I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

But immediately, Xun Li laughed out loud as if he didn't care at all:

"Hehe, what you said is true, but I think the Xun family and the Zhongxing family are of the same spirit and help each other. How can you say something so unbearable?

"However, if you want to talk about Lu Hou's return, since you have given the widow's will, you should do your best!"

Li Ran knew that Xun Bi was pretending, but his heart had actually turned.Otherwise, he would not have said these words.

So, he only nodded slightly and said:
"Well, if Xunxia's army can do this, it will be very fortunate for the Marquis of Lu and the world!"

Xun Li waved his hand carelessly again, and gestured in response:

"Hehe, Li Nai followed orders and acted as it should, as it should, as it should!"

At that time, Li Ran was not afraid of big things, so he simply added a fire to it:
"Hey... When I, Li Ran, was studying in the royal family of Zhou in the early years, I heard the words of my respected teacher Chang Hong that Xun Xi, the ancestor of the army, persuaded Jin Xiangong to give up building the nine-storey high platform with the idea of ​​"being in danger". He also proposed a plan to "destroy Guo through false means" and become the first prime minister of Jin! Come to think of it, how respected was the Xun family at that time?"

"Afterwards, Li Ji was in chaos, and Li and Pi killed her young master, but Xun Xi remained unmoved, and was able to fulfill his last wish on the deathbed of Xian Gong, and finally died from the young master, and left this eternal life. Such a heroic name. How fascinating is this kind of spirit!"

"Later, the Xun clan was divided into three clans. The Xun clan and the Zhongxing clan were both ranked among the six ministers, but the Xun clan was always inferior to the Zhongxing clan. They were both ancestors, but their fates were different. Today Li Ran dared to say a word, is it true that the army is really Don't you have the intention to inherit the legacy of your ancestors? Besides, did you forget the old things about the Cheng family when you went to the army?"

The Xun family is divided into the Zhongxing family, the Cheng family, and the Zhi family of Xun Li.Among the six ministers, the Zhongxing family and the Zhi family have almost always occupied the second place in the past hundred years.

As for the Cheng family, when their Xun family was in the middle of nowhere, relying on the favor of Jin Pinggong, they almost directly replaced their Xun family's Liuqing seat.

Fortunately, on the one hand, Muzi of the Bank of China preserved their lineage of the Xun family, and on the other hand, it was also fortunate that Cheng Zheng, the patriarch of the Cheng family, died early, and finally the position of the Six Ministers was restored to the Xun family.Later, the Cheng family was also under the continuous suppression of the Zhongxing family, and finally disappeared from everyone.

In the same way, Xun Li's father, including Xun Li himself, all succeeded to the suzerain position at the age of a child, so the Zhongxing clan was able to control them for a long time.

Therefore, there is Cheng's lesson from the past.Their Xun family's sense of family crisis is naturally there.

And Li Ran took advantage of this point, adding a new bargaining chip to the already tense relationship between the Xun family and the Zhongxing family.

The Zhongxing clan is currently associated with the Fan clan and married with the Handan Zhao clan, which can be said to be in full swing.As for Xun Li, he felt more and more that if things went on like this, sooner or later the Xun family would be like the Cheng family and would be suppressed by the Zhongxing family.

Just like him, Xun Bi, who was almost kicked out of the ranks of the Six Ministers for two consecutive generations, how could he not be active?
Even though the Zhongxing family has the kindness of regeneration to the Xun family in name, but how many people can bear this kind of "regeneration grace"?

"The return of the State of Lu is the first thing that the Marquis of Jin did after he succeeded to the throne. If Xunxia's army can handle it properly, the Marquis of Jin can stand out among the princes and in front of civil and military ministers. That Xun Why do you need to look at the faces of Fan and Zhongxing in the future? I hope Xun Xiajun will have to think about it!"

In Xun Li's conversation this time, there is actually a certain grudge in his heart.Otherwise, he wouldn't have said those words to Li Ran at the beginning.However, Li Ran's few words could make him temporarily change his mind.

Originally, Xun Li had always been very obedient.After Fan Yang recommended him, he actually told him to act cheaply.

Although these words were not explicitly stated, the meaning could not be more obvious.

In the final analysis, he, Xun Li, is nothing more than a scapegoat.

It was the same with Qi Ying's case back then, and it is the same with Lu Hou's return to the country today.

So Xun Li has actually been thinking from the very beginning, how to push the responsibility for the final failure to Li Ran.But now after Li Ran's reminder, they think that this move will be of great benefit to their Xun family.

The two clinked glasses and smiled at each other tacitly.

"Hehe, Xun Li already understands what you mean, sir, please don't worry, sir, he will take care of this matter."

……

Xun Li recalled the conversation with Li Ran, and he actually wanted to do his best to facilitate this matter.After all, it is related to the interests of their Xun clan, but Lu Houchou was eventually used by others, which led to the current situation.

However, they all know well, who is behind this incident?
That's right, it was Fan Yang.

And even if Xun Li is willing to help each other now, he can only do "no bad things" at best.If he were to confront Fan Yang directly, he would not have the guts after all.

What's more, after this incident, everyone can predict Fan Yang's next move.

He will definitely exaggerate the rhetoric such as "it is Lu Hou himself who is unwilling to return to the country, and Ji Sun Yiru can't be blamed for this".

At that time, no one in the court of Jin would dare to mention this matter again.And how the Marquis of Jin will choose in the end is already obvious.

Since Marquis Lu didn't live up to it, how dare Marquis Jin mention this matter again?What's more, with Fan Yang around, even if he wanted to do something again, it might be impossible.

Xun Li decided to go back to the capital first to return to his command.And Li Ran and others also escorted Lu Houchou back to Yunyi. Lu Houchou was extremely depressed, and he was silent all the way.

For the failure of returning home this time, Lu Houchou was indeed hit hard.But after all, he still has to blame himself. If he hadn't listened to the words of others, he would have imagined that Jin would "justify" him and liquidate Jisun Yiru.He may be on his way home now.

Li Ran couldn't bear to blame him anymore, and it was meaningless to blame him at this time.

And Confucius has always "hidden evil" for Lu Houchou, so naturally he would not choose to speak out at this time.

However, Zijiaju didn't care about these things:

"Hey...Your Majesty is too impatient! If you can distinguish one thing from another, why are you here?!"

When Lu Houchou heard the words, he remained silent.

Seeing this, Zi Jiaji said again:
"Hey... the matter has come to this point, and it is useless to talk too much. But your lord's disposition really needs to be changed. Back then, he rashly fought with the Ji family, and this time he acted so recklessly. It really shouldn't be. !"

After Lu Houchou heard this, his shame was beyond words.He suppressed his grief and anger, and said in a low voice:

"The widow...knows my mistake..."

Seeing Lu Houchou like this, Zijiaji sighed again, and couldn't say anything more, and the group hurried back to Yunyi.

……

And not long after they returned to Yunyi, Yang Hu, the governor of Ji's family, was also very fast. After leaving Jingjin Kingdom, he immediately rushed back to Ji's camp stationed near Yunyi, without saying a word , Directly issuing orders is to encircle Yunyi on three sides.

Fortunately, Mengsun Heji chose to lead the Meng family's army to retreat before, so Yang Hu did not dare to attack directly now.

In other words, why did Meng Sun Heji choose to withdraw his troops?

This is really thanks to the letter left by Confucius.

In other words, not long after Li Ran and Confucius went to Jin, Meng Sun Heji also led the Meng family's army to station near Yunyi.

And Sun Wu presented Confucius' letter.After that, Mengsun Heji decided to withdraw his troops directly instead of wasting time here.Yang Hu wanted to stop him, but after all he was only Ji's housekeeper, how could he stop Meng's suzerain?

Although Mengsun Heji still had some lingering fears about him, when Yang Hu held him up to the city wall and cut off Li E's head face to face, Mengsun Heji was still young at that time, so he was really frightened.

However, Mengsun Heji is now an adult, and he will no longer be intimidated by a housekeeper.So he resolutely decided to withdraw his troops, and Yang Hu had nothing to do about it.

At this time, it happened that Jisun Yiru ordered to suspend the attack on Yunyi, and asked Yang Hu to go to Ganhou to join him, so Yang Hu ignored this matter.He had to settle down the Ji family's army first, and then rushed to Marquis Qian.

But now, after Yang Hu left and returned, and sent troops to surround Yunyi, it seemed that Yunyi had become lonely.

After all, the garrison force in Yunyi is too empty.Although, after Li Ran and Kong Qiu left, Sun Wu also recruited a certain number of people to join the army, but even if the original strength of Qi was added, it was still less than [-] people.

On Yang Hu's side, he and Mengsun Heji originally brought a total of [-] people. Even though Mengsun Heji left with [-] of his own people, the Ji clan still had [-] people!It can be said that Yunyi is determined to win.

Yunyi was originally a small city, but now the Marquis of Qi doesn't care about it, and the Marquis of Jin doesn't care.And Yang Hu also formulated a strategy of wheel warfare, and surrounded Yunyi, and sent people from time to time to harass him from everywhere. His intention was to make the defenders of Yunyi mess up, and even force the garrison of Qi to abandon the city and die. Walk.

He knew that the main force of the defenders was the troops of Qi State, and once they withdrew, Yunyi would almost become an empty city.

In addition, Yang Hu's battles are indeed quite methodical, and his use of soldiers is false, and there is falsehood in the truth, which makes Sun Wu unbearable for a while.

As for Jiyue, after learning that Lu Houchou was unable to return to the country, he knew that Lu Houchou was in a low mood, so he stayed by his side to comfort him.

Lu Houchou's mood was a little more stable, and when Li Ran met Ji Le, he was lingering.

However, it was only a month since I saw her, but Li Ran felt that her body seemed to be even weaker.And the worry in his heart became even worse.