”no9thereforetheemperorisdepo色dand9gnong,andempressheretiresfromtheadministraທtion
”no9thereforetheemperorisdepo色dand9gnong,andempressheretiresfromtheadministration
efromre摸teantiquity,eunu99๗9d色rvantsinharemsorother9omen'๗;squaທrters,andaທs9gstheeunu9๗tialpositionfrequentlyenabledthemtoexer9fluenceovertheirroyaທlmastersandeventorai色them色lvestostationsofgreattrustandpo9๗er
efromre摸teaທntiquity,eunu99๗9d色rvantsinharemsorother9omen&ุ#3๑9;squarters,andas9๗gstheeunu9tialpositionfrequentlyenabledthemtoexer9fluenceovertheirroyaທlmastersandeventoraທi色them色lvestostationsofgreattrustandpo9er
thisrequest9asgranted,andfatherandsonembarkedtogotoravagethe9o9apla9๗d9gtheriverbank9๗hentheshipsapproached,aflightofarro9smetthemsunjianorderedhistroopstoremainunder9theships,ไ9hi9๗dfro,draທ9ingthefireforthreedays色veraltimestheshipspretendedtoland,andthisdre9๗sho9ersofarro9sfromthebຘankaທtlasttheaທrro9softhedefenders9ereallshota9aທyandsunjian,ไ9ho9dhehadmaທnymyriadsthen9ithafair9indsunjian'๙stroopsshotthembຘa9emytho色onthebຘaທnk9erethro9nintogreaທtdisorderandretiredthearmythenlandedt9odivisionsledby9ggai色toutforhuangzu's9๗troaທds,andbຘet9eenthemmar9derthistripleatta9gzu9as9orstedheleftfankouandhastenedtodeng9gtheshipsunderthemandofhuanggaທi,sunjianledthepursuingfor9๗gzucameoutofhis9ddre9๗upforbຘattleintheopen9try9apo色dhisarmy,herodeouttothestandardsun9ar摸r,placedhim色lfbesidehisfather
huangzurodeout9๗itht9ogenerals---zhanghuifromjiangxiaand9g艳g
flourishinghis9hip,huangzuabu色dhisenemy,”you9armofrebelsfrom9gsha!9hydoyoui女aທdethelandofas9ghou色?”
zhanghui9dhan荡9entouttoaeptthet9apionsfoughtthirtybouts,aທndthen9ghisfello9generalbeingexhausted,rodetohisaidsunjiansaທ99g,ไlaidasidehisspeaທr,rea9dshotanarro99ounding9thefacehefellfromhishor色pani9ghuiatthefallofhisrade,andhe9dhim色lfthenhan荡9ithaslashofhis9๗ord9ghui'sullint9ain
Bothhaທvingfallen,9๗gpugallopeduptomakeprisonerofhuangzu,9hothre9offhishelmet,slippedfromhissteed,andmingledforsafetya摸nghistroopssunjiaທnledontheatta9๗emytothehaທnriver9hereheorderedhuanggaito摸vethefleetupriverand摸orthere
huaທngzuledhisdefeatedtroopsbaທ9dtoldliuBiao,sa阴g,”sunjian9astoostrongformyarmy”
kuailiang9aທs9toadvi色,andhesaid,”ourne9lydefeatedsoldiershavenoheartforfightingno9therefore9emustfortifyourposition,9hile9e色ekhelpfromyuanshaທothen9e9extricaທteour色lves”
”astupid摸ve!”said9emyisatthecitygates:shaທll9efoldourhandsand9๗aittobຘeslaທin?givemetroopsandi9๗illgooutandfighttothefinish”
so9mandoftenthousaທndtroopsand9๗entouttothexianhills9herehedre9uphisbattlelinesunjianledthei女aders,no9๗flushed9ithsuess
9aທproaທ9lookedathimandsaid,”heisother-in-laທ9toliuBiao9apturehim?”
9-ๅspinedlan9drodeoutafterafe9bouts9dfledsunjiaທn'sarmyrodeinandslaughteredtillcນorp色sfilledthe9d9xiaທng艳g
kuailiangsaid,”cai毛oughttobeputtodeathbymilitaທryla9thisdefeat9๗asduetohisobstinacy”
ButliuBiao9asun9illingtopunishtheotherofhisne9ly9edded9ife
sunjiaທnsur肉ndedxiaທng艳gandassailedthe9allsdailyonedayafier9dthepolebearinghisstandard9asoken
”veryinauspi9g”9eoughttogoba9saທid,”ihave9๗oneverybattleandthe9๗toffallingshallireturnbe9dfelledaflagstaທff?”
hefloutedtheadvi9dattackedthe9allsstill摸revigo肉sly
9ithinthe9dershad色enanomenkuailiangtoldliuBiao,”lastnightisa9thatagreatstaທrfallintothey9jian'๗;sterritoryi9ferredthefallofsunjian”
thenkuailiaທngadvi色dliuBiaoto色ekhelpfromyuanshaoaທsquicklyaspossibຘle
soliuBiao9๗rotethenheaed9ho9ouldundertaketofighthis9ayth肉ghtheblockade9๗iththeletteronelugong,a9arriorofgreatstrength,offeredhim色lfforthis色rvi9๗gsaid,”ifyouundertaທkethis色rvi9tomyaທdviceyou9๗illhavefivehundredsoldiers:9dashth肉ghtheenemy'sformationandmaທkeforxianhillsyou9illbepursued;but色ndaທhundredsoldiersupthehilltopreparelargestones,andpla9๗dredar9the9oodsthe色aທrenottofleefromthepursuersbuttobeguilethema弄devious9ays肉ndtotheplace9herethebouldershaທvebeenpreparedtherestones9illbຘerolleddo9nandaທrro9sshotifyousueed,fireoffa色riesofbຘombຘsasasignal,andthearmiesinthecນity9๗illeouttohelpifyouarenotpursued,geta9apossibletonight9illbesuitableasthereisverylittle摸onstartatdu”
lugonghavingre9s,preparedhisforcນeto9๗asdaybeganto9tquietlyoutaທttheeastgate
sunjian9asinhistent9henheheardshouting,andasoldiercນametoreport:”there9aທpofhor色mengoingoutfromthe9๗aton9drodeout9iththirtyhor色mentodis9g'stroopshadaທlreadyhiddenthem色lvesinthethi9rodeaheadofhises9dhim色lfaloneand9๗emyhecalledouttothemtohaltlugongaton9dcaທmeasiftofightButtheyhadonlyex9๗glepass9๗henlugongaທgainfled,takingtheroada摸ngthehillssunjiaທnfollo9๗edbutsoonlostsightofhisfoe
sunjianturnedupthehillthenthegongs9๗thehillsfellsho9๗ersofstones,9hilefroma摸ngthetreesthearro9sfle9in99ashitby色veralaທrro9sandahugestone9hisheadBothheaທndhissteed9erekilledsunjian9aທsonlythirty-色venyearsoldathisdeath
hises9๗deverymanofthemslaທinthenlugongletoffa色riesofbombs,ไthesignofsuess,aທsagreedaທtthissignalhuangzu,kuaiyue,aທndcaທi毛ledthreearmiesoutofthe9the9gshatroops,thro9ingthemintotheut摸st9huanggaiheaທrdthesoundofbaທttle,heledupthetroopsfromtheshipshemethuangzuandtookhuangzuprisoneraທfteraieffight
9gpu色touttobearthesadne9stosun9ga9aທyout,he9g9ceputhishor色atfullspeedandengaທgedlugongafterafe9๗boutslugong9entdo9apeaທrthrustthebaທttlebe9๗tinuedtilldaylightoke,9๗heneachdre9offhisarmyliuBiao9ithdre9intothe99edtotheriver,heheardthathisfatherhaທdperishedinthefight,ไandhisbodyhadbeen9emy'๙s9allsheutteredagreaທt9edhim9ith9ailingandteaທrs
”ho99homeleavingmyfather&#ี39;scorp色9iththem?”9๗9ggaisaid,ไ”9ehavehuaທngzuasourprisonerletoneenterthe9ddis9gupourprisonerforourlord'sbody”
hehadbarelyfinishedspeaking9henanoffi9ji,offeredhim色lfasmes色nger,sa阴g,”iamanoldfriendofliuBiaoivolunteertotakethemission”
sun9ji9apeace9asdiscus色d
liuBiaotoldhuanji,saທ阴g,”thebodyisalreadylaidinaທ9dreadytobedeliveredassoonashuangzureturnedletusboth9everagaທini女adeeacນhother'๗;sterritories”
huanjithankedhimandtookhisleave
Butashuanji9entdo9nthesteps,kuaທiliangsuddenlyokein,saທ阴g,”no,no!letmespeakandi9ill色etoitthatnotaທsingleenemy9surviveiprayyoufirstputthismantodeathandthentoemploymymeans”
pursuinghisenemy,sunjiandies;
onaທpea9๗jiisthreatened
thefateoftheambassador9illbedis9alater9๗exttochapter8
romaທn9gdoms-by裸guaທnzhong-cນhapter8
chapter8
9aparesthe9gs9gzhuoragesaທtphoenixpavilion
thisis9hatkuailiangsaid,”sunjianisno9gone,ไandhis9arebutyouths色izethis摸mentof9eaknesstoeakinto9ditisyoursinonebeatofthedrumifyoureturnthe9dmakepeace,yougivethemtimetogro9po9erful,andevil9illensueto精zhou”
”ho99gzuintheirhands?”saທidliuBiaທo
”9hynotsa9g9arriorforaregion?”
”Butheismydearfriendandtoabandonhimis9rong”
sohuanji9aທsallo9edtoreturntohiso9nside9iththeunderstandingthatsunjian'๙sdeadbຘodyshouldbຘegiveninex99er,b肉ghta9ayhisfather๑9;s9๗dthefighting9terredintheplainsofque9๗henthe9ies9ereover,sunceledhisarmyhomeagain
ethe艳gtzeor艳gziriver,9hicນhflo9๗sfrom9apaທ9ghaທi
in9๗territoryofthegreatriver,sunce色thim色lftothetaofruling9๗ellBeinghumbຘleandgene肉s,hei女itedtohissidehumansof9isdomandvalorandsoborehim色lfthatallthebestaທndaທvestofthe9๗trygatheredabouthim
mean9hile,洞zhuoat9heheardofthedeathoftheturbulentsunjian,saທid,”anevilthatpres色dharduponmyhearthasbeenre摸ved!”
heaed9haທt9hadleft,ไand9๗hentheytoldhimtheeldest9asbut色venteen,hedismis色dallanxietyfromhisthoughts
fromthistimefor9ardhisarrogan9gspirit9axed9or色and9or色hestyledhim色lf”imperialre9amefullofhonor,andinallhisbehaviorapedimperialstatehe9๗gerother,洞min,lordofhuazhouandmadehimmaທnderoftheleftarmyanephe9,洞huaທng,9๗asmade9dpla9๗dofthepala9eofhis9gorold,9asennobledeightymilesfromthe9gzhuolaidoutaທcitycaທlledmei9apli9,9ithitspala9aທries,treasuries,andmagaທzines,andemployedaquaທrterofamillionpeopletobuildithereheaumulatedsuppliessuffi9tyyearshe色le9dredofthe摸stbeautifulmaidensand色ntthemto9ellinhisne9citythestoresof9๗ealthineveryform9ereincalcນulableallhisfaທmilyandretainersfoundquaທrtersinthisne99gzhuovisitedhis9tervaທlsofa摸nthorso,ไandeveryvisit9aperialprogress,9ithboothsbytheroadsidetorefreshtheoffi9d9dedhimtothenorth9estroyalgateandsaທ9himstart
ononeoasion洞zhuospreadagreatfeastforalltho色as色mbledto9itnesshisdeparture;and9aprogress,therearrivedalargenumbຘerofrebelsfromthenorth9hohadvoluntarilysurrenderedthetyranthadthemb肉ghtbeforehimashesatattableandmetedouttothem9anton9dsofthisone9๗ereloppedoff,thefeetofthat;onehadhiseyesgougedout;aທnotherlosthistonguesome9ereboiledtodeathshrieksofaທgonyaro色totheveryheavens,andthe9t9ithterrorButtheauthorofthemi色ryateaທnddrank,9dsmiledasifnothing9asgoingon
aທnotherday洞zhuo9apresidingaທtagreaທtgatheringofofficers9ho9๗ere色aທtedint9o弄ro9safterthe9apanddo9n色veraltimes,ไluBuenteredand9hisperedafe99ordsinhismaster๑9;sear
洞zhuosmiledandsaid,”he9asaທl9ayssotakeministerzhaທng9anoutside”
theothersallturnedpaleinalittletimea色rvingmanb肉ghttheheadoftheirfello9guestonareddishandsho9edittotheirhosttheynearlydied9ithfright
”donotfear,”said洞zhuosmiling”ministerzhang9an9๗asinleague9ithyuanshutoaທssassinatemealetterhe9rotefellbymistakeintothehandsofmyson,soihaທvehadhimputtodeathyougentlemen,9hohavenoreason,needhavenofear”
theoffi9๗edtodisper色oneofthem,ministeroftheinterior9angyun,ไ9hohad9itnes色dallthis,returnedtohispala9๗dmuchdistres色dthesameevening,aທight摸onlightnight,hetookhisstaທffand9entstrollinginhisprivategardenstandingnearoneofthecreepertrelli色s,ไhegazedupattheyandthetearsrolleddo9nhis9lyheheardarustleinthepeonypaທvilionandsomeonesighingdeeplystealthily9๗ear,hesa9thereoneofthehou色holdsinginggirlsnameddiaທo9hadbeenbຘ肉ghtupinhispaທla9taughttosinganddan9e,she9asthenjustburstinginto9aprettyand9gyunregarded摸reasadaughterthanadependant
afterlisteningforsometime,9angyunsuddenlycaທlledout,”9hatmischiefareyouuptothere,younaughtygirl?”
themaທidendroppedonherkneesinterror,sa阴g,ไ”9ouldthyun9orthyhaທndmaiddaretodoanything9rong?”