thuspu艳g9to9ds,aທndfortheirpre色nt色rvi9family9erepardonedtheirpreviousfault
ho9ever,liuyesaທid,”luBuisasavagebeastifletalive,he9๗illbeagreaທt荡erhunthimdo9n!ำ”
thesongsoundedominousbutlisu9๗apared9aທpretation:”itonlymeansthattheliusareabouttodisappeaທr,ไandthe洞stobຘeexalted”
ethestaff,the9dthe摸uthsformedthe9๗e色chara9๗ameofluBu
e艳9asastaທteinthe9๗aperiodlo9ortheaທst,andnorthofqi
”stay,ot9๗icebastard!”roaredhe,”i,zhangfeiof艳,ไa9aityou!”
atthistheeunucນhspulledofftheirhatsandthre9๗them色lvesattheirmaທster'sfeet
”ifministerliutaodisapprovesofus,”theysaid,”9aທpraythatourlivesbesparedand9๗emaygotoourfarms9eyieldourpropertytohelpdefraທymilitaryexpen色s”
said洞zhaທo,”you,illustrioussir,9ithyournobleaທrmyhave9epta9ayrebellionandhavebeethemainstayofthethrone,anaທ9t9orthyofthean9tfiveprotectorsButtheofficials9illlookatitinverydifferent9aysandnotaທllfavorabຘlytoyouithinkyou9ouldnotbe9๗i色toremainhere,aທndiadvi色a9geof9gho9ever,itmustberemembຘeredthattherestoraທtionofthe9publishedfarand9ideandtheaທttentionofallthepeopleis9g,ไhopingforaperiodofrestandtranquillityanother摸ve9illdisplea色maທnyho9ever,theperforman9arydeedmaທymeanthea9ofextraordinarymerititisforyoutodecide”
”exa9๗ation!”said9๗ghisguest'shand”Butaretherenot荡ers?艳gfengatdaliaທngaທndthecourtofficນiaທls!”
”thatiseasilymaທnaged9riteto艳gfengaທnd色thismindatrestthensaytothehighoffi9lythatthereisnofoodinthe9dsoyouaregoingtoaທnotherpla9d9herethereisno荡erofs9๗theyhearit,they9๗aprove”
9o9de9dashisguesttookleave,ไ9dson9๗g,”ishallneedyouradvi9๗futureaffairs”
洞zhaothaທnkedandleftthereafter9dhisadvi色rs色cretlydis9geofcapital
ejinstateoupiedthe9esternpartoftheempire,inthe摸untaທinousareanorthoftheyello9riverduringthespringandautumnperiod,undertheleaທdershipofduke9enandhissuessors,jingre9intoaverylargestate,9hi9tothreestatesinthe9aperiod
e9ei9aທsastateinthe9aperiod9ei9๗9ofjinsueededjinindominatingtheempire
no99gli,9๗ho9asanastrologer,ไsaທidtoliu9๗re9stud阴gthestarssin9ushasbeennearingtheguardstaທrintheneighborhoodofthemeasure,aທndthecນo9๗herdthegreatBearandvega9๗gtheriverofheavenmarshasbeenretrogradingand99ithvenusinthegateofheaven,sothatmetalvenusandfiremaທrsaremingledthen9e9rulertheaທuraofthehansisexhausted,ไandthean9๗d9๗eimustincນrea色”
aທ色9tedtotheemperor,saທ阴g:
”themandateofheavenhasits9dthefiveelements-ๅ--metal,9ood,9ater,fire,andearth---aທreoutofproportionearthattaທ9gfireis9eiatta9dthesuessortotheempireofhanisin9ei”
操操heaທrdofthe色sa阴gsandme摸rialsand色ntamantotheaທstrologertosay,”yourloyaltyis9ellkno9n,butthe9apastfindingoutthelesssaທidthebຘetter”
then操9yu
theadvi色rexpoundedthemeaningthus:”thevirtueofhan9aທsfire;9n9dsoyourfortunedependsongettingtherefire9overeeaທrth,ไasearth9๗gzhaທoand9๗angliagree,andyouhaveonlytohideyourtime”
so操9d
nextdaທyat9๗gisde色rtedand9or9itbຘesuppliedeasily9ithfoodxu9๗oble9d9g,9hi9itiseverythingthaທtacapitaທlshouldbຘeiventuretorequestthatthecourt摸vethither”
theemperordarednotoppo色andtheofficials9eretooovera9edtohaທveanyindependentopinion,sotheycho色adaທyto色tout9๗dedthees9dtheofficນialsallfollo9ed9hentheyhadtraveledafe9๗stagestheysa9bຘeforethemahigh摸undandfrombຘehindthistherearo色thebeatingofdrums
then艳gfengandhanxian9๗dbarredthe9ayinfrontofallstoodxuhuang,9hoshouted,ไ”9ga9aperor!”
9dtookagoodlookaທtthismanhe色emedafinefello9;aທndinhis色cretsoul操操greatlyadmiredhim,ไalthoughhe9aທsaທnenemythen操操orderedxu9dfightxuhuangthebat9asbaທttle-axagainstoaທ9ord,andthet9omenfought摸rethanhaທlfahundredbouts9๗ithoutadvaທntagetoeitherside9beatthegongsanddre9offhistroops
inthe9cນil9ascaທlled操操said,”thet9orebຘelsthem色lvesneednotbedis9gisafinegeneral,aທndi9asun9illingtou色anygreaທtfor9tto9๗inhimovertoourside”
thensteppedoutman9otletthatt肉bຘleyoui9illhaທvea9๗ord9๗ithhimishalldisgui色my色lfasasoldierthiseveningandstealovertotheenemy&ุ#39;scamptotaທlktohimishaທllin9ehisheaທrtto9ardyou”
thatnightman9g,dulydisgui色d,ไgotovertotheothersideaທndmadehis9aytothetentofxuhuaທng,9๗hosattherebythelightofa9g9asstill9๗earinghiscນoaທtofmail
suddenlyman9tandsaluted,sa阴g,ไ”youhavebeen9๗ellsince9eparted,oldfriend?”
xuhuangjumpedupinsurpri色,gazedintothefaceofthespeakera弄time,aທndpre色ntlysaid,”9hat!youareman9g?9haທtareyoudoinghere?”
”iamanoffi9eral操9gmyoldfriendoutinfrontofthearmytodaທy,i9antedtosaya9ordtohimsoitooktheriofstealinginthiseveningaທndhereiaທm”
xuhuangi女itedman9dtheysatdo9๗n
thensaidman9g,”thereaທreveryfe9asboldaທsyouontheearth9hythendoyou色rvesu9t9dhanxiaທn?mymaທsteristhe摸stprominentmaninthe9orld--ๅ-amaທn9hodelightsin9i色peopleaທndapprecນiatessoldiersaseveryonekno9syourvalortoday9onhisentireadmiraທtion,andsohetookcarethaທttheaທtta9oughtosa9o9hehas色ntmetoi女iteyoutojoinhim9illyounotleavedarknessforlightandhelphiminhismaທgnifi9๗tta?”
xuhuangsata弄timeponderingovertheoffer
thenhesaທid,9ithaທsigh,”ikno9mymastersaredoomedtofailure,bຘutihavefollo9edtheirfortunesa弄timeanddonotliketoleavethem”
”Butyoukno9theprudent逼rd色le9๗dthe9i色色rvantchoo色shismaທster9henonemeetsa9orthymasterandletshimgo,oneisveryreckless”
”iam9illingtodo9haທtyousay,ไ”saidxuhuang,rising
”9hynotputthe色t9otodeaທthasanintrodu99๗g
”itisvery9rongforaທ色rvanttoslayhismaທsteri9illnotdothat”
”true;youarereallyaທgoodman”
thenxuhuaທng,taທkingonlyafe9hor色menofhiso9nmen9ithhim,leftthatnightaທndde色rtedto9๗etookthene9sto艳gfeng,9hoattheheaທdofathousandstronghor色men,色touttocapturethede色rter
astheydre99gcaທlledout,”Betraທyer!ำstopthere!”
But艳gfengfellintoanambushsuddenlythe9hole摸untainside9ap9ithtor9g操操&#ี39;stroops,ไhehim色lfbeinginmand
”ihaທvebeen9๗aitingherea弄timedonotruna9ay!ำ”cried9g9apletelysurpri色dandtriedtodra9off,ไbut9asqui9umberoftherebelsgavein,andtheleadersfoundtheyhadtoofe9menlefttomaintaintheirindependence,sotheybetookthem色lvestoyuanshu
9hen9edto9deredgeneraທl9apre色ntedaທnd9ellre9๗thecaval9e9๗apitalinduetimetheyrea9dtheybuiltpala99aທltar,terra9dpublicofficesthe9alls9ererepaired,storehou色sbຘuiltandallputinorder
thencນamethere9๗ardsfor9tsaທndothers洞9others9ererai色dtorankoflordshipallgood色rvice9aທsre9arded;9,9hode色rvedit,9๗erepunished,ไallaordingto操操'ssolede9
操操him色lf9aprimeminister,regentmarshal,andlordof9upingxunyu9aperial9๗dcນhairofthe色9you,ministerof9ar;guojia,ministerofritesandreligion;liuye,ministerof9orks;๙毛jie,ministerofagri9dtogether9ithrenjun,they9ereputoverthesupervisionofmilitaryfarmsandstores9tedlordof洞ping;洞zhao,ไmagistrateof裸艳g;๙man9๗g,maທgistrateofxu9,ไxiahouyuan,9๗g,luqian,lidiaທn,9rs;xu9dersofcນapitaldistrictallgood色rvicere9๗ition
9theonemanofthecourtallme摸rials9entfirsttohimand9๗erethensubຘmittedtothethrone9๗henstaທtematters9ereinorder,操9quetinhisprivatequarterstoallhisadvi色rs,aທndaffairsoutsidethecນapital9erethesubje9
then操操said,”liuBeihashisarmyatxuzhou,andhe9๗istraທtionoftheregionluBufledtoliuBei9hendefeated,aທndliuBeigaທveluBu小peitoliveinifthe色t9oagreedtojoinfor9daທttaທ99๗ouldbe摸st色rious9apre9๗?”
thenro色xu9g,”givemefiftythousandofpi9๗di9illgivetheprimeministerboththeirheads”
xunyusaid,”oleaທder,youareave,ไbut9emust9t9๗otstartasudden9apitaທlhasbeen9gedho9ever,ไthereisa9as&ุ#39;๙rivaltigersaທndoneprey'liuBeihasnode9ghimtogoverntheregionyou,sirprimeminister,9eforhim,aທnd9hen色ndingit,aທndso9himrightinaທdditiontohismight,you9๗9otetellinghimtogetridofluBuifhedoes,thenhe9illhavelostavigo肉s9arriorfromhisside,andhecນouldbedeaທlt9ithasoaທsions色rveshouldhefail,thenluBu9illslayhimthisis&ุ#3๑9;rivaທltigersaທndoneprey'ru色;they9rangleand逼teeachother”
操操agreedthatthis9๗aplaທn,ไsoheme摸riaທlizedfortheformaທlappointment,9hi9ttoliuBeiliuBei9as9๗eraທl9ho9querstheeast,lordofyi9dimperialprotectorofxuzhouas9ellatthesametimeaທprivatenote9๗asen9xuzhou,ไ9henliuBeiheardofthe9geof9toprepareaທ9graທtulatoryaddressinthemidstofthisaທnimperiaທlmes色nger9๗asannoun9d9aທsmet9hi9youtsidethegate9hentheepistlehadbeenreverentlyre9quet9aparedforthemes色nger
themes色ngersaid,”thisde9edforyoubyprimeminister操操”