SIXTEENTH DAY

Dear Guan Yu,

That is certainly not true, my lord!

I would never incite those kinds of thoughts into the mind of your son.

Guan Xing has been acting quite strangely lately, no?

Not to mention Guan Ping's sudden disappearance and Zhang Bao's bloodlust.

I assume it would be some sort of thing with adolescents; please, do hang in there, my lord.

Guan Suo is just probably goofing off.

Dear Zhao Yun,

Yes, I am aware on how noisy they are.

And, yes. I also apologize for lying to you.

Lord Guan Yu is terribly worried about his son, Suo.

Please go look for him.

Dear Zhao Yun,

Yes, they, too, left Shu the same reason as Guan Ping and Xingcai.

I suppose you're free to do whatever you want. I'm sure Guan Suo wouldn't mind a third party.

Dear Guo Jia,

I know you're excited, but just calm down.

Ma Chao can't even feel his extremities yet.

And I'm sure you can't either.

Dear Jia Xu,

I am pleased that the funeral preparations are complete.

No, it is my fault in the first place.

Lady Wang Yi had nothing to do with this; master Guo Jia simply dug his own grave when he set his eyes on her.

Dear Zhuge Liang,

For the last time-

No.

Leave me alone; I can hear the four of you all the way here.

Quiet down a little, lord Liu Shan can't concentrate with all the noise.

Dear Zhang Fei,

Very interesting, my lord.

I also suggest not to write to me when you are drunk.

Don't worry; I shall keep this a secret between the two of us.

Dear Xiahou Ba,

So technically, you're related to Xingcai; more or less.

Don't worry; I was surprised as well.

Dear Zhou Yu,

Attached to this letter is one bottle.

Make do with that; I won't send you another one within three days.

Dear Zhou Yu,

What do you mean I'm being stingy?

Preposterous; I'm quite a generous man.

It's your fault for guzzling it down like wine.

Dear Gan Ning

You're drunk.

Don't send me letters when you're drunk.

If I had a silk cloth* for every drunken letter that arrives at my doorstep, I'd be richer than the emperor.

A/N: *The currency during the Three Kingdom's period were silken cloth and grains.