Su Liang got up before dawn. After fetching water and briefly washing up, he ran around the small courtyard ten times according to his previous habit. Then he used a kitchen knife to cut out a simple wooden sword in the middle of the courtyard.
Practice the new sword technique you learned last night on the ground.
Qiu Cong's judgment was very accurate. The Luoying Sword Technique was not suitable for a martial artist like Su Liang who started late, and it would be difficult to improve. As for the new sword technique he taught, Su Liang felt very smooth and proficient as soon as he got started.
After that, Su Liang fought freely and smoothly, and his sword moves were more cunning and complicated than Qi Luoying's swordsmanship, and he won by cleverness. This is what Su Liang is best at.
After practicing the sword technique five times and completing all the routine exercises, the rising sun illuminated the quiet and quiet bamboo forest.
Su Liang picked some familiar wild vegetable sprouts from the edge of the bamboo forest, chopped them into fillings together with the lean meat Qiu Cong brought back yesterday, and made a pot of fresh meat and wild vegetable ravioli.
When the aroma filled the entire courtyard, Qiu Cong appeared not far away. Su Liang didn't know whether he got up and went elsewhere or was still in the room, and didn't care.
"Who did you learn it from?" Qiu Cong asked.
Su Liang stirred the little wontons floating in the pot and said with a chuckle, "Master, are you asking about cooking skills? I used to be a bit good at it. After something happened at home, I returned to my hometown in Bei'an County. As a result, I met a group of ruthless relatives who took me away.
I was trained when serving slaves, cooking and washing for them."
"You? Are you enslaved?" Qiu Cong's tone was obviously unbelieving.
But Su Liang didn't mean to lie, and she couldn't talk about time travel. What she said about the original owner was also true, "I died once, and after I survived, I met my best friend in this life, who taught me martial arts and gave me a new life."
Opportunity. Only with strength can you have confidence."
Qiu Cong didn't question it anymore. He was a top martial artist. Last night, he saw that Su Liang's martial arts was a monk who had become a monk halfway and learned it after he grew up. And she is under seventeen years old this year. The ability to have such strength is enough to prove her innate understanding and even more ability.
A testament to her resilience and hard work.
"Master, take the bowl." Su Liang called Qiu Cong naturally.
Qiu Cong washed his hands at the well and took two bowls over. He held them while Su Liang filled them with wontons.
"It's a pity that there is no vinegar here, otherwise the taste would be better." Su Liang said, "Master, when will you go shopping again and buy some necessary seasonings?"
Qiu Cong neither agreed nor refused, and sat down to eat with a large bowl of steaming wontons.
Su Liang filled out half the bowl, sat down opposite Qiu Cong, stirred it to let the heat dissipate, and didn't eat in a hurry, "Master, when will Nangong Qian arrive? Will Situ Jing come?"
Qiu Cong didn't answer, and Su Liang didn't ask any questions. She saw the reasonable side of the old man, but she also experienced the incident where he used a gold wire to strangle his neck and kidnapped Gu Ling. That incident was unreasonable and very bad.
.
Therefore, Su Liang looked relaxed on the surface, but was actually carefully testing Qiu Cong's character and approaching him.
Including yesterday's decision to go out of the bamboo forest and dig a bamboo shoot on the road, just in case of running into Qiu Cong so that I could have an excuse to explain.
After breakfast, Su Liang took the vegetable seeds that Qiu Cong bought yesterday and went to the backyard to plant vegetables.
She didn't see any other tools, so she took an ax and loosened the soil on the ground.
After a while, Qiu Cong appeared, took a hoe from somewhere, and turned over the ground silently.
Su Liang guessed that it was left behind when the bamboo was cleared and the land was reclaimed to build a house.
Plow the ground, dig holes, sow seeds, bury soil, and water.
The two of them worked well together, and within a short while they had opened up half of the backyard and planted two kinds of vegetables. One was leafy greens, and the other was pumpkin.
While Su Liang was busy, she told Qiu Cong what she needed to buy for her next shopping trip. Not only the ingredients, but she also needed the four treasures of the study and medicine tools. It would be best to buy her some unread books to pass the time.
Qiu Cong said nothing.
Su Liang knew that he must have heard him. If he didn't say anything, he would most likely agree. Although they only really met yesterday, Su Liang had already gained some experience in getting along with him.
After planting vegetables, Su Liang was washing the clothes she had changed by the well. When she looked up again, she found that Qiu Cong was gone again.
After washing the clothes and drying them on the bamboo poles on the side of the yard, Su Liang carried the basket and ax into the bamboo forest again.
This time she didn't go far, so she didn't need to mark her. She just picked some wild vegetables and came back. Yesterday, it was determined that she was on an island far away from the land, and she was "voluntarily" captured. It was not wise to escape until Nangong Qian arrived.
It depends on the situation.
At noon, Qiu Cong was nowhere to be seen, and Su Liang baked wild vegetable egg pancakes for lunch.
With nothing to do in the afternoon, she picked out some thick bamboos from the surrounding bamboo forest and cut them down, planning to make some tools to assist her in exercising.
However, after getting started, Su Liang found that it was not easy, and missed Gu Ling even more. It turned out that when they were together, this kind of craft work was what Gu Ling was good at, and he did it, and Su Liang was only responsible for providing ideas.
Halfway through, Su Liang had to give up temporarily because there was no suitable rope and he accidentally cut his hand.
It wasn't until the evening that Qiu Cong appeared, carrying a large bamboo basket on his back. He put his things on the table in the courtyard and went back to his room.
Su Liang looked through the things Qiu Cong brought back. In the bamboo basket, in addition to meat, vegetables, grains and tea, there were also many spices. In the basket there was a good set of four treasures of the study, a thick stack of rice paper, a small hoe for digging medicinal materials, and various
There were pharmaceutical tools and five books. The yellowing paper looked old. Su Liang picked up one and was surprised to find that it was an ancient book on medical skills. This kind of thing is not easy to buy.
Su Liang flipped through the book and walked to Qiu Cong's door, "Master, where did you buy the medical books?"
There is no sound inside.
Could it be that he stole it from a famous doctor's house... Su Liang thought to himself.
"Thank you, Master." Su Liang said with a smile, "What do you want to have for dinner?"
This time there was a voice in the room, one word, "meat."
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As dusk fell and the courtyard was filled with the alluring aroma of meat, Qiu Cong finally opened the door and came out and changed his clothes.
Seeing the bamboos Su Liang had chopped, Qiu Cong asked her what she wanted to do.
"Make a rack." Su Liang described the equipment used to do pull-ups.
Qiu Cong narrowed his eyes, "Who taught you this?"
"Oh, I used to have a wooden shelf at my house in Sujiacun, and I used it for my own purposes. No one taught me how to use it." Su Liang smiled.
Qiu Cong glanced at the pile of bamboos again, his eyes fell on Su Liang's wrapped hands, and he didn't ask any more questions.
With the spices, today's dinner is quite sumptuous. Sweet and sour pork ribs, tea-flavored chicken, minced meat and wild vegetable soup, and even the staple food is fresh meat layer cake, which fully satisfies Qiu Cong's appetite for meat.
Qiu Cong took a bite of the tea-flavored chicken and said, "Tea?"
Su Liang nodded, "Yes. Master may know that I am now the head of the Ning family, the largest tea merchant in the Qian Kingdom, and the most important thing is tea. I also used the tribute Dahongpao to make tea-flavored chicken, and the taste was even better.
"
When Qiu Cong put down his chopsticks, the plate was empty and the soup was finished. He looked at Su Liang and said, "You are trying your best to please me, but I won't let you leave."
Su Liang nodded while clearing the dishes, her expression not changing at all, "I know. Of course it's flattering, but not entirely. After all, I also have to eat, like the boiled whole chicken that Master planned to make yesterday.
, I may not be able to eat it. Besides, master also taught me swordsmanship, so I will definitely be worthy of it."
But in fact, she was thinking that the fact that this old man didn't like to talk and took the initiative to mention "not letting her leave" to her just meant that he had thought about letting her leave.
And when Qiu Cong voluntarily lets Su Liang go, will it be truly safe.
The clothes washed during the day had been dried, and Su Liang went back to the room. She was not attentive enough to take the initiative to wash Qiu Cong's dirty clothes. In the past, due to the division of labor, she didn't even wash Gu Ling's clothes. Instead, Gu Ling
I washed her clothes.
At night, Su Liang practiced swordsmanship under the moonlight, then walked for a while by the bamboo forest holding bamboo shoots, then went back to the room to light a lamp and read the medical books that Qiu Cong had brought back.
Feeling sleepy, Su Liang spoke to her bamboo shoot friend again before going to bed, "Little God, the Great God said before that he wanted to destroy the Yan Kingdom. He shouldn't be looking for me now, but has gone to the Yan Kingdom, right?"
So I chose Yan Kingdom, probably because we were in Kassapa City at that time, which was close to Yan Kingdom?"
This was what happened on the day Su Liang was taken away. However, because of what happened next, the two did not talk in detail. At this time, she was just guessing what Gu Ling would do after she left.
Gu Ling may be looking for her everywhere, but Su Liang thinks this possibility is unlikely. Because she was not caught suddenly, but Gu Ling sent her to the boat on the river. If the real conflict cannot be resolved, she will now
If he ran back, it would be completely meaningless to choose to be captured at that time.
Su Liang patted the bamboo shoots and said, "You are aging so fast. You are a lot thinner than you were yesterday."
Of course Bamboo Shoots would not answer Su Liang, but she heard someone speaking.
"Dad, is she at peace?"
Nangong Lin! Su Liang's eyes turned cold and he sat up from the bed. It seemed that Nangong Qian had arrived.
Without hearing Qiu Cong's answer to the question just now, the door next door opened and someone went in. Hearing the footsteps, there were three people. Qiu Cong, Nangong Lin, Nangong Qian... No, Su Liang felt that Nangong Qian was being carried or hugged.
The sound of the third footsteps was very light, maybe it was the maid serving.
After a while, footsteps came outside Su Liang's door.
"Xiao Liang, this is Master." Nangong Lin knocked on the door.
Su Liang almost vomited when she heard his voice and what he said. This man was really a rare pervert after her time travel. What master? Her current master is Qiu Cong.
"Let's go." Qiu Cong's voice came.
"Dad, I want to see Su Liang and I have something to ask her." Nangong Lin said.
Qiu Cong said nothing, and Nangong Lin continued to knock on the door, implying that he would go in if Su Liang didn't come out.
Su Liang got out of bed, picked up the bamboo shoots, and walked over.
Opening the door, she faced Nangong Lin's face that once made her think it looked pretty good, but now it was just disgusting. Su Liang really hoped that the bamboo shoots in her hands would turn into prickly pears, and she would definitely smash them over.
"This is..." Nangong Lin looked at Su Liang and smiled, and sure enough, he quickly noticed her bamboo shoots.
Su Liang deliberately used a strange thing to help his acting and deal with this pervert.
"My friend." Su Liang looked cold.
Nangong Lin chuckled, "Xiao Liang, my teacher knows that you are very unhappy with what you are experiencing now, and you don't want to be separated from Ling'er, but we are also forced by you, and there is no other way. If you don't get involved in these things, then
alright."
"I think it would be better if you died suddenly as soon as you were born." Su Liang said coldly.
Nangong Lin's face suddenly darkened under the moonlight, "I don't mind your rudeness, but I know you are a smart person. I just want to remind you not to bully Qian'er. It will not do you any good."
Su Liang patted the bamboo shoots in his hand and said, "Little God, go to sleep quickly and don't listen to these nonsense and inhuman words, otherwise I'm afraid you will be so angry that you will bloom. But blooming is good, I haven't seen bamboo shoots yet.
It’s blooming.”
Nangong Lin snorted coldly, "Su Liang, don't pretend to be stupid!"
Su Liang looked innocent, "Oh, you can treat me as a fool, but you are not allowed to pretend to be stupid? Then can you say something human first? Sorry, I forgot, you are not a human being."
"You!" Nangong Lin was finally irritated, "Are you going to propose a toast and be punished with a drink?"
Su Liang was very calm, "Are you angry now? I went all the way to save your daughter at the risk of being punished by the emperor, but you turned around and found someone to strangle my neck and kidnapped my husband. Now you actually dare to lick me
You call yourself a teacher with a shameless face? Which kind of teacher are you? A zombie or a dead body? You can only disgust me, but I can’t say yes? You are shameless and you want me to give you a good face? Otherwise, just kill me.
, or don’t let me see you, or I’ll scold you every time I see you, until I can turn you into a corpse!”
Nangong Lin narrowed his eyes slightly and reached out to grab Su Liang's neck.
Su Liang stood still. Before Nangong Lin's hand touched her, it was blocked by Qiu Cong.
"Dad, why don't you let me teach her a lesson? How can she properly treat Qian'er with her attitude?" Nangong Lin frowned.
Qiu Cong shook off his hand and said coldly, "Let's go."
Nangong Lin looked at Su Liang coldly, "Take good care of Qian'er. If anything happens to her, you won't be able to get over it!"
Su Liang chuckled, "Be careful of getting struck by lightning."
Nangong Lin rolled up his sleeves and entered the next room, then left after a while.
Su Liang stood under the eaves holding the bamboo shoots. When she saw Nangong Lin leaving the yard, a dark figure came out of the bamboo forest and disappeared with him. She suspected that it was Situ Jing.
But Situ Jing said that he liked her, but he didn't even show his face. This shows that he has made a choice that is more beneficial to him at the moment.
Qiu Cong narrowed his eyes at Su Liang, and Su Liang looked at him openly. In fact, the words she just scolded Nangong Lin were meant for Qiu Cong. She wanted to know how the old man would react to judge his relationship with Nangong Lin.
.After all, they are just master and apprentice and Weng's son-in-law, not biological father and son. If Qiu Cong did not unconditionally obey and protect Nangong Lin, things would be much easier to handle.
As a result, Su Liang saw that the relationship between the two was not that good. She expected that Qiu Cong would go after Gu Ling because of Nangong Qian, and was deceived by Nangong Lin, saying that he had an engagement long ago...
Thinking of this, Su Liang said to Qiu Cong, "Master, there is something I want to clarify. My husband and Nangong Qian have never been engaged. He did not lose his mother when he was born. He also heard his mother-in-law mention many aunts in Hunan.
There is no such thing as having a baby kiss and he doesn’t know about it, but Nangong Lin knows about it.”
Qiu Cong frowned when he heard this, "It's just a one-sided statement."
"Nangong Lin is also one-sided." Su Liang said.
Qiu Cong turned around and left.
Su Liang glanced at the lit room next door and walked in holding the bamboo shoots.
There is a maid named Qiuyue whom I met in the Hefeng City Villa. There is also a maid named Chunhua who has not come here.
When Qiuyue saw Su Liang, she immediately became wary, "Miss Su, my young lady is asleep."
"Oh, see you tomorrow then." Su Liang heard this and left happily holding the bamboo shoots.
Qiuyue looked incomprehensible. She walked over and opened the bed curtain, and saw Nangong Qian with her eyes open, and her expression was a bit worse than the last time Su Liang saw her.
"Was she just... scolding my father?" Nangong Qian asked in a weak voice.
Qiuyue's eyes flickered, neither saying yes nor denying.
"Bitch...bitch..." Nangong Qian gritted her teeth, "Grandpa loves me the most. I will definitely find a way to let her die..."
Su Liang, who was still standing outside the door at this time, heard Nangong Qian's words and returned to his room with a calm expression.
"Little God, although Nangong Qian is Old Qiu's favorite granddaughter, if she insists on looking for trouble, I can only help her and let Old Qiu see her true face. Why did I scold her father? I still want to
Hack her father to death." Su Liang used her mind to "communicate" with Bamboo Shoots, fearing that her words would be overheard. She was not afraid of Nangong Qianzuo at all, and even hoped that she would get better and better, and that she would not die if she didn't do it...
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On the other side, Nangong Lin and Situ Jing walked to the beach, got on the boat they came from, and left overnight.
Situ Jing stood silently on the bow of the boat, looking at the dark sea. His beard was shaved off, revealing a young face with delicate features. Just looking at the eyebrows would not make people think of Situ Han.
But looking at the whole face, he is 60-70% similar to Situ Han.
Nangong Lin suddenly said, "Jing'er, I'm a little worried that your grandpa will be seduced by that girl Su Liang. She is a master at playing with people's hearts."
Situ Jing didn't seem to hear and only looked ahead.
Nangong Lin looked back at the island that had turned into a shadow, and said to himself, "But with Qian'er here, it's impossible for your grandpa to like Su Liang."