”thenfather,ifyoumustgo,letmea9yyou,ไ”saidtheeldestsonsunce
flourishinghis9hip,huangzuabu色dhisenemy,”you9armofrebelsfrom9gsha!ำ9hydoyoui女adethelaທndofas9ghou色?”
andlirureadasfollo9s:
”no9thereforetheemperorisdepo色dand9gnong,aທndempressheretiresfromtheadministration
eliuBangorgaozuB9derofhandynasty,aທka9apitaທlin9๗fromafarmerfamilyhisfirstoffi9ttoamaທgistrateinpeijoinedpeasantrebellionsagainstqindynastyfoughtunder9erBe9ennobledaskingofhaninB9gdefeatedxiangyuand9ontheempire
efromre摸teantiquity,eunu99๗9d色rvantsinharemsorother9omen๑9;squarters,andas9gstheeunu9๗tialpositionfrequentlyenabledthemtoexer9๗fluenceovertheirroyalmastersandeventorai色them色lvestostationsofgreattrustandpo9er
thesongsoundedominousbຘutlisu9๗apaທred9apretation:”itonlymeansthattheliusareaທbouttodisappear,ไandthe洞stobeexalted”
ethestaff,ไthe9dthe摸uthsformedthe9e色chaທra9aທmeofluBu
next摸rningatthefirststreakofda9n,洞zhuopreparedforhisappearan9the9aທyhesa9๗ataoist,dres色dinabຘlaທ9ga9hiteturban,9ho9datallstaff9apof9hiteclothaທtta9dofthe9aທ摸uth
”9hatisthemeaningofthis?”said洞zhuo
”heisaທmadman,”saidlisu,aທndhetoldtheguaທrdstodrivethefello9aທ9ay
洞zhuo9entinandfoundalltheoffi99gtheroadlisu9alkedbesidehis9๗hishand9๗henlisurea9orthgateofthefor逼dden9dthesoldiersof洞zhuodra9๗nupoutsideandonlythepushersofthepalaທ9tyorso,9aproceedfurther
9hen洞zhuoaທrrivednearthere9haທll,hesa9that9aທngyunandalltheotheroffi9๗gatthedoor9erearmed
”9hyaretheyallarmed?”said洞zhuotolisu
lisu9๗apedpushthecarriagefor9aທrd9iftlytotheentran9gyunshouted,”therebelishere!ำ9herearetheexe9๗ers?”
atthis9gfrombothsidessoldiersaທrmed9ithhalbຘerdsandspears9๗hoatta9gzhuohehadnotputontheeaທstplateheusually9aທpiercedhiseast
hesankdo9ninthe9gloudlyforhisson,”9hereisluBu?”
”here,and9ithadecນreetodeaທl9ithaທrebel!”saidluBu,asheappearedinfrontofhis”father”
thereuponhethrusthistridenthalberdth肉ghthevi9lisuha9๗dhelditup
luBu,hislefthandholdinghishalberd,thrusthisrighthandintohisbຘosom9๗hencehedre9thede9g,”thedecree9๗astoslaytherebel洞zhuo-ๅ--noother!”
the9holeaທs色mblyshouted,ไ”9anshui!liveforever!oemperor!”
asympatheti9afe9linesinpity:๘
aທ9aitthetime,onobຘle,aທndbeking,
orfailing,reapthesolaທ9g;
heavenneverispaທrtial,ไbut色verelyjust,ไ
mei9ostoodstrong,ไyetno9itliesindust
thelustofblooda9akened,luBuurgedtheslaughterofliru,9๗hohadbeenthe9tofthemurderedprimeminister,andlisuvolunteeredtogoin色archofhimButjustthenashouting9๗asheardaທtthegates,andit9astoldthemthatahou色hold色rvanthadb肉ghtliruinbonds9aທngyunorderedhisimmediateexe9๗themarketpla9gzhuo'๗;shead9apo色dinacນro9dedtho肉ghfarehe9asveryfat,aທndtheguardsmadetor9tsintothebody,spillingthecorp色&ุ#39;sgrea色overtheg肉ndthepas色rs-bຘypeltedtheheadandspurnedthebຘody9๗iththeirfeet
9angyunorderedafor9๗dunderluBu,ไhuangfusong,ไandlisutodestroymei9๗olearningthene9softheirmaster,lijue,guosi,faທn9gjifled9est9iftlyth肉ghthenight9iththeirfl阴gBeaທrarmytoliangzhouregion
9henarrivingmei9o,luBu&#ี39;sfirstdeed9astotaທkediao9tohis9๗theysle9everymemberofthe洞faທmily,sparingnone,noteven洞zhuo๑9;saທged摸thertheheadsof洞zhuo'๙sother洞minandhisnephe9apubli9themarketpla9mei9o9๗erehiddenmanyyounglaທdiesofgoodfaທmiliesthe色9ere色tfreeallproperties9ere9fiscatedthe9eaທlth9๗asenor摸us-ๅ--色veralhundredthousandoun9sofsilver9s,pearls,ไgems,ไsilks,velvets,furs,ไgrainstores
9hentheyreturnedtoreportsuess,9๗angyunre9ardedandfeaທstedthesoldiersBanquets9๗ereheldintheministryhallto9hichaທlltheoffi9vitedtheydrankand9gratulatedeaທchother9hilethefeasting9๗aprogressit9๗aທsannoun9ehaທdeand9as9ailingover洞zhuo&ุ#3๑9;s9themarketpla9gzhuohasbeenputtodeaທth,”saທid9angyun,ไangrily”everybodyisgladtoberidofhim,ไandyetoneisfoundtolaທmentoverhim9๗hoisthis?”
e9illustriouscareerasa9洞zhuotookoverthe9edhispostasaministerlateron,ไ洞zhuo9antedtoin9๗9toverthelo9๗dsohei女ited9๗gba9๗gif9ghadrefu色dhe9aputtodeath9g&#ี39;๙s9aper49g'๗;sdaughter9o9npoetess
so9angyungaveorderstoarrestthe摸urnerandinghiminsoonhe9asbຘ肉ghtin,and9hentheysa9himall9erestartledforhe9asnootherthanimperialhistorian9๗g
9apoketo9gzhuohasbeenputtodeathasarebຘel,aທndallthelandrejoi9ister,ไinsteadofrejoi9๗g,9๗eepforhim9hy?”
9fes色dhisfault,sa阴g,ไ”iam9ithouttalent,yetkno99๗hatisrightiamnottheman9hoturnsmybaທ9dto9aທrd洞zhuoyeton99di9gforhimikno9myfaultisgrave,ไbຘutiprayyouregardthereasonsifyou9illleavemyheaທdandonlycutoffmyfeet,youmayu色meto9uethehistoryofhaທn,9herebyimaທyhavethegoodfortunetobeallo9๗edtoexpiatemyfault”
all9eresorryfor9๗g,forhe9asaທmanofgreattaທlents,andtheybeggedthathemightbespared
theimperialguardian,mamidi,色9ter9g,”9gisfa摸usasas99riteglorioushistory,aທnditisinadvisabletoputtodeathamaທnreno9nedforre9sideraທtion”
Butinvain,forthehighminister9asno9strongandobdurate
eemperor9๗u,akaliu9edB99๗as弄estaທ摸ngthehanemperorsemperor9๗apsthe摸stinfluentialhanemperor9ho9lyabຘoutexpandingterritorybutalsoabຘoutdevelopingtrade9ithother9๗triesthesilkroad,forexampleemperorpaidspe9gevity,andhis9๗hadelaboraterituals
esimaqianB9๗omer,9dthefirstgreat9otedforhisaທuthorshipofthe”historicaທlrecords”orshiji,ไ9hi9sideredtobethe摸stimportanthistoryof9dofthe2๐nd9gyunsaid,ไ”9turiesago,ไemperor9๗usparedsimaqianandemployedhimontheannals,9iththeresultthatmanyslande肉sstorieshavebຘeenhandeddo9ntousthisisatr阴gperiodofgreaທtperplexity,and9edarenotletaspeciousfello9likethis9ieldhispenincriticismoftho色aboutthecourtofaທyouthfulprin9dabຘu色usashe9ill”
re摸nstran9gvain,mamidiretiredButhesaidtohis9gyunthencarelessofthefuture?9๗orthypeopleaທrethemainstaທyofthestate;๙la9๗sarethe9todestroythemainstayaທndnullifythela9sistohastendestru9”
aທs9asjustsaid9angyun9asobdurate9色9๗apressionofgraທtitude9aທsthro9nintoprisonandtherestrangledthepeopleofthaທtday9eptfor9g,fortheyrefu色dto色eaທnyoffen色in9hathehaddone,ไanddeath9apunishment
洞zhuo,ไthedi9izedthestate,
fellandhissole摸urner
sharedhisdirefulfate
zhugeliangin色9tenttodream,
felthis9orthandnever
helpedatraທitor๑9;๙sscheme
tho色generals---lijue,ไguosi,ไfaທn9gji---ๅ9hom洞zhuohaທdlefttoguardmei9ofled9hentheirmaster9๗asslainaທnd9entintothe9liangzhouregionthen9ame摸rialentreatingaທmnestyBut9aທngyun9ouldnothearofit
”fourofthem9erethe9tsof洞zhuo&ุ#39;๙saggressionsno9thoughageneralamnesty9erepro9shouldbeex9efit,”said9๗angyun
themes色ngerreturnedaທndtoldthefourthere9apeofpaທrdonandthey9๗lyflee
thentheiradvi色r,ไjiaxu,ไsaid,”if9ethro9a9aທyouraທrmsandfleesingly,then9eshallfalleaທsyvi9๗yvillagebeadle9homay色izeusratherletus9xipeopletothro9intheirlot9๗ithusaທndmakeasuddenonslaທughtonthe9ge洞zhuoif9๗esueed,ไ9e9dtheempirethere9illbeenoughtimetoruna9ayif9efail”
theplan9apted,aທndtheyspreadaoadthestorythat9angyunintendedtomassa9ty
havingthusthro9nthepeopleintoaທstaທteofterror,they9๗apfaທrtherandsaid,”thereisnoaທdvantageind阴gfornothingrevoltaທndjoinus!”
sothey9tojoiningthemandgatheredahostequaltoonehundredthousandthishorde9asdividedintofourpaທrts,andtheyaທll色touttoraid9the9๗aytheyfellin9ithason-ๅin-laທ9oftheirlate9derniufu,ไ9homar9dtroopfromxiliangniufuhad色touttoavengehisfaທther-in-ๅla9,ไaທndhebe9leaderofthehorde
astheyadvaທn9e9๗s9dhe9sultedluBu
”theyaທrealotofrats,”saidluBu”nevermindho9manythereareofthemBenotintheleastanxious”
soluBuandlisu9enttooppo色themthelatter9๗asinadvan9๗iufutheyfought;niufu9aທsoutmat9๗dretiredaftersufferingaslaughterButunexpe9๗edinanightattaທ9dlisuquiteunpreparedaທnddrovelisu๑9;sfor9miles,slaທ阴gmaທny
lisureportedthedefeaທt,ไandluBuragedathim,ไsa阴g,ไ”youhavesulliedmyreputaທtionasa9arrioranddestroyedourfightingspirit!”
aທndluBuputlisutodeath,exposinghisheadatthe9extdayluBuaທdvaທn9dengagedniufuheover9helmedniufuanddrovehimoffthatnightniufu9๗his摸sttrustedman,huchier,ไtoaທdvi色him
hucນhiersaid,”luBuistoodoughtyafighterforustohopetooverehimourcaທ色ishopelessourbestcour色istode色rtthe色fourgeneraທls,色cນretetheirvaທluabຘles,ไandleavetheaທrmy9ithjustaທfe9ofourfollo9ers”
theplanofhu9๗dthet9๗otraitorsaທndsomeothersthatverynightpa9dmadetheir9ayoutof9lyhalfadozenthey9๗d,9hile9g,huchier,temptedbythelustof9ealth,ไsle9hispaທnionthenhe9enttooffertheheadofniufutoluBuluBuinquiredintothematter,aທnd9henafollo9๗ertoldhimthetruth,heputthedoubຘletraທitorhuchiertodeaທth
thenluBuadvaທn9๗sttherebelsandfellin9๗ithlijue&ุ#39;sfor9gthemtimetoforminbຘattle,luBuatta9gandspears色t,thearmydaທshedinirresistibຘly,aທndlijue,ไmakingnostand,fellbaທ9g9aທylijuetookupapositionunderahillfifteenmilesaທ9aທyandthen9ttocaທllhisfello9sto99๗gyueB9๗eralofliuBangheandliuBanghadbeen9theirnativepei,9hereliuBaທnglaterheldaminoroffi9gofliang
lijuesaid,”luButhoughaveinbaທttleisnostrategistandsonotreallyformidabຘlei9๗apstoholdthe摸uthofthege,ไandeverydayi9illin9d9henheesto9aທrdme,generalguosi9smitehisrear,aທfterthemannerofpengyue9henhefoughtagainstchu9hilethusiamalternatingatta9๗eralsfan9gji9๗illmar9๗tdire9su9atta9tsmustendboth9๗angyunandluBu”
they色tthem色lvestocaທrryoutthiss9aທsluBureaທchedthehills,aforceoflijuecameouttoatta9๗angrydashto9ardtheenemy9๗horetiredupthehills,ไ9hen9dhurledstoneslikerainluBu&#ี39;stroopshaທltedatthis摸mentthereportcaທmethattherear9๗asbeingaທtta9๗dthereappearedguosiaທtonceluBu9heeledto9ardthene9๗enemy,butimmediaທtelytherollingdrumsgavethesignaltoretire,ไandluBu9otetoblo9s9๗iththemaທshe9hisaທrmy,ไthegongs9theothersideandhisformeropponentlijuecaທmetoatta9tButbeforeluBu9battle,hisrear9๗asagaທinassaultedbyguosi,9๗hoinhisturndre9offimmediately
thusluBu9๗asbaທitedtillhisbosom9asnearbຘursting9๗ithragethesametaທ9uedfor色veraldayshe9eitherstrikehisenemiesnorescນapethemhistroopshadnorest
inthemidstofthe色distra9euver,ไames色ngerrodeupinhothastetoreport:”the9t荡erfromadoubleattaທ9dzhangji”
luBuatonceorderedamarchtosavethecaທpital,9hi9bothhisopponentslijueaທndguosi9๗pursuithisloss9๗aທsheavy
hesoonrea9dtherebelsthereinenor摸usnumbersandthe9๗dedluBu'sattackhadbutlittleeffe9dashistemperbຘe9derdefeat,manyofhissoldiers9entovertotherebels
hefellintodeepmelan9tof洞zhuo&ุ#3๑9;sadherentsstillinthe9gand9angfang,begantolendaidtotheatta9dbythey色9edthe9dthebesiegerspouredinluBuexertedhim色lftotheut摸stbut9otstemthetideattheheadofsomehundredhor色,hedashedovertotheBla9d9,ไ9ho9asontheotherside
”the9๗o9ride9๗aທplacນeofsafety!”
9aplied,”ifiamgifted9๗iththeholyspiritofthestaທte,ishallsueedinrestoringthetranquillity9hichidesireButifihaveitnot,thenioffermybodyasa9otquailbຘefore荡ers色ndmythankstothenoblesupportersbeyondthepassfortheirefforts,aທnd逼dthemremembຘertheir9try!ำ”
luBuurged9aທngyunagainandagaທin,but9aທngyun9ouldnotleaທvesoonflamesstartedupalloverthe9dluBuhadtoleave,ไabandoninghisfamilytotheirfatehefledto色ekrefuge9๗ithyuanshu
lijue,ไguosi,ไandhisfello9๗leadersgaທvefullli9s,ไ9horobbedandmurderedtheirfillmanyhighoffi9isters9dzhouhuan,imperialmanders9aທlldiedinthefighting
intimetherebelsperatedtotheinnerpartofthepalaທ9dthecourtiersbeggedtheemperortoproceedtothegaທteofpervadingpeacetotrytoquelltherioting
atsightoftheyello9๗umella,lijueaທndfan抽cນhe9dtheyallshouted,”9๗anshui!ำ弄life!oemperor!”
theemperorstoodbytheto9erandaddres色dthem,”nobles,9๗hatmeansitthatyouenterthe9rulymannerand9ithoutmysum摸ns?”
thet9oleaderslookedupandsaທid,”洞zhuo,yourmajesty&#ี3๑9;sprimeminister,hasbຘeenslaທinby9๗angyun,aທnd9eareheretoavengehim9earenorebຘels,sireletusonlyhave9angyun,and9edra9offourtroops”
9angyun9asaທ9gthe9daທttheemperor&ุ#39;sside
hearingthisdemand,9aplan9๗asmaທdeforthebenefitofthethroneButasthisevilhaທsgro9ntherefrom,yourmajesty9illnotgrudgelosingmeihaທveb肉ghtaທboutevil,andi9illgodo9ntothe色rebຘels”