After Gong sent Zi Jiaji away, Li Ran went to accompany Ji Le again.
Ji Le knew that Ah Chou's body was on the way back home, and he was very excited and couldn't help but choked up:
"It's fine that we can't go to his funeral, but Ah Chou's two children..."
Li Ran hugged Ji Le who was sitting on the bed.
"Le'er, don't worry. Given the current situation, it is safer for Ayan and Awei to stay in Yunyi. When the situation in the Lu Kingdom stabilizes, it will not be too late to go back to pay homage."
Ji Le nodded and said fiercely:
"It's abominable that old thief Ji Sun caused Ah Chou to do this! Moreover, the death of his father and brother must be inseparable from him. Le'er really wishes he could crush him to ashes and get rid of the pain in his heart.
hatred!"
Ji Le hated Ji Sun Yiru deeply, and Li Ran also understood:
"Le'er, don't worry, I think old thief Ji Sun will die soon..."
In fact, before Li Ran came to Yunyi, Guan Cong had remonstrated with Li Ran, but he was rejected by Li Ran at that time.
Just because Lu Houchou was away from home at that time, if he acted rashly, it would probably be detrimental to Lu Hou.
But this time, after experiencing many things, and Lu Houchou was no longer here, Li Ran had no worries, so Li Ran decided to take the risk and let Guan Cong give it a go and completely fight against Ji Sunyi.
Tathagata comes to an end.
Perhaps only in this way can the hatred in Ji Le's heart be alleviated a little.
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Let’s talk about the funeral procession.
He and his uncle did not dare to escort Lu Houchou's hearse and headed all the way to Qufu.
Along the way, Guan Cong secretly taught two things to those who supported the spirits:
The first thing is that Ji Sun Yiru has already spoken, letting bygones be bygones, and allowing everyone to return home with peace of mind.
The second thing is that even if Ji Sun Yiru really turns his back and refuses to recognize anyone, everyone can choose to run away again.
At first glance, it sounds like they are all meant to appease people.
But in fact, this second thing is Guan Cong's killer move.
It turned out that these people were worried that Ji Sun Yiru would liquidate them in the future, so Guan Cong seemed to be trying to comfort them, but in fact, he planted a seed of instability in everyone's hearts:
This ugly thing has to be said in front of you. No one can guarantee whether Ji Sun Yiru will turn his back on him or not. Therefore, you should always be prepared to escape!
On the other side, although Uncle Sundaang also heard these words, he only knew that his words were nothing more than comforting words, and he could not find any fault with him.
Badongt is a township adjacent to Qufu in the state of Lu.
When the funeral procession was about to arrive, an envoy sent by Ji Sun Yiru suddenly arrived.
I heard that Ji Sun Yiru and his son Song were preparing to greet the team coming to escort the coffin of Marquis Lu in Badong City.
In fact, this is the meaning of standing up an ox. Its original intention is, on the one hand, to comfort everyone as soon as possible, and on the other hand, to avoid the long journey and unnecessary trouble.
And Ji Sunyiru came to greet him in person, which indeed seemed more solemn.
However, when these people heard about Ji Sun Yiru, they couldn't help but be shocked.
Thinking back to what Guan Cong said before, their hearts couldn't help but feel overwhelmed.
Yes, they are all desperadoes, so how can they be received by the ministers of their country? What's more, this is the one they wanted to get rid of back then!
As a result, some rumors spread like wildfire:
"The reason why the old thief Ji Sun came out of Qufu to greet the coffin of Marquis Lu was simply to liquidate those who had opposed him in the past in such a poor and remote place!"
When everyone thought about it, it seemed that it was not unreasonable, so this matter became more and more spread among them.
Yes, logically speaking, shouldn't Ji Sun Yiru be prepared in Qufu and come to greet him in a more grand and grand manner?
Even if we go out to the outskirts of the city, we shouldn’t choose a place so far away from Qufu, right?
What's more, someone actually directly encouraged the disciples: Since Ji Sun Yiru is not prepared to leave a way for them to survive, then they should simply do nothing and strike first! Since they can get close to Ji Sun Yiru, it is better to kill him on the spot. So that I can avenge you!
After all, there were hundreds of people on their way. So, how could uncle and grandson not hear these gossips if they didn't dare?
Therefore, he couldn't help but worry that this group of desperadoes might be harmful to him. But for the time being, he could only pretend not to know, and at the same time, he sent someone to inform Badong in advance.
Ji Sun Yiru brought Shu Niu and Yang Hu to Badong, as well as two thousand soldiers. After getting the news, Yang Hu stared and said angrily:
"Hmph! These people are so ungrateful! Since my lord sincerely wants them to return home, they actually plot to murder my lord! It seems that such a rebellious people, Hu is willing to lead his troops to kill them all!"
At this time, Shu Niu held a different view:
"This action is absolutely unacceptable! If you kill these people, wouldn't it confirm the Ji family's bad reputation of purging dissidents? This will not only be detrimental to the Ji family's reputation, but even those ministers and officials living in the country will probably do so in the future. People are in panic. Now that the new king has not yet been established, we are urgently waiting for the situation to stabilize. If such a change happens at this moment, it will be really disadvantageous for me. I hope Lord Jisun will think twice!"
When Yang Hu heard this, he still replied disdainfully:
"They are just a group of rebellious officials and traitors. My lord can tolerate it, but Tiger cannot! My lord, Tiger is one step ahead and kills these people. At worst, if these people are used to punish Tiger in the future, Tiger will have no complaints!"
Yang Hu said that he was about to lead his troops, but Ji Sun Yiru stopped and said:
"Tiger!"
When Yang Hu heard this, he had no choice but to kneel down in front of Ji Sun Yiru.
"Tiger! Don't be reckless. Although these people have opposed me, the Ji family, they are irrelevant now. It is better to keep them than to kill them! In this situation, you must not act out of anger and mess up my plan!"
When Yang Hu heard this, he had no choice but to lie on the ground and reply:
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Yang Hu only conspired for the Ji family and never thought of anything else. I hope the lord will forgive the sin of the villain..."
I saw Ji Sun Yiru also lifting him up with a smile on his face, and said comfortingly:
"I am well aware of Hu's loyalty. However, this matter is of great importance, so we must not come arbitrarily. Hu can go and arrange the defense in the city, and then add the people he brings, how can he still be afraid of them?
A few hundred people?"
Yang Hu lowered his head and said:
"No, Tiger understands!"
Yang Hu's "reckless" behavior may seem mindless, but in fact it expresses Yang Hu's loyalty to the Ji family in subtle ways, making it clear that he has the interests of the Ji family in mind in everything he does.
And Ji Sunyiru also knew Yang Hu's style of acting, which was to act vigorously and resolutely, and he also followed his orders and prohibited them.
And this is the reason why Ji Sun Yiru trusts Yang Hu so much.
However, in the eyes of Ji Sun Yiru, the people who helped the coffin of Marquis Lu return home are now able to let them live in peace and stability. This is the most important thing. Otherwise, how can he earn money from Li Ran and others?
What about people returning home?
And this is exactly the art of gentleness that the Ji family has always upheld.
Just like his ancestor Ji You, although he executed Qingfu and Shuya, the culprits of the "rebellion", he still dealt with these two descendants of Duke Huan with leniency and allowed their descendants to continue to inherit.
It was the Meng family and Shusun family who later became Sanhuan.
…
When Marquis Lu's coffin arrived outside Badun City, Ji Sun Yiru personally greeted him. He was fully prepared and even deliberately squeezed a few tears. Seeing Marquis Lu's coffin, he couldn't help but feel
Pu came forward and knelt on the ground, wailing loudly, to show that he was guilty and failed to serve the king.
What's even more interesting is that while he was crying, he was still holding Young Master Song beside him, as if he was deliberately using him as a shield.
Those people saw Ji Sun Yiru and Young Master Song coming to the coffin together. They only looked at each other, and immediately pulled out the sharp blade hidden in their sleeves, and rushed up to kill Ji Sun Yiru!
When Ji Sun Yiru saw this, he subconsciously pushed Young Master Song forward.
Young Master Song was standing in front of Ji Sun Yiru. These people were obviously trying to avoid the enemy!
At this moment, Yang Hu rushed over with two teams of troops to protect Ji Sun Yiru. It was obviously prepared by Ji Sun Yiru in advance.
In an instant, Yang Hu subdued these madmen and asked them to put down their weapons and surrender.
It's just that since these people have the courage to commit murder here, they are determined to die! Now that the assassination failed, Ji Sun Yiru secretly deployed many soldiers and horses.
Seeing such a situation, in despair, many people chose to commit suicide. However, blood flowed all over the ground for a while, flowing from outside the city to the river that protected the city, dyeing the river red. The scene was called
Bloody and horrific.
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Chapter 541 Guan Cong enters Qufu
Even Ji Sun Yiru was shocked when he saw this situation.
I never expected that my ancestral art of "Huairou" would be completely defeated at this moment!
And in the chaos, those who were a little timid and did not choose to commit suicide also took advantage of the chaos and chose to flee.
Just because the order given by Ji Sun Yiru to these soldiers at the beginning was not to kill indiscriminately, many of them were able to successfully escape.
Ji Sunyiru let out a long sigh. Although he felt a little regretful, he did not take the impact of this matter too seriously for a while.
At this time, Shu Niu trotted up to him again and said:
"Lord Jisun! These people must not be kept! If this matter is spread by these people, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to us!"
Ji Sunyiru saw that those people had run away, but he only waved his hand:
"That's all, they are just desperadoes. Even if we kill them all, what can we do? We still need to protect the coffin and protect the crown prince! Otherwise, if word gets out that I, the Ji family, ignore the late emperor's coffin and do not care about the prince's safety,
The reputation will only get worse!"
Zhu Niu was unwilling to give up, but seeing that the matter was a foregone conclusion, he had to give up. The young master Song on the side was obviously frightened. Ji Sun Yiru accompanied him and ordered people to welcome Lu Houchou's coffin into the city.
It's time to clean up the scene.
The "rebels" who escaped from Badong immediately spread the "truth" about Ji Sun Yiru's liquidation.
Even in Qufu, it also caused an uproar.
Guan Cong saw that his goal had been achieved, but he did not take the opportunity to escape. Instead, he continued to sneak around Ji Sun Yiru and escort Lu Hou in the name of Li Ran and Zi Jiaji.
When Ji Sunyiru saw Guan Cong, he couldn't help but squinted his eyes. Because Guan Cong always acted in secret, he didn't know who this person was. But when he saw that he was actually wearing a token of Zhou's family, he couldn't help but squint his eyes.
It's not "treating each other with courtesy".
At this moment, Guan Cong showed an extremely frightened look, as if he was worried that Ji Sun Yiru would blame him for this matter.
When Ji Sun Yiru saw this, he just said comfortingly:
"Don't worry, envoys. You can accompany me to escort the monarch's coffin back to Qufu for burial. These people don't know Ji's intentions and do such a thing. In fact, Ji treats each other sincerely and doesn't want to
Investigate the right and wrong of the past! Hey, I will have to say some fair words for Ji in the future!"
Guan Cong deliberately pretended to be trembling:
"Yes, Lord Jisun is magnanimous, but the world doesn't understand it. When the villain completes the escort mission and returns, he will definitely tell the truth!"
Zhu Niu looked at Guan Cong from the side, but he couldn't help but frowned, and he had doubts in his heart.
However, because too many people have died today, it would be unfavorable to touch this person again, so we have to give up for now.
…
After the bloodshed subsided, Ji Sun Yiru did not stay there too long. He only took a short rest and then rushed back to Qufu with Lu Houchou's coffin.
Guan Cong had been carefully observing Yang Hu's every move during the journey. Because Yang Hu was tall and conspicuous, Guan Cong had never seen Yang Hu before, but he also knew a lot from Li Ran.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Previously, Yang Hu was captured and manipulated three times by Li Ran and others, and he clearly expressed his willingness to surrender as an internal response.
However, it was difficult to determine what kind of thoughts Yang Hu had.
Therefore, Guan Cong has been observing there just to get some clues from it.
After all, apart from the intention of Guan's trip to incite those who had rebelled against the Ji family to revolt, the other most crucial thing was to secretly contact Yang Hu.
Yang Hu also looked at Guan Cong at this time. Seeing that Guan Cong had Li Ran's token tied around his waist, he seemed to have some thoughts in his mind.
When they arrived in Qufu, Lu Hou Chou's coffin was placed in the already built mourning hall. According to the usual practice, Ji Sun Yiru sent laborers to the Kan Gong family to build Lu Hou Chou's mausoleum.
The so-called "Kan Gong's" is not a surname, but the location of the tombs of successive kings of the State of Lu.
Guan Cong stayed at Lu Houchou's mourning hall and never left.
On this day, Yang Hu walked in carelessly again. He first saluted Lu Hou Chou's coffin, then personally burned a piece of silk cloth, and then came to Guan Cong.
Yang Hu spoke first:
"Sir, the master of the house sent me here to test the token of my envoy!"
After Guan Cong heard this, he handed the jade pendant to Yang Hu. Yang Hu carefully observed it and confirmed that it was indeed Li Ran's. Yang Hu returned the jade pendant to Guan Cong, but Guan Cong took the opportunity to hold Yang Hu's hand.
Hand, whispered:
"Sir, let me say hello to you."
Yang Hu couldn't help but be startled, and looked around. There were many people in the mourning hall, and it was really inconvenient to speak.
"Come with me, the master of the house really wants to ask you a few words in person!"
Guan Cong stood up immediately and followed Yang Hu out of the mourning hall to the small house next to him. There were two of Yang Hu's close followers guarding the outside of the house in case there were ears on the wall.
Guan Cong clasped his hands and looked up at Yang Hu.
"My lord previously sent a letter to my lord, informing my uncle and grandson in advance of his intention to leave, and bluntly stating that this was a conspiracy of the Ji family. My lord is very grateful for your thoughts!"
When Guan Cong says this, it is actually not an act of letting go.
On the one hand, it directly reveals one's true identity.
On the other hand, it also reminds Yang Hu that I am aware of everything between you and Li Ran. Therefore, no matter what your purpose is, or whether you really surrender to me or not. But at the moment, I have enough
His ability can directly pull you down, so you'd better not act rashly.
Obviously, although Guan Cong likes to take risks, he will never put himself in absolute danger, let alone fight an unprepared battle.
A trace of anger flashed in Yang Hu's eyes, but he quickly suppressed it, and then smiled:
"Haha, Mrs. Li is being too polite. Since Yang Hu surrendered in the first place, now it is just a small favor, so why should he thank you again? However... Your Excellency, when you come to Qufu this time, I am afraid you are not just here to escort the king's coffin, right?
"
Guan Cong nodded calmly and continued to test:
"Your Excellency, it is clear that this is indeed the case. There is something happening today, whether it is successful or not, it will bring notoriety to the Ji family! I wonder if you are willing to do so, Your Excellency?"
When Yang Hu heard this, he realized that the person in front of him had indeed come prepared, and his tone became much more sincere:
"Now that Hu has abandoned darkness and turned to light, the Ji family will not follow the order of respect and inferiority, which will be of no benefit to the country. Hu has done this voluntarily. Please make it clear, sir."
So, Guan Cong whispered a few words into Yang Hu's ear. Yang Hu was a little doubtful at first, but quickly nodded with a happy face:
"Sir, you really have a plan! Okay, Tiger will do it now!"
After a few words, Yang Hu went directly to his lord Ji Sun Yiru.
When Yang Hu went to look for Guan Cong and question him, he actually received instructions from Ji Sun Yiru, so Ji Sun Yiru didn't have any doubts about it.
"My lord, it seems that Guan Cong was indeed sent by Li Ran, and the jade pendant was indeed given by the King of Zhou. It represents his status as Taishi of the Zhou Dynasty, which is consistent with Li Ran's position."
"Guan Cong was also eloquent. He said that Li Ran did not dare to come to Qufu in person, so he left the matter of escorting Marquis Lu's coffin back to his country entirely to him."
"Haha, Hu once thought that Li Ran was very capable, but he never thought that it was just because he had Tian Sima, Sun Changqing and others around him. Now that he has seen Zhenzhang, he doesn't even have such courage! Hu had previously
It is really a great shame, such a shame that someone like this would be captured and raped three times!"
Yang Hu admitted that he had been captured and manipulated by Li Ran three times, which made Ji Sun Yiru even more suspicious.
It can be seen that Yang Hu's words are really rough and subtle, and he has a deep scheming mind.
"Haha, you don't know the grudges between me and Li Ran. In fact, it's normal that he, Li Ran, doesn't dare to come to Lu country."