Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 89

[Chapter 88]

That night, Little Joe refused to sleep with Big Joe anymore and left the room by himself. Leaving Biyan and Big Joe, the couple glanced at each other. Bi Yan went up, picked up his wife, sent her to the edge of the bed, carefully and gently put her down, and sat down next to her, his palm gently caressing her belly that was already bulging after lying down, and said: “Did the little guy kick you again today?” Big Joe rested

on his husband’s shoulder, a happy smile appeared on his face, and muttered, “In the morning, he moved around in my stomach again, and woke me up early.” Bi

Yan bowed his head, kissed her forehead, and said softly, “You’ve worked hard.” When the little guy comes out, if it’s a boy, I’ll spank him in the ass and tell him to kick you.

Big Joe laughed and let him lie down with himself, grabbed the wide palm of his palm full of thick cocoons, pressed it to his soft cheek, rubbed it gently, and suddenly said: “Last night, Sister A praised you to me, saying that you are very remarkable.” I also think so. It’s just that I can’t figure it out, where did you learn the ability to lead soldiers to fight? Bi Yanbi’s

eyes flashed slightly, and she looked at his wife with curiosity and admiration, thought about it, and said, “I don’t know.” Xu is born. I remember when I was young, I once inadvertently saw your uncle leading the soldiers to the horse farm to practice, and my uncle was like a god of war, and the roar of the soldiers was tremendous, and at that moment, I was shocked. I said to myself in my heart, I’m going to be like your uncle when I grow up. I began to use the horses in the horse farm to train soldiers. I imagined that I was their general and that they were my soldiers. I have so many soldiers, if I encounter the enemy, how should I command…”

He said, suddenly seeing Big Joe looking at himself intently, he couldn’t help but be slightly ashamed, and stopped: “Make you laugh, right?”

Big Joe shook his head: “I’m going to listen, you go on.”

Bi Yan smiled and said, “Later, when I was older, a steward in the horse farm, although my legs and feet were inconvenient now, I was the horse archer in your Qiao family’s army.” He took a fancy to me and said that I had the qualifications to learn martial arts and teach me martial arts archery when I had time. I like it very much, and I dream that I am practicing martial arts. He taught me for a few years and treated me well, but he fell ill and died. For a while, I was sad. Later, I’ll be older…”

BiYan bowed his head and stared at his wife.

“…… I see you. From the first sight of you, I can never forget it again. I remember the way you looked every time you got on and off the carriage. I really never dreamed that one day, you would actually become my wife…”

Big Joe put his arm around her husband’s neck and kissed him deeply on the lips.

For a long time, the two separated. Bi Yan gasped slightly, trying to calm the longing of his body that had been drawn by his wife’s watery tenderness, and whispered in her ear, “You know you’ve been worried about me.” Don’t be afraid, I’m here. I have made thorough preparations, confident that I can repel Xue Tai and there will be no accidents.

Big Joe shook his head and said slowly, “I’m not afraid now.” From the first day I walked with you, I said to myself, I have identified you in this life. You live, I live with you. If you have a bad one, I will go with you. I’m not afraid! Bi

yan stared at his wife, suddenly held her face, and kissed her deeply again.

……

Early the next morning, the sky was bright, Xiao Qiao got up, and the spring lady who was with her finished packing up, and Bi Yan sent her out of the village.

He and his wife originally lived in the hunting village in the mountains outside Lingbi County, and more and more people turned to them, and the daily training of soldiers and horses reached thousands of people, and the hunting village could not accommodate it for a long time. Three months ago, just southwest of the county seat of Yamashita, there was a Hujiazhuang owner, first his only son had a grudge against Xue Tai for being killed, and then he was forced to hand over his field wealth, and in a fit of rage, he heard of Bi Yan’s name, surrendered to welcome him into the village, honored him as the head, gave up the field wealth, helped buy horses and weapons, and only avenged him for the day. Bi Yan reorganized his troops in Hujiazhuang and built a solid iron barrel for Zhuangzi, with a radius of twenty miles, and set up a fence at every other pavilion, and the news exchanged smoothly and smoothly.

In the past few days that Little Joe came, he lived in Zhuangzhong. Before leaving, say goodbye to Qiao Ci.

This time she came to Lingbi, although Bi Yan personally went to greet her, and Jia Kai and others escorted her, but Qiao Ci still followed Xiao Qiao over. I had planned to go with her again. Not wanting to suddenly hear that Xue Tai was attacking, Qiao Ci’s palms itched and said that he wanted to stay and help his brother-in-law.

Biyan didn’t want him to stay. But Qiao Ci insisted, saying that he wanted to go through more experience, and this was just an opportunity. Refused to leave.

Little Joe first persuaded him a few words, but he could not be persuaded. Thinking that in such a world, there are frequent wars and chaos, and it is difficult to ensure that Yanzhou will not be attacked by people in the future. Since Adi is the only son of the Qiao family, it is inevitable that he will encounter war in the future, and it is absolutely not the right way to raise him. Since he was bent on participating in the war, he did as he pleased, first, as he himself said, to increase his experience, and second, to fight more than Yan yi, and with Adi by his side, he should be able to help as much as he could. Yes yes. Only repeatedly told him to be careful. After the war, he returned to Yanzhou as soon as possible so that his father would not be worried.

Qiao Ci agreed. Send Little Joe to the side of the carriage and reach out to help Sister A get on the car.

Xiao Qiao lined up on the carriage, turned back to see Big Qiao holding his stomach with one hand, standing at zhuangkou still looking at himself, full of reluctance, his heart was happy, and a little sour, he said to the side of the biyan: “Thank you brother-in-law, treat my sister so well.” Bi

Yan shook his head and then said, “She treats me better.” When he spoke, he looked back at his wife, who was still standing at Zhuangkou, and the gentle color in his eyes was fully revealed.

Little Qiao Guan’er, and ChunNiang got into the carriage.

Jia Kai’s line of guards, along the way, did not dare to slack off at all, and did not dare to leave Xiao Qiao halfway. From Dongjun to here with her, seeing that the female jun finally set off to go back at this moment, Fang was slightly relieved and followed closely.

The wheel moved, and Little Joe probed out, waving goodbye to Big Joe, who was still chasing him, until her figure became smaller and smaller, and the little one could not see, so she shrank back, skimmed her head, and quietly wiped her eyes.

ChunNiang saw it in her eyes and took her into her arms. After waiting for some way out, Fang said, “Lady Jun, do you envy Sister Ah to be a mother?” No hurry. This trip back, as long as the male monarch is at home, the female monarch will be fast.

Little Joe knew she was making herself happy. Although there was still a parting reluctance in his heart, when he thought of having a child with Wei Shao, it was awkward, and he felt a little strange, and he couldn’t help but laugh out loud: “I don’t want to give birth so early!”

ChunNiang said, “There is not much time left at the end of the year, the female monarch is sixteen years old, and she is just ready to give birth.” The old lady and the male prince must have been looking forward to it.

Little Joe shook his head vigorously. Chunniang said again, and she covered her mouth.

ChunNiang Fangcai only saw her because she was reluctant to leave, afraid of her hurt, which opened the topic, saw that she did not let herself say that she and the male jun had children, and then gave up, and then hugged Xiao Qiao again, and said to herself: “The male jun should have won the battle and returned home at this moment, right?” I guess I’m looking forward to the return of the lady!

Xiao Qiao leaned into ChunNiang’s arms, remembering the days before Wei Shao went out on the expedition.

The first night, because she was worried that Madame Xu would have an accident next, she desperately wanted him to stay, so she felt that she had a dependency in her heart. He should not give up, first agreed, but the next day he did not believe in himself. That’s it. After all, it involves sending troops to fight, which is a big deal. Infuriatingly, he did not even have the slightest intention of admitting mistakes in this regard.

Well, he was a prince on high, and Little Joe didn’t expect him to admit his mistakes, but it was always a bit of a funny performance.

He was fine, she was sullen, and he seemed to be angry with him. For the next three nights, an unusual didn’t touch her.

Little Joe naturally didn’t want him to touch himself. It’s just really confusing. What kind of anger did he get angry with, to throw such a face at himself?

If it weren’t for The fact that there was Mrs. Xu in the middle, since she had already returned to her mother’s house, she really didn’t want to go back so soon.

Little Joe then pouted and hummed, “He won’t expect me to go back.” I don’t want to eitherSee him! ”

……

The carriage and Jia Kai, who escorted Xiao Qiao, and his escort gradually drifted away. The procession disappeared on the yellow dirt road leading to the outside world at zhuangkou.

A servant woman came and carried Big Joe inside. Big Qiao turned around and saw Zong Ji standing in the open space not far behind him, his eyes were at the end of the yellow dirt, and there seemed to be a hint of trepidation on his face. He walked over to him.

Zong Ji saw Big Qiao walking towards him and rushed to meet him.

Big Qiao stopped in front of him and smiled, “My sister didn’t have time to say goodbye to Zong Langjun because she was in a hurry.” Ah Mei asked me to turn a word, very grateful to Zong Langjun for helping me several times before and helping me a lot. If you have the opportunity in the future, you will definitely return it.

Zong Ji said, “The female monarch’s words are heavy.” I’m just repaying the favor. Raise your hand, what a foot to hang your teeth.

Big Qiao said, “I heard from Fu Jun that Xue Tai is sending troops to this side, and I am afraid that there will be a fierce battle.” My sister left early this morning. Zong Langjun might as well leave as soon as possible. What Xue Tai intended to deal with was my husband. Zong Lang Jun idle cloud wild crane, do not have to be involved for no reason.

Zong Ji said, “Why did Madame say this?” Mo said that I was saved by your husband that day. Even if there is no matter of the day, Xue Tai and I are also inseparable, and I am eager to blade his head. Since there is a war, I should be the vanguard, dare to be safe and steal! I know that Madame is well-intentioned and jealous.

He saluted Big Joe, turned and strode away.

……

When Bi Yan was already in the Lingbi, he knew the road well, took a shortcut, and the next day he sent Xiao Qiao out of Lingbi smoothly.

Xiao Qiao knew that Xue Tai might be in trouble at any time, and he was urging all the way, so that he did not have to send it again and go back as soon as possible. After leaving Lingbi, Bi Yan no longer shirked, asked Jia Kai to take more care of the road, stopped at the side of the road, and saw Xiao Qiao and his party go away, so they immediately hurried back.

Yesterday’s spies’ news was even clearer. Xue Tai lost the attack on Xiao Di, in order to save face, but also feared that his own power would expand again, he collected the remnants of the defeated generals, and was impatient to attack Hujiazhuang again.

According to the marching foot, it will arrive in three days.

But Biyan didn’t feel any fear.

The reason why Xue Tai dared to just eat the defeat and turn around and collect the remnants to attack him was obviously not to really pay attention to him.

In Xue Tai’s eyes, the people and horses on his side were just a bunch of rabble-rousers. The reason why it has survived to the present day is just a fluke.

Bi Yan is not flustered or busy.

The more Xue Tai looked down on him, the more confident he became.

Even this time, if the heavens were on his side, he decided to seize this opportunity to completely reverse the situation that had been passive before.

How fortunate he was to be able to marry the daughter of the Yanzhou Qiao family with the lowly birth of a manu.

Worthy of her, let her be proud to be her wife. This is Biyan’s greatest wish.

……

Bi Yan sped all the way, and finally gradually approached Hu Jiazhuang.

The setting sun hung obliquely in the middle of the distant hills, radiating the last bit of dusk of its day.

It was a warm southern winter evening. It has always carried a tranquility, and it is fortunate not to be trampled by the iron hooves of war.

It didn’t rain for days. The potholed dirt road to Hujiazhuang became very dry. When the horse’s hooves step on it, they will bring up a nest of flying dust. The fields on both sides of the road had long since been harvested, and now they were empty, with only rotting stubble left. Occasionally, one or two black-headed birds that were foraging grass seeds were startled by the sound of their horses’ hooves and flew into the forest with fluttering wings.

When he was only ten miles away from Hujiazhuang, at a fork in the road ahead, Bi Yan saw two horses parked on the side of the road, and on their backs were two men.

A man in his twenties, still very young, about the same age as himself. The other is bigger, twenty-seven eight.

Although both of them were dressed in ordinary clothes, Bi Yan could see at a glance that they were definitely not ordinary people.

And, the older one, apparently obeying the orders of the other younger.

He was immediately alert. But instead of slowing down the horse, he sped past the other side.

“Borrow!” Suddenly, someone behind him asked in a loud voice, “Is there Hu Jiazhuang in front of you?” Bi

yan stopped his horse and slowly turned his head.

……

The man who asked for directions was Lei Yan. The other, naturally, was Wei Shao.

After rushing to Lingbi, Wei Shao followed the Hujiazhuang mentioned by Qiao Ping earlier, inquired about the direction of the people, left the rest of the retinue to wait at the intersection, and took Lei Yan with him, and the two immediately rushed over.

This way south, it can be described as full of twists and turns. Several times I thought I would see her, but at the end I missed it.

Only he knew that the disappointment in his heart and the desire to see her at once had now accumulated intolerable impatience, even to the point where he could not bear it.

If she still couldn’t be found here, Wei Shao wasn’t sure if he would be out of control and would erupt on the spot.

He had just arrived here in one breath, but he encountered a three-way fork, and he could not determine the direction for a while, and there were no passers-by nearby, so he had to stop temporarily. Suddenly seeing a person coming from a distance, Lei Yan immediately asked for directions.

The man stopped his horse and turned his head.

Wei Shao saw clearly, a turquoise eye, shining with a strange light in the dusky sunset afterglow.

“Green eyes!” Lei Yan also saw it, exhaled, and quickly glanced back at Wei Shao. Seeing Wei Shao sitting on a horse, he didn’t move.

“You’re the head of the green-eyed exile?”

He looked back and asked in a loud voice.

Biyan stared at the two outsiders who appeared here at such a moment, who looked very abrupt and obviously hostile to themselves, and quickly made a decision in his heart.

Kill them as soon as possible.

He didn’t make a sound, only slowly leaned over, took a crossbow from the saddle, turned toward Lei Yan, and fired three arrows.

The sharp crossbow came out of the string, tearing through the air, and emitting a faint whining sound, as if carrying the power of Wan Jun, rushing towards Lei Yan.

Lei Yan was surprised, not to be wary of the other party’s sudden shot, saw the sharp crossbow in the blink of an eye in front of him, hurriedly swung the crossbow, the first two crossbows were opened, the third one was too late, seeing that he was shooting at himself when the chest was fierce, he leaned back violently, the front door was a gust of wind, the top of his head was loose, the arrow crossbow had passed through the top of his hair, shooting off the scarf of the bundle of hair, and the hairpin pei also broke into two halves, and a bundle of hair, and then loosely fell.

Lei Yan was terrified, looked at the other party violently, angry, pulled out his saber with a loud bang, urging the horse to go up, but the other party moved faster than him, played a sharp whistle, and the horse where Lei Yan sat suddenly startled.

Lei Yan was defenseless and was immediately thrown off his horse. The other party had dismounted, took a few steps up, and slashed down with a knife.

This series of actions, fast and fierce, in one go, hardly gives people time to react.

Wei Shao flew down from the back of the equally frightened horse beneath him, and flew straight away, his sword sheath opening the blade of the opponent’s sword that went straight down to take his life.

With a roar of “Gong”, the two separated.

Wei Shao stared at the green-eyed man on the other side who was also staring at himself tightly, squinted his eyes slightly, slowly pulled out his sword from his sheath, and said to Lei Yan, “I’ll meet with him for a while.” Only

a few rounds, Lei Yan also felt out, this green-eyed rogue thief who appeared here for some reason, with strange hands, simple but fierce, different from the kind of fighting style he was usually used to, I was afraid that he was indeed not his opponent.

Bi Yan didn’t say a word and pounced directly on Wei Shao. After more than a dozen rounds, a backhand, the blade turned, and Wei Shao’s side arm was slashed with a shallow bloody mouth.

“Beware of the prince!” Lei Yan was horrified.

Wei Shao glanced at his arm that was slightly oozing blood, his eyes shot out of essence, a step forward, the sword blade went straight to Bi Yan’s throat, Bi Yan hurriedly leaned back, and the skin on one side of his neck had also been cut. At first, it was just a blood stain as thin as a red thread. Slowly, blood dripped from the crack.

However, in the blink of an eye, the two saw blood one after another and each took a step back.

“You are the head of a first-class thief, why did you appear here?” Wei Shao’s sword tip was opposite, and he asked coldly.

Bi Yanfang said word by word, “Who are you?” What are your intentions here? The two looked

at each other, and when the air was gradually touching again, in the afterglow of the sunset in the distance, several fast horses flew in, and the first one was Qiao Ci, who shouted loudly: “Big brother-in-law! Second brother-in-law! What do you guys do? Qiao Ci returned

from patrolling the nearby pavilion fence, only to see people here in the distance, rushed over, and when he gradually approached, he recognized the two people, was surprised, and hurried up to stop them.

Wei Shao and Bi Yan glanced at each other, and a trace of surprise flashed through their eyes.

Qiao Ci flew off his horse, ran over breathlessly, saw that both of them had blood on their bodies, obviously Fang Had already fought, paused, and busied himself with comparison: “Big brother-in-law, he is Yanhou, my second brother-in-law!” Then he said to Wei Shao, “Second brother-in-law, he is my eldest brother-in-law, right in front of hujiazhuang!” I heard that the second brother-in-law was still in the party some time ago, how did he suddenly come here and fight with my eldest brother-in-law again? Bi

Yan had already closed the knife.

Wei Shao also slowly collected his sword.

The remaining Thunder Yan, cloaked and scattered, was stunned.

How could he not have imagined that the concubine of his own prince would actually be the head of this green-eyed rogue thief in front of him!

Wei Shao secretly exhaled, “Why are you here?” I’m here to pick you up. Can she be there?

Qiao Ci was stunned and said, “Is this so?” Second brother-in-law, you came one step too late. The eldest brother-in-law Fang sent Sister Ah out of the Spirit Wall yesterday, and this has just returned. Sister Ah must be on the way back to the north at this time. ”

……

Wei Shao’s internal wounds were almost about to vomit blood!

The misunderstanding was eliminated, Bi Yan apologized to him, invited him to the village to wrap his wounds, but Wei Shao was in the mood to stay, after a few words, he only asked if he needed to stay for help.

Than Yan politely refused. Wei Shao didn’t say much more, not even Zhuangzi, said goodbye to Qiao Ci, and immediately turned around and left the road.

With his retinue, he traveled north along the chi road, and finally, after a few days, arrived at the Wuchaogu ferry port on the south bank.

What awaited him was bad news.

The other day it was cold and snowy, and yesterday, the river surface was frozen, the ferry could not be boated, and the ice surface was not enough to support people and horses.

Since yesterday, the crossings on the north and south banks have accumulated many tourists waiting to cross the river, and more and more. The nearby inn foot shop is gradually overcrowded. A fire rose in the lobby, and the travelers who had laid the floor talked about not knowing when they would be able to cross the river.

It was already late at night. The sky is dark and dark, but there are still sparsely scattered snowflakes in the air.

Wei Shao stood at the ferry port where the ferry was parked, looking at the other side of the black inky shore more than a dozen feet away, and when he was out of his mind, Lei Yan came to him and said, “Emperor Yu, the stacks near the ferry have been found, and there is no female prince.” Presumably…… The Yellow River has been crossed. Wei Shao

said expressionlessly, “You have also worked hard in your hurry.” Spend the night here first. Tomorrow I’ll go to the next ferry port to see if I can cross it.

Lei Yan responded and said, “There is no good place to stay nearby, the nearest inn, fifty or sixty miles away, it is too late at this time, it is cold and freezing, and it is inconvenient to pass.” There is a cleaner house nearby. Only then did I give the Lord some money to vacate his own house, which was all cleaned up again. The prince will spend the night for a while tonight, and will go tomorrow morning. Wei Shao was

distracted for a moment and turned to the inn. Lei Yan followed. The two men stepped into the door of the inn where the lanterns fluttering in the cold wind were hung.

The lord’s family knew that this young man was of high status, and when he saw someone come in, he rushed forward to greet him.

Wei Shao walked through the lobby of the travelers who were sitting or leaning against the fire and sleeping soundily, and as he walked toward the inner hall, outside the gate behind him, there was a sudden noise of the wheels of a carriage running over the ice slag, and then he stopped.

Someone at this point, Fang to the store to stay.

“The shopkeeper! Can there be an upper room?

Someone stepped inside and shouted at the Lord’s house.

The sound awakened the sleeping travelers in the lobby, who opened their eyes and grunted and complained.

Wei Shao froze his steps and turned his head sharply.

As soon as the man who came in looked up and saw Wei Shao, he was so surprised that he lost his voice and shouted, “How can the prince be here?”

Lei Yan turned his head and shook his head.

Unexpectedly, this person was actually Jia Kai, who was escorting the female monarch!

Originally thought that their group was in front of them, at this moment they had crossed the Yellow River. However, I did not expect that it was still the Prince’s footsteps that were fast, and the female Jun’s party was left behind.

Wei Shao’s eyes stared at the carriage under the shadow of the lantern at the door, and his figure did not move.

Jia Kai looked at him with his gaze, pressed down on the joy of meeting the prince here, and hurriedly stepped forward: “The female prince is in the carriage.”Village. Today’s rush is a little tighter. I wanted to stop earlier, but The lady was worried about the yellow river freezing, and kept urging, so she arrived here, and I didn’t want to freeze…”

Wei Shao had already left Jia Kai and strode outside.

……

Xiao Qiao was closing his eyes, leaning into Chunniang’s warm arms, when he was sleepy, he was suddenly greeted by a cold wind, the carriage door seemed to be pulled open, and there was a cold wind in the back of his neck that whizzed in, and he couldn’t help but snort, shrunk his neck, hugged Chunniang tighter, and muttered in his mouth: “Is there no place to live-”

ChunNiang raised her eyes and couldn’t help but see that Wei Shao had actually appeared on the opposite side, so surprised that she forgot to react at first. A meal. When he noticed that his two eyes were turned to Xiao Qiao, who was still shrinking in his arms and hugging himself tightly, he couldn’t tell whether he was happy or angry, and he suddenly became nervous again, hurriedly and gently shook Xiao Qiao, and whispered: “Female Jun, the stack has arrived, and the male Jun has also arrived…”

After several days of hurrying, Xiao Qiao was really sleepy, and only then did he hold Chunniang and slept, and even the carriage stopped unconsciously. Being woken up by ChunNiang, she stood up straight, opened her eyes confusedly, raised her hand and rubbed it, turned her head, and said, “Chunniang, who do you say…”

She met Wei Shao’s eyes, suddenly stunned, motionless, her eyes slowly rolling round, looking at him stupidly.

[End of This Chapter]