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Wei Shao first took Xiao Qiao forward, but when he saw that she refused to cooperate, his fist hit him, making a thud. It was just that, his feet were still desperate and refused to move forward. He gradually became impatient. He simply held her horizontally in his arm, regardless of how she struggled and beat her, and walked out the door. When he arrived in front of the carriage, he threw her in under Jia Wei's round eyes and closed the door with a "bang".
The carriage was covered with thick fur mats. Xiao Qiao was thrown away by him and rolled over. He didn't feel any pain. He just sat up and panted. When he sat up and gasped, he realized that one of his shoes was thrown away and barefoot.
Suddenly the door opened again, Wei Shao showed his face again, threw a shoe in, and then closed the door again with a "bang".
When Xiao Qiao heard him and Jia Wei whispering a few words, the carriage moved and walked forward. After walking at a constant speed, Xiao Qiao heard a sound from outside, as if he had arrived at the Xicheng Gate. He got up and opened the window and took a look. Seeing that the torch light was in the light, two city soldiers in front opened the gate.
The carriage left the city gate and the speed became faster and faster, completely leaving the dark fields on both sides of the road and the Yuyang City behind him.
After a night of travel, I was on the road during the day the next day, and only stopped by a post house in the middle, I took a short rest, and then continued on the road. It was late at night, and arrived in Zhuo County, and finally stopped. I said I would spend the night here.
Xiao Qiao was really angry. He was like a toy and remembered that he was taken out of bed in the middle of the night and threw it into the carriage and took it away. He hated that he had no right to speak in front of him. Everyone was already in the carriage. What else could he do after walking such a long way? No matter how he made a fuss, he would be humiliating himself. He was in a low mood, and he had been in the carriage for so long, and there was almost no pause in the middle. After a while, he felt a little dizzy. It was late at night, and it was pitch black all around and there was no word. He followed Wei Shao into the inn.
Zhuo County is a big county, and the conditions of the post house are good. Not only is the bathroom room attached to the room, but the postmaster learned that the king and the marquis were gone and returned to check in tonight. He immediately changed into a brand new fragrant wood bathtub, filled with hot water, so that the king and his wife could relieve fatigue.
For two consecutive days and nights, Xiao Qiao almost spent almost all of her time in the carriage. In the early spring of the north, the road was dry and cold, and the road was dusty. Although the carriage was closed, the inner compartment was inevitably covered with dust. Xiao Qiao felt that he was covered in dust. Seeing that there was a big bucket of hot water to wash, it was the only comforting thing on the road these two days. So he took off his clothes and went into the bathtub.
After a moment, a figure shook at the door of the bathroom. Wei Shao also walked in with her, removed his clothes in a few seconds, stepped into the bathtub, and sat against her.
As soon as his body entered the water, the water overflowed along the wall of the bucket. Moreover, it suddenly became crowded inside.
Xiao Qiao felt that a hairy leg touched his calves underwater, so she shrank back, bent her chest and abdomen, lowered her head and washed her body, wanted to come out quickly and give him the place.
I don’t know if it was because he was unintentional or intentional, but the hairy leg stretched out under the water again. This time it pressed on the skin of her thighs.
Xiao Qiao raised her head and looked at Wei Shao opposite her.
His shoulders moved, Dioshui leaned towards her a little, raised a wet hand, slowly grabbed her chin, and whispered: "You are so obedient, I will treat you well."
This was the first thing he said to her in the past two days since he was thrown into the carriage in the middle of the night.
Xiao Qiao looked at him for a moment, and the corners of his lips slowly bent, and he said, "I know. Do you have any other instructions for your husband?"
Wei Shao's eyes gradually went down from her mist eyes, passed through her lips, jade neck, and fragrant shoulders, and finally fell to her half of her chest that was outlined by the water, and she rolled up and down her throat, but she didn't say anything.
Xiao Qiao waited for a while, then turned around and took off his hand, grabbed the edge of the bathtub, crawled out of the water, and quickly covered her clothes and left the bathtub.
After finishing the tidying, she went to bed and lay down. After a long time, Wei Shao came out and his face was a little stinky.
That night, the two of them were sleeping in the same bed. He didn't touch her as if they were in a cold war at home.
The next morning, Xiao Qiao woke up, and the maid with a handsome face came in with a full set of brocade clothes and served her to wash and dress.
After two days of dressing, Xiao Qiao was finally able to wear clothes today, and she also wanted to thank Wei Shao for his great kindness.
After she finished washing, the servant brought in a food table. Wei Shao also followed.
He didn't speak, she didn't speak. The two sat opposite each other and had a breakfast with wide eyes.
After the food case was carried away, Wei Shao finally spoke: "I will set off for Jinyang today. You can live in the inn first, and wait until Chunniang arrives before you get on the road. There is no need to rush, come here slowly. I will ask Jia Wei to lead 500 soldiers to escort you."
Xiao Qiao said: "Mr. Xie is thoughtful in arrangements."
Seeing that she didn't even raise her eyes to look at her, Wei Shao stood up and stood up last night when she didn't bathe with her last night. After raising her feet, he finally endured it. He turned his head and said, "It's not that I won't walk with you. But something happened in Jinyang, waiting for me to go over. I don't want you to work too hard, so I left Jia Huben to bring 500 elite soldiers to you. Don't worry, there will be no trouble all the way."
Xiao Qiao said: "Main business is important, husband can go first."
Wei Shao endured the turbulent anger in his chest and turned his head away.
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Wei Shao indeed left Zhuo County in the morning, leaving Xiao Qiao in the post house. The county magistrate's wife came to visit Xiao Qiao during the day and accompanied her. In the evening, Chunniang and two maids were sitting in a carriage, and finally rushed up to meet Xiao Qiao from behind. After spending another night in the post house, the next day, Xiao Qiao took a comfortable carriage that could accommodate more than ten people in the inner compartment. Under the escort of Jia Wei and five hundred soldiers, he headed to Jinyang.
The large areas from Youzhou to Jinyang are now affiliated with Wei Shao, so they traveled all the way without any obstacles. After passing Dai County, entering Pingcheng, and passing Yanmen County, it was Bingzhou. Xiao Qiao was not rushing on the road, and walked during the day and stayed overnight in the dark. It was not too late. It took almost twenty-five or six days. At the beginning of March, he finally approached Jinyang City.
The weather was very good when Xiao Qiao arrived at the ancient city of Jinyang. The wind blew towards him, which brought a breath of spring.
Although she walked slowly along the way, she walked on the road every day, and there were bumps. After nearly a month, she felt tired and gradually wanted to arrive earlier.
Today, she was finally about to enter the city. She and Chunniang sat in the carriage, opened the window, and looked out the window with a new green field. She gradually became a little excited, and the journey was smooth, passing through the moat and entering the city gate.
The carriage passed through Jingran Street and sent her to a densely-doored house located directly north of the city, and stopped.
This is the Jinyang Yamen Office, where Wei Shao lived and governed after he came.
The manager had already learned that the woman had arrived today, so he brought his servants to wait outside the door early. When he saw a beautiful little woman coming out of the carriage, he knew that it was the wife of the Marquis of Yan, and welcomed her in.
Xiao Qiao entered and learned that Wei Shao was not in Jinyang City, so he went to Xihe County.
"Your Majesty left the city five or six days ago. I guess he will be back in the past two days."
The manager saw that the daughter had just arrived and couldn't see the prince. He was afraid that he would be disappointed, so he explained it specifically.
Xiao Qiao nodded with a smile. During the day that day, she was busy setting up her luggage. After taking a shower at night, she took a nap that night, and woke up naturally the next day. She felt refreshed and the fatigue along the way was completely eliminated.
Wei Shao was not here, and Xiao Qiao was just a first-timer and nothing happened. In the first few days, he ate, slept, slept, and wandered around the mansion, and was in a daze. The day passed.
Two days later, Chunniang said that when she entered the city that day, she saw a shop hanging on the street selling lamb skins that looked good. At that time, she thought that buying a few to make winter knee pads is also excellent. She was afraid that the weather would get warmer and wanted to take advantage of today to pick them up.
Xiao Qiao was already doing nothing, so she changed into ordinary clothes and wore Mijia, so she went out with Chunniang.
The manager knew that the area where the lady was going to live in the south of the city, and he might have lost it, so he led the way to escort it himself.
Xiao Qiao took a carriage out and gradually approached the market, then got down to walk. He wandered around slowly and found the stall selling lamb skin that Chunniang saw that day. He picked four or five pieces, paid, collected them, and wandered back slowly along the way, buying some miscellaneous items. When he was about to leave, he suddenly saw many people gathered next to the market road. A middle-aged man shouted loudly while shouting for soliciting. It turned out that he was a vendor.
The stalls for selling slaves. There are men and women. The men are wearing hair and women are tied up. They are all Qiang people who are kidnapped from somewhere. They are all unkempt and their hands are tied. The women are dressed in rags, and the women are even more unclothed, revealing their chests and abdomen covered with gray and black marks. The passers-by stare at them and point fingers, with their eyes full of obscene. The Qiang women looked like mud-tied wood carvings, without any reaction.
Jinyang was the capital of Taiyuan County. It was once the capital of Zhao State in ancient times. It was the same as Fanyang, Yuyang and Xindu, which were famous northern cities. In addition to Han people, the residents also lived in the Qiang and Hu people who were naturalized from their ancestors.
Since ancient times, the Qiang people have been hard-working and hardworking. Women have given birth to children and do not avoid wind and snow. They are strong and brave. They are lucky to die in battle, but they are ominous in illness. They can be called a brave and vibrant nation. However, for the past century, they have been in constant conflict with the Han Dynasty. Now these naturalized Qiang and Hu people have been low status and have mostly become slaves or harbors. Especially before, during the decades when Chen Xiang occupied Bingzhou, they were either forcibly sent to war or robbed, and the situation was tragic.
Seeing that the female master was slowing down, the manager hurriedly blocked her, not wanting Xiao Qiao to see her, and said, "These are all inferior Qianghu. I thought they were sent to the market for sale because they offended the head of the family. The female master should not be able to avoid being dirty."
Xiao Qiao asked: "I have been so openly selling Qiang slaves in the market here?"
The manager said: "It has always been a practice."
Xiao Qiao frowned, looked at the unclothed Qiang women, hesitated for a while, and finally turned around and left. As soon as he took a few steps, he suddenly heard a noise behind him. He saw a teenager in his teens climbing up from the ground, rushed over and bit a man who was trying to buy it, but actually reached out to pinch the young Qiang women's chest, and bit it tightly.
The man was in pain and howled loudly, and was finally separated by someone, and his wrist was bleeding. The middle-aged man who was hawking was furious and ordered people to pounce the young man on the ground, whip out himself, cursing, and thrust hard on the head.
The young man was very stubborn, his eyes ejaculated, and he shouted loudly in small-sophisticated Chinese language: "We have no master! My sister and I were captured by this bad guy when we were grazing sheep in the back mountain of our home..."
The middle-aged man was furious and stopped whipping. He kicked the boy hard on the head, gritted his teeth and scolded: "Slave! I'll tell you to talk nonsense again!"
The boy's head was bleeding, his head was trampled on the ground by the man's boots, and his body was still twisting and struggling. The young Qiang girl who was originally in a blank expression suddenly burst into tears and rushed over, knelt on the ground, and kept kowtowing to the middle-aged man for mercy.
More and more people gathered around him, and there were four or five people in the group, all dressed as locals. Among them was a young man, who was twenty-five or six years old, with heroic eyebrows and bright eyes. Looking at this scene, the haze in his eyes gradually became stronger.
Several followers near him were already furious.
From the human being, Jiang Meng had the most violent temper. Her forehead was full of blue veins and she gritted her teeth and said, "The Han people actually bullied my tribe members so far!" She clenched her fists and was about to go up, but was stopped by the young man and stopped.
Chapter completed!