Zhending County, in the 11th year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty (196 BC), Dongyuan County was changed to Zhending County, which means a truly stable and peaceful place, and is under the jurisdiction of Hengshan County.

In the first year of Emperor Wen of Han (179 BC), Hengshan County was changed to Changshan County because he avoided the name of Emperor Wen Liu Heng.

From the 13th year of Jianwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty (that is, 37 AD) to the turmoil at the end of the Han Dynasty, Zhending County was under the jurisdiction of Changshan State.

The rain comes after the sky is clear, the sky is blue and the road is muddy.

"Da da da da!"

As the horse's hooves ran, the mud splashed several feet high and flew into the air.

"Is Zilong's injury okay? If it is inconvenient to move quickly, we can rest for a while and then rush forward. Anyway, this place is already in Zhending County, and we will be home in half an hour."

The Hualiu horse carried Li Li quickly and took the lead, leaving Huan Fei, Xu Chu, Chen Dao, Li Xuan, Ma Yunluo, Guo Jia and Zhao Yun far behind. Until he entered Zhending territory, Li Li raised his reins and stopped his horse and walked slowly. After Huan Fei and others caught up, he asked Zhao Yun loudly.

This time, Li Li and his group set off at dawn, rode and galloped all the way. As soon as noon, although the road was slippery, they still walked nearly a hundred miles, only more than twenty miles away from Zhaojiazhuang where Zhao Yun was.

"Wow——"

Upon hearing Li Li's words, Zhao Yun slammed his horse and ran with Li Li. At this time, he saw sweat beads overflowing from his forehead and his face turned a little flushed. It was obvious that Huan Fei half-pulled the crossbar last night and injured him, so he felt a little difficult to ride the horse and travel.

This is Zhao Yun, who is extremely strong, was hit by someone else by Huan Fei, who was extremely powerful. Even if he was lucky enough to die, he would only have half his life left. He would definitely not be able to get up and he could not continue riding his horse.

"Thank you for your concern, General. I have rested for a night. I am fine." After pulling the horse, Zhao Yun took a deep breath and said in a hurry.

"Yeah." Li Li could see that Zhao Yun was a little reluctant when he spoke, so he said in a harmonious voice: "It's better to hurry up slowly. We just walked on the official road. There were not many pedestrians and the road was spacious. Now it is a country road, and the road is muddy and difficult to walk. If the horse breaks its front and falls into mud, it will be very unbeautiful."

Without waiting for Zhao Yun to speak, Li Xuan, who was following, continued: "What the lord said is very much. I will come to mourn Zilong's brother. If you accidentally slip on the ground, dressed in disheveled, and covered in mud, it would be too rude. It would be irresponsible and would make people laugh!"

Then he persuaded Zhao Yun: "I feel timid in my hometown. I can understand Zilong's eagerness to go home. However, Zilong should know that you will not have time to rest in the next few days. So you don't have to worry now. Don't force yourself if you have any injuries. Take care of your health."

"Yeah." Li Li nodded and said, "Yuan Zhong's words are good. After he got home, Yuan Zhong and Fengxiao assisted Zilong in organizing Brother Ling's funeral. Feihu and Zhongkang, I, and I, have a fight for you. Now that Brother Zilong has passed away in his old age, we are Zilong's brothers. There is no need to say polite words. They are all their own brothers, so why should we distinguish them from each other?"

As Li Li finished speaking, Huan Fei's expression was slightly shaking. He immediately rode his horse to Zhao Yun and said sincerely: "Brother Zilong, if my brother does not abandon me, I would like to be a brother of a different surname with you. From now on, I will share the same difficulties and share the same blessings. I will not ask for birth on the same day of the same year, month and day of the same day of the same year!"

"This,,,,,,,," Zhao Yun looked at Huan Fei with a look of surprise, and didn't know what to do for a moment.

"There is Xu Chu, a certain Qiao County. I am willing to become brothers of different surnames with brother Zilong and Brother Feihu!" Xu Chu rode his horse behind Huan Fei and said loudly.

Seeing Huan Fei, Xu Chu and Zhao Yun want to become brothers, Chen Dao was quite moved, but hesitated, and seemed to be lacking in confidence. After all, the martial arts of the three people in front of him were above him. At this time, Li Li nodded at him with a smile and encouraged him. So he did not hesitate anymore and immediately spoke out: "If the three brothers do not think that their martial arts are low, what if I am the one?"

"Hahaha!" Seeing Huan Fei, Xu Chu, and Chen Dao want to form a brother of different surnames with Zhao Yun, Li Li laughed and said loudly: "Zilong doesn't need to hesitate. This time you lost a brother but got three good brothers with similar intentions. This is a great blessing in life!

In the past, Liu, Guan and Zhang brothers joined forces in Taoyuan to fight against the Yellow Turban Army. Later, they became famous in the battle between Hulao and Lu Bu, and became famous all over the world. However, how can the world be so beautiful that others can only be beautiful? Why can't you four become brothers of different surnames?

Today, I, Li Li, will testify to you four, and have become brothers of different surnames from today. From now on, you four will share the joys and sorrows and blessings! After the funeral for Brother Zilong, Yuanzhong, Fengxiao and I will celebrate your brothers well, and we will talk about the world in the future!"

After a brief pause, he noticed that Zhao Yun's expression changed slightly, as if he was quite moved. Li Li said loudly: "Ten years ago, at the beginning of the chaos in the world, the three charity of Taoyuan began; ten years later, the chaos in the world was ups and downs, and the four heroes of Zhending finally came to see!

A ruthless person may not be a true hero, a man with ambition!

In the past, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, changed Dongyuan County to Zhending County, which was the true meaning of stability. Today, the four of you have formed a feud in Zhending County, expressing your feelings in the scenery. He should be a hero who quelled the turbulent times and restored the peaceful and prosperous times in the world!"

No matter how Zhao Yun felt about Li Li before, Li Li's words made him feel excited, and the ambition hidden in his heart was suddenly awakened, his blood was boiling and his ambition was full of ambition.

Zhao Yun immediately did not hesitate and shouted loudly with excitement: "Okay! Thanks to the three brothers' praise, Zhao Yun is willing to become brothers of different surnames with the three brothers, and they will enjoy the same blessings and difficulties in the future!"

After saying that, Zhao Yunfei got off the horse, stood up, and said loudly: "Zhao Yun, a Changshan named Zilong, is now twenty-two years old. Today, he vowed to Tian to live and die with his three brothers and make Jinlan together!"

Like Zhao Yun, Huan Fei, Xu Chu and Chen Dao flew out one after another and stood behind Zhao Yun.

"A certain Dunhuang Huan Fei, whose courtesy name is Feihu, is now twenty-eight years old. Today, he has a similar ambition with the three brothers and is called a sworn brother!"

"Xu Chu, a certain Qiao County, whose courtesy name is Zhongkang, is now twenty-three years old. He vows to Tianmeng and vows to live and die with his three brothers!"

"I am a certain person named Chen Da, whose courtesy name is Shuzhi. I am now twenty-one. Today I have formed brothers of different surnames with my three brothers, and I am a friend of life and death. I will never leave you!"

"The heaven is above, and the earth is witnessed. Today, the four brothers and I have become brothers of different surnames. We do not ask for birth on the same day of the same year, month and day, but hope to die on the same day of the same year, month and day!"

Huan Fei was the first, Xu Chu was the next, Zhao Yun was the next, and Chen was the last. The four of them lined up in turn, worshiping the sky and knocking on the earth.

In front of them was a towering mountain with an altitude of hundreds of meters. A hundred-year-old pine and cypress lived on the top of the mountain, standing proudly; at their feet was a winding and muddy road. A clear stream flowed eastward.

Seeing such a feat, Li Li helped Huan Fei and the other four people up one by one, and said passionately: "I, Li Li, Li Wenchang, witnessed you four brothers today. Although there are no black cows and white horses to worship the heavens, nor do they burn incense and pray for blessings to comfort the earth, there is true love in the world. The true love and righteousness are firm in heaven and earth!

I, Li Li, wish that your brothers’ righteousness will be as green as the pine and cypress will be evergreen, and that your brothers’ affection will last forever like thick soil and clear streams!”

"Thank you lord, general, lord!" Seeing the eldest brother Huan Fei, the second brother Xu Chu, and the fourth brother Chen Dao bowed to Li Li, Zhao Yun bowed to bow together. However, when he subconsciously said "Thank you General", he suddenly felt that something was wrong. So he blurted out with a thank you lord.

Because, at this moment, Zhao Yun remembered the oath of the four brothers. Sharing joys and sorrows, sharing life and death. Since the other three brothers all thanked Li Li, how could Zhao Yun stay out of the matter and go against the three sworn brothers? So he subconsciously kept the same agreement with Huan Fei and bowed his head and bowed.

Until this time, Zhao Yun realized that he was inadvertently brought into the Xiliang Army by three sworn brothers and surrendered to Li Li's command. The whole process seemed to be natural and natural.

For a moment, he did not regret becoming brothers with Huan Fei, Xu Chu and Chen Dao, but felt a little bitter after kneeling down to Li Li as the leader. Because at this moment, a face of eager expectation appeared in his mind. The man had slept with him and ate with him in every way, but he could not make up his mind and hesitated until now. But today, he worshipped Li Li as the leader of Xiliang and let down the deep friendship of the man in his mind. That man was Pingyuan Xiang Liu Bei Liu Xuande.

"Hahaha!" Li Li reached out and grabbed Zhao Yun's arm, laughed happily, "Okay, okay! Today I got Zilong, and Yousheng, Yousheng, and you have Fan Kuai. This is a great blessing in life!"

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The busy three days passed quietly.

With the joint efforts of Li Xuan and Guo Jia, Zhao Yun's late brother Zhao Feng was successfully buried and buried in peace.

According to the old system, the deceased should be parked at home for at least half a month to show that his relatives are reluctant to leave their deceased relatives. However, the weather is getting warmer and the body should not be left for a long time. Therefore, just after the first seventh day, Zhao Feng was buried in the morning of the next morning, but it was a grand funeral with the ritual of the village marquis.

Li Li made a decision on the posthumous enthronement after Zhao Feng's death, and conferred Zhao Feng as the Marquis of Zhongxiang and distributed the 500 acres of farmland in Zhao Yun's family to fifty neighbors. Since then, they have been the fief and tenants of the late Zhao Feng, who have been responsible for guarding Zhao Feng's tomb for a long time. They have to burn incense and worship every solar term. The imperial enthronement will be issued after Li Li left Jizhou. Li Li will compensate Zhao Yun, Zhao Yu and his brothers and sisters for hundreds of acres of farmland and a town marquis' mansion for the Zhao family's direct relatives to live.

This is a temporary measure, and Li Li can do his best to demonstrate his appreciation and special care for Zhao Yun.

If Zhao Yun was a man of iron and firmness, he would never accept such a title given by Li Li for no reason, because he would not receive any reward without merit. However, Li Li posthumously conferred the late Zhao Feng as the Marquis of Zhongxiang and was buried in accordance with the ceremony of Xunhou. Zhao Yun was indeed very grateful and calmly took over the deceased brother.

After all, the geese leave a picture, and the people leave a name. Zhao Yun’s brother Zhao Feng was able to get the posthumous title of Xunhou after his death. This is an extremely honorable thing, and will be included in the Zhaojiazhuang genealogy forever, which is enough to pass on the word of mouth among the villagers in the ten miles of townships and spread to future generations.

Looking at the world, only Li Li can do this kind of lord. Even if other princes can privately grant official positions to civil and military officials under their command, they cannot give them titles.

It was precisely this extremely inconspicuous and Liao Shengyuwu's pursuit of the title of Lord Zhao Yun was so grateful to his new lord Li Li that he had previously lost his sorrow in his heart disappeared, and then he begged Li Li in conscience. A trace of grudge between him and Huan Fei, Xu Chu and Chen Dao also disappeared, and he truly became like-minded and like-minded brothers, a friend of life and death.

This is not because Zhao Yun’s selfishness is too snobbish, but because of the reality of the entire Eastern Han society.

Throughout history, why did emperors of all dynasties posthumously conferred a title of deceased heroes after ascending the throne? The purpose is to show kindness to the people of the world, set propositions, and win people's hearts.

Although Li Li is not an emperor, he has the power equivalent to that of an emperor. Therefore, he can make full use of the power in his hands and give favors to the civil and military officials he appreciates to win people's hearts; no matter what others think, he has achieved his expected goal. With this, it is enough.

The reason why he wanted to provide Emperor Liu Xie to the court and spend a lot of money and grain to support the royal family and maintain the emperor's majesty was because he could easily do many difficult things in the name of Emperor. Since ancient times, the use of power lies in this.

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Chapter completed!