Li Ran walked up quickly and found Gong Eryue and Liguang surrounding a stall.
I saw a businessman looking after the stall sitting in front of the stall, and the things placed on the stall were all handicrafts, which are what ordinary people call the art of ingenuity.
In fact, at that time, the vast majority of Chinese people looked down upon these gadgets. After all, this kind of thing is generally in demand only by high-ranking officials.
However, now Gong Eryue and Liguang are obviously very curious about this.
At first glance, you can see a dazzling array of handicrafts. There are even wooden carved Yanjia that can walk on their own, and the carvings are extremely delicate, which is really beautiful and interesting.
There were many strange things about talented people among the people, and Li Ran secretly admired them. He took a few coins from his body and bought two of Liguang's favorites.
Immediately afterwards, Li Ran found that Gong Eryue's eyes were attracted by the hairpin seller next to her.
When Gong Eryue noticed Li Ran looking at her, she took Li Guang's hand and walked away with some embarrassment.
Li Ran also stepped forward and bought the jade hairpin without saying a word.
But he was not in a hurry to give Gong Er a moon, but put away the hairpin first.
Fan Li saw all this, shook his head and smiled evilly.
They just walked around the city for a while before returning home.
After entering the mansion, Li Ran suddenly called Gong Eryue:
"Yue, come here."
Gong Eryue was stunned for a moment, but did not turn around.
"Oh, then I'll take Liguang back to the house first, and I'll come back to look for Mr. later."
So, Li Ran went to the study first, and after a long time, Gong Eryue came outside the study.
She poked her head timidly and looked at Li Ran cautiously.
Although she mentioned that she wanted to follow Li Ran when he left last time, it was a request she gritted her teeth because she was really worried about Li Ran's safety. In fact, she never figured out how to face Li Ran.
Now that Li Ran asked her to come look for him, she seemed a little cautious, so she came late.
After a while, she remained standing outside the door, as if she had no intention of coming in.
Li Ran took out the hairpin and waved to Gong Eryue outside the house:
"Yue, I didn't buy anything for you in the city today. I saw that you seemed to have a special liking for this hairpin today, so I bought it for you."
After Gong Eryue heard this, she moved in, but her face turned red. She still didn't dare to look at Li Ran, so she could only stare at the hairpin.
She really liked this hairpin, but she didn't buy it at the time. She just looked at it, but she didn't expect that Li Ran would see it.
Gong Eryue hesitated for a moment, but did not reach out to take it. Li Ran came behind her naturally and inserted it into her pulled up hair. This hairpin was made of jade, with fine craftsmanship and quite dazzling. After putting it on Gong Eryue, she suddenly looked graceful.
At this time, women did not just bunk their hair and wear hairpins casually. Only after getting hairpins and before getting married, women from ordinary families would bunk their hair and wear a wooden hairpin. And if family conditions permit, they will bring better hairpins, such as nanmu, jade and so on.
Of course, after marriage, you can not only wear hairpins but also change various hairstyles.
But since Gong Eryue is not yet married, she is currently just inserting hairpins into her head. Now Li Ran bought her a hairpin, which made her feel a little shy and she didn't know what to say for a while.
Li Ran looked at her hairpin and couldn't help but think of sacrificial music again. His thoughts were flooded. Gong Eryue whispered:
"Thank you sir for the gift!"
When Li Ran heard this, he couldn't help but come back to his senses:
"Yue, how are you doing at home these days when I'm away?"
Gong Eryue couldn't help but feel moved when she heard Li Ran's concerned tone.
She knew very well that Li Ranming was asking about the situation at home, but in fact he was asking about her current situation.
Gong Eryue nodded slowly:
"Everything is fine. I'm just worried that something might happen to my husband outside. When we learned that you had gone to Qi State, Liguang and I were really worried..."
Li Ran smiled lightly.
"Haha, I have been wandering outside for many years. This kind of situation is a common occurrence for me, and it is nothing. In fact... I asked you to come here today because there is nothing else..."
Before Li Ran finished speaking, Gong Eryue said quickly:
"Since there's nothing wrong, I'll leave first."
So, as soon as Gong Eryue finished speaking, she actually left the study as if running away. This made Li Ran freeze on the spot. He didn't expect that Gong Eryue would leave immediately, leaving him here in a mess.
Li Ran stayed for a while, but the corners of his mouth were slightly the same, he smiled bitterly and then closed the door again, thinking:
"Maybe she still needs some time..."
Gong Eryue ran out, her heart beating wildly, and touched the hairpin on the back of her head. It was obvious that she didn't know how to face what Li Ran was about to say. So, she simply ran out.
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In the next few days, everything was as before, and Fan Li followed Li Ran's instructions and kept busy outside.
On this day, Li Ran looked at the porcelain vase placed on the table, which contained the Huan Shao Pills, and stood there in a daze.
Suddenly, Fan Li knocked on the door and pulled him out of his thoughts:
"It's young uncle, come in!"
Fan Li pushed open the door and entered, holding a letter and placing it on the table.
"Sir, it's Yang Hu who has sent a letter!"
Li Ran nodded, took the letter in his hand, unfolded it and saw that it was indeed written by Yang Hu himself.
Yang Hu first congratulated Li Ran and Confucius for being able to directly eliminate the trouble that Lu had been unable to solve for nearly a hundred years without spending a single soldier.
Then, he changed the topic again and actually talked about the current situation of Jin country.
Now after Fan Yang, that is, after the death of Fan Xianzi, Zhao Yang and Xun Shu became the central army of Jin, with Xun Shu as the commander and Zhao Yang as the assistant.
However, Zhao Yang also wanted to do something big, so he specially wanted to invite Li Ran to Jin to assist him.
Li Ran put down the letter, but seemed to be indifferent to it. Instead, he asked about Huan Shaodan first.
Fan Li replied:
"Sir, the old man who sold Huan Shao Dan before was indeed in his seventies. I have asked his neighbors and they can all confirm it. But...as for the ancestral secret recipe in his hand, there is no trace. It can be found. They say it was passed down orally from generation to generation, but right now he has no descendants, so the truth or falsehood is unknown!"
"As for his skin, it's hard to say that it's because of Huan Shao Dan. The pills he sells are notoriously expensive. From Li's point of view, he is actually just a quack alchemist at most, not worth mentioning at all. Believe it. Therefore, sir, you must never take that elixir!"
Li Ran couldn't help but sneered after hearing this:
"Haha, I said I won't take it, so uncle, just don't worry. Since nothing else can be found at the moment, there is no need to check again."
Then, Li Ran changed the subject and asked casually:
"By the way, Yang Hu now wants me to assist Zhao Yang. What do you think, young uncle?"
Fan Li thought for a moment and replied:
"Sir, Fan Li thinks that Zhao Yang has the ambitions of Zhao Wenzi... But if you really assist him, I don't know whether it will be beneficial to the world, but I don't know!"
Li Ran nodded slightly, smiled slightly and said:
"Well... the power of the monarch is declining, and the powerful ministers are in charge. This is the general trend of the world, and it seems that it is impossible to change. Nowadays, the official offices of the Jin Kingdom are dark and weak, even worse than those of the Lu Kingdom. So... if... If Zhao Yang of Jin can become Kong Zhongni of Lu, not only Jin will be stabilized, but the whole world may be stabilized as well."
"However, if he just wants to use me to strengthen the Zhao family, or even use it to make himself the Seven Lords of the Dark Lord, this... is what I am most worried about."
After Li Ran finished speaking, he fell into deep thought again.
After a long time passed, Li Ran was still a little unable to make a decision, so he simply said:
"Young uncle, please come with me to meet Zhongni!"
Fan Li agreed, and immediately arranged a carriage to enter the city with Li Ran.
When the two came to Confucius' Mansion, Confucius also happened to come back from outside, and the three of them met unexpectedly at the gate of Confucius' Mansion.
Confucius and Li Ran were naturally close to each other. After some polite greetings, they walked side by side and entered the hall directly.
Confucius arranged for him to sit across from him and considered it himself.
After Li Ran sat down, he immediately explained his intention to Confucius.
When Confucius heard this, he couldn't help but stop the spoon in his hand, raised his eyebrows, and tried to ask:
"Oh? Then... I wonder what my benefactor thought about it?"
