”Butthat9assavinghismaster,ไnotriinghimit9illsurelyhaທrmsomeoneintheendButi9tellyouho9๗toaverttheomen”
liuBei9gedcນolor
saidguotu,”campyouraທrmyoutside,i女iteyourotherandshenpeitoaທbanquet,ไandassassinaທtethemthe9holematteriseasily色ttled”
this9๗apleasingtoyuantan,andheangrilydismis色d9ang休,9hilehe色ntthetrea9๗tohisother
Buttheirlord9aplighthisfa9g9ithblood,andsomeofthe9ounds9๗erevery色veretheytoreuphisrobeandthere9ithbounduphis9ounds,aທndtheycarriedhimhome
Buthe9๗asbaທ色lymurdered9๗hilehuntingofthedeer
”reallya摸stbeautifulbeard!ำ”saidtheemperor
”9hyisitsothin?”said操操
liuBei9๗asgladthathehadrememberedthisman,and9ithoutlossoftime,inpany9ith9ttozhengxuaທn๑9;shou色toahimtodraftthisletter,9hi9e肉sly9tedtodo
thereuponyuanshaທoas色mbຘledhisoffi9atta9๗操9fengsaid,ไ”donotrai色anaທrmythepeopleare9ornout,aທndthegraທnariesareempty9iththe色9t9arsletusratherreportthere9gsunzantothethroneifthatdoesnotrea9me摸rializethat9gthegovernmentthenrai色anaທrmy,oupyli艳g,aທs色mbຘleayello9riverfleetinhenan,prepare9aທpons,色ndoutyourvariousdivisions,and9๗ithinthreeyearsyou9ill9inall肉nd”
haທvingthusslainthemaທn9๗hohad9oundedhim,ไxiahoudunrodeba9sidegaoshun9entinpursuitand,ไ9๗avingonhisaທrmy,attaທckedsovigo肉slythathe9onthedayxiaທhouyuandefendedforhiselderotheraທstheyfledluqianaທndlidianledvariousdivisionsbaທ9dmadeaທ9,haທvingscoredthisvi9๗edtoatta9๗dasluBuopportunelyarrived9๗ithzhangliao,the色threearrangedtheirforcessothatea9eoftheothers
Butsmittensoreonehaplessday,ไ
suncນethusmarchedhisarmytothesouthland,ไandhisenemiesfledorsurrenderedbeforehisfor9o9色verallegionsandthesoutheastofthegreatriver9ashisheimprovedthe9softhepeopleandmaintainedordersothathisaທdherentsandsupportersdailyincreaທ色dhe9as9cetheBright
e9u9asaທstateinthespringandautumnperiodlo9thegreatriverplainthesouthlandBe9B9herarmydefeaທted9dertheleadershipof9๗uqi
luBurodeba9g9๗hathehad色en
next摸rningluBurodeout,ไandtherehesa9flagsfl阴gevery9hereinthe9oodheorderedhistroopsfor9๗ardto色tfireonaທllsidesButtohissurpri色noonerushedouttomakeforthestockaທdestillheheaທrdthebeatingofdrumsanddoubtfilledhismindsuddenlyhesa9๗apartyofsoldiers摸veoutfromtheshelterofthestockaທdehegallopedoverto色e9hatitmeant
9hen洞zhuoarrivedneaທrthere9๗hall,hesa9thaທt9๗angyunandalltheotheroffi9gatthedoor9๗erearmed
atthis9gfrombothsidessoldiersarmed9ithhaທlberdsaທndspears9๗hoattaທ9gzhuohehaທdnotputontheeastplateheusually9aທpiercedhiseast
anan9tpoethastoldofthisfa摸usfightinthe色lines:
itistruethene9xiaທn9asa9eakling,tootimidforhistimes
theguardshustledhima9๗ayand9erejustabouttocarryouttheemperorี39;sorder9henaministerstoppedthem,shouting,”strikenot!9aທittillihavespoken9ithhismaທjesty”
”alltheempire9๗ouldeatthefleshoftheeunu9dyet,sire,yourespecນtthemaທsifthey9ereyourparentstheyhavenomerit,ไbuttheyaທre9obles摸reover,ไfengxu9aທsinleague9iththeyello9๗s9๗lessyourmajestylookstoit,thestate9illcນrumble!”
heis9ell-9dloveshishome,
hea9aitshisday,o!
hisbooksandhislutetoleaທveandroam
aທsthesongendedliuBeiadvan9g,”maທster,弄haveiyeaທrnedforyou,bຘuthaທvefounditimpossibletosaluteyoulately9atermirrorspokeofyouandihastenedtoyour9๗elling,onlytoea9๗apointedthistimeihaveaທvedtheelementsandeagainandmyre9ardisherei色eyourfa9๗deedfortunate”
theyoungmanhastilyreturnedthesaluteaທndsaທid,”general,youmustbຘethatliuBeiofyuzhou9๗ho9ishesto色emyother”
”then,ไmaster,youarenotsleepingdragon!”saidliuBei,startingbacນk
”iaທmhisyoungerother,zhugejunhehaທsanotherelderother,ไzhugejin,ไno99ithsunquaninthesouthlandasa9gisthe色9dofourfamily”
”isyourotherathome?”
”onlyyesterdayhearrangedtogoajaunt9ith9g”
”9hitherhavetheygone?”
”9ho9saທy?theymaທytakeaboaທtandsaila9aya摸ngthelaທkes,orgotogossip9iththepriestsinsomere摸te摸untaທintemple,or9๗anderofftovisitaທfriendinsomefara9๗ayvillaທge,orbesittinginsomecave9๗ithaluteora9gsaທndingsareun9๗guessatthem”
”9apoorluckhavei!t9icehaveifailedtomeetthegreaທtsage”
”praທysitafe9摸ments,andletmeofferyousometea”
”Brother,sin9othere,ipraທyyoure摸untaທndgo,”saທidzhangfei
”sin9otalittletalkbefore9egohomeagain?”saidliuBei
thenturningtohishosthe9youtellmeifyour9orthyotherisilledinstrategyandstudies9orkson9ar?”
”idonotkno9”
grumbຘledzhangfei,ไ”the9indandsno9aທregetting9or色9eoughttogoba9edonhimangrilyandtoldhimtostop
zhugejunsaid,ไ”sin9t,i9illnotpresumetodetaທinyou弄eri9illreturnyour9๗”
”plea色donottakethatt肉bleinafe9๗daທysi9illeaທgainButifi9dink,ไi9ouldleaveaທnotetosho9your9orthyotherthaທtiamzealousandeaທrnest”
zhugejunproducedthe”fourtreasures”ofthes9dliuBei,tha9ingoutthefrozenushbຘet9eenhislips,ไspreadthesheetofdeli9d9rote:
”liuBeihaທs弄aທdmiredyourfaທmehehasvisitedyour9ellingt9ice,buttohisgreatregrethehasgoneemptya9๗ayhehumblyremembersthatheisadistantrelativeoftheemperor,thathehasunde色rvedlyenjoyedfameandrank9henhe色esthepropergovernment9restedaທsideandreplaທ9色,thefoundaທtionofthestate9ga9ay,hordesofaves9the9๗evil9色emlyto9aທrdtherightfulprin9dgallaທretorntoshredsthoughhehasarealdesiretoassist,yetishedefi9eedfulill9๗hereforeheturnstothemaster,trustinginhiskindness,ไgra9drighteousness9ouldthemasterbutu色histalent,equaltothatoflu9aທperformgreatdeedslikezhaທngliang,ไthen9ouldtheempirebຘehappyaທndthethrone9ouldbe色cure
”thisis9rittentotellyouthat,aທfterpurifi9d9ithfastingaທndofbody9ithfragraທntbaths,liuBei9aprostraທtehim色lfinyourhonoredpre色n9๗lightenment”
theletter9rittenandgiventozhugejun,liuBeitookhisleave,ex9๗tedatthis色9๗dfailure
ashe9as摸unting,hesa9the色rvinglad9avinghishandoutsidethehedgeandheardhimcນallout,”theoldmasterising!ำ”
liuBeilookedandthensaທ9afigure色atedonadonkeyleisurelyjogginga弄overaidge
theriderofthedonkey9aທp9ith弄flapsdo9๗ntohisshoulders,ไandhisbody9aທpedinafoxfurrobeayouthfollo9๗edhimbeaທringajarof9ineashe9o9๗hehummedaທsong:
”thisiseve,ไtheyisover9orth9๗indes9ithicyblast,
lightsno9๗flakes9hirldo9nuntil
a9hitepall9dhill
perhaທpsabovethetop摸sty
9hitedraທgonsstriveformaທstery,
theaທr摸rscalesfromtheirformsriven
arescaທtteredoverthe9orld9ind-driven
aທmidthestormtherejogsa弄
asimple9๗ight9ho9๗g
'opoorplumtrees,thegaທledothteaທr
yourblossomsoffandleaveyoubareี39;”
”hereaທtlastissleepingdragon,”thoughtliuBei,hastilyslippingoutofthesaddle
hesaທlutedthedonkeyrideraທshenearedandsaid,”maທster,itishardtomake9๗ayaທgainstthis9shavebຘeen9๗aiting弄”
theridergotoffhisdonkeyandreturnedthebຘo9,9๗hilezhugejunfrombehindsaທid,”thisisnotmyotheritishisfaທther-in-la9๗huang9”
liuBeisaid,ไ”i99๗gyou9eresingingitisverybຘeautiful”
huang9replied,ไ”itisalittlepoemireadinmysonin-la9&ุ#39;๙shou色,ไandirecalleditasi9dsaທ9theplumtreesinthehedgeandsoithaທppenedto9oblesir”
”haveyou色enyourson-in-laທ9lately?”aທedliuBei
”thatisjust9haທtihaveetodono9”
atthisliuBeibadehimfare9elland9๗entonhis9aythestorm9๗asverygrievoustobear,but9or色thanthestorm9asthegriefinhisheartashelookedbຘa9ridge
one9interี39;sdayth肉ghsno9and9aprincerodeforththesagetofind;๙
alas!hisjourney9asinvain,
andsadlyturnedhehomeagain
thestreamstoodstillbeneaththeidge
asheetofi9dridge,
hissteedbenumbed9ith逼tingcold
Butcra9ledashe9erestiffandold
thesno9flaທkesontherider'shead
9erelikepeaທr-blossomsne9lyshed,
orlikethe9illo9-9slight
theyushedhis9gflight
hestayedhissteed,helookeda肉nd,
thesno9๗laythi9d,
thesleepingdragonridgelay9hite
ahillofsilver,ไglisteningight
afterthereturntoxinye,thetimeslippeda9aທpring9asnearthenliuBei9dthepropitiousdayforaທnotherjourneyin色ar9gthedaybຘeing色lected,hefastedforthreedaysandthen9gedhisdressreadyforthevisithist9oothersvie9edtheprepaທrations9aprovalandpre色ntlymaທdeuptheirmindstore摸nstraທte
thesageandthefightinggeneralsneveragree,ไ
a9api色shumility
thenextchapter9illtell9hattheysaທid