I'm a bully in troubled times

Therefore, although the two were in the same yard that day, they did not speak again after that.

Jiang Yu sat in the yard for a while and then went out to find Zhao Di.

Before leaving Jicheng, he promised Marquis Yan that he would learn some reform experience from the state of Jin and go back. He has been here for so long, and he has forgotten about this matter. Now it is time to put it on the agenda.

Zhao Di was not stingy with Jiang Yu's advice.The reform of the state of Jin was completed when Duke Su was there. At that time, Zhao Di was the pillar of the state, and many measures were implemented by him.Therefore, it can be said to be experienced.

After this contact, Jiang Yu discovered that Zhao Di is not a person who only fights for power, but also has real talents.For the governance of the country, for the innovation of the selection of officials and personnel, land and other aspects, there are very advanced ideas even in Jiang Yu's view.

However, since the two of Zhao and Shi had already begun to fight secretly, Zhao Di was not very free and didn't have much time to accompany Jiang Yu.Jiang Yu retrieved some materials from Zhao Di.

After Jiang Yu went out, Qi Ranming also returned to his room to recuperate, and no longer stayed in Jiang Yu's yard.So when Jiang Yu returned to the post house, he saw that the man was no longer there.

Jiang Yu simply piled up the materials he found from Zhao Di on his desk, sat there and read them all the time, and had them brought to his room for use when he was eating, and didn't go out, nor did he go to find Qi Ranming.

In the past two days when Qi Ranming was recovering from his injuries, Quwo has recently started to inexplicably appear dead people, and there are quite a few in the streets and alleys.Even the female relatives and servants of some officials' families died strangely.

The common people smelled the faint smell of blood in the air, smelled the increasingly tense atmosphere, and knew that Shi Xiang's injury was gradually recovering, and he could get out of bed, and no longer paralyzed on the bed every day, so both Zhao and Shi endured the pain. Can't stop.

Quwo became more and more uneasy.

According to Jiang Yu's calculations, the news of Ji Mengming's death should have reached Luoyi.

After Ji Mengming was placed under house arrest, Zhao Di and Shi Xiang suppressed the matter.But the civil and military forces of the Manchu dynasty wanted to go to court, and the millions of people in the Jin Kingdom wanted to live. How could we do it without anyone in charge of the overall situation?Therefore, within two days after Ji Mengming's death, Zhao and Shi couldn't hold back, and announced Ji Mengming's sudden death and the accidental death of the young master to the world.

As far as the state of Jin is concerned, the most urgent task is to choose an heir to be the prince.As far as Zhao and Shi are concerned, the most urgent task is to decide who will be the prince.As far as the Zhou royal family is concerned, the most urgent task is how to stabilize the situation in the Jin state and prevent the Jin state from becoming chaotic.

The princes and kings died and there was no suitable successor, so Ji Chongxing might come.

Because of Ying Xi's appearance, Jiang Yu became more wary of Ji Zhong.

Jiang Yu thought it was best to leave Quwo before Ji Zhong arrived, so as to avoid running into him.Jiang Yu wasn't afraid of Ji Zhong, but he didn't want something like Ying Xi to happen.After all, Ji Zhong seems to be obsessed with Qi Ranming.

However, Qi Ranming's injury made Jiang Yu dare not rush away, fearing that the bumpy road would aggravate Qi Ranming's injury.

Although in the cold war, Jiang Yu still sent someone to watch Qi Ranming take medicine three times a day, and report Qi Ranming's injury to him.

"Qi Ranming hasn't been out of the house for the past two days, and has kept himself locked in the room. The servants also brought him food directly, and the medicine was according to your instructions, and they left after watching him drink it."

"Then what does he do in the room?" Jiang Yu asked without raising his head while writing notes on the book.

"Carve jade, or play with his flute, and sometimes polish his sword." Gongsun Ke said.

The pen in Jiang Yu's hand paused slightly, and the ink dripped onto the paper, and the words could not be read clearly.

At this time, someone knocked on the door and said: "Jun Suiyang, lunch is ready, should I bring it to your room?"

Jiang Yu paused: "No need, take it back."

No appetite.

"grown ups?"

Jiang Yu put down the pen, blew on the words on the paper, and asked, "Do you think I did something wrong this time?"

Gongsun Ke replied: "My lord must have his own reasons for doing things."

Seeing that the ink was dry, Jiang Yu closed the book and put it aside, leaned back on the chair, resting his chin with his left hand.

"He was very angry when he found out, and he seemed very disappointed in me." Jiang Yu recalled what Qi Ranming said, and said, "He felt that I was cruel and ruthless, killing innocent people indiscriminately, and using any means to achieve my goals. Saying that I am like Ying Xi and Ji Zhong are no different."

This was the first time that Jiang Yu took the initiative to talk about this with Gongsun Ke, taking the initiative to talk about the content of his quarrel with Qi Ranming that day.

Gongsun Ke lowered his eyes and said, "Those who achieve great things don't care about small things."

Jiang Yu smiled, and rubbed the carved armrest of the chair with his right hand. The carvings were exquisite and complicated, but polished extremely smooth.For the servants of this era, the meaning of the master is everything. Gongsun Ke is like this most of the time, very docile, so naturally he will not say anything that disagrees with Jiang Yu.

"You don't have to follow what I want," Jiang Yu said, "Tell me your own opinion."

Gongsun Ke was silent for a while, and then said: "Your Excellency and Qi Ranming stand in different positions, so naturally they have different views. The subordinates can understand Qi Ranming's thoughts. For ordinary people, for the inferiors, because of some interests or purposes, Just sacrificing other people's lives at will is indeed too cruel and indifferent."

"But for people in the center of power, sometimes many things have to be done. When the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when people observe it, there will be no followers. As long as the original intention of the adults is good, then even if you do it for it Some seemingly cruel things, the subordinates also think it is worthwhile."

"The Ji family is full of lives..."

"My lord," Gongsun Ke said, "this subordinate thinks that all the lives of the Ji family cannot be attributed to you. Ji Lu hid Ji Mengming, even if the lord didn't mention it, Zhao Di would probably not let him go. And those old and weak Women and children have nothing to do with adults."

Jiang Yu smiled: "You will excuse me."

Gongsun Ke said: "Your Excellency, you don't have to take so many responsibilities on yourself. What you do is for the prosperity of Yan Kingdom. The national interests are above all else. How can there be so much compassion?"

"The war between the vassal states is cruel and ruthless. This is the general trend of the world, and it cannot be decided by adults. As long as the adults do what they do, it is enough."

"The level of comforting people has improved." Jiang Yu said, "It's no wonder that you have been with me for so many years, and you can play tricks."

"grown ups!"

"Okay," Jiang Yu said, "I understand what you said. Different positions have different attitudes. Then what do you think I should do now?"

"You can't stay so cold all the time. I think his temper is more stubborn than mine." Jiang Yu was a little helpless.

Since Gongsun Ke followed Jiang Yu, he had never had a relationship or love. Jiang Yu's question stumped him.

Gongsun Ke scratched his head: "My lord, this..."

"Forget it." Jiang Yu opened the book again, "You step back, it's useless to ask you."

"Yes."

Gongsun Ke withdrew, and when he reached the door, he bumped into Qi Ranming head-on.Gongsun Ke was a little surprised, and said with a smile: "My lord is inside."

Qi Ranming glanced into the room, but didn't go in, and asked, "Has he had lunch yet?"

"No." Gongsun Ke said in a low voice, "My lord is in a bad mood, I have no appetite, and I am busy reading the books I got back from Mr. Zhao."

Qi Ranming's expression relaxed at first, and when he mentioned Zhao Di, he frowned slightly, then leaned on the wall, turned around and limped slowly.

"Qi Ranming," Gongsun Ke called out behind him, "Aren't you going in?"

"No." Qi Ranming said, "Don't tell him I've been here."

Gongsun Kexin said: Sure enough, I am still alone. These two people always have some conflicts, and even if there are conflicts, they are awkward and refuse to talk about it.

Although Qi Ranming said so, Gongsun Ke naturally went to report to Jiang Yu on purpose, and said, "My lord, he came here just now, walked to the door, and went back again."

Jiang Yu: "What did he say?"

"I asked my lord if you had lunch," Gongsun Ke said, "I said no, so he went back and asked me not to tell you."

Jiang Yu frowned slightly, keenly aware of something wrong: "He came here on purpose just to ask if I had eaten?"

He didn't think Qi Ranming was the kind of person who would care about such things.

"Yes." Gongsun Ke was puzzled, "What's the matter, my lord?"

Jiang Yu said: "Go and tell the kitchen that I'm hungry again and ask them to bring the food."

"Ah?" Gongsun Ke was stunned for a moment before realizing, "Does your lord suspect that there is something wrong with the food?"

Jiang Yu said: "Otherwise, what's the point of him running over to ask me if I've eaten?"

After Gongsun Ke gave the order, the food was quickly served again. The dishes were exquisite and diverse, and they were different every day.Jiang Yu is not picky about food, he always eats whatever food is available.

After the maid who delivered the food went down, Gongsun Ke took a silver needle and tried it in the food. Sure enough, after pulling out the silver needle, it changed color.

Gongsun Ke frowned tightly, and said puzzledly: "My lord, the people who prepare the meals for you in the inn are all from Zhao Di's sect. This..."

Jiang Yu: "That's not necessarily Zhao Di."

Gongsun Ke: "Shi Xiang?"

Jiang Yu: "It's also possible."

After all, Jiang Yu had done too many shady things in Quwo, and it was hard for him to say whether the two of them had discovered something and wanted to use this to warn him or show him a small punishment.Or maybe it was during the secret rivalry between the two that Shi Xiang was attacking him, after all he and Zhao Di were close.

"Then what is your lord going to do?" Gongsun Ke asked.

"Just wait and wait and see what happens." Jiang Yu said, "The other party will continue to make moves after taking this move."

The next day, someone from Shixiang's mansion invited Jiang Yu to the mansion for a short talk.

Jiang Yu didn't know what he and Shi Xiang had to talk about, but since Shi Xiang had invited him, staying in the post house was not fun, so Jiang Yu went.Shi Xiang treated Jiang Yu very warmly, revealing a sense of wooing in his words, as if he wanted Jiang Yu to abandon Zhao Di and choose him.

After all, Jiang Yu's attitude represented Yan Guo's attitude.

Jiang Yu had some politeness with him, and before returning to the post house, Shi Xiang sent Jiang Yu two more people, two beautiful boys.One of them looked frail and sickly.Although she has a good complexion, she has a cold face, she is clearly a cold beauty, she looks very arrogant.

It looks like it was sent by Qi Ranming.

Also considerately chose two men.

Perhaps the news of the cold war between Jiang Yu and Qi Ranming has reached Shi Xiang's ears.

However, since Shi Xiang gave it away generously, Jiang Yu accepted it generously—he wanted to see what Shi Xiang wanted to do.

It was Jiang Yu who went out with Gongsun Ke and two people, but when he came back, there were two more people in the carriage, and a group of four came back.

When Gongsun Ke got off the carriage with the help of two beautiful young men, the whole post house was in a commotion, and they all stopped what they were doing and came to watch—gossip is indeed a hobby that does not distinguish between ages, genders, and ages.

After all, this was the first time that Jiang Yu brought someone other than Qi Ranming back, and he and Jiang Yu rode in the same carriage.The gossip-loving servants all stared straight at them, thinking that those two beauties would be a good match for Jiang Yu—I don't know where Shi Xiang found so many beauties, and they have all kinds of beauties they want.

So many people speculated that Qi Ranming had fallen out of favor.Overtly and secretly, some people even wanted to take this opportunity to see if they could replace Qi Ranming.

When the party involved, Qi Ranming, heard the news in the room, his face was expressionless, as if he didn't care.It just smashed another piece of jade.

"My lord," after settling down the two teenagers, Gongsun Ke went back to Jiang Yu's room against everyone's curious and searching gazes, and asked Jiang Yu, who was busy studying the book borrowed from Zhao Di, "How do you like this?" If you do it, won't you be afraid that Qi Ranming will be unhappy?"

Jiang Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "I didn't touch them, you helped them all down from the carriage. Besides, didn't I just want to see Shi Xiang's back move?"

Moreover, Jiang Yu thought secretly, it would be good to be a little jealous, so that he would not leave himself alone all day long.