I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 348 Chapter 407 Chapter 408 The Truth of the Shikoku Fire

The matter of Chu State came to an end, let's talk about Li Ran's side.

Since that day, he bid farewell to King Xiongwei of Chu, and rushed to Zheng State together with Sun Wu.Halfway through the trip, I suddenly got news that the capitals of Zheng, Song, Chen, and Wei were on fire at the same time on the day of Wairenwu, as predicted before!
When Sun Wu heard the news, he couldn't help being shocked, he didn't believe what these "witch men" said at all.But now the facts speak louder than words, and it seems that he can't help but believe it.

But now, it was not only Sun Wu who was shocked, even Li Ran was quite surprised.

"Sir! Could it be that those 'witch men' really have such extraordinary abilities? How could they predict so accurately?"

Li Ran snorted coldly:
"I'm afraid... this is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster!"

How clever Sun Wu is, he immediately understood the key to this.

"Then who did it? There is such a great ability to set the cities of the four countries on fire at the same time!"

Li Ran pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said:

"Chu's power is declining, and the Central Plains will be in chaos. This is what I expected, but I didn't expect it to come so soon!"

"Hey...forget it, let's go back to Zheng Guo and discuss it!"

The two rushed quickly, but they received an urgent report from Xiaoyi, who told Li Ran not to come to Zhengyi again, but to go to Yeyi first, and now Jiyue has already settled in Yeyi.

Therefore, Li Ran and Sun Wu turned to Ye Yi immediately.

Just when Li Ran and his party arrived at Ye Yi, but before they entered the city gate, Xiao Yi had already been waiting there for a long time.

Li Ran was eager to know what happened to Zheng Guo and how the Ji family would fall, so he asked questions one after another.

Owl Wing did not beat around the bush, but directly stated:

"My lord, because Duke Jian of Zheng and Doctor Zipi passed away not long ago, the current situation in Zheng country is only supported by Mr. Zichan. It can be said that it is difficult to do it alone!"

Li Ran was quite surprised when he heard this:
"What? Even Dr. Zipi... If Dr. Zipi passes away, it will be extremely difficult for Dr. Zichan!"

Owl Wing only nodded slightly, and then continued to add:

"Fortunately, the people of Zheng State also supported Dr. Zichan before, so Dr. Zichan was still able to barely stabilize the situation..."

"By the way... where is Madam now?"

Xiaoyi was talking about Zheng Guo's situation, but Li Ran suddenly asked about his wife.

He only heard that his eyes were a little wandering, and he glanced around and replied:

"My lord, drastic changes have also taken place in the Ji clan. Ji Xian, Ji Wang, Ji Xun father and son... all died in the sudden fire in the city before! Now, the Ji clan has no leader, and the vertical bull is the ancestor of the sacrifice. The only eldest son of the concubine has returned to Zheng State in a grand manner!"

Li Ran squinted his eyes, feeling faintly uneasy in his heart. Xiao Yi didn't say what was going on for a long time, probably because the situation was not good.

Li Ran'an endured anxiety, and continued to ask:

"and then?"

"That Shu Niu... With the support of Dr. Boshi, he became the suzerain of the Ji Clan in a grand manner. Moreover, the Shu Niu was going to hold his wife hostage. Because Owl Yi had been in the Ji Clan for many years, he had some eyeliner anyway. Being able to know in advance and inform Chu Dang in time, Chu Dang sent his wife to Ye Yi in advance!"

After hearing this, Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief:
"If that's the case, why are you so slow to say it?"

Owl Wing hesitated for a while, and finally said hesitatingly:
"Madam... Madam was about to give birth at that time. She was exhausted and frightened, so she had dystocia... and passed out immediately..."

Before Xiaoyi finished speaking, Li Ran was agitated and grabbed Xiaoyi's shoulder.

"She...she..."

Li Ran's lips trembled and he was speechless.

Owl Wing supported Li Ran who was on the verge of falling.

"My lord, please listen to Xiaoyi. At this critical moment, I happened to meet a doctor from Qin who was traveling in Yeyi. the life of the Lord..."

Hearing this, Li Ran felt a little settled.

"Then... where are their mother and daughter now?"

"My lord, please, Owl Yi will take my lord there."

Xiao Yi led the way, followed by Li Ran, turned into a courtyard, and went straight into a room, and saw Ji Le lying on the bed peacefully, but his face was very pale.

Li Ran stepped forward to hold her little hand tightly, but felt a chill.

Startled, Li Ran turned to look at Owl Wing.

"Sir, the Qin doctor said that Madam's vitality was seriously injured, and she was frightened, which made her lose her soul. He is currently unconscious, and he is helpless. As for whether he can wake up, it depends on Madam." by myself..."

While listening, Li Ran put Ji Le's hand on his face, tears streaming down his face.

"Le'er...it's Li Ran...it's Li Ran who's sorry for you..."

Li Ran was with Ji Le at the beginning, but because King Chu Xiongwei was in trouble, he asked Chu Dang to protect Ji Le and go back first. Unexpectedly, such an accident happened after only a month or so of going back and forth.

Li Ran regretted it at the beginning, and tears poured down like rain.

Owl Wing said cautiously at the side:

"My lord, the situation is actually not that bad. The genius doctor has already prescribed the medicine. After Madam drank it, her complexion has improved a lot. Madam, she is blessed by God, and it will be a matter of time before she wakes up."

Li Ran nodded, put Ji Le's little hand into the quilt, tucked it in, and stood up.

"What about the child?"

Li Ran's daughter is being taken care of by servants at the moment, and the child is white and tender, sleeping soundly.

Hearing Li Ran's question, Xiaoyi immediately asked his servants to carry Qianjin out.

Seeing his own daughter, Li Ran felt tenderness in his heart. He wanted to hug her, but he was worried that he would wake her up.

After staring blankly for a while, Li Ran left quietly, while Xiao Yi was still standing by the door and waiting.

When Li Ran came to the backyard, it suddenly occurred to him that he was concerned about Chaos just now, but he hadn't had time to ask Zheng Guo's situation in detail.

But at this moment, he was less settled, and it was only then that he suddenly remembered this episode again.

Therefore, he continued to ask:

"By the way...what's the situation with Dr. Zichan now?"

Hearing the lord's question, Xiaoyi continued to say:
"At that time, when the new king is about to be established, it's easy to say, but...but..."

Seeing that he was worried, Li Ran said:
"If you have anything to say, just say it straight, don't have any scruples."

"Just because the lord assisted Chu in attacking Wu, the new king brought up the old story not long ago, saying that he didn't know the people back then, and thus implicated Dr. Zichan."

"Then, Dr. Zichan insisted on refusing to allow the monarch to pray for blessings and protection from the fire. Therefore, when the fire broke out, Dr. Zichan's fault became even worse!"

"But now in this court, Doctor Zichan is almost speechless. Moreover, the new monarch is quite afraid of Doctor Zichan's prestige among the people, so he intentionally let Fengduan go, and has been suppressing Zichan all the time. doctor!"

Li Ran heard it, and said indignantly:

"Zheng Bo...how could he be so confused? It is clear that those astrologers and this chaotic person cooperated internally and externally! According to Dr. Zichan's disposition, he would naturally refuse to submit. Zheng Bo...how could he... Can you believe such nonsense?!... How is the obstetrician doing now?"

"The old disease relapses, and one can't afford it!"

"What?... How could it be such a mess!"

Li Ran never expected that in just a few years, Zheng Guo would experience such a change.And now that the Ji clan is about to fall, it's definitely not because of the owl wing's alarmist talk.

"My lord, in fact...it's not just Zheng Guo, but the entire Central Plains seems to be in a mess right now!"

"Oh? But how?"

Li Ran's news in Chu State was blocked, unlike Xiao Yi's, so he had no way of knowing many things.

"With the successive deaths of Zhao Wu, Jin Pinggong and Shu Xiang, Han Qishun became the ruling minister. However, except for the Zhao family, the other four ministers are all independent and no longer united. As a result, the six ministers are becoming more and more Get out of office!"

"Moreover, in the state of Jin today, there seems to be a confrontation between the east and the west. With the Wuxing Mountain as the boundary, the Fan family and the Zhongxing family preside over the east, and the Han family, Zhao family, Wei family, and Zhi family are in the west. Hold on."

"In addition to that, there is also the Ji family of Lu State..."

When Owl Wing said this, he paused.He is very clear that the news he said has actually made Li Ran the first two big.

Zheng Guo's affairs are enough to bother him, let alone talk about the world's affairs?

What's more, Li Ran knew very well that the reason why the Jin country and even the entire Central Plains were able to be so united back then was entirely because of the existence of King Ling of Chu.

However, now that the state of Chu has declined, a situation like this will only make the entire Central Plains more chaotic!What's more, there is also the "Dark Walker" who has been dormant in the dark for a long time, and it is about to move there!
Obviously, this "Four Kingdoms Fire" is their masterpiece!
"You keep talking!"

Li Ran waved his hand, motioning for Xiao Yi to continue.

-

Chapter 408_ The Central Plains Into a Pot of Porridge
So Owl Wing went on to say:

"There has been a lot of commotion in the Ji family of Lu State recently. Not long after the lord entered Chu, the doctor's uncle died suddenly and strangely. And the vertical cow was actually a relative of the uncle Sun, who was in harmony with Ji Sun Ruyi. Disturbing the uncle and grandson's family is a mess!"

Li Ran raised his eyebrows.

"When Dr. Uncle Sun passes away, Ji Sun Ruyi will definitely not settle down, and if Shu Niu is in Lu State, he will definitely get involved!"

"Exactly. Fortunately, the Shusun family gave birth to a concubine son, the son of Ji Ji, named Shusun Luo. Shu Niu established this son as the suzerain of the uncle, and Shusun Nuo was showing weakness and also It was just pretending to be crazy and fooling Ji Sunruyi and Shu Niu, and when the situation settled down, he immediately drove Shu Niu out of the Shusun clan. However, the Shusun clan was also seriously injured because of this, and many retainers belonged to the Ji clan !"

Li Ran sighed when he recalled the past with his uncle Sunbao.

He never imagined that after he entered Chu for many years, so many changes had happened in the Central Plains.

"Not long ago, Marquis Lu was in a hurry and wanted to get rid of the Ji family in one fell swoop, but he failed due to lack of strength. Now Marquis Lu is in exile, and it seems that he is near Yunyi, and the situation is not clear!"

"In addition, Song Guohua's two clans and the monarch are hostile to each other, Qi Guotian and Bao Er's family are attacking Luan, Gao Er's, and Tian's family is now the dominant family in Qi State!..."

After Xiaoyi finished speaking, he looked at Li Ran, wondering what Li Ran could do to deal with it.

Li Ran remained silent for a while, seeing that all the countries in the Central Plains are in chaos now, and except for Zheng Guo and Lu Guo who seem to be related to Shu Niu, the other few seem to have nothing in common.It seems that the turmoil in these countries is all because of their own reasons.

But Li Ran knew very well that these things must have something to do with the "Dark Walkers"!
As I said before, the dark walkers are an alliance of powerful officials, and without exception, almost all of these countries are engaged in affairs by those powerful officials. Overhead the monarchy of countries.

Afterwards, Li Ran could not help but sigh:
"If the King of Chu is still alive, why is it here... This is exactly what I have been worried about. If the Chu Kingdom does not exist, the princes' offices will also exist in name only!"

Owl Yi heard the words, but seemed a little puzzled, and couldn't help asking:

"Why did my lord say such a thing?"

Li Ran said indifferently:

"For the affairs of the world, fortune and misfortune depend on each other! The strength of the Chu State can be regarded as a threat to the Central Plains, but it is precisely because of the existence of strong Chu that the princes of the Central Plains can unite as one, and Those powerful ministers naturally dare not act rashly."

"At the meeting in Pingqiu back then, I planned to make Ji Sunsu trapped in the state of Jin. It was also the day when Jin and Chu were fighting for hegemony."

"But now, once the King of Chu falls, the glory of the Chu Kingdom will no longer exist, and this external worry will naturally cease to exist. How can the powerful ministers of those countries not be chaotic?..."

Xiao Yi heard the words and couldn't help but suddenly realized, but then replied with regret:
"It's a pity... even the lord is powerless to return to heaven... This king of Chu, Xiongwei, humiliated himself in Qianxi, but it is really disappointing!"

Chu Wang Xiongwei is not completely worthless, Li Ran is well aware of it.In the beginning, although he was reluctant to help the King of Chu with his work.However, when the focus of inducing the king of Chu gradually shifted eastward to Wu Guo, Li Ran had figured out the logic behind it.

And Li Ran once thought that with his support, King Xiongwei of Chu could achieve real hegemony.However, due to the flaws in Xiongwei's own character, it was inevitable that he gradually went to destruction in the end.

And this is not something that Li Ran can change.

Xiongwei's failure and Jishi's overthrow made Li Ran feel guilty for a moment.

After going around for more than ten years, Li Ran seemed to be having a big dream.

Li Ran couldn't help thinking, if he had been able to stay safely in Zheng Guo, wouldn't many tragedies have happened?
If he hadn't helped the King of Chu, Xiongwei, defeat Zhufan smoothly and take down Zhongli, if Wu and Chu were still confronting each other, would the King of Chu not have the defeat of Qianxi later?
And the countries of the Central Plains, will they just stop there?

Obviously, once this balance is broken now, the whole world will inevitably fall into greater turmoil again.

If this is the case, then it is obvious that the Ji family will not suffer the disaster of extermination.So, if you want to talk about it this way, isn't Ji Le also dragged down by herself?
Li Ran ordered Xiaoyi to retreat first, and Xiaoyi went to see Sun Wu again. After all, the two hadn't seen each other for many years, and they had something to say.

Li Ran went to see Hui Ji Le and his daughter again, and then ordered his servants to order some food and wine, and then poured himself a drink.

Li Ran gradually became depressed after hearing Xiao Yi's words.

He also became more and more convinced that it was because of his own reasons that the current Central Plains would be in chaos.

But now, with his own strength alone, he can't compete with the dark walkers at all.

The secret agents are all over the world. Before Li Ran didn't know about it, he could vaguely guess that there was such a mysterious organization.

It wasn't until Qing Feng said it directly and said that King Zhou You's annihilation had a great relationship with this organization that Li Ran realized how huge this organization really is.

According to what Qing Feng said, there are seven kings in the dark walkers, and Jisun Yiru of Lu State and Feng Duan of Zheng State are two of them. The other five are still unknown. Li Ran was very shocked by this at the time.

And after defeating the state of Chu, the dark walkers are now more like a wild horse running wild, galloping and wreaking havoc across the entire land of China.

The most important thing is that apart from Ji Sun Yiru and Feng Duan, he knows almost nothing about the dark walkers.

Such a powerful organization is still dormant in the dark, just thinking about it is enough to make people shudder!
What's more, the bad manners and music in this world have gradually turned into a prairie fire, which is unstoppable.

And the ideal politics deep in Li Ran's heart, which can satisfy all the people in the world, is impossible to realize at all.

Li Ran couldn't help being disheartened by this, not to mention the current situation of Ji Le made Li Ran even more upset.

His own daughter was innocently implicated when she was born, and even almost lost her life because of it. This is what he owes his daughter, Li Ran!
On this day, Li Ran drank alone again after taking care of Ji Le and amusing his daughter.

During this period, Xiaoyi wanted to see Li Ran many times, but Li Ran either didn't see him, or pretended to be drunk and hid away.

Xiaoyi knew that going on like this was not a problem, so he found Sun Wu, and Sun Wu became a little anxious when he heard it.

"It's impossible for Mr. to be so decadent now!"

Sun Wu rushed in with a long sword in his hand. If Li Ran didn't trust Sun Wu in that posture, he might think that Sun Wu was coming to kill the lord.

"Why does sir always only drink here?!"

Sun Wu's tone was extremely dissatisfied, while Li Ran was still playing with the wine cup in his hand, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, expressing his thoughts:
"Changqing, I want to take Le'er and the children away from the place of right and wrong, go west to Hangu, and return to Western Qin."

"Sir, absolutely not! Now that the situation is critical, how can you have the intention to quit?!"

Sun Wu also hurriedly spoke to stop him, but Li Ran put down his wine cup and shook his head:
"The forces of the Dark Walkers are too powerful, and Li Ran is definitely no match for them! Besides... If the world is in chaos, I, Li Ran, have committed an unforgivable crime! If that's the case...why are you asking for trouble here? Woolen cloth?"

"Sir! Sir once taught Wu that even though the world is difficult, you should not give up lightly! As the saying goes, 'If you lose the extreme, you will recover, and if you lose the extreme, you will come back'. Although the current situation in the world is chaotic, it is far from the point where it will fall apart. Think twice, sir!"

"Hey... it's hard to continue..."

Li Ran was still ashamed.

Seeing that Li Ran was so negative, Sun Wu couldn't help but anxiously said:

"Sir! I don't care about other places, but Dr. Zichan, you should think of a way? Could it be that Mr. just sit idly by and watch Dr. Zichan get into trouble, and all your hard work before this is wasted? Yet?"

Li Ran couldn't help laughing bitterly when he heard this.

"Letian knows fate, where is Zheng Guo going, and how can human power do it? Didn't Changqing see the end of the King of Chu? In the end, it was still a phantom? Changqing doesn't need to say any more. It's useless to say more. Add trouble, why bother?"

(End of this chapter)