"Have you seen Xiao Mulian? Do you know what she looks like?" Su Liang asked Ningjing.
Ning Jing nodded, "I met you once."
"Okay." Su Liang said thoughtfully, "I have a plan, you can see if it works."
…
The Second Prince's Mansion.
Duanmu Ao got into a big fire early in the morning and threw two expensive porcelain vases, leaving all his servants in a state of silence.
The woman in the backyard of the mansion has not slept with Duanmu Ao for more than a month because he has not recovered from his injury and the imperial doctor said that he should abstain from sex for the time being.
The second prince's concubine, Mei Shi, came over, waited on her carefully, and asked Duanmu Ao if he had a nightmare.
When Duanmu Ao heard this, he became even more angry, "Get out! Get out of here all of you!"
After Mei and his servants left, Duanmu Ao sat there with a gloomy expression, clenching his fists and bulging veins.
Last night, he saw the long-dead Xiao Mulian standing beside the bed. He was so frightened that he lost his mind. He blinked, but it was gone again. It was not a nightmare, it really seemed like Xiao Mulian's ghost came to see him...
After a while, Mrs. Mei came over again. Seeing that Duanmu Ao had calmed down a lot, she told him that there was a new play in Changchun Garden and asked him if he wanted to watch it together.
Duanmu Ao didn't like theater, but he liked female actors with soft figures.
There was a concubine in the backyard of the Second Prince's Mansion who originally sang Huadan in Changchun Garden.
But when he heard Changchun Garden, Duanmu Ao's face darkened, "I won't go!"
Mrs. Mei took her servants there.
Unexpectedly, not long after, the maid came to bring tea and said that the second prince's concubine had gone to Changchun Garden and came back.
"It is said that all the trees in Changchun Garden fell down for some reason last night. It was very strange. Some people said it was haunted and the garden was closed." The maid said.
Duanmu Ao's face froze, "The sky is clear and the sun is bright, how can there be any ghosts?"
The maid shrank her neck and said, "This slave deserves to die!"
But not long after, Duanmu Ao sent his entourage to Changchun Garden to see what was going on.
The follower came back and said, "There were no signs of intrusion, not even footprints, and the trees had not been cut down. Dozens of trees all fell down overnight, and they fell in the same direction. It was really very strange."
weird."
The boss of Changchun Garden wanted to block the news, but when something like this happened, he couldn't cover it up.
Duanmu Ao's face became increasingly ugly, "What direction are those trees facing?"
The attendant said respectfully, "I went in and took a look. All the trees were facing the southwest."
Duanmu Ao's eyes narrowed. The Prince's Mansion and the Second Prince's Mansion are next to each other, just to the southwest of Changchun Garden...
"Someone must be playing tricks on you!" Duanmu Ao snorted coldly, but his fists that he never loosened showed that he was not in a calm mood.
In the afternoon, Prince Duanmu Sheng came to the Second Prince's Mansion.
When the two brothers met, their eyes were filled with black circles.
After the people retreated from the screen, they sat opposite each other with serious expressions.
"What does the Crown Prince want from me?" Duanmu Ao asked.
Duanmu Sheng sighed, "How is your health?"
Duanmu Ao was instantly angry, "You don't have to worry, Prince! I'm in very good health!"
Duanmu Sheng smiled bitterly, "Are you still blaming me?"
Duanmu Ao snorted coldly, "Why do you blame me?"
Duanmu Sheng shook his head and hesitated to speak. After all, he did not mention that unspeakable thing again.
In the end, the two parted on bad terms. They clearly said something but seemed to have said nothing at all.
…
Su Mansion.
Nian Jincheng looked in the bronze mirror and disguised himself. After doing it, he turned to Yan Yu and asked, "Does it look like him?"
Yan Yu was a little confused and asked, "Who does it look like?"
"Second Prince." Nian Jincheng looked at the bronze mirror again, "I forgot you haven't seen him before."
"The second prince looks like this? How ugly." Yan Yu snorted. She didn't know Duanmu Ao, but she knew that the death of Su Liang's family was closely related to the second prince. After Su Liang came to the capital, he was repeatedly made things difficult by Duanmu Ao.
He hired a murderer to assassinate Su Liang before, but he failed.
Nian Jincheng nodded, "It's really ugly."
"Okay?" Su Liang walked in, looked at Nian Jincheng's face, and felt that it was still not enough, so he asked him to fix some areas.
Seeing that Su Liang was so serious, Yan Yu realized that Nian Jincheng didn't just find a familiar face to practice the art of disguise, so he asked, "Are we going to let him pretend to be the second prince?"
"Yan Xiaoyu, you are so smart." Su Liang confirmed Yan Yu's guess.
Yan Yu frowned, "Isn't this... going to be dangerous?"
Nian Jincheng was stunned for a moment and glanced at Yan Yu. The worry in her eyes was not fake. She felt warm in her heart and explained, "It's okay, I'll be careful."
"You have to be careful and learn from the second prince's words and deeds, so as not to ruin Su Liang's affairs." Yan Yu looked serious, although he didn't know what Su Liang's plan was.
Nian Jincheng:...That's the truth, but he thought Yan Yu was just worried about his safety...
Su Liang showed a meaningful smile, "Don't be nervous, relax."
…
That night, Duanmu Ao drank strong tea and lay awake all the time. He arranged for the masters around him to hide in the room for protection.
I stayed up until dawn and didn't see Xiao Mulian again.
His eyes were red and bloodshot, he breathed a sigh of relief, asked people to withdraw, and fell asleep.
When Duanmu Ao woke up, his eyes were filled with red blood. His hair stood up all over his body and he was so frightened that he fell off the bed!
I saw that his bed curtains and quilt were all covered in blood. It was shocking to see!
The servants rushed in and were frightened to death.
It was confirmed that Duanmu Ao had no injuries on his body, and no one had seen anyone enter the room.
It’s like seeing a ghost in daylight!
The prince came again in the afternoon.
"I suspect someone is playing tricks on me." Duanmu Sheng said with red eyes, "My room was broken into last night and a lot of blood was spilled on the bed."
Duanmu Ao frowned fiercely, "Me too!"
Duanmu Sheng looked shocked, "I saw Xiao Mulian standing by the bed the night before! He disappeared in the blink of an eye!"
Duanmu Ao's face turned pale and his voice was low, "I saw it too."
"And the trees in Changchun Garden..." Before Duanmu Sheng could finish his words, they already understood each other tacitly.
"Where are there any ghosts? If there really are ghosts, why didn't they come out earlier and only came now?" Duanmu Ao said sharply.
Duanmu Sheng sighed deeply, "I think so too. I always suspect that someone is behind the scenes, but there is no evidence."
Duanmu Ao's eyes were filled with fear, "Su Liang! It's Su Liang! Who else could be there besides her? I told you that I would kill her quickly, but you want me to be cautious! Now that she has become the number one scholar in martial arts, my father
The emperor is so powerful that it is not easy to touch her!"
Duanmu Sheng's face was as dark as ink, "I spent a lot of money to hire a killer from Yanyun Tower to get rid of Su Liang. For some reason, there was still no movement. Maybe her strength is stronger than what we saw. Or maybe, there are high-ranking officials around her.
Even Yanyun Tower can't touch her if she is protected by others."
"Damn it!" Duanmu Ao clenched his fist and slammed the table, "She is here to take revenge! The weird things in the past two days must be her doing!"
"But as long as we can't catch her, we can't do anything." Duanmu Sheng said gloomily, "Xiao Mulian's matter cannot be made public."
Duanmu Ao snorted coldly, "I told you before that her amnesia was fake. She knows everything. If she were to spread the word..."
Duanmu Sheng's face froze, "Impossible! Xiao Mulian is dead, there is no evidence, and no one believes what she says! If she dares to spread rumors about this kind of thing, she will lose her head! My father will never tolerate such slander.
Royalty!”
Duanmu Ao looked at Duanmu Sheng coldly, "Slander? If you hadn't cuckolded me, how could you have caused so many troubles? If it weren't for the sake of my brothers, I would never have tolerated this!"
Duanmu Sheng had long thought that Duanmu Ao would probably attack him if he brought up the old matter again. He was mentally prepared for this, but his expression was still very embarrassing. "I have said many times that it was Xiao Mulian who seduced me. I am a normal man.
I can't control myself, I'm sorry for you."
"Forget it, she's just a bitch." Duanmu Ao snorted coldly, "At this point, we have to think about how to get rid of Su Liang. If we drag it on for a long time, the nights will be long and the dreams will be long. Who knows what she will do!"
Duanmu Sheng's eyes were dark, "I have a plan, why not use Lao Wu. He is crazy for Su Liang and will do anything."
…
Su Liang put the freshly baked biscuits on a plate and turned around to see Ning Jing coming in.
"How?" Su Liang asked.
Ningjing washed her hands, picked up a still warm biscuit, took a bite, and nodded, "It's delicious."
Su Liang raised his head, "I'm asking you, have you gained anything from monitoring Duanmu Ao?"
Ningjing finished a small biscuit and told her Duanmu Sheng and Duanmu Ao brothers' plan to use Duanmu Che to get rid of Su Liang.
"They guessed that it was me who was up to something? No surprise." Su Liang snorted, "Duanmu Sheng has some brains. His plan is good, it is exactly what I want, and it also gives your brother a chance to liberate his nature."
…
In the dead of night, Nian Jincheng tugged on his clothes and asked Ning Jing in a low voice, "Are you sure you want to do this? I'm not afraid of something happening to me, I'm just afraid of causing trouble."
Ning Jing looked indifferent, "If this can't be done, what's the use of you?"
Nian Jincheng took a deep breath. He was really not good at this kind of secret strategy, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet.
The two sneaked into the Second Prince's Mansion, and half an hour later, Ning Jing left with a sack on his shoulders.
The guard who finally forced the highly skilled assassin away realized that he might have been tricked into fleeing the mountain. He asked outside the door and heard the voice of "Duanmu Ao" to confirm that he was fine and felt relieved.
Nian Jincheng, pretending to be Duanmu Ao, sat on the edge of the bed, breathed a long sigh of relief, recalled Duanmu Ao's usual expressions and behavior, and practiced silently.
…
Su Mansion.
Lamps were lit in a courtyard that was usually vacant.
Duanmu Ao woke up faintly, with severe pain in the back of his neck. His last memory was a black shadow flashing past him. He couldn't see anything clearly and passed out.
Duanmu Ao put his hands on the ground, slowly raised his head, and saw a familiar face with a horrified expression, "You... are so audacious! You are looking for death!"
Su Liang held a long whip, sat on a chair, and looked at Duanmu Ao with a half-smile, "You and your brother tried very hard to make me die, but unfortunately, they all failed. You can guess, I invite you to come,
Why? There’s a reward for guessing it right.”
Duanmu Ao's face was extremely ugly, "Su Liang, if you don't want to die, let me go immediately! Everyone in the capital knows that you and I have grudges, and my father also knows it very well! If I disappear, you will be the first to suspect me!"
Su Liang nodded, "Indeed. That's why I don't dare to take action easily. It's not easy to become a martial arts champion, and I don't want to cause trouble for my friends."
"Then you still dare to touch me? You don't want your life!" Duanmu Ao said sternly.
Su Liang smiled, "It's really troublesome that you're missing, but who knows?"
Duanmu Ao's eyes widened, "You...what do you mean?"
"Without you, there will still be a second prince in the Qian Kingdom." Su Liang sneered, "No one knows that you are missing. How could I be suspected?"
"You...are you looking for someone to replace me?!" Duanmu Ao's face turned pale.
"Haha, your hidden disease is not healed yet? How many days have you not allowed women to get close to you? So just in time, I don't have to worry about my brother who replaces you being affected by your woman." Su Liang chuckled, "I didn't think so far back at the time. I can only say it was a coincidence. It's wonderful, what do you think?"
Duanmu Ao was completely panicked, "The people who serve me, my father, the emperor and my empress, will definitely recognize me!"
"So confident?" Su Liang snorted, "But that's not important. It's not what you should care about now. Tell me, how did Xiao Mulian die? Who killed my family?"
Duanmu Ao's face turned green and white, "Xiao Mulian was killed by your grandfather! Your whole family committed suicide out of fear of crime!"
Su Liang shook his head slightly and stood up. The whip did not hit Duanmu Ao, but wrapped around his neck, circle after circle, slowly tightening it. Seeing Duanmu Ao's frightened expression and difficulty breathing, Su Liang With a calm face, he said, "How many members of my family were hanged? Do you remember? Does this feel comfortable? I have plenty of time and can play with you slowly, so that you can fully understand the feelings of my family members before they die. Can not be less."
When Duanmu Ao was about to be strangled to death, Su Liang suddenly let go.
He lay on the ground, covering his neck and coughing.
Su Liang stood not far away and looked at him coldly, "The Xiao Mulian you and Duanmu Sheng saw in the middle of the night was me pretending to be, and the blood on your bed was splashed by me. I heard everything your brothers had in secret today. "
Duanmu Ao looked at Su Liang as if he had seen a ghost, "You...how high are your martial arts skills?"
He and Duanmu Sheng were protected by experts, but they couldn't stop Su Liang at all!
Su Liang hummed, "What do you think?"
In fact, it wasn't her, it was Ning Jing. But Duanmu Ao didn't need to know.
"You heard it all..." Duanmu Ao's face was extremely ugly.
"I invited you here because I want to hear something you haven't said." Su Liang picked up the whip and sat back, "Xiao Mulian had an affair with Duan Mu Sheng in Changchun Garden, and she cuckolded you, and she was also pregnant with Duan Mu Sheng. My child, how did you know?"
Duanmu Ao remained silent.
Su Liang stood up with the whip, "Then come again."
Duanmu Ao trembled, "The nanny in the house found out that Xiao Mulian's menstrual period was delayed, so she informed me of the good news and said that I might be a father. But during that time, I never touched her at all! She always refused and said she was not feeling well. Let me find another woman!"
Su Liang's face was expressionless, "Go on."
"I took Xiao Mulian back, but she refused to admit it at first, but later said that she had Duanmu Sheng's seed in her belly!" Duanmu Ao gritted his teeth and said, "I confronted Duanmu Sheng, but he could only admit it and said that Xiao Mulian seduced him. ! Of course that bitch can’t live if she does such a thing. It was Duanmu Sheng who said to get rid of her and just pretend that nothing happened! It was also Duanmu Sheng’s idea to ask your grandfather to come and treat Xiao Mulian. He said Xiao Mulian The day before, we had a tryst with him in Changchun Garden, and our talk about the child was overheard by your grandfather! I killed Xiao Mulian myself, but everything else was arranged by Duanmu Sheng! He used all means to cover up the scandalous things he did! If you want revenge, you should look for him, why should you look for me?"
"You sound really innocent." Su Liang said coldly, "But if I remember correctly, when you had a secret conversation with Duanmu Sheng today, he once said that you were negligent and didn't kill me.
Otherwise, nothing will happen next. It sounds like you were responsible for the death of my family."
Duanmu Ao's face froze, "I didn't do it! I did know about it, but I didn't stop it. Even if I did, it would be useless! You heard wrong, he said he was negligent!"
"I don't have deafness." Su Liang said, the whip flew out and wrapped around Duanmu Ao's neck again, tightening it tightly, his eyes were cold, "Don't think that you can just put everything on Duanmu Sheng's head.
Myself. When I captured you, I had no intention of letting you leave alive. If you have the guts, bite your tongue and kill yourself. If you want to live a moment longer, just tell the truth. The price of lying is that life is worse than death!"