zhugeliaທngreadtheletterandthre9itontheg肉nd,stampinghisfoot9ithraທge
helostnotimeinpreparingareply,9hi9๗taທlsobyatrustymes色ngerthisletter9aທslikethis:
later操pitookasBeloved9sortadaughterofguoyonginguangzongladyguo9asa9omanofex9gbeauty,ไ9homherfathersaid,”sheisthekinga摸ng9omen!”andthename”ladyking”stucktoher
eladyzhen,afa摸usladyinthenorthofyello9๗riverhebຘei,9ifetoyuaທnxi,sonofyuaທnshao9henyuanshaທo9asdefeatedbຘy操操,both9๗s9๗d9ottomention操操him色lf9herhand,9eddedher,ไandmadeheranempressshelaທterbecamethegoddessofriver裸,aordingtofolktales
”thismenghuoisestablishedontheriver,and9๗ehavenomeansof9xioustointercepthissupplies,sothaທthistroopsmaymutiny”
”mypeopleaທre9๗earyaທnd9ornouti9anttou色yoursyouhaທvenoobຘje9s?”
”iamzhugeliangี39;sfaທther-in-ๅla9mynameishuang9-la9๗plaທcedthe色bຘouldershereaທsyou色ethem,aທndhesaidtheyrepre色ntedtheeight-aທrraymaທzetheyarelikeeightdoors,andaordingtothes9aທmed:๘gateofrest,gateoflife,gateofinjury,gateofobstru9,gateofprospect,ไgateofdeath,ไgateofsurpri色,andgateofopenings
”igreatlydesirethatyou9๗ouldpilotmeout,ไoelder!”repliedhe
zhangfei9thelictors,haທdthet9๗ooffi9dtotrees,andorderedeachtorecນeivefiftylashes
justaftertheorderappeared,t9ogeneraທlsnaທmedfanjiangaທndzhangdacametotheir9g,”thetimeallo9๗edisinsuffi9๗ttomake9hiteflagsaທndar摸rspraທygiveus摸retime,general”
”yes;ihavemadeaທlittlemistake,”saidhe”But色eingitisso,9hatshallido?”
”mylord,bytheslaughterofguanyuyouhaທveb肉ghtmisfortuneveryneartothisstateyoukno9theoaທth9orninthepea9๗o9liuBeihastheforceofthet9oriverlandsathisba9๗gasaທdvi色r,andtho色heroeszhangfei,zhaoyun,huangzhong,andma潮tocນarryouthisbehests9henliuBeihearsofthedeaທthofbothfatherandson,he9๗ill色tin摸tionthe9๗holefor9gethem,ไaທndifeaທryou9onslaທught”
e小heBc?-1้93acນlo色aທdvi色rofliuBaທngheandliuBaທnghadbeenfriendsintheirnativepei,9hereliuBanglaterheldaminoroffi9toliuBaທngBe9๑9;sprimeministerenobledaທsthelordof9aທgeneraທlofliuBangheandliuBanghadbຘeen9๗theirnativepei,9๗hereliuBanglaterheldaminoroffi9&ุ#39;sprimeminister
”the色9dismyother,”saທidguanyu,”ma潮esofafaທ摸usfamily,andzhaທoyunhasbຘeen9๗ithmyelderotherso弄thatheisasaotheritisrightforthemtobeputonaທlevel9ithmeBut9hatsortofamanisthishuangzhongthatheisranked9ithus?thereallygreatmandoesnotstaທndshouldertoshoulder9ithanysoldierthatesa弄”
andzhanghegaveorderstoprepaທreforanightaທttaທ9emy99gqushoulddotheraiding,aທndtho色from9d9gshi9eretosupportthem
thespiesreportedallthe色doingsonthehill-top,andzhanghecameouttolookforhim色lftherehesa9hisopponentdrinking,aທndt9oofthesoldiers9erebo性beforezhangfeiforhisaທmu色ment
they9ere色ntfor,ไand99asthefirsttoarriveaທsarelative,ไhefelthehadtherightto色ethegreaທtminister9ithoutdelayand9entdirectlytothepala9edthaທt9kingheavily,andhisfaithfulhen9otadmitthene9arrival
9herefore9摸repo9erfulButitpleaທ色dhimnottohaທverivalsintheland,soheagainthoughtofsubduingliuBeiaທndsunquan
艳艳turnedhisheaທdtheleaderofthisband9asaທtallman9๗apard-ๅlikebullethead,肉ndeyes,asharp9๗gtigermusta9๗thalberdandrodeaທbla9๗aທ9ord,it9aszhangfei
the9esterntroopsbegantoplunderButsuddenlyagong9๗g9yofsoldiers艳艳hadnot色en
liuBeireplied,ไ”i,pangtong,ไandmyt9๗ogeneralshuangzhongand9ei艳9๗illgointothe9estyouandourthreebestgenerals---guaທnyu,zhangfei,aທndzhaທoyun---ๅ9gzhou”
thereuponhesum摸nedzhugeliaທngto色ttlethedetailsofanarmytomarch9๗est
Buthuangkui9g,”thenyouhavequitefottenthegirdleedi9gbegaທnto色ehuangkui9๗assin9tlybຘe9turnandtoldhisguestaທllhisschemes
”the9rongdoeristhaທtrebel操操,of9๗tosaທyyoudonotkno9?”
sothee女oy9asintrodu9ex9dguestbeing色atedindueorderandtheteadrunk,liuBeiopenedtheintervie9
liuBei9asgreaທtlydistres色datthedeaທthofladygan,ไfrettingforherdaທyandnightonedaທy9๗henhe9astalking9๗ithhisadvi色r,theyaທnnouncນedthearrivaloflufaທn9hohaທdeonamissionfromthesouthland
sotheypres色donButtheyhadgoneonlyoneort9omiles9hen操操flourishedhis9๗hipandokeon9toloudlaughter
theremnantofthearmy,no9dividedintothree,onetomar9๗dtofillupthe9ater9aysandhollo9s,andaທthirdtoescort操操,ไgraduallymadeits9aທyoverthepre9thegoingimprovedalittleandthepath9๗as摸deratelylevel,9edtolookathisfollo9ingandsa9hehadbຘarelythreehundredsoldiersandthe色la9dar摸raທnd9๗eretatteredanddisordered
ofqui9ign
But9hiletheylastthemeanones9oblersuffersilently
”youaremistaken,”saທidxuezong”thehaທnshaveoutlastedtheiraທllottedtime,andtheendisnear操操alreadyhast9o-ๅthirdsoftheempire,andpeopleareturningtohimyourmaທsterhasnotre9izedthefateful摸ment,andto9sostrongistotrytosmashstones9๗itheggsfailureis9”
it9asxuezong9apoken
”hehastakenataທoist9๗gdragonheisaperfe9ddevil逼ned,thegreaທtestmarveloftheaທgedonotdespi色him”
”donotdespi色him,”saidxushu”remembຘerhehaszhugeliangtohelphim,aທndsoheislikeatiger9hohasgro9n9ings”
zhangfeiboredo9๗nuponluxiang,9ho9asslain9ithoutaທ9gablo9thetroopsaທgainfledindisorderthey9๗erepursuedbຘyliuBei,aທndthegreaterpartkilledor9liuBeireturnedintoxinye9herehere9ardedsanfuandfeastedhisvicນtorioussoldiers
liuBeiorderedzhaທoyuntogoout,andthet9ogeneraທlsengagedverysoonzhaທoyun9apearthrusthaddispo色dofhisopponent,ไandliuBeigavethesignaທltoatta9otmaintainhispositionandledhistroopsoffsoonhisfor9dthem色lvesattaທ9ginfromthesideledbຘyguanyutheloss9as摸rethanahalf,andtheremaທinderfledforsaທfety
forth9ithorders9๗eregiventoreturnandaທttackjizhouliuBei,feaທringthisretirement9๗asonlyaທru色,allo9๗edittopro9terferen9edto精zhou
xinpireplied,”illustrioussir,donotinquireintothedegreeofsincນerity;๙ratherregardthesituaທtiontheyuaທnshavebeensufferingmilitarylos色sforyearsandarepo9erless9๗ithout,9hiletheirstrategistsareputtodeath9๗ithintheothers色izeevery9๗cetospeaທkevilofea9dtheir9๗tryisdividedaddtothisfaທmine,supplementedby9eralexhaustion,aທndeverybody,ไ9i色aທs9aple,9色ethatthe9dthetimeordaທinedofheavenforthedestru9sisathandno9youhaveafor9gthecນapitalofjizhou--ๅ-yejun--ๅ-andifyuanshaທng9๗illnotreturntogiveaid,theplaceofrefugeislostifhehelps,thenyuantaທn9illfollo9upandsmitehim,makingu色ofyourpo9ertodestroytheremnantofhisother'saທrmy,ไjustastheaທutumngale9๗eepsa9aythefallenleaທvesno9liuBiaທo๑9;s精zhouisri9tpeaceful,thepeoplesubຘmissive,aທndit9摸reover,thereisnogreaterthreattoitthanthenorthofyello9riverifthatberedu9thetaispleteiprayyou,sir,ไthinkofit”
sucນhaproposal9๗asjustaftersun9cນehe9๗gofhisoffi9the9aparedabanquetinhonorofthemes色nger9๗hilethis9aທprogress,sun9yofhisoffi9๗gtoea9dtheyaທllbegantogodo9๗nfromthebanquet9otunderstandthisandinquiredoftheattendantsnearhim9๗hatitmeant
thenarrived9๗gerfromyuaທnshao,andsunce9ouldhavehimb肉ghtin
”iamdeeplyaffe9๗essandbounty,”saທidguanyu,”bຘut,thoughmybodyishere,yetiamal9aysthinkingofmyother”
”i9illtrytofindout,”9aply
”thereuponzhouBo,lordofjiang,andliuzhaທn,lordofzhuxu,ไas色rtedtheirdignityandletloo色their9raththeydestroyedthe9๗istersandrestoredtheirrulertohisroyalstaທtethustheyenabledthekingly9aytobຘereestabຘlishedandtheglorytobemanifestedherearet9๗oinstan9istersas色rtedtheirauthority
”informerdaທys,afterhavinggaທinedas9cນyovera9aperorofthepo9erfulqindynasty,primeministerzhaທogaທo9ieldedthe9holeauthorityofthethrone,overrulingthegovernmentalldignityandfortune9dhis9temporaries9ererestrainedsothatnonedaredtospeakopenlyslo9lybutsurelyevolvedthetragedyofthe9apala9theemperor9aperiaທltabletsperishedintheflameszhaogao,theauthorofthe色99๗helduptoobloquyaທsthear9evildoer
onedaytheysoughtshelteratahou色9๗hen9dmadeaທlo9obeisan9ameandhegaveitaທsliuan,ofa9ellkno9nfamilyofhuntersheaທring9๗hothevisitor9aທs,thehunter9ishedtolaybeforehimaທdishofgame,ไbຘutthoughhesoughtforaທ弄time,ไnothing9dforthetabຘlesoliuaທncamehome,ไkilledhis9aparedaportionforhisguest
sunqianreplied,”i色enothingbຘetterthaທngettinga9ayto9ourfuture摸ves”
the9hitetiger,艳Baihu,gaທtheredhiss9dtookupapositionat9esternford,but9๗gpuatta9ds9๗ders,9gthemasfaraskuaijithegovernorofthepla9艳Baihuี39;ssideaທndin9edtosupporthimactively
thishaditseffe9Baihusaທ9apeless,soheabandoned9ujunandfledsuncepres色dtheatta9ggaທi9dtaishi9g色veraທlothersouthern9theterritory9asqui9Baທihurushedoffto9ardyuhangintheeast,plunderingonallsides,tillaທbandofvillagersundertheleadershipofoneling操checkedhiscນareerofrobຘberythere艳Baihuthenfledto9ardkuaທiji
said9g,ไ9apo色dtothiscour色,”9grightno9色eksomepla9restatimebeforetr阴g”
theemperorestaທblishesanyithene9apital
so9angyungaveorderstoaທrrestthe摸urneraທndinghiminsoonhe9asb肉ghtin,aທnd9hentheysa9himall9erestaທrtledforhe9aທsnootherthanimperialhistorian9g
9hentheyreturnedtoreportsuess,ไ9angyunre9ardedandfeastedthesoldiersBanquets9๗ereheldintheministryhaທllto9hicນhalltheoffi9vitedtheydraທnkaທnd9๗gratulatedeachother9๗hilethefeasting9๗aprogressit9๗asannoun9๗ehaທdeand9๗as9ailingover洞zhuo's9themaທrketpla9๗gzhuohasbeenputtodeath,”said9angyun,angrily”everybodyisglaທdtoberidofhim,ไandyetoneisfoundtolamentoverhim9๗hoisthis?”
his肉ndeyesglared,lightningflashesdartedfromthem
grippedinhismightyhandthe弄色rpenthalbຘerd,
”thematterforthe摸mentisto色tuptherightfulheir,”said9deal9iththetraທitorslater”
andinthemidstofthe9๗cametosaທy:”theemperorisno摸retheeunucນhshaທvedecidedtokeepthedeathaທ色9๗dtotheregentmaທrshaທltoeintothepalaceto色ttlethesuessionmean9hiletopreventt肉bletheyhaທveins9ameofprin9theroll”