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Song-Ming -> Romance of the Three Kingdoms -> Cao Cao Makes Flood In Xiapi; Lu Bu Perishes At The White Gate Tower -> 33

:「?」宋憲魏續:「!」Lu Bu took it very angrily, saying, "When I have forbidden all wine, you brew some and begin to give feasts: You are simply defying me!" Whereupon he ordered the officer to instant execution. However, Song Xian, Wei Xu, and other officers came in and interceded, and after a time Lu Bu softened. "You ought to lose your head for this disobedience. But for the sake of your colleagues, the punishment shall be reduced to a hundred strokes." They tried to beg him off this, but only succeeded in reducing the number of blows to one half. When the sentence had been carried out and Hou Cheng was permitted to return home, his colleagues came sadly to console him.


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