When it was getting dark, Lao Mu and his party had already left Xingluo Island far away and were on their way back to Kasyapa City.
Feng Ming slept a lot during the days he was locked up in the dungeon. He was not sleepy at night. He took the initiative to help sail the boat and stayed up all night.
Lao Mu regained consciousness and asked Feng Ming to rest. Feng Ming said he was not tired and looked a little ashamed, "Master arranged for me to return to Xingluo Island. Not only did I fail to accomplish anything, but I also caused trouble for everyone."
Lao Mu stood up and looked in the direction of Xingluo Island. As far as he could see, the sea was vast and there was no island or land within his sight.
"Don't say that." Lao Mu turned his head and sighed, "Your incident at least lets us know Sheng Yue's attitude. Maybe now we see that your trip has been in vain, but we can't say what will happen in the future.
Don’t think too much.”
Feng Ming nodded, "Thank you, senior, for your comfort."
Chengyun sat cross-legged on the boat and fell asleep. At this moment, he opened his eyes and looked at the white fish belly rising where the sea and sky meet in the east. "Amitabha, I hope everything is well at home."
At this time, on the other side, Gu Ling and Qiu Jing did not know what happened to Lao Mu and his party. They set off yesterday afternoon and were rushing to the agreed meeting place. They would arrive before the sun rose.
At this time, Gu Ling and Qiu Jing were still on the same ship. Qiu Jing disguised himself as Gu Ling, and Gu Ling disguised himself as Qiu Jing. Their clothes were also changed, and they stood together without any flaws.
They had a total of ten ships on this trip and brought with them a thousand soldiers, most of whom were archers in the army.
The sea breeze in the early morning was very cool. Qiu Jing stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the east. "If we can kill Mo Yan today, we can all go home. Min Rou and I are getting married this year. You can send us off then."
what gift?"
"What's the meaning of the gift?" Gu Ling asked back.
Qiu Jing hummed, "If I don't want it, will you give it to me?"
"Is it so important whether I give it or not?" Gu Ling asked again.
Qiu Jing's lips curled up slightly, "It's important. As you said, you are very lucky. Share some of your good luck with me."
"Just wait." Gu Ling looked calm.
The morning glow turned half the sky red, the sun was about to come out, and they arrived at the agreed place.
Qiu Jing ordered the ships to stop moving forward and stop to rest.
"What if Mo Yan doesn't come today?" Qiu Jing asked.
Of course Gu Ling had thought about this possibility, "Then let's go back."
"I still hope that he will come and settle things today." Qiu Jing now has a girl he cares about in his heart and wishes he could grow wings and fly back to the capital.
When the sun came up, Gu Ling and Qiu Jing had already had a simple breakfast, and the small boat sent out to investigate had not returned yet.
Qiu Jing asked Gu Ling if he wanted to go to another boat. Gu Ling shook his head and said not yet.
"My grandpa and the others should have arrived at Xingluo Island by now. I don't know what it's like there." Qiu Jing was a little worried about Lao Mu and the others' actions.
Gu Ling shook his head, "If Sheng Yue is on the island, they shouldn't be able to blow up the forbidden area."
Qiu Jing frowned, "Do you think so highly of Sheng Yue? If so, then why let my grandfather and the others take the risk to go to Xingluo Island?"
Gu Ling's expression was indifferent, "Whether Mo Yan will come today or whether Sheng Yue is on the island is just a guess. It's possible, but not necessarily. It's worth a try. Even if Sheng Yue is here, they can't succeed, and there is no chance of their lives.
It’s dangerous, let’s take a look at Sheng Yue’s attitude.”
But after hearing what Gu Ling said, Qiu Jing felt that there was a high possibility that Qiu Cong and the others would fail. But as I said at the beginning, as long as people are fine, other problems can be solved later.
Gu Ling went back to the cabin to rest and let him know if there was any news.
In this way, by the time the spies came back, it was already approaching noon.
During this period, Gu Ling took a nap, and when he woke up, he heard from Qiu Jing that the spies had found the ship on Xingluo Island. There was only one ship, and he didn't say hello. He turned back when he saw it from a distance. He was not sure if Mo Yan was on it.
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"There is the flag of Xingluo Island on the ship." Qiu Jing said. Xingluo Island has a totem, which was designed by ink rock. It has a red background and a black six-pointed star. Min Rou mentioned this, and Sheng Yue also said it.
.The spy saw such a big flag flying on the ship.
Those without flags may not be from Xingluo Island, but those who come with flags clearly must be from Xingluo Island.
Qiu Jing asked Gu Ling again and saw that he still had no intention of keeping a distance from him, so he ignored him and ordered ten ships to be arranged in a fan shape on the sea. When the ships from Xingluo Island approached, it would be easy to form an encirclement.
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After waiting for about another quarter of an hour, a black spot appeared in his sight, and then slowly zoomed in. Gu Ling saw the flag of Xingluo Island flying high on the ship.
"I think Mo Yan is here. Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent a minion to invite you to Xingluo Island. He knows it's impossible." Qiu Jing said to Gu Ling.
Gu Ling shook his head slightly but said nothing.
Soon, the boat from Xingluo Island arrived nearby. Gu Ling still did not hide on other boats, but stood next to Qiu Jing, looking coldly at the approaching boat.
With about fifty meters left, the Xingluo Island boat stopped, and an old man in white appeared on the bow with a group of people. Judging from his appearance, he completely matched the Mo Yan described by Min Rou and Sheng Yue.
Qiu Jing was pretending to be Gu Ling at the moment. He didn't ask Gu Ling for instructions. He just gave the order, "Fire the arrow!"
The next moment, an oilcloth on the ship he was on was lifted up, revealing the cannon barrel designed by Lao Mu underneath, which was aimed at the bow of Xingluo Island.
The other nine ships had already kept their distance and surrounded the Xingluo Island ship. The archers loaded their bows and began to attack the ship indiscriminately.
"Gu Ling!" The ink rock on the bow of the ship was protected in the middle, resisting arrows fired from all directions, and the explosives fired from the cannon were also knocked down into the sea midway.
Qiu Jing snorted coldly, "Send your name!"
"I came here today at the invitation of my granddaughter for peace talks! What are you doing? Where is Su Liang?" Mo Yan shouted loudly.
Qiu Jing glanced at Gu Ling and saw that his face was expressionless, "Continue, fire attack."
Qiu Jing felt that something was not right, but he had no time to think about it at the moment. With an order, the trebuchets on each ship began to fire explosives towards the ship on Xingluo Island, and at the same time, flaming arrows were fired at the ship.
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This is completely a one-sided attack, because the ship on Xingluo Island does not have corresponding counterattack means.
Soon, the first explosion occurred on the ship, and the ship soon caught fire. People who had already left the bow began to jump into the water.
Qiu Jing's expression condensed and he didn't see where Mo Yan was. "Will he pretend to show weakness, wait until he gets into the water, swim under our boat, and then..." When he encountered the boat, he took it away.
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Gu Ling nodded, "It's possible." He raised the bow and arrow in his hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, aimed at a man who was jumping from the boat into the sea, and shot an arrow through the heart.
We don't know how many people are on the boat on Xingluo Island, but even if they jump into the sea, they have no way to survive. As long as they show up, they will be immediately attacked by dense arrows.
The battle did not last long and ended. There were only burning ships falling apart on the sea, and more than a dozen floating corpses. Even the flag of Xingluo Island was reduced to ashes in the fire.
Qiu Jing still didn't dare to take it lightly. He always felt that Mo Yan couldn't die so easily. He was about to persuade Gu Ling to go to another boat just in case, when he suddenly took a closer look and saw that it was drifting towards their boat.
A corpse turned out to be Mo Yan who was standing on the bow of the opposite ship not long ago and was surrounded by people!
"Is he really dead? He's not pretending, is he? Hurry and shoot a few more arrows!" Qiu Jing urged Gu Ling.
Gu Ling shook his head, "No need to waste arrows." He was the one who shot the man to death. It passed through the heart and he couldn't survive. At this time, the arrow was still on his body, like a spear, floating on the sea.
Qiu Jing ordered the body to be fished out.
Soon, the number of people was determined, thirteen, all middle-aged or above, half of them were old people, and there were no young people.
Mo Yan's body was fished out to the boat where Qiu Jing and Gu Ling were, and it was determined that he was dead.
Qiu Jing leaned over to check and said in surprise, "The face is real! It's not disguised!" Just now he thought that the Mo Yan who came today was probably fake, so that was the result, and Gu Ling had already guessed it.
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"Just because the face is real, it doesn't mean the person is real." Gu Ling looked calm.
Qiu Jing raised Mo Yan's right hand, and there was a ruby ring on it, "Is this it?"
Gu Ling shook his head, "Fake."
Qiu Jing took off the ring anyway, looked at it carefully, and found nothing special. He handed it to Gu Ling, "What if this is really Mo Yan? He really came to negotiate peace with you, unexpectedly
That you are so cruel."
Gu Ling looked at the ruby ring in his hand with a calm expression, "If Mo Yan was so careless, he would have died long ago and would not have survived until now."
"Did you expect that Zhen Moyan wouldn't show up today?" Qiu Jing frowned.
Gu Ling shook his head, "It's possible, but not necessarily. Go back."
Qiu Jing ordered to return. After walking for a while, he looked back at the ship that had been burned to nothing. He couldn't help feeling a little depressed, "If I had known this, I wouldn't have bothered to come here. Do you think Mo Yan is still on the island?"
Up?"
Gu Ling shook his head, "I can't predict the future, but Mo Yan may have gone to the capital at this time."
Qiu Jing's expression changed, "There is danger at home! Then let's go back quickly!"
Just like Gu Ling said, he is not sure whether Sheng Yue will guard the forbidden area on Xingluo Island, but it is possible. He also does not know whether Mo Yan will come today, but there is a possibility that he will not come. They
After making arrangements, it is foreseeable that the enemy will not act exactly according to their plan, but there is no way of knowing how the enemy will act.
Just because he guessed that Mo Yan's magic weapon might be able to capture a living person, Gu Ling decided to come to the appointment because Mo Yan might show up today.
But it turns out that Mo Yan is indeed very cautious in being able to survive until now. In other words, he is very afraid of death. Otherwise, he would not have waited for most of his life and dared not take the path he came on. Going back in time is certainly his biggest wish.
But living is more important.
"If that one is Mo Yan's substitute, why bother? Wouldn't it be easier if we just didn't send anyone here today?" Qiu Jing was puzzled.
"What if I'm as naive as you and really think he's dead? His purpose of arranging a substitute will be achieved." Gu Ling looked indifferent, "Besides his substitute, the people who came today should also be the ones he had planned for a long time."
Get rid of those with different intentions."
"Could it be that..." Qiu Jing lowered his voice, "Mo Yan had known that you were not a time traveler, but Su Liang was?"
Gu Ling shook his head, "Not necessarily, but if he guessed it, it would be normal." Sheng Yue could guess that as a time traveler, Mo Yan would be normal if he discovered that Su Liangcai should be a time traveler. If he didn't, it was his mistake.
He made a mistake, which was a good thing for Gu Ling and Su Liang, but they can't count on it.
"Then what should we do next? Could it be that when you return to the capital, Su Liang has fallen into Mo Yan's hands? By then, he will control Su Liang and we can't save him. Wouldn't he be able to do whatever he wants?" Qiu Jing felt.
The situation is not good.
"Go back and prepare to occupy Xingluo Island." Gu Ling said.
"But you didn't mean that if Sheng Yue was on top..." Qiu Jing sighed, "My grandpa and the others can't deal with Sheng Yue. It would be different if you went there in person. If Mo Yan really went to the capital to capture Su Liang, you
If we rush back now, I'm afraid it's too late."
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Beijing.
In the blink of an eye, the first day of March came, and Su Liang wrote the words "meeting at sea" on the desk calendar, but he also doubted whether Mo Yan would really go.
The weather is very good today. Min Rou made an appointment with Wen Ran and Nangong Qian to go to the lake together. She came to the house early in the morning. When she saw Wen Ran, Yan Shiba was also there, but she has been pretending to be Su every day for more than half a month.
Liang, everyone in the house knew it, but Min Rou didn't know it, and she didn't recognize it, so she asked Yan Shiba with a smile, "The weather is so nice, let's go to the lake together with Nuan Nuan."
Yan Shiba's imitation of Su Liang's smile was so fake that it looked real. Hearing this, he shook his head and said, "I really want to go out for a walk. Gu Xiaonuan, forget it. Let her stay at home and take her out of trouble."
Wen Ran couldn't help laughing, and Nangong Qian was also covering her mouth and laughing.
Min Rou was puzzled, "Why are you laughing?"
Wen Ran and Nangong Qian looked at each other, shook their heads and said, "Nothing, let's go." They planned to see when Min Rou would discover Yan Shiba's flaw.
The four girls left Su Mansion and rode horses to Jingyue Lake together. Passing by Jingcheng Street, it became a beautiful scenery and attracted the attention of many people.
At this time, the door of Su Mansion was closed, Su Liang was teaching two young apprentices how to make medicine in Yuanming Pavilion, and Cen Man was holding Gu Xiaonuan for a walk by the lake.
"Master's wife, today is the day when the big bad guy meets the master, right?" Ji Xiaoshu asked Su Liang.
Su Liang nodded, "Yeah."
"I hope Master will succeed in killing that bad guy." Zheng'er said with a serious face.
Su Liang smiled and said, "That would be the best."
"When Master comes back, let's go to the north to play together! Didn't Master Niang say she would take us back to our hometown?" Ji Xiaoshu suggested enthusiastically.
Su Liang nodded slightly, "Okay, I will take you there when the time comes." Recently, I received a letter from Sujia Village. Brothers Bai Xiaohu and Zhuzi are now well-read, and their letters are becoming more and more literary.
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Yan Shiba and Min Rou spent half a day on a cruise ship on Jingyue Lake. They landed near noon and went to Wanjia Restaurant for dinner.
Min Rou never realized that the "Su Liang" next to her was actually Yan Shiba pretending to be her, because Yan Shiba was really serious about this matter and had already overcome various small flaws that had appeared before with the reminders of people around her.
.Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu, in particular, gave Yan Shiba a lot of "pointers" on this matter.
However, Yan Shiba has been deceiving Gu Xiaonuan every day, trying to get Gu Xiaonuan to call her mother, but she has never succeeded even once.
Yesterday, Ji Xiaoshu pointed out why this matter could not succeed: Gu Xiaonuan is very smart, she knows that her own mother will not specifically let her call her mother. Yan Shiba can only say to this: Baby Nuannuan is too powerful, but
She won't give up!
After eating at the restaurant, Yan Shiba also learned from Su Liang's habit and packed some of the children's favorite dishes. They were ready when he left and took them home with him.
The four of them rode horses, with Yan Shiba and Min Rou in front, and Nangong Qian and Wen Ran behind. Because Yan Shiba was there, Cen Man did not come out specifically to protect Nangong Qian. Today was a gathering of best friends.
Wen Ran and Nangong Qian secretly made a bet. Wen Ran thought that Min Rou would recognize Yan Shiba before returning home, but Nangong Qian thought not. So the two of them had been secretly observing Min Rou and Yan Shiba, which was quite interesting.
As we were walking, someone not far ahead suddenly shouted, "My child! My child has been kidnapped!"
Yan Shiba narrowed his eyes slightly and saw a black shadow rushing into an alley.
Min Rou rode her horse and rushed over without hesitation. Yan Shiba flew up and went faster. In the blink of an eye, she passed Min Rou and entered the alley first. Before entering, she did not look back and rushed towards
Wen Ran and Nangong Qian made a stop gesture.
Nangong Qian frowned, "Sister Yan is very good at martial arts, she should be fine, right?"
Wen Ran understood the meaning of Yan Shiba's gesture and sighed, "Maybe something will happen."
And when Min Rou rode her horse to the entrance of the alley, she saw a masked man in black throwing down the kidnapped child and fighting with Yan Shiba!
Just when Min Rou was about to dismount and go to help, she saw a scene that horrified her: Yan Shiba, who had just drawn his sword, disappeared from her eyes!
"Su Liang!" Min Rou exclaimed, and then she met a pair of strange yet familiar old eyes. Her eyes widened, "Mo..."
After the masked man in black took a deep look at Min Rou, he flew up and disappeared from her sight in a few leaps.
And when Min Rou rushed into the alley, she and the frightened and trembling child were the only ones left.
After Min Rou came out with a pale face and held the child in her arms, and handed it over to the hurried-looking woman, Wen Ran dismounted and supported her.
"Su Liang... Su Liang was taken away by Mo... Mo Yan! It must be Mo Yan! I recognize him!" Min Rou grabbed Wen Ran's arm fiercely, "He actually... that thing can actually kill people.
..." She didn't know how to describe it for a moment.
But Wen Ran knew what was going on. Because Su Liang was very busy, the person Yan Shiba was closest to in Su Mansion was actually Wen Ran, and he had already told Wen Ran why she pretended to be Su Liang and what might happen to her.
Therefore, when she heard someone on the street today saying that her child had been kidnapped in broad daylight, Yan Shiba knew that it was Mo Yan who was most likely coming, and she would not hide. Because when Gu Ling arrived in Jia
When Ye Cheng confessed the secret to Lao Mu, Su Liang had already told some people in her family that she was a time traveler and that Mo Yan had a portable space.
Yan Shiba knew that if Mo Yan really came, he was hiding in the dark and possessed such a powerful magic weapon. No one could stop him from arresting people, and the person he wanted to arrest must be Su Liang. If he was allowed to break in,
Su Mansion, the consequences will be very bad, the children may also be taken away.
So, as long as Mo Yan can be fooled and let him catch a fake Su Liang and go back, the family in Jingcheng will be saved.
For this reason, Yan Shiba was very serious and worked very hard. The only purpose was to deceive Mo Yan. She was successfully captured as Su Liang's substitute, and she had to be captured to be safe. Because currently they have no good way
The only way to ensure that Mo Yan was eliminated was to avoid becoming too passive. She did it. The gesture she gave to Wen Ran showed that she was not nervous at that time, which meant "it's okay, don't worry about her".
Last night Yan Shiba ran to sleep with Wen Ran. Before going to bed, she said that she owed Su Liang a lot. Although she was determined to be a good person and her life was very stable now, to be honest, she lacked a little passion.
She was born to be a restless person. From the day when Yan Shiba started pretending to be Su Liang, she told Wen Ran more than once that she was very much looking forward to kidnapping Su Liang when that old bitch Mo Yan came to arrest her.
It's very exciting just thinking about it. She will be waiting for Su Liang to save her again.
It just so happened that Min Rou didn't find out that Yan Shiba was pretending to be Su Liang today, and she was someone Mo Yan knew and was familiar with. Her performance at the critical moment of the incident made Yan Shiba's replacement plan even more successful.
"Let's go home first." Wen Ran glanced at the empty alley and patted Min Rou on the shoulder.