Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 3

[Chapter 3: Biyan]

After his father left, Xiao Qiao and Zuo Ci waited nervously. About half an hour later, when he saw him return, Qiao Ci hurriedly greeted him and asked, “Father, can you say that you have moved uncle?”

Little Qiao saw his father’s brow slightly locked, and his heart cooled. Sure enough, Qiao Ping shook his head: “Your uncle is bent on peace, I’m afraid he can’t move!”

Qiao Ci went outside and was stopped by Qiao Ping: “Stop! This is the end of the matter, and it is useless to say more!

Qiao Ci froze, looking depressed.

Qiao Ping paused, his tone slowed down slightly, and then said, “The Wei family may not accept this family affair.” Wait and see. If you are lucky enough, then the father will mention contactIng Chen Liu again, it is expected that your uncle will not object.
Although
he said this, Little Joe heard it, and his father actually did not have any big hopes for this.

Qiao Ci believed it to be true, and his face showed a look of expectation.

Qiao Ping looked at Xiao Qiao, hesitated, and said softly: “Brutal, you should accompany your sister more, and persuade her to be more relaxed.” Marriage doesn’t necessarily happen. Ten thousand steps back, even if it becomes, that Wei Shao is young and has the name of a hero, as a party overlord, and his appearance is also British and American, which is also a good match. ”

……

That night, Little Joe and Big Joe slept together again. Xiao Qiao saw that Big Qiao was very thoughtful, but he still forced a smile in front of him, and he never mentioned half a sentence of marriage, and his heart was even more sad.

Her father asked her to comfort Big Joe. But she felt that all words of relief were so pale and powerless that they did not help.

The two sisters slept face to face, and in the dim night, Xiao Qiao suddenly heard his cousin’s voice coming over: “Brutal, you haven’t seen Liu Shizi for some time, right?” ”

……

The “Liu Shizi” in Big Qiao’s mouth is Xiao Qiao’s current fiancé, the former husband of the Later Emperor Liu Yan, the character Maoqing. Only now, Liu Maoqing was still just an unappreciated eldest son in the Langya Kingdom that was divided into Han Chambers. When he was thirteen years old, his stepmother, in order to support her son to ascend to the throne, entered a rumor in front of his father, saying that he was flirting with himself, and the king of Langya, who had already favored his young son, listened to the rumors, deposed him as a commoner, and expelled him from Langya. Because his aunt was Xiao Qiao’s aunt, he came to Yanzhou and asked for shelter.

At that time, the Han Dynasty was in decline, and in the imperial capital of Luoyang, the fourteen-year-old young emperor who had been supported to the throne by Xiang Xingxun seven years ago was like a puppet, and the government was actually controlled by Xiang Xingxun. The emperor was like this, not to mention that the Liu family in the divided kingdom had no prestige to speak of in front of many local warlords who supported the army and respected themselves, so the Qiao family was not afraid of the King of Langya and took in Liu Yan. He is outstanding in appearance and talented, and he is very loved by Qiao Ping and takes care of him in many ways. Finally, three years ago, when he was eighteen years old, the king of Langya listened to the advice of his subordinates, knew that he had wronged his eldest son, regretted his actions, and took him back. Shortly thereafter, the King of Langya sent an envoy to Yanzhou, intending to marry Xiao Qiao for Liu Yan.

Qiao Ping had already seen it, his daughter Xiao Qiao and Liu Yan were in agreement, asked Xiao Qiao what she meant, saw her shy, and knew that she was willing, and immediately agreed to the marriage, and the two made a marriage contract, scheduled to be next year, when Xiao Qiao was fifteen years old, they would get married.

Half a year ago, Liu Yan had borrowed the name of Qiao Yue’s heshou and came to Dong County once. He had missed Xiao Qiao for a long time, and originally thought that he could take this opportunity to meet Xiao Qiao and complain about the pain of lovesickness, but he did not know why, Xiao Qiao always avoided himself, and finally could only leave.

……

The nightmare of the past life left a deep psychological shadow on Xiao Qiao, lingering, not to mention, she is no longer the little Qiao who grew up with Liu Yan, and she has no feelings for this fiancé, so she avoided meeting at that time. At this moment, I suddenly heard Big Joe mention him, and I was slightly frightened.

These days, she opened her eyes and closed her eyes during the day and night, thinking about the marriage of her cousin Big Joe, almost forgetting that she was also a person with a marriage contract, and the wedding date was also approaching, just next year.

“Brutal, if Sister Ah gets married this time, the north is far away, and when you get married next year, I’m afraid you won’t be able to come back.” In the future, our sisters are afraid that it will be difficult to see each other again. Fortunately, you and Shizi have the same heart, and after marriage, you must also be Luanfeng and Ming, and Sister Ah has nothing to worry about.

Little Joe heard her say in a gentle tone. As soon as my heart ached, my eyes slowly warmed up.

Big Joe didn’t notice her strange appearance, and continued to laugh: “Your needle and thread were not good before, and these two years are even worse.” Sister Ah also has nothing to give you, I thought that you will marry next year, the Liu family is a royal family, and the needlework for the Liu family to honor cannot be sloppy, so at the beginning of the year, take advantage of your leisure time, and Chunniang to help you make some things, all placed in her place. Now that the preparation is almost complete, there is only a pair of naked spoons to be honored to your father-in-law, because it takes a lot of work, so it is put at the end. Sister A has a head, the color matching is a little uncertain, do you want to see, how is it good, let’s discuss…”

Big Joe moved his body, to get up from the bed, was held down by Little Joe, and said in a voice as smooth as possible: “Thank you Sister A.” Don’t look. Sister is also tired, go to sleep.

Big Joe said, “I’m anxious, I’m afraid I’m going to have to do it before I can finish it…” She stopped, was silent, and smiled: “Tomorrow is also good.” Let’s go to bed first. ”

……

The house was quiet.

Big Joe seemed to sleep very soundly, motionless, and his breathing was very stable.

Little Joe had been awake at first, and in the early hours of the second half of the night, sleepiness finally struck, and when he was slightly hazy, he suddenly noticed that big Joe, who was sleeping on the outside of himself, moved his body, and then, creeping off the bed, not lighting the lamp, through the moonlight coming in through the window, he dressed in the dark, and then he gently went outside, slowly opened the door, passed through the sleeping maid outside, and left the bedroom.

Little Joe at first thought she was up at night, so she didn’t make a sound, but she didn’t feel right, and when Big Joe went out, he suddenly thought of an incident that had happened in his previous life, and he immediately got up quickly from the bed, dressed randomly, held his breath and walked out gently.

Tonight the moonlight is cold, and the courtyard is shining. When she stepped over the threshold, she saw Big Joe’s figure flashing rapidly on the side of the flower window, as if it had gone in the direction of the back garden.

……

Deep in the flowers and trees of Joe’s back garden, a young man was already waiting there at the moment.

His face is handsome, his body is as strong and agile as a cheetah, and every muscle contains great power ready to erupt at any time.

The wall in joe’s back garden was two people high, but it was not difficult for him at all.

He stood fixedly in a dim corner where the moonlight could not shine, his back engulfed by the night, blending into this boundless darkness.

He had been waiting here for a long time, and the thin patched burlap on his body had been soaked in the cold of the winter night.

But he didn’t feel cold at all.

He did not know his sweetheart, so that the noble and noble woman in the king’s palace would not come here to meet him. But he still came here early to wait.

In his heart, a cluster of flames was burning at the moment, and although this flame was weak and small, it could be extinguished at any time, but it was enough to warm himself up on such a cold night.

When he was born, one eye was green, and the night was shining, and his parents thought it was strange, very frightened, and threw him near a pigsty next to the Joe’s horse farm, and he did not freeze to death, and was offered to the pigs by the sow, ate the milk of the sow, and survived. When Ma Kui found out, he thought it was strange and repaid the owner of the house, who was left behind and raised as a slave in the horse farm.

He had no last name, no first name. Because he was left in the pigsty at birth, Biyan became his name.

……

Little Joe followed her to the back garden, and in the distance saw her cousin first being hugged by the young man who had come out of the shadows, and then she broke free with force, as if she were talking to him.

Her heart immediately understood.

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In a previous life, not long after Big Joe got married, this Manu, named Biyan, also disappeared one day. There were hundreds of slaves in the Qiao family, and one less did not attract too much attention from the owner of the house, and the search was fruitless, so it was stopped. A few years later, the drought in Jiangnan led to great chaos, and the displaced people wandered everywhere, gradually becoming a number of thieves, among which a green-eyed thief rose up from time to time, annexed all kinds of forces, and gradually became a climate, and finally occupied Huaiyin and declared himself a marshal. At that time, Luoyang Xingxun sent soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress, but he repeatedly suffered defeats, coupled with the tight war with Wei Shao, he could not do it, and could only let his enclosure be the mainstay. Later, just as Wei Shao destroyed Xingxun, captured Luoyang, and dominated the Central Plains, this green-eyed thief who had always been solitary suddenly volunteered to surrender to Liu Yan, who had been established as emperor of han in Yongdu by a group of ministers loyal to the Han court. Liu Yan was short of major generals at that time, and he was very happy, and he was named the King of Huaiyin, and he openly made enemies with Wei Shao.

It can be said that if it were not for the obstruction and counterattack of this Huaiyin King, who was like a world-

The final ending of this Huaiyin king is also quite legendary.

After the Weinan Decisive Battle, which finally determined the outcome of the world, the King of Huaiyin disappeared in the rebel army. Some say he’s dead, some say he fled after disfiguring himself. Wei Shao hated this person to the bone, and with a reward of thousands of gold and ten thousand households, he ordered that he should see people in life and corpses in death. But it was always fruitless. It was not until half a year later that news reached Wei Shao, saying that someone seemed to have seen a person who looked like the King of Huaiyin appear near the tomb of the Wei family’s ancestors. Wei Shao immediately rushed over, but he did not notice anything unusual. Later, it was found that the deserted tomb outside the mausoleum had been broken, the loess cave was empty, and the coffin was missing.

After Wei Shao’s abolition, Qiao’s daughter was buried in this lonely grave outside the mausoleum after her death, and she was buried in this lonely tomb outside the mausoleum.

[End of This Chapter]