Gu Miao: From now on, you will eat all my fish. (General Gu’s leg is healed~(≧▽≦)/~)

"Okay, that's enough." Gu Wenye's face looked a little ugly. "Don't speculate until you find solid evidence."

Gu Wenle shut his mouth gloomily. He felt a little aggrieved at being scolded by his elder brother, but he didn't really want to shut up. He cast his eyes on Qiu Yanping. Since his elder brother didn't allow him to say it, he would go to his future sister-in-law and tell her quietly.

Qiu Yanping felt that Gu Wenle had much more information than what Gu Wenye said. When he saw Gu Wenle looking at him - although he was really stunned by the humble expression on Gu Wenle's face, a grown man - but soon, their eyes met, and they hit it off immediately. Qiu Yanping decisively decided to dig deeper into the information with Gu Wenle.

"We've talked about a lot today. Let's stop here for now and go back to sort it out." Qiu Yanping said. He gave Gu Wenle a look without revealing his expression, indicating that Gu Wenle should wait for him outside. Before he left, he remembered something important and turned back to say to Gu Wenye, "By the way, the treatment with the herbal fumigation has been preliminarily completed. Next, I will use a strong method to dispel the dead air in your legs. I will come to your room in the evening, so be prepared."

"Okay." Gu Wenye responded absentmindedly. He was disturbed by Gu Wenle's previous words and had no intention of paying attention to the little movements between Qiu Yanping and Gu Wenle.

Gu Wenye didn't know how he would react if all the assumptions Gu Wenle made were proven to be true.

——The military identity he was proud of was given by the royal family. He was taught in military school to put the royal family first, which had ingrained a deep-rooted obedience in his mind. He had never thought of committing any crime. If the royal family had designed to destroy his legs just because of an unnecessary jealousy, how could he protect such a royal family?

Protection? Gu Wenye clenched his fists tightly, his long eyelashes drooped to cover his eyes, which were so dark that they seemed to be brewing a belated storm.

Gu Wenle and Qiu Yanping met quietly. Gu Wenle glanced guiltily in the direction of his elder brother's study, fearing that he would be caught in the act.

"Why are you so afraid of your elder brother?" Qiu Yanping looked at Gu Wenle's guilty look with amusement. It was the same before. He was obviously angry, but after being glared and yelled at by Gu Wenye, he calmed down instantly, more sensitive than a remote switch.

Gu Wenle touched his nose and defended himself, "It's not fear. It's... the prestige that my eldest brother has established since I was a child, and I'm used to it. Isn't it said that an eldest brother is like a father? When I was a child, I was scolded by my brother far more often than by my father. Over time..." He coughed dryly as he spoke. To put it bluntly, isn't it that he is used to being scolded in his bones, and he doesn't dare to resist even when he grows up.

Qiu Yanping said "Oh", it turned out that he grew up under the dominance of Gu Wenye, no wonder, he looked at Gu Wenle with some sympathy, it was not easy to grow up under the nose of such a meticulous elder brother.

The two chatted some more about royal gossip in private. Qiu Yanping had to admit that Second Brother Gu had a wealth of gossip. Although Second Brother Gu was a businessman, his sensitive nose as a businessman also dug out a lot of gossip on and off the stage. After all, if businessmen want to make a lot of money, they have to make money from rich people, and the richest people on earth are of course the royal family. Therefore, Second Brother Gu had run around to find out a lot of royal gossip in order to do business.

After listening to the whole thing, Qiu Yanping felt that his second brother had satisfied his desire to tell stories, and Qiu Yanping had satisfied his desire to gossip, but to be honest, these little gossips had basically nothing to do with Gu Wenye's legs.

Gu Wenle & Qiu Yanping: …

Before they knew it, it was time for dinner. Qiu Yanping and Gu Wenle had just finished chatting about gossip and went to the restaurant together to wait for dinner. The food was almost served, but Gu Wenye didn't come over.

Father Gu frowned. His unmarried partner was waiting for dinner. Why was this kid late? Didn't he know how to show some favor? -- Before, when Father Gu learned that Gu Wenye had specially asked the chef in the kitchen to cook a meal that suited Qiu Yanping's taste, he was proud that Gu Wenye was saving the country in a roundabout way. But now he felt that his eldest son was alive again.

He said unhappily, "Why hasn't this kid come yet at mealtime? Fang Bo, go call him."

Upon hearing this, Fang Bo responded and was about to go out, but was stopped by Qiu Yanping, who said, "I'll go call him." After he said that, he got up and went out without giving Gu's father any chance to refuse.

Father Gu looked at Qiu Yanping's back and smiled thoughtfully.

Qiu Yanping stood in front of Gu Wenye's study and knocked on the door. After a few seconds, Gu Wenye's voice came from inside, "Is this Mr. Qiu? Please wait a moment."

Qiu Yanping raised his eyebrows when he heard that. He stood outside and waited for about a minute. Gu Wenye came out of the study in a wheelchair controlled by remote control. There were still some water drops on his face that had not been wiped off. Gu Wenye smiled apologetically at Qiu Yanping and said, "I just washed my face to wake myself up. Let's go. I'm really sorry to have asked Mr. Qiu to come to see me specially."

Qiu Yanping waved his hand and said, "You're welcome." He looked at the drop of water on the edge of Gu Wenye's cheek that was about to fall, feeling a little uncomfortable. After two seconds, he couldn't help but reached out and wiped it away.

Gu Wenye was stunned for a moment, then he rubbed his cheek with the back of his hand, his ears slightly red, and said apologetically, "I came out in a hurry... I'm sorry to have embarrassed Mr. Qiu."

Qiu Yanping coughed lightly, put his hand behind his back, and changed the subject, "How did you know it was me outside?"

"Mr. Qiu didn't deliberately hide his spiritual power, so it's easier to sense it." Gu Wenye said, "Didn't Mr. Qiu rush here because he sensed something was wrong with me? I'm really grateful for Mr. Qiu's help."

Qiu Yanping said "Oh" and nodded thoughtfully. He knew that something unusual happened to Gu Wenye because his mental turmoil was too obvious. He was in his own courtyard at that time, setting up a small wind gathering array, wanting to draw a few more lucky charms when the feng shui around was at its peak, and give them to the Gu family as a small token of appreciation for taking him in during this period. However, just after the wind gathering array was set up, the feng shui at the center of the array had not yet formed, and it was dispersed by a domineering and powerful aura. He followed the source and found Gu Wenye's study, and then he knew what had happened.

When the two of them arrived at the restaurant, Gu's father gave Gu Wenye a serious scolding, "How can you let the guests call you?"

The journalism industry accepted the criticism quietly without any rebuttal.

Qiu Yanping touched his chin and said, "It doesn't matter. General Gu also has things to do."

Elder Gu looked at Qiu Yanping, who was protecting his eldest son, with satisfaction and immediately stopped talking. He was very satisfied with the result.

"Come on, let's eat."

Gu Wenle looked at his father's expression in confusion, blinking his eyes, not understanding. Gu's mother glared at him and stuffed a fish into Gu Wenle's bowl to prevent him from asking any strange questions.

Gu Wenle swallowed the question he was about to ask, "Why is my father so moody?" Today's baked pearl fish with sauce is limited to one per person! It must be eaten while it's hot!

Qiu Yanping quickly finished his fish, licked the sauce from the corner of his mouth, and narrowed his eyes in satisfaction. The meat of pearl fish is extremely tender, and the supply is limited. Even the General's Mansion can only buy a limited amount. It was the first time Qiu Yanping had eaten such a fish. He narrowed his eyes and thought to himself, the limited supply is indeed limited capital.

The taste of the fish seemed to have permeated the sauce. Just with the sauce, Qiu Yanping felt that he could finish a bowl of rice. He smacked his lips and secretly cursed himself for being a country bumpkin who had never seen the world.

After eating the pearl fish, the other dishes on the table seemed unpalatable. Qiu Yanping had no choice but to eat white rice with the sauce. He was concentrating on eating the rice when a whole pearl fish fell into his bowl as if it had fallen from the sky. He was stunned for a moment, blinked, and looked over. "General Gu?"

The news manager looked at the dishes on the table with a straight face and said, "If Mr. Qiu likes it, you can eat more. However, pearl fish has many bones, so be careful when eating it."

"General Gu doesn't like fish with many bones?"

"……Um."

Gu Wenle let out a small groan when he heard this, and felt that his elder brother was extremely partial.

Who is this cat who always competes with him for the pearl fish when it is served?

Gu Wenye glanced over with the stern gaze of an elder brother, and Gu Wenle immediately fell silent and buried his head in eating rice in the bowl.

Gu Wenle: QAQ!!!

Father Gu once again looked at his eldest son with satisfaction, but at the same time he felt a little jealous. His eldest son never knew how to respect the elderly and give way to others, but he was good at chasing his sweetheart.

Gu Wenye noticed the look in his old father's eyes. He paused with his chopsticks in his hand and looked away with a warning. He felt that his old father was thinking about something again.

To prevent his father from thinking the wrong thing, Gu Wenye paused and added, "Mr. Qiu will have to trouble you tonight."

Qiu Yanping nodded in understanding, it turned out to be a reward for him. Qiu Yanping accepted the reward and ate it with great satisfaction and peace of mind.

Father Gu's eyes widened and became brighter.

After dinner, Qiu Yanping, in accordance with the basic principle of being grateful to someone for what he did, took the initiative to suggest going directly to Gu Wenye's room.

Gu Wenye looked at his old father's shining eyes and felt a slight headache.

"Mr. Qiu came to my room to treat my leg disease. Don't think too much." Gu Wenye waited for Qiu Yanping to walk out a little, and whispered a warning as he slid past Gu's father's chair.

Father Gu looked depressed and particularly disappointed.

Gu Wenye felt as if he saw two inverted triangle hairy ears tucked down on his father's head.

Gu Wenye: ...Can your acting not be so good?

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After nearly half a month of fumigation with sage, Gu Wenye's legs had been completely free of all the unclean things.

Although Gu Wenye did not think that he had ever come into contact with any evil spirits before, the fact is that any wound will attract some small evil creatures.

There is an evil creature called termite. Nowadays, it is mostly interpreted as a bug that eats away at objects and books. Some people also extend this to mean a person who brings disaster to the country and the people. But tracing back to the earliest times, termites were a kind of evil spirit that followed the smell of rotten things and blood. They often gathered in groups. If a person or animal was entangled by a termite, the wound would not heal for a hundred days until the termite gradually found a new target and moved away. Only then would the condition gradually improve.

The sage that Qiu Yanping asked Gu Wenye to fumigate every day was a special herb that would emit a rotten smell when burned, specifically to attract evil spirits such as termites.

Before he carried out the next step of treatment, he closed his eyes again and observed Gu Wenye's legs with his Qi. The dead Qi on Gu Wenye's legs seemed to have weakened a little, but not obviously. He exhaled lightly, opened his eyes and said, "The treatment I am going to do next is, in a way, an experiment. If it works, it proves that our guess is correct. There are indeed people who don't want your legs to really get better. If it doesn't work... the situation won't get worse anyway. But in that case, we must overturn all previous guesses, including the one Gu Wenle said."

"This part of the treatment may be a little painful, so you have to be mentally prepared." Qiu Yanping said to Gu Wenye.

"Hurt?" Gu Wenye was slightly stunned. His legs had not felt pain for a long time. Even if it hurt, it was probably a luxury experience for him.

Qiu Yanping saw what Gu Wenye was thinking. He shook his head and said nothing. Only by experiencing it personally would one understand what the preparation he was talking about was.

He made some preparations and took out three unburned white candles from the merit shop in his palm, as well as a small bowl of grave soil and a willow branch. He took some clean water and mixed it with the grave soil, using the willow branch as a stirring stick to stir it. When the clean water gradually became even and turbid, Qiu Yanping splashed the bowl of water on Gu Wenye's legs that were exposed to the air. In an instant, the small area around Gu Wenye's legs, whether it was his pants or the ground, became a little dirty and messy, looking quite messy.

Gu Wenye looked at Qiu Yanping's behavior, which he thought was a little strange, and remained silent. However, Qiu Yanping, as if afraid that Gu Wenye would think that he was deliberately making things difficult for him - after all, he had had such thoughts a long time ago, and even though he had never mentioned it to anyone, he still felt guilty about it - he took the initiative to explain,

"This dish of soil is from a new grave, which has been buried for no more than seven days. The soil on a new grave often contains spirits that have not yet left the human world. If someone deliberately used spiritual power to attach to the wound on your leg to prevent it from healing, then the grave water I am sprinkling on it will carry this spiritual power with it when I perform the spell. This spiritual power acts on the body, and the spirit itself will not be affected by this spiritual power. The willow branches can ward off evil spirits, so you can use them to suppress them and prevent the summoning of malicious spirits."

In fact, it is not correct to say that mental power is attached to the wound - if Qiu Yanping and Gu Wenle's assumptions are correct - what is actually attached to Gu Wenye's legs and prevents him from walking is evil thoughts. This evil thought comes from the caster himself. Once it attaches to the target object and breaks away from the caster, it is extremely difficult for the caster to control it, but it is also almost impossible to remove it.

But Qiu Yanping has a way to take away this evil thought.

The new term "evil thoughts" was a little difficult to explain to Gu Wenye, so Qiu Yanping simply used the meaning that Gu Wenye could understand to explain it. Anyway, if you round it off, it's almost the same and it's also a form of expression of mental power.

He arranged three unburned white candles in a row on a low table at the same height as Gu Wenye's calves, and lit them one by one.

In the past, funeral vigils used brand new white candles to send off the soul. The candles Qiu Yanping uses now are half-burnt white candles that were not extinguished naturally. These are candles that were left behind when the soul was sent halfway but an accident occurred and the candles were not sent to the underworld. When such candles are lit, it is to summon the soul.

The candlelight approached and dazzled Gu Wenye's knees. The grave soil water sprinkled on Gu Wenye's legs was gradually evaporated and dried by the temperature of the burning candle, while the grave soil stuck to his legs.

Suddenly, the candlelight, which was originally a normal warm yellow, turned into a dim blue-green color.

Gu Wenye's body suddenly stiffened. An indescribable sourness and pain came from the wound on the back of his calf. The pain of the severed tendon seemed to have returned to his leg again. The pain was like a hand trying desperately to peel off the healed scar, tearing the muscles inside the calf. Gu Wenye's shirt was soon soaked with cold sweat. He clenched his teeth, and the masseter muscles in his mouth were shaking from the exertion.

Qiu Yanping quickly glanced at Gu Wenye's condition and after making sure that he could still go on, he silently chanted "Call me to come and go" and sprinkled willow branches dipped in clean water around Gu Wenye.

The grave soil that stuck to Gu Wenye's calf gradually dissipated into a phantom, and seemed extremely difficult to take shape. It formed a tug-of-war with the light gray death energy on Gu Wenye's leg, and each time it only took away a little bit, it would disappear in its original shape. Qiu Yanping had to summon it and disperse it again and again.

Qiu Yanping: ...Meow! The burial soil obtained by doing a small good deed must be more than seven days old!

This process lasted for about ten minutes. Qiu Yanping saw that Gu Wenye's consciousness was somewhat weakened due to the continuous pain, so he had to stop the action.

Gu Wenye felt his legs gradually becoming numb again. He panted and raised his eyes slightly, looking at Qiu Yanping. After a pause, he said, "Mr. Qiu, I can continue."

Qiu Yanping blew out the candles with three "whoosh" sounds, and took a clean cloth beside him to wipe the grave soil stuck on Gu Wenye's calves. Hearing what Gu Wenye said, he shook his head and said, "Now is not the time for you to show off. But since it is effective, let's take it slowly. This evil... mental power will be driven away sooner or later, so don't be impatient." He rolled down Gu Wenye's casual trousers that had been pulled to his knees, stood up, rolled up the grave soil-stained cloth and threw it into the trash can, saying, "Now we can confirm one thing, someone did it maliciously and caused you to be unable to walk."

Gu Wenye pursed his lips, clenched his hands into fists, and his face turned pale. After a long silence, he opened his eyes again and said, "I understand."

"I will continue this course of treatment every other day. Your body can't handle higher intensity." Qiu Yanping said, and Gu Wenye nodded. He put his fingers on his legs and found that even though he had lost feeling in his legs, the muscles in his legs were still twitching from the previous severe and sharp pain.

He lowered his eyes, thinking back to what had just happened, and he had to admit that his body really couldn't take it anymore.

Time slipped away unknowingly, and neither Qiu Yanping nor Gu Wenye realized that a whole month had passed.

This was Gu Wenye's sixteenth treatment. As the number of treatments gradually increased, the pain that seemed to pierce the depths of his soul gradually weakened to a level that was now completely bearable. The evil thoughts that had been acting on Gu Wenye's legs were finally weakened to the point where they were no longer vulnerable.

Following a muffled explosion and a faint scream that disappeared into the air, Qiu Yanping's spirits perked up. He stood up suddenly and stared at Gu Wenye's legs closely.

He closed his eyes and a vision of fate unfolded in his mind. He saw that the light gray death aura that had always lingered on Gu Wenye's legs finally disappeared completely!

Success! ?

At this moment, the man who was giving an election speech somewhere else turned pale, his speech was interrupted, and a fierce look flashed in the man's eyes.

He had never thought that the magic he had read from an ancient book would be cracked. The backlash of the magic being cracked caused him some injuries. The man's face was gloomy, but he didn't seem to be panicking. He would not just take out one layer of insurance. Even if the magic was cracked, he still had other protections.

After regaining feeling in his legs, Gu Wenye excitedly pushed himself up from the wheelchair and took two tentative steps forward. Qiu Yanping watched Gu Wenye take two smooth steps, and before the smile on his face could fully unfold, he saw Gu Wenye's legs suddenly go weak and he fell in front of him again.

Qiu Yanping's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly helped Gu Wenye up, frowning and asking, "What's wrong?"

"...It hurts." Gu Wenye frowned, looking a little ugly, and the moment of hope being shattered in front of him hit him. The moment he stepped out, the pain of the tendon being severed came over him again. He looked down at his leg, holding the injured calf tightly with one hand. The external injury had obviously healed, so why did it still...

Qiu Yanping didn't look very happy. He shook his head and said, "It should be all healed now. Why does it still hurt? You... take two more steps." As he spoke, he held Gu Wenye's arm firmly with one hand. Gu Wenye took another step forward and walked less than a meter. However, he was already covered in cold sweat and his face turned pale because of the pain.

Gu Wenye sat back in the wheelchair. Qiu Yanping pursed his lips for a long time without saying a word. They walked down step by step. All the steps were proven to be effective. The test results of the wound also showed the result of complete recovery... Why is the result like this now?

This doesn't make sense.

"Recall the entire process of your treatment at the medical center." Qiu Yanping said. He was sure that he did not make any mistakes, so the problem must be with someone else. Zhu Wenmin was always their biggest suspect. After going around in circles, Qiu Yanping still did not let down his guard against this person.

Gu Wenye understood what Qiu Yanping meant. He quickly adjusted himself and began to recall all the treatment details related to Zhu Wenmin.

Qiu Yanping looked at the man who recovered quickly from the blow and admired him in his heart. If it were someone else, they probably wouldn't be able to get into the state so quickly.

When Gu Wenye began to review his treatment carefully for the first time, he unexpectedly discovered that the memories that he thought were very clear in his mind had become completely unreliable. Only large chunks of memory remained of the period when he was receiving treatment in the medical center, but there was a lack of bridges connecting these memory segments - there were gaps in his memory.

Gu Wenye originally thought that the memory loss was caused by a period of time, but when he continued to recall, his memory was intact again.

Qiu Yanping's face was gloomy. As an authority specializing in the spiritual field, he was very familiar with this situation. "This is a kind of psychological suggestion, combined with the effect of hypnosis, which will cause a break in your memory. It acts directly deep in your brain. Whenever you use your legs to intentionally walk, the cerebral cortex will directly receive stimulation and feedback to the body's pain. The pain you have experienced seems to be reappearing, but in fact these do not exist." This approach is really too deliberate and sinister. Qiu Yanping did not expect that the other party not only used such a method, but also arranged another layer of insurance. It was really cautious to the point of being creepy.

"It's deep inside your brain, and you have to overcome it by yourself. You have to find the node where the other party has set the hint and erase it. This is a competition of mental strength."

"That person is so afraid that I will stand up again..." Gu Wenye narrowed his eyes slightly, "A competition of mental strength..." He murmured softly, closed his eyes, and sank into his own spiritual world before Qiu Yanping had time to react.

Qiu Yanping pulled his lips, feeling somewhat helpless. However, when it comes to comparing mental strength, Qiu Yanping thought of the riot he had felt in the study. The terrifying and overbearing violence made him feel a little nervous. Gu Wenye's mental strength was as vast as the ocean, so he didn't think that psychological suggestion was a problem for Gu Wenye.

Sure enough, after about an hour, Qiu Yanping had dozed off while waiting in Gu Wenye's room. Gu Wenye suddenly opened his eyes and a powerful mental power suddenly burst out, shocking Qiu Yanping so much that he almost jumped up from the small coffee table. He widened his eyes and quickly locked onto the source of that powerful mental power.

Gu Wenye stood up from the wheelchair, and the domineering mental power around him gradually softened, but it did not completely retract. It was like the sea in a calm state, wrapping around his body.

He stepped off the wheelchair and walked to Qiu Yanping's side.

Qiu Yanping looked at Gu Wenye with slight surprise, as if he had become a different person. Perhaps Gu Wenye himself did not realize that the aura he unconsciously displayed was strong and arrogant, like a sword drawn from its sheath.

Qiu Yanping realized that this was Gu Wenye's true appearance, the number one general in the universe. The impression that the man had given him before, that he was a jade-like old-fashioned nobleman, suddenly became fragmented. He was stunned for a few seconds before he found his voice, "Successful?"

"Yeah." Gu Wenye curled his eyes slightly, leaned over and gently hugged Qiu Yanping, "Thank you, Mr. Qiu."

The hot breath he exhaled hit Qiu Yanping's ears. Qiu Yanping trembled slightly sensitively, his ears moved twice, and his face became hot unconsciously. He raised his hand stiffly and patted Gu Wenye on the back, "Congratulations." He wondered in his heart, didn't this man blush and feel uncomfortable because of his close touch before, but this time he took the initiative to hug him. Is he too excited?

Qiu Yanping complained in his heart, tilted his head slightly, and glanced at Gu Wenye from the corner of his eye. The man's complete trust and warm smiling eyes made Qiu Yanping relax his shoulders. He unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth and gently hugged back.