Chapter 17: The Oath of Determination
Zhao Hao didn't have too many doubts about Zhao Fan's far-fetched reasons, he sighed, walked firmly to the next poplar tree, held a willow branch in his hand, and walked away in the direction of the sand dune, and said in a long way: "Master Father Mingjian, luxury was once squeezed out by Li Dui, so he went to Yan for refuge, but although he was in Yandi, he never forgot the grace of the country in his heart, and he missed serving my country one day." However, the current King of Yan also has the grace of reuse to me, and Li Dui is good at the court, so he can't return to China to serve immediately. However, I swear here that as long as I cure Yuyang County for King Yan, Li Dui will return to China immediately after Zhao Guo loses power again, so as to repay the kindness of his father. ”
After finishing speaking, Zhao Hao used both hands and solemnly folded the branches in his hands into two sections with a 'click' sound.
Zhao Fan's eyes flickered, he knew that Zhao Hao was proving that he had not forgotten the grace of the country, and breaking the willow branch meant that if he broke the oath, he would be the same as this willow branch.
The ancients were unusually awe-inspiring and humble about oaths, and unlike later generations, they would never joke about oaths.
"Zuo Biography" records that the Duchess of Zheng Wu, Jiang, had a difficult birth when she gave birth to Zhuang Gong, so she always disliked this eldest son and preferred the younger son Gongshu Duan. Jiang wanted to make her youngest son monarch, but her husband Wu Gong did not agree. When Duke Zhuang succeeded to the throne, the Jiang family was bent on helping his youngest son to seek fiefdoms, and finally developed into a conspiracy to rebel with Gongshu Duan, wanting to overthrow Duke Zhuang. After Zhuang Gong defeated Gongshu Duan, he placed his mother in Chengying, and swore a heavy oath in person: "If you are not as good as Huangquan, you will not see each other." ”
The ancients swore very much, how could the king of a country go back on his word. Zhuang Gong missed his mother, but he was unwilling to break his oath, so he asked someone to build a tall earthen platform, and when he missed his mother, he took the stage to look in the direction of Chengying. Later, people called this rammed earth platform "Wangmu platform".
Uncle Yingkao, who was managing border affairs in Yinggu at that time, saw Zhuang Gong's thoughts, so he took the opportunity to give Zhuang Gong a gift and gave him an idea. He said, "Who says that the earth and the spring meet each other in the tunnel?" ("Zuo Biography" Yin Yuan) "Zhuang Gong was very happy to hear it, so he asked Uncle Ying Kao to handle this matter. After the tunnel was dug, Zhuang Gong saw his mother underground and sang with great emotion: "In the tunnel, there is also joy." "The affection between mother and child is back to the same as before.
People cannot stand without faith, and only by valuing faith and righteousness can we build a country and a safe country. As an example of the people, the king has a great guiding role in social customs, and if he is not careful, the consequences will be immeasurable. Therefore, even the king of a kingdom does not dare to break his oath, for fear of affecting his own prestige and the education of the people, and being ridiculed by future generations and punished by the gods.
Even the monarch of a country is like this, let alone ordinary civilians, so even Li Mu, who is extremely loyal to the country, saw Zhao Hao make an oath, and his tightly knit brows slowly stretched.
"Zhao Fan and Li Mu, two virtuous brothers, take care!" Zhao Hao hugged his fist at Zhao Fan and the other four people, and immediately turned over and got on the horse, and did not make any stops.
Behind him, his four entourages saluted Zhao Fan and the others, and then followed on horseback.
"Brother Zhao Hao, take care all the way!"
Zhao Fan and Li Mu looked at the five horses in front of them who were getting farther and farther away, and they also shouted loudly.
Outside the city, the sound of horses' hooves was broken, and people swallowed their intestines. In the distance, Zhao Fan saw Zhao Hao on the last line of sight, looked back at himself and the others, and finally walked away in the direction of Handan, sang a few times, and finally turned the horse's head and left.
"He is also a loyal man."
Zhao Fan looked at the back of Zhao Hao leaving, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.
"Let's go, there will definitely be a time to meet in the future." Zhao Fan shook his head and said to Li Mu on the side.
Li Mu nodded, retracted his gaze and said, "I'm going to leave for Cloud City in the next two days, and I'll go to say goodbye to my friends later." ”
"Mu'er ......" Hearing this, a touch of mist suddenly surged through Li Bingbing's autumn eyes, like Zhao Fan's brothers and sisters, she and Li Mu have also had a good relationship since childhood, especially after their father was stationed in Cloud City, he rarely went home, and the sister and brother depended on each other. Therefore, now that he saw that Li Mu was leaving, he naturally felt extremely reluctant in his heart.
"Hehe, sister, with my brother-in-law taking care of you, I should also rest assured. This time I went to Cloudsdale with my dad by my side, and you don't have to think about me from time to time. Li Mu patted his chest and said lightly. However, it can be seen from his somewhat hoarse voice that his heart is far less indifferent than it seems.
Zhao Fan saw that both of them were a little sad, and couldn't help but want to divert the topic, but at this moment, a voice came from the other side: "Brother Li Mu, why did you come here, we are looking for nothing." ”
Hearing this sudden sound, Zhao Fan also rolled his eyes and moved his gaze to the source of the sound.
There, there were three seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys, and when they saw Li Mu, they hurriedly ran over.
"Brother Li Mu, you're too uninteresting, why didn't you call us last night when you had to deal with Jiao Hei?" A tall and sturdy boy with prominent bones, quite out of his way.
"That's right, Brother Li Mu, how can you call us for such an exciting thing." Another teenager also said, this person is tiger-headed, although he is not as tall as the previous boy, but he looks quite agile, and he is not as straightforward as the previous young man.
In the end, the young man stepped forward unhurriedly, and did not speak, but smiled slightly at Zhao Fan and the others. Different from the previous two teenagers, this teenager is not tall and thin, but he looks quite elegant and calm.
"Zhang Zhi and Lin Hu, the two of you are the most breathless, look at Xu Jia, where will it be the same as you!" Li Mu smiled and scolded the two teenagers in front of him, and then said, "Wasn't that a special situation last night?" We didn't expect Scorched Black to attack my brother-in-law so quickly, so we didn't have time to inform you. ”
Zhao Fan saw the different actions of these three teenagers in his eyes, but secretly shouted hello in his heart, it was obvious that Zhang Zhi was the young man who was a little anxious at the beginning, and Lin Hu was the young man who looked like a tiger, and Xu Jia, needless to say, was the young man with a calm surname.
These three people are as their name suggests, Zhao Fan smiled secretly in his heart, but his black eyes kept flickering, and he didn't know what he was secretly planning......