Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 36

[Chapter 36]

The Great Hall of the Golden Mother of the West King is outside the East City Gate, not far from the Junguoxue, and it is a mile or two away from the city gate, not far or very close. Wei Shao did not bring an entourage, but rode out of the city in his own civilian clothes and came to the Great Hall of the Queen Mother.

Because it had just been built, there were some meticulous work inside, and the craftsmen were pondering, so now there was no temple, the gate was open, and there was a Wei family’s carriage parked on the side of the door, and on the side were the coachmen and several escorts.

Wei Shao approached on horseback, far away to the open space not far from the gate, and at this moment there were at least twenty or thirty people gathered, all dressed as children of students in the nearby county Guoxue, ranging in age from fifteen or sixteen to more than twenty. These people are not studying in the Sinology at the moment, but they all ran here and waited in the direction of the gate, and some people simply climbed up a tree on the side of the road because they could not occupy a good position. It was as if there was something big inside the gate that could seem.

Wei Shao got closer. The students’ attention was inside the gate, unaware of his arrival on the road behind them, still talking there.

“When will it come out?” Have been waiting for a long time! “It should

be fast.” Brother Zhang is obsessed with calligraphy and painting. Gao Bohai was invited to make a mural, but it was not viewed before the pen was finished. Brother Zhang was really itchy, and when he arrived here yesterday, he originally wanted to find an opportunity to blend in and observe Gao Bohai’s paintings, and just happened to bump into Madame Junhou coming out. According to Brother Zhang, ‘What is the fall of the country?’ Russ yes also!
The students
on the side were fascinated by what they said.

“Lady Junhou not only has the appearance of a city, but also writes a good hand. Even Gao Bohai invited her to join the inscription, which is evident.

“I heard that Gao Bohai greatly appreciated the words of the lady, the Dao font was novel, and the eyes were refreshing.” Ruolan leaf dance style, Xiuya does not lose calm, and see the wind god flowing. Such an assessment is truly fascinating.

“If I had seen Madame’s words earlier, I would have been blessed with a full eye!”

……

The students talked about it, and you said nothing to me.

Wei Shao stopped his horse, his brow furrowed, and his expression darkened.

“It’s out! It’s out! Silence! Silence!
Inside the
gate, a green figure shook down, as if a woman was about to come out.

The student who climbed on the top of the tree was the first to see it and shouted. The crowd immediately became agitated, pushing and shoving each other, scrambling to lean forward to look. As a result, when he saw a slightly plump middle-aged woman coming out of the door, he was disappointed and sighed in unison.

Wei Shao had already seen that the woman was ChunNiang. She came out, took from the carriage a thin cloak of lake blue soft silk suitable for this late spring, turned around and went inside again.

The students were overjoyed, after the disappointment, they were not dead hearted, and continued to talk about the beauty of Lady Junhou, at this time the tallest student who climbed had no intention of turning his head, and saw Wei Shao parked on horseback on the side of the road behind him, just before Wei Shao entered the city, he had seen it on the side of the road, he was impressed, he recognized it at a glance, he lost his voice and shouted “Junhou has arrived”, his hands and feet were soft, the branches could not climb, “Poof” fell to the ground, and his ass almost did not split in half.

The rest of the crowd looked back and saw that there was an extra man sitting on the back of a horse behind him, young, but his eyebrows were extremely powerful, and his two eyes shot over, and he was suddenly silent, and no one dared to speak anymore.

“Er and other county guoxue students, who did not think about dealing with the election, actually gathered here to cause trouble, and really should the academic officials be vacant?” Wei Shao said coldly.

Nowadays, the selection method of state officials is mainly to recruit and recommend. In addition, the imperial court set up Taixue, and the local counties set up county national studies, and recruited young people with outstanding local talents and personalities to enroll. The students were given heavy use by the test takers or recommended to the imperial court as officials.

Although the criteria for selecting students in Chinese studies are nominally measured by the two items of “talent and character”, in fact, except for a few poor students who are truly talented and admitted, most of them are from local families or giants. All of these students of the county Guoxue are the children of local families or large families, and they have no intention of going to school on weekdays, but they just live in the Guoxue and wait to go out to get an official and a half-job later. Life in Guoxue is boring, yesterday I heard that the young lady of the Wei Dynasty personally went to the Great Hall of the Golden Mother of the Western King to write an inscription for the mural, the beauty is amazing, one by one, the heart is full of horses, today taking advantage of the absence of the scholar, they ran here to watch from afar, hoping to see it with their own eyes. I don’t want people to see it yet, I was blocked by Wei Shao himself, how dare I make a sound, one by one, I stood with my hands down, and my head didn’t dare to lift it, lest he remember his face.

Wei Shao frowned and glanced at the group of people, half-shaking, and squeezed a “roll” word out of the gap between his teeth.

When the students were amnesty, they rushed to salute him, turned around and slipped away.

Wei Shao glanced at the back of the student who was scattered as a bird and beast, and let out a sullen breath in his chest before reaching the door of the main hall. Several of the family members who escorted Little Joe here saw him coming and rushed to meet him.

Wei Shao got off his horse and went inside, heading for the mural wall in the front hall.

The frescoes have been completed. Gao Heng deserves the title of “Bohai Crown”, on the huge wall of the tall number of zhang, the queen mother’s face is vivid, the fairy belt is flying, the auspicious cloud auspicious bird arches around, as if stepping on the clouds, the picture is solemn and gorgeous, the color is bright, people are admired, Xiao Qiao’s inscription was written for two days, which has been completed at this moment, and complements the picture, just like the finishing touch. But at this moment, she had not left, wearing the aqua blue cloak that Chunniang had just taken in, standing side by side with Gao Heng in front of the newly completed mural. Xiao Qiao looked up at the mural, and Gao Heng was talking, as if discussing something.

Not far from the side, there was Chunniang and two maids.

Wei Shao came closer, and gradually heard the conversation between Xiao Qiao and Gao Heng. It turned out to be talking about calligraphy nowadays. Wei Shao listened to Gao Heng, “… Speaking of Moya, I first recommend the Ode to the Cloud Gate, the pen gesture is indulgent, the knot body is open, the seal brushwork is used to refer to the book, and the strokes are twisted, like a whimsical sky, fluttering. I once went to Hanzhong Yunmen to stay in March, so that I could climb the mountain every day to observe the calligraphy on the West Wall, sunny and rainy morning and dusk, the temperament changed, and the inscriptions seemed to have their own charm. I talked about calligraphy with my wife, and between listening to my wife’s words, I had experience in calligraphy, and there was no lack of novelty and romance, and if I knew myself, my heart was very happy. If Madame He Ri Dekong wants to personally go to see it, I would like to recommend him as a guide…”

This Gao Heng, not only had a crown jade in his face, but also had the name of being talented from an early age, and at the age of thirteen, he was praised by Bohai Taishou, personally recommended, and entered the Chinese Studies at the age of less than sixteen. Now he is not yet thirty years old, sexually uninhibited, and a celebrity. Wei Shao saw him looking at Xiao Qiao from a distance, his eyes didn’t blink, his eyes lit up, he walked closer, and then he heard him invite himself, and the sullen breath in his chest that had just exhaled out of the gate suddenly rose back. Pick up your pace immediately.

Chunniang stood beside Xiao Qiao, heard footsteps coming from behind her, turned back, and hurriedly turned to Bow to Wei Shao, calling him “Prince”.

Xiao Qiao sniffed back and saw that Wei Shao, who had been gone for more than half a month, appeared here as if the world had fallen, and with a little trepidation, he got up and greeted him: “When did Fu Jun return?” How did you get here?

Wei Shao stopped and looked at Gao Heng.

At first, Gao Heng was only amazed by the words of the young lady of the Wei Dynasty, and worked with her to complete the mural in the past two days. The mural paintings are tall and much more difficult than usual writing on the books. But this young lady did not see the squeamishness at all, stroke by stroke, extremely serious. Be amiable. Not to mention the beauty of the face. By the time the mural was completed, he couldn’t help but feel his heart broken and admired. Therefore, although the painting just now was completed, I was reluctant to let her go like this, so I left her to talk about the stone monument of the world. The conversation was rising, but I didn’t expect Wei Shao to suddenly come, the conversation was interrupted, and I couldn’t help but feel lost, so I got up and gave Wei Shao a salute.

Wei Shao looked as usual, and he and Yan Yue exchanged a few words of greeting, and turned to Xiao Qiao: “It’s not early in the day, my grandmother is worried at home.” If things are good here, I will go home. After saying that, he nodded to Gao Heng, turned around and went outside.

Xiao Qiao said goodbye to Gao Heng, and ChunNiang and the maid packed up their belongings, accompanied Xiao Qiao out, and boarded the carriage.

Wei Shao rode in front, speechless all the way, and when the heavenly general was black, he sent her back to wei mansion.

Xiao Qiao went in, Wei Shao did not enter with her, nor did he say anything to her, and when she entered the door, he left by himselfIt was time to go to the Office.

……

The silver lights in the West House are bright.

These two days of ascending on the mural inscription, in order to ensure that it is completed in one go, before finally writing, Xiao Qiao repeatedly practiced on the wall many times, and finally finished going home, not only the arm, the right shoulder is also faintly sore. After coming out after bathing, Chunniang sat next to her and gently pinched her.

It wasn’t very late, about a little more, and Wei Shao returned.

Little Joe greeted him as usual.

She actually kind of saw that he seemed unhappy on the way to pick himself up.

It’s just that she can’t be sure, what exactly is he unhappy for.

In fact, to be honest, she was surprised to suddenly see him come to pick herself up, and even at first, she was a little flattered when she didn’t come out.

So this is even more puzzling.

Since he was willing to pick himself up in person, why did he have a stinky face on the road that he owed him money and did not pay it back?

The most direct and crude inference is that he is not happy to see other men talking too much to himself?

But Little Joe quickly overturned that speculation.

When he was greeting Gao Heng at that time, he was very normal, and he couldn’t see any unhappiness at all. Moreover, women who provoke men to be jealous of themselves are also qualified. Even if his mother had drugged him half a month ago, he had served him so hard all night, and the next day, he left Yuyang early in the morning to patrol the border city, and before leaving, he sent him out of the West House, and he did not show any signs of softening to her.

It can be seen that this is not possible.

……

“My husband has been touring the city for more than half a month, and as soon as he comes back, he will pick me up.” In fact, I don’t have to, I am very unhappy not to go.

Little Joe didn’t do anything, and helped him take off his coat as usual.

Since the last time he helped him undo his armor, once he was born and two times, now every time he comes back, it has become a common practice for Little Joe to help him undress.

Wei Shao asked her to wait, and said expressionlessly, “Grandmother told me to pick you up.” That’s

it. It turned out that it was not his own willingness, but was forced out by Madame Xu.

No wonder the face is so smelly.

“There’s Lauf Jun. Soph jun. Fujun road is hard, presumably tired, rest early.

Little Joe put the clothes he had taken off neatly and turned his head and smiled.

[End of This Chapter]