When Su Liang got up early, she thought about what happened last night and wanted to ask Lao Mu what happened after Gu Ling left.
Lao Mu took the initiative to come over, without looking at Su Liang and Gu Ling, and went straight to the cradle, with a smile on his face and a rising voice, "Nuan Nuan, Master is here!"
Su Liang watched Lao Mu pick Nuan Nuan up and spin her around in circles, having a great time playing with her.
It wasn't until Nuannuan howled and was carried by Gu Ling to change his diaper that Lao Mu remembered that he was here to talk business with Su Liang.
"I brought Shaoyao's body back." Lao Mu said, "I didn't think too much last night. When I woke up this morning, I thought about it again. Nian Ruting just stabbed her twice, and the two more stabbings seemed to have silenced her.
.”
After the successful sneak attack, Nian Ruting had completely taken control of the situation. Shaoyao was critically injured and was unable to fight back or escape.
Nian Ruting pierced Shaoyao's neck again, which was the killing move. If she had a clear conscience, why was she so anxious to kill Shaoyao?
When Su Liang heard this, she felt that she and Gu Ling had guessed right. Nian Ruting intended to use the incident of killing Shaoyao to rescue Mrs. Xing to clear herself up. It seems that after all the previous events, Nian Ruting finally realized
What is the real "weakness" of Su Liang and Gu Ling?
She said that she was controlled by Shaoyao. Regardless of whether it was true or not, at least this time, judging from the results, it was clear that Nian Ruting had plotted against Shaoyao.
After listening to Lao Mu's detailed explanation of Nian Ruting's performance and her words, Su Liang shook his head, "A poor performance."
"Are you going to the prison to interrogate her again? Maybe she knows some useful information." Lao Mu was still cautious.
Su Liang nodded, "That's what I meant."
Nian Ruting was scheming last night, but now that she has broken the truth, she can tell the truth. Since she followed Shaoyao and joined Situ Xie, maybe she will know some of Situ Xie's secret plans.
Su Liang did not expect that Situ Xie would send people to steal the secret records at this time. They were originally wary that Situ Xie would send people to assassinate him. Because they were the biggest obstacle to Situ Xie's great achievements in the future.
It was already February, and at the beginning of next month, it would be the time that Situ Xie and Ji Yuebai had "discussed" to form an alliance to conquer the Qian Kingdom.
Su Liang asked Gu Ling, "Are you going, or am I going?"
Gu Ling avoided Lao Mu's outstretched hand, turned around, and then handed Nuan Nuan to Lao Mu.
Lao Mu laughed happily and chuckled warmly.
Su Liang: ...The childish master is so cute! Her Gu Xiaonuan really likes to spin in circles, and she can’t stop laughing when she spins.
The sun was shining brightly today, and when he heard Zheng'er calling for Nuan Nuan from outside, Lao Mu went downstairs with Nuan Nuan in his arms.
Gu Ling sat down and answered Su Liang's question, "Go ahead." He hated people like Nian Ruting who were crazy about so-called love and didn't want to see her again.
"Okay." Su Liang nodded, "It's hard to say which one of us will make her collapse more when she appears now."
…
When Su Liang packed up and took Qi Yan out of the house, Gu Ling was already sitting by the lake fishing. Nuan Nuan was in the pavilion on the other side and could see him at any time.
Duanmu Chen in the palace received a report before the morning meeting: Nian Ruting, a prisoner on death row from the Heavenly Prison who was previously kidnapped, was captured by the master of Changxin Hou Gu Ling last night and was sent back to the Heavenly Prison.
Duanmu Chen saw Gu Ling yesterday and was not surprised. He was just curious about what happened.
Su Liang took out the token given by Duanmu Chen and entered the prison smoothly.
Su Liang didn't meet Nian Ruting until he reached the death row at the deepest part of the prison.
Nian Ruting woke up right after she was imprisoned in the prison at midnight last night, and started yelling like crazy. She only stopped at dawn because her already damaged throat could hardly make any sound.
The official who brought Su Liang opened the door of the cell and backed away.
Nian Ruting was tied to a pillar with iron chains. She was not tortured, but her hair was disheveled. The eye injured yesterday was bleeding again. Several red lines were drawn on her face, and one red line snaked across the bridge of her nose, as if the entire
There seemed to be cracks on Zhang's face.
Su Liang stopped one meter away, and Qi Yan said, "Nian Ruting, my wife is here to see you!"
"My wife" was definitely said by Qi Yan on purpose after learning about the relationship between Nian Ruting and Gu Ling.
Nian Ruting was awake and heard Qi Yan's words. After a while, she slowly raised her head. Her only remaining eye was covered by her hair. She couldn't see anything clearly, so she twisted her neck and shook her head.
She turned her head and saw a figure that was strange yet familiar to her.
Strange because Nian Ruting and Su Liang didn't have many interactions in the past. They got to know each other from that martial arts competition. The time they met with their true identities was the moment Nian Ruting was exposed and imprisoned. At the same time, Su Liang relied on
Strength has won the greatest glory in martial arts.
Familiarity was because Nian Ruting kept chanting this name with jealousy and reluctance day and night after Gu Ling regained her identity and came across the name Su Liang.
When they meet again, the bits and pieces of hatred accumulated in Nian Ruting's heart have already converged into raging waves, in which endless jealousy spurts out. Her life is falling into the abyss step by step, towards despair, but Su Liang is just the opposite: she
Stand higher and higher and live better and better.
"You...are here...to see my jokes..." Nian Ruting's voice was hoarse, to the point where it was difficult to distinguish.
But being close, Su Liang knew what she was talking about, and answered her, "Yes. It's very funny."
Qi Yan turned his head and suppressed a smile.
Nian Ruting did not laugh, she was so angry that her whole body trembled, "You...bitch...it's you...you took everything from me!"
Su Liang looked indifferent, "You mean... things like luck? If you have to discuss such mysterious things, I can only say that your luck was taken away by Nian Ruxue. Even if you were the top scholar in martial arts back then,
It’s not me, it’s not you, it might be Nian Ruxue. Including the identity of my husband-in-law’s former fiancée, it’s also hers. If the latter should have belonged to you, I won’t deny it, but the former is of your own free will. You have
Have you ever thought that your life was ruined by your own stupidity? Of course, I’m not saying that you are kind, you don’t have that either.”
Qi Yan silently gave a thumbs up: It makes so much sense! It’s so cool! This is how you should scold such a person! No, he didn’t scold him at all. What he said were all iron-clad facts!
Nian Ruting's heart was so furious that a mouthful of blood spurted out.
Su Liang took a step back and avoided, "I have a few questions to ask you."
Nian Ruting suddenly laughed, her blind eyes, "red lines" on her face, and messy hair formed a face as sinister as a ghost, "Ask Gu Ling to come see me... I will tell him when he comes...
…”
Su Liang shook his head, "Impossible. First question, you said Shaoyao sent two people to arrest Zheng'er on the night of the Lantern Festival? Why did Shaoyao later choose to arrest Mrs. Xing?"
Nian Ruting's eyes protruded and she stared at Su Liang without saying a word.
"The two assassins who died on Shangyuan Festival were too weak to be like Situ Xie's people. Based on my understanding of Shaoyao, she would not be associated with such people, let alone those two people who would follow her wholeheartedly.
The reason. If you really want to get it right, under the excellent cover of the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, it is safest for Shaoyao to take action personally. It is better for you to take action than those two losers. I guess those two are your people.
Bar?"
After Su Liang finished speaking, she heard Nian Ruting gritting her teeth.
"Of course you won't admit it. But that matter is not important anymore." Su Liang looked calm, "It was your idea to arrest Mrs. Xing later, right? Did you plan to kill Shaoyao later to whitewash yourself?
What’s your plan? Mrs. Xing is a good choice, relatively easy to succeed.”
"There are only two questions. The second question is, Situ Xie must have arranged for a master to assassinate Gu Ling. Who is it? When?" Su Liang continued to ask.
Nian Ruting laughed again, "If you want to know...kneel down and beg me, and I'll tell you."
Qi Yan frowned, "Master, do you want me to pull out all her nails?"
"Don't dirty your hands." Su Liang shook his head and turned around, "Let's go. She doesn't know at all. Don't waste time. Gu Ling is still at home waiting for me to come back."
Su Liang heard the sound of Nian Ruting gritting her teeth again. She walked towards the door of the cell, counting silently in her mind: one, two...
When Su Liang counted to three and heard the sound of the chain shaking, Nian Ruting gritted her teeth and said, "I know!"
Qi Yan looked at Su Liang and saw that Su Liang had walked out of the cell without stopping.
"Come back! I tell you!" Nian Ruting's hoarse voice echoed in the prison.
Su Liang then turned around and walked back, looking at Nian Ruting coldly, "My patience with you is very limited. It is impossible for you to see Gu Ling. Now you can say it."
"The condition is that you let me go." Nian Ruting stopped asking to see Gu Ling. Because when she regained consciousness, she would think that Su Liang didn't go to the river at all last night. It was Gu Ling who asked Lao Mu to send her to the prison.
The top priority is to survive.
Su Liang's face was expressionless, "That depends on how valuable the information you provide is."
"Situ Xie said, someone wants Gu Ling alive." Nian Ruting always remembered what Shaoyao said, it must be very important.
Su Liang narrowed her eyes slightly and immediately thought of the person behind the old man who came to the capital to secretly investigate them. Could it be that that mysterious "fellow countryman" was in the same group as Situ Xie? Then she thought of the Yan Kingdom they were discussing recently.
How to avoid the surveillance of Qian Kingdom and reach Liang Kingdom? Is there such a thing as storage space?
If there really was another time traveler, there really was storage space, and that person was helping Situ Xie, some things would be explained.
However, this speculation is absolutely bad news for Su Liang.
Seeing Su Liang's silence, Nian Ruting continued, "If you want to know more, just let me go!"
"If I let you go out now, how far can you go?" Su Liang asked coldly.
Nian Ruting gritted her teeth, "You... you swore that you wouldn't lie to me! You swore that with your daughter's life!"
Hearing the last sentence, Qi Yan's face turned cold and he pulled out his sword. Damn it, he actually wanted to curse his little lady! She's looking for death!
Su Liang remained silent, did not get angry, did not insult or beat Nian Ruting, she turned around and walked out. No matter how much Nian Ruting yelled, she did not stop or look back.
The jailer quickly locked the cell door again, but Nian Ruting's voice was completely broken. She was screaming, but she couldn't make any sound at all.
As soon as he walked out of the prison, the bright sunshine was a little dazzling for a moment. Su Liang raised his hand to cover his forehead and walked towards the carriage.
After Su Liang got in the car, Qi Yan drove back to the house and couldn't help but ask, "Master, are you going to stop interrogating the matter she mentioned?"
Su Liang sighed slightly, "She is just a minion under Shaoyao. Shaoyao still needs to come to Milu to express her loyalty, but Nian Ruting is nothing to Situ Xie. What she said may not be true. If it is, it is probably nothing.
Shaoyao told her."
If it is true as Su Liang speculated, the identity of the mysterious time traveler must be extremely secret. How could Situ Xie easily let servants with the status of Shaoyao and Nian Ruting know? Does Situ Xie really know the identity of that person?
Su Liang was very doubtful about his strength and strength.
Halfway through, Su Liang asked Qi Yan to change direction again. She wanted to go into the palace and tell Duanmu Chen about the situation.
…
Of course, things about the time traveler cannot be easily told to a third person. Su Liang only said that it was suspected that a mysterious force had joined forces with Situ Xie.
Hearing this, Duanmu Chen thought thoughtfully, "There has always been a rumor that there is a mysterious force on the sea that is extremely powerful."
This is a legend about a fairy island on the sea. Many people know it, but few believe it.
Duanmu Chen was dubious, "A few years ago, my father sent a ship out to sea to investigate. Three ships went out, two returned without success, and one disappeared and never came back. But it may have been a storm."
Su Liang shook his head, "I don't think Nian Ruting may know the rest. The emperor can continue the interrogation, but we won't see her again."
When Ru Ting wanted Su Liang to swear poison on her daughter, she was already dead to Su Liang. The only difference was whether she died early or whether she died after being tortured and interrogated by Duan Mu Chen. The latter was not bad either.
.Although Su Liang tends to think that interrogation is useless.
"Then let's try again." Duanmu Chen said.
Su Liang had another purpose in entering the palace and suggested sending more troops to Xuanbei City.
Duanmu Chen frowned, "Are you sure nothing will happen to the south? Do you trust Ji Yuebai so much?"
"It will be okay for the time being. Ji Yuebai's son wants to become Gu Ling's disciple. I recently received a letter and he said that he will send someone to send his son to my house. Maybe he will be here soon," Su Liang said.
Duanmu Chen was greatly surprised, "Is this... sending your son as a hostage to show your sincerity in cooperation?"
Su Liang smiled, "I don't know Ji Yuebai. I only heard Gu Ling say that his character should be quite weird. I think he simply thought his son was naughty and wanted to send him to us for discipline. He probably wanted his son to become a peerless master.
?But judging from the results, there is nothing wrong with the emperor’s opinion.”
Duanmu Chen couldn't help but laugh, "If that's the case, then I have nothing to worry about. Listen to you, I will issue a secret order as soon as possible to send more troops to the north."
…
When Su Liang returned home, Gu Ling had already caught two fat fish and was wearing an apron and making fish soup.
After saying hello, Su Liang first went to feed Gu Xiaonuan, and then went to the kitchen to help Gu Ling.
After talking about the situation of meeting Nian Ruting, Gu Ling and Su Liang had the same view: Nian Ruting could not know more, especially about the protagonist of the matter of "someone wants Gu Ling alive." But they understood
It is really possible that the two groups of enemies, both on the surface and secretly, have joined forces.
"There is really storage space, grab it and let us use it." Gu Ling said.
Su Liang smiled, "It doesn't have to be an object. By the way, Ji Xiaobai should be here soon, right? Do you want to teach him martial arts?"
Gu Ling shook his head, "Don't worry, teach him how to make a fire first. Come to our house, if you don't work, you won't have food."
Su Liang: ...has begun to sympathize with Ji Xiaobai, but she will definitely support her master...