Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 14

[Chapter 14]

In the evening of the second day, Wei Liang Xingye rushed to Shiyi, and shouted and shouted under the city gate, his voice reaching the top of the city.

Shiyi is located in the north of Taihang, backed by natural moat, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Today, the prefect of Shiyi, Chen Pang, whose courtesy name is Xiaoxian, is Chen Rui’s uncle, who has been guarding Shiyi for many years.

Chen Xiang, Chen Rui and his son are known for their brutality, but Chen Pang has a reputation and loves the people under his rule. returned fruitless. A few years ago, Wei Shao was a young man who was full of vigour, and with the momentum of thunder, he was determined to capture the west entrance, and he once again set his sights on Shiyi. When Chen Pang learned the news, he was afraid of Wei Shao’s aggressive approach. He was afraid that he would find an excuse to attack. Countless, the people are unable to live, and they are miserable, alluding to the invasion of Wei Shaoxing troops. Naturally, the court did not want Wei Shao to sit on his head, so it ordered to intervene. Wei Shao asked Gongsun Yang. Gongsun Yang said that Shiyi has always been owned by Chen Xiang, and Chen Pang has a lot of gratitude for the people under his rule. Even if the attack is down, he must leave a heavy army to defend, otherwise the previous achievements will be lost, and now it is necessary to stabilize the inherent territory. The time is not yet available. Mature, and the teacher is unknown, unpopular, and advocates suspension. At that time, Wei Shao listened to the strategy, and Shiyi escaped. Hu Hu now several years have passed, Chen Pang is training troops to stock up food, and Shiyi has been fine, but at this moment, there is a captain of Chengmen to report, saying that Wei Liang of Youzhou came to fight, because of the sudden incident, there was no news before, Startled, he hurriedly ordered his generals to board the city wall to deal with it. Seeing that Wei Liang was the only one in the city with dozens of followers, and there were no thousands of troops, he was relieved a little.

Wei Liang was a fierce general under Wei Shao’s account, and Chen Pang had naturally heard his name. He suddenly came to the city to scold him like this, fearing that there was another reason, so he talked over the air. When Wei Liang saw Chen Pang appear, he didn’t say much. He sneered and shot a roll of letter and silk at the top of the city with his bow. The feather arrow pierced through the sky with a sharp whistle and pierced the wall. above the flagpole.

Chen Pang ordered someone to remove the letter and silk from the arrow shaft, unfolded it and read it again, his face suddenly changed greatly.

…

Just a few hours ago, his nephew Chen Ruigang came to Humen under the city and entered the city. Chen Pang heard the news of Boling’s defeat in the first battle a year ago. He thought that Chen Rui had returned to Jinyang in Bingzhou with the army, but he didn’t expect him to suddenly appear and run to him at this moment, so he opened the door to welcome him in. He described fatigue and told himself that he had not closed his eyes last night, and had been rushing here all night. I asked him where he was coming from, but he hesitated and did not say anything. He saw that there was a carriage in his companion, and the four walls were completely covered, and he did not know who was inside. When he asked again, Chen Rui was still vague, only Said to be a female dependent, shy and reluctant to show her face.

Chen Pang knew that this nephew was greedy by nature, and the concubine in the room was like a cloud. When he saw that he had lost a battle and ran away, he did not forget to bring a woman by his side. He complied without hesitation, and let someone take him to resettle, and the matter passed with a blind eye.

He thought that what his nephew brought into the city was just an ordinary woman. Never thought that it would be Wei Shao’s newlywed wife, Qiao’s daughter of Yanzhou Qiao’s family.

This is no small surprise.

Chen Pang ordered people to guard the city gate, and no one was allowed to open it. He turned around and went down the city gate to find Chen Rui.

…

When Chen Rui arrived at the place of residence, he ordered everyone to disperse, and not a single one was allowed to stay. When everyone was chased away, he took Xiao Qiao from the carriage and went straight into the house. As soon as the door closed, he took off the cloth covering her mouth, and then untied the ropes that bound her hands and feet, seeing that her jade wrists had been strangled. There was a circle of bruises and bruises, and I was very distressed. When I got close, I wanted to grab her hand and rub her, and said in my mouth, “Don’t be surprised at the beauty! I’m not such a rude person! I’m really afraid that you won’t. It’s not good to shout out indiscriminately according to the severity, to arouse my uncle’s suspicion. If you don’t make trouble, why would I be willing to be rough with you?”

Xiao Qiao avoided his outstretched hand, turned sideways, and slowly rubbed the bound With his numb wrists, he stared coldly at the Chen Rui in front of him, without saying a word.

Chen Rui was beside him, staring at Xiao Qiao blankly, his eyes straightened.

She had a tired look on her face last night, with a faint cyan trace under her eyes, and her hair on the temples was a little messy, but this did not damage her color at all, on the contrary, it gave her a pitiful delicacy. state.

Chen Rui is strong and strong. She has been a royal daughter since the age of fourteen. There are no less than 100 people, and there are many beautiful women, but she has never seen Xiao Qiao’s face. I just feel that the more I look at it, the more I love it. It was good to swallow it in one bite, but there seemed to be countless insects biting in my heart, it was unbearable, I couldn’t help but jumped up and hugged her, opened her mouth to kiss her, and begged indiscriminately: “Beauty! I really love you! Then Wei Shao is ruthless to you and will send you off the next day after the wedding. Could it be that he is not a man? He is not a man, so you don’t want him! You just follow me! I will come later I love you…”

Xiao Qiao was shocked, dodging his mouth, dodging the top, not guarding the bottom, struggling hard, he pulled off the socks on one foot, and the jade feet were invisible. It was immediately exposed under Chen Rui’s eyelids, white and tender like a piece of frozen tofu, Chen Rui’s eyes were straight, he swallowed with a gurgling sound, he resisted the thought of jumping up to catch it, and he hesitated. He drew his sword and threatened, “If you don’t obey me, I’ll kill you!”

It fell into Chen Rui’s hands, and he said it was a fake, but Xiao Qiao could see it a little bit, and the man was lustful. , I am not afraid of being ugly in front of me, and now I threaten with a sword again, it should be just to frighten myself, and gradually I calm down, afraid that he will use force on me again, and simply angrily said: “My Qiao family is a herdsman in Yanzhou. The third generation is considered a big family, no matter how bad I am, how can I allow you to do this? No matter how rude you are, I would rather die than be humiliated by you!” The

beauty was angry, but also had a different style. Facing such an angry face, Chen Rui’s hand softened, the sword could no longer be held, and fell to the ground with a “ding” sound, and he knelt down and said, “Okay, okay, I won’t force you anymore. You want me to marry you before you agree to obey me? What’s so hard about it! My wife is vacant, so marrying you is just right…”

He was talking when suddenly footsteps approached outside, followed by a slap on the door. My uncle Chen Pang was calling.

Chen Rui looked annoyed, jumped up from the ground, turned around and was about to go out, suddenly stopped, turned back to Xiao Qiao and whispered: “Don’t let my uncle know that you are Wei Shao’s wife! If he knew, he would definitely I’ll take you to Jinyang!”

Chen Rui told him, and then he went to open the door. He didn’t let Chen Pang see Xiao Qiao inside, so he took the door and asked, “Is there something for my uncle?”

Chen Pang With a very ugly face, he pointed to the door and said, “The woman you brought back is Wei Shao’s wife?”

Chen Rui was startled, but just as he was about to deny it, Chen Pang’s finger had been poked in his face, and he snapped. He shouted: “Do you want to cause trouble to my Shiyi? What kind of woman does not move, but moves on Wei Shao’s head? How can he tolerate such humiliation? Now Wei Liang is scolding and fighting under the city! Where is her? Before Wei Shao arrives, send her out as soon as possible!”

Chen Rui didn’t expect Wei Liang to find him so quickly, he was stunned when he saw that Chen Pang was about to push the door, and the beauty in his hand would be willing to send it back, not to mention that he had a relationship with Wei Shao. Resenting first, he reached out his hand to stop Chen Pang, and sneered: “I just took Wei Shao’s wife, so what? If he has the ability, he can take it back from me.”

Chen Pang paused and said, “Confused! I After years of painstakingly managing Shiyi, you can only maintain today’s situation. You just gave him an excuse to attack me! Hurry up and get out of the way!”

Chen Rui was stunned, and then said nonchalantly: “Wei Shao will come, how could I? Afraid of him? The last time I fought in Boling, I just didn’t take enough precautions, so I stumbled. I was just about to fight him again, just wait for him!”

Chen Pang’s hands trembled. Chen Rui saw that his uncle’s lips were dark blue, he thought for a while, and coaxed: “We managed to catch Wei Shao’s wife, how can you say that you can return it? Later, it was passed on and asked me to Bingzhou’s face? Besides, even if I send her now It’s too late to go out, Wei Shao will still come to attack! I have already written to my father, and I plan to exchange her for Wei Shao’s two cities. Shiyi has natural moat to rely on, and it is solid. Wei Shao’s father also came to fight before. Still haven’t been beaten! Why should my uncle grow other people’s ambitions and destroy his own prestige?”

“You really believed in Jinyang?”

Chen Rui swore to the sky.

Chen Pang hesitated.

If Jinyang already knew about it, he would probably not be able to take the lead in returning Wei Shao’s wife. After hesitating again and again, he glanced back at the direction of the door, and walked away first.

After Chen Pang returned, he ordered people to go to the city to investigate, and reported that Wei Liang was still sitting on the horse’s back with a knife in his hands. He knew that this matter was not good. When he recalled the scene when he was talking to his nephew, he was relieved after all. No less, he wrote a letter quickly, and after adding the lacquer seal, he called his cronies to come in, and ordered Xingye to send it to Jinyang quickly. Confidants come out with a letter. Chen Pang was pacing uneasy in the room, and suddenly heard a voice from the door: “Uncle, you don’t believe in your nephew?”

Chen Pang raised his head and saw Chen Rui pointing his sword at the messenger who just went out, forcing him to retreat came back. His face changed, his face sank, and he said angrily: “Yunji, what do you mean?”

Chen Rui sneered: “Uncle, when I was in Jinyang, I often heard someone speak in front of my father, saying that you have a natural temperament. Cowardly, in order to gain a good reputation, he did not hesitate to bow down to Wei Shao in order to make peace. You are famous, but you have fallen into my Jinyang prestige. Now that I am here, how can I sit back and ignore it? Uncle, you are also old. , It’s good to be good and good, and this Shiyi matter, you can rest assured to leave it to your nephew.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a dozen armored warriors rushed in behind him, and came up and put the knife on Chen Pang’s neck.

Chen Pang was furious and scolded Chen Rui for his ignorance. He burst into tears: “I knew you were different when you were young! Today it really got worse! I’ve been holding on to Shiyi for more than ten years, and today I’m afraid it will be broken into the hands of a woman because of you!”

Chen Rui was naughty when he was young, but Chen Pang didn’t like it. He often said that he was wrong in front of Chen Xiang. Chen Rui was dissatisfied with this uncle for a long time. The order went on, saying that he took over the city defense of Shiyi in accordance with his father’s order, and that everything here will be arranged by himself in the future.

The generals and sergeants in Shiyi City Shouli were inexplicable. It’s just that Chen Rui is the third son of Jinyang, he has military exploits, and he is favored by Chen Xiang on weekdays. Now Chen Pang is also gone. He holds a letter talisman and is majestic. Rui is the command.

Chen Rui saw that the officers and troops in Shiyi respected him, and the depression of these days was swept away.

There are 20,000 defenders in Shiyi, all of them elite soldiers. The terrain adds a boost to the city defense, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

He is now waiting for Wei Shao to come. As long as he defeats Wei Shao, he will not only be ashamed before the snow in Jinyang, but also raise his eyebrows in front of the beauty from now on, forgive her for not daring to despise him.

Chen Rui’s heart was full of arrogance, and he personally led a line of foot archers to the city wall. Seeing that Wei Liang was still more than ten feet below the city gate, he ordered the foot archers to shoot arrows in volley to force Wei Liang back, and leaned out of the city wall by himself. , said loudly: “Go and tell Wei Shao, after the third son and the beauty are married, I will have a good meeting with that fellow for a while and fight him for three hundred rounds!”

Wei Liang was forced to retreat by the arrow formation. Seeing Chen Rui laughing wildly at the top of the city. Not knowing what happened to the lady in the city, or whether Meteor Horse had already passed the news to Xindu, he pondered for a moment, and ordered the sergeant to stay and continue to spy on the movement in the city, and then he mounted his horse and turned back.

He was in a state of impatience, and with self-blame and guilt, he rushed all the way without stopping for a moment. In the evening, when he arrived at Qingyun, which is more than a hundred miles away from Shiyi, he saw the flags on the opposite road fluttering, dust covering the sky, distinguishing The flag of Wei Shao came out and rushed into the battle. The sergeant recognized Wei Liang and saw his face full of dust and anxiety. “Please give me the death penalty! Junhou entrusted the late general with the responsibility of escorting the female monarch. The late general neglected his duties, which caused the female monarch to be in a dangerous place. The late general has no face and will come back to face the monarch! When the final general captures Shiyi, Rescue the queen, and at the end of the day, please kill yourself to apologize!”

Wei Shao got off the horse, lifted Wei Liang up, and asked, “How is she?”

Wei Liang looked up at Wei Shao, and when he saw that he was staring at him, he hesitated. Going down, he finally whispered: “Chen Rui was talking at the top of the city, saying that he would marry the female monarch first, then meet the monarch, and fight with the monarch for three hundred rounds…” The

surrounding air suddenly seemed to freeze.

Wei Shao didn’t move, and after a while, one eyelid suddenly jumped twice, and with a sound of “弧” he drew his knife, and with one knife he cut off an old willow tree with a thick bowl on the side of the road.

Willow bent over and fell down.

Wei Shao’s face was gloomy, he turned his head, and said word by word: “Send the order, go to the road in the starry night, attack Shiyi, kill Wushe, capture Chen Rui alive, and reward!”

[End of This Chapter]