Chapter 38

[Yan Shiba leaves, the college exam releases the list]

Out of good intentions, Su Bai, who was originally worried that he would be treated too leniently, did not expect Ning Jing to be so straightforward, and Su Liang even gave him a few big red pomegranates.

Watching the carriage pass the bridge, Su Bai sighed slightly, "Looking at it this way, they really are not a couple!"

Otherwise, Ning Jing could have waited for Su Liang and Ji to consummate the house, instead of bluntly saying that the two became sworn brothers and sisters.

This is the meaning of not being together and not being together.

Su Bo went home with the pomegranate in his arms, thinking about clarifying this matter with the villagers, but Ping An entrusted him.

As soon as the carriage arrived at the gate, Yan Shiba seemed to have been waiting inside the door, opened the door when he heard the sound, and enthusiastically called "Sister Liang" to come up.

Her injuries were serious, but she recovered well under Su Liang's treatment and care.In the past two days, I went to Mrs. Bai's house to eat, and I wasn't hungry at all.

Before Su Liang got out of the car, Yan Shiba quickly jumped up and hugged her, "Sister Liang, you are back!"

Su Liang didn't mention that he met Su Bai not long ago.When the carriage stopped, the two got out of the carriage, and Ning Ning moved down the pomegranate and other things they bought.

It was getting late, but Su Liang and Ning Jing hadn't eaten yet.Yan Shiba had eaten and said he was not full.

Su Liang washed her hands and made three bowls of fried egg noodles with minced meat.

As soon as it was finished, Yan Shiba walked over wearing the new clothes Su Liang bought for her, swayed over, opened her arms and twirled around, asking Su Liang if she looked good.

"Ping An bought it." Su Liang said.

Yan Shiba snorted lightly, "He buys me clothes? He only cuts me off and hates me for dirtying the floor."

Su Liang nodded, "You are very self-aware about this."

"Sister Liang!" Yan Shiba leaned against the door of the kitchen, looked at Su Liang who was busy, and lowered his voice, "Following Ning Jing will not have good results, sister will take you away tonight?"

Su Liang said calmly, "Why don't you take him away? Actually, I want to live alone."

Yan Shiba looked disgusted, "Then I'd rather go by myself!"

"Ok, deal."

The voices of Su Liang and Ning Jing sounded from inside and outside at the same time, and what they said was verbatim.

Yan Shiba rolled her big eyes, "You guys have a good idea!"

On the surface, everything seems to be in harmony.

The three of them sat together eating hot and fragrant noodles, Yan Shiba asked questions, Su Liang responded perfunctorily.

After eating, putting down his chopsticks, Yan Shiba took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, but Su Liang snatched it away.

"Sister Liang embroidered this, right? It's so beautiful, give it to sister." Yan Shiba shook Su Liang's arm.

Su Liang's expression faded a lot, "I won't give it away. If you take other things from me, hand them over."

Yan Shiba didn't expect Su Liang to turn his face suddenly because of a handkerchief, and his smile deepened, "I like that piece of cloth embroidered with plum blossoms very much. How about buying it from you for 10 taels?"

Su Liang shook his head without hesitation, "I won't sell it. I bought you clothes and weapons, and you can take them with you if you need them. Now, please leave."

Seeing that Su Liang was serious, the smile on Yan Shiba's face suddenly stopped, "What's wrong with Sister Liang?"

"It's nothing. I'll save you. When you're done, you should leave." Su Liang said.

"Are you blaming my sister for telling you about your fake marriage?" Yan Shiba said, his eyes suddenly turned to Ning Jing, and he snorted coldly, "Could it be that I was wrong? Ning Jing, don't think I'm not I know what you have in mind! You are a man, and you are very proud of being served by a beautiful, sensible and capable girl like Sister Liang, right? You only care about your own future, have you considered her future? She saved me I can't see her being killed by you!"

Su Liang knew that this was also for her to hear, "Yan Shiba, the fake marriage is a fact, I didn't say it before, but I don't care. You are too lenient."

What Su Bai and Yan Shiba said about how Su Liang will marry in the future is really indifferent to her.

The key point is that Ning Jing and Su Liang got married on a false basis in order to avoid being traced by the people behind Nian Jincheng.

When Su Bai mentioned it, Su Liang wanted to deny it, but Ning Jing admitted it first, so she didn't say anything else.

Although it is unlikely, if someone in the court still stares at Ning Jing and the fake marriage is exposed, it will still arouse suspicion.

After all, a down-and-out businessman's son doesn't need a false marriage to hide something, but a traitor who hides his identity may need to...

"Sister Liang, is that why I annoy you? In your heart, is it not as peaceful as it is?" It was a little sad to hear these words at first, but Yan Shiba's tone was only puzzled and inquiring.

She noticed that the relationship between Ning Jing and Su Liang was very strange, there was no love between men and women, but it seemed like they had known each other for a lifetime.Obviously, they had only been married for less than a month, and even the marriage was fake.

Su Liang looked at Yan Shiba, his eyes were calm and magnanimous, "I don't hate you. But we are not the same person, I choose to live with Tranquility, and you have your own way to go."

To put it bluntly, the three of them can get together, each with their own purpose, and it has nothing to do with feelings.

Yan Shiba is destined to be out, the fundamental reason is that she doesn't understand Ning Jing and Su Liang.When the two joined forces, they started exchanging secrets.And that secret, no third person knows.

Yan Shiba slammed closer to Su Liang, and instantly regained his killer qualities, his eyes were dangerously cold, "I've never flattered anyone so much in my life. You, aren't you afraid of offending me?"

Su Liang was so calm, "How can Yan Shiba please others? You just think I am interesting and want to tease you."

When Yan Shiba heard the words, his eyes shrank suddenly, and he sneered, "Sister Liang, sister asks you one last time, do you want to come with me?"

Su Liang shook his head, "I'll answer you for the last time too, and I refuse. Remember what you said, if you ask me the same question again, you're a dog."

Ning Ping, who was silently drinking soup, was choked up.

Yan Shiba stretched out his hand and grabbed Su Liang's neck. Seeing that she was still unafraid, she suddenly turned to look at Ning Jing, "Actually, you really expect me to do something to her, so you have a reason to kill me!"

Ning Jing nodded slightly, indicating that she guessed right.

Yan Shiba let go of Su Liang and sighed, "Forget it."

Su Liang thought she was going to leave, but she took a big pomegranate from the bamboo basket next to her and stuffed it into Su Liang's hand, "Peel me a pomegranate and I'll leave."

Su Liang took out a knife and a clean bowl, cut off the top, cut along the diaphragm, tapped it lightly with the knife, and quickly peeled a bowl of magnificent and translucent pomegranate seeds, and handed it to Yan Shiba.

Yan Shiba was carrying a burden on her back, which contained the clothes Su Liang bought for her, wound medicine, and a knife. Holding the bowl in her hand, she walked out while eating, and said in a faint tone, "Sister Liang, if you can still live in this life Seeing you, I will repay your life-saving grace."

Walking to the middle of the courtyard, Yan Shiba stopped and turned around, "Little bastard, can't you keep sister? Even if it's just pretending!"

Su Liang stood on the porch and waved at Yan Shiba, "Take care."

"I'll be back!" Yan Shiba finished speaking, jumped over the wall and disappeared into the vast night.

Su Liang returned to the room and saw that Ning Jing was peeling pomegranates following her method, and asked seriously, "Should we hide for a while?"

"Yan Sui? No need. Yan Shiba will solve it, or be solved." Ning Jing shook his head.

Su Liang didn't want to talk about Yan Sui, but seeing Ning Jing not worried, she felt that she was thinking too much.

As for Yan Shiba, she would leave probably because it was time to leave.

It's a life-and-death situation, so she can't help hiding here to enjoy herself comfortably.Who holds the initiative is very important.

The next day, Su Liang sent pomegranates to Bai's family, and Aunt Bai took her to ask about peace.

Su Liang told the truth, they are not husband and wife.

"No wonder, I always feel that you..." Aunt Bai didn't know how to describe it, and asked Su Liang what her plans were in the future.

"Sister Su Liang is not Brother Ning's daughter-in-law, so she should be my uncle's daughter-in-law!" Bai Xiaohu suddenly suggested.

Bai Peng kicked Bai Xiaohu, and Aunt Bai also scolded her grandson, telling Su Liang not to mind, children are ignorant, how could Bai He be worthy of her?
Bai He, who had just come back from the outside, was scolded by Mrs. Bai, confused and didn't know what happened.

……

Neither Su Liang nor Ning Jing had been out of the village before the results of the college examination.

After buying a sword, Su Liang began to learn swordsmanship from Ning Jing, and at the same time increased the intensity of training.

In addition to practicing swordsmanship, reading books and practicing calligraphy every day, he also has to see a doctor for the villagers, and even began to have patients from neighboring villages.

In addition to teaching Su Liang swordsmanship, washing dishes and cleaning, Ning Jing also learned carpentry from Grandpa Er Niu, and bought some useful small items for the house every time he came back.

The word of mouth of the two in the village is getting better because of Su Liang becoming a doctor, and Su Bai clarifies that, except for a very few people who don't like them and gossip behind their backs, other villagers believe and accept that they are not husband and wife. It's just about siblings.

Hu Er came once in the middle, and was shocked for a long time when he learned about it.He brought news that the new county magistrate of Bei'an County officially took office the day after the hospital examination. He is very young and it is said that he has a strong background.

"What kind of background can a mere county magistrate have?" Su Liang was curious.

Hu Er pointed in the direction, "Beian County has the largest iron ore mine in Qian State. This is not an ordinary small place. I heard some rumors that someone smuggled a large amount of iron ore to Yan State. Our new county magistrate is the imperial court. An imperial envoy secretly sent to investigate smuggling!"

In this era, iron ore is an extremely important resource and the basis for a country to forge weapons.Selling iron ore to an enemy country is not simply smuggling, but collaborating with the enemy and treason.

"Even we can know such secrets. If the county magistrate is really an imperial envoy, wouldn't it be very dangerous?" Su Liang said.

Hu Erhun didn't care, "Miss Su is right. But I'm just a grassroots person, how can I be worthy of worrying about the affairs of the government? I just wait for the list to be announced the day after tomorrow, and give Mr. Ning a drink to congratulate!"

As for the fate of Su Daqiang's family, Hu Er mentioned it the last time he came here. Although Ning Jing and Su Liang didn't mention it, he guessed that it was related to them.

……

August fourteenth.

On the announcement day, Ning Jing and Su Liang did not go to the county seat.

Su Liang woke up early in the morning and found out that tomorrow was the Mid-Autumn Festival. He planned to make mooncakes. After describing it to Ning Jing, he sat under the tree in the courtyard and carved the molds.

A group of officers and soldiers came to Sujia Village with gongs and drums, followed by many watching villagers, including the mayor and members.

To this day, there are still not many people who know about Ning Jing's participation in the imperial examination. Seeing that the announcing team entered Sujia Village, they all agreed that Su Xingzhe had passed the imperial examination, and only the top three had such a battle.

Niu Pozi's family, who lived in Su Erhui's house, was overjoyed when they received the news, and all the villagers came to congratulate them one after another.

Only Su Xingzhe forced himself to be calm, with expectations in his heart, but also a trace of inexplicable uneasiness...

The paper that the chief examiner gave to Ning Jing turned out to be the examination question of the college examination.After thinking about it, he thought that it must be to let An Jing refer to the standard answer to ensure that he got the case.

The imperial examination has a prescribed answer font, and when reviewing the papers, it is impossible to tell which candidate answered, so as to avoid cheating.

Su Xingzhe wanted to take a gamble, but after hesitating, he wrote the standard answer.After all, he watched Tranquility burn the papers with his own eyes. When the time comes, the chief examiner will treat his answer papers as if they were Tranquility.

As expected, the procession of announcing the good news stopped near Su Erhui's house.

Su Bai came up to him with a happy face, but before he could speak, he saw a few yamen servants in shackles walking out of the team, and said loudly, "On the eve of the college examination, the chief examiner lost the sample paper. After investigation, the thief who stole the sample paper and cheated was Su Xingzhe." , where is he?"

Everyone was stunned.

The heavily made-up Niu Pozi stared wide-eyed and screamed, "Impossible! There must be a mistake!"

Su Bo looked at the official messenger who was obviously announcing the good news, and felt at a loss, how did he come to arrest people?

But he heard a loud shout, "There are two first trial cases in the Bei'an County Court this year. One is Mr. Ning Jingning from Sujia Village. Where is his home?"

(End of this chapter)

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