Denghuaxiao

Chapter 235 Medicine Man

 The storm outside continues.

The reason he had just lost came back clear, and the embarrassment and secrets were exposed. Lu Zhuo became angry for a moment and turned around to leave.

But he was dragged back.

Pei Yunying held her wrist, and the smiling and gentle look in her eyes instantly faded away, as if she was suppressing anger, and the expression on her face gradually cooled down.

 “Why did you push me away?” he asked.

 He has discovered all the secrets, the hidden colorful ribbons and wooden blocks, and the deliberately unfamiliar distance. He has always been smart, but she has revealed her trump card in the fight just now.

 She can't hide it from the other party.

A proud man who was pushed away by her over and over again. If the truth was not discovered, he could still use excuses to cover it up. However, once he realized that it was intentional, he would naturally become angry.

 He should be angry.

Lu Zhen suddenly felt guilty in her heart, and then the guilt turned into guilt, the guilt turned into panic, and finally, she became confused that she didn't know how to deal with.

"Master." Lu Tong calmed down and looked up at him: "There is absolutely no possibility between you and me."

Pei Yunying said calmly: "Why is it impossible?"

"I do not like…"

"Excuse."

　　　 Lu Tong has a meal.

He is shrewd and perceptive. He used to disguise himself well, but now that his disguise has been seen, he will only pursue it to the end due to his temperament.

Trying his best to calm down, Lu Yan continued: "You and I have different identities. You are a noble and distinguished commander in front of the palace, and I am just a humble medical officer. No matter what,..."

He sneered, as if laughing at the absurdity of her words: "Liar."

 Lu Huan: "You..."

"Lu Huan," Pei Yunying interrupted her and stared into her eyes, "your lying ability has deteriorated."

His eyes were so intimidating that Lu Zhen was unable to resist, so he had to retreat and try to avoid it.

 The next moment, his wrist was grabbed and he was pulled closer to him unexpectedly.

He was very close to her, perhaps extremely angry, and there was a dangerous meaning flashing in his long dark eyes. As they breathed together, Lu Zhuo saw his long eyelashes hanging down, ambiguous and vivid under the shadow of the lamp.

 “What are you hiding?”

The cold wind outside the door whistled across the mountain, and the fire on the table was about to be extinguished. The silver embroidery on the young man's body was shaken out with a beautiful cold luster. What was more dazzling than this was his eyes, like the stars on a summer night at Luomei Peak. Gentle and sharp, there was nothing she could do with it.

 Lu Zhen didn't speak.

Pei Yunying stared at her closely, with a bit of annoyance in his eyes.

 He knew that Lu Zhen had always been good at hiding things.

 When they first met, he could see that Lu Zhen was not as obedient as he appeared. Later, they met several times, and Lu Yan was sitting at Renxin Medical Center. He kept an eye on her, but she was able to deal with it skillfully every time. The truth and lies were mixed together indistinguishably, causing her to run away every time.

In the interrogation room in front of the palace, there are various kinds of punishments. He has always been good at extracting confessions and has seen countless prisoners, but he is helpless with this most powerful one.

 Time and time again, she got the best of him.

 The long shadow of the oil lamp fell on the wall, lingering and sad.

The snow and moon outside the house were clear, and in the dim light, the anger in the young man's eyes gradually solidified, replaced by a deeper wave, and his eyes were dim and unclear.

 He stared at Lu Huan and suddenly leaned closer.

Lu Zhen opened his eyes slightly.

 The two of them are very close to each other.

 In absolute silence, the other person is close in front of you and within reach. The young man's eyebrows were sharp and clear, and his bright eyes reflected her shadow. She could feel his warm breath and his faint refreshing fragrance, which was cold, warm, and soft like a wet cloud.

 She froze in place.

The red, beautiful thin lips gradually approached, almost falling between her lips. The shadows of the thick long eyelashes covered them, like butterfly wings, and slowly lowered their heads towards her, leaving only a subtle distance.

Pei Yunying's eyes fell on Lu Yan.

 She looked straight at him, seemingly a little surprised, but did not resist or retreat. There are faint ripples in the eyes that are always calm and cold, as if they are forbearing.

　　It reminds me of the way she looked at her in the courtyard under the fireworks on New Year's Eve, stubborn and lonely.

 Suddenly a trace of unbearability flashed through my heart. The man's eyes were still fixed on the person in front of him, but he stopped kissing her.

 In the end I couldn’t bear to force her.

Lu Zhen was stunned for a moment.

Suddenly, he let go of Lu Zhen's hand, stood up straight, and his Adam's apple rolled slightly.

The lights in the snow house are green, and the children in the mountains are surrounded by children. The charm and warmth just now gradually fade away. When the two people come back to their senses, there is something subtle about each other.

Lu Zhen looked at him, feeling relieved but also feeling slightly disappointed.

He turned back and stared down at her, his eyes no longer as aggressive as before, but still a bit cold: "Still unwilling to say?"

 His answer was silence.

He stared at Lu Huan for a long time and said, "Okay, if you don't want to say it, forget it. Anyway, I already know."

 Lu Huo: “You!”

 He raised the colorful ribbon in his hand.

Lu Zhen was suddenly angry and tried to grab it, but missed it.

"I didn't know what you were thinking before, but now that I know it, I will never let you go." He wrapped the colorful ribbon around his fingertips, looked at her in silence for a long time, and said word by word: "Lu Chen, no matter what reason you give, I won’t believe it anymore.”

 Lu Zong had a splitting headache.

Pei Yunying is the most difficult person to deal with. When they fought in the past, he was like a shadow that cannot be shaken off. He is best at discovering people's hidden mistakes and hidden weaknesses, and presses on them step by step. In the past, he had been accommodating to her, but now, she had revealed her trump card as soon as they had a fight, and he had no power to fight back if he wanted to pursue her.

 After a long while, Lu Zhu held back a sentence: "Self-righteous."

"Doctor Lu." Pei Yunying didn't take it seriously. His dark eyes were as calm and deep as the night snow on the falling plum peaks, with a bit of coolness, deep and gentle.

"You taught me how to be in love with others. So you might as well teach me how to stay with others."

Stay together.

It was clear that he was speaking harshly, but the words he said were so beautiful. Lu Zhuo's heart skipped a beat, and he could only try his best to glare at him and forcefully say, "Who wants to stay with you?"

 “You will always admit it.”

She was angry and stood stiffly on the spot, feeling as if she was divided into two. One is in the dark, moved by this clear, brilliant and sincere affection, secretly rejoicing in the mutual happiness between the two. One person was watching with cold eyes from a higher place, laughing at her fruitless and uncertain ending.

There was a chill under his feet. He was too anxious when he settled down just now, so he didn't wear shoes. The snowy night on Luomei Peak was freezing, and now the coldness was gradually coming.

Just as she was in a stalemate, her eyes blurred and her body suddenly became light. Lu Zhuo raised his eyes in shock and found that Pei Yunying had actually picked her up in his arms.

His movements were very agile, but his embrace was very gentle. He hugged her easily and extremely easily.

"you…"

"How long are you going to stand?" He hugged her and walked to the couch, "There may not be any medicine if you catch a cold."

 He put her on the couch. Lu Zhuo sat up straight and stared at him warily.

Pei Yunying sneered, "What do you think I'm going to do?"

　　 Lu Huan: “Stay away from me.”

Pei Yunying did nothing, but it was enough to make people nervous. She was afraid that she would fall into these deep eyes. She never knew that she was such a person who could not resist temptation.

Pei Yunying lowered her head and handed her a cotton handkerchief: "Aren't you going to wipe the sweat?"

When he said this, Lu Zhen realized that he was about to take the veil from the doctor's box.

She grabbed the veil and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Just now I had a nightmare, and then he pressed me step by step, as if I was fighting a fierce battle, and my heart was up and down. Looking at it now, I was actually sweating.

 The sweat on her forehead flowed down her face and into her neck and shoulders, so she wiped it down her neck and shoulders. The loose collar area made her skin as white as jade, like transparent snow-white petals, with faint traces of light under the lamplight.

Pei Yunying lowered his eyes, his eyes moved slightly, and he suddenly turned around.

Lu Zhen didn't notice it at all. He just saw him suddenly turning his back, wiping away the sweat a few times, holding the handkerchief in his palm, and said, "I'm going to sleep."

 He turned around, looked at her and curled his lips: "Can you sleep now?"

Just one night, there were so many ups and downs, to be honest, I really couldn’t sleep.

Thinking about what happened just now, I felt even more ashamed and angry, and even more angry at the embarrassment of being discovered.

 “I can sleep.” She gritted her teeth, “I don’t have to worry about you.”

After finishing speaking, he put on his clothes and lay down, pointing the back of his head towards him as he had just done.

Pei Yunying stared at her. The candlelight reflected his clean eyes, but they were not as bright and bright as before, like a deep pool of tranquility.

 After a while, he pushed the oil lamp inside and lay down beside the bed as before.

 Outside the door, the snow is like flying sand, and the wind is roaring. But the lights in the house flickered, illuminating the plum shadow outside the window, making it cold and quiet.

Lu Zong turned his back to him and heard the other party's voice.

“After the epidemic in southern Jiangsu is over, you won’t stay in the medical hospital.”

 Lu Zhuo was startled.

 She entered the Medical Official Hospital just to get close to the Qi family. Now that her revenge has been avenged, there is no point in staying. She actually doesn't like the Medical Courtyard. Life in the imperial city is not free. Sometimes, the more she sees, the more she becomes disappointed.

Pei Yunying spoke in a casual tone: "If you don't want to stay in the Medical Officer's Hospital, it's not a bad idea to go back to West Street to sit in the hospital. Or... if you don't want to stay in Shengjing, go back to southern Jiangsu or Changwu County to practice medicine or do something else. , it’s not a bad way out. I’ll go with you.”

Lu Tong was silent and said, "Are you crazy?"

He is the commander of the front office of the palace and has a bright future. Even though the Pei family is holding him back, the new emperor obviously favors him and gives up his glory and wealth to do this kind of thing. The gain outweighs the loss.

 He smiled nonchalantly: "Anyway, you are very experienced in dealing with madmen."

 Lu Zhen was silent.

Pei Yunying rested his head on his hands, speaking as if he were talking at home.

"The Liang Dynasty was not only prosperous in Shengjing, but you have only been to southern Jiangsu and Changwu County. You might as well go out more now. It will also be good for you to accumulate medical knowledge. I'm done with the big thing and I have nothing to worry about. You shouldn't mind. Take me with you."

“I can accompany you back to Changwu County or Southern Jiangsu. If you want to continue to open a medical clinic, you can buy a mansion and plant some herbs in the courtyard of Renxin Hospital..."

 He spoke very calmly. The wind was howling outside, and the moon was white outside the window. Just listening to his words gives rise to hope, like a beautiful spring day, making people yearn for it.

Lu Zong's eyes slowly turned red.

 After she finished everything, she walked towards the mud step by step, quietly waiting for the muddy water to slowly reach her hair and swallow her, but at the last moment she saw someone running towards her.

 He knelt down on the shore and let her see the lights along the shore. He stretched out a hand in the distance and said to her: "Come up."

She wanted to grab that hand.

 But I can’t catch it no matter what.

Tears silently ran down her face and soaked the pillow. She lay with her back to Pei Yunying, holding back the soreness in her throat and saying nothing.

 The room fell silent.

There was no sound around. Pei Yunying raised his eyes and glanced at the bed: "Are you asleep?"

The person on the couch didn’t reply, as if he was fast asleep.

 He lowered his eyes and then closed them.

 …

 The night was very long.

I don’t know if it was because he was interrupted by Pei Yunying, or if his mind was occupied by other things, but after falling asleep again, Lu Chen didn’t have any more nightmares.

 When I woke up, it was already dark.

Lu Zong stood up. The oil lamp on the table was burned out and there was no one in the room.

 She opened the door and saw that the snow and wind had stopped outside.

The heavy snow on the mountain bends the plum branches, and the plum blossom peaks are all silvery white, but the sky is still dark, with thousands of thick clouds piled up, and it is as desolate as ever.

Lu Zong stood at the door, dazed for a moment.

She has been on Luomei Peak for seven years, and has seen the snow on Luomei Peak thousands of times. However, she has only been in Shengjing for two years, and when she came back, she felt she was not used to it.

  Habits are really scary things, they can change everything.

Lu Zong held the medicine basket and walked under the red plum tree.

Yun Niang likes to plant poisonous flowers and poisonous weeds in the open space in front of the house, and the area under the red plum tree is the most planted.

Nowadays, the redwood vine has withered, but after going up and down the plum peak, it is always not good to return without success. Lu Zhu thought, if he can bring some herbs back here, no matter how toxic they are, maybe he can add some ingredients to the new recipe. .

When we walked to the red plum tree, we saw that the originally flourishing herbs were now torn to pieces by the heavy snow. They were no longer as prosperous as before, with only a few clumps standing alone.

 Lu Zhen sighed in his heart.

 Two years have passed. Even the most poisonous herbs need to be carefully tended. If left unattended, they will wither.

She put the medicine basket aside, knelt down, and carefully picked the flowers and plants that were still intact one by one and put them away.

There were really not many herbs left here. She finished picking them quickly and was about to leave. Suddenly, her eyes caught a glimpse of a bright color under the tree and she couldn't help but pause.

 In the swaying white snow, there is a faint hint of tender yellow.

This yellow color was very abrupt in the snow. Lu Zhuo frowned slightly. He took a few steps forward, bent down and stretched out his hand to brush away the snowdrift. When he saw what it was, he was stunned.

 “Golden Tan?”

 “How…” She couldn’t hide her surprise.

On Luomei Peak, Yunniang only grows poisonous flowers and poisonous weeds.

Non-poisonous medicinal materials are useless to her, so there is no need to move them to Luomei Peak.

 Once Yun Niang got a handful of seeds of golden cinnabar. This flower grew in the Western Regions. It was precious and non-toxic. On the contrary, it could relieve heat and poison. Yun Niang wanted to throw away the bag of seeds, but Lu Zhu secretly picked it up again behind Yun Niang's back.

She planted the seeds behind the house, watered them carefully, and checked every day, but the golden grass had not grown yet. She was surprised. When she dug up the soil, she found that the seeds had already rotted in the mud.

Yun Niang leaned against the door, watching her movements with cold eyes, and said with a smile: "Golden Tan is afraid of the cold and loves heat. Golden Tan cannot grow on Luomei Peak."

 “Xiao Qi, why are you wasting your efforts?”

Lu Zong pursed his lips and said nothing, becoming more and more persistent in his heart.

At that time, she felt very motivated, always feeling that if she could plant antidote herbs on Luomei Peak, it would prove that people could change their destiny. But then she planted it many times and took good care of it, but the seeds never germinated.

After Yun Niang died, Lu Zhu scattered the bag of gold under the red plum tree before going down the mountain.

Yun Niang is right. No antidote herbs can grow on Luomei Peak. Sometimes, fate is doomed from the beginning.

Lu Zhen was half-kneeling on the ground, reaching out to reach for the cluster of beautiful flowers.

It looks not much bigger than a winter jasmine. It is a beautiful golden color, exactly like the picture in the book. There are lush flowers and branches in the snow, and the bright colors tremble in the breeze, illuminating people's eyes.

Lu Zong touched it gently.

This clump of little flowers that she thought would never sprout unexpectedly bloomed unknowingly after she left and after the wind and snow filled the air. It bloomed brilliantly in the cold wind and under the snow.

She looked at it, and for some reason, her eyes felt hot, and tears suddenly filled her eyelashes.

 …

"Snapped-"

The feet stepped on the plum branches broken by the snow on the ground, making a crisp sound.

Someone walked through the grass behind the house, with a sharp silver knife on his waist.

Lu Zhen was still sleeping soundly in the house. Pei Yunying did not wake her up and went out to check around.

It has snowed all night, and Luomei Peak is covered with white snow. Looking from the top of the mountain, the surroundings are vast. It is easy for ordinary people to lose their way when entering the mountain.

Sunan County Lieutenant Li Wenhu was not cowardly in blocking medical officers from entering the mountains. In fact, it would have been equally dangerous for him to be the imperial guard in front of the palace and enter the snow-capped mountains.

Lu Zong is like a fish in water here.

Pei Yunying walked through the snow carelessly.

Miss Lu San from Changwu County, who later became the medical woman Shiqi from Sunan City, seemed to have a piece missing in the middle, but she was particularly cautious about protecting the missing piece, as if she were guarding a shocking secret so that no one could get a clue.

 The desolate mountains, scrawled shabby houses, narrow beds, ropes and finger marks. He thought he knew her well enough, but now he felt that the mystery was deeper. If she doesn't open it, he can't enter. The invisible line between the two is the crux of the problem that prevents her from facing herself calmly.

Pei Yunying stopped.

 There is a large expanse of grass in front of me.

The grassland behind the house is messy, and the heavy snow has made the grass and trees in a mess. However, among the chaos, there are rows of mounds standing abruptly.

The cold snow covered everything, and some fell on the mounds, so the raised tombs became more and more obvious, row after row, especially clear in this barren grass.

Pei Yunying gradually frowned.

 This is the house where Lu Zong once lived.

 At the back of the house, there are so many shocking graves.

His eyes fell on the tomb in the front.

That tomb is different from other places, it is obviously wider, and there is a stone tablet erected on it. The stone tablet should be randomly chopped from the outside, not very regular, and covered with snow.

The young man lowered his expression, took two steps forward, and reached out to brush away the falling snow on the stone tablet.

 The white fallen snow was brushed aside, gradually revealing the chiselled writing on it.

The handwriting is also vaguely carved, but the scrawled strokes are very familiar. It is Lu Zhen's handwriting -

 The tomb of his mentor Mo Ruyun.

 Mo Ruyun?

Pei Yunying felt a strange feeling in his heart. The name sounded familiar.

He looked at the inscription for a while and was about to leave when he turned around. Suddenly he thought of something and raised his eyes suddenly.

 In the flash of lightning, someone’s voice rang in my ears.

"Although Miss Mo's family is extremely talented, these children whom she regards as medicine masters are the key to her repeated miracles. Those children are worse than death under her hands, which is very miserable. Except for the newly captured medicine man, No one survived."

 …

Jin Cancan's Golden Qin was taken off and put it in a bamboo basket.

Lu Zhen picked off the last bunch of golden thorns and felt a little happy.

　　The flowers planted intentionally will not bloom, but willows planted unintentionally will provide shade. Unexpectedly, the seeds randomly scattered under the tree would grow and bloom many years later.

The redwood vines on the mountain have withered, but the golden vine has become a new hope. Golden Tan has the ability to detoxify heat and poison, but it is actually more effective than redwood vine. Although I don’t know whether it can actually be used in epidemic diseases, there is hope and everything is possible.

She wants to bring all the gold back to the foot of the mountain, so this trip will not be in vain.

Lu Zhen carried the bamboo basket filled with medicinal herbs back to the house and put it together with the medical box. Seeing that Pei Yunying hadn't come back yet, he couldn't help but feel strange. He was about to call his name when suddenly, through the wooden window, he saw a figure standing faintly in the back room.

that place…

Lu Zong's heart was beating wildly.

 In an instant, she put down the medical kit and ran out the door without caring about anything else.

 In the snowy area in the back room, the grass and trees were covered with white frost. The young man stood in the snow, his back straight, but he seemed lonely in this vast mountain.

Lu Zong stopped behind him.

Hearing the noise, he turned around.

Pei Yunying stood in front of her, his sharp and beautiful eyes staring at her quietly, as if there were hidden emotions surging.

 Lu Zong's eyes fell behind him.

There, on Yun Niang’s tombstone, the fallen snow was brushed away, and her scrawled handwriting was extremely clear, like a clumsy secret painting that was suddenly revealed.

Pei Yunying stared at her steadily and walked toward her step by step.

 “Why are you called Seventeen?”

his voice was different from the past, calm and soft, as if he was suppressing some emotion, which made people's hearts tremble.

 “Is this why you pushed me away?”

 He walked up to Lu Huan, lowered his eyes, and spoke slowly.

 “Are you Mo Ruyun’s medicine man?”