Qingfeng is a smart man, and of course he knows the purpose of Li Ran's deliberate mention of "title".
Hearing this, he no longer insisted and said bluntly:
"Leave me alive and go to the Kingdom of Wu. I can tell you everything I know."
As smart as he is, he certainly knows the value of "those things".
And at this moment, if you can use these things to save your own life, it is obviously the most reasonable and appropriate choice.
"But if you can't promise to save my life, then I have no comment."
In the final analysis, all Qingfeng can ask for now is a gentleman's deal with Li Ran.
The so-called transaction must be negotiated and negotiated.
Faced with the price offered by Qingfeng, Li Ran did not reject it outright.
However, he returned the price appropriately:
"Now that the doctor is in prison, I am afraid that it is no longer possible to help him escape from Wu. But if we only care about saving our lives, we can do our best."
The reason why Li Ran did not dare to take this guarantee was, on the one hand, because the Chu State and the Wu State were now life-and-death enemies. If he helped Qingfeng escape from the Wu State, even if the King of Chu trusted him, it would inevitably lead to him To be suspicious.
Furthermore, when the alliance was called to apply for the territory, the banner of Chu State was to capture Qi State's rebellious minister Qing Feng. Therefore, if Li Ran secretly finds an opportunity to let Qing Feng go to Wu State, it will undoubtedly be a move to expand the war. Wouldn't Chu State have a reason to directly use troops against Wu State in the future?
Therefore, he could not agree to Qingfeng's request to flee Wu, so he could only do his best to save his life.
After Qingfeng heard this, he directly questioned:
"Oh? People say that Li Ziming's hands and eyes are astute, and he has unfathomable skills. Haha, isn't this all he has?"
Unexpectedly, Li Ran smiled, but he didn't hesitate to tell him the reason directly.
"In the past, due to the death of King Zhufan of Wu, the State of Wu and the State of Chu had become mortal enemies. Now if I help you escape from the State of Wu, the two countries will inevitably fight again. By then, the people will be in dire straits and their lives will be in ruins. This is definitely not what I want. .”
Yes, the war between Chu and Wu that just stopped is also very important.
Li Ran didn't want Qingfeng to go to Wu State and cause chaos in the world again.
In fact, Qingfeng himself also knew that since he was in such a situation, it was very rare to be able to save his life. It was probably just a fantasy to escape unscathed, or even go to the Wu Kingdom again.
After all, according to King Chu's temperament, even if he didn't kill him, he would never let him go so easily.
So, he had no choice but to accept Li Ran's counter-offer, and he asked again doubtfully:
"Mr. Ziming, are you sure you can save my life?"
At this moment, he couldn't help but be cautious, after all, it was about his head.
Li Ran immediately replied:
"Ran will do his best in this matter. With the trust King Chu has in him now, it shouldn't be difficult to do this."
Qingfeng knew very well that there was no need for Li Ran to boast about this Haikou. After all, Qingfeng was a prisoner now, so he couldn't help but not believe what he said.
Sure enough, Qingfeng nodded immediately after hearing the sound, with a thoughtful look on his face.
He was probably thinking about how to talk to Li Ran.
But Li Ran didn't wait for him to speak and asked directly:
"For the doctor to be able to stay in Zhu Fangcheng for so long, there must be someone helping him behind the scenes, right?"
"In addition to the Ji family of Lu State, the Hua family of Song State and the Wu State, who are already known, I wonder who else is behind the doctor? Please tell the truth, doctor."
In order to dig out the power behind him, Li Ran went through a lot of hard work. Now that the truth is about to come out, how can he hold back his eagerness?
However, after thinking for a while, Qingfeng did not answer him directly. Instead, he asked:
"Sir, do you know about the secret crowd?"
"Dark Walkers?"
Li Ran frowned when he heard the sound.
This was obviously the first time he heard the name.
Qingfeng nodded slightly and said:
"The Dark Walkers were originally an alliance composed of dignitaries from various countries. They existed long before the Zhou royal family moved eastward."
"Just because the Zhou royal family was domineering at that time, successive Zhou kings became more and more mediocre than the previous generation. There were even faint lords like King Li and King You. It is no exaggeration to compare them to Xia Jie and Shang Zhou."
"Then the Dark Walkers came into being, composed of the ruling dignitaries of the feudal countries. On the one hand, they wanted to limit the power of the Zhou royal family, and on the other hand, they united the countries and sought common ground while reserving differences, in order to achieve a win-win situation."
"In the beginning, the power of the Dark Walkers was extremely strong, and they were extremely effective in restraining the Zhou royal family from abusing their power. Especially during the Republic of China, the Chinese Zhou Dynasty developed rapidly, and the world could be described as a prosperous scene."
"Until the period of King You, the struggle between the Dark Walkers and the Zhou royal family became more and more intense. As the leader of the Dark Walkers, Marquis Shen launched a rebellion. He even did not hesitate to lead wolves into the house, and introduced dog soldiers into the Central Plains. The city of Haojing was destroyed, and the This led to the rapid fall of the Zhou royal family and even their eastward migration."
"As for this rebellion, although the Dark Walkers finally won, it was in principle contrary to its original intention. After this battle, the Zhou royal family's national power declined, and the Dark Walkers became a closely guarded issue for everyone. . And the Dark Walkers themselves had to go underground. From then on, the people never heard of it, and history never recorded it."
Unexpectedly, the battle to destroy the Western Zhou Dynasty would actually be a rebellion launched by an organization!
Even Li Ran couldn't help being shocked when he heard this.
You must know that Quanrong and Shenhou killed King Zhou You back then, which was a risk to the world. Li Ran never expected that this Marquis Shen from the Jiang family would actually be the leader of an organization, and this organization was actually a coalition composed of powerful people from various countries.
In other words, it can be said that it was the joint effort of all the countries to lead the dogs and soldiers to kill King You of Zhou!
So, this! It's a naked betrayal!
This instantly made Li Ran suddenly realize. Is it any wonder why the so-called "playing with beacon fire among the princes" was so widely spread among the princes in the same time and surprisingly unanimously?
In the final analysis, this is a unified public opinion war against King You.
As for Zhou Li, it probably started to collapse from that time.
The era of Zhou Li's rule began to move into darkness step by step from that time.
An organization directly affected an era!
Even Li Ran couldn't help but feel terrible about the power of this organization.
The self-restraint and restoration of rituals advocated by the Central Plains countries in recent years seems to be nothing more than a joke at this time.
Their ancestors betrayed the Zhou royal family and trampled Zhou rites to the ground, but now they are turning around and asking the superiors to restrain themselves and restore rites. Isn't this a joke?
"So, do the Dark Walkers still exist today?"
Li Ran's eyes suddenly became sharp.
Qingfeng was silent for a while, and finally nodded with great difficulty.
"Yes, not only do the Dark Walkers exist, but I am also one of them."
"In addition to me, the Ji family of Lu State and the Hua family of Song State are also among them."
Hearing this, Li Ran was suddenly enlightened again.
No wonder the Ji family of the Lu state and the Hua family of the Song state tried their best to help Qingfeng. It turned out that they both belonged to such an interest alliance. Moreover, they have a long history, and their power is overwhelming. Together with each other, they can be said to cover the sky with one hand!
And the reason why they want to keep Qingfeng is obviously equivalent to preserving a key link in their entire interest chain.
"Where's the leader?"
"Who is the leader of this secret group of you?"
Li Ran hurriedly asked another very critical question.
But who would have thought that Qingfeng shook his head again and said:
"I don't know."
He looked at Li Ran and said:
"The chiefs of the secret group are called the 'Seven Lords'. The so-called 'Seven Lords' refers to the seven chiefs above them, not specifically seven people."
"As far as I know, two of the principals are Ji Sunyiru of Lu State and Feng Duan of Zheng State. As for the other five, I have no way of knowing now."
"But the only thing that can be determined is that the leader of the 'Seven Lords' is most likely from Jin."
(End of chapter)
