The Lost Bladesman Page #3

Harder!

Get up.

Dad... Dad... Again... again.

Grab on... I heard you the first time.

You seem like a Hedong man.

I am.

Can you cook Hedong food?

No.

Yes you can.

Yes, got that? You can do it.

Spicy Hedong food goes well with my wine.

Have some.

It's his own brew:'Jiuyunchun'.

A drink's a drink; why all the soldiers?

Scared I'll get drunk and violent?

In wartime, rations are short.

I banned the use of grain for alcohol.

Private brewing is a capital of fence.

Are the drinkers also guilty?

Yes.

So wine will be your excuse for violence.

I see you're too scared to drink.

I've wine. What's to fear?

Good.

General Guan,

Us enjoying a drink together

does this defy common sense?

My flouting your laws makes perfect sense.

Well put, General Guan.

In wartime, spices are scarce.

We tried to make your hometown dishes.

Try some.

Make you homesick?

I've no home.

I sent Liu Bei's family home...

with 50 elite guards as escort.

I respect your gentlemanly actions.

General Guan calls me a gentleman.

I'm unworthy.

I said you acted like a gentleman.

Not that you were one.

True, I'm made of inferior stuff.

Come... General Guan.

Accept this small man's toast.

I'm but a commoner.

Why all the bowing and scraping?

If servility could guarantee peace...

I'd bow and scrape to you

the rest of my life.

I'm not even a great fighter.

How can I bring about peace?

Your camp is full of talented men.

By staying, I'll only cause trouble.

What does Liu Bei do for you and Zhang Fei?

You couldn't approach his methods.

Because we're not driven by hatred?

Nor passion.

That's easy.

Join me and have anything you want.

Well?

Releasing his family was a big favor.

I'll repay it.

But he and I are sworn brothers.

Once I've news of him, I'll go.

If you fear that'd be freeing a tiger...

then kill me now.

Why can you only be loyal to Liu Bei?

If my loyalty could be bought...

I could bring only trouble to you.

That makes sense.

To allay sorrow, only this wine.

Drink and be merry; life is short.

Drink up. I wrote that.

Do you know...

others have drunk here as well.

Like who?

The descendant of Confucius.

Kong Rong, Lord Kong?

Some lord.

He famously gave away a pear,

but for him to yield a cup of wine

is harder than getting you to stay.

Come.

Bottoms up.

Okay, I'm here, thank you.

You say you've no home.

If I gave you a home...

would you stay then?

You mean here?

Exactly.

Thanks.

Thanks.

I'm always there in your heart.

My heart's been vacant a long time.

Why not just let me dream?

If your heart's empty, whence dreams?

Master, I drugged his food.

The effect will last four hours.

We paralyzed her with acupuncture.

No one's to go near there before dawn.

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