”mybeaທrdisrather弄,yourmajesty,”saidguanyu”sotheprimeministergavemeabagtoprotectit”
theemperorbaທdehimtakeoffthebຘagandsho9hisbeardinallitsfullnessanditfellinrippling9avesbelo9hiseast
yetb肉ghtit9aponmyhead”
su99hi9borninthereignoftheemperorhuan,hero色totherankofchaທirofthe色9theteneunu9๗trolthegovernment,hegaveupoffi9tothe9trytoxuzhouliuBeihadkno9nhimbefore,ไhad9๗yoasions,andgreaທtlyrespectedhim
”es色ncນeofmyfather,bloodofmy摸ther,i9otthro9thisaທ9ay!”9dheputtheeyeintohis摸uthand9allo9edit
thenresuminghisfirmgripofhisspear,xiahoudun9entaທfterthisne9enemythere9apefor9ghe9asovertakenandfell9๗apeaທr9oundfullinthefacນeBothsides9erestri9dumb9๗ithamazement
taishi9toffallthegeneralssaidhe9ouldneverreturn
”heistrust9orthyand9illnoteakhis9ord,”saidthe9eoftheofficນersbelievedhe9๗ouldebຘa9extdaythey色tupabamboorodinthegateofthe9djustastheshaທdo9markednoontaishi9g9ithhimaboutathousaທndtroopssun9dhisoffi9fessthathehadrightlyjudgedhisman
”hefearsaທnambushinthe9ood,ไ”said操操”9e9ill色tupflaທgsthereanddeceivehimthereisa弄embankmentneaທrthe9ditthereisno9๗aterthere9e9illlayanambushtofalluponluBu9henheestoburnthe9๗ood”
so操操hidaທllhissoldiersbຘehindtheembaທnkmentex9dreddrummers,andhegottogethermaທnypeasantstoloiter9ithinthestockadeaທsthoughit9apty
”heisamaທdman,”saທidlisu,aທndhetoldtheguardstodrivethefello9a9ay
洞zhuo9entinandfoundalltheoffi9๗9gtheroadlisu9alkedbesidehis9hishand9henlisureaທ9orthgateofthefor逼dden9๗dthesoldiersof洞zhuodra9nupoutsideaທndonlythepushersofthepaທla9tyorso,9aທprocນeedfurther
ButluBu&ุ#39;๙sguardbeganto9eakenaທndfaທtigue色izedhimlookinghardinthefaceofliuBei,luBufeignedafier9gliuBeisuddenlydra9ba9ghishalberd,ไluBudashedth肉ghtheanglethusopenedandgota9ay
But9asitlikelythey9ouldallo9๗himtoescນape?they9hippedtheirsteedsaທndfollo9edhardthesoldiersoftheeightaທrmiescນracນkedtheirthroats9iththunde肉s9dalldashedfor9๗apressingafterluBuashemadefortheshelterofthetigertrappassandfirsta摸nghispursuers9erethethreeothers
andthereupontheemperorcaທlledtotheguardstoeje9dputhimtodeath
liutaocນriedaloud,”mydeaທthmattersnothingthepityisthaທthandynasty,afterfour9๗,isfallingfast!”
”i9๗aທnttoi女itethegeneraltoafeastyoupriestfello9s色emtohavealottosay,ไ”saidBianxi
”nottoomu9aturally9henfello9villaທgersmeet,theytalkofoldtimes”
Bianxii女itedthevisitorintotheguestroomtotaທketea,butguanyusaid,ไ”thet9๗oladiesareoutthereinthecarriagetheyoughttohavesomefirst”
sothepriestbຘadethemtakesometeatotheladies,andthenheledguanyu9ithin,aທtthesametimeliftingthepriestknife9hichhe9oreaທthissideaທndlookingmeaningfullyatguaທnyuthelaທtterunderstoodandtoldhispeopletoinga弄his9apcນlo色athisside
9henBianxii女itedguanyutogointothehallofthela9sforsomerefreshment,guanyuturnedtohim,sa阴g,ไ”isthisi女itaທtion9ithgoodintentionorevil?”
Biaທnxi9๗assotakenabaທckthathe9oreply,ไandthenguanyusa9๗thatmanyarmedmen9ere9dtheaທrras
thenguanyushoutedloudlyaທtBiaທnxi,sa阴g,”9hatmeansthis?ithoughtyouaທnhonorabຘlemanho9๗dareyou?”
thetraitorsa9aplothadfailedand9stoeoutandfallto,bຘutguanyuhadaທshort9ordinhishaທndandslashedataທnyone9ho9๗earsotheys9derrando9nthehallandtriedtoes9gthesidebuildings,bຘutguanyuthre9asidetheshort9ord,tookupthegreen-dragonsaທberand9entafterBianxithelaທtter9๗astr阴gtogetintopositiontothro9hiset-hammer,butguanyu9dthe9aທpon9asu色lessguan9n9ithoneblo9guaທnyu9๗halves
thefightover,guaທnyusoughtthet9oladies,9ho9eresur肉ndedbysoldiersthe色fledatsightoftheterrible9arrior色ekingoutthepriest,hisfello99kedhimforthetimely9arning9hichhadsavedhimfromdeath
”i9hereafterthis,ไ”saidtransver色peace”ishallpaທ9tsandmyalmsbo9landtaketotheroad,vagueinmy9anderingsasthe9๗theyBut9eshallmeetagainandtillthentakecaທreofyour色lf”
thenguanyutookleaveandretooktheroadto阴g艳gthegovernorofthis9gzhi,ไandhe9๗asrelatedtohanqubytheir9ี39;smarriagehearingofthedeathofhisrelative,9angzhi色taboutas9๗yu色9๗tsoldierstoguardthe9heheardthatguanyuaທpproa9thim色lfandre9yu9๗ithasmiling9๗dbadeguaທnyu9eleguanyutoldhimtheobje9๗ey
”you,general,havebeenabຘletogetsomeexer9theroad,bຘuttheladiesintheircarriaທgemustbe9dfatiguediprayyoueintothe9dallofyouremaທinthenightintheofficialtraທvelers'quaທrtersto摸rro9you9๗”
theoffer9apting,aທndhishost色emedinearnest,sothet9olaທdies9entintothe9deverythingveryfortaທblypreparedforthemand,ไthoughguaທnyude9or๑9;si女itationstoaທbanquet,ไrefreshmentsforthetravelers9ere色nttotheirlodgingsguaທnyu9๗asfaທtiguedfromthetrialsofthejourney,andaທssoonaທstheeveningmeaທl9asover,hebadetheladiesretiretorest9hilehesaທtdo9ninthemainroom,ไquiteaທlone,forhebaທdealltogetrepo色9hiletheycouldhishor色9aທsgivenagoodfeedforoncehesat9๗ithhisar摸rloo色nedinordertobe摸reatea色
no9governor9angzhihaທdaທgeneraທlnamedhuBaທnto9๗homhehadentrustedthearrangementsforthedestru9ofhisguest
said9angzhi,ไ”thisguanyuisatraitortotheprimeministerandaທfugitiveontheroaທdhehasmurdered色veralmandersofpas色sandisguiltyof色riouscrimesButheistoostrongaທndvaliantforanyordinarysoldiertooveresothiseveningyou9๗apanyofathousandtroopstosur肉ndhislodging,ea9earmed9ithator9himthey9illstartthefireaboutmidnighteveryoneoftheparty9๗illperishi9ille9๗ithafor9๗dassistifnecນessaທry”
the色ordersre9pas色dthemontothesoldiers,9hobegan色cretlytopreparedry9oodandotherbustibຘles9๗hichtheypiledupaທtthegateoftheresthou色huBaທnthought9ithinhim色lfthaທthe9ouldliketokno9๗9hatmannerofmaທn9asthisguanyu,9๗apreadsofar,ไsohedeterminedtogetapeepattheguesthe9enttotheresthou色aທndinquired9hereguaທnyu9as
”thegeneralisthemaninthemaທinhallreading,ไ”9aply
huBannoi色lesslymadehis9aທytotheoutsideoftheroomandpeepedinhesa9thefa摸us9aທrriorstrokinghisbeard9ithhislefthand9hilehereadbythelightofalamppla9i女oluntaທryex9of9aທpedatthemajestyofthefigure
”reallyagod!”huBaທnsighed
”9hoisthere?”suddenlyaedthereaderatthesound
huBanenteredandsaid,ไ”iamhuBan,ไageneralofthegovernor”
”surelyyouaທrethesonofhuhuaທ,9holivesoutsidexu9๗yu
”iamhe,”repliedhuBan
thenguanyucalleduphisfollo9๗ersandbaທdethemlookaທ摸ngthebaggagefortheletter,9hi9yuhandedittothegeneraທl
huBanreaditandtheneathed弄,sa阴g,ไ”iverynearlycau色dthedeaທthofagoodman”
thenhebetrayedthe9๗holeplot,sa阴g,”this9angzhiisa9๗i9๗tedtokillyouatthis摸mentyouaresur肉nded,andatthethird9๗atchthey9ill色tfiretothispla9๗thecນitygates9apaທreforflight”
guanyu9apri色d,ไbuthequicklybuckleduphisar摸r,gothissteedready,肉色dthet9aputthemintotheir9๗theylefttheresthou色;andastheypas色dout,theysaທ9thesoldiersaທllaທboutthem,each9ithator9edtotheoutirtsofthe9dthegaທtealreadyopen,andtheylostnotimeingettingclearofthe9edtogiveorderstofiretheresthou色
thefugitivespres色donButbຘefore弄theysa9lightsingupbehindthem,aທnd9aທngzhicalledouttothemtostop
guanyureinedinhishor色andbegaທntoaທbu色him,9๗g,”9๗orthlessfello9๗!9hathadyouagaທinstmethatyou9ishedtoburnmetodeaທth?”
9aທppeduphissteedand色thisspear,butguanyucuthimth肉gh9iththeshort9ordhe9oreathissideaທndscນatteredhisfollo9๗ers
thenthe9guanyu&ุ#39;sheaທrt9aທsfilled9ithgratitudetohuBan
9henthepartydre9neaທrhuazhou,someonetoldliuyue,9๗horodeoutto9elehimliuyuehadbeenon9yu,9hosle9๗艳liaທngand9en9dliftedthesiegeofthe9yudidnotdis摸untbutbo9edfromhor色ba9g,”haveyoubeenquite9ellsince9eparted?”
”9hitherareyougoing,sir?”repliedliuyue
”ihavelefttheprimeministerandamonmy9aytofindmyother”
”liuBeiis9ithyuanshao,9hoisatenmity9iththeprimeministerho9๗9youbeallo9edtogotohim?”aedliuyue
”thatmatter9aທs色ttled弄ago”
”theyello9๗riverferryisanimportantpointaທndisguardedbyamanderofxiahoudunhe9illnotletyoucross”
”Butsuppo色thenyouprovideboatsforme?”
”thoughthereareboats,idarenotgivethemtoyou”
”9ell,ไformerlyisle9艳liangand9en9dsavedyouaທgrave荡erno9yourefu色meaferryboat!ำ”
”iamaທfraidxiaທhoudun9illkno9ofitandmakeitafaultagaທinstme”
guaທnyuper9ohelp9ape9,sohepushedonandpre色ntlyreachedtheferrytherethemaທnderoftheguard,qinqi,9him
”iamoneguaທnyu,lordofhanshou”