Borrowing a Knife to Kill, Reuniting with Friends

Su Liang sat down next to Yan Yu, and both of them were facing the misty cliff not far away. Google search reading

Yan Yu finally couldn't help laughing out loud, and subconsciously looked around, lowering her voice, "A flower thief? Su Liang, you are really good! You are just a lecherous female bandit!"

Su Liang reached out, held Yan Yu's chin, and blinked at her, "Little beauty, obey me."

Yan Yu laughed and fell on Su Liang's shoulder, "Tell me the truth, are you really attracted to someone's beauty? You are taking advantage of them under the guise of acting!"

Su Liang pushed Yan Yu away and coughed twice, "What are you talking about? I am a serious person."

"Who would threaten to rob flowers in broad daylight!" Yan Yu was still laughing, thinking that Su Liang and Gu Ling were so funny. They were acting so seriously, but she thought it was so funny.

"What's wrong with picking flowers?" Su Liang looked serious, "I was still chopping trees."

The two spoke in low voices, and when Yan Yu laughed enough, they stood up and left.

The clouds on the back mountain of Huguo Temple were indeed beautiful, but Su Liang didn't really come to see the clouds.

It was still early after going down the mountain, and Su Liang decided to go to Wangxiang Mountain again. The graves of Su Yuanzhou's family had been moved back to their hometown. At that time, people were arranged to plant trees on the original graves. I don't know what happened to them.

Su Liang sent Yan Yu home first, and asked Ren Dong to accompany her out of the city.

After getting off the horse at the foot of the mountain, the two walked up the mountain together.

Ren Dong couldn't help asking, "Why did the master take the fake coffin back at that time?"

Su Liang replied with a normal expression, "That was my life."

Ren Dong looked slightly stunned. She thought Su Liang meant that the fake coffin allowed her to survive and saved her life.

But Su Liang originally wanted to build a tomb for the original owner.

As the sun was about to set, Su Liang stood at the place where Su Yuanzhou's family's cemetery used to be. Now it is a pine and cypress forest.

If other trees were planted, they would be bare in this season. Su Liang specially asked people to find pine and cypress.

In just two months, there is no trace of the original cemetery, as if the pine and cypress have always been growing here.

In early winter, even the green of the pine and cypress is as dim as the sky.

Su Liang walked around inside and confirmed that every tree survived.

Honeysuckle looked at it and thought that Su Liang was mourning his deceased family and was in a bad mood. He glimpsed a bright color not far away and walked over to find that it was a cluster of wild chrysanthemums blooming in the dead grass. The small yellow flowers were colorful and swayed gently in the wind.

Honeysuckle took out the dagger she carried with her, cut off the wild chrysanthemums, removed the dead grass and fallen leaves mixed in it, and wiped the dust off the leaves. When she heard Su Liang calling her, she turned around and put the flowers behind her.

"Let's go." Su Liang walked out of the pine forest with a calm face, "It's getting late."

"Hey." Ren Dong nodded. Seeing that Su Liang had walked to the front after she finished speaking, she subconsciously raised her arm over Su Liang's shoulder and handed the bunch of wild chrysanthemums to her.

Su Liang was stunned for a moment, "For me?" She took it with a smile, "It looks good."

Ren Dong rubbed her hands unnaturally, "I just saw there..."

"Go back and wash and dry them to make chrysanthemum tea." Su Liang walked forward with the bunch of flowers.

Ren Dong's lips twitched slightly, a smile appeared in her eyes, and she hurriedly caught up.

When they returned to the city, it was dark, and Su Liang went to Wanjia Restaurant for dinner again.

However, Gu Ling still didn't come. Ren Dong heard someone say that Lady Gu went to the Jingyue Lake for a walk in the afternoon.

Su Liang went back after eating and packed a few dishes for Yan Yu.

"Will someone be okay tonight?" Yan Yu asked Su Liang.

Su Liang shook his head, "Don't worry, Yan Shiqi can't do anything to him." Gu Ling went to Jingyue Lake for fun during the day, probably just to have a reason to go there again at night.

...

Changxin Marquis's Mansion.

Nearing midnight, the secret guard hiding in the tree yawned and stared at Gu Ling's room from afar. Gu Ling rarely went to bed early, and they were all used to it.

But tonight was different from the past.

Suddenly seeing Gu Ling's door open and he walked out, the secret guard was shocked, and the next moment, Gu Ling flew up and went in one direction.

The secret guard hurriedly chased after him, and soon saw Gu Ling leaving Changxin Marquis's Mansion.

When it was confirmed that Gu Ling was going in the direction of Jingyue Lake, the secret guard still didn't know what he was going to do.

Jingyue Lake was silent in the middle of the night, and even the sound of insects and birds was hard to hear at this time of year.

The secret guard saw Gu Ling stopped on a tree, holding his breath and concentrating, and chose another tree at a safe distance to hide, then looked at the edge of Jingyue Lake, his eyes narrowed, someone!

Under the deep night, a silver mask shone, quite bright, and this mask only opened one eye, that must be Yan Shiqi, the owner of Yanyun Tower!

But at this distance, the secret guard could not hear Yan Shiqi's voice, he could only see him standing by the lake with two people and not moving, as if waiting for someone.

"Lord, it's been two quarters past midnight, that person won't come?" A killer said.

Yan Shiqi gritted his teeth, "She doesn't think I dare not touch her, right?"

"Or, go to Su Mansion?" Another killer said.

Yan Shiqi narrowed his eyes, and his mind emerged every time he said he wanted to catch Su Liang to accompany Yan Shiba, Yan Shiba couldn't help laughing wildly, as if he was looking forward to him going to Su Liang for trouble. Does this mean that Yan Shiba is sure that if he goes to Su Liang, he will end up in trouble...

Yan Shiqi was a little hesitant. Although he heard that Su Liang was pursuing Gu Ling these days, he was thinking that Yan Shiba's good sister actually fell in love with the same man as her, and he did not expect that Gu Ling would be the deceased "Ning Jing". After all, Yan Shiqi did not know the relationship between Su Liang and "Ning Jing" as well as Yan Shiba.

Yan Shiba's words only made Yan Shiqi deeply doubt that Su Liang was protected by a master.

After waiting for another quarter of an hour, no one came, and Yan Shiqi finally decided to give up. Since being beaten back by Gu Ling that night, Yan Shiqi has been shaken about his original plan. He did not dare to look for Gu Ling again, and was very cautious even when looking for Su Liang.

After all, Yan Shiba, who he wanted, was already under his control, and catching Gu Ling or Su Liang had little practical significance for him. To a large extent, he was stimulated by Yan Shiba and lost his mind. After being suppressed by Gu Ling's strength, Yan Shiqi's reason slowly returned.

Can't make things complicated... Yan Shiqi is planning to take Yan Shiba out of the capital and find a place to marry her. When Yan Shiba is pregnant with his child, where else can she go?

Thinking of this, Yan Shiqi said, "Go back!"

...

The secret guard kept watching, and saw that no one showed up, and Yan Shiqi was about to leave. Gu Ling secretly followed him, and he also caught up silently.

After many twists and turns, Yan Shiqi entered a house.

The secret guard saw Gu Ling leave and went to the direction of the palace again.

Late at night, Gu Ling asked for an audience at the gate of the palace. Duanmu Yi had a hunch that something had happened, but he didn't get angry and let him in.

"I went to Jingyue Lake for fun during the day and lost the jade pendant left by my mother. When I found it at night, I immediately went to look for it, but I saw Yan Shiqi by the lake, as if he had an appointment with someone." Gu Ling reported that he had followed Yan Shiqi and had determined the hiding place of the killer in Yanyun Tower, and asked Duanmu Yi to send people to encircle and rescue Nian Jincheng.

Duanmu Yi had never expected that things would develop like this. Before that, he was still doubting whether Nian Jincheng was really in Yan Shiba's hands.

But no matter what, Duanmu Yi would not let Yanyun Tower go.

Killer organizations exist in every country. The unwritten rule is not to provoke the royal family and everyone lives in peace.

Yan Shiba's kidnapping of Nian Jincheng and Nian Ruting, and at the same time seriously injured and humiliated the fifth prince Duanmu Che, was a serious provocation to the majesty of the royal family.

"How many people do you need?" Duanmu Yi asked Gu Ling.

"To deal with Yanyun Tower, ordinary soldiers are going to die. Only masters can have the strength to fight." Gu Ling said.

Duanmu Yi stared, "You go back first, I have my own arrangements."

Gu Ling knew that Duanmu Yi did not want him to see the power of the masters of the royal family. This was a top secret.

But Gu Ling's goal had been achieved. Even if Yan Shiba was in that house, it didn't matter to Gu Ling. He didn't see the black mist between Duanmu Yi's eyebrows. Even if someone died tonight, they were all people who deserved to die.

Gu Ling didn't care about what happened next. After leaving the palace, he went straight back to the mansion. Duanmu Yi's eyes were watching him. He didn't contact anyone and didn't go anywhere else.

However, this secret guard should have reported to Duanmu Yi after the shift change at midnight that Su Liang chased Gu Ling to the Huguo Temple during the day, and the two had a shocking conversation in the back mountain, but he hadn't found the opportunity yet.

...

It was late at night.

More than a dozen black shadows left the palace and went in one direction at a very fast speed.

After Yan Shiqi came back from Jingyue Lake, he prepared to leave the capital tonight. In order to prevent Yan Shiba from shouting bad things, he gave Yan Shiba a drug to make her fall asleep, and ordered two confidants to take Yan Shiba away first to avoid delaying the trip.

"I...can I not leave?" Nian Ruting couldn't help asking Yan Shiqi, "I didn't do anything wrong. I want to stay and find Gu Ling. You also want me to be with him, right? In this way, Yan Shiqi won't..."

Yan Shiqi was already in a bad mood. When he heard Nian Ruting start to daydream again, he raised his hand and slapped her, "Shut up! Either leave or I'll kill you now!"

Nian Ruting covered her face and lowered her head, not daring to speak anymore.

The subordinates came to report that the brothers in the capital had assembled and could set off. The reason for this was that after Yan Shiqi snatched the position of the building owner from Yan Shiqi, he had not yet cleared out the disloyal people in Yanyun Building. He planned to go back and rectify Yanyun Building this time, so he would take away all the killers in the capital of Gan Guo this time.

Yan Shiqi put on the mask, "Let's go!"

As soon as the voice fell, the sound of a sharp arrow breaking through the air sounded. Yan Shiqi's eyes shrank fiercely, and he saw more than a dozen black shadows approaching fiercely with murderous intent.

Because they were unprepared, the first wave of arrows killed several killers.

Yan Shiqi didn't know that the people who came were the personal guards of the Emperor of Gan State. Because he had an appointment with Su Liang tonight, he intuitively thought that they were the masters around Su Liang, and thought that Su Liang tricked him to go to Jingyue Lake tonight in order to secretly follow and find his hiding place! The "friendship" with Su Liang made Yan Shiqi careless!

In fact, if Yan Shiqi knew that this group of masters were sent by Duanmu Yi, he would definitely choose to betray Su Liang and expose her collusion with Yan Shiba.

Unfortunately, Yan Shiqi didn't think of that layer. Duanmu Yi's personal guards would not reveal their identities, and even deliberately hide their identities. This led Yan Shiqi to firmly believe that they were all sent by Su Liang.

One side is a professional killer, and the other side is essentially a professional killer.

When the two sides meet, it is bloody and life-and-death.

Nian Ruting hid at the beginning of the battle, looking for an opportunity to get away.

Yan Shiqi, who found that the other side was strong and ruthless, and his subordinates were constantly losing, also wanted to get away.

Finally, Yan Shiqi, who was besieged by three people and forced into a corner, found Nian Ruting hiding there and grabbed her without hesitation to use her as his human shield.

The light was dim, and Duanmu Yi's guards did not see Nian Ruting's face clearly, and Duanmu Yi had instructed to capture Yan Shiba alive. As the only woman on Yan Shiqi's side, Duanmu Yi's guards mistakenly thought that Nian Ruting was Yan Shiba, and did not have time to think about why Yan Shiba was so weak, so they did not kill her.

This finally gave Yan Shiqi a chance to breathe, and after being hit by a sword, he broke through the window and escaped.

"Help... Help..." Nian Ruting was covered in blood, and after shouting weakly twice, she fell to the ground and fainted.

...

Yan Shiqi finally escaped, but he was the only one who escaped, and all the other assassins of Yanyun Tower in the capital were eliminated.

The bloody Nian Ruting was brought into the palace and sent to Duanmu Yi.

Few people know the true appearance of the female assassin leader Yan Shiba, and Duanmu Yi's guards did not see Nian Ruting's face clearly.

After wiping the blood off Nian Ruting's face, Duanmu Yi took a closer look and frowned, "Stupid! She is not Yan Shiba at all!"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. There is only this woman there." The one kneeling on the ground to confess her crime was also a woman, wearing a mask, with a dark red peony embroidered on her collar.

"Wake her up!" Duanmu Yi's face was gloomy.

Nian Ruting, who was already seriously injured, was beaten awake and lay on the ground, trembling all over.

"Why are you still alive? Where is Nian Jincheng?" Duanmu Yi asked sternly.

Nian Ruting was dragged to her knees. After she saw where she was and Duanmu Yi's face clearly, she seemed to have found a savior, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Help me!"

"I ask you, where is Nian Jincheng?" Duanmu Yi's eyes were gloomy.

"Nian Jincheng..." Nian Ruting lost too much blood and her consciousness was a little blurred, "He... I don't know... I don't know... Gu Ling... I want to see... I want to... see Gu Ling..."

After speaking, Nian Ruting fainted again.

Duanmu Yi's face changed when he heard Nian Ruting mention Gu Ling's name. After a moment of silence, he spoke again, "Take her to heal her."

After everyone left, the blood on the ground was quickly cleaned up.

Duanmu Yi sent someone to call Gu Ling to the palace immediately.

When Gu Ling received the news, it was already dawn. He was dressed in plain clothes and walked through half of the palace in the morning mist, and saw Duanmu Yi, who looked tired.

"Last night, I sent people to kill more than a dozen people from Yanyun Tower who were hiding in the capital. Yan Shiba was not there, and Yan Shiqi escaped with serious injuries. No trace of Nian Jincheng was found." Duanmu Yi said with a cold face.

Gu Ling knew that Duanmu Yi must have a group of extremely powerful masters around him, otherwise he would not be able to compete with Yanyun Tower.

"However, there is a survivor who may know something." Duanmu Yi looked at Gu Ling and said, "You should know her. She claimed that she saved your mother many years ago. Your mother even arranged a marriage for you because of this, but it was just a misunderstanding."

Gu Ling's face was calm, and he heard Duanmu Yi sighing, "Nian Ruting, the fifth daughter of the Nian family, should have been your fiancée. In the past, she was also forced and framed by Nian Ruxue. The crime was not punishable by death, but later she fell into the killer's nest and survived. If you plead for her, I will pardon all her crimes."

Gu Ling's expression was indifferent, "There was indeed a misunderstanding in the past. Mother did not take my lifelong affairs as a thank you gift just because someone helped her a little."

Duanmu Yi frowned, "What do you mean by this?"

Gu Ling replied, "My engagement with the daughter of the Nian family was actually Gu Yuan's idea. He secretly conspired with Nian Jitang to rebel. In order to avoid arousing the emperor's suspicion, He used the name of repaying his mother's kindness and took her hairpin as a token of engagement. Nian Ruxue was just the candidate chosen by the Nian family to marry Gu. Nian Ruting was not chosen because she was not as smart as Nian Ruxue. If it was really the marriage arranged by my mother, she would not have made a mistake. "

Duanmu Yi's face darkened, "Really?"

Gu Ling nodded, "Every word I said is true, please judge by the emperor. Nian did have the intention of rebellion, but it had nothing to do with Nian Jincheng. He was loyal to the emperor. She was loyal and faithful, but was rejected and hated by the Nian family, including Nian Ruting. After she committed a serious crime, she deliberately framed Nian Jincheng and put him in jail for her own selfish desires. This woman is lawless, unscrupulous, and vicious. She has survived in Yanyun Tower until now. She must have either been with those heinous killers or been their plaything. The so-called engagement back then had nothing to do with me from beginning to end, and all the Nian girls made me sick. "

Duanmu Yi was thoughtful. Some of what Gu Ling said about Nian Ruting was true. As for the inside story of the engagement between the Gu and Nian families, it was the first time Duanmu Yi heard about it.

But Gu Ling's words were well-founded, and he even said something that made him sick. Duanmu Yi's plan to force Nian Ruting on him was naturally not feasible.

Duanmu Yi sighed, "In this case, when Nian Ruting wakes up, I will send someone to interrogate her thoroughly, hoping to find the whereabouts of Nian Jincheng. You go back."

As soon as Duanmu Yi finished speaking, a report came from outside the imperial study, "Your Majesty, someone outside the palace wants to see you, claiming to be Nian Jincheng."

Duanmu Yi's face changed slightly, and seeing Gu Ling also frowned slightly, he ordered, "You go to the side hall."

Gu Ling went to the side hall, knowing that Duanmu Yi didn't want him to talk to Nian Jincheng face to face.

...

Yan Yu was nervous all morning, because today was the day when Nian Jincheng was originally scheduled to return to Beijing.

"Will the emperor believe it?" Yan Yu asked Su Liang again.

Su Liang was making dumplings, "Don't worry, your man is just a little silly sometimes, not stupid."

Yan Yu held his forehead, "I'm just afraid that he will be stupid and reveal some flaws."

Su Liang was very calm, "Such a simple thing, I have taught him how to say it, and for other things, just say you don't know. Don't scare yourself about what flaws there are. Come and help me make dumplings."

"I have no appetite." Yan Yu shook his head.

Su Liang snorted, "This is a love meal I want to give to Lady Gu, and your family should be able to eat it too."

Yan Yu was stunned for a moment and sat next to Su Liang, "Okay."

...

Near noon, the news of Nian Jincheng's return has spread in the capital, and everyone is talking about it.

When Gu Ling and Nian Jincheng came out of the palace together and came to Wanjia Restaurant, it caused a commotion.

These two rumored friends have not appeared in front of people at the same time for many years. Although it is unknown what Nian Jincheng has experienced, it seems that he and Gu Ling have passed the emperor's test and officially restored their identities.

The two went up to the second floor, and Su Liang came out of a private room, holding an exquisite food box in his hand, "Gu Hou, this is delicious food I made for you, please try it!"

The onlookers' eyes sparkled: ... It started again! It started again! Big news! Su Zhuangyuan actually cooked for Lady Gu! Will Lady Gu throw the box on the ground?

Gu Ling looked indifferent, "I don't need it. Miss Su, please don't do this again."

As a result, Nian Jincheng next to him bowed and said, "Miss Su, we meet again." After saying that, he took the box handed over by Su Liang and patted Gu Ling on the shoulder, "A Ling, Miss Su is kind, don't be ungrateful." Then he pulled Gu Ling into their private room and said to Su Liang, "Thank you!"

Onlookers: ... Lady Gu will definitely not eat it, and I'm afraid that it will all be cheap for Nian Jincheng in the end.

What everyone didn't know was that after the door was closed, the box was in Gu Ling's hands. He opened it and put it on the table. The white and plump dumplings were still steaming, and there was a small bowl of Su Liang's secret dipping sauce, which was full of vinegar.

"I haven't eaten for a long time." Nian Jincheng breathed a sigh of relief and picked up the chopsticks to pick it up.

Gu Ling moved the box in front of him, "This is mine."

Nian Jincheng's chopsticks were suspended in the air, and he looked speechless, "Don't you want it?"

Gu Ling ignored him and started eating. In the end, he didn't share any with Nian Jincheng who was staring at him. The reunion of friends who were being discussed outside was quite "warm".

Yan Yu in the next room thought that Nian Jincheng was finally safe and sound, and that she was eating the dumplings she made herself. She felt relieved and smiled very sweetly...

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