Chapter 107
— The Ruler of Wei Hands Over The Power To Sima Yi; Jiang Wei Is Defeated At Ox Head Hills.
The hinge of Huan Fan's escape and then of his destruction. Commander of the South Gate and an old dependant of Huan Fan's, he is bluffed by a slip of bamboo and a show of outrage — 'What! How dare you, an old servant of mine, behave thus?' — and lets him through, then realises and gives chase too late. Afterwards he testifies against him: 'Huan Fan has imposed upon me with a pretended command from Her Majesty and so has escaped out of the city.'