Fei Wuji.
The first time Li Ran heard the name, he just nodded slightly thoughtfully.
If Prince Qiji wanted to participate in the construction of the new capital, it would not be difficult. After all, given his status, he wanted to get involved. Even if the King of Chu heard about it, he would just let it go.
However, he will naturally not end up in his own capacity. So he sent Fei Wuji. Using him as bait to get involved was obviously a clever move.
Moreover, Fei Wuji's identity is also very special.
First of all, he is actually from Lu, and judging from his surname, he comes from Feiyi, the largest fiefdom of the Ji family in Lu State.
Secondly, he was also the teacher of Prince Qiji's son.
Therefore, these two identities couldn't help but make Li Ran a little more wary.
"Brother Wuyu, do you think there is any problem with this matter?"
Since Shen Wuyu mentioned this matter deliberately, he must have a reason, Li Ran asked immediately.
Then, Shen Wuyu continued to speak:
"Wuyu doesn't think there is any problem with this matter. After all, all the officials in the court are fixated on the construction of the new capital. It is not unusual for the fourth prince to send people to participate."
"Wuyu just feels strange..."
"Oh? What's so strange?"
Li Ran continued to ask.
Shen Wuyu looked at him with a puzzled expression and said:
"Your Majesty has personally conquered this place. Just as Mr. Wang said, if you fail to make great achievements in person, how can you let your Majesty give up?"
"Now the king's summons has been issued. After Zhu Fangcheng takes the oath of war in the future, our Chu country will definitely fight again. This is an indisputable fact."
"And the fourth prince is the member of the family whom the king trusts most. At this moment, the fourth prince didn't want to share the worries with the king, but was thinking about this matter. The fourth prince is inferior to one person and superior to thousands of people. It can be said that he is not rich, so why is he so rich?"
According to Shen Wuyu, things always have priorities. Compared with the stone materials for the new capital, from the perspective of Prince Qiji, of course, the Chu State's use of troops abroad deserves more attention from him.
After all, this is a matter of life and death for the country.
As for the matter of building the capital, even if there is some money to be made, it may be very attractive to other people, but for him, the most favored younger brother of the King of Chu, there seems to be no need to be so concerned. ?
What's more, now is the time when the King of Chu is on a personal expedition. If he, the fourth prince, finally gets the news that he "lined his own pockets", isn't this a clear attempt to undermine the King of Chu?
And why did Wang Ziqiji, a man who cherished his reputation so much, engage in such obvious self-defeating methods?
Therefore, after hearing this, Li Ran couldn't help but nodded slightly in agreement.
Shen Wuyu's suspicion has to be said to be worthy of consideration. Under the current circumstances, Wang Ziqiji's behavior is indeed puzzling.
"Has the doctor conducted an in-depth investigation?"
After Li Ran finished speaking, Shen Wuyu immediately shook his head.
"It's not too late yet...but Wuyu has this intention."
He looked at Li Ran with a sharp look in his eyes.
No matter who this person is, as long as he is unfavorable to Chu State, he will not let go even if the prince abandons Ji.
This made Li Ran deeply gratified, and he immediately handed over his hand and said:
"Haha, you are indeed Doctor Wuyu!"
"Then Li Ran will just wait for the doctor's good news."
After saying this, Li Ran bowed his hands towards Shen Wuyu.
Shen Wuyu hurriedly returned the bow and said with gratitude:
"Sir, you are serious. This is Wuyu's responsibility."
"On the other hand, sir, I heard that just because of the Qingfeng incident, the king seems to be a little displeased with him. He is wholeheartedly planning for the king of Chu, but he does not accept it. This is really the misfortune of our Chu... "
On the matter of Qing Feng, Shen Wuyu's attitude was originally consistent with Li Ran's.
He also believed that Qingfeng should not be killed directly at this time, let alone use Qingfeng's head to sacrifice the flag.
It's a pity that this idea between him and Li Ran seems to be impossible now.
Not only the King of Chu, but also many generals and ministers of Chu State at that time were dissatisfied with this.
Both of them shook their heads helplessly.
"Hey...it's okay not to mention it, it's okay not to mention it."
Seeing that Li Ran didn't want to delve further into this issue, Shen Wuyu understood what he meant and just chatted for a while before leaving.
…
The next day, the army set off, with 100,000 people marching toward Zhu Fang City.
There were no disturbances during this march, and Zhongli had become the territory of the Chu State. When the surrounding princes who were closer to the Chu State heard that the King of Chu was coming to conquer the country, they all came in droves and lined up outside Zhufang City to welcome him.
Therefore, so many people gathered in Zhufang City, which made the originally small Zhufang City overcrowded for a while.
However, this also made those princes see one thing clearly:
They all knew that the King of Chu had great plans.
In October, King Xiong Wei of Chu summoned the princes again in Zhufang City and swore an oath outside Zhufang City.
This is like the boss of a company in later generations organizing team building for his employees. During the team building, he made his own judgment and summary of the company's achievements throughout the year.
However, King Chu is slightly different from the company boss in that the reason for his performance summary this time is not to motivate his employees, but to shock them.
"You see! This is what you will get if you get close to the Wu Kingdom and offend our Chu Kingdom!"
"You princes from neighboring countries should learn from me and don't look for trouble. If I tell you to go east, go east. If I tell you to go up mountains of swords and seas of fire, don't even frown."
"To put it simply - those who obey others will prosper, and those who go against others will perish!"
This was probably the psychological activity of King Chu at this time. After all, his arrogant and contemptuous expression when he stood on the high platform facing the princes was completely undisguised.
Then came the highlight, he was going to chop off Qingfeng's head in front of the princes!
I saw Qingfeng being escorted by his guards and taken out of the prison car that came along the way.
In order to once again demonstrate the "greatness and integrity" of King Chu, Xiong Wei, the king of Chu, deliberately asked his guards to escort Qingfeng around the high platform, which was called a public display.
At this time, Wu Ju, who was standing next to King Chu Xiongwei, couldn't stand it anymore. He bowed to King Chu worriedly and said:
"Your Majesty, I heard that only people without flaws have the moral integrity to kill others. Qingfeng ended up like this because he disobeyed his own king. However, he will be willing to parade around like this in public. Silently?"
"If...if he spreads the scandal of our Chu country among the princes, wouldn't it be detrimental to our Chu country?"
In fact, Wu Juda could have said this more clearly:
It’s just that the rabbit bites people when it’s anxious!
After all, the fact that King Xiong Wei of Chu killed his king to seize the throne was not a secret in the first place. Nowadays, all the countries have heard about it, but they don't know much about the specific details.
As Wu Ju was a participant in this, of course he knew it very well. Therefore, his worries were not really about interceding for Qing Feng, but actually for the King of Chu.
Moreover, in order to avoid embarrassment to the emperor and his ministers, Wu Ju did not make it too clear. After all, it is really not appropriate to mention this kind of thing at this juncture.
So his hint was just right.
However, even so, King Chu still didn't buy it. He even turned a deaf ear to what Wu Ju said. He only looked at Qing Feng under the high platform, his eyes full of domineering and contempt.
It seems that this is the beginning of his great cause in Chu State.
In terms of demonstrating his own achievements, who can stop such a successful King of Chu?
Not to mention it was Wu Ju, didn't you see that Li Ran was standing quietly aside and silent at this time?
Li Ran's eyes fell on Qingfeng, and of course Qingfeng also saw him, but Qingfeng did not show the anger he should have shown to Li Ran. Instead, he seemed unusually calm. He seemed to have expected such a day.
Therefore, he accepted his upcoming fate and allowed himself to be escorted by the guards of the King of Chu to parade among the princes.
For him, this may be regarded as a kind of punishment and a kind of relief.
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