It was obvious that Gou Jian, the king of Yue, was determined to force Li Ran to stay on Kuaiji Mountain.
"I also ask you to stay here on Kuaiji Mountain for a few days. When the King of Wu sends people to accept your surrender, Gu Zihui will release you! Before that, it just so happens that you can talk to me about the way of kingship!"
"Zhu Niu, please take your husband back and stay here!"
Shu Niu came to Li Ran calmly and said:
"Brother-in-law, please!"
Li Ran snorted coldly, Zhu Niu suddenly dwarfed, his feet slipped, his hands reached into his arms, and he came towards Li Ran!
When Li Ran saw Shu Niu approaching, he instinctively took precautions, but he didn't know martial arts after all. But with a flash of cold light, Shu Niu was almost pressed against Li Ran's body.
Fan Li was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly grabbed the back of Shu Niu's neck and pulled it back. When Shu Niu was pulled away, the short blade he pulled out from his arms still stabbed Li Ran in the chest!
Chu Dang was also caught off guard at this time. He didn't know that Shu Niu actually wanted to assassinate Li Ran in this situation! He couldn't react for a moment, and he was far away. Although he wanted to save him, he was out of reach.
Li Ran was about to be stabbed.
There was only a "crack" sound, and a long sword flew in from outside the hall!
And the long sword was also impartial, hitting the short blade in the hand of the vertical bull.
The vertical bull blade fell to the ground and only opened a gash in Li Ran's chest.
Li Ran took several steps back, and then spat out a mouthful of blood. However, he did not pay attention to his injuries. Instead, he looked in the direction in which the sword flew.
Only then did he realize that the sword that had just been thrown to save his life was none other than Gong Eryue, also known as Ji Le!
Sure enough, Ji Le rushed over from the palace door and shouted to Li Ran:
"Husband..."
This long-lost call made Li Ran feel like he was in a dream, and he said urgently in a trance:
"Le'er! Is that you?"
Ji Le rushed forward, hugged Li Ran, and couldn't help but burst into tears.
"It's me...it's me! Husband, I am your Le'er...it's just Guang'er...I couldn't catch up after all..."
Li Ran wiped Ji Le's tears and said:
"Le'er, you're still alive...good...that's great! I thought you..."
Fan Li had already put the vertical ox aside at this moment. After a second thought, he pressed the vertical ox to the ground, turned around, and said to Yue King Gou Jian:
"Your Majesty, this son has ulterior motives! He actually hid a murderous weapon in front of your Majesty. Moreover, since we are honored guests here, this son has evil intentions and intends to harm us. His intention is to be punished! Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
Gou Jian, the king of Yue, was also shocked and speechless for a long time by the scene in front of him.
It wasn't that he was afraid, but he didn't expect that Shu Niu would assassinate Li Ran in front of him.
As for Gong Eryue, he had seen it before. But now Gongeryue actually called Li Ran "husband" directly, which also made him a little confused.
"Gong Eryue! How dare you betray me!"
Ji Le and Li Ran were both trying to control their emotions, but it was not easy. They hugged each other and cried, but turned a deaf ear to the words of Yue King Gou Jian.
When King Gou Jian of Yue saw this, he couldn't help but got up angrily and pointed at the sacrificial music with one hand:
"Gong Eryue! How dare you despise this king so much?! Aren't you afraid that I will kill your entire clan?!"
When Ji Le heard what King Gou Jian of Yue said, he wiped Li Ran's tears first, then stood up and said:
"Your Majesty! I am the wife of Li Ran's matchmaker, Ji Shi, and I am not Gong Eryue. Therefore, I really don't dare to take the word 'betrayal' seriously!"
Gou Jian, the king of Yue, was confused. It was difficult to distinguish the authenticity for a while, and the situation was extremely embarrassing. So he had to wave his hand and said hastily:
"That's all! Since Mr. Ziming is reunited as husband and wife, he must have a lot to say! Then, please settle down on the mountain for the time being!"
Li Ran grabbed Ji Le's small hand with one hand and held it tightly, as if he was afraid that she would leave him again.
Immediately, he used his strength to get up and gasped:
"Please, Your Majesty...let me go down the mountain!"
Gou Jian, the king of Yue, said:
"Hmph! We haven't figured out the Gong'er family's matter yet, so how can we let you go down the mountain like this?!"
At this time, Wen Zhong hurriedly went to the palace, came to the side of Yue King Gou Jian, and whispered:
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that Mr. Ziming and the others are afraid of Shu Niu... If Shu Niu really wants to harm Mr. Ziming, I'm afraid that he will be blamed for harming the wise! How will the king recruit wise men from all over the world?"
When King Gou Jian of Yue heard this, he couldn't help but look at the vertical ox who was still pinned to the ground, and said:
"Shu Niu! I have told you many times not to harm Mr. Ziming! Why do you insist on going your own way?! Now you are openly committing murder in the main hall! Do you know your crime?!"
Shu Niu was originally ordered to kill Li Ran by Tian Qi. Although the timing was wrong, Shu Niu saw that Li Ran was right in front of him, and King Gou Jian of Yue refused to kill him, so he suddenly attacked without thinking.
, was actually destroyed by the sudden burst of sacrificial music.
Fan Li heard that King Gou Jian of Yue wanted to hold Shu Niu accountable, and thought that in this situation they were betraying the King of Yue, so he just released Shu Niu, and then went aside to take care of Li Ran with Ji Leshi.
Shu Niu stood up, patted his clothes, bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, Shu Niu's loyalty to your Majesty is a lesson to behold! It's just because I know too much, and we had a bloody feud before, so I couldn't bear it for a while, so I took action!"
When the priest heard that the bullocks were talking nonsense in front of the public, he couldn't help but said angrily:
"A bloody feud? Brother Meng is here to confuse right and wrong! Brother Meng, you killed your brother and your father, and you did all kinds of evil! When the Four Kingdoms were in turmoil, our Zhengguo family was almost destroyed by your hands! You are the culprit! Now you are still here to stir up trouble.
, I’m really shameless!”
Unexpectedly, Shu Niu roared loudly:
"Hmph! Little sister, you are the daughter of the Ji family! You are the apple of the eye of the Ji Xian, how do you know Brother Meng's difficulties!"
"Ever since we were little, your father Ji Xian has always looked at me differently and never treated me as a member of Ji Xian's family!"
"Oh! By the way, my sister may not know this yet! In fact, I, Shu Niu, am not a member of the Ji family at all! Ji Xian is not my biological father at all! And I have no surname, let alone your brother!
"
Ji Le widened his eyes and said:
"Brother Meng...you have now reached the point where you don't recognize your relatives?! Do you know how many good things your father said in front of Dr. Zichan in order to atone for your sins?!"
"My father treats you like this! If you say this, my father would be heartbroken if he knew about it!"
Shu Niu curled his lips and said:
"Huh! He's not my father! I'll tell you now! My biological father, Shu Niu, is none other than Shusun Bao, one of the three emperors of Lu State in the past! When Shusun Bao left for Qi State in the past,
I met my mother on the road, and they gave birth to me after we got together! Later, when Shusun Bao returned to China and succeeded him as the head of the Shusun family, he felt that our mother and son would affect his reputation, and it happened to be the time to sacrifice his ancestors and he had no children at the time.
Son, so the two of them combined their efforts, and in order to appease my mother and not tell the truth about this matter, she let Ji take me in first!"
"Huh! Shusun Bao has a reputation as a virtuous person, but what about the reality? He has done dirty things, but he can't recognize them! How a person with such bad deeds can actually be remembered for eternity, hahaha! It's so generous to make people laugh!"
Li Ran didn't know whether what Shu Niu said was true or false, so he had to say:
"Shu Niu, even if what you said is true, Shusun Bao is your biological father, how can you criticize your biological father like this?"
When Zhu Niu heard this, he looked up to the sky and laughed.
"Hahaha! Lords, kings and ministers, fathers and sons, gentlemen, ministers, fathers, and sons all have to do their duty. But Shusun Bao, how can he ever be like a father?
?”
"For the sake of his own reputation, he left me directly to the Ji clan. Why should I respect him? Li Ran, what you think is too naive!"
Li Ran was stunned for a moment, and then said:
"Even so, the old sect master treated you as if he were your own child, and he was kind to you as an adopter. How can you tolerate harming him?!"