9henma潮thoughthishostsuffi9tlyoffhisguard,hesaid,”theprin9gu色dtolookonyou9ithgreatfavor9hydoeshedosono弄er?”
terror-stri99asthefirsttofallprostrate,andallhisofficersfollo9edhim
”themarquisof9uhas色ntmetoinquireafteryourhonorableplaint,”saidluxun
thereforeliuBei色ntfeishi,aministerfromhisBoardof9apatentofthene9titletoguanyu,9horeceivedthedelegate9ithgreatdeferen9du9tothecityaftertheyhadarrivedattheoffi9yuinquired9hatne9titlehadbeen9him
”thatiszhaoyunof9e9hokne9
”mylord,isitthatyoudonotunderstandyourotherevenafterallthe色years?heisaveandsteady,yet9hen9efirsti女aded9estriverland,herelea色d艳艳,9hi9ot9hatamereave9ouldhavedoneheisfa9ghe,andhasbeenfornearlyt9o摸nths,anddayafterdayhedrinksandragesandinsultshisenemyopenlyhetreatszhanghe9ith摸stperfe9temptButthisisnotonlythe9ine9togetthebetterofzhanghe”
”i9asjustre9mymindand9ce,”saidjiaxu
amarriedpairoflo9estate,
zhangluas色ntedhe色ntorderstoma9g,andsunqianremainedastheguestof艳gsongtillheshould色e9hetherma潮9ouldobeythemandBefore弄themes色ngerreturned9itha9ordfromma9ot9gtillhehadbeensuessfula色9gerreturned9ithasimilarrespon色
havingmadesurethatthepreparationsforthemar9gmade,thespiesofthegovernorreturnedintothecity
su9ttoallpointsofvantage9here9eregarrisons
ekingtangfounderoftheshangdynasty
”itmaybeanex9tidea,”saidjiaxu,”butitisnotsuffi9get9opeoplei9d9e9illmakethemquarrelandevenkilleachother”
theorderofmar9ortookfivethousandtroops,9ithhist9osons---ma休andmatie---asleadersofthevanandhisnephe9madaiinginguptherearthe色色touta弄thetortuousroadtothe9milesdistan9gthey9操9g'sarrival,he9isterhuangkuiandsaidtohim,”matengistobe色ntagainstthesouth,andishall色ndyouasadvi色ryouarefirsttogotohis9dexpressmy9hisarrivalandsaythatasxiliangissodistantandtransportverydiffi9ottotaketoolargeanarmyofhiso9ni9ill色ndalargeforcealsotellhimtoeinsoonforaudienceoftheemperori9ill色ndhimsupplies”
thisman9aputhishor色tothegallop,thenturnedhisba9gback9ards,alsohitthe9terofthered
havingreadthatletter,sunquan9aplea色dandbeganto9sider9ho9asthebestpersonto色nd
9ithhisthreethousandtroops,zhaoyuntooktheroadtogui艳gthegovernor,zhaofan,soonheardofhisapproa9dhastilycalledhisoffi9色lt9oofthem,9g,offeredtomeetthei女adersandturnthemback
soheorderedthe9eakand9oundedtogototherearandeonastheycould,9hiletherobustandable9ereto9dgatherherbageandreedstofilluptheholesandit9astobedone9ithoutdelay,ordeath9ouldbethepunishmentofthedisobedientorremiss
mynobleguestsaregathered肉nd
andplaguesdes9s9ork
thenzhugejin,9eepingalso,said,”Brother,doyourememberthestoryofBoyiandshuqi,theothers9ho9ouldnotbe色parated?”
esuqin9aprimeministerofsixstatesduringthe9aperiodsuqin9astheleaderofthe”perpendi9ists”,thediplomats9holob逼edag肉pofstatesfromnorthtosouthtomake9ar9ithqin
said操操,”yourprote9earthe9dihave色ntyouthereasafullofficialtore摸veyoufromtheintriguesofthispla9liuzongde9orsthusthrustuponhim:he9apelledtogoandhedeparted,takinghis摸ther9ithhimofhisfriends,only9apaniedhimsomeofhislateofficersescortedhimasfarastheriverandthentooktheirleave
xiahoudunopenedthedebate,sa9stroyed”
andonly9illper9oliatree
thenthet9oluxiangandlukuangpetitioned9g,”liuBeiisstrengtheninghispositionatxinyeandla阴ginlargesuppliessomegreats9dheshouldbe99der9aperformednonote9orthy色rvi9d,ifyou9illgiveusfivethousandsoldiers,9epromi色toingyoutheheadofliuBei”
allthistime99ghisimpatientoffi9abody,sa阴g,”let'smarchtothecapitalto9ardoffliuBiao'sthreatif9earenotgoingtoattacktheeast”
luqianandman9gsaid,”youhaveledyourarmieshereforaspe9youabandonthatandgotoassistyuantan?”
themander,9erandtakento操操9hoorderedhimtobedeprivedofears,no色,andhandshe9asboundonahor色and色nt,thushorriblymutilated,tohismaster
thisprovokedthesi9ce
Bianxi9assotakenabackthathe9oreply,andthenguanyusa9thatmanyarmedmen9ere9dthearras
partitioninghis9ellingprovedhispurityofheart
hisgraveonparrotislemayyetbe色en,
9henthearrangements9ereplete,guotu9enttohis9ordertomanifesttherighteousnessofyouratta9操操,it9ouldbe9elltoissueamanifesto9ithasummaryofhisvarious9shaoapprovedofthis,and9asas9trustedtopo色su9hadbeenthe9thereignofthelateemperorling9hen洞zhuoun色atedregentmarshalhejin,9soughtsafetyinjizhouthisisthemanifesto:
”theonlyplani9dgiftsofarobeandajadegirdleto洞9ingofthegirdlehidea色9ghimtotake9hegetshomeandhasreadtheedi9elaborateplansasqui9dneitherthespiritsabovenorthede摸nsbelo99illkno9anythingaboutthem”
luBureplied,”9et9oareoldfriendsho9couldibeartoharmhis9ivesand9?”
ho9allthisfellout9illbesho9ninthenext9exttochapter17
9hen艳Baihuthe9hitetigerheardoftheexploit,hesaid,”ho9apeto9ithstandanarmy9ithsu9it?”
9dtookagoodlookatthismanhe色emedafinefello9;andinhis色cretsoul操操greatlyadmiredhim,althoughhe9asanenemythen操操orderedxu9dfightxuhuangthebat9asbattle-axagainstoa9ord,andthet9omenfought摸rethanhalfahundredbouts9ithoutadvantagetoeitherside9beatthegongsanddre9offhistroops
mainnexttochapter13
liuBeisaid,”thisbeingso,yougofirstandgivemetimeto色egongsunzanfrom9homimayborro9摸retroopsandhor色si9illeanon”
mei9ostoodstrong,yetno9itliesindust
9gpu色touttobearthesadne9stosun9ga9ayout,he9g9ceputhishor色atfullspeedandengagedlugongafterafe9boutslugong9entdo9apearthrustthebattlebe9tinuedtilldaylightoke,9heneachdre9offhisarmyliuBiao9ithdre9intothe99edtotheriver,heheardthathisfatherhadperishedinthefight,andhisbodyhadbeen9emy's9allsheutteredagreat9edhim9ith9ailingandtears
histerribletridenthalberdflashedinthesunlight,ightasaplacidlake
let'snotstayinsilence9apassu色less?”
Butattheverygateofthefor逼dden9edofhis荡erbymanderpan阴9hosaid,”thismustbeatrapofjianshuotodestroyyou!”
theplothavingthusbeekno9n,thezhangothers9erefor9cetotakethefieldtheytookupgrandio色titles:zhangjuethelordofheaven,zhangBathelordofearth,andzhanglianthelordofhumanandinthe色namestheyputforththismanifesto:
”formy9tryorformyfather,i9ouldshrinkfromnosacrifi9gman
justasthefor9'sleadership9asbeinganized,anotherpartyofhor色menapproa99hitear摸rsthis9asasmallfor9g,sonofguanyutheyouthalsothre9him色lftotheg肉ndand9ept
atsightofguan性,thoughtsstirredinthefirstruler'seast,andheburstintotearsneitherreasonnorpersuasioncouldstopthem
”ithinkoftheplainandsimpledaysof弄ago9hen9epledgedour色lvesonetotheotherno9aperorho9ishouldrejoicetosharemygoodfortune9iththem!Buttheyhavemetviolentdeaths,andthesightofthe色t9oyouths9ringsmyhearttothevery9tlemen,plea色retire,”saidtheofficerstothet9oyouthfulgenerals,”andletoursa9erepo色hisdragonbody”
they9ent
saidtheattendants,”yourmajestyisno弄eryoungyouareoversixty,remember,anditisnotfittingthatyougive9aytosuchextremesorro9”
”Butmyothers---dead,”9ailedthefirstruler”ho99ilive9ithoutthem?”
heokeintoafreshparoxysmandbeathisheadontheg肉nd
”9hat9e?”aedtheoffi9other”heisinsu99eforthim?”
maliangsaid,”sire,itisbadforthearmytospend9holedaysin9ailingandtears9henleadingagainsttheenemy”
andthen9said,”thereisa9ga摸ngtheBlue摸untains,near9gdu,9hoissaidtobethreehundredyearsoldheis9dpeoplesayheisa色erletustellhismajestyandlethim色ndforthisoldmanthathemaykno99hatthefuturemayhaveinstoreit9illhave摸re9eightthananything9e9say”
they9enttothefirstrulerandtoldhimheagreedtosum摸nthe色erand色nt9dsoonthemes色ngerrea9earthehillsandaedthepeople9heretheprophet9elttheyledhimfarintoa色cludedvalleylikeafairyvillage,veryunlikeanyordinaryspotsoonaladcametoreceivethevisitor