Denghuaxiao

Chapter 242 Kiss

Pei Yunying walked in from outside the door.

Today he changed into a red brocade robe with narrow sleeves and a bird pattern. During the long time he had been in southern Jiangsu, he mostly wore the imperial guard riding uniform. Suddenly changing into brighter clothes, he looked particularly handsome in the dim night.

The medical officers were silent for a moment. Chang Jin came to his senses first and stood up and said, "Why is Pei Dianshuai here? Didn't he say that he would go with Li Xianwei and the others today..."

The trip back to Beijing was about to start, and Li Wenhu and Cai Fang planned to hold a farewell party for everyone on New Year's Eve. However, Chang Jin declined, saying that Pei Yunying had arranged for the troops to stay in southern Jiangsu at the county government office today, and he should have dinner with the people from the county government office.

Pei Yunying walked to the table and said, "The party is over."

"So early?" Chang Jin was surprised. "I thought County Magistrate Cai and his men would stay until the New Year's Eve."

Pei Yunying smiled but said nothing.

Chang Jin didn't think much about it, and he picked up the wine pot to pour wine for Pei Yunying: "Marshal Pei Dian came at the right time. Without your help, the epidemic in southern Jiangsu would not be so smooth. Tonight, while we are having fun together, I would like to toast you a glass."

Pei Yunying was originally in Qishui to quell the unrest, but later he rushed to southern Jiangsu to deliver medicine and food. After that, he asked the Shengjing court for an order and obtained an imperial decree, so that the red wood vine and golden tan could be delivered to southern Jiangsu in time.

Pei Yunying smiled, lowered his head and drank the wine.

This was a big deal, and it was like a precedent. All the doctors in the Medical Officers' Institute gathered around.

"I'd like to offer a toast to Lord Pei, too. Lord Pei really saved my life! How could Sunan be so cold? The ice was seeping into the cracks of my bones. Fortunately, Marshal Pei sent me the bright charcoal. If it weren't for this, I would definitely not have lived to see Shengjing!"

"I'll do it, I'll do it," the old medical officer was pushed away, and someone else bowed to him, "Those wicked people in the city are still thinking about stealing medicine and food at this time. It's a good thing that Lord Pei came. As soon as your soldiers walked on the street, the gangsters in southern Jiangsu retreated."

"Master Pei..."

"I respect you..."

"You are young and ambitious, and you value friendship and loyalty..."

"You will have a promising future when you return to Shengjing. Don't forget to help me..."

This is a far-fetched topic.

The young man surrounded by the crowd was dressed in red clothes, with a smile on his face, not showing any impatience. He was in a good mood and accepted the toast from everyone with the wine cup. He became the center of attention and everyone came to follow him.

Only occasionally, when he was drinking, he would look over the table, passing through everyone else, as if nothing had happened.

Lu Tong looked away.

Medical officers usually speak and act cautiously in order to appear to convince patients. They all look gentle and elegant. Perhaps because they seldom drank alcohol before, their alcohol tolerance seems to be very poor, and they become drunk after drinking little.

Some climbed onto the table to sing, some cried and faced the wall, and some said that the medical office had too many tasks and the patients were cunning and wanted to hang themselves. I don't know if the Tusu wine was too strong, or the medical officers couldn't handle the alcohol, or if too many people were drunk and pretending to be crazy, anyway, it was like a demon appearing, a group of demons dancing wildly.

Lu Tong was unable to hear clearly because of the noise, and then she saw the young man who was surrounded by people looking at her. When their eyes met, Pei Yunying slightly turned his head and winked at her, then walked towards the door first.

She knew it well, so she put down her cup and stood up.

Ji Xun asked, "Where is Doctor Lu going? The fireworks are about to be set off."

"Just take a stroll." Lu Tong said, grabbed her skirt and turned to walk out.

When she went out, she saw Pei Yunying waiting for her at the door. She walked up to him and asked, "What are you doing?"

"There are so many people in there, isn't it noisy?" He smiled and glanced at the people in the courtyard, "I'll take you to a place."

Before Lu Tong could say anything, he was pulled forward.

It is already late at night on New Year's Eve. There is no one on the streets. Families are reuniting in every household in southern Jiangsu. Occasionally, one or two firecrackers can be heard deep in the streets.

After walking through the corridor and entering the courtyard, Lu Tong realized belatedly, "Isn't this where your guards live?"

The medical officer's office was adjacent to the guards' quarters to facilitate emergency situations.

"Yes." Pei Yunying said: "Haven't you been here before?"

Lu Tong was speechless for a moment. The last time she came here was when Pei Yunying was injured and she bandaged him.

Thinking of the situation at that time, he couldn't help feeling a little unnatural.

"What's that expression on your face?" Pei Yunying crossed his arms and looked at her, "You look guilty."

"How can I feel guilty?" Lu Tong pushed the door open and walked in. "Where are the other people in your dormitory?"

"Cai Fang has arranged a celebration banquet, and everyone is having the meal. They won't be back until very late. Besides, they can't enter my yard." Pei Yunying followed her and closed the door.

Lu Tong walked into the room and was startled.

On the small table by the window, there was a wine pot, two jade cups, a few plates of sweet and crispy snacks, and in the middle was a string of copper coins strung together with colorful threads, on which were engraved the twenty-four characters of happiness and longevity.

A hundred or so coins are strung together into a long colorful thread, and then divided into pieces and placed under a pillow for personal collection.

When she was at the Lu family, every New Year’s Eve, her mother would secretly put copper coins strung together with red thread under her pillow.

Lu Tong picked up the copper coin and looked at the person opposite him: "New Year's money?"

"Aren't you sorry that you didn't get any coins tonight?" Pei Yunying sat down in front of the small table. "Now you have them."

"How do you know I didn't eat the coins?"

He glanced at Lu Tong and said leisurely, "When I came into your yard, your colleague was trying to please you. I knew it at a glance."

Lu Chen: "..."

This man's eyes are as vicious as ever.

Lu Tong put away the string of copper coins and said, "So, you asked me to come here just to give me New Year's money?"

"Of course not." Pei Yunying looked out the window: "Watching fireworks with a bunch of drunks is too noisy. My yard is quiet, I'll lend it to you."

To be honest, he really chose a good place, it is quiet and simple, and you can see outside the courtyard as soon as you open the window. I think this should be the best place to view the fireworks at midnight.

"Then should I thank the commander?"

"Okay," he held his chin up and looked at Lu Tong, curling his lips slightly, "How do you want to thank me?"

"How do you want me to thank you?"

Pei Yunying lifted his eyelids and looked at her. After a while, he smiled and said, "Then let's heal your wound first."

"It sounds like you want to blackmail me." Lu Tong picked up the wine pot, filled a cup and put it to his lips. As soon as he took a sip, he felt the sweet fragrance fill his teeth. He was stunned for a moment and looked at Pei Yunying: "Isn't it wine?"

He glanced at her with a look of reproach in his eyes, and as he filled the pot for himself, he said, "You're still taking medicine, and you want to drink? Are you going to die?"

"I specially found the plum blossom drink. I saw that your colleagues didn't prepare any sweet syrup for you."

He kept calling him "colleague" and it seemed like he was hinting at something. Lu Tong was speechless and raised his head to drink up the drink in the cup.

When she raised her hand, her sleeve slipped down, revealing her scarred wrist. The scar was different from before, and it was a little red. Pei Yunying frowned, grabbed her hand, and asked, "What happened?"

Lu Tong paused.

Recently, after her body gradually began to respond to the drugs again, Ji Xun started to treat her old injuries from Huangmaogang again. Some of the drugs were useful to her, while others were not. When they were applied to her body, there would inevitably be some unexpected reactions.

After she finished explaining to Pei Yunying, Pei Yunying let go of her hand, but his brows were still knitted: "Do you want to keep trying like this?"

"It's okay." Lu Tong said, "It doesn't hurt."

Hearing this, Pei Yunying raised his eyes and looked at Lu Tong.

Lu Yan: "What?"

"When it hurts, you say it doesn't hurt. When you miss it, you say you don't. When you like it, you say you don't like it." He said calmly, "Doctor Lu, do you have to be so hypocritical?"

There was a hint of coldness in these words. Lu Tong raised her eyes and saw him staring at her, looking a little angry.

After a moment of silence, Lu Tong said, "Doctor Ji, the wound will heal after using the medicine."

Pei Yunying looked at her quietly with a complicated look in his eyes. After a while, he seemed to finally compromise and spoke in a gentle voice.

"That's what the doctor said."

"For those who are sick, there is no need to endure. Screaming when it hurts and speaking out when you feel uncomfortable is what patients should do."

"Doctor Lu has been a doctor for too long. Sometimes, you might as well try to treat yourself as an ordinary patient." He lowered his head and put the cup filled with sweet water into Lu Tong's hand. When their fingertips touched, a faint warmth came over.

Lu Tong looked at the person in front of him.

In the slightly cold night of southern Jiangsu, the young man's eyes lost their usual sharpness, and the gaze he gave her was as gentle and peaceful as a drizzle of rain.

"Next time you feel pain, tell me. Even if it's useless, at least someone will know."

Lu Tong was stunned for a moment.

It was like a boat sailing on a quiet cold river, gradually cutting through a river of spring water, and as the ripples swayed, the mind moved slightly.

"Boom--" Across the dormitory, laughter and screams could be faintly heard from the medical officer's dormitory next door.

Lu Zhuo tilted his head.

It was midnight and fireworks began to be set off over the sky of Southern Jiangsu City.

The flaming trees brush against the clouds, like a dancing red phoenix, shining like falling stars.

She stood up, put down the teacup, and walked to the courtyard.

The light from the flowers and fireworks made the originally deserted streets seem extremely lively. In an instant, the sky was covered with flowers.

Lu Tong looked up at the fireworks above his head.

This was her third time watching fireworks since landing at Meifeng Mountain.

The first time was last year’s New Year’s Eve, and the second time was when Qi Yutai died. I had no interest in appreciating the fireworks the first two times, but this time, although not as grand and magnificent as the Shengjing fireworks, I felt it was exceptionally beautiful.

She looked at the people around her.

Pei Yunying walked to her side, caught her eye, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lu Tong shook her head: "I just remembered that I seemed to have watched the fireworks with you on New Year's Eve last year."

Pei Yunying was stunned for a moment.

It seemed that I just remembered the scene at that time.

At that time, she fell into the mud, he was high above her, aggressive, outside the window, bright silver flowers were blooming, and in the flowing light and shadow, he handed her a handkerchief.

Some things started to change from that moment on.

Pei Yunying glanced at her and raised the corner of his lips: "Yes, you put me on your list at that time, and you almost crossed me off the list."

Lu Chen: "..."

She retorted: "You are the one who went to someone else's yard in the middle of the night to ask for punishment. The palace commander almost dragged me to see the official."

He was speechless.

Lu Tong was aggressive and brought up the past: "If nothing unexpected had happened, would you really have dragged me to see the official?"

She brought up this old account so unexpectedly that Pei Yunying was helpless and laughed, "No."

"Really?"

"Really." He tilted his head and looked at her, "What about you? Did you really plan to kill me that night?"

"..."

Lu Tong turned her head away, avoiding his question.

He snorted and said coldly: "Doctor Lu is really heartless."

Lu Tong felt guilty for a moment, and changed the subject as if nothing had happened: "You asked me to come and watch the fireworks, so just watch them, why are you saying all this?" He raised his head again and looked at the sky above his head.

Li Wenhu went to the shops in the city to look for all kinds of fireworks, as if to drive away the plague. The colorful flowers appeared one after another, burning the night.

Just when her eyes were a little dazzled, suddenly, a white jade sachet with a lotus pattern carved on it fell in front of her.

Lu Chen was stunned for a moment.

"Southern Jiangsu has just experienced a major epidemic, and many shops are closed. I've visited a few, but couldn't find a suitable one. I'll give you something else when I return to Shengjing, but this will be your birthday gift for now."

Pei Yunying curled his lips and said, "It's New Year's Day. I wish Miss Lu San happiness and joy, and a long and happy life."

Lu Tong burst into laughter and reached out to take the sachet.

Pei Yunying's sachet was very beautiful, with delicate craftsmanship and the familiar cold and light fragrance was exactly the same as the fragrance in his arms. She had asked this man for it several times but failed, but she didn't expect that it would fall into her hands now.

Seeing her taking the sachet and examining it, as if she couldn't let it go, Pei Yunying coughed lightly and reminded her, "You can use this sachet for your own private use, but remember not to show it to outsiders."

Lu Tong nodded and suddenly looked at him: "Why can't you show it to outsiders?"

Without waiting for Pei Yunying to speak, she continued, "Is it because you are afraid that others will know that you and I use 'Lover's Incense'?"

Pei Yunying was stunned for a moment, and tilted his head in disbelief: "You know..."

Lu Chen blinked.

she knows.

It was a long time ago, when she and Lin Danqing went to Guanxiang to buy medicinal materials, they passed by an incense pharmacy. Lin Danqing wanted to pick out some ready-made incense for clothes, and Lu Tong remembered that she had asked Pei Yunying twice for sachets but to no avail, so she asked the shopkeeper if she could make a scent for others.

The shopkeeper asked her for the other person's sachet, but she couldn't take it out. After asking her the whole story, the shopkeeper smiled and understood.

"Girl, the incense you buy from a pharmacy is different from the incense you blend privately. Noble men and women don't want to use the common incense that everyone can buy from a pharmacy, so they often ask perfumers to blend unique incense for them to show their noble status.

Since it is unique, there is no such thing as two people using the same incense. Unless the two people using the incense are husband and wife or lovers, they will use the same incense formula to show intimacy. "

"Your master is unwilling to give you the incense recipe, probably because of this!"

Lu Tong suddenly realized.

No wonder he looked strange every time she asked him for the recipe, as if she had done something out of the ordinary. It turned out that he had this worry.

Pei Yunying stared at her, his brows slightly furrowed: "You know I still ask you for it."

He misunderstood the time when Lu Tong knew about it, and Lu Tong did not explain, but only said: "Even if it is a lover's fragrance, there is nothing between you and me, what are you worried about?"

"Innocent?"

Pei Yunying raised his eyebrows, stared at her, and suddenly laughed: "I am not innocent, haven't you always known it?"

Lu Tong paused.

He spoke so frankly, and under the fireworks, there was a burning look in his calm eyes, without any concealment.

The boat that passed through the spring river created deeper waves, which instantly made her heart fluctuate and difficult to calm down.

Lu Tong looked up at him, and after a while, she said, "Today is my birthday, why don't you ask me what my birthday wish is?"

Pei Yunying was stunned: "What do you want?"

Lu Tong reached out and grabbed him by the collar.

He was tall, and when he was dragged, he leaned forward slightly and looked at her with some confusion. Lu Tong leaned over and gently kissed the corner of his lips.

A very light, almost imperceptible kiss.

Like the scattered stars among the precious torches and silver flowers, they are fleeting.

Pei Yunying looked at her.

She let go of his hand, took two steps back, turned around to leave, but was pulled back.

The fireworks and her were clearly reflected in those dark, bright eyes, as gentle as the long night.

In the sunset glow, he lowered his head and kissed Lu Tong.

Above the vast sky, snow scatters like fireworks.

His kiss was light and gentle, like the soft breeze that occasionally passed over Luomei Peak, with a hint of the clear smell of Tusu wine. Lu Tong was held in his arms, looking up and holding his arm, letting the breeze fall on her lips.

This man, she kept pushing him away.

I go against my heart time and time again, but it is hard to deny that I am moved.

In many moments, when he stopped her from kneeling before Qi Yutai, on a night in the late spring and early summer in the Medical Officers' Court filled with the fragrance of flowers, every time he approached her, she could not avoid the ripples of emotion. The look in his eyes on the Qixi Festival, the night rain on the Danfeng Terrace when he wanted to say something but stopped...

Maybe even earlier, as early as the first time they met on a snowy night, when he lit the lantern...

The future is already determined.

She closed her eyes and hugged the person in front of her by the neck.

"Pei Yunying..." Lu Tong murmured vaguely.

The other party was attracted by her and leaned forward slightly, and asked gently: "What?"

"Yes." Lu Tong said.

She wasn't honest with him.

She has selfish feelings towards him.

Rounding it off is also considered driving (.)