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Su Liang got up when the sky was about to brighten.

There was a big box on the first floor of Yuanming Pavilion, which contained clothes, shoes, socks, cloaks, etc. that Su Liang wanted to "give" to Gu Ling. Yan Yu provided them kindly.

When Su Liang finished making pumpkin cakes and put them in a box, Ren Dong had already put the box on the carriage.

To put on a full show, Su Liang quickly put on some light makeup, put on a new skirt, got on the carriage, and left the house.

Yesterday, the news spread that Marquis Changxin would be ordered to go on a diplomatic mission to Liang State, accompanied by Lin Boyan, who was promoted to Minister of Rites at a young age, and military general Lin Bojun.

Many people were watching the excitement near the city gate, discussing whether Su Liang would come to see him off, and some even thought that Su Liang might chase Gu Ling to Liang State.

Therefore, when Su Liang's carriage appeared, it immediately caused a commotion.

"Master, Marquis Changxin hasn't come yet." Ren Dong said.

Su Liang responded and asked them to pull over and wait.

Soon, someone shouted, "Here they come! Marquis Changxin is here!"

Su Liang lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw a group of people coming, led by Lin Bojun in armor, Lin Boyan and Gu Ling both sat in the carriage.

The people gave way. When the team approached, Lin Bojun saw Su Liang waving at him and ordered them to stop.

"Second Brother Lin, I'll see you off." Su Liang smiled.

Lin Bojun glanced behind him and said loudly, "Marquis Changxin, my sister is looking for you!"

Gu Ling did not show up, but only said lightly, "Thank you, Doctor Su, for seeing me off."

Lin Bojun sighed slightly, "Xiaoliang, forget it, give me all the good things, Marquis Changxin doesn't want them!"

Su Liang shook his head, "That won't work. I prepared winter clothes for Marquis Changxin, please help me take them, and take care of him on the way, don't let him get cold."

Lin Bojun smiled when he heard this, and asked someone to lift the big box on Su Liang's carriage and put it on the luggage car.

Then, in full view of everyone, Su Liang carried a food box and walked to Gu Ling's carriage, lifted the curtain, and everyone only saw Gu Ling's profile flash by, and Su Liang actually went in!

Exclamations came one after another, and Lin Bojun was simply laughing and crying.

However, since Su Liang began to pursue Gu Ling, Lin Bojun, who had doubts about Ning Jing's death, became more and more suspicious whether the current Gu Ling had any relationship with the deceased Ning Jing.

Although Lin Bojun felt that it was not impossible for Su Liang to fall in love with Gu Ling at first sight, he accidentally saw Gu Ling's back a few days ago, and he looked too much like Ning Jing. And his weak junior brother, who had been missing for more than a year, suddenly became a master, and his personality was different from before, which was not normal.

But Lin Bojun did not mention this matter to anyone, including Lin Shuzhi and Lin Boyan. He wanted to ask Su Liang, but after hesitating again and again, he decided not to ask. He absolutely trusted Su Liang, and it might not be a good thing to explore her secrets too much.

…

“Pumpkin pie, it’s not cold yet.” Su Liang put down the food box, leaned over, hugged Gu Ling who was sitting in the car, and patted his back gently, “Protect the two brothers of the Lin family, take care of yourself, and come back early.”

Then, Su Liang staggered out of the carriage in a pre-designed posture.

In the eyes of the onlookers, they naturally thought that it was Gu Ling who pushed Su Liang out, and they all sighed that Lady Gu was too unromantic.

And Gu Ling really reached out, originally wanting to hug Su Liang, but she moved too quickly, the curtain of the car shook, and the person had already gone out...

Gu Ling sighed slightly, and felt empty in his heart before leaving Beijing. He opened the food box, picked up a piece of pumpkin pie, tasted it, and it was not as sweet as before.

Su Liang stopped and said to the carriage, "Lady Gu, don't fall in love with others when you go to Liang. If you become a monk, I won't stop you. If you want to get married, please consider marrying me first!"

The onlookers were stunned.

Lin Boyan in the carriage behind couldn't stand it anymore. He lifted the curtain, looked at Su Liang, frowned and said, "Xiao Liang, go back quickly, we should leave the city."

Su Liang smiled and waved, "Take care, Brother Lin, come back soon!"

"Yeah." Lin Boyan glanced at Gu Ling's carriage and lowered the curtain calmly. He has always been meticulous, and they brothers and the real Ning Jing have known each other since childhood and lived together. He naturally felt the abnormality that Lin Bojun could detect. He even guessed the general truth after Gu Ling appeared, but he didn't go to Su Liang to ask, just pretending not to know.

Therefore, in Lin Boyan's eyes, Su Liang's pursuit of Gu Ling is still a show, just to facilitate communication and solve the problem of the two being arranged to get married.

In this case, Gu Ling is his own person, and he can be fully trusted in the future. This is Lin Boyan's current thought. As for the others, the past people and past events, they are all in the past.

Su Liang watched the team leave the city until he could no longer see them, and then got on the carriage to go home.

…

After Gu Ling left, Su Liang suddenly felt much freer than before. There was nothing he wanted to do for a while, so he went to the Zhongxin Marquis's Mansion to visit the old lady Xing, and then went to the Qin Guogong's Mansion to visit the old Duke Qin.

At dusk, Su Liang rode to the Lin Mansion.

Because the two brothers were away, Lin Xueqing returned to her mother's house today, saying that she wanted to take care of the two sisters-in-law. Xing Yusheng naturally followed.

Su Liang took the pulse of the two sisters-in-law and said that the pulses were very good and there was no problem. She would come every other day.

Fortunately, Qin Yujin was married to a military general, and she was mentally prepared for Lin Bojun to go to the battlefield sooner or later, not to mention that this time he was not going to fight. Lin Boyan's wife, Mrs. Min, was a little depressed and unmotivated. She had never expected that her husband would travel far away at this time. When she met Su Liang, she asked Lin Boyan if there would be any danger in Lin Boyan's trip.

Su Liang said sternly, "Sister-in-law, don't worry. The eldest brother won the emperor's trust and went to the Liang Kingdom with Marquis Chang Xin. Not to mention that the relationship between Qianliang and Liang Kingdom is quite good now. The emperor of Liang Kingdom is still the uncle of Marquis Chang Xin, and he is the king of Yue. My grandfather will be fine."

Mrs. Min stroked her swollen pregnant belly and sighed softly, "Can my husband come back before the baby is born?"

Su Liang nodded, "I expect to be back before the end of the year."

Min then smiled and said, "That's good."

After dinner, Lin Shuzhi said he wanted to ask Su Liang something, and the two went to the study.

Su Liang sat down and chuckled, "Master looks very good."

Lin Shuzhi shook his head, "If Boyan Bojun had not gone to Liang Kingdom, he would have looked better as a teacher."

"Master, don't worry too much. Both brothers will be fine during this trip." Su Liang looked serious.

Lin Shuzhi's eyes suddenly turned deep, "Every time I hear you call me master, I will think of Jing'er."

Su Liang was silent, closing her eyes and saying nothing. At this point, she was not too surprised that some people in the Lin family would doubt the relationship between "Ningjing" and Gu Ling.

The reason why he hid it from them in the first place was not because of distrust, but more to protect them, because before Gu Ling was pardoned, his identity was very dangerous. Knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing.

The way things have developed so far is not entirely Su Liang and Gu Ling's plan, it is often a matter of adapting to circumstances.

Last year in Pingbeicheng, Gu Ling pretended to be "Ning Jing" to interact with the Lin family. It was an accident because before meeting Lin Shuzhi and Lin Xueqing at Qianshan Academy, Gu Ling had no idea that Ning Jing knew them and was close to them. thing.

"Master, I'm sorry." Su Liang sighed.

Lin Shuzhi put his arms on the table and lowered his voice, "No matter what you hide, I believe you have no choice but to blame you. But you must tell the truth to me now, Jing'er, what's going on with him?" "

Su Liang took a deep breath and told Lin Shuzhi the whole story.

Hearing that Zhen Ningping couldn't think about it and committed suicide after being kicked out of the house, Lin Shuzhi's face darkened and his eye circles turned red.

After listening to Su Liang's story, Lin Shuzhi was silent for a long time, and then sighed deeply, "It turns out, that's it. No wonder, when I saw Jing'er last year, I felt that he had changed a lot. I couldn't believe it at first... It turns out , by that time, he was already gone..."

"My condolences, Master. I don't know Ning Jing, but I have met some people from the Ning family and know his past experiences. It is too painful to live, so leaving is not a relief." Su Liang said.

Lin Shuzhi smiled bitterly, "The child's fate is not good. He is surrounded by jackals, tigers and leopards. He has been thoughtful since he was young. When I heard nothing from him, I had a vague feeling that I might never see him again."

"Master, please forgive me and Gu Ling for lying to you for so long." Su Liang looked apologetic.

Lin Shuzhi shook his head, "How can I blame you? Gu Ling once rescued Jing'er. My teacher knew about it a long time ago. Jing'er mentioned it once during his lifetime. Jing'er must have a spirit in heaven and saw what he sent Gu Ling must be happy to use the gift. Although I don't know much about Gu Ling, it seems that their life experiences are somewhat similar, but Jing'er is not as strong as Gu Ling. "

As he spoke, Lin Shuzhi sighed repeatedly, "As a teacher, I should thank you. Since we met last year, you two have helped the Lin family through difficulties many times, otherwise we wouldn't have the peaceful life we ​​have now. Maybe it's all God's will, and so do you and Gu Ling The great gift that Jing’er left to our family is our noble one.”

"Master said that, it's too unreasonable." Su Liang smiled.

Lin Shuzhi sighed again, "You were right to hide it from me before. After all, Gu Ling had not been pardoned at that time. If you really said that kind of thing, I would be frightened every day. Now it doesn't matter, Gu Ling's identity has been restored , you arranged it very well. If anyone else suspects anything, there is no evidence. "

Su Liang nodded, "Well, thank you Master for your understanding."

"But," Lin Shuzhi suddenly frowned, looked at Su Liang and asked, "Tell me honestly, what is your relationship with Gu Ling? Are you pursuing him just for show, or is it true?"

Su Liang acted obediently and asked, "What do you think, Master?"

Lin Shuzhi hummed, "Don't tell me that you are brothers. Jing'er... Gu Ling said this before."

Su Liang nodded, "That's right."

Lin Shuzhi held up his forehead, "You two... you are really weirder than the other! Forget it, just have fun. There is nothing wrong with this now. If the emperor arranges a marriage for you, you will have an excuse to refuse."

"Yes." Su Liang chuckled.

"Since Gu Ling is one of our own, he is very powerful and can take care of Boyan Bojun on the road. With him here, I will have nothing to worry about as a teacher." Lin Shuzhi said.

Su Liang asked weakly, "Is it possible that the eldest and second brothers have guessed it?"

Lin Shuzhi nodded, "Qing'er is so stupid that she didn't notice anything. After all, Yu Sheng doesn't know Jing'er. Your eldest and second brothers must have guessed something, but they didn't mention it. The three of them were together on this trip. , maybe let’s talk about it.”

The Lin family father and son are special because they are the few people in the world who know the real Ning Jing, and they have had close contact with the "Ning Jing" pretended by Gu Ling. Although some servants of the Ning family in Xunyang City know Ning Jing, they have only had a very brief contact with the "Ning Jing" pretended by Gu Ling.

Lin Xueqing didn't think so much, in fact, it was because she trusted Su Liang too much.

…

After telling Lin Shuzhi the truth, Su Liang felt much more relaxed.

When she returned home, Su Liang went upstairs and noticed that there was someone in her room.

Su Liang's eyes were alert, and she had already grasped the dagger in her sleeve, and then she heard a familiar "Sister Liang".

Pushing open the door, Yan Shiba was lying on Su Liang's bed in a pretentious posture, blinking at her, "Sister Liang, I miss you so much!"

Su Liang looked indifferent, "It seems you are fine."

Yan Shiba heard the words, slapped the bed and stood up, pointing at Su Liang angrily, "You are such a treacherous little girl, I didn't expect that after so many years of wandering around, I would fall into your hands! I was kind enough to find a lover for you, but you lied to me from beginning to end! I hate people lying to me the most! Tonight, either you die or I die!"

Su Liang was very calm, drew his sword and pointed at To Yan Shiba, "Okay. Come."

After Yan Shiba yelled a few times, he lay back down, "Stinky girl! Dead girl! Ghost girl! I'm really mad at you! You knew I was in trouble, but you didn't save me?"

Su Liang put away his sword and walked over to sit at the table, "If I hadn't taken action, would you be here now?"

Yan Shiba narrowed his eyes slightly, "What do you mean?"

"Yan Shiqi came to me, and I designed to ask the emperor to take action, and almost killed him, otherwise you wouldn't have the chance to be free, right?" Su Liang's expression was indifferent.

Yan Shiba laughed when he heard it, "No wonder! No wonder that bitch fell! I thought he was dead!"

Yan Shiba was able to return to the capital to find Su Liang because she instigated the people arranged by Yan Shiqi to guard her. The direct reason for her success was that Yan Shiqi disappeared, and all the assassins of Yanyunlou in the capital disappeared.

"Why did you come to me again?" Su Liang asked.

Yan Shiba smiled at Su Liang with an ambiguous look, "Keep your promise! Sister Su saved my life several times, I'm here to repay you!"

Su Liang was speechless, "No need."

"Tell me the truth, are you and Lady Gu not married yet? I can tell by your stubborn nature!" Yan Shiba smiled, "Lady Gu is leaving the capital today, going to Liang State? How about I kidnap her and bring her back to sleep with you?"

"No matter." Su Liang shook his head, "Stop making trouble, let's stop here."

"Really?" Yan Shiba looked disappointed.

"Go do what you need to do." Su Liang got up and drove him away.

Yan Shiba nodded, "I have to go see Brother Xiaoyun, and then come to see you."

"No need to come, thank you." Su Liang refused.

Yan Shiba was about to jump out of the window, but suddenly turned back, "Sister Liang, I'm supposed to grab Gu Ling and give you two some good drugs to make you feel ecstatic, which will be considered as fulfilling our agreement, right?"

Su Liang was almost drunk, "You dare?!"

"Anyway, I must find a chance to repay you, sister, just wait! Haha!" Yan Shiba finished speaking, flew out of the window, and disappeared after a few leaps.

Ren Dong asked from below, "Master, are you okay?"

Su Liang replied, "Nothing, go to sleep."

Su Liang sat down by the window, looking at the dark lake at night, and really began to worry, what if Yan Shiba, the psychopath, gave her and Gu Ling aphrodisiacs...

After thinking for a while, Su Liang shook her head, "What a mess, I'm a doctor, can I be controlled by her?"

Before going to bed, Su Liang was thinking that she had to study all kinds of aphrodisiacs and other weird things in this world tomorrow to avoid being tricked, and she had to share them with Gu Ling as soon as possible. A master of poison technique had taken a fancy to him, and it would be bad if he was drugged and ate it...