Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 50

[Chapter 50 27]

Wei Shao’s horse was less than half an arrow away, so Wei Yan drove forward to meet him, and said loudly, “Second brother, it’s a coincidence, I just returned from hunting, and I met here!”

Wei Shao saw Wei Yan’s group early, and slowly Slowly stopping the horses in the middle of the gallop, the two big horses turned their heads wrong, with smiles on their faces: “How is the hunt today?”

“Second brother, see for yourself!”

Wei Yan turned his head and pointed to the entourage behind him who were hanging by the horses’ sides. Swaying prey.

Wei Shao glanced at it and praised: “It’s really good!”

Wei Yan smiled and said, “If the second brother is free, come back to my house. Our brothers had a good time drinking and drinking. This time, we will help you with game. Enjoy!”

Wei Shao said, “It’s exactly what I want!” As he spoke, two eyes swept to Qiao Ci behind Wei Yan.

At first, Qiao Ci sat on the horse in a daze. After listening to the conversation between Wei Yan and the young man, he stayed still and guessed that the person should be Yanhou Wei Shao, his brother-in-law. Seeing that his eyes were swept towards him, although he still had the smile on his face when he was talking to Wei Yan, he couldn’t detect the slightest smile in his eyes, he hurriedly got off his horse and stood on the ground.

Wei Yan turned his head following Wei Shao’s eyes, and immediately smiled: “He is the younger brother of the younger brother and younger brother, the son of the Qiao family in Yanzhou, the second brother of your brother-in-law. You happened to be out of the city two days ago, so I followed the words of my grandmother and took the son of Qiao to the land. Friendship. I just came back from fishing in the fishing mountains, and I happened to meet here.”

When Wei Yan was talking, Qiao Ci saw Wei Shao’s eyes kept looking at him, a little cold, and she couldn’t help thinking of what my sister had told her repeatedly yesterday, Said that my brother-in-law was old-fashioned and withdrawn. When I saw him now, it was true, and his expression became cautious. He hesitated, took two steps forward, greeted Wei Shao, called him “brother-in-law”, and then He was speechless and stood there motionless.

At the age of four, Wei Shao began to follow his father to draw a bow and learn arrows. He was extremely skilled in archery, and his eyesight was as good as that of a falcon. In fact, he saw this young man coming side by side with Wei Yan from a distance. Seeing that his face and eyebrows were similar to Xiao Qiao’s, he immediately guessed that his wife and brother Qiao Ci had arrived.

As far as Wei Shao’s idea was concerned, not only did he not have the slightest expectation for the envoy sent by Yanzhou to make the trip north, but instead he was slightly annoyed.

In his subconscious, he didn’t want to have anything to do with any Qiao family except Xiao Qiao.

But that’s just a thought. After all, at the beginning, whether it was because of his grandmother’s order or the purpose of taking advantage of Yanzhou’s geography, he had already married Qiao’s daughter, and no one held a sword around his neck at the wedding. It’s only been so long, at least for now, he can’t do it completely. To completely draw a line with the Qiao family.

Therefore, a few days ago, when Yanzhou and his party were about to arrive at Yuyang, news suddenly came from Zhuo County that something had happened, and he needed to go to handle it personally as soon as possible. He took it for granted and left without any psychological pressure to do what he thought was more important.

The night before he left, in the study, when he told Xiao Qiao the news, it wasn’t that he didn’t notice the disappointment that flashed across her bright eyes.

It was really hesitant at the time. I wonder if I should explain it to her. But the hesitation passed in a flash.

He was disdainful, and felt that there was absolutely no need to explain anything to her about such a coincidence.

Then he went to Zhuo County. On the first day, everything was normal, but at night, for some unknown reason, as soon as I closed my eyes, the disappointing eyes she looked at her last night always appeared in her mind, and at the end she smiled at herself. look. My heart seems a little empty, and I can’t sleep alone.

The second night, that is, last night, when he had the worst sleep, he got up and went out to ride a horse alone. It was midnight when he came back. Pushing the door and entering, I saw a beauty on the bed. It turned out that the new governor of Zhuojun, who had been promoted only a few months ago, was quite “interested” and brought it to his room in person after he left the room.

Wei Shao was nicknamed “Little Overlord” in the past. In addition to acting violently and giving up on me, he was also a source of inspiration. He came in and stared at the beauty lying on his bed, not knowing which lung tube was stabbed. He was furious on the spot, drew his sword, and cut off the bedpost with a single strike. The top of the bed was halfway down, and the frightened beauty screamed and scrambled out of the house.

Early this morning, Wei Shao withdrew the county guard who was flattering, and quickly settled the matter, and immediately set off to rush back. It didn’t arrive until this evening. I didn’t expect to meet my wife and brother here. Just now I saw him and Wei Yan riding side by side from a distance, very close, talking and laughing with him, and when I saw myself, I became unfamiliar, and the lung tube was inexplicably poked again, and my face didn’t get better. Without dismounting, he only nodded slightly to Qiao Ci and asked, “When did you come?”

“Noon yesterday.”

Qiao Ci responded. I thought that what my sister said was right. This brother-in-law is indeed arrogant and arrogant, completely different from cousin Wei. Fortunately, my sister had given her prior advice, otherwise, if I didn’t know it, I would have been disgusting at this moment.

I also thought that it must be very difficult for my sister to live with such a man every day.

After all, he was still young, so he couldn’t contain his thoughts on his face. Looking at Wei Shao, his expression became more and more sparse.

Brother-in-law and brother-in-law were speechless. Wei Shao paused for a while, then turned to Wei Yan and said, “It’s getting late, so let’s go back together? A banquet will be held in the evening to catch the wind for him, and the elder brother will also come with him.”

Wei Yan responded with a smile. Wei Shao glanced at Qiao Ci, lifted the reins of the horse, and the horse continued to move forward. Wei Yan followed, and all the entourage got up from the ground and mounted to follow. Seeing this, Qiao Ci hurriedly got on the horse, and a group of horses, Hula la made a great sound, and went straight through the city gate to the Wei residence.

…

Wei Shao entered the door and ordered a banquet to entertain guests, and then went straight into the Westinghouse.

His footsteps were hurried at first, but when he entered the inner courtyard, he resumed his usual pace. Finally, he pushed in the door, stepped over the threshold, raised his eyes and looked forward, but did not see Xiao Qiao greet him as usual. She took a few more steps in, and lifted the curtain, but she couldn’t see her on the bed.

Wei Shao turned around and saw that the maid had followed her, and asked, “Why isn’t the maid?” The

maid bowed and said, “Today’s ceremonial meeting in Jinlong Temple, the old lady took the madam and madam early in the morning, and she hasn’t returned.”

Wei Shao Paused.

…

The sky will be dark, the side hall of Wei Mansion is already brightly lit, with flaming fire sticks burning in the four corners, and a rectangular banquet is laid in the hall. In the evening, the monarch Wei Shao, who came back from Zhuo County, entertained his wife and brother Qiao Ci and envoy Yang Feng who had come from afar. In addition to Wei Yan, Li Dian, Wei Liang and others were among the companions. Wei Shao sat in the main seat, with Qiao Ci on his left, and Yang Feng went down. Wei Yanlie was in the lower right hand of Wei Shao, opposite Qiao Ci, and the rest of the guests, including Li Dian, Wei Liang, and others, also took their seats according to the order. The dishes on the table are plentiful, including cattle, sheep, scorpions, and deer, and the beautiful maids are constantly pouring wine for the guests. In order to cheer up the wine, there are also bare-chested warriors on the opposite side, who are dancing with ghost faces on the beat of a puffy drum. The court must be called Minghua, and the banquet must be called gluttonous.

It’s just that the atmosphere of this gluttonous feast is a bit dull.

When Yang Feng, the envoy of Yanzhou, held the wine bottle with both hands high, he respectfully conveyed Qiao Yue’s thanks to Wei Shao, saying that the previous introduction of troops to help was like saving the difficulty of hanging upside down, relieving the difficulty of burning fire, and worshiping the virtue of Yuntian. The grace of weeds. And so on, and so forth.

In fact, as far as the matter is concerned, it is not an exaggeration that Wei Shao joined Yang Xin to attack Xuzhou and solved the siege of Yanzhou. But when Yang Feng said it in such a tone, it sounded like he was praising virtue, and the air of flattery was even more overwhelming.

Qiao Ci’s face turned red. The officials who saw Wei Shao across from him were all looking at him and Yang Feng, and there was silence all around, only Yang Feng’s voice kept ringing in his ears. His own position was at Wei Shao’s hand again. He noticed that when Yang Feng first said these words, Wei Shao’s eyes clearly showed disgust. When Yang Feng continued to talk, he was just forcibly enduring. As if she didn’t interrupt her, she couldn’t help thinking of the words she said to herself when she met with my sister yesterday, and she was even more ashamed. Although she was full of delicious food and wine in front of her, she didn’t have the mood to feast. ?

After finally waiting for Yang Feng to say thank you, Wei Shao just raised his glass and responded lightly. The scene suddenly became awkward. Fortunately, Wei Yan, who was sitting across from him, made a sound of the round, and the feast was able to continue.

From the beginning to the end, Qiao Ci didn’t say a word except for a few necessary questions and answers.

Wei Shao’s expression was always self-sufficient, and he didn’t speak much.

Brother-in-law and brother-in-law made a sullen gourd at the same time, and the rest of the guests naturally had little interest. It was all thanks to Wei Yan talking at the side, and Li Dian, Wei Liang and others agreeing, so that the banquet would not go cold.

But it also dissipated early.

…

Wei Shao returned to the Westinghouse again. The candles in the room had already been lit by the servants, but the grandmother had not brought Xiao Qiao back.

Wei Shao went to the study instead, sat in front of the case, held the scroll in his palm that he had not had time to read the night before he left for Zhuo County, and read it intently.

After a while, he suddenly turned his head and looked out the window. With a “click”, he put down the tablet, got up and walked away quickly.

There was nothing to do anyway, and it was getting late again, so he decided it would be better to pick up his grandmother in person.

Wei Shao just stepped out of the threshold of the study, and heard a few women’s voices at the end of the corridor leading to the bedroom ahead, mixed with Chunniang’s voice.

Wei Shao backed away. After taking a seat again, I finally finished flipping the scroll in my hand, rolled it up neatly again, put it back to its original position, then got up and went back to the bedroom.

…

Xiao Qiao followed Madam Xu to the Golden Dragon Temple in the north of the city early in the morning.

Born in troubled times, Buddhas, Daoists, even witches and immortals prospered like never before. The puja at Jinlong Temple lasted from morning to night, and good men and women listened devoutly. At the end of the day, I took a short nap at noon. By this time, not to mention that Zhu Shi was not here, even Xiao Qiao felt exhausted.

She quietly glanced at Mrs. Xu beside her. It was found that she was still concentrating, at least, there was no fatigue in her expression at all.

Finally, when the ceremony was over, Mrs. Xu served the sesame oil and was sent out by the Zen master, and then she set off and returned to the Wei residence.

After stopping outside for a day, Xiao Qiao just changed his clothes, sat on the dressing table to clean his face and remove his makeup, and when he took off his bun, the door behind him was pushed open, he turned his head, and saw Wei Shao coming in.

She didn’t show any other expression. Because the bun was half removed, he didn’t get up, he just smiled slightly at him, and said in his usual tone: “Husband is back? I’ll wait for my husband to change.”

Wei Shao walked in and stopped behind her A few steps away, his eyes fell on her face reflected in the bronze mirror, and he brushed his hands. Several maids who were originally surrounding Xiao Qiao stood up one after another, bowed to Wei Shao, and then went out of the room.

Wei Shao came to Xiao Qiao’s back, knelt down, raised his hand and pulled out a gold hook hairpin inserted in her bun.

The whole head of blue silk immediately fell like a waterfall, Wei Shao opened his other palm to catch it, pinched a bunch of cool blue silk in the palm of his hand, and slowly kneaded it a few times.

Wei Shao’s body is tall and majestic. When the two of them sit side by side like this, he is also more than half a head taller than her.

Xiao Qiao didn’t turn around or move, just raised his eyes and looked at Wei Shao sitting behind him in the bronze mirror.

The mirror surface of the bronze mirror was polished as smooth as water, clearly showing the two faces in the front and the back. Even the root eyebrows on the peaks of his eyebrows can be clearly seen.

Wei Shao put the green silk in his palm under his nose, took a deep sniff, and then put his lips to her ear, and whispered, “I only came back in the evening. We set up a family banquet to catch the wind for your brother.”

Little Joe lowered his eyes. He hummed softly: “I’ll know when I come back.”

Wei Shao grabbed both sides of her waist with both hands, hugged her like a doll and turned her around, letting her face him and bow her head down. , her lips touched her moonlight-bright forehead and slowly moved down.

His lips were slightly dry, and the touch of her cheeks, which had just been moistened with water, brought a rustling, slightly rough feeling.

He took her arms and put them on his shoulders, looked her in the eyes, and ordered her to hold his neck tightly.

Xiao Qiao’s eyelashes trembled slightly, and she closed her eyes.

The body lightened, and he was hugged in the air.

…

In fact, it was only two nights apart.

But Xiao Qiao sensed his urgency. It was as if he hadn’t touched her in a long time.

A little different from the way he was accustomed to wide open and close, he seemed to be a little flattering tonight. Although he could feel his urgency, he didn’t force her to marry her at the beginning. When she was slowly being teased by him, her face was flushed, and her breathing had the meaning of puffing, so she wanted her.

During the whole process, Xiao Qiao closed her eyes most of the time, feeling a little dizzy in her head, but her limbs were very comfortable. At the end, as if being washed by a warm current, her whole body shivered slightly, her toes shivering slightly. All curled up tightly.

It can even be said that this is the best time she has felt since she was married to him.

[End of This Chapter]