Fan Li had no time to draw his sword to block, so he could only protect Li Ran with his scabbard and Li Ran reacted.
In an instant, several people rushed towards him in the darkness. Although Chu Dang was sleeping, he heard the noise at this time. He instinctively jumped up, waved his halberd in his hand, and shouted loudly. The assassins were all stunned.
Fan Li drew out his sword and said in a deep voice:
"Who are you? How dare you assassinate the great uncle here!"
Those people didn't say anything, they just came towards Li Ran and killed him.
Fan Li and Chu Dang immediately protected Li Ran. Those people were not low in martial arts, well-trained and well-trained, and they cooperated tacitly. It was obvious that they were the secret followers sent by Shu Niu.
Moreover, their purpose was clear and they only wanted to take Li Ran's life.
As soon as Fan Li fought with them and their weapons met, he felt that none of his opponents were good at fighting, and there was a faint pain in their tiger's mouth.
Chu Dang also felt this, but he was always getting more and more courageous when he was frustrated. At this moment, seeing the strength of the bandits, not only did he not have the slightest fear, but he was even more interested. I heard him shout loudly and wave his halberd in his hand.
, so that no one in Xuanyi dared to get close.
Li Ran was protected by Fan Li and Chu Dang, and he did not panic at all. He had experienced many assassinations, and he had long been accustomed to these things.
The fierce battle continued, and suddenly two people rushed in front of Li Ran while Chu Dang was breathing.
Fan Li flashed forward and stabbed out two swords diagonally. One sword hit one of them in the throat, and the other blocked the enemy's weapon. Almost at the same time, he pulled out several sword flowers and made several swishing sounds, hitting the man's chest.
He was struck several times by swords and fell to the ground immediately, dead.
Chu Dang also swept out his halberd, tripping several people down.
Seeing that they could not succeed, those people were about to retreat. A sharp whistle sounded. Fan Li had quick eyesight and quick hands. He rushed forward and stepped on a man in black who had an injured leg and was trying to crawl away.
The man groaned, Fan Li turned him over, pointed the long sword at his throat, and said in a deep voice:
"Tell me! Who sent you here?"
The man saw that the other accomplices had withdrawn at this moment, and he couldn't help but feel fear. Just as he was about to speak, several hidden weapons were suddenly shot at Li Ran.
Fan Li heard the sound of hidden weapons breaking through the air. He heard the sound and identified their position. He flipped his wrist and made a few clanging sounds to block the hidden weapons.
However, the man at his feet was not protected and was shot directly by a hidden weapon and died.
When Fan Li saw this, he said with regret:
"Oh...what a pity!"
Chu Dang took the halberd and looked around. Hearing Fan Li's words, he curled his lips and said:
"This thief will die if he dies! What's the pity?"
Fan Li gave Chu Dang a blank look:
"Why don't we cherish their lives?! But if this person is dead, we can't dig out his behind-the-scenes instructions!"
Li Ran waved his hand and said:
"There's no need to think too much. It's most likely that they were sent by Shu Niu! It seems... this trip to the Yue Kingdom must be extremely difficult!"
Fan Li said anxiously:
"That's the case, then we should hurry up and hurry up! It's just Mr.'s body..."
Li Ran shook his head and said:
"No problem, let's go!"
So the three of them immediately mounted their horses and drove all night.
From then on, the three of them did not dare to rest outside just in case. Instead, as Li Ran's eldest uncle, they stayed at the inn to rest every night.
However, as a result, their journey was somewhat delayed. When they entered the territory of Yue, ten days had already passed.
Once they entered the Yue Kingdom, they could successfully reach Kuaiji Mountain in a few days. Now Li Ran only hoped that Guang'er and Ji Le would appear on Kuaiji Mountain.
But because Wu Yue was currently fighting fiercely near Kuaiji Mountain, the war was in chaos, so Fan Li and others could only temporarily slow down their progress.
Li Ran knew that Sun Wu must be at the foot of Kuaiji Mountain right now, so he decided to go to Sun Wu for discussion first, and then go up the mountain to face the Yue King Gou Jian directly.
He had already made preparations. As long as he could save the two of them, it no longer mattered whether he himself would be left in Kuaiji Mountain.
And he also knew that Fan Li's affection for Guang'er would definitely be able to take good care of his daughter Liguang in the future.
However, before that, Li Ran was still a little strange, and thought to himself:
"Although Fan Li is a man whom his daughter can trust for the rest of her life, he..."
In Li Ran's very long memory, he vaguely remembered that Fan Li would help King Gou Jian of Yue to revenge in the future. This was a history that was well known to future generations. But until now, there is still no sign of this.
Not only was there no reason, Fan Li's impression of Yue King Gou Jian was extremely bad. Li Ran was really surprised that Fan Li was allowed to assist such a person.
"Could it be that the history described by later generations is wrong?"
Although Li Ran tried to guess the possibility, he couldn't figure it out after all, so he could only let nature take its course.
After traveling slowly for a few days, they were about to arrive at the foot of Kuaiji Mountain the next day. Along the way, they could even see the mess after the battle between Wu and Yue.
Nowadays, there are no official posts around, so Fan Li can only prepare to let Li Ran rest after he has roughly found out that there is no danger around him.
After Fan Li settled Li Ran, he was about to bow to Li Ran and retreat, but Li Ran suddenly said to Fan Li:
"Shao Bo, if King Gou Jian of Yue is cornered in the future, he will definitely surrender. If Fu Chai doesn't kill him, will you help King Gou Jian of Yue?"
When Fan Li heard this, he raised his head and looked at Li Ran with a puzzled look on his face, and shook his head decisively:
"King Gou Jian of Yue is the King of Jackals, how can I, Fan Li, help him? What's more, Fan Li has never even thought of leaving my husband. Now he only wants to rescue Guang'er and his wife as soon as possible! I and the Yue Kingdom
We have never had any connection, sir suddenly said this, but it made Li a little confused!"
Li Ran nodded, then sighed again and said:
"Everything in the world is impermanent. It is said that there is a Chu minister in the Yue Kingdom, named 'Wen Zhong'. It is said that this person comes from Wan County in your Chu Kingdom. He should be of the same clan as your Shen family. Do you know this person?"
Fan Li thought about it carefully, bowed again and said:
"This person... Li actually recognized him. His surname is Mi, Wen's surname, his name is Zhong, and his courtesy name is Ziqin. Fan Li did know this person in his early years. His father was working in Wan County at that time. Their Wen surname was
They come from the lineage of King Wen of Chu. Their surname is Xiong, their surname is Wen, and their surname is Shen. Therefore, they and our Shen family have the same origin. In the early years, our two families lived together in Wan, so the two families are also connected.
Coming and going."
"And Wen Ziqin has always been a man of great talent, but it is a pity that when King Ping of Chu was still alive, his talent was not recognized, and he later went to the country of Yue. A few years ago, he also invited me to go to the country of Yue with him, saying that the country of Yue
The country was a newly promoted state, and the king of Yue was a man of great talent and strategy. But at that time, my father believed that the country of Yue was a place of trouble and trouble, so he still asked Li to come and seek refuge with Mr.
"It is said that after Brother Ziqin went to the Yue Kingdom, he was really put in great use by the King of Yue. In this way, it can be considered that he got what he wanted!"
When Li Ran heard this, he understood in his heart and nodded silently.
"It turns out that you have known this person for a long time, no wonder..."
When Fan Li heard this, he looked confused. After all, although he was acquainted with Wen Zhong, he did not feel that he would have much to do with him in the future. Moreover, as the saying goes, people who are different in Tao do not conspire against each other.
He really didn't want to have anything to do with Wenzhong or the Yue Kingdom in the future.
"Sir, Li is only thinking about rescuing Shaojun now. As for the future of the Yue Kingdom, Fan Li has never thought about it, nor does he want to think about it. Even if Li met Brother Ziqin, he would not be able to convince me.
Stay in Yue!"
"It's just...why did Mr. suddenly think that Li would definitely stay in Yue in the future? King Gou Jian of Yue held Guang'er and his wife hostage, so it's fine as long as I don't have any grudges with him! How can I help him?!"