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In the third year of Jian'an period 198 A.D

Cao Cao,with the assist of Liu bei Took over Xuzhou and Xiapei

Hanged Lu Bu at White Gate Tower

Recruit General Zhangliao

Thus a serous hidden trouble was removed

All the meritorious officers will be rewarded

With your great help

I may rest assured

I now order Cao Cao to reward all those

With meritorious services

Yes,Your Majesty

You memorialized yesterday that

Liu Bei had rendered great services Why not call him in for the audience

Yes

Call Liu bei into the court

Liu Bei

My respects.Your Majesty!

Long lives.Your Majesty!

Stand up

Thank you

He looks dignified indeed

What's your family background?

I'm a descendant of Prince Jing of Zhong-shan

Grandson of Liu-xiong and son of Liu-hong

Bring me the books of imperial genealogies

Your Majesty!

Read it aloud!

Yes

Emperor Xiao-jiang's had fourteen sons

His seventh son was Liu-shing Prince Jing of Zhong-shan

Sheng's son was Liu-ang

Ang's son was Liu-lu

Lu's son was Liu-lian

Lian's son was Liu-ying

Ying's son was Liu-jian

Jian's son was Liu-ai

Ai's son was Liu-xian

Xian's son was Lou-shu

Shu's son was Liu-yi

Yi's son was Liu-bi

Bi's son was Liu-da

Da's son was Liu-bu-yi

Bu-yi's son was Liu-hui

Hui's son was Liu-xiong

Xiong's son was Liu-hong

Liu-bei is hong's son

Cao-cao abuses power,decides all affairs by himself and ignores me

With Liu bei by me side It'll be great help to me

Stand up.Emperor's Uncle

Thank you

Come with me to the side chamber And let's have a chat

Audience dismissed

Prime Minister

His majesty has recognized Liu Bei as his uncle

I'm afraid it is no advantage to you

He's under my orders since I control the decree of the throne

The emperor's uncle dare not disobey me

Besides

I keep him in the capital under the pretence of

Keeping him near the emperor In fact,he is under my control

Why should I be afraid of him?

Prime Minister,now your prestige grows daily

Why don't take the chance to take the position of the Feudatory Princes

Let's drink it first

At present there are many loyal officials,Don't take reckless action

I've proposed imperia hunt in Xu-tian

There we may see what happens

Prime Minister

I've followed your instruction

I let Liu bei settle down

Where neighboring the prime minister's residence

Good,keep an eye on Liu-bei

Report to me anytime

Yes

Dear brothers don't be so loud

We're in our backyard Anything to do with others?

Big brother,why don't you concern about the state affairs

But instead you work on the vegetable field all day long?

The emperor recognizes me as his uncle

That's gets me into attention of everybody in the capital

So I've to very cautions...

So as not to let people suspect we are ambitious

Besides,we're neighboring the prime minister's residence

Better to be more careful...

You're too cautious

We never stir up any trouble

What we said and done anything to do with him?

Brother Zhang

It's hard for him to make it clearer

Be more cautious and not to get big brother into trouble

It might be improper to go hunting at a time of national disturbances

That's not true

Ancient emperors made 4 expeditions every year at each of the four season

In order to show their strength

Now that the whole country is in confusion

It should be wise to go hunting to train the army.Why isn't it improper

Your Majesty,Please

Call here my imperial uncle

Imperial uncle come here

My respects Your Majesty

Today I'd like to see my uncle display your hunting skill

yes

Good,good shooting

You're too much flattering me

Your Majesty shoot please

Dong Chen

Why didn't you shoot?

The prime Minister has hit it!

The prime Minister has hit it!

His Majesty has hit it

It's his Majesty's golden arrow

His Majesty has hit it

It's His Majesty's golden arrow His Majesty has hit it!

His Majesty has hit it!

Long live Your Majesty

You're a crack shooter matched by nobody too

Thanks to the great fortune of the emperor

Without his treasure-bow and golden arrow

How could I have the wonderful shooting?

Big brother

Cao-cao insults the emperor and ignores everyone else

Today at the hunting ground

Why did you prevent me from killing that rebel

Cao-cao was only a horse's head away from the emperor and...

He had his close follower around

If you fail to kill him

or hurt emperor

Then we'd all be blamed

Spare the rat to save the dishes

This traitor was not killed today a worse evil will come of it

All the officials at court eat the bread of Han

But at the time of difficulties no one would come to save the country

Your Majesty

Who?

Fu Wan

Calvary commander General Dong Cheng your brother-in-law

Summen him to the palace immediately

Don't take reckless action

Then what do you think I can do?

Your Majesty

Better to make a brocade robe with a jade belt

And a secret imperial edict can be sewn in it

Then you may summon.Dong cheng to the Palace,grant him the robe

With the jade belt.Telling him to find the imperial edict at home

So he'll safely get your decree in great secrecy

You may put on this robe of mine with the jade belt of mine

As if you were always your emperor

Thank you.Your Majesty

Take them home and examine it closely

Be worth of my trust

Here's the Prime Minister

What is Liu-bei doing all these days?

This servants say

He sometimes reads in his study or drinks tea in the corridor

After the hunting he's tilled his vegetable field

He's busying with all these things

Oh,growing vegetables

Isn't he doing all those things for staying away from me?

Dong-cheng,do you also want to stay away from me like the imperial uncle?

Prime Minister

You want to the court so early in the morning,what for?

My Majesty summoned me to the palace and granted me the robe and jade belt

Oh,what the occasion today?What's the reason to grant you?

He recalled the days when I saved him in the west capital

So he summoned me in and granted me the robe and belt

Let me take a look

Unfasten the belt

It's really a mice jade belt

What do think?

It fits you perfectly

Then why don't you give them to me?

They're granted by the emperor I dare not give them to others

If you like I could make another one for you

Any plot in it?

If you want it you an keep it Wh should you say there is plot in it?

Dong cheng.It's granted by the emperor.How could I take it?

Take them back home and have a careful look.Be worthy of my trust

Of human relationships that between father and son stands first

Of social ties that between the emperor and minister stands highest

Now Cao-cao,the wicked,is a tyrant treating his emperor with indignity

With the support of his faction destoyed the principle of government

By conferring reward and inflicting punishments

He has reduced the emperor to nonentity

I've grieved over this day and night Feared the empire would be ruined

You're a high minister of state and my own relative

You must recall the difficulties great founder's early days

And draw together the loyal and the righteous

To destroy this evil faction and restore the throne

Such a deed would be an extreme loyalty to the spirits of my ancestor

This decree written in blood drawn from my own veins is confided to a

Noble who is to be most careful not to fail in executing the emperor

How dare you!

Zi-fu

I'll inform against anyone who intend to kill Cao cao

Zi-fu

My life is nothing But that would be the end of the Hans

For generations,my family has been serving the Hans

How could I be disloyal to the emperor

I'm willing to lend you a hand in getting rid off the traitor

You've come at this time of the night there must be something important

During the daytime,Cao-cao would be suspicious of me if I come to you

So I've to come here in the night

Tell them to bring wine

The other day on the hunting ground

Why you stop Guan-yu when he wanted to kill Cao-cao?

How do you know that?

Nobody else,but I noticed that

He resents Cao-cao's domineering manner and insulting the emperor

State uncle

Should all the officials be like Guan yu peace would prevail the country

The prime minister is governing the country.why is there no peace?

State uncle

You're the imperial uncle

That's why I tell you the truth to show my utter devotion to the emperor

State uncle

I was afraid you were playing tricks So I pretend to be an ignorant person

How could I?

Look,please

Brother Guan

Brother Zhang

I...couldn't believe...

As supreme as His Majesty

Has to write secret imperial edict to his subject,with his finger's blood

Big brother

General

Cavalry commander Genersl Dong-cheng Vice Minister Wang Zi-fu

Assistant General Zhong-ji Minister Wu-shuo

General Wu-zi-Ian and Governor of Xi-liang Ma-teng

Since you're instructed to get rid of the traitor on the impend decree

I dare not refuse to be at your beck and call

Brother Guan.Give me a pen! Yes

You're ordered by the prime minister to go to him.Anything important

I have no idea He just told me invite you

Well,let me wind up the bucket from the well

Here is lord Liu-bei

You're doing big business at home?

It's not easy to grow vegetables at home and live a leisure life

I'm just killing the time Anything urgent as you ask me to come here?

Liu bei

I happened to find that the plums on the tree are becoming green

It reminds me of those days when we attack against Zhang-siu a year ago

The troops were unable to find any water all along the route

Every one was suffering from thirst

Suddenly I lifted my whip and pointed at something in the distance

I said look at those plum trees

On hearing the soldiers found their mouths watering and felt no thirst

Today I saw the plum on the tree It would be regretful not to taste

I've ordered the servzants to heat some wine very hot

And sent to invite you here to share it

Look Prime Minister

The cloud looks a dragon hung in the sky

The dragon hung in the sky looks

As if blowing storms on rivers and seas

Wonderful sights

Do you know how dragons change?

Not quite Glad to hear!

Dragons can become big or small

If big,it's able to swallow down clouds and the blow mist out

If small,It's able to hide itself and conceal a shadow

They leap up into the universe and disappear in the waves

Now is the late spring.Dragons take the chance of the season changing

Like a man realizing his desires to overrun the four seas

If big,It's a able to swallow down clouds and then blow the mist out

If small.It's able to hide itself and conceal a shadow

They leap up into the univeerse and conceal a shadow

Dragons in the heaven are just like heroes in the world

Liu-bei,with your experience must know who are the heroes at present

Please tell me something about it

I've no sharp eyes to know such things

Don't be too modest

I'm satisfied with my position and serving in the court

I've no idea of the heroes in the country

You may mot get acquainted with them But possible you know their names

Yuan-shu of Huai-nan has plenty of troops and enough provisions

Could he be termed as a hero?

A rotting bone on a graveyard I shall capture him sooner or later

Yuan-shao of He bei the highest offices of state

Occupies important center of Ji zhou ommands the service of many able men

Is he a hero?

Yuan-shao is a man of fierce men but faint of heart

He's fond of grandiose schemers but unable to make dicisions

He's a man of withdrawing before great matters

But fighting for a petty interest

He's not a hero either

Liu-biao is a man of great talent And his fame his spread on all sides

Surely he is a hero?

He's a man of vain reputation He's not either

Sun-ce is a young and full of vigor And the leader of the Jiang-dong

Is he a hero?

He has profited by his father's reputation.He is no hero

How about Liu-ji-yu of Yi-zhou?

Liu-zhang is family But he's nothing but a watch dog

How could he be a hero?

What about about Zhang-xiu Zhang-lu,Han-sui?

They're all rough and mean Not worth mentioning at all

With these exceptions I really know none

Heroes are men who have plans to achieve

And keep the whole world in their minds

Who is such a man?

The only heroes in the world... are you and I

A thunder so sudden as to frighten me to...

What are you afraid of thunder?

Sudden thunder fierce wind indicate big changes,why should one mot fear?

We're been house arrested in Xu-chang We might be killed by Cao-cao someday

I hear Yuan-shu is rebelling in Huai-nan and he intends

To offer the imperial jade seal to Yuan-shao and support him to throne

If Yuan-shu turns to Yuan-shao his troops would pass through Xu-zhou

Why not taking this chance to get some troops from Cao-cao

In the name of preventing the two Yuans collaborations

In fact,It's a better chance to get myself free

A good idea

We can ask for troops to fight yuan-shu

As he's an evil pressing hand upon Cao-cao's hart

Cao cao would have no reason to refuse

I'm going to memorialize the throne

To give me orders to led the punitive expedition against Yuan-shu

Prime Minister

You must have some deep thinking and careful plans to spare Liu-bei's life

But anyway better not to let him get away

As the saying

The enemy whom you It get away one day will be endless trouble in future

Prime Minister.Please think

I've appointed Zjang ling and Lu-zhao

As his deputies to keep watch on him

I think Liu-bei would not

Yes! Guard!

Call in Xu-zhu immediately! Yes!

Look,the prime minister has sent someone here to see you

General Xu-chu What have you come here for?

You're requested to go back for some consultations

A general on the battlefield is not bound by orders from his sovereign

I've taken leave from the emperor and got instruction from the prime minister

No more consultations are needed

Go back to tell it to the prime minister

Then

I have to convey you words to the prime minister

Goodbye

Zhu-ling,Lu-zhao! Yes!

Pass my order.Speed up the advance without stop

Yes

Why in such hurry

Here I'm a bind is the cage fish in the pond

By this expedition

We're going to be flying birds in the sky and swimming fish is the sea

Big brother