The Doctor’s Three-Time Marriage

After Min Rou left, Su Liang transferred Mrs. Min to the sky prison and told her that she did not need to be interrogated with torture and that she should not be allowed to die and that she could be treated as a normal prisoner. Regarding this matter, Su Liang told Min Rou because no one in the Su family had time to take care of Mrs. Min.

This is a secret. The people in the prison do not know Mrs. Min's identity, and the Min family does not know that she is in the prison.

The tension of the past few days finally eased temporarily. After Gu Ling once again confirmed that neither Min Rui nor Duanmu Chen had suffered a bloody disaster recently, he told Duanmu Chen that he could leave the library.

"Are you sure everything is okay?" Duanmu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, "Have you dealt with all the assassins?"

Gu Ling shook his head, "There is another leader who ran away."

Duanmu Chen frowned, "It's just okay for the time being? Okay. I'm mentally prepared for this." As an emperor, it was completely normal for him to be assassinated by someone sent by an enemy country during a war. In fact, Duanmu Chen also sent people to assassinate Situ Xie before, but no news came back, so he probably failed.

"Everything is as usual. Please withdraw the position of regent." Gu Ling said.

Duanmu Chen shook his head, "Why withdraw? This position is very suitable for you. I need your help."

Gu Ling turned around and left, "Don't look for me if you have nothing to do."

Duanmu Chen's voice came from behind, "When can I eat the steamed buns you made again?"

"Next year." Gu Ling said casually.

Duanmu Chen:......

When Empress Dowager Xiao saw that Duanmu Chen was safe and sound, she couldn't help crying with joy. Duanmu Yi's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and he asked Duanmu Chen and Gu Ling what the hell they were doing.

Duanmu Chen knew very well that the relationship between father and son had long since ceased between Duanmu Yi and him, and he wanted to save Duanmu Yi's life, but he felt that the relationship between the two was not so bad that he needed to kill Duanmu Yi, so he was a little reluctant to do so. .

Duanmu Chen answered Duanmu Yi's question calmly, "Father, don't worry so much, it's not good for your health."

Duanmu Yi was so angry that he cursed, but Duanmu Chen didn't care.

Empress Dowager Xiao asked Duanmu Chen to go see the queen and concubines, so Duanmu Chen went.

Xing Yuyan started crying when she saw Duanmu Chen, saying that she had been having nightmares and was worried that something would happen to Duanmu Chen.

Although Duanmu Chen didn't like the queen very much, because he knew her and knew that she was sincere, and Xing Yuyan was pregnant with his son, he put aside the previous unhappiness and comforted her for a while.

Then, Duanmu Chen went to Situ Yao's place.

Situ Yao was pregnant but very thin. When Duanmu Chen saw her, he frowned and scolded his servants for not taking good care of her.

Situ Yao spoke for the servant, saying that she had been restless recently and couldn't eat.

"Are you worried about Liang Guo, or are you worried about me and Qian Guo?" Duanmu Chen asked calmly.

Situ Yao smiled bitterly, "I care about my family, and the emperor is also my family."

Duanmu Chen hummed, "But this time it was not me who started the war, but your grandfather."

"I don't understand the major events outside, and I can't interfere. I just hope that I can give birth to my child safely." Situ Yao said and looked out through the window. The farthest place she could see was the high palace wall.

Duanmu Chen came out of Situ Yao's place, and Chang An, who was waiting outside, immediately followed him and went to the imperial garden.

It was Duanmu Chen's favorite pavilion since childhood. He sat in the same place, looking at the colorful flowers and lush ancient trees, and sighed, "I have been working hard to sit on the dragon throne since I can remember. , trembling with fear, not daring to make a wrong step. Now, I am really sitting in this position, and slowly, I started to feel a little..."

Duanmu Chen's voice paused for a while before he said two words, "Boring."

Chang'an was stunned. He really didn't dare to accept these words. But from his perspective, it must be the couple Gu Ling and Su Liang who made Duanmu Chen have this idea.

After such a long time, Changan was most aware of some of the changes that had taken place in Duanmu Chen, even if they didn't seem obvious.

Duanmu Chen quickly changed the topic, "Chang'an, I hope that Concubine Liang will no longer miss her natal family. Is it too harsh?"

"This..." Changan didn't dare to say it, but he really didn't know how to say it.

"You don't have to answer." Duanmu Chen shook his head, "I have been thinking about a question in the library these days. What is the future goal? Unification of the world? It seems that the time has come, although the result is unknown. After the world is truly unified, Woolen cloth?"

Changan said that he could just be a silent listener.

"My son is going to be Gu Ling's apprentice. When the child grows up, I can hand over the throne to him. I am absolutely assured that he was taught by Gu Ling. When the time comes, I will also go out and see the world. Beautiful scenery." Duanmu Chen said and smiled.

Chang'an was stunned again, a little surprised, but felt it was very feasible.

"It's a pity that I have many women, but none of them makes me want to travel around the world with her." Duanmu Chen sighed slightly. If Situ Yao was not the princess of Liang Kingdom, maybe their relationship would be different. But there is no if, and when the world is unified, either the Situ clan will be destroyed, or the Duanmu clan will be destroyed. The life-and-death situation is destined that his relationship with Situ Yao will not be better than it is now.

After sighing for a while, Duanmu Chen regained his senses, left the corridor and went to the imperial study to handle political affairs.

In the evening of the same day, the second battle report arrived in the capital: the Liang Kingdom's army was approaching fiercely. They did not call for formation and directly began to attack Xuanbei City on the first day. Xing Ji took command in the city, while Qiu Jing led his elite troops out of the city to fight. After a fierce battle, the Liang army temporarily retreated.

In addition to the information about the battle situation, Xuanbeicheng sent another news. Before the war started, Xing Ji sent people to Ping'an Temple and wanted to ask the abbot master to lead the monks to Xuanbei City to prevent the war from affecting the quiet place of Buddhism, but Ping'an Temple refused.

The battle report from the north had just arrived, and the "battle report" also came from the south: the Yan Kingdom army sent troops to attack Kasyapa City. On the first day, the Yan Kingdom army general called for formation, and Nian Jincheng went out of the city to fight, but there was no victory or defeat. Not long after the Yanguo army began to attack the city, they retreated due to heavy rain. There were no casualties on either side.

In response, Duanmu Chen only smiled slightly. The Liang Kingdom's attack on Xuanbei City was real, and the Yan Kingdom's attack on Kasyapa City was just a show, otherwise there would have been no casualties. This was a method agreed between Gu Ling and Ji Yuebai to confuse Liang Guo. As for the detailed work in Yanguo's border army, Ji Yuebai had sent people to find out before, but it was not "exposed". He was not a person in an important decision-making position, so he kept it just to pass the news to Situ Xie.

…

Su Mansion.

Before dinner, new battle reports from the north and south were also sent to the Su Mansion.

For the time being, it seems that Mo Yan has not appeared yet, and no explosives have appeared on the battlefield. There was nothing going on in the south. Ji Yuebai would not let his army get out of control and be led by Situ Xie.

"My father ordered the attack on Qian Kingdom?" Ji Xiaoshu was shocked, "I'm still here! He really doesn't want me anymore? Will I be taken as a hostage by the emperor's uncle and hung up on the tower? How scary!"

Zheng'er frowned. He also felt that this matter was a bit troublesome. He thought that Yan State and Qian State were allies, so why did they fall out so quickly?

"Master, I'm so scared!" Ji Xiaoshu said and threw himself into Gu Ling's arms.

Gu Ling was serving soup, and the soup nearly spilled when she was bumped. She put down the bowl and pulled Ji Xiaoshu away, "Sit down."

"Master, what on earth is going on?" Zheng'er asked seriously with a small face.

"Guess." Gu Ling looked calm.

Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu looked at each other.

Ji Xiaoshu sighed, "I know. My father is a liar. He sent me to Qianguo to confuse Master, Master and the Emperor's uncle, right? It makes you think that Yanguo is cooperating with Qianguo, but this is not the case. Master and Master will not treat me badly. A little kid started."

"Xiao Shu, your analysis makes sense." Zheng'er agreed, "If that's the case, then it makes sense. Your father is using you."

"Master, is this true?" Ji Xiaoshu asked.

Gu Ling nodded, "Yeah."

Ji Xiaoshu was dumbfounded, "I'm just kidding! My dad is definitely not a liar! Master, don't scare me!"

Zheng'er: ...Ji Xiaoshu is a liar. It turned out that he was telling sarcastic things just now, which made him believe it.

Su Liang smiled and hugged Gu Xiaonuan over, sitting between the two children. Originally, the seat next to her was reserved for Gu Ling, but he couldn't compete with the child, so he let Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu sit. The premise is that Gu Ling knew that Ji Xiaoshu lacked maternal love and was very dependent on Su Liang, so although he was harsh on the child on the surface, he actually doted on him.

"Master's wife..." Ji Xiaoshu was really nervous now, and her face tensed up.

"Your master is right, your father is a liar." Su Liang chuckled, "The Yan Kingdom's attack on the Qian Kingdom is a fake, it's just a pretense. Your father deliberately deceived the Liang Kingdom."

Ji Xiaoshu blinked, "Oh~ this liar? That's a good trick, a great trick! Am I right, Master?"

"That's right." Su Liang nodded.

Then the two children began to discuss the situation of the war. Their serious appearance was very cute, but after all, they were still young and did not know many things clearly, and their views were relatively naive. For example, Ji Xiaoshu said that if Gu Xiaonuan went to the battle and smiled, the enemy would surrender, and Zheng'er actually agreed...

…

The next day, Duanmu Chen resumed his morning court. The officials saw that he looked in good condition. There was no sign of illness or injury at all. They all felt that the previous unexpected situation was just a ploy. After all, a war had begun. Maybe there were too many assassins to temporarily avoid it and confuse the enemy.

As for the regent Gu Ling, he only attended the morning court once, but as soon as Duanmu Chen showed up, he stopped coming.

Although the situation was tense, Gu Ling had nothing that he had to do for the time being. He fulfilled his promise today and planned to take his two young apprentices out for fun and look for tadpoles.

"Master's wife, aren't you going? Bring your sister and we'll go together!" Ji Xiaoshu held Su Liang's hand and shook it.

"That's okay." Su Liang looked at the weather outside and decided to go out for a walk.

Cen Man also wanted to go, and finally Su Liang decided to go with everyone, including Nangong Qian and Qiu Yue. Otherwise, just leaving their master and servant at home would still be a bit uneasy. If Nangong Lin came to take Nangong Qian away again, Su Liang would have no way to explain to Qiu Cong.

Hefu went on a trip and took two carriages. The destination was Wangxiang Mountain. There are clear streams in the mountains where you can look for tadpoles and satisfy the needs of Su Liang and her children who want to climb mountains.

After packing up, the group set off.

Get off the bus at the foot of the mountain in Zhanwang Township and walk up the mountain. Gu Xiaonuan was held by Gu Ling the whole time, while Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu ran forward energetically. Nangong Qian and Qiu Yue, who had the weakest physical strength, are now much stronger than before, and they have been exercising under Su Liang's guidance. Although Wangxiang Mountain looked very high and I thought it might not be possible to climb it, I still wanted to give it a try.

"Master, whoever reaches the top of the mountain first can be the senior brother?" Ji Xiaoshu asked.

Gu Ling shook his head, "No."

Ji Xiaoshu said to Zheng'er with a smile as he ran forward, "I originally wanted to trick my senior brother into competing, but actually I don't want to be a senior brother, haha!"

Zheng'er: ...Yes, Ji Xiaoshu is very good at acting coquettishly and cheating as his junior brother. What's the good thing about being a senior brother?

But having said that, Zheng'er is happy to be the senior disciple, because he feels that he is actually Gu Ling's first disciple, and he should take care of the junior disciples who follow him.

Nangong Qian felt tired after walking for a while and slowed down. Cen Man asked Su Liang and the others to go first while she, Nangong Qian and Qiu Yue walked slowly behind.

"Then let's meet at the waterfall in the middle of the mountain." Su Liang said.

In the middle, Ji Xiaoshu wanted Gu Ling to carry him on his back. Gu Ling said that he could, but if he did, he would expel Ji Xiaoshu from the school because his physical strength was too low to disgrace him.

Ji Xiaoshu lost his temper for a moment and continued to rush forward.

When we got to the place where the waterfall was, there was a clear stream. Su Liang took her daughter over and asked Gu Ling to take the two apprentices to play in the water. It's rare to get out, put aside your worries for a while and relax.

"Master, is this a tadpole?" Ji Xiaoshu called Gu Ling to come over and take a look.

Gu Ling walked over and shook his head, "It's a loach."

"What is a loach?" the two children asked at the same time, eager for knowledge. One is the crown prince of the Yan Kingdom, and the other is a young master from one of the four major merchant families in the Qian Kingdom. They have never seen such a thing.

"It's edible." Gu Ling explained from a cook's perspective.

"Can tadpoles be eaten?"

"Can't."

"Can frogs be eaten?"

"I haven't eaten it. It's said that it's okay, but it's not easy to handle."

"Ah! This loach is as slippery as a snake! It's so scary, don't come near me!"

Su Liang was watching the waterfall while holding Gu Xiaonuan in her arms. Hearing the sounds of Gu Ling and the children playing not far away, she felt as if she had returned to Sujia Village, thinking of the brothers Bai Xiaohu and Zhuzhu. It’s been a long time since we last saw each other, they must have grown taller. If the war can subside and the trouble is solved, Su Liang will definitely go back to the village with Gu Ling and their children to live for a while.

By the time Cen Man arrived with Nangong Qian and Qiu Yue, Zheng'er and Ji Xiaoshu had already caught the tadpoles and put them in a specially brought expensive glass vase to show them.

Nangong Qian saw it for the first time and thought it was amazing, "Like an ink drop, what does it look like when it grows up?"

Then she followed the direction of Zheng'er's finger and saw a frog whose legs were tied by Gu Ling with a straw rope. She was immediately frightened and screamed, and her face turned pale. After that, she couldn't even look at the tadpole.

The two children didn't play enough, but wanted to continue climbing to the top of the mountain, so they put back the tadpoles and frogs they caught, saying they would come here to look for them another day.

When Nangong Rou Qiuyue, who was lagging behind, also arrived at the top of the mountain, he saw two children hanging on swings in the tree, and Gu Ling and Su Liang's family were sitting and resting under the tree.

Nangong Rou wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked to the north. She couldn't help but sigh, "You can only see far when you climb high. This is the first time I have returned to such a high place. I don't know what the situation is like with my grandpa and eldest brother."

Cen Man smiled and said, "If they are together, nothing will happen." She was blind before and had never seen such a scenery.

Gu Ling brought some fruits and snacks, and everyone played on the top of the mountain for about an hour before going down. In the meantime, Gu Ling also wrapped Gu Xiaonuan in her coat and hung her on a tree to float in the wind. Gu Xiaonuan liked it very much and couldn't stop laughing.

After going down the mountain and returning home, Qi Yan went to Wanjia Restaurant to get some food. After eating, all three children fell asleep quickly.

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Xuanbei City.

Another day of fighting ended. When Qiu Jing saw Qiu Cong, there was a lot of blood on his body.

Seeing Qiu Cong's expression darken, Qiu Jing quickly explained that he was not injured and it was all other people's blood. With his strength, it is difficult to be injured on the battlefield.

"Grandpa, did you gain something today?" Qiu Jing asked.

Qiu Cong sighed, "No! Xiao Liang said that there is food and grass in the Liang Kingdom, but I searched everywhere I could, and there was no sign of food and grass. It doesn't look like there is a shortage of food and grass in the Liang Kingdom. It's really weird! I didn't find Xiao Liang either. The mysterious person Liang said, otherwise, I will arrest the leader of Liang Kingdom tonight!"

Qiu Jing frowned and pondered, then shook his head and said, "Since Su Liang said that Situ Xie colluded with mysterious forces and had many masters, grandpa should not take risks to avoid causing trouble. The general of Liang Kingdom's military skills are not as good as the Marquis, and his martial arts is far inferior to mine. He was caught by Liang The country may not save him. Once he dies, something unexpected may happen.”

"Okay, you have the final say." Qiu Cong shook his head and sighed again, "If I weren't afraid that Situ Xie would send people to kill you, I would really want to go to Liang Kingdom and kill Situ Xie!"

"Grandpa, don't worry, he will definitely die badly." Qiu Jing's eyes were firm.

At this moment, a soldier hurriedly delivered a letter, saying that a mysterious person had sent it to Qiu Jing at the door of the general's mansion.

Qiu Jing opened the letter, his face suddenly turned cold, the handwriting was very familiar, "It's Nangong Lin."

Qiu Cong took it and took a look, frowning fiercely. Nangong Lin said in the letter that he had picked up Nangong Qian from Su Liang's home. He made a special trip to say goodbye to his master and apprentice tonight. He planned to take his daughter to live in seclusion, hoping that all past grudges would be wiped out. If Qiu Cong and Qiu Jing don't go to the city for an appointment tonight, they will never see Nangong Qian again in this life.

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