After Wang Zichao removed Sun Wu's military power and put him and Li Ran under house arrest separately, he benefited from Sun Wu's previous military foundation and remained unstoppable.
Shan Qi and Liu Di were also defeated by Yin Yu again, and Liu Yi was in danger.
After hearing this news, Wang Zichao couldn't help but feel a little carried away. I believe that even without Li Ran, he can achieve success now.
On this day, Wang Zichao led hundreds of civil and military officials to worship the river god in Hanshui, and sank a piece of Baogui from Luoyi into the river to pray for God's blessings on him.
However, not long after this incident, someone unexpectedly picked up this Baogui in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. When Yin Buyi learned the news, he immediately took the people there.
After catching the person who found the Baogui, he took the Baogui back together. However, on the way back, Baogui suddenly "turned" into stone.
Yin BuNi had no choice but to "return" the stone to Wang ZiChao.
When Wang Zichao saw that the Baogui he threw into the river turned into an identical stone, he couldn't help but became furious:
"Baogui, who was so good, turned into stone! What is the sign of this?"
Wang Zichao was furious, and when Yin Buying heard this, he couldn't help but kneel down and bow to the ground:
"Your Majesty, Baogui turned into stone and has access to people's affairs, or God has sent a warning, but there is a traitor in the court who respects himself and replaces the authority of the king!"
Wang Zichao's eyes were sharp, his eyes shot sharply, and he asked fiercely:
"Traitor? Who are you referring to?!"
Yin Buyi could hear the murderous intent in Wang Zichao's words, and felt uneasy in his heart.
"Your Majesty, I dare not say..."
"What are you afraid of saying now? Just say it!"
Yin Buxie's forehead reaches the ground.
"Your Majesty, I don't need to explain this traitor to you. It's obvious that he is Li Ran and Li Ziming!"
Wang Zichao felt ashamed of Li Ran, but he didn't fully believe this.
"It's true that you are worried, Gu Shen thinks so, but since he is already under house arrest, there is nothing he can do! Why should you worry?"
Yin Buli quickly said:
"Your Majesty, this person is neither favored by Your Majesty nor his subordinates. How can these invitations to win over people's hearts not be suspicious? Besides, everyone knows that Your Majesty is in favor of Li Ran. These remarks do not matter to Your Majesty. It’s also extremely disadvantageous!”
Wang Zichao was silent when he heard this, but Yin Buxie continued:
"Your Majesty, there are rumors in the court that... your Highness is in trouble! Isn't that just what he said? It seems that such traitorous and yet loyal people are the ones Your Majesty should be most careful about!"
The prince gave a long sigh.
"I already understand what you said, so please retreat first!"
Yin Bulin didn't say any more, he had already said everything that needed to be said. The next step was to see how Wang Zichao made his decision. After Yin Bulin stepped back, Wang Zichao took the crown and placed it on the eucalyptus table.
Wang Zichao looked at Mianqi in front of him. He knew that his Mianqi was hard-won, and Li Ran deserved the first credit, but now there were no ministers in the court who could not tolerate him.
Moreover, what Yin Buyi said was not completely unreasonable. He was already suspicious.
In Wang Zichao's eyes, there was an increasingly sinister look...
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Fan Yang has been mediating among various princes since the beginning of the rebellion in the Prince Dynasty.
Now that I have this opportunity, I won’t miss it. After getting the "approval" of the Marquis of Jin, he launched an alliance with Huangfu.
Officials from the Song Dynasty, Le Qili, Wei Guo, Bei Gongxi, Zheng Guo, You Ji, Lu, Ji Sun Yiru, etc., as well as officials from Cao, Zhu, and Teng, basically all came from various countries. The ruling minister.
In addition to supporting the Zhou family and guarding the king of Zhou, this alliance also had another matter, which was the return of the Marquis of Lu.
As the king of a country, Lu Houchou has been living abroad since he failed in the battle with Ji Sun Yiru, and has been unable to return to this day.
There was a vacancy in the throne of Lu State for a while. As the saying goes, "A country cannot live without a king for a day." This matter is indeed extremely absurd. Le Qili of the Song Dynasty and Beigong Xi of the Wei Kingdom couldn't stand it anymore, so they raised this issue.
This request is nothing at all, but what the world doesn't know is that Fan Yang and Ji Sun Yiru are the same!
That night, Ji Sun Yiru came to Fan Yang's residence with five carriages that had been prepared.
When Fan Yang saw Ji Sun Yiru, he looked at each other with a meaningful smile.
Ji Sunyi said to Fan Yang politely:
"Fan Zhongjun, it's just a small gift, it's not respectful, but I hope you'll accept it!"
Fan Yang couldn't help but waved his hand:
"Since you and I are both Seven Lords, why should we be so polite? As for the matter of Marquis Lu, don't worry, I have my own way of responding!"
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Ji Sunyiru cupped his hands and said:
"Thank you so much Fan Zhongjun!"
The Seven Lords of the Secret Movement are meant to communicate with each other. However, this alliance is also very weak. Just like Fan Yang and Shan Qi before, once the interests of their respective countries are involved, they will disown each other.
Therefore, Ji Sunyiru was naturally worried that Fan Yang would support Lu Hou to return to the country for the benefit of Jin.
Now Ji Sunyiru is acting as the emperor, and he can be said to cover the sky with one hand in the state of Lu. Even so, he did such rebellious things after all, and Ji Sun Yiru had to be careful at all times.
Now, having received Fan Yang's promise, Ji Sun Yiru did not want to cause any further trouble, so he only exchanged a few words and left in a hurry.
When Fan Yang looked at the gifts from the five carriages, his eyes narrowed into a slit...
The formal alliance meeting was held the next day. Fan Yang personally came to the stage and read out the proclamation of the alliance. The general idea was that the princes were disrupting the Zhou Dynasty, wanted to attack the princes, support the king of Zhou, and defend the royal family.
No one has any objection to this. After all, in the eyes of most of them, there is not much difference in who is the king of Zhou.
Then, everyone held their own and made an alliance based on their blood. Fan Yang watched all this on the stage and couldn't help but feel proud.
After the blood was wiped out, Fan Yang continued to say loudly:
"Now our Zhou Dynasty is in chaos, with two kings standing side by side, dividing things from each other. In the future, I hope you can work together with me, the Jin Kingdom, to drive out the princely dynasty! Support the King of Zhou! Restore me to Zhou!"
"What Fan Zhongjun said is true! Is there anything in the world that is not the king's land! As human ministers, we will never tolerate this kind of thing happening. Yang Yang hereby guarantees it today, and all the officials also bear witness. Within a few months, I, Zhao Yang, I will definitely take the lead, be the first to attack Luoyi, and return my old capital to the King of Zhou!"
Everyone looked up and saw that the person speaking was a young man. I saw that this man was heroic and had the spirit of a tiger and a wolf.
This person is none other than Zhao Yang, the patriarch of the Zhao family who came here with Fan Yang to attend the alliance meeting.
Zhao Yang is the grandson of Zhao Wu, and his current position in the Jin State is Xiajunzuo.
In the past few days, the Jin Kingdom has experienced frequent drastic changes, and the struggle for power among the six ministers has become increasingly fierce.
With the death of Zhao Wu, the Zhao family fell into depression again. And Zhao Wu's achievements were gradually forgotten by people.
His grandson Zhao Yang, because his father Zhao Jingzi died young, actually should not have occupied this position at such a young age.
Fortunately, Han Qi promoted him to the lower army before he reported illness. You must know that the Han-Zhao alliance has been maintained for hundreds of years.
Fan Yang also believed that the Zhao family had become weak after Zhao Wu and was not a cause for concern, so he did not take it seriously.
And what Zhao Yang said now made all the doctors present couldn't help but praise him.
The affairs of the Zhou Dynasty were settled, and Song Dynasty official Le Qili immediately brought up the old affairs again:
"Fan Zhongjun, can we discuss the return of Marquis Lu now?"
Fan Yang glanced sideways at Le Qili, with a smile on his lips:
"Doctor Le, your suggestion is reasonable and understandable! But the affairs of the Lu State are extremely complicated, and it cannot be solved by just welcoming back the Marquis of Lu!"
Le Qili also realized that Fan Yang was probably trying to protect Ji Sun Yiru, and he couldn't help but frown. At this time, Beigong Xi of Weiguo said loudly:
"But no matter what, the Marquis of Lu is the king of the Lu State after all. It may not be appropriate to remain in exile like this!"
