Strange and Cute

Su Liang closed the door, turned into the study room next door, and saw Ning Jing sitting at the desk, holding a stone picked up from the mountain today in his hand, and was carefully carving it.

"When we meet like this today, people will suspect that I am a craftsman who went out of the city to meet you." Su Liang sat down opposite.

Ning Jing didn't even raise her head, "You asked me to go."

Su Liang choked and hummed, "I'm not blaming you? I'm just telling you why Uncle Xing is looking for me. I told him that you are the secret guard you hired to protect me."

Ning Jing paused her hand slightly and glanced at Su Liang, "I can be the secret guard you hired to protect you."

Su Liang chuckled, "Master, what about tongue twisters? Aren't they all the same?"

Seeing that Ningjing was focused on the stone in his hand and had no interest in chatting with her, Su Liang got up and left, "I'll go to the military camp to see if the food has improved. If you are discovered, just say that I hired you to protect you." My secret guard." became a peaceful expression.

"What's your name?" Ning Jing asked.

Su Liang was stunned for a moment, then looked back at him, thought for a moment and said, "Let's call him Shi Er."

A bastard who likes to play with rocks... I won’t tell him this.

"Who is Shi Da?" Ning Jing asked.

"It's me, your brother." Su Liang was amused by his casual joke.

Ning Jing stared at Su Liang, "So happy?"

The corner of Su Liang's lips curled up slightly, "Master, even if it's fake, if you call me brother, I will definitely die of joy."

Ning Jing narrowed her eyes and continued carving on the stone with her sharp carving knife, "For your safety, it's impossible."

Su Liang smiled and strode out of the door, "My name is Shi Er."

But just in case, if Ningjing is discovered and she happens to be asked, at least his name cannot be wrong.

But Su Liang felt that it shouldn't be used.

When he went out to ride a horse and went to the military camp, the soldiers he met looked at Su Liang with eager admiration.

Although this is a world where men are superior to women, in the military camp, strength determines everything.

The sun was almost setting now, and the beautiful sunset glow turned half of the sky red.

Xing Ji was discussing with the generals of Xuanbeicheng how to take over Nanfeng City next.

No one from Liang Kingdom has come to negotiate yet, but if nothing unexpected happens, someone will come tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow at the latest.

Wei Yao made the promise last night in front of the armies of the two countries. If he breaks his promise, Qian Guo must not pretend that nothing happened. This is related to the dignity of the country.

Su Liang went outside the meeting hall and met Qi Jiang.

"Uncle Qi." Su Liang bowed his hands.

Qi Jiang was a man of serious words. When he saw Su Liang coming, his eyes suddenly became a little gentler, and he twitched his lips and said, "General Su is here, come in quickly."

Whether it was Su Liang rescuing Xing Yusheng, taking care of his brother Qi Yan, treating Qi Jiang's old injuries, and helping the Xing family save the day from danger many times, or just because Su Liang regarded Qi Jiang as an elder and treated him sincerely, Qi Jiang would always remember it in his heart. .

"General Xing, I'm Su Liang, can I come in?" Su Liang asked standing outside the door.

"Enter."

Hearing Xing Ji's voice coming from inside, Su Liang went in and said apologetically, "I'm late."

General Zhou waved his hand quickly, "General Su is a great hero. He was tired last night. It's time to take a rest today."

There was an empty seat next to Chen Yun, so Su Liang went over and sat down.

Xing Ji was not talking about Nanfeng City just now, but about the new rules for military training.

Most of them were proposed by Su Liang. Xing Ji had discussed them in detail with the two generals in charge of military training and both thought it was feasible.

Although the climate of Qian State is superior to that of Liang State, its products are rich, and its army is well-equipped, the average physical fitness of its soldiers is not as good as that of Liang State.

The main purpose of Su Liang's suggestions was to improve the soldiers' physical fitness.

Before she came, Xing Ji had already spoken most of the story.

After finishing speaking, Xing Ji put down the thick stack of paper in his hand and glanced around, "Is there anything you don't understand? If you understand everything, tell me what you think. Start with General Zhou. Whether it's opinions or suggestions , just say it.”

For a moment, Su Liang seemed to have returned to the scene of a regular meeting in his previous life. It was really confusing to speak one by one.

However, in order of sitting position or rank, Su Liang is at the bottom.

She regretted coming over. She might as well go directly to the kitchen to watch the cooking. But now that we are here, it is not good to leave halfway.

Su Liang listened to the opinions of the general who was pointed out. Generally speaking, he supported the reforms that Xing Ji wanted to make.

When it was Lin Bojun's turn, of course he supported it unconditionally.

Next was Chen Yun. He proposed that half of the soldiers in the military camp could be trained according to the new regulations first, while the original ones remained unchanged.

"In this way, after half a month, you will know which one is better and which one is worse." Chen Yun looked serious, "It's just the general's humble opinion."

Xing Ji admired Chen Yun, "It's better this way. What do you think, General Su?"

Su Liang nodded, "I agree."

This meeting ended successfully.

As soon as Su Liang walked out of the meeting hall, Lin Bojun caught up with him, "Xiao Liang, are you going back to the General's Mansion?"

Su Liang shook his head, "I want to go to the kitchen."

"Today's food is better than yesterday." Lin Bojun said with a smile, and then asked about Su Liang's visit to Ping'an Temple today, "I heard that the person with you is the secret guard hired by A Jing to protect you. ?”

Su Liang nodded.

"A master who likes to pick mushrooms?" Lin Bojun lowered his voice, "Could it be A Jing?"

Su Liang blinked and whispered, "He likes to pick mushrooms?"

Lin Bojun shook his head, "That's not true. I just think that you running out of the city to meet that person is not an ordinary secret guard. The actions of the two of you make me suspect that it is A Jing."

Su Liang chuckled, "Why?"

Lin Bojun said seriously, "Only when you two are together will you do weird and cute things."

Su Liang coughed lightly, "Why does Second Brother Lin think picking mushrooms is cute?"

Lin Bojun shook his head, "It's weird and cute that you ran out of the city to meet a man picking mushrooms. You didn't deny it. It seems I guessed it right?"

When the words came to this point, Su Liang admitted, "That's right."

Lin Bojun paused, "Is it really him? You two... really, wouldn't it be nice to get married as soon as possible? He was always pretending before, and you just left the capital for a long time, and you are chasing after him? What did I say? ? He just likes you, but it’s so awkward!”

Su Liang looked around to make sure no one was nearby. He tugged on Lin Bojun's sleeve to stop him from continuing to complain, "Brother Lin, you misunderstood. He is not chasing me."

"So he's chasing me? Why didn't he make an appointment with me to pick mushrooms outside the city?" Lin Bojun couldn't suppress his complaints after learning that the man he met Su Liang outside the city today was really peaceful. desire.

Su Liang couldn't help laughing, "Brother Lin never thought about how he could leave the capital?"

Lin Bojun was stunned for a moment, "He works in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and at this time, the emperor will not allow him to leave the capital. Moreover, except for you and our family, no one else knows that he knows martial arts."

"Second brother Lin, guess again?" Su Liang asked.

Lin Bojun frowned and thought, always feeling that something was wrong. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly slapped his forehead, "Qi Jun?!"

He had heard Lin Xueqing say before that Su Liang had learned the art of disguise and was very good at it.

Finally realized something was wrong. There should have been someone beside Su Liang, but it was Qi Jun who Xing Yusheng arranged to follow and protect her.

But "Qi Jun" only showed up once after following Su Liang on the day he left the capital, and disappeared when he arrived at Xuanbei City.

Qi Jiang has never even seen his son who he thought he would accompany him since he left home.

If Ning Jing and Qi Jun changed their identities and left Qi Jun to pretend to be him in the capital, everything would make sense!

Seeing Su Liang smiling and saying nothing, Lin Bojun was simply drunk, "You two are so bold!"

"I didn't plan to say it originally. Second brother Lin is too smart, so he guessed it. Let's just pretend we don't know." Su Liang said, "If something happens, it has nothing to do with us. Let someone bear the responsibility."

Lin Bojun raised his forehead and said, "If he comes with you, aren't you reluctant to be separated from each other?"

Su Liang said sternly, "Absolutely not. He just felt that the capital was boring and wanted to go out for fun. Qi Jun happened to be visiting that day, and he had an idea and took advantage of her."

The corners of Lin Bojun's mouth twitched, "Have you had an idea?" He looked at Su Liang with eyes full of "Do you think I believe it?"...

"Actually, the main reason why we were able to deal with the Wan family father and son so smoothly was because of him." Su Liang said, "It would have been much more difficult for me to act alone."

"I see." Lin Bojun nodded, "I hope Qi Jun won't be discovered in the capital, and everything will be fine."

"I believe in his ability." Su Liang said.

"So you are actually together from the beginning to the end? Then why go to meet outside the city in broad daylight? What kind of fun is this?" After getting down to business, Lin Bojun continued to complain and couldn't stop at all.

Su Liang asked calmly, "Brother Lin, don't you want to pick mushrooms with Yu Jin?"

Lin Bojun immediately turned his head, looked in the direction of the capital, and let out a long sigh, "I wish I could grow wings and fly back to see her. But who in the right mind would meet up to pick mushrooms and fall in love?"

Su Liang nodded, "We are normal people. We really went to pick mushrooms, so we did not fall in love. We just like to pick mushrooms because they are delicious. It's that simple."

Lin Bojun: ...It is reasonable and well-founded, but it is impossible to refute...

The kitchen is in full swing preparing dinner.

Seeing Su Liang come in, a steward who had communicated with her yesterday hurriedly came over and said, "General Su is here!"

This enthusiasm was mainly due to Su Liang's feat of defeating Wei Hao last night and winning a city for the Qian Kingdom.

The kitchen steward is a retired veteran who was injured and has a good heart. Yesterday, they were not very convinced by Su Liang, because at that time they did not know that the Wan family and his son left so quickly and did not cause turmoil. In fact, Su Liang did a lot of things secretly.

"You guys are busy, I just came over to take a look and solve any problems in time." Su Liang smiled.

The steward said cheerfully, "According to General Su's instructions, I changed a lot of things overnight. I'm using it today. It's fast, good, and labor-saving! It's much cleaner than before! The recipes given by General Su are also good. I can make them." The food is much more delicious!”

Su Liang looked around and asked the steward to write down the problem immediately.

Then she and Lin Bojun sat near the kitchen, each eating a bowl of freshly cooked stew.

"It's okay." Lin Bojun said.

Su Liang felt that the taste was just that, it could fill up the stomach, but it looked much more pleasing to the eye than yesterday. At least he knew what he was eating, and it was full of oil and water.

Su Liang wanted to go back to the General's Mansion, and Lin Bojun said to see her off.

Su Liang did not refuse, knowing that Lin Bojun wanted to see Pingjing.

The two met Chen Yun at the gate of the military camp who was going home.

"Are you two going to drink? I'm treating you to a few drinks together!" Chen Yun said with a smile.

Lin Bojun shook his head, "Xiao Liang doesn't like drinking. I'll take her back."

Chen Yun was stunned for a moment, and then he saw Lin Bojun and Su Liang had ridden away. He stared at Su Liang's back, feeling as if he had seen him somewhere...

...

Lin Bojun followed Su Liang into the room, and it was already dark outside.

Su Liang turned on the light, pointed to the study door to Lin Bojun, and he went in.

Su Liang was not sure if Ning Jing was there, but when she saw that Lin Bojun did not come out after he went in, she knew that he was there. She went out and closed the door, and went to the kitchen to make a midnight snack for Ning Jing.

Lin Bojun was there, so she made more for him.

Not long after, Su Liang was cutting vegetables, and Ning Jing came in.

"Is Second Brother Lin gone?" Su Liang asked.

Ning Jing shook his head, "Yes."

"Why don't you accompany him?" Su Liang continued to cut vegetables.

Ning Jing sat down and added firewood to the fire, "I said I would come to light the fire, but he told me to hurry up."

There was no hare to eat during the day, and when Su Liang went to the military camp, Ning Jing caught one and had already processed it.

Su Liang cooked a pot of spicy rabbit meat, fried some vegetables, and made mushroom soup noodles.

When the midnight snack was served, Lin Bojun looked expectant, "I haven't eaten anything good since I left home. You guys enjoy it every day, but you don't call me, really!"

After saying that, Lin Bojun picked up a piece of rabbit meat, which was so spicy that he was gasping for air, and so fragrant that he almost bit his tongue.

"Are you drinking? I'll go buy some." Su Liang said. There is no wine here, she doesn't drink, and Ning Jing rarely drinks on her own initiative.

"No need." Ning Jing said.

"If I had known earlier, I would have asked for the wine that General Zhou gave to Uncle Xing." Lin Bojun was eating meat and really wanted to drink two glasses.

Ning Jing put down his chopsticks, got up and went out.

Not long after, he came back and brought back a jar of wine.

"There is a wine cellar in the mansion. The wine collected by the Wan family father and son." Ning Jing said.

Su Liang said that although she lived here, she had no idea that someone really had a pair of eyes that were good at discovering.

Lin Bojun was very surprised. He opened the bottle and took a deep breath, "Good wine! Ah Jing, let's have a few drinks!"

Ning Jing then accompanied Lin Bojun to drink.

Lin Bojun's alcohol tolerance was average. After a few drinks, he was a little tipsy. While fighting with Ning Jing for meat, he was thinking about his beloved fiancée.

A large plate of spicy rabbit meat was finished, and the vegetarian dishes were also eaten.

Lin Bojun ate a large bowl of mushroom soup noodles and exclaimed that he was comfortable.

"Someone picked mushrooms. Are they delicious?" Su Liang asked. It was indeed Ning Jing who picked them. He specially left some for midnight snack.

Lin Bojun blushed and smiled, "Delicious! When we get back to Beijing, I'll take Yu Jin to pick mushrooms!"

As he spoke, Lin Bojun looked at Su Liang, then at Ning Jing, and slapped Ning Jing on the shoulder, "Ah Jing, you're so clingy, chasing Xiao Liang all day long, and you still say you don't like her? Are you a man? If you are a man, just admit it!"

Before Ning Jing could react, Lin Bojun fell on the table and couldn't get up.

Ning Jing got up to clean up the dishes, and Lin Bojun suddenly raised his arms high again, drunkenly saying, "You...you'll enter the bridal chamber tonight! Otherwise, Ah Jing, you're not a man! Xiao Liang...you're not...a woman!"

Su Liang and Ning Jing looked at each other.

Ning Jing's expression was indifferent, "He wants to enter the bridal chamber."

Su Liang rolled up his sleeves, "I'll go back to Beijing and kidnap Yu Jin!"

If Lin Bojun was sober at this time, seeing the strange reactions of these two people, he would definitely say: crazy!