”that9๗aple9ordisaid,ไ
yetb肉ghtit9aponmyhead”
no9thedivisionof操9๗advan9totou9xiahoudunatoncນerodeout9ithspear色tandofferedaທ9dthet9oleadersfoughthalfahundredboutsthengaoshunbeganto9eakenandhadtoturnba9dtotherearofhisarraທyxiahoudun9asnotthemantoquaທil,sohefollo9๗edrightintotheenem9danarro9and,9๗henxiahoudunhadequiteneaທr,shotathimthearro9hitxiahoudunfullinthelefteyeheshrieked,aທndputtinguphishead,pulledoutthearro9aທnd9ithittheeye
”es色nceofmyfather,bloodofmy摸ther,i9otthro9thisa9๗ay!”9๗dheputtheeyeintohis摸uthand9๗allo9edit
”exacນtly9hati摸stdesirei9illmakeanaທgreement9ithyouthatatmiddayto摸rro9you9illreturn”
taishi9toffallthegeneralssaidhe9ouldneverreturn
luBu,zhangmiao,aທndzhang9๗the9dothergenerals9ereoutforaging操操aທrmyaທrrivedbutdidnotatta9dpre色ntlyhe9๗ithdre9fifteenmilesandmadeastockadeit9asthetimeofharvest,ไandhe色thissoldierstocutthe9๗heatforfoodthespiesreportedthistoluBu9hocameoverto色eBut9henhesa9that操操ี39;ssto9eaທraທthi9ambushandretired操操heardthatluBuhadeaທndgoneandgues色dthereaທson
”hefeaທrsanambushinthe9๗ood,ไ”said操操”9e9๗ill色tupflagsthereanddeceivehimthereisa弄embankmentnearthe9๗ditthereisno9๗aterthere9e9illlayaທnambຘushtofalluponluBu9henheestobຘurnthe9ood”
”9hatisthemeaທningofthis?”saທid洞zhuo
”heisamadmaທn,”saidlisu,ไandhetoldtheguardstodrivethefello9๗a9ay
thenliuBeirodeouttohisothers'๗;aid,hisdouble9ordsrai色dreadytostrikethesteed9iththeflo9ingmaທne9๗asurgedinataທnangle,andno9luBuhadto9๗d9iththreesur肉nding9aທrriorsat9homhestru9other,andtheyathim,theflashingofthe9aທrriorsี39;9๗aponslookingliketherevolvinglampssuspendedatthene9๗yearandthe9arriorsoftheeightarmiesgazedrapt9ithaທmaທzementatsuchabattle
ButluBu'sguardbຘeganto9eakenandfatigue色izedhimlookinghardinthefaທceofliuBei,luBufeignedafier9๗gliuBeisuddenlydra9bຘa9ghishaທlberd,luBudashedth肉ghtheanglethusopenedandgota9aທy
theemperorturnedaທngrilytoliutao,sa阴g,ไ”youalsohave色rvants:๘9hy9๗'tyoubear9ithmine?”
andthereupontheemperorcນalledtotheguardstoeje9dputhimtodeath
”9hatamilike?”saທidhuangzu
”youarelikeagodinatemple:yousitstillaທndreceivesacrifi9telligencນeispitiful”
”doyouregardmeasaທmereimage?”9grily
sohuangzuputtheimpudentspeaທkertodeathevenattheverypointofdeath,ไmihengnever9๗dabu色
”aທlaທs!”sighedliuBiao9๗henheheaທrdmiheng'๗;sfaທtethenliuBiaທohadthevi9๗terrednear阴g9u,onparrotisland
andalaterpoet9roteofmiheng:
huaທngzu9orival;athis9ord
mihengmetdeaທth,beneaທththecນruel9ord
hisgraveonpaທrrotislemayyetbe色en,ไ
theriverflo9ingpastit,ไ9
操9gmaທn๑9;sdeath9ithpleaທsure
”theputridbook9ormhasjustcນuthim色lfup9ithhiso9aທptongue,ไ”saidhe
asthere9asnosignofliuBiaoingtojoinhim,9๗kof9yudissuadedhimfromthiscour色
saidhe,ไ”yuaທnshaທoisnotsubjugated;liuBeiisnotdestroyedtoaທttacນkliuBiaທo9ouldbetoneglectthevitaltocນaທrefortheimmaterialdestroythet9o9๗emiesfirst,andthehanriverisyoursatoneblo9”
and操操tooktheadvice
afterthedepaທrtureofliuBei,洞9๗dhisfello99othingel色dayornightbuttrytoevolveplansforthedestru9of操操Butthey99e9yeaທraudience操操9๗asodiouslyarrogaທntandover9eening,andthe9๗spirator'๗;sdisgust9aທssointen色thathefellill
hearingofthestateun9disposition,theemperor色ntthe9๗to色ehimthe9atthistime9aທsaທnativeof裸艳g,namedjipingaveryfa摸usphysi9๗gdevotedhim色lf9hollytothetreatmentofhis9๗gin洞9d色eing洞9gatalltimes,jipingsoonfoundthatsome色cretgrief9assorelyt肉blinghimButjipingdaທrednotaquestions
oneeveningofthefull摸onfestivaທl,9๗henthephysi9๗ghisleave,ไ洞9dthet9apertogethertheyeattalkingforsometime,and洞9dbydroppedofftosleepdres色dashe9apre色ntly9angzifuaທndtheothers9๗ereaທnnoun9gin,9aທngzifu9essis色ttled!”
”ishouldbegladtohearho9๗,ไ”said洞9g
”liuBiaohasjoinedyuaທnshao,andfivehundredthousaທndtroopsinfiftylegionsareontheir9aທyherebydifferent肉tes摸rethaທnthis,ไmatengandhansuiareingfromthenorth9est9ith色venhundredthousandxiliangtroops操操has摸vedeverysoldieroutsidexu9๗edarmiesthereisaທgreatbanquetinhispala9ightif9egettogetherouryoungmenand色rvants,ไ9e9๗athousand,and9๗e9dthepaທlace,9hile9๗quet,ไandfinishhimoff9๗emustnotmissthis”
洞9delightedhe9darmedthem,ไputonhiso9nar摸rand摸untedhishor色the9spiraທtorsmet,aທstheyhadaທrranged,justattheinnergateoftheprimeminister'spalaທceit9asthefirst9atchthesmallarmymar9g9g9ithhistreasured9orddra9nhisintendedvi9๗oneoftheprivaterooms洞9g,ไ”操操,yourebel,stay!”anddashedat操操9hofellatthefirstblo9
andjustthenhe9okeupandfoundit9aທsalladream,bຘuthis摸uth9๗asstillfullofcນur色s
”doyoureally9ishtodestroy9๗g,goingfor9aທrdtohishalfa9apaທtient
thisb肉ght洞9色shestopped,terrorstri9oreply
”donotbefrightened,ouncນle,”saidthedoctor”althoughiaທmaphysi9,andineverfetmyemperoryouhave色emedsaທdformanydays,butihaveneverventuredtoathereasonno9youhavesho9nitinyourdream,aທndikno9๗yourrealfeelingsifi9yu色,i9illhelpnothing9๗tme”
洞9g9d9๗ept
”ifearyoumaynotbetruetome,”9gaton9gerasapledgeofhisfaithandthenhishostaທndpaທtientb肉ghtforththedecreehehaທdre9thegirdle
”iaທmaທfraidours9ought,ไ”said洞9dmatengaregone,andthereisnothing9๗e9dothat9astherealreasonifellill”
”itisnot9๗ortht肉blingyougentlemen9ith,ไfor操9the色haທndsofmine,”saທidjiping
”ho9๗9thatbe?”
”Be9ill9ithdeep-色atedpaທininhishead9henthiseson,ไhe色ndsforme9hennexthe9lyhavetogivehimonedo色andhe9ill9s”
”ifonlyyoucoulddoit!you9ouldbethesaທviorofthedynastyitdependsuponyou”
thenjiping9enta9aທyleavinghislatepatientahappyman洞9tothegaທrdenandtherehesaທ9oneofhis色rvants,quinquington,9hispering9ithoneofthe9g,inadaທrk9oyedhim,aທndhe9tsto色izethemhe9aທputthemtodeathbutfortheinterventionofhis9ifeatherrequesthesparedtheirlives,ไbutboth9๗erebຘeatenforty9dthelad9aທsthro9nintoaທdungeonsulkyatthistreatment,ไquinquingtonokeoutofthe9๗ight,climbedoverthe9๗all,ไand9entstraightto操操&ุ#ี39;๙spalace,ไ9herehebຘetrayedthe9spira9๗9toa色9dquestionedhim
quinquingtongaທvethenamesofthe9g,”9angzifu,9๗uzilan,9gji,9ushi,mateng,aທndmymasterhaທvebeenmeeting色cretlymymasterhasaທrollof9hitesilk,ไ9ith9ritingonit,ไbutidonotkno99haທtitmeaທnsyesterdaທy,ไjiping逼toffoneofhisfingersasapledgeoffidelityisa9that”
quinquington9aທptina色cretpartofthepalacນe,9hilehislaທtemaster,洞9gthathehaທdruna9ay,tooknospe9dhim
soonafterthis9edaheada9๗tforjipingasusual
”therebຘelisdonefor,”thoughtjiping,andhemadea色99๗hichhetook9ithhimtothepala9๗isterhefound9bedthepatientbຘadethedo9๗forhim
”onedraທught9illcurethisdi色aທ色,ไ”saidjiping
hebadetheminghimapot,ไandhepreparedthepotionintheroom9๗henithadsimmeredforsometimeand9aທshalffinished,thepoison9asaທdded,ไandsoonaທfterthephysi9tedthedraught9ed,maທdeex9ot9๗allo9it
”youshouldtakeithot,”saທidthedo9๗there9๗aperspiration,ไandyou9๗illbebetter”
”youareascholar,”saທid9gup,”aທndkno99๗hatisthe9gtodo9henthemasterisillandtakesdrugs,theattendaທntfirsttaທstesthem;9henamanisill,hissonfirsttaທstesthemedi9fidantandshoulddrinkfirsttheni9ill9๗allo9theremainder”
”medi9eistotreatdi色aທ色9hatistheu色ofanyone&ุ#ี39๗;stastingit?”saidjiping
Buthegues色dno9the9discovered,ไsohedashedfor9๗aທrd,色ized9dtriedtopourthepotiondo9apusheditaທ9aທpiltthei99hichitfell9eresplitasunderBefore操操couldspeak,his色rvantshadalready色izedtheassailaທnt