Chapter 394: Those who want to hide can't hide after all
Jia Xu and Yuan Xi got Liu Wei's instructions, left the wing, and left the Luoyang palace together. When the two left, Liu Wei also came out of the wing room, led a few Yu Linwei, and walked to the back garden.
As he passed through the main entrance, he turned his head and accidentally saw three blackened carriages parked in the open space at the entrance.
The carriages of the carriages were obviously freshly painted, and the patent leather on the carriages was shiny, and even refracted a shiny luster in the sunlight.
Next to each carriage stood four heavily armed soldiers in brand-new battle uniforms.
Although the twelve soldiers next to the three carriages were wearing the same red robes as the Luoyang Army, they did not wear the standard helmets of the Luoyang Army on their heads.
In Luoyang City, in addition to the guards on Lu Bu's mansion, the rest of the officials and generals are also equipped with helmets, although the helmets of each mansion are slightly different from the helmets of the regular army, but they will never be missing, but the guards on Lu Bu's mansion are not equipped.
"That's the car in General Lu Bu's mansion?" Seeing the three black carriages, Liu Wei turned his head and followed a Yu Linwei behind him and said, "You go over and ask, who is the person who came to the mansion?" ”
"No!" Yu Linwei, who had been ordered, bowed down with his fists in response, and ran quickly towards several carriages parked in the clearing.
The Yu Lin guard exchanged words with several soldiers guarding the carriage, and quickly turned back.
"Your Highness!" In front of Liu Bian, Yu Linwei, who went to investigate, clasped his fists and said to Liu Bian: "The three wives of General Lu who came by car are the three wives of General Lu!" ”
Since Lu Bu came to Luoyang a few days ago, Liu Wei knew that he had married three wives, including Diao Chan.
Diao Chan is Lu Bu's wife, and it was because Liu Wei pleaded with Liu Xie to marry that she was able to sit on an equal footing with Lu Bu's wife, Yan.
What made Liu Wei not quite understand was that according to his previous understanding, Lu Bu's third wife, Cao, should have been stationed in Pei County and married Cao Bao before marrying her.
Now that Lu Bu has not been to Pei County, where did his third wife come from?
Liu Wei didn't know that many of the things he did in the late Han Dynasty, although they did not have the effect of reversing the entire historical trend, prompted many things to happen earlier or later, and even some things were already secretly developing in completely different directions.
After Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo, he was like the status of soldiers and horses in Chang'an City, and at that time, Cao Bao was also in Chang'an, in order to tie up Lu Bu, Cao Bao went to Lu Bu's mansion to meet him, and then promised his daughter to Lu Bu.
Cao Bao returned to Pei County, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, he lost this marriage, and without a moment's delay, he sent Cao to Chang'an. But soon after that, Li Dao and Guo Yan were ordered by Niu Fu to besiege Chang'an.
It is precisely because of this that Lu Bu, who came to Luoyang to seek refuge with Liu Wei, will have three wives.
"What are they doing here?" Knowing that it was Lu Bu's three wives who came to the mansion, Liu Wei frowned slightly and muttered in a low voice.
"Back to Your Highness!" The Yu Linwei, who had found out the reason, heard the muttering words in Liu Wei's mouth, and hurriedly said: "General Lu is grateful for His Royal Highness's kindness, and specially asked the three ladies to come to meet several princesses......
"Oh!" After listening to Yu Linwei's reply, Liu Wei nodded, lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, and then walked quickly towards the back garden.
Entering the back garden, Liu Wei seemed to be in a hurry to catch up with something important, and strode towards Cai Yan's bedroom.
Going to Cai Yan's residence was completely out of Liu Yan's blind choice. The outside world knows that the princess of the main family of the king of Luoyang is Tang Ji, and Tang Ji is pregnant now, and Lu Bu's wife came to visit the princess, so she would go to Tang Ji's bedroom to say hello, and take the opportunity to talk to this noble person who is about to become a mother.
Thinking of Diao Chan's resentful eyes and her desperate oath when she was separated from Diao Chan in Chang'an that day, Liu Wei had the idea that it was not appropriate to meet her at this time.
Liu Wei walked quickly, and several Yu Linwei who followed him were full of wonder, but they didn't dare to say much, so they had to trot and follow him closely.
When he arrived in front of Cai Yan's bedroom, Liu Wei stopped, stretched his neck, and looked at Tang Ji's bedroom, which was a little farther away from here, and saw that there was nothing unusual, so he raised his feet and entered Cai Yan's bedroom.
As soon as I passed through the front yard and was about to enter the main room, there was a sudden melodious sound of the piano in the house. Accompanied by the sound of the piano, there was a woman chanting gracefully and beautifully.
Hearing the woman's chanting, Liu Wei stopped and beckoned to a servant girl who was waiting outside the main entrance.
When the maid saw Liu Wei beckoning, she didn't dare to slack off, so she hurriedly greeted her, blessed Liu Bian, and greeted softly: "Your Highness! ”
"Who's in the house singing?" Raising his hand and pointing towards the door, Liu Wei lowered his voice and asked the maidservant, "When did Zhao Ji have such a beautiful singing voice?" ”
"Back to Your Highness, it's not the princess who sings in the house!" Bowing down and standing in front of Liu Wei, the maid said timidly: "The chant is Princess Anyang, the wife of General Lu, who came to the palace this time and learned that Princess Cai was proficient in music, so she came to ask for advice......"
Listening to the words of the servant girl, Liu Wei was stunned for a moment, and came to Cai Yan's bedroom, originally wanting to avoid Diao Chan, but he didn't expect that the more he was afraid of meeting someone, the more he would bump into that person.
Knowing that the singer in the house was Diao Chan, Liu Wei hurriedly turned around and raised his feet to walk out.
As soon as he turned around, it happened that the two servant girls who were waiting in the house happened to go out and saw Liu Wei, and the two servant girls hurriedly blessed his back, and greeted him heartlessly: "Your Highness!" ”
Before the greeting of the two maidservants, Liu Wei felt as if he had been shocked, his body was shocked, and the whole person was stunned.
The two handmaidens greeted him, not in a whisper like the maid at the door, but in a crisp and loud voice.
Their greetings fell, and the chanting in the room stopped abruptly, and then the strings of the yaoqin also stopped.
Liu Wei, who had already turned around, heard that the chanting and Yaoqin had stopped, and he knew that it was not good, so he hurriedly stepped forward to run, just when he had just taken a step and only half of the second step, a soft and sweet voice came from behind him: "Since my brother is here, why don't you meet my sister?" Could it be that in my brother's heart, my sister is not worth seeing? ”
Hearing that it was Diao Chan who spoke, Liu Wei reluctantly put away the feet that had been taken, turned around, and looked at Diao Chan, who was standing side by side with Cai Yan at the door, and now he was becoming more and more mature and Zhuo Yue, and said with a smile: "How come, this king doesn't know that Princess Anyang is here, but he just thinks that there are some urgent matters that need to be dealt with......"
"Since you're here, why don't you go inside! You and my brother and sister haven't seen each other for a long time, so we should talk about it. Some affairs, deal with it later, so as not to delay the big thing! Before Liu Wei finished speaking, Diao Chan smiled sweetly at him, and said in a very soft voice: "My sister has practiced a new dance these days, I don't know if my brother is interested in watching it?" ”
"Princess Anyang sings and dances, this king is fortunate to see it, and there are no regrets in this life!" After saying two sentences, Liu Wei was no longer as embarrassed as when he first heard Diao Chan speak, he smiled slightly, made a gesture to Diao Chan and said, "Princess, please!" ”
After blessing Liu Wei again, Diao Chan took Cai Yan's hand very affectionately and asked Cai Yan: "This princess is going to sing and dance for the king of Luoyang today, I wonder if my sister can play the piano herself?" ”
"The princess dances for Her Royal Highness, and the concubine plays the piano herself!" With a sweet smile on his face, he nodded slightly to Diao Chan, and after Cai Yan answered, he cast a tender look at Liu Bian.
Looking at Cai Yan's gentle gaze, Diao Chan's beautiful eyes holding her little hand narrowed slightly, and a trace of resentment flashed in her crystal eyes.
However, this resentment was only fleeting, she always maintained an indifferent smile on her face, held hands with Cai Yan, and turned back into the house.
Walking to the door of the front hall, Liu Wei stopped and hesitated for a moment, still hesitating whether to go in or not.
Just when he hesitated, Diao Chan, who had entered the house first, turned around, smiled at him and said, "Why hasn't my brother entered yet?" But I'm afraid that the girl's dancing is not beautiful? ”
"What did Princess Anyang say!" Hearing Diao Chan calling him, Liu Wei stiffened his head and answered, raising his feet to follow the main hall of Cai Yan's bedroom.
Entering the house, Cai Yan walked quickly to a low table with Yaoqin, and before sitting down, he blessed Liu Wei and Diao Chan respectively.
There was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and he gave Cai Yan a salute back, Diao Chan twisted his waist slightly, turned around and blessed Liu Wei again, and said to him: "Brother, please sit down, sister, I will dance for my brother." ”
"Tired Princess!" Holding his fist and arching towards Diao Chan, Liu Wei strode to the main seat in the hall, knelt down, and waited to enjoy Diao Chan's singing and dancing.
When Liu Wei sat down, the two maidservants, who had caused him a lot of trouble by calling him, entered the house with trays in their hands, and set up preserved tea and fruits on several low tables in the room.
When a maidservant poured tea for Liu Bian, Liu Bian glanced at her meaningfully, but did not speak.
Although these two maidservants caused him a lot of trouble, and let Diao Chan, who shouldn't have known that he was here, stopped him head-on, but after all, they also made mistakes unintentionally, and they really couldn't complain about them.
When the maidservant girl exited the front hall, Diao Chan smiled at Cai Yan, who was already kneeling in front of Yaoqin, owed a debt, and said softly: "Sister, please." ”
Nodding slowly to Diao Chan, Cai Yan pressed his green jade finger lightly on the strings, and gently plucked the strings with his right index finger.
The strings vibrated slightly, making a trilling sound of "Zheng", and then, Cai Yan's ten fingers became completely active.
The snow-white fingers deftly plucked the strings, and a poignant and soft melody immediately fluttered in the hall.
When the piano sounded, Diao Chan also slowly raised her jade arm, and as the wide sleeves slipped off, her snow-white and smooth arm was presented in front of Liu Wei's eyes at a glance.
"The southeast corner of the sunrise, according to my Qin's Lou ......" The slender waist is twisted slowly, the jade arms are lightly relaxed, and the sable cicada dances at the same time, and the Tan mouth is lightly opened, and a well-known Han Yuefu ballad floats out from her cherry-like small and ruddy lips.
The soft and somewhat resentful tune, and the sound of the piano played by Cai Yan, were like the sound of heaven floating in the sky, lingering between the beams of the room, and refused to disperse for a long time.
Watching Diao Chan's dancing and listening to the ballad she sang, Liu Wei heard a little grievance from the song she sang.
Maybe Cai Yan didn't know why Diao Chan was complaining, maybe she would think that this was Diao Chan's true feelings when she sang a ballad, but Liu Wei would never think so.
He still clearly remembered that when he was in the Luoyang Palace in Chang'an City, Diao Chan met him with the sad eyes and the hateful oath when he parted.