Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 70

[Chapter 69 7]

Wei Yu left Yuyang in the evening of the same day.

He was born in Sri Lanka, grew up in Si, twenty-eight years, and now he is gone, leaving only one man and one horse.

He walked alone to the bronze double lion gate in the Wei mansion in the north of the city, knelt down on his knees facing the gate, prostrated his head, and got up to leave.

Night is falling. Wei Yu led his horse through the streets of Yuyang. The streets are lined with passers-by who are anxious to return home. In front of a half-open door on the side of the road, the voice of a woman calling her children into the house for dinner was heard. The child was four or five years old, Ben crouched in front of the door and grabbed a stone to play, heard his mother calling, should get up and look down and run, just bumped into Wei Yu’s body, rebounded and sat down on the ground, because his ass fell and hurt, he was about to cry, seeing this adult who stopped looking at himself Looking a little strange, and the person he usually saw seemed to be different, felt fear in his heart, stopped crying, and only looked at him with a frightened look.

Wei Yu’s gaze settled on the child for a moment. Crouched down and held out his hand to him.

The child was even more frightened and hurriedly got up to run. Seeing this man seemed to wince slightly. Then he grabbed a large amount of money from his coat, put it on the ground, and pulled his mouth stiffly at himself, as if smiling at himself.

The mother could not recall the child, came out to look for him, and suddenly saw him sitting on the ground, crouching in front of a man with a raw face, and immediately drank: “Who are you?” Jue Hanzi was strange, seemed to be evil, and his heart was uneasy, so he hurriedly turned back and called his husband out loudly.

Wei Yu stood up and led his horse to continue heading forward.

The child forgot his fear, sat on the ground and turned his head, watching the man’s back fade away.

As the night grew heavier, the lights of every household gradually lit up one by one.

Wei Yu stopped opposite the mounted red shop at the moment when the lights of the Ten Thousand Houses were lit all over the city.

The shop was about to close. It was still the same treasurer as before, and at the moment he was at the door with the wall door on the ground. The interior was faintly visible, just like the scene when he first met her that day.

Wei Yu looked at it for a moment. Suddenly, he turned on his horse and galloped towards the city gate.

He begged to go. Say to them, in order to seek a smooth and happy heart.

The Wei family also responded to his request and let him go.

Only he himself knows that the heart has nowhere to go, it is shaking, what is smoothness, what is happiness? Even he didn’t know. All he knew was that for the rest of his life, no matter where he went, he would not find true peace.

……

Two days later, Wei Arrived at the Sangan River.

Flowing through this sand river, which is defaulted to as a border, is the situation of the Xiongnu.

Wei Yu saw that on the meadow ground on the bank of the river estuary, there was a man sitting on a horse in the distance, as if he had been waiting here for some time.

He gradually slowed down his horse and walked toward the man, and finally stopped, looked at the man, and slowly showed a smile on his face: “Second brother, I didn’t expect you to be willing to give me the last ride.” Wei Shao was

expressionless, raised his arm and waved, and behind him, two sergeants carried a large pocket and placed it on the meadow ground.

The mouth of the pocket was tied, and inside it seemed to be a small living thing, writhing and struggling in the bag.

“Do you know why I set fire to your dwelling?” Wei Shao said coldly, “I don’t want you or my brother to be suspicious.” Some people want you and me to turn against each other. Unfortunately, I was tricked into succeeding, and now I have nothing to say. This Lan Ji, I wanted to kill, thinking that it was your woman, or left it at your disposal. I’m here to give you one last ride, and it’s been twenty years of brotherhood. In the future, each will obey the destiny. The mouth of the

bag opened, revealing a woman who was struggling, her head was scattered, and she looked like a mess, it was the darling Ji Lanyun who was beside Wei Yu before.

Lan Yun’s hands were tied, his mouth was also stuffed, he couldn’t speak, he suddenly had to see the sky, he saw Wei Yu sitting on a horse in front of him, with a surprise on his face, waiting for help, and saw that although he cast a gaze, his eyes were cold and merciless, and he was suddenly terrified and looked at him timidly.

Wei Yu slowly raised his eyes, and finally landed on Wei Shao’s face. The two sat on their horses, their eyes facing each other, and no one made another sound.

Wei Shao’s eyes were gloomy, and he and Wei Yu looked at each other for a moment, then suddenly pulled up the reins of the horse, drank a drink, and dropped the horse and left.

Not far away, his retinue immediately followed. The figure of a group of horses gradually disappeared at the end of the meadow.

……

Three days have passed since Adi left. Wei Shao sent Ah Di out of the city that day, and he never came back.

Little Qiao knew that Mrs. Xu had also gone out that day. Later, when he returned to the house, he lay down that day.

When Little Qiao went to see her, he saw that she was mentally committed, and seemed to have lost even the strength to speak, lying on the bed, as if he was suddenly old.

Little Joe’s heart was very heavy.

She vaguely guessed that there should be something wrong with Wei Yu’s side.

But what exactly went wrong, why Did Madame Xu get bedridden as soon as she came back, where did Wei Shao go these days, she was not half-measured.

The only thing that can be determined is that in the past few days, not only has there been an accident in the Wei family, but also the accident has been very serious.

Since it was related to Wei Yu, Xiao Qiao’s reaction was that she had thought that the so-called Wei Yu admiration for herself had been revealed to heaven.

Otherwise she really couldn’t think of what it would be.

Her heart was heavy and anxious, as if she were a sinner. On the evening of this day, Wei Shao had not yet returned. She went to the North House to serve Lady Xu.

The sun sets. This room, which is always well lit during the day, is gradually shrouded in a gray shadow at this moment. Zhong Mi came in to hold the lamp, And Madame Xu on the bed moved, as if she had woken up, and Xiao Qiao hurried forward and helped her up with Zhong Mi.

Madame Xu sat up, and her eyes fell on Xiao Qiao’s face, as if she was thinking of something.

Little Joe’s heart was beating hard, and some did not dare to look at her. Moments later, she was heard saying she was hungry and wanted to eat. Xiao Qiao hurriedly got up, and Lady Xu said, “Tell Zhong Mi to go.” Zhong

Mi went. There was only little Joe left in the room. Madame Xu asked Xiao Qiao to sit on the edge of her bed and ask Wei Shao. Little Joe said he hadn’t returned for three days. Madame Xu was distracted for a moment and said, “He is the eldest brother who went to send him.”

“His cousin went to the land of the Huns.” Madame Xu said again.

Little Joe was taken aback.

Madame Xu was silent for a moment: “You are Shao’er’s wife, and there are some things that should be known to you.” Yu’er had a special birth, and his father was a Hun. Now that he’s going to pass, I can’t keep him anymore, I can only let him go.

Little Qiao looked at Madame Xu sheepishly.

Madame Xu stared at little Joe in the twilight shroud.

“What a beautiful child! No wonder…”

She sighed.

Little Joe’s heart was beating wildly, and he immediately knelt down in front of the bed, bowed his head, and said, “It’s all my fault, please forgive my grandmother!”
Madame
Xu turned her head, looked at her kneeling in front of her bed for a moment, and slowly shook her head.

“What do I blame you for?” You’re not wrong with that, either. The curse I planted myself thirty years ago, and now it has come to an end. Destiny.

Little Qiao slowly looked up and looked at Madame Xu.

She looked tired, and her gaze no longer fell on herself, but over her head, to the setting sun beyond the west window.

“When Shao’er comes back, you may be relieved of him.”

Mrs. Xu finally said. Tone of voice and temperature.

……

Mrs. Xu ate something, sat down for a moment, and lay down again.

Little Joe stayed with her until she fell asleep, and then returned to the Westinghouse.

She hadn’t seen Chu in the past few days. She doesn’t want her to go over now. Little Qiao didn’t have the heart to care about her so much, after the North House returned, when he was in a daze in the room, he suddenly heard familiar footsteps in the courtyard outside, and his heart jumped and he rushed out.

Wei Shao is back!

He was a dusty servant, and he had probably not taken care of his appearance on the road, and a layer of light blue stubble appeared on his cheeks on both sides, and the person looked tired and sleepy.

Little Joe welcomed him into the room. Ask him if he eats first or bathes first. He said bathe. Little Joe asked him to prepare water. Soon ready, she followed and served herself.

Wei Shao was immersed in the bath tub, and the water flooded to his shoulders on either side. He rested his arms around the edge of the tub, his head back, his eyes closed.

Little Joe knelt behind him, untied his hair, soaked it with water, applied the rose-scented hair cream, pressed his fingertips on his scalp, gently kneaded the foam with his palms, rinsed it with clean water, and then took a dry cloth towel to wipe away the wet water, and finally helped him re-curl his hair and pin it with a jade hairpin.

It was as if he had fallen asleep, his eyes closed, his expression calm, motionless.

Little Joe glanced at him. Seeing that he still had some rose foam on his cheek that he had accidentally wiped, he reached out and wiped it.

Her fingertips touched his cheek, his eyelashes fluttered, he opened his eyes, let out a “whoosh” and stood up from the water.

Little Joe silently served him to dress.

He put on a civilian suit and told Xiao Qiao that he had gone to the office to deal with the official business that had been piled up a few days ago, and told her to rest earlier and not wait for him. Finished talking and leaving.

Little Joe had been waiting for him. Wait until it’s almost time. I remembered the tired look on his face when he returned. After hesitating, he changed his clothes, ordered the car to be prepared, and drove himself to the office. At the door, the guard sergeant recognized her and hurried over to greet her. Little Qiao asked the prince if he was there, and the sergeant said that the prince had never come out since he entered in the evening.

Little Joe entered with the food box in his hand and went to his study in the back hall where she had been last time.

The study doors and windows were closed tightly, revealing the lights.

Xiao Qiao stopped in front of the door, took a deep breath, raised his hand and gently knocked on the door, “Husband, can I come in?”
After
she finished speaking, she pushed open the hidden door and saw Wei Shaoduan sitting behind the big case. With a pen in his hand, he is writing a book. The corners are piled high and low volumes and scrolls. Seeing that he looked up, he looked as if he was frightened, so he smiled, walked over, knelt down across from him, and said, “I see that my husband jun has not returned for a long time, I am afraid that the case is heavy, I am afraid that you are hungry in your belly, thinking that the road is not far anyway, and there should be few people in the office at night, so I will come and bring you some food.” She opened the

food box, took out the bowl that was still dripping with warm heat, opened the lid, put it in front of him, and took the spoon and handed it over.

A delicate piece of jade finger, gently pinching the white spice spoon, was delivered to Wei Shao’s face.

Wei Shao raised his eyes and looked at her again. At first, it was not picked up.

Little Qiao met his gaze and smiled at him slightly: “When you eat me, I will leave, don’t disturb your business.” Wei Shao

took the spoon and ate it with his head down. Quickly finished eating. Little Joe handed over a handkerchief. He took the rub. Little Joe took back the empty bowl and put it in the food box, stood up and said, “So I’ll go back first.” Husband Jun also returned earlier, do not get too tired. She bowed slightly to Wei Shao, who was

still sitting behind the case, leaned over to lift the food box, and turned to the door.

Only after taking a few steps, he overheard a slight movement behind him, turned his head, saw that Wei Shao had already gotten up from behind the case and rushed up, his arm was extended, and he immediately took her from behind into his arm, tightly clamped her, and then picked her up, hurried back to the edge of the bed where he was sitting, and laid her down.

[End of This Chapter]