Uncover Her Mask (Update 1)

"What is the master doing?" Huang Bo couldn't understand how things could develop to this point.

Duanmu Che picked up the prescription written by Su Liang again, his eyes fixed on it, and he remained silent.

Huang Bo sighed repeatedly, "The master asked Miss Su to kneel, and she knelt. Why did she make such a fuss? She is completely different from before. Why does the master still care about the past?"

"Yes, she is different from before, too different..." Duanmu Che's eyes were deep, "I had some doubts, and seeing her today, I feel that she is not Su Liang at all!"

Huang Bo was stunned, "What does the master mean by this?"

"It's only been more than a year. I don't believe that a person can change so thoroughly. Even if there is a wandering monk who teaches her martial arts and makes rapid progress, her whole speech and behavior are completely different, and even her handwriting has no similarities with the past! Is this possible?" Duanmu Che said coldly.

Huang Bo looked at him in disbelief, "Master is suspicious... Miss Su, is she fake?! Impossible, who would deliberately pretend to be Su Liang?"

"As you said, she treated Xing Yusheng and cured Mr. Qin. She is a guest of honor at the Duke Qin's Mansion and the Marquis Zhongxin's Mansion. She is like a sister to Miss Qin and Lin Shuzhi's daughter. She is sworn brother to the head of the Ning family, a tea merchant in Xunyang. She has frequent contacts with the eldest lady of the Wan family, a grain merchant in Qingyang. She shines in the martial arts examination and is expected to become the top martial arts scholar this year." Duanmu Che said slowly.

Huang Bo frowned, "I did say so."

"If someone pretends to be Su Liang, these are the goals. Disguise can make the fake look real, and for the rest, just claim to have lost her memory, or even use the name of losing her memory to openly inquire about Su Liang's past." Duanmu Che said coldly, "Although Su Liang is just a commoner, her identity is special. As long as it is used properly, there is a lot of potential."

Huang Bo's face changed suddenly after hearing this, "Master, what you said does make sense. If you think about it carefully, her transformation is incredible."

"Others don't know what the original Su Liang looks like, but you and I have seen it." Duanmu Che said coldly.

"But I found out that Su Liang beat the second prince in the Huguo Temple before, because she knew that the second prince was related to the death of the Su family." Huang Bo frowned.

"How do you know she didn't do it on purpose to gain my trust?" Duanmu Che asked back.

Huang Bo frowned, "Does the master really think she is fake? If so, what does she want to do?"

"Don't forget, the fourth brother went to Bei'an County last year." Duanmu Che said.

Huang Bo's eyes widened, "Does the master suspect that they knew each other in Bei'an County?"

Duanmu Che said coldly, "Bei'an County is so small, she is with Ning Jing, and knows Xing Yusheng, the prince of Beijing at that time, and she is also an orphan of the Su family. Duanmu Chen can't fail to notice her."

Huang Bo looked puzzled.

"Perhaps, she is a spy from the enemy country, pretending to be Su Liang, deliberately approaching Duanmu Chen, and then looking for an opportunity to approach me, using the martial arts exam to stand out, in order to achieve an ulterior purpose." Duanmu Che thought, "Even, she is simply a chess piece secretly planted by Duanmu Chen!"

"The master asked her to kneel down, is it because he suspects her and is testing her?" Huang Bo asked.

Duanmu Che coughed a few times and nodded, "Su Liang is really outstanding and special now. The more so, the more suspicious I find her."

"This..." Huang Bo is most concerned about Duanmu Che's health, but if Su Liang is really a spy with bad intentions, how can he dare to let her treat Duanmu Che?

A few blood-red plum blossoms bloomed on the handkerchief that Duanmu Che covered his mouth with, and his voice was weak, "I won't die for a while. But even if I die, I won't be used by others."

Huang Bo sighed deeply and pushed Duanmu Che into the inner room, "Master is right to be cautious. But what if, that is Su Liang?"

"I believe in my intuition, she is not." Duanmu Che's eyes were without any warmth, "Send a message to Lin Shi. I will definitely expose her mask and let her have nowhere to hide!"

...

It was completely dark, and there were few pedestrians.

Su Liang and Ning Jing walked home together.

Ning Jing spoke with a cold tone, "Are you out of your mind?"

Su Liang knew what Ning Jing was talking about and sighed, "Su Liang was originally saved by Duanmu Che, so she could leave the capital alive and go to Sujia Village. I got her identity and thanked Duanmu Che for her kindness, so I knelt down. I thought things would go smoothly afterwards, but I didn't expect Duanmu Che to have such a weird temper."

"No need to look for him again." Ning Jing said.

Su Liang looked helpless, "Things never happen more than three times. It's like this, what else to look for? This time he made me kneel, and next time he might make me hurt myself. I can see that he doesn't like me very much, and he doesn't seem to want to help the Su family get revenge, so I won't rush to make things uncomfortable. Let's think of other ways to deal with the Su family's affairs."

"How long did you kneel?" Ning Jing asked.

Su Liang shook his head, "I don't know, it doesn't matter, just treat it as knee training."

...

The next day at the competition field, Duanmu Chen asked Su Liang in public whether the treatment of Duanmu Che yesterday was successful.

Su Liang said that she was not good at medicine and could do nothing.

Outsiders were not surprised to hear this, as they all knew that Duanmu Che was seriously ill.

But Duanmu Chen felt puzzled. He was present at the time, and Su Liang was sure after taking his pulse, so why did it change again?

But it was inconvenient to ask in public, so Duanmu Chen just said that he was sorry and he would find another famous doctor for Duanmu Che.

After the competition, Chang'an was ordered to ask Su Liang, and she said directly that Duanmu Che made things difficult for her and the talks broke down.

Duanmu Chen was even more puzzled when he found out.

I didn't suspect that Su Liang lied to him, because he had nothing to do with the Su family's affairs, and he was not hostile to Su Liang.

But this made Duanmu Chen more suspicious that Duanmu Che was pretending to be sick, so he refused to accept treatment for fear of being discovered. If he was really sick, why would he refuse a doctor who could save him?

Su Liang didn't know what Duanmu Chen was thinking. She made up her mind not to associate with Duanmu Che anymore, and she completely put it behind her.

After the qualifying round, Su Liang and Nian Ruxue lived up to expectations and entered the top ten with a perfect record of ten rounds.

There were five people who won all ten rounds, and none of them had ever played against each other, so their rankings were not yet determined.

But the top thirty have been preliminarily determined.

The reason why it is preliminary is that the challenge competition that will be added next is about to begin.

The registration period is one day, and the selection period for multiple people to challenge the same person is one day.

Su Liang expected that she could rest for two days, and it was unlikely that someone would choose to challenge her.

Sure enough, after the registration was over, Qi Yan came to inform Su Liang that none of the five people who won all the qualifying rounds challenged anyone.

There are many people who challenged some of the lower ranked ones.

Su Liang took the medicine specially prepared for Qi Yan and Qi Jun's father Qi Jiang and told him how to use it.

Qi Jiang had an old injury that had not healed completely.

"Thank you Miss Su!" Qi Yan was very happy.

Su Liang asked Qi Jun again, "When is your brother expected to come back?"

"The challenge competition has been added, and the time for the martial arts examination has been extended. If it's fast, Ah Jun will be in the capital before the finals!" Qi Yan said.

...

After Qi Yan left, Su Liang mentioned Nian Jincheng again, "If you tell him that Nian Ruxue cheated me, will he believe you?"

Ning Jing nodded, "Yes."

"Will he turn against Nian Ruxue because of this?" Su Liang asked again.

Ning Jing nodded, "Yes."

Su Liang was surprised, "So confident? That's his most beloved sister."

"Before, I didn't have any evidence that Nian Ruxue did anything evil, I just said my own opinion." Ning Jing's expression was indifferent, "Nian Jincheng didn't distrust me, but he thought that I had a prejudice against Nian Ruxue, and he knew Nian Ruxue better than me."

Su Liang nodded, "Okay. You are indeed true friends. But justice and emotion may not be so clear sometimes. I hope you won't be slapped in the face when he returns."

...

The selection of the challenge is over. The ten warriors who have the opportunity to challenge will fight with the martial arts candidates they chose tomorrow. If they succeed, they can replace them.

Among them is Luo Rong, one of Su Liang's previous opponents. He challenged the warrior who ranked tenth in the qualifying points, and the opponent selected by all challengers ranked the highest.

If the challenge is successful, he will jump into the finals.

Qi Yan heard that Luo Rong and his opponent knew each other before, so he thought he was sure.

At nightfall, Su Liang and Ning Jing had dinner at Wanjia Restaurant.

Zheng'er was full, holding up the wooden plane Ning Jing made for him and running around happily in the room.

Wan Hui and Lu Yu were talking business with someone in the private room next door.

Ning Jing asked Su Liang to draw the small plane. He wanted to see what something that could carry people in the sky looked like, so he made several wooden models of different sizes according to the drawings.

The private room was facing the street, and the window was open.

Su Liang was about to ask Ning Jing if he would go to the challenge tomorrow, but he suddenly stood up and rushed to the window!

Turning around, he saw Zheng'er climbed onto the chair by the window without knowing when, and leaned out, and was hugged back by Ning Jing.

"Fly!" Zheng'er waved the small plane with sparkling eyes, and wanted to let it fly down.

Ning Jing spanked Zheng'er's little butt, with a serious look, "Don't crawl around, don't throw things outside, it will hit people."

Zheng'er looked at Su Liang aggrievedly.

Su Liang took out a piece of rice paper from the medicine box he brought with him, quickly folded a paper airplane, and threw it to Zheng'er.

Zheng'er's little face was excited, and his eyes followed the movement of the paper airplane.

Ning Jing reached out and grabbed it, and handed it to Zheng'er.

It didn't matter if he threw it out this time. The little guy was reluctant to let it go again, and he hadn't played enough.

Su Liang walked over and looked down.

Two people walked out of the inn opposite. One of them looked up and met Su Liang's eyes, and then politely bowed and greeted him.

It was Luo Rong.

Su Liang smiled and greeted him, and then heard Ning Jing say, "His forehead is black."

It had been a few days since he came to work, and Su Liang's face became serious, "Tomorrow's challenge, it seems that he has threatened someone, and something may happen tonight."

...

It was late at night.

The uncle and nephew of the Luo family had all gone to bed. Su Liang and Ning Jing sat on the roof of the inn, quietly watching the stars...

After waiting for a long time, Su Liang began to yawn, and finally saw a black shadow appear in sight.

"Here they come." Su Liang whispered, his hand on the hilt, ready for battle.

The man was very good at Qinggong, not taking the usual route, leaping up and down on the roof, approaching quickly.

Su Liang thought that this was the man who came to kill Luo Rong, but he landed on a nearby roof, waved at this side, and said with a smile, "You two are having a tryst on the roof, what a refined taste."

After saying that, he jumped up again and floated away...

Su Liang looked puzzled, "Just a passerby?"

Ning Jing looked in another direction, "Here they come." This time they were their real target.

It was an old man, not the 10th place candidate in the qualifying round, but his father.

Like the uncle and nephew of the Luo family, they were all from the underworld, and they did know each other, but they were not friends, but had a long-standing grudge.

Luo Rong was stronger, but unfortunately he had bad luck. He ran into Su Liang in the last round of the knockout round and was eliminated directly. Fortunately, he still had a chance to challenge, so he chose that person.

Su Liang knocked the person unconscious and threw him at the door of Luo Rong's room.

The movement caused Luo Rong to wake up and go out to check, looking shocked! I saw that man wearing night clothes, with smoke hidden in his sleeves, and a dagger in his arms. What else don't you understand? He immediately dragged the person in.

The only thing that the Luo family uncles and nephews are confused about is that someone is obviously helping secretly, but they have no clue who the "good Samaritan" is...

…

Su Liang and Ning Jing completed their tasks and went home to sleep.

In the Fifth Prince's Mansion, Duanmu Che has a visitor.

"On the way here just now, I saw a man and woman sitting on the roof looking at the stars. They were really cute. If I hadn't been in a hurry to see little Cheche, I would have gone to play with them." The man who spoke was tall and boneless. He leaned against the soft couch like this, with deep eyebrows and a smile on his lips. He raised his fingers at Duanmu Che and said, "Call my cousin to come and listen."

Duanmu Che's expression was indifferent, "Lin Ershan, how is your disguise skill?"

When Lin Xian heard this, he jumped up and pinched Duanmu Che's ears, "Asshole! If you call me that again, I will sell you to Zuixiang Tower to pick up guests!"

Duanmu Che frowned, "Cousin."

Lin Xin hummed softly, "That's pretty much it." After finishing his words, he paused and said, "My disguise skills are of course first-class, what do you want from me?"

"There are two women participating in the current military examination, but the difference in strength is too big compared to the past. I suspect that they are pretending to be disguised." Duanmu Che said with a cold face, "Give me some medicine that can remove the disguise. "

Lin Wei looked strange, "Little Cheche, you are almost dead, but you are starting to worry about the country and the people. Are you mentally ill?"

Duanmu Che frowned, "Will you give it or not?"

Lin Wei's tone was faint, "Gee, come on, who made me your brother? But you have to tell me, why do you care about the two women participating in the martial arts competition?"

"It has nothing to do with you." Duanmu Che stared hard, "When the finals come, I will ask my father for permission to use your medicine to check the identities of those two people."

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