Chapter 51: The Hercynian Woman
The guest room is located in the middle of the old Wei family's mansion, with a small courtyard, and there is a water cellar in the courtyard, quiet and safe, this is obviously the best guest room in the entire Wei family. Shen Mingyuan was helped all the way back to the bedroom by Ling Quan, and as soon as he entered the room, he felt that something was wrong. In this room, it was obviously to welcome the new mattresses and new covers, and even the tables and chairs could be seen to have been carefully wiped, which was completely different from the situation where there was dust everywhere outside. But in the house, there is a strong vinegar sour smell, someone!
But who can run into Wei's house and assassinate? Shen Mingyuan immediately signaled to Ling Quan, and the two of them exited the door and stood against the wall, and he asked loudly, "Who is it?" As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Yangyang crawled out of the closet and whispered: "It's me, it's me, I'm being chased and killed by my starling brother, Lu Gongzi, please don't make a sound." The "chase and kill" she said was naturally not Wei Bingyue's intention to kill her, maybe it was just because she made a mistake and wanted to teach her a lesson, so Shen Mingyuan nodded and agreed to her. At this time, Wei Bingyue shouted outside the courtyard: "Master Lu, there may be assassins in the house, are you okay here?" Wei Yangyang heard Wei Bingyue's voice and wanted to drill into the cabinet again. Shen Mingyuan said to Ling Quan, "You go and pour me a cup of tea, and then invite General Wei in." ”
When Wei Bingyue was taken by Ling Quan and gently pushed open the door, he saw Shen Mingyuan sitting alone in front of the coffee table drinking tea. Wei Bingyue didn't dare to walk in, just stood at the door, looked under the bed and in the cabinet, the cabinet door opened, and there were obviously no Tibetans inside. Shen Mingyuan put down the teacup, looked at him and said, "Who else dares to come to the Wei family to be an assassin?" Wei Bingyue saluted him: "Maybe I was dazzled, I just saw a black shadow floating over the wall, maybe it's just a cat." Even though he said this, he was still not at ease, and looked into the room carefully. Shen Mingyuan changed his comfortable position, moved his legs forward, and kicked the cloth on the coffee table, which swung and could be seen that there was no one under the cloth. Wei Bingyue was relieved: "Then Gongzi Lu has a good rest, and the general will leave." ”
Waiting for Wei Bingyue's footsteps to fade away, Shen Mingyuan lowered his head and said to his feet, "Get up." It turned out that Wei Yangyang curled up his body as much as possible, centering on Shen Mingyuan's feet and forming a small circle. Her hands and feet were so tightly wrapped around his calves that his legs had just been hugged so tightly that he couldn't help but move his feet. And his feet were blocked by the cloth, Wei Bingyue only saw that there was no one under the coffee table, and he didn't expect that the person was behind the cloth.
Wei Yangyang jumped up and thanked him: "Thank you, Master Lu." Shen Mingyuan was very strange: "In your own home, you also have to sneak around?" Wei Yangyang said embarrassedly: "My father punished me for not eating tonight." You all went to the banquet, and no one cared about me, and I was so hungry that I ran out and went out to buy something to eat in the street, and I brought back two eggs and fruits. I just ran into my starling, and I hurriedly climbed into the yard, I didn't know that you were arranged to live here. ”
Saying that, she washed her hands in the basin, took out an oilcloth bag from her arms, and took out a super small bottle, and asked while pulling things out, "Hehe, Lu Gongzi, do you want to taste it?" Shen Mingyuan saw that the small bottle she was holding was filled with vinegar again, and he frowned: "I won't eat it." Wei Yangyang opened the oilcloth bag, and there were two eggs and fruits inside, the outer skin was fried with flour, like a huge bird's egg, and the yolk inside was made of real eggs. Because she came quickly, the fruit was still hot and looked crispy and delicious.
She deliberately broke half of the fruit and handed it to Shen Mingyuan: "You can taste it, this Lao Zhang has been making eggs and fruits for more than 20 years, and I have grown from a snack to a big one, but it is delicious." You were at the banquet just now, and you were only toasted, and you didn't eat, hahaha. As soon as she said this, Shen Mingyuan really felt a little hungry, so he reached out and took the half of the fruit. Wei Yangyang knew that he didn't like to be jealous, so he opened the small bottle by himself, dipped the fruit in the vinegar sauce, and ate it.
After Shen Mingyuan finished eating half of it, he felt that he was still unsatisfied, and said to her, "You break half more for me." "Huh?" Wei Yangyang is usually not stingy, but when he heard him ask for half a fruit, he hesitated: "I, I have already given you half of it." Shen Mingyuan was at the banquet, listened to polite words all night, and was desperately persuaded to drink, but he really didn't eat a few bites of hot food. Originally, he didn't feel too hungry, but the fruit was hot, and Wei Yangyang ate it very sweetly, and he really felt a little hungry after half the fruit. Seeing that Wei Yangyang refused to give him a share, the wine came up, so he was a little angry: "How many copper plates is this fruit worth?" Why are you so stingy? When you get to Huadu, I'll take you to the street to eat casually. Wei Yangyang saw that he was displeased, so he had to rub it off, and gave him half of it, and explained very aggrievedly: "I originally bought two for myself." Shen Mingyuan didn't care: "Then, wouldn't it be good to buy it again?" Wei Yangyang was a little unhappy: "That old Zhang, it's closed, if you want to eat, you have to wait until tomorrow." She was afraid that Shen Mingyuan would divide her fruit again, so she hurriedly ate the last remaining half of the three bites, put away the vinegar bottle, and cleaned up the table.
Shen Mingyuan looked at her: "I should go to bed, you go out." Wei Yangyang begged him: "My starling brother doesn't know if he has gone far, can I go later?" Shen Mingyuan was drunk and really sleepy, but with such a girl with weapons around him, he definitely couldn't sleep well; But if you want to drive her out, you can't bear it; But if she is allowed to stay, she has nothing to do, and she is afraid that it will spread and damage her reputation. Thinking about it, I have a tight headache, and I can't think of a way to get the best of both worlds. But when I thought of it, this is the northern border, and the rules of the Central Plains can't be used to restrain people, not to mention that this is the Wei family, who dares to chew the root of the tongue indiscriminately?
After thinking about it repeatedly, he felt that it would not cause any serious consequences for the two of them to be in the same room late at night, so he said: "You can wait a while, but you have to take out all the weapons and firearms on your body, lest you assassinate me in the middle of the night while I am not prepared." Wei Yangyang had an expression of "why should I kill you", but he was afraid that he would open his mouth and call people and attract his family, so he had to start pulling out weapons from his body. She pulled out a dozen things one after another, including knives, arrows, daggers, and small crossbows on her arms. Shen Mingyuan watched her take out weapons one after another, and a cold sweat broke out in his heart, this garrison was not cultivating everyone's ladies, but a female killer.
When she finally stopped, Shen Mingyuan asked, "Finished taking it?" Wei Yangyang nodded seriously, but shook his head again, raised his hands and said, "I, my hands can also break people's necks, are they considered weapons?" She was very honest, and Shen Mingyuan was satisfied, and said to her, "Just forget it." You go there and lie down. The "there" he said was a chaise longue, a place for people to rest temporarily. Wei Yangyang took off his shoes and lay down obediently. Shen Mingyuan took out a clothes belt from the closet, walked over, and tied her hands firmly. That's when I feel free to wash. Although Wei Yangyang was full of doubts, she knew that Shen Mingyuan didn't dare to disadvantage her, so she didn't resist, but just asked, "What are you doing here?" Shen Mingyuan finished washing his face and said, "Tie you up so that I can sleep peacefully." Then he went to bed.
In the middle of the night, he was so drunk that he felt so thirsty that he forgot that there was no maid in his room, so he called for a waiter as he did in the palace, and said in a dumb voice, "Pour a glass of water." I heard someone say "yes", and after a while, the man poured water and put it to his mouth. He was so drunk and sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyes, so he just opened his mouth and went close to the cup to drink. He also felt that this maid would not wait at all, and the position of the cup was very inconvenient, he drank a few sips, quite laborious, and was trying to teach the other party a lesson, when he opened his eyes, he saw Wei Yangyang holding a wine glass, looking at him with a smile.
He suddenly sobered up most of the time, and sat up "Teng": "You still have a helper?" Wei Yangyang looked left and right curiously: "What helper?" I'm alone. Shen Mingyuan pointed at her and asked, "Then how did you untie your clothes?" ”
Wei Yangyang tilted his head, triumphant: "This is our Wei family's stunt, I can't say." Shen Mingyuan scared her: "If you don't say it, I'll call your starling brother in." Wei Yangyang hurriedly shook his hand: "Don't, don't." Shen Mingyuan looked at her: "You perform once and show me." Otherwise, I'll call someone. With that, he tied Wei Yangyang's hands with a clothes belt. Wei Yangyang thought for a while and said, "Then I can only perform once." If you don't learn, it's none of my business. Shen Mingyuan said "um", and then stopped answering, just staring at her closely, to see how she got out of trouble.
Wei Yangyang's hands were tied together, his mouth was mysteriously chanting incantations, and his hands kept shaking up and down, left and right. In fact, the front was all foreshadowing, she took advantage of the other party being bluffed by her, her arm flicked quickly, and the two white and tender little hands really broke free from the lock at the same time. Shen Mingyuan was even more curious: "You did it too fast, you do it again and show me, slow down." Wei Yangyang pursed his mouth: "I just said that I only performed once, how can I say that it doesn't count?" Shen Mingyuan was dissatisfied: "Who knew you did it so quickly on purpose." Do you do it or not? If I don't do it, I'll ask the general guard tomorrow and let him teach me. ”
Wei Shuping said the same thing throughout Haixi, and when Wei Yangyang heard that he was looking for his father, he was really scared. And she saw Wei Shuping respectfully and respectfully to him yesterday, knowing that he was a big official, so she had to say in a hurry: "Okay, I'll perform one last time, the last time." You can't be me anymore. Shen Mingyuan nodded: "A gentleman's words are difficult to chase." Then he tied Wei Yangyang's hands again. Wei Yangyang smiled at him maliciously: "Then you can be optimistic." With that, she exerted force with both hands at the same time, and the belt was broken by her brute force, and half of it fell to the ground.
Shen Mingyuan saw that she was using brute force, not using technique, and grabbed the tip of her hair angrily: "Okay, you actually dare to lie to me?" Seeing that he suddenly grabbed his hair, Wei Yangyang hurriedly said, "Quickly release my hair!" Please, don't drag me. The women who have not been out of the cabinet in the Haixi area regard their hair as a treasure. On weekdays, they are tied up, except for their father and brother, and they never want to show men with foreign surnames that their hair is completely scattered. It must wait until the day of marriage, when the candles in the cave room will not disperse, and let the hair fall for the newlywed husband to enjoy. Wei Yangyang was only willing to let Wei Bingyue comb her hair since she was a child, and even Wei Shuping had never seen how long her hair was.
Seeing Shen Mingyuan grabbing the end of her hair, she was terrified and begged him to let go. Shen Mingyuan knew that she was eccentric, although she looked pitiful now, she actually didn't know what the hell she was doing, so not only did he not let go, but he pulled it tighter and tighter: "I won't let go, you are so bold, you have deceived me." As soon as he finished speaking, his right hand was too hard, and he didn't expect the blue hair rope with the braid to be torn off by him to the ground. Wei Yangyang's hair is extremely long, originally he only combed a braid at the back of his head, and in order to facilitate horseback riding, he also folded the ends of the braid upwards and tied a blue rope. Now that the blue rope has been ripped open, the braid naturally hangs down and begins to fall apart. Shen Mingyuan didn't know that he had committed the "capital crime" of Haixi Province. He was amazed at the amount of Wei Yangyang's hair, and even couldn't help but reach out and want to touch her hair.
"Ah" Wei Yangyang was startled, and she didn't care that Wei Bingyue would find out, she was so anxious that her eyes were red, and she shouted at Shen Mingyuan: "You, you are not allowed to look!" Or I'll blind you!" Shen Mingyuan didn't know Haixi's customs, and felt that this girl was inexplicable, so he kindly asked the other party: "What's wrong?" A few days ago, he saw that Wei Yangyang refused to practice well, and Wei Bingyue dragged her hair like this and arrested her all the way back. Why was he dragged by himself today, and he was like crazy, where did he offend her again?
Wei Yangyang quickly picked up the blue rope from the ground and quickly turned around. She was so angry that her hands trembled, and it took her several times to braid, and then she hurriedly braided the loose hair, and tied it tightly, and then she turned around. Shen Mingyuan saw that she was panicked, and this time it didn't look like she was acting, so he asked softly, "Are you okay?" Wei Yangyang was so angry that he shouted "go away", then pushed him away and ran out of the door, he also hurriedly put on his shoes and chased out. He saw Wei Yangyang throw out a six-claw and put it on the wall, and was climbing the wall, Ling Quan was alarmed, he didn't know what was going on, and he was talking to Wei Yangyang in a daze: "Miss Wei, what's wrong with you?" Shen Mingyuan stopped Ling Quan and didn't allow him to speak again, and he was afraid of alarming the Wei family, so he shouted in a low voice: "Hey, you can go out of the door." It's too dangerous to climb walls like this. Wei Yangyang ignored him, quickly climbed to the top of the wall, then turned over, jumped to the side of the wall, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye. Shen Mingyuan couldn't figure out why she suddenly went berserk.
The next day, Wei Bingyue took him to the city tower at the request of Shen Mingyuan. When it was time for lunch, he asked someone to bring food from Wei's house and eat in the cave in the wall under the city tower. Today's guests are all generals of the Wei family's army, Wei Bingyue introduced them to him one by one, and then said apologetically: "Lu Gongzi forgives the sin, because they are all on duty and can't drink, so there is no food and no wine today." This was exactly what Shen Mingyuan wanted, and he nodded in understanding.
Because everyone didn't know his identity, he was only a good friend of Wei Bingyue, and they were all military generals, so when eating, it was inevitable that he would speak casually, and he didn't talk about some officialdom rules. Shen Mingyuan also asked casually: "I see that here in Haixi, young girls have their hair tied up, which is tighter than that of women, what is the reason?" Wei Bingyue replied to him: "Oh, that's a custom unique to our Haixi, a girl's hair can't be shown to men with foreign surnames except for men of the same race, and she should keep it for her husband on the day she got married." It's like the feet of a woman in the Central Plains can't be shown to outsiders, it's the same reason. If there is a girl who is willing to take the initiative to commit to a man, then she will untie her hair and show him. Shen Mingyuan said: "There is still such a custom? And take the initiative to unravel it for people to see? The generals at the same table all laughed and looked at Wei Bingyue. Obviously, he has excellent peach blossom luck, and he doesn't know how many Haixi girls took the initiative to show him his hair. Seeing others laughing, he didn't refute it, pursed his lips and smiled, which was considered a tacit acquiescence.
Shen Mingyuan asked again: "What if I watch it without the woman's consent?" Wei Bingyue shook his head: "No, even the people of the four countries in the north know this rule of our Haixi." A woman's hair is like chastity, and if it is not voluntary for a woman to look at people's hair and be irresponsible, it is to drive people to a dead end. The first thing the enemy did when he abused our Haixi woman was to spread her hair, which was tantamount to a great insult. ”
Shen Mingyuan nodded, a little uneasy: "Then, what if you accidentally see it?" The general sitting across from him laughed and said, "Then it depends on who that Nizi is?" Ordinary Nizi, marrying her is, if it is the little Ni of our Wei family," before he finished speaking, the people at the table, including Wei Bingyue, laughed. Shen Mingyuan cautiously asked, "What will happen?" Wei Bingyue replied: "Die." Who looks at my sister, it's strange if she doesn't cut her body into pieces, who dares to look at her? ”
Shen Mingyuan only then knew why Wei Yangyang suddenly went crazy last night, it was obviously because she knew that his official position was far above Wei Shuping, and he was a distinguished guest of the Wei family, so she couldn't kill him, so she was so angry. If it had been someone else, I am afraid that his body would have been hung on the city tower for public display. Shen Mingyuan touched his neck, fortunately, he was still there.