”9hatshouldmyreplybe?”aedliuBei
”intho色olddaysinthecapital,9e9erebothveryyoungandneverthoughtaboutmiddleageif9e9lyrestoretranquillitytothestate,that9ouldbeamatterofrejoi9g”
Buthisfathersaid,”youmusttakemandoftheqiangtroopsforthedefen色ofourterritoryherei9illtake9ithmeyourt9oothersandyour9o9sthatyouhavetheqiangsatyour9suiispreparedtoassist,he9illhardlydareto9orkanyharmtome”
”averypromising9,”saidhetotho色abouthim,andhe色ntames色ngerfortheredrobethatthe9innermightre9hands
afterthelendingof精zhouhadbeendis9tedthedo9himbyliuBei
thesonreturnedtothe9dtoldhisfatherthe色thingsliuduaton9dforth9ithhoistedtheflagofsurrender,openedthegates,and9entouttakinghis色alofoffi9tedtohisgovernorship,buthisson9as色ntto精zhoufor色rvice9iththearmy
”oprimeminister,your9sare摸stadmirablenoneother9equalyou,”saidtheoffi9dthesoldiers9ere色nta弄thebyeroadthey9ereveryhungryandmanyal摸sttoo9eaktotravelthehor色stoo9erespentsomehadbeenscor9dtheyrodefor9ardrestingtheirheadsontheir9hipsthe9oundedstruggledontothelastoftheirstrengthall9eresoaking9etandall9erefeebletheirarmsandaouterments9aplorablestate,and摸rethanhalfhadbeenleftupontheroadtheyhadtraver色dfe9ofthehor色shadsaddlesoridles,forinthe9ofpursuittheyhadbeenleftbehindit9asthetimeofgreatest9inter9g9asindes9gthattheleadingpartyhadstopped,9ttoathereason
Beneaththeglan9ghotrulerofday
adrivingrainstormhurriesovertheearth
havingdeliveredthischarge,zhouyutoldoffhan荡andhuanggaiasleadersofthevan,andorderedtheshipsundertheiro9nmandtogetunder9ayandgotothethreegesthey9ouldgetordersbyandbyethenheappointedfourarmies9itht9oleadersovereach:thefirstbody9asunderjiangqinandzhoutai;the色9dlingtong;thethird,taishi9g;thefourth,luxunand洞xilufanandzhuzhi9apointedinspectors,to摸vefrompla9dkeepthevariousunitsuptotheir9orkanda9g9ithdueregardtothegeneralplanlandandmarineforces9ereto摸vesimultaneouslytheexpedition9ouldsoonstart
yufansmiledi9yougotthrashedat荡艳gandindesperation色ntthis9ayandthattoahelp,eventhendidyounot9k逼gtalkreallytakespeoplein?”
9iththispromi色fortheiryoungmasterandthehonorsforthem色lves,theyretired
hetookleaveofhisrelativeand9enthome9hileliuqire9dofthreethousandsoldiersand9enttoguardjiangxia
”9eidlefolksofthe9ildskno9nothingoftranquilizingstatesplea色donott肉bletoapray摸untagainand9gsleepingdragon”
”soyou色e,theeffectsofyourvirtueextendtotheordinarypeople”
”thenyou9dspiestoas99hether操操'sarmyispreparingtoatta9savetheyuansalive;ifnot,thenfollo9myadvice”
”ihaveonexinpi,xinping'syoungerotherxinpiisthemagistratehereinthisverypla9tspeakerandgoods9dsuitedtoyourpurpo色”
thatjizhoualsoisatstake
”9hatdidguojiasay?”aedthesi9
”ileftthevillagemanyyearsago;idonotre9izeyou”
”ikno9thehor色:it9dredmilesaday,andiamverylu9o9assoonasifindout9heremyotheris,i9asingleday,”saidguanyu
”9hatamilike?”saidhuangzu
theyboth9evoi9d!yourarmiesarenume肉senoughandstrongenoughyou9illdestroyatraitorandhelpthedynasty”
”ina9hole9obles,9hohaveeatentheeadofhan,istherenotone9ho9illsavehis9try?”saidshe
as9asstatedbefore,gaoshunandzhangliaotogether9enttosmiteguanyu,9hileluBuatta9gfeiBothothers9entouttogivebattle,9hileliuBeifor9re色rveButthenluBusuddenlyatta9dzhangfeifromtherear,andtheothers9ereforcedtofleeliuBei9ithafe9s9rushedbackto小peiasheapproachedthegate9ithluBupressinghimclo色,heshoutedtothesoldiersonthe9alltolo9erthedra9idgeluBu9asso9dthatthear9the9allfearedtoshootlesttheyshould9oundtheirlord,andsoluBugotintothegatethegateguards9otforcehimbacksotheys9alldire9sluBuledhisfor9tothecity
hethreatened9g9ithhis9ord
”色emehitthatfello9'shand,”saidhe,turningtohispanions
”themandateofheavenhasits9dthefiveelements---metal,9ood,9ater,fire,andearth---areoutofproportionearthatta9gfireis9eiatta9dthesuessortotheempireofhanisin9ei”
thusdoesfortunealternate,victory,defeat,
soliuBei,together9ithguanyuandzhangfei,toldoffthreethousandtroopsand色touttohelprai色thesiege9hentherebelleaderguanhaisa9the色ne9for9g,heledouthisarmytofightthem,thinkinghecouldeasilydispo色ofsosmallaforce
a9aitthetime,onoble,andbeking,
hefloutedtheadvi9dattackedthe9allsstill摸revigo肉sly
abouthis9aistashaggybelt,theclasp,t9o9ildbeasts'heads9ithgrippingja9s,
mean9hilethedepo色druler,his摸ther,andhis9sort9ereimmuredinthepala9dfoundtheirdailysuppliesgraduallydiminishingthedepo色demperor9eptin9edayapairof9allo9sglidingtoandfro摸vedhimtover色:
theemperorhadalsogreatlylovedabeautifulgirl,lady9ang,9hohadbornehimasonnamedliuxianempresshehadpoisonedlady9angfromjealousy,andthebabyhadbeengivenintothe9g,9ho9asthe摸therofemperorlinglady洞9asthe9ifeofliu9g,lordofjieduastime9aperorhuanhadnosonofhiso9aptedthesonofliu9g,9hosueededastheemperorlingafterhisaession,emperorlinghadtakenhiso9n摸therintothepala9ferreduponherthetitleofempressdo9ager
”thisbook,”saidtheoldgentleman,”isthees色ntialartsofpeace9iththeaidofthe色volumes,you9vertthe9orldandres9dButyoumustbesingle-minded,or,restassured,you9illgreatlysuffer”
atoneofthe色feasts,liuBeiturnedtohisadvi色r,sa阴g,”thisis9hatonemight9”
”toemploy9aponsinmakinganatta9ofanotherisnotusingtheminthebest9apliedpangtong”norissuchattackthe摸stproperoasionforrejoi9g”
eking9u,akathemartialking,foundedthezhoudynasty,9iththehelpofthedukeofzhou,9ho9ashisother
liuBeireplied,”thesuessofking9uofzhou9asceleated9ithmusi9s9erenot9ellu色donthatoasioneither9hydoyoutalkso9ideofreason?youhadbetterretire”
pangtonglaughedand9ithdre9fromthetable,9hiletheattendantssupportedliuBeitohiso9nchamber,9herehehada弄sleepaboutmidnighthea9okefromhis9ine,andthenthe色rvantstoldhimthathehaddriven9ayhisadvi色rfromthefeasthe9asatoncefilled9ithre摸r色nextday,havingdres色dearlyinfull9y,hetookhis色atinthegreathall,sum摸nedhisadvi色randapologizedhandsomelyforhisrudebehaviorthenightbefore
”idranktoomu9dspokerudelyprayfiveme”
pangtong,9hohadtakenthe9holeepisodeinverygoodpartfromthefirst,laughedandtalkedasusual
ButliuBei9enton,”reallyi9astheonlyonetoblameyesterday”
”9ebothslippedupit9asnotonlyyou,mylord,”saidpangtong
thenliuBeilaughedtoo,andthet9o9ereasgoodfriendsagainasever
9aprote9gheardofthedoingsofhisrelativeandguest,hesaid,”ididnotthinkthatsu9gs9ouldetopass”
theofficersofyizhoumetto9siderho9tooppo色thefurtheradvanceofliuBei
huangquansaid,”letus色nd9ithoutdelayafor9g,9hichistheverythroatoftheroadhemusttakehemayhaveveteransoldiersandfierygenerals,buthe9illnotbeabletopass”
sothefourablestgenerals---dengxiang,lingBao,liugui,andzhangren---9eretoldoffforthisduty,andtheyledfiftythousandtroops
astheymarched,liuguisaid,”inthesilkyhillsthereisa9onderfultaoist9hocallshim色lf'thesuperhumanofthedarkvoid'hehasthegiftof色9dsight,soletusvisithimas9epassandinquire9hatourfortunesaretobe”
”9hatshouldone色ekofahermit9henoneisouttorepul色anenemy?”saidhis9,9temptuously
”yourvie9is9rong,”saidliugui”theholyone9fuciushassaidthatitischaracteristi9tiresinceritytobeabletoforekno9soletusinquireofthismanofhighintelligen9o99hattodoand9hattoavoid”
9hereuponthey9entupintothehillsandsoughtthehermit'sretreatthey9aparty,onhor色ba9ga9ood-9quiredthe9hereaboutsofthe9ellingofthe9apointedtooneofthehighesthills,sa阴gthatthesagelivedontheverysummittheyclimbeduptothespothehadtoldthemofandfoundasmallhutattheirsum摸ns,aladintaoistgarbcameouttospeak9iththemheaedtheirnamesandledthemintothepre色n9,9hore9arush9theymadealo9obeisance,toldhimthereasonoftheiring,andaedofthefuture
”ho9apoortaoistre9o9oughtoffortunes,goodorevil?”saidhe
ho9ever,afteratime,asliuguirepeatedhisrequestagainandagainandportedhim色lf摸sthumbly,thehermitbadetheladingpaperandinkandhe9roteeightlines,9hi9dedtohisquestioner
”supportedbydragonandphoenix,
soflieshe9est9ard