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o death by Huang Zu on account of a quarrel begun over the wine cups。 Both being worse for liquor they had begun to discuss the worth of people。

〃You were in Xuchang;〃 said Huang Zu。 〃Who was there of worth?〃

〃The big boy was Kong Rong and the little one Yang Xiu。 There was no one else to count。〃

〃What am I like?〃 said Huang Zu。

〃You are like a god in a temple: You sit still and receive sacrifice; but the lack of intelligence is pitiful。〃

〃Do you regard me as a mere image?〃 cried Huang Zu; angrily。

So Huang Zu put the impudent speaker to death。 Even at the very point of death; Mi Heng never ceased his railing and abuse。

〃Alas!〃 sighed Liu Biao when he heard Mi Heng's fate。 Then Liu Biao had the victim honorably interred near Yingwu; on Parrot Island。

And a later poet wrote of Mi Heng:

Huang Zu could brook no rival; at his word

Mi Heng met death; beneath the cruel sword。

His grave on Parrot Isle may yet be seen;

The river flowing past it; coldly green。

Cao Cao heard of the young man's death with pleasure。

〃The putrid bookworm has just cut himself up with his own sharp tongue;〃 said he。

As there was no sign of Liu Biao ing to join him; Cao Cao began to think of coercion。 Xun Yu dissuaded him from this course。

Said he; 〃Yuan Shao is not subjugated; Liu Bei is not destroyed。 To attack Liu Biao would be to neglect the vital to care for the immaterial。 Destroy the two chief enemies first; and the Han River is yours at one blow。〃

And Cao Cao took the advice。

After the departure of Liu Bei; Dong Cheng and his fellow conspirators did nothing else day or night but try to evolve plans for the destruction of Cao Cao。 But they could see no chance to attack。 A