As we approach Bei'an County, the weather is much warmer than before, and the vegetation is lush and prosperous wherever we go.
Ever since he left Sujiacun last time, until now, Su Liang finally felt the feeling of being carefree and light again.
It was already afternoon when we entered Feiyan Town.
They both dressed up in men's clothing and went to Luoyan Restaurant for dinner. The signature dishes were still the same ones that they bought the recipes from Su Liang. Su Liang and Ning Jing ordered them all, and they tasted pretty good.
After the meal, the two purchased some daily necessities and took them back to the village.
They separated halfway, Ningjing took a small road to avoid people, Su Liang found a place to get rid of the disguise, and walked on the main road alone.
Near the entrance of the village, I saw many people coming out of Sujia Village, in small groups, all neatly dressed and beaming with joy.
Su Liang saw the matchmaker who was wearing heavy makeup, her cheeks were very bright, her eyebrows were dancing, and the handkerchief in her hand was flying, "Nowadays, among the girls from all over the country, which girl from all over the country doesn't want to marry into our Sujia Village? All the girls in the town and the county.
I’m willing to marry! Our village is a blessed place, with two number one winners!”
This matchmaker was the one who arranged the original owner's marriage to Ningjing.
Su Liang had only been away for more than half a year. The matchmaker had gained a lot of weight and was panting even when walking. It was obvious that her business was going very well.
Today, someone in the village held a wedding ceremony to marry their daughter-in-law. Now the guests had dispersed, and the matchmaker went to the entrance of the village to see off relatives.
Many people noticed Su Liang riding on horseback.
But because most of the people leaving the village at this time were people from other villages who came to have a feast, no one recognized her for a while.
Until the matchmaker looked up, screamed, startling everyone, then opened her mouth wide open, the powder on her face fell down, her thick black eyebrows trembled high and low, and her eyes
Narrowing her eyes to a narrow slit, with an exaggerated expression as if she were singing an opera, she shouted in three twists and turns, "Su Zhuangyuan is home!"
Su Liang suddenly became the center of attention, and even an old man subconsciously wanted to kneel down to her because it was rumored that she had become a high official in the capital.
Su Liang turned over and dismounted, stretched out his hand to support the old man, and said with a smile, "I just came back for a visit, no need to be polite."
When the old man stood firm, Su Liang led the horse. Under the eager eyes of everyone, she walked past the archway at the entrance of the village, and she could still hear her name being mentioned constantly.
Everyone in the village knew Su Liang, and soon the news of Wu Zhuangyuan's return spread.
It was autumn when Su Liang traveled through time, and soon it was the season of depression for all things.
It is summer now, and the water in the stream that passes through the village has swelled a bit. It is clear and clear, with luxuriant water and grass. There are children playing by the stream.
Green mountains and clear waters, quiet and peaceful.
Su Liang saw the bridge that had been damaged by heavy rains and was rebuilt by Ningjing.
Then we quickly walked to the bridge heading home.
A surprised call came from the other side, "Liang Yatou?"
It was Aunt Bai who was about to cross the bridge with a basket on her arm. Her face was full of joy and she took three steps at a time and then two steps to meet her.
"Auntie, I'm back." Su Liang felt very close to Aunt Bai when he saw her, and the smile on his face was as before.
Aunt Bai looked her up and down, looking excited, "Why are you back at this time? I heard from Li Zheng that you won the top prize in martial arts and became a general!"
Su Liang nodded, "Well, the Emperor has allowed me to go back to my hometown to visit my relatives on leave, and I will come back and stay for a few days."
"That's great!" Aunt Bai was going to go to the field, but she didn't go and followed Su Liang home, "Where is Mr. Ning? Didn't he come back with you? Are you married?"
Su Liang shook his head, "Not yet. He didn't come back this time."
Qi Jun is still pretending to be Ningjing in the capital, but he can't let people know that Ningjing is in Sujiacun.
"How long will you stay here? Will you leave soon? My two boys talk about you all the time, and my ears are calloused!" Aunt Bai said with a smile.
"How is Zhuzi's health? Where are the two of them?" Su Liang asked.
Aunt Bai nodded repeatedly, "Zhuzi is fine, but he is even wilder than his brother now! You are his savior! It's all thanks to you and Mr. Ning. Both of our boys are studying now, and they are in school at the moment.
!”
"Is their second uncle getting married?" Su Liang was chatting with Aunt Bai about household matters when she saw her front door appear in sight.
Aunt Bai said cheerfully, "We just got married last month, to a girl from the town. The second brother is still thinking about studying and planning to take the exam next time! His father-in-law's family are also very supportive, and our family is also very supportive."
If you expect him to work and earn money, let him do it!"
Bai He once studied in school, but later gave up because his family was poor and his nephew was sick and had to spend money. Now that he has a family and a lot of money, he has taken up studying to test for fame.
Su Liang thinks it's a good thing. It's never too late to have a dream.
Aunt Bai was even more happy when she heard Su Liang's affirmation. She also specifically mentioned Liu Huilan, a widow whom Bai He had liked, and said that she lived a good life after marrying a carpenter in Liujia Village. Now she is pregnant, and everyone says she is fat.
boy.
"That's great." Su Liang said with a smile.
"Little Tiger is pregnant too. We are all looking forward to having a little girl this time!" Aunt Bai was much more talkative than before.
Su Liang quickly expressed his congratulations.
While talking, they arrived outside the door. The door was locked and there was dust on it. Aunt Bai went up and wiped it, and then said to Su Liang, "It's not worth cooking if you come back alone. You might as well come to my house to eat. I think."
Whatever you want to eat, I’ll cook it for you!”
Su Liang whispered, "Actually, I have a guard following me. He doesn't like to see people."
Aunt Bai immediately understood, "Sure, then just watch. You can go home anytime you want. Xiaohu's mother is not out in the field right now, she's at home. Then I'll go back first and tell your uncle, he's always talking about you too!"
After saying this, Aunt Bai did not come in, but left with the basket in her arms.
Su Liang opened the door, led the horse in, and closed the door.
At the same time, he heard the sound of the back door opening and knew that Ningjing had arrived. He took a detour and walked farther away.
Su Liang stood in the yard, feeling that everything seemed so familiar.
The height of the pine trees planted last year seems to have not changed much. They are a little fatter and a little more green.
There were a lot of weeds growing sparsely in the courtyard, some of which were very tall. Su Liang leaned over and pulled out a piece of dogtail grass, and wrapped it thinly around his finger.
She unloaded the things on the horse's back and led the horse to the backyard. She saw that although the unmaintained vegetable field was full of weeds, there were also many vegetables grown from last year's fallen seeds.
There are two eggplants, round and purple, already ripe.
Pumpkin seedlings climbed up the roof, and small green pumpkins hung on the vines. The sun shone on them, and the wet fluff on them seemed to be dancing in the wind.
Su Liang and Ning Jing took their horses to the stables and tied them up. She shared the happy news she learned from Aunt Bai with Ning Jing in a brisk voice.
After Ning Jing listened, she nodded slightly, "Very good. I saw a lot of mushrooms in the forest at the foot of the mountain."
Su Liang burst out laughing, "It's a happy occasion. I'll pick it up and stew the chicken after I clean up the house."
When the two returned to the front yard, in addition to the ingredients originally placed on Ningjing's horse, Ningjing also held a large, freshly picked eggplant in one hand.
The kitchen was dusty and had to be cleaned. The two of them put the ingredients under the eaves first, as some dishes could not be dried in the sun.
Ningjing took the bucket and planned to go to the backyard to fetch water and clean up the kitchen first when she came back.
Su Liang still had a piece of dogtail grass wrapped around her finger. She rolled up her sleeves and prepared to pull out the weeds at the door of the kitchen first.
At this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of the door opening of the room that was originally a firewood shed and was later cleaned up for Yan Shiba to live in, causing the originally relaxed and pleasant atmosphere to suddenly change.
Su Liang turned around and looked over, thinking that Yan Shiba had just arrived.
As a result, a person walked out, and it was not Yan Shiba.
Ning Jing frowned and called out, "Uncle Liang."
The lean old man in gray clothes glanced across Su Liang's face, and when he saw Ning Jing, he looked happy and said, "Master!"
"Why are you here again?" Ning Jing looked at the old man and asked.
The old man glanced at Su Liang again, "I wanted to find the young master in the capital of Qian Kingdom. I passed by here and came here to have a rest."
Su Liang understood the old man's eyes and asked her to avoid them if they wanted to speak.
She walked to Ning Jing and took away the bucket, "You guys chat, I'll fetch water."
After watching her figure disappear into the backyard, the old man came over and looked at Ning Jing, "Young Master has lost a lot of weight."
Ning Jing shook his head calmly, "I didn't."
"Go in and talk." the old man said.
The two entered the room, and the old man looked outside again and closed the door.
"Sir, sit down." The old man pointed to the only chair.
"I don't want to sit down." Ning Jing refused, "Didn't I tell Uncle Liang never to come here again?"
"Coincidence." The old man explained, "I am going to the capital of Qianguo. I passed by and wanted to see if the young master still lives here. What if Ningjing in the capital is a substitute? I didn't expect the young master to come back today!"
"What do you want from me?" Ning Jing asked.
"That Su Liang, doesn't she know the young master's identity?" The old man lowered his voice.
"Don't worry about this, answer my question." Ning Jing's voice was a little cold.
The old man sighed, "Young master always hiding like this is not a long-term solution. Why don't you go back to Liang Kingdom with me! There, you can walk around openly and do whatever you want without having to wrong yourself so much!"
Ning Jing shook his head, "I've already told you about this."
"But..." The old man looked hesitant. After a moment, he bent his knees and knelt down in front of Ning Jing. He raised his hand and slapped himself hard, "Damn it! His Highness the King of Yue found the old slave and inquired about the young master. Whereabouts, when the old slave saw that he missed his grandson so much, he..."
Seeing Ning Jing's eyes turn cold, the old man said quickly, "Young Master has a prejudice against His Royal Highness the King of Yue, but he really cares about Young Master, otherwise he would not have let the old slave come to pick him up. He has never thought of using Young Master to achieve any purpose!" "
"Go away, I don't want to see you again." Ning Jing looked cold.
"Young Master..." the old man's face looked ugly, "I'm doing this for your own good! Are you fascinated by that woman? She hid it so deeply, she must have big plans, and she might betray the Young Master someday. !”
Ning Jing's eyes narrowed slightly, "Get out! I don't want to say it a second time!"
The old man's eyes dimmed and he stood up slowly, "It's all my fault, I did something that made the young master unhappy. The old servant will leave now and go back and tell His Highness the King of Yue that the young master doesn't want to be disturbed."
After saying that, the old man walked out of the door, walking very slowly, turning back three times every step of the way, but he didn't hear Ningjing calling him, and left with a disappointed expression.
…
Su Liang came back from fetching water in the backyard and happened to see the old man jumping over the courtyard wall. She felt that something must have happened, but she did not eavesdrop on the conversation between Ning Jing and the old man.
"What does Uncle Liang want to do with you?" Su Liang asked.
Ningjing looked calm, "It's okay."
Su Liang didn't believe that it was okay. Yu Ningjing was surprised that he wanted to hide it from her, but he didn't ask any questions and went to the kitchen to clean up with a bucket.
Ning Jing is weeding in the yard.
When Su Liang finished cleaning up the kitchen, she heard a knock on the door and walked over to open the door. The two little guys called her in unison, "Sister Su Liang!"
Brothers Bai Xiaohu and Zhuzi have both grown taller, and their temperaments have changed since they went to school. They are wearing the same blue shirt, each carrying a small schoolbag, and each carrying one hand behind their back.
Su Liang rubbed a little head with one hand and said with a smile, "They have all grown up."
Then, the two brothers simultaneously showed their hands behind their backs, and two bouquets of bright wild flowers appeared in front of Su Liang, making her eyes light up.
"It's for Sister Su Liang!" Zhu Zhu said with a smile, "We heard that Sister Su Liang was back after school, so we ran back quickly. My brother even fell!"
Bai Xiaohu gently kicked Zhu Zhu's foot. The young man had reached the age where he was concerned about face and did not want others to know about his embarrassment.
Ningjing was in the backyard, Su Liang took the flowers, called the two little guys in, and took out the gifts specially bought for them, which were two sets of the four treasures of the study.
Bai Xiaohu and Zhuzi were very happy to receive the gifts. Now they both like reading and writing. They are already known as "good children from other people's families who love to learn" among the villagers, which makes Aunt Bai very proud.
In fact, it was because of the influence of Su Liang and Ning Jing. They became the best role models in the minds of this pair of brothers, which made them have a deep yearning for the distance before leaving Bei'an County, and they determined to study hard and follow
Their sister Su Liang is as powerful as their brother Ning Jing.
The little brother wanted to help Su Liang clean up the yard, but she persuaded her to leave and agreed to play at their house in the evening.
The pillars all ran out, then ran back, opened the door, squeezed a little head in, and said with bright eyes, "Sister Su Liang must come!"
Su Liang smiled and nodded, "I will definitely go."
After saying that, she watched Zhu Zhu leave. She took two bouquets of wild flowers to the backyard and handed one of them to Ning Jing, "It's for you."
If they knew that Ning Jing was back, they would definitely give Ning Jing a gift.
Ning Jing had already removed the disgrace on his face, took the bouquet of flowers, held it up to his nose and smelled it.
Su Liang specially picked a small yellow flower, took a little of the stem, folded it off, stood on tiptoe, and inserted it on Ning Jing's head. She took two steps back and nodded repeatedly as she looked at it, "It's so beautiful."
Ning Jing couldn't see the little flower on her head, and had no intention of taking it off, nor was she angry. Instead, she responded to Su Liang, broke off a flower, put her hand in her hair, and said, "
good."
Su Liang hummed, "Yes, you are the most beautiful." After saying that, she went back to the front yard.
Until the evening, the two of them cleaned the house, put two bunches of wild flowers into vases, and placed them on the windowsill. The little flowers on their heads did not fall off.
As always, Ningjing cooks the fire and Suliang cooks the rice.
In the middle, Bai Xiaohu held a bowl and brought six hot, fat, white buns, three stuffed with shepherd's purse and egg, and three stuffed with radish and pork.
Compared to the past, it can be seen from this bun that the life of the Bai family has really improved.
But in fact, it was because Su Liang came back today, and Aunt Bai specially steamed steamed buns with pure white flour fillings, and also made meat and vegetable fillings, thinking that she would like to eat them. At home, she usually eats mixed noodles, but she can eat them from time to time.
The meat is much better than before.
Su Liang made Ningjing his favorite crispy eggplant, vegetables and pork noodles, and paired them with the steamed buns sent by Aunt Bai. The two of them sat in their original seats for dinner, making Su Liang feel as if he had never left.
The moonlight outside the window was just right. After Su Liang finished eating a steamed bun, he saw the little yellow flower on Ning Jing's head and said with a smile, "Shall I make you a little yellow flower hairpin? You gave me a wooden hairpin earlier, but I didn't even return the gift."
Ning Jing nodded, but said, "If it looks ugly, I won't wear it."
"I'll try my best." Su Liang said that Ning Jing must wear it, otherwise it would be in vain.
After dinner, Ningjing put away the dishes and went to the kitchen to wash them and boil hot water.
Su Liang went to Bai's house and sat for a while, chatted a few words with Uncle Bai, checked Xiaohu's mother's pulse, and then came back, saying she would go over for dinner the next day.
After returning, Su Liang made the bed, took out the damaged medical book given by Master Puqing from the bag, and planned to read it.
Ningjing bound a blank book for her. Su Liang read it and copied down the contents that could be distinguished. Some of them were supplemented based on his own understanding. Unfortunately, there was still a lot of content that Su Liang was interested in.
But because the paper was so damaged and missing, there was nothing we could do.
Su Liang looked attentively, reading and writing at the same time. After writing three pages, he heard Ningjing knocking on the door.
"Come in." Su Liang didn't look up and was drawing a herb she had never seen before.
Ningjing walked in and sat down without disturbing her.
It wasn't until Su Liang finished drawing the herbs, placed the bookmarks, closed the book, and carefully placed it on a piece of silk cloth that he looked at Ningjing and said, "Is something wrong?"
Ning Jing nodded, opened her thin lips slightly, and said four words, "I'm going to die."
Su Liang was startled, and subconsciously leaned forward, grabbed Ning Jing's arm across the table, and took his pulse.
But he realized in an instant that he couldn't have suddenly contracted a terminal illness or been poisoned. That's not what he meant.
Su Liang let go of Ning Jing's wrist, threw it back, frowned and asked, "Uncle Liang is here today. Is it possible that he told others your identity and hiding place?"
Ning Jing raised her arm that Su Liang threw on the table, straightened her sleeves, and nodded, "Yes."
Su Liang sighed deeply, "Big trouble. You have to run away quickly and give up this identity, otherwise you don't know what will happen."
Nowadays, there are more and more people related to them. It would be better if Su Liang is the only one. After she takes revenge, she can hide incognito. But the Qin family, the Xing family, the Lin family, the Wan family, and even the Su family are all close to them.
Many people in the village cannot afford the consequences of being involved with the rebel Gu Ling.
Su Liang realized that Ning Jing didn't tell her immediately during the day, not because he wanted to hide it, but because he didn't want to affect her good mood.
But this matter needs to be done as soon as possible, before Su Liang returns to Beijing, so that "Ning Jing" dies. As long as this identity no longer exists, even if someone knows that it was Gu Ling who pretended to be it, there will be "no evidence".
"It just so happened that I spent the past half month with the emperor on Minglu's vacation. I stayed in Sujiacun. You should work harder and go back to the capital to kill yourself." Su Liang looked helpless, "By the way, 'framed'
Duanmu Sheng, wait until I return to Beijing to seek revenge from him."
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