Speaking of the "Seven Mu" of Zheng State, there have been quite a few overt and covert struggles over the past few decades. In fact, in any vassal state, domestic overt and covert struggles have also come and gone one after another, and have never stopped.
But in the past, whether it was the "Nishi Palace Troubles" or the "Boyou Rebellion", they were either more straightforward or more "reasonable".
But this is the first time he is as vicious and vicious as he is now.
Zichan can tolerate others, but that does not mean that he can allow such political opponents to continue to threaten him.
"This matter can only be discussed between me and the country. Ziming, you should not get involved."
Zichan looked at Li Ran, who had high hopes for him, with a smile in the corner of his eyes.
He didn't want Li Ran to continue to be involved in this matter, naturally out of a kind of protection for him. Because only in this way can Li Ran appear in the temple of Zheng Guo, and even on the stage of the world, with a more pure and clean identity.
Li Ran is a good young man. If you can, try not to touch those dirty things on the top floor.
Li Ran naturally understood Zichan's intentions, and he couldn't help but be deeply moved. After all, he recalled what he had said to the Marquis of Lu when he declined to serve as an official in the temple of Lu State.
Now that the roles have been reversed, he no longer needs to bear the responsibility of "suffering from the filth of the country". It feels so wonderful to have someone to protect him.
"Ziming, you should go back now. There are a lot of things going on in the Ji clan now, and the old sect master is probably very anxious now."
Regarding the matter of family sacrifice, Li Ran has never made it clear, but Zichan already has some speculations in his mind.
Li Ran understood this and said goodbye to Zichan and returned home.
And when he returned home, just as Zichan expected, everyone was waiting for him.
Ji Xian, Ji Le, Sun Wu, Chu Dang, and Falcon Yi have all been waiting for a long time.
"Lord."
"Mr."
Li Ran passed by Sun Wu and others, and everyone bowed their hands to Li Ran in greeting.
"Well, you have worked hard these days, so go down and rest."
After all, this last incident was related to the family scandal of the Ji clan. He thought it would be better not to do it in front of Sun Wu and others and let them participate in it.
"Hey, Ziming is back? How is it? Are things going well inside and outside Zhengyi?"
Ask questions first before offering sacrifices.
Li Ran bowed his hands and said:
"As far as my father-in-law is concerned, everything will go well."
"Doctor Zichan asked his son-in-law to convey the message on his behalf. Thanks to our Ji clan's intervention this time, we got in touch with foreign merchants and were able to get help from these people. After the four gates are reopened, he will definitely report to the monarch for help.
I offer sacrifices to my family and ask for a reward."
In this incident, both Ji Shi and Zi Chan saw it and took it to heart.
"Oh, Doctor Zichan is too polite. We and the Lord are already on the same page, so what reward do we need?"
"It's you, Zi Ming. You have been running around a lot this time and are extremely tired. If it weren't for your suggestions, how could the disease in the city be cured so quickly? I heard that Han Dangguo has awarded you the position of traveler. In the future, you
You can be considered a person with official status, so you must be more careful in everything."
Looking back at what happened these days, Li Ran handled everything just right.
Being able to have such a smart son-in-law like Li Ran is truly his blessing.
But then again, the louder Li Ran's reputation becomes, the more people will hate him, which will naturally bring unnecessary trouble to the Ji clan.
He reminded Li Ran that he needed to be more cautious in everything. In fact, he was hinting to Li Ran not to implicate the Ji clan because of his personal honor and disgrace.
"In addition, there are some things that you should tell me clearly, right?"
At the end of the words, Ji Xian's eyes turned and became deep for a moment.
Ji Le hurriedly took Li Ran's arm and said coquettishly to Ji Xian:
"Dad, Ziming is very tired from running around these days. If there is anything we can talk about tomorrow."
"Le'er, this matter is related to the life and death of our Ji clan, so don't say anything more."
Obviously, her coquettishness didn't work this time.
Ji Le turned her head and looked at Li Ran again, meeting Li Ran's eyes. Li Ran smiled slightly at her, indicating that it was okay.
Seeing this, Ji Le nodded and stood aside.
"My father-in-law clearly knows that the day he went to Dr. Zichan's house to give advice was indeed discussed in advance by my son-in-law and Dr. Zichan."
"The reason is to get this news out through my father-in-law."
"This matter is the fault of my son-in-law. He failed to report it to his father-in-law in time. Please punish him."
Since we cannot deny the fact that we have taken advantage of the ancestor worship, we simply admit it openly.
But who would have thought that Ji Xian was not angry because of this, but instead said slightly self-deprecatingly:
"Oh, I'm old and no longer what I used to be. It's normal that I can't react to some things in time."
At first he didn't realize that Li Ran was taking advantage of him.
It was not until later that the government successfully adopted the three strategies proposed by Li Ran that he realized that there might be something wrong behind this.
After all, no matter how correct Li Ran's suggestions were, he was still Jishi's son-in-law. As Jishi's son-in-law, he proposed these three suggestions in the temple. How could the ministers of the country and the government not ask about Jishi's views afterwards?
?
It was from then on that Ji Xian realized that he might have been taken advantage of by Li Ran.
But he couldn't figure it out for a moment, what was Li Ran's purpose in using him? Did he just need an excuse or reason to "persuade" Zichan?
No.
Of course not.
Since Li Ran and Zichan had already discussed it, it is more likely that "persuading" Zichan was just a cover, and the real purpose that Li Ran wanted to achieve was definitely not in this.
After thinking about it, he finally remembered the guards of the Ji clan who were sent back by Li Ran.
When he first learned that Ji Le was going to send people to guard other courtyards, he knew that Li Ran must have discovered this. Therefore, he had personally selected these guards, but later, Ji Le directly gave them all to him.
Sent back.
He didn't take it seriously at first, but later when he learned that someone had been strangled to death in the Jishi Villa, he finally thought of the real reason why Li Ran sent back these guards.
But he still couldn't believe it, and he wanted to get confirmation from Li Ran.
And this is why he must wait for Li Ran to come back today.
"I have been through the ups and downs of the business world for decades, and I have seen a lot of big storms. Although I may be deceived for a while, I can still figure it out over time."
"Tell me, who within our family is colluding with outsiders?"
At this point, it is obvious that Ji Xian still does not know the truth about this illness.
He could only guess that someone within his family was colluding with outsiders, but as for the relationship between the two, he was still undecided.
"Father-in-law, do you really want to know?"
"What do you think?"
Ji Xian's face was extremely serious.
No matter who is colluding with outsiders, how can he endure the confusion in his heart now that the truth is right in front of him?
Li Ran heard the sound, looked at Ji Le again, then took a deep breath and said:
"In this case, my son-in-law will talk to his father-in-law from beginning to end."
This matter cannot be explained clearly word for word, so Li Ran has to sort it out from the beginning.
