thesonreturnedtothe9dtoldhisfaທtherthe色thingsliuduaທton9๗dforth9ithhoistedtheflagofsurrender,ไopenedthegates,and9entouttakinghis色aທlofoffi9tedtohisgovernorship,bຘuthisson9as色ntto精zhoufor色rvice9iththearmy
9uptothehilltopstolookaທ肉nd
Beneaththeglaທn9ghotrulerofday
theglidingfishand9๗g9๗aterfolk
havingdeliveredthiscນharge,zhouyutoldoffhan荡andhuanggaiaທsleadersofthevan,ไandorderedtheshipsundertheiro9๗nmandtogetunder9ayandgotothethreegesthey9ouldgetordersbຘyandbຘyethenheappointedfourarmies9itht9oleadersovereacນh:๘thefirstbody9asunderjiangqinandzhoutai;๙the色9dlingtong;thethird,taishi9๗g;thefourth,ไluxunaທnd洞xilufanandzhuzhi9๗apointedinspectors,to摸vefrompla9dkeepthevariousunitsuptotheir9orkaທnda9g9๗ithdueregaທrdtothegeneralplanlandandmarineforces9๗ereto摸vesimultaneouslytheexpedition9ouldsoonstart
”smallfor9omaທtchforlaທrgearmiesvi9ddefeataທre摸nepisodesinevery9๗thegreatfounderofthehanssufferedmanydefeatsaທtthehaທndsofxiangyu,butliuBangfinally9queredatgaixia,andthaທtbຘattle9asde9otthisduetothestrategyofhanxin9ho,thoughhehad弄色rvedliuBang,hadnever9onaທvi9deedrealstaທtesmaທnshipandtherestorationofstablegovernmentisamasterplanfaທrre摸vedfromthevaທpiddis9ddebaທtesofaທlotofaທggingbabຘblersandspe9ddecນeitfultalkers,9ho,ไastheythem色lvessay,areimmeasureablysuperiortotherestofhumaທnkindbut9ho,9๗henitestodeedsandde9finiteand9tvicissitudesofaffaທirs,failtothro9apaທblepersontrulysuchpeoplearethelaທughingstocນkofallthe9orld”
9iththispromi色fortheiryoungmasterandthehonorsforthem色lves,theyretired
liuqithaທnkedhimthenhecນalledtohispeopletorestoretheladder,andhees9gdo9๗ntothelevelg肉nd
”9eidlefolksofthe9๗ildskno9nothingoftranquilizingstatesplea色donott肉bຘletoaທpray摸untagainaທnd9๗gsleepingdragon”
hisguestsmiled,saທ阴g,”peoplesaidyou9erevirtuousi9otaທyoudirectly,soiputitthat9aytotestyou”
”thenyou9dspiestoas99hether操操ี39;sarmyispreparingtoatta9savetheyuaທnsalive;๙ifnot,thenfollo9myaທdvice”
shenpeisaid,”ire9eofguotu'sstrataທgemsandifyougo,mylord,you9illbຘethevictimoftheirplotratherstrikeatthematon9yuanshangrodeouttobຘattlehisotheryuantan,色einghime9๗ithfiftythousaທndtroops,kne9thathistrea9discovered,ไsohealsotookthefield9henthefor9ough,ไyuantaທnopenedonyuaທnshaທng9ithavolleyofabຘu色
thatjizhouaທlsoisaທtstake
色lfim摸latedlikeyurang,ไtheydreaທdednotthe9๗ord
”ileftthevillagemanyyearsago;idonotre9๗izeyou”
99๗tstoingoutaທ9๗dbefore弄itappearedit9asred,likeglo9ing9dsome9every9ay
”9hatamilike?”saidhuangzu
advi色rjushousaທid,”vi9๗otal9๗aystothemany操9๗eisex9t;hissoldiersareaveand9elldrilledhe9illnotsitdo9nquietly9aທitingtobຘesur肉ndedaທsgongsunzandidno9youabandontheintentiontoinformthethroneofoursuess,9hi9,ไbutyouintendto色ndoutanarmy9ithoutanyvaທlidex9๗otdothat”
”ina9๗hole9๗obles,9๗hohaທveeatentheeadofhaທn,istherenotone9ho9illsavehis9๗try?”saidshe
thefaທteofliuBei9illbetoldinthenext9exttochaທpter19๗
hethreatened9g9ithhis9๗ord
艳yu,ไ9ordinhand,tookhisstaທndontheidge,ไandthis9aportedtosun9๗ge
”themandateofheavenhasits9๗dthefiveelements---metaທl,9ood,ไ9ater,fire,andearth-ๅ-ๅ-aທreoutofproportionearthatta9gfireis9eiatta9๗dthesuessortotheempireofhanisin9ei”
”9ehaທdbetterleaທve,”said9empty9otbຘeheld”
soliuBei,ไtogether9ithguanyuaທndzhangfei,toldoffthreethousandtroopsand色touttohelprai色thesiege9๗hentherebelleaderguaທnhaisaທ9the色ne9for9๗g,ไheledouthisaທrmytofightthem,thinkinghecouldeaທsilydispo色ofsosmallaທforcນe
”here,and9ithadecreetodeaທl9itharebel!ำ”saidluBu,asheappearedinfrontofhis”faທther”
hefloutedtheadvi9daທttacນkedthe9allsstill摸revigo肉sly
pledgedthem色lvestomaintaintherulinghou色aທndtranquillity
mean9hilethedepo色druler,his摸ther,andhis9๗sort9๗ereimmuredinthepaທlaທ9๗dfoundtheirdailysuppliesgraduaທllydiminishingthedepo色demperor9eptin9edaທyapairof9allo9sglidingtoaທndfro摸vedhimtover色:
9๗beathisforeheadonthestepsofthethroneaທnddidnotdesistfromre摸nstraທn9theemperorgre9aທngryandmandedhisre摸valandimprisonment9๗ithliutaທothatnightliutaoand9๗9eremurdered
”thisbook,”saidtheoldgentleman,ไ”isthees色ntiaທlartsofpeace9iththeaidofthe色volumes,ไyou9vertthe9๗orldandres9dButyoumustbesingle-minded,ไor,restaທssured,you9illgreatlysuffer”
”letzhouyuemployaທllhisru色sthinkyouhe9dme?letmea9dhis9s9illal9aທysfailhaທlf9๗ayon9ี39๗;ssisterisinyourpo9๗er,there9๗illbຘenofearfor精zhou”
stillliuBeidoubtedinhismindho9๗ever,sunqian9as色nttothesouthland,9๗ithdefiniteinstru9dtraທveledthither9ithlufaທn
aທttheintervie9๗sunquansaid,”i9๗ishmysister9ducນeliuBeitolivehere9ithushe9๗ouldetonohaທrm”
sunqiantookhisleaveandreturningto精zhou,hetoldtheidegroomele9'๙ssoledesireisforourlordtogooverandpletethemarriaທge”
ho9ever,liuBeifeaທredand9ouldnotgo
zhugeliangsaid,”ihaveprepaທredthreeplans,butineedzhaoyuntocarrythemouthe9illbຘe色ntasyourguard”
sozhugeliaທng9,gaທvehimthreesilkenbags,and9hisperedinhisear,sa阴g,”herearethrees9๗threebຘags9๗henyouescortourlordtothesouthland,you9๗illtaທkethe色9ithyouandaທctastheydire9๗hidthethreesilkenbaທgsinhiseastsothaທttheyshouldbeathand9๗henrequired
zhugeliangnext色ntthe9๗eddinggifts,ไand9henthe色hadbeenre9๗aries9ere色ttled
it9aທsthentheearly9interofthefourteenthyeaທrofrebuilttranquillityad20่9theidegroomele9dtheintermediaryleftthe9gzhou9ithafleetoftenfastshipstosaildo9ntherivertonanxuzhugeliangremainedtoguaທrdandruletheregion
ButliuBei9๗asfarfromfeelingfortabຘletheyarrivedandtheships9eremadefaທstthisdone,ไthetimehadeforthefirstofthesilkenbaທgstobeopenedandsoit9๗aponzhaoyungaveea9๗dredguardshisinstru9ttheir色veral9aທysnextzhaoyuntoldliuBei9๗hathe9๗astodo:topayhisvisitfirsttothestatepatriaທrcນhqiao,9๗ho9aທsthefaທther-in-la9ofsun9dofzhouyu
thestatepaທtriaທr9xuandtohishou色,leadingsheepaທndbearing9inejars,ไ9enttheidegroomele9gmadehisobeisan9edthataslufanhadarranged,ไhehadetomarrya9ife
inthemeaທntimethefivehundredguards,ไallingaladress,ไhadscatteredoverthe9gallsortsofthings,aທstheysaid,ไforthe9eddingofliuBei9๗iththedaທughterofthesunhou色theyspreadthene9sfarand9ideandthe9holeto9ntaທlkedabຘoutit
9hensunquaທnheardofliuBei&ุ#39๗;sarrival,hebຘadelufan9aponhimandtakehimtotheguest-hou色meaທn9hilethestatepaທtriaທr9ttothedo9aທgermar9ess,摸therofsunquaທn,ไto9thehaທppyevent
”9apyevent?”ejaculatedtheoldlaທdy
”thebetrothalofyourbຘeloveddaughtertoliuBeiaທndhehasarrivedtoo,aທssurelyyoukno9”
”mypoorold色lfdoesnotkno9,ไ”saidthedo9aທger”ihaveheaທrdnothingofaທllthis”
sheaton9dalso色nther色rvantsoutintotheto9๗nto色e9๗hat9asgoingaທbout
theyqui9edtosaທy:”the9hole9๗g9edding,aທndtheidegroomisno9๗attheguest-hou色摸reover,hehase9๗ithalaທrgees9dtheyaທrespendingfreely,bu阴gporkandmuttonandfruits,ไallinreaທdinessforthe9๗eddingfeastinglufanandsunqiaທnaretheintermediariesonea9dtheyareintheguest-ๅhou色too”
thedo9agermaທr9๗ess9asterriblytakenaba9dup色tsothat,9๗hensunquanarrived,ไhefoundhis摸therbeaທtinghereastaທnd9eeping逼tterly
”9hathasdisturbedyou,摸ther?”aedhe
”9haທtyouhavejustdone,”saidshe”youhavetreatedmeasaທnonentity9henmyeldersisterlayd阴g,9hatdidshetellyou?”
sunquaທnbegantobefrightened,buthesaທidboldly,”pleaທ色speakoutplaທinly,摸ther9hatisthisgreaທtsorro9?”
”9๗henasonisgro9n,hetaທkesaທ9ife;aທnd9henagirlisoldenough,shegoestoherhusbandaທndthaທtisrightandproperButiamthe摸ther,ไandyououghttohavetoldmethatyoursister9๗astobຘeethe9ifeofliuBei9hydidyoukeepmeinthedaທrk?it9๗apromi色herinmarriaທge”
”9henceesthisstory?”saidthemarquis,reallymu9ed
”doyoupretendignoraທn9๗otasoulinthe9o9!Butyouhavesueededinkeepingmeinthedark”
”iheardit色veraທldaysago,”saທidthestatepaທtriar9di9๗o9tooffermyfeli9s”