Guan Cong bowed his head and raised his hands to show his promise, but at the same time he said:
"Please be careful, lord... The emperor may not necessarily trust the lord now. And now that the rebellion in the prince's dynasty is in the ascendant, he may mistakenly regard the lord as an accomplice!"
Li Ran responded and walked out without replying.
Following the envoy, he entered the palace directly and came to the palace of King Zhou Gai. There were only Shan Qi and Liu Di inside. Li Ran performed the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers, and King Zhou Gai said happily:
"Li Qing is dead. I asked you to come here today because I actually have something to discuss. Now Zheng Guo suddenly assisted the king's brother to disrupt my royal family, and divided his troops into several groups to plunder my Zhou family's city. And Dan Pian has also entered Cheng Zhou, the situation is in danger! But I don’t know what Li Qing can do to deal with it?"
Li Ranji replied:
"Reporting to your Majesty, ever since Duke Wen of Jin, when the royal family is in trouble, we have relied on the Jin State for support. This time, I am afraid it will be no exception, and we will need the Jin State to send troops to quell the trouble!"
When King Zhou heard the words, he couldn't help but think deeply:
"Sure enough...it seems like there is really no other way to think of..."
At this time, Shan Qi immediately took over the conversation:
"It's just that the current situation in the Jin Kingdom is also unclear. Zhao Yang is the chief minister, but he deliberately harms the other three tribes. Now that there is internal disharmony in the Jin Kingdom, will they really be willing to come to help the royal family?"
When Li Ran heard this, he knew the implication of Shan Qi's words. In the final analysis, he wanted to start pouring dirty water on Zhao Yang.
So, Li Ran immediately said:
"Although the situation in the Jin Kingdom is chaotic, we must not be hasty in dealing with the king's affairs! Your Majesty can only issue an edict."
King Zhou whispered:
"This matter... is quite simple. Li Qing, I have heard for a long time that you are proficient in warfare, but I don't know if you are safe now that you are running here alone?"
Li Ran replied:
"Although Dan Pian has a large number of people, after all, the prince's dynasty has passed away. Within a few days, there will definitely be internal rifts among his tribe! We only need to protect Guchen, which should be no problem. On the other hand, as long as we If the Jin State can send troops to quell the rebellion as soon as possible, it will definitely defeat Dan Pian and retake Chengzhou in one go. Please be at ease, Your Majesty."
When King Zhou heard this, he immediately ordered people to write the edict and asked Shan Banner to select people to go to Jin to lobby.
The king of Zhou stamped the written edict with the emperor's seal, and then handed it directly to Shan Qi.
But Shan Qi didn't take it seriously and simply handed the edict directly to Liu Di who was standing aside.
King Zhou seemed to have completed an extremely laborious task. After the task was completed, he rubbed his hands:
"Li Qing, I actually have one more thing. It's not that I have any doubts about you... I just want to ask, since you have worked with Brother Wang, have you ever gotten to know Dan Pian?"
When Li Ran heard this question, he shook his head:
"I have never heard of this person before. This person may not have been in the prince's camp at that time. Otherwise, it is unlikely that I know anything about him!"
Shan Qi spoke again:
"As far as I know, this person was not in the camp of the Prince Dynasty at that time. However, in the past, the Prince Dynasty was in chaos. After occupying Chengzhou, he imprisoned Master Taishi. Presumably, Dan Pian was at that time. He was used by the prince's court. However, he had little military exploits at that time and ended up hastily, so everyone neglected this person."
When King Zhou heard what Shan Qi said, he couldn't help but be slightly startled. After thinking for a while, he nodded slowly and said:
"I see... Oh, please don't blame Li Qing. Gu... it's just a question."
Li Ran said sincerely:
"Your Majesty is magnanimous and has shown me the kindness to rebuild. I can't help but shed tears of gratitude..."
When King Zhou heard this, he suddenly showed his face and nodded:
"Well... with Li Qing here, I have nothing to worry about! When the war comes tomorrow, please ask Li Qing to help me!"
Li Ran quickly knelt down again and said:
"I obey!"
Afterwards, Li Ran came out of the palace. As soon as he got out of the door, he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.
In fact, he knew very well that Zhou Wang Gai seemed to be on guard against him, and Shancai Danqi seemed to be protecting him on the surface. On the one hand, it might be to please him, but on the other hand, it was actually to It aroused even deeper suspicion among King Zhou!
Li Ran was thinking as he walked, but saw Fan Li coming to greet him from a distance.
The two of them returned to the place where they had discussed things before, and Li Ran quickly said to Guan Cong:
"Ziyu, hurry up and write a letter in my name and send it to Dong Anyu!"
Guan Cong bowed and said:
"But don't know how to write it?"
Li Ran thought for a while and then said:
"The situation with Zhao Yang is now tense and unclear. It can be said that there are internal and external troubles. And the Zhou family has to be saved. Since he is now the minister of Jin, if he does not save the Zhou family's chaos, Then he will definitely be suppressed by Qi State in the future!"
"However, it would be inappropriate for Zhao Yang to lead his army in person. This is also a plan of the Dark Walkers to divert the tiger away from the mountain! I have a plan to ask Yan Mi, the doctor of the Wei family, to lead Gan Yang's army to help. !”
"Ganyang is relatively close to here, and the Wei family's doctor, Yan Mei, has a reputation as a virtuous man, so he will surely fulfill his mission!"
"As soon as Master Wei arrives, the plan of the Dark Walkers to use the help of Wang Zichao to disrupt the Zhao family of Jin will be in vain!"
Guan Cong responded:
"No, I will write it now!"
Guan Cong did not step back, he just stepped aside and started writing.
During this interval, Fan Li still had some doubts:
"Sir, where does this Yan Mo... come from? How could his virtuous name be known to Sir?"
Li Ran smiled and said:
"Haha, it's a long story."
"This Yan Mo was once a subordinate of Wei Shu, the ruling minister of the Jin Dynasty. When Wei Shu's son Wei Wu was the doctor of Ganyang, he could not make a decision in a lawsuit, so he handed the case over to Wei Shu."
"After the Gengyang people learned about it, they prepared female musicians and gold to bribe Wei Shu. After Yan Wei heard about it, he went to find Wei Shu. Yan Wei sighed three times during the meal, and said that he was greedy and not enough."
"Wei Shu knew that he was admonishing him, so he felt deeply ashamed and resolutely resigned from the bribes from the Gengyang people to preserve his reputation as an honest man. But Yan Mo, because he dared to admonish his superiors not to be corrupt or to take advantage of others, And left behind the story of "one meal and three sighs"."
"However, just because this matter is not known to outsiders, fortunately it was included in the recent anecdotes of the Jin Dynasty by Guan Cong, and I also learned about it from it!"
"This man is so knowledgeable about righteousness, which shows his righteousness. He is also able to take risks and speak directly, which shows his courage. It will definitely be good for him to lead the Wei family's army here!"
When Fan Li heard this, he suddenly said:
"Sir, you are truly a genius! You live in a small area, but you can understand the affairs of the world... But why do you think that the Wei family is definitely willing to send troops here?"
Li Ran smiled slightly again:
"Haha, the current situation in the Jin Kingdom is actually that the Zhao family, the Wei family, and the Han family are on the same side, while the Zhongxing family, the Fan family, and the Handan Zhao family are on the same side. The Xun family in Jinzhong is undecided. Although it is with the We are from the same clan as Zhongxing, but we always want to get rid of its influence.”
"Among the three tribes of Han, Zhao and Wei, the Zhao family is the most powerful. The Zhao family has lived in the horse-raising land in northern Shanxi for a long time, so its military strength is also the strongest. Therefore, the Zhao family now is really a serious problem for the underworld! "
"If the Zhao family rashly comes to the Zhou royal family to help the king, they will definitely fall into the secret tactics of the people! Therefore, the only way to get the Wei family's Gengyang division, which is closest to here, to come to help defend!"
"As for the Wei family, they had never been tolerated by Fan Yang and were punished by him. Even the death of Wei Shu, the minister at the time, was not clear. When Wei Shu was buried after his death, Fan Yang deliberately denounced Wei Because of Shu's life, he was not allowed to be buried in a cypress coffin. Therefore, it can be seen that the Wei family and the Fan family have been grudges for a long time!"
"So, as long as Wei Shu's son Wei Xu understands the truth, there is no reason why the Wei family should not come!"
When Fan Li heard this, he couldn't help but admire him and said:
"Sir, you really noticed every detail and missed nothing! Fan Li really learned a lesson this time!"
At this moment, Guan Cong suddenly put down his pen, stood up respectfully, bowed to Li Ranshi and said:
"Haha, it seems that my lord is really determined to help the Zhao family?"
Li Ran and Guan Cong looked at each other and smiled, and replied:
"Haha, what Ziyu said is not necessarily true."
Guan Congque said:
"My lord is so caring about the Jin Kingdom. In fact, he has always been thinking about the Zhao family of the Jin Kingdom. Isn't this obvious enough?"
Li Ran sighed secretly in his heart. He had to say that Guan Cong was really good at observing human nature, but he still said:
"Now it's just forced by the situation. Zhao Yang and I each get what we need. As for Zhao Yang... Although I have a good impression of him, but if I say I want to help him... I still have to watch what he does. !”
(End of chapter)
