What's more, they came to Zheng all the way, and there were so many dangers. After all, the sacrifice family protected them all the way.
The so-called kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring of water. Seeing that Ji Xian was about to destroy his reputation in this way, how could he, Li Ran, sit idly by and ignore it?
While he was having further discussions with Sun Wu, the waiter outside the door suddenly came to report that it was Ji Le who came to visit.
Li Ran and Sun Wu couldn't help but smile at each other, knowing that the troublemaker was coming. He couldn't help but shook his head, looking a little helpless.
Li Ran immediately asked the waiter to go and bring Ji Le in, but as soon as the servant turned around, Ji Le came jumping in from the yard, with a smile on his face, cheering like a bird, looking youthful and lively. .
"Brother Ziming!"
Seeing Li Ran, Ji Lefei rushed over and took Li Ran's arm, getting intimate with him.
When Sun Wu saw this, his face was slightly startled, and he immediately turned away.
"Why do you have time to come here today? I heard that the old patriarch ordered you not to leave the house even half a step. Are you disobeying your father's orders again?"
Li Ran asked jokingly with a smile.
After Ji Le returned to Zhengyi, Ji Xian gave repeated orders, asking his maids to keep an eye on Ji Le and not allow him to run around again. As if he had learned the lesson from the last time Ji Le ran away from Zheng Yi secretly, he no longer dared to let Ji Le "take advantage of the opportunity".
Therefore, Li Ran stayed in this courtyard for several days and never saw Ji Le. It must be that her father did not allow her to go out, for fear that her precious daughter would disappear again.
"Hehe, to tell you the truth, I also ran out secretly this time!"
Ji Leqiong's nose turned up slightly, she made a grimace, and smiled proudly.
Then, she was minding her own business, sitting down cross-legged, resting her chin on her hands and saying with aggrieved voice:
"Oh, it's so boring to stay at home all day. My father won't let me go here or there. Today, Brother Meng went to check the food sent by Dr. Zichan, and he didn't let me go with him. I It’s almost boring to death.”
(Note: "Meng" means "boss". The eldest brother in the family is called "Bo" if he is a direct descendant, and "Meng" if he is a concubine)
"Hey? Brother Ziming, let's go out of the city to play in a while. My father and brothers happened to be out today, why don't you take this opportunity to have some fun?"
Seeing Li Ran, Ji Le's little mouth kept talking, even Li Ran couldn't help but smile.
Thinking that he had been in Zhengyi for many days and had never played with Ji Le before, Li Ran was about to agree, but unexpectedly, he suddenly thought of what Ji Le had just said, and he actually sat down cross-legged at that moment.
"Wait a minute? Your brother Meng went to check the official rations sent by Dr. Zichan today?"
"Yes, it is because of this incident that our family delayed our trip. Otherwise, our food would have been transported to Weiguo long ago."
Ji Le's two dark eyes were twinkling, looking full of innocence.
Li Ran actually knew this.
The Sacrificial Family had long prepared the grain to be shipped to the Wei State for sale. However, because the official grain supplies had not been fully prepared, the Sacrifice Family's caravan was delayed again and again. Seeing that the Qi State's grain transport team was about to enter the Lu State .
If the delay continues, won't the food shipped to Weiguo be sold at a high price?
Li Ran thought about it, immediately looked at Ji Le, and asked again:
"Then...your mother is not at home today?"
"My father? Today he..."
"Le'er! You're fooling around again!"
Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived. Before Ji Le finished speaking, Ji Xian's voice came from the door.
Then he saw Ji Xian and Zi Chan appearing outside the courtyard.
Li Ran saw the two of them and hurriedly stood up to greet them.
"Ziming, I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you?"
"The doctor is here in person, but Ziming didn't come to greet you from afar. Please forgive me."
Zichan walked in from the outside with a smile on his face. When Li Ran bowed to greet him, he supported him with one hand, and he couldn't help but look happy. Only Zichan opened his mouth and continued greeting:
"I have long heard that Zi Ming came to Zheng Yi, but he has never had time to come and visit. Zi Ming is not to blame. Don't be surprised."
Li Ran heard the sound and said hurriedly:
"What are you talking about, doctor? It's just a white head. How dare you trouble the doctor? Please come in, doctor."
"I also invite you to pay homage to the old sect master."
With that said, Li Ran welcomed the two of them in and sat down separately.
Li Ran gave Sun Wu a look, and Sun Wu understood and left immediately. At this time, there were only four of them left in the courtyard.
"I don't know if the doctor came here today because of the Qi State transporting grain to help the Wei State?"
After chatting for a while, Li Ran immediately got to the point and asked bluntly.
He had just heard from the sacrificial music that today the Zhengguo official family had delivered the prepared grain to the sacrificial caravan and was preparing to transport it to Weiguo.
Before he finished speaking, Ji Xian and Zi Chan appeared here. If it wasn't for Qi State to transport grain to Wei State, how could such a coincidence come about?
Sure enough, when he said these words, Ji Xian and Zi Chan looked at each other, both of them a little surprised.
Zichan asked first:
"Oh? Mingming already knows about this matter?"
Having said this, Li Ran had nothing to hide, so he said apologetically:
"This matter... not only do I know about this matter, but I also don't hide it from you. The calculations here are still made by me."
"Oh? It turns out that Qi State's transportation of grain was really Ziming's doing. Then please ask Ziming to tell you what happened?"
Zichan looked a little surprised, and Ji Xian on the side also frowned slightly, with some anger brewing in his eyebrows.
It turned out that the reason why he came to visit Li Ran with his son today was to find out the real purpose of Li Ran's visit to Zheng.
After all, Li Ran's persuasion to the Qi State to send grain for disaster relief would not only hinder his own business, but also have an impact on the official family of Zheng State.
Moreover, now that Li Ran is in Zhengyi, all this has to make people doubt the purpose of Li Ran's trip.
As mentioned before, as long as the food from Qi State is transported to Wei State, the food sacrificed to the family will naturally be less valuable. There is no need to say any more about these.
Naturally, the role of this batch of grain transported by Zheng Guoguan's family to Wei Guo in making friends was greatly reduced.
Li Ran had no choice but to tell the story from beginning to end about Yang Tongue's request for help.
Just listen to him sigh:
"Alas, Li Ran didn't know in advance that the State of Zheng also wanted to provide relief to the State of Wei, and Li Ran was asked by Doctor Yang Tongue to give him a little help, so that he could persuade the State of Qi to transport grain for disaster relief... After Ran came to Zheng Yi, this Only then did I hear that Zheng Guo also planned to transport grain for disaster relief, and then I realized that my previous actions might have been inappropriate. Please forgive me for all this, the doctor and the old master."
With that said, Li Ran stood up again and saluted, expressing his full apology.
Zichan raised his hand to indicate that Li Ran didn't have to feel so guilty, with a smile still on his face:
"Oh! So that's what happened. Oh, it's no wonder if you don't know. Besides, Zi Ming did this as a righteous act. How can we blame you? Come on, come on, please sit down."
It seemed that Zichan had no doubts about Li Ran's words.
However, Ji Xian on the side still frowned.
