Denghuaxiao

Chapter 222 Flowers with golden bells

 When the list of people going to South Jiangsu for epidemic relief reached West Street, everyone at Renxin Medical Center was stunned.

Du Changqing rubbed his eyes several times and glared at Lu Yan: "I read that right, why is your name on the roster?"

Lu Yan put the medical kit on the table and spoke in a calm tone, as if he was going out to buy a cup of sweet syrup.

“I’m going to southern Jiangsu to provide disaster relief. I’ll leave early tomorrow morning.”

"That's not right, Xiao Lu," Miao Liangfang walked out of the bed on crutches: "You just entered the Medical Officer's Hospital at the beginning of this year. You didn't even pass the first official examination. You have no experience in epidemic rescue before. Why would the government order you to go to Sunan?"

Du Changqing's eyes flashed: "Is it Pei Yunying?"

"Yesterday you went to the Palace Commander's Mansion for medical treatment. When you come back today, you will go to Jiangsu Province tomorrow." He cursed loudly: "Did that black-hearted person do something to force you to come here? You bastard!"

"I am going to rescue the epidemic, not to die." Lu Yan was speechless, "Besides, this is the arrangement of the medical hospital."

Miao Liangfang was confused: "The Medical Officer's Hospital shouldn't let you, a new medical officer, accompany you... Is it a mistake?"

Lu Tong was silent for a moment and shook his head: "I am from southern Sunan. Maybe traveling with me can be helpful to them."

When Du Changqing heard this, he rolled his eyes: "I am still from Shengjing, who can I help?" He added: "No, my father told me before that the epidemic has killed countless people, and it is almost like sending someone to death. Yes. I think it’s better to give the gift to the Medical Officer’s Institute. How much money do they need to remove your name?”

“Shopkeeper Du, I am a medical officer.”

"What's wrong with the medical officer? Medical officers are not human beings? Should medical officers rush to die?" Du Changqing was impatient, "Stop talking nonsense about the benevolence of doctors. Without such benevolence, I am a layman, so you can't be a saint. Hurry, collect some money and go to the medical hospital."

 Lu Zhen was motionless.

Miao Liangfang sighed.

Acheng huddled in the corner and dared not come out. Yin Zheng stood in front of the felt curtain, her eyes slightly red.

Du Changqing tugged twice but did not move Lu Zhu, and became angry: "Can't I help you?" He got angry again, "When you first came to Renxin Medical Center to set up business terms with me last year, why weren't you so kind? ? What kind of Bodhisattva are you pretending to be?"

Lu Zhen broke away from his hand and said, "I want to go to Sunan."

The autumn wind is crisp and clear, and the fallen leaves rustle under the plum tree at the door, gathering and scattering.

Lipu was silent.

After a while, Du Changqing buried his head and walked to the back bunk seat without saying a word and sat down. He asked angrily: "Do you have to go?"

"yes."

 He did not speak.

 The others didn’t speak either.

At Renxin Medical Center, no one can stop Lu Zhu from doing what he wants to do. For example, the Spring Examination, or going to the Taiyuan Hospital. Once you make up your mind, you will never change it for anyone.

Nor does he stop for anyone.

 After a while, Miao Liangfang opened his mouth: "I'll write you a prescription."

As if he finally had a backbone, Miao Liangfang whispered: "I have never been to southern Jiangsu, but I have seen people suffering from epidemics before. There are various prescriptions for preventing epidemics in Miaojia Village. I wonder if you can use them." . I’ll write it all down for you, in case you need it?”

“A doctor is a person of kindness.” He looked at Lu Huan and sighed: “If I were you, I would go to Southern Jiangsu.”

Du Changqing’s teeth were so tired.

He said: "Mother-in-law, I'm going to the medical clinic to ask what to bring to the epidemic area!" He turned around and left.

In fact, everyone knows it very well. The list of medical officials has been approved, and the black and white words are written on it. How can it be changed by giving some money? It's just that the news came too suddenly and the schedule was very hasty, so it was hard for everyone to accept it.

Without further ado, Acheng and Du Changqing rushed to the medical clinic immediately. Miao Liangfang leaned on the desk and started writing down the medical prescriptions in his memory for Lu Chen.

 Lu Yan opened the felt curtain and went back to the yard to pack his clothes, and Yin Zheng followed him.

Yin Zheng stood at the door, watching Lu Zhuo folding his clothes one by one, and suddenly said: "Girl, I'll go with you."

Lu Zong turned around.

Yin Zheng walked into the room, her voice choked with sobs, "I'm also from southern Sunan, I can help you..."

She didn't know what happened, but before that, whether she went to the medical hospital or Qi's house, she was always in Shengjing.

Sunan is different.

Thousands of miles away, and the plague was rampant, she had never been separated from Lu Zhuo for such a long time, which always gave her a sense of panic, fearing that Lu Zhuo would not come back in the future.

Lu Zong looked at her and shook his head slightly.

 "The Medical Officer's Court is accompanying the medical officer procession, you can't get in."

 “I can follow you secretly! Follow you from a distance.”

"It's too dangerous, I have to take care of you."

 “Girl…”

 Lu Zong walked up to her.

"Why go back to Sunan?" She said: "Now that you have walked out, don't look back."

Yin Zheng froze and raised his eyes to look at the person in front of him.

Lu Yan stood in front of her, with bright black eyes. Those eyes were always calm and indifferent, but when she stared at them, they always made people feel at ease for no reason, as if big things were not worth mentioning in front of her.

 Just like when we first met.

After a while, Yin Zheng asked: "Girl, do you still remember the first time we met?"

Without waiting for Lu Yan to answer, she spoke softly by herself: "I still remember."

She was seriously ill and the pain all over her body was unbearable. The madam asked someone to roll her up in a roll of mat and throw her to the mass grave at Luomeifeng.

She cried and grabbed the hem of the bustard's skirt: "Godmother, Godmother, don't leave me, take some medicine, take some medicine and I will get better -"

Kicked away by the bustard.

"What a fart!" The madam pointed at her nose and cursed: "You don't have to spend money to buy medicine! Open your eyes and see clearly, this is a flower building, not a Ji Shan Tang. I have raised you for so long, and you got sick so early. , lose money!”

After finishing speaking, he covered his mouth and nose as if he was disgusted by something dirty, and urged the servants: "What are you doing standing still? Hurry up and take it away!"

 She was carried up to the mountain.

Yin Zheng remembers it very clearly. It was a cold rainy night, the mountain road was muddy and the wind was desolate.

She was lying alone in a mass grave, with the rain hitting her face. She didn't even have the strength to move. Her heart and eyes were full of despair.

In this life, life is like a grass, and he dies. In the life of an ordinary person, one cannot get even a shred of dignity.

The night sky in the mountains is like an endless mouth, greedily devouring the only life in the world. In this gray coldness, she saw a ray of light.

　　A faint, hurried light on a rainy night.

She suspected that this was a hallucination before her death, but she felt that the hallucination was very real. A man carrying a basket on his back came to the mass grave, walking around and picking up something.

The light came to her, and a hand touched her cheek.

That hand was cold and soft, silently touching her neck, but the movement was very gentle, and then he brushed the messy long hair out of her eyes.

Yin Zheng saw a face.

The face of a young girl is pale and beautiful. Under the bamboo hat, a pair of eyes as dark as the plum blossoms at night, shining brightly in the rainy night, frowning at her.

Yin Zheng opened her mouth, but she was too weak to say a word.

"Do not talk."

The girl seemed to understand something, put down her backpack, stood up, grabbed Yin Zheng's hand, and carried her up.

 “I’ll save you,” she said.

 I will save you.

　　Three words, like a lantern on a rainy night, are life-saving straws. She grasps them tightly and never dares to let go.

Crickets hummed in the flowers under the window, and Yin Zheng lost consciousness for a while. When he came back to his senses, there were tears in his eyes, and he smiled and said: "I thought I was dead at that time, and I didn't expect to meet a girl."

She loves poetry and painting, but she fell into a dirty and filthy place in the world. However, after seeing all the dirty and ugly faces, she met the most sincere and beautiful person in the world.

This was the only time she was lucky in her unfortunate life. Perhaps it was the only time God showed mercy to her.

Lu Hu said: "It's all over."

Yin Zheng is silent.

Everything has passed, Sunan is in the past, and so are the bad memories. She has been peaceful in West Street for too long. When she looked back, she realized that Shengjing was so far away from Sunan.

 “Stay in West Street.” Lu Yan said, “It’s very good here.”

She is a rootless flower, swaying at will. She finally found a corner here and couldn't bear to let it go.

“You will come back, right?” Yin Zheng asked.

Lu Zhen looked out the window and saw that the plum tree was tall and graceful, but it had not yet bloomed. She said, "After I leave, take good care of this plum tree for me."

Her eyes glanced at the damp soil under the plum tree, but she did not answer Yin Zheng's question.

Yin Zheng was silent for a moment.

 “Girl, actually I have a sister.”

She said: "My father sold my sister and I into a flower house to pay off gambling debts. My sister and I were trying to escape and were discovered. She didn't make it through and was beaten to death. I stayed."

"When I see you, I always think of her. It was me who failed to protect her."

"I know that the girl is eager for revenge. For the girl, there is nothing more important in the world than revenge. But if I were your sister, I would only feel sad to see you like this."

Yin Zheng sighed: "You should think more about yourself."

Lu Yan said: "I know." "Master Xiao Pei, if you like him, just stay with him. If you don't like him, forget it. Don't embarrass yourself."

 Lu Zhen said "hmm".

"Girl," Yin Zheng looked at her at last, "I'm waiting for you here. You must come back."

With a thousand words to say goodbye, Lu Zhen was silent for a while and nodded: "Okay."

 …

　This day passed in a hurry.

Because the news came suddenly, everyone prepared things in a hurry. Lu Zhuo returned to the Medical Officer's Hospital in the evening and set off with the convoy accompanying the Medical Officer's Hospital early the next morning.

 It was dawn all night, and when Lu Zhuo got up early the next morning, Lin Danqing was already sitting at the door drinking porridge.

“I don’t know how long it will take to drink the vegetarian porridge from the Medical Officer’s Hospital next time.” She raised her hand and handed a bowl to Lu Zhen, “Try it.”

 Lu Zhuo took it over.

Lin Danqing is also going to Southern Jiangsu.

Lu Zhen was also surprised when she heard that Lin Danqing was on the list of medical officers. She didn't know how she persuaded Lin's father.

"What's so difficult to convince?" Lin Danqing said nonchalantly: "I took the initiative to ask him to come and told him that going to southern Jiangsu was a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds. He had to go up one level at a time according to the official assessment, and wait until he was admitted. How long will it take to become an imperial doctor, let alone become a hospital envoy? It is different to go to southern Jiangsu to rescue the epidemic. After returning to the imperial city after the epidemic relief, the reward can be exempted from the third-level official examination. "

“Wealth and honor are obtained through danger, and besides, it’s not him who takes the risk. After hearing this, he pretended to be worried for a while, and then he readily agreed!”

Lu Zhen asked: "What should you do with your aunt?"

“The poison of ‘shooting in the eye’ has been cured, and my aunt no longer needs anyone to take care of her. Besides, I am a good doctor, and she also wants me to go out and prove myself.”

 It was easy for her to say it, but Lu Yan knew that the process would not be easy. However, Lin Danqing did not want to say more, so she did not ask any more questions.

 The two finished their porridge and got up to set off. Chang Jin was already waiting at the door.

 When I went to southern Jiangsu, most of them were old medical officers with experience in epidemic relief. Among the new medical officers, there were only two people, Lin Danqing and Lu Zhuo. In addition, Ji Xun is also there.

"I heard that he also took the initiative to ask to be added to the epidemic relief list, and the Medical Office attaches great importance to this." Lin Danqing whispered to her, "Yes, he has excellent medical skills, and he may have more ideas than those old medical officers. We have With him accompanying us, the epidemic response will be much safer.”

 Lu Zhen nodded.

Chang Jin checked the people on the roster and took the medical officer to accompany the convoy. There were also some people from the Imperial Medicine Hospital in the convoy. Lu Huo saw Shi Changpu among them. Seeing Lu Chen, Shi Changpu even said hello to her.

 Early morning in autumn, the morning dew is still there. There was grass on both sides of the city gate, and a group of southern geese flew by. In the distant sound of geese, the wheels of the motorcade drove past.

"etc-"

 Suddenly, a familiar voice came. Lu Zhuo, who was sitting in the carriage, was moved in his heart and opened the curtain.

 Someone ran over after the carriage.

They are Yin Zheng, Acheng and Du Changqing. Miao Liangfang is at the end, walking as fast as he can with a cane.

 The carriage stopped. Chang Jin said a few words to the **** outside and motioned for Lu Zhuo to get out of the car. Lu Zhen got off the carriage, and several people stood panting in front of her.

"I almost didn't make it." Du Changqing thrust a huge bundle into Lu Zhu's hand, "Save some food."

 The heavy bag is full of food.

Miao Liangfang took out a thick envelope from his arms: "I was in a hurry yesterday. You had to go back to the medical hospital. I thought of a few prescriptions at night and wrote them down quickly. Take it with you in case you need it in southern Jiangsu. superior."

His eyes were black and blue, and he looked sleepy, as if he was exhausted after a hard night's sleep.

Lu Zhen took the prescription and asked: "The Medical Officer's Hospital does not allow relatives to see off, so how did you get here?"

To avoid causing trouble, the convoy set off early in the morning and family members were not allowed to visit, but these people caught up with them.

Yin Zheng said: "Originally, I just wanted to try my luck at the city gate and let it go without being allowed to talk. I happened to meet Mr. Pei passing by on official business, so I talked to him and let him go."

Pei Yunying?

 Lu Zhuo was startled.

Acheng smiled and pointed into the distance: "I haven't left yet, so that's it."

Lu Zong looked along his fingers.

In late autumn, the golden breeze blows, and on the mottled brown brick wall, a crimson figure stands high on the tower, bright and dazzling in the autumn morning light.

The sun shines on the young man's handsome and sharp features. He is at a high place and she is downstairs. Where their eyes meet, they are like smoke, light and shadow, floating silently.

 He said nothing, just watched her calmly and calmly.

Chang Jin’s urging came from behind. Lu Zhuo averted his eyes, hugged the baggage and the letter, said goodbye to a few people briefly, and hurriedly got into the carriage.

The carriage walked for a while, Lu Zhuo thought about it, opened the curtain, and looked back.

The tall buildings are far away, the sun is shining on the city wall, and under the golden sun, the crimson shadow has disappeared.

 He has left.

 …

 Under the city tower, the wind is clear and the wilderness is open.

Xiao Zhufeng asked the person beside him: "What's the point of asking them to send me one more time?"

 Going to West Street to pick someone up early in the morning, just to see him off, is really speechless.

 “Tie down.”

Pei Yunying said: "When there are ties, people will want to live."

"Then why don't you say goodbye? Are you not qualified enough to be her tie?"

Pei Yunying paused, ignored him, and walked forward.

After being on duty all night, he planned to go home and change clothes. As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Pei Yunshu coming out of the next door.

Pei Yunshu looked happy when she saw him.

"A Ying, you came back just in time. I just heard someone said that Dr. Lu went to southern Jiangsu to rescue the epidemic. Is this true? Why was there no news at all before? It's not that all the rescuers are old medical officers, she is the only one For a young girl who has only been in the medical hospital for less than a year, isn't it dangerous to go to Southern Jiangsu? "

Pei Yunying entered the room, and Pei Yunshu chased after him: "Did you listen to me?"

Pei Yunying took off his sword, loosened his collar, took a deep breath, and said to her, "Sister, Lu Zhuo is going to go on his own."

"But…"

 “Neither you nor I can choose for her.”

He made a strong move, and Pei Yunshu was stunned for a moment.

"I'm just worried..." She fell silent again after catching a glimpse of the young man's eyes.

 The house was quiet for a moment.

A gust of wind blew, and the sound of tiny bells suddenly sounded in the courtyard, light and crisp.

Pei Yunshu was confused and looked at the sound, and couldn't help but be startled.

The courtyard of Pei Yunying's mansion has always been empty, so much so that Duan Xiaoyan often joked that it was a good place to practice sword practice.

　　However, in the flower garden right now, I don’t know when large tracts of hibiscus will be planted.

Hibiscus has bloomed, like white frost or red clouds. Planted in the garden, the autumn light is rich and beautiful.

 The sparse branches and dense leaves are dotted with thin red silk, which is studded with golden bells and tied to the flower tips. As the wind moves, the golden bell rings crisply.

Pei Yunshu was stunned: "Flowers with golden bells?"

It is recorded in the book that there was once a royal family with "good vocals and music, and a lot of romance, and all the kings were like them. In the spring, red silk was sewn into a rope in the back garden, densely decorated with golden bells, and tied to the flower tips. Every time there was a bird, When the magpies are flying, the garden officials ring the bells to scare them. This is why all the palaces take effect."

Pei Yunying never liked flowers and trees, and his family was solemn and simple. Pei Yunshu didn't know when he imitated his predecessors and became a "flower protector".

Obviously on the last Chinese Valentine's Day, this place was still deserted.

 It can be used as a "flower-protecting bell" and is a "flower-cherishing person".

When did he take pity on the flowers and grass?

 “Why did you suddenly fall in love with hibiscus?” She was puzzled.

"Is it not good?"

He faintly chanted: "There is a girl riding with me, her face is as beautiful as Shun's. The general is soaring, the general is flying, wearing jade and Qiongju. She is beautiful, Mengjiang, Xunmei and both...

 There is a woman traveling with her, her face is like Shunying. The generals will soar and fly, and the generals will wear jade. Meng Jiang is beautiful and his virtues are unforgettable. "

The tone of the poem is carefree, like an affectionate young man returning from an outing by the lake, and every word is touching.

Pei Yunshu was at a loss for a moment, looking at the flowers and trees in front of her, and subconsciously said: "But hibiscus is a wild flower, why do we need to protect the flower bell? Over time, the flower will fail and only enjoy one day of glory. Why not plant some peonies and roses? Hibiscus does not Will be open to you."

Pei Yunying lowered her head and smiled.

 “Nature must be protected.”

He looked at the hibiscus in front of him: "The wind will blow it, the rain will hit it, the summer will be harsh, the snow will be freezing. Birds will peck at it, and there will be flower pickers outside the garden."

“I appreciate the flowers I love, so of course I want to protect them. I want to be a flower protector for the rest of my life. It doesn’t matter whether they bloom for me. As long as the flowers bloom well, what’s the point of being a flower protector for the rest of my life?”

his voice was calm, but like a heavy drum and a dull hammer, which surprised Pei Yunshu. She suddenly understood something and looked towards Pei Yunying.

In the colorful flowers and clouds, the brilliant autumn light illuminated the handsome features of the young man. The beauty fell in his eyes. Pei Yunying looked at it and spoke calmly.

 “I want to guard her.”

 “But she refused my protection.”

 He said: "She doesn't need my protection."