Zhou Yu wants Liu Bei to tell him the story about the three brothers’ fight with Lü Bu at the Tiger’s Lair pass. After Liu Bei has told the story, Zhou Yu invites him to drink a cup of wine with him. Zhou Yu is about to throw the wine cup on the ground [as a signal] to kill Liu Bei on his mat. At this moment Guan Yu steps forward and intentionally makes a cough, which scares Zhou Yu so that he does not dare to throw the cup after all. He is frightened that Guan Yu will kill him instead. So he must invite Liu Bei to a toast in good faith. Guan Yu’s appearance makes Zhou Yu uneasy, and he pretends to be drunk. Guan Yu looks at Liu Bei and, signalling with his eyes, he makes Liu Bei understand that he should take his leave. Liu Bei returns to his boat where he meets Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang tells his master that Zhou Yu has evil intentions. This makes Liu Bei very surprised. Zhuge Liang wants his master to return, and asks him to order Zhao Yun to take a boat one day before the first day of winter and travel to the depths of the reed marshes by the Rouge harbour at the White Sand beach on the east bank of the Yangzi river. From there he should take Zhuge Liang back to Wuchang. Zhuge Liang urges Liu Bei not to forget this.
諸葛亮聽百姓談論劉備來赴會大驚，飛跑進大營準備同周瑜拼命，路過子營寨，看見魯肅將他拖著一起奔中軍帳，在綢檔縫子朝中軍帳裏面看，發現關公化裝牙將，主人可保無事。