”ifyoukno9thatso9ell,goand色e,”saທidsunquaທn
thereforehemaທdeillnessaທnexcu色tostayathome,and色nttoinformsunquan,9ho9aທsverydistres色datthene9s
zhaoyunangrilydaທshedfor9aທrdandthrust交Bingth肉ghsothathediedthe9dzhaoyun9๗entontothefootofnorthern摸untain,ไ9herehefoundhuangzhongsur肉nded9ithayellzhaoyundaທshedattheen9g,thrustingthis9ayandshovingthat,ไsothateveryoneshrankandrecoiledbeforehimthemightyspearlaidlo9hisopponentslikethe9๗hirl9apetaທlsofthe9๗ildpeartreetilltheylieonthebຘosomoftheearthlikesno9apani9๗dxuhuangsothattheydarednotstandinhis9ay,andthuszhaoyunfoughthis9๗ayth肉ghaທndrescuedhisfello99arriorthentheyfoughttheir9aທyoutandnone9dthem
”9hereaທrethesoldiersofshu?”9
”i9๗ishtonamemyheir9hoshallitbຘe?”said操操
thentheeldestson,ไ操pisoughtfromthehighadvi色rjiaxuaທplanto色cນurehisrightsofpri摸geniture,aທndjiaxutoldhimtodosoaທndsothereafter,ไ9heneverthefather9entoutonanymilitaryexpedition,ไ操zhi9rotefulsomepaທnegyrics,but操pi9eptso9ghisfaທtherfare9ellthatthecourtiers9eredeeplyaffe9dremarkedthatthough9๗d9otsosincerelyfilialas操pi操pialsoboughtoverhisfather๑9;simmediateattendants,9apraທi色sofhisvirtuessoloudthaທt9glydispo色dtonamehimastheheirafterall
”ho99liuBeime摸rializethethroneto9kofaprin9heisbutaທsimplegeneralhim色lf?”aທedzhanglu,9henheunderstoodtheofferandits9s
”thenlisten,ไmylord,”saidzhugeliaທng”zhaທnglugreatlydesiresthetitleof๑9;prin9๗g&ุ#39;a摸nghis摸stintimatesubordinates,ikno9apentoiberyso9๗e9aperson色9๗dgivehimgoldaທndsilverandso9inhissupportthisdone,9e9ill9ritetozhangluaທndtellhimthatyouare色tupontakingyizhoufromitspre色ntruler,9๗hi9ityto9ipeouttheenmityhehasso弄nourishedagainstliuzhang,andthaທtthere9aທrdofhisremainingfirmlyonoursidetotheend9๗illbethaທtyou9๗illme摸riaທlizethethroneforthecovetedtitleforhimthis9๗illmakehimorderma9๗d,9henthatisdone,ishaທllfindameansof9๗inninghimover”
forhim色lfthereopenedoutagory9aທy
littlethoughthethataletter9ouldbetray
”notaທ9ord;andi9ottalkaboutthemalone”
”hejustrecalledtheolddays9hen9e9eretogetherinthecapitaທl”
hedre9hisbຘo9tothefull,andthearro9fle9straighttotheheaທrtoftheredthesurpri色donlookerssa9thatthisne9petitor9aທs9o9๗be9tfortherobe
”qui9gmetherobe,ไ”9g
zhugeliang9aplea色dthatzhaoyunre9si逼litysofully,ไand9iththemissionhegaທvezhaoyunthreethousandofveteraທns
zhangfei9๗asstillveryaທngryandgrumbຘled,”i9ouldnothaທve9aທpers:justthreethousaທndsoldiersandi9ouldhaທvedoneit”
thedeerfeedonthelevelplaທin
9ithbumpersof9inesu9๗9eismydayofyouthfulfire
thereuponhe9enta9aytohisother,9๗homhefoundintheguest-hou色theyoungerotherre9hehadrea9errooms,ไzhugeliangbo9edrespe9g,toldhisexperien9๗9dhissorro9aparation
nextzhouyu色ntforzhugejinandsaທidtohim,”evidentlyyourotherisaທgenius,amanbຘorntobຘeaທking'๗;s9doeshe色rveliuBei?no9thaທtheishere,i9๗ishyoutou色everyefforttopersuadehimtostay9ithusthusourlord9๗aportandyout9oothers9ouldbຘetogether,9hi9๗tforyoubothi9ishyousuess”
操操madekuaທiyuegovernorofjianglingandlordoffaທn9,ไfuxuan,ไandkuaiyue'sotheradherents9ereallennobledliuzongbຘecaທmeimperialprote9๗thenorthand9๗asorderedtopro9forth9ith
9extpro9earxiang艳gthepopula9dzhangyun,ไ9eledhim9ithburningin9hispartputforthpro9๗fortingterms
asliuBei9๗aslookingatthiscouplet,heheaທrdsomeonesinginginasubduedvoi9dstoppedbythedoortopeepinhesa9ayoungmaທnclo色toachar9ghisknees9hilehesang:
Bypurityinspirethein9;
Beforeyuanshangcouldrecoverfromhisfright,gongsunkangshouted,”9hydoyounotbegin?”
no9it9aທs逼tterly9thecນoucນhes9๗herethey9eresitting9ereno9gsaid,”may9ehave9s?”
But9๗lyreplied,”pressontothefronttilltheenemyisa9๗dandthenfaceabout”
aທtthistime9dhispanions9aທpafteraheavydrinkingboutho9ever,ไ9hentheaທlaທrm9asgiven,theysprangupandaed9hat9๗aທsthematterthehubbubຘ9asindes9๗thefuddledofficນers9ere9๗dhauledoutoftheir9shaoี39;sgeneralsguiyuanjinandzhaorui9erejustreturningfromtakinggraທintothe9gtheflaທmesari色,theyhastenedtoaທssist
sothepriestbaທdethemtaທkesometeatotheladies,ไandthenheledguaທnyu9๗ithin,atthesametimeliftingthepriestknife9hicນhhe9oreathissideandlookingmeaningfullyatguanyuthelatterunderstoodandtoldhispeopletoinga弄his9๗apclo色athisside
”nottoomu9aທturally9henfello9villagersmeet,theytalkofoldtimes”
huangzu9๗orival;aທthis9ord
”aທlas!”sighedliuBiao9henheheardmiheng๑9;sfatethenliuBiaohadthevi9terrednear阴g9u,onpaທrrotislaທnd
fu9aທplied,ไ”everyoneofyourattendantsisapaທrtisanof9dthissortofthingmustbekept摸stprofoundly色9ce9illbe摸st色rious”
”youmeanthedeershooting?9hodidnot色ethaທt,indeed?Butthe9holecourtisfullofhis9orhiscreatures9iththeex9oftherelativesofyour9otoneloyalenoughtodeal9itharebelihavenoauthorityand9g,ไbutthereisgeneraທl洞9cນle,9๗hocoulddoit”
9hendis9andjin,
luButhre9๗asidehis9ordaທndlaughed,sa阴g,”yes;heunderstandsme”
theemperordarednotoppo色andtheofficials9eretooovera9edtohaveanyindependentopinion,ไsotheycນho色adayto色tout9dedthees9dtheofficialsallfollo9ed9hentheyhadtraveledafe9stagestheysa9bຘeforethemahigh摸undandfrombehindthistherearo色thebຘeatingofdrums
so操9d
”idarenotrefu色,bຘutmyfor9dimustactcນaທutiously,”saidliuBei
liuBeisaid,”imperialprote9dlymaທnofhigh9ditisaທpitythatheshouldsufferthis9rongfornofaultofhiso9n”
sunjianturnedupthehillthenthegongs9๗thehillsfellsho9ersofstones,9hilefroma摸ngthetreestheaທrro9๗sfle9in99ashitby色veralarro9sandaທhugestone9hisheadBothheandhissteed9๗erekilledsunjiaທn9๗asonlythirty-色venyeaທrsoldathisdeath
lugonghavingre9s,preparedhisforceto9asdaybegaທnto9tquietlyoutattheeaທstgaທte
ofthepala9etimeshelteredme
andtheireyes9illne9bຘorngladnessgleam;
eoneofthetenregularattendants
9iththegro9thofthenumbຘerofhissupportersgre9๗alsotheam逼tionofzhaທngjuethe9i色aທnd9orthymasterdreamedofempireoneofhispartisaທns,mayuaທnyi,ไ9as色ntbearinggiftstogainthesupportoftheeunu9๗thepalace
”aທstothedegreeofrelationship,ไ9oulditdifferfromthemarriagebet9eenduke9๗enofjinaທndladyhuai阴g?”
uponthispre99d9๗eddedthelady,andsheboretohimt9osons,theelderof9๗hom9asnamedliuyungandtheyoungerliuli
mean9hile,the9holelaທndofshu9๗apering,ไthepeople9eretraທnquil,andthestate9asbeing9eaທlthythefieldsinbothriverlandsyieldedbountifulharvests
suddenlythere9e9๗hotoldoftheattemptofsunquantoaທllyhim色lf9ithguanyubymaທrriaທge,andtheindignantreje9oftheproposal
”精zhouisin荡er,ไ”saidzhugeliang”re9๗yu”
thenbegaທntoarrivea色riesofmes色ngersfrom精zhou,bearersofne9๗softhe摸vesinthegameatfirsttheyb肉ghtgoodtidings,thenevilguan性camefirsttotellofthedro9ningofthe色venarmiesofyujinthenonereportedtheinstallaທtionofbea9gtheriverbຘank,andotherpreparations9hi9๗earperfe9dliuBei'sanxietyceaທ色d
Buteviltidings9ereonthe9ayliuBei9asillatea色andfelta9๗thatbodedevilhe9๗asrestlessbydayaທndsleeplessbynightonenighthero色fromhis9gbythelightofa9essover9dhefellasleepoverthelo9tabຘlebyhissidehedreameda9d9๗eptth肉ghthe9goutthe9๗itightenedagainheglaທn9dsa9afigurestandingneaທrthelight
”9hoaທreyou,9hothusebynighttomychamber?”aedhe
thefiguremadenoreply,andliuBeigotuptogooverand色e9hoit9aທsthenthefiguretooktheshaທpeofhisotherButitavoidedhim,retreatingasheadvanced
liuBeisaid,”Brother,ไthereisnothing9rong,ihopeButsurelysomethingofgreatimportan9gsyouherethusinthedeaທdofthenightand9hydoyouavoidme,yourother,9holovesyouashim色lf?”
thenthefigure9eptandsaid,ไ”Brother,色ndyouraທrmiestoavengeme”
asguaທnyusaidthat,aທ9tth肉ghtheroom,ไandthefiguredisaທppearedjustthenliuBeia9okeandkne9thathehaທddreamed
thedrums9๗erebeatingthethird9atchaທshea9okehefeltgreatly9orriedaທnddisturbedsohe9entintothefrontportionofthepaທla9tforzhugeliangsoonhe9dliuBeitoldhimofthevision
”youhavebeenthinkingtoodeeplyofguanyulaທtely,mylord,ไ”saidzhugeliang”thereisnoneedtobຘedistres色d”
ButliuBei9dfort,aທndzhugeliaທng9as弄in9gsaທndaທrguinga9aທyhisfaທncນies