After leaving Xuchang, Verdant Green Maiden headed south.
The lands of Jing Xiang were beautiful, and she had traveled there for many years, seeing the elegant manners of its famous scholars. Unfortunately, Governor Liu Biao was weak and sickly. The lords of every quarter watched him covetously, all wondering whose hands the power of Jing Zhou would ultimately fall into.
Would it be Liu Qi, Liu Cong, or Liu Bei, who was currently stationed in Xin Ye?
But Verdant Green Maiden didn't care at all about what everyone under Heaven was so concerned with.
One evening, just as dusk was falling, Verdant Green Maiden arrived outside Xiang Yang City.
The sky was dim, and a broad stream flowed past, separating the two sides. The people of Xiang Yang called this stream Tan Xi.
A chase was unfolding on the far side of Tan Xi.
Liu Bei galloped away on horseback, with a squad of soldiers in relentless pursuit.
"The road ends here!"
"Liu Bei, surrender!"
When the pursuers saw Tan Xi, they burst into laughter.
Liu Bei had already reined in his horse, intending to flee along the stream in the other direction. But De Lu leaped straight into Tan Xi and refused to move, no matter how Liu Bei urged him.
The pursuers reached the dry bank, and one of them raised a bow, ready to shoot.
"Bring me an arrow, quickly!"
"Shoot him dead!"
Seeing this, Liu Bei slapped his thigh and sighed, "De Lu, De Lu, you truly are a horse that brings harm to your master!"
But perhaps his words had angered him. As soon as Liu Bei finished sighing, De Lu suddenly raised his head and whinnied, then leaped out of Tan Xi.
De Lu: Say it!
Verdant Green Maiden: "..."
She thought she saw