Why Wait
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The second competition began, and Su Liang looked very serious. Every warrior who came next might become her opponent.
After Duanmu Che left, there were still people on the viewing platform staring at Su Liang.
Duanmu Sheng smiled and said, "I just saw the son of the Marquis of Zhongxin. Why don't you ask him to come up and sit down."
Duanmu Chen knew Duanmu Sheng had bad intentions as soon as he heard it.
Although the position on the viewing platform was not exclusive to the royal family, Xing Yusheng could sit there at other times. But now there are only princes and princesses on it. If Xing Yusheng sits side by side with them, what does it mean?
This made Duanmu Chen realize that the Xing family of the former Beijing Palace became the only descendants of the king of a different surname who were preserved in the iron ore smuggling case and the vassal reduction storm. Perhaps some people think that he tipped off the Xing family or secretly formed an alliance.
After all, Duanmu Chen was the first to know and understand the truth of the iron ore smuggling case.
In fact, it is not entirely wrong to think so. Although Duanmu Chen guessed the emperor's intention and revealed the news to Su Liang, thus saving the Xing family, Duanmu Chen thought that he had done a favor to the Xing family, and if he had to take sides next, the Xing family should help him.
Although Duanmu Chen noticed Duanmu Sheng's intention at this moment, he did not do anything.
He felt that as long as Xing Yusheng was not stupid, she would not come up to sit with them.
Who knew that as soon as Duanmu Sheng finished speaking, Duanmu Qianqian said with a smile, "Xing Shizi came with Miss Qin, and next to him was Miss Lin, his fiancée who was granted marriage by his father."
Duanmu Chen then noticed Lin Xueqing standing next to Xing Yusheng.
Lin Xueqing hugged Su Liang's arm, half of her body leaned on Su Liang, and said something intimately.
Seeing this, Duanmu Chen still felt a little regretful, but he never had real feelings for women, and was just planning who to marry to help him the most.
"Then forget it." Duanmu Sheng gave up the idea of inviting Xing Yusheng over.
"Why not invite Xue'er to come and sit! She still has to wait for a long time!" Duanmu Qianqian suggested, "Soon she will also be the daughter-in-law of the royal family."
It makes sense.
Duanmu Ao nodded immediately, "Okay!"
Duanmu Sheng looked normal.
Duanmu Chen felt that there was going to be a good show...
Who knew that Duanmu Qianqian sent the maid over, but did not invite her back.
"Miss Nian said that her turn for the competition was going to be in the afternoon, and she was about to leave. She said that the old lady Nian had a headache today and asked for the imperial physician. She was very worried and wanted to go back to see her. She would definitely apologize to the master when they meet again." The maid said respectfully.
At this time, Nian Ruxue had already left.
Duanmu Qianqian felt a little regretful, "Well, then. Xue'er has always been the most filial, how could I blame her?"
Duanmu Chen said unintentionally, "Miss Nian Si drew lots and watched the first match before leaving. It seems that she attaches great importance to Miss Su Liang as her opponent."
As soon as these words came out, Nian Ruxue's so-called reason for being anxious to go home was a little untenable.
If she is so filial, why didn't she go back immediately after drawing lots?
Even if she attaches importance to Su Liang and wants to watch her competition, now that the second competition is about to end, Nian Ruxue did not leave immediately after watching the first match.
She left only when Duanmu Qianqian sent someone to invite her.
Duanmu Ao's face was a little dark, and he naturally felt that Nian Ruxue was avoiding him. Didn't she want to marry him even after the marriage was granted?
Duanmu Sheng thought so too, and laughed, "Forget it."
...
After watching the second match, Su Liang felt that the strength of these two was not as good as Gao Jiabao.
It seems that among the thirty-six warriors who have entered the qualifying round, there are many who got in because of good luck in grouping.
The martial arts examination is different from the literary examination.
The judges have fixed rules and routines for judging whether the article is good or bad, and have subjective likes and dislikes.
In a martial arts competition, the strong or weak can be seen at a glance, and even laymen can clearly see the winner.
Su Liang heard a voice not far away saying, "If these two are in the top thirty, you can challenge them, there will be no problem!"
She turned around and saw that it was Luo Rong and an old man who were defeated yesterday.
Luo Rong nodded slightly to Su Liang, and Su Liang smiled, as a greeting, and then retracted his gaze to watch the next game.
Luo Rong's uncle was a little surprised to see the friendly interaction between the two. They came early and saw the competition between Su Liang and Gao Jiabao. They couldn't help but sigh, "This Miss Su is really good. It is said that she grew up in the capital. I think she has some of the heroism of us Jianghu people."
...
It was almost noon, and the first round of today's points qualifying competition was halfway through.
The princes and princesses had left, and the people had dispersed. The afternoon competition would start in an hour, and the first match would be Nian Ruxue.
Su Liang and his party still went to Wanjia Restaurant to eat and rest.
Zheng'er felt sleepy after eating, and fell asleep in Ning Jing's arms.
There was still time, Lin Xueqing and Qin Yujin wanted to go shopping, and Xing Yusheng followed them.
Wan Hui pulled Lu Yu and said to go out for a walk.
In the end, there were only two adults and one child left in the private room, and the little one was sleeping soundly.
"I'll continue to tell you a story." Su Liang thought about finishing it quickly, so as not to ask her to go out for a night tour again tonight.
Ning Jing patted Zheng'er's back gently, "Okay."
There was a soft couch in the room, Su Liang leaned on it and continued to talk about "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
As she was talking, the voice stopped, Ning Jing looked over and saw that she was sleeping with her eyes closed.
Ning Jing looked around, there was no blanket or anything like that in the room.
He carefully placed Zheng'er next to Su Liang, then took off his coat and covered them.
He sat at the table, took out an unfinished book from his arms, and started reading.
…
The Fifth Prince's Mansion.
After Duanmu Che returned, he asked his men to investigate Su Liang and learned that she had not just returned to the capital on the day of her "secret meeting" with Xiao Muyun at Wanjia Restaurant.
She also learned that she now has a sworn brother who was rumored to be expelled from the Ning family and went back to kill all his family members.
Su Liang returned to the capital with Ning Jing, and now they live in the same house.
Ningjing originally took the name of Xing Yusheng, the crown prince of Beijing, to participate in the imperial examination in Beian County.
Now the investigation revealed that Su Liang not only knew Xing Yusheng, but also treated Xing Yusheng and later Mr. Qin. He was an honored guest of the Duke of Qin's palace and had a close relationship with Lin Shuzhi's family.
Duanmu Che saw with his own eyes today that Su Liang was competing. Xing Yusheng, Qin Yujin, and Lin Xueqing all came to watch. Duanmu Che also guessed which one was Ningjing.
All this made him feel shocked and confused, because he was completely different from the Su Liang he once knew.
"I found out that Miss Su seems to have lost her memory due to injury." Duanmu Che's subordinate said.
Duanmu Che frowned, "Amnesia? Then why is she going back to the capital?"
"The old slave was thinking that maybe someone told her that her family was gone and she thought something was strange, so she came back?" the old man said.
Duanmu Che hummed, "Are you speaking for her?"
The old man sighed, "I was just thinking that Miss Su is really different now from the past, and maybe we shouldn't have such a big prejudice against her anymore. I saw with my own eyes today that Miss Su's strength is very good, and she Her medical skills are also very good. Maybe there will be some adventure during the year I have been away. It is better to ask her to treat my son."
Duanmu Che didn't answer and asked another question, "Whose child is she holding today?"
"The old slave has checked before. Miss Su is also associated with Wan Hui, the eldest daughter of the Wan family, a grain merchant in Qingyang City. That child is Wan Hui's son. She was originally married to the porcelain merchant Li's family. Four years ago, When he made peace with the head of the Li family, it is said that the head of the Li family insisted that Miss Wan was pregnant at the time of the divorce and that the child was his and he would not let her go." The old man said.
"Why does Su Liang know them?" Duanmu Che asked.
"The old slave hasn't found out yet what happened to Miss Su in Bei'an County. We must either ask her herself or send someone to Sujia Village to find out." The old man said, "Miss Su took the initiative to find her before. She must be someone." You have to ask the master about things. If the master wants to see her, she will definitely come."
Duanmu Che was silent for a long time, "If she really wants to ask me about those things, she will come over again."
The old man was stunned for a moment, "But the master has expressed his unwillingness to see Miss Su before. After all, it was a misunderstanding. Why don't I go find her secretly and explain it clearly?"
"No need." Duanmu Che shook his head, "She is anxious to see me, not that I am anxious to see her. If she gives up and never comes again just because she didn't come in before, it's not worth my trouble."
The old man wanted to persuade him again, but Duanmu Che pushed the wheelchair into the inner room by himself.
…
The afternoon of the first day of qualifying.
Duanmu Che, who left early in the morning saying he was tired, came again.
Duanmu Chen guessed that Duanmu Che's abnormal behavior might have something to do with Su Liang.
But when the competition was about to begin, Xing Yusheng and his party appeared, but Su Liang and Ning Jing were nowhere to be seen.
Duanmu Chen noticed that Duanmu Che's eyes fell on where Xing Yusheng was, which confirmed his guess.
Nian Ruxue appeared just before the competition was about to begin, wearing men's clothing and a mask.
In the first game in the afternoon, Nian Ruxue won.
Duanmu Chen was surprised when he saw Nian Ruxue's skills for the first time.
Duanmu Qianqian cheered for Nian Ruxue and was very happy, "Xue'er has hidden herself too deeply. I always said before that she could only do some tricks, but it turns out she is modest."
When Duanmu Ao saw Nian Ruxue walking down the competition stage, he stood up and said, "I'm going to see off Miss Nian and take a look at the old lady."
Duanmu Chen smiled and said, "Second Emperor Brother, walk slowly."
He watched as Duanmu Ao walked up to Nian Ruxue, and Nian Ruxue made an obvious move to distance herself from him.
Duanmu Chen's smile deepened. Now that Duanmu Ao and Nian Ruxue are on the right track, will he, that pervert, still tolerate it? Even if there is a problem in some aspect, it is obvious that the lust is not diminished.
…
"I didn't do anything to you, so what are you afraid of?" Duanmu Ao hummed.
Nian Ruxue narrowed her eyes, "The second prince suddenly called me, I was just frightened for a moment."
"Let's go. I'll take you back." Duanmu Ao's eyes fell on the back of Nian Ruxue's snow-white neck, and his throat rolled.
"No need. Second Prince, please go back and watch the competition. I want to go home and take care of my grandmother." Nian Ruxue refused.
Duanmu Ao looked unhappy, "Are you ordering me?"
"I don't dare." Nian Ruxue shook his head, "I'm just worried that someone will gossip."
"You and I are going to get married in two months, what are you afraid of?" Duanmu Ao snorted coldly.
When he arrived at the square, Duanmu Ao got on Nian Ruxue's carriage and ordered to set off.
"Why are you still wearing a mask? Take it off." Duanmu Ao stretched out his hand to pull Nian Ruxue's mask.
Nian Ruxue subconsciously avoided it, and Duanmu Ao smiled evilly, "Are you afraid that I will eat you? Now even if I eat you, it is only natural."
As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed towards Nian Ruxue.
The carriage shook violently, and a muffled groan came out, followed by Duanmu Ao's angry roar and crisp slaps, "Bitch! How shameless! Have you wronged me?"
"Miss..." The maid looked horrified.
"Get out!" As soon as Duanmu Ao finished speaking, the sound of clothes being torn was heard. The next moment, a man flew out of the carriage and fell heavily to the ground!
The carriage just arrived in the downtown area. Although many people went to watch the martial arts competition, there were still many people around who had already noticed the Nian family's carriage.
Many people saw with their own eyes that the second prince Duanmu Ao, disheveled, fell out of the carriage and passed out.
Duanmu Ao's entourage followed on horseback. Seeing this, his expression changed drastically and he rushed over. While checking Duanmu Ao's situation, he asked loudly, "Miss Nian Si, what did you do to my master?"
Now everyone knows that there is Nian Ruxue in the carriage.
But Nian Ruxue did not show up, and only her voice came from the car, "The second prince accidentally fell out. Perhaps an old injury recurred. Please take him to see a doctor quickly."
The attendant's expression froze, and without further entanglement, he picked up Duanmu Ao and left quickly.
The Nian family's carriage continued to move forward.
The news that the second prince and the fourth young lady of the Nian family did something unknown in the carriage alone, and that the second prince fell out of the carriage disheveled, spread quickly.
…
Nian Ruxue returned home and hurriedly entered the room and closed the door, saying that she was not feeling well and would not see anyone.
The closet door opened and another Nian Ruxue walked out.
Nian Ruting, who had been pretending to be Nian Ruxue for the past two days, had her clothes torn by Duanmu Ao, and her face was ugly, "Fourth sister, I hit the second prince and got you into trouble."
Nian Ruxue looked at Nian Ruting in disbelief, "What's going on?"
Nian Ruting looked annoyed, "That pervert, he insisted on sending me home. I couldn't refuse in public, so I let him get on the carriage. I thought he wouldn't dare to do anything in broad daylight. Even if the mask was taken off, he wouldn't be found. Who knows? He started touching me in the car..."
"Why can't you bear it?" Nian Ruxue blurted out. When Nian Ruting frowned, she realized that she had said the wrong thing and quickly explained, "I mean you should find a way to deal with him and resist impulse. The first priority is of course protection. You can't beat him outside, you'll be in big trouble!"
Nian Ruting looked uneasy, "What should we do? The emperor won't punish the fourth sister, right?"
Nian Ruxue's face was grave, "I'm afraid the emperor thought I was the one who beat Duanmu Ao when we were granted the marriage. If you beat him again today, it will still be blamed on me!"
"I have no other choice..." Nian Ruting's eyes turned red, "Fourth sister, I'm sorry, I really don't want to cause trouble for you."
Nian Ruxue narrowed her eyes and pulled Nian Ruting to sit beside the bed in the inner room, "How could I blame you? It's just that I'm also scared and don't know what to do..."
…
Wanjia Restaurant.
Su Liang and Zheng'er were both asleep. Ning Jing asked the others to watch the battle first. He didn't go out because his coat was still covering Su Liang.
Not long ago, Duanmu Ao fell outside Wanjia Restaurant. Although Ningjing didn't look outside, he heard the noise below.
Zheng'er woke up first, opened his eyes, and looked at Ning Jing with sleepy eyes as he stretched out his hand, "Uncle Ning..."
Ning Jing stood up and walked over, picked up Zheng'er and patted him.
Su Liang also woke up, sat up, and Ning Jing's clothes fell off her body.
"What time is it?" Su Liang stood up and handed the clothes to Ning Jing.
Ning Jing was about to give Zheng'er to Su Liang, but Zheng'er hugged his neck and said, "Uncle, hold me!"
"I want to get dressed." Ning Jing said.
Zheng'er said with a smile, "Auntie dresses uncle! Dad also dresses mother!"
This analogy is very spiritual.
"Stretch out your hand." She gestured to Ning Jing to stretch out her left hand and put on a sleeve for him.
Ning Jing changed Zheng'er to her left hand and put on the sleeve of her right hand.
Su Liang tied his belt and commented, "Master, your waist is so thin."
In her previous life, she helped her comrades wear clothes. It was no big deal, just to make Zheng'er happy.
Ning Jing seemed dissatisfied with Su Liang's evaluation and replied, "You have a thin waist."
To outsiders, it would naturally sound a little ambiguous. After Ning Jing finished speaking, he felt that it was not appropriate and frowned slightly.
Su Liang measured his waist seriously with his hands, nodded and said, "Indeed, I am too thin. I need to eat more."
"What does Auntie want to eat?" Zheng'er asked seriously with a small face.
Su Liang smiled and said, "I want to eat meat."
Zheng'er grabbed Ning Jing's hand and handed it to Su Liang, "Routou, aunt, eat it!"
Su Liang looked disgusted, "It's all bones, it doesn't taste good."
Zheng'er patted Ning Jing's head with her small hand, "Uncle Ning, you should eat more, Auntie likes fat ones!"
Tranquility:…
…
The three of them headed to the west of the city. On the way, Ning Jing talked about Nian Ruxue driving Duanmu Ao out of the carriage on the street.
Su Liang was quite surprised, "It's strange. That time in the back mountain, there were only two of her and Duanmu Ao, and she didn't dare to do anything to Duanmu Ao. Why is she so brave now?"
Ning Jing said nothing.
Su Liang thought thoughtfully, "Maybe I showed up that time before it was time to take action. But I thought that with Nian Ruxue's temperament, he should know what would happen if Duanmu Ao got into her car, so Avoid this kind of thing."
Ning Jing looked calm and said, "Maybe, it's a substitute."
Su Liang was stunned, "What?"
"Substitute." Ning Jing repeated it again.
Su Liang was surprised, "But she took off her mask on the first day of the competition..." As she said this, her heart moved, "The opponents she encountered in the first three competitions were all very weak. If she changed them later, she would It’s also possible to remove the mask specifically to dispel outsiders’ suspicion.”
"Nian Jincheng said that she only knows how to show off her skills." Ning Jing said.
Su Liang frowned, "It's possible that she secretly worshipped someone as her master, and her true strength is unknown to even Nian Jincheng. But all her recent behaviors are still a bit weird. She should be someone who likes to show off, but these two days she always arrives just before the competition starts, leaves soon after the competition ends, and only greets Yu Jin from a distance when she sees her."
"What do you want?" Ning Jing asked.
Su Liang thought for a moment and said, "Even if it is really a substitute, not Nian Ruxue herself, as long as she is a Gan countryman, she is eligible to participate in the martial arts examination. For the time being, do nothing. If the matter of Duanmu Ao being beaten is left unresolved, even if she and I don't meet in the qualifying round, we will definitely fight in the final. At that time, I will find a way to verify her identity in public."
"Why wait?" Ning Jing asked.
Zheng'er learned to speak, "Why?"
Su Liang smiled and pinched Zheng'er's chubby face, "There is a saying that goes, the higher you stand, the harder you fall."
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