Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 2

[Chapter 2: Ex-Dreams]

“Brutal! Brutal! Wake up! A

gentle and worried voice sounded in her ears, and then she was pushed awake.

Little Joe opened his eyes suddenly and found himself still lying on the bed she had been sleeping on for two years, but the whole person seemed to have just come out of the water, already sweating.

Sleeping with her on the side, fang cai woke her up again, was her cousin Big Qiao, the daughter of her uncle Yanzhou Thorn Shi QiaoYue, nicknamed Ah Fan, who was seventeen years old this year, three years older than her. The two sisters grew up together and had a very good relationship, so they often slept together.

Big Joe saw that she finally woke up, touched her forehead, found that it was all cold sweat, hurriedly put on her clothes and got out of bed, did not alarm the maid who was already asleep outside, he went over to light the oil lamp, took a towel to carefully wipe the sweat for his cousin who was still lying there, and was afraid that she was cold, took his own clean coat to help Xiao Qiao change, and finally poured her a cup of water and handed it over.

Little Joe was a little thirsty and gratefully took it.

Big Joe sat on the edge of the bed, looked at her drinking water, and sighed: “Scared again? Brutal, once upon a time I remember that you slept very steadily, what happened in the last two years, when you often have nightmares, are you accidentally bumping into something unclean outside? Or tomorrow I will say to my mother and ask a godmother to come to the house to see? Xiao Qiao’s

mother died of illness a few years ago, and her aunt Mrs. Ding was also very compassionate to Xiao Qiao, and often asked for warmth.

Little Qiao shook his head busily: “Sister, I don’t need it.” I’m really fine.

Big Joe took the bowl and put it back on the table, still not assured: “What did you just dream about, and your whole body became like this?” ”

……

Such dreams have appeared often since two years ago, when Little Joe inexplicably wore his soul to this girl in the chaotic world.

But she knew it wasn’t just a nightmare.

It seems that at that time, she not only became Xiao Qiao, the daughter of Qiao Pingnian Fang, the twelfth daughter of Shou Qiao of Yanzhou Dong County, but also engraved all the memories of Xiao Qiao in his previous life and twenty years.

The terrible scene in Fang Cai’s dream was the last scene before his death in his previous life.

Everything in the dream was so bloody and real.

Concubine Liu, the thirteen-year-old girl who died under the knife of the palace people, stared at herself with the strange gaze that shot out of the eye when she died, even at this moment, she had woken up, she still felt creepy.

Her heart still seemed to retain the pain and chill that the sword had brought when it pierced in.

She didn’t want to remember anymore, curled up toward Big Joe, and murmured, “Just dreaming of being chased by a vicious tiger…”

Big Joe smiled, touched her hair lovingly, leaned over and blew the lamp, groped back into the bed, hugged Little Joe, gently patted her back, and said softly: “Don’t be afraid, Sister Ah sleeps with you.”

Little Joe snorted, leaned against Big Joe’s soft and warm body, and slowly closed his eyes.

The small cold moonlight of November in the seventh year of Dahan Dingkang was carefully sifted through the window paper of the window, quietly illuminating a piece of ground in front of the bed.

Little Joe’s mind gradually settled and he closed his eyes.

But she couldn’t sleep anymore.

Big Joe next to him seemed to be like her.

She thought that little Joe was asleep, gently folded the quilt horns for her cousin, and turned herself over, unable to sleep for a long time.

Little Joe listened to Big Joe’s breathing and knew what was on her mind.

……

Yanzhou Shuangqiao is famous for its beauty, famous in Henan, when people have “Luoshui is very divine, and Shuangqiao accounts for eight points”. When Big Qiao was ten years old, he made a marriage contract with the son of the Powerful Dongping Taishou Cui family. Not two years ago, when Big Qiao was fifteen years old and preparing to get married, Dongping was attacked by Rencheng Zhouqun, and Cui Taishou’s father and son were killed, and the marriage was broken.

A flash of two years passed, Big Joe was seventeen years old, and the four suitors almost broke through the threshold, but the marriage was always not smooth, and it has been stumbling to this day. It wasn’t until half a month ago that Big Qiao learned of one thing, that his father had decided to marry her to Wei Shao, who had just captured Hebei at the beginning of the year, and use marriage and Yanzhou’s terrain as a means to seek favor with Wei Shao, so that he could get a chance to breathe under the attack of Rencheng Zhouqun.

Now that the emissary had been sent to Jizhou, where Wei Shao was now located, his uncle was anxiously waiting for a reply from the other side.

……

“Did I disturb you?”

Big Joe realized that Little Joe wasn’t asleep and asked apologetically.

“No.” Little Joe said softly.

A moment later, in the dim night, Xiao Qiao heard her sigh a long time, as if asking her, and as if to say to himself: “Wei Hou has a vendetta against my family, and should not accept this family affair, right…”

Xiao Qiao was silent.

Two years ago, after the inexplicable little Joe, she had been secretly hoping that the things she remembered about the past life, or the future, were just a dream.

But as time went on, she was horrified to find that it all seemed to be true.

Things were progressing step by step at the pace she knew.

If he didn’t change it, then Wei Shao would accept this family affair. But after Big Joe married, he was doomed to be ill-fated, and the ending was even more tragic than his own.

From the first day she married into the Wei family, her husband Wei Shao had never touched a finger of her. Many years later, Wei Shao was proclaimed emperor, when the Qiao family was full of doors, dead and scattered, big Qiao swallowed gold and committed suicide, wei Shao changed another woman as the queen.

Big Joe went through her life like this.

Little Joe groped and slowly shook his cousin’s hand.

Her fingers also touched the cold, without the slightest hint of heat.

……

The next day, Little Qiao’s twin brother Qiao Ci, who was the same age and only a few moments later than her, hurried back to Dong County from Yancheng, and it was already evening when he arrived home.

Little Qiao and Qiao Ci are two sisters and brothers, and their feelings are also excellent. Although Qiao Ci was only fourteen years old, she was more than half the size of Xiao Qiao’s sister, and she was already a heroic and brave teenager standing up. Two months ago, he was sent by his father Qiao Ping to Yancheng for training. Hearing that the next person said that the prince had returned, Little Joe looked for him. Finding the door of his father’s study, he heard his brother’s voice coming out of it in the distance, which sounded very excited.

“Father! Although Rencheng Zhouqun’s troops are strong and strong, but Yanzhou also has 200,000 soldiers and civilians, before the white horse defeat is not counted, victory or defeat is a common thing for soldiers! If we work together and fight to the death, it is not impossible to win! I’m willing to take the lead! I heard that my uncle was afraid and actually planned to ask Wei Shao for favor? After Wei Shao’s wolf ambitions and annexation of Jizhou, the power had already reached Hebei and surrendered to him, even if Yanzhou could obtain a temporary peace of mind, how could it continue for a long time? Besides, the two families have a feud, not to mention the situation after the big sister passed, how could he really help our Qiao family to survive the difficulties?

Little Joe stopped, stood in the doorway, looked inside, and saw his father standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back, while his younger brother Qiao Ci was walking excitedly in the study.

……

Speaking of the feud between the Qiao Wei and Wei families, the time has to be pushed back to ten years ago.

Wei Shao’s father, Wei Jing, was a general of Sanpin Huya, who was made the Marquis of Yan for his meritorious service against the Xiongnu, and was also the Assassin of Youzhou, and at the behest of the imperial court, he joined the Yanzhou Assassin History at that time, that is, Xiao Qiao’s grandfather Qiao Gui, to conquer the rebellious Chen Commandery Li Su. Li Su was powerful and extremely powerful. Wei Jing allied with Qiao Gui and agreed to jointly send troops from the east and west to attack Chen County, and when he did not want to be in the battle, he got the news that Li Su had rescue troops arrived, Qiao Gui retreated back when he judged the situation, and did not move, and the unsuspecting Wei Jing and his eldest son Wei Bao were outnumbered, and finally both fell into the siege and died, at that time Wei Shao was only twelve years old, and also went to battle with his father and brother, and was guaranteed by his family’s men, and finally escaped from the siege and retreated back to Youzhou.

The Qiao family later explained in every way, saying that they had already sent people to deliver the news, but the messenger was ambushed and killed on the road, which was really helpless. When he was mourning, he sent a generous gift to the Wei family.

Four years ago, the eighteen-year-old Wei Shao, who was then known as the “Little Overlord”, personally led his troops to pursue all the way, and finally killed Li Sumanmen on the coast of the East China Sea.

It is said that Li Su himself suffered Ling Chi first, Wei Shao personally operated the knife, and only died after a thousand knives, and after his death, he was chopped into meat and fed into the belly of the fish.

It is also said that not long after, when Xiao Qiao’s grandfather died, Wei Shao, who was attacking Hejian at the time, heard the news and said coldly: “Haoshou old thief, death is worth it.” The depth of Wei Shao’s

hatred was evident.

……

“Adult! Even you are so cowardly that you don’t even dare to make a sound? You don’t say, I’ll go to my uncle and say it! Qiao

Ci saw that his father was silent, shook his fist, and turned to go out.

“! You give me a stand!

Qiao Ping turned violently, drank his son, and said: “Zhou Qun’s soldiers are strong and Ma Sheng, first swallowed Dongping, Cui Jiajiye, destroyed in one fell swoop, a month ago the white horse won a battle, morale is high, now the military momentum is on the string, if you attack again, plus Wei Shao, who is looking at The Tiger of Hebei, 200,000 soldiers and civilians in Yanzhou, can An resist?” “Is

there really no way but to turn to Wei Shao?” I can’t bear to let my eldest sister marry like this!

Qiao Ping sighed for a moment and sighed, “For my father, I also know that it is not appropriate to ask Wei Shao for favor.” Did you not fight for the Father? For the father once suggested, together with Chen Liu Zhang Fu to fight with all his might, may not have no chance of victory. In his early years, his father had befriended Zhang Fu and was willing to go to lobby. It’s just that your uncle and those courtiers have set up a lord to avoid the battle…”

“Father! Please go and persuade your uncle again!

Little Joe couldn’t help but push the door in and knelt down toward his father.

If you don’t do something and let things go on like this, although you will solve your near worries, Big Joe’s life will be destroyed immediately, and after a few years, Joe’s family will not survive. Xiao Qiao remembered that first his father died in battle, and his younger brother Qiao Ci, in order to make himself and her later husband Emperor Liu Yan escape smoothly, sacrificed himself to lead the pursuing soldiers, and finally was surrounded by Wei Shao’s soldiers and died in the random arrows.

Father Qiao Ping was only thirty-five years old this year, an extremely handsome and elegant man. As the sheriff of Dong county, after the death of his mother a few years ago, he still has no intention of continuing the string, and is busy with county affairs all day long, enforcing the law fairly, loving and caring for the county residents, plus the Qiao family III is located in Yanzhou, which is very popular in the local area. Moreover, although his father was able to write poetry and be endowed, he was not a weak scholar, and when he put on his battle robe, he became a white-robed general.

In this life, there is such a father and brother, even if she is not the original little Joe, she does not want to lose them like this.

Qiao Ping did not expect that his daughter would suddenly break in like this and kneel down to herself, stunned.

“Daddy, what Sister Ah said is, please!”

Qiao Ci also puffed out and knelt down beside Xiao Qiao together.

Qiao Ping frowned, stood alone to the window for a moment, and finally said, “Well, I’ll persuade again!” ”

[End of This Chapter]