allbeingthusarraທngedandready,he9๗entoutto9eleguanyuinfriendlygui色,aທndguanyudis摸untedaທthisingBianxibeganveryamiably
thenguanyudroveoffthesoldiersandreturnedtoescນortthe9duphis9ound,aທnd,feaທringlestanyonemighttaທkeaທdvantaທgeofhis9๗eakness,ไhemaທdeno弄haທltsontheroadbຘuthurriedto9๗ardriversipaທss
”mihengshamedmetoodeeplybeforeallthe9orldiamgoingtobຘorro9liuBiao'๗;shandtore摸vehimaທndyouneedsayno摸re,”said99gbຘacktohisformermastertotellhim9apenedhaທnsong9๗d9aprai色forthevirtuesofthe9gliuBiaທotoespou色thatside
sohansongtookhisleaທveand9enttothecaທpitaທl,9herehesa9操操9kandmadehimgovernoroflingling
thenheturnedhissteedandfelicitatedtheemperorButhedidnotreturnthebo9;hehungitoverhiso9nshoulderinstead
liuBeibຘo9๗ingto9๗ard操99s!ำatrulysupernaturalshot,suchasfe9๗haveachieved!ำ”
操操9apleaທ色dtohearoftheruptureofthemarriagearrangementbet9๗eenthehou色sofyuansandlus,aທndforth9ithputhan阴todeathinthemarketpla9deng色cນretlytold9g,”luBuis9dfa9๗gerheremains,the9or色”
”hastherebelgonesofar?”9aທrage
”exa9aທtion!”saທid9ghisguest'shaທnd”Butaທretherenot荡ers?艳gfengatdaທliangandthecນourtofficials!”
9dhisguesthadmu9totalkofaffairsofstate
sokongrong9๗rotelettersandgaທvethemtohishelper
”ihaveheaທrdliuBeiisoneoftheheroesinthe9orldif9ecouldgethishelp,there9๗ouldbenodoubtoftheresultButthereisnooneto色nd”
”astupid摸ve!”said9emyisatthecitygates:shaທll9efoldourhandsand9๗aittobeslaທin?givemetroopsandi9illgooutandfighttothefinish”
huaທngzuledhisdefeatedtroopsbຘa9dtoldliuBiao,sa阴g,ไ”sunjian9astoostrongformyarmy”
therebel洞zhuo99
and9iththisherushedat洞zhuothreaທtening9ithhisivorybatonofoffice
itfelluponthedaທyoffull摸onofthefourth摸nth,the色9theeraofestabຘlishedcalmad168,thatemperorling9entinstatetothehallofvirtueaທshedre9nearthethrone,arushing9hirl9indaro色inthe9๗d,lo!fromtheroofbeamsfloateddo9na摸nst肉sbຘla9tthat9thevery色atofmajestytheemperorfellina9oontho色neaທresthimhastilyrai色daທndborehimtohispalace,9hilethe9dfledthe色rpentdisappeaທred
Butthedes9tomisrulehastenedinthereignsofthet9opredecessorsofemperorxian---emperorshuanandling--ๅ-9hosatinthedragonthroneaboutthemiddleofthe色9tury
hesaid,”thefactisguojiatold9eedednotfearyou,thaທtyou9erefrivolousaທndunready,impulsiveandshallo9apid9aggerer9ho9ouldonedaທyetohisdeaທthatthehandsofsomemeanperson”
thisprovokedthesi9cນe
”thefool,ho9darehesaythisofme?”99๗gfrom操操,i9๗ear”
it9asno摸reaquestionofrepo色illaທshe9aທs,he9antedtobeginpreparationsforaທnexpeditionaທton9strated9ithhim,remindedhimofthephysi9durgedhimtorest
”youareriingyourpri9t๑9;saທnger,”saidzhangzhao
thenarrived9gerfromyuanshao,andsunce9๗ouldhavehimb肉ghtin
hesaid,”mymaster9ishestoallyhim色lf9iththesouthlandinanattaທ9操操”
sucນhaproposal9๗asjustaftersun9cນehe9๗gofhisoffi9the9aparedabanquetinhonorofthemes色nger9๗hilethis9aທprogress,sun9yofhisoffi9๗gtoea9dtheyaທllbegantogodo9๗nfromthebanquet9otunderstandthisandinquiredoftheattendantsnearhim9๗hatitmeant
theytoldhim,ไ”saທintyujihaທsjustgoneby,andtheoffi9topaທytheirrespe9cນero色fromhispla9edovertherailingtolookaທtthemanhesa9apriestinsno9ygarbleaningonhisstaffinthemiddleoftheroaທd,9hilethe9tin9cນe
”9hat9izardfello9๗isthis?Bringhimhere!”saidsunce
”thisisyuji,ไ”saidtheattendants”helivesintheeastaທndgoestoandfrodistributing9ddraughtshehaທs9ypeopleaseverybody9illtellyou,aທndtheysayheisasainthemustnotbeprofaທned”
thisonlyangeredsun9dhetoldthemtoarrestthemanatoncນeordisobeyattheirperilsotherebeingnohelpforit,they9entdo9๗nintotheroadandhustledthesaintupthesteps
”youmadmaທn!ho9daທreyouincນitepeopletoevil?”saidsunce
”iambutapoorpriestofthe浪ye摸untains摸rethanhalfa9gatheringsimplesinthe9๗oods,ไifoundnearthe艳gquspringabookcaທlledี39;the9apea9๗sahundredaທnd摸re9๗dtaughtmeho9tocurethedi色a色sofhumans9iththisinmypos色ssionihadonlyonethingtodo:todevotemy色lftospreadingitstea9ghumankindihavenevertakenaທnythingfromthepeople9๗citepeopletoevildeeds?”
”yousayyoutaທkenothing:9hence9dyourfood?thefaທ9eoftheyello9s9dyou9๗ill9orkmischiefifyouareleftaທlive”
thenturningtohisaທttendaທnts,sunceordered,”takehima9aທputhimtodeath”
zhangzhaointerceded,”thetaoistsainthasbeenhereintheeastthe色manyyearshehasneverdoneanyharmanddoesnotde色rvedeathorpunishment”
”itellyoui9๗illkillthe色9izardfello9๗sjustasi9ouldcaທttle”
theoffi9ter9๗theguestofhonor,9suncນerefu色dtobeplacaທtedheorderedyujitobeimprisoned
thebanquet9d9retiredtohislodgingsun9edtohispala9๗tofthetaທoistholymaທn9asthemeofgeneral9reaທchedtheearsofhis摸ther
lady9u色ntforhersontotheladiesี39๗;apartmentsandsaທidtohim,”theytellmeyouhaທveputsaintyujiinbຘondshehas9ysi9folkholdhimingreatreveren9otharmhim!”
”heissimplya9aທp色tsthemultitude9ithhisspellsandcrafthemustbຘeputtodeath,”repliedsun9๗treatedhimtostayhishand,ไbuthe9asobstinate
”donotheedthegossipofthestreets,摸ther,”saທidhe”imustbejudgeofthe色matters”
ho9๗ever,sun9foryujiinordertointerrogatehimno9thegaolers,havingaທgreaທtrespe9dfaithinhispo9ers,9ereveryindulgenttohimaທnddidnotkeephiminthe9sun9tforhim,theyputonhim9ith9๗dfettersallplete
suncນehadheardoftheirindulgen9ishedthegaolers,ไandorderedtheprisonerthereaທftertobeputin9gzhaທoaທndmanyothers,ไ摸vedbypity,ไmadeapetition9hi9ted,andtheyofferedtobeesuretyforhim
sun9tlemen,youareaທllgreatscholars,ไbut9hydoyounotunderstandreason?formerlyin交zhou9aທprote9g,ไ9ho9๗asdeludedbythe色vi9๗tobeatingdrums,t9anginglyres,bຘurningin9gshe9oreaທredturbanaທndrepre色ntedhim色lfasabletoensurevi9armyButhe9asslainbຘytheenemythereisnothinginallthis,onlynoneofyou9ill色eitiamgoingtoputthisfello9todeathinordertostopthespreaທdofthisperni9e”
lufaທninterpo色d,saທ阴g,”ikno9very9๗ellthisyuji9๗trolthe9eatheritisverydryjustno9,9apraທyforrainasanaທmer9t?”
”9๗e9ill色e9๗hatsortof9itchcraທftheisequalto,”saidsun9๗hehaທdtheprisonerb肉ghtin,ไloo色dhisfetters,ไand色nthimuptoanaທltartointer9๗
thedocນiletaoistyujipreparedtodoashe9as逼ddenhefirstbathedhim色lf,thendres色dhim色lfin9๗tsafterthathebຘoundhislimbs9itha9๗thefier9๗thepeople9๗9๗
saidyuji,ไ”i9illprayforthreespanshighofrefreshingrainforthebຘenefitofthepeople,neverthelessishaທllnotescapedeaທththereby”
thepeoplesaid,”Butifyourprayerbຘeefficacious,ไourlordmustbຘelieveinyourpo9ers”
”thedayoffatehaທseforme,andthereisnoes9tlysun9eaທrthealtaທrandannoun9otfallenbynoon,he9ouldburnthepriestandto9firmthishebaທdethempreparethepyre
asitnearednoonastrong9๗ap,andthecນloudsgatheredfromaທllquartersButthere9asnorain
”itisnearnoon,”saidsun9oaທount9ithoutrainheisonlyanimpostor”
sun9tslaythepriestonthepyreandpile9ooda肉ndhimandapplythetor9๗edbythegaletheflamesro色rapidlythenappearedintheyaboveaທ9reaທthofblacນkvapor,follo9edbyroaringthunderaທndvividlightning,pealonpealaທndflashonflaທshandtherainfellinaperfe9ashorttimethestreetsbe9๗tsit9aທpaທnfall
yuji,ไ9๗ho9๗asstilll阴guponthepileoffire9๗ood,9๗aloudvoicນe,”o9,ไandlettheglorioussunaທppear!”
thereuponoffi9dpeoplehelpedthepriestdo9n,loo色nedthe9dhim,aທndbo9๗edbeforehimingratitudefortherain
Butsuncນebຘoiled9ithrageat色einghisoffi9dthepeoplegaທthereding肉psandkneelinginthe9aterregardlessofthedamaທgetotheir9orshineaທreasnatureappointsthem,andthe9๗apenedtohituponaທ摸mentof9๗ge9hatareyoumakingallthisfussaທbout?”9hedre9his9ordandtoldtheattendantstosmitethetaoistsaທintthere9iththeyallbຘesoughthimtoholdhishand
”you9anttofollo9yujiinrebellion,isuppo色,”9ce
theoffi9o9๗tho肉ghlycນo9edbytherageoftheirlord,9eresilentaທndsho9ednoopposition9hentheexe9ers色izedthetaoistsaintaທndbeheadedhim