Mr. Qin caught two fish, which were fried by Gu Ling until they were golden and fragrant. He, Lao Mu and the two little guys sat by the lake, eating fried fish and drinking flower and fruit tea. It was very comfortable.
It wasn't until nightfall that Mr. Qin had dinner at Su's house before leaving. He was accompanied by the guards of the Duke's Mansion, and Mr. Qin made an appointment with Lao Mu and Zheng'er to go to Huguo Temple together tomorrow.
But whether it was true or false when the time came, we had to wait until the two little brothers played games at night to decide the winner. This was not the first time this happened, and they all enjoyed it.
At the same time that Mr. Qin returned home, Gu Ling also secretly returned to Min Shangshu's mansion, "switched shifts" with Cen Man, and asked her to go home to eat and rest.
As for whether Cen Man heard any useful information in the middle, the two did not communicate immediately. If nothing else, Mrs. Min is also a master, so she needs to be careful to avoid alerting the enemy.
After Cen Man left, Gu Ling heard Min Rou's voice coming from the room, "Dad's complexion has improved a lot. He will be able to get out of bed and go out in a few days. It is right to come back. There is no Changxinhou on the island."
The couple are such miraculous doctors.”
On the island... Gu Ling immediately caught the keyword. The food and grass from the Yan Kingdom and the legendary fairy island further confirmed his and Su Liang's previous guesses.
Mrs. Min's voice was unhappy, "Rou'er, how many times have I told you, be careful what you say."
"Okay." Min Rou said helplessly, "I just don't understand why...forget it, mother, don't glare at me. I know I was wrong and I will pay attention to it in the future."
Min Rui's voice said, "It's getting late, Rou'er, go to bed."
"Then father and mother should go to bed early. I'm going back." After Min Rou finished speaking, there were sounds of footsteps, opening and closing doors.
The room became quiet, and after a while, Mrs. Min's deliberately lowered voice reached Gu Ling's ears, "Damn it. That man named Qin went to the Su Mansion today, and I don't know if he's back."
"Let's take a look tomorrow." Min Rui said, "If we start at night, we won't be able to cause any accidents. People may be suspicious of me."
Mrs. Min snorted coldly, "It's good that you know. I have to wait for the right time to take action, and I can't act rashly."
After another quarter of an hour of silence, Mrs. Min spoke again and asked Min Rui, "Don't you want to kill Xing Ji and his son?"
Min Rui took a while before replying, "If there is a chance."
Mrs. Min sneered, "No matter how many people you kill, you will never get Qin Yuan in this life."
Min Rui immediately counterattacked, "Your lover died earlier than Qin Yuan. No matter how much you hate me, you can only stay with me, my substitute."
Gu Ling knew a little more about how this couple got together.
"That's it for now. I won't mention Qin Yuan in the future, and you are not allowed to mention that person again." Mrs. Min calmed down.
The lights in the room went out and the surroundings became calm again, but Gu Ling did not leave. He still stood quietly in the dark night, waiting for Min Rui's father-in-law who might not appear.
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In the palace, Duanmu Chen hasn't slept yet, and he doesn't plan to sleep tonight.
Chang'an looked at the table of wine and food that Duanmu Chen asked the imperial dining room to prepare, as well as the double jade chess piece that was specially taken out, and had to remind him weakly, "Your Majesty, Gu Hou said that he will not come tonight."
"He came the night before and didn't make a sound." Duanmu Chen asked Chang An to go out and have a look, "Did he hide in that tree last night again?"
Chang'an actually went out to take a look, and even went up a tree to confirm that there was really no one there.
After waiting and waiting, Duanmu Chen didn't see Gu Ling coming. Duanmu Chen felt strange, "How does he seem to know when there will be an assassin? If I didn't believe him, I would have suspected that the assassin was arranged by him to take credit."
Chang An thought about what kind of merit Gu Ling needed to claim? This was unreasonable.
Just listen to Duanmu Chen sigh, "But he doesn't need to take credit. Is it possible that he can predict the future?"
Chang'an saw Duanmu Chen looking over and quickly shook his head, "I think this is unlikely."
"It would be great if he could really predict the future." Duanmu Chen said, "Anyway, I absolutely believe now that they are my good friends and will definitely help me."
Changan nodded immediately, "Yes."
"You can eat these." Duanmu Chen stood up, "Put the chess set away and send it to the Su Mansion tomorrow as a gift from me to thank Gu Ling for his vigil."
Chang'an responded and Duanmu Chen entered the inner room, "I have to go to sleep. Since Gu Ling said it's okay, then it's okay."
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Su Mansion.
Cen Man had just told Su Liang what she had learned from the afternoon of monitoring. She was not sure what the purpose was, so she remembered everything she heard and told Su Liang from beginning to end.
The content of the conversation between Min Rui and his wife is basically invalid information, but it can be heard that their relationship is very bad.
However, Mrs. Min secretly left the Shangshu Mansion once in the afternoon. Cen Man followed her secretly and was not discovered. Mrs. Min went to the Duke's Mansion, hid in a place in the garden where she could see the lake and waited for a long time. Then she went to Qin Near the courtyard where the old man lived, he did nothing and returned to Shangshu Mansion.
Cen Man didn't understand what was going on, but Su Liang understood completely. Mrs. Min had gone to the Duke's Mansion to investigate. It was planned that Mr. Qin would go fishing at the Garden Lake this afternoon, but there was no one else around him when he was fishing. It's a good time to take action.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Min's plan came to nothing because Mr. Qin "made a temporary decision" to change fishing places and came to Su Liang's house.
After Cen Man had dinner, she asked Su Liang if she needed her to come back and replace Gu Ling.
Su Liang said no and asked Cen Man to go to bed early. She might need to trouble her again during the day tomorrow.
When Su Liang carried the sleepy Gu Xiaonuan upstairs, she heard laughter coming from the study.
The door was half open. Su Liang walked to the door and saw Lao Mu competing with two little guys to see who could hold on to the handstand for the longest time. Ji Xiaoshu had already been defeated first and was lying on the carpet, making faces at Zheng'er for a while. After a while, he screamed strangely at Lao Mu.
"Master's Wife!" Ji Xiaoshu saw Su Liang and got up excitedly from the ground. He "accidentally" knocked Zheng'er down. When Zheng'er fell to the ground, he kicked Lao Mu in the face. The three of them fell into a ball.
Lao Mu sat up with a baby in his arms, and the three of them smiled at the door, "The boy can't come back tonight? How about I go and take his place?"
"Me too!" Ji Xiaoshu raised his little hand.
Zheng'er went around from behind Lao Mu and pressed Ji Xiaoshu's little hand back, "You can't, don't make trouble."
Ji Xiaoshu chuckled, "Then I can sleep with my wife!"
Su Liang chuckled lightly, "No need. Stop making trouble and go to bed quickly. Didn't you say you are going to Huguo Temple tomorrow?"
"Master Wife, guess who of Senior Brother and I will go out and who will be at home tomorrow?" Ji Xiaoshu asked enthusiastically, "If you guess it right, we will go to bed right away!"
"Then I guess..." Su Liang pretended to hesitate, "Xiao Shu will go out to play tomorrow?"
"Master's wife is so awesome, you guessed it right!" Ji Xiaoshu had climbed onto Lao Mu's back, "Master will take me to play tomorrow, and senior brother will be writing at home."
Su Liang smiled at Zheng'er, knowing that he must have let Ji Xiaoshu do it intentionally. In fact, Zheng'er was already very proficient in the game the two played, but he knew that it was not easy for Ji Xiaoshu to be far away from home, so he would let Xiaoshu win as long as there was a competition.
Zheng'er silently puffed up his little chest. He is the senior brother and the best-behaved child in the eyes of his wife. He should take care of his junior brother.
Su Liang went back to the room and put Gu Xiaonuan down. He didn't feel sleepy for a moment, so he sat at the table, meditated for a while, picked up a pen and wrote down on the paper all the fragmented information about the mysterious strength and the traveler currently known, and then
Connect them bit by bit.
Finally, Su Liang took out a new piece of paper and wrote three questions on it: "Who is the enemy? What is he going to do? Why is he doing this?"
The answer to the first question is neither complete nor accurate, but there is a "traveler".
The answer to the second question, which is known to be directly related to them, is, "Gu Ling needs to be alive."
The answer to the third question is the most critical, and it is still very confusing and unclear. If a time traveler finds another time traveler and secretly investigates and confirms his identity, the purpose is not to kill him, but what is he planning to do?
"How did the communication come about? Did we discuss how to go back..." Su Liang blurted out to herself, which made her stunned. She picked up a pen and wrote the word "go back" under the word "travel" on the paper, and drew it again.
He circled around and fell into deep thought again.
Is it possible... Su Liang was thinking. Although she and Gu Ling have often mentioned this topic since they met, they are mostly fantasies and assumptions, whether she chooses to face reality or she is eager to see another world.
Gu Ling knows deep down in his heart that this is unachievable. If a person's soul can travel back and forth in different time and space, wouldn't he really become an immortal? A one-way time travel is already a dream-like adventure, and it usually happens
On the verge of death, who could really put his life at risk to gamble on an uncertain future?
Thinking of this, Su Liang's expression condensed! On the verge of death... gambling on life... Could it be that another time traveler really wants to go back in time, and doesn't want to risk it himself, so he wants to find someone of the same kind for experiment?
However, Su Liang soon discovered that this assumption was not true. The so-called near-death refers to recalling the last moments of the previous world from the perspective after successfully traveling through time. However, what people in the same time and space see is that people must die.
It is impossible to verify whether the soul of the deceased has traveled to another place.
Her reasoning once again hit a bottleneck. Su Liang tidied the table and planned to wait for Gu Ling to come back before discussing her immature new ideas.
Looking out the window, there was no moon in the night sky. It was past midnight and it was already the first day of March. If nothing unexpected happened, the war in the north might start at any time.
Su Liang didn't know if the other party would also use special weapons, such as explosives, in addition to the mysterious food and grass. Just in case, she had sent someone to send a car of secret weapons to Qiu Cong, as well as a letter.
Letter, tell me about that vehicle, and don’t use it easily unless the other party uses something similar first. Although using your own big killer first may make the battle end faster, it may also cause the other party to retaliate and make the situation worse.
out of hand.
What Su Liang hoped for the most was that Qiu Cong could destroy Liang's food and grass before the war started, or at the beginning of the war. Without enough food and grass to support Liang, Liang would not be able to do much.
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But if the other party really has someone carrying a huge storage space to serve as a warehouse for the Liang Kingdom's army, this matter will be very difficult.
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That night, Gu Ling did not wait for Min Rui's father-in-law to show up, and Min Rui and his wife did not say anything or leave the room to do anything.
At dawn, Cen Man came over to change shifts with Gu Ling and asked him to go home.
Gu Ling approached Yuanming Pavilion and saw Lao Mu running around the lake with Ji Xiaoshu and Zheng'er in the morning light.
Ji Xiaoshu waved to Gu Ling from a distance, "Master!"
Gu Ling stopped, waiting for them to run over, and grabbed the little guy one by one with one hand.
"Master, my wife and sister are still sleeping." Ji Xiaoshu pointed upstairs, and then used his hands and feet to climb up Gu Ling, as if he thought he was a tree.
Zheng'er pulled Ji Xiaoshu down speechlessly, "Don't make trouble. Master has been up all night and must be tired. We still have to exercise."
The next moment, Ji Xiaoshu was caught by Gu Ling. His little body turned 360 degrees in the air. When he reacted, he had already passed over Gu Ling's head and landed firmly on the ground.
Ji Xiaoshu scratched his head in confusion and looked at Gu Ling who walked into Yuanming Pavilion, looking like "Who am I, where am I and what just happened?"
Zheng'er pulled Ji Xiaoshu and ran forward, "Master is playing with you, are you scared?"
Ji Xiaoshu immediately shook his head, "How is that possible? It's so fun. Let's compete in somersaults later!"
After Gu Ling washed and changed her clothes, she entered the room. When she walked to the bed, she saw Gu Xiaonuan cuddling next to Su Liang. Both mother and daughter were sleeping soundly.
Gu Ling didn't call them. He turned around and saw a stack of paper on the table. He walked over and picked it up. At first glance, he saw the three questions and answers analyzed by Su Liang. His eyes finally settled on the circled word "go back". As he wrote, his brows furrowed.
"Master, you are back." Su Liang stood up and picked up her daughter, "How are you? Is there anything new last night?"
Gu Ling nodded and shook his head, "A little bit." It was the word "island" that he heard Min Rou mention when he went there last night.
"It's really an island." Su Liang said, "So, the strange things we encountered are all from the same group of people, right? The food and grass sent by Yan Guo Ji Yuebai also disappeared at sea."
Gu Ling sat down by the bed, hugged Gu Xiaonuan and kissed her, "Do you think that person wants to go back?"
Su Liang shrugged slightly, "I just had an idea last night, a bold guess, but I couldn't figure it out."
"You once talked about something similar to a time machine. Maybe that person's way of time travel is different from yours, and it is really possible to go back." After Gu Ling accepted new knowledge and new ideas, his thinking was sometimes more open and bold than Su Liang's.
Su Liang was stunned, "What I'm talking about are purely fictional novels or science fiction movies and TV series. When I came here, the level of science and technology had not yet realized that kind of fantasy."
Gu Ling thought for a while and said, "Perhaps that person is not in the same world as you, or maybe he traveled from the future of your world or a parallel time and space?"
Su Liang thought seriously for a moment, "Master, if what you said is true, it would be hard to imagine. If that person came from a more advanced time and space than me, he would have treasures like storage space here. , he is the chosen one, and I, the time traveler, am just making up the numbers."
Gu Ling shook his head, "Maybe we've thought too much and it's not that complicated."
Su Liang sighed slightly, "Maybe he's overthinking it. If that person wants to go back, but doesn't come to us directly, but keeps doing things secretly, it's inexplicable."
Doctor Gao didn't come back for a while, so Gu Ling went to the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of Industry.
When Gu Ling went out, Lao Mu had already brought Ji Xiaoshu's disguised "Zheng'er" to meet Mr. Qin and went to Huguo Temple together.
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Min Mansion.
Gu Ling saw Mrs. Min again. The black mist between her brows was still there, indicating that her intention to kill Mr. Qin was still there, and that she might succeed. However, Gu Ling was already interfering.
The acupuncture was administered as usual. After it was over, Gu Ling was cleaning up when Min Rou appeared again, "Master Hou, let's have a cup of tea before we leave."
Gu Ling looked calm and said, "Thank you, no need."
Min Rou then laughed, "Are you afraid that I will poison the tea?"
Gu Ling shook his head, "You are thinking too much."
Mrs. Min frowned and pulled Min Rou to signal her to stop talking.
Gu Ling took the initiative and said, "My wife and I learned our medical skills from each other." This was an answer to the question Min Rou asked yesterday.
Min Rou was surprised that Gu Ling still remembered and answered. By the time she reacted, Gu Ling had already gone out.
Mrs. Min pulled Min Rou again and said, "Hurry and pack up, we have to go to Huguo Temple."
The mother and daughter were going to Huguo Temple to burn incense and pray for Min Rui. This was Mrs. Min's temporary decision this morning, and Gu Ling heard it when she went out.
After leaving Min's Mansion, Gu Ling went straight back home, but as soon as he entered the Mansion, he secretly left and went to the palace.
When Duanmu Chen saw Gu Ling appear, a smile appeared on his face, "Are you here to confirm whether I am okay?"
Gu Ling shook his head, "Your Majesty, please go to Huguo Temple today."
Duanmu Chen was stunned, then frowned, "Why?"
"Min Rui's daughter, Min Rou, was at Huguo Temple. The emperor met her and after returning to the palace, he decreed that she should be admitted into the palace as his concubine." Gu Ling said.
Duanmu Chen was extremely speechless, "You are too lenient. Give me a reasonable explanation!"
Gu Ling's face was calm, "I suspect that the three members of Min Rui's family are related to that mysterious force, but we can't alert the enemy now. Marriage is not the purpose, it is just a means of testing. It is 'fishing' to see how certain people will react."
Duanmu Chen's face was shocked, "You mean, they might be colluding with Liang Guo?"
Gu Ling nodded, "We can't rule it out."
"Okay!" Duanmu Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, "I understand what you mean. It has nothing to do with Min Rou, it's for the person behind her... I know what to do, and I will accompany my mother to Huguo Temple later. Fragrant, pretending to like her. So..."
Gu Ling took over, "In this case, the person who assassinated the emperor the night before may come again."
Duanmu Chen held his forehead and said, "As an emperor, I am becoming more and more interesting."