I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Li Ran, Kong Qiu, Gongsun Qing and others were watching from the city wall, when they suddenly saw dust rising in the distance, forming a straight line, and coming straight towards the city gate, Li Ran squinted his eyes to take a closer look.

Just because the situation of the battle is unclear, it is still unknown who this person is.Bao Buqi is because Yang Hu was going to fight to the end, after being defeated, he simply took the risk and led the remnants to kill him!
Gongsun Qing hurriedly ordered the remaining soldiers on the city wall to prepare for the battle, draw bows and arrows, just in case.

Not long after, the team approached, and the soldiers standing on the watchtower shouted:
"It's General Han and General Sun!"

At this time, Kong Qiu, Gongsun Qing and others also saw it clearly, but they saw that it was Sun Wu and Han Buxin who were on the chariot at the head.As for Yang Hu, he was caught in the middle by the two of them again, bound tightly.

Seeing this, Li Ran couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, and ordered people to drop down the city gate.He tidied up his clothes and went down to the tower.

The gate of the city opened, Sun Wu and Han Buxin pressed Yang Hu in and walked in. After a hard fight, they finally captured Yang Hu again.

As for Gongshan Buxuan, because he was not stationed in the central army, seeing that the situation was not right, he ignored Yang Hu's side and escaped the disaster in a flash.

When Yang Hu saw Li Ran, he was ashamed and angry at the same time, and couldn't help saying loudly:
"Li Ziming! You actually take advantage of me and dare not embarrass the office now, so you can't make up your mind! It's shameless! I, Yang Hu, refuse to accept it!"

Li Ran winked at Sun Wu and Han Buxin, and they both backed away immediately. Li Ran walked over and stood face to face with Yang Hu. untie.

The people around suddenly became tense. You must know that Li Ran was powerless, while Yang Hu was defeated and unarmed, but he was as strong as an ox after all.It was easy for him to kill Li Ran or hold him hostage.

Li Ran untied Yang Hu's rope, but Yang Hu never thought that Li Ran would have such courage.I couldn't help being startled for a moment, then moved my wrist and arm on my own, glanced at Li Ran again, and said with a sneer:

"Li Ziming, if I wanted to kill you right now, it would be so easy. Do you really think that I, Yang Hu, dare not?"

Li Ran heard the words, but still did not change his face:
"Hehe, I have long heard that you, Yang Hu, are decisive in killing. Back then on the city gate, in front of everyone in the Meng family, you beheaded Li E. If you really killed Li with one punch today On the spot, it was not surprising! However, Li is sure that Brother Yang will definitely not do this this time!"

After hearing this, Yang Hu couldn't help but turned his head up and laughed loudly:

"Hahaha! Li Ran! You have captured me many times and ruined Yang's reputation. How can you be sure that Yang will not kill you?!"

Li Ran stared at Yang Hu's eyes and said lightly:

"Hehe, those who have achieved great things, why are you afraid of this momentary humiliation? Besides, you were not defeated by me, Li Ran, but by Tian Sima, Sun Changqing and the young master of the Han family. Even if Qin Jin's father comes again, It must be difficult to match, so why should Brother Yang feel ashamed?"

Li Ran said the name of Qin Jin's father, which actually has a lot of meaning. If you want to say that Qin Jin's father was also a retainer of the Meng family back then.However, he was able to be called the Three Tigers of the State of Lu together with Di Yumi and Confucius' biological father Shu Lianghe.

The retainers and scholar-bureaucrats said that this can be said to be a special honor.

And Li Ran deliberately compared Qin Jin's father with Yang Hu, which meant that Yang Hu understood it instantly.

How could he, Yang Hu, not know Qin Jin's father?If Qin Jin's father could stand shoulder to shoulder with Doctor Qing and make a career of his own, then what's wrong with Yang Hu?
The same is a retainer, and the same is a side branch of the Meng family.And he, Yang Hu, is now in the Ji family, so it can be said that he is under one person and above ten thousand people.Since Qin Jin's father could do it, why couldn't he, Yang Hu?
Yang Hu lowered his hands and let out a long sigh:
"Li Ziming, Li Ziming, it's no wonder others say that you are eloquent. Your sharp beak and eloquence are really amazing. I, Yang Hu, have to obey!"

As soon as Yang Hu's words fell, Li Ran immediately heard the meaning behind Yang Hu's words!He grabbed Yang Hu's hand very excitedly, and smiled slightly:
"Let's go! You and I will go to the inner hall to discuss matters! Zhong Ni, you should come together."

So, Li Ran brought Yang Hu and Kong Qiu into Li Ran's official residence together.The three of them sat cross-legged in the living room, and the servants brought three glasses of clear water and some snacks on the table, then they retreated and closed the door.

Yang Hu had just gone through a hard fight, and he was indeed a little thirsty, so he took the cup of water and gulped it down.

Li Ran looked at Yang Hu, and then at Kong Qiu. The two of them were indeed similar, but the key was that their heads were rare in this era.

Both of them are eight feet in height, and they can be shoulder to shoulder, which is really amazing.

Yang Hu took another piece of silk cloth from the desk, covered his mouth slightly, wiped his mouth, and then said:
"Yang Hu has been captured three times, and I am completely convinced by my husband. However, if my husband wants Yang Hu to betray the Ji family, I'm sorry that Yang Hu will not obey!"

Li Ran smiled slightly. He actually knew Yang Hu's intentions. Since he was hesitant in this battle, he had already expressed his thoughts. He still had a little reverence for the office.Especially when this matter will really affect him.

However, Li Ran also understood that if he were to change his course immediately and stand on the side of the office, he would still need to add fire.

"Yang Hu, what do you think of Lu's current situation?"

Yang Hu thought for a long time before he opened his mouth and said:

"Hey... Since the battle of Changshao, Cao GUI led the army to defeat Qi Huan, and we have never made any achievements. Compared with Jin and Chu, it is far behind, and it is also quite embarrassing to be close to Qi. Now , even the land of Wuyue barbarian state, I am afraid it is not as good as it."

"The state of Lu is located in a big country, and it is in the place of four wars. There is no danger to defend, and there is no land to expand. Moreover, there are constant internal strife. Over time, our state of Lu has gradually declined."

"Therefore, my country of Lu has been tolerated by the Lord of the World several times since then. As a Lu person, how can I forget this humiliation?"

The two things Yang Hu mentioned were that after the battle of Pengya, when Jin became the hegemon, Duke Wen of Lu came to visit Duke Xiang of Jin, but Duke Xiang of Jin didn't even see Duke Wen of Lu, and only asked the doctor to entertain Duke Wen of Lu to get rid of the matter.

The other was during the period of Lu Xuangong, who participated in the Black Soil Alliance, but was directly kicked out of the alliance by the Jin State because of being late.

It can be said that the state of Jin has disrespected the state of Lu for a long time.

Therefore, Lu Houchou also personally visited the Jin State many times before, but he was also rejected.

To put it bluntly, although Fan Yang and others were behind the instigation of this matter, as far as the relationship between Jin and Shandong is concerned, this kind of "disrespect" can also be regarded as a kind of historical inheritance.

Li Ran couldn't help but nodded, and asked:

"Brother Yang, why do you think this has happened?"

Yang Hu pondered for a while, and wanted to speak again, but when the words came to his lips, he was immediately discouraged, and shook his head and said:

"Yanghu is dull, I don't know the key to it, what is the master's opinion?"

At this moment, Kong Qiu got up, and with his hands behind his back, he said in a daze:
"Lu Zhi went to the government office for the fifth generation! The government was arrested by the doctor for the fourth generation! Sanhuan has passed through five monarchs since Wengong! Thinking about the bad governance of our Lu State, there was the Qingfu rebellion before, and the Dongmen clan's dictatorship later. , and now Sanhuan is fighting openly and covertly there, and this is the root cause of Lu's unhappiness!"

In fact, Yang Hu, as a retainer of the Ji family, how could he not know these truths?It's just that he doesn't want to think about it, let alone say it.

Hearing that Yang Hu couldn't help sighing again, he didn't speak.

At this time, I heard Li Ran say there again:

"Yes, what Zhong Ni said is very true. The three Huan are all officials of the Qing family. Since the three Huan don't respect the emperor, how can our country of Lu be respected by outsiders?"

At this time, Confucius continued to say:
"Qiu Shaoshi also worked under the Ji family, and heard Brother Yang say the principle of 'being rich is not benevolent, being benevolent is not rich'. Didn't Brother Yang also express his feelings at that time?"

Hearing this, Yang Hu couldn't sit still any longer, and immediately stood up and saluted.

"The words of the two shake people's hair, and the tiger is taught!"