Chapter 163: Ao Tian's Confusion (3)

Clatter! Ming Shu heard Su Ling's large hand clenching tightly, and his heart jumped into his throat. His master was good at everything, but his temper wasn't very good, and he was even more prone to anger after becoming a General.

"She said that?!" Su Ling's voice wasn't loud, but the cold air that rushed toward him made Ming Shu not dare to speak again, and he could only nod extremely lightly.

"Go, call that woman over, immediately!" The dark complexion met the extremely low roar, and it didn't take much cleverness to know that the General was angry again.

Half an hour later, Gu Yun arrived late. Su Ling was originally a furious person, and at this time, he became even more irritable because of the long wait. Gu Yun had just stepped into the study when she was immediately met with a torrent of abuse: "Your courage is getting bigger and bigger, spreading false military orders, the crime is punishable by death, do you know that!"

Gu Yun had already been tipped off by Ming Shu before she came, saying that the General was angry about her making the generals change their titles, so she was mentally prepared. She entered the room unhurriedly, sat down on a large wooden chair, and then smiled lightly: "General Su, no need to be angry. If you've given me a crime, you have to let me know how I died, right?"

She still dared to play dumb. Su Ling questioned, "When did I say I wanted to marry, and when did I say that if the house generals called you 'Madam', they would be punished by military law?"

Gu Yun was prepared. She coughed lightly and replied with a smile that wasn't a smile: "General Su is talking about this matter. Then I have to defend myself. First, let's talk about military orders. I didn't say this was a military order; I just said this was your intention. They interpreted your intention as a military order, which shows how much they respect you. You should be happy. Then let's talk about spreading false information. You haven't married yet, and you will definitely marry in the future. I was never your Madam, and you have always opposed them calling me that. I conveyed this meaning; how can it be called spreading false information? Or is it that the General wants them to call me Madam?"

This last sentence left Su Ling unable to say yes or no, and in the end, he could only hatefully reply: "You are arguing strongly on weak grounds!"

Gu Yun flipped her hands, looking helpless, and smiled. "There is no lack of excuses for adding a crime. You are the General; in this mansion, whatever you say goes, and I can't help it." Her eyes swept over the pure black paperweight on the desk, and Gu Yun suddenly changed the subject and smiled: "However, I really shouldn't have used your name to tell them about this matter without discussing it with you. I will pay attention in the future." She hadn't forgotten the purpose of this visit; she absolutely had to figure out the relationship between the Golden Bagua Disk and the Su family. She really didn't want to stay in this ghost place for another moment!

Gu Yun suddenly lowered her posture, which made Su Ling very unaccustomed, and he was so surprised that he forgot to react for a while. She would also show weakness? Could it be that she was playing some trick again?

Gu Yun's goal wasn't to apologize, nor was it sincere, so she naturally spoke smoothly. She pretended to stand up inadvertently, saw the words Su Ling wrote, moved the paperweight aside, picked it up, and sighed while looking at it: "I haven't practiced calligraphy for a long time, and I'm almost unable to write. Your calligraphy is quite elegant." The first sentence was nonsense, but the second sentence was the truth. Su Ling's calligraphy was casual, yet stable and atmospheric, making people want to shout "bravo"!

Su Ling leaned against the wooden chair, his eagle eyes staring quietly at the woman's strange behavior. When had she ever praised him? There must be a conspiracy.

Su Ling didn't answer, and Gu Yun was too lazy to act anymore. She put down the rice paper, picked up the paperweight again, played with it in her hand, and said in a low voice: "What an exquisite paperweight. This pattern is very familiar."

Familiar? Su Ling asked calmly, "Have you seen it?"

Of course she had seen it, but now was not the time to confess. Gu Yun deliberately pretended to be thinking, and after a while, she smiled: "I remember now. Last time I was sick, Su Yu didn't know which room she sent me to, and there was a large painting with this pattern. Why does your family like this pattern so much? Does it have any special meaning?"

So that was it. Su Ling replied indifferently: "It's the Su family's clan emblem. Legend has it that it can protect the descendants of the Su family. The Su family's ancestral residence and the main battle flag of the Su family army will all have this pattern printed on them. It's not strange that you saw it in the Su family."

Not daring to be too obvious, Gu Yun could only pretend to be very interested and asked: "It's just a pattern, how can it protect your family's descendants? Is there any legend? Or where did this pattern come from?"

Even though Gu Yun had been very careful, Su Ling still vaguely felt that something was wrong. He smiled deeply: "You seem to be particularly interested in the Su family's clan emblem."

Gu Yun knew that she was still a bit too impatient! She had to be patient with someone as cautious and smart as Su Ling.

Putting down the paperweight in her hand, leaning against the desk, crossing her arms over her chest, Gu Yun replied helplessly: "I just think it's beautiful and exquisite. Every time I meet you, it's either a big quarrel or a big fight. It's hard to find a topic, so I'm just chatting casually. If you don't like it, I'll leave."

What Gu Yun said was exactly what Su Ling was annoyed about. Why couldn't they talk properly every time, and why did they have to be at odds! Seeing Gu Yun show weakness, Su Ling, as a man, couldn't be too petty. Seeing Gu Yun stand up to leave, he said in a low voice: "If you like it so much, I'll give you this paperweight."

Gu Yun was secretly happy that this strategy of retreating to advance had succeeded, but she didn't dare to show too much on her face. She deliberately teased: "A gentleman doesn't take what others love. I'll just appreciate it. Besides, you look so serious and cautious, maybe your family's clan emblem contains some secret! Let me guess, is there a treasure map inside, or does it contain some secret of immortality? Can it subdue demons and monsters, or... can it travel through time and space?"

Gu Yun said it as if it were true or false, but her sharp eyes were fixed on Su Ling's face, not missing a single subtle expression.

Unfortunately, after listening to her words, Su Ling didn't show any strange color, but instead laughed out loud: "There's no such magical thing!" Women are women; they can even think of such whimsical things!

He didn't know either? She was a bit disappointed, but Su Ling was the only person who knew the news about the Golden Bagua Disk, so Gu Yun couldn't give up and continued to ask: "Red Blood and Ice Refining are very magical, so I'm full of curiosity about your family's clan emblem. Maybe it's even more magical than Red Blood and Ice Refining?"

"Red Blood and Ice Refining are a pair of ancient treasure swords, extremely human-like. For thousands of years, they have been guarding the Su family. After the eldest son of the Su family is born, Red Blood belongs to him. And Ice Refining..." Looking at Gu Yun's attentive face, Su Ling paused, concealed the fact that Ice Refining's choice was the eldest daughter-in-law of the Su family, and said lightly, "Ice Refining can find its own master."

Why can Ice Refining do it, but Red Blood can't? And if Ice Refining finds its own master, how has it been in the Su family for so many years? Gu Yun always felt it was a bit strange, but before she could think about it carefully, Su Ling changed the subject again: "As for the clan emblem, it's actually just a kind of spiritual power. For so many years, I haven't found anything strange about it. You don't have to hold too much hope."

Is it just spiritual power? Gu Yun replied disappointedly: "So the so-called clan emblem is just a pattern. I thought it had a prototype."

"There is one, it's just an ordinary golden Bagua disk." Su Ling's casual sentence made Gu Yun's confidence, which had fallen to the bottom, soar again! There really is one! There really is a Golden Bagua Disk! If Gu Yun hadn't been calm and self-controlled, she would have cheered at this time. She forcibly suppressed the ecstasy in her heart and asked as calmly as possible: "Is there really one? Can I see it?"

Su Ling shook his head. Gu Yun wouldn't give up. With a faint displeasure, she deliberately provoked him: "I'm just interested in such magical things. I'll just take a look, and I won't break your family's clan emblem. I didn't expect you to be such a stingy person!"

Su Ling wasn't angry and smiled: "It's not that I don't want you to see it, the clan emblem isn't in the General's Mansion."

"Where is it?"

"Ancestral residence. Su family descendants return to worship their ancestors once every three years, and only then can they see the clan emblem." The clan emblem is the treasure of the entire Su family, so naturally, it couldn't be placed in the General's Mansion. Moreover, this clan emblem does have a strange legend, but in Su Ling's heart, it's just a legend.

Once every three years? The Su family values the Golden Bagua Disk so much that it's so hard to even take a look at it. To steal it... I'm afraid it's even harder. Since the Golden Bagua Disk isn't in the General's Mansion, Gu Yun didn't want to alert the enemy again. She could ask Su Yu about the location of the ancestral residence; he was easier to deal with than Su Ling!

Gu Yun lowered her head and thought. Su Ling thought she was really disappointed, thought for a while, and then said: "If you really want to see it, the day of ancestor worship is next spring. I... will take you back to see it."

"Ah?" Gu Yun was stunned for a moment. He wants to take her? Even if she hadn't stayed in a big family, she knew that such things as ancestor worship couldn't be a joke, and could it be said that she could be taken? It would be easier to approach the Golden Bagua Disk if Su Ling took her, but this meant she would have to stay in the General's Mansion until next spring! It's only autumn now! Gu Yun had the urge to cry for the first time.

Su Ling naturally didn't know she was struggling so much inside, and just thought the two had finally calmed down the war, so he said in a good mood: "It's not early, let's have dinner."

"Oh." Gu Yun replied absent-mindedly. She followed Su Ling absent-mindedly, thinking about how to live for the next half year...

After eating a few mouthfuls of food, Gu Yun returned to Yitian Courtyard. She sat on the window sill, looking at the setting sun, worrying about what gift to give for Zhuo Qing's wedding in ten days.

Ming Shu's low voice came from outside the courtyard: "Young lady."

Gu Yun was too lazy to move, didn't care that her posture wasn't ladylike at all, and said loudly: "Come in."

Ming Shu carried a tray toward Gu Yun. Before she could see what was on it, Gu Yun said impatiently: "What is it again? I don't lack anything here, take it away."

Ming Shu hesitated for a while and said: "It was just ordered by the General to be sent over."

He sent it? Gu Yun glanced at the things on the tray. It was a set of brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, and... the ink-black paperweight she played with in the afternoon.

Gu Yun was stunned. She just said it casually in the afternoon, and she didn't expect him to find someone to send it over. Gu Yun didn't refuse again and smiled: "Put it there."

"Yes." Ming Shu put the tray into the room as if relieved and retreated immediately.

Leaning against the window sill, looking at the neat four treasures of the study on the table, Gu Yun couldn't laugh or cry. How could she practice calligraphy!

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 164 =====