Although Li Ran only met Fan Yang once, he was already convinced that he was the biggest troublemaker in the world.
And he also firmly believed that Fan Yang would not miss the opportunity to directly intervene in the royal family's abolition and establish his own prestige.
Fan Yang went to the State of Zheng in person before, in order to test the truth of the State of Zheng and wait for an opportunity to take advantage of it. After all, as the left of the central army of the Jin State, if he could legitimately launch a war, it would be a big deal to his reputation.
There is a hundred benefits and no harm.
Just like the rebellion of the Song Dynasty, the reason why the Jin Dynasty finally chose to send troops was not only due to the influence of the Qi Kingdom, but also one of the main reasons why Fan Yang himself wanted to command the world as a central army officer.
The war can allow Fan Yang to monopolize power, and he has already surpassed Wei Shu by half a chip. If he can help Danqi again, quell the internal chaos in Zhou, and make contributions to supporting the king of Zhou, then his status in Jin will also increase.
more prominent.
Just like the Huaxiang Rebellion in the Song Dynasty, Fan Yang's purpose was nothing more than self-interest under the guise of justice.
However, what is more worth mentioning is that Li Ran was extremely keen to smell an opportunity to disintegrate his Qing clan alliance!
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Speaking of Fan Yang, the most unexpected thing for Li Ran was that he would actually choose to send troops to help Song Gongzuo.
If Fan Yang himself was not a member of the Dark Walkers, it would be easy to understand. But now it is basically certain that Fan Yang is a member of the Dark Walkers, so it would be extremely unusual for him to send troops to attack the Hua Xiang Er clan.
The reason for this was not only the mediation of Dr. Yan Zhong of Qi State and "Dao Ji", but Li Ran also realized another underlying reason.
That is, the so-called Dark Walkers will sometimes sacrifice the interests of other members of the Dark Walkers in other countries in order to reach the peak of power in their own country.
Especially when the defeat of these people is determined, they will choose to kick these useless people away mercilessly, or even directly step on them again!
It was also after this incident that Li Ran saw an opportunity for victory: that is, the Dark Walkers were not actually monolithic.
Since the Song Dynasty was like this, what about Gong Jian now? It would naturally become a breakthrough for Li Ran.
Li Ran came to the room where Gong Jian was under house arrest. At this time, Gong Jian's mental state had improved a lot. When he saw Li Ran and his face was full of joy, he felt a sudden change:
"Oh? Defeated Gan Loach?"
"Haha, we were lucky to win. Gan Loach's army was defeated by the army led by His Highness himself, and their whereabouts are missing. Now His Highness has secured his seat in the capital. Then... does the agreement between you and me still count?"
Gong Jian let out a long sigh.
"Haha, Li Ziming, you do have some tricks, but now that I'm stuck here, I don't know whether what you said is true or false!"
Li Ran hesitated for a moment and said calmly:
"Haha, why is this so difficult? I will accompany you for a walk. You are also the master of this place. After seeing the situation in this city, you can definitely tell the truth and lies in it."
So, Gong Jian and Li Ran walked out of the house together and came to the city wall. Li Ran had no other guards except Chu Dang behind him, showing a calm attitude towards Gong Jian.
Gong Jian looked around and saw clearly the situation inside and outside the city. He was convinced that Li Ran and the others had indeed defeated Gan Loach who came to besiege them.
He glanced left and right again and found that no one was around, so he said:
"Shan Banner has actually been in contact with the Jin State for a long time, and they agreed that if Shan Banner is in trouble, they will immediately send troops to help!"
"However, Shan Qi seems to have his own considerations. He was previously unwilling to let the Jin State directly send troops. After all, how could Shan Qi not understand the principle of 'it is easy to invite gods but difficult to send away'? Therefore, he had previously placed hope on himself
Then we can establish the Ding and form the Zhou Dynasty, and monopolize the power of supporting the Zhou Dynasty!"
But now both Gong Jian and Gan Loach were defeated one after another, and the Prince Dynasty made a comeback, relying on the capital to become Zhou Luoyi, and its prestige had not diminished but increased. Therefore, no matter how reluctant Dan Banner was, he could only borrow troops from the Jin State.
"So, Jin will definitely send troops, right?"
Although Li Ran guessed this, he still lowered his attitude and asked.
Gong Jian nodded and gave an affirmative answer, so when he was determined to die, he said that Wang Zichao would definitely lose, and what Wang Zichao faced was definitely not as simple as Danqi.
"Actually, when the Prince Chao started to rebel, Fan Yang wanted to send troops immediately, but Shan Qi politely refused on the grounds that the situation was still under control. But today, he probably has no reason to refuse!"
"In addition, before Danqi sent me to attack the capital, he had another plan, which was to prepare for the retreat and lure the enemy deep into the hinterland, so that he could be surrounded and suppressed in one fell swoop. But that
At that time, because of the lack of troops, it could not be accomplished, but now that it is a foregone conclusion that Jin will send troops, it is not known that this plan may come true."
Li Ran couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this.
"I wonder how it works specifically?"
Gong Jian couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"We don't know, but when people are in adversity, they can still be on time. But when facing huge temptations, whether they can still hold on is a great test!"
When Li Ran heard this, his heart couldn't help but move.
"You mean... Shan Qi might use Zhou Wang Meng or Cheng Zhou Luoyi to make some fuss?"
Gong Jian shook his head.
"Jian doesn't know the specifics, but I think this gift must be enough to move people!"
"Master Gong, how much do you know about the Dark Walkers?"
"I'm ashamed to say that, in fact, Jian doesn't know much about the Dark Walkers. Jian is only convinced that Shan Qi must have something to do with them. And within our Zhou family, only the Shan Liu family is following suit. As for the others,
Sorry, I don’t know anything about it.”
Li Ran clasped his hands behind his back and looked outside the city wall.
"Then... tell me what you know!"
"What I know is that the bizarre murder of Zhou Wanggui was caused by Shan Qi using secret agents. Of course, Shan Qi was actually out of self-protection. At that time, Zhou Wanggui had already thought of destroying the Shan clan! So,
If Shan Qi didn’t take action in advance, I’m afraid it would be impossible…”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "So, Zhou Wanggui was killed by Shan Qi?"
Gong Jian smiled bitterly and shook his head:
"Yes, but that's not the case. To be more precise, it was done secretly by everyone!"
"Even if he didn't do it himself, I'm afraid he still has something to do with it, right? Besides, what's the difference between this and him doing it himself?"
"So what? History books won't record events like this! The difference is still huge! As long as we don't take action directly, the matter will not be included in the history books. If we settle the matter afterwards, Shan Qi will not be blamed!
"
After hearing this, Li Ran couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
"Master Gong, after listening to your words before, I still have some respect for the Zhou family, and my rebuke of the princes is even somewhat reasonable. But why do you still follow Shan Qi when he does such a rebellious thing?
?”
Gong Jian put one hand on the city wall and was silent for a while, then said:
"Li Ziming, of course I know that what Shan Qi did is truly unforgivable, but my Gong family also has the same difficulties as the Gong family. If I didn't act like this, there would be more than a hundred members of the Gong family, how could their lives be saved?
?And my position as the leader of the sect, how can Jane let others get involved?!"
Li Ran lamented:
"So, you will follow the rebellious ministers and traitors to help the emperor do evil? Even if you cause chaos in the world, you will not hesitate to do so?"
"In any case, the current King of Zhou is still the son of King Zhou Jing. The Zhou royal family has been declining for a long time. As for who is the King of Zhou, what difference does it make? As long as the Zhou royal family can be settled down as soon as possible, who will sit on the throne?
On the throne, there is no difference in Jane's opinion."
Zhou Wanggui's posthumous title was King Jing, which was decided at the time of the state funeral. However, because at the time of the funeral, the prince's court launched a civil strife that has never been calmed down, so not much is known to the world.
"But do you think you are following the orders of King Zhou? Your Excellency, you are clearly following the orders of rebellious ministers and traitors!"
Li Ran's rebuke stunned Gong Jian for a moment, but he quickly recovered.
"When you are in the court, you have no choice but to do what you want. If you want to be in a high position and preserve your clan, you have to do some things! How can you have both family and country? Jane is just doing the responsibilities of the clan master!"
When Li Ran heard this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but there was nothing he could do about it. Because in this world, there are almost people like Gong Jian who value profit but despise justice. No matter how upright a person is, it is inevitable
They will not follow the crowd. Over time, these people will have to do some things that are contrary to morality.