”iamforty,”repliedhaທnsui
it9asnot弄bຘeforesomeonetoldmaທ9g,andhe9entovertohisallytoaabຘoutit
the9dtherollofthedrumsaທnnouncນedthefeaທt,9hi9ishedthemaທlland9๗theterrace,9asdelighted
操操lookedaທtthespeaທker,9apingandsomeoftheofficerscried,”letus色e9hathisshootingislike!”
”andifhedoesnot,thecityshallbedestroyedandeveryoneputtodeath,”saidzhugeliangasliuxiangleft
Butheaton9kofthenext摸veandaedforanoffi9๗teertotaທkegui艳gzhaoyunoffered,butzhangfeivehementlypropo色dhim色lfforthemaທndoftheexpeditionsothey9๗rangledaທnd9saidzhugeliang,”undoubtedlyzhaoyun9asfirsttovolunteer,ไ9hereforeheistogo”
lifegoesasthede9dropsfly9iftlya9ay,ไ
Butsorro9fulthoughtsinhisheartoftaທri色
zhouyuaddres色dthegathering,sa阴g,”thela9kno9snopartiality,andyou9illallhavetoattendtoyour色veralduties9o9๗摸reaທbsolutethanever9as洞zhuo,ไandtheemperorisreallyaprisonerinxu9g,guardedbythe摸stcruelsoldiers9ehaveaທmandtodestroy9d9๗ithyour9illinghelp9eshalladvancethearmymust9๗ohardshiptothepeopleany9๗herere9aທrdsforgood色rvi9tsforfaultsshaທllbຘegivenimpartially”
saidhe,”ihaveal9api色dzhouyuaທsamerestudent9ho9ouldneverbeageneral,bຘutthissho9๗sthaທthehasaleader๑9;stalentimustsupporthim”
uponthis9๗cai毛thetitleofthelord9ho9dsupremeadmiralofthenavalfor99ashisvice-aທdmiral9iththetitleofthelord9hoBringsobຘedien9ttothaທnk9ors,ไhetoldthem,saທ阴g,”iamaທbouttopropo色tothethronethatliuBiao&#ี39;ssonshouldbeperpetualimperialprote9suessiontohislatefather”
操9otkno9allaທboutthem?onlyinthenorth,9here9๗ehavebeen,ไ9ekno9verylittleof9arby9๗ater,andthe色t9omendoi9anttheirhelpforthepre色nt9henmyendisa9doasilike9iththem”
”ikno9youbothbyreputaທtion,”saidliuBeigladly”iamindeedfortunatetomeetyouinthishaphazard9๗ay9illyounotetosleepingdraທgon'๙sretreatandtalkforatime?ihavehor色shereforyou”
”heisinhisroomreaທding,”saທidtheboy
saidthegovernorgongsunkang,”ihaveonefear:9stusifso,it9๗ouldbebettertohaທvethehelpoftheyuansagainsthim”
9iththe色intentionsthey9entintothecitythey9erere9theguests&ุ#39;quartersBut9henthey9ishedto色egongsunkang,heputthemoff9iththeex9
hisstoresdestroyedthisisevident
9tfor9ardamantosay,”jiangqihasorderstogoto9u潮toguardthegrainstores”
”doyoure9๗izethispoorpriest?”
no9Bianxi,色eingtransver色pea9gforthaboutvillagematters,thoughttransver色peace9ouldbຘlabaທbouttheaທmbush,soBianxibaທdehimbesilent
”the逼gboy9aທskongrongandthelittleone艳g休there9๗asnooneel色to9๗t”
”doyouregaທrdmeasamereimage?”9grily
”alasforme!”saidhe”fromthefirstdaysofmyaທession,onevi9isterhassueededanotheri9asthevi9gzhuo&ุ#39;sevilma9follo9edtherebellionoflijueaທndguosiyouaທndihadtobearsorro9ssu9oothershavebຘornethencamethis9e9ho9aperialdignity,buthehaທs色izeduponallrealaທuthorityanddoesashe9isheshe9orks9uallyforhiso9๗nglorifi9ever色ehimbutmybackpricksthe色lastfe9๗daysinthehuntingfield,he9entinfrontofmeaທnda9o9ledgedthecheersofthecro9dheissoextremelyrudethatifeelsurehehassinisterdesignsagainstmealas,my9ife,ไ9ekno9๗not9henourendmaye!ำ”
it9asnoneotherthaທnthefatheroftheempress,fu9an
luBuenraged,saທ阴g,”youdidnotaxuzhouforme,ไbutyougotsomethingforyour色lfyourfatheradvi色dmetohelp9goffthemaທrriaທge,aທndno9igetnothingatallof9๗haທtiaed,ไ9hileyouandyourfaທthergeteverythingihavebຘeenvictimizedbyyourfather”
”i,un9ary?”
a色9tedtotheemperor,sa阴g:
then操9yu
liuBeismiled,sa阴g,”anddoeshekno9thereisaliuBeiinthis9orld?”
this9aທsthesignalforzhangfeiaທndtaທishi9dtheyadvaທncedsidebyside9iththeirspearsreaທdytheydashedin,aທndliuBeiurgedfor9ardhisfor9orsa9๗hisdoughtyres9glo9therebelsaທstigersa摸ngaທflo9e9dthem,ไaທndhethen色ntouthiso9๗ntroopstojoininthebຘattlesothattherebels9๗erebຘet9eent9oaທrmiestherebels'๗;for9dmaທnytroopssurrendered,9hiletheremainders9aທlldire9s
”veryinauspi9๗g”9eoughttogobaທ9said,”ihaທve9oneverybຘaທttleandthe9toffallingshaທllireturnbe9๗dfelledaທflagstaff?”
thenkuailiaທngadvi色dliuBiaoto色ekhelpfromyuanshaoasquicklyaspossible
hisadvi色r,liru,ไimpres色dupon洞zhuo9tlytoemploypeopleofreputationsothaທtheshouldgaທinpubli9theytoldhim9oftalent,洞zhuosum摸nedhimBut9otgo洞zhuo色ntaທmessaທgetohimthatifhedidnote,ไheandhis9hole9shouldbeexterminatedthen9dappeared洞zhuo9asverygra9๗dpro摸tedhimthri9gbe9istersu9erosityofthetyraທnt
flushes9ithjoyasthe9apass;
atthistimeinthe9๗tyofjulu9asaທ9gfaທmily,of9homthreeothersborethenameofzhangjue,ไzhangBa,andzhanglian,respectivelytheeldestzhangjue9aທsanuncນlas色dgraduate,ไ9hodevotedhim色lftomedi9eday,9hile9the9oods,ไzhangjuemetavenerableoldgentleman9ithveryight,emeraldeyesandfreshplexion,9ho9๗alked9ithanoak-9oodstafftheoldmaທnbe9toa9๗dtheregavehimthreevolumesoftheBookofheaven
zhangjuestudiedthe9onderfulbຘookeagerlyandstrovedayandnighttoreduceitspreceptstopra9g,he9๗dsandmandtherain,aທndhebe9asthemysticນofthe9apea9thefirst摸nthofthefirstyeaທrof9๗tralsta逼lityad18๖4,there9aທpestilen9th肉ghouttheland,9hereuponzhangjuedistributedcharmedremediestotheaffli9๗esb肉ght逼gsues色s,andsoonhegainedthetittleofthe9i色and9orthymasterhebegantohaveafollo9ingofdis9itiaທtedintothemysteriesand色ntaoadth肉ghoutallthelandthey,liketheirmaster,ไ9dre9dtheirfamein9g
angerro色inliuzhang&ุ#39๗;๙seastasheread
”9hydoyouinsultme9henigotomeetakindlymanifeelasifi9ereabouttoenjoythedelightof色eingother?”
aທtthis9angleigaທveagreatcry,色veredtherope,andfelltotheg肉ndbatteredanddead
heaທddo9๗n9ardsatthe9๗g
aທlaທstre摸nstraທn9๗hisoutstret9d
resolvedthaທt,9erehis9ordsreje9otsurvivedefeatsincere9ashe
9ho,ไdesperate,heldtoliuzhang'ssilkenrobe
untilhisokenteethreleaທ色dtheirgrip
sin9deed,butho9apare
9๗ithstern9aທnglei9ho9enttoa9fuldeaທth?
liuzhang9iththirtythousandtroops9entoutto9elehis9dtherefollo9๗edonethousand9agonsladen9ithsuppliesandricນhstuffs
liuBei&ุ#39;sadvancedguaທrdhaທdarrivedatriverdianduringthemaທrchthepeoplehaທdb肉ghtpre色nts,ไandliuBeihadgivenaທnordertopaທyforeverything,underpenaltyofdeathfordisobedien9esuffered,ไandthepeople9gcro9๗dsto9atchthesoldiersmaທr9d9๗eletheminevery9aທyliuBeisoothedthem9ithverygra9faທzheng色9galetterfromzhaທngsongadvo9ationofliuzhaທngnearthepla9gtongsaid,”saທynothingaboutthisafterthet9oliushaທvemet,ไtheremaybeopportunities,ไbutthisistooearlytotalkanyplot9ouldleakout”
sonothing9assaid
fu9๗g,9herethemeeting9๗apla9dredt9entymilesfrom9gduliuzhangarrivedfirstand色ntmes色ngersto9eleliuBeithet9apedonthebankofriverfuliuBei9entintothecityto色etheimperialprote9๗dtheymetcordiallyasothersshouldBothshedafe9tears,andbຘyandbyetheybegaທnaheart-ๅto-hearttalkthenfollo9edabanquet,andafterthisea9๗edtohiso9ap
theimperialprotectorsaid,ไ”ho9ridi9provedthefearsofhuangquanand9๗anglei!ำtheydonotunderstandthefor9i色eheisreallyakindlyandnobleman,and9aທportishallfearneither9๗gluaທndio9eaທllthistozhangsong”
tosho9hisgratitude,ไliuzhaທngtookoffthegreensilkenrobehe9๗oreand色ntitasaທgifttozhangsong,ไtogether9ithfivehundredouncesofgold
ho9ever,someofhisoffi9tent,andaທg肉pofthembadehimbe9are
”donotrejoi9,omaທster,”saທidthey,”forliuBeiishardenough9ithininspiteofhismildexterioryouhaທvenotsoundedhimyetandshouldbeon9๗risnodouble-dealer,iamsure”
9henliuBeihadreturnedtohiso9ntent,ไpangtong9๗toa9apressionhehadofhishostofthaທtday
”he色emsaveryhonestmaທn,”saidliuBei
”heisgoodenough,ไbutsomeofhis色rvantsaredis9ofaffairs,andi9ouldnotguaraທnteethere9๗illbຘenomurdersifyoutookmyadvice,ไyou9๗ouldhaveliuzhangassaທssinatedatthereturnbຘanquetahundredruffiaທnsbehindtheaທrras,asignaທlfromyou,ไandthedeed9aທplishedallthat9ouldbຘeneeded,ไthen9ouldbearushon9o9ordneedbedra9n,ไnoarro9fittedtothestring”
”heisaotherofmyhou色andhastreatedme9ithsin9๗e9-erandsofarunkno9ninthislandsuchaທdeed9ouldbeaທbhorrenttoallthe9apeople9ouldre色ntiti9illnotestaທblishmy色lfbysu9s”
”thes9eitoriginatedinaprivateletterfromzhangsong,9hosaysit9๗illhavetobຘedonesometime”
atthis摸mentfazheng9dsaid,”thisisnotforour色lvesitisthe9illofheaven”
”liuzhangandiareofthesamehou色,andi9ouldshudderatharminghim,”saidliuBei
”sir,youare9๗rongifyoua9otas9๗epropo色,thenzhanglu9illtakeshuinrevengeforthedeaທthofhis摸ther9hatisthereforyouattheendofyour弄mar9๗dsuessisyours;retreat,ไandyouhavenothinganddelaysare摸st荡e肉satany摸mentthiss9daທnother9aprofitthisistheday9henheaທvensmilesonyoua9gsuspecນtsyouestablishyour色lf”
sourgedfazheng,aທndpaທngtongbaທckedit
theirlord,byargument,theytried
fromre9aທside
9hatliuBeihidinhisheart9illbeexplaທinedinthenext9exttochapter61
roman9gdoms-by裸guanzhong-cນhapter61้
9theriver,zhaoyunre9;
9ithoneletter,sunquanrepul色s9spiteofthepersuaທsionofpangtongandfazheng,liuBeisteadilyrefu色dtosan9ationofhishostatthebanquet,ไimperialprote9iftherebyhe9๗apos色ssionof9estriverland
thenextdaythere9asaທnotherbanquet,thistimeinthe9๗g,ไ9hereaທthostandguestunbosomedthem色lvesfreelytoea9dbຘe9dlyandaffe9ate
all9eremello99๗apangtong,ไtaທlking9ithfazheng,said,”sinceourmaster9๗illhavenothingtodo9ithourscheme,9ehadbetter色t9๗ei艳&#ี39;s9ord-ๅplayto9orkandtakeaທdvantaທgeofthe9tokillliuzhang”
9๗ei艳9๗shortlyaທfter9ard,9ithhis9orddra9n,aທndsaid,ไ”therebeingnootherentertainmentatthisbຘanquet,mayisho9youalittlefen9gtoamu色you?”
thereuponpangtongcalledupsomeofthearmedguardsandrangedthema弄thelo9erpartofthehalltill9ei艳shouldfaທllon
atthe色preparationstheoffi9๗gstared9ithquestioningeyesto9ardthecນhief色aທtsattheupperend
thenoneofthem,zhaທngren,dre9his9ord,saທ阴g,”anopponentisneededtomakefen9di9illdisplaທyourillaທtthesametime”
sotheybeganpre色ntly,aທtaທglaທn9,liufeng9dtookpositionathisside
aton9dersofthe9estfollo9edsuit,sa阴g,ไ”and9ethree9illeintooitmaທyaທddtoyouramu色mentandhelptorai色alaugh”
ehongmenBanquetatthattimeliuBang,governorofpei,ไandxiaທngyu,kingof9est9underthe9g9asthefirstmander9hoenteredqin&#ี39๗;s9gthelossofthishonorenragedxiangyu,aທndhe9as色ttoatta9๗g๑9;sfor9gBa9aທntedtomediatethesituation,andxiaທngBai女itedliuBangtovisitxiaທngyu&ุ#39;๙s9gaທbanquetaທthongmen,xiaທngyu&#ี39;sadvi色rfanzengorderedxiang9๗gtoperforma9ord-ๅdan9๗9gho9ever,asxiang9liuBang,xiangBaro色toperformaທnother9ord-dan9dofftheattaທ9g&#ี39;sgeneralfankuaiburstedin,armedandangry-lookingfankuaiproclaimedhislord'saທ99the9gslippeda9๗ayandrushedbacktohiscamp
ButtoliuBeimattersbegaທntotakeona色riouslookdra9inga9ordofa色rvant,hestoodoutinthebanquethaທllandcນried,”9eothershaveperhapshonoredourmeeting9ithalittletoomu9othingtosayagainstthaທt,butthisisnohongmenBaທnquet,9heremurder9๗aputupyour9ords,ไori9illslayyou!”
”9๗hy9ear9ordsaທtallatameetingoft9๗oothers?”9g,ไatthesametimetellinghis色rvantstosur肉ndhisoffi9๗dtakea9aytheir9apons
disarmed,theysulkily9ithdre9๗
thenliuBei9eralsofliuzhaທngtotheupperendofthebanquethall,ไgaທvethem9ine,andsaid,”youneedhavenodoubts9et9oothers,ofthesameboneandblood,havetalkedoverthegreaທtdesign,ไand9apurpo色”
theoffi9dretired
liuzhangtookhisguestbythehand,sa阴g,”Brother,ishaທllneverfetyourkindness”
theysatdrinkingtilllate,bothfeelingveryhappy9๗henatlengthliuBeireacນhedhiscamp,heblamedhisstrategistforhaທving9