Denghuaxiao

Chapter 235 Medicine Man
The snowstorm outside continued.

The sanity that had just been lost returned to him. His embarrassment and secrets were exposed. Lu Tong became angry and turned around to leave.

But he was pulled back.

Pei Yunying grasped her wrist, and the smiling, gentle look in his eyes disappeared in an instant, as if he was suppressing his anger, and the expression on his face gradually cooled down.

"Why did you push me away?" he asked.

He had discovered all the secrets, the hidden ribbons and wooden blocks, the deliberately unfamiliar distance. He had always been smart, but she had revealed her cards in their previous fight.

She couldn't hide it from the other party.

A gifted child was pushed away by her again and again. If he hadn't discovered the truth, he could still use excuses to cover it up. However, once he realized that it was deliberate, he would naturally get angry.

He should be angry.

Lu Tong suddenly felt guilty, and then the guilty feeling turned into remorse, and the remorse turned into panic, and finally, she was so confused that she didn't know how to deal with it.

"General." 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 paused.

He is shrewd and perceptive. He had disguised himself well in the past, but now that his disguise has been seen through, given his personality, he will only get to the bottom of it.

Trying his best to calm himself, Lu Tong continued, "You and I have different statuses. You are the noble commander of the Palace Front Division, and I am just a humble commoner medical officer. No matter what..."

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

Lu Yan: "You..."

"Lu Tong," Pei Yunying interrupted her and stared into her eyes, "Your lying skills have deteriorated."

His gaze was so intimidating that Lu Tong was unable to resist and had to step back, trying to avoid it.

The next moment, he was grabbed by the wrist and pulled close to him unexpectedly.

He was very close to her, and perhaps he was extremely angry, there was a dangerous look flashing in his long dark eyes. As they heard each other's breath, Lu Tong saw his drooping eyelashes, which looked ambiguous and vivid under the light.

"What are you hiding?"

The cold wind outside the door whistled over the top of the mountain. The flame on the table was about to go out, and the silver embroidery on the young man's body was shining with a layer of beautiful coldness. What was more dazzling than this was his eyes, which were like the stars on Luomei Peak on a summer night, gentle and sharp, shining on her without hiding anything.

Lu Chen didn't speak.

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

He knew that Lu Tong was always good at hiding things.

When they first met, he knew that Lu Tong was not as obedient as she seemed. After several encounters, Lu Tong worked as a doctor at Renxin Clinic. He kept an eye on her, but she was able to deal with him skillfully every time. The truth and lies were mixed together and it was difficult to tell them apart, and every time she ran away.

There were all kinds of tortures in the trial room in front of the palace. He was always good at extracting confessions and had seen countless prisoners, but he was helpless against this most powerful one. He could not beat or scold him, and he had to give in to the end even after being interrogated.

Time and again, she had him figured out.

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

Outside the house, the snow and the moon were clear and the scene was bleak. In the dim light, the anger in the young man's eyes gradually solidified, and was replaced by a deeper wave, and his eyes became dark and unclear.

He stared at Lu Tong and suddenly leaned closer.

Lu Tong opened his eyes slightly.

The two were very close.

In the absolute silence, the other person was right in front of her, within her reach. The young man had sharp eyebrows and clear eyes, reflecting her shadow. She could feel his warm breath and the faint, refreshing fragrance on his body, which was cold, warm, and soft like a wet cloud.

She froze in place.

The rosy, beautiful thin lips gradually approached, almost falling on her lips, and the shadow of the thick and long eyelashes covered her like butterfly wings, slowly lowering towards her, leaving only a subtle distance.

Pei Yunying's gaze fell on Lu Tong.

She stared at him, seeming a little surprised, but she didn't resist or retreat. In her eyes, which were always calm and cold, there were slight ripples, as if she was forbearing.

It reminds me of the look she gave me in the courtyard under the fireworks on New Year's Eve, which was stubborn and brave.

A trace of pity suddenly flashed through his heart. The man still stared at the person in front of him and stopped kissing.

In the end, I couldn't bear to force her.

Lu Chen was stunned.

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

The lights were on in the snow house, and the children in the mountains, the beauty and warmth just now gradually faded away, the two people came back to their senses, and each of them felt a little subtle.

Lu Tong looked at him, feeling relieved, but also a little disappointed.

He turned around and stared at her. His eyes were no longer as aggressive as before, but still a little cold: "Still unwilling to say it?"

Silence answered him.

He stared at Lu Tong for a while, then said, "Okay, forget it if you don't want to talk about it. Anyway, I already know it."

Lu Tong: “You!”

He raised the ribbon in his hand.

Lu Tong suddenly became furious and tried to reach out to grab it, but his hand was empty.

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

Lu Tong had a splitting headache.

Pei Yunying was the most difficult person to deal with. When they fought in the past, he was like a shadow that could not be shaken off. He was best at discovering people's hidden mistakes and weaknesses, and pressing them step by step. In the past, he was accommodating and giving in to her, but now, she had revealed her cards as soon as they fought, and he was unable to fight back if he wanted to pursue her.

After a while, Lu Tong managed to utter: "Self-righteous."

"Doctor Lu." Pei Yunying didn't care. His pair of dark eyes were calm and deep like the snow on Luomei Peak at night, a little cold, deep and gentle.

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

Stay together.

The tone was clearly harsh, but the words were so sweet that Lu Tong's heart skipped a beat. She could only stare at him and force herself to be tough: "Who wants to stay with you?"

"You'll always admit it."

She was angry and stood there stiffly, feeling as if she was split into two. One was in the dark, moved by the bright, bright and sincere love, secretly happy about the mutual affection. The other was watching from a higher place, laughing at her fruitless and endless ending.

There was a chill under her feet. She was in such a hurry to get into bed just now that she didn't wear shoes. It was icy cold on the snowy night on Luomei Peak, and the chill was gradually coming over her.

Just as the stalemate was going on, her eyes blurred and her body suddenly felt lighter. Lu Tong looked up in surprise and found that Pei Yunying had actually picked her up horizontally.

His movements were quick and his embrace was gentle, making it easy for him to hold her.

"you……"

"How long are you going to stand?" He carried her to the bedside, "If you catch a cold, there may not be any medicine."

He put her on the couch, and Lu Tong sat up straight, staring at him vigilantly.

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

Lu Tong: "Stay away from me."

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

Pei Yunying lowered his head and handed her a cotton towel: "Don't you want to wipe your sweat?"

After he said that, Lu Tong finally realized that he was about to take a handkerchief from the medical box.

She snatched the handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

I just had a nightmare, and then he kept pressing me, as if I had fought a fierce battle. My heart was up and down, and now looking at it again, I was sweating all over.

The sweat on her forehead flowed down her face into her neck and shoulders, so she wiped it down along her neck and shoulders. Her skin in the loose collar was as white as jade, like transparent snow-white petals, with a faint glow under the light.

Pei Yunying lowered his eyes and looked at him. His eyes moved slightly and he suddenly turned around.

Lu Tong didn't notice anything. He just turned his back suddenly, wiped the sweat off his face, held 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?"

In just one night, there were so many ups and downs. To be honest, I really couldn't sleep.

Thinking about what had just happened, I felt even more ashamed and angry, and even more angry about the embarrassment of having my thoughts discovered.

"I can sleep well." She gritted her teeth, "Don't worry about it."

After saying this, she lay down with her clothes on, and turned the back of her head towards him as she did before.

Pei Yunying stared at her. The candlelight reflected his clear eyes, but they were not as bright and brilliant as before. Instead, they were as quiet as a deep pool.

After a moment, he pushed the oil lamp inward and lay down beside the bed as he had done before.

Outside the door, the snow was flying like sand, and the wind was roaring like waves. But inside the house, the lights were swaying, illuminating the plum blossoms outside the window, and the cold and quiet atmosphere was still.

Lu Tong had his back to him and heard the other person's voice.

"Now that the epidemic in southern Jiangsu is over, you won't stay in the Medical Officers' Hospital."

Lu Tong was startled.

She entered the Medical Officers' Court to get close to the Qi family. Now that her revenge has been taken, there is no point in staying. She actually doesn't like the Medical Officers' Court. Life in the Imperial City is not free. Sometimes the more she sees, the more disappointed she becomes.

Pei Yunying spoke casually, "If you don't want to stay in the Medical Officers' Institute, it's not bad to go back to West Street to be a doctor. Or... if you don't want to stay in Shengjing, go back to southern Jiangsu, or Changwu County, and practice medicine or do something else, which is also a good way out. I'll go with you."

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

He is the commander of the Palace Front Department and has a bright future. Even though the Pei family is holding him back, the new emperor obviously favors and values ​​him. Giving up wealth and glory to do something like this is not worth it.

He smiled nonchalantly: "Anyway, you have a lot of experience in dealing with crazy people."

Lu Chen was silent.

Pei Yunying rested his head on his hands and spoke as if it were an ordinary family conversation.

"The Liang Dynasty was not only prosperous in Shengjing, and you have only been to southern Jiangsu and Changwu County. You might as well go out more now, which will also be good for you to accumulate medical knowledge. I have finished my important affairs and have no worries. You should not mind taking me with you."

"I can accompany you back to Changwu County or Southern Jiangsu. If you want to continue running the clinic, then you can buy a house and grow some herbs in the courtyard like the Renxin Clinic..."

He spoke calmly. The wind was howling outside, and the moon was white outside the window. Just listening to his words made me feel hopeful, like a beautiful spring day, making me yearn for it.

Lu Tong's eyes slowly turned red.

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

He knelt down on the shore, let her see the flowers and lights along the shore, stretched out his hand from afar, and said to her, "Come up."

She really wanted to grab that hand.

But I can't catch it anyway.

Tears silently flowed down her face, soaking the pillow. She lay with her back to Pei Yunying, enduring the soreness in her throat, and said nothing.

The room fell silent.

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

The person on the couch did not reply, as if he was fast asleep.

He lowered his eyes and then closed them.

……

This night was very long.

I don’t know if it was because Pei Yunying interrupted me, or if my mind was occupied by other things, but after I fell asleep, Lu Tong didn’t have nightmares again.

When I woke up, it was already daybreak.

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

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

The plum branches were bent by the heavy snow all over the mountain, and the Fallen Plum Peak was covered in silver-white. But the sky was still gloomy, covered with thick clouds, and as bleak as ever.

Lu Tong stood at the door, in a trance for a moment.

She had stayed on Luomei Peak for seven years and had seen the snow there thousands of times. However, she had only been there for two years in Shengjing, and when she came back, she felt unaccustomed to it.

Habits are really terrible things. They can change everything.

Lu Tong carried the medicine basket and walked towards the red plum tree.

Yunniang loved to plant poisonous flowers and weeds in the open space in front of the house, and she had the most plants under the red plum tree.

The red wood vine has withered now, but since we have already gone to Luomei Peak, it would be a bad idea to return empty-handed. Lu Tong thought that if he could bring back some herbs, no matter how toxic they are, perhaps they could add some materials to the new recipe.

When we arrived in front of the red plum tree, the once flourishing medicinal herbs had now been crushed to pieces by the heavy snow. They were no longer as thriving as before, and only a few withered clumps were left, standing alone.

Lu Chen sighed in his heart.

Two years have passed. Even the most poisonous herbs need to be carefully cared for. If no one is looking after them, they will wither.

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

There were not many herbs left here, so she picked them all quickly and was about to leave when suddenly, she caught a glimpse of something colorful under the tree and paused.

A hint of tender yellow appears faintly in the crooked white snow.

The yellow color stood out in the snow. Lu Tong frowned slightly, took a few steps forward, bent down and reached out to brush away the snow. When he saw clearly what it was, he was stunned.

"Golden Tan?"

"What..." She couldn't hide her surprise.

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

Non-toxic medicinal herbs are of no use to her, so there is no need to move them to Luomei Peak.

Once, Yunniang got a handful of golden tansy seeds. This flower grows in the Western Regions. It is precious and non-toxic. On the contrary, it can relieve heat and poison. Yunniang wanted to throw away the bag of seeds, but Lu Tong secretly picked them up again without Yunniang's knowledge.

She planted the seeds behind the house, watered them carefully and checked on them every day, but the golden tansy plants took no time to grow. She felt puzzled and dug up the soil, only to find that the seeds had already rotted in the mud.

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

"Xiao Shiqi, why are you wasting your energy?"

Lu Tong pursed her lips and said nothing, becoming more and more determined.

She was determined at the time, thinking that if she could grow detoxifying herbs on Luomei Peak, it would prove that people could change their fate. But she planted the seeds many times and took good care of them, but the seeds never sprouted.

After Yunniang died, Lu Tong scattered the bag of gold under the red plum tree before going down the mountain.

Yunniang was right. No detoxifying herbs could grow on Luomei Peak. Sometimes, fate had already determined the outcome from the very beginning.

Lu Tong half-knelt on the ground and reached out to the bunch of beautiful flowers.

It looks not much bigger than the forsythia, and is a beautiful golden color, exactly the same as the picture in the book. In the snow, the branches are lush, and the bright color trembles in the breeze, illuminating people's eyes.

Lu Tong touched it gently.

This bunch of small flowers that she thought would never sprout, unexpectedly bloomed without her noticing after she left and after the wind and snow were everywhere. They bloomed brilliantly and vigorously in the cold wind and under the snow.

As she watched, for some reason, her eyes felt warm and tears suddenly filled her eyelashes.

……

"Snapped--"

My feet stepped on the plum branches that were broken by the snow, making a crisp sound.

Someone walked through the bushes behind the house, a sharp silver knife at his waist.

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

After a night of snow, Luomei Peak was covered with snow. Looking from the top of the mountain, it seemed like there was nothing but vast expanse of wilderness. It was easy for ordinary people to get lost if they went into the mountains.

Li Wenhu, the county lieutenant of Sunan, was not a coward when he tried his best to stop the medical officer from entering the mountain. In fact, if it were the guards of the Palace Front Division, it would be equally dangerous to enter the snow-capped mountains.

But Lu Tong feels like a fish in water here.

Pei Yunying walked through the snow carelessly.

Miss Lu San from Changwu County later became Seventeen, a female doctor from Southern Jiangsu City. There seemed to be something missing in the middle, but she was particularly careful to protect the missing piece, as if she was guarding a shocking secret, not letting anyone get a glimpse of the clues.

Barren mountains, shabby houses, small beds, ropes and fingerprints. He thought he knew her well enough, but now he felt more suspicious. If she didn't open it, he couldn't enter. The invisible line between the two of them was the crux of her inability to face herself calmly.

Pei Yunying stopped.

There was a large field of weeds before my eyes.

The wasteland behind the house was in a mess, and the heavy snow had pressed the grass and trees into a mess. However, in the mess, there were rows of earthen mounds standing abruptly.

The cold snow covered everything, some of it fell on the mounds, making the raised tombs more obvious, row after row, especially clear among the weeds.

Pei Yunying's brows gradually furrowed.

This is the house where Lu Tong once lived.

Behind the house, there are so many shocking graves.

His eyes fell on the grave in front.

That tomb was different from the others. It was obviously wider and had a stone tablet on top. The stone tablet must have been randomly chopped from the outside. It was not very regular and was covered with snow.

The young man suppressed his expression, took two steps forward, and stretched out his hand to brush away the fallen snow on the stone tablet.

The white falling snow was brushed away, gradually revealing the words carved on it.

The handwriting was also blurred, but the sloppy strokes looked very familiar. It was Lu Tong's handwriting.

The tomb of my 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 and suddenly thought of something and raised his eyes sharply.

In a flash, someone's voice sounded in my ears.

"Although Miss Mo is gifted, these children whom she regards as medicine men are the key to her inventing miraculous prescriptions. Those children suffered a fate worse than death under her hands. They were very miserable. Except for the newly captured medicine man, no one survived."

……

The golden golden tannins were picked in handfuls and put into bamboo baskets.

Lu Tong picked the last bunch of golden tung oil tree and felt happy.

I planted flowers intentionally but they didn't bloom, but I planted willows unintentionally but they grew into shade trees. I never expected that the seeds I casually scattered under the tree would grow and bloom many years later.

The red wood vines on the mountain have withered, but the golden tan has become a new hope. The nature of the golden tan can relieve heat and poison, and it is actually more effective than the red wood vine. Although I don’t know whether it can be used in the end to treat the epidemic, as long as there is hope, there is everything.

She wanted to bring all the golden tan back to the foot of the mountain, so that her trip would not be in vain.

Lu Tong brought the bamboo basket full of herbs back to the house and placed it with the medical box. Seeing that Pei Yunying had not returned yet, she felt strange and was about to call his name when she suddenly saw a figure standing faintly in the back room through the wooden window.

that place……

Lu Tong's heart began to pound wildly.

In an instant, she didn't care about anything else, put down the medical box and ran out.

The snowy ground behind the house was covered with white frost. The young man stood in the snow, his back straight, but in this vast mountain, he looked lonely.

Lu Tong 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 hidden emotions were surging.

Lu Tong's gaze fell behind him.

There, on Yunniang's tombstone, the fallen snow was brushed away, and her scribbled handwriting was exceptionally clear, like a crude secret painting that was suddenly unveiled.

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

"Why are you called Seventeen?"

His voice was different from usual, calm and gentle, 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 Tong, lowered his eyes, and spoke slowly.

"Are you Mo Ruyun's medicine man?"