Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

Gu Yanshu looked at Qin Lu first, and then at himself. Both of them were well dressed, and there was nothing that should not be seen.

He replied directly:

"come in."

It's just that Gu Yanshu didn't expect that Yu Liren didn't come alone, behind him was Mei Yanxi.

"The subordinate heard that the princess asked Mr. Yu to check Li Mingpeng's pulse. It happened that the subordinate knew a thing or two about Li Mingpeng, so he came with him."

Noticing the look in Gu Yanshu's eyes, Mei Yanxi stated her purpose of coming here without even thinking about it.

It just so happened that when Yu Liren came out of Li Mingpeng's residence, he ran into Mei Yanxi on his back.

When the two bumped into each other, a conversation was inevitable.

Although Yu Liren didn't tell Mei Yanxi why Gu Yanshu asked him to feel Li Mingpeng's pulse for no reason, but there is something called a woman's sixth sense.

It was only an instant, Mei Yanxi noticed that there seemed to be something strange in it, even if she didn't think about it, she followed Yu Liren to meet Gu Yanshu.

There was a flash of clarity in Gu Yanshu's eyes, but he didn't answer Mei Yanxi's words immediately, but turned his head to look at Yu Liren:

"how?"

"Things are as expected by the princess, Li Mingpeng's pulse is indeed different."

Without further ado, Yu Liren gave Gu Yanshu the answer:

"Looking at the pulse condition, it is true that Li Mingpeng has just recovered from a serious illness, and there are still traces of herpes on his body, but from the subtle points, it is found that Li Mingpeng's pulse condition reaction and the scabs on his body are still different from those of the prince and other smallpox patients. difference."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Gu Yanshu to ask, Yu Liren gave the answer directly:

"That's why the subordinates believe that Li Mingpeng's disease is not smallpox, but chickenpox!"

As soon as these words came out, apart from Gu Yanshu, Mei Yanxi and Qin Lu had a flash of surprise in their eyes:

Although the symptoms of chickenpox and smallpox are very similar, there are also considerable differences.

Ordinary people may confuse the difference at a glance, but experienced doctors can accurately judge the symptoms of patients.

But before that, no matter whether it was Mei Yanxi or Qin Lu, the news that Li Mingpeng was infected was all smallpox.

Not to mention Qin Lu and Mei Yanxi, even Yu Liren was quite surprised when he diagnosed this result.

Even in order to prevent misdiagnosis, Yu Liren checked it carefully, and only after he was sure that it was correct, he came to reply to Gu Yanshu.

Gu Yanshu, on the other hand, had a flash of clarity in his eyes.

The first time he saw Li Mingpeng, he realized that this person was wrong.

As the conversation went on, it became more and more obvious that this person was not very sincere.

Originally, Gu Yanshu didn't think that there was anything wrong with Li Mingpeng, but when he heard Yu Liren in the background saying that Qin Lu's martial arts were strong and his recovery speed was extremely fast, a flash of light came to his mind, and he thought of the key point:

Just like his little deer, in the eyes of Yu Liren and the imperial doctor, the existence with an astonishing recovery speed is still not strong enough.

Then how did Li Mingpeng manage to recover faster than his own Xiaolu without the top supplements and the careful conditioning of the imperial doctor?

At that time, Gu Yanshu suspected that the fact that Li Mingpeng had smallpox might be a little watery, so he asked Yu Liren to diagnose his pulse.

Unexpectedly, this directly confirmed his inner thoughts.

After confirming the thoughts in his mind, Gu Yanshu felt that there was another question that he couldn't understand:

What is the purpose of Li Mingpeng's move?

Smallpox was raging in Yanglin County this time, and there were indeed quite a few infected people, but there were also quite a few people who were not infected.

Not to mention anything else, just say that the guards who came with Qin Lu in Prince Li's mansion were not infected.

Even if Li Mingpeng was not infected with smallpox, no one else would think about it.

Even if Li Mingpeng was infected with chickenpox, he could still say it clearly, and there was no need to declare that he was infected with smallpox.

So what is he doing this for?

Or...

To cover up what?

For a while, even Gu Yanshu couldn't think clearly about Li Mingpeng's thoughts.

In the end, he could only put it aside and take a look at Yu Liren:

"Then Li Mingpeng didn't notice anything?"

"Probably not. When the subordinates went down, they followed Wang Hao's instructions and said that His Highness was sympathetic to the subordinates. Before leaving, he also went to show some other smallpox sufferers."

Yu Liren shook his head slightly, with a firm tone in his tone.

Afraid of Gu Yanshu's uneasiness, Yu Liren added another sentence after a moment of silence:

"Even if he had doubts in his heart, he would not think too much about it when he saw that the person who went was a subordinate."

"Huh?" Gu Yanshu frowned slightly, apparently not quite understanding why Yu Liren said that.

"After all, in Li Mingpeng's eyes, his subordinate is a barefoot doctor who can heal some injuries."

Speaking of this, Yu Liren's tone was not very good.

Of the many generals under Qin Lu back then, Li Mingpeng was the most arrogant and looked down on him.

Yu Liren once heard Li Mingpeng utter nonsense in front of his subordinates, saying that Yu Liren just had better luck than others and caught up with the prince's kindness, otherwise how could he have such a status in the army?

Later, Li Mingpeng injured his arm and was sent to Yu Liren by the subordinates. Yu Liren almost took a big look and knew that the arm could not be healed.

The tendons and veins were severed by the root, not to mention him, even if the Taiyuan Hospital came, there would be no solution.

Who knew that his helplessness, in the eyes of Li Mingpeng, became the proof that he was a barefoot doctor with no skills.

When Li Mingpeng retired from the army, he also said that his injury was not so serious at all, and that Yu Liren had to leave because he heard his private remarks and deliberately retaliated.

When Yu Liren heard these remarks, he was very angry, but at that time Li Mingpeng had left, so Yu Liren could only give up even if he was angry.

This time, Yu Liren was a little unhappy when he heard the princess's order to check Li Mingpeng's pulse, but he also knew that this task was not difficult for him.

As long as he saw that he was the one who went, even if Li Mingpeng had doubts, he would immediately feel relieved.

Gu Yanshu never thought that the reason was because of this.

After all, in Gu Yanshu's eyes, although Yu Liren's ability is slightly inferior in other aspects, compared with ordinary doctors, it can be called good.

Not to mention that Yu Liren often communicates with several imperial physicians these days, and Yu Xiaopoo's understanding is no less than those imperial physicians.

However, before Gu Yanshu could say anything, Mei Yanxi couldn't hold back, and snorted coldly:

"Who can he look up to?"

This voice also reminded Gu Yanshu that when Mei Yanxi entered the door just now, she claimed to know Li Mingpeng a little bit.

Then he gave Mei Yanxi a look and asked her to continue talking.

The progress of the current investigation has stagnated, and the only breakthrough point exposed is Li Mingpeng. The more information about Li Mingpeng, the better.

As soon as she got Gu Yanshu's permission, Mei Yanxi couldn't bear it anymore, and opened her mouth to speak out a series of Li Mingpeng's shortcomings:

"It's okay for him to have his eyes above the top. He doesn't have much ability. He still looks down on this and that. He always thinks that he is the best in the world. You don't know, princess, when he was promoted to the head of a thousand households, Everyone went to congratulate him, but he was the only one with a cold face, as if the head of a thousand households had wronged him, and he was underappreciated..."

Gu Yanshu had seen Mei Yanxi's mouth as early as when he met Mei Yanxi for the first time.

To criticize one's own deer is called merciless, and it doesn't seem to stop at all when it opens its mouth.

But other than that, Gu Yanshu rarely sees Mei Yanxi using her poisonous mouth skills on other people.

This Li Mingpeng is actually the first after his own Xiaolu.

And unlike when mentioning her own Xiaolu, there was a hint of intimacy in the remark, which was more like a complaint between friends. When mentioning Li Mingpeng, Mei Yanxi's tone was full of disdain and contempt.

After scolding Li Mingpeng for a long time, Mei Yanxi seemed to have thought of something, and directly made a summary:

"To use the most popular words in Beijing right now, this Li Mingpeng is a typical male chauvinist who hates women!"

Needless to say, Mei Yanxi learned the words "male chauvinism" and "women-hater" from Yaoyue Pavilion.

Gu Yanshu couldn't hold back and asked:

"Hate? How do you say this?"

In terms of male chauvinism, there are more or less men in Tianqi, especially generals.

After all, this is the inevitable result of the era and background.

Even Qin Lu, who respects Gu Yanshu very much on weekdays, occasionally has such signs.

Although such a small sign was wiped out during Gu Yanshu's countless night talks and training, it cannot be denied that it once existed.

But the hater... There is a lot to pay attention to here.

As far as Gu Yanshu talked about so many heroine stories in Yueyue Pavilion, among them, there was only one typical cannon fodder villain who had a very miserable end and was beaten repeatedly in the face.

Mei Yanxi's views on "haters" can only come from Yaoyue Pavilion.

So what kind of situation caused Mei Yanxi to directly associate Li Mingpeng with that typical cannon fodder villain?

And Mei Yanxi also quickly gave the answer:

"That's the princess, you don't know what he has done!"

Immediately afterwards, Mei Yanxi told Gu Yanshu again what Qin Lu had just said about the night attack that was a sure thing, but ended up sacrificing a village of women and children.

But perhaps because of the different viewing angles, Mei Yanxi also saw many details that Qin Lu did not see:

"At that time, the prince couldn't produce evidence, so he could only choose to punish him severely if possible, but his subordinates knew that he must have done it on purpose, because most of the remaining people were women!"

Before Gu Yanshu asked Mei Yanxi why she was so sure, she heard Mei Yanxi's next words.

It was still about the battle damage that Li Mingpeng participated in.

But the difference is that compared with Qin Lu, Mei Yanxi has more carefully summarized the ratio of male to female deaths in the battles Li Mingpeng handled.

Without exception, those who outnumber others are mostly women.

When she discovered this, Mei Yanxi, who was as grumpy as she was, couldn't bear it, so she went directly to Li Mingpeng to question her.

Who knew that when Li Mingpeng faced Mei Yanxi's questioning, he didn't feel guilty at all, and even felt that it was not a big deal to kill more women.

Even though it has been three years, Mei Yanxi was extremely angry when she mentioned Li Mingpeng's words and tone at that time:

"He actually said that he blamed those women for their slow action. He did not pursue those women for delaying the war. He was extrajudicial, and I was still fussing over these trivial matters."

"These are human lives, and if they are put in his mouth, they will become side matters!"

Of course, the grievances between Mei Yanxi and Li Mingpeng have always been more than that.

When Mei Yanxi ran after Qin Lu, Li Mingpeng was the one who spoke the most unpleasant words among those who made a fuss.

Even the person who had no clue at the beginning and was beaten by Mei Yanxi was also one of Li Mingpeng's soldiers.

In addition, after the Xirong incident, Li Mingpeng had often tarnished Mei Yanxi's reputation both openly and secretly.

It also means that Mei Yanxi, a woman, should take good care of her husband and children at home, and compete with men outside, she really doesn't know what it means.

He also said that Mei Yanxi stayed in Xirong's barracks for half a month, who knows if anything happened?

He also said that Mei Yanxi put a whip around her waist every day to show off her might, women don't look like women should, no wonder the Third Highness doesn't like it.

……

However, this Li Mingpeng is still a cunning person, never daring to say these words in front of Mei Yanxi.

Li Mingpeng's qualifications in the army were even older than Qin Lu's, so he naturally possessed a certain prestige. It's really hard for Mei Yanxi to catch him. It's really hard to do anything to him.

In the end, he could only listen to those remarks from Li Mingpeng's mouth, gnashing his teeth with hatred.

Later, Li Mingpeng was forced to leave due to injury, and Mei Yanxi was so happy that she almost didn't set off firecrackers to celebrate, saying bluntly that this was God's eye opening and retribution in this world.

Originally, when she came to Yizhou this time, Mei Yanxi thought that three years had passed, and Li Mingpeng had also changed, and was no longer as annoying as before.

Who knew that in the blink of an eye, he heard that Qin Lu was infected with smallpox, which might be related to it, and Dang even thought of the disgusting things Li Mingpeng had done.

This new enmity, old ugliness are counted together, is there not a good word out of the mouth?

"From this point of view, this Li Mingpeng is really a hater."

Gu Yanshu originally thought that Mei Yanxi was exaggerating, but after listening to it, he realized that Li Mingpeng's thoughts were more crooked than he imagined.

Hatred...

Thinking of this word, Gu Yanshu inevitably thought of a certain group, so he asked directly, seemingly casually:

"Li Mingpeng is like this, his wife can bear it?"

"It... seems like I haven't heard that Li Mingpeng has a wife?"

Mentioning this point, Yu Liren frowned slightly, and answered somewhat uncertainly.

This Li Mingpeng is not too young. When Qin Lu first joined the army, this Li Mingpeng had already passed the age of weak champion.

In an ordinary family, most men of this age are already married and have children.

Even families with insufficient conditions in the countryside have already made marriage arrangements.

Not to mention other things, let's just say that Li Ergou is half a year younger than Li Mingpeng, and his family is in such a difficult situation. Didn't he also marry a wife and have children, and his daughter is already seven or eight years old?

However, Li Mingpeng seems to have always been single.

At least during the two years in the army, Yu Liren never heard him mention various remarks related to "Madame".

It is said that after serving in the army for two or three years, a sow is better than Diaochan.

When there are five big and three thick men in a military battalion together, it is inevitable that they will make some jokes about meat and vegetables.

Sometimes there is no one to tell the truth, and they are happy to talk, and even miss a sentence or two in front of Qin Lu.

But in Yu Liren's impression, Li Mingpeng never seemed to like making such jokes, and he rarely communicated with other people on topics related to it.

If this situation were placed on other people, Gu Yanshu might be able to guess whether this person respected women more, so he was unwilling to say such vulgar words.

But Gu Yanshu just learned about Li Mingpeng's hatred of his daughter from Mei Yanxi's words, so it is naturally impossible to think about it.

Since it is not about respecting women, there is indeed only one other possibility left...

Thinking about it, Gu Yanshu knocked on the table, further affirming the conjecture in his heart:

This Li Mingpeng, maybe like him, is a natural bend.

Gu Yanshu has high demands on himself and others, and coupled with his poor health in his previous life, even if he knew his own sexual orientation, he never went to find someone with the same interests to mess around with.

But not messing around, doesn't mean he doesn't understand this circle at all.

Yu Liren just said that the men in this military camp have always been abstaining from meat and vegetables when joking around.

But what Yu Liren didn't know was that in the last days, many people, even many women, made jokes that people couldn't bear to hear.

During this period, Gu Yanshu vaguely heard many rumors about groups with the same sexual orientation as him.

For example, people who are born with this in a certain part, after discovering their own attributes, will naturally hate women.

Because in the eyes of this part of people, women will be divided into the same group as themselves, and they will abide by the principle of "same-sex exclusion".

When he first heard this remark, Gu Yanshu still felt that it was very unreasonable.

After all, whether it is him or what he knows, in his team, the partners and subordinates who are in the same situation as him do not have this tendency.

It wasn't until later, after settling down in the capital base, that Gu Yanshu met such a person in person, that he knew the rumors were true.

But now, the Li Mingpeng that Mei Yanxi was talking about was obviously similar to the person Gu Yanshu met back then.

But if so, who is the other object?

Thinking about it, Gu Yanshu picked up the teacup beside him, a little lost in thought.

"For a person like Li Mingpeng, only a blind woman can fall in love with him!"

But at this time, Mei Yanxi's words gave Gu Yanshu a hint:

"Oh, his attitude towards Li Ergou might be able to fool one or two people."

That's right!

Li Ergou!

Gu Yanshu finally felt that there was a line in his mind that had been extremely unclear was strung together:

Whether it was Xing Ren or Zhi Ge, or even Qin Lu and Mei Yanxi, they were extremely surprised and surprised by Li Mingpeng's attitude towards Li Ergou.

Because what Li Mingpeng has done for him has obviously exceeded the boundaries that friends should have.

But if Li Mingpeng was happy with Li Ergou, then all this would make sense.

After all, after meeting Qin Lu, no one knows better than Gu Yanshu how far love can make a person blind.

And judging from the timeline, it is completely reasonable to say.

Li Mingpeng said that he would join the army because his father passed away, and he was alone with no support and could not find any other way out, so he decided to go to the army for a while.

But judging from the timeline, Li Mingpeng's explanation is actually somewhat forced.

Because Li Mingpeng left Lijiacun one year after his father passed away to enlist in the army.

But this time point happened to be the time point when Li Ergou got married and had children.

Even in the second month of Li Ergou's marriage, Li Mingpeng left Lijiacun.

Li Mingpeng said that his father passed away and he had no support. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to marry his sweetheart and leave his hometown in despair.

Obviously, between Li Mingpeng and Li Ergou, one has intentions, while the other has no intention.

When he left the army, Li Mingpeng also had the opportunity to work in other places where he could make more achievements.

After all, on the bright side, Li Mingpeng was discharged from the army due to injury. He was still the head of a thousand households when he retired, and he once served under Qin Lu's command.

In the words of later generations, this is an extremely brilliant resume, and there is no need to worry about follow-up appointments.

But in the end Li Mingpeng chose to return to his hometown and Lijia Village. I am afraid that this is also related to Li Ergou.

Li Ergou's wife has passed away, and in Li Mingpeng's eyes, there is no obstacle for them.

If this is the case, there seems to be an explanation for Li Mingpeng's behavior of knowing that Li Ergou's family is in a difficult situation, but only lending a helping hand occasionally, and not wanting to give too much at once.

After all, Li Ergou has not reunited now because his family conditions do not allow it, not because he doesn't want to.

As long as you are not a fool, it is absolutely impossible for your sweetheart to use your own money to marry your rival.

If so, there is only one last question left:

Does Li Mingpeng know about smallpox, and how much does he know?

Unlike Li Guihua, Li Ergou contracted smallpox and finally died of illness. This happened under the noses of other people in Lijia Village.

Even the remains of Li Ergou and his mother were collected and burned by people from the same village. This is an undoubted fact.

If Li Mingpeng's feelings for Li Ergou were as he expected, then Li Mingpeng would definitely not do such a thing as watching Li Ergou commit suicide.

But judging from the attitude of Li Mingpeng's reply today, it doesn't seem like he is ignorant of this matter, so... What is it that he didn't guess?

Thinking about it, Gu Yanshu couldn't help but sort out the line in his mind related to Li Ergou, Li Mingpeng, and Li Guihua again.

However, before Gu Yanshu could come up with any clues, he heard a notification from outside the door:

"My lord, my concubine, Mr. Feng, the magistrate of Yizhou, is asking to see you."