Chengyun's Uncle

Chengyun gave Gu Xiaonuan a jade pendant, and Su Liang put it on her that same day. Gu Xiaonuan was not used to it at first and always wanted to pull it off. His attention was attracted by the toys in the hands of his two brothers, and he soon forgot about the jade pendant.

Yan Shiba didn't come to Yuanming Pavilion for dinner, so Lonicera brought her to the room and ate with her.

After dinner, Su Liang continued to study how to restore Lin Shan's memory. Because she has the drug that caused Lin Shan's amnesia in her hands, the goal of getting this drug is more clear.

When Rendong came upstairs, he heard the sounds of three children playing and Qiu Cong's cheerful laughter. She knocked gently on Su Liang's door, heard Su Liang's voice, and went in.

"Master." Liandong walked to Su Liang before speaking, "Miss Yan asked why the taste of the medicine had changed, and she felt weak after drinking it. The subordinate said that he forgot to tell her that the medicine was changed today, and the fatigue was only temporary. It will help you recover as quickly as possible.”

"Yeah." Su Liang didn't look up, "If she's not asleep when you go back, tell her that I will take the children to Huguo Temple tomorrow and ask her if she can go."

Lonicera nodded, "Yes." After saying that, he went out. She came back not long after and said that she had told Yan Shiba that she wanted to go out for a walk and go to Huguo Temple together tomorrow.

Another fruitless night. Before Su Liang went to bed, he was thinking about where Gu Ling would be at this time. Calculating the time, he had arrived at Xingluo Island a few days ago. If everything went well, he should have successfully rescued people and was on his way back.

Su Liang looked at the little face of her daughter next to her that looked exactly like Gu Ling. Every time she relaxed in the dead of night, her longing for Gu Ling would surge up like a tide and she would not be able to let go for a long time.

Early the next morning, Su Liang told the children that they were going to Huguo Temple today.

Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu both cheered. They liked to play outside the most, but because Gu Ling was not at home, Su Liang rarely took them out.

After breakfast, the carriage was ready and everyone in the mansion was going.

Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu insisted on riding their ponies. Each of them has a horse, which was given by Duanmu Chen. Zheng'er named his horse Zhuifeng, and Ji Xiaoshu named his horse Lightning. Their equestrian skills were taught by Su Liang.

In order to protect the two little guys, Qiu Cong also rode a horse and followed beside them.

Su Liang and Yan Shiba were in a car, and Gu Xiaonuan was in Nangong Qian's car.

Yan Shiba's face looked worse than yesterday. She leaned against the car wall and looked at Su Liang, "The new medicine makes me very uncomfortable. Can I use the original medicine? It's okay without taking the medicine. I feel slow." It will be better if you slow down.”

Su Liang frowned slightly, took Yan Shiba's hand and took her pulse, "The discomfort you feel is only temporary. It takes a period of time to get used to the new medicine. After a few days, these adverse reactions will disappear. The original medicine is not good for you. Your body is of no use anymore, and the feeling you feel better is just superficial. Your internal injuries are severe and you have not yet recovered to the point where you can heal without medicine. "

Yan Shiba looked helpless, "Okay, then I'll listen to you, Sister Liang."

Su Liang was stunned for a moment. This was the first time that Yan Shiba called her "Sister Liang" after she met Yan Shiba again.

But at this time, Yan Shiba had closed her eyes and was resting, and Su Liang couldn't see her expression. As for the tone, there is no similarity to before.

Yan Shiba used to like calling Su Liang very much, and sometimes it was as endless as calling Hun'er, which annoyed Su Liang. And every time Yan Shiba called Su Liang, his tone of voice was deliberately raised, with a hint of smile, a hint of joking, and a bit of nonchalance. To outsiders, they might think it was very intimate and doting, but Su Liang knew that among the many times Yan Shiba called her "Sister Liang", more than half of them were definitely not sincere and just wanted to tease her. , judging from her reaction, sometimes he just deliberately annoys her.

Su Liang did not mention their original names to the current Yan Shiba. For a while, these three words made Su Liang start to wonder if she was too suspicious. Maybe Yan Shiba was just suffering from severe physical injuries and was mentally weak. That's why there is no shadow of the arrogance and wantonness before.

The voices of children outside the window interrupted Su Liang's thoughts. She opened the curtain and heard Ji Xiaoshu sweetly call "Master's wife" and then handed over a candied haws, which he had just bought from the street.

Su Liang smiled and said, "Your master likes to eat this, but I don't like it very much. You can eat it."

"Master is only four years old this year!" Ji Xiaoshu complained to Gu Ling with a smile, bit a candied haws, and then raised it to feed Qiu Cong.

Qiu Cong laughed loudly, "I don't like eating this, it's too sour."

"Master's wife, can my sister eat it?" Ji Xiaoshu asked.

Su Liang shook his head, "Don't give it to her, you can eat it."

But Ji Xiaoshu still sneaked into the carriage and fed Gu Xiaonuan half a candy. He thoughtfully removed the hard candy shell on the outside and only let Gu Xiaonuan eat the hawthorn inside. Gu Xiaonuan, who was so sore, vomited out as soon as he entered his mouth, which happened to hit Ji Xiaoshu's face.

Nangong Qian wiped Ji Xiaoshu's face dumbfounded, and Ji Xiaoshu sighed, "It would be great if the master was here. If I don't want to eat, just give it to him."

Gu Xiaonuan seemed to understand Ji Xiaoshu's words and raised her hand to pat him.

Ji Xiaoshu coughed lightly, "Sister, I didn't give it to you because I didn't want to eat it. I thought you would like it and I really want you to try it. Don't get me wrong."

The carriage stopped at the foot of the mountain. Su Liang heard Zheng'er calling Uncle Nian. He opened the curtain and saw Nian Jincheng coming over with Yan Yu in his arms.

"If I had known that you would come today, we would have gone to your place and set off together." Yan Yu was very surprised to see Su Liang. She was pregnant, and Nian Jincheng was too nervous and always stared at her. Yan Yu suddenly thought of going out for a walk today.

Su Liang helped Yan Shiba get off the carriage and asked her if she could walk by herself.

Yan Shiba's eyes passed over Nian Jincheng and looked at the steps winding up the mountain in front of her, "I'll try. I'll tell you when I don't have the strength."

"If Miss Yan can't walk, I'll carry her." Ren Dong said.

"Yes." Su Liang handed Yan Shiba to Ren Dong, and she turned around and helped Yan Yu.

Yan Yu smiled and took Su Liang's hand, "No need to help, I'm in good health, let's go."

Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu started a childish game again, to see who would run to the Huguo Temple first, and the loser would jump down the mountain.

Nian Jincheng let Gu Xiaonuan sit on his shoulders and follow Su Liang and Yan Yu. Qiu Cong walked with Nangong Qian at the end.

When Su Liang arrived at the entrance of the Huguo Temple, she saw Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu rushing out from behind a big tree, each holding her hand.

"Master's wife, guess who won!" Ji Xiaoshu looked happy. Zheng'er sighed and lowered his head.

"I guess..." Su Liang chuckled, "Draw?"

Zheng'er smiled instantly, and Ji Xiaoshu gave a thumbs up, "Master's wife is amazing! You can even guess this!" In order not to lose the game, they all tried their best to jump down the mountain like frogs, but in the end, no one won.

"Go find your uncle Chengyun." After Su Liang finished speaking, Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu rushed into the Huguo Temple.

In the second half of the climb, Yan Shiba was carried up by Rendong, and the two arrived last.

Su Liang waited until Yan Shiba arrived before entering the temple together. Yan Yu said that she wanted to burn incense and pray for blessings, and Su Liang supported Yan Shiba and said that they would go too.

"You suffered a great disaster before, and since you are here today, go and burn incense." Su Liang said to Yan Shiba.

Yan Shiba nodded slightly, "Okay."

When Su Liang helped Yan Shiba and finished burning incense with Yan Yu and worshipping the Buddha, they saw Ren Dong running over with a few wooden signs tied with red ropes in her hands, "Master, we have come so many times, but we have never hung signs on the wishing tree. Let's hang one this time."

Every temple Su Liang had visited in his previous life had a wishing tree full of red signs or red ribbons. Huguo Temple has always had one, just through the front hall. Su Liang had come here many times before, and she would walk directly under the tree, watching others write down their wishes with a pious look on their faces, and then ask the monks in the temple to hang them on the tree. But she and Gu Ling had never done this.

Su Liang took three pieces, gave one to Yan Yu, one to Yan Shiba, and kept one for herself, "Let's go, let's go and make a wish."

Next to the wishing tree, there was a row of tables with pens, inkstones, and paper for pilgrims to write their wishes on the wooden signs. Those who couldn't write could ask the monks to write for them.

Su Liang walked over and sat down with Yan Shiba. She picked up the pen and carefully wrote the word "peace" on the wooden sign. She picked it up and gently blew the ink dry. When she turned around and saw Yan Shiba didn't move, she handed the pen to her.

Yan Shiba shook his head slightly, "I don't know what to write. There's nothing good to write."

Su Liang smiled, "You are not in good health now, just write the word health, or longevity."

Yan Yu also wrote her wish card over there. Nian Jincheng stood on tiptoe and hung it on the branch she pointed to. Gu Xiaonuan was at Qiu Cong's place at the moment, and went to the back mountain to watch the clouds.

"You help me write it, my hands don't have much strength." Yan Shiba handed the pen back.

Su Liang shook his head, "The wish card must be written by yourself to be effective. You take your time to write, don't rush, sincerity is the most important thing."

Su Liang handed her sign to Nian Jincheng and asked him to help hang it on the tree.

Nian Jincheng saw the word "peace" and nodded, saying, "A Ling will definitely come back safely."

Su Liang looked at Yan Shiba again and saw her put down the wooden sign with a tired look, "To be honest, I don't believe this, I really don't have anything to write. Forget it, let's go."

"Since you are here, let me write one for you." Su Liang said, taking Yan Shiba's wooden sign, carefully wrote the word "healthy" on it, and asked Nian Jincheng to hang it on the tree. Then she supported Yan Shiba and went to the back mountain together.

Everything looked very natural, without any abnormality.

But in fact, coming to Huguo Temple today, and Ren Dong took the wishing card for them to write, these were all planned by Su Liang last night, for only one reason: she wanted to see Yan Shiba's handwriting.

The memory is gone, but muscle memory will not disappear so easily. In fact, Su Liang had prepared some books and four treasures for Yan Shiba before, saying that it would help her restore her memory to read and write when she was bored. But the rice paper in Yan Shiba's room was always blank.

Then last night Su Liang thought of the wishing tree in Huguo Temple, and today's incident happened.

Su Liang knew Yan Shiba's physical condition, how much strength she had, and whether she could write.

When Yan Shiba repeatedly refused to write on the wishing card, Su Liang really began to doubt that this person was not Yan Shiba at all... Because if it was the real Yan Shiba, who really lost his memory, there was no reason to refuse to write two words.

The real Yan Shiba would not believe in the wishing tree, but with her personality, she would break the wishing card in half and throw it for fun when Su Liang handed it to her, instead of holding it in her hand for so long and finally saying that she didn't believe it. Besides, if she didn't believe it, why didn't she refuse when Su Liang asked her to burn incense before?

Su Liang was thinking, maybe she should think about whether the face of the person next to her is real. There is no disguise, which does not mean that the face is exactly the same as Yan Shiba. In the previous life, there was plastic surgery, and people with superb technology can be made exactly the same. Su Liang thought that people in this world could not do it, but what if someone really found someone who looked exactly like Yan Shiba? What if, she thought it was impossible, but someone could do it? After all, there are other time travelers, and Yan Shiba was in the hands of that group before coming here.

Or maybe, Yan Shiba was brainwashed by hypnosis after losing his memory... Su Liang thought of another possibility.

In short, Su Liang planned to think about it carefully after returning home, how to further confirm what this "Yan Shiba" is.

When he arrived at the back mountain, he saw that the children were all there, Chengyun was also pulled over, and his uncle Pucheng.

"Su Shizhu, this is..." Chengyun introduced Su Liang.

Pu Cheng pushed Cheng Yun away and greeted Su Liang with a smile, "Is this the famous Doctor Su? I've heard of him for a long time."

Su Liang had heard from Cheng Yun that his uncle was not an ordinary monk. Ordinary monks would not travel outside all year round.

Pu Cheng's bald head could not hide his outstanding facial features and temperament. He was tall and thin, and his monk robe was elegant and flowing. Thinking of Cheng Yun saying yesterday that Pu Cheng became a monk halfway through his life, Su Liang was very curious about his identity before he became a monk.

"Master Pu Cheng, we finally meet. Cheng Yun often mentions you." Su Liang smiled.

Pu Cheng is a very charming person. Zheng Er and Ji Xiao Shu like him very much, and Gu Xiao Nuan is willing to let him hug her. Gu Xiao Nuan grabbed the Buddhist beads on Pu Cheng's chest and Pu Cheng took them off and hung them around Gu Xiao Nuan's neck.

Su Liang wanted to return it to Pu Cheng, but Pu Cheng waved his hand, "This Buddhist bead has been with me for many years and has been to many places. Since it is destined to be with Little Donor Gu, I will give it to her. These three children are all very destined to be Buddhists! I want to take your daughter as my apprentice. What do you think, Su Shi?"

Su Liang was very upset. Before he could say anything, Cheng Yun objected, "Uncle, Little Donor Gu is a girl. This is not appropriate."

"What's wrong with a girl? I said I wanted to take a disciple, but I didn't say I wanted her to enter Buddhism. I am not talented, but my martial arts are OK. I have some other skills from being outside all year round, which I can teach to my apprentice in the future. After so many years, I finally met the first child who I felt destined to be with. What difference does it make whether it is a boy or a girl?" Pu Cheng looked serious.

Su Liang had thought that there would be a master who would take her daughter as his apprentice, but she never expected that the first person who wanted to take Gu Xiaonuan as his apprentice was actually a monk.

Cheng Yun frowned, "In that case, why not let me accept Gu Xiaoshizhu as my apprentice. I have a good relationship with her, so the generations won't be messed up. Whatever my uncle wants to teach her, I can do it."

Su Liang coughed lightly, "I appreciate your kindness, and I have no objection, but I don't have the right to decide on this matter. The child's father is not at home, he may have an opinion, whether it is okay or not, we have to wait for him to come back to confirm. If he agrees, we will take our daughter to find him..."

Pu Cheng pulled Cheng Yun behind him, and his smile deepened, "Of course he will find me to become his apprentice. Xiao Yun, you will be Xiao Nuannuan's senior brother at that time."

Cheng Yun: ... He is not, he doesn't want to, if he had known, he would have been the first to propose to accept Gu Xiaonuan as his apprentice.

Su Liang said it was okay, but her words didn't count, everything would be discussed after Gu Ling came back.

After eating vegetarian food at Huguo Temple, the group went down the mountain and went home.

Yan Shiba fell asleep on the carriage on the way back. Su Liang watched her quietly, planning to change her medicine again so that she would get better as soon as possible and see if she would do anything. At the same time, Su Liang would give her a poison that could be induced at any time without any signs before the attack, just in case.

Yan Shiba found that the taste of the medicine had changed again. According to Su Liang's explanation, it was because she said she felt uncomfortable after drinking it. Su Liang thought of a new and improved prescription today, which had the same effect but would not make the body feel uncomfortable.

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Huguo Temple.

In the evening, Chengyun came to find Pucheng. He had just come back from playing chess with Master Puhui.

"Let's go to Su's house to see Xiao Nuannuan tomorrow." Pucheng said with a smile.

Chengyun couldn't help but ask the question that had been on his mind for a long time, "Why did Master Uncle want to become a monk?"

Pu Cheng laughed, "Who decided that monks must be like you?"

Chengyun shook his head, "That's not what I meant. I just think that Master Uncle, who likes freedom and casualness, doesn't need to become a monk."

Pu Cheng looked a little disappointed, "I once had a family, but later it was gone, and I was left alone. Whether I became a monk or not, I became a monk."

Chengyun frowned and didn't continue the topic.

Pu Cheng said seriously, "Xiao Yun, I brought you to Ping'an Temple. Aren't you curious about your life experience? You are still young. If you want to return to secular life..."

Cheng Yun shook his head, "No, I haven't thought about returning to secular life."

Pu Cheng reached out and rubbed Cheng Yun's bald head, "Do whatever you want."

Cheng Yun then remembered the purpose of looking for Pu Cheng, "Uncle, we have already visited Uncle Pu Hui. When will we return to Ping'an Temple?"

Pu Cheng shook his head, "Why rush? There is nothing to do when we go back. It's rare for me to come to Beijing. I'll stay for a while. At least wait for Xiao Nuan Nuan's father to come back and let her worship me as her master."

Cheng Yun shook his head slightly, "Uncle, I think Donor Gu may not agree. Donor Gu wants to learn martial arts, and Donor Gu can teach her. Donor Gu is very good at martial arts."

Pu Cheng smiled, "You are not Gu Ling, how do you know?"

Cheng Yun left silently.

Late at night, Pu Cheng had just blown out the light, and the window closed automatically without wind, and a dark shadow appeared in the room.

Pu Cheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he heard the person calling, "Father." The voice was low, but very young.

Pu Cheng was stunned, and after a long silence, he spoke in a very soft voice, "Ayue, why are you here?"