Li Ran became the county magistrate of Ye Yi, and Sun Wu, as Li Ran's right-hand man, naturally became the county magistrate of Ye Yi.
(Note: There is a dispute between the county official and the county Yin. The current mainstream view is that the "county official" is the "county Yin". However, there are also views that the "county official" is the title and the "county Yin" is the position. Sometimes the two are unified, sometimes
Not unified, the author prefers the latter, so I will talk about it separately here)
And this naturally reflects Li Ran's full trust in Sun Wu.
Just when Sun Wu was about to take office, Li Ran repeatedly told him that he must find a way to get in touch with Owl Wings in Zheng after arriving in Yeyi.
These days, he always had a very bad premonition because he always felt that something might happen to Zheng Guo.
Sun Wu couldn't help but be surprised, he couldn't help frowning and asked:
"Sir, what you mean is... that Toyodan and others will take advantage of this to launch an attack?"
Li Ran shook his head slightly and did not explain much.
Whether Zheng Guofeng Duan will take advantage of the situation to launch an attack is obviously not that important. Today, after losing the support of a large number of conservatives such as Si Hei, Feng Duan's momentum has plummeted.
Even if he planned to make some fuss out of the "King of Chu's great victory over Wu", Li Ran believed that Zichan would be able to handle it.
What he is worried about now is another enemy that has been hidden for a long time.
"Owl Wing's information is always infallible. It's always good for you to keep in touch with him."
Li Ran reached out and patted Sun Wu on the shoulder. Looking at the young man with a resolute look and firm eyes in front of him, he suddenly understood.
I remember that when I first met Sun Wu in Qufu, he was still a young man who wielded a sword and upheld justice.
But in the blink of an eye, the young man in front of him is about to grow into a big shot in charge of a land.
As the saying goes: gold always shines.
To this day, the light emitted by Sun Wu's gold is enough to shine throughout the world.
"Changqing, take care along the way."
The separation was imminent, and Li Ran couldn't help but feel a little reluctant to leave. After all, he was saying goodbye to a friend who had walked such a long road with him.
"Sir, please take care of yourself. Wu is not with you..."
Sun Wu's still resolute face seemed to have slightly red eyes.
After going to Ye Yi, I don't know how long it will take for the two of them to meet each other. Looking back on every detail of these years, the friendship between the two has long been far more than friends, more like life and death brothers.
But before he finished speaking, Li Ran waved his hand to stop him.
"Go ahead, don't waste time."
"If I have something to do tomorrow, I will definitely call you back."
The separation is only temporary. Li Ran will not let this separation last too long. Of course, he still needs Sun Wu's help.
And Sun Wu had already regarded Li Ran as his elder brother.
Under Zhang Hua's stage, Li Ran watched Sun Wu leave.
It was evening, the sun was setting in the west, and the cold wind was wandering back and forth in the valley, making it cool for a while.
After a long time, Li Ran slowly recovered from the emotion of separation. He stood under Zhang Hua's stage, his eyes gradually becoming clear and cold.
After coming to Chu Country for several months, he has had enough of being led around by others. In the coming days, he will have to find another way to deal with it.
Of course, his path cannot be changed by the changes of others.
His path can only be decided by himself!
Turning his head, the towering Zhanghua Terrace stood before his eyes.
This towering tower, as always, demonstrates the power of Chu State.
But in Li Ran's eyes at this time, Zhang Huatai was just a cage made of stone bricks and mud tiles.
"Come on, let me see what kind of wisdom you ancient human beings have!"
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Chu State defeated Wu State greatly, and King Zhufan of Wu died in battle.
The news quickly spread throughout the land of China.
All the countries in the Central Plains were shocked as soon as they received the news.
Since ancient times, they have never heard that a king of a country could die in battle.
All the successive kings of Wu claimed to be descendants of the Ji surname, and they were regarded as the most orthodox among the orthodox. But now they died at the hands of the Chu people!
"It's Li Ran! It was because the Chu State had the help of Li Ran, who claimed to be omniscient and omniscient, that Wu Zi died tragically!"
"God damn Li Ran! You're eating the inside out! It's a shame that we respected him so much during the meeting in Guodi!"
"Traitor! Traitor! This is the common enemy of our descendants named Ji! The common enemy of the entire world!"
Similarly, countries such as Chen, Cao, Song, and Wei issued statements immediately, severely condemning Li Ran, and even directly nailed Li Ran to the pillar of shame in history.
Because Li Ran's behavior has completely shattered their sense of superiority as descendants of Ji's surname, and has also completely subverted the etiquette, justice and shame of Zhou Li's rule. They felt betrayed and shamed, even though each of them had already betrayed them.
The Zhou rites.
However, their speeches were limited to sending messages to the State of Jin. After all, with the power of these countries, they were just mere soy sauce existences at best. In terms of real ability, they didn't have even the slightest bit.
"How could Li Ziming be like this? He actually became a pawn of the Chu people?!"
When the news reached Jin, the Marquis of Jin was also very angry.
During the meeting in Guodi, he had thought that Li Ran was a "righteous" person who would be able to support the important task of uniting the princes to jointly resist the Chu State in the future. But who knew that when he turned around, Li Ran gave him a hard blow.
hand.
This kind of pain from reality was like someone stabbing his internal organs with a sharp knife.
"Uncle Xiang, please ask Li Ziming for the truth as soon as possible. As an ally of the Jin Kingdom, Wu Zi cannot die in vain like this!"
Zhao Wu, who was bedridden, had been absent from Jin's court meetings for a month in a row, and the court had returned to the period headed by Han Qi.
And at this time, he was naturally the one to blame Yang Tongue.
After hearing that Li Ran assisted King Xiong of Chu in defeating Wu and killed King Zhufan of Wu, Yang Tongue was as if he had been struck by five thunders and could not react for a long time.
Hearing Han Qi's accusation, I felt extremely uneasy and at the same time mixed with deep self-blame.
He and Li Ran had a mentor-disciple-like friendship. Although the two met very rarely, it was during these few meetings that they established such a special friendship as both mentor and friend.
It was precisely because of this special emotion that he felt guilty and self-blame for Li Ran's aid to the Chu State.
But it was too late to say anything now. The only thing he could do now was to get a letter and ask Yu Liran what was going on in the tone of an elder.
"Hmph! This Li Ziming really has no good intentions. When the country was in trouble, I saw that this person was not very respectful to my clan named Ji, and now he is actually helping the emperor to do evil. It is really disgusting!"
"Haha, the saddest thing now is probably the Jin State, right? For our Qi State, this is a good time to watch the fire from the other side. Once the Chu State makes up its mind to fight for hegemony in the north, the Jin State and the Zheng State will definitely bear the brunt. It will be up to them then
How will the Jin people deal with it!"
At this time, the mentality of the people of Qi was quite ambiguous. After all, for them, it was just a matter of just watching the excitement.
This time Li Ran turned his back on the countries with the surname Ji in the Central Plains. They were just spectators, and there was no need to go to war.
"Nonsense! If you all say this, have you ever thought of my Ji Jiang Shouwang's friendship?"
But their remarks were immediately refuted by Yan Ying.
As the ruling minister of Qi State, Yan Ying naturally sneered at the idea of taking other countries' jokes for fun, or even trying to take advantage of them.
In his opinion, no matter how weak the country surnamed Ji is, it is still the rightful owner of the world. Feeling gloating about other countries' disasters is not the magnanimity of a big country.
