Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 43

[Chapter 43]

ChunNiang was stunned.

She had indeed heard of the name.

When she first arrived at the Wei family a few months ago, she inquired privately about Zheng Shu’s affairs, and at that time, she accidentally heard some clues from an old woman who had done things in the Wei family for many years. Later, after saying Zheng Shu in front of the lady, she was about to talk about this person when she was interrupted.

ChunNiang had originally planned to find another opportunity to tell Xiao Qiao later. But then, she found that the male Jun began to sleep with the female Jun after returning to Yuyang, and the relationship between the two seemed to be getting more and more harmonious, so Chun Niang hesitated again.

The woman named Emperor Su’e, after all, was an old thing a long time ago, married as a woman early, and now she was far away, since the harmony between the male and female monarchs, she did not seem to need to mention it in front of the female monarch again, so as not to add to her troubles out of thin air. Therefore, Chunniang never mentioned it in front of Xiao Qiao again. At this moment, I suddenly heard her ask herself, raised her eyes, and saw a pair of hazy eyes soaked in the mist of the bath soup looking at herself, hesitated, and tentatively asked: “Why did the lady suddenly mention this name?” Could it be that he heard something? When

Xiao Qiao saw her like this, he knew that she must have heard something before, and a mantis tilted its head against bai tender elbow arm and smiled: “I know something.” Chunniang knows everything, first tell me about it. ”

……

Emperor Su’e was the eldest daughter of the Su family of Marquis Xuanping of Zhongshan, and the Su family was also a relative of the King of Zhongshan. When she was born, it was said that the room was full of strange fragrances, and her mother asked the alchemist to give her a life, and the alchemist said that this woman had a very expensive life.

The Su family is already a marquis, already rich and powerful, and having a daughter has an extremely expensive life, and the implication is self-evident. The whole family rejoiced and loved her like a treasure. Emperor Su’e also lived up to the expectations of his family, gradually grew up, his posture was outstanding, and he was good at law, and his singing voice was like a lark, not only in Zhongshan, but also the fame of the Su family’s daughter gradually spread to Luoyang.

The Su family and Lady Xu were related, more than ten years ago, when Wei Shao’s father Wei Jing was still alive, the two families often moved around, and Emperor Su’e and Wei Shao knew each other when they were young, and they were very concerned about Wei Shao, who was two years younger.

At present, in addition to paying attention to the door to the door, it is also popular to ask for a big wife, and it is advisable for the woman to be three or two years older than the man. When Su Wei grew up, the two families saw that the two were very well matched, and once had the idea of marriage. When Wei Shao was twelve years old, the Wei family had a major change, Wei Jing and the eldest son were both killed, the Wei family lost its top pillar, and for several years, the Wei family relied on Lady Xu for independent support, and the situation was difficult. In the first year, the two families still had contact, and gradually, the exchange between the two families became sparse. Three years later, when Wei Shao was fifteen years old, the year he began his first military command under the cultivation of Lady Xu, the seventeen-year-old Emperor Su’e was married, and her husband was Liu Li, the brother of Emperor Xuan at the time, Zuo Fengyi, and after the marriage, Emperor Su’e settled in Luoyang with her husband and entered and left the palace, and before long, she was given the title of “Lady Yulou” of Luoyang.

It is said that her husband was very fond of her, and specially built a Hualou for her in the north of Luoyang Litai, called Yulou, and she also had this title.

……

The past that Chunniang heard about Emperor Su’e from the mouth of the old lady of the Wei family was inevitably scaled and half clawed, and it was probably these things.

Chunniang did not know that Tian’s jealousy was red, the Han Dynasty was in decline, Emperor Su’e had been in Luoyang for less than three years, and Emperor Xuan had died of a violent illness. Emperor Xuan had no heirs, and had two brothers, one was Liu Li, the husband of Emperor Su’e, and the other was Liu Ai, the king of Hedong, and the two fought, and the hundred officials of the imperial court also had their own sides, and when they could not stand each other, Shi Xingxun, the most powerful assassin in Henan at that time, led a large army into Luoyang, saying that Liu Laixuan, emperor of Liu Ai, killed Liu Ai in the name of King Qin, and chose the seven-year-old Liu Tong from the clan as emperor and controlled the government himself. Liu Li was also strictly monitored. Liu Li was depressed, he died of illness last year, And Emperor Wenjun of Su’e was newly widowed, and for some reason, he was now back in Zhongshan.

……

“Besides those, when husband Jun was young, what kind of relationship did he have with Lady Yulou?” Chunniang, if you know, don’t hide from me, be sure to tell me!

Little Joe asked.

Chun Niang obviously didn’t want to say more, but she couldn’t stand Little Qiao’s pampering, so she had to say again: “… I haven’t heard much else… Just listen to the old woman’s words, although the male Jun and the family general were killed out of the siege, but also seriously injured, raised for half a year, those days, Su Nu has been left in the Wei family to take care of…”

Xiao Qiao’s eyes blinked, and a diamond-like bead of water condensed by the mist on her eyelashes rolled down.

“The water is all cold, get up and get dressed, and then soak it down and cool it carefully.”

Chunniang said it, and as if she had some regrets, she hurriedly stopped and changed her mouth to urge Xiao Qiao to come out.

Little Joe sighed, smiled at Chunniang, took the bath towel handed to him, and got up and came out of the water.

……

That night Motoshi died. The next day, Zhongshan Guoguo mourned. Mourning was issued seven days later. Mrs. Xu stayed until the end of the funeral, tired and mournful for many days, and in the early morning of the next day after the funeral, she was going to leave for the funeral, but she couldn’t get up. Liu Duan was very frightened and postponed the consultation of the Tai Doctor. Fortunately, it was diagnosed that Madame Xu was only infected with a small illness, and after taking the medicine, Xiao Qiao served day and night on the side, and after a few days, she slowly recovered. Liu Duan breathed a sigh of relief, and his service became more and more attentive.

Lady Xu was recuperating for a few more days, her illness was cured, and she counted this trip out, it had been nearly a month before and after, and she remembered the war in Wei Shao, and chose a day to leave for return.

On the eve of the return trip, Liu Duan set up a banquet again at the palace to send off. Mrs. Xu was tired and did not show her face, so she asked Xiao Qiao to attend on her behalf. That night, Zhong Mi accompanied the attendants on the side, Xiao Qiaohua dressed in a grand appearance, bright and scorching, sitting in the middle of the main seat of the distinguished guests, surrounded by the royal family and a number of male and female guests, the reward was decent, and the temperament was revealed.

After returning from the banquet, Lady Xu asked Zhong Mi privately.

Zhong Mi replied: “Lady Concubine, Quality Mao Xianyi, all four seats are dressed, and there is the style of the old lady in those days.” ”

……

When Lady Xu ended this nearly one-month expedition and took Xiao Qiao on the road back to Yuyang, the two armies of Wei Shao and Chen Xiang, who were far away in Taihang, had already had several roundabout attempts and confrontations, each with its own advances and retreats, and yesterday, the two armies finally encountered Leping in the north of Taihang.

In the late spring of April, above the boundless wilderness of Leping, the grass is green and the flowers are confused. On such a late spring morning, Wei Shao and Chen Xiang’s more than 300,000 horses and horses fought together.

This is the largest number of warring sides in the north and the fiercest fighting in the past decade. After so many years of fighting each other, The two largest warlords in the north, Wei Shao of Youzhou and Chen Xiang of Hezhou, seemed to have become impatient with each other, each eager for this last battle to completely eliminate the opponent and then realize the decisive victory of their ambitions to unify the north. The infantry and horses of the two sides were all thrown in, and after the battle of the formation, when the two armies really fought together, in the end, only the hand-to-hand combat, planning, and strategy were all useless in this flat wilderness.

The Great War began early in the morning, and the originally quiet and beautiful Le Plains became a purgatory on earth. Everywhere were the dead and the wounded struggling in pools of blood. In the last pile of bloody people who were entangled and fell, it was no longer clear which ones came from the state and those from the state of Youzhou.

After the soldiers lasted for several hours, Sergeant Chen Xiang finally couldn’t hold on, and some people began to retreat and flee.

Although Chen Xiang’s foundation in Hezhou was also passed down from his grandfather’s generation, it can be said that it was deeply rooted, but Chen Xiang was narrow-minded, employed many people as cronies, and liked to hear rumors, the law was unclear, the management of the army was lax, the combat effectiveness and Wei Shaojun were not at the same level, the two armies fought to this point where they were either dead or alive, once the army was scattered, it was like a flock of sheep frightened, and soon Chen Xiang’s sergeants rushed to flee for their lives, and General Chen Xiang could not stop the decline even by beheading several barnyard generals who took the lead in escaping. Wei Shao’s army took the opportunity to beat the drum and attack, and chased out for more than twenty miles in one breath, Chen Xiangjun threw away his armor and armor, and discarded countless weights along the way, Chen Xiang was defeated, and finally escaped under the desperate protection of his cronies, and when he fled to the Jinyang Road, he got the news that Jinyang had been attacked by Wei Shao’s other soldiers and horses, and in desperation, he raised his sword to cut himself, and was blocked by his cronies on the side, and after some consultation, he hurriedly went south to join Cao Jin in the east of the old Jiaohe. Several times he wanted revenge, but his strength was weak, he collapsed, and the old injury recurred the following year, and he died of depression.

……

The next day, Wei Shao’s army entered Jinyang. Li Dian took over the defense of the city, and Wei Quan appeased the people. More than two hundred people from Chen Xiang’s family were captured, and the men were killed and the women were enslaved. Wei Shao entered the Jinyang Envoy Office, and the deputy general Tan Shi came to report that fang had noticed in a group of escorted female prisoners that there was a woman with a tall figure that was different from others, walking in a twisted and twisted manner, and his heart was suspicious, and he went forward to inspect and recognized that it was Chen Rui, the son of Chen Xiang. Chen Ruijian was discovered, killed two escorted sergeants and escaped, and was later captured alive, asking Wei Shao how to deal with it.

Wei Shao had not slept all night last night, and at the moment he was still wearing a blood-stained suit, his eyes were red, and when he heard Chen Rui’s name, he was disgusted, and he didn’t think about it, so he immediately let him beheaded. Tan Fu was about to leave, and he said hatefully, “Chen Rui was caught here, and he was full of foul language and insulted the prince, and the beheading was really cheap for him!” Wei Shao

had already gone inside, but when he suddenly heard it, he stopped and let Tan Fu bring the people. Tan Fu got the order and quickly escorted Chen Rui over.

……

At the beginning of the Battle of Shiyi, Chen Huan was captured, Chen Rui luckily escaped through the grave pile, and after sneaking back to Jinyang, he never mentioned his miscommandment in front of Chen Xiang, and put all the responsibility for the loss of the city on Chen Huan.

Chen Xiang and Chen Huan were not born from the same mother. Chen Huan had many years of merit in guarding Shi Yi, and won the hearts of the people, even the people of Jinyang mentioned Chen Huan, and often had words of praise, Chen Xiang had long been secretly jealous of this brother in his heart, and now that Shi Yi was lost, he was angry with him, coupled with Chen Rui’s complaint of reversing black and white, instead of blaming Chen Rui, he believed it all, bent on regaining Shi Yixue’s shame. Before joining forces with Xue Tai, he was well-intentioned and planned to crush Wei Shao with one blow. In the Battle of Leping, in order to stay behind, Chen Rui was ordered to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to defend Jinyang. Unexpectedly, after a defeat, Leping was defeated miserably, and Jinyang was also captured. When the city was broken, Chen Rui had no way to escape, and when he saw a group of camp prostitutes, he had a clever move and disguised himself as a woman. He was feminine in appearance, dressed as a woman, and at first glance he looked like he was just holding the Buddha’s feet temporarily, and the walking posture he learned was really weird, but it attracted the attention of Tanfu and was caught and tied up.

Chen Rui was still wearing women’s clothes at the moment, and a flower was inserted on his head, which at first glance was also a symbol of a woman, but the five flowers on his body were tied up, and his mouth had just been red and swollen by the tanfu fan, and at this moment, when he came to Wei Shao, he refused to show any weakness, and still stood up straight and broke his mouth and scolded: “Wei Shao, you are a Youzhou thief!” Grandpa falls into your hands, if you frown, Grandpa will do turtle climbing! The last time the bad guys did good things, and now they have taken me from the Chen family city pool, and I will turn into a powerful ghost and I will also give birth to ru meat!

Wei Shao walked toward him, his eyes grim.

“Come, come! Kill me!

Chen Ruizhi knew that today he had no way to live, his heart was crossed, he just wanted to please a quick tongue, haha laughed: “Are you a Qiao girl or your wife?” Her heart was already here for me! The last time I was brought into the city, I made a pair of happy gods with her that night! I Chen Rui has countless royal daughters in her life, and she can be regarded as the first special thing I have encountered! Tofu-like soles of feet, a bite is also a soul! Qiao Nu was intoxicated by my royal charm, saying that Wei Shao was incompetent, and did not give her half a bit of happiness, and tasted the joy of the bed in my place! Ha ha! After sleeping with the beauty, I Chen Rui is dead, and I am also a ghost under the flowers, it is worth it…”

Wei Shao’s five fingers clenched into a fist, and the green tendons of the bone joints bulged violently, and he punched Chen Rui’s chest. In the clear sound of “Kara” bone cracking, Chen Rui’s several sternums were broken in unison, and the person also flew out, smashed into the wall behind him, and fell to the ground.

Chen Rui kept vomiting blood in his mouth, lying on the ground and gasping heavily, his mouth still muttering vaguely.

The green tendons on Wei Shao’s forehead were still raging, and his crimson eyes were staring at Chen Rui on the ground, and he said to Tanfu, “Cut off the roots of his descendants and plug them into his mouth!” ”

……

On the eve of his departure, Emperor Su’e also came to say goodbye to Lady Xu again, but in the end she did not see Lady Xu’s face. Zhong Mi went out and said to her very politely that the old lady was in distress after her illness and was going to leave early tomorrow, and she had already rested at this time. Emperor Su’e then asked Xiao Qiao, and Zhong Mi said that when the lady returned from the palace banquet, she was a little drunk and not suitable for guests. Madame’s wishes, she will each convey on her behalf. Emperor Su’e was smiling at that time, did not see any different colors, and chatted with Zhong Mi for two more words before leaving.

The next day, Xiao Qiao set off on the road with Mrs. Xu. Liu Rui, the king of Zhongshan, took a cadre of wenwu and sent Lady Xu far away from the city. It went smoothly and returned to Yuyang a few days later.

Two days later, on a very ordinary afternoon, Xiao Qiao was summoned by Madame Xu and found that Madame Zhu was also there.

Madame Zhu smiled and looked very happy. It had been so long, and it was the first time Little Joe had seen such a look on her face.

On the desk in Mrs. Xu’s hand, there was a scroll. She told Xiao Qiao in a very calm voice that her husband, Wei Shao, had already captured Jinyang a few days ago, and that he would return in the near future.

[End of This Chapter]