Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 48

[Chapter 48]

Wei Shao was busy for several consecutive days. Basically early and late home. I came back earlier last night, and at first I was alone in the study. Later, some late, seeing that he had not yet returned to the room, Little Joe sent him a bowl of snacks. After returning to the room, he told Xiao Qiao that because of a temporary matter, he would go to Zhuo County, hundreds of miles away, today, and he would come back in three or two days. Xiao Qiao sent Wei Shao away in the morning, copying the scriptures in the room as usual, and then Wei Shao sent a soldier back to wei mansion to get something. He said that last night he forgot a scroll of text placed in the study cabinet, and asked the lady to take it and let the visitor take it away.

At that time, when Little Joe went to the study to deliver snacks, he did not eat a few bites of snacks, and he became his stomach snack. Later, he was in a hurry to return to the room, and he probably forgot.

Xiao Qiao knew that he should be waiting to take Mu Wen away, so he hurried to his study and found the documents that Wei Shao wanted in the designated cabinet drawer.

She turned to stay, but she hesitated slightly, and her footsteps finally stopped.

She saw one of the cabinets and placed a box.

Before, she had just arrived at Wei’s house, and on the first day of living in this room, because she had inadvertently moved this box, Wei Shao had questioned her at that time, and then the next day, he took it away.

At that time, she guessed that the contents of this box must have a special meaning for him, so he would not even touch it.

Little Joe’s eyes fell on the box and looked at it for a moment.

She knew it shouldn’t move. But after all, the cultivation was not enough, and finally he couldn’t help but take the box out of the drawer.

The box is locked, not an ordinary lock, but a nine-square grid, similar to a combination lock.

The box is not heavy. The wood itself should already account for a large proportion of the weight. Little Joe leaned over to his ear and shook it slightly, feeling that it should be something similar to a letter or paper.

Out of intuition, Xiao Qiao’s eyes appeared like the Su Nu he had met in zhongshan kingdom.

In the past life, Wei Shao spoiled her for many years, and not long after Big Qiao died, he made her queen.

This woman who had accompanied Wei Shao to grow up two years older than him should be a very special existence for Wei Shao.

Indeed, such a plump and beautiful woman to the bone, even the first sight she saw was a little fascinated.

Xiao Qiao was originally satisfied with his appearance, but compared with this woman, his appearance seemed to be less important, and his body could not be compared. As for the style, she probably couldn’t cultivate it in her lifetime.

What about men?

Xiao Qiao gently put the box back as it was, hurriedly turned around and came out, and handed the taken out text to the soldiers to take away.

……

The next day, after receiving a letter, the emissaries Yang Feng and Qiao Ci sent by Qiao Yue were about to arrive in Yuyang. There were twenty or thirty people in the retinue, under the banner of Yanzhou’s assassination history.

Mrs. Xu attaches great importance to it. Wei Yu was assigned to go out of the city to meet him. Then he asked Little Joe to go with him.

Soon to see his brother’s face, Little Joe was both expectant and happy. Changing into formal clothes and coming out to the gate, I saw that Wei Yu had already led people to wait, and there was a summer double-reel car parked on the side, with a canopy on the top, and a light gauze curtain on the left and right sides, which was both windproof and shady, but also to avoid the rude attention of passers-by. The whole body of the carriage is extremely ornately decorated, even the jujube red horse pulling the cart in front of it is also a divine horse, the spirit is high, the coat color is bright and neat, without half a point of impurities, the horse’s forehead is made of gold Lu Dang, the neck is hung with nine small gold bells, with the horse shaking its head, the small golden bell emits a series of pleasant slight impact sounds.

Such a BMW fragrant car, only a woman of status like Xiao Qiao is eligible to ride.

Wei Yu seemed to have waited for a moment of kung fu, but he didn’t see half a point of impatience, and sat on his horse and calmed down. Seeing Xiao Qiao’s figure gradually appear from the gate, he turned over and got off his horse to meet her, smiled and invited her to board the carriage, and said: “Fang just reported that there is less than twenty miles to go.” My younger sister followed me outside the city gate, expecting my brother to arrive.

“Uncle bothered.”

Little Joe smiled at him slightly, turned and lifted his skirt to board the carriage. Wei Yu ordered his retinue to escort him on the road, and he got on his horse and followed Xiao Qiao’s carriage for a while, and set off for the South City Gate.

Xiao Qiao married Wei Shao, and although the time to come to Yuyang was not short, most of the time he lived in simplicity, went back to the Queen Mother’s Palace with an inscription, and took a carriage back and forth, and the people of Yuyang rarely had the opportunity to see the wife of the prince. Today, as soon as this BMW xiang car from the gate of Wei Province hit the road, it attracted the attention of passers-by. Although there are three curtains on the car, the front is hollow, and the carriage will be swept up by the wind when it moves.

Between the fluttering and rolling light veil curtains, I saw a beautiful woman in magnificent costume sitting on the carriage in the distance, which attracted countless lights, spreading the knowledge that she was the lady of the Wei Palace, and passers-by were even more excited, and many people began to follow her to the South Gate. Once upon a time, when Xindu left the city, it seemed that it was going to be staged again.

Wei Yu saw that there were more and more people on both sides of the road, lest he rush into Xiao Qiao, and ordered him to follow Strict Guard, and he also drove his horse closer, all the way looking at a shadow that appeared from time to time between the light veils, and finally left the city and parked his driving on the side of the stone pavilion a few miles away. The three sides of the stone pavilion were also pulled up with curtains earlier, and there were piers inside, and Wei Yu asked Xiao Qiao to get off the carriage and enter the stone pavilion for a temporary rest, waiting for the arrival of Yanzhou and his party.

Wei Yu was meticulous in his consideration. There are also two plates of washed fresh fruit, two delicate pastries, and tea in the stone pavilion. Little Qiao only wanted to see Adi quickly, did not have the heart to eat, only felt a little thirsty, saw that there was tea, and slowly drank a lamp. After the second drink, when I was halfway through the drink, I saw the shadow of a column of people and horses at the end of the road in the distance.

Xiao Qiao was excited, put down the tea cup out of the stone pavilion, stood on the side of the road to build a pavilion and looked up, the group of people and horses in the distance gradually approached, she could already see the Yanzhou banner that was played out, and closer, she saw that there was a red horse in front of her, and her brother Qiao Ci was sitting on a horse and was coming in his own direction.

A stone’s throw away, Qiao Ci also saw little Joe waving to himself on the side of the road. Exultation. Immediately urging the horse to rush towards Sister A, he flew off his horse and ran in front of her.

“Sister!” “Adi!”

Little Qiao clutched his brother’s arm with both hands, a burst of excitement, a heat in his chest, and his eyes were a little red. Carefully look at the younger brother who has been away for more than half a year.

He was much taller. I remember that before getting married, he was also half a head taller than himself, and in the past six months, he had grown a little longer, but he grew faster, only slightly shorter than Wei Shao, and he had to look up at him, and his shoulders were wider, standing in front of him, as if he had already had a bit of an adult look.

Qiao Ci also missed his sister. Since she got married, she always felt that the Wei family had bad intentions in marrying the daughter of the Qiao family, and was always worried that Sister Ah would be abused when she arrived here, so this time Qiao Yue sent emissaries to the north, and he must also follow him. I also looked at Sister A.

Little Joe is slightly longer than last year, with gorgeous clothes and a face full of blood. Before getting married, it was the beautiful and simple beauty of the boudoir girl, and now between the eyebrows, there is a slight charm of a feminine little woman than before. Qiao Ci only felt that Sister Ah looked better than last year. But where the good looks are, he can’t say. In short, seeing that she seemed to be doing well, the heart that had been hanging on the road was released. Suddenly, seeing that her eyes seemed to be slightly red, she was suddenly helpless, and hurriedly asked, “Sister, what are you crying?”

“Your sister saw that you were more heroic than before, and at a young age, she killed one enemy and two enemies in front of the battle, and she was a hero, and her heart was happy and shed tears of joy.”

Before Xiao Qiao could answer, Wei Yu was already approaching and smiled at Qiao Ci.

Qiao Ci looked at Wei Yu and winced slightly. The first feeling was that this man was Wei Shao, and then I felt that it was not right. Hearing that Wei Shao was in his early twenties, this man stood tall, although he was also outstanding, but his age seemed to be slightly older. Look at Little Joe.

Little Qiao quickly wiped his eyes, and then smiled, “He is your brother-in-law.”His cousin Wei Junjun (魏使君), the Duke of DaiJun (代郡公), was a general of the imperial court Sanpin Light Vehicle. On the orders of my grandmother, I went out of the city to meet you and my party.

Qiao Ci was stunned. He looked at Wei Yu slightly. Seeing this person’s good looks made him feel shrewd and capable, but he was full of smiles and a very kind attitude.

When he came, he was ready to be coldly received by the Wei family. At the moment, it was unexpected. Thinking that he had just mentioned his confrontation in front of the battle outside Juye City, he had praised him in his tone, and he was a little embarrassed, but he was inevitably happy in his heart, and he had a good impression of him at once. Listening to Xiao Qiao’s introduction, he solemnly saluted and hurriedly greeted Wei Yu and called him “Ambassador Jun”.

Wei Yu smiled, “You are the brother of your younger sister, and you are like me.” You don’t have to see me like this, just call me a cousin.
After all,
Qiao Ci was only sixteen or less, although he was tall, his heart was still a half-grown child, and when he saw that Wei Yu was so easy-going, he was not polite, so he directly called him Wei Cousin. The two called brothers and brothers, and when they saw each other, they were like forgetting their friendship.

Ah Di had not yet entered the city, and only one of them had taken a look, and he and Wei Yu had fought so fiercely. Little Joe felt something was wrong in his heart. Moreover, although her disgust for Wei Yu was not as strong as at the beginning, she always felt that this person had quite a city government, and subconsciously, she did not want Ah Di to be so close to him. Of course, in this case, she would not say anything.

A moment later, Yang Feng, the Emissary of Yanzhou, who had been left behind by Qiao Ci, and a group of retinues arrived.

Xiao Qiao had seen Yang Feng before. It is the long history of his uncle, who is familiar with Confucianism, and can also be regarded as a famous scholar in Yanzhou. Yang Feng dismounted from his horse, Wei Yu greeted him, and after greeting each other, Xiao Qiao boarded the carriage again, and the group returned to the bed under the leadership of Wei Feng.

Yang Feng’s trip, in addition to carrying Qiao Yue’s handwritten book, also had a rich thank you gift. Each gave Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Zhu splendid embroidery and gold ornaments, silk, silk, brocade, satin, and 200 horses each, totaling 1,000 horses, plus ten carts of local products in Yanzhou.

A group of people and carriages drove through the streets under the attention and discussion of the people of Yuyang. Wei Yu arranged for Yang Feng to stay at the inn, explaining that Wei Shao had just left Yuyang yesterday and would return soon, asking him to rest in peace, and then arrived at Wei Mansion with Qiao Ci.

The first thing Qiao Ci did when she arrived was naturally to visit Wei Shao’s grandmother and mother. He arrived at the residence, washed away the wind and dust along the way, and changed into formal attire.

Little Joe was waiting outside his house. Seeing Adi come out, his spirit was refreshed, and he was dressed in a dark color and wide-sleeved new clothes like a crown jade, heroic, and his heart was extremely relieved, just like a vague sense of pride of “my family’s Adi has just grown up”.

Little Joe personally took Qiao Ci to the North House. On the way, many young maids of the Wei Mansion saw the brother of the female prince, and they all looked sideways.

Lady Xu and the Zhu clan were already in place. Wei Yu was by the side. After Qiao Ci was led in by Xiao Qiao, she paid homage to Lady Xu and Lady Zhu respectively.

Although Qiao Ci was less than sixteen, and the Qiao family was now in the twilight of the Western Mountains, after all, it was an old family, and the etiquette of meeting guests on the scene had been strictly taught since childhood, so it would be wrong. After a glance at the etiquette, Qiao Ci got up, and Lady Xu seemed very happy, praising his outstanding appearance, the young eagle soaring in the dome, the fate of Zhong Mi to give the gift of meeting, a short knife with a sheath of a gorgeous cat’s eye gem.

Lady Zhu saw Qiao Ci at a glance, saw him heroic and radiant, like Yushan in front, and immediately thought of her husband and eldest son who had gone there, and now the son of the Enemy family had not only grown up, but also been welcomed as a guest to the door, and the disgust in her heart could not be described in pen and ink. But on such an occasion, still in front of Lady Xu, she had been the head of the Houfu for decades, how could she dare to show half a point of disrespect? Reluctantly suppressing the hatred, the fate also gave gifts.

Qiao Ci gave his hands and thanked him again. Madame Xu summoned him to her side, asked him a few kind questions, left him here for a little longer, and then said to Wei Yu: “Unfortunately, your second brother happens to be out of the city, and in the past two days, your grandmother will also send you to do things, and you will take him out for a walk on behalf of your second brother.” Although our northern land is not as beautiful as the southern scenery, it also has a bit of a majestic scenery.

Wei Yu smiled, “Without the grandmother’s instructions, the grandchildren will naturally serve on their behalf.” ”

[End of This Chapter]