Song Qinyu looked at Shen Ling's distant back, pursed her lips and said nothing.

When a junior saw Song Qinyu, he greeted warmly, "The city lord is here, if you want to eat something, let the kitchen do it."

Song Qinyu pointed to the porridge that Shen Ling had drunk half, "It's good to be the same as this."

"Okay." Xiao Er should step back.

It didn't take long for Xiao Er to bring a bowl of steaming porridge over, and Song Qinyu always felt that something was missing when he drank it in his mouth.

In the next few days, Shen Ling has been avoiding Song Qinyu, basically as soon as Song Qinyu appears, Shen Ling will find an excuse to slip away.

After doing this many times, Song Qinyu also noticed it.

When Shen Ling was looking for an excuse to leave again, Song Qinyu took the initiative to stop Shen Ling, who was leaving.

"Wait."

Shen Ling's face was distressed for a while, and then he returned to normal, turned around and asked with a smile, "Does the prince have anything else to say?"

Song Qinyu looked at Shen Ling inquiringly, "Why are you avoiding me lately?"

"No...... No, you think too much, lord." Shen Ling smiled covertly, and an unnatural look flashed across her face.

The scene fell silent, Shen Ling felt that the atmosphere was weird, and couldn't help but speak, "That'...... That prince, if it's okay, I'll go first."

As the words fell, Shen Ling slowly stepped back, trying to turn around and leave first.

Thinking of the estrangement he had felt from Shen Ling recently, Song Qinyu's eyes darkened slightly.

Originally, Song Qinyu wanted to let Shen Ling leave, but when the words came to his lips, he unconsciously changed.

"Don't go, I have something to say."

Shen Ling's scalp was numb when he was watched, and he subconsciously wanted to slip away, "The Gu worms cultivated by Zhuqing are still waiting for me to see it, if the prince's matter is not urgent, let's talk about it next time."

Song Qinyu raised his eyes and looked at Shen Ling seriously, "Do you know my heart for you?"

Shen Ling secretly screamed badly, but pretended to be stupid and said, "Xinyi, I know that the prince has always been on my side and supported me in using Gu worms to cure the locust plague, and I am grateful for this trust."

Regardless of whether Shen Ling really didn't know or whether he didn't know, Song Qinyu made up his mind to declare the feelings in his heart.

He took a deep breath, his white jade-like cheeks stained crimson, "Shen Ling, I like you."

Shen Ling held her forehead, even though she tried to prevent it, she still couldn't prevent it.

Looking at the carefree king in front of him, who was like a bright moon and a clear breeze, Shen Ling refused and said, "Lord, I have already married the national teacher."

Song Qinyu frowned, although he was the lord of a city in this small border place, he was not completely ignorant of the affairs in Kyoto, after all, he also had his source of information.

"But your marriage is fake, and you don't have a round house." Song Qinyu retorted.

Hearing Song Qinyu's words, Shen Ling really didn't know what to say, she was obviously the wife that Jing Ci was marrying, but how did she get to Song Qinyu and Song Linyuan, they all knew that she and Jing Ci were fake marriages.

In desperation, Shen Ling could only face refusal, "Lord Wang, you are not the type I like, I don't have that kind of idea about you."

"And what do you like?"

Shen Ling helplessly persuaded, "The prince doesn't need to change anything for me, you are very good, the people of Yancheng like you very much, and there are many families who want to marry their daughters to you, I am not suitable for you, one day you will meet the person who is suitable for you." new

Song Qinyu's eyes were dim and very lost, and he asked unwillingly, "Why is it not appropriate? Isn't it very tacit that we've been working together these days?"

"I like to live unfettered, Yancheng is your bond, but not mine, do you understand?"

Song Qinyu was silent, but his fingers were tightly clenched together.

Shen Ling sighed and turned to leave.

After that, Shen Ling didn't see Song Qinyu for several days, and Shen Ling didn't go to him, but silently perfected the poisonous Gu he cultivated.

I don't know when Song Qinyu returned to Shen Ling, but at this time, he treated Shen

Ling's attitude was like meeting Shen Ling for the first time.

Shen Ling breathed a sigh of relief, but where Shen Ling couldn't see, Song Qinyu still looked at Shen Ling with gentle and affectionate eyes.

On this day, the clouds in the sky were very low, and the air was oppressively hot, so dull that it was difficult to even breathe.

Taojuan and Zhuqing were observing the poisonous Gu in Shen Ling's small hut, and Luo Yuheng was checking the situation in the fields outside the shed.

An old man walked past Luo Yuheng, saw the sky in the distance, and muttered, "No wonder it's hot and stuffy today, it turns out to be raining."

Luo Yuheng, who heard the voice, looked at the old man's voice, and saw that the sky in the east of the city was dark and oppressive, as if dark clouds were gathering.

"Sister, what are you looking at?" Taojuan walked over, approached Luo Yuheng, and also looked over, she was surprised, "Huh? How did the clouds move so fast?"

Luo Yuheng finally knew what the weirdness in her heart was, and her face sank, "That's not a dark cloud, it's a locust!"

"Locusts?" The peach cuckoo screamed, looked carefully for a while, and found that it seemed to be a locust.

At this time, Luo Yuheng had already retracted her gaze, she walked to the guard who was guarding half an acre of land, and pointed to the sky in the distance.

"The county lord is now in the city lord's mansion, you go and report to the county lord and the city lord, the locusts are coming."

The guard looked at Luo Yuheng's fingertips, his face suddenly sank, and after bowing slightly at Luo Yuheng, he hurriedly ran away.

In the city lord's mansion, Shen Ling didn't know anything about the situation outside the city.

She drank the sour plum soup brought by the next person, the sweet and sour taste spread on the tip of her tongue, Shen Ling squinted her eyes pleasantly, and felt that the heat had subsided a lot.

"Lord Wang, have all the spice recipes I gave you earlier been prepared and distributed to the people?"

Song Qinyu suppressed the feelings in her heart, and replied businessfully, "Don't worry, it's all ready."

Shen Ling nodded, she still believed in Song Qinyu's speed and efficiency.

"My Gu worms are also ready, it seems that it is time to release the Gu worms to deal with the locusts."

Song Qinyu was about to answer, when a guard knocked on the door, his face was anxious, his chest was heaving, and there was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.

Shen Ling could see that the guards were in a hurry, so something big must have happened.

Sure enough, I only heard the guard say, "Lord, county lord, a field of locusts flew to the east of the city, densely packed, covering half of the sky."

"It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, it's better to release the Gu worms to deal with the locusts today, what do you think, county lord?" As he spoke, Song Qinyu looked at Shen Ling.

Shen Ling nodded, and decisively put down the sour plum soup in his hand, "Let's go our separate ways, Lord Wang, you take people to the east of the city to appease the people first, and I'll go to Zhuqing and Taojuan to take the Gu worms."

After Song Qinyu responded, he left with the guards.