Li Ran had just seen off Prince Tu and was about to get up to clean up when he suddenly received news that in addition to Prince Tu sending him off tomorrow, Tian Qi was also coming to join in the fun.
This point made Li Ran somewhat unexpected. He couldn't help but stop what he was doing, frowned for a while, and began to think deeply again.
However, Fan Li felt that there was nothing wrong with it and couldn't help but ask:
"If Tian Qi personally escorts him, it would be safer, right? Is it possible that he can also murder himself?"
"It's just...why does sir look so worried?"
Li Ran just shook his head and sighed:
"This Tian Qi Xing... is indeed different. He is different from Fan Yang, Ji Sun Yiru and even Feng Duan. Although they are both powerful ministers, Tian Qi Xing does not hesitate to use his own body to get involved in the scheme.
From this point of view... these people are inferior to him!"
"The young uncle only sees the harm, but not the benefit of Tian Qi's move! Of course he knows that if he follows us all the way, if something happens to us, he himself will be in danger. However, the benefits of this move are great.
You can use this to implement a bitter trick to get rid of the suspicion of "assassinating the noble envoy". On the other hand, you can also take this opportunity to build a large prison in Qi State on the grounds of thoroughly investigating the "assassination of the prince" case, and use this to
Further attack dissidents!”
"This 'bitter plan' can be said to kill two birds with one stone!"
Fan Li was shocked when he heard this:
"I see! Could it be that... Tian Qi is... preparing to kill the prince?! Then... what should we do?"
Li Ran thought for a while, but still shook his head slightly:
"Since Tian Qi has made this decision, the Marquis of Qi must have agreed! If he is not allowed to follow, I'm afraid it won't work."
"The only plan for now is to act according to the opportunity...but...since he wants to follow so much, we might as well give him a trick!"
Fan Li couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and heard Li Ran say again:
"Young uncle, please go and plan in advance. Let all the twenty followers from Qufu go out to explore the road conditions! Most of those twenty people are people carefully selected by Confucius. They are all smart, capable, and skilled.
Jiao Jian. Uncle, please let them explore the way! If there is any news, please report it immediately!"
Fan Li responded and then said:
"But they are responsible for protecting my husband's safety, so I'm afraid that... there would be something wrong with him leaving."
Li Ran waved his hand.
"Don't worry, I have Chu Dang guarding me and Prince Tu's bodyguards, so I'm safe. Moreover, Tian Qi is just beside me, so he won't be stupid enough to do it himself! So, Tian Qi is right beside me.
This is something you can rest assured of!”
"What we need to guard against are still those potential accidents!"
When Fan Li heard this, he immediately responded:
"promise!"
Fan Li went out immediately. Chu Dang was standing at the door. Fan Li felt a little relieved when he saw his tall figure.
At this time, Li Ran was making tea in the house, which seemed a bit leisurely and enjoyable.
After boiling and checking, he poured it into the tea cup, took a sip of tea, and couldn't help but say:
"Good tea, good tea!"
He was so leisurely and relaxed, as if he didn't pay too much attention to the undercurrent of tomorrow.
…
Early the next morning, Prince Tu arrived at the official post in a chariot. He actually brought two hundred personal guards with him.
Most of these personal guards are people around Qihou. Qihou can be said to be loyal and loyal, and he is naturally very respectful to Prince Tu.
Because Prince Tu was only escorting Li Ran back to Lu within the territory of Qi State, only two hundred people escorted him. Logically speaking, it was enough to prevent some wandering barbarians.
By the way, Tian Qi also arrived in a hurry. When he saw Li Ran preparing to get into Prince Tu's chariot, he couldn't help but be startled for a moment, and then said:
"The carriage is crowded, so it would be better for His Royal Highness to separate from it..."
Prince Tu shook his head and said:
"I have made it clear to your father that I am traveling with Mr. Taishi!"
Tian Qi was startled for a moment, then said:
"In this case, begging is also for the Grand Historian, so please ride in the chariot with him! It would be disrespectful to sit on the chariot with the next person."
Tian Qi did not wait for Prince Tu to speak, and actually got on the carriage directly, and stood on it, respectfully inviting Prince Tu and Li Ran to get on the carriage. Seeing such a situation, Prince Tu could not say much, he only gave a wry smile, and talked to Li Ran.
We got on the bus together.
The three of them were in the car, and it could be said that they all had their own thoughts. They couldn't speak for a while, and the atmosphere in the car was quite awkward.
After the convoy started, Tian Qi was the first to speak:
"Your Highness, this journey has been bumpy. I wonder if your Highness is still used to it?"
Prince Tu smiled calmly:
"Haha, it doesn't matter. I'm just wandering around the territory of Qi State, and it's not bad to have Mr. Tian as my company!"
Tian Qi smiled and said:
"Your Highness is able to send Master Taishi back to Lu in person, which shows that His Highness cherishes talents! If I were Master Taishi, maybe he would not leave and just follow the prince to dominate the world in the future. It might as well be a good story.
!”
When Li Ran heard Tian Qi's words, he couldn't help but feel a throb in his heart, but then he heard Prince Tu say:
"Actually... to be honest with Tian Qing, I have actually had such an idea for a long time. But... there is nothing I can do..."
Li Ran secretly sighed in his heart, Prince Tu was too arrogant, and Tian Qi's straightforward probing actually revealed the truth to him.
With no city like this, how can he be Tian Qi's opponent in the future?
"Oh, Your Highness really wants me to stay in Qi and work for the Marquis of Qi. But unfortunately, I have no intention of pursuing an official career. What's more, it is very inconvenient for me to stay in Qi as a Zhou minister, so I have to say it politely.
I refused. What’s more, there are so many talented people like Lord Sitian in Qi State that there is no need for me to keep them here any longer!”
Obviously, Li Ran was trying to justify Prince Tu. Although Tian Qi and Prince Tu had not fallen out with each other, if Prince Tu privately invited Li Ran to buy him, this would not be a good thing in Tian Qi's eyes.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Tian Qi replied noncommittally:
"Master Taishi... is indeed a talented man! But in the final analysis, he has only held an idle position in the Zhou Dynasty over the past few years. Moreover, he has always stayed away from the affairs and lived in seclusion in the state of Lu. It is really a pity for such a great talent.
.”
Li Ran shook his head again and stopped talking.
After all, this is obviously Tian Qi's further trick, and how could Li Ran be easily fooled?
When Tian Qi saw this, he couldn't help but laugh:
"Master Taishi keeps saying that he has no intention of having an official career, but he has done a lot of things for the State of Lu?! At the Jiagu meeting, and this time Master Taishi lobbied the Marquis of Qi, it can be said that you are working hard for the State of Lu, right?"
"During the rebellion of Gongshan Buxuan, I heard that Master Taishi was even with the Marquis of Lu on the throne of Na Ji. In fact, Master Taishi claimed to be in the Lu Kingdom, but his official career was very different! It's just that he was like Na Lu.
Hou Ye is a little ignorant of talents, but he doesn't rely on adults!"
In fact, the main reason why Li Ran chose to stay in the State of Lu was not only to take care of his father's and mother's clans, and to miss the music of sacrifice, but also because he had a close relationship with Confucius.
Confucius is now in charge of the government of Lu, and the two of them are like-minded. Li Ran really wants to see how far his good friend can lead the state of Lu.
Prince Tu said at this time:
"Hey... If you don't have this ambition, sir, there is nothing you can do about it."
Tian Qi looked at Prince Tu, then at Li Ran, and couldn't help but smile:
"Master Taishi is in his prime, and the prince is so young. If the prince thinks that Master Taishi can really be of great use, he is not in a hurry!"
Prince Tu was about to speak again, but Li Ran immediately spoke up:
"Haha, it will be more than enough for His Royal Highness to have Mr. Tian to assist you in the future!"
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Chapter 732_Prince Tu’s shortcomings
Li Ran's words were a reminder to Prince Tu not to say the wrong thing again in this situation.
At the same time, this sentence was also meant for Tian Qi.
After all, you, Tian Qi, are now Qi's minister, so why do you need to be so fussy with Prince Tu?
But Tian Qi pretended not to hear what Li Ran was saying, but still said with a smile on his face:
"Haha, then it depends on whether His Highness the Crown Prince will need our Tian family in the future."
Finally, Prince Tu was not too stupid this time, and after understanding, he said:
"Tian has been in our Qi Kingdom for five generations, and has saved our Qi Kingdom's official family from danger several times. He is a great contributor to our Qi Kingdom's official family. And Mr. Tian has a reputation for benevolence among the people. Therefore, Qi State's official
How can the country be separated from the Tian family now? Master Tian said this, but he was really making fun of Tu!"
Tian Qi hurriedly said:
"Why do you say that, Your Highness? I am just afraid that I will be old and unable to walk in the future. How will I be able to serve the prince again?"
When Prince Tu heard this, he also thought he was a snake and replied:
"Even so, Mr. Tian will still be the mainstay of our Qi country as long as he is alive for one day! Furthermore, wouldn't Mr. Tian's descendants be able to take on important responsibilities when the time comes?"
When Li Ran saw them talking politely, he smiled bitterly, shook his head, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
After walking for about ten miles, the carriage stopped because there happened to be a post station next to it.
But Li Ran opened his eyes:
"Why don't we just drive a little longer? We've just left Linzi not long ago?"
Tian Qi Ze said:
"Master Taishi doesn't know something. It may take thirty miles to reach Guanyi if we go further, and it won't be easy to rest by then. Why don't we take a short rest here, and after eating, we can continue our journey."
"
Li Ran couldn't say much about this arrangement.
I saw that although Tian Qi only brought less than a hundred people, there were actually a dozen of them who were specifically responsible for cooking, and they seemed to be quite thoughtful.
It can be said that he was very careful in doing things like his hair. No wonder Qi Hou Chujiu admired him so much.
However, Li Ran didn't care much about these. He was just observing Tian Qi all the time.
Although he knew that Tian Qi would make any changes, he didn't know what his specific plan would be. After all, how could Tian Qi, who was so cunning and cunning, let them easily detect the changes?
In order to cut off the whispers between Li Ran and Prince Tu, he did not hesitate to personally intervene and intervene in the middle.
Therefore, even if he spent so much time and effort, Li Ran would never believe it if he didn't do anything behind the scenes.
Of course Li Ran understood this, so since he couldn't communicate with Prince Tu, he simply locked himself in a room and said he wanted to rest.
Not long after, Fan Li pushed the door in. Fan Li closed the door carefully and came to Li Ran's side:
"Sir, those people have already made arrangements."
Li Ran, on the other hand, still closed his eyes and rested his mind and warned:
"We must tell them to pay attention to their safety. This Tian Qi is still standing still. There must be a reason for this!"
Fan Li nodded:
"Sir, don't worry, these people were carefully selected by Zhongni before he left. They are all smart and have excellent martial arts skills. There should be no mistakes."
Li Ran said calmly:
"Well, there's nothing wrong with me here. I have Uncle Lao to contact them."
Fan Li left in response, and soon it was time for dinner.
Li Ran dined with Prince Tu and Tian Qi. After eating, he only took a short rest before continuing on his way.
This time we were rushing to the next station, which was about thirty miles away, and we couldn't get there until dark.
Li Ran only chatted with him for a few words in the car and then stopped talking. Under the bumps and shakes of the car, he just continued to close his eyes and rest...
After staying up until nightfall, we finally arrived at Guanyi.
The postmaster along the route had known that distinguished guests were coming, so he personally was on duty there at night.
Under the arrangement of the postmaster, everyone moved directly into the post station.
As a precaution, Prince Tu also arranged the two hundred people. Some of them were guarding outside the official post, and some were entering the official post to guard.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Ran, Prince Tu, and Tian Qi were each resting in their own rooms. Li Ran glanced at the guards outside the door and saw that there were several people inside the compound.
As a beggar in the fields, his heart couldn't help but move.
Therefore, Li Ran deliberately did not close the door tightly, but left a gap.
Then, Li Ran also went to sleep on the couch, just sitting there with his eyes closed and resting...
I don’t know how much time passed, but Chu Dang at the door suddenly spoke:
"Sir, the Crown Prince is here."
Then, a young yet familiar voice was heard coming from the crack of the door:
"Sir, please forgive me for taking the liberty of coming to see you!"
Li Ran actually knew that Prince Tu would definitely come to see him tonight, so he quickly straightened his clothes and stood up to greet him:
"Your Highness, please come in. In fact, I have been waiting for Your Highness for a long time!"
When Prince Tu heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and sat down:
"Hey... because this field beggar is so persistent during the day, it actually makes it inconvenient for us to talk! So, Tu has no choice but to come late at night to bother..."
Li Ran nodded and said:
"It is reasonable for Tian Qi to do this. However, His Highness sometimes needs to be a little more cautious with his words..."
When Prince Tu heard this, he was quite angry:
"Hmph! This fellow Tian Qi... is really abominable! If I am always so timid, how can I achieve great things in the future?"
Li Ran lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said:
"Actually... His Highness' current situation is far from as stable as it appears on the surface! Does Your Highness know?"
Prince Tu said disdainfully:
"Huh! It's just these troubles that Tian Qi has brought to Tu. The rest are nothing to worry about!"
Li Ran asked:
"Your Highness, do you know where your brother...is currently living?"
Prince Tu was silent for a long time:
"Sir, what you are referring to...could it be my brother Yang Sheng?"
Li Ran nodded slowly and continued:
"Young Master Yangsheng was originally the first choice for the crown prince of the Qi Kingdom. After His Highness was appointed as the crown prince by your father, he ran away and disappeared. But has your Highness ever thought that Young Master Yang Sheng might be controlled by Tian Qi?
Woke up?"
Prince Tu changed his expression:
"Then... I will find someone to kill this Tian Qi immediately! To avoid future troubles!"
Li Ran heard this and said helplessly:
"Hey... As a crown prince, how can you kill your subordinates so easily?! How can Tian Qi be so cunning and unprepared? If His Highness really does this, once he misses, he will be doomed! Therefore, His Highness is most concerned at the moment.
What should be done..."
Before Li Ran finished speaking, he suddenly heard a noise outside and someone shouted:
"Savages! The savages are coming! The Lai people from Qidong are coming to kill!"
The so-called savages actually usually refer to farmers or barbarians who live in the countryside and travel around. The savages of Qidong refer to the Lai barbarians in the east of Qi State.
That's right, it was the group of Laiyi sent by Tianqi to deliberately kidnap Luhou Song at the Jiagu meeting!
But why are they here again now?
In fact, this is too obvious.
Prince Tu suddenly stood up and said in a panic:
"gentlemen……"
Li Ran also stood up, held his wrist, and whispered:
"Don't worry, Your Highness, there won't be too many savages! The two hundred people His Highness brought should be enough to handle them! Please return immediately, Your Highness!"
Prince Tu calmed down a little, nodded and said:
"Okay, I'll go back now!"
Therefore, Prince Tu immediately left in a hurry.
Li Ran heard the sounds of fighting outside getting closer and closer, and saw Chu Dang rushing in immediately and asked: