Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 68

[Chapter 67 6]

Wei Shao had already left, and Wei Yan had been lying on the ground in the wilderness like a dying man.

Just now, he tried his best to defeat Wei Shao. Wei Shao is the same. Start without staying power.

At this moment, blood was still dripping from his nose. He remained motionless, letting the warm blood column slowly flow down his face, gradually seeping into the mud under the back of his head.

It has not rained for more than half a month, and the soil in the field is dry.

Wei Yan’s breath was filled with a bloody stench mixed with the smell of earth. But the smell made him feel a kind of happy catharsis.

He didn’t know how long he had been lying there. Suddenly, from the far side of the wilderness, a group of seven or eight people dressed as ordinary Han people appeared, rushing towards him. When they got close, the leader ran to Wei Yan’s side, helped him up, and stopped the bleeding.

Wei Yan pushed the person away, and got up from the ground, like a drunk person, staggering forward and walking forward.

“Young master!”

Hu Yanlie knelt down behind him. Seven or eight Xiongnu warriors who were with him also knelt down and called him in unison.

Wei Yan didn’t seem to hear it, and continued to sway forward.

Hu Yanlie got up from the ground and chased after him.

“Young master! Wei Shao has had a rift with the young master! Is the young master really willing to be controlled by him for the rest of his life? The young master really doesn’t care about the blood relatives of father and son?”

Wei Yan slowly stopped.

The night wind was blowing in the wilderness, and under the dim moonlight, his back seemed to condense into a stone statue. Suddenly, he turned around and roared, like a furious lion, and punched Hu Yanlie.

Hu Yanlie was thrown to the ground by his punch. He got up and said, “Young master has a noble bloodline, but now he is just a pearl among mussels, and sooner or later, it will be known to the world…”

Wei Yan slammed his fist again towards Hu Yanlie’s chest.

Hu Yanlie fell down again, spitting out blood. He groaned, struggling to get up from the ground for the third time, and said, “Once the young master returns, you can make a contribution and make a career, just around the corner…”

Wei Yan’s eyes were blood red, his expression grim, he pulled out Hu Yanlie’s waist knife and slashed at him. And down.

Hu Yanlie didn’t show any fear: “I fell into the hands of Wei Shao on the Sanggan River that day. If the young master hadn’t mercifully rescued me, Hu Yanlie would have been buried under the sand of the river, how could he stand here today? King, the young master killed me, and Hu Yanlie is willing to die!”

“Young master!” The line

of Xiongnu warriors behind him surrounded Wei Yan and knelt down all at once.

The blade was fixed on the top of Hu Yanlie’s head. The moonlight reflected a water-like Lingling white light on the blade of the fang-shaped wolf head.

Wei Yan was panting rapidly, his eyes that reflected the light of the sword were frantic, his shoulders trembled slightly, his throat slowly rattled, and suddenly he spat out a mouthful of blood with a “wow”.

“Young master—”

Hu Yanlie was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to help him. At this moment, his figure froze. He saw a person standing dozens of steps away. Big and slender. The moonlight cast his figure on the ground, he didn’t move, and he didn’t know when he came, but he didn’t even notice it.

The man suddenly stepped forward and strode over. As he approached, the moonlight illuminated a face that Hu Yanlie could draw even with his eyes closed.

“Wei Shao!”

He exclaimed, and the Xiongnu warriors on the ground immediately stood up, drew their swords and lined up to block the front, ready to go.

Wei Shao walked seven or eight steps away, stopped, and turned his eyes to Wei Yan.

Wei Yan slowly straightened his waist and looked at Wei Shao across the row of Xiongnu warriors standing in front of him.

The two looked at each other.

The grass under his feet was blown to the ground by the wind. There was the sound of Hu Yanlie’s heavy breathing due to tension. There was silence in the distance, except for the whistling of the night wind blowing across the mountains.

After a long time, Wei Shao said, “When did you start communicating with the Huns?”

His voice did not contain the slightest anger. The voice was quiet. It was as if he was only asking about a trivial matter.

Wei Yan raised his head, facing the dark blue night sky, took a long breath of the air outside Yuyang City with the bleak autumn night, and closed his eyes.

“I will go to see my grandmother and give her an explanation.”

He threw the waist knife in his hand suddenly, opened his eyes, his expression had recovered, and he walked away.

“Young master!”

Hu Yanlie shouted at Wei Yan’s back, seeing that he did not look back. He looked at Wei Shao again and stared at him with both eyes on guard. After all, he slowly backed away. After retreating a dozen steps, he led the Xiongnu warriors away quickly, and the figure disappeared into the night wilderness.

Wei Shao slowly turned his head, stared at Wei Yan’s leaving back, and suddenly ran after him, grabbing his collar from behind.

“What do you want to tell me? Tell me that you and the Huns have secretly communicated early? Are you trying to piss off your grandmother?”

Wei Shao said through gritted teeth.

Wei Yan froze for a moment, then turned his head slowly.

“Even though you can ignore my offense, I have nowhere to be ashamed. My grandmother is very benevolent and wise, and it’s up to her to decide.”

His expression was bleak, like the crescent moon above the night sky.

Wei Shao’s face was ashen, his teeth clenched, and he grabbed the palm that was still wrapped in gauze. With a heavy note, he knocked Wei Yan to the ground.

“Unless I die, you won’t even want to talk nonsense in front of your grandmother! I don’t allow you to have two hearts!”

Wei Shao said.

…

Wei Shao never returned again.

In the middle of the night, Xiao Qiao, who couldn’t wait for him, also sent people away and went to the east room to take a look. He came back and said that there was nothing abnormal. The lights in the east room were all turned off. It is impossible for the man to stay there at this time. side.

Xiao Qiao tossed and turned on the bed alone, unable to figure out what happened after he sent Zhu Shi back to the East Room, and he didn’t return all night.

She was a little uneasy. The next day I got up early and sent someone to the ya office. When he came back, he said that Wei Shao had not been to the ya office last night.

Today is the day when Qiao Ci and others bid farewell to Yanzhou. Wei Shao didn’t return, and people didn’t know where he went. Xiao Qiao had no choice but to pack up by herself, called Qiao Ci over, and led him to the Beiwu to say goodbye to Mrs. Xu.

When she brought Qiao Ci in, she originally thought that Mrs. Xu might know where Wei Shao went last night.

But Mrs. Xu obviously didn’t know his whereabouts either. I didn’t see Wei Shao going with me, so I asked Xiao Qiao. Xiao Qiao brought Mrs Zhu to the room last night, and Wei Shao took her back to the east room, and then repeated what happened without going back. Mrs. Xu

asked, “Can I go to the government office to see it this morning?”

“I sent someone back. I came back to say that my husband was not there. I didn’t go there last night.”

Yanzhou, your brother-in-law was supposed to give you a ride. I think there was a reason for what happened last night, and he didn’t come back at this time. You wait a moment, grandma will send someone to look for it later.”

Qiao Ci hurriedly said, “Brother-in-law must be there temporarily. I have been entangled with important things, so I haven’t returned. I came here this time, and I have been harassed. I am very much loved by my grandmother, brother-in-law, cousin and others. The boy is very grateful. Last night, I was fortunate to be practiced by General Li and others. This morning, my brother-in-law has something to do. No need to send them off specially.”

Madam Xu asked Xiao Qiao to keep him talking for a while. When Xiao Qiao took Qiao Ci away, he sent someone to ask Zhu Shi and Gongsun Yang respectively.

Zhu Shi soon came to the north house and said that he heard that his son came back with bruises on his face last night, so he went over to take a look, and then his son sent her back to the east house, and he left after she arrived. She didn’t know what had happened, so that he didn’t return all night.

When she spoke, she didn’t dare to look at Madam Xu and kept her head down.

Madam Xu looked at her for a moment and let her go.

The person who went to ask Gongsun Yang also returned. Said that after the prince left the table last night, he hadn’t seen him. There were no new arrivals in the office of any emergency.

While Madam Xu was pondering alone, a servant girl suddenly came in and said with joy that the man had just returned and came to the old lady.

Madam Xu breathed a sigh of relief. After a while, I heard familiar footsteps approaching, and a figure entered the house, it was Wei Shao, who came in and greeted Mrs. Xu.

Madam Xu hurriedly asked him to get up. After taking a closer look, as Zhu Shi said, he really had scars on his face, and he couldn’t help asking questions.

Wei Shao looked calm and smiled: “Last night, I was very drunk, and I accidentally fell off the horse and got scratched. But there are some minor injuries to my skin, so grandma doesn’t need to mind.”

Mrs. Xu was suspicious, and seeing that he was not telling the truth, she didn’t ask any more about it. Ask him where he went last night.

Wei Shao said: “Yesterday I was busy during the day and there were a lot of guests. I remembered that there was something unfinished in the government office, I wanted to deal with it first, I met an old friend on the road, and I invited him warmly, but it was disrespectful, so I went to have a few glasses of wine, I didn’t want to get drunk all night, and only returned this morning. It’s the grandson’s unfilial piety to cause grandmother to worry about.”

Madam Xu glanced at him and nodded: “Your brother-in-law is leaving today, and you can go for a ride. If you don’t welcome it when you come, you should send it off when you go.”

Wei Shao responded and got up. leave. Mrs. Xu looked at his back, and suddenly said: “How come your cousin hasn’t seen anyone since yesterday? I heard that he didn’t return last night. He and Young Master Qiao have always been here, why didn’t he come to see him off today? He’s going. Where did you go, do you know?”

Wei Shao hesitated for a moment, then stopped, turned around and smiled, “Last night, it was really a drinking accident. After smashing my face, I forgot to tell my grandmother about it. Brother. I went to Dai County last night. I was afraid of disturbing my grandmother’s rest, so I didn’t come to say goodbye. I asked my grandmother to tell him the crime on his behalf.”

Madam Xu asked with concern, “What happened to Dai County? Does it matter?”

“Don’t worry, grandma, it’s not a big deal. It’s just for him to handle it himself.” Wei Shao said hurriedly.

Mrs. Xu pondered for a while and smiled: “It’s almost time. You go first.”

Wei Shao responded respectfully, then turned around and walked away quickly.

…

Xiao Qiao waited left and right until Wei Shao came back. It was getting late. Although he had some regrets, it was not good to ask Qiao Ci and his party to wait in vain. Before leaving, he suddenly learned that Wei Shao had returned. Sure enough, it didn’t take a moment for him to sigh when he saw his figure appear in a hurry. Busy to welcome him into the room, serve him and change into his travel clothes.

Xiao Qiao helped him get dressed. Seeing him standing there silent and indifferent, he seemed to be trapped in some unknown world of his own. It was very different from the time when I was intimate with her before going out last night.

Because of what happened last time, I didn’t bother him at first this time. It wasn’t until she finally helped him to tie the belt that she asked softly, “Husband, what happened last night? You left and didn’t return overnight. I was worried all night.”

After she asked, she raised a pair of bright eyes to look at him. Seeing that Wei Shao’s soul had returned to Qiqiao, as if he had regained his senses, he snorted, lowered his head to meet her eyes, paused, and said, “It’s not a big deal.” The tone was still very cold.

Seeing him like this, Xiao Qiao knew that he didn’t want to talk to him. No more questioning. After serving him get dressed, go out with him. Walking to the door, Wei Shao suddenly stopped again, turned around, stretched out his arms towards her, hugged her, then let go, and said in a somewhat apologetic tone, “I made you worry last night. I’ll send your brother out of the city.”

Xiao Qiao smiled slightly and said, “Thank you husband. There is Lord Lau.”

[End of This Chapter]