Rebirth of the Three Kingdoms: Da Qiao doesn't want to be a widow anymore

Chapter 241 Xiang Zhuang’s Sword Dance
The bloodshot eyes of the head were almost touching her mouth. Even though she had witnessed the cruelty of battlefields, she still felt some physical discomfort from the close contact with a head with its eyes open.

The thick smell of blood kept drilling into her nose. Qiao Wei quickly held her breath and tried hard to suppress the churning in her stomach, but in the end she couldn't help but dry heaving twice.

Seeing Qiao Wei's ugly face, Sun Kuang realized his mistake and quickly asked the guards to take down his "trophy". He also did not forget to have someone hang the head outside the wall to deter the invading mountain people.

After the head was taken down, Qiao Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief, "General Ji, please sit down and have your meal first!"

Going out to fight is a very physically demanding endeavor. After you use up your energy, you need to replenish it.

Qiao Wei specially reserved some meat for Sun Kuang.

Sun Kuang looked at his dirty appearance and felt a little embarrassed. "I'd better go wash up first, so as not to irritate my sister-in-law."

"There's no need to rush at this moment!"

Man is iron, and food is steel. Nothing is more important than eating and sleeping.

Sun Kuang waved his hands. He was too embarrassed to eat because of the smell on his body. He walked to the door and suddenly remembered something, "Sister-in-law, are you pregnant? I saw Cao Yan was like this when she was pregnant!"

Qiao Wei's face was full of black lines, and his tone was stiff, "No."

"Why don't we let the medical officer take a look!" Sun Kuang had just won the first battle in his life. He was in a very excited and happy mood. His eyes were shining and his face was flushed. He couldn't hide the excitement and pride in his tone at all.

"No need." Qiao Wei squeezed out these two words from his teeth.

Sometimes, facing Sun Kuang alone, one feels really helpless.

After repelling the Shanyue, the metallurgical site seemed to be much more peaceful and everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thinking it was a false alarm after all.

You Yu came to report to Qiao Wei, "Madam, General Ji has made arrangements to send you down the mountain and back to Wu County early tomorrow morning."

Qiao Wei was writing a letter. He hadn't seen Deng'er for half a month and still missed her. When he heard this, he raised his head slightly and said, "We just cleared the mountain people on the road today. Are we going to go down the mountain tomorrow?"

From what Youyi said, did he feel that there was something wrong?
"I heard that General Ji is worried that Shanyue may cause trouble again, so it's better to let Madam go down the mountain and return to Wu County as soon as possible." You Yu also hoped that Qiao Wei would return to Wu as soon as possible. "Madam, do you think this is inappropriate?"

"I just feel a little uneasy. I always feel that things are not that simple." Although Qiao Wei has never really fought in a war, he still understands that there must be something wrong when things are abnormal.

Why would Zhou Yi, a man of ruthless means, deliberately leave such a big loophole for Sun Kuang?
Qiao Wei couldn't figure it out, unless Zhou Yi had other intentions.

Zhou Yi asked the old, young, women and children to come and set up the trap, but what about the young and strong men? Where did they go?

After hearing Qiao Wei's doubts, You Yu also felt that something was a bit strange. "Then should I take a few people with me to investigate?"

"Go report to General Ji and let him make the arrangements!"

After all, Sun Kuang was still the governor of Danyang. Even though Qiao Wei was his sister-in-law, she could not go beyond him. Although Sun Kuang did not care, he still sent people to investigate the surrounding area to show respect, but he also arranged for Qiao Wei to go down the mountain as soon as possible.

Qiao Wei readily followed the advice, but before leaving Danyang he still went to the mansion to visit his aunt Li and pregnant Cao.

The Sun Mansion in Danyang was originally Wu Jing's residence when he was in Danyang. Qiao Wei got off the carriage and looked up to see the plaque on the door with elegant writing. Although the door was not big, it was clean and tidy. The guards outside the door were also energetic, with sharp eyes and they walked and walked very steadily.

This shows that the mistress of this mansion is good at managing the household.

Aunt Li heard the servant outside the door report that a younger generation of the family came to visit, and the visiting card she wrote on the spur of the moment only had the word "Nanchang" written on it. She didn't react for a moment, and only realized it was Qiao when she let the person in. She was really shocked.

"It's my niece. I was just wondering which family's younger generation is in Nanchang!" Li quickly got up to greet her. After seeing the person, she remembered that Sun Quan's fief was Nanchang.

Her face showed surprise and joy. She helped the man up without letting Qiao Wei finish the ceremony, and her eyes kept looking out the door from time to time.

Qiao Wei knew what she was looking at and explained in a low voice, "The Lord is not here."

"Oh, oh, oh," Li quickly retracted her gaze, led Qiao Wei into the front hall, signaled the servants around her to go out, and lowered her voice to ask, "Does Zhongmou have anything to say to Ji Zuo?"

The news that Li heard was that Qiao Wei volunteered to go and observe mourning for Old Madam Wu for three months, and even fell ill due to poor health. But when she turned around, this legendary woman in the inner house who was said to be pure and filial appeared before her.

No wonder only the two words "Nanchang" were written on the visiting card without leaving any trace of the name.

Li was surprised and puzzled, and could only guess whether Sun Quan had some top-secret words to tell Sun Kuang, so he wanted to conceal his intentions and let Qiao Wei come in private...

"Aunt, you have a keen eye. I have already met General Ji regarding what the Lord has ordered. I came here today because I heard from General Ji that my sister-in-law is pregnant. I, as her, was so rude that I didn't know about it. So I thought I would come to visit my sister-in-law before leaving Danyang so that I can report the good news to the Lord."

Qiao Wei asked You Yu to bring up some of the gifts he had prepared. "I learned about this in a hurry. I was traveling and didn't bring any valuables with me, so the gifts are simple. I hope my aunt won't mind."

Li said it was okay and asked the maid to accept it first. "We are all family. I asked Ji Zuo to conceal Cao's pregnancy. Don't blame Ji Zuo. By the way, is Ji Zuo safe?"

"It's safe, I guess."

Hearing this, Li's face showed no surprise, "It seems that the mountain is not peaceful either."

Qiao Wei remembered what Sun Quan said when she came here, that if she had any doubts, she could ask her aunt. She thought again and again, Wu Jing had been the governor of Danyang for more than ten years, and Li was also from Danyang, so she decided to ask Li about the affairs in Danyang, "Aunt, do you know Zhou Yi?"

Hearing this name, Li's expression became more worried, and her tone became more anxious, "Did Ji Zuo fight with him?"

"Yes, and no." Qiao Wei picked out the important things that happened on the mountain and also raised his doubts, "I always feel that Zhou Yi is Xiang Zhuang dancing with a sword and aiming at Pei Gong, but I still don't understand what his purpose is."

"His purpose is to seize the grain seeds..." After a moment's silence, Li hurriedly asked the maid to go to the study to get the seal.