Mu Luo has not left yet, and the identity of his fourth prince has not been made public locally. Therefore, in addition to investigating the iron ore smuggling case, he also has to deal with county government affairs.
Most of the cases can be handled by Chang'an, but Mu Luo needs to personally appear in court to try the case.
It was freezing cold today. Mu Luo had just finished hearing a trivial case in his opinion. He returned to the back hall with a sullen expression. Chang An quickly handed over hot tea.
"The whole day has been filled with insignificant cases." Mu Luo hummed.
Chang'an said weakly, "Today the master settled the case and helped the plaintiff get back the money for a stolen pig. It is no small matter. It is cold in the north and the fields have no output in winter, so we just pointed to that pig to get through it!"
Mu Luo frowned. He was not completely ignorant of the sufferings of the people, but he felt that it was not his responsibility, so he changed the topic, "Su Liang and Ning Jing haven't come back yet?"
Chang'an shook his head, "No. According to previous news, Mr. Ning returned to Xunyang City to clean up his family. He wants Miss Su to be with him. Even if he comes, he must make arrangements for the Ning family first."
Mu Luo's eyes narrowed slightly, "Why did Ning Jing choose this time to return to the family for revenge? Could it be Ning Jing's idea to let Su Liang kill those bastards and crush their bones into ashes?"
Chang'an thought for a moment and then replied, "My subordinates also feel that Mr. Ning returned to the Ning family to take revenge and seize the family property because of the help of Miss Su. I didn't expect Mr. Ning to have such a ruthless temper when he saw Wen Wenwei."
Mu Luo sneered, "Isn't this how it should be? Those bastards have been able to live happily for so many years, which is already an advantage for them."
"Master's words make sense. Considering his status, Mr. Ning's actions are blameless. In fact, he should have done so long ago." Chang'an nodded.
"Could it be that they will stay in Xunyang City and never come back?" Mu Luo snorted.
"Miss Su specially wrote a letter saying that she would be home late, is she planning to come back here? Or maybe Mr. Ning stayed in Xunyang City, and after Miss Su helped him solve the trouble at home, she came back here on her own?" Chang'an guessed.
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The corner of Mu Luo's lips curled up slightly, "That's the best. I wish Su Liang would leave Ningjing. I'll be annoyed when he sees Ningjing."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a report coming from outside, "Sir, there is a girl Su Liang who wants to see you."
Mu Luo looked happy, stood up and walked out quickly.
Seeing his master's anxious look, Chang An murmured in his heart. Ever since Su Liang wrote a letter saying that he would be home late, Mu Luo had been thinking about it every day, maybe he really fell in love with Su Liang?
"Su..." As soon as Mu Luo saw Su Liang, she was blocked by Ning Jing.
Mu Luo's eyes flashed slightly and he chuckled, "You two are finally back!"
Su Liang walked out from behind Ning Jing and stood in the snow, wearing a silver fox cloak and a hood, which made her face small, exquisite, fair and delicate.
"Master Mu, are you okay?" Su Liang smiled.
Mu Luo handed over his hand, "First of all, I would like to congratulate Mr. Ning on his high school education and cleaning up the family. Miss Su has done so much, so the Ning family's property will be at least half of hers, right?"
Su Liang thought that Mu Luo probably thought that she went to Xunyang City to help Ning Jing kill people, but he did not deny it, "We haven't discussed this matter yet, but the things in the contract signed by Master Mu and me can be prepared."
Already?"
Mu Luo wanted to say that since Su Liang was rich, he might as well lose half of the treasure he had "blackmailed" before. Although he was a prince, his life was not easy.
Unexpectedly, before he could say anything, Su Liang choked him back.
Chang An quickly said, "Master, it's so cold outside, please invite Mr. Ning and Miss Su in for a cup of hot tea?"
Mu Luo just nodded and before he could say anything, he heard Su Liang say, "No. We just entered the city and just passed by the county government office to say hello to Mr. Mu and then went home."
Mu Luo looked unhappy, "Don't you care at all about the progress of the case I'm investigating?"
Su Liang looked serious, "Is there any result?"
"This is a top-secret matter and cannot be made public for the time being," Mu Luo said.
Su Liang immediately turned around and said, "Congratulations, Master Mu. I won't disturb you."
As soon as he finished speaking, he and Ningjing walked into the wind and snow together.
Mu Luo frowned and looked at their backs until he couldn't see them anymore. He suddenly turned around and attacked Chang An, "Aren't you going to invite them in for tea? Why did they let them leave?"
Chang'an looked confused. Su Liang said he just came to say hello. What could he do as a slave?
Chang'an was also a little speechless. Since he couldn't tell who the mastermind of the iron ore smuggling case was, why bother asking Su Liang if he wanted to know, and then said "I can't tell you" after asking. Chang'an felt that if Mu Luogui hadn't been the prince, someone else would have done it.
If you play like this, Su Liang will definitely hit someone.
"Damn! That girl never takes me seriously!" Mu Luo said bitterly, "I'm just too good to her, who does she think she is?"
Chang'an observes the eyes, nose and heart.
"Ningjing has become the head of the Ning family. Why don't you stay in Xunyang City and be happy? What are you going to do back in this miserable place?" Mu Luo continued to be weird.
Chang'an said weakly, "Miss Su probably wanted to come back, and Mr. Ning came after her..."
Mu Luo stood under the eaves for a while with a dark face, then walked back without saying a word.
Chang'an followed silently, and before closing the door, Mu Luo said, "Get ready, we will return to Beijing in three days!" After saying this, he slammed the door.
After Chang'an answered, he sighed in his heart. In fact, the mastermind of the iron ore smuggling case has been identified and reported to the emperor. Mu Luo was able to leave a few days ago, but he was very unaccustomed to the cold winter in the north, so he decided to stay and wait for Su Liang.
Yesterday, he said that he would hire Su Liang to escort him back to the capital. Today, perhaps he was embarrassed by Su Liang's perfunctory greeting and had forgotten all about that matter.
"Master, would you like to inform General Nian? General Nian was sent by the master at the request of the emperor to assist in the investigation. It is appropriate to escort the master back to the capital." Chang'an asked for instructions, "The emperor sent General Sun, who really wants to guard the mine for a long time.
It’s here, it’ll be there soon.”
"Well." Mu Luo's voice came from the door, "I will leave after General Sun arrives. Send someone to inform Nian Jincheng."
Chang'an was stunned for a moment. It was freezing cold and snowing, so General Sun might not be able to reach Bei'an County within three days. Mu Luo should have known that, so he postponed his return to Beijing again.
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On a snowy day, all the shops in the county were open, but most of the people who originally set up stalls did not come out.
Su Liang and Ning Jing went to Mingxiang Tower and bought two boxes of freshly baked osmanthus cakes and four other snacks.
I passed by a butcher's shop and bought a rack of ribs, two pig's feet, and a piece of tenderloin.
This season we only have radish and cabbage, so I bought some.
After shopping along the way, the two returned to Feiyan Town before noon, ordered two hot dishes at Feiyan Restaurant, and then set off back to the village.
The snow is getting heavier and heavier, there are no pedestrians on the road, and the horse walks slowly against the wind.
Su Liang wanted to change with Ning Jing, and she went to catch the car.
Ning Jing refused, "As you said, women can't freeze."
Su Liang coughed lightly, "Who said you don't treat me as a woman?"
"It's not the same thing." Ning Jing said.
Su Liang didn't insist, "If I had known it was snowing so hard, I might as well have stayed in the county town for one night."
"How do you know the snow will stop tomorrow?" Ning Jing asked.
Su Liang thought about it, "It's better to go home early. I don't know if Yan Shiba has run away."
…
I don't know how much time passed, but I could only hear the squeaking sound of wheels rolling across the snow. When Su Liang was a little drowsy sitting in the car, the car stopped.
When she opened the curtain, she saw in front of her the home where she had lived for several months after traveling through time.
The gates and walls were covered with white caps of snow, and the whole village was quiet and beautiful.
The door was locked. Ning Jing found the key and was about to open the door, but found that the lock had been changed.
"Brother Ning! Sister Su Liang!"
Bai Xiaohu and Zhuzhu rushed over, their voices full of surprise.
Bai Xiaohu accidentally fell down and plunged into the snow.
Zhu Zhu glanced back, then ran to Su Liang, "Sister Su Liang! You are back!"
Bai Xiaohu climbed up, holding the snow on his face, smiling so hard that he couldn't see his teeth, "I just said, Sister Su Liang said she would come back to celebrate the New Year, she will definitely come back!"
Su Liang rubbed the heads of the two little guys and asked them who changed the locks on her house.
"Sister Jiujiu asked me to change it. She said she lost her key and was afraid that someone would pick it up and steal her things!" Zhu Zhu answered quickly.
Su Liang felt that this was a deliberate act by Erjiuzhiba to make them come back and be rejected.
"Where is she?" Su Liang smiled.
"It's at my house!" Bai Xiaohu said, "Brother Ning and Sister Su Liang should go to my house to roast the fire. My grandpa is roasting sweet potatoes!"
When Su Liang heard this, he expressed great interest.
So, Ning Jing put Bai Xiaohu and Zhu Zhu on the carriage, and he held the carriage and headed towards the Bai family.
"Sister Su Liang hasn't come up yet!" Bai Xiaohu realized that Ningjing had forgotten Su Liang and quickly reminded her.
"She doesn't want to take the car." After Ning Jing finished speaking, Su Liang had already made a snowball with great interest, ran up to him, and hit him on the head impartially.
Bai Xiaohu and Zhuzi were both shocked.
Sitting in the carriage calmly, there was no surprise at all.
"Let's see who gets there first." After saying this, Su Liang ran away quickly in the snow.
The carriage was left behind.
Zhu Zhu suddenly realized, "It turns out that Sister Su Liang wants to leave by herself."
Bai Xiaohu shook his head, "It's because Sister Su Liang disliked the carriage being too slow and wanted to eat grandpa's roasted sweet potatoes earlier."
Ning Jing nodded slightly, "Xiaohu is right."
Su Liang entered the Bai family's door, and Aunt Bai poked her head out of the kitchen, looking overjoyed and shouting at the top of her lungs, "Girl Liang is back!"
The next moment, Yan Shiba's roar came from the main room, "Asshole! Does she still know how to come back?"
Su Liang walked over calmly, greeted Aunt Bai first, stamped her feet to get the snow off her shoes, opened the curtain, and entered the main room.
A feeling of warmth came to my face.
The fine silver charcoal was not something the Bai family could afford. Hu Er gave it to Su Liang's sister.
Because Yan Shiba ate here, most of them moved here.
At this time, Yan Shiba was nestled on a bamboo couch, covered with a brocade quilt, with a rosy complexion and hot water at hand.
Old man Bai was picking up sweet potatoes from the charcoal basin with iron tongs.
Yan Shiba glared at Su Liang, "Didn't you run away with that wild man? Why did you come back?"
"Wild man" Ning Jing heard Yan Shiba's voice, he parked the carriage outside, Bai Xiaohu jumped off by himself, and Ning Jing held the pillar and placed it on the ground, and the two rushed into the house.
Su Liang only glanced at Yan Shiba and said nothing. He looked away, took the small bench and sat down next to the charcoal pot to warm his hands.
Old man Bai cheerfully put the roasted sweet potatoes in a bowl and handed them to Su Liang, "Eat something warm quickly."
Su Liang tore open the roasted soft skin, and found the sweet aroma. She lowered her head and took a bite, feeling that all the coldness in the wind and snow was expelled at once.
Warmth and sweetness are the most healing tastes.
Ning Jing opened the curtain and came in, carrying four snacks for the Bai family and placing them on the table.
Old man Bai greeted him quickly and brought him sweet potatoes.
Yan Shiba, who had been ignored from beginning to end, gritted his teeth when he saw Su Liang and Ning Jing sitting on both sides of the charcoal basin, eating roasted sweet potatoes comfortably, "Liang! Sister! Sister!"
Su Liang still ignored it and only said to Old Man Bai, "I've caused you trouble these days."
Old Man Bai quickly shook his head, "Anyway, your sister is doing well and her body is recovering well."
Aunt Bai brought hot bone soup to Su Liang and Ningjing.
The two of them ate sweet potatoes and drank a bowl of soup, then stood up and left.
Yan Shiba, who had accumulated a lot of resentment because Su Liang ignored her, felt like he was punched in cotton wool and had to close his eyes and pretend to sleep.
Su Liang walked over and hugged her sideways with the quilt, "Auntie, I took her back. The expenses for these days will be calculated later."
The corners of Yan Shiba's lips curled up slightly, then quickly disappeared.
Su Liang put her into the car, got in and Ningjing drove home.
Su Liang pretended not to know that Yan Shiba was pretending to sleep, deliberately lowered his voice, and spoke to Ning Jing through the car curtain, "You promised to give Yan Shiba the Moyu ring finger. Yan Shiba will definitely make trouble. In order to prevent tiger breeding,
It’s better to…”
Ning Jing replied, "Kill him."
"Then I have to pay Aunt Bai for the meals she eats these days, so I lose money."
"Sell to the mines."
"This is good. Anyway, she is almost recovered and can work."
Yan Shiba opened his eyes suddenly, "Su Liang!"
Su Liang looked innocent, "Are you awake? When do you plan to leave? Pay back the money before leaving."
"You actually gave Mo Yu's finger to that treacherous villain Yan Shiqi?" Yan Shiqi stared at Su Liang.
"He is a treacherous villain. Who are you? A righteous gentleman?" Su Liang hummed.
"You..." Yan Shiba was choked, his eyes flashed, and he became pitiful, "Sister Liang, do you hate your sister so much?"
"Don't do that with me!" Su Liang looked impatient, "If you haven't lost your memory, you should still remember that we had a breakup before I left. I didn't throw you out because I was out of kindness. You don't have to believe it.
, leave now."
Yan Shiba instantly put away the pretentious expression on his face, glared at Su Liang, and suddenly shook his head while gritting his teeth like crazy, "I'm going to be so pissed off by you bastard girl! I'm so pissed off! I'm pissed off! I'm so pissed off!
It’s my fault, okay?”
Su Liang smiled half-heartedly, "Oh? Then tell me, where did you go wrong?"
Yan Shiba hit his head against the wall of the car, "My fault is that I really want to be a sister with you! I think about it more and more! Ahhhh, I'm going crazy! Just say one word about whether it's okay or not! You say yes, from now on
I will believe you from now on! If you say no, I will jump out of the car immediately!"
Ning Jing opened the curtain and said one word, "Please."
"What does our sisters' affairs have to do with you, a wild man like you? Shut up! I have told you before that my sister likes Gu Ling!" Yan Shiba roared angrily and looked at Su Liang again, "You! You said it!
"
Su Liang thought about it seriously, "To be honest, I really want to see you jump."
Yan Shiba looked at Su Liang and suddenly sneered, "Really? I won't let you get what you want! You will be my sister from now on! I can't change it even if the King of Heaven is here!"