After listening to Lu Li's words, Zhao Yun began to deliberately stop using the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear. However, he found that he could not even withstand ten moves from Dian Wei.
Every time, Zhao Yun was utterly defeated by Dian Wei, which frustrated him greatly, and he pondered this matter every night.
"well!"
That evening, Zhao Yun sat cross-legged on the couch, his brows furrowed, and he let out a long sigh, feeling dejected.
"Oh dear! How could I be so stupid!"
Zhao Yun couldn't understand why he couldn't break free from the shackles of the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear, and why he was always suppressed by that simpleton.
"Never mind, let's practice the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear technique first, and then try to break through!"
After figuring things out, Zhao Yun began to focus on studying the moves of the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear and gradually tried to make higher-level variations.
Lu Li smiled as he watched this scene.
Zhao Yun is like a rough diamond, he needs to be polished, and he needs to figure these things out on his own.
His spear technique is based on the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear. It would be unreasonable to completely abandon it. What he needs to do is to derive his own style from the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear.
This process required Zhao Yun to spend a lot of time exploring and figuring it out.
However, he believed that Zhao Yun would succeed.
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In the fifth year of Guanghe, Dong Zhuo was appointed governor of Bingzhou for his meritorious service in pacifying the barbarian tribes. When Lu Li learned of this news, he immediately frowned.
Dong Zhuo did indeed serve as the governor of Bingzhou in history, and he was recruited by Yuan Wei, the Minister of Works.
Then came the Yellow Turban Rebellion. After participating in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he was promoted to Governor of Bing Province. Then Emperor Ling of Han died, and He Jin led Dong Zhuo to the capital to kill the Ten Attendants, which led to chaos in the world!
The Yellow Turban Rebellion was a catalyst, because after the rebellion broke out, the incompetent Emperor Ling of Han issued an edict allowing governors of various provinces to raise troops on their own to resist the Yellow Turban rebels.
It was precisely because of this decree that these governors amassed their own armies and became powerful, leading to a situation of regional separatism.
After that, when the eighteen warlords launched their campaign against Dong Zhuo, Jia Xu's plan to confer titles of kings completely threw the country into chaos. It must be said that this man was truly a ruthless strategist.
Of course, these are all things recorded in history books, but Lu Li no longer believes in history books.
After all, history books can be changed, and history can also be altered by human intervention.
Historical events may not necessarily be true. For example, Dong Zhuo, this tyrant, at least after Lu Li's last encounter with him, he felt that he was a very good person and worthy of respect.
Moreover, and most importantly, in the past, there was a hundred schools of thought contending. Although Confucianism has now become dominant, Guiguzi still exists, which means that the other schools of thought must have also gone into seclusion.
Where are they now? For example, the Mohists, Taoists, Legalists, Yin-Yang School, and so on.
"It seems I still have to go see Xun Shuang." Lu Li breathed a sigh of relief.
He went to Luoyang and walked the Great Wall, but ultimately came to no avail. Now, all that's left is Confucianism!
He hadn't intended to reveal his identity, but things were different now. He had no choice but to go to Xun Shuang and force the person behind the scenes to come out!
Lu Li believed that since Confucianism had dominated the Han Dynasty for over four hundred years, they must know many of the inside stories.
The Xun family of Yingchuan was said in later generations to be a family that was not an imperial family, but was better than an imperial family.
It is generally believed that the Xun family of Yingchuan are descendants of Xunzi, a thinker from the Warring States period.
Xunzi worked as a teacher at the Jixia Academy in the State of Qi in his early years, later traveled to the State of Qin, and lived in Lanling in the State of Chu in his later years.
One of his descendants migrated to Yingchuan during the Qin and Han dynasties and gradually transformed into a local powerful clan.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xun Shu became the founder of this family's rise to prominence.
By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Xun family of Yingchuan had become one of the most prestigious cultural families.
Xun Shuang was Xun Shu's sixth son, whose courtesy name was Ciming. He was the most famous of the eight dragons of the Xun family. A proverb at the time said: "The Xun family has eight dragons, and Ciming is unparalleled in the world."
It also nurtured two great talents, Xun Yu and Xun You, who both left a significant mark on history.
Xun Yu was known as a talent fit to assist a king and was Cao Cao's most trusted minister in the rear. Xun You was one of Cao Cao's most relied-upon strategists after Guo Jia's death and was highly valued by Cao Cao.
"Tong Yuan, I'm going to Yingchuan. I'll leave Guigu to you."
Lu Li summoned Tong Yuan and entrusted him with the management of Guigu once again. He then instructed Tong Yuan, "Also, after I leave, you need to keep an eye out and see who is secretly watching Guigu."
"Yes, Ancestor!" Tong Yuan nodded.
The next day, Lu Li led Dian Wei down the mountain and headed towards Yingchuan County.
Yingchuan has been home to many famous figures throughout history, especially the four major families of Yingchuan: the Xun family of Yingyin, the Chen family of Xuxian, the Zhong family of Changshe, and the Han family of Wuyang.
These four families all possessed profound cultural heritage and family traditions. The Xun family, at the head of the family, controlled the lifeline of the entire Yingchuan and even Yuzhou.
Xun Shuang had disciples and former officials all over the country. Strictly speaking, most of the famous civil officials and strategists in history came from Xun Shuang's school.
There was nothing he could do; after all, he was the dean of Yingchuan Academy.
Sima Hui once said that in order to avoid the imperial court's summons, he claimed to be ill and stayed at home, and even stopped going to Yingchuan Academy.
When Lu Li arrived in Yingyin, it was entirely Xun's territory, where Xun was practically a local tyrant.
But the local people always give a thumbs up when they mention the Xun family.
In Yingyin, Xun Shuang was surprisingly popular with the people!
Xun Mansion
Lu Li stood in front of a huge mansion, looking up at the vast and magnificent mansion with a complicated expression.
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