The day after leaving the capital.

During the break, Nian Yue asked, "The emperor will not let the young master stay in the north for too long, right?"

Nian Jincheng put down the kettle, raised his head slightly, and looked at the rising sun in the eastern sky. A faint smile appeared on his handsome and resolute profile, and fleetingly said, "There is nothing wrong with guarding the mine."

Nian Yue frowned, "Isn't the young master determined to be a general and gallop on the battlefield?"

Nian Jincheng took another two sips of water in silence and sighed, "Yes!"

But the passion I had when I was young has become colder and colder in the past two years.

He is busy, doing what outsiders see as business, being very hard on himself, striving for perfection in everything, and has received many praises for this. However, whenever he is alone, he still feels empty in his heart.

He increasingly doesn't know why he does what he does. It seems that no matter how hard he tries, no one cares...

Unexpectedly, he remembered that day when he met Xing Yusheng for the first time in the Qin Mansion. He said with a chuckle that the rumored Prince Gu only had one friend, Nian Jincheng.

Since the incident with the Gu family, Nian Jincheng was ordered by the emperor to pursue Gu Ling, and many people secretly mocked his hypocrisy. Xing Yusheng's words were nothing at all. The fact that he took the initiative to find Nian Jincheng again showed that he did not think Nian Jincheng

We really need to kill Gu Ling to death.

No matter how unpleasant the words were, Nian Jin had heard them all in Chengdu, and they came from his family. His eldest brother, and even Nian Ruxue, the sister he thought was the only one who cared about him.

Naturally, Nian Jinxing does not care about Gu Ling's life or death, but he will not miss any opportunity to ridicule and humiliate Nian Jincheng.

But when facing Xing Yusheng that day, Nian Jincheng had something he wanted to say, but he didn't dare to say it, "Gu Ling is also my only friend."

It was he who took the initiative to ask for orders to hunt down Gu Ling. He traveled thousands of miles and found nothing.

But no one knew that that night in Sujia Village, the emperor's confidant, Eunuch Han, was secretly watching every move. He was ready to kill the old eunuch if he noticed something was wrong.

Of course Nian Jincheng knew that the man in Sujia Village was not the real Ningjing, because the seventh son of the Xunyang Ning family had died long ago, in front of him, and he even buried it with his own hands...

…

Sujia Village.

Ningjing is cleaning and polishing a pair of slender knives.

This is the ninth weapon that he and Su Liang "picked up" from the killers in Yanyun Tower recently.

The first one is the long sword of the host Yan Sui, hanging in the Tingjing Room.

After wiping the two knives clean, Ning Jing took them to Su Liang and said, "Try it."

Su Liang put down the medical book in his hand, held a handful in one hand, and waved it a few times, "It's not very coordinated."

She was right-handed and had never tried two-handed weapons. When she got interested, she asked Ningjing to go out and practice.

The original owner of the double swords died in Su Liang's hands last night. She had fought with that man and still remembered some of his moves.

However, imitation based on memory is bound to make mistakes and expose many flaws.

Ning Jing patiently taught Su Liang her moves and inspired her in the fight.

The fight was very slow at first, and even after Su Liang made a move, he felt that the posture just now was not right and regretted starting over.

Later, he gradually became more proficient and became faster. Su Liang felt that it was very easy to use the double swords. Moreover, the power of the destructive weapons held in both hands was more powerful than a single weapon.

After the fight, Su Liang hid the two knives in her calves, one on each side, which was just right. They replaced the original ordinary daggers and became her new weapons.

"Isn't it true that everyone in Yanyun Tower is a powerful master?" Su Liang asked, "The people who come later are not as strong as those who came before. If in the end, the minions come to snatch the owner of the building, it will really be life-threatening.

"

She was so nervous every night that she didn't dare to sleep deeply. The feeling of waiting for the killer to come was quite exciting at first, but now Su Liang had a headache. It was caused by lack of sleep.

Ning Jing shook his head, "There are many masters, but there are only a few who must grab the thumb ring."

Those who are truly powerful and shrewd will not stare at the dead thing like Mo Yu's finger.

Although this is the so-called symbol of the owner of the building, the rules are set by people and can naturally be changed. As long as the fists are strong enough, the methods are ruthless enough, and the situation can be controlled, you can become the new leader of Yanyun Building.

Even Yan Sui died in Sujiacun. There may not be anyone stronger than Yan Sui in Yanyun Tower, but such a person does not need this finger at all.

And if a killer who needs a finger pull really comes to snatch the finger pull, it will be a stupid act of overestimating his own abilities and sending him to death.

"So, apart from Yan Sui, no really powerful people have come to Yanyun Tower and will never come?" Su Liang asked.

Ning Jing nodded.

Su Liang sighed slightly, "I thought too much and thought that the one who came recently was the strongest one in Yanyun Tower. It turns out that he is not strong enough and his brain is not very good."

But it was just right for her to practice.

If a master of Yan Sui's level really showed up, Su Liang would have no choice but to hide or run for his life.

Thinking of this, she leaned over and pulled out the two swords again, pointing at Ning Jing, "I'm still far behind, keep practicing!"

…

As the days passed, Su Liang's strength could not be said to have improved by leaps and bounds, but it had also improved rapidly.

She believes that most of the credit goes to having an excellent master, Ning Jing.

High intensity and high efficiency, professional one-on-one guidance, customized "training", strict but patient.

Su Liang's physical foundation after time travel is average, but his talent, understanding, diligence and hard work are all top-notch, and his body can be transformed.

After chatting that day, people from Yanyun Tower came again, but they didn't show up again.

Counting Yan Sui, Ning Jing and Su Liang killed a total of thirteen killers of Yan Yun Tower and seized thirteen weapons.

Yan Sui's long sword belongs to Ningjing, and his double swords belong to Su Liang. The other weapons are used by the two for daily competition.

After entering late September, the weather became colder and colder.

Early that morning, Ningjing drove to the county town to buy medicinal materials for Su Liang. He also bought some fresh ingredients and a sack of silver charcoal. He also went to Mingxiang Tower to buy two boxes of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes. When he was driving back home,

The sun has set.

During dinner, Su Liang asked Ningjing again about which day he planned to leave for the provincial capital.

The provincial examination will start on October 15th and last for three consecutive days.

Last time we mentioned it, Ning Jing said to leave five days in advance, but Su Liang felt that it would be too rushed. If there was a slight delay on the way, he would miss the exam.

"The eighth day of October." Ning Jing said.

"On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, right?" Su Liang suggested, "We can walk slowly along the way and take in the scenery."

"Okay." Ning Jing nodded.

"There are still ten days." Su Liang calculated, "I asked Hu Er to help find someone to make a carriage, which should be delivered soon. Then we will take turns driving the carriage, reading while riding in the carriage, and practicing martial arts while resting.

Nothing is delayed.”

Next, Su Liang plans to take all her books with her on a long trip, as well as bedding and winter clothes. There is a lot of luggage, and the original carriage at home is too small.

It happened that Hu Er came to visit a few days ago and heard Su Liang mention the carriage and said that he knew an old craftsman who was good at making carriages.

Su Liang drew a diagram of the internal structure of the carriage according to his own ideas, and asked Hu Er to help find the craftsman to make it. The materials should be the best, and price was not an issue.

The shoes and clothes that Mrs. Bai was asked to help make are also done.

"I've never seen you so confident after reading a book about the imperial examination?" Su Liang asked Ningjing.

Every day, he had to guide Su Liang in martial arts, light the fire, wash clothes and clean the house. He also spent a lot of time in the carpentry room. Even if he read books, they were all medical books that Su Liang had finished.

"I don't know what the test will be, and there is nothing to prepare for." Ning Jing said.

Su Liang coughed lightly, "If you say something like this, you will be beaten."

However, Su Liang never thought about the possibility that they would not go to the capital if they failed in the Ningjing Township Examination.

Because Ningjing is a god-like existence in her eyes, there are things he doesn't know, but as long as he is interested and wants to learn what he wants to do, he can study it to a masterful level.

"Chang'an hasn't been here for several days. I don't know how the case is being investigated." Su Liang said casually.

Ning Jing, on the other hand, didn't care about Mu Luo and Chang'an at all, and asked Su Liang what kind of pattern he wanted to engrave on the pen holder.

The reason was that Su Liang saw an extra pen holder on Ningjing's table the day before yesterday. It was made of wood and had an interesting relief landscape.

Su Liang asked Ning Jing if he could make one for her, and Ning Jing agreed, on the condition that she had the right to order food that day.

Su Liang returned to her room and carefully sketched the appearance of her previous home. It was the mountain villa left by her grandmother, and she would stay there every time she took a vacation.

After handing it over to Ning Jing, he looked at it and asked Su Liang, "Your previous home?"

Su Liang nodded, "Sometimes I think you can read minds."

…

I just said last night that Chang An and Mu Luo had not shown up recently, but early the next morning, Chang An came.

"Master is going to visit the mine today. Let me ask Miss Su if she wants to go?" Chang'an asked.

Su Liang originally thought that no matter what happened in Chang'an, she would push it aside if she could, but she didn't expect that Mu Luo would invite her to visit the mine together.

This is something Su Liang has wanted to do for a long time, but has no chance.

Even if you agree, it's called peace.

Ning Jing was in the room, holding a pen holder in his hand and focusing on carving. He didn't even raise his head when he heard the voice, "I'm not going."
To be continued...