Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 70

[Chapter 69 7]

Wei Yan left Yuyang that evening.

He was born in Sri Lanka, grew up in Sri Lanka, twenty-eight years, and now left, only one person is left.

He walked alone to the bronze double lion gate of the Wei Palace in the north of the city, knelt on his knees facing the gate, kowtowed, got up and left.

Night fell gradually. Wei Yan led his horse through Yuyang Street. The streets were lined with passers-by eager to go home. In front of a half-open door on the side of the road, the voice of a woman calling for a child to enter the house for dinner was heard. The child was four or five years old. Ben was squatting in front of the door and playing with stones. Hearing his mother’s call, he got up and ran with his head down. He just hit Wei Yan and fell to the ground. When I was about to cry, I saw the expression of this adult who stopped and looked at me was a little strange. It seemed different from the people I usually saw, and I felt fear in my heart. I stopped crying and only looked at him with fear.

Wei Yan’s eyes fixed on the child for a moment. He squatted down and held out his hand to him.

The child was even more frightened, and hurriedly got up to run. Seeing this man seemed slightly startled. Then he grabbed a large amount of money from the shackles on his body, put it on the ground, and ripped his mouth stiffly at himself, as if he was smiling at himself.

The mother couldn’t get the child back, so she went out to look for him, and suddenly saw him sitting on the ground, with a faceless man squatting in front of him, and immediately shouted, “Who are you?” Feeling that the man was strange, he seemed to be carrying evil spirits, and he felt uneasy, and hurriedly turned around and called out to her husband again. come out.

Wei Yan stood up, led the horse and continued to move forward.

The child forgot his fear, sat on the ground and turned his head, staring blankly at the man’s back.

The night is getting heavier, and the lights of every household are gradually lighting up one by one.

Wei Yan stopped at the opposite of the framed red shop at the moment when the lights of ten thousand houses were lighting up half of the city.

The shop is about to close. It was the same shopkeeper from before, who was now knocking down the wall doors one by one at the door. It was vaguely visible inside, just like the scene when he met her for the first time that day.

Wei Yan stared at it for a moment. Suddenly he got on his horse and galloped towards the city gate.

He begged to go. Tell them, in order to seek a favor and pleasure.

The Wei family also complied with his request and let him go.

Only he himself knew that his heart had nowhere to go and was swaying, what was his heart, what was his happiness? He doesn’t even know it himself. He only knew that in the second half of his life, no matter where he went, he would never find true peace.

…

Two days later, Wei Yan arrived at the Sanggan River.

Crossing this sand river, which is regarded as the border by default, is the situation of the Xiongnu.

Wei Yan saw a man sitting on a horse in the distance on the meadow by the estuary, as if he had been waiting here for a while.

He gradually slowed down his horse and walked towards the man, and finally stopped, staring at the man, a smile slowly appeared on his face: “Second brother, I didn’t expect you to come to see me on the last ride. ”

Wei Shao was expressionless, raised his arm and waved, behind him, two sergeants came over with a large bag and placed it on the meadow.

The pocket was tied, and it seemed like a large living thing was twisting and struggling in the bag.

“Do you know why I set fire to your residence?” Wei Shao said coldly, “I don’t want you and my brother to have grudges. Some people want you and me to turn against each other. Unfortunately, someone’s trick was successful, and now I have nothing to say. Said. This Lanji, I wanted to kill him, but I thought it was your woman, so I should leave it to you. I came here to give you a ride for the last time, and it is considered to have been a brotherhood for 20 years. How do you do it?” The

mouth of the bag was opened, revealing a struggling woman, with her hair disheveled and embarrassed, who was Wei Yan’s former favorite, Lan Yun.

Lan Yun’s hands were tied and his mouth was blocked, so he couldn’t speak. Suddenly, he saw the sun and saw Wei Yan sitting in front of him, with a surprise expression on his face. The eyes, but the eyes were cold and ruthless, and suddenly feared again, staring at him dazedly.

Wei Yan slowly raised his eyes and finally landed on Wei Shao’s face. The two of them sat on their horses, their eyes met, and no one made a sound.

Wei Shao’s eyes were gloomy, and he and Wei Yan looked at each other for a while, then suddenly pulled up the reins of the horse, gave a drink, and left the horse.

Not far away, his entourage immediately followed. The figure of a group of horses gradually disappeared at the end of the meadow.

…

Three days have passed since Adi left. And Wei Shao sent Adi out of the city that day, but never came back.

Xiao Qiao knew that Mrs. Xu also went out that day. Later, when he returned to the house, he lay down that day.

When Xiao Qiao went to see her, she saw that she was mentally exhausted, and she seemed to have no strength to speak. She was lying on the bed, as if she had grown old all at once.

Xiao Qiao’s mood was very heavy.

She vaguely guessed that there should be a problem with Wei Yan.

But what went wrong, why did Mrs. Xu stay in bed as soon as she came back, and where did Wei Shao go these days, she didn’t have the slightest sense.

The only thing that is certain is that not only has something happened to the Wei family these days, but it has also been serious.

Since it was related to Wei Yan, Xiao Qiao’s reaction was that the so-called matter of Wei Yan’s love for her, which she thought had been revealed, came to light.

Otherwise, she really can’t think of what it would be.

She felt uneasy and heavy, as if she was a sinner. That evening, Wei Shao hadn’t come back yet. She went to the north house to serve Mrs. Xu.

Sunset is sinking. The room, which was always brightly lit during the day, was now gradually shrouded in a gray shadow. Zhong Ni came in to hold the lamp, Madam Xu on the bed moved, as if she had woken up, Xiao Qiao hurriedly stepped forward and helped her up with Zhong Ni.

Mrs. Xu sat up, her eyes fell on Xiao Qiao’s face, as if she was thinking about something.

Xiao Qiao’s heart was beating so fast that some dared not look at her. After a while, I heard her say that she was hungry and wanted to eat. Xiao Qiao got up in a hurry, Madam Xu said, “Tell Zhong Li to go.”

Zhong Li went. Only Joe was left in the room. Madam Xu asked Xiao Qiao to sit beside her bed and asked Wei Shao. Xiao Qiao said that he went out for three days and did not return. Madam Xu was fascinated for a moment, and said, “He went to see his eldest brother.”

“His cousin, went to the land of the Xiongnu.” Madam Xu said again.

Little Joe was taken aback.

Mrs. Xu was silent for a moment: “You are Shao’er’s wife, and you should know some things. Yan’er has a special background and his father is a Xiongnu. Now that he wants to go, I can’t keep him, so I can only let him go. ”

Xiao Qiao stared blankly at Madam Xu.

Madam Xu stared at Xiao Qiao in the twilight.

“What a beautiful child! No wonder…”

she sighed.

Xiao Qiao’s heart was beating wildly, he immediately knelt before the bed, lowered his head and said, “It’s all my fault, please forgive me!”

Mrs. Xu turned her head and looked at her kneeling beside her bed for a moment, and slowly shook her head. shook his head.

“What do I blame you for? You’re right. Thirty years ago, I planted the root of the disaster, and now it’s the end. It’s fate.”

Xiao Qiao slowly raised her head and looked at Madam Xu.

She looked tired, and her eyes no longer fell on herself, but went over the top of her head to the setting sun outside the west window.

“When Shao’er comes back, please comfort him.”

Madam Xu finally said. Soft tone.

…

Mrs. Xu ate something, sat for a while, and then lay down again.

Xiao Qiao stayed by her side until she fell asleep and then returned to the Westinghouse.

She hadn’t seen Zhu Shi for the past few days. She doesn’t want her to go there now. Xiao Qiao didn’t care about her so much. After Beiwu came back, when she was in a daze in the room, she suddenly heard the familiar footsteps in the outer courtyard, her heart skipped a beat, and she hurried out.

Wei Shao is back!

He was very busy, and he probably didn’t take care of Rong Yi on the road. A layer of light blue stubble appeared on both sides of his cheeks, and he looked tired and sleepy.

Xiao Qiao welcomed him into the room. Ask him whether to eat first or take a shower. He said take a bath. Xiao Qiao asked people to prepare water. Soon ready, she followed in and served herself.

Wei Shao was immersed in the tub, and the water reached his shoulders. He rests his arms on the edge of the tub, throws his head back, and closes his eyes.

Xiao Qiao sat on his knees behind him, untied his hair, wet it with water, put on a hair cream with a rose fragrance, pressed his fingertips on his scalp, gently rubbed the foam with the palm of his hand, and rinsed it off with water. , then took a dry cloth to wipe off the wet moisture, and finally helped him to tie his hair back again and pin it with a hosta.

He seemed to have fallen asleep, his eyes were closed, his expression was calm and motionless.

Joey glanced at him. Seeing that there was still some rose foam on his cheek that he had just accidentally wiped on, he reached out and wiped it.

The pulp of her fingers touched his cheek, his eyelashes fluttered, he opened his eyes, and stood up from the water with a “squeak”.

Xiao Qiao silently served him dressing.

He put on a set of civilian clothes and told Xiao Qiao that he would go to the yamen to deal with the official duties that had been piled up a few days ago, and told her to rest earlier without waiting for him. Finished and left.

Joe has been waiting for him. Wait until nearly Xu. I remember looking tired when he came back. After hesitating for a while, he changed his clothes, ordered a car, and took him to the ya office. At the door, the guard sergeant recognized her and hurried over to greet her. Xiao Qiao asked if Junhou was in, and the sergeant said that after Junhou entered in the evening, he never came out.

Xiao Qiao entered with the food box in her hand, and came to his study in the back hall where she visited last time.

The doors and windows of the study were closed, revealing the lights.

Xiao Qiao stopped in front of the door, took a deep breath, raised her hand and knocked on the door lightly, saying, “Husband, can I come in?”

After she finished speaking, she pushed open the hidden door and saw Wei Shaoduan sitting there. After the Zhang case. With a pen in his hand, he is writing a letter at the desk. The corners of the desk are full of high and low scrolls and slips. Seeing that he looked up at him, his expression seemed startled, he smiled, walked over, knelt down opposite him, and said, “I see that my husband has not returned, I am afraid that the papers will be heavy, and I am afraid that you will be hungry. Anyway, the road is not far, and there should be few people in the office at night, so I will come to bring you some food.”

She opened the food box, brought out the bowl that was still warm, opened the lid, and put it in front of him again. Take a spoon and pass it over.

A slender piece of jade finger, lightly pinching the white spoon, brought it to Wei Shao.

Wei Shao raised his eyes and glanced at her again. Didn’t pick up at first.

Xiao Qiao met his gaze and smiled at him: “I’ll leave when you eat, I won’t disturb your business.”

Wei Shao took the spoon and lowered his head to eat. Finished quickly. Little Joe handed over a handkerchief. He took it and wiped it. Xiao Qiao took back the empty bowl and put it in the food box, got up and said, “So I’ll go back first. Husband will come back earlier, don’t be too tired.”

She bowed slightly to Wei Shao, who was still sitting behind the desk, and leaned down. He picked up the food box and turned to the door.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly heard a slight movement behind him. He turned his head and saw that Wei Shao had already got up from behind the case and caught up with him. He hugged her, then picked her up, hurried back to the couch he had just sat on, and laid her down.

[End of This Chapter]