Su Liang sat next to Yan Yu, both of them facing the mist-shrouded cliff not far away.
Yan Yu finally couldn't help laughing, and subconsciously looked around, lowering his voice, "Flower picker? Su Liang, you are really good! You look like a lustful female gangster!"
Su Liang stretched out her hand, held Yan Yu's chin, and winked at her, "Little beauty, please obey me."
Yan Yu smiled and fell on Su Liang's shoulder, "Tell me honestly, are you really attracted to someone's beauty? You are taking advantage of them under the guise of acting!"
Su Liang pushed Yan Yu away and coughed twice, "What are you talking about? I am a serious person."
"Who is a serious person who threatens to pick flowers in broad daylight?" Yan Yu couldn't stop laughing. She felt that Su Liang and Gu Ling were so funny. They were acting so seriously, but she found it funny.
"What's wrong with picking flowers?" Su Liang looked serious, "I'm still cutting down trees."
The two of them spoke very softly, and when Yan Yu had laughed enough, they stood up and left.
The clouds in the mountains behind Huguo Temple are indeed beautiful, but Su Liang didn't really come to see the clouds.
It was still early after going down the mountain, so Su Liang decided to go to Wangxiang Mountain. The graves of Su Yuanzhou's family had been moved back to his hometown. At that time, they arranged for people to plant trees in the original graveyard. I don't know what happened.
Su Liang sent Yan Yu home first and asked Liandong to accompany her out of the city.
After riding at the foot of the mountain, the two of them walked up the mountain together.
Lonicera couldn't help but ask, "Why did the master take that fake coffin back with him?"
Su Liang replied with a normal expression, "That was my life."
Lonicera looked slightly startled. She thought Su Liang meant that the fake coffin allowed her to survive and saved her life.
But Su Liang originally wanted to build a tomb for the original owner.
As the sun was about to set, Su Liang stood where the cemetery of Su Yuanzhou's family once stood, which was now a pine forest.
Planting other trees would be bare during this season, but Su Liang had the pines and cypresses specially found.
Within two months, no trace of the original cemetery could be seen, as if the pines and cypresses had always grown here.
In early winter, even the green of pines and cypresses is as dim as the skylight.
Su Liang walked around inside and confirmed that every tree was alive.
Lonicera looked at it, thinking that Su Liang was mourning his deceased family members and was in a bad mood. He caught a glimpse of a bright color not far away. He walked over and found that it was a cluster of wild chrysanthemums blooming in the withered grass. The small yellow flowers were gorgeous in color and fluttered gently in the wind.
Sway gently.
Lonicera took out the dagger she carried with her, cut off the wild chrysanthemums, picked off all the dead grass and fallen leaves inside, and wiped the dust off the leaves. When she heard Su Liang calling her, she turned around and carried the flowers behind her back.
"Let's go." Su Liang walked out of the pine forest with a calm expression, "It's getting late."
"Hey." Liandong nodded. Seeing that Su Liang had already walked to the front after finishing her words, she subconsciously raised her arms over Su Liang's shoulders and sent the bouquet of wild chrysanthemums in front of her.
Su Liang was stunned for a moment, "For me?" He took it with a smile, "It looks good."
Ling Dong rubbed his hands unnaturally, "I just saw something over there..."
"Go back and wash and dry them to make chrysanthemum tea." Su Liang walked forward holding the bouquet of flowers.
Lonicera twitched the corners of her lips slightly, a smile appeared in her eyes, and she quickly caught up.
When he returned to the city, it was already dark, so Su Liang went to Wanjia Restaurant for dinner.
However, Gu Ling still didn't come. Liao Dong heard someone say that Gu Meiren went to Jingyue Lake to play in the afternoon.
Su Liang went back after eating and packed some dishes for Yan Yu.
"Will something happen to someone tonight?" Yan Yu asked Su Liang.
Su Liang shook his head, "Don't worry, Yan Shiqi can't do anything to him." Gu Ling went to Jingyue Lake during the day just to have a reason to go there at night.
…
Changxinhou Mansion.
As midnight approached, the secret guard hiding in the tree yawned and stared at Gu Ling's room from a distance. Gu Ling rarely went to bed early, and they were all used to it.
It's just that tonight is different from the past.
Suddenly seeing Gu Ling's door open and him walking out, the secret guard's expression was shocked. The next moment, Gu Ling flew up and headed in one direction.
The secret guard hurriedly chased after him, and soon they saw Gu Ling leaving the Changxinhou Mansion.
When it was confirmed that Gu Ling was going in the direction of Jingyue Lake, the secret guard still didn't know what he was going to do.
Mirror Moon Lake is completely silent in the middle of the night. It is difficult to hear even the chirping of insects and birds at this time of year.
The secret guard saw Gu Ling stopped on a tree. He held his breath and concentrated on choosing another tree at a safe distance to hide. Then he looked at the edge of Jingyue Lake and shrank his eyes. There was someone!
Under the deep night, a silver mask shines brightly, and this mask only has one eye open. It must be Yan Yunlou's owner Yan Qiqi!
But at this distance, the secret guard couldn't hear Yan Qiqi's voice, and could only see him standing by the lake with two people without moving, as if waiting for someone.
"Master, it's already two o'clock in the morning. Isn't that person coming?" said a killer.
Yan Qiqi gritted his teeth, "Does she think I don't dare to touch her?"
"How about going to Su Mansion?" Another killer said.
However, Yan Qi Qi narrowed his eyes, remembering that every time he said he wanted to catch Su Liang to accompany Yan Shi Shi, Yan Shi Shi couldn't help but laugh wildly, as if he was expecting him to go find Su Liang and cause trouble. This was
Doesn't it mean that Yan Shiba is convinced that if he finds Su Liang, he will be in trouble in the end...
Yan Shiqi was a little hesitant. Although he heard that Su Liang was pursuing Gu Ling these days, his thinking was that Yan Shiba's good sister actually fell in love with the same man as her, and he did not think that Gu Ling might be dead.
"Ning Jing", after all, Yan Qi Qi didn't understand the relationship between Su Liang and "Ning Jing" as well as Yan Shi Ba did.
Yan Shiba's words only made Yan Shiqi deeply suspect that Su Liang had an expert protecting him.
After waiting for another quarter of an hour, but still no one came, Yan Qi Qi finally decided to give up. Ever since he was knocked back by Gu Ling's palm that night, Yan Qi Qi had been shaken by his original plan and did not dare to go to Gu Ling again.
He was also very cautious when looking for Su Liang.
After all, the Yan Shiba he wanted was already under his control, and catching Gu Ling or Su Liang had little practical significance to him. To a large extent, he was stimulated by Yan Shiba and lost his mind.
After being suppressed by Gu Ling's strength, Yan Shiqi's sanity slowly returned.
Don't let things get out of hand... At this moment, Yan Shiqi plans to take Yan Shiba out of the capital and find a place to get married to her. When Yan Shiba becomes pregnant with his child, where else can he go?
Thinking of this, Yan Shiqi said, "Go back!"
…
The secret guard kept watching and saw that no one showed up. When Yan Shiqi was about to leave, Gu Ling followed him secretly, and he also caught up silently.
After twists and turns, Yan Shiqi entered a house.
The secret guard saw Gu Ling leaving and headed towards the palace again.
Late at night, Gu Ling asked for an audience at the gate of the palace. Duanmu Yi felt that something was going on and let him in without getting angry.
"Weichen went to Jingyue Lake during the day and lost the jade pendant left by his mother. When he found it at night, he immediately went to look for it, but he saw Yan Shiqi by the lake, seemingly meeting someone." Gu Ling reported that he followed Yan
Seventeenth, the hiding place of the Yanyun Tower killer has been determined. Duanmu Yi is asked to send people to encircle and suppress Nian Jincheng.
Duanmu Yi never expected that things would develop like this. Before that, he was still doubting whether Nian Jincheng was really in Yan Shiba's hands.
But no matter what, Duanmu Yi will not let Yan Yun Tower go.
Killer organizations exist in every country, and the unwritten rule is, don't provoke the royal family, and everyone will live in peace.
Yan Shiba kidnapped Nian Jincheng and Nian Ruting, and at the same time severely injured and humiliated the fifth prince Duanmu Che. This was a serious provocation to the majesty of the royal family.
"How many people do you need?" Duanmu Yi asked Gu Ling.
"To deal with Yanyun Tower, using ordinary soldiers will lead to death. Only masters can fight." Gu Ling said.
Duanmu Yi stared, "You go back first, I have my own arrangements."
Gu Ling knew that Duanmu Yi didn't want him to see the royal family's master power. This was a top-secret matter.
But Gu Ling's goal has been achieved. Even if Yan Shiba is in that house, Gu Ling doesn't care. He didn't see the black mist between Duanmu Yi's brows, and even if someone died tonight, they wouldn't care.
He's the one who deserves to die.
Gu Ling didn't care about what happened next. After leaving the palace, he went straight back to his house. Duanmu Yi kept a close eye on him. He didn't come into contact with anyone, and he didn't go anywhere else.
However, this secret guard was supposed to report to Duanmu Yi after his shift at Zi Shi that Su Liang chased Gu Ling to Huguo Temple during the day and that the two had an amazing conversation in the back mountain, but he had not yet found the opportunity.
…
It's quiet at night.
More than a dozen black figures left the palace and headed in one direction very quickly.
After Yan Shiqi came back from Mirror Moon Lake, he prepared to leave the capital tonight. In order to prevent Yan Shiba from shouting bad things, he gave Yan Shiba a drug to make her fall asleep, and ordered his two confidants to take Yan Shiba away first.
So as not to delay your trip.
"I...can I not leave?" Nian Ruting couldn't help but ask Yan Qiqi, "I didn't do anything wrong. I want to stay and go find Gu Ling. You also want me to be with him, right?
In this way, Yan Shiba will not..."
Yan Shiqi was already in a bad mood. Hearing that Nian Ruting was starting to have wishful thinking again, he raised his hand and slapped her, "Shut up! Either leave, or I'll kill you now!"
Nian Ruting covered her face and lowered her head, not daring to speak any more.
The subordinates came down to report that the brothers in the capital have been assembled and can set off. The reason for this is because after Yan Shiqi took away the position of the building owner from Yan Shiba, he had not yet eliminated the disloyal people in Yanyun Building. He planned to do this
This time I went back to clean up Yanyun Tower, so this time I wanted to take away all the killers in the capital of Qian Kingdom.
Yan Shiqi put on his mask and said, "Let's go!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of sharp arrows piercing the air was heard. Yan Shiqi's eyes narrowed sharply, and he saw a dozen black figures approaching menacingly, with murderous intent.
Because they were unprepared, the first wave of arrows killed several killers.
Yan Shiqi didn't even know that it was Emperor Qian's bodyguard who was coming. Because he had an appointment with Su Liang tonight, he intuitively thought it was a master beside Su Liang. He thought that Su Liang tricked him into going to Jingyue Lake tonight just to secretly track and find him.
His hiding place! The "friendship" he once had with Su Liang made Yan Qi Qi careless!
In fact, if Yan Shiqi knew that these experts were sent by Duanmu Yi, he would definitely choose to betray Su Liang and expose her collusion with Yan Shiba.
Unfortunately, Yan Qi Qi did not expect that Duan Mu Yi's personal guards would not reveal their identities, and would even deliberately hide their identities. This led Yan Qi Qi to believe that they were all sent by Su Liang.
One party is a professional killer, and the other party is also a professional killer in nature.
When the two parties meet, it will be bloody and life-or-death.
Nian Ruting hid at the beginning of the battle, looking for an opportunity to escape.
And Yan Shiqi, who discovered that each of his opponents was very powerful and ruthless, and that his subordinates were constantly being damaged, wanted nothing more than to escape.
Finally, Yan Shiqi, who was surrounded by three people and forced into a corner, discovered Nian Ruting hiding there, and grabbed her without hesitation and used her as a human shield.
The light was very dark, and Duanmu Yi's bodyguards did not see Nian Ruting's face clearly, and Duanmuyi had promised to capture Yan Shiba alive. As the only woman on Yan Shiqi's side, Duanmu Yi's bodyguards mistakenly thought that Nian Ruting
It was Yan Shiba, and he didn't have time to think too much about why Yan Shiba was so weak and didn't kill him.
This finally gave Yan Shiqi a chance to breathe, and after being hit by a sword, he broke the window and left.
"Help...help..." Nian Ruting was covered in blood. After weakly shouting twice, she fell to the ground unconscious.
…
Yan Qi Qi finally escaped, but he was the only one who escaped, and all the other killers of Yan Yun Tower in the capital were eliminated.
The bloody Nian Ruting was brought into the palace and presented to Duanmu Yi.
Few people know the true face of the female killer Yan Shiba, and Duanmu Yi's bodyguards didn't even see Nian Ruting's face clearly.
After wiping the blood off Nian Ruting's face, Duanmu Yi took a closer look and frowned, "Idiot! She is not Yan Shiba at all!"
"Your Majesty, forgive me, but this is the only woman there." The person kneeling down to apologize was also a woman, wearing a mask and with a dark red peony embroidered on her collar.
"Wake her up!" Duanmu Yi looked grave.
Nian Ruting, who was seriously injured, was beaten awake and lay on the ground, shaking all over.
"Why are you still alive? Where is Nian Jincheng?" Duanmu Yi asked sharply.
Nian Ruting was dragged to her knees. After she saw clearly where she was and Duanmu Yi's face, she seemed to have found her savior, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... help me!"
"I ask you, where is Nian Jincheng?" Duanmuyi's eyes were gloomy.
"Nian Jincheng..." Nian Ruting lost too much blood and her consciousness was a little blurry, "He... I don't know... I don't know... Gu Ling... I want to see... I want... to see Gu Ling...
"
As soon as the words fell, Nian Ruting passed out again.
Duanmuyi's expression changed when he heard Nian Ruting mention Gu Ling's name. After a moment of silence, he spoke again, "Take her to heal."
After the people left, the blood stains on the ground were quickly cleaned up.
Duanmu Yi sent someone to ask Gu Ling to enter the palace immediately.
When Gu Ling received the news, it was already dark. Dressed in plain clothes, he walked through half of the palace in the morning mist and met Duanmu Yi, who looked tired.
"Last night, I sent people to kill a dozen people in Yanyun Tower who were hiding in the capital. Yan Shiba was not inside. Yan Shiqi was seriously injured and escaped. No trace of Nian Jincheng was found." Duanmu Yi said with a cold face.
When Gu Ling heard this, he knew that Duanmu Yi must have a group of extremely powerful masters around him, otherwise he would not be able to compete with Yanyun Tower.
"However, there is a living person who may know something." Duanmu Yi looked at Gu Ling and said, "You should know her. She claimed to have saved your mother many years ago, and your mother even made an engagement for you because of this. It was just because of a misunderstanding.
Wrong person."
Gu Ling's face was calm, and Duanmu Yi sighed softly, "Nian Ruting, the fifth daughter of the Nian family, was supposed to be your fiancée. She was forced and framed by Nian Ruxue in the beginning, and she was not punished until she died. Later, she fell into
In the killer's den, she narrowly escaped death. If you intercede for her, I will forgive all her sins."
Gu Ling's expression was indifferent, "There was indeed a misunderstanding about what happened back then. My mother did not use Wei Chen's life-long deeds as a thank you gift just because someone helped her a little bit."
Duanmu Yi frowned, "What do you mean by that?"
Gu Ling replied, "The engagement between Wei Chen and Nian's daughter was actually Gu Yuan's intention. He secretly conspired with Nian Jitang to rebel. In order to avoid arousing the emperor's suspicion, he took his mother's hair in the name of repaying his kindness.
The hairpin was used as a betrothal token. Nian Ruxue was just selected by the Nian family to marry the Gu family. Nian Ruting was not selected because she was not as smart as Nian Ruxue. If the marriage was really arranged by my mother, she would not have recognized the wrong person."
Duanmu Yi's face darkened, "Seriously?"
Gu Ling nodded, "Everything I said is true. Please tell me clearly. The Nian family does have the intention to rebel, but it has nothing to do with Nian Jincheng. He is loyal to the emperor, but he is despised and hated by the Nian family, including Nian Ruting."
Inside. After she committed a serious crime, she deliberately framed Nian Jincheng and imprisoned her for her own selfish desires. This woman is lawless, unscrupulous, and vicious-hearted. If she can survive to this day in Yanyun Tower, she may have become associated with those heinous killers.
, or they are the playthings of those people. The so-called engagement back then has nothing to do with Wei Chen from beginning to end, and the Nian girls are all disgusting to Wei Chen."
Duanmu Yi was thoughtful. Some of the things that Gu Ling said about Nian Ruting were true. As for the inside story of the marriage between Gu Nian and his family, this was the first time Duanmu Yi had heard about it.
But what Gu Ling said was reasonable and well-founded, even saying things that made him sick. Duanmu Yi's original plan of giving Nian Ruting to him was naturally not feasible.
Duanmu Yi sighed, "In that case, when Nian Ruting wakes up, I will send someone to interrogate her, hoping to find Nian Jincheng's whereabouts. You can go back."
As soon as Duanmu Yi finished speaking, a report came from outside the Imperial Study Room, "Your Majesty, there is someone outside the palace asking to see you, claiming to be Nian Jincheng."
Duanmu Yi's expression changed slightly, and when he saw Gu Ling frowning slightly, he ordered, "Go to the side hall."
Gu Ling went to the side hall, knowing that Duanmu Yi would not let him meet Nian Jincheng in person.
…
Yan Yu has been nervous all morning, because today is the day when middle-aged Jincheng originally planned to return to Beijing.
"Will the emperor believe it?" Yan Yu asked Su Liang again.
Su Liang was making dumplings, "Don't worry, your man is just a little silly occasionally, not a fool."
Yan Yu held his forehead, "I'm just afraid that he will be stupid and reveal some flaws."
Su Liang was very calm, "I've taught him how to say such a simple thing. For other things, just say I don't know. If there are any flaws, don't scare yourself. Come over and help me make dumplings."
"I have no appetite." Yan Yu shook his head.
Su Liang hummed softly, "This is the love meal I want to give to Beauty Gu. Your family should also be able to eat it."
Yan Yu was stunned for a moment, then sat next to Su Liang, "Okay."
…
Near noon, news of Nian Jincheng's return spread in the capital, and everyone was talking about it.
When Gu Ling and Nian Jincheng came out of the palace and arrived at Wanjia Restaurant, there was even more commotion.
These two rumored friends have not appeared in front of people at the same time for many years. Although we don't know what Nian Jincheng has gone through, it seems that he and Gu Ling have passed the emperor's test and have officially restored their status.
The two went up to the second floor, and Su Liang walked out of a private room, holding an exquisite food box in his hand, "Gu Hou, this is delicious food I made for you myself, you can try it!"
The eyes of the onlookers were bright: ...It’s starting again! It’s starting again! Big news! Su Zhuangyuan actually washed his hands and made soup for Gu Meiren! Will Gu Meiren throw the box on the ground?
Gu Ling looked calm and said, "I don't need it. Please Miss Su don't do such a thing again."
As a result, Nian Jincheng, who was standing next to him, raised his hand and said, "Miss Su, we meet again." Hua Luo took the box from Su Liang and patted Gu Ling on the shoulder, "Ling, don't you know Miss Su's kindness.
Anyway." After saying that, he pulled Gu Ling into their private room and said to Su Liang, "Thank you!"
Onlookers: ...Gu Meiren will definitely not know how to eat, I am afraid that Nian Jincheng will end up getting it all cheap.
What everyone didn't know was that after closing the door, the box was in Gu Ling's hands. He opened it and placed it on the table. The white and plump dumplings were still steaming. There was also a small bowl of Su Liang's secret dipping sauce inside.
vinegar.
"It's been a long time since I've eaten." Nian Jincheng breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the chopsticks and started to eat.
Gu Ling moved the box in front of him, "This is mine."
Nian Jincheng hung his chopsticks in the air with a speechless expression on his face, "Don't you want it?"
Gu Ling ignored it and ate alone. In the end, he didn't share any of it with the eager Nian Jincheng. The reunion of friends who were talking about it outside was quite "warm".
In the next room, Yan Yu thought that Nian Jincheng was finally safe and had eaten the dumplings she made by herself. Her heart dropped to pieces and she smiled very sweetly...
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