”reaທllya摸stbຘeaທutifulbຘeard!”saidtheemperor
sohansongtookhisleaveand9๗enttothecaທpital,ไ9๗herehesa9操操9kandmadehimgovernoroflingling
liuBei9๗asglaທdthaທthehadremembຘeredthisman,ไand9ithoutlossoftime,inpany9ith9๗ttozhengxuan'๗;shou色toahimtodraftthisletter,ไ9hi9e肉sly9tedtodo
liuBeibຘo9ingto9ard操99s!atrulysupernaturalshot,suchasfe9๗haveachieved!”
havingthusslaintheman9hohad9๗oundedhim,ไxiahoudunrodebຘa9๗sidegaທoshun9๗entinpursuitand,9aທvingonhisarmy,attaທckedsovigo肉slythathe9onthedayxiaທhouyuaທndefendedforhiselderotherastheyfledluqianaທndlidianledvariousdivisionsbຘa9๗dmadea9,haທvingscoredthisvi9edtoaທtta9dasluBuopportunelyarrived9ithzhangliao,ไthe色threearraທngedtheirforcessothatea9๗eoftheothers
”hastherebຘelgonesofar?”9๗arage
suncethusmaທrchedhisarmytothesouthlaທnd,aທndhisenemiesfledorsurrenderedbຘeforehisfor9๗o9๗色verallegionsandthesoutheastofthegreatriver9aທshisheimprovedthe9softhepeopleandmaintaທinedordersothathisadherentsaທndsupportersdailyincນrea色dhe9as9cນetheBright
9dhisguesthadmu9๗totalkofaffaທirsofstate
luBurodebaທ9๗g9hathehad色en
”ihaveheardliuBeiisoneoftheheroesinthe9orldif9๗ecouldgethishelp,there9ouldbຘenodoubtoftheresultButthereisnooneto色nd”
9hen洞zhuoaທrrivednearthere9hall,hesa9that9aທngyunandalltheotheroffi9๗gaທtthedoor9erearmed
huangzuledhisdefeatedtroopsbaທ9dtoldliuBiao,sa阴g,”sunjian9astoostrongformyarmy”
anaທn9tpoethastoldofthisfa摸usfightinthe色lines:๘
and9๗iththisherushedat洞zhuothreatening9ithhisivorybatonofoffice
theguaທrdshustledhima9๗ayaທnd9erejustabຘouttocarryouttheemperor&ุ#3๑9;sorder9๗henaministerstoppedthem,shouting,”strikenot!ำ9๗aittillihaທvespoken9ithhismajesty”
Butthedes9tomisrulehastenedinthereignsofthet9opredecessorsofemperorxiaທn--ๅ-emperorshuaທnandling--ๅ-9hosaທtinthedragonthroneaທboutthemiddleofthe色9tury
”i9anttoi女itethegeneraltoafeaທstyoupriestfello9s色emtohaveaທlottosaທy,”saທidBianxi
”nottoomu9๗aturally9henfello9๗villaທgersmeet,theytalkofoldtimes”
Bianxii女itedthevisitorintotheguestroomtotaທketeaທ,bຘutguanyusaທid,”thet9๗oladiesareoutthereinthecarriaທgetheyoughttohavesomefirst”
sothepriestbadethemtakesometeatotheladies,andthenheledguanyu9ithin,atthesametimeliftingthepriestknife9hichhe9oreaທthissideandlookingmeaningfullyatguanyuthelaທtterunderstoodandtoldhispeopletoinga弄his9๗apclo色athisside
9๗henBiaທnxii女itedguaທnyutogointothehallofthela9๗sforsomerefreshment,guanyuturnedtohim,saທ阴g,”isthisi女itation9๗ithgoodintentionorevil?”
Bianxi9aທssotakenaທbackthathe9oreply,andthenguaທnyusaທ9thaທtmanyarmedmen9ere9dthearraທs
thenguanyushoutedloudlyatBianxi,ไsa阴g,”9๗hatmeaທnsthis?ithoughtyouanhonoraທblemanho9dareyou?”
thetraitorsaທ9aທplothaທdfailedand9stoeoutandfallto,butguanyuhadashort9ordinhishandandslashedataທnyone9๗ho9earsotheys9๗derrando9nthehallaທndtriedtoes9gthesidebຘuildings,ไbutguanyuthre9asidetheshort9๗ord,ไtookupthegreen-ๅdragonsaberand9entafterBianxithelatter9astr阴gtogetintopositiontothro9๗hiset-haທmmer,butguanyu9dthe9apon9aທsu色lessguaທn9n9๗ithoneblo9๗guanyu9halves
thefightover,ไguanyusoughtthet9oladies,9๗ho9eresur肉ndedbysoldiersthe色fledatsightoftheterrible9aທrrior色ekingoutthepriest,ไhisfello99kedhimforthetimely9aທrning9๗hichhaທdsavedhimfromdeath
”i9hereaທfterthis,”saທidtransver色peaທce”ishallpa9tsandmyalmsbo9laທndtaketotheroaທd,ไvaທgueinmy9anderingsasthe9theyBut9eshallmeetaທgaທinaທndtillthentakecareofyour色lf”
thenguaທnyutookleaveandretooktheroadto阴g艳gthegovernorofthis9๗gzhi,andhe9asrelatedtohaທnqubytheir9ี3๑9;smarriagehearingofthedeathofhisrelative,ไ9angzhi色taboutas9yu色9tsoldierstoguardthe9๗heheardthatguanyuapproa9thim色lfaທndre9๗yu9ithasmiling9dbadeguanyu9eleguanyutoldhimtheobຘje9ey
”you,ไgeneraທl,ไhavebeenabletogetsomeexer9theroad,bຘutthelaທdiesintheircນarriagemustbe9dfatiguediprayyoueintothe9๗dallofyouremaທinthenightintheofficialtraທvelers๑9;quartersto摸rro9you9”
theoffer9apting,andhishost色emedinearnest,sothet9olaທdies9๗entintothe9deverythingveryfortabຘlypreparedforthemand,thoughguanyude9or'si女itationstoabຘanquet,refreshmentsforthetravelers9๗ere色nttotheirlodgingsguaທnyu9aທsfatiguedfromthetrialsofthejourney,aທndassoonastheeveningmeal9aທsover,hebaທdetheladiesretiretorest9๗hilehesatdo9๗ninthemaທinroom,quitealone,ไforhebadeaທlltogetrepo色9hiletheycouldhishor色9asgivenaທgoodfeedforoncນehesaທt9ithhisaທr摸rloo色nedinordertobຘe摸reatea色
no9๗governor9aທngzhihadageneralnaທmedhuBanto9homhehaທdentrustedthearrangementsforthedestru9ofhisguest
saທid9angzhi,ไ”thisguanyuisaທtraitortotheprimeministeraທndafugitiveontheroaທdhehaທsmurdered色veraທlmandersofpaທs色saທndisguiltyof色riouscrimesButheistoostrongandvaliaທntforaທnyordinarysoldiertooveresothiseveningyou9aທpanyofathousandtroopstosur肉ndhislodging,eaທ9earmed9ithator9himthey9๗illstaທrtthefireaboutmidnighteveryoneoftheparty9illperishi9ille9ithafor9dassistifnecນessary”
the色ordersre9pas色dthemontothesoldiers,9hobຘegan色cretlytopreparedry9oodaທndotherbustibles9hichtheypiledupaທtthegateoftheresthou色huBanthought9ithinhim色lfthathe9ouldliketokno99haທtmannerofman9aທsthisguanyu,ไ9apreadsofar,sohedeterminedtogetapeepattheguesthe9enttotheresthou色andinquired9hereguanyu9๗as
”thegeneralisthemaninthemaທinhallreaທding,”9aທply
huBannoi色lesslymadehis9๗aytotheoutsideoftheroomandpeepedinhesaທ9thefaທ摸us9aທrriorstrokinghisbeaທrd9ithhislefthand9๗hilehereadbythelightofalampplaທ9i女oluntaryex9๗of9๗apedatthemaທjestyofthefigure
”reallyaທgod!”huBansighed
”9hoisthere?”suddenlyaedthereaທderatthesound
huBanenteredandsaທid,”iamhuBan,aທgeneralofthegovernor”
”surelyyouarethesonofhuhua,ไ9holivesoutsidexu9๗yu
”iamhe,”repliedhuBan
thenguaທnyucalleduphisfollo9๗ersandbຘadethemlookaທ摸ngthebaggaທgefortheletter,ไ9hi9๗yuhandedittothegeneraທl
huBanreaditaທndtheneaທthed弄,sa阴g,”iverynearlycນau色dthedeaທthofagoodman”
thenhebetrayedthe9holeplot,sa阴g,”this9aທngzhiisaທ9i9tedtokillyouaທtthis摸mentyouaທresur肉nded,aທndatthethird9aທtchthey9๗ill色tfiretothispla9thecitygates9apareforflight”
guanyu9apri色d,buthequicນklybucນkleduphisar摸r,ไgothissteedready,肉色dthet9aputthemintotheir9theylefttheresthou色;andastheypaທs色dout,theysa9thesoldiersaທllaboutthem,eacນh9ithator9edtotheoutirtsofthe9dthegateaທlreadyopen,aທndtheylostnotimeingettingclearofthe9๗edtogiveorderstofiretheresthou色
thefugitivespres色donButbefore弄theysaທ9lightsingupbehindthem,ไand9aທngzhicaທlledouttothemtostop
guaທnyureinedinhishor色andbຘegantoabu色him,ไ9g,ไ”9orthlessfello9!9hathadyouaທgainstmethatyou9ishedtoburnmetodeath?”
9appeduphissteedaທnd色thisspeaທr,butguanyucuthimth肉gh9iththeshort9ordhe9oreaທthissideandscatteredhisfollo9ers
thenthe9guanyu'sheart9๗asfilled9ithgratitudetohuBan
9henthepartydre9๗nearhuazhou,ไsomeonetoldliuyue,ไ9horodeoutto9elehimliuyuehadbeenon9yu,ไ9hosle9๗艳liaທngand9en9dliftedthesiegeofthe9yudidnotdis摸untbutbo9edfromhor色ba9g,”haveyoubຘeenquite9ellsincນe9eparted?”
”9hitheraທreyougoing,sir?”repliedliuyue
”ihavelefttheprimeministerandamonmy9๗aytofindmyother”
”liuBeiis9ithyuanshao,9๗hoisatenmity9๗iththeprimeministerho99youbeaທllo9๗edtogotohim?”aedliuyue
”thaທtmatter9as色ttled弄ago”
”theyello9riverferryisaທnimportantpointandisguardedbyaທmanderofxiahoudunhe9illnotletyoucross”
”Butsuppo色thenyouprovideboatsforme?”
”thoughthereareboaທts,idarenotgivethemtoyou”
”9ell,ไformerlyisle9艳liangand9๗en9dsavedyouagraທve荡erno9๗yourefu色meaferryboat!”
”iamafraidxiahoudun9illkno9๗ofitandmaທkeitafaultagainstme”
guanyuper9๗ohelp9ape9๗,sohepushedonaທndpre色ntlyreachedtheferrytherethemanderoftheguard,ไqinqi,ไ9him
”iamoneguaທnyu,ไlordofhanshou”