Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

"This Miss Mei..."

After Mei Yanxi left, Gu Yanshu finally couldn't help it, and cast a puzzled look at Zhi Ge.

When Qin Lu had a bad reputation a few years ago, many people scolded him in private. Even now, Gu Yanshu would occasionally hear someone speak ill of Qin Lu.

But in front of him and even Zhi Ge, Mei Yanxi is really the first one who dares to speak so outspokenly.

Although Zhige was usually taciturn, Gu Yanshu had already asked the question, and after a moment of silence, he still gave the answer:

"From love to hate."

From love to hate?

A trace of surprise flashed across Gu Yanshu's eyes. "Love" must come before "hate", right?

As for the way Mei Yanxi couldn't stop rolling her eyes when Qin Lu was mentioned just now, Gu Yanshu really didn't see that she had any love for her little deer.

Dang even gave Zhi Ge a look, motioning him to expand and explain in detail.

If possible, Zhi Ge didn't want to mention this old event at all.

But now that the concubine has already asked his face, Zhi Ge can only tell Gu Yanshu what he knows.

It all started four years ago.

Four years ago, the prince's appearance had already shown his sharpness. Although it was not as old as it is now, exuding a long and charming fragrance, but also because of his slightly immature face, he was very attractive.

As for General Mei, the couple are both martial arts practitioners, with a carefree and informal personality.

As a result, they have no experience in raising daughters, and for a long time, they raised Mei Yanxi as a son.

For a long time, Mei Yanxi thought that there was no difference between herself and her elder brother. It was not until menarche came that Mei Yanxi understood the gender difference and difference between men and women.

Four years ago, Mei Yanxi was 14 years old. She was in love with her for the first time, and she had just digested the news that she was a daughter. At a moment of confusion, she met Qin Lu at that time.

At the age when love first started, he met an extremely outstanding man whom he had never seen before. Godot almost didn't need to tell what happened next, and Gu Yanshu could guess at all.

That's right, at that time Miss Mei hardly struggled, she fell into Qin Lu's perfect face.

The speed of its fall is almost comparable to that of Gu Yanshu.

Miss Mei, who was raised as a boy since she was a child, doesn't understand what "reserved" and "reserved" are at all.

She only knows that what she likes must be pursued and possessed.

So the 14-year-old Miss Mei embarked on a brave journey of chasing love.

But it's a pity that Mei Yanxi is not Gu Yanshu, not as lucky as Gu Yanshu.

At that time, Qin Lu had trained on the battlefield for a year, and had experienced many tests of life and death.

Although it is not as good as the current body full of evil spirits, it has gradually taken the prototype of "ruthless" and "killing like hemp" in the mouths of the common people.

Facing the girl's sincere heart, Qin Lu not only did not move at all, he even bluntly said that Mei Yanxi was a trouble.

Qin Lu didn't meet many women at that time, and most of them were reserved and soft-tempered like the noble ladies in Kyoto today.

Originally, Qin Lu thought that as long as he refused decisively enough, Mei Yanxi would not continue to pester her.

But if Miss Mei had a temperament willing to give up, she wouldn't be famous in Kyoto for being "tough".

The girl who was rejected at that time did not give up her courtship journey, and even became more and more courageous.

He actually pursued Qin Lu for half a year.

No matter how careless Mei Yanxi is, she is still a girl after all. At the age of fourteen or fifteen, her body has begun to grow. As time passed, Mei Yanxi's "shameless" behavior naturally aroused rumors in the army.

A man who served as a soldier and fought a war has no one to tell the truth, and occasionally his words are a little ugly.

Words such as "upside down", "extremely embarrassing", "I haven't seen His Highness giving her a good face", "climbing the dragon and the phoenix", "so shameless at a young age" and so on, came out endlessly.

Even the reputations of General Mei and Mrs. Mei have been affected because of the incompetence of the goddaughter.

Later, there were more people discussing this matter, their voices became louder, and the words naturally reached Mei Yanxi's ears.

At that time, Mei Yanxi, who was young at that time, never thought that her actions would cause others to talk about herself and her parents in such a way.

Later, Mei Yanxi went to talk to Qin Lu alone.

At that time, Zhi Ge was not allowed to approach, so Zhi Ge had no way of knowing what the two said at that time.

Zhi Ge only knew that after that conversation, Mei Yanxi fell seriously ill not long after, and was even depressed for quite a while.

When he recovered from his illness, he never said anything about liking to the prince, marrying him as his wife and so on.

Originally, the matter came to an end here, and everyone passed away in peace.

But there are some people, seeing that Mei Yanxi is getting more and more graceful, they can't stop talking about it, and they want to mention these things in front of Mei Yanxi.

The more Mei Yanxi ignored her, the more energetic they became.

Later, being forced into a hurry, Mei Yanxi directly whipped the two who were the loudest and the dirtiest.

He bluntly said that he was ignorant at the beginning, but now that he is sensible, he has long disliked the prince, and even said bad things about the prince.

Zhi Ge can even remember what Mei Yanxi said back then.

What he said was probably something like "Who would like a dull gourd who doesn't know how to pity and cherish jade, and can't make a muffled sound for a long time?", similar to today's words.

Mei Yanxi probably thought of the girlish heart that she had once been abandoned like a shoestring. She scolded Qin Lu more and more, and finally scolded Qin Lu from head to toe.

After scolding, Mei Yanxi felt a lot more relaxed, and left contentedly, and no one even mentioned the history of her pursuit of Qin Lu in front of Mei Yanxi.

It's just that the sequelae are what Gu Yanshu sees now, as soon as Qin Lu is mentioned, Mei Yanxi can't stop talking.

You must belittle people from head to toe before you can feel at ease. Even in front of Qin Lu, Mei Yanxi never concealed it.

As for why Qin Lu let it go, Zhi Ge vaguely heard it mentioned by the prince later.

Mo Yue was young and ignorant back then, when Mei Yanxi talked with him alone, he spoke too seriously, and later learned that Mei Yanxi fell seriously ill after going back, felt a little sorry, so he went with her.

After listening to this section of the old calendar, Gu Yanshu finally understood why Zhi Ge said that Mei Yanxi was born of love and hate.

Isn't this what love turns to hate?

At the same time, I rejoiced in my heart, but fortunately this is not the case.

Otherwise, based on the development of these two people, according to the romantic plots that the little girls like to watch in later generations, the next thing is that Xiao Lu will start chasing his wife in the crematorium. Forgive, and finally embrace the beauty.

Maybe the two of them will have three, four, five, six or seven children, so where will he be?

Thinking of this, Gu Yanshu quickly shook his head and threw out those unreliable thoughts in his mind:

The little deer belongs to him alone, what kind of young love affair with Dou Chuqi... has nothing to do with his family's little deer!

"Although Miss Mei likes to belittle the prince, she doesn't actually have any malice in her heart. Princess, don't take her words to heart."

Seeing that Gu Yanshu remained silent, Zhi Ge thought that he was dissatisfied with Mei Yanxi's actions just now, and added in a low voice.

Those who have been with the prince for a while know Mei Yanxi's mouth.

Although the words are harsh, but I don't think so at all in my heart. This is mostly a habit left after that incident.

If anyone dared to repeat what Mei Yanxi said in front of her, Mei Yanxi's whip would probably be whipped faster than anyone else.

Gu Yanshu could hear that there was no malice in Mei Yanxi's tone, so naturally he didn't take this matter to heart, but another thing made Gu Yanshu even more puzzled:

"I see why you are still afraid of her?"

The prince's old background was completely shaken by Zhi Ge, so Zhi Ge naturally didn't want to think about this question, so he gave Gu Yanshu the answer:

"Because seriously, Miss Mei is on the same level as her subordinates."

"Huh?" Gu Yanshu frowned slightly, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Zhi Ge and Xing Ren are on the same level, both are the third-rank captains of the court. It doesn't sound very high, but they have already left behind their peers by a large margin.

As a woman, Mei Yanxi was able to be on an equal footing with Zhi Ge in Tianqi's environment, how could Gu Yanshu not be surprised?

"Three years ago, Miss Mei helped the prince a lot."

Noticing the surprise in Gu Yanshu's eyes, Zhi Ge spoke slowly, and told Gu Yanshu what happened three years ago.

Ever since she gave up on Qin Lu, and the general's snarky people had a slap in the face, Mei Yanxi actually didn't like to go to the army very much.

In her words, she is not mean, she likes to make things difficult for herself.

The turning point of the matter occurred in a crucial battle with the Xirong Kingdom three years ago.

At that time, the Xirong Kingdom had the right time, place and people, and was located in a dangerous pass that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

But that dangerous pass is very important to Tianqi, it can be called Tianqi's first line of defense.

If you don't take it down, as far as Xirong is concerned, Tianqi's door is simply wide open, and he can only let him get what he wants.

Before Qin Lun, many generals had been lost there.

Rao Qin Lu, after probing it twice and understanding its power, he didn't dare to act rashly again.

Later, after more than ten days of hard planning day and night, Qin Lu found that if he wanted to take down the dangerous pass occupied by Xirong, he could only find a way to send people deep into the enemy camp, and then cooperate with the inside and outside, and attack from both sides.

But the Xirong Kingdom is also well aware of the importance of that dangerous pass, so the guards are extremely strict, and it is almost impossible for outsiders to enter.

There is only one thing...

That is, every three months or so, the Xirong Kingdom will go to the towns under the dangerous pass to buy a group of young and beautiful women and bring them back to the military camp.

What these women were used for, the soldiers of Tianqi knew very well.

If this is used as a breakthrough, the difficulty can be imagined.

But whether it is Qin Lu or the other soldiers, they all know that although this method is risky, it is also the only breakthrough.

With a breakthrough, who to let go has become the biggest problem facing Qin Lu and others.

You must know that in Xirong, the status of women is even lower than that of Tianqi women.

In Tianqi, although men are superior to women, but women are still human beings.

But in Xirong, unless the father's family is extremely prominent, ordinary women are no different from livestock such as cattle and sheep, and even some women of low status are not as valuable as a cow or sheep.

Therefore, the soldiers of Xirong will never take pity on women, which is one of the most important reasons why they have to "restock" every three months.

Therefore, this candidate must be a real woman with good looks, courage and insight, able to protect herself, and not afraid of death.

But how easy is it to find such a woman?

In the end, it was General Mei who offered to propose that Mei Yanxi met all the above requirements, so she could go.

At that time, Qin Lu and others' impression of Mei Yanxi was still that charming young lady who kept chasing after Qin Lu, so they naturally refused to agree to this statement.

Not only because Mei Yanxi is General Mei's beloved daughter, but also because the matter is very important at this time, and there is only one chance.

If the selected woman shows her feet, let’s not talk about whether she can come back with her whole body and tail, but after making a fool of herself, this is the only way that is currently feasible, and it will be considered useless.

General Mei's initiative to ask for a job was originally a last resort when no candidate could be found.

Seeing Qin Lu's resolute refusal now, he didn't mention it again.

I thought that the matter would pass like this, but Mei Yanxi heard from nowhere that her father had asked for a job for her, but was rejected by Qin Lu without even thinking about it.

He immediately came to the door and asked Qin Lu why he thought she couldn't do it, and refused without even thinking about it?

Is she not suitable for being young and beautiful, or is she not suitable for being courageous and able to protect herself?

At the beginning, Qin Lu only thought that Mei Yanxi was playing the young lady's temper, and because of the front foot, she made her seriously ill. It was not good to drive her away directly, so she simply took the measure of ignoring her.

As a result, this ignorance was like stabbing the already angry Mei Yanxi's hornet's nest. In a fit of rage, Mei Yanxi even started fighting with Qin Lu.

It was also because of this action that Qin Lu discovered that Mei Yanxi's skills were more powerful than he had imagined.

Although it is nothing compared to Qin Lu himself, if he is placed among ordinary martial arts practitioners, he can be called a "master".

Only at this time did Qin Lu know why General Mei had volunteered for Mei Yanxi before. She did have this ability.

However, after thinking about Mei Yanxi's temperament, Qin Lu still gave up the idea of ​​letting Mei Yanxi go undercover.

But in a place like the border, it is rare to find a young and beautiful woman, let alone Qin Lu still wants to find a young and beautiful woman with outstanding martial arts.

Apart from Mei Yanxi, Qin Lu really couldn't find a second suitable candidate for a while.

After half a month of stalemate, seeing that the day when Xirong soldiers "replenish goods" is getting closer, if they can't find a suitable candidate, they can only wait another three months.

But at that time, it had already entered late autumn, and three months later, it would be midwinter. The dangerous pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack. In winter, the soldiers were affected by the weather, and it was difficult for them to move. It's getting harder.

At this time, Qin Lu had no choice but to nod, and agreed to let Mei Yanxi have a try.

After that, things went much smoother than expected.

No matter how unreliable Mei Yanxi looks on the surface, she is so reliable when facing serious matters.

After entering the enemy camp for less than half a month, Mei Yanxi directly completed the task of cooperating with Tianqi soldiers inside and outside.

In the end, Tianqi took that dangerous pass at a very small price.

That battle was fought so beautifully, Mei Yanxi can be said to have contributed a lot.

It was precisely because of the victory of that battle that an unbreakable foundation was laid for the two-year truce.

"Miss Mei..."

Hearing that Mei Yanxi had been lurking in Xirong's military camp for half a month, Gu Yanshu subconsciously wanted to open his mouth to ask.

But soon, Gu Yanshu realized and closed his mouth:

Mei Yanxi made the first contribution in that war, but he thought it was too inappropriate to have all these things.

"It's just that I have suffered some flesh and blood. Although I have suffered a lot, compared with the worst situation, it is nothing."

And Zhi Ge knew what was in Gu Yanshu's mind almost the moment he opened his mouth.

After meeting Gu Yanshu's unexpected eyes, he gave the answer directly:

"The status of Xirong women is humble, so for Xirong men, all the unique physical characteristics of women will be regarded as unknown."

For example, menstrual events, such as pregnancy events, and women who are in confinement and small confinement.

In Xirong, there is a taboo: you must never touch a woman with an unknown body. Those who violate the taboo will have bad luck at the slightest, and endanger their lives at the worst.

This taboo is regarded as a golden rule even by ordinary men in Xirong, let alone soldiers who carry their heads on their waists every day and pay attention to their wealth and life at all times.

Knowing this, Qin Lu agreed to the proposal of sending a woman to lurk.

Because no matter who is going, Qin Lu will give him a fake pregnancy pill to solve the biggest hidden danger.

Mei Yanxi took fake pregnancy pills, and on the first day she was brought into Xirong, the doctor diagnosed her with a pulse of pregnancy. Naturally, it was impossible for the soldiers of Xirong to touch such an ominous person.

After drinking the safflower soup, she will have a confinement for nearly a month, and Mei Yanxi is also safe.

This is also the maximum deadline that Mei Yanxi can have to complete the task safely.

In just one month, Mei Yanxi needed to find out the layout of Xirong's defense line, the situation of its troops, and the situation of its usual patrols.

It is also necessary to send this information out of the Xirong military camp under the noses of the Xirong people, and finally cooperate with them when Tianqi takes action. The difficulty can be imagined.

Fortunately, Mei Yanxi not only did it, but even did it better than they expected.

It is true that the Xirong soldiers relaxed their vigilance because of their geographical advantages, but Mei Yanxi's ability and contributions still cannot be erased.

What's more, Mei Yanxi also suffered a lot during those half a month.

Mei Yanxi can only rely on the taboo of Xirong men not to touch women with "unknown" omens to ensure her innocence, but she cannot escape the pain of flesh and blood.

For Xirong men, beating women with "unknown" signs with canes, whips, etc. is also not a taboo.

Those Xirong soldiers who saw Mei Yanxi's outstanding appearance and were fascinated by the beauty, after learning that Mei Yanxi's body was "unknown" and her desire could not be relieved, they immediately lost the importance of attacking.

It's hard for Mei Yanxi, a young lady who was loved and pampered by her family since she was a child, and she has always been the only one who can beat others with a whip.

For the sake of the overall situation, in the face of such a beating, he could only swallow his anger and accept it.

Later, when Tian Qi won, Mei Yanxi even pumped the two most ruthless strikers into meat on the spot, which shows how much grievance she felt.

Zhi Ge even now still remembers that when Mei Yanxi met them, there was no good flesh on her body.

In Gu Yanshu's mind, that general Mei, who could kill several children with one punch, had red eyes when he saw the appearance of his eldest daughter.

It was also because of this that Qin Lu was more tolerant and indulgent towards Mei Yanxi later on.

Otherwise, how could Mei Yanxi be so presumptuous with those few gaffes and offenses when she was young?

"No wonder..."

A gleam of clarity flashed across Gu Yanshu's eyes.

His Xiaolu will not talk about it, maybe he won't take Mei Yanxi's outspokenness to heart.

But as far as Zhige is loyal to his Xiaolu and extremely protective, if there is no reason, just based on what Mei Yanxi said in front of him, don't even think about leaving completely.

But soon, Gu Yanshu realized something was wrong:

"The battle in Xirong alone shouldn't be enough to make Miss Mei equal to you, right?"

One's own people know it by themselves.

As far as Qin Lu's temperament is concerned, Mei Yanxi may indulge him in private because of his affairs in Xirong, but he will never give in to him in official affairs, let alone let him be as powerful as Zhi Ge Go-getters, sit on an equal footing.

"If it's just the battle with Xirong, that's true."

Zhi Ge nodded slightly, and gave Gu Yanshu an affirmative answer.

But the crux of the problem is that Mei Yanxi didn't just participate in the battle in Xirong.

After winning the victory against Xi Rong, Mei Yanxi seemed to experience the joy of meritorious service.

As soon as he recovered from his injuries, he applied to Qin Lu to go to the battlefield.

In Mei Yanxi's words, it means that she should do more meritorious deeds and make Qin Lu owe her more favors. In the future, when she opens her mouth to scold a man like a dog, Qin Lu will not even think to refute her a single word.

This is called you used to ignore me, but now you are going to beat and scold me.

For some reason, Qin Lu actually agreed to Mei Yanxi's outrageous request.

Afterwards, Mei Yanxi became a strong lady in the Qin Slaughter Army. In just one year, she repeatedly made outstanding achievements on the battlefield.

Killing the enemy is more ruthless than most men, and even that desperate energy makes many soldiers feel ashamed.

Due to Tianqi's regulations that women are not allowed to be officials in the court, Qin Lu did not give Mei Yanxi any official position, but when it comes to rewards for meritorious deeds, she did not lose the real power that should be given to Mei Yanxi.

Then it became what Zhi Ge said, that the two were on equal footing.

Because in the army under Qin Lu's command, Mei Yanxi's orders have the same effect as Zhi Ge's words.

"Then you are not so afraid of her, are you?"

The two are on equal footing, and it's not that Mei Yanxi can overwhelm Zhi Ge.

"Isn't this... General Mei's doting on Miss Mei?"

Speaking of this, Zhi Ge was also a little aggrieved.

What can he do?

He is nothing more than a weak, pitiful, and helpless guard.

In a word, Gu Yanshu immediately understood the meaning.

Zhige is a trick to throw rats, I am afraid that if you hit the young ones, you will attract the old ones.

Thinking about it, Gu Yanshu gave Zhi Ge a clear and sympathetic look.

The doubts in his heart were answered, Gu Yanshu stopped chasing Zhi Ge and asking non-stop.

It happened to be the day when Gu Yanshu wrote a reply to Qin Lu. Gu Yanshu, who had just heard so many old things about his little deer from Zhi Ge, naturally wanted to seize the opportunity to make fun of his little deer.

Dang even wrote like a god, and wrote several pages of letter paper with splashes of ink.

Speaking of the correspondence between the two, I have to mention the emperor.

Ever since Gu Yanshu told Qin Lu Zhizhou the emperor's reaction after receiving a letter from his family last time, Qin Lu seemed to have opened up the two veins of Ren and Du. When writing letters to Gu Yan, he would also write a letter to his own father from time to time.

As for why not write it every time, in Gu Yanshu's words, what is not available is the best, too much is not enough.

I don't know if it's Gu Yanshu's illusion.

He always felt that since Qin Lu began to send letters to the emperor, the speed of the [-]-mile acceleration seemed to have increased a lot.

Of course, regardless of whether this is Gu Yanshu's illusion or not, since Qin Lu started sending family letters to his own father, the emperor's mood has improved a lot visibly.

According to Wen Qingxiao, these days, his father and brother all said that the emperor's aura is much softer than before, not to mention, but fortunately he speaks very well.

Now everyone in the court regards Qin Lu's family letter as the gospel, and they almost praise Qin Lu in private!

Gu Yanshu did not forget to write these words in the reply letter, so that his own little deer could enjoy it too.

After sending the reply in the book to the post station, Gu Yanshu began to think in his heart:

According to the current speed of [-] miles, it would take four days for the one-way journey from Beijing to Yizhou.

My little deer would always give the post station officer a three to four day rest period after receiving a letter before writing back to him, that is to say... After about ten days, he would be able to receive a reply from his own little deer.

From the content of Qin Lu's last letter, it can be seen that the construction of the dam in Yizhou has come to an end, and now it is only a matter of the final inspection and acceptance.

If he was lucky, maybe the reply letter in ten days' time would be delivered to him by his Xiaolu himself.

Thinking of this, the corners of Gu Yanshu's lips couldn't help but twitch upwards:

It's been three months since I left Xiaolu, and the capital has gone from mid-spring to mid-summer. The yearning for Qin Lu in Gu Yanshu's heart is just like the sun in this capital, which is becoming more and more unbearable.

At this time, Gu Yanshu never expected that this time, the letter from Yizhou arrived several days sooner than he expected.

Three days later, at the beginning of the ugly time——

The silence in Prince Li's mansion was broken by a sudden knock on the door.

When the knock on the door fell, the guards in the mansion saw that Zhi Ge came in a hurry and knocked on the main courtyard's gate.

When the candles were lit in the house, before Gu Yanshu even opened the door, Zhi Ge directly raised the volume and announced:

"Your Highness, hurry up to eight hundred miles in Yizhou!"