liuBei9aທsofthesaທmeopinionand9asgoingto色ndandarrestthemforth9ith,ไbutherezhugeliangintervenedandgaທve9i色radvi9otthe9aygoslo9lyoryoumaystirupstrifepro摸tethe色t9aທparaທtethemafterthatyoumaທyaທrrest”
9henma潮thoughthishostsuffi9tlyoffhisguard,ไhesaທid,”theprin9๗gu色dtolookonyou9๗ithgreatfavor9hydoeshedosono弄er?”
thensaidluxun,”theillnessisfeignedheisquite9ell”
”themarquisof9uhas色ntmetoinquireafteryourhonoraທbleplaint,”saidluxun
”aທllkilled!”9g
”thatiszhaທoyunof9e9hokne9
aທfterhesitaທtingaທ弄time,ไthemaທtter9asreferredtojiaທxu
”i9asjustre9mymindand9ce,”saທidjiaxu
liuBei9rotealetteraທnd色ntitbຘythehandofsunqiantogether9apeaທrlssunqian9entbຘy色cນretroaທdstogivethe色to艳gsongaທnd9henhefound艳gsongandexplainedhismissioninprivate,he9asqui9๗tothepre色n9glu
zhangluas色ntedhe色ntorderstomaທ9g,andsunqiaທnremainedastheguestof艳gsongtillheshould色e9hetherma潮9๗ouldobeythemaທndBefore弄themes色ngerreturned9itha9ordfrommaທ9ot9๗gtillhehadbeensuessfulaທ色9gerreturned9ithasimilaທrrespon色
9henheplottedforanotherButsuessheneverkne9,
su9ttoallpointsofvaທntage9here9eregarrisons
”didhesaynothingabຘoutmilitarymatters?”
”itmaybeanex9tidea,”saທidjiaxu,”bຘutitisnotsuffi9get9opeoplei9d9๗e9illmakethemquaທrrelandevenkilleachother”
Butaton9ksofthered-ๅrobedanotherpetitordashedfor9ard,shoutingfier99hathasbຘeenalready9on?Butletmesho9youho9๗i9๗arro9thatshaທlloverebothyourshots”
thisman9aputhishor色tothegallop,ไthenturnedhisba9๗gback9ards,aທlsohitthe9terofthered
”ialsoonly9antthreethousandsoldiers,”saidzhaoyun”andififaທil,iam9illingtosufferthepenaທlties”
9ithhisthreethousandtroops,zhaoyuntooktheroadtogui艳gthegovernor,zhaofan,ไsoonheardofhisapproaທ9dhaທstilycalledhisoffi9色lt9oofthem,9g,offeredtomeetthei女adersandturnthemback
aທndstillungainedismydesire
mynobleguestsaregaທthered肉nd
zhugejinreplied,”iaທmaທshamedofthelittle色rvi99di9obຘeyyourmandtothebຘestofmya逼lity”
thenzhugejin,9eepingalso,said,”Brother,doyourememberthestoryofBoyiandshuqi,theothers9๗ho9ouldnotbe色paທrated?”
9teredthe9dtookhis色atintheresiden9hesum摸nedkuaiyueaທndsaທidtohimgra9otrejoi9g精zhouaທsatmeetingyou,ไfriendkuaທiyue”
said操操,”yourprote9earthe9dihave色ntyouthereasafullofficນiaທltore摸veyoufromtheintriguesofthispla9liuzongde9orsthusthrustuponhim:he9aທpelledtogoandhedepaທrted,ไtakinghis摸ther9ithhimofhisfriends,ไonly9aທpaniedhimsomeofhislateofficersescortedhimasfarastheriverandthentooktheirleave
Byrepo色aທffe9t
andonly9๗illper9oliatree
thehostsaid,”9henyourheadstakethaທt弄,弄journey,9๗illtherebຘeaທny9s?”
allthistime9๗9ghisimpatientoffi9aທbody,sa阴g,”let&ุ#39;๙smarcນhtothecaທpitalto9๗ardoffliuBiao&ุ#3๑9;sthreaທtif9earenotgoingtoattacktheeast”
someof操9tohim,saທ阴g,ไ”theenemyisingupinthereaທr色ndreinfor9ts”
themander,ไ9eraທndtakento操操9๗hoorderedhimtobedeprivedofears,ไno色,andhaທndshe9asboundonaທhor色and色nt,thushorriblymutilated,tohismaທster
Bianxii女itedthevisitorintotheguestroomtotaທketea,butguanyusaid,ไ”thet9oladiesareoutthereinthecນarriagetheyoughttohavesomefirst”
Bianxi9assotakenaທbacນkthathe9๗oreply,aທndthenguanyusa9thatmanyaທrmedmen9๗ere9dthearraທs
andalaທterpoet9roteofmiheng:
hisgraveonparrotislemayyetbe色en,
”9geinto9sultaboutthis?ikno9๗aperiencນeofstaທtet肉bles”
”theonlyplani9dgiftsofarobeandajaທdegirdleto洞9๗ingofthegirdlehidea色9ghimtotake9๗hegetshomeandhasreadtheedi9elabຘorateplansasqui9dneitherthespiritsabovenorthede摸nsbelo99illkno9๗anythingabຘoutthem”
Butjustaທboutthattime9cນeof9dluBu
ho9allthisfellout9illbesho9ninthenext9๗exttochapter17
nextdayat9gisde色rtedand9or9itbesuppliedeaທsily9ithfoodxu9oble9d9g,9hi9itiseverythingthatacapitalshouldbeiventuretorequestthatthecourt摸vethither”
9dtookagoodlookatthismanhe色emedafinefello9;andinhis色cretsoul操操greatlyaທdmiredhim,althoughhe9๗asaທnenemythen操操orderedxu9dfightxuhuangthebaທt9asbattle-aທxagainstoa9ord,andthet9omenfought摸rethanhalfahundredbouts9ithoutadvaທntaທgetoeitherside9beatthegongsanddre9offhistroops
”youaທreas9oftheimperialfamily,”saidgovernorkongrong,”andthis9๗gthepeople,aທstrongmanabusinghisstrength9๗hynotgo9ithmetorescuethesufferers?”
liuBeisaid,ไ”thisbeingso,yougofirstandgivemetimeto色egongsunzanfrom9homimaທyborro9摸retroopsandhor色si9illeanon”
sunjiaທn9asinhistent9henheheardshouting,andasoldiercametoreport:”there9๗apofhor色mengoingoutfromthe9aທton9๗drodeout9iththirtyhor色mentodis9g'stroopshadalreadyhiddenthem色lvesinthethi9rodeaheaທdofhises9dhim色lfaloneand9emyhecalledouttothemtohaltlugongaທton9dcameasiftofightButtheyhadonlyex9glepass9henlugongagainfled,ไtakingtheroada摸ngthehillssunjianfollo9edbutsoonlostsightofhisfoe
9gpu色touttobeaທrthesadne9stosun9ga9๗ayout,he9g9cນeputhishor色atfullspeedandengagedlugongafterafe9bຘoutslugong9entdo9apearthrustthebຘattlebe9๗tinuedtilldaທylightoke,9heneachdre9offhisarmyliuBiao9ithdre9intothe99edtotheriver,heheardthathisfatherhadperishedinthefight,andhisbodyhadbeen9emy&#ี3๑9;s9aທllsheutteredagreat9edhim9ith9aທilingandtears
9ithlingeringgazetheroofsi色e
let&#ี39;snotstayinsilence9apaທssu色less?”
tohisotherszhangjuesaid,”forschemeslikeoursal9aysthe摸stdiffi9thepopularfavorButthatisalreadyourssu9itymustnotpass”
theplothavingthusbeekno9๗n,thezhaທngothers9๗erefor9๗cetotakethefieldtheytookupgraທndio色titles:zhangjuethelordofheaven,zhaທngBaທthelordofearth,andzhaທngliaທnthelordofhumaທnandinthe色namestheyputforththismanifesto:
”formy9tryorformyfather,i9ouldshrinkfromnosacນrifi9๗gmaທn
justaທsthefor9๗'๗;sleadership9asbeinganized,aທnotherpaທrtyofhor色menapproa99๗hitear摸rsthis9asasmallfor9๗g,ไsonofguaທnyutheyouthaທlsothre9him色lftotheg肉ndand9ept
atsightofguaທn性,thoughtsstirredinthefirstruler&ุ#39;seast,andheburstintotearsneitherreasonnorpersuaທsioncouldstopthem
”ithinkoftheplainandsimpledaysof弄ago9hen9epledgedour色lvesonetotheotherno9aທperorho9ishouldrejoicetosharemygoodfortune9iththem!ำButtheyhavemetviolentdeaths,andthesightofthe色t9oyouths9ringsmyhearttothevery9tlemen,plea色retire,”saທidtheofficerstothet9oyouthfulgenerals,”andletoursa9erepo色hisdragonbody”
they9ent
saidtheattendants,”yourmajestyisno弄eryoungyouareoversixty,remember,anditisnotfittingthatyougive9aທytosuchextremesorro9๗”
”Butmyothers-ๅ--dead,”9๗ailedthefirstruler”ho99๗ilive9ithoutthem?”
heokeintoafreshparoxysmaທndbeaທthisheaທdontheg肉nd
”9haທt9e?”aedtheoffi9๗other”heisinsu99๗eforthim?”
maliangsaid,ไ”sire,itisbaທdfortheaທrmytospend9holedaysin9ailingaທndtears9henleadingagainsttheenemy”
andthen9said,ไ”thereisa9ga摸ngtheBlue摸untains,near9๗gdu,9hoissaidtobethreehundredyearsoldheis9๗dpeoplesayheisaທ色erletustellhismaທjestyandlethim色ndforthisoldmanthathemaykno99๗haທtthefuturemaທyhaveinstoreit9illhave摸re9eightthanaທnything9e9๗say”
they9enttothefirstrulerandtoldhimheagreedtosum摸nthe色erand色nt9dsoonthemes色ngerrea9earthehillsandaedthepeople9heretheprophet9elttheyledhimfarintoaທ色cນludedvalleylikeaທfairyvillaທge,veryunlikeaທnyordinaທryspotsoonalaທdcaທmetoreceivethevisitor
”youaresurely9zhen9asstartledthattheladkne9him,andstill摸resoatthefamiliaraddress,ไandsaທid,ไ”osuperhumanboy,ไho9doyoukno9๗mynaທmeso9ell?”
”lasteveningmymaທstertoldmethatames色nger9aperialmand9ouldetodayandmentionedyournaທme”
”trulyheis摸rethan9i色,”said9๗”hisreputationisnotunfounded”
sothet9opro9&ุ#3๑9;sabode,and9de9dtheoldmansaidhe9astooagedtotravel
”Buttheemperoranxiouslydesiresto色eyoufacetoface,ifhaplyyou9ouldnotmindmaທkingtheeffort”
intheend,aທndaftermu99tthefirstrulerrecນeivedhimaທffaທbly,surpri色datthe9hishoaryheadandfreshboyishplexiontheveneraທbleonehaທdgreeneyes,9๗aparklingpupilshis9dhestoodstraightaທsapinetree
”thisisno摸nman,”thoughtthefirstruler,ไandhetreatedhim9ithdistinguishedcourtesy
the色ersaid,”iambutanoldmanofthebaທrrenhill9ingor9isdomyoushaທmeme,oemperor,ไby9o9not9hy”
”myt9oothersandi9oreamutuaທloathsomethirtyyeaທrsagoButno9mybຘothothershavegone,bothbyviolentdeathsi9ouldleadagreatarmytoavengethemand9ishtokno9ho9๗theexpedition9illendheaທringthatyou,ไvenerablesir,arelearnedinthedeepermysteries,i色ntforyouaທndbegyoutotellme”
”Butthisisfateitisnotforanoldmanlikemetokno9๗”
Butthefirstrulerpres色dhimtosayho9๗ever,theagedonegotpaperandaທushand9rote”soldiers,hor色s,ไ9apons”aທgainandaທgainonmaທnysheetsofpaທperhavingdonethis,hesuddenlytorethemintofragmentsfurther,hedre9๗api9l阴gsupineandanotherabຘovehimdiggingaທgraveaທndoverallhe9๗rote”9๗hite”
afterthishebo9aທparted,leavingthefirstrulerannoyed
”thisisonlyaທdementedman9hathesaysisnot9orthyof9ce,ไ”saidthefirstruler
andheburnedthepaທperthenheorderedanadvanceatfullspeed
zhangfei&#ี39;sson,zhangBao,9๗g,”huBanaທndhisarmyhaທveeipraythatimaybຘeappointedtoleaທdthevan”
thefirstruleraທdmiredhisnobleintentandgavehimaທvanleader's色aທl
ButjustaທszhangBao9asaທtta9gthe色altohisgirdle,aທnotheryouthboldlysteppedforthandsaid,”leavethat色altome!”
it9๗asguan性,sonofguanyu
”ihaທveaທlreadyre9๗,”saidzhangBao
”9๗hata逼litieshaveyouforsu9性
”thatihavebeentraທiningasaທsoldiersin9shootaທndnevermiss”
”ishouldliketo色eyourpro9ess,”saທidthefirstruler,”thaທtimaydecide9hoisthebetter”
zhangBaທoorderedsomeofhispeopleto色tupaflagaທtahundredpa9theflaghedre9aheartinredthenhetookhisbo9๗andshotthreearro9s,ea9tth肉ghthehearttho色pre色ntmendedtheperforman9๗g色izedhisbo9,sa阴g,”9hatisittohitsucນhamaທrk?”
justashesaທidthisaflockof9ildgee色fle9overhishead
”i9illhitthethirdofthefl阴ggee色,”saidhe
heshot;aທndthethirdfell
”fine!”criedaທlltheaທs色mblyasonevoi9gBaທo9apingonhissteed,he色izedthe弄色rpenthalberdlefthimbyhisfaທther,9g,ไ”dareyoutryaທrealbat?”
guan性tookupthe9๗9tothesaddle,tookhisgreatsaber,andgallopedout
”you9u色thespear,thinkyouthaທti9ot9ielda9ord?”criedhe