Chapter Thirty-Nine: Big Joe's Dream Lover

Since the day of departure from Jiujiang, no matter whether he took a boat or a car, Da Qiao has been hiding in the boat or carriage, except for her sister Xiao Qiao, even to her father, let alone others, and Lu Su, who gradually understood the reason, also felt guilty - deceived an innocent and lovely innocent girl, did not dare to talk to their sisters, and avoided their sisters as much as possible, so in the nearly two months from Jiujiang to Chang'an, Da Qiao has always been immersed in the joy of being able to meet the lover of his dreams, I didn't know what kind of nightmare she would behold.

When Lu Su and Qiao Xuan and his entourage finally arrived in Chang'an, like others, the father and daughter of the Qiao family were also stunned by the majestic new Chang'an, and the prosperous market and streets made Qiao Xuan overjoyed, thinking that he was about to become the lord of this rich city, Qiao Xuan was secretly proud, Qiao Xuan had already secretly inquired about Dong Zhuo's situation on the road, knowing how powerful he was, how bright his future was, and how rich his money was, Qiao Xuan knew that Dong Zhuo was extremely lustful, so he didn't worry about whether his daughter could marry Dong Zhuo, As for Dong Zhuo's appearance and age, this is not what Qiao Xuan has to care about.

Needless to say, the joy in Da Qiao's heart is not only talented and martial, handsome and loving, it turns out that governing the country and the people is also a first-class good hand, it can be regarded as perfect and perfect! Even Xiao Qiao, who had been sullen because of his separation from Zhou Yu, opened his mouth and admired Chang'an City, leaving Zhou Yu behind for the time being.

Lu Su knew that Chang'an now had a lot of affairs, and Taishi, Jia Xu and Li Ru and others must be busy, so he sent someone to inform Kang Peng in advance, asking Kang Peng and others not to go out of the city to greet them, and to handle business with peace of mind.

At the gate of the city, according to the rules, Qiao Xuan brought by Lu Su must be inspected by the guards before entering the city, fortunately, Kang Peng took into account the distinction between men and women, and especially arranged female soldiers at the gates of each city to inspect the women entering the city, so it was not so embarrassing for Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao to enter the city in other cities, but when the Qiao sisters came out of the carriage to accept it, the people of Chang'an and the soldiers guarding the city all exclaimed, "It's so beautiful!" "Heavenly immortals descend to earth!" "Look, it's exactly the same big beauty!"

There happened to be a group of rich children from Chang'an passing by, and without saying a word, they immediately surrounded Lu Su and asked nonsense: "Lord Lu, who are these two girls?" "Lord Lu, do they have a mother-in-law?" Some rich children simply learned the tricks of ** Han Dong Taishi, and shouted directly at the Qiao sisters: "Beauty, ILOVEYOU!" Marry me! "It is Kang Peng's English that has spread all over the north at Cai Wenji's wedding, which once again proves the eternal principle of 'the upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked'. The Qiao sisters have long heard the meaning of this sentence in English, the shy and shy big Qiao is flushed, and he doesn't dare to look at people when he looks down, and the lively and naughty little Qiao glared at those disciples viciously, and his pretty face was as red as a ripe persimmon.

In the midst of the noise, a fiery red horse rushed to the crowd at the city gate like a lightning speed, and the horse stood up, and immediately one of them shouted: "Zijing, are you back?" Why don't you give a word in advance? Qiling and I can go and greet you. "The Qiling in Lu Bu's mouth is the daughter of his eldest wife Yan, who is exactly twelve years old this year, and the most sticky person is usually Lu Su, so Lu Bu said this.

Da Qiao looked up and saw that there was a man and a woman on the horse, the man was about thirty years old, eight feet tall, he was handsome and extraordinary, with a golden crown on his head, wearing a hundred flowers robe, and a halberd painted by Fang Tian in his hand, like the god of war descending to earth. And the woman's head was veiled, her face could not be seen clearly, her abdomen was high and bulging, and she was obviously pregnant, like a bird leaning on the handsome man's arms. And when those rich children saw the man, they were like mice seeing cats, and they scattered with the onlookers of Chang'an, and immediately fled without a trace, as if the man would eat people.

The man also saw the Qiao sisters, although his eyes lit up at first, but then he looked at Lu Su again, and he didn't seem to care about the beauty of the Qiao sisters. His disregard for the Qiao sisters was also seen by Da Qiao, although Da Qiao was shy, but he was still a little angry in his heart, she grew up, no matter how old or young men saw her, they would exclaim in surprise, and their eyes would not take their eyes off her, but this handsome man's gaze at her was so cold, it was undoubtedly a heavy blow to Da Qiao.

Lu Su arched his hand at the person on the horse, "Wen Hou, traveling with his wife?" Isn't it worth it today? ”

Lu Bu hugged the beautiful woman in his arms, and said with a happy smile: "Today is Zhang Xiu and Ma Chao on duty, Zilong and I took Cicada and Yunlu out to relax, and by the way, we went to the countryside to check the growth of Xiangrui." ”

Lu Su looked into the distance and said strangely: "What about Zilong?" Why didn't he and Miss Ma come back? ”

Lu Bu laughed, Diao Chan also laughed in his arms, Lu Bu laughed and said: "That unlucky guy just met a girl in the field singing and courting him, and was caught red-handed by Miss Ma, beaten and scolded for more than half an hour, and now he is probably still swearing in front of Miss Ma." ”

Lu Su smiled dumbly, expressed deep sympathy for Zhao Yun's misfortune, and pointed to Qiao Xuan and said: "Wenhou, let me introduce to you, this is Qiao Gong, a wealthy businessman in Jiujiang, who specially moved to Chang'an because he admired the business atmosphere here of Taishi. ”

Lu Bu didn't say a word, jumped off the horse first, and carefully helped down Diao Chan, and the couple gave Qiao Xuan a salute together, Qiao Xuan was wondering how this big official could be so polite to himself, Lu Bu held his hand tightly, and read like an endorsement: "Welcome to Qiao Gong, my father-in-law is attracting investment in Chang'an, and businessmen like Qiao Gong are needed to work together with the military and civilians of Chang'an to develop together and benefit the people of the world." ”

Recently, there are more and more businessmen and people who have moved to Chang'an, Kang Peng ordered his subordinates to be martial, requiring them to treat outsiders with courtesy, not to be arrogant, and to make them feel like going home, there is no doubt that Lu Bu is one of the better ones, and the seemingly rude words made Qiao Xuan, the old fox, grateful and tearful, "Qiao Gong rest assured, if there is any problem with your business in Chang'an, such as who dares to extort money from you, extort or something, although you can come to Wenhou Mansion to find me, I will definitely help you skin that rabbit cub...... ”

Da Qiao suddenly realized, it turned out that this is the righteous son of his sweetheart, I heard that one of his wives is known as the first beauty in the world, no wonder he can't look down on himself, and at the same time, Da Qiao is secretly happy in his heart, the righteous son of his sweetheart is so handsome and mighty, so his appearance is ......

Da Qiao was thinking about it, and two more horses ran in the distance, still rushing to Lu Su to stop, immediately still a man and a woman, when the Qiao sisters saw the appearance of the young man, even Xiao Qiao, who was used to seeing the beauty of Zhou Lang, was fascinated, this young man in white robe was so handsome that he couldn't speak, with long hair and a shawl, eyes like stars, a nose like gall, red lips and white teeth, although there were a few fresh blood marks on his face, but it did not damage his handsomeness at all, but added a bit of heroism to him. And the woman was covered in a green shirt, with a sword hanging from her waist, and her beauty was no less than that of the Qiao sisters, but her face was full of anger, as if she was unhappy.

The young man was even more arrogant than Lu Bu, and he didn't even look at the Qiao family sisters - he didn't dare to look at it, so he got off the horse and hugged his fist at Lu Su, "Lord Lu is back, is the road hard?" ”

Lu Bu smiled first: "No matter how hard Zijing is, he doesn't work as hard as you, in addition to the wound on his face, is there any other secret injury?" Lu Bu blinked his eyes and said: "I said a long time ago that you should wear a veil like a cicada when you go out, so as not to be beaten, but you just don't listen, and now you will be punished, right?" Lu Su and Qiao Xuan laughed loudly when they said this, and Diao Chan couldn't stop laughing, only Zhao Yun smiled bitterly - he was kicked by Ma Yunlu a few more times on his buttocks.

Da Qiao was happy and worried in his heart, his sweetheart's generals and righteous sons were such heroes, so what would he look like? Can he take a fancy to himself? At this time, Xiao Qiao leaned into her ear and whispered sourly: "Congratulations sister, that Lu Su is telling the truth, his righteous son and love will indeed be more handsome and handsome than Gongjin, presumably he can't be there, can my sister be satisfied this time?" ”

Da Qiao was ashamed, pinched his sister hard, turned around and fled back to the carriage, Xiao Qiao was willing to suffer, and rushed into the carriage to take revenge with a scream, their fight finally attracted the attention of Lu Bu and Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun also leaned into Lu Su's ear and whispered: "Lord Lu, you are not small, you dare to take a beautiful woman back to Chang'an, have you forgotten that Wen Hou's daughter has a similar temper to Yun Lu and the fourth lady of Taishi?" ”

Lu Su smiled bitterly, he was having a headache about how to explain to Da Qiao what the Taishi looked like, if he inserted another rude Lu Qiling, then he really didn't have to live. Lu Su said goodbye to Qiao Xuan, called Lu Bu, Diao Chan, Zhao Yun and Ma Yunlu to the side to a quiet place, and whispered the ins and outs of the matter, "In order to complete the task assigned to me by the Taishi, I had to deceive the Qiao family to Chang'an, the eldest girl of the Qiao family has always regarded the Taishi as a handsome and chic beautiful man, and now the truth is about to be exposed, I really don't know what to do, do you have any ideas to help me solve this problem?" ”

Lu Bu, Zhao Yun and the others had strange faces, the muscles on their faces twisted around, and it took a lot of effort to hold back the laughter, Lu Bu didn't say a word, helped Diao Chan to turn around and leave, and went back to the city first. Zhao Yun was better than Lu Bu, and said to Ma Yunlu first: "Yunlu, the weather is very good today, how about we go to the school to find your eldest brother and them to compete in martial arts?" Ma Yunlu's face was red, but he kept nodding, for fear that he would laugh out loud with one mouth. Lu Su cried and wanted to pull Zhao Yun with a sad face, "Zilong, you and I are good brothers, you can't leave me alone, ......." Zilong, don't go......"

When Lu Su returned to the city gate dejectedly, Qiao Xuanqi said, "Lord Lu, why did General Wen Hou and Zilong leave?" ”

Lu Su said with a wry smile: "They ......, they don't care about them if they have urgent military affairs, let's go to the city first, I will arrange a temporary residence for Qiao Gong, and then I will introduce Qiao Gong to Taishi at night." Lu Suxin said, let's die, it's a big deal that I will leave this matter to my subordinates in the future, and I won't see the father and daughter of the Qiao family.

After entering the city, Lu Su arranged a place for the Qiao family's father and daughter, and after Qiao Xuan settled down, he led Qiao Xuan to the yamen to register his household registration, meet Jia Xu, Li Ru and other important ministers of Dong Zhuojun, and leave the Qiao family sisters and servants and maids to stay in the pavilion, which was also the beginning of Da Qiao's nightmare.

The cause of Da Qiao's nightmare was her naughty sister who couldn't sit still, Qiao Xuan just went out on the front foot, and her sister came to pull her out to play, "Sister, it's so boring here, let's go out and see the streets of Chang'an." Da Qiao is not as active as her sister, and she wants to fantasize about her sweetheart, so she began to disagree, but Xiao Qiao's words moved her, "Sister, go, have you forgotten?" That Taishi likes to have a private interview with Weifu the most, maybe you can see him in advance. ”

Chang'an has been much more prosperous and lively than before, even more than the former Luoyang, especially Kangpeng introduced modern concepts, divided into residential areas, commercial areas, industrial areas and other areas, each performing its own duties, among which the most attractive Qiao sisters are naturally the commercial area covering an area of 24 streets.

"Sister, look, what a gorgeous rouge."

"Sister, it's so white, let's buy some and go back."

"Sister, what is this? It is more fragrant than incense powder, but it is like water. On the street that specializes in selling women's products, Little Joe wearing a veil is like a happy magpie, chirping and shouting, while Joe keeps looking at passers-by through the veil, trying to see if his sweetheart is among them.

"Girl, this is the perfume that the master taught us to make." The lady of the rouge gouache shop answered Xiao Qiao's question with a smile, and took a bottle of perfume and said: "There is alcohol mixed in it, and it is fragrant and cool on the body, buy a bottle, it's very cheap." ”

"Did the Master teach you to do it?" Da Qiao came to be interested, took the bottle of perfume and looked at it carefully, the color was light green, the fragrance was fragrant, it was indeed very pleasing to girls, Da Qiao's heart suddenly burst out of vinegar for no reason, as if he saw the handsome and mighty sweetheart rubbing this perfume on other women.

"Boss, how much?" When Big Joe was eating flying vinegar, her sister was already asking for the price.

"Half a piece of Dong Datou." The proprietress replied with a smile: "Girl, the eldest lady sees that you are outsiders, and she gives you a cheap price, or you are all sold for 600 yuan." ”

"Dong Datou?" Xiao Qiaohu wondered: "What is Dong Datou?" ”

The proprietress took out a piece of Chang'an gold coins that were very popular as soon as they were put on the market, "That's it, you use the old money, go to the government to exchange for new money, it just so happens that the government is changing it again today, and the old money is 20,000 wen for a Dong Datou." ”

"Wow, it's ugly! It's ugly! Xiao Qiao pointed to the head on the gold coin and exclaimed, "Who is this?" Fatter than a pig, old and ugly, is there such an ugly person in the world? ”

But as soon as Xiao Qiao's words came out, the kind old lady immediately changed her face, and passers-by also surrounded them, glaring at their sisters viciously, and the anxious ones had already scolded, "Slut, dare to say that our Master Dong is as ugly as a pig, what is so ugly about Master Dong?" As long as he is good to us and can make us have enough to eat, he is a good teacher. ”

"Master Dong?" Da Qiao quickly snatched the gold coin, and looked carefully at the pattern on the back, her sister said that it was not an exaggeration at all, although the pattern on the gold coin was relatively blurry, but the portrait was still extremely ugly, old and fat, and his appearance was probably comparable to that of a pig.

Da Qiao's whole body trembled, and the veil slowly lifted to reveal a pretty face that captivated the country and the city, "The person above here is Master Dong, does he really look like this?" Is he really that ugly? ”

The onlookers didn't dare to scold her when they saw her beautiful appearance, and one of them replied: "Yes, Mrs. Dong looks a little ...... and ugly." ”

Da Qiao's heart suddenly sank into the abyss like an iron block falling into water, and before he knew it, tears had rolled down. Her heartbroken appearance frightened Xiao Qiao, "Sister, sister, what's wrong with you?" Sister, don't scare me. ”

"Wow!" Da Qiao suddenly burst into tears, covering his face and rushing out of the crowd. Xiao Qiao hurriedly chased after him, "Sister, where are you going?" You don't run! ”

Da Qiao's heart was already grief-stricken, he couldn't hear anything, he didn't have any thoughts, just endless sorrow, he kept running, ran out of the commercial street, arranged to go out of the city, and ran until he couldn't run, and then squatted on the side of the road and cried.

Just as Da Qiao was crying to death, a broken gong-like voice sounded in her ears, "Two girls, what's wrong with you?" Are there any difficulties that you can't get over? ”

This voice is very distinctive, rough and hoarse, extremely ugly, but it pulls Da Qiao back to reality from the pain, Da Qiao looked up, and saw that the person who was asking was a short and fat old farmer covered in dust, his ordinary clothes were full of mud and dust, and his ugly face was full of messy and hard black beards, which made people daunting, but the pair of copper bells with a soft and warm light in his eyes made people feel very kind.

Da Qiao shook his head lightly, his voice hoarse, "Uncle, you don't know, I'm crying and I'm stupid." ”

The ugly old man smiled, his smile was extremely amiable, "Think you're stupid? Was it deceived by your lover? Tell grandpa that grandpa will clean up the negative man with no eyes for you and be angry for you. ”

Da Qiao's face turned red, and then tears fell again, "Uncle, it's not that he lied to me, it's me who lied to myself." ”