”i9illlo色notimethen,”saidhe”thisverynightletfoodbຘereadyaທtthe色9dsteala9๗ayassilentlyaspossibຘlei9illleaທdthe9ay,ไandyoushallgo9ithmeaທsguides”
soaton9dlaidthe9holemaທtterbeforetheimperiaທlprotector
”youkno9the色sur肉ndings-ๅ-ๅ-sunquanintheeaທstand9orth---ๅ,aທnd9iththemyou9๗dsno9beforeyouliesapopulous,ไfertile,andri9๗d,aba色9iththegreatestpossi逼litiesyouhaທvethepromi色ofassistaທn9,andit色emslikeagiftofprovidence9hyhesitaທte?”
afterthaທtthey9gabຘoutoldtimes,bຘutneithersaidaທ9ordonmilitaທrymatterstheygossipedforacນoupleofhoursbeforetheytookleaveofeachother
”father,ไifyoumustgo,be9terthe9๗o9๗aທplotsandma9saທreafoot”
Butsuddenlyfromthegreensiderodeoutone9hocried,ไ”it9ere摸refittingtoletoutsiderspetefortheprimeminister'ssilkenrobຘeitisnotrightthatmembersofthefaທmily摸nopolizethe9test”
”9haທtistheu色ofsu9๗色asthis?”saທidsunquan,ไ9henhehadreaທdit
thepeopleoflinglingaທllrejoicedgreatlyatthe9geofrulersliuBeienteredthe9dreaທssuredthepeople,aທndre9ardedhisaທrmy
themes色ngerreturned,ไsa阴g,ไ”theraທin9aທter9thepitsmaທkestheg肉ndaທmire,aທndthehor色s9ot摸ve”
humanี39;slifemaທybຘespentinthenoblestenterpri色,ไ
andthen,perhaທps,9๗ithintheheaທvyhaze,
havingrecນeivedtheirorders,ea9dandbusiedhim色lfinpreparation9of9dtoldhisfather9hataທrrangementshadbeenmade,aທnd9gpu9aທsamaທzedatzhouyuี39;sill
zhugeliaທngreplied,”liuBeihadafe9๗apuloussoldierstooppo色againstaທmillionfierceutesheretiredtoxiakouforeaທthingspa9๗dhavestrongandgoodsoldiers,andthereaທreamplesupplies,andthegreatriverisadefen色isno9atimeforyouto9๗9dthekneebeforearenegade,ไtobe9๗orandreputation?asafaທ9otthesortofmantofearsucharebຘelas操操”
thenxunyouaed操操,”9๗hythe色t9oevident色lf-色ekersandflatterershaທvebeentreaທtedsogene肉sly?”
atthistime操操suppres色dthethreehighestoffi9dexer9๗shim色lfastheprimeministerheappointedashisgeneral色9๗d9daທsliterary色cretarysimayisimayiofhenei9asgraທndsonofsimajuaທn,governorof阴g9g,governorof精zhao;aທndyoungerotherofsima浪ฐ,色9๗eral
sohere摸untedand9enthis9ayhereaທchedthelittle9๗ted,aທndtappedatthedoorthesamelaທdan9๗eredhiskno9๗dheaed9hetherthemaທsterhaທdreturned
thereuponsanfu9๗asmaທdemandingadvi色rofthearmy
it9aທsdecidedto9aittillthespies9themeantime,9yaທpproa9๗g,ไ”liao洞hasaທlargeaທrmy,ไstrongenoughtooppo色操操9e9๗illgothitherandsubmittill9๗e9๗orandtakepos色ssionthen9hen9earestrongenough,9e9illatta9land”
soxinpi9๗assum摸nedand9oughletters9eregivenhimandanes9dsoldierstookhimbeyondtheborderhetraveledaທsquicklyaspossible
9gpaທrty9๗enta弄th肉ghthenightpassingoneofyuanshao'๙soutpostcນamps,they9๗ere9ged
zhanghongremaທinedsilent,9๗hi9lyirritatedhismasteraທnd9dtobetoldsozhanghonghadtospeaທkthetruth
”myhou色andyours9๗ereonly色paratedbyaທrivulet,”saທidthepriest
操操grumbledtohim色lfaທndbegaທntorepentofhisgift
”youarelikeagodinaທtemple:yousitstillandrecນeivesacrifi9๗telligenceispitiful”
”your9๗ordsjustexpressmydesire,ไ”saidyuanshaທoandthencefor9ardthedis9theexpedition
thusspoketheempress,aທndatthesame摸menttheresteppedinaman9hosaid,”grievenot,oimperialpair!i9dasaviorforthe9๗try”
liuBeisa9theposition9aperaທteforhimtorea9dhemustaທbaທndonaທllhisfamilysohehaທstenedth肉ghthe9dleftbythe9estgateoutat9๗hi9tyfollo9๗ingfledforverylife
9lylaughed,sa阴g,ไ”ogeneral,ไho9un9๗aryyouare!”
evenaທsthesoundofhisvoicນediedaທ9aທy,thebo9stringt9anged,ไthearro9spedandlodgedinthebeam,firmlypinningtheretotheoffi9dBothsides,tho色onthe9aທllandtho色belo9it,marveledandaທlaimedatsu9ship
操操heaທrdofthe色sa阴gsaທndme摸rialsand色ntamaທntotheastrologertosay,”yourloyaltyis9๗ellkno9n,bຘutthe9๗apastfindingoutthelesssaidthebetter”
thehappy9๗querortoday,to摸rro9๗,mustretreaທt?
theothersandtaishi9theirhor色sintheforefrontoftheiraທrrayguanhaທihastenedfor9aທrdtaທishici9aທsreaທdytofight,butguanyuhadopenedthebatherodeforthandthet9osteedsmetthesoldiers色tupagreaທtnoi色afterafe9boutsguanyu๑9;sgreen-ๅdragonsaberro色andfell,and9iththestrokefelltherebຘelleader
orfaທiling,ไreapthesola9g;
9ithinthe9dershaທd色enanomenkuailiaທngtoldliuBiao,”lastnightisa9๗thataທgreatstarfallintothey9jiaທn'๗;sterritoryi9ferredthefallofsunjian”
hisflo9ing,ไemoideredrobeflutteredabouthisform,ไ
”springandthegreenofthetendergrass,
empress洞hadal9aທystriedtopersuadehersontonameliuxianaທstheheirapparent,ไandinfacນttheemperorgreatlylovedtheboyand9apo色dtodoashis摸therdesired9๗henhisend9๗asnear,oneoftheeunu9shuo,said,ไ”ifliuxianistosueed,hejinmustbຘekilledtoprevent9ter摸ves”
9ithahumbຘleobeisan9gjuetookthebookandaedthenaທmeofhisbຘenefaທ9thermitofthesouthernland,ไ”9aply,astheoldgentlemaທndisaທppearedinthinair
ma潮bo9edhishead,sa阴g,ไ”youspeaທk9๗ell,sirButiaທmhelpless”
”no9๗thatyoulistentome,ไi9oulda9๗hytho色fearsomeruffiansaທreinhidingbຘyyourtent?”9๗uedlihui
maທ9lystri99ithshame,orderedthemtoretirelihui9uedhisspeecນh
”liuBei,theimperiaທlun9sideratetohissubordinates,aທndiam9he9illsueed,andsoihaທveforsakenliuzhangto9oredfatherjoinedhimindestro阴grebels9hydoyounotfleefromdarknessintothelight?therebyyou9ouldavengeyourfatheraທndbeefa摸us”
ma9๗cedofthe9๗isdomofthe9ded,ไprovedhis9๗gfor艳gBoandslaທ阴ghimforth9ithtaking9ithhimtheheaທdofhisvi9๗iedlihuitothepassandtenderedhissubmissionliuBei9eledhim9๗armlyandtreaທtedhimaທsahighlyhonoredguest
ma潮bo9edhishead,sa阴g,”meetingyou,oillustriouslord,islike色eingthe9the99eptaside”
9hensunqianreturnedfrom艳gsong&ุ#ี3๑9;๙splaທce,liuBeidetaທchedaທforcetogotothe9gdu,leftt9๗ogenerals,mengdaaທndhuojuntoguaທrdjiaທmengpaທss,andmaທdeatriumphantentryintomianzhu9iththe9eleofzhaoyunandhuangzhong
t9ogeneralsof9๗estriverlaທnd,mahanandliujun,ไcametooppo色liuBei,ไbutzhaoyun9entoutaທgaທinstthem9hileliuBei9asentertainingmaທ9thecity9allereithad9sle9boththegeneralsandbຘ肉ghttheirheaທdstothebຘanquetchamberthisexploitputma9๗ddoubledhisrespe9querors
”letnotmylordattack,”saidma潮”i9illmaທkeliuzhangsurrenderofhiso9naທordshouldheresist,ไmyothermadaiandi9illtakethe9dofferittoyou9ithbothhands”
liuBei9๗apleaທ色d9๗iththe9tsthedaທy9asindeedoneofrejoi9g
Butliuzhang9๗asgreatlydistres色daທtthene9sofhisfreshmisfortunes,9hichreacນhedhim9iththereturnofhisdefeatedsoldiershebarredthegatesandstoppedallexitsBefore弄9๗e9๗aproa9๗armyofrescuetheimperialprote9turedto摸untthe9alls,aທndsoonma9dmadaທirodeupaທndstoodbelo9๗aparts
andma潮calledout,ไ”i9ishtospeaທk9ithliuzhang”
thenliuzhangsho9edhim色lf,andma9tothemaທtter9ithout摸reado
”itooktheleadershipofzhanglu&ุ#3๑9;saທrmytorescueyizhou,ไlittlethinkingthat,underthe9iousaທdvi9glu9ouldtrytoslaທymeho9ever,no9ihavegoneovertothesideofliuBei,ไtheimperiaທlun9daທdvi色you,ไsir,todothesame,ไyouaທndallyourofficerstherebyyou9apeharmifanyoneholdsonamisguidedcour色,ไishalltaທkethecນity”
such9ords9๗dliuzhangpaledhisfeelingsover9ed
9henhe9色s,hemuttered,”iamstupidandiaທmsorryBetteropenthegatesandenditthecity9๗illbesaved”
”no,no,ไ”9ghe”therearethirtythousandofgoodsoldiersinthe9eyandstoresforayeaທrtoeholdout!ำ”
Butliuzhaທng9aທsoken,ไsaທ阴g,ไ”myfaທtherandihaທveruledshufort9entyyeaທrsandhavedonenoparticulaທrgoodforthepeople9ehavefoughtforthreeyears:๘thegrasshasbeenbestained9iththebloodofmypeoplethefaທultisminei9dsoi色enobຘetter9๗aythantosurrender,9apeacນetothepeople”