I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 61
What's more, they came to Zheng all the way this time, so dangerous, after all, it was the Ji family who protected them all the way.

The so-called grace of dripping water should be repaid by a spring.Seeing that Jixian is about to destroy his reputation like this, how can Li Ran just sit idly by?

Just as he was discussing further with Sun Wu, the servant outside the door suddenly came to report that it was Ji Le who came to visit.

Li Ran and Sun Wu couldn't help but looked at each other and smiled, knowing that troublemakers were coming.Can't help shaking his head, a little helpless.

Li Ran immediately asked the servants to bring Ji Le in, but as soon as the servant turned around, Ji Le came in from the yard with a smile on his face, cheering like a sparrow, looking youthful and lively .

"Mr. Ziming!"

Seeing Li Ran, Ji Lefei seemed to rush over, grabbed Li Ran's arm, and became very intimate.

Seeing this, Sun Wu was slightly taken aback, and immediately turned his head away.

"Why are you so free today? I heard that the old suzerain told you that you are not allowed to leave the house for half a step. Have you disobeyed your father's order again?"

Li Ran asked jokingly with a smile.

Since Ji Le returned to Zhengyi, Ji Xian issued repeated orders, asking his maidservant to watch over Ji Le and not let him run around again.As if he had learned the lesson from the last time Ji Le ran out of Zhengyi privately, he never dared to let Ji Le "take advantage of it".

Therefore, Li Ran lived in this other courtyard for several days and never saw Ji Le. Presumably her father did not allow her to go out, for fear that her precious daughter would disappear again.

"Hey, to tell you the truth, I also sneaked out this time!"

Ji Leqiong's nose was slightly turned up, and with a grimace, she smiled very proudly.

Then, she sat down cross-legged on her own, resting her chin with her hands and said in a grievance:
"Oh, it's so boring to stay at home all day. My father won't let me go this time, and he won't let me go that way. Brother Meng went to inspect the grain sent by Dr. Zichan today, and he didn't let me go with him. Almost bored to death."

(Note: "Meng" means "boss". The eldest brother in the family is called "Bo" if he is a descendant, and "Meng" if he is a concubine.)
"Hey? Then why don't we go out of the city for a while, my father and brothers happened to be out today, why don't you take this opportunity to have a good time?"

Seeing Li Ran, Ji Le's small mouth kept talking, even Li Ran couldn't help but smile.

Thinking of coming to Zhengyi for many days and never playing with Ji Le, Li Ran was about to agree to come down, but who would have thought of what Ji Le said just now, and sat down cross-legged right now.

"Wait a minute? Today, your brother Meng Shuniu went to check the official rations sent by Dr. Zichan?"

"Yes, it is because of this incident that our family delayed the trip, otherwise, our family's food should have been transported to Weiguo by now."

Ji Le's two black eyes flickered non-stop, looking full of innocence.

Li Ran actually knew about this.

The Jijia had already prepared the food to be sold in the State of Wei, but because the official rations had not been fully prepared, the trip of the Jijia caravan was delayed again and again, and it seemed that the food transport team from the Qi State was about to enter the State of Lu .

If the delay continues, won't the food that the Jijia transported to Weiguo be sold at a price?

Li Ran thought about it, and immediately looked at Ji Le, and asked again:

"Then... your father is not at home today?"

"My father? Today he..."

"Le'er! You're messing around again!"

Said Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrived. Before Ji Le could finish speaking, Ji Xian's voice came in from the door.

Then I saw Jixian and Zichan appearing outside the courtyard together.

When Li Ran saw the two of them, he hurriedly stood up to meet them.

"Ziming, I haven't seen you for a long time, are you all right?"

"The doctor came in person, but Ziming did not greet him from afar, so please forgive me."

Zichan walked in from the outside with a smile on his face. When Li Ran bowed to salute, he supported him with one hand, and he couldn't help showing a smile on his face.Only Zichan continued to greet and said:

"I've heard that Ziming has come to Zhengyi for a long time, but I have never been free to visit. Ziming is no wonder, no wonder."

Li Ran hurriedly said:

"What are you talking about, doctor, but you are only white, how dare you bother the doctor to worry about it, please come in, doctor."

"Please pay respects to the old suzerain."

With that said, Li Ran welcomed the two of them in and sat down respectively.

Li Ran gave Sun Wu a look, Sun Wu understood and left immediately, leaving only the four of them in the courtyard.

"I don't know if the doctor came here today, but it's because of the Qi State's food aid to the Wei State?"

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, Li Ran immediately cut to the point and asked bluntly.

Just now he heard about Ji Le, that today Zheng Guo officials have delivered the prepared food to the Ji family's caravan, and are preparing to transport it to Wei Guo.

Before the words were finished, Jixian and Zichan appeared here. If it wasn't for the transportation of food from Qi State to Wei State, how could it be such a coincidence?

Sure enough, when he said this, Jixian and Zichan looked at each other, both of them were a little surprised.

Zichan first asked:

"Oh? Ziming already knew about this?"

Now that the words have come to this point, Li Ran has nothing to hide. He said apologetically:

"This matter... I not only know about this matter, but also, to be honest, the cares here are still out of my hands."

"Oh? It turns out that Ziming was really responsible for transporting food from the Qi State, so please ask Ziming to talk about it, what is going on?"

Zichan seemed a little surprised, and Jixian beside him also frowned slightly, with some anger brewing in his brows and eyes.

It turned out that he led Zichan to visit Li Ran today, originally to find out the real purpose of Li Ran's visit to Zheng.

After all, Li Ran said that Qi State would send food and disaster relief, not only would it hinder his own business, but it would also have an impact on Zheng State officials.

Besides, now that Li Ran is in Zhengyi again, all of this has to make people doubt the purpose of Li Ran's trip.

As mentioned earlier, as long as the food from Qi State arrives in Wei State, the food from the Ji family will naturally be less valuable.These need not be said again.

As for the batch of grain transported by Zheng Guo officials to Wei Guo, its role in making friends with allies will naturally be greatly reduced.

Li Ran had no choice but to tell the whole story about Yang Tongue asking him for help.

Just listen to him sigh:
"Well, Li Ran didn't know in advance that Zheng Guo also wanted to help the Wei country, and Li Ran was invited by Doctor Yang Tongue, so he gave a little help so that he could persuade the Qi country to transport food for disaster relief... After Ran came to Zhengyi, this Only then did I hear that Zheng Guo was also planning to transport food for disaster relief, and only then did I realize that my previous actions might have been inappropriate. Please forgive me for all the things that happened here."

With that said, Li Ran got up again and saluted, expressing his apologies.

Zichan raised his hand to signal Li Ran not to feel so guilty, with a smile still on his face:

"Oh! It turned out to be such a thing. Oh, those who don't know don't blame it. Besides, Ziming's act is righteous. How can we blame you? Come on, please sit down."

It seemed that Zichan believed in Li Ranzhi's words.

However, Jixian on the side still frowned.

(End of this chapter)