Best Friend

Qi Jun, who was given a leave by Su Liang and came to Xuanbeicheng to visit his father Qi Jiang, got along well with Lin Wei and Chen Yun, but he did not tell them that Su Liang had a crush on Gu Ling.

As a result, Lin Qian learned about it from Gu Ling himself, and it can only be said that he felt very strange.

That night, Lin Wei came to see Gu Ling again and invited him to walk in the snow together.

Gu Ling refused, saying it was too cold.

But Lin Xin's enthusiasm cannot be stopped by the wind and snow. He is rude and hard-working, and it is miserable and funny. In short, he will not leave until Gu Ling goes.

"Ling Ling, A Ling, Xiao Ling, Xiao Ling Ling, Xiao Gu Gu..."

Gu Ling frowned slightly as he heard Lin Qian lying on the door calling affectionately. Although this man has a somewhat out-of-touch personality, he is extremely enthusiastic towards him.

Gu Ling was so noisy that he could do nothing else. He stood up and went to open the door. Due to his inertia, Lin Wei jumped on him and hugged him. Then he slapped him out and fell into the snow outside the door. …

"Xiao Ling, you are too cruel!" Lin Wei just lay sprawled in the snow, unable to get up, "If you don't come out with me, I will freeze to death here."

Gu Ling thought of Yan Shiba who acted coquettishly towards Su Liang, but once he said that, Yan Shiba was quite annoying, so Lin Xie was fine.

Gu Ling turned around and went back to the room. Hearing the sound of the door closing, Lin Qian looked at the sky speechlessly. The wind blew the snow all over his face, "You are still unmoved by this? It really is a big ice cube. Su Xiaoliang can't catch him." what to do?"

If Su Liang were here and learned that Lin Qian stayed up in the cold wind and snow to harass Gu Ling in order to help her train Gu Ling so that her pursuit would be easier, she would definitely be so moved that she would throw a big snowball at her. On Lin Xin’s face, he complained, “You’re crazy”…

However, just when Lin Wei was about to give up and get up, he heard the sound of opening the door again, and immediately closed his eyes and lay down.

Gu Ling put on a dark cloak and hood, walked up to Lin Wei, raised her foot and kicked him.

Lin Xin pretended to be dead and said nothing.

"If you like snow so much, just bury it in snow." Following Gu Ling's "cold" voice, a ball of ice-cold snow hit Lin Xin's face, and he bounced up from the ground with a "Ah" sound. , and saw that Gu Ling had already bent over to form the second snowball...

Then Lin Wei laughed and said, "So Xiao Ling, you want to have a snowball fight with me? Come on!"

Before he finished speaking, Gu Ling's snowball had accurately hit Lin Xin's mouth with his mouth open. The feeling of the snowball in close contact with his teeth was so ecstasy...

Lin Xin took several deep breaths before he recovered. He wiped the snow that had turned into water on his face, stamped his feet and shook off the snow from his body. He walked over and hugged Gu Ling's arm. "We are all wearing big cloaks. Let's go out for a walk together." Let’s go!”

Gu Ling said "yes" happily this time, which made Lin Xian want to hit him even more.

Xing Ji wanted to talk to Gu Ling, but Qi Jun volunteered to come over and met two people walking towards him. One of them was Gu Ling and the other was Lin Wei. He was actually holding Gu Ling's arm? !

Qi Jun looked strange. Gu Ling didn't like anyone touching him because Su Liang complained in front of the emperor after touching him. How could he be so close to Lin Wei? Could it be that he doesn't like Su Liang, but doesn't like women?

As they got closer, Qi Jun was thinking about this problem. Seeing his expression, Gu Ling suddenly pushed Lin Xie away, causing him to fall into the snow again...

Qi Jun's mouth twitched slightly, and he quickly went to help him, "Is Mr. Lin okay?"

"It's okay. I fell a little dizzy before, but I feel better after another fall, haha!" Lin Xin patted the snow on his body and smiled brightly. He also saw Qi Jun's weird expression and was afraid that he would say something random to Su Liang.

"Haha, that's good." Qi Jun nodded, "It's snowing so heavily, do you two want to go out?"

Lin Wei narrowed his eyes slightly and hooked Qi Jun's neck, "Qi Xiaojun, I have to ask you something. Su Liang fell in love with Gu Meiren. It was obviously before you came here, why didn't you say a word Are you afraid of hurting my self-esteem?"

Qi Jun glanced at Gu Ling and shook his head seriously, "It's because Marquis Changxin rejected my master. I think telling others about it would be detrimental to my master's self-esteem."

"It's impossible for Su Xiaoliang to care about this. Besides, am I someone else? I'm her best friend!" Lin Qian snorted, "I was about to have a good talk with Gu Xiaoling about how he doesn't like Su Xiaoliang. Let’s check his eyes to see if there is anything wrong with him.”

Qi Jun couldn't help laughing, "I will write a letter to tell the master about this."

Gu Ling's eyes flashed slightly when he heard the word "write a letter".

Qi Jun almost forgot about the business, but when he saw Lin Ji trying to drag Gu Ling away, he remembered and quickly said that Xing Ji was waiting to see Gu Ling in the military camp.

"He doesn't know the road, so I'll go with him." Lin Wei said, pulling Gu Ling forward and turning back to Qi Jun, "I also want to write a letter to Su Xiaoliang and give it to you tomorrow morning! Send it together. Go back to the capital!"

"Okay." Qi Jun agreed.

…

Lin Wei accompanied Gu Ling to see Xing Ji and found that Xing Ji had prepared wine and food.

Just as Lin Wei was about to sit down, he heard Xing Ji say, "I want to talk to Marquis Changxin alone. You go back first."

Lin Wei was stunned for a moment, then smiled and patted Gu Ling on the shoulder, "Then I'll wait for you in your room and sleep with you tonight!"

Gu Ling shook his head slightly, "No need."

Lin Wei had already arrived at the door, "Don't be nervous, I really don't like men. I just have something to tell you. You will leave early tomorrow morning."

Lin Wei went out and Gu Ling sat down. Xing Ji looked at him with complicated eyes, "In a blink of an eye, you have grown so big."

Gu Ling's expression was indifferent, "I don't remember when I met Marquis Zhongxin."

Xing Ji shook his head and smiled, pouring wine for Gu Ling, "You haven't seen me, but I have seen you. You were still young at that time, and you saved Yu Sheng's mother by chance. After I learned about it, I really wanted to spread the word. The most handsome young man in Zhongjing City took a chance and secretly came to the capital to see you. Fast forward to ten years."

Gu Ling did not follow Xing Ji's words and recall the past, because he really didn't know what Xing Ji said, so he asked directly, "What does Marquis Zhongxin want from me?"

"I heard that there is a girl in the capital pursuing you?" Xing Ji asked with a smile. Qi Jun did not tell Lin Wei and Chen Yun, but told his father and Xing Ji about it.

Gu Ling nodded, "Su Liang."

"You don't like her?" Xing Ji asked.

Gu Ling's expression was indifferent, "Does this have anything to do with Marquis Zhongxin?"

Xing Ji chuckled, "Actually, she is my adopted daughter, but outsiders don't know it. I heard that she likes you, and I want to ask you what you think."

"Miss Su is very talented, but I'm not interested in women." Gu Ling said calmly.

Xing Ji frowned, "You mean..."

"I'm not interested in men either. I'm used to being alone and don't want to change." Gu Ling said.

Xing Ji sighed when he heard this, "Habits can be changed."

Gu Ling remained silent.

Xing Ji did not continue this topic and turned to talk about Gu Ling's visit to Liang Kingdom.

…

Gu Ling returned to the General's Mansion and went to Lin Boyan first.

Lin Boyan contracted the cold and drank medicine and fell asleep. When Gu Ling woke him up, he looked very tired.

"Qi Jun wants to write a letter to the capital. You write a letter home and give it to him." Gu Ling said.

Lin Boyan got out of bed after hearing this and heard Gu Ling say, "I want to write a letter to Su Liang."

Lin Boyan rubbed his forehead and said, "Okay, I'll prepare an envelope for you. You can write it and bring it over."

Gu Ling went to Lin Bojun again and informed him that he could write to Qin Yujin.

When Gu Ling returned to his yard, Lin Wei was lying on his bed and had fallen asleep. There was an unsealed letter he wrote to Su Liang on the table.

Gu Ling picked it up and opened it, and saw Lin Xi saying in the letter that the two of them had known each other since childhood and were best friends. Su Liang could rest assured that he would definitely train Gu Ling well...

Restoring the letter to its original state, Gu Ling walked to the bed and pulled Lin Wei up.

"You're back." Lin Qian rubbed his eyes, "What does Uncle Xing want from you?"

"It has nothing to do with you. If you want to say anything, just say it and leave." Gu Ling sat on the edge of the bed and pushed away Lin Xi who was approaching.

"Tell me, how did Su Liang pursue you?" Lin Wei asked enthusiastically.

"I don't want to say it." Gu Ling shook his head.

"Do you dislike Su Liang, or do you just want to be alone?" Lin Wei asked.

Gu Ling didn't answer.

Lin Wei looked clear, "I understand, it's not that you don't like her, it's just that you're used to being alone and don't want to change, right?"

Gu Ling nodded slightly, "Yes." There was no other way. According to the drama designed by Su Liang, he could only continue acting like this.

"Wrong! Big mistake!" Lin Xie sat cross-legged with a serious look on his face, "Gu Xiaoling, just because you are used to being alone doesn't mean it's right, it's good!"

"I don't need others to tell me what is right or good," Gu Ling said.

"I'm not someone else, but a friend you've known since childhood. You've eaten my oranges, and I even got beaten for you!" Lin Xin snorted.

Gu Ling:......

"Seriously. It's fine if you really don't like Su Xiaoliang. Although I think this is impossible, you are just too withdrawn. This is really not good." Lin Xie frowned, "Your house used to be a mess. , which made you unable to interact with others, but that has passed. Now you are alone without the nagging of your elders. How free you are. You can make any kind of friends you want. If you want to take me home as your brother, there is absolutely no one. Hang you from a tree and beat you!”

Gu Ling shook his head, "I don't want to."

Lin Xie laughed loudly, "You can think about this, I am willing!"

Gu Ling was silent, and Lin Qian coughed slightly, "I'm just making an analogy. Are you not used to contacting others? Let me change your habits!"

"No need." After Gu Ling finished speaking, he picked Lin Qida up in his arms, opened the door and threw him outside, and then threw his shoes out as well.

"Hey, my letter!" As soon as Lin Xian opened his mouth, the letter came out from the crack in the door.

Lin Wei put on his shoes, took out the letter and stuffed it into his arms, and knocked on the door again, "I'm going to apply to Uncle Xing to accompany you to Liang Country! Gu Xiaoling, see you tomorrow!"

…

Gu Ling wrote a letter to Su Liang and sent it to Lin Boyan. When he returned to the room and lay down, it was already close to midnight.

The wind howled outside the window. Gu Ling took out the bracelet Su Liang gave him from his arms, put it on his wrist, fiddled with the beads on it, then closed his eyes and murmured to himself, "I'm not used to being alone anymore... ...Su Xiaoliang, you have to be responsible for me..."

…

Before Gu Ling and his party set off the next day, Qi Jun received a lot of letters. The Lin brothers wrote to their families, and there was also a letter from Lin Boyan to Su Liang, and a letter from Lin Xie to Su Liang.

Qi Jun planned to stay in Xuanbeicheng to spend the New Year with his father, so he arranged for someone to return to Beijing to deliver the letter.

Lin Ji really went to Xing Ji and said that he wanted to go to Liang Kingdom with Gu Ling. The reason was that he was a southern kid and wanted to see the snow in Liang Kingdom...

Xing Ji actually wanted to keep Lin Bojun and let Lin Wei go. Because he thought it was not safe for the emperor to send Lin Shuzhi's two sons to Liang Kingdom together.

Xing Ji didn't think anything would happen to them during this trip, but he was not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.

But Lin Bojun went to Liang Kingdom on the emperor's order, and he just passed through Xuanbei City. Xing Ji had no right to keep him, so he could send Lin Qi to go with him.

From Xing Ji's point of view, neither Lin Boyan nor Gu Ling were sociable people. Although Lin Bojun was outgoing, he had a very upright temperament. It would be safer to go with Lin Wei, a man who is good at adapting to many situations.

So, when it was time to set off, Lin Ji carried her luggage and got into Gu Ling's carriage. With one hand, she opened the curtain and hugged Gu Ling with the other, saying goodbye to Xing Ji.

Xing Ji looked at this scene and thought it was so good, so he should let Lin Wei use his enthusiasm to "neutralize" Gu Ling's coldness.

"Don't worry, Lord Marquis. King Yue of Liang Kingdom is the grandfather of Marquis Changxin and will not embarrass them." Chen Yun said standing next to Xing Ji.

Xing Ji shook his head, "Maybe this is the trouble. Situ Xie asked the emperor to pardon Gu Ling, not necessarily because he cares about his grandson, but because he has ulterior motives."

"Marquis Changxin probably doesn't care about the Liang royal family, right?" Chen Yun frowned.

"Of course not." Xing Ji sighed, "But I'm afraid those people won't let him go. By the way, is there any news about your brother?"

Chen Yun's eyes dimmed, "No. There is something I want to ask Lord Marquis for help."

Xing Ji nodded, "Just tell me."

"Both my parents are not in good health. The winter in the north is extremely cold. As they get older, they can no longer bear it. They stay in this sad place and cannot look forward. I will not give up looking for my brother, but I I'm afraid that if we have to wait too long, my parents can't bear it anymore and leave." Chen Yun said in a deep voice, "Recently, I have always heard Lin Wei talk about how warm and comfortable the winter is in the south, so I want to take my parents to a different place and go to the south. I can take off my armor and go home, but I'm afraid they won't want to leave. If I am transferred from the army and I go south under the emperor's orders, I might be able to persuade my parents to go together."

Hearing this, Xing Ji patted Chen Yun on the shoulder and said, "You are very filial. Although I originally wanted to train you to take over, it is a good thing that you want to go south. With the alliance between Qianliang and Qianliang, I am afraid that Yanguo will become restless again. Then Bian is short of young and courageous generals like you. I will give the emperor a proposal today, and I am sure the emperor will agree. "

"Thank you, Lord Marquis!" Chen Yun bowed his thanks and was pulled up by Xing Ji.

…

When Su Liang received the letter from Xuanbeicheng, she was trying on wedding clothes with Yan Yu.

"Wow! It's so beautiful!" Lin Xueqing walked towards Yan Yu in amazement and handed the letter to Su Liang, "Sister Su, my eldest brother has written to you, and Mr. Lin too!"

Su Liang took the letter and stood up to leave, but was stopped by Lin Xueqing again, "Sister Su, just read it here. Brother, let me read the letter later. I'm afraid that brother is reporting good news instead of bad news! It's so cold in the north. , I'm worried that he will get sick!"

Su Liang felt that one of the two letters must have been written by Gu Ling, and it was probably the letter from Lin Boyan. Of course, Lin Xueqing could not read it.

"I'm going to get the scissors and open the letter." Su Liang went out and returned to his room. Yan Yu and Lin Xueqing were in the study.

After closing the door, Su Liang opened Lin Boyan's letter. There were two pieces of paper inside, one was full of words and the other only had four words.

Two kinds of handwriting.

One was written by Lin Boyan, with four words, "Be well, don't miss it." It happened to be shown to Lin Xueqing later.

The other one full of words was written by Gu Ling, telling him what scenery he saw on the road and what he usually ate. The Lin brothers saw through it and admitted it. Lin Boyan contracted the cold but it was not a serious problem. Lin Wei said to He is the best friend, but he is just being sentimental.

Su Liang chuckled, "Your best friend is me."

After hiding Gu Ling's letter, Su Liang opened Lin Wei's letter, which contained a eloquent description of how he and Gu Ling met when they were young, including the fact that he was beaten by his grandfather.

"Su Xiaoliang, don't worry! I'm going to Liang Kingdom with Gu Xiaoling, and I'll train him well. When he returns to the capital, he won't reject you! Are you touched? Who made me your best friend? Woolen cloth?"

Su Liang couldn't help laughing, "My best friend is Gu Xiaoling."

They had already arrived in Liang Kingdom, and were kicked out of the carriage because they lost to Gu Ling in the chess game. Lin Xie, who was riding forward in the cold wind, sneezed twice in succession and said to himself, "Su Xiaoliang should have received the letter. She must be very touched and talking about me.”

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