Denghuaxiao

Lu Tong put the oil lamp on the table and said calmly: "They haven't gone far yet. Do you need me to call them back?"

He smiled noncommittally, glanced at the white jade Guanyin in front of the small Buddha cabinet, and said pointedly: "Are you always deceiving people like this, a Bodhisattva in front of others and a Rakshasa behind you?"

Lu Tong replied: "In front of the emperor, he is a guard, but in the harem, he is a fugitive. Lord Pei and I are just the same."

She had not forgotten that what Shen Fengying said just now was that an assassin had escaped from the palace.

Lu Tong could smell the faint scent of blood on Pei Yunying's body, and it was not difficult to guess some clues.

Pei Yunying was stunned for a moment, then smiled, walked to the table under the window and sat down, sighing: "If I had known that Dr. Lu was so powerful, I wouldn't have offended you before."

Lu Tong said nothing.

When Shen Fengying came to search the hospital, because Pei Yunying came out in a hurry, she had no choice but to let him hide behind the yellow pear wood cabinet filled with clothes in the dormitory.

Yin Zheng and another empty room were searched carefully by the soldiers, but Shen Fengying searched Lu Tong's boudoir more roughly because of the previous incident.

In order to cover up the smell of blood on Pei Yunying, she and Yin Zheng deliberately pushed out several large porcelain jars to attract Shen Fengying's attention. The poison in the porcelain vat startled Shen Fengying, and for a moment, Shen Fengying decided that he would no longer doubt Renxin Medical Center because of his overthinking.

It is true that Pei Yunying's ability to successfully muddle through the situation is partly due to the fact that he hid it secretly.

Seeing that there was tea and a clean empty cup on the table, he reached out to lift the pot and pour tea. However, his movements were slightly slower than before. This change was very small, but Lu Tong noticed it immediately.

Lu Tong looked up at him: "Are you injured?"

Pei Yunying paused while pouring the tea, but did not deny it: "Is there any medicine?"

Lu Tong turned around and left: "Sold out."

She had no interest in being a living Bodhisattva, especially when it came to the fugitive assassin who showed up uninvited late at night. Tonight is really dangerous. If she is not careful, she will be implicated by Pei Yunying, and her future plans will be ruined.

It's really hard not to get angry.

"Doctor Lu." Pei Yunying sat at the table and called her with a smile, "Didn't you say that when you treat diseases and save people, you are just a doctor?"

"At this moment, you should still be a doctor, right?"

Lu Tong paused.

This is what she said when she delivered Pei Yunshu's baby at Prince Wenjun's Mansion.

The struggle and expectation of Pei Yunshu, who was still in labor at that time, reminded her of Lu Rou, so she softened her heart a little bit. This softness also affected Pei Yunying. In order to calm his anxiety a little, she said this.

I didn't expect that Pei Yunying would mention it at this time.

After a moment of silence, Lu Tong walked to the cabinet in the room, found the medical box, took out a medicine bottle, walked over to Pei Yunying and followed him to the table for a meal.

"Fifty taels of silver."

Pei Yunying: "..."

He raised his head and said, "You are just raising prices from the ground up, Doctor Lu."

“Ask for medical advice and clearly mark the price.”

"I thought you were asking for a favor from me." Pei Yunying shook his head and smiled, then took out a banknote from his arms and put it on the table in a good-tempered manner.

Lu Tong took the banknote, which was a hundred taels of silver. This man was quite generous.

She took a copper scale from the box, weighed a handful of scattered silver taels, collected fifty taels and gave them back to Pei Yunying, her tone flat: "The favors of the palace commander are not worth much, they are not as valuable as silver."

Pei Yunying looked at the handful of broken silver on the table, was silent for a moment, and commented: "Doctor Lu is very pragmatic."

Lu Tong stood in front of the table, frowned at him, and reminded again: "The people outside have left. When will the palace commander leave?"

Pei Yunying hissed and said seriously: "Right now, you and I are accomplices in their eyes. If we go out and bump into someone, Doctor Lu can't escape. It's better to wait."

His tone was casual, as if he had a deep friendship with Lu Tong, without showing any signs of offending, but it made Lu Tong feel a little angry.

Because what she did was hidden, Lu Tong never wanted to be too involved with others. When Xia Rongrong moved into the small courtyard, she tried every means to get Xia Rongrong to move out.

Pei Yunying has now entered her bedroom, and she doesn't know how long she will stay.

This man is obviously very scheming, but he always finds the most innocent excuses, and his righteous and stern speech makes people angry just by looking at him.

Lu Tong suppressed the coldness in her heart and walked to the other side of the couch to sit on the chair.

It was a cold snowy night in the courtyard, but the house was as warm as spring. The north wind carried heavy snow and passed by the window. Broken jade and flying flowers could be faintly seen in the sky, but the people in the house cast warm shadows on the flower windows, cutting candles and pouring tea.

Quiet and gentle.

Lu Tong looked at him.

He was sitting in front of the window, drinking tea with his head down. When he wasn't smiling, he had an indifference that would make people feel thousands of miles away. He was dressed neatly in a jet-black arrow suit, faintly showing traces of moisture under the light.

As if aware of Lu Tong's gaze, he turned his head and smiled slightly, and then the indifference just now disappeared quickly, as if it was just an illusion.

He asked: "Why are you looking at me like this?"

Lu Tong was quiet for a moment, then reminded indifferently: "Aren't you going to give me some medicine?"

Pei Yunying was dressed in black, and the injuries on his body could not be seen clearly. But Lu Tong could smell the bloody smell on his body getting stronger and stronger, which meant that the wounds on his body were constantly leaking blood.

She didn't have the habit of burning incense in the house. If Shen Fengying suddenly led his soldiers to fight back, there would be no need to search for him. The bloody smell in the house would betray Pei Yunying's whereabouts.

If Pei Yunying died here, she would have to be responsible for disposing of the body, which would be very troublesome.

It's better not to die, and not to die here.

Pei Yunying didn't know what Lu Tong was thinking, so he just picked up the medicine bottle on the table. The medicine bottle was not big and had a delicate body. He pulled out the stopper, hesitated, and sprinkled it on his shoulder.

Lu Tong: "..."

She frowned: "Are you applying medicine through your clothes?"

Over the years of practicing medicine, Lu Tong has never seen anyone applying medicine like this. Pei Yunying's covert appearance might make someone think he was poisoning.

Pei Yunying paused and said, "Your room is too small."

"So what? Does the palace commander have to run to apply the medicine?"

Pei Yunying choked.

After a while, he looked at Lu Tong and reminded: "I'll take off my clothes and apply medicine in your dormitory. Doctor Lu, aren't you afraid of damaging your reputation?"

"Don't forget, you still have a fiancé."

He deliberately emphasized the word "fiancé".

Lu Tong frowned and looked at him.

She didn't expect Pei Yunying to think so trivially, and suddenly she remembered that when she was in Yuxian Tower, she took the initiative to hug Pei Yunying tightly to avoid Qi Yutai's suspicion. Pei Yunying's slightly stiff body and the distance he deliberately opened.

Thinking of this, Lu Tong's tone brought a hint of sarcasm: "Master Pei is too worried."

"In my eyes, there is no difference between you and the half piece of pork buried under the tree."

Pei Yunying: "..."

He looked calmly at Lu Tong, whose expression was so cold that it was difficult to tell whether she was serious or joking.

Under the dim light, the two looked at each other for a long time.

After a while, Pei Yunying lowered her head, looked at the tea cup in front of her, and said calmly: "What you say is so unpleasant."

Lu Tong sneered in her heart.

The prince Zhaoning was being hunted all over the city in the middle of the night. With this person's methods, he might not be able to find a way to escape, so he broke into Renxin Medical Center to avoid the pursuers. It's hard not to suspect that he did it on purpose.

Pei Yunying deliberately dragged her into the water, perhaps out of some bad taste.

Now that they have seen through each other's hypocrisy and pretense, there is no need to pretend to be polite and courteous on the surface. She couldn't do anything to Pei Yunying now. It might make him feel a little unhappy, but it would be better than doing nothing. Lu Tong was too lazy to hide his indifference and impatience.

Perhaps it was because of Lu Tong's sarcastic comment about comparing him to pork that any further hesitation made him feel guilty. Pei Yunying stopped hesitating and reached out to tear open the material on his shoulder that had been cut open by a sharp weapon.

The moment the clothes were torn apart, Pei Yunying frowned.

Lu Tong looked up.

Wherever he looked, the man's right shoulder to the lower half of his back was dripping with blood, like an arrow wound. There was no arrow hook, only the turned-up flesh, which was shocking to see.

Lu Tong secretly thought, with such a wound, this person can still talk and laugh, Pei Yunying's tolerance is stronger than imagined.

He picked up the medicine bottle on the table as if to sprinkle it on, but suddenly felt that it seemed too sloppy, so he asked Lu Tong: "Do you have water and a handkerchief?"

Lu Tong nodded: "Yes."

As if he didn't expect her to be so talkative this time, Pei Yunying was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Thank you..."

The next moment, Lu Tong interrupted his thanks.

"Just add more money."

Pei Yunying: "..."

Lu Tong stood up, found the silver kettle, found the wooden basin on the flower stand, and poured some hot water into it. He found a clean handkerchief and soaked it in it. He walked up to Pei Yunying with hot water and put the wooden basin on the table.

Pei Yunying looked at the hot water in front of her, thought for a moment, and pushed the fifty taels of broken silver that Lu Tong had just returned to him in front of Lu Tong.

"enough?"

Lu Tong put the money away and put it back in the box: "Hardly."

He shook his head and smiled, not caring that Lu Tong sat on the ground and raised his price. He reached out to pick up the handkerchief in the basin and squeezed away the excess water.

The handkerchief is a women's style, a light blue handkerchief with hibiscus branches embroidered on it. Women's handkerchiefs are often sprinkled with scented powder or incense, but this handkerchief only has a faint herbal scent, which is exactly the same as the bitter medicinal scent on Lu Tong's body. .

Pei Yunying held the handkerchief and wiped the scar on his shoulder with his backhand.

The blood stains were wiped away bit by bit, revealing hideous scars. Lu Tong could see clearly that the arrow wound was from the diagonal direction, so he should have been hit by an arrow in the back.

After Pei Yunying wiped the wound, he put down the handkerchief, picked up the medicine bottle and sprinkled powder on his shoulder. He had difficulty with one hand, so half of the powder spilled on the wound and half on the ground.

Lu Tong leaned on the edge of the table, watching his movements with cold eyes, and suddenly said: "What a waste of natural resources."

Pei Yunying: "..."

He was angry and funny, and said: "Doctor Lu, although you and I are not friends, at least we are acquaintances."

"It's not good to do this to an injured person."

The wind and snow outside the window are getting thicker, and the low wind blows the windows wider, and a layer of white frost gradually accumulates on the eaves and tiles. Through the faint dim light of the lantern, heavy snow can be seen dancing all over the courtyard.

Under the flickering lights in the house, there were dim figures under the windows. A snowflake floated into the inner room along the window gap, landed on the top of the person's tied hair, and quickly disappeared.

Lu Tong stood up, walked behind Pei Yunying, and took the medicine bottle from his hand.

Pei Yunying was startled.

Lu Tong said calmly: "The wound medicine is very expensive. If you waste it, you will have to pay another fifty taels for another bottle."

Although the raw materials for the wound medicine in Pei Yunying's hand are not expensive, it is also very troublesome to make.

She never tolerated others wasting medicine.

When Pei Yunying heard this, she didn't say anything this time. She just turned her head and smiled: "Thank you, Doctor Lu."

Lu Tong stood behind Pei Yunying. He had broad shoulders and wore an arrow jacket, which outlined his beautiful figure. The skin where he looked was not like those of those white, thin and frail young men. Perhaps it was due to years of martial arts training that the texture was well-proportioned and contained strength.

Lu Tong put a hand on his shoulder.

Pei Yunying stiffened slightly.

The next moment, Lu Tong raised his hand and said "tear-", and the black clothes that had been torn in front of him were torn off in large pieces, along with the skin and flesh that were stuck together with blood.

Pei Yunying took a breath of cold air.

"It's a small injury." Lu Tong picked up the medicine bottle and sprinkled it evenly on his wound, "Why is the commander making such a fuss."

Pei Yunying turned around and looked at Lu Tong with furrowed eyebrows: "Doctor Lu, is this a public revenge?"

"How could it be?" Lu Tong put the cork in the bottle, put the medicine bottle in Pei Yunying's palm, and said with a slight smile: "There will always be some pain when applying medicine. Mr. Pei, please do not hide your illness and avoid medical treatment."

Pei Yunying stared at her for a long time, and after a while, he nodded mockingly: "Okay, Doctor Lu has the final say."

Lu Tong's eyes moved slightly.

She deliberately hit Pei Yunying hard, but he could still talk to her in a pleasant manner, and his Qi-nurturing skills were top-notch.

The wound had to be bandaged after applying medicine. Lu Tong cut the white cloth for bandaging from the medical box and walked behind Pei Yunying to bandage him.

Pei Yunying seemed to resist being in too close contact with others, and intentionally or unintentionally kept a slight distance from him. However, Lu Tong was not worried. He reached out and wrapped his arms around Pei Yunying's shoulders, wrapping him skillfully from behind.

Speaking of which, the wound on Pei Yunying's shoulder was not too deep, but there was a ferocious knife mark from the shoulder to the lower back, which should be an old wound. It should be difficult to endure the combination of new and old injuries, but from beginning to end tonight, Pei Yunying did not show the slightest sign of pain.

Maybe it's because this injury is nothing to him, or maybe it's just that he can bear it.

Lu Tong cut off the edge of the bandaged white silk and asked casually: "Are there any old wounds here?"

Pei Yunying paused and said, "Yes."

Lu Tong glanced at the old knife mark. The knife mark was very deep. Someone had sewn the wound. However, the stitches were messy. It looked like the beauty of her childhood, with a hammer here and a stick here and there, crookedly. The mark was on Pei Yunying's back like a funny dark red ink mark.

She said: "It's like your enemy sewed it for you."

Being able to sew a person's wounds into such a shape seems to be intentional.

Hearing this, Pei Yunying seemed to have remembered something, and the dimples at the corners of her lips became more and more obvious, "That's right. The doctor is a little girl. She has just started practicing medicine. Her medical skills are not as good as yours, but her desire for revenge is as strong as yours."

The oil lamp on the table was about to burn out. Lu Tong stood up and took out another one from the cabinet. While pouring in the lamp oil, he said, "What did you do that she wants to take revenge on you?"

Pei Yunying thought for a while: "It's nothing. A few years ago, I was chased and injured in southern Jiangsu. I hid in the pile of dead people behind the execution ground. There, I met a thief who stole corpses."

"She saved me and treated my injuries, but reluctantly."

Lu Tong was startled. He poured the lamp oil in his hand, but forgot to light it with flint.

In a flash of lightning, the past broke through the heavy snow curtain and rushed towards the face. A distant scene appeared in front of me, reflecting the color of the snow.

Pei Yunying didn't notice it and raised her eyes to look out the window.

On a windy and snowy night in Shengjing, a weak light in front of the window illuminated the falling snow outside, and the eaves and ground were covered with pink and silver bricks. The sky and the earth were vast, giving rise to a feeling of loneliness and coldness.

His voice was as quiet as snow.

"Speaking of which, it also snowed the day I met her."

As if to reflect what he said, the snow particles in the courtyard flew along the window gaps to the table, and the white frost fell into the lanterns, creating a little ripple of air-conditioning.

He turned to Lu Tong, smiled and spoke.

"That was a heavy snowfall that is rare in southern Jiangsu for ten years."

Lu Tong suddenly raised his eyes.

In an instant, snowflakes covered the wick, and the last glimmer of light flickered.

The candle went out.

Happy Valentine's Day, babies!