In order to avoid making too much noise in the city and attracting attention, Gu Ling made some homemade explosives and then went out of the city to find an uninhabited place to test them.
For safety reasons, although Su Liang wanted to go, he was rejected and did not persist.
The person who accompanied Gu Ling out of the city was Lao Mu. He knew how to make fireworks and firecrackers, and he had some understanding of explosives, but the formula Gu Ling used and the strange-shaped finished product made him feel very novel, and he didn't know how powerful it was.
Therefore, before Su Liang asked him, Lao Mu strongly requested to follow Gu Ling to have a look.
Su Liang, who was waiting for news at home, saw Qi Jun come back and talked about some things about Xuanbei City that Qi Jiang brought back, mainly about what Qiu Cong and Qiu Jing's grandparents did after they arrived in Xuanbei City.
After saying that, Qi Jun left to find Lonicera, and soon appeared in front of Su Liang, "Master, Baiyang is back! I don't know what Lonicera was saying to him. It was mysterious. He asked me to avoid it. Wasn't he talking bad about me?"
"The last sentence is a joke.
About the same time as expected.
As for what Lonicera was talking to Bai Yang, Su Liang knew best. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "The emperor has other arrangements for Bai Yang, and Lonicera wants to persuade him to accept it."
Qi Jun was stunned, "What arrangement?"
"Let him join the army in the south and be Jincheng's deputy." Su Liang said. The so-called deputy does not mean that Bai Yang is really suitable to be a normal general. What he is best at is martial arts and disguise, which are also very important in war.
Firstly, he can protect the safety of generals such as Nian Jincheng and Lin Yi, and secondly, he can complete necessary assassination missions, or blend into the opponent's army to do something. Regarding these, Su Liang had discussed these with Liaodong in detail.
She had a good talk with Bai Yang.
When Qi Jun heard this, he was surprised at first, and then showed envy, "It seems that the emperor still values Bai Yang very much."
Su Liang knew that the Qi brothers had always wanted to join the army, but their father Qi Jiang was in charge and refused to let them take risks.
"Nowadays, the younger generation is short of generals." Su Liang said, "But since you are planning to marry Lonicera, you shouldn't still want to join the army, right?"
"That's true... but it's still a bit regretful. I've lived for more than twenty years and I haven't done anything worth mentioning. Apart from following my master, I'm not worth mentioning compared to my master and uncle."
Qi Jun told Su Liang what was on his mind.
Su Liang thought for a while, "Then, why don't you discuss it with Lonicera, and you two, as well as Baiyang, go to the south? Xiaonian and Lin Ershan must be in urgent need of talents. Their brothers and sisters are highly skilled in martial arts, and you have a smart mind.
That’s right, and I have read a lot of military books, so I will definitely be able to accomplish something in the army.”
Qi Jun's eyes lit up, and then he frowned, "We are all gone, and there is no one to take care of the family."
Su Liang shook his head, "Don't worry about it. I told you before that you are not slaves. You just stayed here because there was nothing else suitable to do. But you have to discuss it with your father and Liao Dong. Your father was in charge before.
It’s also to protect your brothers.”
Qi Jun's expression straightened, "I understand, then. I'll go see if Lonicera and Baiyang have finished talking. I'll ask her for her opinion first, and then take her to see my father. My father is very supportive of our marriage."
, we are already choosing a date.”
"Go." Su Liang nodded.
After Qi Jun left, Su Liang sat in the pavilion by the lake and read a few more pages. He heard footsteps and saw Bai Yang coming.
Su Liang closed the book and waited to chat with him. Unexpectedly, Bai Yang walked into the pavilion and knelt down facing Su Liang, "Thank you, Master, for protecting us about that matter."
Regarding Bai Yang's sudden change of words, Su Liang frowned slightly, "It doesn't have to be like this. The emperor saw our face, but it was also for the sake of the overall situation."
But Bai Yang knew that even if Duanmu Chen didn't want to do anything to Ji Yueyan for the sake of the overall situation, there were still ways to kill him and torture Ji Yueyan.
These bad things did not happen because Su Liang and Gu Ling not only protected Ji Yueyan at the critical moment, but also gave Duanmu Chen a suggestion. At the same time, they gave Bai Yang and Ji Yueyan something they had never dared to think of.
Hope for a bright future.
Because in their original plan, even if they successfully elope despite huge risks and overcome all difficulties, they can only escape far away and hide in a place where no one knows them, and they will have to live in fear for the rest of their lives. What's more, there are still huge dangers.
You may fail and lose your life.
In the current situation, even if Bai Yang is asked to wait for ten or eight years, he is willing to do so. He does not quite believe in Duanmu Chen as the emperor, but he believes in Su Liang and Gu Ling.
Bai Yang stood up, sat across from Su Liang, and apologized to her first. Because in his original plan, he had the intention of taking advantage of the relationship between his sister and Su Liang. Although it was a helpless move.
"Lonicera has helped us a lot. In addition, the matter between you two has not become a big deal, nor has it caused any serious consequences. There is still a chance for a good ending." Su Liang sighed, "It seems that you have accepted the emperor's arrangement.
?”
Bai Yang looked guilty, "That is a great grace."
"Very good. Then you can set off south today. Let Nian Jincheng arrange your duties when the time comes. There is no need to go to the palace to meet the saint. Although the emperor is generous, he does not want to see you for the time being. If you can make contributions to the country, in your heart
What you want will be more secure. However, you should not risk your life. Bravery and recklessness are not the same thing. When encountering problems, discuss it with the people around you. Nian Jincheng and Lin Wei are both my friends.
, and we all know Lonicera and will take care of you." Su Liang said.
Bai Yang nodded, "Okay, I understand, thank you, Master. But..."
Su Liang interrupted, "If you want me to arrange for you to meet with Concubine Yan before you leave, that's impossible." Duanmu Chen has made a lot of concessions and can't push further and do anything that will damage the reputation of the royal family.
matter.
Bai Yang shook his head quickly, "Master misunderstood. Just now my brother-in-law said that he and his sister wanted to go with me. I wanted to say this. Can I wait for them to decide before leaving?"
"Of course." Su Liang's eyebrows widened, "It should be decided today. But... if you have anything you want me to bring to the person in the palace, I can help convey it to her next time I see her in the palace. It can only be
Oral message."
Bai Yang's eyes lit up with joy, "Thank you, Master!"
…
In the afternoon, Gu Ling and Lao Mu returned home.
Lao Mu's body was dusty, but his old eyes were frighteningly bright. He ran over to Su Liang excitedly, "My dear disciple, you don't even know how powerful the treasure Xiao Gu made! If you weren't afraid of being scared,
Disciple, I’ll let you go see it, haha!”
Gu Ling then walked in and asked Lao Mu to take a shower.
"I'm going to eat something to fill my stomach and then come back to you. Please teach me how to do it! Let's go out to the city to play again tomorrow!" After saying this, Lao Mu ran away happily.
Gu Ling's body was relatively clean, but his shoes and trousers were a little dirty. After the successful experiment with Lao Mu, he used the shovel prepared in advance to fill back the hole created by the explosion... Lao Mu didn't think it was necessary, but Gu Ling was doing something
They were careful and didn't want anyone to discover those strange big pits. They went to a deep valley to make sure there was no one within a certain range, and it was difficult to hear any movement outside.
"How's it going?" Su Liang handed Gu Ling a glass of water.
Gu Ling took it, drank it in one gulp, and then talked about the results of today's test. The two grenades and a bundle of explosives he brought with him both detonated successfully. However, the detonation time of the grenades was not very stable. One was too fast, and the other was too fast.
Too slow. Too fast and you can easily hurt yourself. If you're too slow, you can easily be kicked back by the enemy.
Just like in Wanfu Garden the night before, when Gu Ling realized what was flying towards him, because he was not sure at what moment the thing would detonate, he did not dare to hit it back with his palms or feet.
It exploded at that moment. The best thing to do is to avoid it immediately.
But what Gu Ling did himself was to fix the detonation time within the most appropriate range, neither too fast nor too slow.
Explosives are detonated with a lit fuse. The explosion time is related to the length of the fuse and the burning speed. This is easy to control. Today, Gu Ling has a more intuitive understanding of the power of explosives.
"It's amazing if you get it right the first time you try it." Although Su Liang said this, he also knew that Gu Ling was a person who pursued perfection in everything he did and would definitely improve it quickly until he was satisfied.
After dinner, Gu Ling took a nap with Su Liang.
Lao Mu, who was anxious to study the "treasure" with Gu Ling, wandered outside Yuanming Pavilion. He wanted to call Gu Ling but was afraid of disturbing Su Liang's rest.
Finally hearing some movement inside, Lao Mu rushed in and caught Gu Ling, and together they went to a courtyard in the mansion dedicated to "dispensing medicine" for Gu Ling, and continued their work.
Cen Man asked Su Liang what treasure Lao Mu and Gu Ling were working on, and Su Liang pretended to keep it secret for now.
…
Qi Jun took Liandong to meet Qi Jiang.
If Qi Jun went by himself and said he wanted to join the army in the south, Qi Jiang would definitely not agree. But in front of his prospective daughter-in-law, and Liao Dong said that she and her brother would also go, Qi Jiang did not want to separate Qi Jun and Liao Dong.
Not wanting his daughter-in-law to think he was an unreasonable old stubborn, he agreed.
Qi Jiang earnestly warned Qi Jun, asking him to listen carefully to what Lonicera said and not to mess around.
Qi Jun was a little embarrassed, but mostly happy, fighting side by side with his wife, it felt wonderful just thinking about it.
The person who was most speechless was Qi Yan. He didn't have a wife yet, so he asked Qi Jiang to join the army in the south. However, Qi Jiang refused and said, "You can find a wife first!"
"
Depressed, Qi Yan dragged Qi Jun into a fight, only to find that Qi Jun's strength had surpassed him at some point!
Qi Yan deeply felt that his dignity as an elder brother had been severely challenged, so he made a major decision: Since Qi Jun and Lonicera have left, he will go to the Su Mansion to be the housekeeper! Because following Su Liang, not only can he meet
Improve your strength in the world and get a wife!
Qi Jun laughed loudly after hearing Qi Yan's reasons and expressed his absolute agreement.
Qi Jiang had no objection to this. It was definitely a good thing for his son to follow Su Liang.
So, when Su Liang saw Qi Jun again, he said that his father had agreed and that he would go to the south with his siblings Lonicera and Baiyang. In addition, he strongly recommended his brother Qi Yan to take over his position in Su Mansion.
"Okay." Su Liang agreed happily, "He can come if he wants. Now that his adoptive father and your father are back, there should be nothing he needs to do in the Zhongxin Marquis Mansion."
Qi Jun, Liandong and Baiyang left the capital and went south that night. Su Liang wrote a letter to Yan Yu and asked Qi Jun to go to the Lin family to ask about it and help the Lin family bring the letter to Lin Xie.
…
After three days of research, Gu Ling finally made a grenade that satisfied him.
After Lao Mu's excitement faded, he sighed, "You won't give this to the emperor, right? If this is used on the battlefield, rivers of blood will flow."
Su Liang shook his head, "No." He made this thing to be prepared, to be wary of his "compatriots" in the dark, and not to use it for other purposes.
Lao Mu nodded, "That's good. No matter how the situation in the world changes, at least we can't become the executioner's accomplices. And once this thing is taken out and the Qian country has it, the Liang country and the Yan country will also try their best to imitate it, and still have it. There are other ambitious people. Then there will be bombings everywhere. How can there be peace in the world?"
Su Liang agreed, and she thought so too. At present, it seems that the "fellow countrymen" have not cooperated with any royal family, at least such advanced weapons have not yet appeared in the Liang and Yan countries.
After making the grenade, Gu Ling planned to try making a musket, because Su Liang's "fellow countryman" might already have such a weapon.
Lao Mu became interested again, and was very curious about how Gu Ling came up with these things. Gu Ling said he had dreamed about it, and was beaten by Lao Mu.
…
A few days after Bai Yang left, Su Liang entered the palace with Gu Ling and proposed to treat Concubine Yan. Duanmu Chen guessed what she was going to do, but since it was all decided, there was no need to worry about such a trivial matter, so he let her go.
When Su Liang saw Ji Yueyan, she was doing embroidery and looked pretty good.
Different from last time, this time Ji Yueyan was obviously a little happy to see Su Liang, and asked the servants to go out after serving tea. She had many things to ask Su Liang. Because about Duanmu Chen's decision, Bai Yang's location, Ji Yueyan She didn't know anything about it. She was not relegated to the cold palace, and her life was pretty good. She didn't lack anything, but she never saw Duanmu Chen again. She was still worried and didn't know what was going on.
Seeing Su Liang, Ji Yueyan immediately felt relieved.
Su Liang briefly told Ji Yueyan about Duanmu Chen's decision.
Ji Yueyan couldn't believe it, "Is this true? Emperor Qian is really willing to..."
Su Liang nodded, "I don't know what kind of person your father is, but you can believe it for the time being, and you can only believe that what I tell you is true."
Ji Yueyan was surprised and happy. After a while, she calmed down, looked at Su Liang and said, "No matter what, I believe you."
"I came here today to tell you that Bai Yang has been ordered to go south and I don't know when he will be able to come back. He will be with his sister and brother-in-law," Su Liang said.
Ji Yueyan felt sad for a moment, but quickly regained her composure, "I know that he can't come to the palace to see me now. I can wait, and I am willing to wait for ten or eight years." After saying this, she stood up and stood in front of Su Liang. Kneel down.
Judging from their words and deeds, the characters of this pair of hard-luck mandarin ducks are quite similar.
Su Liang pulled Ji Yueyan up and conveyed Bai Yang's message.
Ji Yueyan breathed a long sigh of relief, and the big stone in her heart finally disappeared.
"Remember, you are the princess from the Yan Kingdom and the noble concubine of this harem. Before that day comes, you must maintain your due dignity and do what you should do." Su Liang reminded Ji Yueyan.
"I understand." Ji Yueyan nodded quickly and talked about another thing, "The Queen's people yesterday and Concubine Liang wanted to visit me yesterday, but the Emperor's people stopped me. The Emperor did not allow me to go out. I won’t let anyone come over, so I’ll have some peace and quiet.”
It was easy for Su Liang to guess what Xing Yuyan was thinking. But Situ Yao came to see Ji Yueyan? Was it the concern between "sisters", or did he want to confirm whether she was really sick?
Su Liang didn't care so much, and left Ji Yueyan's place. Gu Ling was waiting outside, and the two of them left the palace.
…
The carriage was not moving fast on the street. Su Liang had not gone shopping for a long time and said he wanted to get out of the car for a walk. Gu Ling asked Qi Yan to stop the carriage. He helped Su Liang get out and let Qi Yan go home first.
Gu Ling felt vaguely that someone was staring at him in the dark, but he didn't find out where the eyeliner was hidden. He thought that the other person was also very skilled in martial arts, so he was probably the old man who threw the grenade at him earlier.
Because she was with Su Liang, Gu Ling didn't want to cause trouble and didn't bother to look for it. The two entered the Yan family's embroidery shop. Su Liang saw a piece of floral cloth. Although it was not the best material, she liked the color very much.
So I bought it.
Yan Yu had told him that any good things in Yan's shop would be sent to Su Mansion first. So Su Liang didn't buy much for himself.
After walking out of Xiuzhuang, Gu Ling held Su Liang in one hand and a piece of floral cloth in the other, and the two of them headed towards Wanjia Restaurant.
While walking, Su Liang told Gu Ling that she planned to use this piece of cloth to decorate a stroller that Gu Ling had already made for her daughter. It would be very cute.
After the two entered the restaurant, in a dark alley in the city, the old man took a charcoal pen with his scarred hand and wrote on a parchment book, "Gu Ling can make a baby carriage, and Su Liang can make a female hostess."
Turning over a page, it was the last page of the parchment, and the front was full of writing.
The old man pondered for a moment and wrote three slightly larger characters on the last page, "It's Gu Ling."