Early in the morning, Gu Ling rode into the palace to go to court. Although there was definite evidence that He Wei ran away in an accident, he planned to let Duanmu Chen hide for a few more days to see what happened.
After the morning court was over, Gu Ling left the palace and went home with the folded clothes.
Duanmu Chen in the library thought that Gu Ling would go to look for him. When he learned that he had left, he was speechless. However, he could only follow Gu Ling's suggestion and look for books in the library to pass the time.
As soon as Gu Ling got home, he saw Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu getting ready to go out, looking at him eagerly.
"Master, let's go catch tadpoles!" Ji Xiaoshu hugged Gu Ling's leg.
Gu Ling shook his head, "I can't be free today."
Ji Xiaoshu frowned, "Master promised, you can't break your promise!"
"I'm talking about tomorrow." Gu Ling looked calm.
Ji Xiaoshu was dumbfounded, "Elder brother, is master cheating?"
Zheng'er sighed arrogantly and came over to pull Ji Xiaoshu away, "Business matters are important. Let's talk about it when Master is free."
"Master's wife, Master is a person who breaks his word!" Ji Xiaoshu complained to Su Liang, who was walking not far away.
Su Liang smiled and said, "There must be some misunderstanding. Xiaoshu, please remember that when you make an appointment with someone in the future, you must be precise."
Ji Xiaoshu groaned angrily, "Master, you are partial to Master! Just pet him!"
Gu Ling was very calm, "This is only natural."
Ji Xiaoshu asked Zheng'er, "Elder brother, when can we get a wife?"
"It will take at least another ten years." Zheng'er thought for a while and said.
"My wife will also favor me when the time comes!" Ji Xiaoshu said.
Gu Ling walked past him and shook his head slightly when he heard this, "That's not necessarily the case."
After hugging their daughter, Gu Ling and Su Liang went out together to go outside the city to see the cave they discovered last night. Gu Ling did not enter the cave to check inside last night for fear of an explosion caused by an open fire.
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Lin Bojun sent soldiers to surround the area to protect the scene.
After Gu Ling and Su Liang arrived, they first checked outside.
The weather is sunny today, the morning fog in the mountains has dispersed, and the sun shines down, making the blood stains on the tree trunks more obvious.
"It's not splashed on, it's rubbed on." Su Liang looked carefully and said, "With this amount of bleeding, the injury must be serious." The grass next to it was stained with blood, and the ground was soaked all over.
Then the two of them walked along the blood trail deeper into the woods. After walking about a hundred meters, it suddenly became clear that there was no road ahead. In front of them was a steep hillside, overgrown with weeds and rocks.
Gu Ling saw that there seemed to be blood stains on a raised stone, so he jumped from it and followed the blood stains down. He found that most of the blood stains were at and near the focus point on the hillside. It can be speculated that the injured person came from here.
Mountains under the road.
Su Liang waited above, and after about half an hour, Gu Ling returned the same way, "I think he ran away by water." There was a river nearby, so it was not easy to track him.
"It should be the route he chose a long time ago." Su Liang said. After the explosion, it may attract people nearby. Now it seems that there was no one nearby at the time, but He Wei couldn't be sure. To be safe, he chose a route.
A difficult road.
And after Gu Ling's observation, he found that He Wei always used his right hand when going down the mountain, because there were bloody fingerprints on several rocks, only from one hand. It is reasonable to speculate that He Wei's other arm was injured, or even
The hand is gone.
The two returned to the cave. Gu Ling went in first to check and made sure there were no traps inside before calling Su Liang.
The inside of the cave had collapsed and was in a mess. There were no bedding or clothes, and there was no hay. They speculated that He Wei and his group ate dry food and slept on the floor without lighting a fire for cooking.
After cleaning a few rocks, Su Liang found half a piece of jade pendant under the rubble. He picked it up, but did not find the other half. It might have been completely broken.
Su Liang put away the jade pendant and planned to take it back to let Min Rou confirm whether it belonged to He Wei.
"I think He Wei would have been cautious enough not to light a fire in the cave." Su Liang speculated after reading, "Maybe he was trying to make a grenade to kill me, but he failed and blew himself up."
Judging from what they know about this group of people so far, there should be no one who is hiding and not taking action, so the only one who was injured and escaped was He Wei, and no one else.
Although the group of people were all very skilled in martial arts, their attempts to kill Duanmu Chen failed. They should also know how strong Gu Ling was, and Gu Ling and Su Liang also had very powerful weapons in their hands.
In this way, using explosives is the most likely way to succeed. You don't even need to show your face. You just need to know where the target is and throw it from a distance. It will be difficult to hide.
However, He Wei's explosives were limited, so he first used them to kill Duanmu Chen. Then when he continued to use them, he blew himself up.
There were no other useful clues, so Su Liang and Gu Ling left, asking the soldiers to fill up the cave before leaving.
When the two of them entered the city and returned home, they saw Qi Yan with a serious look on his face, "Master, fighting is starting in the north!" The urgent battle report was finally sent to the capital today. After the messenger entered the palace, he came to the Su Mansion to report to Qian Guoxin.
The appointed regent.
It is now the tenth day of March. The war started on the night of the fifth day of March and has been fought for four or five days. New battle reports will be sent one after another.
Gu Ling went into the palace to discuss with Duanmu Chen, and Su Liang called Min Rou over.
"Do you recognize this jade pendant?" Su Liang placed half of the jade pendant he picked up from the cave in front of Min Rou.
Min Rou picked it up and looked at it. Without any hesitation, she nodded and said, "It belongs to my grandpa." Then she described to Su Liang what the complete jade pendant pattern looked like. It was designed by He Wei to represent the He family.
totem.
"I have one too." Min Rou took out the jade pendant she was wearing and put it together with He Wei's jade pendant. The patterns on it were very similar.
It can be seen that He Wei is indeed very ambitious and wants to lead his family to the pinnacle of power. Otherwise, if he truly lives in seclusion, what totem would he need?
"Is my grandpa... dead?" Min Rou asked with a frown. The jade pendant was broken into pieces, which is not a good sign.
Su Liang shook his head, "He was injured and ran away. But we were not the ones injured. I suspected that he was making explosives to blow me up, but he accidentally blew himself up."
Min Rou was stunned. In fact, her mood was very complicated, but at this moment she felt that things had become a bit funny... She even began to feel that her grandfather deserved to die for his many unjust deeds.
Because Min Rou couldn't even imagine what would happen if He Wei really threw explosives into Yuanming Pavilion like he blew up the emperor's palace... Su Liang was not the only one who lived here, there were also old people and children. Children were so
cute……
"How is your mother?" Su Liang asked, "Has she calmed down?"
Min Rou smiled bitterly, "I have calmed down, but I refused to say anything. When I am awake, I look like I am looking at my enemy."
Min's wife He Qianqian found out that Min Rou had also been arrested. The first thing she did was to confirm whether Min Rou had betrayed the secret of Xingluo Island.
At first, Min Rou followed Su Liang's instructions and lied to her mother about everything without explaining anything. She had no idea what was going on and why she was arrested.
But Min Rou's acting skills were average, especially in front of her own mother who had watched her grow up, and it was soon discovered that she was lying.
Min Rou stopped pretending and confessed that she already knew who Min Rui and Mrs. Min were and what evil they planned to do. She told Su Liang what she knew about Xingluo Island and advised Mrs. Min if If she knows any secrets and tells them to atone for her sins, she will ask Su Liang to let Mrs. Min go.
But Mrs. Min did wake up, "Su Liang will not let me go. If that's the case, why should I betray my family? You traitor, our love for you is in vain!"
Back to the present, Min Rou laughed at herself, "I asked my mother a question today that has been bothering me for the past two days. Why do they pretend to be good people in front of me? Why do they teach me to be kind and well-behaved? I really don't understand. What’s the point of such deception between people?”
"What did your mother say?" Su Liang asked.
Min Rou sighed, "She told the truth, so that I could please Grandpa Mo. It turns out that asking me to be a good girl was just a way for them to please the island owner. It wasn't that they really thought I was right. They were Wrong. Everything is for profit, everything has a purpose. The so-called blood relationship can be so utilitarian and ridiculous."
Regarding this point, Su Liang actually guessed it when she heard Min Rou say that Mo Yan loved her very much and treated her like his own granddaughter.
It is known that Mo Yan had a daughter, but she disappeared. He Wei and He Qianqian were just following her fancy, raising a truly good child, a girl that Mo Yan would like, and further strengthening their He family's position on Xingluo Island. .Disguising is more troublesome than not pretending, but it’s not that troublesome. The habit becomes natural.
Including the fact that Min Rui's family of three were allowed to leave Xingluo Island by Mo Yan, it was also because Min Rou went to Mo Yan and said she wanted to go out to seek medical treatment to save Min Rui, and Mo Yan always loved her and agreed.
"I originally thought that you could use my life to threaten my mother to confess. But I think it's useless. My mother knows very well that she won't survive, and she also knows very well that you won't kill me. She values the He family very important. I have always listened to my grandfather and uncle and treated my cousins like my own sons and would not do anything detrimental to them." Min Rou sighed slightly.
Su Liang nodded, "I understand. After all, she is your mother, and it is human nature for you to want her to live no matter what. I will not do anything to her for the time being, because your parents are not important people on Xingluo Island, and now they have Under our control, it doesn't matter whether you kill or not, as you may still be able to use it later if you are still alive."
"No matter what, thank you." Min Rou said, her eyes suddenly turning red again.
Su Liang looked at her, and a thought suddenly came to his mind. Before he could say anything, he heard Ji Xiaoshu's voice calling Master from below, and it must be Gu Ling who was back.
"I'll see you later." Su Liang stood up.
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The result of the discussion between Gu Ling and Duanmu Chen was to wait and see what the situation is. Now they only know that the war is about to begin, but the status of the war is still unclear. Last month, Duanmu Chen had ordered a secret increase of troops from the south to the north. Before the war began, the sisters Lonicera and Baiyang Then he led his troops to the vicinity of Xuanbei City.
Since the old general Peng Wei of the Liang Kingdom was seriously injured, none of the three generations of the Peng family have become generals anymore. During the period when the generals of the Qian Kingdom were losing their numbers, the Liang Kingdom also faced the same situation.
But now that Xuanbei City has Xing Ji and Qiu Jing in charge of the overall situation, Duanmu Chen is not very afraid of the Liang Kingdom's army. What he is really worried about is the mysterious force that colludes with the Liang Kingdom. He wonders if they will use any evil methods.
"There is no black mist between his brows." Gu Ling said. This was the purpose of his trip to the palace to see Duanmu Chen in person. He only discussed the war in passing and didn't say a few words.
"I think it won't be a normal war if Mo Yan gets involved." Su Liang looked a little worried, "I was thinking that even if there was no food and grass provided by Yan Guo, Mo Yan would have other ways to make the two countries go to war. Then Just using explosives, this crushing weapon of destruction can end the war quickly."
Gu Ling agreed. The two countries are bound to go to war, because Situ Xie wants to fight, and Mo Yan also wants to fight. With food and grass, the main purpose is to confirm the sincerity of the Yan Kingdom royal family's cooperation, and so that Mo Yan does not need to give him space The explosives that may be hidden inside were exposed to Situ Xie. It would be best if the battle could be won without explosives. After all, it is not possible to have as much of those things as you want.
If Yan Guo doesn't cooperate and doesn't provide food and grass, and Mo Yan doesn't want to change his plan, the situation will only get even more out of control.
Although this was something that Su Liang and Gu Ling could not predict beforehand, at least it was now certain that the food and grass given by Yan State was by no means the trigger for the war.
"We can't leave and go north for the time being." Su Liang said, "I just talked with Min Rou. The jade pendant belongs to He Wei, and He Qianqian refused to explain anything."
After briefly talking about her conversation with Min Rou, Su Liang said she had an idea, "The key to the matter lies with Mo Yan. Since I may be his granddaughter, and He Wei doesn't want him to know about it, then we should think There is a way to spread this news to Mo Yan's ears. If he doesn't know, he will most likely kill me. If he knows, things will not get worse, but may turn around."
Gu Ling frowned. He actually planned to hide Su Liang and the children, which was safer. Once Su Liang was exposed in front of Mo Yan, the original plan of letting Gu Ling disguise himself as a time traveler might not make much sense.
For Gu Ling, he hoped that no matter what happened, he could keep Su Liang and the child behind him.
But Gu Ling also knew that what Su Liang said made sense.
"We can't find him." Gu Ling said. Although he made a portrait of Mo Yan based on Min Rou's description and roughly knew what he looked like, it was very difficult to find a top expert hiding in the dark. Disaster.
"Let Min Rou go." This was Su Liang's plan. "Min Rou is He Wei's granddaughter, and she has been favored by Mo Yan since she was a child. There should be no danger for her to come into contact with Mo Yan. Besides, He is the one she brought with her. Information that Wei deliberately concealed."
If there was no other way, Su Liang didn't want to take advantage of Min Rou. But if he wanted to talk to Mo Yan, he could only do this.
"Tell her to go to Nanping City and use signal smoke to find Mo Yan?" Gu Ling guessed Su Liang's plan.
Su Liang nodded, "You can try it. Let Master escort her there, bringing a portrait of me and the purple jade pendant. Let Mo Yan think that you are a time traveler, and I may be his granddaughter, looking for someone to sit down with him. Let’s have a good talk and figure out his purpose. At least let the war stop first to avoid more casualties. If everything goes well, maybe we can get in touch with the injured He Wei before he sees Mo Yan again.”
The reason why he still has to pretend that Gu Ling is the time traveler is firstly to confuse Mo Yan, and secondly for safety reasons. As far as the current situation is concerned, except for the time traveler, Mo Yan doesn't care about anyone else. If Mo Yan knows that the time traveler is Su
Liang, he might kill Gu Ling.
Gu Ling thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay." The fact that Su Liang looks like Mo Yan's daughter is an opportunity. If used well, the current unfavorable situation for them can be changed, and it must be done as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Liang Kingdom will
After discovering that the Yan Kingdom did not send troops on time and realizing that he had been deceived, Mo Yan might do whatever it takes to achieve his goal.
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After Su Liang told Min Rou her plan, Min Rou nodded immediately, "After I learned that you might be Grandpa Mo's granddaughter, I thought that I should tell him about it to prevent you and your grandson from killing each other."
Su Liang could tell that Min Rou still had feelings for Mo Yan, probably because she didn't know what bad things Mo Yan had done, and from the perspective of a kind-hearted girl, she felt that Mo Yan only followed Mo Yan without knowing it.
If Su Liang knew about it, he would stop.
Although Su Liang felt that things would not be that simple, Min Rou's idea was not wrong.
"I can go, I'm happy to go." Min Rou looked extremely serious, "If this can resolve the conflict and calm things down, and no one will be injured or killed, that would be great!" It's not just Su Liang and Gu Ling.
, Min Rou also hopes that the people on Xingluo Island will not continue to make mistakes.
In this way, she is indeed the most suitable person to do this, because she is sincere about what she wants to do, and this will be seen by Mo Yan.
Su Liang asked Lao Mu to escort Min Rou to the north. Lao Mu knew that the current situation was not peaceful. Although it was comfortable to take care of the children at home, he also wanted to help. Especially when he heard that Yue Mei was colluding with Xingluo Island and Lao Bai.
When He Yuanying was in her hands, there was no hesitation. He had always been worried about Lao Bai, and now he finally had some clues.
Before Min Rou left, she visited Mrs. Min again and said that she was going to Mo Yan to tell Su Liang that she was his granddaughter.
Mrs. Min was so angry that she yelled at Min Rou, calling her a white-eyed wolf and stupid, but Min Rou ignored her.
"I should be the one thanking you." Before leaving, Min Rou took Su Liang's arm and said, "I am very happy to do something truly right and useful. No matter what the result is, I will do it willingly and will not regret it. I hope we will be happy together."
See you soon."
Su Liang nodded, "And your grandfather, he is waiting for you to come home. You have a family. Take care."
Lao Mu hugged Gu Xiaonuan and kissed him, then hugged Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu, then reached out and hugged Gu Ling, "You take good care of your family, this is the most important thing."
"Yes. Master, take care." Gu Ling nodded and watched Lao Mu and Min Rou leave.