Awkward Chili

When Su Liang brought Ren Dong back, he said he wanted to spar with her. After drinking a cup of tea at home and making a plan with Gu Ling to dismiss Ren Dong, he asked Qi Jun to call her to the martial arts arena in the back garden.

"This is a martial arts competition, forget about our relationship." Su Liang said seriously, "If you can't even beat me, and you still need me to protect you when something happens, it's not appropriate, what do you think?"

Ren Dong's face was originally mechanically respectful, but her expression changed slightly after hearing this, and she nodded, "Master, what you said is very true, I will do my best and not let you down."

"That's best." Su Liang nodded, and used a long sword like Ren Dong to take a fighting posture.

Gu Ling hid in a lush tree in advance, and his figure could not be seen from the outside, but he could see everything in the martial arts arena.

Qi Jun and Bai Xiaohu were spectators, and they were discussing the upcoming martial arts competition in a low voice, and they all agreed that Ren Dong could not be Su Liang's opponent.

"But she is the emperor's guard after all, so her strength must be strong." Qi Jun looked at Ren Dong, whose words and deeds were marked by "people used by the royal family", and was very curious about how the female guards in the palace were selected.

Bai Xiaohu asked Qi Jun, "Will this new sister go back to the village with us?"

Qi Jun smiled, "It's hard to say."

Having known Su Liang for so long, she has never let anyone other than Ning Jing really live with her, including Lin Xueqing. Ren Dong is the emperor's person, and it is impossible for her to be loyal to Su Liang just today.

Qi Jun believes that Su Liang should find a way to let Ren Dong leave.

The duel began.

Qi Jun saw that Su Liang and Ren Dong had exchanged a few moves, and then he straightened his back silently. Sure enough, Ren Dong is really not weak.

If you ignore the similar body shape of Ren Dong and Su Liang, in fact, her martial arts style is more like a man, and her slender limbs look very powerful.

And if Ren Dong fights like a man, Su Liang is a perfect combination of strength and dexterity.

From Su Liang's perspective, Ren Dong is more focused on the suppression of martial arts than Mu Ya and others who had fought with her before. She has a clear goal and not only wants to win, but also reveals an unconcealable killing intent.

But Ren Dong was sent to "protect" Su Liang. She has no grudges against Su Liang, so it is impossible for her to kill him. She is probably trained to kill, just like the sharp blade of a sword. As long as she meets someone, she will only attack hard and sharp.

After fighting for half an hour, both of them have lost a lot of physical strength, but the winner is still undecided.

Su Liang also used all his strength. The more he fought, the more he felt that if he compared his personality, Ren Dong was more like a killer than Yan Shiba.

After fighting for another quarter of an hour, Su Liang called a halt.

"Let's call it a draw." Su Liang smiled, "You are really amazing." No wonder he can get close to the emperor. But thinking of Ren Dong's "succession", Su Liang couldn't help but wonder if someone was specially selecting and training similar secret guards for the emperor.

After this competition, Su Liang felt that Ren Dong was more like a trained palace killer than a secret guard. Perhaps, the royal family wanted to secretly get rid of someone, so they would send someone like her?

Su Liang was very curious about Ren Dong's background and her original mission, but if he asked now, Ren Dong would definitely not tell him.

Ren Dong did not think it was a draw, "Master is good at many weapons, and I am far inferior to him."

Su Liang chuckled, "There is no chance to change weapons in a real battle."

"Master, can I stay?" Ren Dong asked respectfully.

Su Liang nodded, "Yes." But she did not mean it. Facing the spy sent by Duanmu Yi, she could only say this.

Bai Xiaohu and Qi Jun began to cheer.

"It's wonderful!" Qi Jun said with a smile, "I didn't expect Miss Ren Dong to be so powerful!"

Ren Dong thought Qi Jun was Su Liang's servant, but listening to his address to Su Liang and her, it was obviously not.

"There is nothing to do today, you go and pack up, and just find Qi Jun if you need anything." Su Liang told Ren Dong.

"Yes, Master." Ren Dong saluted again.

Qi Jun took Ren Dong away, and Bai Xiaohu curiously asked Ren Dong who she learned martial arts from. Ren Dong only said that she learned it from her master, but she did not say who her master was.

When Su Liang was the only one left in the martial arts arena, Gu Ling flew down, holding a branch in his hand, and attacked Su Liang.

Su Liang had just finished a fight and was very tired. Not long after, she was hit in the arm by Gu Ling's branch.

It didn't hurt. She stuffed a pill into her mouth and soon recovered a lot of energy.

The fight did not stop. Gu Ling used the swordsmanship that Su Liang used in the duel with Ren Dong, and Su Liang tried to imitate Ren Dong's fighting style.

Disassembling the battles that Su Liang had experienced and playing to their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses has always been the habit of the two.

Su Liang lost without suspense, because Gu Ling knew her moves very well, but it was not so easy for her to learn Ren Dong's swordsmanship in a short time.

After a short rest, the positions were exchanged. Gu Ling began to imitate Ren Dong's swordsmanship to fight Su Liang.

Su Liang sighed in her heart, "Who will take this monster?", and then she calmed down to deal with it.

...

After Qi Jun arranged for Ren Dong, he went to the restaurant outside to buy lunch and sent it to Yuanming Pavilion, and then he saw Su Liang coming back from the direction of the martial arts field with a long sword.

Qi Jun was stunned for a moment, "Miss Su has been practicing martial arts just now?"

Su Liang nodded, "I didn't fight well in that battle, I am reflecting on it." After Gu Ling's guidance, she felt that she would have a better chance of winning the next time she competed with Ren Dong.

Qi Jun admired her deeply, "Miss Su is too hardworking, I am really ashamed."

"Your best skill is not martial arts." Su Liang said.

Qi Jun knew that Su Liang was speaking from the heart, but at the same time, he realized his own shortcomings again.

Su Liang took the lunch box, "See if you can find out more about Ren Dong."

Qi Jun seemed to be thinking, "She is very tight-lipped, I am afraid I can't get anything out of her."

"Think of a way." Su Liang said.

Qi Jun asked weakly, "Miss Su, you don't mean to let your subordinates seduce her, right?"

Su Liang was stunned for a moment, "So that's what you think? Of course, you can try."

Qi Jun looked embarrassed, "I was just joking, Miss Su, don't take it seriously."

"I was joking too. Just take good care of Xiao Hu, don't worry about anything else." Su Liang said and went into Yuanming Pavilion.

Qi Jun thought of Ren Dong's rigid face and shook his head, "People who come out of the palace are probably cut off from love and love and are devoted to the Lord."

After Su Liang washed up, he had lunch with Gu Ling and mentioned Ren Dong again.

Su Liang told his guess about the "royal killer", and Gu Ling nodded slightly, "Maybe."

"She is just following orders. Will our plan harm her?" Su Liang sighed, "What if she is sent back and dealt with? I think there must be more than one person like her around the emperor."

Gu Ling's expression was indifferent, "She will die within three days."

Su Liang was stunned for a moment, "Her forehead has turned black? Was it like that when she came, or after we discussed how to drive her away?"

"The latter." Gu Ling said.

Su Liang frowned, "So, she will really be killed by us, and she will not have the chance to return to her original identity after leaving here."

Gu Ling did not speak, but affirmed Su Liang's opinion.

The black forehead was caused by God's will for him to intervene. And this time, it was directly related to them. The original plan was naturally not feasible.

The reason why neither of them thought that the black mist on Ren Dong's forehead meant that she would kill someone she shouldn't kill within three days was because she would only follow the orders of her "master".

Now Ren Dong's actual master is Duanmu Yi, and her apparent master is Su Liang. Since Duanmu Yi gave Ren Dong to Su Liang, he would not assign her to do anything unrelated to Su Liang for the time being, and Su Liang would not let Ren Dong kill someone she shouldn't kill.

Unless Ren Dong wanted to kill Su Liang within three days. But in that case, Gu Ling should have seen that there was a black mist on Su Liang's forehead. It is rare to stop killing people, and in this case, Gu Ling must have seen the murderer first, and the person who is about to become the victim is farther away from him.

"No wonder when we were competing, I felt that she was already worried that I would let her go." Su Liang was a little helpless, "What should I do? I can't harm people just because she is untrustworthy."

Gu Ling's face was still calm, "Rebellion."

"But she must be a person with a strong will. If the rebellion fails, it will backfire." Su Liang said.

"You will find a way." Gu Ling expressed his confidence in Su Liang.

Su Liang was thoughtful, "Beauty Trap..."

Gu Ling paused holding the chopsticks, his face slightly dark, "What did you say?"

Su Liang blurted out, "I wonder if Qi Jun has a crush on Ren Dong, he actually took the initiative to mention the beauty trap... Master, you picked up a chili."

Gu Ling stared at the red chili that was already at his mouth, and the atmosphere was inexplicably awkward.

Su Liang smiled, "I didn't expect that Master, your taste today is so special, I don't know how spicy this chili is, Master, try it."

Gu Ling heard this and really put the chili into his mouth. The moment the chili was bitten, the strong spicy taste rushed straight to his head, and his face changed instantly.

Su Liang was just teasing, but he didn't expect Gu Ling to really eat it. Seeing this, he quickly handed over an empty bowl, "Spit it out!"

Putting down the bowl, he went to pick up the teapot, "Rinse your mouth, drink more water to slow down."

Gu Ling spit out the chili that he couldn't forget for a long time, drank a pot of water, and his face was still slightly red.

This dish was a recipe given by Su Liang, and it was made by Wanjia Restaurant. The red chili in it was added by the restaurant chef himself as a decoration. When the waiter of the restaurant served the dish, he would remind the guests that they couldn't eat it, they could only look at it...

"God, you want to try everything, which is a good thing, but you can't eat everything." Su Liang "educated" Gu Ling seriously, "What if you eat poison?"

Gu Ling's expression was obviously calm, but his slightly red face was full of disobedience.

"It's like being drunk." Su Liang said.

"I'm not drunk." Gu Ling shook his head.

Su Liang also shook his head, "Every drunk person says that."

"The food is getting cold." Gu Ling lowered his head, indicating that he could not talk anymore and ate.

After dinner, Su Liang cooked mung beans and asked Qi Jun to make shaved ice. She boiled the milk that Wan Hui sent this morning into milk tea, scooped out a little to cool it before adding tea leaves, and added it to the mung bean shaved ice.

When Su Liang entered Gu Ling's room with the glass cup, he saw his hands hanging down and there were suspicious water marks on his face.

Su Liang approached, Gu Ling raised his hands and put two pieces of ice on the plate on the table.

Su Liang suppressed a laugh, "You can wrap the ice in a handkerchief and apply it to your face."

"Well, what is this?" Today Gu Ling is very good at changing the subject.

Su Liang put the mung bean shaved ice in front of him, "It's for cooling you down, just put it on your face."

Gu Ling looked at Su Liang with a cold look, picked up the spoon, tasted it, and nodded slightly, "Not bad."

"Master, you eat first, and think about how to solve the problem of honeysuckle. I'll go make milk tea." Su Liang left after saying that.

Gu Ling muttered to himself inaudibly, "Eating the wrong thing can also be rewarding..."

If Su Liang knew what Gu Ling was thinking at the moment, he would definitely hit him on the forehead with the big spoon in his hand.

When the milk tea was about to come out of the pot, Su Liang heard Xing Yusheng's voice, "Su Liang, what are you doing? It smells so good!"

Then came Lin Xueqing's cheerful voice, "Sister Su!"

So, after a while, Gu Ling ate green bean shaved ice upstairs, and Su Liang treated friends to afternoon tea downstairs. In addition to her homemade milk tea, there were also snacks brought by Lin Xueqing, which were made by her sister-in-law. She and Xing Yusheng went to the Lin Mansion to visit Qin Yujin early in the morning and came directly after lunch.

"Dad is so happy, and my second brother is so happy that he is stupid." Lin Xueqing said with a smile.

"My grandmother is talking about having a great-grandson again, but when I think about having a child, Qing'er will ignore me, and I think it's good to wait." Xing Yusheng took the initiative to explain his thoughts.

"Just let it go." Lin Xueqing is looking forward to having children, because she likes children very much.

A lot of milk tea was cooked, and Su Liang asked Ren Dong to go to the restaurant to send some to Wan Hui and Zheng Er.

Ren Dong came back and reported to Yuanming Pavilion, "Master, Miss Wan and the young master are not in the restaurant. I sent them home."

"Well, thank you for your hard work. You can go find Qi Jun." Su Liang said.

After Ren Dong left, Xing Yusheng asked who she was, and Lin Xueqing was also very surprised that there was suddenly an extra female guard here.

When they heard Su Liang say that it was given by the emperor, Xing Yusheng and Lin Xueqing frowned.

"What does the emperor mean by this?" Xing Yusheng had a hunch that something bad was going on. "They placed someone around you to monitor you, didn't they?"

Su Liang looked relaxed, "Why are you so nervous? I'm not a spy, and I've done nothing wrong."

Lin Xueqing held Su Liang, "How about I give Sister Su a maid, I guarantee she'll be reliable, and keep that person from the palace away from Sister Su."

Su Liang smiled and shook her head, "No need. I know what's going on."

Xing Yusheng sighed slightly, "Anyway, Qi Jun will be given to you, and he's happy about it. As for his lifelong affairs, you worry about it."

"Okay." Su Liang agreed. If he had to keep Ren Dong, Qi Jun would have to balance it out to avoid the situation where he had to find Ren Dong for everything. In addition, Qi Jun was really reliable, and Su Liang was familiar with him, so she didn't refuse.

"Sister Su, what kind of tea did you use for this milk tea? It smells so good. I want to make it too, for my grandmother, my father, my eldest brother, my second brother, my eldest sister-in-law, my second sister-in-law, and my grandfather, my uncle, and my aunt!" Lin Xueqing said.

Obviously, she got along very well with her two sisters-in-law, Old Lady Xing, and the Qin family.

Su Liang brought a can of tea directly to Lin Xueqing.

Although it was not Dahongpao, it was a precious tea second only to Dahongpao. A pot of this brewed tea sold in the Ning family teahouse in Beijing cost a hundred taels of silver.

Lin Xueqing thought it was too extravagant. Su Liang said that she gave it to her and she didn't need to feel bad. She didn't drink milk tea every day. Who stipulated that tea can only be consumed in one way?

When they were about to leave, Xing Yusheng remembered the business, "Everyone has been arranged. We will go to Wangxiang Mountain early tomorrow morning. Qi Yan will take you there."

Today is August 16th. The day after tomorrow, Su Liang will take the coffins of the Su family back to their hometown and move the graves tomorrow.

Su Liang invited the monks from the Huguo Temple to chant sutras. She also had to burn paper first. Qi Jun had prepared everything she needed.

After thanking Xing Yusheng and the couple left, Su Liang went upstairs and heard Gu Ling say, "I want milk tea."

"If you think of how to solve the problem of honeysuckle, there will be milk tea. I didn't expect that there would be no milk tea." Su Liang said that the milk tea had been distributed, and if Gu Ling wanted to drink it, he had to make a new pot, and he made mung bean shaved ice for him.

Gu Ling nodded, "I thought of it."

"Okay then." Su Liang used the remaining milk that was originally intended to make snacks to make a small pot of milk tea for Gu Ling.

Gu Ling finished the drink slowly. Su Liang asked about honeysuckle again. He wiped the corner of his mouth and said four words calmly, "Act according to circumstances."

Su Liang, who found himself cheated, could no longer bear it. He picked up the empty wooden fruit plate next to him and hit Gu Ling on the forehead, "I also call it acting according to circumstances!"

Gu Ling, who was suddenly hit, did not change his expression. He was not embarrassed at all. He nodded slightly and said, "The milk tea is good. I will try Dahongpao next time."

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