Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 51

[Chapter 51]

“Can you be happy just now?”

Yun Yu just settled, Wei Shao still hugged Xiao Qiao and bit his ears, rubbing his temples on the pillow.

Xiao Qiao was lazy and didn’t want to move, so he closed his eyes and ignored him. Suddenly feeling a pain in the buttocks, Wei Shao squeezed her there with his big palm.

She opened her eyes, saw him staring at her, bit her lip, and had to make a vague “ummm” twice. Wei Shao smiled, showing a slightly proud look, and hugged her in his arms. After a while, he said: “Your brother, seems to have a prejudice against me.” His tone was indifferent.

Xiao Qiao was startled and observed his expression.

His expression was calm, as if he had just suddenly remembered to say such a sentence to her, and he could not see any other emotions. And just such a simple sentence made her wonder a little about the intention of his sudden mention, so she asked: “But my brother is not polite and offended my husband?”

Wei Shao paused: “Never.”

Xiao Qiao He breathed a sigh of relief: “Since I didn’t offend you, why would your husband say that he was prejudiced against you?”

Wei Shao said nothing.

Xiao Qiao didn’t quite understand what he meant. After thinking for a while, he explained: “How can my brother have a prejudice against my husband? I made a joke, so I specifically told him at the beginning that he must abide by etiquette everywhere, let alone talk nonsense like at home, and always look like an adult. He listened to my advice, and he must have restrained himself in front of you. You must have misunderstood.”

Wei Shao listened, glanced at her, and only smiled, as if she had let go of the topic, raised her hand and twisted her long hair around her fingers, playing with her for a while, and suddenly seemed to think about it again. Get up: “That Gao Bohai, can you leave?”

Xiao Qiao pressed one cheek against his chest, closed her eyes and said, “I left last month. I came to the house to say goodbye at that time, and my grandmother saw him.”

Wei Shao snorted: “Have you agreed to let him be your guide, and go to Hanzhong to read the book carvings on the cliffs in the future?”

Xiao Qiao was taken aback by his thoughtless words, and after thinking about it, he finally remembered, it seems that when he was chatting with Gao Heng in the Queen Mother’s Palace that day, Gao Heng just said something. , Wei Shao happened to come over at that time, and he probably heard it too. After so long, he still remembers it. She couldn’t help feeling a little amused, and opened her eyes: “That day was just casual talk, are you serious?”

Wei Shao’s palm slowly stroked her satin-like body that had not yet put on her clothes, and leaned close to her ear. Said: “The calligraphy on the cliff at Yunmen Gate in Hanzhong was made in the previous dynasty, which is really extraordinary. Unfortunately, Hanzhong is still in the hands of Le Zhenggong. If you really want to appreciate it, when I take Hanzhong in the future, I will chisel the entire cliff. Come down and move home, so you can see enough.”

Xiao Qiao laughed out loud, stretched out his hand and twisted his arm fiercely: “I don’t want you to do this kind of thing that burns the piano and cooks the cranes! I want to see , I’ll see it myself in the future!”

Wei Shao raised his eyebrows slightly: “You think I’m just a martial artist who knows how to fight and kill? I went to school at the age of five, and learned painting at the age of seven. Meng Gong, who has been a doctor of Taixue for 20 years, is a teacher. ‘Bei Meng is good at painting, Nan Zhang works in writing’, how can Meng Zhang be comparable to Gao Heng? You must have heard the name Bei Meng, right?”

Xiao Qiao Holding back his laughter, he said solemnly, “It’s my disrespect. It turns out that you are hiding it. If I knew this, the murals of the Queen Mother’s Hall should be painted by the princes themselves, and maybe they will be famous for future generations and become a painting name. Wei Shao smiled and said, ”

You think I’m lying to you? I studied for three or two years, but I didn’t have much interest, so I stopped halfway through. My cousin has been studying longer than me and can draw wonderful characters. It’s just that few people know about it these days.” That’s all. I still have a few of my studies in my study, if you don’t believe me, I’ll show them to you.”

Xiao Qiao kept pushing him: “Okay, go and fetch them, let me see Junhou’s past . The style of Danqing’s wonderful hands.”

She laughed and urged.

It was the first time Wei Shao saw her showing such a natural and lively attitude in front of him, with long hair spreading out on the pillow, with a smile on her brows and eyes, her expression so cute and lovely, it was almost impossible to describe with brush and ink, so she lifted her jade palm and pushed her shoulders again. , the bones seemed to have lightened by two taels, and they deserved to be excited. He immediately turned over from the bed, jumped to the ground, and said while dressing: “Wait for me to show you! I’m not boasting, Duke Meng was back then You praise me for having aura, but I was impatient to learn, so I stopped in the middle of it! Although I don’t hold a paintbrush now, I can still tell the difference between calligraphy and painting!”

Xiao Qiao lay on the pillow, clenching her fists to support her chin , looked at him with a smile, put on a middle coat at will, and hurried out of the door to leave. Leaving Xiao Qiao on the bed alone, thinking of Wei Shao’s expression of boasting about his knowledge of calligraphy and painting, he felt even more amused.

Xiao Qiao waited for a while, thinking that Wei Shao should have brought the painting back, but he never returned. Gradually, he became suspicious, and he was thinking of going over to see what he was doing when he suddenly heard footsteps coming from the door. At first, he thought it was Wei Shao, but when he heard it again, it was not. Then the door was pushed open, and a servant girl came in. Bowing and saying, the man asked her to go to the study in person.

Xiao Qiao put on her clothes, faced the mirror, brushed her loose hair with her fingers, tied the ribbon loosely behind her head, and went out to the study. When he got to the door, he pushed open the hidden door, and saw Wei Shao standing in front of the shelf on the west wall with his back to him, he smiled and said, “Didn’t you say you brought it for me to see, why do you want me… …”

Wei Shao turned his head slowly, Xiao Qiao was slightly startled, and the smile on his face froze.

She saw Wei Shao’s indifferent face, and the two glances she cast showed no trace of warmth. It was completely different from how she looked in the bedroom a moment ago, and suddenly changed her face.

Xiao Qiao hesitated for a while, and the smile on her face disappeared, but she still stepped into the threshold of the study, took a few steps towards him, and asked tentatively, “My husband just called me?”

Wei Shao looked at her for a moment, then said coldly, “You Moved my box?”

Xiao Qiao glanced at the box.

What he was referring to was that when he went to Zhuo County a few days ago, he forgot to bring a slip of paper and sent someone back to get it.

She remembered that she put it back as it was, but she didn’t expect that he would see traces of movement. I suddenly felt very regretful in my heart, regretting that I shouldn’t have ignored his original warning that day, but now I found something boring for myself.

Xiao Qiao lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, “It’s really my fault. That day you sent someone back to get the slips. When I came over, I didn’t see it. I was curious and took it…

” Feeling ashamed, his face warmed slightly.

“But don’t worry, I haven’t opened the box…” She took a breath and said again.

“I’m afraid you can’t open it?”

Wei Shao interrupted her coldly.

Xiao Qiao was startled and looked up at him. Seeing his cold eyes, there seemed to be a hint of disgust in it.

She hadn’t seen him show such a look to her for some time. What’s more, just a moment ago, the two of them returned to you and me, and he suddenly changed to the way he used to be, without the slightest psychological preparation, he was stunned, looked at him fixedly, and reacted after a while, his eyes turned to the man. box. Seeing that there are a few obvious scratches on the Jiugongge lock, it seems that it was forcibly broken by someone using a tool similar to a knife. It’s just that it can’t be opened, it’s just like that.

Xiao Qiao was taken aback and immediately said: “I admit that I moved the box at the time, but I put it back quickly. I never moved the nine-square grid lock, and I never wanted to break it!”

Wei Shaoleng He said coldly: “In my study, who else can come and go except you? I remember that the first day you came to my house, I told you that I told you not to touch this thing! Why do you still move? It seems that I am You are too lenient!”

Xiao Qiao’s face turned slightly pale, and said: “It’s my fault, I shouldn’t ignore your warning and move the box. I know I’m wrong. But I still said that, I took it for a while. , and put it back soon. As for who made the lock like this, I don’t know.”

Wei Shao stared at her, frowning, suddenly walked past her, opened the door, and left the study without looking back.

When the sound of his footsteps gradually faded away and finally disappeared in his ears, Xiao Qiao turned his head slowly and saw that the two doors of the study were wide open, it was dark outside, the door was empty, and there was only a candle on the ground. The dim shadows that go out.

Xiao Qiao’s heartbeat was a little fast, and a thin layer of cold sweat broke out from her back. Her legs gradually seemed to soften, and she struggled to stand. Finally, she supported the grid and slowly sat down on a nearby couch. On, God came out on his own.

After a while, there was a sound of footsteps, and someone came in quickly across the threshold.

Xiao Qiao raised her eyes and saw Chunniang coming.

She went straight to Xiao Qiao, squatted down, supported her arms on both sides, and looked worried: “What happened? It was fine, but just now the gentleman returned to the room, but the maid saw that he looked bad and put on clothes. She went out without saying a word. The lady is sitting here again! What happened?”

She held Xiao Qiao’s hand and exclaimed, “Why are your hands so cold? Hurry up and follow the maid. Room.”

Xiao Qiao gradually calmed down, pulled out her hand, stood up, and said with an authentic expression, “It’s nothing major. It’s just a misunderstanding.”

Chunniang is her confidant, and Xiao Qiao also To tell her the truth, he mentioned the reason for angering Wei Shao just now.

Chunniang was shocked and said anxiously: “The lady said that the lock was not unlocked, so naturally it was not unlocked! The man didn’t believe it, so he left in anger? How can this be done?”

“Can outsiders come and go in our Westinghouse these days? ”

The maid was there a few days ago, and I didn’t see any outsiders coming and going. Only today, the maid accompanied the old lady to the Golden Dragon Temple.” Chunniang frowned, “The maid will go back to the room first, don’t worry. This is the maid.” Go for cross-examination. Madam, wait for my news.”

Chunniang wanted to help her up.

Xiao Qiao nodded, said I’m fine, got up by herself, and went straight back to the bedroom.

…

Wei Shao went out of the Westinghouse, then ordered someone to lead the horse, turned over and went straight to the ya office.

The night wind was blowing in his face, and the temperature of his originally hot forehead gradually dropped. In front of his eyes, the appearance of Qiao Nv explaining to him in the study a moment ago continued to emerge.

When she usually talks to herself, she always likes to lower her eyes and teach him that he can’t see what is hidden in her eyes. Just now, when she was defending herself, a pair of eyes were looking at her from beginning to end, without the slightest hesitation, dodging or concealing unease.

In other words, he couldn’t see the hesitation, dodge, or concealment in her eyes.

Then there are only two possibilities. The first is that she is so good at lying that even she can’t catch the slightest flaw in her eyes. Second, she really never broke the Jiugong Lock.

In the first case, Qiao Nu is too deep and her scheming is terrifying.

But if there is a second possibility…

Wei Shao’s mood suddenly became a little chaotic, and he felt extremely depressed.

When he was about to approach the entrance of the government office, he suddenly stopped the horse and turned the horse back to the Wei residence. After entering the door, he went in, and when he reached the fork, he stopped, glanced in the direction of the east house, turned around and walked over.

[End of This Chapter]