Li Ran saw Owl Wings looking like this and knew something must have happened.
Owl Wing has been communicating with merchants in the past few days, so his information is the most sensitive.
"Why are you so alarmed?"
Seeing him running in sweating profusely, Li Ran suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Master, there is news from Weiguo. The grain truck transported by Qiguo to Weiguo was... robbed by Jin gangsters at the border of Weiguo!"
Owl Yi's voice was obviously trembling, and Li Ran, Sun Wu, and Chu Dang in the courtyard could clearly hear it.
"Haha, as expected."
Li Ran calmed down for a moment and said to himself thoughtfully.
"Why are you panicking? Their food has been taken away. What are they going to do to us?"
Among the four people present, only Chu Dang had no feelings about this matter.
It's not his fault. After all, his brain circuit has always been straight forward and doesn't know how to turn around. Naturally, he couldn't imagine the deeper impact of this incident.
"Shu Niu and Qi State are indeed secretly colluding!"
When Li Ran heard the news, he immediately came to a conclusion.
In fact, Li Ran had already expected this.
When he was delivering grain to Qi E in the capital of Wei State, he had reminded Qi E, the official of Wei State. If something went wrong with the grain truck on his side in Zheng, it would be a minor matter. After all, Li Ran could help with it.
But once there is a problem with Qi's grain truck, it will be troublesome.
Afterwards, they returned to Zhengyi, but they never received any news from Weiguo. Li Ran thought that he might have guessed wrong.
But I didn't expect this to happen after all.
"Sir, do these two things... have anything to do with each other?"
Chu Tang scratched his head, his face full of innocence.
There is a problem with Qi's grain team. What does it have to do with standing up the ox? What does it have to do with Shu Niu colluding with Qi State?
Hearing the sound, Li Ran saw that everyone was also confused, so he pointed to the seats next to him and motioned for them all to take their seats.
Chu Dang looked at Sun Wu and then at Owl Wings behind him, with a confused look on his face.
"Come, sit down."
"Today I will tell you carefully how this Shu Niu plans to frame us."
Li Ran didn't have so many false courtesy. After asking everyone to sit down, he glanced around and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
From the Ji family in the Lu state to the bull-shaking in the Zheng state, Li Ran has always enjoyed the battle of wits and courage.
Everyone was silent and looked at Li Ran intently.
"It all started when I suggested that my uncle persuade the doctor to persuade the Marquis of Qi to provide food for disaster relief. At this time, the Shuniu had secretly laid out a big net, waiting for me, Li Ran, to fall into it."
"First of all, after he got the news, he immediately suggested that the old patriarch Ji Xian go to Weiguo to sell surplus grain, hoping to make huge profits from it. But for Shu Niu, all this is just a cover."
"Obviously, he had known for a long time that Dr. Zichan also had a batch of grain being collected, so the schedule of transporting grain was delayed again and again. And if the grain from Qi State arrived in Wei State first, then the grain from Jishi would not be sold. The price was raised. Then, he told the old sect master that I, Li Ranxiang, helped Yang Tongue to persuade the Marquis of Qi, so that the old sect master naturally thought that I was deliberately targeting the Ji family, so that as soon as I came to Zhengyi, He was looked down upon and feared by the old sect master.”
"It's just that at that time, I only suspected that Shu Niu was colluding with the Ji family of the Lu state. The reason why he arranged it like this was just to help the Ji family of the Lu state."
After saying this, Li Ran showed a smile on his face.
Sun Wu on the side also said:
"Indeed, it is reasonable that Shu Niu has been in charge of the Ji clan's business dealings with many vassal states over the years and colluded with Ji Sun Yiru."
"But he didn't expect that my husband could convince the old master to change the food that was originally intended to be sold into a donation. In this way, the plan to erect the cow would be in vain."
At that time, it was only because of Sun Wu's righteous indignation that Li Ran planned to persuade Ji Xian. It just so happened that Zichan and Jixian came to visit together, and Li Ran explained some great truths.
Thanks to luck, Ji Xian promised to donate the food he planned to sell at that time. In fact, it was largely due to Zichan's presence.
After all, the Zheng Dynasty’s court donated so much food to the Wei Kingdom to provide disaster relief, but you sacrificed your family and transported the food to sell it. If something goes wrong, whose responsibility will it be? Others won't specifically refer to you as "Zheng Guo sacrifices his family". This shit basin will eventually be pinned on Zheng Guo's head.
Zichan naturally wanted to consider this matter from the perspective of national interests, so he spoke for Li Ran and asked Ji to reconsider the matter first.
"After the old patriarch changed his mind and changed the person in charge of escorting the food, Shu Niu knew that something was wrong and could no longer frame me through this matter. So, he launched another plan The plan is to subcontract Ji’s grain truck.”
"By doing this, he can frame Ji Zong and Ji Xun on the one hand. Once these two sons make mistakes on the way to escort the food, they will definitely be severely punished by the Ji clan. In addition, Shu Niu sent people to the old sect leader By fanning the flames and adding fuel to the fire, it will be difficult for the two of them to compete for the position of sect leader."
"On the other hand, I proposed the donation of grain to the patriarch of the old clan. If there is a problem with the grain truck, how can I get rid of it? If it is sold, the grain truck of the ancestor does not need to enter the treasury of Weidu. , even if something like this happens, it is at best an internal mistake within the Ji clan. But now it is a donation, and once it is entered into the official treasury, then this matter will not be so simple. "
This was what Li Ran thought of when he was convincing Qi E in the treasury.
At first, he thought that the purpose of raising the cow to transfer the grain was to frame Ji Zong and Ji Xun.
But when he persuaded Qi E, he suddenly discovered that Shu Niu's actions could actually frame him in disguise.
"But he miscalculated again."
Sun Wu looked at Li Ran with admiration in his eyes.
Not only did Li Ran discover the ruse of raising the cow, but with the help of Ji Le, he successfully filled up the huge hole. Even after Qi E saw the firewood and stones in Ji's grain truck, he did not ignore Ji Yi. , how about offering sacrifices? Li Ran and he were able to escape safely.
"But this is not over yet. Isn't this? Something happened over there in Qi State."
Li Ran's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness.
If Ji Sun Yiru of Lu State had once made Li Ran feel pressured, then Li Ran was a little impressed by this bull.
Whether it is a layout plan that takes advantage of the situation, or a proactive change of plan that changes with the situation, Shu Niu's reaction and execution ability are impeccable.
Compared to Ji Sun Yiru, although this Shu Niu's status was not high, the pressure it put on him was actually greater.
But who is Li Ran? As a man in science and engineering, his character itself is the kind of person who gets stronger when he is strong. Therefore, now Li Ran was inexplicably ignited with fighting spirit again, because he wanted to see how capable this bull stander was.
As the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs. Now Li Ran is extremely interested in fighting this bull.
