Although Li Ran only met Fan Yang once, he was already convinced that he was the biggest troublemaker in the world.
And he also firmly believed that Fan Yang would not miss the opportunity to directly intervene in the royal family's abolition and establish his own prestige.
Fan Yang went to Zheng in person before, in order to test Zheng's true state and wait for an opportunity to take advantage of it. After all, as the left winger of the Jin Kingdom's central army, if he could legitimately launch a war, it would be beneficial to his reputation without any harm.
Just like the rebellion of the Song Dynasty, the reason why the Jin Dynasty finally chose to send troops was not only due to the influence of the Qi Kingdom, but also one of the main reasons why Fan Yang himself wanted to command the world as a central army officer.
The war allows Fan Yang to monopolize power, and he has already surpassed Wei Shu by a half. If he can help Danqi again, quell the internal chaos in Zhou, and make contributions to supporting the king of Zhou, then his status in Jin will also increase. More prominent.
Just like the Huaxiang Rebellion in the Song Dynasty before, Fan Yang's purpose was nothing more than self-interest under the guise of justice.
However, what is more worth mentioning is that Li Ran was extremely keen to smell an opportunity to break up the Qing clan alliance!
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Speaking of Fan Yang, the most unexpected thing for Li Ran was that he would actually choose to send troops to help Song Gongzuo.
If Fan Yang himself was not an undercover person, it would be easy to understand. But now it is basically certain that Fan Yang is a member of the secret army, so it is extremely unusual for him to send troops to attack the Hua Xiang family.
The reason for this was not only the mediation of Dr. Yan Zhong of Qi State and "Daoji", but Li Ran also realized another deep-seated reason.
That is, the so-called Dark Walkers will sometimes sacrifice the interests of other members of the Dark Walkers in other countries in order to reach the peak of power in their own country.
Especially when the defeat of these people is determined, they will choose to kick these useless people away without mercy, or even directly step on them again!
It was also after this incident that Li Ran saw an opportunity for victory: that is, the Dark Walkers were not actually monolithic.
Since the Song Dynasty was like this, what about Gong Jian now? It naturally became a breakthrough for Li Ran.
Li Ran came to the room where Gong Jian was under house arrest. At this time, Gong Jian's mental state had improved a lot. When he saw Li Ran and his face was full of joy, he felt like:
"Oh? Defeated Gan Loach?"
"Haha, we were lucky to win. Gan Loach's army was defeated by the army led by His Highness himself, and their whereabouts are missing. Now His Highness has secured his seat in the capital. Then...does the agreement between you and me still count?"
Gong Jian let out a long sigh.
"Haha, Li Ziming, you do have some tricks, but now that I'm stuck here, I don't know whether what you said is true or false!"
Li Ran hesitated for a moment and said calmly:
"Haha, why is this so difficult? I will go out with you for a walk. You are also the master of this place. After seeing the situation in this city, you can definitely tell the truth and lies in it."
So Gong Jian and Li Ran walked out of the house together and came to the city wall. Li Ran had no other guards except Chu Dang behind him, showing a calm attitude towards Gong Jian.
Gong Jian looked around and had a clear understanding of the situation inside and outside the city. He was convinced that Li Ran and the others had indeed defeated Gan Loach who came to besiege them.
He glanced left and right again and found that no one was around, then he said:
"Shan Banner has actually been in contact with the Jin State for a long time, and they agreed that if Shan Banner is in trouble, they will immediately send troops to help!"
"However, Shan Qi seems to have his own considerations. He was previously unwilling to let the Jin State directly send troops. After all, how could Shan Qi not understand the principle of 'it is easy to invite gods but difficult to send away'? Therefore, he had previously placed hope on himself Then we can establish the cauldron and form the Zhou Dynasty, and monopolize the power of supporting the Zhou Dynasty!"
But now both Gong Jian and Gan Loach were defeated one after another. The Prince Dynasty made a comeback and established Zhou Luoyi based on the capital, and its prestige did not decrease but increased. Therefore, no matter how reluctant Shan Qi was, he could only borrow troops from Jin.
"So, Jin will definitely send troops, right?"
Although Li Ran guessed this, he still lowered his attitude and asked.
Gong Jian nodded and gave an affirmative answer, so when he was determined to die, he said that Wang Zichao would definitely lose, and what Wang Zichao faced was definitely not as simple as Danqi.
"Actually, when the Prince Chao started to rebel, Fan Yang wanted to send troops immediately, but Shan Qi politely refused on the grounds that the situation was still under control. But today, he probably has no reason to refuse!"
"In addition, before Danqi sent me to attack the capital, he had another plan, which was to prepare for the retreat and lure the enemy deep into the hinterland, so that the prince could be surrounded and suppressed in one fell swoop. But that At that time, because of the lack of troops, it could not be accomplished, but now that it is a foregone conclusion that Jin will send troops, it is unknown whether this plan may come true."
Li Ran couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this.
"I wonder how it works specifically?"
Gong Jian couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"We don't know, but when people are in adversity, they can still be on time. But when facing huge temptations, whether they can still hold on is a great test!"
When Li Ran heard this, he couldn't help but feel moved in his heart.
"You mean... Shan Qi might use Zhou Wang Meng or Cheng Zhou Luoyi to make some fuss?"
Gong Jian shook his head.
"Jian doesn't know the specifics, but I think this gift must be enough to move people!"
"Master Gong, how much do you know about the Dark Walkers?"
"I'm ashamed to say that, in fact, Jian doesn't know much about the Dark Walkers. Jian is only convinced that Shan Qi must be inseparable from them. And in our Zhou family, only the Shan and Liu families are following suit. As for the others, Sorry, I don’t know anything about it.”
Li Ran clasped his hands behind his back and looked outside the city wall.
"Then... tell me what you know!"
"What I know is that the bizarre murder of Zhou Wanggui was caused by Shan Qi using secret agents. Of course, Shan Qi was actually out of self-protection. At that time, Zhou Wanggui had already thought of destroying the Shan clan! So, If Shan Qi doesn't take action in advance, I'm afraid it won't be possible..."
"So, Zhou Wanggui was killed by Shan Qi?"
Gong Jian smiled bitterly and shook his head:
"Yes, but it's not. To be precise, it was a secret act!"
"Even if he didn't do it himself, I'm afraid he still has something to do with it, right? Besides, what's the difference between this and him doing it himself?"
"So what? History books won't record events like this! The difference is still huge! As long as we don't take action directly, the matter will not be included in the history books. Then the aftermath of the settlement will naturally not be blamed on Shan Qi! "
After hearing this, Li Ran couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
"Master Gong, after listening to your words before, I still have some respect for Zhou Shi, and my rebuke of Wang Zichao is even somewhat reasonable. But why do you still follow Shan Qi when he does such a rebellious thing? ?”
Gong Jian put one hand on the city wall and was silent for a while, then said:
"Li Ziming, of course I know that what Shan Qi did is truly unforgivable, but my Gong family also has the same difficulties as the Gong family. If I didn't act like this, how could the lives of more than a hundred members of the Gong family be saved? ? And my position as the leader of the sect, how can Jane let others get involved?!"
Li Ran lamented:
"So, you will follow the rebellious ministers and traitors to help the emperor do evil? Even if you cause chaos in the world, you will not hesitate to do so?"
"In any case, the current King of Zhou is the son of King Zhou Jing after all. The Zhou royal family has been declining for a long time. As for who is the King of Zhou, what difference does it make? As long as the Zhou royal family can be settled down as soon as possible, who will sit on the throne? On the throne, it seems to Jane no different.”
Zhou Wanggui's posthumous title was King Jing, which was decided at the time of the state funeral. However, because at the time of the funeral, the prince's court launched a civil strife that has never been calmed down, so not much is known to the world.
"But do you think you are obeying the orders of the King of Zhou? Your Excellency, you are clearly obeying the orders of the rebellious ministers and traitors!"
Li Ran's rebuke stunned Gong Jian for a moment, but he quickly recovered.
"When you are in the court, you can't help yourself. If you want to be in a high position and preserve the clan, you have to do some things! How can the family and the country have both? Jane is just doing the responsibilities of the clan leader!"
When Li Ran heard this, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, but there was nothing he could do about it. Because in this world, there are almost everywhere people like Gong Jian who value profit but despise justice. No matter how upright a person is, he will inevitably not follow the crowd. Over time, these people will have to do some things that are against justice.
