Denghuaxiao

Chapter 65 Chance Encounter

Two more young girls came to Renxin Medical Center, and it suddenly became lively.

In the past, when Lu Tong didn't come, there were only Acheng and Du Changqing in the shop, but now there are suddenly four more beautiful girls, and even the plum tree at the door looks much more pleasing to the eye.

The scorching sun was shining brightly, and the summer cicadas were chirping on the trees at the door, making people dizzy. Du Changqing came in from the outside, put a few bowls of syrup in his hands on the table, and said, "It's time for tea!"

Yin Zheng, who was helping Lu Tong organize the medicine cabinet, took a look and asked, "What is this?"

Du Changqing put his hands on his hips and said boldly: "There is a new juice shop at West Street Entrance. It costs three copper coins. Buy one bowl and get one free. I am the host and I will treat you to a drink for free."

"Thank you, cousin." Xia Rongrong, who was embroidering a handkerchief with Vanilla, thanked her softly.

Xia Rongrong didn't know about medicinal materials, and she couldn't compete with Yin Zheng and Acheng for work. During the day, she sat in the shop and did embroidery work with Vanilla, which was quite quiet.

Du Changqing taught them how to separate the water content of pulp, and he bought various kinds of pear pulp, ginger honey water, apricot cake drink, jasmine soup, ice and snow cold yuanzi...

Lu Tong was given a bowl of ginger honey water. The syrup had been soaked in an ice bucket in advance and served in a green bamboo tube, which made the syrup as clear as amber.

She lowered her head and took a sip. It was sweet, cold and cold. When he looked up again, he saw that everyone looked patient.

Du Changqing asked: "How is it?" Before anyone could answer, he took a sip first.

The next moment, the man couldn't help but choked out: "Ahem! What's the matter with that?"

齁？

Xia Rongrong on the other end frowned and said, "It's a little too sweet."

Even Acheng, who loves sweets the most, wrinkled his nose: "Master, this is not adding sugar to the water, it's just forgetting to add water to the sugar."

Although Yin Zheng and Xiang Xiang did not speak, they put the bowls of syrup far away and seemed unwilling to take another sip.

Du Changqing said angrily: "Good guy, the person who bought the syrup told me that it's not sweet and doesn't cost money, and it's true. Is there something wrong with this person's brain? Who does he want to kill for being so sweet?"

He turned his head and saw Lu Tong continuing to drink the liquid from the bowl with no expression. He said angrily: "Stop drinking. Why don't you save money for me on weekdays? Who will be responsible for killing someone if you drink it?"

Lu Tong said nothing.

Du Changqing thought for a while and then looked at her suspiciously: "Don't you think it's cool?"

"Fortunately."

Du Changqing stared at her in bewilderment: "You won't tell me that this suits your taste?"

Lu Tong: "If the store doesn't close down, I will continue to patronize his business."

She added: "One bowl a day."

Everyone was silent.

Du Changqing choked, and after a while, he nodded: "Yes, I admire it. It seems that whether the pulp shop can open on West Street in the future will all depend on your patronage, Doctor Lu."

Lu Tong expressed her support for the pulp shop by drinking up all the syrup.

After drinking, Lu Tong put the diabolo tube aside, and Yin Zheng went into the small courtyard and took out Lu Tong's medical box.

Others in the medical clinic were not surprised. Du Changqing waved his hands at the two of them: "Go early and come back early."

Yin Zheng was speechless: "I know."

Today is the day to treat Mrs. Fan.

Lu Tong made an appointment with Mrs. Fan to visit her every seven days to perform acupuncture on Mrs. Fan. Today is the third time.

After leaving the house, when Lu Tong and Yin Zheng arrived at Fan's house, Mrs. Fan, Mrs. Zhao, had just woken up from her lunch break.

Seeing Lu Tong, Mrs. Zhao waved her hand, signaling Lu Tong to come in and perform acupuncture.

As usual, Lu Tong took out the golden needle from the medical box and used it to cross Zhao's acupoint.

The maid Cui'er was fanning herself behind her. Zhao closed her eyes slightly and asked Lu Tong lazily: "Doctor Lu, how many more days will this injection last?"

Lu Tong inserted a golden needle and said: "Madam, the clearing has been reduced now. It is at the critical moment. If the needle is stopped at this time, it will have no effect after a while. In order to strengthen it, it is better to continue the needle for two months." For the best."

"Two more months?"

"After that, the needle crossings will be held every ten days, a total of six times in two months. What do you think, madam?"

Mrs. Zhao sighed: "Okay."

Lu Tong stopped talking and began to help Zhao with her heart.

Mrs. Zhao raised her eyelids and glanced at the busy Lu Tong, then put them down again, with a satisfied smile overflowing from the corner of her mouth.

She was very satisfied with Lu Tong.

To be precise, Mr. Zhao was very satisfied with Lu Tong's ability to use golden needles to cross acupoints. These days, I don't know if it was "Xianxian" or Lu Tong who came to her door every few days to help her with the acupoints. Zhao's waist has indeed lost some weight, and her clothes have become a little looser in the past.

This simply made Zhao ecstatic.

She was still half-believing what Lu Tong said, but now that she has seen the results with her own eyes, she is finally relieved.

After losing some weight, Mrs. Zhao asked her servants to go to the Qingyi Pavilion in Shengjing to make several moonlight gauze dresses. After her weight loss, her makeup was lightened, and her gauze skirt and blouse were elegant and fairy-like. She was completely different from her past glamour, which made Fan Zhenglian feel fresh for a long time. The couple's love for each other was even better than before. It won't be long before she may become the stunning beauty dancing on the palm of her hand, worthy of the name "Flying Swallow".

Talking about Lu Tong, Ms. Zhao noticed that every time Lu Tong came to visit, it was always in the afternoon and left before evening, which happened to avoid the days when Fan Zhenglian was away on business. In addition, Lu Tong was taciturn and never asked questions when entering the house, which seemed to be his duty.

This made Ms. Zhao very satisfied. People who know their interests are always reassuring. Otherwise, with such a young medical woman in the house, she would really be afraid that Fan Zhenglian would become lustful one day.

For the time being, the medical woman did not notice her restless thoughts, and Mrs. Zhao was no longer as mean as she was before.

About an hour and a half later, Lu Tong finished acupuncture for Ms. Zhao, and Ms. Zhao asked her maid Cui'er to take her to the next room for a cup of tea.

Cui'er brought tea and consultation fee. Zhao was not a generous person, so the consultation fee was very small. As for the herbal tea, she treated it as nothing, and Lu Tong didn't take the initiative to mention it.

While Lu Tong was drinking tea, Yinzheng put a small jar into Cui'er's hand and said with a smile: "Miss Cui'er, this is the hair oil made by Doctor Lu himself. It contains medicinal materials. If you apply it for a long time, your hair will become thinner." It’s getting brighter.”

Cui'er declined: "How can I still take Dr. Lu's things..."

"It's not worth much," Yin Zheng said with a smile, "I wanted to give Madam a few jars, but Doctor Lu thought that the ointment Madam usually uses is expensive, so she might look down on us. Miss Cui'er, don't dislike it."

Cui'er put the jar into her sleeve, and her smile became more genuine than before: "Thank you very much, Doctor Lu."

Lu Tong shook his head, lowered his head and took a sip of the hot tea in his hand.

Cui'er is Zhao's personal maid. A small favor won't buy Cui'er, but it can bring Yin Zheng and Cui'er closer.

When the relationship gets closer, the mouth becomes looser.

Lu Tong finished her tea and stood up to say goodbye. Cui'er sent the two of them out. When they passed by the flower hall, they bumped into a man.

The other party whispered "Sorry" in a low voice. Lu Tong looked in front of him. He was a tall middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He was wearing an agarwood-colored cloth robe that had been washed white. He clearly looked majestic, but his expression was very humble. .

Lu Tong had met this man before, but he didn’t know what his relationship was with the Fan family. Several times when Lu Tong went out after treatment, he bumped into this man at the door. Most of the time, this man was handed over to the servants of the Fan family. Some gifts and the like.

This is the first time I have entered the inner courtyard like this.

Lu Tong glanced at him, and saw that another maid of the Zhao family was directing the man to take the things in his hands to the yard and put them down, which were vaguely earthen things such as pheasants, geese, and ducks.

The man walked around Lu Tong, wiped his sweat, and said to Zhao who was enjoying the cool air in the flower hall through the courtyard door: "Madam..."

"I know." Ms. Zhao sounded quite impatient.

The man felt a little embarrassed, said a few words to Zhao's maid, and left in a hurry.

Lu Tong looked at his back and asked Cui Er while walking forward: "He is..."

Cui'er smiled and said, "That's Mr. Qi from the Court of Justice, our master's right-hand man."

A capable subordinate?

Lu Tong remembered the old robe that had been washed white on the man just now, and the way Zhao's maid treated him bossing around, and said as if unintentionally: "Master Fan thinks highly of him?"

"Of course I take him seriously." Perhaps because of Lu Tong's hair oil, Cui'er was willing to talk to them a few more words: "When the master came back from Yuan'an County, he specially brought Master Qi back to Shengjing." At this point, Cui'er felt a little strange, "Why did Doctor Lu ask about Master Qi?"

Yin Zheng pushed Cui'er and laughed softly: "That gentleman is not bad in appearance and has great momentum..."

Cui'er understood, covered her mouth and said, "That's a pity. Mr. Qi already has a wife and children, but..." She glanced at Lu Tong and did not continue.

Lu Tong knew the look in her eyes very well. In the eyes of the Fan family, it would be good for a low-born medical woman to marry a low-level official as a concubine.

After Cui Er left the Fan Mansion, Lu Tong stood at the door and turned around to look at the door plaque of Fan Mansion.

Yin Zheng asked: "What's wrong with the girl?"

"I'm thinking……"

Lu Tong's voice was very soft: "The person I saw just now."

"Master Qi?" Yin Zheng was stunned.

Lu Tong said: "He has a problem." Cui'er said that Mr. Qi was a person that Fan Zhenglian valued highly, so he brought him back to Shengjing from Yuan'an County. But looking at Mr. Qi's clothes and status in Fan Mansion, it is not difficult to tell. He lives in embarrassment.

This is strange. How could Fan Zhenglian's right-hand man be so miserable?

And Cui'er said that he came back from Yuan'an County...

In other words, Master Qi, who has been with Fan Zhenglian since the beginning of his official career, must know many of Fan Zhenglian's secrets.

"Yin Zheng, please ask Mr. Cao to find out about Mr. Qi just now."

She needs to know the details of Master Qi in order to prescribe the right medicine.

"Girl," Yin Zheng was a bit embarrassed, "Except for food, all the money we earned went into the Happy House. Information from Mr. Cao is expensive, and the dividends are not enough to spend. If we want to inquire about the information again, we can only borrow money from shopkeeper Du."

"Then it's on credit." Lu Tong withdrew his gaze and walked forward.

Yin Zheng had no choice but to catch up quickly. After taking two steps, she suddenly let out a "huh" sound.

Lu Tong stopped: "What's wrong?"

Yin Zheng pointed across the street: "It seems to be Mr. Pei's young master Duan?"

Lu Tong was startled, then followed Yin Zheng's gaze and saw that in the shade of the tea stall opposite, he was sitting alone drinking tea with his back to her. Because he couldn't see his face, he couldn't tell whether it was Duan Xiaoyan or not.

She frowned: "Are you sure you didn't identify the wrong person?"

Yin Zheng was very confident: "You can't be wrong. I've seen a lot of people in the past and I'm very good at looking at people." After saying that, he waved to the other side of the street and shouted: "Young Master Duan!"

After a while, the people sitting at the tea stall slowly turned around. When they saw Lu Tong and the other two, they were also stunned. Then they looked surprised, stood up and walked forward and said, "Doctor Lu, Miss Yin Zheng."

It was indeed Duan Xiaoyan.

Lu Tong glanced around Duan Xiaoyan, but did not see Pei Yunying, so he asked, "Why is Young Master Duan here?"

"I'm busy with official duties. I passed by here and sat down for a cup of tea. I didn't expect to meet Doctor Lu." He smiled enthusiastically and asked Lu Tong: "Where is Doctor Lu?"

"I'm here to treat people."

Duan Xiaoyan said "Oh", looked into the distance, and said to Lu Tong sheepishly: "Dr. Lu, I still have official duties to attend to, so I have to go first. After a few days, I will take a rest and I will ask you to come again." I came to your medical clinic, the herbal tea last time was really useful."

Lu Tong nodded at him: "Master Duan, walk slowly."

Duan Xiaoyan left quickly. Lu Tong looked at his back and said nothing for a while.

Yin Zheng reminded: "Girl, won't you leave?"

Lu Tong looked back: "Let's go."

……

When Duan Xiaoyan returned to the Palace Commander's Mansion, his fellow guard Mulian was returning from the martial arts field and said that Xiao Zhufeng had bought plums in the camp and asked him to go inside and eat them.

Duan Xiaoyan waved his hand and asked Mulian: "Is your Excellency inside?"

"Not here." Mulian took a bite of the green plum in her hand and was so sore that she couldn't open her eyes for a while, "Do you have anything to do with me?"

Duan Xiaoyan shook his head: "It's okay."

Mulian went in, Gardenia ran out from the corner, and rubbed her head in his arms again and again. Duan Xiaoyan squatted on the ground, rubbed the dog's head absentmindedly, and whispered to himself: "It's so evil, after all this time You're so far away and you don't even see my face, how did you recognize me?"

Someone behind me asked: "How did I recognize you?"

Duan Xiaoyan was startled and turned around to see Pei Yunying walking in from the door.

On a summer day, he was still wearing the vermilion brocade robe of the palace minister, with the collar neatly buttoned. He was not at all hot, but rather refreshing.

"Brother, are you back?" Duan Xiaoyan stood up and followed him into the camp.

As soon as they entered the door, the two of them were stunned for a moment.

There were about a dozen bamboo baskets piled at the door of the barracks of the Palace Commander's Mansion. The bamboo baskets were full of green plums. A group of pro-soldiers were grinning as they ate, and the air was filled with a sour smell.

Pei Yunying frowned: "What?"

Mulian said hurriedly: "Deputy envoy Xiao sent it. He said it was a hot day, so he bought it specially to quench the thirst of the brothers. The envoy also specially picked a basket of the best and put it in your room."

Seeing Pei Yunying's silence, Huang Song next to him also said: "The plums the deputy envoy bought are quite delicious, but they are a bit sour."

Pei Yunying reached out and touched his forehead: "...I know." After taking two steps, he turned back and said unbearably: "Move to the courtyard, don't pile them up at the door."

"Yes."

Pei Yunying entered his room, turned around and saw Duan Xiaoyan was still there, and asked, "Is something wrong?"

Duan Xiaoyan turned around and closed the door. He waited for Pei Yunying to sit down at the table, then stepped forward and said, "Brother, Dr. Lu from Renxin Medical Center went to Fan's Mansion again today."

"Ah."

"...I said hello to her."

Pei Yunying stopped pouring the tea.

He raised his eyes: "Exposed?"

"What an injustice!" Duan Xiaoyan exclaimed, "It was so hot, so I went to the tea stall opposite to drink a bowl of tea. Who knew Doctor Lu would go out so coincidentally. My back was turned to her at the time. We were across the street. Brother, you She may not be able to recognize me, who knows how she recognized me?"

Pei Yun glanced at him and lowered his head to drink tea: "What did she say?"

"I didn't say anything. I said I was passing by on errands. She didn't suspect anything, so I left."

Pei Yunying nodded.

Seeing that he had no reaction, Duan Xiaoyan became more courageous and said: "Brother, I have been watching the Fan family for half a month, and Dr. Lu has done nothing but acupuncture on Mrs. Fan. Her herbal tea is selling well, Fan Madam likes it, but it doesn’t hinder us. Are you too nervous about her? "

Pei Yunying closed the tea lid: "Do you believe her so much?"

"I can't say you trust me." Duan Xiaoyan said in a sincere tone: "The main thing is to keep an eye on me every day, including transportation expenses, tea expenses, food expenses... I don't have enough money to spend, brother, please lend me some..." He said while touching his waist. , suddenly stopped.

"what happened?"

Duan Xiaoyan looked at him: "My wallet is missing."

"Stolen?"

"That's not true. There's no money in it."

Pei Yunying was speechless: "Then you will cry in sorrow."

"You gave me that purse!" Duan Xiaoyan shouted: "When I first entered the palace, the purse you gave me had my name on it."

Pei Yunying reminded him: "Think about where it was lost. Have you found it in the camp?"

"I can't remember. I still had the bill when I was having tea across from Fan's house in the afternoon. Ah!" His eyes moved. "Could it be that I lost it when I was talking to Dr. Lu? I had to go there in a hurry. It’s urgent, maybe it’s dropped in front of Fan’s house.”

Hearing this, Pei Yunying sat up straighter in a lazy posture and asked him: "You said Lu Tong picked it up?"

"It's just possible." Duan Xiaoyan scratched his head, "It's hard to ask others."

"Why don't you ask?" Pei Yunying asked.

Duan Xiaoyan was surprised: "There is not a single coin in the purse, what does Dr. Lu want it for? Besides, if I really asked her, Dr. Lu would think that I suspected her of stealing something, and if others heard about it, he would suspect Dr. Lu of bad character." , that’s not good.”

Pei Yunying: "It's hard for you to think carefully about her."

Without waiting for Duan Xiaoyan to speak, he continued: "I will accompany you to Renxin Medical Center in a few days."

Duan Xiaoyan looked at him in disbelief: "You really want to ask Doctor Lu? Why?"

"Because your name is on the wallet."

"name?"

"It's okay if you are picked up by someone else. If you are picked up by Lu Tong, I'm afraid that you will be sold for the money."

Duan Xiaoyan was puzzled: "What can you sell me for that purse?"

"That's a lot," Pei Yunying smiled: "For example..."

"Blackmail."

"Blackmail?" Duan Xiaoyan was surprised, "What can you blackmail me with a purse? I'm not a woman, how can you use this as a token of love to force me to marry her?" As he spoke, he was stunned and thought for a while. He murmured: "It's not impossible to say that. She was able to recognize me today just by looking at my back. It shows that I have a deep impression on Dr. Lu... But I am not yet the crown prince, and I can't make the final decision on the marriage... "

As he was talking to himself, a thick stack of volumes was unexpectedly slapped on top of his head. Pei Yunying stood up and passed by him, saying: "Okay, if that day comes, as your half-elder, I will definitely give it to you." A generous gift.”

"I wish you both a talented man and a beautiful woman, and may you be a perfect match."

(End of this chapter)