Chapter 105
— The Lord of Wuxiang Leaves A Plan In The Silken Bag; The Ruler of Wei Removes The Bronze Statue With The Dew Bowl.
The embassy to Wu, chosen for a ready tongue. A Military Adviser and a man of Nanyang, he volunteers, goes to Jianye, finds the whole Wu court already in mourning, and parries Sun Quan's opening thrust about the Baidicheng garrison with the chapter's neatest line: 'It seemed as necessary for the west to increase the garrison there as for the east to have a force at Baqiu. Neither is worth asking about.' Comes home with the broken-arrow oath and a Wu sacrifice party, and is rewarded.