Chapter 54
Lin Qingyu watched Gu Fuzhou finish drinking the medicine, and then took his pulse: "The remaining Sky Spider poison in the general's body has been almost cleared, and there should be no sequelae."
Gu Fuzhou had expected this and said nonchalantly, "Your father was always by my side in Yongliang, so of course nothing will happen."
Lin Qingyu's heart moved slightly. There was a question he had always wanted to ask Gu Fuzhou, but... Lin Qingyu glanced at the door and said, "It's getting late. I'll go back home first." At the end, he did not forget to remind: "General, remember to lift the iron."
Being stared at by two pairs of eyes from the Tianji Camp, Gu Fuzhou had no choice but to let the man go no matter how reluctant he was. "Okay," he said, "I'll lie down for another half an hour and then I'll go get it done."
Lin Qingyu stood up and heard some noise coming from outside the door. Another person from Tianji Camp had arrived. Seeing this, Gu Fuzhou sat up from the bed, his tone faintly excited: "It's not time for them to change shifts yet."
It's not for exchange, it's for...
The newcomer said something to the two men, and then the three of them went in together and knelt down to pay their respects to Gu Fuzhou. One of them said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has increased the number of guards patrolling the capital. The safety of the General's Mansion will be the responsibility of the guards from now on. We will return to the Tianji Camp to report."
Lin Qingyu let out a long sigh, feeling quite enlightened. Gu Fuzhou smiled slowly and said, "Thank you for your hard work during this period. Goodbye."
As soon as the guards from the Tianji Camp left, before Lin Qingyu could say anything, the person behind him grabbed him with his long arms, hugged him tightly, and forced him to sit down on the bed.
When Gu Fuzhou first returned home, the bed was still a hard, hard board bed. He couldn't stand this kind of humiliation, so he immediately asked Yuan Yin to buy him a big bed, covered it with soft bedding and a cool silk blanket on top. It was soft and cool to sleep on in the summer.
However, Lin Qingyu only felt soft. Gu Fuzhou's body felt like a furnace, and he felt hot all over as he was held in Gu Fuzhou's arms.
"Qingyu, I'm back." Gu Fuzhou said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry, I'm a little useless and I came back late."
Lin Qingyu closed his eyes and patted Gu Fuzhou's back gently: "I know you have been working hard."
"It's no use trying, I still can't come back on time." Gu Fuzhou was upset about this matter and couldn't help but burst into swearing, "Damn, Xiao Cheng is worthy of being the protagonist, it's really hard to fool him - forget it, let's not talk about him. Hug first."
The arms around Lin Qingyu increased their strength. Lin Qingyu was almost unable to breathe. Just as she was about to ask Gu Fuzhou to let go, she heard him sigh: "My heart is beating so fast..."
Lin Qingyu retorted subconsciously: "I didn't."
"I mean me." Gu Fuzhou said contentedly, "But this time, no matter how fast my heart beats, I won't faint."
Memories flooded into his mind, and Lin Qingyu laughed out loud: "If you don't let go, I'm going to faint."
Only then did Gu Fuzhou let him go. Gu Fuzhou sat cross-legged on the bed, and Lin Qingyu sat beside the bed. In the flickering candlelight, the two looked at each other quietly for a while, and Gu Fuzhou lowered his eyelashes first. With his current skin color, Lin Qingyu couldn't tell even if he blushed.
Lin Qingyu looked at Gu Fuzhou's face carefully. He had a strong outline and deep facial features, which were completely different from the handsome nobleman he used to be. Only his eyes were still dazzling and bright as stars.
Lin Qingyu saw a shallow scratch at the end of his eyebrow, just a hair's breadth away from his eyes. The marks look very new, probably formed two or three months ago.
Lin Qingyu raised his hand, stroked the scar with his fingertips, and asked, "How did you become General Gu?"
Gu Fuzhou sighed: "I don't know. I was also very scared when I woke up."
The first time he woke up after death, he saw a classical beauty in a wedding dress. When I woke up the second time, I saw a tent full of burly men. The gap was too big, and coupled with the poison in his body, he almost died. It was not until he vaguely saw his father-in-law walk in that he realized that he was still in Dayu, still in the world with Lin Qingyu.
His strong desire to survive allowed him to stay alive for two more days. It was during these two days that his father-in-law found the antidote and pulled him back from the brink of death.
"Military officers on the expedition are not allowed to return to the capital without an imperial edict, and they are not even allowed to write letters home. I knew I couldn't go back in a short time, so I recognized your father as my adoptive father and mentioned this in my report. I thought that after Xiao Cheng knew that you were my adopted brother, he would not do anything too extreme to you."
Lin Qingyu thought of everything that had happened in the past six months and said, "The identity of General Gu's sworn brother has indeed saved me a lot of trouble." But this was only true when Xiao Cheng was awake. On Jingchun’s last birthday, Xiao Cheng tried to force himself on him after getting drunk. If it weren’t for Shen Huaishi, he probably wouldn’t have seen Gu Fuzhou now.
"Later, I kept petitioning to return to the capital, but the emperor and those two idiots, Xiao Cheng, refused to allow me to do so." Gu Fuzhou was very angry when talking about this. At that time, he was extremely anxious. He suffered from insomnia for the first time in his 18 years of life. He couldn't sleep well all night and lost a lot of hair. "It will be a hundred days before I die. I can only think of a way to let you know that I am still alive."
Lin Qingyu said: "So there is no Xixia secret letter at all, you just made it up."
"That's right. But when I returned to the capital, I noticed that most people had never heard of 'Odd changes, evens remain unchanged', so I knew that Xiao Cheng had not done what I asked. I asked you about this code under the noses of the Tianji Camp, and you calmly said that you had never heard of it. So I guessed that you knew it a long time ago."
Lin Qingyu nodded: "I heard this secret code from a young eunuch in the Qinzheng Palace one hundred days after you left."
"It took you a hundred days to hear it?" Gu Fuzhou felt distressed. "Were you very sad at that time?"
Lin Qingyu paused: "Not bad."
Gu Fuzhou looked at him: "Are you crying?"
Lin Qingyu shook his head.
Gu Fuzhou breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "What a cruel heart, Doctor Lin. He refused to shed even a single tear for me."
Lin Qingyu said softly: "Aren't you back?"
"It's me. I'm back." Gu Fuzhou sighed, "From now on, I will be by your side, living leisurely until I die."
When he heard the word "leisurely", Lin Qingyu didn't know whether he should be moved or speechless. "Since you have already passed the secret code to the capital, why are you in such a hurry to come back? You should know that your actions are too suspicious. Xiao Cheng is so suspicious that he will definitely not let you go."
"I know, but I can't do anything. First, I can't guarantee that the secret code will reach your ears; second..." Gu Fuzhou hesitated, "I vaguely remember that Princess Jingchun's birthday is in the summer."
Lin Qingyu's expression changed slightly: "I was supposed to die on Jingchun's birthday, right?"
"What are you doing...?" Gu Fuzhou opened his eyes wide, "Did Xiao Cheng attack you?"
"Yeah." Lin Qingyu's tone carried a hint of grievance that he himself was not aware of, "He grabbed my arm."
Gu Fuzhou said "Fuck" and asked, "Which arm?"
Lin Qingyu stretched out his left hand: "This one."
Gu Fuzhou held his arms in his arms and rubbed them back and forth twice: "Did any other places get touched?"
"No more." Lin Qingyu sneered, "He changed his target halfway through forcing Shen Huaishi."
Gu Fuzhou was silent for a moment, and all his words came together into one sentence: "You bastard."
"How did I die originally?" Lin Qingyu asked, "Did I die at the hands of Xiao Cheng, or at the hands of Shen Huaishi?"
"You originally wanted to die with Xiao Cheng, but Shen Huaishi showed up halfway. He blocked the fatal blow for Xiao Cheng. When you saw that the assassination failed, you swallowed the poison you prepared in advance without hesitation..." Gu Fuzhou couldn't go on. Even if this was just the original plot, he couldn't accept it.
Lin Qingyu said calmly: "This is indeed something I would do."
Gu Fuzhou regretted, "I should have made up my mind to come back earlier."
"When you say you're determined, do you mean to let my father poison you with the Sky Spider Poison?"
Gu Fuzhou confessed sadly: "I don't want to either, but if I don't do this, I won't be able to come back."
Lin Qingyu's Adam's apple rolled: "Nonsense."
Gu Fuzhou smiled and said, "Your father has helped me control the dosage of the Sky Spider. As long as we can return to Beijing on time, there will be no problem. Don't worry, everything is as planned."
Including the Tianji Camp, which was also what he expected. In fact, the Tianji Camp did not start monitoring him until he returned to the capital. He had already aroused the suspicion of the emperor and Xiao Cheng by sending dozens of memorials requesting resignation. As early as that time, the secret guards of the Tianji Camp had infiltrated Yongliang and had followed him into the capital ever since.
He thought about meeting Lin Qingyu as soon as he came back. Even under the nose of the Tianji Camp, it is not impossible to force a recognition. But Xiao Cheng was thoroughly investigating the people around him, and his father-in-law had been implicated. He didn't want Lin Qingyu to be involved, so he had to endure it for the time being.
Unfortunately, the feeling of missing someone cannot be hidden, and Lin Qingyu is so smart that she finally recognized him. Lin Qingyu knew the current situation and did not act rashly. The two of them had been acting tacitly for so long, and finally they were free.
Lin Qingyu was silent for a moment, then asked, "You did all this, even poisoning yourself, just to come back and see me?"
Gu Fuzhou said without hesitation: "What else?"
Lin Qingyu closed his eyes and turned his head away from him.
"Qingyu?"
“…”
Gu Fuzhou saw the redness in Lin Qingyu's eyes. He was at a loss for a while, then smiled: "Actually, it's not entirely for you. Didn't I tell you? My life in Yongliang was too hard and tiring, and I was carrying the lives of 300,000 soldiers on my shoulders. I felt guilty for being lazy. If I work hard for one more day, I feel like I will live one year less." He grabbed Lin Qingyu's hair and played with it in his hands, "I worked so hard to come back, and it was for myself."
Lin Qingyu's rare tenderness disappeared without a trace in an instant: "As expected of you."
"It's me, it's me, so don't be sad, don't cry."
Lin Qingyu said calmly: "I didn't cry when you died, why should I cry if you are alive?"
Gu Fuzhou was forced to fight for several months and he knew the importance of retreating when the enemy advances and advancing when the enemy retreats. If Lin Qingyu wants to stay calm, he must expose him. "Someone's eyes are red, but I won't tell you who he is."
Lin Qingyu: “…” This person really hasn’t changed at all.
At this time, Yuan Yin rushed in and said, "General, someone has come from the palace and said that the emperor wants you to come to the palace to see him."
Gu Fuzhou was stunned: "The Emperor? Are you sure it's the Emperor, not the Crown Prince?"
"It is true that it is the Emperor."
Gu Fuzhou looked at Lin Qingyu: "Isn't the emperor seriously ill?"
Lin Qingyu stood up and calmly straightened his official uniform: "I saved him."
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