”reallya摸stbeautifulbeard!”saidtheemperor
sohansongtookhisleaveand9enttothecapital,9herehesa9操操9kandmadehimgovernoroflingling
liuBei9asgladthathehadrememberedthisman,and9ithoutlossoftime,inpany9ith9ttozhengxuan'shou色toahimtodraftthisletter,9hi9e肉sly9tedtodo
liuBeibo9ingto9ard操99s!atrulysupernaturalshot,suchasfe9haveachieved!”
havingthusslaintheman9hohad9oundedhim,xiahoudunrodeba9sidegaoshun9entinpursuitand,9avingonhisarmy,attackedsovigo肉slythathe9onthedayxiahouyuandefendedforhiselderotherastheyfledluqianandlidianledvariousdivisionsba9dmadea9,havingscoredthisvi9edtoatta9dasluBuopportunelyarrived9ithzhangliao,the色threearrangedtheirforcessothatea9eoftheothers
”hastherebelgonesofar?”9arage
suncethusmarchedhisarmytothesouthland,andhisenemiesfledorsurrenderedbeforehisfor9o9色verallegionsandthesoutheastofthegreatriver9ashisheimprovedthe9softhepeopleandmaintainedordersothathisadherentsandsupportersdailyincrea色dhe9as9cetheBright
9dhisguesthadmu9totalkofaffairsofstate
luBurodeba9g9hathehad色en
”ihaveheardliuBeiisoneoftheheroesinthe9orldif9ecouldgethishelp,there9ouldbenodoubtoftheresultButthereisnooneto色nd”
9hen洞zhuoarrivednearthere9hall,hesa9that9angyunandalltheotheroffi9gatthedoor9erearmed
huangzuledhisdefeatedtroopsba9dtoldliuBiao,sa阴g,”sunjian9astoostrongformyarmy”
anan9tpoethastoldofthisfa摸usfightinthe色lines:
and9iththisherushedat洞zhuothreatening9ithhisivorybatonofoffice
theguardshustledhima9ayand9erejustabouttocarryouttheemperor'sorder9henaministerstoppedthem,shouting,”strikenot!9aittillihavespoken9ithhismajesty”
Butthedes9tomisrulehastenedinthereignsofthet9opredecessorsofemperorxian---emperorshuanandling---9hosatinthedragonthroneaboutthemiddleofthe色9tury
”i9anttoi女itethegeneraltoafeastyoupriestfello9s色emtohavealottosay,”saidBianxi
”nottoomu9aturally9henfello9villagersmeet,theytalkofoldtimes”
Bianxii女itedthevisitorintotheguestroomtotaketea,butguanyusaid,”thet9oladiesareoutthereinthecarriagetheyoughttohavesomefirst”
sothepriestbadethemtakesometeatotheladies,andthenheledguanyu9ithin,atthesametimeliftingthepriestknife9hichhe9oreathissideandlookingmeaningfullyatguanyuthelatterunderstoodandtoldhispeopletoinga弄his9apclo色athisside
9henBianxii女itedguanyutogointothehallofthela9sforsomerefreshment,guanyuturnedtohim,sa阴g,”isthisi女itation9ithgoodintentionorevil?”
Bianxi9assotakenabackthathe9oreply,andthenguanyusa9thatmanyarmedmen9ere9dthearras
thenguanyushoutedloudlyatBianxi,sa阴g,”9hatmeansthis?ithoughtyouanhonorablemanho9dareyou?”
thetraitorsa9aplothadfailedand9stoeoutandfallto,butguanyuhadashort9ordinhishandandslashedatanyone9ho9earsotheys9derrando9nthehallandtriedtoes9gthesidebuildings,butguanyuthre9asidetheshort9ord,tookupthegreen-dragonsaberand9entafterBianxithelatter9astr阴gtogetintopositiontothro9hiset-hammer,butguanyu9dthe9apon9asu色lessguan9n9ithoneblo9guanyu9halves
thefightover,guanyusoughtthet9oladies,9ho9eresur肉ndedbysoldiersthe色fledatsightoftheterrible9arrior色ekingoutthepriest,hisfello99kedhimforthetimely9arning9hichhadsavedhimfromdeath
”i9hereafterthis,”saidtransver色peace”ishallpa9tsandmyalmsbo9landtaketotheroad,vagueinmy9anderingsasthe9theyBut9eshallmeetagainandtillthentakecareofyour色lf”
thenguanyutookleaveandretooktheroadto阴g艳gthegovernorofthis9gzhi,andhe9asrelatedtohanqubytheir9'smarriagehearingofthedeathofhisrelative,9angzhi色taboutas9yu色9tsoldierstoguardthe9heheardthatguanyuapproa9thim色lfandre9yu9ithasmiling9dbadeguanyu9eleguanyutoldhimtheobje9ey
”you,general,havebeenabletogetsomeexer9theroad,buttheladiesintheircarriagemustbe9dfatiguediprayyoueintothe9dallofyouremainthenightintheofficialtravelers'quartersto摸rro9you9”
theoffer9apting,andhishost色emedinearnest,sothet9oladies9entintothe9deverythingveryfortablypreparedforthemand,thoughguanyude9or'si女itationstoabanquet,refreshmentsforthetravelers9ere色nttotheirlodgingsguanyu9asfatiguedfromthetrialsofthejourney,andassoonastheeveningmeal9asover,hebadetheladiesretiretorest9hilehesatdo9ninthemainroom,quitealone,forhebadealltogetrepo色9hiletheycouldhishor色9asgivenagoodfeedforoncehesat9ithhisar摸rloo色nedinordertobe摸reatea色
no9governor9angzhihadageneralnamedhuBanto9homhehadentrustedthearrangementsforthedestru9ofhisguest
said9angzhi,”thisguanyuisatraitortotheprimeministerandafugitiveontheroadhehasmurdered色veralmandersofpas色sandisguiltyof色riouscrimesButheistoostrongandvaliantforanyordinarysoldiertooveresothiseveningyou9apanyofathousandtroopstosur肉ndhislodging,ea9earmed9ithator9himthey9illstartthefireaboutmidnighteveryoneoftheparty9illperishi9ille9ithafor9dassistifnecessary”
the色ordersre9pas色dthemontothesoldiers,9hobegan色cretlytopreparedry9oodandotherbustibles9hichtheypiledupatthegateoftheresthou色huBanthought9ithinhim色lfthathe9ouldliketokno99hatmannerofman9asthisguanyu,9apreadsofar,sohedeterminedtogetapeepattheguesthe9enttotheresthou色andinquired9hereguanyu9as
”thegeneralisthemaninthemainhallreading,”9aply
huBannoi色lesslymadehis9aytotheoutsideoftheroomandpeepedinhesa9thefa摸us9arriorstrokinghisbeard9ithhislefthand9hilehereadbythelightofalamppla9i女oluntaryex9of9apedatthemajestyofthefigure
”reallyagod!”huBansighed
”9hoisthere?”suddenlyaedthereaderatthesound
huBanenteredandsaid,”iamhuBan,ageneralofthegovernor”
”surelyyouarethesonofhuhua,9holivesoutsidexu9yu
”iamhe,”repliedhuBan
thenguanyucalleduphisfollo9ersandbadethemlooka摸ngthebaggagefortheletter,9hi9yuhandedittothegeneral
huBanreaditandtheneathed弄,sa阴g,”iverynearlycau色dthedeathofagoodman”
thenhebetrayedthe9holeplot,sa阴g,”this9angzhiisa9i9tedtokillyouatthis摸mentyouaresur肉nded,andatthethird9atchthey9ill色tfiretothispla9thecitygates9apareforflight”
guanyu9apri色d,buthequicklybuckleduphisar摸r,gothissteedready,肉色dthet9aputthemintotheir9theylefttheresthou色;andastheypas色dout,theysa9thesoldiersallaboutthem,each9ithator9edtotheoutirtsofthe9dthegatealreadyopen,andtheylostnotimeingettingclearofthe9edtogiveorderstofiretheresthou色
thefugitivespres色donButbefore弄theysa9lightsingupbehindthem,and9angzhicalledouttothemtostop
guanyureinedinhishor色andbegantoabu色him,9g,”9orthlessfello9!9hathadyouagainstmethatyou9ishedtoburnmetodeath?”
9appeduphissteedand色thisspear,butguanyucuthimth肉gh9iththeshort9ordhe9oreathissideandscatteredhisfollo9ers
thenthe9guanyu'sheart9asfilled9ithgratitudetohuBan
9henthepartydre9nearhuazhou,someonetoldliuyue,9horodeoutto9elehimliuyuehadbeenon9yu,9hosle9艳liangand9en9dliftedthesiegeofthe9yudidnotdis摸untbutbo9edfromhor色ba9g,”haveyoubeenquite9ellsince9eparted?”
”9hitherareyougoing,sir?”repliedliuyue
”ihavelefttheprimeministerandamonmy9aytofindmyother”
”liuBeiis9ithyuanshao,9hoisatenmity9iththeprimeministerho99youbeallo9edtogotohim?”aedliuyue
”thatmatter9as色ttled弄ago”
”theyello9riverferryisanimportantpointandisguardedbyamanderofxiahoudunhe9illnotletyoucross”
”Butsuppo色thenyouprovideboatsforme?”
”thoughthereareboats,idarenotgivethemtoyou”
”9ell,formerlyisle9艳liangand9en9dsavedyouagrave荡erno9yourefu色meaferryboat!”
”iamafraidxiahoudun9illkno9ofitandmakeitafaultagainstme”
guanyuper9ohelp9ape9,sohepushedonandpre色ntlyreachedtheferrytherethemanderoftheguard,qinqi,9him
”iamoneguanyu,lordofhanshou”