Liu Bei Crossed the River to Keep an Appointment
This is a story from Three Kingdoms. Zhou Yu of Wu Kingdom was a strategist but he was narrow-minded and jealous of people smarter than him. So he had always been thinking of killing Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei of Shu Kingdom. One day, he invited Liu Bei to cross the river, while did not let Zhuge Liang-who was then staying in Wu for help-know about it. Zhou Yu was very glad when he saw Liu Bei‘s coming. He had arranged an armed man to kill Liu Bei at the banquet when he threw a cup to the ground as the signal. Zhuge Liang was surprised when he discovered Liu Bei were meeting with Zhou Yu. Anxiously he went to the tent and relieved to see Liu Bei had Guan Yu standing behind to protect him. Then he went to a small boat by the river, waiting for them to come back. At the banquet, host and guest had savored several rounds of wine when Zhou Yu stood up, cup in hand. Observing Lord Guan, hand on sword, Zhou Yu inquired who he wsa, "My younger brother, Guan Yunchang," replied Liu Bei. "Not the one who cut down generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou?" Zhou Yu asked nervously. "The same," Liu Bei answered. Zhou Yu, alarmed, broke out in a cold sweat. He poured a cup for Lord Guan and drank with him and said, "You are really famous for you have slain six generals and breached five passes!" When Liu Bei asked where Zhuge Liang was, Zhou Yu said he‘d better meet him when Cao Cao was defeated. Lord Guan eyed Liu Bei, who sensed his brother‘s intent and rose to bid Zhou Yu farewell. Zhou Yu made no effort to detain his guests. When Liu Bei and Lord Guan reached the edge of the river, where they were happy to find Zhuge Liang in his boat. "My lord," said Zhuge Liang , "You were in more danger than you knew today. If not for Lord Guan, Zhou Yu would have killed you."
東吳的周瑜雖有計謀，但心胸狹窄妒賢嫉能，一心想害劉備和諸葛亮。一天，他瞞著(zhù)正在東吳幫助決策的諸葛亮，請劉備過(guò)江，意欲殺害劉備。周瑜見(jiàn)到劉備后很高興，以為計謀就要得逞，并安排好刀斧手，準備在宴席上摔杯為號把劉備殺掉。諸葛亮探得劉備過(guò)江，大吃一驚，急忙前去救主，走到帳外往里一看，原來(lái)劉備后面有關(guān)羽保護，隨之放心而去，在江邊一條小船上等候劉備的到來(lái)。酒過(guò)數巡，周瑜起身給劉備敬酒，見(jiàn)劉備身后站一員大將，威風(fēng)凜凜，按劍而立，忙問(wèn)是誰(shuí)？劉備說(shuō)："這是我二弟關(guān)云長(cháng)。"周瑜說(shuō)："就是斬顏良，誅文丑的關(guān)云長(cháng)嗎？"劉備說(shuō)："是。"周瑜驚得出了一身冷汗，馬上給關(guān)羽斟酒恭維道："將軍斬顏、誅文丑，過(guò)五關(guān)斬六將，天下聞名??！"劉備要見(jiàn)諸葛亮，周瑜說(shuō)待破曹后才能見(jiàn)到。關(guān)羽給劉備使眼色，劉備會(huì )意，起身告辭。周瑜也不相留。行至江邊見(jiàn)諸葛亮在船上等候，很高興。諸葛亮說(shuō)："你今天過(guò)江很危險，周瑜本意殺你，要不是云長(cháng)在場(chǎng)，他就得逞了！"
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