Chapter 2
— Zhang Fei Whips The Government Officer; He Jin Plots To Kill The Eunuchs.
The imperial inspector sent to Anxi, who snubs Liu Bei, fishes for a bribe, and coerces the county underlings into false testimony against him. A drunken Zhang Fei drags him out by the hair, lashes him to the hitching post, and whips him with willow switches; Liu Bei spares his life and resigns by hanging the official seal round his neck. His complaint puts the brothers to flight.