Unexpected Results (Second Update)

"Sir, the medicine is ready, drink it while it's hot. Read

М" Nian Yue brought a bowl of dark concoction, and the hot steam that came out smelled bitter.

Nian Jincheng picked up the bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

"Master, are you okay?" Nian Yue had served Nian Jincheng for many years and noticed that he was in a bad mood, although he didn't show it on his face.

Nian Jincheng shook his head and went to change clothes.

Nian Yue went out with the bowl and saw Chang An coming.

"My master asked me to accompany General Nian to Sujiacun and wait for General Nian's orders." Chang An said standing outside the door.

Nian Jincheng's face suddenly sank in the room!

He knew that this was sent by Mu Luo to monitor him.

It was not because he suspected that Nian Jincheng had anything to do with Ning Jing.

But to see whether Nian Jincheng will try his best to complete the tasks assigned by Mu Luo.

Whenever he says something wrong and the final result is not what Mu Luo intended, he will be included in the book.

Chang'an didn't hear Nian Jincheng's response and asked again, "General Nian, are you ready to go?"

Nian Jincheng put on his belt, took his sword, opened the door and walked out, still looking as stern as ever, "Let's go, please lead the way."

"It's a matter of duty." Changan nodded.

Nian Yue didn't know what Nian Jincheng was going to do and wanted to follow him, but was left behind. He was also injured, and Nian Jincheng asked him to rest in the county government office.

The carriage was ready. After Chang'an asked Nian Jincheng to get on the carriage, he drove away from the county seat and headed for Feiyan Town.

Across the car curtain, Nian Jincheng asked Chang'an, "His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince said that he had designed to test Su Liang's sworn brother Ning Jing. What was that?"

Changan chuckled, "It's all over."

Regarding the examination fraud case in Bei'an County, Su Liang and Ning Jing actually did not know that one of the masterminds behind the case was Mu Luo. Because he accepted bribes to frame Ning Jing's examiner, he was bribed by the Xunyang Ning family with a lot of money before he received Mu Luo's order.

Chang'an didn't want to say more, and Nian Jincheng didn't ask any questions. He just asked Chang'an to tell him what he knew about Su Liang. He would know more about the situation so that he could do what he did next.

Chang'an didn't doubt that he was there, so he started talking about Su Liang.

When Mu Luo first arrived in Bei'an County, he asked Chang An to investigate Ning Jing and Su Liang secretly, so he also knew some of the previous things.

For example, Su Liang was imprisoned by Su Daqiang's family and sold embroidery for money. She teamed up with loan shark Hu Er to send Su Daqiang's family to the mines. She went to the county government to sue Huang Wan'er, the daughter of the former county magistrate, and others.

"My master and I were puzzled at first, how could Miss Su be trapped by that family if she is so powerful?" Chang'an said, "But think about it, she is only a teenage girl, her family is broken, and she comes to a different place in her life alone. She was in a familiar place, thinking that those relatives could be relied on, but after entering the fire pit, no one in the whole village had seen her go out. We guessed that her hands and feet might have been chained for most of the year, like a slave. What’s the use of knowing martial arts to make money?”

Nian Jincheng's eyes narrowed, and he recalled how Su Liang looked when he first met her. He was so thin and frail that even heavy makeup couldn't hide it.

"The family married Miss Su to Mr. Ning in order to make money. I heard that they strangled Ms. Su and sent her into the sedan chair. They thought she was dead and planned to go to Mr. Ning the next day to demand her death and threaten him to hand over everything. Money." Chang'an said and sighed deeply, "It's lucky that Miss Su was lucky, otherwise she would have been killed by that evil-hearted family."

Nian Jincheng thought that that night, he seemed to have seen the faint red mark on Su Liang's neck. He had not paid attention to it before, but now he met Chang An's words.

"Boss Mr. Ning and Miss Su are poor people without a family. After they got married, they became sworn brothers and sisters, so they have each other to rely on." Chang'an continued.

Only now did Nian Jincheng understand where the worship hall he saw came from. There were many things behind this that he didn't know and couldn't even imagine.

"Although the matter master has told me is difficult and dangerous for Miss Su, I hope that General Nian will put the overall situation first and explain the pros and cons to Miss Su clearly." Chang An sighed.

He is Mu Luo's subordinate, and everything he says and does represents Mu Luo's will. As mentioned above, my sympathy for Su Liang is true, but I will not give up on the ongoing plan because of those things.

Nian Jincheng didn't speak again.

Chang'an sped up and rushed to Sujiacun.

…

After Ningjing came back from shopping in the county town, she took the rabbit to the backyard and killed it and cleaned it.

Last time, Su Liang asked Ningjing to go to the town's blacksmith shop to build a charcoal stove for barbecue, place it in a ventilated area in the courtyard, and put the red-hot charcoal blocks inside.

The rabbit is skewered with a skewer, brushed with oil, and placed on the charcoal grill.

I cut some thin slices of pork belly and made some meat skewers.

In addition, wash and cut all the vegetables at home, skewer them, put them in bamboo baskets, and take them out to bake.

The rabbit meat gradually turns golden and fragrant.

Ningjing brushed Su Liang's sauce on it, turned it over and grilled it.

Su Liang was grilling other ingredients nearby.

Radish and pork ribs soup is simmering on the kitchen stove.

The rabbit is almost ready, and the other skewers Su Liang has baked will soon be ready to eat. She smiled and said, "If Mu Luo comes now and wants us to share this meal with him, how much will it cost?"

Ning Jing turned over the rabbit and said calmly, "Let him go."

Su Liang chuckled, and the next moment she heard a knock on the door, followed by a familiar male voice, "Miss Su!"

Who else is Chang'an if he doesn't come here every now and then?

Su Liang thought Mu Luo might be here too, so he just pretended not to hear him.

Ning Jing, on the other hand, was focused on roasting a perfect rabbit and had no intention of opening the door.

The aroma of barbecue drifted outside the courtyard wall. Changan took a deep breath, "They must be at home. Could it be that they thought my master was here and didn't want to invite him to dinner, so they ignored him?"

Nian Jincheng heard Changan talk about the sky-high price of food that Su Liang sold to Mu Fei. It was enough to see that Su Liang and Mu Fei were not friends, nor did they want to be friends with him.

"Miss Su, my master didn't come!" Changan said loudly.

Su Liang heard it, but still ignored it. Mu Fei didn't come, so Changan had to wait outside if he had something to do. Who would go to someone else's house without saying hello in the middle of the day?

Then he heard Changan say, "General Nian is here too! He has something to do with Miss Su! Please open the door!"

Ning Jing divided the roasted rabbit into two halves, and Su Liang was about to go to the kitchen to check the pork rib soup.

"Nian Jincheng is here." Su Liang looked at Ning Jing.

Ning Jing looked indifferent, "Eat the meat while it's hot."

Other things will be discussed later.

Su Liang went to the kitchen to serve the pork rib soup, and then started eating.

The staple food was the pancakes that were baked and tender inside.

The sun was shining, and the two sat under the tree, eating delicious roasted rabbit meat and drinking pork rib soup, feeling comfortable and cozy.

Changan said that he and Nian Jincheng were waiting outside, so he didn't knock on the door again.

He sat on the stone outside the door, smelling the fragrance that kept wafting out from inside, and his stomach sang the empty city plan, sighing and saying to himself, "The door won't let me in, that thing, it seems that there is no hope..."

Nian Jincheng walked to the side of the stream. It was not the first time he came here, but it was the first time he saw the scenery of this rural village.

…

The wild rabbit was not big, and the meat was very tender.

Su Liang finished eating and drank a mouthful of hot soup, feeling very comfortable.

"Nian Jincheng's followers just sent the silver bills this morning, what is he doing now?" Su Liang was a little confused.

Ning Jing ate the meat seriously, and had no intention of discussing with her.

Su Liang had long been accustomed to Ning Jing's silence, and did not care. She stirred the soup in the bowl, thinking, "Nian Jincheng came with Chang'an. No matter what happened, it should be Duanmu Chen's idea."

Su Liang felt that the reason why Nian Jincheng questioned her at the Wu family's abandoned house that day was because he did not understand the situation and was too concerned about Ning Jing.

But Su Liang clearly warned Nian Jincheng to stay away from them. Mu Fei kept staring at him, which could easily arouse suspicion.

Later, Nian Jincheng carefully kept a distance from Su Liang, so it was impossible for him to come here in broad daylight just because he wanted to. Especially when he was with Chang'an, it was equivalent to being watched by Mu Fei's eyes on every move.

"What could it be..." Su Liang could not think of it, but felt that it was probably not a good thing.

If it was a good thing, with Mu Fei's temperament, he would definitely come in person.

Thinking of this, although he still didn't know what Nian Jincheng was here for, Su Liang had a rough idea in his mind, and asked Ning Jing seriously, "If Nian Jincheng asked me to help with something, would you agree?"

Ning Jing cleaned up the dishes with a calm expression, "You decide your business." He went into the kitchen to clean up.

Su Liang got up to open the door.

Chang'an saw the door open and hurriedly got up. It happened that Nian Jincheng came back from the stream.

"I didn't expect there would be guests at this time. I thought I heard it wrong." Su Liang smiled.

Chang'an's mouth twitched, "We came uninvited. It's too presumptuous."

Nian Jincheng bowed, "Miss Su, I'm sorry to bother you."

"Please come in." Su Liang turned around, "Have you had lunch?"

Chang'an blurted out, "No!"

"That's really unfortunate, we just finished eating." Su Liang said with a smile.

Chang'an:... He thought Su Liang was going to treat them to food just now, he really thought too much!

"Please sit down, both of you." Su Liang pointed to the place under the tree.

The table that Ning Jing had just wiped was very clean.

Nian Jincheng heard some noise in the kitchen, but he couldn't see what Ning Jing was doing.

Su Liang made some tea and brought it over. While pouring the tea for them, he asked, "Are you two here to see me for medical treatment? Or does His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince have any instructions?"

Chang'an's expression became serious, "General Nian has something to ask Miss Su, and the master asked me to accompany him."

Deliberately removing Mu Fei made Su Liang feel that something bad must be wrong.

"General Nian, have some tea." Su Liang placed a cup of hot tea in front of Nian Jincheng, "Please speak frankly if you have anything to say."

"Thank you." Nian Jincheng held the teacup with both hands, but the real heat made his original calmness disappear, and he didn't know how to speak for a while.

Changan reminded Nian Jincheng, "General Nian, Miss Su is always busy, let's talk business."

Nian Jincheng nodded subconsciously, and then hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Nian came here today because I want to ask Miss Su for help."

Su Liang nodded, "I would like to hear the details."

"Miss Su should know that Wu Yun and Wu Huaian are seriously suspected of smuggling iron ore. It was Miss Su's credit that they were caught." Nian Jincheng looked down at the clear tea in the cup and weighed his words.

"Yes, the fourth prince said so." Su Liang said.

"The case has not made any progress. The emperor sent me to guard the mine and assist His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince in investigating the case." Nian Jincheng said, "Now we have a plan to send our own people to 'rescue' Wu Yun and Wu Huaian. As long as we can gain their trust, we can break the deadlock."

Changan heard Nian Jincheng say that the plan was "ours", and thought he was quite smart. If Nian Jincheng said that everything was Mu Fei's idea and tried to get himself out of it, even if it was true, Mu Fei would not let him off easily.

Chang'an came here to relay every word Nian Jincheng said to Mu Fei.

Whether Nian Jincheng is a member of the Prince's faction or not, now that he has come to Bei'an County, his future and fate are in the hands of Mu Fei. If he is not careful, Mu Fei can easily destroy him.

Su Liang nodded and said only two words, "Great plan."

But she knew that it was not easy for this plan to succeed. The most difficult thing was to gain the trust of Wu Yun and Wu Huaian.

Su Liang had guessed why Nian Jincheng wanted to find her.

Mu Fei had said long ago that during the interrogation, the father and son of the Wu family asked Mu Fei to capture Su Liang more than once.

To some extent, they fell into Su Liang's hands and must hate her very much. Especially Wu Huaian.

Nian Jincheng's next words completely confirmed Su Liang's guess, "Wu Yun and Wu Huaian have been "rescued" by our people, but Wu Huaian asked to capture Miss Su before he would believe that those were his own people."

At this point, Nian Jincheng sighed and told Su Liang all of Mu Fei's plans, but he always said "our plan".

Nian Jincheng knew that this would cause Su Liang to be disgusted, but he was not just for his own future.

As a military general loyal to the country of Gan, Nian Jincheng should indeed focus on the big things. And he himself knew that he had selfish motives in this matter, and this selfishness must not be seen by Mu Fei.

After saying that, Nian Jincheng looked at Su Liang, "This is a serious matter, please consider it seriously, Miss Su."

Chang'an was very surprised, thinking that Nian Jincheng was not as rigid as he thought, and still cared about his future.

But he didn't think Su Liang would agree.

Unexpectedly, Su Liang did not simply refuse, but asked, "If I agree to help, I have to take such a big risk, what's the benefit?"

Nian Jincheng was stunned, "Miss Su is willing to help? This is not a simple matter, you may be seriously injured..."

This was his subconscious reaction, and he forgot that Chang'an was staring at him.

Su Liang snorted coldly and interrupted Nian Jincheng, "General Nian is here, so there is no need to pretend to care about my safety!"

Nian Jincheng's face froze, and Su Liang didn't want to pay attention to him anymore. He turned to look at Chang'an, "There is room for negotiation on this matter. I think the one who can make the decision is His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince. I want to see his sincerity first."

Chang'an looked happy and said quickly, "Miss Su, if you have any requests, just ask. I will go back and report to the master!"

Ning Jing came out of the kitchen at some point and stood not far away, looking at this side.

Nian Jincheng noticed something, looked back, and immediately retracted his gaze and drank tea with his eyes closed.

"I need a lot of things." Ning Jing said.

Su Liang held his forehead.

Chang'an showed a meaningful smile, "As long as Miss Su is willing to help, after the matter is done, whatever Mr. Ning wants can be said!"

Su Liang's agreement was an unexpected result.

When Chang'an heard Ning Jing speak, he foresaw that Mu Fei would be slaughtered again...