Chapter 126 The Princes Recruitment
Faced with the prince's siege who had seen through his plan, Li Ran still forced himself to calm down.
Because he knew that since Prince Wei could be patient and talk nonsense with him for so long, it meant Prince Wei didn't want to do anything to him.
Sure enough, after exposing Li Ran’s plan, the prince did not let his guards come in and took Li Ran down. But he just smiled and said:
"Li Ran, if you have any ideas in the future, you can just come to Chu State to find me."
After saying that, the prince stood up and left.
The last sentence of the prince Wei clearly shows that he wants to start to win over Li Ran. But how dare Li Ran respond at this time?
He couldn't help but bow and took two steps back. At the same time, Li Ran also knew that he could not stop the prince from surrounding him by saying nothing.
However, I think it should be enough time. In one day and night, Zichan was afraid that he had already guarded Zheng Yi tightly. Even if the prince surrounded Zheng Yi, he would not dare to act rashly anymore.
After the prince and his team left, Ji Le happened to come from the city. Seeing that Li Ran was safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"What? Prince Chu surrounded him and actually saw through his husband's trick? Then he didn't have any trouble, right?"
Even Ji Le couldn't help but feel strange. After all, to be honest, Li Ran really ruined the big matter of Prince Encirclement this time. How could Prince Encirclement let him go so easily?
This is not like the Chu people's style at all.
"The prince surrounded this man with a arrogant face, but in fact he was rough and meticulous, and he was indeed a strong enemy."
This is the first time that Li Ran has had such a high evaluation of another person.
After these two days of getting along, although Wang Ziwei found out his Li Ran’s background, he also saw Wang Ziwei clearly.
"Oh? What does your husband mean?"
Ji Yue asked.
I just heard Li Ran continue to say:
"Feng Duan conspired with him to seize the great power of Zheng State, but I stopped him here and waited for Doctor Zichan to mobilize soldiers and generals, and he and Feng Duan would have no chance."
"Feng Duan hated me to the core, but he was not angry. He knew that the defeat was settled, but he still wanted to rush to Zhengyi. Why is this? He was in order not to lose his trust in the world. And this calmness shows the gap in his heart."
"In addition, if he touches me, he will be known to the doctor Zichan in the city. If a war broke out outside Zhengyi, it is still unknown whether these two thousand people can return to Chu safely. By then, he will not be captured by our Zheng State. Wouldn't he lose all his face? In addition, even if Zichan's doctor did not move, Ji's family would probably have formed a gang with Chu State. Zhengyi is in the world. By then, Chu merchants will not be allowed to pass through Zhengyi, which is a great loss for Chu."
"Prince Wei can naturally understand the depth of this, also know the importance of it, and even know how to endure it. This mind is definitely not comparable to ordinary barbarians."
Although the prince's reputation in history is extremely poor, in Li Ran's eyes, this prince's environment is quite good.
And his evaluation is indeed from the heart and is by no means a fictitious word.
"I didn't expect that my husband valued this person so much, so it's no wonder you wanted to personally design and stop him."
Only then did Ji Le understand why Li Ran had to stay by himself that day.
"If it weren't for this, how could he delay this time?"
"Now, let's see how Doctor Zichan in the city performs."
Li Ran has done all the things he should do. If this cannot stop Feng Duan's conspiracy, then he will be helpless.
The prince must have decided on Zhengyi. Even if it is just for the sake of the Chu people, they have to fight for it.
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(The following plot is literal translation by Zuo Zhuan, but the author has made some adjustments on the basis of respecting the original meaning of the original pen)
The Prince of Chu employed him in Zheng.
Just as the prince surrounded the prince and the wedding team arrived outside Zhengyi City with more than 2,000 "bride-welcoming" teams, Zichan immediately reported that the prince was camping outside the city and resting, waiting for Doctor Bo Shi to send his daughter out of the city. He also sent a confidant to manage the city defense and closed the four gates.
Zheng State’s official Ziyu, as the spokesperson for Zichan, came outside the city.
"Report to Lord Ling Yin, Mr. Zichan is here to come and inform me. Since my Zhengyi is small, I am afraid that I will not be able to accommodate the followers of Ling Yin. Please let us clean a place outside the city as a place for weddings and sacrifices now."
Zhou Bang had many customs and customs for marriage, and this sacrifice was one of them, and it was absolutely indispensable.
However, in order not to allow the prince to surround the city, Zichan tried his best to do so. He even re-drawed a plot of land outside the city and gave Feng a temporary place of sacrifice so that the prince to surround the city to complete the anti-welfare ceremony.
Prince Wei did not speak when he heard the sound, but he was still sitting in the carriage as if nothing had happened, with a proud look on his face.
At this time, Dazai Bozhou Pi, who was beside the carriage, stepped forward and retorted:
"My Chu Lingyin came to welcome the marriage after being ordered by the emperor. For this reason, our Chu State specially arranged a banquet in the country and came to Zhengyi to welcome the marriage after celebrating in the temple of King Zhuang and King Gong."
"If you give us this marriage in the wild, it will be equivalent to making our Lingyin and the entire Chu State lose face. Then, how can we Lord Lingyin gain a foothold in Chu State in the future?"
"Not only that, but you do this, will also let Ling Yin bear the reputation of deceiving his ancestors, so that he will not be able to continue to be the Supreme Minister of our Chu State in the future. How can we return to our country and report it?"
In fact, Bozhou Li's words are simple. If you don't give us face, then we don't have to talk about any kindness.
But who knew that Ziyu was not in a hurry when he heard the sound. After thinking for a moment, he said:
"Please calm down. Our Zheng State is actually a small country. As a small country, we have no guilt in the original state, but relying on a big country without guarding is its sin. Although our Zheng State is small, we need to rely on a big country like Chu to stabilize ourselves. But if you have evil intentions and come to plot against our Zheng State, then our Zheng State will be equivalent to losing support."
"Besides, if you plot against our Zheng State today, then when other vassal states see this, they will all disobey your orders together. At that time, Lingyin's orders will not work because they are blocked. For Lingyin, is this a win or a loss? Please think twice!”
After Zi Yu finished speaking, he said this clearly: Don’t do this, we are already clear about your current calculations.
Bozhou Li had nothing to say for a moment, so he had to look at Wu Ju, the deputy envoy who was accompanying him, asking for help.
Many people may not know Wu Ju's name, but his grandson's name is really big.
Wu Ju followed the prince to meet the bride. When the Ji Family Manor was intercepted by Li Ran, he knew that the matter had been exposed and could not be done again.
Seeing this, he had to surround the prince in the carriage:
"Ling Yin, now that things have come to this point, I'm afraid I have to go in."
At this time, Wang Ziwei knew that the matter he had planned with Feng Duan had failed, but for the purpose of this trip and for his own face, he nodded slightly.
So, Bozhou Li was informed and asked all the guards to untie the weapons. They only carried empty bags in both hands, and followed the messenger Ziyu to enter Zhengyi City to show their sincerity.
In the end, Feng Duan's daughter was quietly welcomed out of Zhengyi.
Chapter completed!