Gou Xi sneered, "It's all thanks to Zhao Ju, a subordinate of General Zhao. If he hadn't obstructed me, perhaps I could have fought side by side with General Zhao to take Wang Mi's head."
"General Gou must be mistaken. I sent Zhao Ju to patrol the counties to suppress bandits. How could he have obstructed General Gou?" Zhao Hanzhang smiled and said, "But perhaps it was fate, fate that let me arrive in Luoyang first, fate that let me rescue the emperor, and fate that let me kill Wang Mi."
Zhao Hanzhang's boasting rekindled Gou Xi's anger, but he suppressed it, sneering, "Indeed, it was fate. Congratulations to General Zhao for his great achievements. But who knows on whose side fate will stand next."
Fu Zhi rode horseback in between the two, listening to their verbal duel, unmoved like Mount Tai, though his heart sank continuously.
