Teach Him to Make Fire First

Su Liang woke up early and thought about what happened last night. He wanted to ask Lao Mu what happened after Gu Ling left.

Lao Mu came over on his own initiative, without even looking at Su Liang and Gu Ling, and went straight to the cradle. His face was full of smiles, and his voice was also rising, "Nuan Nuan, the master is here!"

Su Liang watched Lao Mu pick up Nuan Nuan, lift her up high and spin around, having a lot of fun.

It was not until Nuan Nuan howled and was taken away by Gu Ling to change her diaper that Lao Mu remembered that he came to talk to Su Liang about serious matters.

"I brought Shaoyao's body back." Lao Mu said, "I didn't think too much last night. I thought about it again when I woke up this morning. Nian Ruting only stabbed her twice, and the two more stabs seemed to be a way to silence her."

After the successful sneak attack, Nian Ruting had completely controlled the situation. Shaoyao was injured in the vitals and could not fight back or escape.

Nian Ruting pierced Shaoyao's neck again, which was the killer move that killed her. If she had a clear conscience, why was she so anxious to kill Shaoyao?

Su Liang heard this and felt that she and Gu Ling had guessed correctly. Nian Ruting intended to use the killing of Shaoyao to rescue Old Lady Xing to clear herself. It seems that after so many things happened before, Nian Ruting finally realized where Su Liang and Gu Ling's real "weakness" was.

She said that she was controlled by Shaoyao. Whether it was true or not, at least this time, from the result, it was clear that Nian Ruting had calculated Shaoyao in turn.

After listening to Lao Mu's detailed description of Nian Ruting's performance and her words, Su Liang shook his head, "Poor performance."

"Are you going to the Tianlao to interrogate her again? Maybe she knows some useful information." Lao Mu was still cautious.

Su Liang nodded, "That's what I meant."

Nian Ruting was calculating last night, and now that they have torn their faces, she can tell the truth. Since she followed Shaoyao to join Situ Xie, maybe she will know some of Situ Xie's secret plans.

Su Liang didn't expect that Situ Xie would send someone to steal the secret record at this time. They were originally on guard against Situ Xie sending someone to assassinate them. Because they are the biggest obstacle for Situ Xie to achieve his next great cause.

It is already February. At the beginning of next month, Situ Xie and Ji Yuebai will "discuss" the time to form an alliance to fight against the country.

Su Liang asked Gu Ling, "You go, or should I go?"

Gu Ling avoided the hand that Lao Mu stretched out, turned around, and then handed Nuan Nuan to Lao Mu.

Lao Mu was happy, and Nuan Nuan laughed.

Su Liang: ... The childish master is so cute! Her Gu Xiaonuan really likes to turn around, and she laughs all the time when she turns around.

Today is sunny, and when he heard Zheng'er calling Nuan Nuan outside, Lao Mu carried Nuan Nuan downstairs.

Gu Ling sat down and answered Su Liang's question, "You go." He hated people like Nian Ruting who were crazy about so-called love, and he didn't want to see them again.

"Okay." Su Liang nodded, "It's hard to say which of us will make her collapse more."

...

When Su Liang packed up and took Qi Yan out of the house, Gu Ling was already sitting by the lake fishing. Nuan Nuan was in the pavilion on the opposite bank and could see him at any time.

Duanmu Chen in the palace received a report before the morning court: Nian Ruting, the previously kidnapped prisoner in Tianlao, was captured by the master of Changxin Hou Gu Ling last night and sent back to Tianlao.

Duanmu Chen met Gu Ling yesterday and was not surprised, but was just curious about what happened in between.

Su Liang took out the token given by Duanmu Chen and successfully entered Tianlao.

It was not until the death row cell in the deepest part of Tianlao that Su Liang saw Nian Ruting.

Nian Ruting woke up as soon as she was locked up in Tianlao in the middle of the night yesterday, and then kept yelling like crazy, and stopped at dawn because her already damaged throat could hardly make any sound.

The official who brought Su Liang here opened the door of the cell and then avoided it.

Nian Ruting was tied to a pillar with iron chains. She was not tortured, but her hair was disheveled. The eye that was injured yesterday was bleeding again, leaving several red lines on her face. One red line meandered across the bridge of her nose, as if there were cracks on her face.

Su Liang walked to a distance of one meter and stopped. Qi Yan said, "Nian Ruting, my wife is here to see you!"

"My wife" was definitely said deliberately by Qi Yan after he knew the relationship between Nian Ruting and Gu Ling.

Nian Ruting was awake. After hearing Qi Yan's words, she slowly raised her head after a while. The only remaining eye was covered by her hair. She couldn't see anything clearly, so she twisted her neck and shook her head. Only then did she see a figure that was strange and familiar to her.

Strange because Nian Ruting and Su Liang didn't have much intersection in the past. They knew each other from that martial arts examination. When they met in their true identities, Nian Ruting was exposed and imprisoned. At the same time, Su Liang won the greatest glory of the martial arts examination with his strength.

Familiarity, because after Gu Ling restored his identity and had an intersection with the name Su Liang, Nian Ruting kept repeating this name in jealousy and resentment.

When they met again, the hatred accumulated in Nian Ruting's heart had already gathered into a surging wave, and endless jealousy gushed out of it. Her life fell into the abyss step by step, heading towards despair, while Su Liang was the opposite: she stood higher and higher, and lived better and better.

"You... are here... to laugh at me..." Nian Ruting's voice was hoarse, and it was difficult to distinguish.

But Su Liang knew what she was talking about because he was close, and then answered her, "Yes. Very funny."

Qi Yan turned his head to hold back his laughter.

Nian Ruting didn't laugh, and was so angry that her whole body trembled, "You... bitch... it's you... you took everything from me!"

Su Liang looked indifferent, "You mean... luck or something like that? If you have to discuss such mysterious things, I can only say that your luck was taken away by Nian Ruxue. Even if you were the top scholar in martial arts back then, It's not me, and it's not you. It might be Nian Ruxue, including the identity of my husband's former fiancée. If the latter should have belonged to you, I won't deny it, but you did it voluntarily. Have you never thought that your life was ruined by your own stupidity? Of course, I am not saying that you are kind, you are not that either."

Qi Yan silently gave a thumbs up: That makes so much sense! So cool! This is how you should scold such a person! No, I didn’t scold you at all. What I said were all hard facts!

Nian Ruting was so furious that she spurted out a mouthful of blood.

Su Liang took a step back and said, "I have a few questions to ask you."

Nian Ruting suddenly laughed, her blind eyes, "red lines" on her face, and messy hair formed a face as sinister as a ghost, "Ask Gu Ling to come see me... I will tell him when he comes... …”

Su Liang shook his head, "Impossible. First question, you said Shaoyao sent two people to arrest Zheng'er on the night of the Lantern Festival? Why did Shaoyao choose to arrest Mrs. Xing later?"

Nian Ruting's eyes protruded and she stared at Su Liang without saying a word.

"The two assassins who died on Shangyuan Festival were too weak to be like Situ Xie's people. Based on my understanding of Shaoyao, she would not be associated with such people, let alone follow her wholeheartedly. Reason. If you really want to get it right, under the excellent cover of the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, it is safest for Shaoyao to take action yourself. I guess those two are your people. Bar?"

After Su Liang finished speaking, he heard Nian Ruting gritting her teeth.

"Of course you won't admit it. But that matter is not important anymore." Su Liang looked calm, "The decision to arrest Mrs. Xing later was your idea, right? Did you plan to kill Shaoyao later to whitewash yourself? The plan? Mrs. Xing is a good choice, relatively easy to succeed."

"There are only two questions. The second question is, Situ Xie must have arranged for a master to assassinate Gu Ling. Who is it? When?" Su Liang continued to ask.

Nian Ruting laughed again, "If you want to know...kneel down and beg me, and I'll tell you."

Qi Yan frowned, "Master, do you want me to pull out all her nails?"

"Don't get your hands dirty." Su Liang shook his head and turned around, "Let's go. She doesn't know at all. Don't waste time. Gu Ling is still at home waiting for me to come back."

Su Liang heard Nian Ruting gritting her teeth again. She walked towards the door of the cell, counting silently in her mind: one, two...

When Su Liang counted to three and heard the sound of the chain shaking, Nian Ruting gritted her teeth, "I know!"

Qi Yan looked at Su Liang and saw that Su Liang had walked out of the cell without stopping.

"Come back! I'll tell you!" Nian Ruting's hoarse voice echoed in the prison.

Su Liang then turned around and walked back, looking at Nian Ruting coldly, "My patience with you is very limited. It is impossible for you to see Gu Ling. Now you can say it."

"The condition is that you let me go." Nian Ruting stopped asking to see Gu Ling. Because when she wakes up a little, she will think that Su Liang didn't go to the river at all last night. It was Gu Ling who asked Lao Mu to send her to the prison. The top priority is to survive.

Su Liang's face was expressionless, "That depends on how valuable the information you provide is."

"Situ Xie said, someone wants Gu Ling alive." Nian Ruting always remembered what Shaoyao said, it must be very important.

Su Liang narrowed his eyes slightly and immediately thought of the person behind the old man who came to the capital to secretly investigate them. Could it be that that mysterious "fellow countryman" was in the same group as Situ Xie? Then she thought about the recent discussion on how the grain and grass from the Yan Kingdom could reach the Liang Kingdom without being monitored by the Qian Kingdom, and whether there was such a thing as a storage space...

If there really is another time traveler, there is really a storage space, and that person is helping Situ Xie, some things can be explained.

However, this speculation is absolutely bad news for Su Liang.

Seeing Su Liang's silence, Nian Ruting continued, "If you want to know more, just let me go!"

"If I let you go out now, how far can you go?" Su Liang asked coldly.

Nian Ruting gritted her teeth, "You... you swore that you wouldn't lie to me! You swore that with your daughter's life!"

After hearing the last sentence, Qi Yan's face turned cold and he pulled out his sword. Damn it, he actually wanted to curse his little lady! court death!

Su Liang remained silent, did not get angry, did not insult or beat Nian Ruting, she turned around and walked out. No matter how Nian Ruting shouted, she did not stop or look back.

The jailer quickly locked the cell door again, but Nian Ruting's voice was completely broken. She was screaming, but she couldn't make any sound at all.

As soon as he walked out of the prison, the bright sunshine was a little dazzling for a moment. Su Liang raised his hand to cover his forehead and walked towards the carriage.

After Su Liang got in the car, Qi Yan drove back to the house and couldn't help but ask, "Master, are you going to stop interrogating the matter she mentioned?"

Su Liang sighed slightly, "She is just a minion under Shaoyao. Shaoyao still needs to come to Milu to express her loyalty, but Nian Ruting is nothing to Situ Xie. What she said may not be true. If it is, it is probably nothing. Shaoyao told her."

If it is true as Su Liang speculated, the identity of the mysterious time traveler must be extremely secret. How could Situ Xie easily let slaves with the status of Shaoyao and Nian Ruting know? Su Liang doubted whether Situ Xie really knew that person's identity and strength.

Halfway through the journey, Su Liang asked Qi Yan to turn around again. She wanted to go to the palace and tell Duanmu Chen about the situation.

…

Of course, the matter about the time traveler must not be easily told to a third person. Su Liang only said that there was a suspected mysterious force that was in league with Situ Xie.

Duanmu Chen heard this and thought, "There has always been a rumor that there is a mysterious force on the sea, which is extremely powerful."

This is a legend about the fairy island on the sea. Many people know it, but few people believe it.

Duanmu Chen half-believed and half-doubted, "A few years ago, my father sent a ship to the sea to investigate. Three ships went out, two returned without success, and one disappeared and never came back. But it may have encountered wind and waves."

Su Liang shook his head, "I don't think Nian Ruting may know the rest. The emperor can continue to interrogate, and we will not see her again."

When Ruting wanted Su Liang to swear a poisonous oath on her daughter, she was already a dead person in Su Liang's place. The only difference is whether she died earlier or was tortured and interrogated by Duanmu Chen. The latter is also good. Although Su Liang tends to think that interrogation is useless.

"Then let's interrogate again." Duanmu Chen said.

Su Liang entered the palace for another purpose, suggesting to send reinforcements to Xuanbei City.

Duanmu Chen frowned, "Are you sure there will be no trouble in the south? You trust Ji Yuebai so much?"

"Nothing will happen for the time being. Ji Yuebai's son wants to worship Gu Ling as his master. I received a letter recently. He said that he would send someone to send his son to my house. Maybe he will arrive soon." Su Liang said.

Duanmu Chen was surprised, "Is this... sending his son as a hostage to show his sincerity in cooperation?"

Su Liang smiled, "I don't know Ji Yuebai, I only heard from Gu Ling that his personality should be rather strange. I think he simply thought his son was naughty and wanted to send him to us for discipline, maybe he wanted his son to become a peerless master? But the emperor's opinion is not wrong from the results."

Duanmu Chen couldn't help laughing, "If so, then I have nothing to worry about. Listen to you, I will issue a secret order as soon as possible to send troops to the north."

...

When Su Liang returned home, Gu Ling had already caught two fat fish and was stewing fish soup with an apron on.

After saying hello, Su Liang went to feed Gu Xiaonuan first, and then went to the kitchen to help Gu Ling.

After talking about the situation of meeting Nian Ruting, Gu Ling and Su Liang had the same opinion: Nian Ruting couldn't know more, especially about the protagonist of the matter "someone wants Gu Ling, alive". But their two enemies, openly and secretly, may have joined forces.

"If there is a storage space, grab it and use it for us." Gu Ling said.

Su Liang smiled, "It may not be an object. By the way, Ji Xiaobai should be here soon, right? Do you want to teach him martial arts?"

Gu Ling shook his head, "No hurry, teach him to make a fire first. If you come to our house, you won't work and you won't have food to eat."

Su Liang:...I have begun to sympathize with Ji Xiaobai, but she absolutely supports her great god...

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