si-mexico #431 - It’s time to put an end to the policy of keeping a low profile!
#431 - It’s time to put an end to the policy of keeping a low profile!
Liang Jin was not always focused on the fighting scenes within the 【Nine Spaces Without Boundary】.
When he was in the mood, he would even personally enter the arena, selecting a third-rank martial artist to engage in a hearty battle.
Fortunately, without entering the Hundred Evils Body state, Liang Jin could conceal his own characteristics extremely skillfully, so there was no need to worry about attracting special attention from others.
It must be said that although the atmosphere among martial artists in the capital was not ideal, both their quantity and quality were admirable.
Even without Liang Jin's deliberate guidance, the martial spirit they generated was still quite considerable.
In recent days, the martial artists of the capital and Changzhou had been diligently providing Liang Jin with martial spirit, allowing Liang Jin to clearly feel that his Dawn Fist intent was becoming more stable and solid in the View Tide Realm, and even faintly showing a trend towards advancing to the middle and late stages of the View Tide Realm.
In comparison, although Liang Jin constantly used the "Prairie Fire Spear Technique", this martial art had never been upgraded to a higher-level technique.
However, Liang Jin was mentally prepared for this, after all, it was not easy for an earth-grade martial art to advance to a heaven-grade martial art, and the opportunities and conditions required were extremely harsh.
During this period, Liang Jin also had a wonderful and real feeling.
In an instant, the scene before him changed constantly like a dream.
The next moment, he was already in the palace.
Liang Jin straightened his body, while continuing to perform his duty of standing guard, while thinking in his heart about how to improve the 【Nine Spaces Without Boundary】 in the future, so that it could play a greater role.
Time passed slowly in silence.
Soon, a familiar sound of footsteps came from far and near.
As soon as Liang Jin heard this sound, he knew that Su Lian was coming.
At this time, the classics feast at Wenhua Hall had ended, the lockdown was lifted, and Su Lian should be back.
Before long, Su Lian appeared in front of Liang Jin.
"Little Lian, is everything going well?"
Liang Jin asked with concern.
Su Lian nodded lightly, her face still had traces of tears, obviously she had been sad and cried before.
At this moment, her whole person was in a low mood, completely without the excitement she had when she went to the Laundry Bureau.
"Brother Jin... you said, are you, me, and Bao-ge, are we destined to leave this palace in the future?"
Su Lian suddenly raised her head, with a trace of confusion and worry in her eyes.
Seeing this, Liang Jin smiled and replied:
"Of course we have to leave, this is not our real home."
Su Lian then asked:
"Then after we leave the palace, where should we go?"
"We don't have a home outside the palace either."
Liang Jin was slightly startled when he heard this, but he didn't expect that Su Lian had already begun to think about where to go in the future.
It seems that Guo Min's departure from the palace today did have a great impact on her.
At Su Lian's current age, under normal circumstances, she would have to stay in the palace for at least ten years before she could leave.
Now to think about the future more than ten years later, it does seem a bit early.
As for Zhao Bao and Liang Jin, the time for them to leave the palace was even longer.
The normal age for eunuchs to leave the palace is fifty years old.
The normal age for the Imperial Guards to retire is sixty years old.
Moreover, this is under the condition that they are healthy and do not encounter palace coups, wars, political turmoil, and other situations that may lead to large-scale casualties.
In fact, most of the bottom-level eunuchs and Imperial Guards find it difficult to live to the day of normal departure from the palace or retirement.
Facing Su Lian's question, Liang Jin didn't know how to answer for a while.
After thinking for a moment, he slowly said:
"Wherever family is, that is home."
"If one day the three of us leave the palace, as long as the three of us live in the same city, the same street, or even the same courtyard."
"Then that place will be our home."
Su Lian thought that what Liang Jin said was very true, and nodded her head vigorously and said:
"I must live with you and Bao-ge in the future!"
Liang Jin laughed and said:
"Even if we don't live together, being neighbors is also very good."
"If you have this idea, I think it would be great for us to live in the capital in the future."
"After all, you will leave the palace early, and after you leave the palace, Zhao Bao and I can also return to our home in the capital in our spare time."
As soon as Su Lian heard this, her eyes suddenly sparkled with longing.
She really preferred to live in the capital, after all, the palace is located here, and the capital can bring her a sense of familiarity and security.
If she went to a strange world outside the capital, she would only feel full of unknown and fear.
"Then in the future, we will buy a big house in the capital! It must be big enough for the three of us to live together!"
"When the time comes, we will have our own home, and we can sleep until whenever we want to wake up!"
"We can also eat together and go out to play together!"
"Our house must be able to see the palace. Whenever there is a festival, the three of us will move a small bench and sit in the yard, watching the colorful lights or fireworks in the palace!"
"And also, I also want to raise a puppy. I saw the nobles in the palace raising puppies, they are so cute!"
Su Lian said excitedly, uttering many beautiful fantasies about the future in one breath.
However, after her fantasy ended, she still had to return to the cold reality.
"I just don't know if the houses in the capital are expensive?"
"I'll start saving money now, but I don't know if I can save enough by the time I leave the palace."
Su Lian said, and couldn't help but lower her head, calculating silently with her fingers.
Although she didn't know the house prices in the capital, her intuition told her that it must not be cheap.
Liang Jin smiled helplessly, reached out and gently rubbed her head, and said softly:
"Don't worry, leave the matter of buying a house to me."
"I'll go look for the kind of house you want when I'm on vacation, and if I find a suitable one, I'll buy it first."
“Once we leave the palace, we can live together.”
The houses in the capital are, of course, outrageously expensive, so expensive that Su Lian couldn't afford one even if she were a palace maid for her entire life.
Not only could Su Lian not afford it, but many officials in the capital couldn't afford it either, and could only rent houses.
But Liang Jin now had plenty of money, and buying a house in the capital was not difficult for him.
As soon as he said this, the Prince of Huaiyang, who was locked in an iron cage on the side, couldn't help but turn his head and take a curious look at Liang Jin.
Su Lian then asked in surprise:
“Jin-ge, you have money to buy a house?”
Liang Jin nodded confidently:
“It's not a problem for me to buy a house with my money.”
“When the time comes, I will also hire a painter to paint all the houses that meet the requirements, and then I will bring all the paintings over for you to choose from.”
Su Lian was so happy when she heard this that she couldn't help but jump up and down.
She was already excited just imagining those scenes in her mind.
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But she quickly said:
“Jin-ge, there's no need to rush to buy it, it will be a long time before we leave the palace.”
“I will also help save money, and I will also ask Brother Bao to save money together, the three of us will work hard together to buy a house!”
Liang Jin looked at Su Lian, a gentle smile appearing on his face.
The beautiful and stable life that Su Lian yearned for, wasn't it also what he longed for in his heart?
At this moment, Liang Jin suddenly had more ideas in his mind.
Now, he already possessed more power, and also had the courage to think about things that he didn't dare to think about before.
He didn't want to see Su Lian trapped in the palace, wasting her best years in vain, until her youth faded away before she could see the world outside the palace.
He also couldn't bear to see Zhao Bao continuing to serve people in the palace in a humble manner, enduring all kinds of cold looks and tortures for a long time.
He didn't want the day when Su Lian's fantasy of the three of them settling down outside the palace to be decades later.
Liang Jin knew that he could now speed up the realization of this dream!
He only needed to be stronger, to have more power and ability, and he would definitely be able to do it!
Thinking of this, Liang Jin's mood became slightly excited.
His main body had been biding its time in the dark for too long, carefully spending those difficult moments of weakness and helplessness.
Now, it was time to make some changes.
Just as Liang Jin was lost in thought, Su Lian seemed to suddenly remember something and hurriedly said:
“By the way, Jin-ge, my aunt told me a secret when she left.”
“She said this secret can save your life at a critical moment.”
Liang Jin couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he heard this.
But thinking about it carefully, Guo Min had been in the palace for nearly twenty years, and she also held an official position. She was knowledgeable and knew some unknown secrets, which was also reasonable.
Su Lian continued:
“Jin-ge, I'll tell you this secret, maybe it will be useful to you too.”
After saying that, she immediately opened her mouth to say the secret.
Liang Jin's expression suddenly became stern, and he stopped her:
“Shh! Someone's coming!”
“Xiao Lian, it's getting late, you go back first.”
“Remember not to tell anyone any secrets, even if you want to tell me, wait until next time when no one is around.”
Liang Jin had already heard someone approaching with his keen senses.
Moreover, there seemed to be many people coming, accompanied by the crisp sound of armor plates colliding with each other, obviously it was the Imperial Guards.
At this moment, Zhao Yu was still at Liang Jin's post, so it was indeed not a suitable place to talk about secrets.
Su Lian realized that she had been out for a while after hearing Liang Jin's reminder, and she really should go back quickly.
“Then Jin-ge, I'll go first.”
“You're going on vacation tomorrow to prepare for the shift change, right? I'll come to you next time you're on duty during the day.”
Su Lian said, and then left in a hurry.
As soon as Su Lian left, a rush of footsteps quickly approached.
It was Squad Leader Wu Huan and Account Head Wang Quan, followed by several Imperial Guards.
“Brother Liang, is there anything going on on your side?”
Wu Huan asked loudly before he even walked up to him.
His gaze swept towards Zhao Yu, who was locked in the iron cage, only to see Zhao Yu tearing at the skin on his feet listlessly.
Liang Jin shook his head and replied:
“Everything is normal here.”
“I heard the horn sound before, I don't know what happened?”
As soon as he said this, Zhao Yu's movements in the iron cage paused slightly.
Wu Huan stepped forward and explained:
“Just now, two brothers at the Wenhua Hall said they saw an assassin, and as a result, everyone nearby was attracted to search.”
“As a result, after tossing around for a long time, they didn't even find a hair of the assassin.”
“I was worried about the situation on your side, so I came to see it myself.”
“It's good that everything is okay, if something happened here, it would really be a big deal.”
Liang Jin nodded, expressing his agreement with Wu Huan's statement.
Wu Huan seemed to have something he wanted to say to Liang Jin alone.
He waved his hand at Wang Quan and ordered:
“You guys continue to patrol nearby!”
After Wang Quan took the order, he immediately left with the Imperial Guards.
Only then did Wu Huan put his arm around Liang Jin's shoulder and said in a low voice:
“Brother Liang, you're not giving me, your brother, any face.”
“I've asked you several times to go see the girl from the Lao Fei family in the west of the city, but you always make excuses.”
“If you have any requirements or conditions, you can just say them.”
“If you don't like the girl from the Lao Fei family, then I know a lot of marriageable girls. When the time comes, I'll take you to see them one by one, and you can pick whichever one you like.”
“But you always find excuses not to show up at the agreed time, which makes me lose face in front of my friends!”
“I'm warning you for the last time!”
“We're going on vacation tomorrow, and you must go with me to see that girl then.”
“If you trick me again tomorrow and embarrass me again, then we brothers will be completely done in the future!”