Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 101

[Chapter 100]

Jiang Meng followed the gaze of the leader Ofe Mo and saw a masked woman walking towards the Naga Man under the protection of several people around him.

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The western Han and Qiang have always had deep grievances.

However, the contradiction with the Xiongnu is different, in addition to the objective reasons for the existence of the space competition between the two sides, there are also historical reasons for the improper rule of the Han Dynasty.

Although Xiao Qiao couldn’t see the scene, considering that since he had always been like this, although he had just arrived, although he had Wei Shao to rely on, it was not easy to easily touch the vested interests of these local tyrants, so after hesitating, he finally decided to leave.

But I didn’t expect such a thing to happen again. Hearing the teenager shouting “Sister A”, for the sake of that Qiang girl was so severely beaten, still refused to be soft, somehow, I remembered my own Brother Qiao Ci, how can I bear it, turned around and walked back quickly.

The steward saw that the lady did not listen to her own advice, and it seemed that she was going to intervene, so she had no choice but to follow.

The teenager’s eyes were bruised and swollen, and his mouth was bleeding, and the middle-aged tooth man was still not relieved, kicked away the Qiang girl who was crying bitterly on the side, and beat her again, overhearing a woman’s voice behind him: “Stop! The tooth man looked

back and saw that it was a woman wearing a dark face who was talking, and he was stunned.

There is a lot of wind and sand in the west, and it is also common for women to cover their heads with cloth towels to cover their heads. He glanced at it.

The thin layer of silk, although you can’t see the face clearly, but you can faintly peek at the rough outline of the facial features, intuitively feel that the woman is beautiful, and listen to her voice, clear and clear, very good, the age will not be big.

Looking at her clothes again, although the quality is good, there is nothing outstanding.

Finally, look at her retinue. A middle-aged man with a sheep’s whisker, a servant woman. He guessed that it was a young woman from an ordinary large family.

This tooth man’s surname is Hu, he has a backstage, and he does not pay attention to the ordinary big households in Jinyang City on weekdays. Ben was a color embryo again, and evil thoughts arose in his heart, and he wanted to open the veil to see what was going on. Sure enough, she stopped according to her words, and smiled and giggled: “Which woman are you, don’t you want to pick up needles and threads at home, what are you doing here?” The

steward was furious and shouted, “Wanton! Do you know-”

Xiao Qiao stopped the steward, looked at the dozens of Qiang people tied up on the ground, and said coldly: “How much money are these people of yours, I bought them all!” The

steward was stunned.

Tooth people and people watching the hilarity next to them are also stunned. Reacting, he hesitated, and said, “You want to buy it all?”

Little Joe said, “You don’t understand my words?” The

tooth man believed this, thought about it, reported a slightly higher number, thought she was going to bargain, did not want to even blink her eyes, and listened to her: “Send all the people to the North City Office!” Send money to posterity! The

tooth man was truly surprised.

Last year, the merger state changed hands, and Wei Shao, the Marquis of Yan, replaced Chen Xiang as the lord of the merger state. The local rich families were waiting for Wei Shao to come and make friends. Tiptoeing until not long ago, when the news came out that Yan Hou had arrived in Jinyang and settled in the office north of the city. Just a few days ago, the rich households in Jinyang smelled the wind and moved, competing to meet the door, sending beautiful people, sending gold veils, and almost did not step on the threshold.

Wei Shao lived in the office north of the city. Tooth people naturally know.

As soon as the woman spoke, she said to send people there…

The Tooth Man hesitated and tentatively asked, “Is Madame kidding me?” How can you send things in the office at will?

He had changed his tune and called her “Lady.”

Xiao Qiao said coldly, “I asked you to send it, and you sent it to me, where did it come from?” The

tooth man immediately heard the irrefutable tone that only the superior person would unconsciously bring out, and suddenly did not dare to be arrogant, and hurriedly changed his face, and bi respectfully agreed, and then turned his head and loudly rebuked the Qiang people on the ground who were tied into ropes, and ordered them to stand up.

These Qiang people, as the young man said, were indeed not prisoners of war, but innocent captives from the Qiang people of all ethnic groups in the Huangshui area. In this dial, nearly a hundred people were originally sent together, and they traveled all the way from Huangshui to here, and the sick and sick died, and finally only these dozens of people were left. Most of them don’t speak Chinese and can’t understand it. All I knew was that it was this young woman who had bought herself. I don’t know how this will happen, but I stumbled and was driven forward.

Little Joe came to the boy and saw that he seemed to be dying, so he ordered the steward to take him to the carriage with him.

The steward saw that the teenager was dirty and covered in blood, hesitated, but he did not expect that this teenager was unusually tenacious, and he slowly got up from the ground and bowed deeply to Xiao Qiao: “The grace of the Ben Lord to save his life, toothless and unforgettable!” I was dirty, I didn’t dare to stain my benefactor’s car, and I could walk on my own.

Little Qiao saw that although his face was dirty, his eyes were very clear, and he spoke politely, as if he was educated, and he smiled and nodded.

ChunNiang was kind-hearted, and she was sad to watch it from the sidelines, so she rushed over and untied the rope in the hand of the Qiang woman. Qiang Nu prostrated her head to Xiao Qiao seven or eight times in a row, and crawled to the side of the teenager with a rolling belt, and a long list of words that Xiao Qiao could not understand came out of her mouth, which should be asking him about his injury. The teenager shook his head, as if to soothe her a few words, and then turned to follow the group of Qiang people and staggered forward. Qiang Nu was busy helping him, and her expression was respectful and respectful. It made Xiao Qiao feel that these two people did not look like brothers and sisters.

The thought flashed by, and Little Qiao didn’t think much about it, and under the gaze of countless eyes around him, he left the market and boarded the carriage to return to the office.

The people watching the liveliness began to talk about the origin of this mysterious little woman, and after a while, they gradually dispersed. In the end, the few people who were left stood still.

Jiang Meng said, “Where did that woman come from?” Even lived in jinyang ya office! Could it be related to that Yanhou? The

eagle did not say a word, only to watch the little woman’s carriage gradually go away, until it was no longer visible, and Fang withdrew his gaze.

“Head man, I just saw that the young man seemed to have a tattoo of the Beihe clan on his arm.”

Another retinue said suddenly.

Jiang Meng was stunned, and immediately showed disdain: “It is a humble person!” The Ganyang Han people were born with a sniffle, and they were so humiliated by plunder, and they deserved it! The

Beihe people are another large clan among the Qiang people in Longxi besides the Burning Dang. Today’s old patriarch is named Yuan Wang, who has been holding the staff of the patriarch for more than forty years, quite wise, leading the clan to farm and build houses, gradually changing from nomadic to settled, and the population has been greatly multiplied, and it is very famous among the Qiang people in the Huangshui area. Only later, like the rest of the Qiang people in Longxi, the Beihe people were squeezed by Chen Xiang and Liangzhou’s assassin Shi Fengzhao and forced to move far.

Last month, When Mo planned to attack Shangjun, he invited the Beihe clan to join in the joint battle, but was rejected by the former Wang’s old patriarch. The Behe people did not move. After the defeat, Jiang Meng mentioned the Beihe tribe that did not cooperate in the battle, and naturally felt dissatisfied.

Diao Mo said, “Everyone has their own aspirations.” The patriarch of the Beihe Clan is highly respected, and it is also his consideration not to send troops. I have always respected him. You hugh again nonsense! Jiang

Meng saw him say this, and then closed his mouth.

Eagle Mo groaned, and the appearance of the young man who had just appeared in front of his eyes suddenly felt somewhat familiar. For a moment, I couldn’t remember where I had seen it. After hesitating, he instructed an entourage to follow up and investigate what was going on. Then he took someone with him and left the city first.

……

Xiao Qiao bought these twenty or thirty Qiang slaves and came back, and the steward couldn’t see itGot it.

It’s just that Madame likes it, and the nature of being a person does not dare to ask more than half a sentence. The first thing he did after he returned was to order these Qiang slaves to wash their hair and shower their bodies, change into Han clothes after cleaning, and each of them was given a pair of shoes. Then take it to dinner. Two loaves of bread per person, porridge unlimited.

When the Qiang slaves had finished eating, the steward went to ask Xiao Qiao what he was going to do to let these Qiang slaves do.

Little Joe didn’t know what he needed them to do. At first, buying it back in the market was purely impulsive consumption. Seeing that the steward had finished asking the question, and waiting for the way he had commanded him, he said, first ask themselves, and let them go if they want to leave, and they are not allowed to stay.

The steward was dumbfounded.

It turned out that Madame had nothing to spend money to buy so many Qiang slaves, just to play.

I didn’t dare to ask anything, so I turned around and called someone who could speak Qiang, and I really asked.

Which Qiangnu at first could not believe that they had made such good luck. He was bought smoothly, and not only did he put on his clothes and shoes, but he also ate a full meal. I thought it was good enough, but now, the young lady actually let herself go.

At first no one believed it. They all looked at each other. Later, it was determined that it was true, and more than a dozen people were gone, and finally half of them were left, refusing to leave, saying that there was no family to go back, and the road was long, and it was not necessarily possible to return to the Huangshui area alive, and only wanted to stay and serve the lady. Twelve men and two women. All young.

The steward couldn’t drive away when he saw the people, so he turned around and went to Xiao Qiao again.

Little Joe thought about it, and let the men temporarily fill the miscellaneous services, and the women’s dry slurry washed. It’s really okay to idle, and then use it when she thinks about it.

Then he gave another order, and let everyone arrange for the outer courtyard and not enter the inner courtyard.

This is also for security reasons. After all, although she had no ill will towards these Qiang people, she couldn’t tell what others would do.

Finally the pair of siblings remained. Xiao Qiao instructed the steward to arrange a single room to live in, and then asked Lang Zhong to come and treat the teenager’s injuries.

The steward should go down one by one.

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A few days later, the Qiang teenager’s injuries had improved a lot.

He called himself a monolith, and came again to thank him. When he looked at Little Joe, his eyes were shining and full of gratitude.

He was dirty that day, and Little Joe only noticed that he had a pair of clear eyes. I didn’t expect to wash it clean, change into a neat dress, and look very neat.

In order to commemorate their ancestors, Qiang men used to wear their hair and brush their foreheads across their foreheads.

This young man named Ye, with black hair and shawls, snow-white skin, stood there like a bamboo, if it were not for the bruises and swollen marks on the corners of his forehead, it was a bit like when Adi Qiao Ci was twelve or thirteen.

Little Joe felt more kind and liked it.

But the more I looked at it, the more I felt that he and this Qiang girl didn’t look like brothers and sisters.

If you are not a brother and sister, then if you are robbed and sold together, you must have hidden feelings.

But it was also inconvenient for her to ask questions.

Moreover, buying him that day was only a whim, and she did not want to inquire more about other people’s secrets. He smiled and said, “You’re all right.” Some of the people who came with you that day were already gone. When you have recovered from your injuries, if you want to leave, you will leave by yourself, and I will not stop you. ”

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This night, Chunniang was doing needlework in the room and gossiping with Little Joe.

This was already Xiao Qiao’s tenth night in Jinyang.

Wei Shao still hadn’t returned, and there was no new news from the steward’s side.

Not only Chunniang, in fact, Xiao Qiao slowly felt that something was wrong in his heart.

Chunniang looked at Xiao Qiao, who was lying on the table intently painting herself with embroidered patterns, and couldn’t help but say, “The female monarch has been here for so many days, and I don’t know when the male monarch will be able to return.”

Little Joe didn’t take her word for it.

ChunNiang said, “Xu is a male jun who does not know that the female jun is coming?” The female monarch is fine anyway, why not send a letter to the male monarch? Xiao Qiao’s

eyes still fell on the pattern, and finally he smiled and said, “Then Chunniang, what do you say in my letter to him?”

Chun Niang said busily: “Then she said that the lady missed…”

Suddenly, at this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and the voice of the steward followed: “A letter to the lady from Xihe County has come!”

Little Joe raised his eyes and stopped writing.

Chunniang hurriedly got up to pick up the letter, and came back and happily handed it to Xiao Qiao: “It’s also a coincidence!” Fang Cai also said that she would let the female monarch write a letter to the male monarch, and at this time the male monarch would write a letter to the female monarch!

Little Qiao took the letter printed with fire paint and sealed into the bamboo tube, took it out, unfolded it, looked at it, and his eyelashes fluttered slightly, and his eyes froze.

ChunNiang was originally smiling, waiting for Xiao Qiao to say the contents of the letter. Suddenly, seeing that she looked different, her smile slowly disappeared, and she asked uneasily: “What happened?” ”

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The letter was written by Gongsun Yang, who was with Wei Shao in Xihe County.

Three days earlier, Wei Shao had originally decided to return to Jinyang, leaving Gongsun Yang to defend Liangzhou Feng Zhao in Xihe County. Before leaving, he was temporary, and only took the squad of people and horses, and went with Gongsun Yang to survey the terrain, not wanting to encounter a surprise attack.

At that time, Wei Shao protected Gongsun Yang and successfully escaped, but one of his own arms was accidentally injured by a bow and arrow.

I thought it was just a slight injury to the skin and flesh, and Wei Shao himself didn’t think much of it at that time.

But the crossbow was fed poison. Fortunately, the treatment was timely, and only the skin was scratched, and his life was not hindered.

However, the residual poison in the prince’s body had not yet been extracted, and his body was still very weak, and he was now recuperating.

The prince did not want the queen to know, and strictly ordered that no letter should be transmitted.

Gongsun Yang felt extremely ashamed, knowing that the female monarch was in Jinyang, did not dare to hide it, and specially sent a letter to report it.

[End of This Chapter]