, I almost missed a major event. Sir, this kit is also a message from Owl Yi from Zheng Yi, and I also specifically asked the sender to deliver it to Mr. personally."

It turned out that there are two ways of contacting Owl Yi and Li Ran who are guarding Zheng Guo.

One is superficial, where the guards who stayed in Zhengyi went to various post stations, and then the official staff went back and forth between Zheng and Chu to pass news to each other.

And this other kind is the emissary arranged by Owl Wing alone in the dark, and only sends messages to Li Ran through a single line.

This is naturally to prevent some important news from being known by others.

Li Ran looked at Sun Wu, then at the silk cloth in his hand, feeling faintly uneasy.

And when he opened it and read it, his expression became even more gloomy for a moment.

"Recently, a group of witches suddenly appeared in Zhengyi, threatening that there will be a catastrophe in the world."

"He said: There are stars in Dachen, and the west reaches Han."

"This... this is not a good sign."

Li Ran muttered to himself with a serious expression on his face.

"What is the meaning of 'there are stars in Dachen, and the west reaches Han'?"

Seeing Sun Wu at the side, he hurriedly asked the same question.

As for this kind of divination, he had only heard rumors, but never experienced it himself, so he didn't even understand what Li Ran meant.

As for Li Ran, after all, he had worked in the royal family of Zhou for a few years and had a lot of communication with the astrologers, so he understood it all at once:
"The meaning of this statement is that a comet has come in and out near Shangsu Morning Star recently, and its tail has reached Tianjin." (Tianjin: Yinhe)
"Look, Owl Yi specifically mentioned it in this silk book, and there are even the famous astrologers Shen Xu and Zi Shen from the State of Lu who endorsed it. They also issued a warning to the world at the same time, threatening that this is The astronomical phenomenon of 'comet sweeping the fire' indicates that there will be a big fire in the world next year."

"Zi Shen even made it clear that the fire will break out in Song, Wei, Chen, and Zheng in May next year."

For this kind of mysterious and mysterious news, Owl Yi couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he could only tell Li Ran the news first and ask Li Ran to make a decision.

But after reading these, Li Ran's ominous premonition suddenly became stronger.

Because he now knows that whether it is a wizard or an astrologer who watches the stars at night, most of the predictions of these people are just a formality.And in essence?It's just that they have a wider source of information than ordinary people.

The reason why it is necessary to make known to everyone in the form of "prophecy" is to "pretend to be a ghost" to achieve the effect that people have to believe.On the other hand, it is also out of self-protection.

After all, those who can understand the "Mandate of Heaven" are really afraid of ordinary people.

Therefore, Li Ran knew very well that since all the well-known "prophets" in the world issued warnings at the same time, it meant that this matter must not be groundless.

"Song Wei Chen Zheng? Why are these four countries?"

Sun Tzu still didn't quite understand.

After Li Ran calmed down his thoughts, he continued:
"According to Zishen's explanation, the so-called Shangsu Chenxing refers to Song State, because Song State is the descendant of Yin and Shang, and corresponds to Dachen. Chen State is the place where the ancient sage king Tai Hao lived, and it is the birthplace of wood fire. Zheng Guo is the residence of the ancient Huo Zheng Zhurong."

"These three countries are all the places where 'Fire' lives, so Zi Shen believes that these three countries must be the first to bear the brunt."

"As for Weiguo, it is because it corresponds to Mercury, and water is the wife of fire. As the saying goes, women follow their husbands, and this comet eventually extends westward to Tianjin, which corresponds to Weiguo."

To say that these days, whether it is these astrologers or wizards, they usually seem to be talking about their gods and gods, as if they are crazy.

The "prophecy" spoken by these people also sounds extremely far-fetched at first glance.

So, Rao Sun Wu couldn't help being startled when he heard it, and hurriedly asked:
"Do you believe the words of these witches, sir?"

He thought that Li Ran would not believe it. After all, in his opinion, this kind of prophecy had no basis in reality.

Moreover, how could there be a big fire in four countries at the same time in reality?
Li Ran looked at him, but did not answer directly, but said:
"As stated in the silk script, this news should also have been mentioned by Zheng Guo's astrologer Zheng Pi, who also told Dr. Zichan about it. However, Dr. Zichan didn't believe it."

"Oh? There's still this matter?"

Sun Wu said in surprise.

Just listen to Li Ran said:
"It is said in the book that because of this incident, Zheng Pi asked Doctor Zichan for the chanterelle, and Yuchan was used in sacrifices, so Doctor Zichan sternly refused."

"It seems that Dr. Zichan doesn't believe in these so-called astrologers at all?"

"However, I think that these singers and astrologers should not have fabricated it out of thin air, unless there were really omens that made them aware of the danger."

Li Ran did not believe in the destiny, but he had to believe in the disasters predicted by these astrologers based on the "destiny".

(End of this chapter)