Chapter 235 Medicine Man

The wind and snow continued outside.

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

But he was pulled 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 couldn'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.

"Commander of the Palace." 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 used to disguise himself well, but now that his disguise has been seen, he will only pursue it to the end.

Trying his best to calm down, Lu Yun continued: "You and I have different identities. You are the noble 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: "Lie."

Lu Chen: "You..."

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

His eyes were so intimidating that Lu Yan couldn't 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 Chen 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 tell 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, and 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 were various types of punishments. He had always been good at extracting confessions and had seen countless prisoners, but he was helpless with this most powerful one. He could neither beat nor scold him. He gave in until the end of questioning.

Time and time again, she got the better 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 Chen and suddenly leaned closer.

Lu Yan opened his eyes slightly.

The two are very close.

In the absolute silence, the other person is right in front of you, 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 Yun.

She looked straight at him, seemingly a little surprised, but she didn't 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.

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

After all, I couldn't bear to force her.

Lu Chen was stunned.

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

The lights in the snow house were green, the children in the mountains, the charm and warmth just now gradually faded away, the two people came back to their senses, each other was a little subtle.

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

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

Silence answered him.

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

Lu Yan: "You!"

He raised the colorful ribbon in his hand.

Lu Yan suddenly became 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 Zhuo 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 can't 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 cards once they had a fight, and he had no power to fight back if he wanted to pursue her.

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

"Doctor Lu." Pei Yunying didn't take it seriously, her 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 touching. 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'll 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 cold feeling 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.

While they were in a stalemate, his eyes blurred and his body suddenly became light. Lu Meng raised his eyes in shock and found that Pei Yunying had picked her up in his arms.

His movements were swift, but his embrace was gentle. It was easy to hold her, especially relaxed.

"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, and Lu Yan sat up straight, staring at him warily.

Pei Yunying sneered: "What do you think I want to do?"

Lu Yan: "Stay away from me."

Pei Yunying didn't do anything, 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 get the handkerchief from the medical box.

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

I just 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 all over.

The sweat on her forehead flowed down her face and into her neck and shoulders, and she wiped it down along 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 then he suddenly turned around.

Lu Tong didn't notice it, only to see him suddenly turn his back, wipe the sweat off in a few times, hold 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 many ups and downs. To be honest, I really couldn't sleep.

Thinking of 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 saying that, he lay down in his clothes and pointed the back of his head at him as he did just now.

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 next to 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 Zhen turned his back to him and heard the other party's voice.

"The epidemic in Southern Jiangsu is over, you won't stay in the medical hospital anymore, right?"

Lu Tong was startled.

She entered the medical 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. 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. Yes, it’s not a bad way out. I’ll go with you.”

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

He is the commander of the front department of the palace and has a bright future. Even though the Pei family is holding him back, the new emperor obviously prefers him to be reused. Giving up glory and wealth to do such a thing is not worth the gain.

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

Lu Chen was silent.

Pei Yunying rested his head on his hands, speaking like an ordinary person.

"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 have a big event 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 grow some herbs in the courtyard of Renxin Hospital..."

He spoke 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 Zhuo's eyes slowly turned red.

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

He knelt down on the shore and let her see the flowers and 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 couldn't catch it.

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

The room fell silent.

When 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 closed them.

…

The night was very long.

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

When she woke up, it was already daybreak.

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

She pushed open the door, and the wind and snow outside had stopped.

The snow on the mountain bent the plum branches, and Luomei Peak was silvery white, but the sky was still dark, piled with thick clouds, as bleak as ever.

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

She had been on Luomei Peak for seven years, and had seen the snow on Luomei Peak thousands of times, but she had only been there for two years in Shengjing, and after coming back, she felt uncomfortable.

Habits are really terrible things, they can change everything.

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

Yunniang loved to plant poisonous flowers and poisonous grasses in the open space in front of the house, and the area under the red plum tree was the most planted.

Now the red wood vine has withered, but since we have climbed the Falling Plum Peak, it is not good to return empty-handed. Lu Tong thought that if she could bring back some herbs from here, no matter how toxic they are, maybe they can add some materials to the new recipe.

When she arrived in front of the red plum tree, the originally flourishing herbs were now crushed by the heavy snow and were no longer prosperous. Only a few clumps were left, standing alone.

Lu Tong sighed in her heart.

Two years have passed. Even the most poisonous herbs need to be carefully tended. If no one takes care of them, they will wither.

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

There were really not many herbs left here. She picked them quickly and was about to leave. Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a bright color under the tree and paused.

A faint yellow appeared in the crooked white snow.

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

"Golden Tan?"

"Why..." She could not hide her astonishment.

On Luomei Peak, Yunniang only planted poisonous flowers and poisonous grasses.

Non-toxic medicinal materials were useless to her, so there was no need to move to Luomei Peak.

Once, Yunniang got a handful of golden Tan 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 it up again without Yunniang's knowledge.

She planted the seeds behind the house, watered them carefully, and went to see them every day, but the golden Tan did not grow out. She was surprised and dug up the soil, and found that the seeds had already rotted in the mud.

Yunniang leaned against the door, watching her movements coldly, and smiled: "Golden Tan is afraid of cold and likes heat. 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 persistent in her heart.

At that time, she was full of energy in her heart, always thinking that if she could grow detoxifying herbs on Luomei Peak, it seemed to prove that people could change their fate. But later she planted many times and took good care of them, but the seeds never sprouted.

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

Yunniang was right. Detoxifying herbs cannot grow on Luomei Peak. Sometimes, fate is doomed from the beginning.

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

It looked not much bigger than the winter jasmine, and it was a beautiful golden color, exactly the same as the picture in the book. In the snow, the branches were lush, and the bright color trembled in the breeze, illuminating people's eyes.

Lu Tong gently touched it.

This bunch of flowers that she thought would never sprout, after she left, after the wind and snow, actually blossomed unconsciously, in the cold wind, under the snow, blooming brilliantly and vigorously.

As she watched, for some reason, her eyes became hot, and tears suddenly filled her eyelashes.

…

"Snap——"

The foot stepped on the plum branch that was broken by the snow, making a crisp sound.

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

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

After a night of snow, the Luomei Peak was covered with snow. Looking from the top of the mountain, it was a vast expanse of land. It was easy for ordinary people to get lost when entering the mountain.

Sunan County Lieutenant Li Wenhu was not timid to stop the medical officer from entering the mountain. In fact, it would be dangerous for the guards of the Palace Front Division to enter the snowy mountain.

But Lu Tong was like a fish in water here.

Pei Yunying walked through the snow carelessly.

Miss Lu San from Changwu County later became the medical girl Seventeen from Sunan City. There seemed to be a missing piece in the middle, but she was particularly cautious about protecting the missing piece, as if she was guarding a shocking secret and not letting anyone see any clues.

Barren mountains, shabby houses, narrow 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 was the crux of her inability to face herself calmly.

Pei Yunying stopped.

In front of him was a large field of weeds.

The weeds behind the house were in a mess, and the heavy snow had pressed the grass and trees into a mess. However, in that mess, rows of earth mounds stood out abruptly.

The cold snow covered everything, and some fell on the earth mounds, so the raised tombs became more and more obvious, row after row, and were particularly clear in the weeds.

Pei Yunying's brows gradually frowned.

This was the house where Lu Tong had lived.

Behind the house, there are so many shocking graves.

His eyes fell on the grave in the front.

That grave was different from the others. It was obviously wider. There was a stone tablet on it. The stone tablet should have been chopped randomly from outside. It was not very regular and was 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 was also vaguely carved, but the scrawled strokes were very familiar. It was Lu Zhuo'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, then 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."

…

The golden pieces were picked off in large quantities and put into bamboo baskets.

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

The flowers planted intentionally will not bloom, but the 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 Golden Tan 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 these golden treasures back to the foot of the mountain, so that this trip will not be in vain.

Lu Yan carried the bamboo basket filled with herbs back to the house and placed it 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 Zhen'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 snow patch 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 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 there were hidden emotions surging.

Lu Zhen's eyes fell behind him.

There, on Yunniang'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 towards 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 Yan, lowered his eyes, and spoke slowly.

"Are you Mo Ruyun's medicine man?"