Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 110

[Chapter 108]

Although Feng Zhao temporarily withdrew from Hongnong, the rest of the Qiang people in Huangshui, driven by Beihe, also sent news that they were willing to return, but the situation in this area was complicated, Feng Zhao had been entrenched here for many years, and there was a fortunate retreat behind him, and he could regroup at any time to counterattack. There is also the burning of the Qiang waiting for the opportunity.

Wei Shao was very busy.

After the first battle, although he planned to take a chance to go back to Jinyang as soon as possible to see Xiao Qiao, after all, he missed her a little. But there was no plan to leave immediately.

At this moment, when he heard this news from Gongsun Yang, he immediately became so angry that he could not delay it for a moment.

When something like this happened, he hid it from him!

At the moment when he first heard fangcai, if the other party was not Gongsun Yang, but replaced by any other person under his account, he was afraid that he would have overturned the table on the spot and was furious.

Almost a month ago, he had received a letter from her.

Now he knew what a shock and danger she had experienced just a few days before she had written that letter to herself.

But even in her letter, she did not mention half a word to herself.

She told him only in a light tone that she had inadvertently saved the grandson of the leader of the Beihe clan and had sent him home.

Hide it all from him! Even she didn’t say a word to herself!

Anger, heartache, fear, and a hint of faint loss, Wei Shao took such a mood with it, and set out on the same day to return to Jinyang.

……

A few days later. On this starry night, a group of people quickly entered the Gate of Jinyang City and went straight to the North Office of the city.

The Tiger Guard, who was on duty in front of the office, was surprised to see a group of people separated from the night and galloping in this direction.

The distance was only a few tens of meters, and the pedestrians and horses showed no sign of turning.

As soon as the Tenth Commander gave the order, The Tiger Ben immediately formed a bow formation, and was about to release the arrows to force it to stop, when the group of horses had rolled up to the near front in a blink of an eye.

The Tenth Patriarch recognized that the first man on the horse was the prince. Hurriedly ordered the opening of the road.

The double red doors of the office then opened widely. Tiger Ben greeted him with military salutes.

The war horse under Wei Shao’s crotch was finally able to stop, the horse’s body was sweaty, with a heavy continuous snort, as soon as the reins of the horse were released, they could not support it, and the two front knees bent to the ground.

For more than half a month after returning from Huangshui, Jia Wei personally took people on duty every night. Tonight, as usual, he patrolled beyond the inner door leading to the inner courtyard, and suddenly his men came to report that the prince had entered the gate and was coming to the second door.

Jia Kai was shocked, turned around and hurried out. As soon as I arrived at the second gate, I saw a familiar figure striding in the distance.

Jia Kai immediately knelt down on one knee at the bottom of the fifth-level staircase and said loudly, “The last general, Jia Kai, welcome the return of the prince!” Wei Shao didn’t

seem to hear it at first, and without even stopping, he strode past him, and in the blink of an eye, he went out about ten steps away.

At first, Jia Kai did not dare to look up at him, only to feel that the front door was swept by a breeze brought up by the horns of his robe, and Fang dared to raise his eyes and watch his back rush inside.

A heart hanging, let go of some.

He slowly exhaled a breath, just got up from the ground, suddenly saw the figure of the prince in front of him, stopped, then turned around, and strode towards himself again. My heart was again mentioned, and I hurriedly knelt down again.

Wei Shao returned to Jia Kai and said coldly, “Can the female monarch be inside?” “The

prince of the court, the lady is here.”

“How did I command you before I left?” His voice sounded like a stone, hard and bangy.

Jia Kai kept prostrating his head: “The prince commanded that the protection of the female prince be the first priority!” It’s all the dereliction of duty of the last general! Please punish the prince! Wei Shao

took a deep breath, and his voice became even colder: “How was the details of that night, you tell me the truth!” Don’t miss a word! Jia

Kai was Lin Huben’s immediate superior. On that day, he first continued to chase Chen Rui by mistake, and the next day when he saw that the situation was not right, he woke up and turned back, knowing that something had happened, and after the matter passed, he naturally interrogated Lin Huben in detail about the details of the time. Because it involves the privacy of the female monarch, the details in it, it is naturally inconvenient to talk about the Gongsun Sheep that day. Now that the prince had asked him this way, where did he dare to conceal it any longer, and he started from the beginning.

Gongsun Yang’s knowledge of that night was only a rough idea. It was even easier to pass it on to Wei Shao through him.

Wei Shao only knew that Chen Rui had sneaked into the inner courtyard in the middle of the night through the waterway in the backyard pool, intending to rob Xiao Qiao, but was stopped and shot dead on the spot. The rest of the details are unknown.

It is precisely because I don’t know, so I am even more uneasy, and I rush back day and night. At this moment, when he gradually understood that it was Chen Rui who broke into Xiao Qiao’s bedroom in the middle of the night, Xiao Qiao delayed him for some moments, deliberately startled ChunNiang in the ear room next to him, and then when Chen Rui forcibly took him away, he struggled to keep him out of the door, and the night guards at that time rushed in to shoot Chen Rui’ passing, and the palms of his hands were full of cold sweat, and the anger was almost indescribable.

After Jia Kai finished speaking, he hesitated in his heart, hesitating whether to talk about the last scene. As soon as he raised his eyes, he bumped into the two yin and servant eyes of the prince staring at him, and he shivered. I don’t say that I have hidden it at this moment, but others may not not say it. Others will not say, the lady herself will definitely tell the prince what happened at that time…

Remembering his words a moment ago, “Not a word should be missed”, Jia Kai no longer dared to do anything else, and his heart was crossed, and he said: “In the end, there was an accident…”

Wei Shao’s figure was motionless.

Jia Kai hardened his scalp and whispered, “The last general was not there at that time, and he did not see it with his own eyes.” Just listening to Vice Admiral Lin’s words, after Chen Rui was shot on the ground with more than a dozen arrows, The Female Jun came out of the room, and when she came to his near front, she probably wanted to ask him a question, and seeing that he was already out of breath, the Female Jun Ciji asked Vice Admiral Lin to dig a pit and bury him in a whole body. I didn’t want to think that at this moment, Chen Rui actually turned back alive again, and the people next to him were not prepared for a while, but he pounced on him and caught and bit the feet of the female jun, and said a word, which killed…”

“What did you say?”

Jia Kai lacked courage and did not dare to speak for a while.

“What did you say?!”

Coldly hearing the fierce roar of the prince, Jia Kai’s forehead was hot and sweaty, “Listening to Vice Admiral Lin’s words, it seems to be saying… Lady Junmei… That was dead to her… Underneath… Also…… Willingly…”

Jia Kai finally stuttered, and he couldn’t forget this sentence that he couldn’t forget since he heard it, and his heart was also pounding, and his face was red and hot, and he lowered his head, and he didn’t dare to look at the prince’s expression at all.

Wei Shao’s figure froze for a moment, and suddenly pulled his sword out of its sheath, Jia Kai only felt a sharp sword wind blowing in his face, and there was a sharp sound of a sword splitting into a foreign body that almost stung his ears, and in an instant, Mars splashed around, and the head of the stone beast that stood on the side of the second gate for the town’s inner house was actually cut off by the sword in his hand, and the “bang” smashed to the ground, and the bones rolled out seven or eight steps away, and finally stopped.

There was no sound around.

The air of the late spring night also seemed to freeze.

Jia Kai knelt near the decapitated stone beast, not daring to breathe heavily.

“Go dig that out for me!” Wait for me to personally cut him to pieces!

Word by word, it seemed as if it had squeezed out of Wei Shao’s teeth.

Jia Kai should be.

Wei Shao turned and strode inside.

Jia Kaifang was still sweating hot, but at the moment, cold sweat kept bubbling out, and he was already soaking through his underwear. Until the prince’s back completely disappeared from sight, he looked at the severed head of the stone beast on the ground and let out a long breath.

……

It’s the end of April.

It’s been almost a month since that incident.

Until now, Xiao Qiao slept at night or accompanied by Chunniang.

The illness that she had been scared out of earlier, at first because she found the knife, she was in a happy mood, and then took a few days of tranquilizing medicine, which had gradually gotten better. I didn’t want to think that a few days ago, because the weather was warm and cold, and the evil poison was the most vulnerable, she slept at night and had nightmares, so that she screamed and did not wake up, and that night she burned up again. The anxious Chunniang was again seeking medical treatment and taking care of it, and Fang only got better in the past two days. It’s just that people still don’t have the benefit of pulling it up, and they don’t want to move much. ChunNiang did not dare to leave her. Sleeping at night also made a bed next to her bed and accompanied her personally.

Little Joe took the medicine this evening, and because of the medicinal properties, he went to bed early.

Chunniang was doing knee-pad needlework in the room at first, and while doing it, she looked back at her lying on the bed from time to time.

The night gradually deepened. Chunniang told the maids to go to rest. After making a knee pad, putting down the needle and thread, pounding his waist, and preparing to sleep, he suddenly thought of cooking silver ear fungus for her tomorrow, but at first he forgot to tell the kitchen lady to soak it early and overnight. Looking back at her again, seeing that she was sleeping very deeply, he opened the door lightly and went out, personally went to the small kitchen, chose the silver ear to soak well, came back into the room, closed the door, and was about to latch, when he suddenly heard a footstep in the courtyard.

It was so late that no one could have entered the inner courtyard without being summoned unless there was an urgent matter. Besides, listening to this footstep, it seems to be a man.

ChunNiang was suspicious. Although they felt that Jia Kai was guarding day and night like this, it was unlikely that there would be any more chaos. But remembering the accident a month ago, I was also afraid, so I stopped for a moment, slightly opened a door slit, and looked out.

Lanterns hung in the corridor, illuminating a figure who was walking up the cornices.

It was Wei Shao.

ChunNiang was surprised and happy again, looked back at Xiao Qiao, saw that she was still asleep, so she gently opened the door, greeted out, made a silent gesture towards the oncoming prince, and then led him to a little farther away, which confessed: “The female monarch is asleep, I am afraid of alarming her, this is the grievance of the male prince, to say a few words to this side.” Don’t blame the for being rude. Wei Shao

looked at the illuminated doors and windows and asked in a low voice, “How is she?” When

ChunNiang heard his tone, she guessed that he should have known about the incident that happened a month ago. Then he said, “At first, the lady was frightened a lot and fell ill. It was already good. I didn’t want to go to bed at night and have a frightening dream, and that night I had a fever again. Fortunately, the fever subsided on these two days, that is, there was still some coughing, and people were also worried. At night, I took medicine and went to bed early, and I haven’t woken up yet. “When

did the man return?” Chunniang asked respectfully.

Wei Shao did not answer. Standing there, as if out of his mind for a moment, he said, “I know.” These days must be hard for you, you go to rest. After saying that, he turned around and went inside.

ChunNiang hurriedly stopped him: “Lady Jun was very frightened at that time, and now, she does not sleep very peacefully at night.” The male monarch must have… Be gentle and small, and don’t scare her anymore.

She hesitated for a moment, and the love in her heart for Xiao Qiao finally overwhelmed the others, and she gently instructed.

Wei Shao didn’t say anything, only turned around, walked to the door, gently pushed away, and stepped inside.

……

Little Joe slept unsteadily, hazy, an itch in his throat, coughed a few times, and the man woke up. I feel some swelling in my lower abdomen. Her eyelids did not open, and she subconsciously said vaguely: “Chunniang, I want to explain it…”

She is really to this day, alone in the bathing room at night, and still feels mad. Even the dissolution of the hand must be accompanied by Chunniang at the door. At this moment, half a sentence came out, and my brain suddenly woke up. Realized it was late at night. Chunniang has taken care of herself this month, doing everything herself, and she is tired enough.

She rubbed her eyes and was about to climb up quietly on her own, when suddenly a pair of solid arms came out from behind her, and gently lifted her out of the bed.

This absolutely could not have been ChunNiang’s arm.

She didn’t have the strength either.

Little Joe was stunned, and the person woke up completely. The heart beat wildly in an instant. I was about to open my mouth to exclaim when a man’s whisper sounded in my ear: “It’s me.” I am back. Don’t be afraid. The voice was

very familiar to her. But this tone was a gentleness she had never heard before.

She slowly opened her eyes and met Wei Shao’s eyes that were looking down at her, and her eyes were intertwined in this way.

[End of This Chapter]