| He went into the private apartments to see his wife and told her the bride elect
would set out immediately and the trousseau was to be prepared as far as it
could be. On his side he chose some good horses and had a wedding carriage got
ready. The escort consisted of Han Yin and two of Lu Bu's generals, Song Xian
and Wei Xu. The procession went out of the city to the sound of music. |
| Now at this time Chen Gui, father of Chen Deng, was
placidly waiting till the evening of his life passed into night. Hearing this
burst of music he inquired the occasion, and the servants told him. |
| "They are working on the 'Relative-above-Stranger'
device, then," said Chen Gui. "Liu Bei is in danger." |
| Thereupon in spite of his many infirmities, he went to see Lu Bu. |
| "Noble Sir, what brings you here?" asked Lu Bu. |
| "I heard you were dead, and I came to mourn," quavered
the old man. |
| "Who said that?" exclaimed his host. |
| "Once upon a time you received grand presents from
Yuan Shu that you might slay Liu Bei, but you got out by that clever shot at
your halberd. Now they suddenly seek a marriage alliance thinking to get hold of
your daughter as a pledge. The next move will be an attack on Xiaopei and, that
gone, where are you? Whatever they ask in future, grain or troops or anything
else, and you yield, will bring your own end nearer, and make you hated all
round. If you refuse, then you are false to the duties of a relative, and that
will be an excuse to attack you openly. Beside this Yuan Shu intends to call
himself emperor, which would be rebellion, and you would be of the rebel's
family: Something abominable, which the multitude people would not suffer." |
| Lu Bu was much disturbed to hear this. |
| "I have been misled by Chen Gong!" cried he. |
| So he hurriedly sent Zhang Liao to bring the wedding
party, which had been ten miles away, back to the city. When they had come, Lu
Bu threw Han Yin into prison and sent a reply to Yuan Shu saying curtly that the
girl's trousseau was not ready and she could not be married till it was. |
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