The Stone of Huguo Temple (Update 1)

Su Liang returned home late at night, and Gu Ling was still awake.

"Duanmu Chen said that as long as I don't find a rebel as my husband in the future, our cooperation will be unbreakable." Su Liang chuckled, "But he doesn't know that the rebel who is now on the top of the wanted list of the country is in my house. I hope your identity will be cleared as soon as possible."

Gu Ling looked indifferent, "Am I very dark now?"

Su Liang looked at Gu Ling's fair face and nodded, "Yes, it's quite dark. We are in the dark under the lamp."

"Tell a story." Gu Ling said.

Su Liang continued to talk about "Water Margin", and Gu Ling started painting again.

She accidentally glimpsed a painting placed next to her, which was clearly a scene similar to the fight between the female demon and Wu Song. The face of the female demon was very familiar, wasn't it her?

Su Liang was speechless, "Master, if it was because of the fight we had last night, the female demon was me, why wasn't Wu Song you?"

Gu Ling shook his head, "It was just a coincidence. Do you mind it?"

Su Liang snorted, "The female demon isn't as pretty as me."

Gu Ling nodded gently, "I really wronged you, I'm sorry."

Su Liang:... What the hell!

But this little thing is certainly not worth getting angry about. Su Liang finished telling the two stories of the day and went back to her room to sleep.

After Su Liang left, Gu Ling picked up the painting she saw, and there was another one below. The woman in the painting also had Su Liang's face, and the man chopping meat next to her had Gu Ling's face.

Gu Ling picked it up and whispered to herself, "Wu Song and Sun Erniang are not a couple."

The next day, Gu Ling mentioned soy milk, tofu and bean curd skin, and Su Liang made it with him. In fact, she only knew the method roughly and had never tried it, but she succeeded the first time she made it.

At noon, the two of them had a tofu feast, which tasted quite good.

"How about you be responsible for grinding soy milk in the morning in the future?" Su Liang discussed with Gu Ling.

Gu Ling nodded, "Okay."

So it was decided. It's not every day, but it's still very good to drink it occasionally.

...

Because Nian Jincheng knew that "Ning Jing" was not dead, he stopped Yan Yu and didn't let her come to Beijing to accompany Su Liang. There was no other reason, Su Liang didn't need it, and she would have to cooperate with Yan Yu to act at that time, and both of them would be tired, so it was unnecessary.

And Nian Jincheng knew his identity and didn't dare to return to Beijing easily. If he was found out, it would affect the people he cared about the most.

Su Liang received another letter from Yan Yu. In the letter, she expressed her concern and miss for Su Liang, talked about her recent situation, and mainly talked about getting married with Nian Jincheng.

The relationship between the two was natural and smooth, and Yan Yu cherished it very much and hoped to get Su Liang's blessing.

"We'll get married next month, it would be great if you could come."

After reading to the end, Su Liang handed the letter to Gu Ling, but he shook his head, not wanting to read it.

"Let's go to Yan Yu and Xiao Nian's wedding. I haven't been to the Yan family yet." Su Liang put the letter away, "What gift should we give them?"

"Tea." Gu Ling said.

Su Liang wanted to roll his eyes, "Can you be a little creative?"

"It's good that you go, the gift is not important." Gu Ling said.

"Having said that, I still have to give it." Su Liang thought for a while and said, "It's a pity that I'm not as clever as you, otherwise I would carve something for them. Don't you plan to give your brother a gift?"

Gu Ling shook his head, "No, he doesn't need anything, but he should give me a gift."

Su Liang:...The great god is the great god, he is so confident even when he speaks crookedly.

Su Liang here has not thought of preparing a wedding gift for Yan Yu, Wan Hui's family returned to the capital.

Zheng'er, who didn't know that Ning Jing was in trouble, came to the Su Mansion excitedly as soon as he arrived in the capital.

"Aunt! Uncle Ning! Zheng'er is here!" Zheng'er ran into the yard and shouted crisply.

Wan Hui and Lu Yu, who were standing at the gate of the yard, looked at each other and couldn't help sighing. The child didn't understand the meaning of death yet, and they really didn't know how to tell Zheng'er about this.

Su Liang's voice came from the room, "Who is Zheng'er?"

Zheng'er smiled and answered, "Zheng'er is Wan Zhengmin! That's me!"

Su Liang pushed open the window and waved at Zheng'er, and the child called aunt and rushed into the room.

Wan Hui saw that Su Liang looked good and breathed a sigh of relief, "I feel relieved to see that Sister Su is fine."

Zheng'er threw himself into Su Liang's arms, and after a lot of laughter, he looked for his Uncle Ning everywhere.

Unable to find him, Zheng'er asked Su Liang, "Where is Uncle Ning?"

Su Liang picked up Zheng'er and put him on the chair beside him, "He went far away."

Zheng'er looked puzzled, "Where is far away?"

"It's a very far place." Su Liang said.

Zheng'er was still puzzled, "When will Uncle Ning come back? I miss him so much!"

"I don't know either." Su Liang shook his head.

Zheng'er pouted, "But what should I do if I miss Uncle Ning?"

Su Liang took out the peach preserves that he had specially made in Xunyang City and gave them to Zheng'er to eat, "Is it delicious?"

"Delicious." Zheng'er nodded his little head, "I want to eat with Uncle Ning."

Gu Ling, who was reading in the next room, sighed inaudibly and ate a piece of peach preserves silently.

Su Liang didn't tell Zheng'er any great truths, he was still too young to understand. When he grows up, some things will naturally be understood.

It is absolutely impossible to let Gu Ling show up. This is to protect Zheng'er and the Wan family. It was not easy to make the identity of "Ning Jing" disappear, and we must not allow any unnecessary trouble.

The family of three brought a big box, which was the treasures that Zheng'er had collected during his trip to the Wan family, all of which were to be given to Su Liang and "Ning Jing".

The room was carpeted, and Su Liang and Zheng'er sat among a pile of gifts. She smiled as she listened to Zheng'er telling her where the treasures came from, what they were used for, and whether they should be given to her or Uncle Ning. The child danced and gestured as he spoke, which was very cute.

"Aunt, how can Uncle Ning receive the gifts?" Zheng'er asked Su Liang seriously.

Su Liang thought for a while and said, "I'll find a way to send it to him."

"Uncle Ning will definitely receive it, right?" Zheng'er asked eagerly.

Su Liang nodded, "I will."

The Wan Hui family had a meal at Su Liang's place and then went back. Su Liang said that he would go to see Zheng'er tomorrow.

After they left, Su Liang sat on the carpet and sorted out the gifts Zheng'er had given.

The door opened, and Gu Ling walked in, took off his shoes, and sat down next to Su Liang.

Su Liang noticed that Gu Ling was in a bad mood and knew that it was because he could not recognize Zheng'er, so he picked up the gift for him, repeated Zheng'er's words one by one, and then handed it to him.

"This is the gem that Zheng'er stole from his uncle. Look at it in the sun and you can see beautiful flowers!" Su Liang said, imitating Zheng'er, putting his wrists together, holding his face with both hands, tilting his head slightly to one side, blinking his eyes, and repeating, "There are really flowers!"

After saying that, Su Liang felt embarrassed, quickly put the gem in Gu Ling's hand, sat up straight, and coughed lightly, "You didn't see anything just now, it was all an illusion."

Gu Ling's eyes flashed with a faint smile, and he nodded, "Well, stupid."

Su Liang pushed the rest of the gifts to Gu Ling, just He was about to get up and leave, "It's all here, take a look for yourself."

"Su Liang," Gu Ling called Su Liang's name, "I can't meet Zheng'er, I really want to know what gifts he gave me, please help me."

Su Liang snorted, "I mean well, but you laugh at me."

Gu Ling nodded slightly, "My fault."

Su Liang did not sit back, turned his head and looked at Gu Ling and said, "You, just do the action I just learned from Zheng'er, that fancy action, I won't bother with you."

Gu Ling frowned, "It's not suitable for me."

"You still think I'm stupid?" Su Liang asked back.

Gu Ling shook his head, "Absolutely not."

"Then do it." Su Liang insisted.

Gu Ling put down the stone in his hand, put his wrists together, and put them to the neck.

Su Liang felt happy instantly, sat back to his original position, and instructed Gu Ling, "Bend your fingers a little more, that's right. Tilt your head a little."

"Which way to tilt?" Gu Ling asked with a frown.

Su Liang smiled and said, "Anywhere is fine."

Gu Ling tilted his head slightly to the right, and Su Liang gestured to follow suit.

Then, he instantly became cute, aloof and cute, full of contrast.

Su Liang coughed lightly, "Almost, the most important thing is to say Huahua with your eyes blinking."

Gu Ling kept the action, closed his eyes and opened them again, and said two words without emotion, "Huahua."

Su Liang shook his head, "No, you must be confident, the kind of confidence that I am the most beautiful flower in the world! Come again!"

Gu Ling put down his hand, sat up straight, looked at Su Liang and said, "You and Zheng'er are the two most beautiful flowers in the world, I am not."

Su Liang held his forehead, "Master, are you deliberately saying nice things to me to let me let you go?"

Gu Ling nodded, "Yeah."

Su Liang suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, "It's not impossible. But Master, you have to give me a Huahua coupon."

Gu Ling frowned, "What is that?"

"One day I am unhappy and want to see Master perform Huahua, I will use that coupon, Master, you can't refuse." Su Liang thought she was really creative.

"No." Gu Ling shook his head.

Su Liang pretended to turn around, "Then I'll go?"

Gu Ling frowned, "Okay."

Su Liang sat back with satisfaction, picked up the next gift and told Gu Ling.

Before going to bed that night, Su Liang told Gu Ling a story as usual. When she was about to go back to her room, Gu Ling gave her a small wooden sign with a cute little flower engraved on it. There was also a signature in the lower right corner, which was a pattern in the shape of three water drops.

Su Liang raised an eyebrow, "Your name is three drops of water, and my name is two drops of water. This is good. It can be used as a secret code in the future."

She accepted the wooden sign and planned to find an opportunity to use it later.

"God, where is the little yellow flower hairpin I gave you?" Su Liang suddenly remembered.

Gu Ling only said one sentence, "It's not lost."

"Why don't you wear it?" Su Liang asked.

Gu Ling's face was calm, "I am now acting in the dark, and my clothes and accessories cannot be too eye-catching."

Su Liang expressed his understanding and went back to his room with the flower sign.

Gu Ling was lying alone on the bed, holding his face with his hands, his head tilted slightly to one side, silently saying "Hua Hua", then frowning and saying, "Silly."

...

The next day, Gu Ling ground soy milk early in the morning, and Su Liang ordered tofu pudding, making sweet and salty flavors. Gu Ling tasted it and said he liked both.

After leaving Gu Ling his share, Su Liang took the warm tofu pudding and rode to Wan's house to give it to Zheng'er.

Zheng'er likes to eat sweet food, and he was very happy to eat the fragrant and soft tofu pudding.

Wan Hui wanted to take Zheng'er to Huguo Temple to visit Chengyun, and asked Su Liang if he would go with him.

Su Liang thought that he hadn't seen the little monk Chengyun for some time, so he agreed and went to Huguo Temple with them.

Lu Yu drove the car, and only Wan Hui was in the car.

Su Liang took Zheng'er to ride a horse. Zheng'er's little face looked left and right excitedly, not afraid at all.

When they arrived at Huguo Temple, after Wanhui offered incense, they went to find Chengyun together.

Seeing the thin little monk from a distance, Wan Hui let go of Zheng'er's hand, and he ran over on his short legs, "Uncle Xiaoyun! Uncle Xiaoyun!"

Chengyun smiled and picked up Zheng'er, letting the little guy touch his bald head.

Near noon, Chengyun invited them to eat vegetarian food in the temple's dining hall.

Su Liang was a little surprised when he suddenly saw a group of forbidden troops appearing not far away. The person leading the team was none other than Lin Bojun.

As if there was something important, he just nodded to Su Liang and continued to lead people to the mountain behind Huguo Temple in a hurry.

Su Liang asked Chengyun who was talking to Zheng'er, "Did anything happen in the temple today?"

Chengyun nodded, "There is a strange thing. Last night, a huge stone appeared out of thin air in the back mountain. A senior brother discovered it early in the morning. Uncle Puhui understood it, Your Majesty."

Su Liang looked incomprehensible. A huge rock fell from the sky? Is it so mysterious? Is there some oracle?

Su Liang was not surprised at all that this kind of thing would attract the royal family's attention.

She asked Chengyun what the stone looked like and if there were any writing on it, but Chengyun said he hadn't seen it.

This was just a small episode. Su Liang had no other thoughts except curiosity. After eating the vegetarian food at Huguo Temple, she said she wanted to take one back home and heat it up to eat in the evening.

Wan Hui couldn't help but feel distressed, feeling that "Tranquility" was gone, and Su Liang could make do with living alone.

Su Liang said that she just thought the vegetarian food in the temple was delicious, nothing else.

It is worth mentioning that when going down the mountain, Zheng'er, who was jumping up and down, noticed the little rabbit purse on Su Liang's waist.

The child just said with a smile, "Auntie has a bunny paper on her body." Wanhui was a little surprised when she saw it. She felt that the purse didn't look like it was bought, but it didn't look like something Su Liang would make herself. Su Liang's friend It seemed like no one inside would give her such a childish gift.

…

After going down the mountain, Su Liang said goodbye to Zheng'er and rode home alone.

The Suzhai brought back was lunch for Gu Ling. When Su Liang mentioned the huge stone falling from the sky at Huguo Temple, Gu Ling just said calmly, "It's definitely not a good thing."

Su Liang agreed, "Today is not a chaotic time, but the country is peaceful and the people are at peace. The gods in the sky are not so idle, pointing out things in the world. I think there may be some people who are making up mysteries in order to achieve ulterior motives."

After saying this, Su Liang put the matter behind her and turned to the poisonous master that Gu Ling knew and asked him if he could introduce him to him.

"I haven't studied poison techniques properly. I just read some books and fumbled around. If I encounter a difficult poison, I don't have much time to study and study it." Su Liang said seriously, "I have to seriously seek a master. "

Gu Ling shook his head, "She can't."

"Is it because of lack of strength or something else?" Su Liang asked.

"No way." Gu Ling said.

Su Liang frowned, "At least she's better than me. She can cure the poison from before."

"Let's think of another way to deal with this matter." Gu Ling said.

Su Liang nodded, "Okay." Since Gu Ling said no, it must be true, no matter what the reason was.

…

Duanmu Chen came to the palace today because he wanted to talk to Duanmu Yi about Su Liang and persuade Duanmu Yi to give up the idea of ​​letting Su Liang become the crown prince.

But as soon as the conversation started, the old eunuch reported outside that General Lin had returned from Huguo Temple. Duanmu Yi immediately got up and walked out.

Duanmu Chen followed subconsciously, but saw Duanmu Yi turning around and telling him to go see his mother-in-law and talk about it later.

Duanmu Chen responded respectfully, but he felt strange, as if something big had happened, but he didn't know anything about it.

…

Lin Bojun carried the big stone into the palace according to Duanmu Yi's order. It was wrapped in thick black cloth from beginning to end. It was like this when he saw it in Huguo Temple. At that time, there were still guards nearby. There are four warrior monks with solemn faces.

"Everyone, please step back. Don't make this matter public." Duanmu Yi waved his hand.

Lin Bojun left with the imperial army.

The interior of the heavily guarded palace was empty. Duanmu Yi stood alone in front of the huge stone, untied the rope on it, and slowly pulled off the black cloth to reveal its original appearance.

The boulder is about the height of an adult and is oval in shape. It is placed horizontally on the ground with smooth arcs and a faint jade-colored light.

Duanmu Yi came closer, touched it gently, and looked at it carefully. There were several vague patterns and words on each side, as if they were carved into the inner layer of the stone.

The first thing Duanmu Yi saw clearly was the two water drop-shaped patterns...

…

Duanmu Chen drank tea with his mother, Concubine Xiao, and walked around the Imperial Garden. The news he received was that Duanmu Yi had gone to Yuchang Palace and had not yet come out.

This made Duanmu Chen feel even more strange, because as far as he knew, the palace had been uninhabited for many years. Duanmu Yi stayed inside for so long. Could it be that he had a secret meeting with someone?

Concubine Xiao mentioned that Duanmu Yi liked to eat a certain dish she cooked recently. Seeing that her son was distracted, she asked him to go about his business without accompanying her.

"Did your father rest with his mother and concubine last night?" Duanmu Chen asked.

Concubine Xiao smiled and nodded, "Well, the emperor has been spending the night here recently."

"Did anything unusual happen when father left this morning?" Duanmu Chen asked.

Concubine Xiao thought for a while and said, "Someone came to report something at that time. I was far away and I only vaguely heard that the father-in-law who came to call your father mentioned the Huguo Temple."

Duanmu Chen was stunned, Huguo Temple? What happened?

…

At this time, in Yuchang Palace, Duanmu Yi wrote a few big characters on the pillar, "Phoenix", "Rivers", "Mountains and Rivers", and the last two characters were "Su" and "Liang".

Duanmu Yi threw away the pen, letting the ink splash on the hem of his clothes, his eyes fixed on the two characters "Su Liang", muttering to himself, "The Phoenix Star has descended to the world, whoever gets Su Liang will get the world..."