Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

It is still the same sentence, Gu Yanshu does not believe in any coincidence.

It just happened to be such a coincidence that the place that was pointed out as unqualified in Yanglin County was the East Second District where Li Ergou was located.

And how could it be such a coincidence that when Qin Lu went to Yanglin County for the second time, he was infected with smallpox by Li Ergou?

Things are too coincidental, it is deliberate.

Almost at the moment when Li Mingpeng said "East Second District", Gu Yanshu had already made a conclusion about Qin Lu being infected with smallpox in his heart:

Not by accident, but thought.

When I looked up, I happened to see Zhige's calm face and pensive eyes. Obviously, the two thought of going together.

"Your Highness?"

Seeing that Gu Yanshu had been silent and his complexion was not good-looking, Li Mingpeng couldn't help calling out in a low voice.

"It's nothing."

Even though Gu Yanshu had just said that Li Mingpeng and Qin Lu had been on the battlefield together and were brothers with different surnames, but he didn't know the truth about him, so it was naturally impossible for Gu Yanshu to express these suspicions.

After asking Li Mingpeng about other details, Gu Yanshu nodded slightly:

"The hall understands the situation. Mr. Li is now weak, and it is time for him to take good care of him. This hall will not waste too much time for Mr. Li."

While talking, Gu Yanshu ordered Zhi Ge to ask the people below to pack some supplements for Li Mingpeng and take them back.

Li Mingpeng didn't want to take over at first, so he hurriedly said that as a subordinate, it was his duty to cooperate with Gu Yanshu's inquiry, and he should not be given such a big gift by Gu Yanshu.

But in the end, he still couldn't resist Gu Yanshu's insistence, so he had no choice but to accept it.

Knowing that Qin Lu was infected with smallpox this time, Gu Yanshu brought a lot of high-quality medicinal supplements, not to mention that the emperor also allocated a lot from the palace, all of which were of the tribute level.

The quality of the supplements given to Li Mingpeng today is naturally not bad.

Li Mingpeng obviously knew this too, after receiving the tonic, he thanked Gu Yanshu:

"Thank you, princess, for your compassion."

"Master Li, there is no need to be polite."

Gu Yanshu smiled slightly, and then signaled Li Mingpeng to leave.

Li Mingpeng is not a person who can't look at people's eyes. Looking at Gu Yanshu's performance, he knew that he might not be suitable to stay here.

Dang even bowed his hands to Gu Yanshu, turned around and said goodbye.

What Li Mingpeng didn't expect was that just after he took two steps forward, he heard Gu Yanshu's questioning voice behind him:

"Master Li just said that Li Ergou is not in good health. Even if he does some light work, he can barely make ends meet. Do you think his life was not satisfactory before his death?"

Li Mingpeng has just made this question very clear and clear. Although he doesn't know why Gu Yanshu took it out and asked it alone, Li Mingpeng still gave an affirmative answer:

"Yes."

"My hall understands, Mr. Li, go slowly."

Gu Yanshu's tone became clearer, and he didn't ask Li Mingpeng any other questions.

After Li Mingpeng left, Zhi Ge, who had been standing by the side, finally couldn't help it:

"This Li Ergou must have a problem!"

If Gu Yanshu's suspicion at the beginning could be explained by paranoia, now after hearing Li Mingpeng's words, such an explanation does not make sense at all.

Aside from other things, who in Tianqi doesn't know that Qin Lu uses soldiers like a god?

At one time, the most talented generals in Tianqi territory were gathered under Qin Lu's command.

Those who can do things under Qin Lu's hands, and even leave an impression on people, are by no means brave and foolhardy.

Even General Mei, who seems to be the most thoughtless, is a man with fine details.

These people, without exception, are very cautious when doing things.

After knowing that the person in charge of Yanglin County was a former comrade-in-arms, Zhige already noticed something strange:

Since the person in charge of Yanglin County is Li Mingpeng, who was once well-known under Qin Lu, how could there be unqualified conditions when the dam was built for the first time?

And there are no problems in other places, only the area that Li Mingpeng is responsible for has been pointed out as unqualified?

Now that he has heard what Li Mingpeng said, what else does Zhige not understand?

In the current situation, after knowing that Li Ergou was the chief culprit who brought disaster to Yanglin County, when Li Mingpeng mentioned Li Ergou, his tone was a little bit close, which shows that before the accident, How close is the relationship between the two.

It is unavoidable to be blinded by people close to you, and to have omissions during the inspection.

But it's one thing to be convinced that there is something wrong with Li Ergou, but it's another thing not to be able to produce evidence.

The matter of Li Ergou is different from Liu Ruxi's dealing with Ding Yibai back then.

Liu Ruxi is not a government yamen, so she caused trouble for Ding Yibai, and spread some vague rumors, so naturally she didn't need evidence.

But what Prince Li's mansion has to do now is to convict Li Ergou, and even find out the driving force behind this incident.

If you can't produce ironclad evidence, how can you convince the public?

But in the current situation, almost all clues are cut off, how are they going to find ironclad evidence?

Thinking of this, Zhi Ge couldn't help feeling a little depressed.

However, at this moment, Zhi Ge heard the quiet voice of his own princess:

"This Li Mingpeng didn't tell the truth, let's start with him to investigate."

"what?"

Zhi Ge was stunned, no matter what, he never thought that the princess would say that Li Mingpeng had a problem.

Zhi Ge can be sure that the princess and Li Mingpeng just met for the first time. Before that, the princess had never even heard of Li Mingpeng's name, so naturally it was impossible to target him.

But if it was just now...

After carefully recalling all the conversations between Gu Yanshu and Li Mingpeng, Zhige didn't find any problems.

Most of what Li Mingpeng said was no different from his investigation, and even the content that he did not investigate was logically self-consistent.

That being the case, why did the princess say that Li Mingpeng had a problem?

"Even if he didn't lie, what he said was not all the truth."

Gu Yanshu could see the doubt in Zhi Ge's heart almost at a glance, and slightly tapped the table with his fingertips:

"At least, he's hiding some key information."

Gu Yanshu came from the last days and has seen too many darkness of human nature.

In the first few years of the last days, when the order was the most chaotic, Gu Yanshu's dilapidated body would have been torn to pieces long ago if he hadn't had the foundation to look at people.

After several years of tempering in the last days, Gu Yanshu's perception of changes in people's emotions has become extremely sensitive to a terrifying level.

From the first moment he saw Li Mingpeng, Gu Yanshu felt that there was an indescribable sense of disobedience in this person.

As the conversation lasted longer, Gu Yanshu felt that Li Mingpeng's sense of disobedience became more serious.

Especially at the end, when Gu Yanshu found out that Li Mingpeng seemed to be relaxed, but in fact he never let go of his vigilance, he felt even more weird.

These days, Gu Yanshu has questioned many people.

Among them were the people in charge of dam construction in other areas of Yizhou, and ordinary people who survived in Yanglin County, but none of them behaved so inconsistently like Li Mingpeng.

What Li Mingpeng said just now seems to be logically self-consistent, but one of the most critical pieces of information is missing:

That is Li Guihua!

From Zhige's report, it is not difficult to see that people in Lijia Village, Yanglin County don't know much about Li Guihua.

The biggest reason is that when Li Guihua was born, her birth mother had dystocia, and she stayed in the mother's body for too long, leaving the root cause of the disease, so she seldom went out, and few people in Lijia Village could see Li Guihua herself.

Li Guihua's sense of mystery in Li Family Village has even reached the point where other people in Li Family Village only hear her name but don't see her.

As neighbors in the same village, the people in Lijia Village were a little unclear about the root cause of Li Guihua's illness.

Only from the little girl who occasionally appeared in Li Ergou's house, it can be confirmed that Li Guihua is indeed there.

But even if Li Guihua is so mysterious, Li Mingpeng shouldn't know anything about her.

Li Mingpeng worked under Qin Lu's command, so he must understand Qin Lu's temperament of not being able to rub a little sand in his eyes better than others.

Especially for the men who came out of the military camp, the military rules of the army are the iron rules, and no temptation can be tolerated.

Not to mention anything else, but just talking about the station, you can say a lot of bad things about Qin Lu. Whenever Qin Lu is mentioned, Mei Yanxi, who gnashes her teeth and scolds the street, is also strict on the road from the capital to Yizhou. Comply with the military regulations of the army, and there is no place beyond the rules.

Under such circumstances, Li Mingpeng dared to open the door for Li Ergou.

There was even a problem in Tongtan County. When Qin Lu sent his subordinates to understand the actual situation of the workers on the embankment, they took the trouble to cover it up at the risk of it.

To say that this kind of friendship is only slightly closer than that of ordinary fellow villagers in the same village is not justified anyway.

Since the relationship between the two is close, Li Mingpeng claimed that he had not met Li Guihua several times and did not know about her situation, so it is really unreasonable.

To put it a bit harsher, the original owner of Gu Yanshu's body, a dandy like Gu Xiaogongzi, at least knows the basics of the family conditions of the dandies who play with him.

Basic information such as how many people are in the "brother" family, their approximate ages, physical conditions, etc...

Even if you haven't seen a real person, you can hear a thing or two from your daily communication with the "brothers".

The population of Li Ergou's family is so simple that apart from an old mother, there is only one daughter left. In daily life, unless Li Ergou is dumb, he will not mention it at all.

At this time, Li Mingpeng still insisted that he didn't know Li Guihua well, so he must be trying to cover up something.

But now that Li Guihua had died of illness, and her death was like a lamp being extinguished, what was there that was worth Li Mingpeng's risk and keeping his mouth shut?

Thinking of this, Gu Yanshu tapped the table with his fingertips again, and his thoughts began to run rapidly again.

At this time, Zhige also followed Gu Yanshu's suggestion, and planned to investigate Li Mingpeng again:

"Yes, my subordinates retire."

"and many more!"

At the moment before Zhi Ge left, Gu Yanshu suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and directly called him to stop:

"Who has Li Guihua's autopsy report?"

"At Xingren's place." Zhi Ge replied in a low voice.

After being vaccinated against vaccinia and producing antigens in his body, Xingren also joined the team investigating Li Ergou.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is still guilty of letting the prince contract smallpox, and he is holding his breath to find out the murderer.

Gu Yanshu nodded slightly, with a hint of clarity in his eyes:

"Let him send the report over, and then ask Yu Liren to come over. I have something to ask him."

"Yes."

Although he didn't know what Gu Yanshu wanted for Li Guihua's autopsy report at this time, but following Qin Lu for many years, Zhi Ge had already learned the principle of doing more and talking less, so he nodded without thinking.

Not long after Zhige left, Xingren brought the autopsy report and came to the side hall with Yu Liren.

Gu Yanshu first took over the autopsy report and glanced at it.

Li Guihua was the source of the smallpox virus, and Qin Lu was also affected. Wu Zuo knew the importance of Li Guihua, so the autopsy report was also written in great detail.

What about four feet in length, thin body, and so on... The level of detail is almost not enough to count out how many strands of Li Guihua's hair are, and then write them down.

Although Gu Yanshu intuitively felt that there might be one or two clues in the autopsy report, he was not a professional after all, so he couldn't see anything for a while.

In the end, Xingren could only let Xingren keep the autopsy report, and he would study it for a while before talking.

After sending Xingren away, Gu Yanshu looked at Yu Liren who was at the side.

As usual, Gu Yanshu first asked about Qin Lu's physical condition.

"Xu is originally physically stronger than other people. The prince recovered very quickly. Now his pulse is stable, no different from ordinary people."

Mentioning this, Yu Liren's tone was inevitably filled with joy.

The meaning in these words can be translated into one sentence, that is, Qin Lu has recovered.

But for the sake of caution, Yu Liren and the imperial physician unanimously decided to observe for two more days before making a conclusion. In addition:

"There is also the question about the scars that the princess asked about. The prince's self-control is amazing. During the illness, he hardly touched the herpes without authorization. After he recovered, pay attention to maintenance and supplemented with ointment, and there will be no traces left."

When he said this, Yu Liren's tone was a little unnatural.

Because this time, besides the princess, the prince also seems to be particularly concerned about whether there will be scars.

These days, after the herpes scab on the prince fell off, almost every time when Yu Liren and several imperial physicians went to check his pulse, the prince would ask a question or two about the scar.

Among them, several imperial doctors who didn't understand the prince's daily life even asked in private whether the prince had cared much about his personal image in the past.

On the battlefield, the sword has no eyes, so it is inevitable to be injured, and the prince is so concerned about leaving scars. I think Yu Liren must have a sharp weapon in his hand. If he has one, don't hide it at this time, and report to the prince as soon as possible That's the business.

This made Yu Liren miserable.

After all, Qin Luke had never paid attention to whether the wound left scars before.

He even chose the former among the golden sore medicines that have better curative effect but leave scars, and those that have less curative effect but do not leave traces.

Who knew that the prince suddenly cared about his own image this time?

Fortunately, there used to be a Mei Yanxi in the army who was very concerned about her beauty, and Yu Liren had indeed studied the matter of Shuhen, otherwise it would be really difficult to deal with this time.

Hearing this, Gu Yanshu's expression paused, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his lips:

"I have to thank my lord and all the imperial physicians."

Although in the past few days when facing Qin Lu, Gu Yanshu has always insisted that he doesn't care whether Qin Lu will leave scars or not.

But if Gu Yanshu were to say it, it would be much better not to leave scars than to have scars.

After all, herpes marks are really a great weapon to reduce the value of the face, even if it is as perfect as Qin Lu, it can't stand this test.

"It's all a matter of subordinates."

Seeing Gu Yanshu's reaction, the doubts in Yu Liren's heart seemed to have an answer:

No wonder the prince is so concerned about the scar this time, it turned out to be because of the princess!

Thinking of this, Yu Liren seemed to feel the inexplicable feeling of fullness that often appeared in Prince Li's mansion again.

Of course, besides this, Yu Liren did not forget another thing:

"The smallpox infection this time has a great impact on the prince's body. In the next period of time, I am afraid that we need to pay special attention to diet and supplements."

After finishing speaking, as if he was afraid that Gu Yanshu would be worried, Yu Liren hastily added another sentence:

"My lord is strong and strong in martial arts. I believe he will be able to return to his former peak state in a short time."

"In terms of diet and nourishment, it will be troublesome for adults."

Gu Yanshu nodded slightly, not surprised at all.

After Qin Lu was getting better these days, Gu Yanshu had already discovered the fact that his deer's recovery ability was amazing.

However, after a few days of hard work, the face that had been thin and out of shape had regained some of its edges and corners.

After finishing speaking, Gu Yanshu thought about something, and did not forget to add a sentence:

"I remember that among the imperial physicians accompanying me this time, there is an adult surnamed Zhou who is very good at recuperating and nourishing. If you have any doubts, you can ask Mr. Zhou for advice."

"Subordinates obey."

Yu Liren leaned slightly towards Gu Yanshu, expressing that he knew, but he couldn't help casting a puzzled look at Gu Yanshu.

Among the accompanying imperial physicians this time, there was indeed an adult surnamed Zhou, who was indeed good at recuperating and nourishing, but what puzzled Yu Liren was how did Gu Yanshu know about it?

As far as Yu Liren knew, after marrying the prince, the number of times the princess went to the palace can be counted on one's fingers.

Since the princess hasn't even been to the palace a few times, how can she know anything about the imperial doctor in the palace?

On the road from Kyoto to Yizhou, the princess has never asked about the imperial physician. How can the princess accurately point out the imperial physician Zhou and what he is good at?

As for why Gu Yanshu knew Imperial Physician Zhou, and why he knew that Imperial Physician Zhou was good at nourishing and recuperating...

This is naturally thanks to his little deer.

Leaving aside the once-a-monthly Ping An pulse, the medicine jade that Gu Yanshu is using now is also from the hands of Imperial Physician Zhou.

God knows how awkward Gu Yanshu felt when he knew that Imperial Physician Zhou was also in the accompanying team this time.

It's not that he is dishonest, after all, Gu Yanshu can think of Yaoyu whenever he sees Imperial Physician Zhou.

Especially when Qin Lu was in his prime of life, when he was full of energy, he would press him to make a fool of himself from time to time.

If this nonsense is too much, the medicine jade will naturally be used too much.

The medicine jade given by Imperial Physician Zhou has a fixed number, and from the speed at which Gu Yanshu uses it, Imperial Physician Zhou can even infer the extent of his messing around with Qin Lu.

Gu Yanshu still remembers that not long before Qin Lu came to Yizhou, both he and Qin Lu lost control slightly.

If you really want to describe it, you should be able to use a classic bgm in "Animal World":

Spring is here, and it's time for everything to recover...

Therefore, during that time, the medicine jade in Gu Yanshu's hands was also used very quickly, and the medicine jade in the brocade box had already bottomed out before the doctor Zhou's half-monthly Ping An pulse.

Both Gu Yanshu and Qin Lu are used to this thing, and they have already realized the beauty of it.

Both Qin Lu and Gu Yanshu felt that they couldn't do without.

When I run out, I have to ask Imperial Physician Zhou for it. Gu Yanshu still remembers the astonishment in Imperial Physician Zhou's eyes after hearing his request.

Later, although Imperial Physician Zhou gave the medicine jade to Gu Yanshu according to his words, but at the same time, he also made insinuations, and reminded Gu Yanshu and Qin Lu several times, both overtly and secretly.

The general meaning is that although the prince has reached the crown, the princess is still a little too young.

Although the concubine's age enlightenment is not too early, it is not very suitable.

Even with the help of medicine and jade, it is not enough to nourish and recuperate, but the medicine is three-point poisonous, so the frequency of use can be roughly reduced.

Doctor Zhou felt that his words were very euphemistic, but in Gu Yanshu's ears, there were only sixteen characters left:

Young, overindulgent, and unrestrained!

God knows what mood Gu Yanshu was in at that time. It is no exaggeration to say that if someone finds the ruins of the Forbidden City under the ground of Prince Li's Mansion in the future, don't doubt that it must be picked out by Her Royal Highness Princess Li with her toes.

That night, Gu Yanshu did not allow Qin Lu to go to bed again.

Since then, Gu Yanshu has also strictly controlled the amount of medicine jade, and there has never been a shortage of medicine jade.

But even so, it didn't affect Gu Yanshu's thinking of these "past events" when he saw Imperial Physician Zhou.

Naturally, it was impossible for Gu Yanshu to tell Yu Liren about all the "entanglements" with the imperial doctor Zhou.

Therefore, even if he saw the doubt in Yu Liren's eyes, Gu Yanshu regarded it as if he didn't see it at all, and just changed the subject indifferently:

"The main reason for calling Mr. Yu over today is because there is another very important matter that Mr. Yu needs to do."

"I also ask the princess to order."

When Yu Liren heard the words, he quickly put away the thoughts in his heart and leaned over slightly.

And after hearing Gu Yanshu's last two instructions, Yu Liren's eyes flashed two points of astonishment.

After raising his eyes and seeing Gu Yanshu's affirmative gaze, he was sure that the princess did not make a slip of the tongue, nor did he hear it wrong.

Dang even leaned over again, and replied:

"The subordinates will definitely live up to the trust of the princess."

"Go," Gu Yanshu nodded slightly, and then added, "Be careful, go and come back."

"Yes." Compared with just now, Yu Liren's expression is much more serious this time.

After answering, Yu Liren turned around and left the side hall, presumably to fulfill Gu Yanshu's order.

As for Gu Yanshu, looking at Yu Liren's back, a dark light flashed in his eyes:

When Yu Liren came back, he would be able to confirm his guess after thinking about it.