Lu Houchou passed away suddenly
Ji Le also convulsed and fainted immediately, and Li Ran quickly stepped forward and hugged Ji Le. Putting his other hand on Lu Houchou's wrist, he found that his pulse was gone.
In the chaos, Yi He has also come in.
Gongyan and Gongwei couldn't help but burst into tears, while Li Ran also had a sore nose and couldn't help but shed tears.
He worked hard for the return of Marquis Lu, and even risked the life of his good friend Ou Yi. However, now that Lu Houchou died, all his efforts were in vain.
Things are so unpredictable. Li Ran never expected that this matter would end like this.
After a messy meal, Li Ran made Ji Le lie down and asked his servants to pay attention to her situation, and then hurried to deal with Lu Hou Chou's funeral.
At this time, Confucius also got the news and was crying bitterly.
You know, Lu Houchou was kind to him. At that time, Marquis Lu personally gave him a carp, which coincided with the birth of his eldest son. In order to express his gratitude to Marquis Lu for his kindness, he named the child with the character "carp".
The general friendship between him and Marquis Lu can also be seen from this.
Moreover, he had been with Lu Houchou since he left home. In order to allow Lu Houchou to return home as soon as possible, he also traveled around, traveled through mountains and rivers, and experienced countless failures.
Now, seeing the dawn, Lu Houchou has passed away!
How could this not make Confucius feel sad?
Seeing Confucius sobbing, Li Ran suppressed the sadness in his heart and comforted him:
"Zhongni, you still need to take care of Luhou's funeral. Zhongni still needs to cheer up."
When Confucius heard this, he couldn't help but wipe his tears with his sleeves, took a deep breath, stood up and saluted:
"promise!"
Confucius was devastated, but he also knew that the funeral was important. So he wiped away his tears and began to arrange the funeral of Marquis Lu.
As the saying goes, "The emperor is buried on the seventh day and buried in the seventh month. The princes are buried on the fifth day and buried in the fifth month."
Confucius naturally arranged his funeral ceremony according to the etiquette of the princes, and issued obituary notices everywhere to publicize it to the world.
On the fifth day, Marquis Lu was able to enter the coffin.
As soon as the news came out, all the countries were in mourning. There were some who sympathized and some who sneered. Anyway, there were all kinds of comments, but more kings were waiting and watching.
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After Yang Hu and Gongshan Buxuan led their troops to retreat, they came to Jisun Yiru with their shirtless bodies and carrying thorn sticks on their backs:
"My lord, there are Tian Sima of Qi State, the young master of the Han family of Jin State, and Sun Wu and Sun Changqing sitting in Yunyi. The tiger is really invincible. He was captured three times by it. It is really shameless to fight again, and the morale of the army is completely lost, so Choose to withdraw!”
"This time I have ruined my lord's face and insulted the reputation of the Ji family. I still ask my lord to punish me. Yang Hu is willing to accept the crime and die without any regrets!"
When Ji Sun Yiru heard this, there was a hint of anger under his sinister eyes.
After a while, he suddenly changed his appearance and stepped forward to help Yang Hu up:
"Yang Hu doesn't need to blame himself too much. Although this battle is a defeat, it is not the fault of the battle. In fact, Yun's popularity is not exhausted, and the times are unfavorable!"
When Yang Hu heard this, he knelt down on the thorn tree and cried profusely:
"My lord...the tiger is ashamed..."
Ji Sunyiru said:
"Hu, although you and I are master's servants, we are as close as brothers. How can I not know what Tiger is thinking? Tiger doesn't have to be like this. He should step back and have a good rest. It's been a hard life these days! No, you can also lead the troops. Go back to Feiyi!"
So, after the two of them stood up, they bowed out respectfully.
After Yang Hu and Gongshan Buxiu retreated, a person stepped out from behind the screen.
This person is none other than Shu Niu!
Seeing this, Zhu Niu could not help but be silent for a moment:
"Master Ji Sun, this Yang Hu was captured and manipulated three times by Li Ran. Don't you have any doubts at all?"
Ji Sun Yiru thought for a while and shook his head:
"If it were anyone else, I would be suspicious. However, this Yang Hu has been working for our Ji family since he was a child. Over the years, he has never been arrogant in the slightest, and he has done his best to do things for others."
"In the past, my grandfather was trapped in the Jin Kingdom. It was this person who persuaded Han Qi during the crisis, and my grandfather was finally able to return to the Lu Kingdom. This person did everything for the Ji family, but now he is in the hands of Li Ran. But thinking about it, it’s really beyond my power!”
"What's more, Li Ran has always been good at attacking people's hearts, and Yang Hu, as the head of our Ji family, even if he can kill this person, it will not be helpful to the war. Instead of doing this, it is better to capture him three times, which will not only weaken him. The morale of our armed forces can even drive a wedge between our masters and servants.”
"Shu Niu, you have fought against Li Ran so many times, don't you still know his tricky tricks?"
Shuniu sighed.
"It's just... Yanghu is rooted in the Ji family, and among your Ji family, he is lower than one person and higher than ten thousand people. As the saying goes, 'the tail is too big to fall off'. If he really has other thoughts in the future, I'm afraid it will also be wrong. Master Jisun is in trouble!"
In fact, what Zhu Niu said is true. Thinking about Ji Sun Yiru, since Lu Houchou was driven out of the capital by him, he took charge of the state affairs of Lu State. Although he was a very popular minister, at the same time, he, Ji's own affairs, could not take into account most of them.
Therefore, it is natural that Yang Hu, as the head of the Ji family, has to share the family head's worries. Gradually, he began to take up his mind on Ji's internal affairs.
And Ji Sun Yiru gradually became more and more inseparable from Yang Hu.
Ji Sun Yiru glanced at Shu Niu. If what Shu Niu said at the beginning made him think that Shu Niu was just a normal reminder as a staff member, he didn't take it seriously. But the words behind Zhu Niu can't help but give people a feeling of jealousy.
Yang Hu was of great importance to his Ji family, and Yang Hu himself was both wise and brave. Moreover, he was carefree and straightforward on weekdays, so he won Ji Sun Yiru's trust.
As for Shu Niu, as an informant of the Dark Walkers, although he has followed him for many years, he is more of a use. Compared with Yang Hu, who has been with him since he was a child, it is incomparable. of.
Of course, Ji Sun Yiru also didn't want to show his partiality for Yang Hu too much in front of Shu Niu:
"After all, Yang Hu is different from Gongshan Buhuang and the others. Yang Hu has always been by my side. Once he makes any changes, how can I not know about it? If I am suspicious of Yang Hu, I am afraid that Han will If you lose the hearts of others, who else can be used by me in the future?"
"Yang Hu, like you, is my right-hand man. I have high hopes for you all. You should work together to assist me! Don't have other ideas!"
Hearing Ji Sun Yiru say this, Shu Niu naturally said no more.
The defeat of Yang Hu and Gongshan Buxuan also cost many of their Ji family members, and their morale was also low.
Moreover, the Meng family insisted on not sending any more troops, and Ji Sun Yiru was also afraid of Tian Rangju, Sun Changqing and others.
In addition, when he sent someone to ask for help from Fan Yang, Fan Yang flatly refused to assist him.
Just because Han Buxin was stationed in Yunyi first, if Fan Yang rushed to attack Yun at this time, he would definitely have a conflict with the Han family.
This is undoubtedly a violation of the oath that "the one who caused the trouble must die." And for the sake of a mere Lu Houchou, he was absolutely unwilling to take such risks.
Therefore, Ji Sun Yiru had no choice but to give up temporarily. But at this moment, he unexpectedly received the news that Lu Houchou suddenly fell ill.
Ji Sun Yiru didn't believe it for a moment, thinking it was another mystery set by Li Ran.
It wasn't until he sought confirmation from everywhere that he couldn't help but feel overjoyed. He even immediately called all the ministers of Lu State to prepare for the selection of the new king.
"Lord Jisun, according to Shu Niu, this matter is not rushed! At this time, we should send envoys to Yunyi to welcome back the body of Marquis Lu. In addition... we can also go to Zhaoan Li Ran."
When Ji Sun Yiru heard this, he couldn't help but look at the vertical cow with some surprise:
"I can understand the welcome back to Marquis Lu, but Zhaoan Li Ran? Are you kidding me?"
Zhu Niu smiled slightly and shook his head:
"Haha, Master Ji Sun, Zhao'an is of course a fake, but it is just to completely remove the thorn in Yun Yi! If we don't do this, Yun Yi will always be alone, and Li Ran's ability is well known to everyone. Once it causes harm, I’m afraid it will be difficult to deal with.”
"And Li Ran is so stubborn that he will not be easily influenced by us. If he dares to come to Qufu, we should be able to deal with him slowly. If he dares not come, it will be a real threat to him. For the purpose of harming the Lu Kingdom! At that time, we can legitimately unite with the Shusun family and the Meng family to encircle and suppress Yunyi!"
"You can even gain the support of the Jin State through this, and fight against the enemy together! Anyway, now that the Marquis of Lu is gone, Tian Rangju and Han Buxin will definitely lead their troops away! Will they still be afraid that he will be a mere Li Ran? "
Ji Sun Yiru nodded after hearing this.
"Well, this is a great plan to raise the ox! But... who should be sent as envoy?"
In fact, Shu Niu had already considered this, and immediately said:
"Uncle and grandson don't dare to go."
Shusun didn't dare, but now the head of the Shusun family is Shusun Ruo's son.
After Shusunruo passed away that year, Shuniu once again intervened as a foreign relative, and connected with the Ji family, so that the young Shusun did not dare to be an heir. From this, Shu Niu was able to take over the Shusun family again. But Shusun didn't dare, so he had to obey his orders.
Ji Sun Yiru responded:
"In that case, then send this person to Yunyi!"
