Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 13

[Chapter 13: Shiyi]

The wind wrapped in snow, split her face and slammed into the door of Little Joe’s face, she could hardly open her eyes, on horseback like the sky spinning, not distinguishing between north and south, out of a self-help instinct struggling, a voice came in her ear: “Brutal! It’s me! The

voice was somewhat familiar.

Little Joe stopped struggling, and the man behind her returned her to her normal sitting on horseback. She opened her eyes and turned her head to see a handsome face under the bucket.

Langya Shizi Liu Yan!

This is no small surprise. Xiao Qiao never dreamed that this person who suddenly appeared to rob himself would be Liu Yan!

“Don’t be afraid! The carriage is waiting right in front of you, and when it’s safe, I’ll explain it to you again!

Liu Yan looked very tight, looked back behind him from time to time, comforted Xiao Qiao, clamped the horse’s belly hard, and whipped hard, and the horse let go of its hooves and ran forward.

Little Joe reacted.

“Liu Shizi! I won’t go with you! You let me go back!

Liu Yan turned a deaf ear, and instead of stopping, he whipped the horse harder.

A cold wind poured into her mouth, engulfing her voice, and Little Joe choked and coughed violently.

There was already a double-horse carriage parked on the side of the road in front of it, the white horse drove the two people to the near front, the carriage quickly came down two people to meet, Liu Yan flew off the horse, the little Qiao who was still coughing was forcibly carried into the carriage, he followed it, as soon as the door of the carriage was closed, the carriage turned in a direction and sped away to the east.

On the carriage, Liu Yan’s look finally relaxed slightly, and he saw that Xiao Qiao was still lying there coughing, showing pity on his face, gently wrapping one hand around her shoulder, patting her back with the other hand, and whispering comfortingly: “Brutal, scared you, right?” Don’t be afraid. I’ll take you away, and we’ll never be apart again!”

Little Joe finally stopped coughing, straightened up, and avoided his hand that was holding him.

“Liu Shizi! You can’t take me like that! I must go back!

Liu Yan seemed to be stunned, looked at Xiao Qiao fixedly for a moment, and suddenly smiled bitterly, and his eyes were bitter.

“Brutal, can’t you not see me for two years, and you are even stranger to me?” You wouldn’t have called me that before. ”

……

Memories of the past came to Jo’s mind.

Liu Yan came to Qiao’s house at the age of thirteen, returned to Langya at the age of eighteen, and became engaged to himself the following year, and now he is twenty-one years old.

In the five years that he lived in the Qiao family, although he was called a victim, the Qiao family still treated him with courtesy. Qiao Ping hired the best riding archery instructors for him, collected soldier books for him to study, and treated him with courtesy. Little Joe and he are indeed in love with each other, and the marriage contract is a natural and natural beauty.

If she is still the little Qiao of the past, how Xiao Qiao will face her former lover Liu Yan, she is not clear.

But she wasn’t the little Joe she used to be.

The deepest impression that Liu Yan left on her was not his talent or his affection for himself, but the nightmare of the last moment of the past life that had tormented her for a long time.

In the past life, Xiao Qiao and Liu Yan, as a pair of last empresses, finally died together in that way, and it is not too much to praise them as firm.

Liu Yan’s harem, she can understand more.

But the thirteen-year-old Concubine Liu stared at her before she died, and whenever she woke up from a dream, she still felt chills.

She may also understand Liu Yan’s handling of the harem, which was taken for granted in this era. But she really couldn’t agree.

She also sympathized with Liu Yan, the tragic empress dowager of her previous life, but she really couldn’t give him the same reciprocal feelings as Xiao Qiao before.

Now she couldn’t just be held hostage by Liu Yan, she only had this one thought in her heart.

……

“Shizi, my uncle broke your marriage contract with me and remarried me, because our Qiao family can’t stand you.” But now is not what it used to be, I am not the little Joe I used to be. I am married. The affection and righteousness of the son of the world to me, I can only remember it in my heart, and I wish the son of the world all the best in the future. Please ask Shizi to send me back, or just let me go nearby, General Wei should find me soon. Little

Joe said.

Liu Yan still looked at Xiao Qiao with determination, and suddenly reached out his hand again and held her hand tightly.

“What are you talking about? I know that you were forced to marry that Wei Shao, and this is not your heart! Now I’ll take you away, isn’t that great?

Little Qiao shook his head: “Shizi, I still have that sentence, I am grateful for your kindness to me, but now I really can’t accept it.” Besides, if you took me away like this, how could Wei Shao give up? Where can you take me in the future? “Since I have

decided so, I have no intention of going back to Langya.” The position of the son of the world is not inevitable for me. Those who followed were dead men loyal to me. The sky is high, I will take you to a place where no one can find it, and we will never be separated! As

he spoke, his expression became agitated.

Little Joe slowly withdrew his hand from his hand.

“I’m sorry. I’m afraid I’m going to fail you. I’m not going to walk away like that with you. Please let me go back. Above Liu Yanqingjun’s

face, the red halo of the two cheeks that had originally been emitted by excitement slowly faded.

He just stared at little Joe, motionless and silent, as if settled.

The carriage was still speeding along the road, and the body of the carriage beat violently and bumpily because of the bumps of the wheels rolling over the road from time to time.

Liu Yan’s eyes at this moment suddenly made Xiao Qiao feel a little uneasy.

“Shizi…” She tentatively called out to him softly.

Liu Yan seemed to have suddenly returned to God, oh, a smile reappeared on his face, and said: “Brutal, you should be frightened before you talk nonsense.” Don’t be afraid, everything is up to me, I’ve arranged it. We’ll be fine in the future.

“Liu Shizi! Giving up everything you have now for me is really not worth it! I won’t go with you either. The past is over. Please let me go! Liu Yan stared

at her, and the smile on his face slowly disappeared again.

“Brutal, you really puzzled me, and even disappointed me even more.”

He suddenly said word for word, in an empty tone.

“You know my heart, the sun and the moon can be learned, three lives unswerving!” I haven’t seen you in two years, and I miss you almost all the time. Last year, it was easy to take advantage of your uncle’s birthday to go to East County, and I was expecting to see you, but I didn’t expect you to avoid seeing him. Finally, when the wedding date was approaching, your Qiao family suddenly sent a message of termination, how do you tell me to deal with myself? Although I Liu Yan are incompetent, I can’t bear such a hatred of taking my wife! Two months earlier, I had already been on the road, but I never had a chance. Today even Heaven help me to take you back. I just don’t understand, what the hell is wrong with you? Have you had an unspeakable secret, or have you really changed your mind and reneged on our old vows? “Brutal, you’re

worried now, I know. But you just follow me, don’t think about it. After a while, you’ll figure it out. Have you forgotten how you were right beforeWhat did I say? Finally

his tone became gentle again.

Little Joe closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

“Shizi, I…”

She opened her mouth with some difficulty, and her voice did not fall, and the carriage seemed to have encountered some accident, and suddenly slowed down hard. Because of inertia, Xiao Qiao threw herself forward and fell over, and Liu Yan supported her.

“What’s going on?”

The carriage stopped. Liu Yan probed out of the window and asked in a loud voice.

He froze suddenly.

In the snow a few feet ahead, a column of horse archers crossed the middle of the road, blocking the way, and the bowstring was already full, ready to go.

Liu Yan’s expression changed slightly, and he ordered the driver to turn around. In the snow behind him, he also caught up with the same seven or eight horse archers in an instant, and then, a horse came out from the side, and immediately sat a young general dressed in armor and holding a painting halberd, with a wild posture, pointing at the carriage with a halberd, and laughing loudly: “I am Chen Rui of The Prefecture!” Liu Shizi, you left Wei Shao’s wife behind, I respect you as a relative of the Han Dynasty, and I will never be embarrassed by you! ”

……

Chen Rui, the third son of Chen Xiang, the character Yunji, and the third son of Chen Xiang, Su Rixin, who was fierce and spicy, had ripped people’s hearts and fried wine, and the people of the state were afraid of it, because he was born with a feminine female appearance, and gave him a nickname of “Jade Face Luosha”. A few months ago, at the Battle of Boling, Wei Shao defeated Zhang Jian, the general under the command of Chen Xiang Shuaiyin, Zhang Jian lost his troops and was forced to retreat to the west, Chen Rui was defeated and escaped from the battle, and Zhang Jian’s brigade was scattered, and he had to fight to the death to protect him, and after rushing out of the encirclement, there were only these twenty or fewer people left. He was young and vigorous, competing for good deeds, and on weekdays he was favored by his father, and he was even more disobedient to Wei Shao for a long time, this time in the Battle of Boling, he confessed that he had taken the captain vanguard, boasted that Haikou wanted to capture Wei Shao alive, but unexpectedly defeated Boling, and finally fell into such a messy appearance, he was really ashamed to go back, and he was unwilling, so he stayed nearby. Detective heard that Wei Shao was newly married, his wife was Yanzhou QiaoNu, and seeing that the weather was getting colder and colder, he thought that he would not be able to get any cheap if he stayed any longer, and he was about to return to Hezhou, not wanting to go back to Youzhou the next day, Wei Shao sent his wife to Youzhou. Upon learning the news, Chen Rui followed all the way. It’s just that wei Liang is jealous of wei liang’s strength, and he has the courage to not stop him, and he has not dared to get too close, and he does not dare to rush into action. Unexpectedly, today Wei Liang was also a hundred secrets, and even let Liu Yan get his hands on it first, such an opportunity, how could he let it go, immediately caught up, just picked up a big bargain, how could he not laugh?

……

Chen Rui saw that there was no movement in the carriage, his face darkened, he made a gesture, the horse archer immediately released the arrow, and in the sound of the fluttering, a scream came from outside the carriage, and Liu Yan’s entourage was hit by the arrow and fell to the ground injured.

When the carriage first stopped, Xiao Qiao thought that Wei Liang had arrived, but he suspected that he could not have chased here so quickly. At this moment, hearing the continuous groaning outside the carriage, Liu Yan’s face was extremely ugly, and he protected himself behind him, one of his hands tightly grasped the handle of the long sword, and the back of the pinched hand was bulging, and his heart could not help but start to grow hair.

The Chen family and Wei Shao had always been enemies, and she had just moved in Boling at the end of last year, and she naturally knew.

If it fell into the hands of the Chen family in Hezhou, she would rather go with Liu Yan first.

……

A burst of footsteps approached, the door of the compartment was pulled open, and a white jade face came in, twenty-five or six years old, with a golden crown tied on the top of his head, a lion’s barbaric treasure belt tied around his waist, and his eyes saw Xiao Qiao behind Liu Yan, and he immediately froze and did not move.

Liu Yan was furious and pulled out his sword violently, and the tip of the sword pointed at Chen Rui’s face door, and said angrily: “General Chen, I have always been with you to state the well water and not violate the river water, what is the reason why you force such a blockade today?”

This Chen Rui had also heard of yanzhou qiao’s beauty, but he didn’t expect it to be so beautiful, at first sight, almost his soul was scattered, he saw Liu Yan drawing his sword and angrily pointing at himself, which turned back to God, and he was not annoyed, pushing the sword body away with his finger, and raised his chin backwards, saying: “Liu Shizi, the number of people behind me is several times that of you, if it were not for the fact that you are a relative of the Han Dynasty, today I can keep you alive?” Chen Ruima’s

archers gathered around, and more than a dozen bows and arrows were clustered, aiming at Liu Yan in unison.

“I advise you to keep abreast of the times. This beauty is not yours either, and if I take it away, I will not be sorry for you. And you come down and leave the carriage for Lady Yanhou. It was freezing cold, and I couldn’t bear to let her freeze.

Chen Rui snatched the long sword from Liu Yan’s hand, and several horse archers climbed onto the carriage and forcibly dragged Liu Yan off the carriage. Chen Rui looked at Xiao Qiao again, laughed, slammed the door shut, turned over on the horse, and said, “You can’t stay here for long!” Let’s go!

“Chen Rui! You dare to move her, I Liu Yan and you are inseparable-”

Liu Yan was furious and chased after her, but where she could still catch up, and finally could only watch a crowd of people and horses galloping away in the snow with the carriage.

He ran wildly forward, chased out dozens of steps away, fell at his feet, and finally threw himself on the ground.

For a long time, he slowly got up, half-knelt in the snow, looking in the direction in which the carriage had disappeared, trembling, his eyes red, and his expression seemed to be crying rather than crying, as if laughing rather than smiling.

……

When Wei Liang chased after him, the blood on the ground and the rut marks on the carriage had been covered by the heavy snow that had fallen again. Only from a few clusters of arrows still diagonally inserted in the snow can we deduce what happened a moment ago.

Just now, a passerby had delivered news to him, saying that someone had entrusted him to relay that Lady Wei Hou had fallen into the hands of Chen Rui of Hezhou. Wei Liang wanted to ask more about the situation, but passers-by said they didn’t know anything else.

He had already sent people to rush back to Wei Shao day and night as quickly as possible, and within a day or two, he should have received the news.

Wei Liang blamed himself as he looked anxiously into the distance.

The people sent out to collect information about Chen Rui’s group of cars and horses gradually returned, and some people had seen them going southwest.

Based on experience, he deduced that Chen Rui should carry the female jun to the direction of Shiyi, hundreds of miles away. There was the closest city to the junction of Wei Shao and Chen Xiang’s territory, and There were Chen Xiang’s brigades stationed there.

[End of This Chapter]