Poisoning

The moonlight outside the window was bright, and there were only a few fireflies in the room.

Su Liang and Gu Ling were so close that their breathing could be heard.

Su Liang stared at the fireflies, and Gu Ling stared at her smiling eyes.

"Hey, great god." Su Liang spoke, subconsciously lowering his voice.

Gu Ling responded, "Hmm?"

"Do you know why fireflies glow?" Su Liang asked.

Gu Ling shook his head, "I'd like to hear more."

"The light organ of fireflies glows, starting with nerve impulses transmitted to the light cells, which release the inhibition of luciferin that was originally in a state. And there is a phosphorus-containing chemical called luciferin in the light cells of fireflies. It is oxidized under the catalysis of luciferin, and the energy generated is released in the form of light." Su Liang remembered the explanation he saw on the Internet in his previous life.

Gu Ling frowned slightly, "Do you think I understand?"

"Actually, I don't really understand it either." Su Liang shook his head.

Gu Ling asked, "Nerve impulse? Why is it impulsive?"

Su Liang chuckled and said, "It's mostly for courtship. Male insects glow to attract female insects, which is the same as peacocks spreading their tails."

Gu Ling was stunned for a moment, but Su Liang didn't look at his expression and didn't notice.

Fireflies flew out of the open window, Su Liang lit the light again, and said seriously, "Fortunately, your jade pendant glows at night. This time I found it, but you must keep it well and don't drop it again."

Gu Ling walked out, "Yes, thank you General Su." He went outside, picked up the food box, and strode away.

Su Liang walked to the window, looked up at the moon for a while, thinking that the training plan for the new recruits needed to be carefully considered. These recruits are much worse than those Su Liang trained in Xuanbei City, and they have to be developed step by step.

As for the competition between the new recruits and the elite team in a month, Su Liang was not too worried.

It's not because she thinks she can win, but because she doesn't care about that. Duanmu Yi wanted to see her ability and consider whether to promote her, but she didn't care about the promotion. Originally, she thought that if Duanmu Sheng's disappearance caused her to arouse Duanmu Yi's suspicion and he no longer reused her, it would be a good thing. Now she just let it go and do what she had to do.

And she trained the recruits to improve their physical fitness in the right way and teach them to become qualified soldiers, rather than forcing them to defeat the elite team in a month.

But even so, Su Liang still planned to understand the strength of the elite team tomorrow. Even if it was not for the competition, she wanted to see what the strongest soldier in the imperial army was like.

After Su Liang sorted out the training plan she wrote in the afternoon from beginning to end, it was late at night.

After a simple wash, Su Liang went to bed.

On the other side, the conditions in the recruit camp were quite simple. Gu Ling chose a place to sleep against the wall, but there was still someone on one side, although not next to him.

It was Qiu Ming, a new recruit who was selected with Gu Ling to be Su Liang's follower. He was very talkative and had already taken the initiative to tell where his family was, how many people there were in his family, why he wanted to join the army, when he arrived in the capital, how many clothes he brought with him, and how much silver he had left.

Out of courtesy, Gu Ling also shared his situation. The whole family died, the last wish of his deceased father, and so on.

"Hey, Han Su, are you asleep?" Qiu Ming turned over and called Gu Ling softly.

Gu Ling turned sideways to the wall and heard it, but ignored it, so Qiu Ming didn't say anything else.

...

Lin Bojun is now married and has never lived in the barracks again. Unless there is something important, he will rush home for dinner.

When he arrived at the barracks early this morning, he went to watch Su Liang train the new recruits.

The morning mist had just dissipated, and the cold and serious female voices shouting slogans on the training ground were particularly beautiful.

Lin Bojun waited for Su Liang to lead the team to run nearby, and waved at her.

"Qiu Ming, step out, continue!" Su Liang asked Qiu Ming, who had persisted to the end of the run yesterday and had a very good relationship with people, to be the captain.

Qiu Ming then led the team to run away, and Su Liang walked towards Lin Bojun.

"Gao Jiabao insisted on going with you, and I didn't stop him." Lin Bojun said with a smile, "But you didn't even let him be your deputy?"

Su Liang shook his head, "He asked for equal treatment."

"Okay. You came from the same martial arts examination, you should know him better than me." Lin Bojun said and looked at the new recruits running away, "I heard that there is a boy here who looks very good?"

Su Liang said calmly, "The overall appearance of our new recruits is not low. If we talk about the first place, it is a boy named Han, and Gao Jiabao is second. If they are compared with the second brother Lin..."

"How?" Lin Bojun asked subconsciously.

"The second brother Lin is ranked third." Su Liang joked.

Lin Bojun snorted, "Yu Jin said I look the best."

Su Liang nodded, "Of course. What did Second Brother Lin take?"

Lin Bojun reacted and quickly handed the food box in his hand to Su Liang, "I was so busy chatting that I forgot about the business. This is the breakfast that Yu Jin prepared for you, and some snacks that she and my sister-in-law made together. My younger sister and Yu Sheng were here last night, and I wanted to bring you food every meal, but my father persuaded me not to."

Su Liang took it, "Thank you, my sister-in-law. Has Xue Qing moved next door to my house?"

Lin Bojun nodded, "She moved there yesterday, but you were not at home, which disappointed my younger sister."

"She's married, why is she staring at me every day?" Su Liang shook his head, "I don't think your brother-in-law will be disappointed."

"That's right." After Lin Bojun finished speaking, someone called him not far away, so he left.

Su Liang and the other team ran to her again, told Qiu Ming to run two more laps and then go to have breakfast.

Su Liang's eyes met Gu Ling's again. She thought that she could ask Gu Ling to help her carry the food box and take him to have breakfast with her, but she quickly gave up the idea. If she treats a new recruit in a different light, it won't hurt if others suspect that she is interested in Gu Ling's beauty. If someone who knows something about the situation and is suspicious notices it, they may suspect that Ning Jing is alive.

For example, Lin Bojun, who knew "Ningjing" was a powerful martial artist, Duanmu Yi and Duanmu Chen, the father and son of the royal family, and Lin Qi, who taught her the art of disguise.

Therefore, Su Liang walked away alone carrying the food box given by Lin Bojun. Gu Ling looked away as usual, trained with the others, and went to have breakfast together afterward.

There is no table for eating in the military camp. You have to stand, squat, or sit on the ground.

As soon as Gu Ling sat under the tree with breakfast, Qiu Ming and Gao Jiabao came over.

"General Gao is familiar with General Su, right?" Qiu Ming asked.

Gao Jiabao shook his head, "We are friends, but not familiar. She is very measured in her dealings with people."

Qiu Ming was stunned for a moment, and then said with a clear look, "Yes, it turns out that General Su has a fiancé, but it's a pity that God is jealous of Yingcai."

Gu Ling didn't say much, and just listened to Qiu Ming and Gao Jiabao talking about the competition in a month's time. Both of them attach great importance to this and hope to win. They both believe that if they lose, they will be sorry for Su Liang.

"Hansu, are you good at martial arts?" Qiu Ming asked.

Gu Ling nodded, "Yeah."

"I can do it too. My father is a bodyguard. I grew up in a bodyguard station and learned some boxing and kicking skills from my uncles. But I think being a bodyguard is boring. I originally wanted to go to Xuanbei City to join the army, but I didn't expect to pass by the capital. , I'm so lucky to have encountered the Imperial Army recruiting troops, this is a rare opportunity!" Qiu Ming said with a smile, "My family doesn't know that I am in the capital yet. When we can go out, I will write a letter to my family to report that I am safe!"

Gao Jiabao said, "I'm going home tomorrow. You can give me the letter and I'll take it out for you. Ask someone to help deliver the letter."

Qiu Ming looked happy, "That's great! Thank you, General Gao!"

"I'm just like you, just call me by my name." Gao Jiabao liked Qiu Ming very much.

…

The breakfast Qin Yujin prepared for Su Liang was so rich that she couldn't finish it and left two buns in the room. The other delicate and delicious snacks were left untouched.

This morning, Su Liang briefly explained the plans for the next training to the recruits, and then led them to start the first day of formal training.

Many of the new recruits couldn't bear it any longer, but Su Liang was much stricter than yesterday, asking them to persist without hurting their bodies.

It was approaching noon and half a day of training was over. Su Liang was sweating and planned to go back and wash up.

Not long after she returned to her residence, Qiu Ming and Gu Ling brought food and water.

The small courtyard where Su Liang lived originally had a stove, but it had not been used for a long time. Lin Bojun had sent people to clean and repair it in the morning, and prepared dry firewood and a new bathtub specifically for Su Liang's use.

Gu Ling was boiling bath water for Su Liang, and she asked them if they had eaten.

After Qiu Ming said not yet, Su Liang said, "Then you go and eat first and take his food too, so you don't have to go late and have nothing to eat."

Qiu Ming ran away.

Su Liang gave Gu Ling the buns left in the morning and said, "Yu Jin made them. If you feel they are too cold, bake them on the fire."

As he said this, Su Liang felt that Gu Ling's diet had plummeted after joining the army.

Gu Ling wiped her hands, took it, and ate it without reheating it.

"If you ask me, you should just find some excuse to withdraw. Anyway, you have experienced it, and it will only be more difficult in the future." Su Liang put forward her suggestion. Mainly because he felt that Gu Ling would not improve his strength or character if he could live a comfortable life but come here to experience life. It was unnecessary.

Gu Ling shook his head, "No."

Su Liang shrugged, "As long as you are happy. If the food here is not to your liking, I will leave some snacks in my room for you. If you want to eat, go get it yourself without letting anyone see it."

"Okay." Gu Ling nodded and asked Su Liang, "Have you ever seen a peacock open its tail?"

"I've seen it before, in the zoo. It's very beautiful." Su Liang said, "Aren't there any peacocks here?"

Gu Ling said that Yan Guo had it, but he had only heard about it and had never seen it with his own eyes.

Su Liang said casually, "Whenever I have the opportunity, I will go to Yan Country to visit."

…

It was Qiu Ming who came to deliver dinner that day. Gu Ling didn't show up, so Su Liang didn't have the chance to tell him a story during dinner.

Gu Ling lives with others and disappears in the middle of the night, which can easily arouse suspicion.

Therefore, when Su Liang was getting ready to go to bed, Gu Ling didn't appear, so she thought it was normal.

But when she got up and prepared to go out the next day, Su Liang noticed that the top two pieces of the snacks she had left on the table for Gu Ling were missing...

It couldn't be anyone else, and Su Liang didn't know when Gu Ling came last night.

That afternoon, Su Liang saw the training of the elite squad of the Forbidden Army. They were carefully selected. They were all tall and strong, with good martial arts skills. Some of them had been on the battlefield and were much stronger than the new recruits.

"The emperor didn't say how we will compete at that time, but I have confidence in you." Lin Bojun said to Su Liang.

Su Liang shook his head, "I will slowly increase the intensity of the recruits' training, but winning or losing doesn't matter."

…

It was night, and it was Qiu Ming who came to deliver dinner to Su Liang.

Su Liang was not too hungry, so she let him put it down and left.

"Yes, General Su." Qiu Ming respectfully excused himself.

As a result, as soon as he went out, he saw Gao Jiabao coming. Although he volunteered to be a new soldier for training, he was still a young general and could move freely in the barracks.

"I have asked someone to send your letter!" Gao Jiabao returned home in the afternoon, and just came back with something that the old doctor Gao asked him to bring to Su Liang.

Qiu Ming hurriedly thanked Gao Jiabao when he heard it.

"I brought delicious food for you and Han Su." Gao Jiabao took out an oil paper bag from the basket in his hand and handed it to Qiu Ming, "The signature braised pork elbow of Wanjia Restaurant in Beijing."

Qiu Ming was overjoyed and took it happily.

Gao Jiabao carried the basket and walked towards Su Liang's room.

The moment Qiu Ming turned around, his eyes turned cold...

...

"I don't know what you like to eat, this is made by my mother." Gao Jiabao took out a box of osmanthus cake and a book that the old doctor Gao lent her, which contained some medical skills.

Su Liang tried a piece of osmanthus cake very politely, nodded and said, "It's delicious." Before she finished speaking, she picked up the book.

Gao Jiabao was not surprised. Seeing that the food on Su Liang's table was not touched, she heard her say, "If you haven't eaten, eat here. I'm hungry and eat osmanthus cake."

In order not to come back too late, Gao Jiabao did not eat dinner at home. Thinking that she had something to ask Su Liang, she didn't bother to be polite with her.

Because Su Liang was reading a book, Gao Jiabao ate quietly and planned to talk after eating.

The door and windows were open, and the wind blew outside, and the leaves rustled.

Gao Jiabao put down his chopsticks, and Su Liang was still concentrating on reading.

"I have something to ask you..." Gao Jiabao just opened his mouth, and suddenly blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes turned red.

Su Liang heard it, closed the book and looked over, "What's the matter?"

After seeing Gao Jiabao's abnormality, Su Liang's expression changed, threw away the book in his hand, and wanted to feel his pulse.

As a result, before his hand touched Gao Jiabao's arm, he suddenly stood up, drew his sword, and stabbed towards Su Liang!

"Gao Jiabao!" Su Liang dodged quickly.

But Gao Jiabao seemed to be deaf and wanted to kill Su Liang like crazy.

Su Liang's heart sank! There was something wrong with today's dinner! He must have been poisoned! And this poison was originally directed at her. If she ate it, she would become a murderer uncontrollably, and the consequences would be disastrous!

Su Liang concentrated, dodging Gao Jiabao's attacks while looking for opportunities to control him.

On the other side, Qiu Ming found Gu Ling with the braised pork elbow sent by Gao Jiabao, saying that he wanted to share it with him.

"It looks delicious!" Qiu Ming said with a smile.

Gu Ling's expression was indifferent, "It's too greasy, I won't eat it, you eat it."

After hearing this, Qiu Ming took back the elbow he handed over, but did not eat it. Instead, he put it back into the oil paper bag, "Then eat it tomorrow, it's too late today."

Gu Ling's eyes fell on Qiu Ming's eyebrows, and then turned to the braised elbow he had put away, his eyes fixed!

When Qiu Ming looked up again, Gu Ling was gone.

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