Chapter 33: Sister-in-law
Mrs. Hu looked at Liu Yi so excited, and couldn't help but be a little curious, who is this Zhang Ji, who can be called a brother and brother to Liu Yi, who has always been brutal and murderous, could it be that he is also an equally violent martial artist?
The thought that the comer might also be a fierce person flashed with disgust on Mrs. Hu's face.
"Husband, since a distinguished guest has come to the door, the concubine will first go down and ask the kitchen to cook some delicacies to entertain the distinguished guests."
Although Mrs. Hu didn't love Liu Yi, and now she hates Liu Yi in her heart, she still maintains restraint, suppresses the hatred in her heart, is a meek and polite wife on the surface, and uses this behavior to avoid many things that she is unwilling to face and even less necessary.
On weekdays, Liu Yi dotes on Mrs. Hu, and he also knows that Mrs. Hu has a cold temperament and doesn't like to see outsiders, so he will follow Mrs. Hu's idea and let her go back to the back house to rest.
But today, Liu Yi did not follow her thoughts, but shook his head with a straight face.
"No!"
"Although Zhang Ji is young, his status is ...... It's not about clinging to the powerful. Moreover, he was sincere, and if he hadn't suggested that I take my guards with me, my husband might have died at the hands of the Assassin yesterday. Liu Yi raised his arms, and the maid on the side put a tolerant thin shirt on his sturdy body, "What's more, he is my brother." ”
The meaning of Liu Yi's words is that Zhang Ji has a very strong relationship with him, and he is very grateful to Zhang Ji, so Mrs. Hu must accompany Zhang Ji to entertain Zhang Ji, a distinguished guest, in order to show Liu Yi's respect for Zhang Ji.
As for why you have to call Mrs. Hu, this involves the issue of etiquette.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, women did not need to live in the boudoir as in later generations, and practiced female workers all day long.
Women in this era were very free before they got married, for example, when Le Yi led the Five Nations Alliance to break through the seventy-two cities of Qi, King Qi fled Jucheng and was killed by Naoya, the general of Chu. Tian Fazhang, the son of King Qi, changed his name and surname and worked as a servant in the family of Jucheng Taishi. Tai Shiyi's daughter felt that Tian Fazhang was strange and great, and thought that he was not an ordinary person, so she liked him very much, treated him very well, often stole food and clothing from him, and even fornicated with Tian Fazhang. Later, Tian Fazhang succeeded to the throne, known as King Qi Xiang in history, and established the daughter of Tai Shi Ji as the queen, known as the queen in history.
This is enough to show the degree of freedom of women in the Warring States period, but it is not the later dynasties that did not allow women to see guests.
After a woman gets married, although there will be some constraints, it is not strict.
And Liu Yi asked Mrs. Hu to receive guests together, which was a kind of courtesy, just like the worship of his mother in later generations.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, although wives did not often accompany their husbands to receive guests, it was not allowed. Conversely, having a wife accompany her husband to receive a guest is a sign of closeness and respect for the guest. And this wife does not only refer to the wife, but also the concubine.
However, Liu Yi asked Mrs. Hu to accompany Zhang Ji to receive him, not only because Zhang Ji's suggestion saved his life, but also because he wanted to get close to Zhang Ji and further deepen their relationship.
Although he did not know the identity of the assassin in this assassination incident, he already had some guesses.
The first thing to rule out is the possibility of assassination in other countries, although he is Zuo Sima, but there are more than 10,000 Han pawns under his command, and assassinating him has no value at all.
Secondly, Ji Wuye was excluded, otherwise Ji Wuye would not have agreed to him mobilizing such heavy troops to guard his mansion.
Then the king of Han, the crown prince, Han Xiang Zhangkaidi, the fourth prince Han Yu and others were excluded, if they had such strength, did they still need to assassinate themselves?
In the end, quicksand was also excluded by him.
In the same way, although he is Ji Wuye's henchman, it is not worth sending killers to kill him.
There is only one possibility that Liu Yi can think of.
That is to deal with the treasure of Huoyu Villa that he hid many years ago to assassinate him.
But there should have been no one in the know back then, and even Ji Wuye didn't know.
However, if it is really because of the treasure, then Liu Yi must be vigilant.
Not only is the assassin's martial arts strong, but also because once Ji Wuye learns about this, he will inevitably be furious and will inevitably cut him with a thousand knives.
Therefore, he must find a way out, and this way out is Zhang Ji.
Liu Yi wanted to speed up the progress of the relationship with Zhang Ji, so he asked Mrs. Hu to accompany him to receive Zhang Ji to show his closeness.
"Brother, how is my brother's injury!"
Zhang Ji ran into the main hall in two steps and one step, his face full of anxiety.
The housekeeper on the side wanted to stop Zhang Ji, because it was extremely rude, but was stopped by Liu Yi.
Zhang Ji was born in a noble family, how could he be a rude person. Knowing the etiquette and violating the etiquette, this is because Zhang Ji is worried about his brother from the bottom of his heart!
After he was assassinated, even Ji Wuye just asked if it would hurt his life and stopped asking, let alone send anything.
People, I'm afraid of comparison.
Zhang Ji was so worried about his safety, and he also brought a whole cart of precious medicinal materials, which couldn't help but make Liu Yi even more emotional.
Zhang Ji is a sincere person!
Liu Yi happily grabbed Zhang Ji's arm, so that he didn't have to pay attention to those cumbersome etiquette, and pulled him into the seat.
Mrs. Hu on the side clasped her hands in front of her, looking dignified and polite.
However, at this moment, Mrs. Hu's heart was already overturned, and she looked at Zhang Ji, who seemed very close to Liu Yi, in a daze.
He...... How could he be so close to Liu Yi!
Mrs. Hu originally thought that after a few days of pondering, she had a certain understanding of Zhang Ji, but immediately felt that she didn't know Zhang Ji at all.
One thing she can be sure of is though.
Zhang Ji is definitely a "bad" person.
On the surface, he and Liu Yi call him a brother and a brother, but behind his back, he seduces and teases his sister-in-law!
However, it was obviously Zhang Ji's fault, but Mrs. Hu lowered her head and tried to avoid eye contact with Zhang Ji.
As soon as she saw Zhang Ji now, she would unconsciously recall the devouring ...... in her mind The scene of the blushing memory could not be dissipated in the mind for a long time.
"Brother Xian, come, I'll introduce you."
Liu Yi pointed to Mrs. Hu beside him and said, "This is your sister-in-law, Hu Shi." ”
"Zhang Ji has seen Mrs. Hu."
Zhang Ji bowed down and bowed, but was interrupted by Liu Yi halfway.
"I'm a martial artist, don't talk about so many broken rules, what is Mrs. Hu, what do you worship?" Liu Yi waved his hand and said a little unhappily, "Just call your sister-in-law, and you don't need to make any big gifts, it's too outward!" ”
Zhang Ji suddenly understood, and bowed his hand slightly to Mrs. Hu.
"I've seen my sister-in-law."
Zhang Ji secretly blew up at Mrs. Hu, his eyes were full of ridicule, and he deliberately dragged out the tone of the word "sister-in-law".
"I've seen my uncle."
Mrs. Hu also secretly glanced at Zhang Ji and saluted.
Liu Yi naturally didn't notice the small movements of Zhang Ji and Mrs. Hu, but felt that Mrs. Hu was extremely obedient today.
After all, in the past, even if she hoped that Mrs. Hu would come to receive guests, Mrs. Hu would often nod to the guests and not say a word, until she asked her to retreat and return to the back house, and then she would get up to say goodbye to the guests.
Liu Yi, who felt that Mrs. Hu was giving him face today, was originally unhappy because he was assassinated, and his round face was full of smiles, and his appetite improved a lot.
Zhang Ji secretly chuckled, and persuaded Liu Yi: "Brother, you are injured, how can you drink!" ”
Saying that, Zhang Ji once again made a rude act, got up and crossed the seat, and snatched the wine bottle in Liu Yi's hand.
But Liu Yi is a drunkard, the more you don't let him drink, the more he wants to drink.
"Brother, this is the last bottle!"
"Definitely, definitely!"
"Well, brother, this is really the last bottle, you can't drink it anymore!"
"Okay, this is really the last bottle!"
"Brother, you'll get drunk if you drink again!"
"Nonsense, for my brother, how can I get drunk!"
"You can't flatter when you interact with people, and my brother can only drink ten bottles at most, is it a lot? Don't drink it. ”
"Nonsense! For my brother, I can still drink twenty bottles! ”
Zhang Jiming kept persuading Liu Yi to drink less, but he kept provoking Liu Yi to drink, and the more he drank, the more he drank, until he became a small party dish, his face was red and red, and he lay on the table and snored.
Mrs. Hu, who was tasting the delicacies on the side, was slightly stunned, obviously Zhang Ji had been dissuading, why did Liu Yi get drunk faster?
And looking at this, I was very drunk.
In the main hall, Mrs. Hu looked at Zhang Ji with a malicious smile, and she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
Because he had just been assassinated, during the banquet, Liu Yi ordered the doors and windows to be closed, and then sent guards to wait on the periphery to prevent the assassins from attacking. So at this moment, there are only three people in the main hall: Liu Yi, Zhang Ji and Mrs. Hu, but at this moment, Liu Yi is as drunk as a dead pig, leaving only a sober lonely man and widow.
Zhang Ji stepped forward with a smile, pushed Liu Yi, opened his eyelids and looked at it, and made sure that Liu Yi was really drunk, so he became unscrupulous.
"Sister-in-law, I want to eat dumplings."
Zhang Ji looked at the anxious Mrs. Hu playfully, and picked up Mrs. Hu and put it on his lap.
Originally, because of some intimate contact between the two, Mrs. Hu had adapted to Zhang Ji's rude behavior, but the premise was that only the two of them were present.
Who knew that Zhang Ji actually knocked on the door in a grand manner, and "flirted with his eyebrows" in front of Liu Yi. At this moment, he was still doing something to himself after Liu Yi was drunk.
"Don't ...... Don't do that, my husband...... Liu Yi is still there. ”
Mrs. Hu nudged Zhang Ji's chest, her voice was a little timid, and her voice was full of nervousness.
"Isn't that better?" Zhang Ji's dishonest hand climbed up Mrs. Hu's waist, "Don't Mrs. find this very exciting?" ”
Mrs. Hu gritted her teeth and looked at Liu Yi from time to time, for fear that Liu Yi would wake up.
"Little thief, let go quickly, if Liu Yi wakes up, you will die without a place to be buried."
"Oh?" Zhang Ji hugged Mrs. Hu tighter and teased, "Madame, is this concerned about me?" ”
Mrs. Hu turned her head and stopped paying attention to Zhang Ji, but she couldn't resist Zhang Ji's entanglement, and her cheeks were slightly red.
"Ma'am, is this shy? Don't forget, you promised me to devour me three times and kiss me three times, regardless of the time and occasion. ”
As he spoke, Zhang Ji untied his belt, and looked at Mrs. Hu with his head held high, with a proud face.
For no reason, although Mrs. Hu felt ridiculous, the scene of the slaughter of her whole family by the severed hair Saburo flashed in her mind, and a wave of hatred surged in her heart, and she lowered her head and devoured this delicious dish as the finale of the banquet.
"Yes, ma'am, that's it."
Zhang Ji held Mrs. Hu's mantis head and deliberately approached Liu Yi, and the sound of smacking his tongue sounded in Liu Yi's ears.
The strong sense of betrayal and the nervousness of worrying about being broken by Liu Yi made Mrs. Hu speed up, hoping to end the finale of the banquet as soon as possible, but she also got a strange sense of pleasure.
Just as the banquet was about to end, Zhang Ji suddenly said in a ghostly manner: "Madam, don't forget to wipe your mouth this time~"
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