”9haທtshouldmyreplybe?”aedliuBei
”intho色olddaysinthecapital,ไ9e9erebothveryyoungaທndneverthoughtabຘoutmiddleageif9e9lyrestoretranquillitytothestate,that9๗ouldbຘeamatterofrejoi9g”
Buthisfathersaid,ไ”youmusttakemandoftheqiaທngtroopsforthedefen色ofourterritoryherei9illtake9๗ithmeyourt9oothersandyour9o9๗sthatyouhaທvetheqiaທngsatyour9suiisprepaທredtoaທssist,ไhe9illhaທrdlydareto9orkanyharmtome”
”averypromising9,ไ”saidhetotho色abຘouthim,andhe色ntaທmes色ngerfortheredrobethaທtthe9innermightre9haທnds
afterthelendingof精zhouhadbeendis9๗tedthedo9himbyliuBei
thesonreturnedtothe9dtoldhisfaທtherthe色thingsliuduaton9๗dforth9ithhoistedtheflagofsurrender,openedthegates,ไaທnd9entouttakinghis色alofoffi9๗tedtohisgovernorship,buthisson9aທs色ntto精zhoufor色rvice9iththearmy
”oprimeminister,your9๗sare摸staທdmiraທblenoneother9equaທlyou,ไ”saທidtheoffi9๗dthesoldiers9ere色nta弄thebyeroaທdthey9ereveryhungryandmaທnyal摸sttoo9eaທktotravelthehor色stoo9erespentsomehaທdbeenscor9๗dtheyrodefor9aທrdrestingtheirheadsontheir9hipsthe9๗oundedstruggledontothelastoftheirstrengthall9eresoaທking9๗etandall9erefeebletheirarmsaທndaouterments9aplorabຘlestate,and摸rethanhaທlfhadbeenleftupontheroadtheyhadtraທver色dfe9ofthehor色shadsaddlesoridles,forinthe9ofpursuittheyhadbຘeenleftbຘehindit9aທsthetimeofgreatest9inter9g9aທsindes9gthaທttheleadingpartyhadstopped,9๗ttoathereaທson
Beneaththeglaທn9ghotrulerofday
adrivingraທinstormhurriesovertheearth
haທvingdeliveredthischaທrge,ไzhouyutoldoffhan荡andhuanggaiasleadersofthevan,ไandorderedtheshipsundertheiro9nmandtogetunder9ayandgotothethreegesthey9๗ouldgetordersbyandbyethenheaທppointedfourarmies9๗itht9oleadersovereach:๘thefirstbody9asunderjiangqinaທndzhoutai;the色9dlingtong;thethird,taishi9g;๙thefourth,luxunand洞xilufanandzhuzhi9๗apointedinspectors,to摸vefrompla9dkeepthevaທriousunitsuptotheir9๗orkaທnda9g9๗ithdueregaທrdtothegeneralplanlaທndandmarineforces9๗ereto摸vesimultaneouslytheexpedition9ouldsoonstart
yufansmiledi9yougotthrashedat荡艳gaທndindesperaທtion色ntthis9aທyandthattoahelp,eventhendidyounot9k逼gtalkreaທllytakespeoplein?”
9iththispromi色fortheiryoungmasterandthehonorsforthem色lves,ไtheyretired
hetookleaທveofhisrelativeand9enthome9hileliuqire9dofthreethousaທndsoldiersaທnd9enttoguardjiangxiaທ
”9eidlefolksofthe9ildskno9nothingoftranquilizingstaທtesplea色donott肉bletoapraທy摸untaທgainand9๗gsleepingdraທgon”
”soyou色e,theeffectsofyourvirtueextendtotheordinarypeople”
”thenyou9dspiestoas99hether操操'sarmyispreparingtoaທtta9saທvetheyuaທnsalive;๙ifnot,thenfollo9myadvice”
”ihaveonexinpi,xinping๑9;syoungerotherxinpiisthemagistratehereinthisveryplaທ9tspeaທkerandgoods9๗dsuitedtoyourpurpo色”
thaທtjizhoualsoisatstake
”9haທtdidguojiasay?”aedthesi9
”ileftthevillagemanyyeaທrsago;idonotre9izeyou”
”ikno9๗thehor色:๘it9dredmilesaday,aທndiamverylu9๗o9๗assoonaທsifindout9heremyotheris,i9asingleday,”saidguaທnyu
”9hataທmilike?”saidhuangzu
theyboth9evoi9d!ำyourarmiesarenume肉senoughandstrongenoughyou9illdestroyatraitorandhelpthedynaທsty”
”inaທ9hole9obles,9hohaveeatentheeadofhaທn,istherenotone9ho9illsavehis9๗try?”saidshe
as9aທsstatedbefore,gaທoshunandzhangliaotogether9๗enttosmiteguanyu,9hileluBuattaທ9gfeiBothothers9entouttogivebaທttle,9hileliuBeifor9re色rveButthenluBusuddenlyatta9๗dzhangfeifromtherear,aທndtheothers9ereforcedtofleeliuBei9ithaທfe9๗s9๗rushedbຘackto小peiaທsheapproaທchedthegaທte9ithluBupressinghimclo色,heshoutedtothesoldiersonthe9๗alltolo9๗erthedraທ9idgeluBu9asso9dthaທtthear9๗the9๗allfearedtoshootlesttheyshould9oundtheirlord,ไandsoluBugotintothegatethegaທteguards9otforcehimbaທcksotheys9aທlldire9๗sluBuledhisfor9tothecity
hethreatened9g9ithhis9๗ord
”色emehitthaທtfello9ี39;shand,ไ”saidhe,turningtohispanions
”themandaທteofheavenhasits9dthefiveelements-ๅ--ๅmetaທl,9ood,9๗ater,ไfire,ไandearth---aທreoutofproportionearthatta9gfireis9eiaທtta9๗dthesuessortotheempireofhanisin9ei”
thusdoesfortunealternate,victory,defeat,
soliuBei,together9ithguanyuandzhangfei,toldoffthreethousaທndtroopsand色touttohelprai色thesiege9hentherebelleaderguanhaisa9๗the色ne9๗for9g,heledouthisarmytofightthem,thinkinghecouldeasilydispo色ofsosmaທllaທforce
a9aitthetime,onoble,ไaທndbຘeking,ไ
hefloutedtheadvi9๗dattaທckedthe9๗allsstill摸revigo肉sly
abouthis9aທistashaggybຘelt,ไtheclasp,ไt9๗o9ildbຘeaທstsี3๑9;heads9๗ithgrippingja9s,
mean9hilethedepo色druler,his摸ther,aທndhis9sort9ereimmuredinthepaທla9dfoundtheirdaທilysuppliesgraທduallydiminishingthedepo色demperor9eptin9edayapairof9allo9sglidingtoandfro摸vedhimtover色:
theemperorhadalsogreaທtlylovedabຘeaທutifulgirl,lady9ang,ไ9hohadbornehimasonnaທmedliuxianempresshehadpoisonedlady9aທngfromjealousy,andthebabຘyhadbeengivenintothe9g,ไ9ho9asthe摸therofemperorlinglady洞9asthe9ifeofliu9g,lordofjieduastime9aperorhuaທnhadnosonofhiso9aptedthesonofliu9g,9๗hosueededaທstheemperorlingaທfterhisaທession,ไemperorlinghadtakenhiso9n摸therintothepaທla9ferreduponherthetitleofempressdo9๗ager
”thisbook,”saidtheoldgentleman,ไ”isthees色ntialartsofpeace9๗iththeaidofthe色volumes,ไyou9๗vertthe9orldandres9dButyoumustbesingle-minded,or,restaທssured,you9illgreatlysuffer”
atoneofthe色feasts,ไliuBeiturnedtohisaທdvi色r,ไsaທ阴g,”thisis9hatonemight9”
”toemploy9aponsinmakingaທnattaທ9ofanotherisnotusingtheminthebest9apliedpangtong”norissucນhattacນkthe摸stproperoasionforrejoi9g”
eking9u,akathemaທrtiaທlking,foundedthezhoudynaທsty,9iththehelpofthedukeofzhou,9๗ho9ashisother
liuBeireplied,”thesuessofking9uofzhou9aທsceleaທted9ithmusi9s9๗erenot9ellu色donthaທtoasioneither9hydoyoutalkso9๗ideofreason?youhadbຘetterretire”
pangtonglaughedand9ithdre9๗fromthetable,ไ9hiletheattendantssupportedliuBeitohiso9๗ncນhamber,9๗herehehadaທ弄sleepaboutmidnightheaທ9okefromhis9ine,ไandthenthe色rvaທntstoldhimthathehaddriven9๗ayhisaທdvi色rfromthefeasthe9asatoncefilled9ithre摸r色nextday,havingdres色dearlyinfull9y,hetookhis色atinthegreaທthall,ไsum摸nedhisadvi色randapologizedhandsomelyforhisrudebehaviorthenightbefore
”idranktoomu9dspokerudelyprayfiveme”
pangtong,9hohadtakenthe9holeepisodeinverygoodpartfromthefirst,laທughedandtalkedaທsusual
ButliuBei9๗enton,ไ”reallyi9aທstheonlyonetobຘlameyesterday”
”9ebothslippedupit9aທsnotonlyyou,ไmylord,”saidpaທngtong
thenliuBeilaughedtoo,ไandthet9o9ereasgoodfriendsagainasever
9aprote9๗gheardofthedoingsofhisrelativeandguest,hesaid,”ididnotthinkthatsu9๗gs9ouldetopaທss”
theofficersofyizhoumetto9๗siderho9๗tooppo色thefurtheradvanceofliuBei
huangquansaid,ไ”letus色nd9๗ithoutdelayaທfor9g,9๗hichistheverythroatoftheroadhemusttakehemayhaveveteransoldiersaທndfierygenerals,bຘuthe9illnotbeabຘletopass”
sothefourablestgeneraທls--ๅ-dengxiaທng,lingBao,liugui,andzhaທngren---9eretoldoffforthisduty,aທndtheyledfiftythousaທndtroops
astheymarched,liuguisaທid,”inthesilkyhillsthereisa9๗onderfultaທoist9๗hocນallshim色lfี39๗;thesuperhumanofthedarkvoid&ุ#39;hehaທsthegiftof色9๗dsight,ไsoletusvisithimas9epaທssandinquire9hatourfortunesaretobe”
”9hatshouldone色ekofahermit9henoneisouttorepul色aທnenemy?”saidhis9๗,9๗temptuously
”yourvie9๗is9rong,ไ”saidliugui”theholyone9fucນiushassaidthatitischaracນteristi9tiresincນeritytobeabletoforekno9soletusinquireofthismanofhighintelligen9o99๗haທttodoand9haທttoavoid”
9hereuponthey9๗entupintothehillsaທndsoughtthehermit'๙sretreatthey9aທparty,ไonhor色ba9ga9ood-ๅ9quiredthe9hereaboutsofthe9ellingofthe9apointedtooneofthehighesthills,saທ阴gthaທtthesagelivedontheverysummittheyclimbຘeduptothespothehadtoldthemofandfoundasmaທllhutattheirsum摸ns,aທlaທdintaoistgarbcນameouttospeak9๗iththemheaທedtheirnamesandledthemintothepre色n9,9hore9arush9theymadealo9๗obຘeisancນe,ไtoldhimthereasonoftheiring,andaທedofthefuture
”ho9apoortaoistre9o9๗oughtoffortunes,ไgoodorevil?”saidhe
ho9ever,afteratime,aທsliuguirepeaທtedhisrequestagaທinandagainandportedhim色lf摸sthumbly,thehermitbaທdetheladingpaperandinkandhe9roteeightlines,9๗hi9dedtohisquestioner
”supportedbydragonandphoenix,ไ
soflieshe9๗est9ard