Although Wei Shao had been planning for Shiyi for a long time, the attack was suddenly happening, and there was no comprehensive preparation in advance, and the number of people was not advantageous. This fierce battle at the city was entirely due to the combat effectiveness of the soldiers who had experienced through many years through large and large battles and the strength of his leader in the army. As soon as he decided, there were many things to deal with at hand. Therefore, although he had doubts about the details of Xiao Qiao's robbery that day, he was busy all day long and could not spare time, so he suppressed it and did not care much about it.

The matter started today. Shiyi escorted a group of prisoners, one of whom was a close confidant Chen Rui who escaped from Chen Pang's knife that day. In order to protect himself, he said endlessly that he and others were robbing Wei Shao's wife from Liu Yan of Langya that day. Wei Shao received the reward and asked for a while, and immediately learned that Xiao Qiao and the prince of Langya Liu Yan had had a marriage contract before.

He just followed the flow of marriage with the Qiao family and never cared about it, nor did he ever think about having sex with the girl Qiao. Therefore, when he was discussing marriage, he did not ask any questions, nor did anyone find out whether Qiao girl was beautiful or ugly, and how good she was. He didn't care at all. As long as the Qiao girl came over, he didn't know that Xiao Qiao had such a secret relationship with Liu Yan in the past. Suddenly, he felt unhappy, and he didn't expect that there was a Langya Liu Yan robbing people first, and then he fell into Chen Rui's hands.

The newlywed wife was openly robbed into Shiyi by someone like this. Even if Wei Shao didn't care about his wife's life or death, as long as he was still breathing, he would not be indifferent. He rushed to launch an army to attack Shiyi without being fully prepared. In the end, although he took back the people and occupied the city, his losses were beyond the original expectations. It was not light. When he thought that Xiao Qiao was still inseparable from Liu Yan, the Qiao family humiliated him so much. With his usual goals above the top, how could he bear this tone, he became furious on the spot, left something else, and rushed over and attacked.

Qiao Nu defended herself, which was as expected as he expected. Unexpectedly, she actually listened to her self-dispute and followed her words. The anger that originally appeared in her heart gradually subsided without realizing it, and her eyes did not feel like it.

Xiao Qiao had just left the bath and only had a white midi-cloth on her body. Her long hair had not been able to be cleaned up and tidyed. She drooped over her shoulders, and the ends of her hair were still dripping. The marks gradually spread, soaking her shoulders and a piece of clothes on her chest, tightly sticking to her. If her shoulders were slimmed and a slightly undulating curved outline would appear a little.

Wei Shao's gaze was fixed, and a moment ago appeared in front of him. The scene he saw when he leaned down to question her. Although she immediately shrank underwater, he had already seen it. Seeing that she looked private at the moment and was very different from the usual attitude in front of others, a faint strange feeling suddenly appeared in his heart. He immediately drove out the scene imprinted in his mind. He raised his gaze and saw her cheeks were covered with tears, and he also heard it somewhat. She seemed to be angry in her last sentence, thinking that she couldn't control her for a while. She should have really scared her when she broke in just now, and she couldn't help but feel a little regretful. She frowned and said, "Where are so many random thoughts? Did I say you go back?"

Xiao Qiao turned her face sideways, raised her hand and quickly wiped away the tears from her face, without saying a word.

The room fell silent.

Seeing that she stopped turning toward him, Wei Shao stared at the candlestick on the table next to him, as if it was a flower, and suddenly felt a little bored. He hesitated and said, "Pull wipe your hair and go to bed earlier." He turned around and walked away quickly.

As soon as he left, Xiao Qiao's tense shoulders slowly loosened, and breathed a long sigh, leaning against the table next to him with some weakness.

...

The storm that night passed, and everything was no different from before. Only two days later, Zhong Ma sent Xiao Qiao a few gold and silk. In addition, there were two plates of Qiang Tao and Anshi that were rarely seen on weekdays, and crystal pomegranates that were only available for tribute to the country. Zhong Ma said that it was sent by the Lord and Hou.

Xiao Qiao was a little surprised. She guessed that Wei Shao had just made up for the night, so she smiled accordingly and said, "Please tell the Lord." She was very grateful."

Chunniang hurriedly asked her maid to take the gift and repeatedly expressed her gratitude.

"My lady, the old lady is old and needs a maid to serve her. The maid will set off for a first time tomorrow and cannot serve her anymore. The maid will stay here for a while. When you return to the north with the maid, you can pay homage to the old lady."

Before she left, she suddenly said this. Her attitude was similar to before, and she was still cold. But it was the longest sentence she had ever said to her in these days. She also noticed that Zhong Ma did not mention another woman in the Wei family in Yuyang, Wei Shao's mother, Mrs. Zhu.

She said a few words of wishing An on the way.

Zhong Mama bowed to her a little, turned around and left.

...

Chunniang has never seen the world before. She showed a hint of joy at the pile of things that Wei Shao sent. She said that she would use this brocade to cut her new clothes for her in two days.

"I have enough clothes and I don't have time to wear them, so I don't have to do it anymore."

Xiao Qiao said casually, grabbed two Qiang Taos and put them in the palm of her hand, rolled and played twice.

"Okay, wait a while." Chunniang ordered the maid to put away the gold and silk, "The maid helps you peel peach prunes. The Marquis of Wei is intent. In the past, in Dongjun, it was rare to see such a pleasant peach prunes in winter..."

"I don't like to eat these!"

Xiao Qiao threw the Qiang Tao in her hand back to the plate.

A Qiang peach jumped out of the plate and whirled drippingly on the table.

"You'll share the food."

She patted her palms and said to Chunniang and the maid who looked at her in surprise.

...

Although she lives in the same place, Wei Shao never came to Sheyangju after that night. Sometimes Xiao Qiao was walking in the courtyard and met him by chance. When he saw him, he was always in a hurry and his attitude was naturally cold. If she really couldn't hide and greet him, he would just say "um" casually and say nothing.

Wei Shao did not restrict Xiao Qiao from going out. But Xiao Qiao never went out once. Her life was still very monotonous, and the only fun was about every dusk, climbing up to the Sandal Platform to look down at the city under the sunset or the distance outside the city wall.

Sometimes, when Xiao Qiao stood on the top of the Tantai, he would occasionally see a group of people suspected of Wei Shao entering and leaving the city.

He seemed to be really busy, like a dog. Xiao Qiao thought to himself.

Days flow through the fingers day by day, and the weather gradually became warmer. Although I couldn't take off my heavy winter clothes sooner or later, the wind blew over and was no longer as thrust as a knife. The ice began to thaw, and the dry courtyard of Sheyang, which was originally gray, began to show a few light green spots.

On the day when Xiao Qiao found that the branches of the crabapple in front of the window began to sprout, Wei Shao sent someone to hand her a message and asked her to pack her clothes and said that she would be ready to set off in the next two days.

Mrs. Xu's 60th birthday is coming.

He needs to go back and celebrate his grandmother's birthday.

...

Three days later, the carriage that Xiao Qiao was riding swayed across the bluestone road, and went north toward Yuyang.

The journey went smoothly and there were no more accidents.

Half a month later, the group arrived in Yuyang County.

There is a mountain in the northwest of Yuyang City, called Yushan. The city is in the south of the mountain, so it is called Yuyang. It is also known as Wuzhongyi in ancient times. Because it is a hundred miles northeast, there is an ancient city called Wuzhong. Although the city is small, surrounded by mountains on three sides, it is not as dry and cold as other places in winter. It lives in the middle of it, like in the south of the Yangtze River. The Wei family built a villa in Wuzhong City. Mrs. Xu lived there last winter and has not returned to Yuyang yet.

Yuyang has been a place for soldiers and garrisons since ancient times. Hundreds of years ago, Yan built the Great Wall to resist the Huns, and the city wall passed by Yuyang.

The Wei family began in the era of Wei Shao's grandfather. In order to strengthen the northern defense and shock the Xiongnu, the Wei family moved the provincial capital from Fanyang to Yuyang, which was further north. After several generations, the city defense continued to be strengthened. By the Wei Shao's generation, the legitimate and powerful King Yiye Mo Shanyu did not dare to have head-on conflicts with Wei Shao's army again. Baitan, which had been repeatedly poisoned by the Xiongnu cavalry, has now not had any major wars for many years. The people resided and the population gradually flourished.

On the day Xiao Qiao arrived, the spring sun was bright. When the carriage approached the city gate, she curiously looked out the car window. Seeing that in the distance, under the blue sky, the city wall was towering and destroying clouds, like two magnificent huge black dragons, winding along the east and west, without seeing the end. Gradually, it was clear that the entire city wall was made of huge stones nearly three feet tall, and was as solid as the Great Wall. The city tower above the city gate was not the style of the archway she had been looking for, but a huge square tower of a bunker. Along the city wall, there was one such tower every dozens of feet, which was only slightly smaller than the one on the city gate. The flags of the four corners of the tower were floating, and soldiers wearing armored clothes looked at it. The knife heads on the long spear flashed with dazzling metal light under the sunlight.

The news of Junhou returning to the city was just taken to the city through a sentry. The city gate immediately opened wide, and a brigade of soldiers in armor rushed out of the city, and they lined up on both sides of the road. Li Dian, Zhang Jian, and dozens of deputy generals who were guarding Yuyang, who were riding horses out of the city to welcome him. Wei Shao exchanged some greetings with his generals, and led the crowd into the city. Along the way, the soldiers saluted and shouted "Junhou Return", with a sound of thunder, which was shaking people's ears. After entering the city, the people heard the news and rushed out of the house to welcome him. They passed by and finally arrived at the envoy's mansion in the middle of the north of the city.

The specific day Wei Shao returned to the city was not sent home in advance, so his mother, Mrs. Zhu, didn't know that the person happened to be not at home today. The manager said that Mrs. Zhu took Zheng Shu to the Wuzhu Temple on Yushan two days ago, and it is still in the temple. He has sent someone to inform him and must have returned soon.
Chapter completed!