New Plan

Early in the morning, Gu Ling rode into the palace to attend the court. Although there was definite evidence that He Wei had an accident and ran away, he planned to let Duanmu Chen hide for a few more days to see what happened.

After the morning court was over, Gu Ling took the collected memorials and went home.

Duanmu Chen in the library thought that Gu Ling would go to find him. When he learned that he had left, he was speechless, but he could only follow Gu Ling's advice and find books in the library to pass the time.

As soon as Gu Ling got home, he saw Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu were ready to go out, looking at him eagerly.

"Master, let's go catch tadpoles!" Ji Xiaoshu hugged Gu Ling's legs.

Gu Ling shook his head, "I'm not free today."

Ji Xiaoshu frowned, "Master promised, and I can't break my promise!"

"I said tomorrow." Gu Ling's face was calm.

Ji Xiaoshu was dumbfounded, "Big Brother, is Master cheating?"

Zheng'er sighed in a condescending manner, and came to pull Ji Xiaoshu away, "Business is more important, let's talk about it when Master is free."

"Master's wife, Master is a man who doesn't keep his word!" Ji Xiaoshu complained to Su Liang who was walking not far away.

Su Liang smiled, "There must be some misunderstanding. Xiaoshu, remember, make sure you make promises with others in the future."

Ji Xiaoshu snorted, "Master's wife, you are partial to Master! Just spoil him!"

Gu Ling was very calm, "This is natural."

Ji Xiaoshu asked Zheng'er, "Big Brother, when can we get married?"

"It will take at least another ten years." Zheng'er thought for a while and said.

"My wife will also be partial to me by then!" Ji Xiaoshu said.

Gu Ling walked past him and shook her head slightly, "That may not be the case."

After hugging her daughter, Gu Ling and Su Liang went out together to go outside the city to see the cave they found last night. Gu Ling did not enter the cave last night to check because he was afraid of an open fire causing an explosion.

...

Lin Bojun sent soldiers to surround the area to protect the scene.

After Gu Ling and Su Liang arrived, they checked outside first.

The weather was clear today, the morning mist in the mountains had dissipated, and the sun shone down, making the bloodstains on the tree trunks more obvious.

"It wasn't splashed, it was rubbed on." Su Liang said after a careful inspection, "With such a large amount of bleeding, the injury must be serious." The grass next to it was stained with blood, and the ground was soaked.

Then the two followed the bloodstains into the depths of the woods. After walking about a hundred meters, the front suddenly opened up. There was no road. In front was a steep hillside with weeds and jagged rocks.

Gu Ling saw a protruding stone with blood on it, so he jumped down from it and followed the blood trail all the way down. He found that most of the blood trails were at the fulcrum on the hillside and nearby. It can be inferred that the injured person went down the mountain from this road.

Su Liang was waiting on the top. It took about half an hour for Gu Ling to return to the original route. "He should have escaped by water." There is a river nearby, so it is not easy to track him.

"He should have chosen the route long ago." Su Liang said. After the explosion, it is possible to attract people nearby. Now it seems that there was no one nearby at the time, but He Wei could not be sure. For the sake of safety, he chose a difficult road.

And after observation, Gu Ling found that He Wei used his right hand when he went down the mountain, because there were bloody handprints on several stones, and only one hand. It is reasonable to speculate that He Wei's other arm was injured, or even his hand was gone.

The two returned to the outside of the cave. Gu Ling went in first to check and confirmed that there was no trap inside before calling Su Liang.

The cave had collapsed and was in a mess. There were no blankets or clothes, nor hay. They speculated that He Wei's group ate dry food and slept on the ground, and did not make a fire to cook.

After clearing a few stones, Su Liang found half a jade pendant under the rubble and picked it up. He did not find the other half, so it might have been completely broken.

Su Liang put the jade pendant away and planned to take it back to let Min Rou confirm whether it was He Wei's.

"I think with He Wei's caution, he should not light a fire in the cave." Su Liang speculated after reading it, "Maybe he wanted to make a grenade to kill me, but failed and blew himself up."

Based on what they know about this group of people, there should be no hidden and unarmed people, so the injured and escaped person could only be He Wei, no one else.

Although the group of people are all very skilled in martial arts, they failed to kill Duanmu Chen, so they should also know how strong Gu Ling is, and Gu Ling and Su Liang still have very powerful weapons in their hands.

In this case, using explosives is the most likely way to succeed. You don't even need to show up. As long as you know where the target is, you can throw it far away. It's hard to hide.

However, He Wei made limited explosives, so he used them to kill Duanmu Chen first. When he continued to do it, he blew himself up.

There were no other useful clues, so Su Liang and Gu Ling left, and asked the soldiers to fill up the cave before leaving.

When the two entered the city and returned home, they saw Qi Yan with a serious expression, "Master, there is a fight in the north!" The urgent war report was finally delivered to the capital today. After the messenger entered the palace, he came to Su Mansion to report to the newly appointed regent of Gan State.

It is now the tenth day of March. The war started on the night of the fifth day of March, and it has been four or five days. There will be new war reports in the future.

Gu Ling went to the palace to discuss with Duanmu Chen, and Su Liang called Min Rou over.

"Do you recognize this jade pendant?" Su Liang put the half jade pendant he picked up from the cave in front of Min Rou.

Min Rou picked it up and looked at it. Without any hesitation, she nodded and said, "It belongs to my grandpa." Then she described to Su Liang what the complete pattern of the jade pendant looked like. It was the totem designed by He Wei to represent the He family.

"I have one too." Min Rou took out the jade pendant she carried with her and put it together with He Wei's jade pendant. The pattern on it was very similar.

It can be seen from this that He Wei is indeed very ambitious and wants to lead his family to the pinnacle of power. Otherwise, if he really wants to live in seclusion, what kind of totem would he need?

"Is my grandpa... dead?" Min Rou frowned and asked. The broken jade pendant is not a good sign.

Su Liang shook his head, "He ran away because he was injured. But it was not us who hurt him. I suspect he was making explosives to blow me up, but he accidentally blew himself up."

Min Rou was stunned. In fact, she was in a complicated mood, but at this moment, she inexplicably felt that things had become a little funny... She even began to think that her grandpa was doing too much evil and must die. He deserved it.

Because Min Rou couldn't imagine what would happen if He Wei really threw explosives into Yuanming Pavilion like he did to the emperor's bedroom... There were not only Su Liang living here, but also old people and children, and the children were so cute...

"How is your mother?" Su Liang asked, "Is she calm?"

Min Rou smiled bitterly, "She is calm, but she won't say anything. When she is sober, she looks at me like an enemy."

When Madam Min He Qianqian found out that Min Rou was also arrested, the first thing she did was to confirm whether Min Rou had betrayed the secret of Xingluo Island.

Min Rou initially followed Su Liang's instructions and lied to her mother that she hadn't explained anything. She didn't know what was going on and why she was arrested.

But Min Rou's acting skills were average, especially in front of her mother who had watched her grow up since she was a child, and she was quickly found out that she was lying.

Min Rou didn't pretend anymore, and frankly said that she already knew what kind of people Min Rui and Madam Min were, and what evil they were going to do. She told Su Liang what she knew about Xingluo Island, and advised Madam Min to tell her if she knew any secrets to atone for her sins, and she would ask Su Liang to let Madam Min go.

But Madam Min was indeed awake, "Su Liang will not let me go, so why should I sell out my family? You traitor, we really love you in vain!"

Back to the present, Min Rou was full of self-mockery, "Today I asked my mother a question that has been bothering me for the past two days. Why do they pretend to be good people in front of me? Why do they teach me to be kind and well-behaved? I really don't understand, what is the meaning of such deception between family members?"

"What did your mother say?" Su Liang asked.

Min Rou sighed, "She did tell the truth, so that I could please Grandpa Mo. It turns out that asking me to be a good girl is just a means for them to please the island owner, not that they really think I am right and they are wrong. Everything is for profit, everything has a purpose, the so-called blood relationship can be so utilitarian and ridiculous."

About this point, Su Liang actually guessed it when he heard Min Rou say that Mo Yan loved her very much and treated her like his own granddaughter.

It is known that Mo Yan has a daughter, but she is missing. He Wei and He Qianqian are just trying to please him and cultivate a real good child, a girl that Mo Yan will like, to further consolidate their He family's position on Xingluo Island. Pretending is more troublesome than not pretending, but it is not that troublesome. Once you get used to it, it will become natural.

Including the fact that Min Rui's family of three was allowed to leave Xingluo Island by Mo Yan, it was also because Min Rou went to Mo Yan and said that she wanted to go out to seek medical treatment to save Min Rui. Mo Yan always loved her and agreed.

"I originally thought that you could use my life to threaten my mother to explain. But I think it's useless. My mother knows very well that she can't survive, and she also knows very well that you won't kill me. She regards the He family as very important. She always listens to her grandfather and uncle, and treats her cousins ​​like her own sons. She will not do anything that is not good for them." Min Rou sighed slightly.

Su Liang nodded, "I know. She is your mother after all. It is human nature that you want her to live anyway. I will not do anything to her for the time being, because your parents are not important figures on Xingluo Island. Now they are under our control. It doesn't matter whether they are killed or not. If they are alive, they may be useful in the future."

"Thank you anyway." Min Rou said, and her eyes suddenly turned red again.

Su Liang looked at her, and suddenly an idea came to his mind. Before he could say it, he heard Ji Xiaoshu calling Master from below. It should be Gu Ling who came back.

"I will find you later." Su Liang stood up.

...

The result of Gu Ling's discussion with Duanmu Chen was to see the situation first. Now we only know that the war has started, but it is not clear how the war situation is. Last month, Duanmu Chen had ordered to secretly increase troops from the south to the north. Before the war started, Rendong and Baiyang led their troops to the vicinity of Xuanbei City.

Since the old general Peng Wei of Liang State was seriously injured, three generations of the Peng family have not been generals again. During the period when the generals of Gan State were lost, Liang State also faced the same situation.

Now that Xing Ji and Qiu Jing are in charge of the overall situation in Xuanbei City, Duanmu Chen is not very afraid of the army of Liang State. What he is really worried about is the mysterious force that is colluding with Liang State. He doesn't know if they will use any crooked methods.

"There is no black fog between his eyebrows." Gu Ling said. This is the reason why he wants to go to the palace to see Duanmu Chen in person. Discussing the war is just a side topic, and he didn't say a few words.

"I think Mo Yan's involvement will not be a normal war." Su Liang looked a little worried, "I think, even if there was no food and grass from Yan State, Mo Yan wanted to start a war between the two countries, there is another way, that is to use explosives, this kind of crushing lethal weapon can end the war quickly."

Gu Ling agreed. The two countries are bound to go to war, because Situ Xie wants to fight and Mo Yan also wants to fight. The main purpose of having food and grass is to confirm the sincerity of the Yan Kingdom royal family's cooperation, and so that Mo Yan does not need to expose the explosives that may be hidden in his space to Situ Xie. It would be best if the battle can be won without explosives. After all, that It’s not like you can have as many things as you want.

If Yan Guo doesn't cooperate and doesn't provide food and grass, and Mo Yan doesn't want to change his plan, the situation will only get more out of control.

Although this was something that Su Liang and Gu Ling could not predict in advance, at least now they can be sure that the food and grass provided by Yan State will not be the trigger for the war.

"We can't leave and go north for the time being." Su Liang said, "I just talked with Min Rou. The jade pendant belongs to He Wei, and He Qianqian refused to explain anything."

After briefly talking about her conversation with Min Rou, Su Liang said she had an idea, "The key to the matter lies with Mo Yan. Since I may be his granddaughter, and He Wei doesn't want him to know about it, then we should think There is a way to get this news to Mo Yan. If he doesn't know, he will most likely kill me. If he knows, things will not get worse, but may turn around. "

Gu Ling frowned. He actually planned to hide Su Liang and the children, which was safer. Once Su Liang is exposed in front of Mo Yan, the original plan of letting Gu Ling pretend to be a time traveler may not make much sense.

For Gu Ling, he hoped that no matter what happened, he could keep Su Liang and the child behind him.

But Gu Ling also knew that what Su Liang said made sense.

"We can't find him." Gu Ling said. Although he made a portrait of Mo Yan based on Min Rou's description and roughly knew what he looked like, it was difficult to find a top master hiding in the dark.

"Let Min Rou go." This was Su Liang's plan. "Min Rou is He Wei's granddaughter, and she has been favored by Mo Yan since she was a child. There should be no danger for her to come into contact with Mo Yan. Besides, He is the one she brought with her. Wei deliberately concealed the news.”

If there was no other way, Su Liang didn't want to take advantage of Min Rou. But if you want to talk to Mo Yan, you can only do this.

"Tell her to go to Nanping City and use signal smoke to find Mo Yan?" Gu Ling guessed Su Liang's plan.

Su Liang nodded, "You can try it. Let Master escort her there, bringing a portrait of me and the purple jade pendant. Let Mo Yan think that you are a time traveler, and I may be his granddaughter. Looking for someone to sit down with him. Let’s have a good talk and figure out his purpose. At least let the war stop to avoid more casualties. If everything goes well, we may be able to contact him before the injured He Wei sees Mo Yan again.”

The reason why he still had to pretend that Gu Ling was the time traveler was firstly to confuse Mo Yan, and secondly for safety reasons. As far as the current situation is concerned, Mo Yan doesn't care about anyone else except the time traveler. If Mo Yan knew that the time traveler was Su Liang, he might kill Gu Ling.

Gu Ling thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay." The fact that Su Liang looks like Mo Yan's daughter is an opportunity. If used well, the current situation that is unfavorable to them can be changed as soon as possible. Otherwise, when the Liang Kingdom discovers that the Yan Kingdom did not send troops on time and realizes that they have been deceived, Mo Yan may do whatever it takes to achieve his goal.

…

After Su Liang told Min Rou her plan, Min Rou nodded immediately, "After I learned that you might be Grandpa Mo's granddaughter, I thought that I should tell him about it to prevent you and your grandson from killing each other."

Su Liang could tell that Min Rou still had feelings for Mo Yan, probably because she didn't know what bad things Mo Yan had done, and from the perspective of a kind girl, she felt that Mo Yan followed her without knowing it. If Su Liang knew about it, he would stop.

Although Su Liang felt that things would not be that simple, Min Rou's idea was not wrong.

"I can go, I'm happy to go." Min Rou looked extremely serious, "If this can resolve the conflict and calm things down, and no one will be injured or killed, that would be great!" It's not just Su Liang and Gu Ling. , Min Rou also hopes that the people on Xingluo Island will not continue to make mistakes.

In this way, she is indeed the most suitable person to do this, because she is sincere about what she wants to do, and this will be seen by Mo Yan.

Su Liang asked Lao Mu to escort Min Rou to the north. Lao Mu knew that the current situation was not peaceful. Although it was comfortable to take care of the children at home, he also wanted to help. Especially when she heard that Yue Mei was colluding with Xingluo Island and that Lao Bai and Yuan Ying were in her hands, she didn't hesitate at all. He has always been worried about Lao Bai, and now he finally has some clues.

Before Min Rou left, she visited Mrs. Min again and said that she was going to Mo Yan to tell Su Liang that she was his granddaughter.

Mrs. Min was so angry that she yelled at Min Rou, calling her a white-eyed wolf and stupid, but Min Rou ignored her.

"I should be the one thanking you." Before Min Rou left, she took Su Liang's arm and said, "I am very happy to do something truly right and useful. No matter what the result is, I will do it willingly and will not regret it. I hope we will be happy together." See you soon."

Su Liang nodded, "And your grandfather, he is waiting for you to come home. You have a family. Take care."

Lao Mu hugged Gu Xiaonuan and kissed him, then hugged Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu, then reached out and hugged Gu Ling, "You take good care of your family, this is the most important thing."

"Yes. Master, take care." Gu Ling nodded and watched Lao Mu and Min Rou leave.