It had just rained and the air was fresh and cool.
Qi Jun moved a large table and placed it by the lake, with a pot of warm water, a pot of hot tea and a pot of good wine on it. Fresh fruits and snacks were placed on it. All the young and old in the house sat together and watched the fight between Gu Ling and Situ Jing.
Zheng'er sat next to Su Liang and asked with bright eyes, "Auntie, who will win?"
"Guess." Su Liang smiled.
Zheng'er chuckled, "Then I guess Uncle Beauty will win!" He had called him Uncle Ning and uncle, and now Zheng'er called Gu Ling Uncle Beauty. He said that this way he could reflect the most obvious characteristics of his favorite uncle.
Qiu Cong refused to sit down and was busy greeting everyone, as if he was organizing a martial arts competition. He was not worried that Situ Jing would be beaten and hoped that the fight would be as fierce as possible.
All in all, Situ Jing and Gu Ling were both Qiu Cong's disciples.
Regardless of Nangong Lin, Situ Jing and Gu Ling's swordsmanship come from the same source. Qiu Cong has taught Gu Ling the most powerful skills, but he has not taught Situ Jing yet.
This is a competition where everyone knows the outcome before it even begins.
The person involved, Situ Jing, also knew it. But he also wanted to fight this fight and wanted to see how big the gap between him and Gu Ling was.
Although Qiu Cong is the successor of Luoying swordsmanship, he does not own Luoying sword.
The Luoying Sword was originally exiled to the Peng family of the Liang Kingdom. Later General Peng gave it to the then Beijing Palace of the Qian Kingdom. Now it has been given to Su Liang by Xing Ji.
But instead of using the Luoying Sword, Gu Ling took out a wooden sword. It was one of a set of wooden weapons he made when he taught Su Liang swordsmanship in Sujiacun.
Seeing this, Qiu Cong took away Situ Jing's sword and went to borrow his sword from Zheng'er for use.
When Zheng'er was in the capital, he was in the Su Mansion almost every day. Sometimes he stayed here. All his toys were here, including a wooden sword, which was also given by Gu Ling.
Zheng'er readily agreed and said that it was not allowed to break. If it broke, he would ask Uncle Beauty for a new one.
"Okay, let's get started." Qiu Cong cleared his throat, looked at Gu Ling and Situ Jing and said. His eyes fell on the lake not far away, and he added, "Whoever loses, jump into the lake!"
Situ Jing, who just raised the wooden sword:...
Zheng'er cheered, "Okay, okay! Let's start!"
Lao Mu shouted, "Whoever loses will be hung from a tree and beaten!"
Qiu Cong hummed, "Get out!" He could educate his grandson, so Lao Mu stood aside.
…
The competition was exciting. Both of them used Luoying swordsmanship. Gu Ling did not use any special moves, but he still suppressed Situ Jing.
"My disciple's swordsmanship is really imitated by yours? It looks the same as your grandson's, but it's different." Lao Mu came to Qiu Cong's side to analyze.
Qiu Cong squinted his eyes and watched. When he first taught Gu Ling his special moves, he discovered that Gu Ling was a martial arts genius with excellent understanding. No matter what he learned, he would not stick to the rules.
Situ Jing used the most authentic Luoying swordsmanship. Every move was very standard, and the speed and strength were not bad at all.
But Gu Ling himself made some seemingly subtle changes to make it faster and more powerful.
And when it comes to adaptability, Situ Jing and Gu Ling are really far behind.
Qiu Cong felt that the significance of this competition has been achieved. Winning or losing is not important. What is important is to let Situ Jing see the gap between him and Gu Ling and learn from Gu Ling. Jealousy is the most useless emotion, and emotional problems are very important to Situ Jing.
The trouble should be completely eliminated from today on.
Gu Ling's ability to have such understanding is inseparable from his life mentality that is far beyond ordinary people. This is also Su Liang's strength. Living with them, Qiu Cong saw that no matter what they did, they took it seriously and did everything they could.
Just the drive to do your best.
It was just a martial arts competition at the moment, and Situ Jing, who was bound to lose, only had martial arts skills to show for it. However, Gu Ling was an all-rounder, even worse than the other Situ Jings.
Gu Ling controlled the rhythm from start to finish.
When Situ Jing's wooden sword broke into two pieces, they both retreated at the same time.
Zheng'er exclaimed, "My sword! That was given by Uncle Beauty!"
Gu Ling looked calm and said, "Let him compensate you."
Zheng'er blinked his big black eyes, nodded and said, "Then let Uncle Beibei compensate me!" In this way, when he begs Uncle Beauty again, he will have two new ones!
Situ Jing was a little frustrated. Although he knew before the fight that he would lose. But at that time, he thought that Gu Ling would use a trick to make him lose ugly.
As a result, Gu Ling didn't use any special moves, and Situ Jing lost without any doubt.
Situ Jing knew best that Gu Ling's swordsmanship was also taught by Nangong Lin and was the same as his. The difference now was all Gu Ling's own.
Situ Jing leaned over and picked up half of the wooden sword from the ground, only to see that it was engraved with exquisite patterns. If you look closely, the patterns formed many characters "正", which were carved by Gu Ling himself and given to Zheng'er.
"I lost." Situ Jing looked at Gu Ling and said these three words, convinced.
In fact, I have always known that there was a gap between him and Gu Ling, but today I just realized more clearly how ridiculous his jealousy was.
It has something to do with the fact that their mothers are sisters, the fact that they all have the blood of the Situ family, the fact that their masters are all Nangong Lin, and the fact that he also likes Su Liang...but it's not that important.
Situ Jing now feels that the biggest reason for his jealousy of Gu Ling is actually that he regards Gu Ling as an imaginary enemy, because he needs such a person to exist and a goal, otherwise he will not know how to face the real life.
…
All along, everyone thought that Situ Jing liked Su Liang and wanted to get Su Liang. The former was true, but the latter was not.
In fact, in Situ Jing's heart, Su Liang and Lin Wei had similar statuses. They were both the warmth and light that appeared in his once gloomy life, and they were the people he yearned for.
Rather than saying that Situ Jing wants to get Su Liang, it is better to say that he wants to be like Su Liang, free and easy, with a strong heart.
In other words, Situ Jing was indeed troubled by love in the first twenty years of his life. After meeting Su Liang, the feelings that troubled him included his relationship with Su Liang, but it was only a small part of it.
After letting go of his "jealousy" towards Gu Ling, Situ Jing also admitted that Gu Ling and Su Liang were a match made in heaven.
"Jing'er, I'm willing to admit defeat and jump down!" Qiu Cong pointed to the lake and said to Situ Jing. His purpose was not to make Situ Jing look bad, but just to let him integrate into the family and relax a little.
Zheng'er ran over and pulled Situ Jing to the lake, "Uncle Beibei and I will jump together. I want to go swimming! Let's catch fish together!"
Situ Jing felt that Zheng'er wanted to comfort him and was afraid that he would be too embarrassed, so he was very touched.
Situ Jing carried Zheng'er on his back and went into the water. Nangong Qian stood on the shore and asked, "Is the water cold?"
"It's not cold!" Zheng'er replied happily.
Qiu Cong found the hand-held fishing net made by Gu Ling and threw it to Situ Jing.
Finally, they caught a fat fish, and Zheng'er said to Situ Jing, "Uncle Beauty's fried fish is the most delicious in the world!"
Situ Jing shook his head, "I can't eat it."
Zheng'er whispered, "When it's ready, I'll hide a piece for Uncle Beibei to eat."
Situ Jing smiled, "Okay."
…
Su Liang couldn't eat fish recently, so she asked Gu Ling to make fried fish nuggets, so Gu Ling made a big plate.
"Can I take it to eat with Taigong Qiu and Taigong Mu?" Zheng'er asked.
Gu Ling nodded and Zhenger ran away with the plate.
Another person came to Liangguo Post House and asked Situ Jing when he would return. He asked Qi Jun to tell the person that he would go back.
But Situ Jing never left, just waiting to eat the fried fish that Zheng'er said he would secretly share with him.
Zheng'er arrived, followed by Qiu Cong and Lao Mu.
Two elders, one elder and one younger, the four of them quickly ate up all the fried fish made by Gu Ling.
Lao Mu felt it was completely insufficient, "My apprentice's cooking skills are really getting better and better, but it's just too little."
Qiu Cong said to Situ Jing, "You should learn to cook when you have time, otherwise you won't be able to marry a wife. Don't worry about that boy from the Lin family, he is interested in a girl named Yuan."
Situ Jing:...Since when does marrying a wife have anything to do with whether she can cook? But Gu Ling's cooking skills are really nothing to say.
As for Lin Xie and Yuan Ying, Situ Jing only found out today. And he also knew that Yuan Ying’s grandmother, Mrs. Yue, originally wanted to marry her granddaughter into the Yue Palace. However, Yuan Ying betrayed Mrs. Yue and Situ Xie, otherwise Xing
Ji is dead.
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Waiting until evening, Situ Jing finally returned to Liangguo Post House. The clothes he was wearing were borrowed from Qi Jun because his clothes were soaked in water.
Entering the lobby of the post house and seeing the two coffins placed, Situ Jing called for someone to arrange the funeral hall here.
Situ Jing came over after hearing the news, "Second prince, Yao'er will get married soon from the post house. If a mourning hall is set up here, I'm afraid Emperor Qian will find it unlucky." He suppressed his anger and used Duanmu Chen to stop Situ Jing.
Jing.
Situ Jing did not get angry like he did in the morning. After hearing this, he was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "That's right. Then I will find another place to place the remains of my adoptive parents."
Situ Jing was surprised. He didn't expect Situ Jing to be so talkative all of a sudden, but it would be great if the coffins of Chen's father and Chen's mother could be taken away.
Situ Jing asked what happened when Situ Jing was called to the Su Mansion today.
Situ Jing only said that his grandfather asked him to come over for dinner.
Regarding returning to Qian Kingdom, Situ Jing agreed with Gu Ling not to make any announcement for the time being, because he wanted to take the coffins of Chen's father and Chen's mother back to Xuanbei City for burial. After arriving at Xuanbei City, he would give Situ Jing and Liang Guo a "surprise"
”.
After all, it will soon be the day when Situ Yao enters the palace. If Situ Jing suddenly turns against him at this time, some things will not be easy to continue in terms of face.
This is also what Duanmu Chen means.
Situ Jing said he wanted to find another place, so he just moved the coffins of his adoptive parents out of the post house hall and placed them in a vacant yard, still in the post house.
Situ Jing asked Situ Jing if there was any hope of winning over his grandfather Qiu Cong to return to Liang Kingdom.
Situ Jing said yes. He would have more contact with Qiu Cong and Nangong Qian and try to persuade them before leaving.
Situ Jing felt a little relieved now, feeling that he and Situ Yao had worried too much before. It seemed that after Situ Jing came into contact with the Su Mansion, his relationship with Su Liang and Gu Ling became even worse.
…
From now on, Situ Jing would go to Su Mansion every day, and usually would leave after having lunch in Su Mansion.
Duanmu Chen sent people to the post house to give Situ Yao several gifts. There was no fanfare, but the gifts were very thoughtful and seemed more sincere.
When Su Liang saw Mrs. Xing again, she thought she would ask about Situ Yao's upcoming entry into the palace as a concubine. However, Mrs. Xing didn't mention Situ Yao at all. She was only talking about Xing Ji, fearing that he would become a concubine because of the Miao family.
I am so sad that he passed away and I don’t know when he will come back.
Su Liang said that the emperor would soon arrange for a general to go north. If the situation was stable, she would ask the emperor to grant family leave to Xing Ji.
Mrs. Xing began to look forward to it. She knew that what Su Liang said was definitely not false.
As for how many women there are in the harem and who Duanmu Chen prefers, Old Mrs. Xing knows very well that this is not her responsibility, and it is not something Su Liang can interfere with. Moreover, after the previous incident, Old Mrs. Xing was very disappointed with Xing Yuyan.
Now I have nothing to ask for, I just hope she can be at peace and take good care of her baby.
…
Soon, it was the day for Situ Yao to get married.
Situ Jing knew very well that Duanmu Chen's passion for Situ Yao was not true, but he did not remind Situ Yao. Because it had nothing to do with him. What he hated was Situ Xie, and he did not vent his anger on Situ Jing and Situ Yao.
No matter what, it's impossible to do anything for them.
Situ Jing did what he should do and watched Situ Yao get married and enter the Qian Kingdom Palace.
Situ Jing showed guilt and reluctance, even a little sad, and said, "My little sister married far away, and it's all my fault."
Situ Jing knew in his heart that Situ Jing was actually blaming him.
But Situ Jing did not think that this was his responsibility at all, because the culprit was Situ Xie.
Seeing Situ Jing's depressed mood, Situ Jing wanted to say something, "I really don't want your sister to marry. When I learned that Qian Guo asked her to marry her in exchange for your return, why didn't you commit suicide?"
Of course, Situ Jing didn't say it because it wasn't necessary.
In four days, they will leave the capital of Qian Kingdom and return to Liang Kingdom.
But this is what Situ Jing thought. Situ Jing would go with him, but would not return to Liang Kingdom.
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After Situ Yao entered the palace, she became the only concubine under the queen, and was given the title Liang.
After Su Liang learned about it, although he felt that this title was in line with Situ Yao's status as a member of the Liang royal family, he still felt that it was unlucky. Generally speaking, when a person is cold, he is gone.
But a title doesn't mean anything. When Princess Yan gets married, there will be another Concubine Yan.
How Situ Yao lives in the harem of Qian Kingdom depends on herself. Unlike Situ Jing, she will not be threatened by her grandfather Situ Xie who has watched her grow up. If she really wants to do something to help Liang Kingdom, she wants to
Giving Duanmu Chen some pillow air was entirely her own initiative.
On the second day after Situ Yao entered the palace, Su Liang received the news that Duanmu Chen did not go to the morning court. This was the first time since he ascended the throne.
Therefore, many officials in the court were really worried that this beauty from Liang Kingdom would be fascinated by Duanmu Chen.
Su Liang only found it funny when he heard this. Duanmu Chen might really be happy as a groom and wanted to relax, which is okay. He is an emperor, but he is also a normal man, and Situ Yao is indeed an outstanding beauty. However,
Do you want to say that Duanmu Chen is obsessed? Still thinking too much.
Qiu Cong has decided to go to Xuanbei City with Situ Jing to keep an eye on him in order to protect him.
On this day, Situ Jing came to the Su Mansion again. He first met with Qiu Cong, and then they came to see Gu Ling and Su Liang together.
After entering the door, Qiu Cong said, "It's business. Jing'er has an idea. He can tell the Liang country that he pretended to betray you and deceived you, and stayed in the Qian country to work as a spy! How about that? Isn't it better? "
Su Liang blinked his eyes and smiled without saying a word.
Gu Ling placed the newly assembled machine tree, sat back next to Su Liang, looked at Situ Jing, and asked indifferently, "Have you deceived us?"
Situ Jing's face stiffened and he turned away.
Qiu Cong didn't respond, "What do you mean? Why did you leave, Jing'er? You haven't finished speaking yet!"
Situ Jing's voice came from outside the door, "Situ Xie will not believe that I have the ability to deceive Gu Ling and Su Liang."
Qiu Cong coughed a few times, "That's true." He waved his hands to Su Liang and Gu Ling, "Pretend we haven't been here before!" His words disappeared.