Just as the doctor said, Li Ran's daughter Liguang's disease is not life-threatening for the time being if she is treated well.
Although Li Ran and Ji Le were distressed, they had no good solution for the time being.
As for Guancong's desire to let Li Ran return to the Zhou royal family to succeed him as the head of the pavilion, Li Ran did not immediately give a clear reply.
In this way, a few more months passed. The whereabouts of Lu Houchou have always been unknown, but in the Song Dynasty, the Huaxiang Rebellion was exactly what Guan Cong said, and it ended with the Song Gong's victory.
But strictly speaking, there are also some unsatisfactory aspects.
Under the intervention of the Central Plains powers such as Jin, Qi, and Wei, Hua Xiang rebelled and suffered heavy losses.
Hua Deng, the leader of chaos, finally went to King Chu Qiji for help, hoping that their Chu country could come forward to mediate between all parties. Since King Qiji of Chu came to the throne, he had always behaved like a good man, and this time was no exception, so he sent Chi Yue to the Song Dynasty to mediate.
This chaos caused chaos throughout the Song Dynasty. The Duke of Song was unwilling to mediate and immediately refused. Jin, Qi, Wei and other countries were not very satisfied after learning of his refusal.
After all, their actions were the result of checks and balances from all parties. Nowadays, countries are full of contradictions within themselves. To be able to do this can be regarded as the most benevolent and righteous.
But Song Gongzuo still wanted to completely annihilate the Hua and Xiang clans. How could this not make the ministers of Jin who led the troops feel a little bit sad?
As a result, the coalition forces led by Jin only worked but did not contribute any strength for a while. They could only see Song Gong Zuo's teeth itching.
When he saw that all parties were trying to "beg for peace", he had no choice but to give up his opinion and once again allowed the remaining members of the Hua Xiang clan to flee to Chu.
However, the Song Dynasty finally returned to peace, and the farce came to an end.
When Li Ran learned the news, he had an in-depth conversation with Guan Cong. He was very surprised as to why Jin, Qi, Wei and other countries sent troops to help Song Gong.
Especially for the Jin State, it stands to reason that these noble clans who adhere to the government have no reason to stand up for the Song Dynasty official, or even to embarrass their own "alliance"?
Although Guan Cong didn't know much about it, it was actually not difficult to understand at first glance.
After all, the Jin State is now in decline as a whole, and the Marquis of Qi has been trying to become the hegemon for a long time. Now that there is civil strife in Song Dynasty, the Marquis of Qi naturally wants to get involved. Therefore, it is actually not difficult for Yan Ying to persuade Qi Hou.
Similarly, since Qi is ready to take action, can Jin just sit back and do nothing? No matter how chaotic the Jin state is internally, as long as they still want to maintain their superficial dominance, they will still choose to make a move.
Because of Jin's hegemonic status, for these "Qing clan", it is still a name that can be used to blackmail other countries. In this regard, they naturally refused to give up easily.
What's more, since the state of Qi is willing to uphold morality and come out to support Duke Song, the "Dao Ji" is secretly advocating justice everywhere. Nahua and Xiang rebel parties are almost certain to be defeated.
That being the case, can they, the Jin Kingdom, be absent? Obviously not.
As for the Wei State, it has always been the Jin State's leader, so since the Jin State has chosen to send troops, it is natural for the Wei State to choose to send troops.
Although, Guan Cong actually knows very little about the "Dark Walkers". However, it is obvious that in this struggle, "Taoism" occupies the moral side. It is precisely because of this that the "Taoism" members of all parties can operate from it and try their best to persuade various countries. Doctors, please work together to resolve the civil strife in Song Dynasty.
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At least on the surface, that's the case.
After the chaos in the Song Dynasty, it seemed that the world had entered a period of calm again, and all countries seemed to be relatively peaceful. However, as Li Ran expected, the Zhou royal family gradually began to have an undercurrent.
Until one day, obituaries suddenly spread all over the world, saying that the king of Zhou died of a sudden illness while hunting.
But there are rumors among the people that this was done by Shan and Liu!
The Zhou royal family also quickly established a new king, but Wang Gui's beloved son Wang Zichao quickly gathered his old troops to invade Chengzhou. After a lot of back and forth, Wang Zichao was finally defeated and had no choice but to flee. His whereabouts are currently unknown. .
Li Ran already knew all this, but these things were too far away from him, and he really didn't want to do anything about it now.
On this day, Sun Wu was training his soldiers. Li Ran asked all his soldiers to arrive at the manor on the outskirts of Zhengyi. In order to protect Ji Le's safety, Li Ran and Ji Le stopped and watched with their children in their arms.
The number of these soldiers was not large, only a few hundred, but under Sun Wu's training, they were orderly and energetic. They were all practicing the formations taught to them by Sun Wu.
Chu Dang was among them, but these formations made him dizzy. After only practicing for a while, he sat aside angrily.
Sun Wu also knew his nature and ignored him. Sun Wu knew that asking him to charge into the formation was definitely a good move, but asking him to follow the formation would really make things difficult for him.
"Le'er, Owl Yi came to say that there is still no news about Lu Houchou!"
Li Ran was talking while watching the soldiers training in front of him.
Ji Le Anran:
"Ah Chou doesn't know what's going on now... He must have suffered a lot!"
"Although we still don't know his whereabouts, there should be no worries about his life, otherwise Owl Wings wouldn't be able to find out any information. It must be that Ji Sun Yiru pressed too hard that time, so he didn't dare to show his face easily."
While listening to Ji Le, he kissed the daughter in his arms again.
"Now I just want the child's condition to be cured and Ah Chou to be able to save the day. I don't want to think about anything else!"
Li Ran felt a little comforted when he saw Ji Le being like this. He knew that Ji Le's hostility and obsession with hatred were not that strong.
"Then my husband will let Owl Wings come back first and leave someone outside to continue the visit. We always have to find the person first!"
At this time Fan Li came over.
"Sir, there is a person outside the house asking to see you!"
"who?"
"This man has a dignified appearance. Although he wears coarse cloth, he has an extraordinary temperament! But... he refuses to tell where he is famous."
Li Ran thought about it for a while and felt that the person coming might be the person he was thinking of, so he said:
"Go and bring him in, and invite Sun Wu and Guan Cong to come to the living room to discuss matters."
Li Ran turned around and said to Ji Le:
"Le'er, it's windy outside, take your children back to the house to rest, and come back after you finish talking to your husband!"
Ji Le raised her daughter's hand and waved to Li Ran.
"Say goodbye to my father."
Li Ran smiled and waved.
"Haha, see you Guang'er!"
Li Ran came to the living room, and soon Fan Li came in with someone. When Li Ran saw this person, his eyes couldn't help but widen.
I saw that this man was indeed as Fan Li said, upright and handsome, with a noble and elegant temperament. What Li Ran couldn't believe was that he was exactly the same as his close friend Zhou Prince Jin!
Prince Jin and Li Ran were close friends back then. Now when he saw a person who looked so similar, one could imagine how Li Ran felt in his heart. He even wanted to rush up and hug this person directly.
Li Ran really misses his friend Prince Jin so much.
Although this man was wearing coarse clothes, his appearance and temperament made Li Ran guess a lot, and he also saluted Li Ran.
"The unfilial son of Zhou Zong met Mr. Ziming in court!"
Li Ran suddenly realized that the person in front of him was none other than Wang Zichao!
When Li Ran heard this, he didn't dare to be negligent and immediately stood up to return the salute.
"It turns out that the prince is here. I was disappointed to welcome you from afar. I hope your highness will forgive me!"
The prince smiled bitterly and couldn't help but shook his head and said:
"Now that you are in such a state of desolation, how dare you think of yourself as a prince again?"
At this time, Sun Wu and Guan Cong had also arrived. After seeing Wang Zichao, everyone sat on the ground, and Li Ran ordered people to attend to them. The prince drank it all in one gulp, thinking that he had gone through a lot of hard work along the way.
Through observation, Li Ran had already known that Zhou Wanggui was very fond of Wang Zichao back then, and was quite satisfied with his words, deeds, and appearance. Therefore, he had intended to make him the crown prince.
Moreover, Zhou Wanggui also felt quite guilty for the fact that his mother had killed his brother, Prince Jin, and his child was exactly the same as Prince Jin. Therefore, wanting to make him the crown prince is more or less a comfort and compensation for his brother.
At that time, Binqi, as the Taifu of the prince dynasty, was naturally highly used.
In the Zhou royal family, there are also two major Qing clans, namely the Shan family and the Liu family.
Liu Di, the concubine of the Liu family, has been working for Dan Qi, the leader of the Shan clan. The Shan clan is very disgusted with Bin Qi and has always wanted to kill him. At the same time, they were also afraid that if the princes took the throne in the future, it would be detrimental to them, the noble clan, so they had been thinking about how to expel the princes.
Naturally, Zhou Wanggui was aware of this, so he wanted to use the name of Beishan hunting to send all the ministers there, hoping to take this opportunity to kill the heads of Shan Qi and the Liu family, so as to annihilate the Shan and Liu families.
But he never expected that Zhou Wanggui would end up being suspected of being killed during a field hunt and died mysteriously!
But the most unexpected thing was that on the next day, the head of the Liu family who went hunting together also died suddenly. Because he had no legitimate son, Liu Di became the head of the Liu family with the support of Shan Qi, and the Shan family and the Liu family were completely connected.
