Chapter 431: Handan Lehu
The middle-aged woman's words were not very good, and Liu Wei couldn't help but turn his head and look at her again.
Seeing Liu Wei turn her head, the middle-aged woman's face was full of smiles, and she quickly followed, blocking in front of Liu Wei and the others, looking at the servants with a pair of triangular eyes, with a strange smile on the corner of her mouth, just looking at them, but she didn't say more.
"I don't know what my sister-in-law is doing to stop me and others?" Seeing the middle-aged woman standing in front of him, just looking at them back and forth, and didn't say a word for a long time, Liu Wei frowned slightly, his expression showed a little impatience, and his tone was not very friendly and asked the middle-aged woman.
In the past, Liu Wei didn't speak to the people in such a tone, but what this middle-aged woman did really made him feel very bored, so he almost couldn't suppress his anger.
A little irritability was heard from Liu Wei's tone, and the middle-aged woman smiled with a smile on her face, bowed slightly to the servants, and said to them: "It's almost noon now, and the three of you haven't eaten yet......
"If you just drag me to dinner, my sister-in-law doesn't have to say much!" Without waiting for the middle-aged woman to finish speaking, Liu Wei waved his hand at her and refused coldly: "Stay until you are hungry, and we will find a place to eat." ”
As he spoke, Liu Wei had already raised his feet and walked past the middle-aged woman first, and Guan Qing and Yuan Xi, who were standing on either side of him, also followed closely and walked away.
As soon as the servant took two steps, the middle-aged woman raised her face slightly as if talking to herself, and said softly: "The Central Plains is in chaos, and there are endless wars everywhere. Once General Baima's Jizhou soldiers arrive, this Handan City may not be able to defend it......"
Listening to the middle-aged woman's words, Yuan Xi suddenly became angry, turned his head suddenly, and was about to say something angry at her, but Liu Wei grabbed him and shook his head slowly at him.
Glancing at Guan Qing on the side, Liu Wei let go of the hand holding Yuan Xi's sleeve and walked forward without looking back.
The middle-aged woman said that Handan couldn't keep it, which had already angered Yuan Xi. He was about to have a seizure, but Liu Wei stopped him, and he had to hold back the anger in his stomach. Before leaving, he snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, and glared at the middle-aged woman viciously before leaving with Liu Wei.
Liu Wei and Yuan Xi left, but the middle-aged woman did not stop them, but just tilted her face slightly, maintaining that weird smile on her face.
When the two of them walked away, Guan Qing stepped behind the middle-aged woman, his face was gloomy, he lowered his voice, and asked the middle-aged woman in a cold voice, "Who are you?" What is the intention of stopping us? ”
When speaking, Guan Qing's tone was so cold that the surrounding air almost condensed into ice, the middle-aged woman shivered with excitement, and her previous indifference faded a lot, she subconsciously turned her head to look at Guan Qing, licked her lips, and then whispered to Guan Qing: "Someone wants to see a few ......"
"I want him to come and wait for me." Frowning slightly, Guan Qing's eyes narrowed, and he said coldly to the middle-aged woman: "You come with a certain person, and when I find my foot, you will go and attract that person again." ”
"I'm afraid ......" The middle-aged woman got the order to ask her to lead Liu Wei and the others to meet her master, she didn't expect that Guan Qing would ask her master to come to find them, she was stunned for a moment, and then said with some hesitation: "I'm afraid the master's family ......"
"It's your master's house, not our master's house!" Without waiting for the middle-aged woman to finish speaking, Guan Qing snorted coldly and said to the middle-aged woman: "If he wants to come, he wants to come!" If you don't dare to come, we won't be interested in meeting him! ”
Dropping this sentence, Guan Qing turned his head and left, chasing Liu Wei and Yuan Xi, who had already gone away.
Looking at Guan Qing's departing back, the indifference on the middle-aged woman's face finally completely dissipated, and was replaced by apprehension. Seeing that Guan Qing was going farther and farther, she knew that it was impossible to lead these people to the master's house, so she had to bite the bullet and follow quickly.
Seeing the middle-aged woman leave with Guan Qing, standing on the side of the road and watching the excitement, but not knowing what the two of them were talking about, all of them showed envious looks on their faces.
Especially those girls who are in their prime, they are even more indignant in their hearts. A middle-aged woman who had reached the age of forty and was old and decrepit just stopped the way of these young people, and followed them, how could she not let many girls who saw Liu Wei and others and were already secretly moved by their hearts regret.
Many girls even secretly wondered in their hearts, if they had just stepped forward, how could they let the middle-aged woman get the first prize?
"What a blessing!" Looking at the back of the middle-aged woman who was quickly chasing Guan Qing and the others leaving, a woman on the side of the road who was older than the woman sighed, shook her head slowly, and said softly with a regretful face: "Three such handsome sons, how can she stand it alone?" It's just that the couple is not picky, and the big girls and little daughters-in-law who are all over the street just took away an old thing...... It's a pity, it's a pity......"
Since the middle-aged woman stepped forward to block the way, and was stared at by the women she met along the way, Liu Wei and the others were much calmer.
As he was walking slowly along the street, Liu Wei suddenly heard the sound of orchestral music from the front. He stopped, listened carefully for a moment, raised his hand and pointed forward, and asked Yuan Xi on the side, "What is there?" ”
"Yucui Building!" Walking beside Liu Bian, Yuan Xi also heard the sound of the orchestra, and when he heard Liu Bian ask him, he hurriedly responded: "There is a happy household over there, and there are many talented women in it, but at present, there is a shortage of men in Jizhou, and the courtyard is much depressed." ”
"Lehu ......" looked ahead, squinted his eyes slightly, Liu Wei nodded slowly, raised his hand forward, and said to Yuan Xi and Guan Qing, who had just caught up, "I'll wait and take a look." ”
The so-called Lehu refers to some thieves and prisoners who have committed crimes and affected the women in their families. These women were demoted to Xi officials, naturalized Lehu, and engaged in the livelihood of ushering in and pleasing Lu, which was actually the government-run Qinglou in the late Han Dynasty.
"This ......" Liu argued that he wanted to go to Lehu to take a look, Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment, and said to him with some hesitation: "Lehu is the lowest and lowest place, go there......"
"Just listen to the strings, drink a few glasses, and relieve the boredom!" Liu Wei ignored Yuan Xi's entanglement, waved his hand at him, and strode towards the place where the sound of silk and bamboo was heard.
Seeing that Liu Wei had no intention of turning back, Yuan Xi glanced at Guan Qing on the side with a depressed expression. He originally wanted to ask the woman who was with the king of Luoyang to speak out and persuade Liu Bian, but he didn't think that Guan Qing didn't seem to be impressed at all that Liu Bian was going to Lehu, but he just made a gesture to him with a cold face, and quickly chased after Liu Bian.
Looking at the backs of Liu Wei and Guan Qing, Yuan Xi was very puzzled in his heart, and couldn't understand why Liu Wei suddenly became interested in the lowly Lehu.
Guan Qing, who was also puzzled with Yuan Xi, although the expression on his face was very indifferent, he also disagreed with Liu Wei going to Lehu in his heart.
The dignified King of Luoyang, when he arrived in Handan, he actually wanted to go to Lehu for a walk, if it was rumored to be out of the city, I don't know what the world would think!
"Qing'er!" Guan Qing followed behind Liu Wei and walked slowly in the direction of Lehu, Liu Wei whispered to Guan Qing as he walked: "But I don't understand, why do I want to go to Lehu?" ”
"Exactly!" If it weren't for Liu Wei asking, Guan Qing would never ask, but since Liu Wei asked, she had no reason to cover it up, and said softly to Liu Wei: "Qing'er really doesn't know why she wants to go there." ”
"Lehu, it's a mixture!" Liu Wei turned his head to Guan Qing and smiled slightly, and said to her: "It is also the most miscellaneous place of tongue and tongue, I will wait, maybe I can hear something." ”
Guan Qing was a little unimpressed by Liu Wei's statement. In Handan City, there are not many men, a slightly decent man, I am afraid that if a woman hooks his finger on the street, there will be a woman who will immediately throw himself into his arms.
Although he didn't think so, Guan Qing didn't say it, just lowered his head, followed behind Liu Wei, and walked towards Lehu, who was getting closer and closer.
The closer to Lehu, the clearer the sound of silk and bamboo, accompanied by the sound of silk and bamboo, Liu Wei and others vaguely heard a woman's graceful singing.
Following the sound of music, in front of a door, Liu Wei looked up at the two long strips of red paper like Spring Festival couplets on the side of the door.
Unlike the Spring Festival couplets, which symbolize the anticipation of the new year, the two red pieces of paper posted on the door have nothing written on them, as if they do not exist to pray for something, but only to distinguish the house from ordinary people.
Standing in the doorway, he glanced inside. Outside the gate, you can see a magnificent house at the end of a cobblestone path.
Music and singing did not come from inside the imposing house, but from a corner tower on the side.
Just as Liu Wei and the others were looking at the hall in the portal, about to raise their feet to enter the mansion, a woman with a heavy lead powder on her face twisted her waist and walked quickly towards the door.
"Yo!" When she arrived at the door, the woman put her right hand on the door frame, snuggled up to the door frame, squinted at Liu Wei and the others who were about to enter the door, a strange smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she said to the servants without any style: "You are not from Handan, right?" ”
The road was blocked by the woman, Liu Wei and the others stopped and looked up at the woman blocking the door.
The woman was about twenty-six or seventeen years old, and her appearance was just mediocre, and the thick lead powder on her face added a bit of vulgarity to her.
Clasped his hands into fists and arched his hand towards the woman, Liu Wei said to the woman with a smile on his face: "This sister has sharp eyes, I am indeed a foreigner, I was in the market, and I vaguely heard the sound of silk and bamboo floating here, and it was pleasant to listen to, so I followed the sound......"
"Yo! He's still a good musician! Before Liu Bian's words were finished, the woman smacked her mouth a few times, squinted at Liu Bian and others in linen clothes, and said with a heavy ridicule in her tone: "This place is not comparable to other houses, it is full of vulgar powder and vulgarity, and the guests only need to pick off their clothes, show their words, and leave happily, and the price is also low." This is an elegant place, and there are many girls who know the rhythm of music, but how many can ......? ”
As she spoke, the woman spread one hand flat, and the five fingers of the other hand were raised, making a gesture of stacking copper coins on the spread palm.