Shengjing has passed a little summer, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter.

In front of the silk shoe shop on West Street, a pergola is made of brocade cloth, and in the evening, the hawkers sit under the pergola to enjoy the coolness.

Today is rare and cool, there is no sun in the morning, Du Changqing led Xia Rongrong's master and servant to wander around the city, and brought Xia Rongrong's father and mother to buy some local products, and only Ah Cheng and Yinzheng were left in the hospital to help Lu Tong sort out the medicinal materials.

Lu Tong sat in the medical hall, stacking the newly made "Slender Fiber" in the corner of the long cabinet, and a few days ago she had a hundred taels of silver in Du Changqing's hands, so she could only do more medicine and tea subsidies.

Yinzheng was sweeping the floor, and Ah Cheng went to the West Street Pulp Shop to buy sweet syrup for Lu Tong.

Du Changqing is incomprehensible to Lu Tong's taste, but the newly opened slurry shop is just right for Lu Tong, two cups with a total of three copper plates, and other people in the medical hall think it is too sweet, Lu Tong buys it every day, so he drinks two bamboo tubes alone.

About half a pillar of incense, Lu Tong had just laid out all the medicinal tea, and Ah Cheng came back.

Ah Cheng, who came back, looked hesitant, holding a bamboo tube containing syrup water in his hand, and looked a little restless.

Lu Tong glanced at him: "Why don't you come in?" ”

Without waiting for Ah Cheng to speak, a voice suddenly appeared behind him: "Doctor Lu! ”

Lu Tong made a move to release the medicinal tea, and the silver kite who was sweeping the floor also straightened up and looked out of the door.

Duan Xiaoyan walked in from outside the door with a smile and greeted a few people familiarly: "Silver Zheng girl." ”

Lu Tong looked at him, and behind Duan Xiaoyan, there was a handsome young man with a knife, smiling and meeting her gaze.

Lu Tong's heart sank.

This man is simply haunted.

She paused and said softly: "Why is Master Pei here?" ”

Pei Yunyao walked in: "Buy medicine." ”

"Buying medicine?"

Duan Xiaoyan turned around: "Recently, the heat in Futian has been heavy, and the brothers in the camp will inevitably pass the summer when they walk outside, and the adults want to buy some medicinal tea to reduce the heat, so they will boil it and share it with the brothers." He smiled at Lu Tong: "I don't think it's all acquaintances, so I came to patronize Dr. Lu's business." ”

Lu Tong nodded: "Thank you." Then he said to the two of them, "Wait a minute." ”

She sat down at the table, took a pen and paper to write prescriptions, and Pei Yunyao stood in front of the medicine cabinet, her eyes swept over her handwriting, and raised her eyebrows slightly.

Lu Tong didn't notice it, and after writing it, he handed the prescription to Ah Cheng, and Ah Cheng grabbed the medicine. Yinzheng looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "The two of you will sit here for a while, and the slave and maid will go to ...... soak."

Before the word "tea" was spoken, two cups of bamboo tubes containing sweet syrup had been placed on the small table.

Pei Yunyi raised his eyes, and Lu Tong withdrew his hand with a smile: "The slurry water I just bought, adults and Duan Xiaogongzi can taste it." ”

This means that I don't plan to make tea for them.

It was only a moment to drink a cup of sweet syrup, but it took a while to make tea and drink tea, although Lu Tong did not say it clearly, he could be regarded as expressing the intention of expelling customers vividly.

Pei Yunyi's gaze swept over Lu Tong's face, and after a while, he shook his head, and good-naturedly picked up the bamboo tube containing the syrup water and took a sip.

The next moment, the young man's smile froze.

Duan Xiaoyan beside him had already shouted: "Bah, this is too sweet!" Doctor Lu, what did you buy?! ”

"Ginger honey water." Lu Tong said: "Is it sweet?" I think it's just right, the medicinal materials in the medical hall are all bitter, and the ginger honey water in Duan Xiaogongzi's hand is sweeter than the potion. ”

Her expression was calm, and there was no hint of banter in her tone, and she couldn't tell if she was deliberately teasing.

Pei Yunyao put down the bamboo tube and sighed: "It makes sense." ”

Lu Tong looked at him.

This person can't see that he is angry, and his attitude is always polite and kind, I don't know if it's good cultivation or good intentions.

Ah Cheng was still grabbing the medicine, Duan Xiaoyan clenched his fist against his lips and coughed softly, and said without words: "Doctor Lu, I saw you at the gate of Fan's Mansion last time, and I wanted to say a few more words to you, but I was busy with official business at that time...... How are you doing these days? No one is bothering you, is there? ”

Lu Tong followed and sat down at the table: "No, thank you for your concern." ”

Duan Xiaoyan coughed twice: "Speaking of which, last time I was in the Fan Mansion, I lost my purse......" When he said this, he looked at Lu Tong tentatively.

Lu Tong looked at him quietly.

Duan Xiaoyan stammered: "You, have you seen my purse?" ”

There was a moment of silence in the bunk.

Gray clouds obscured the sky, and the branches and leaves of the plum trees in front of the door were rustled by the wind.

After a while, Lu Tong said calmly: "Duan Xiaogongzi suspects me of stealing your purse?" ”

Ah Cheng squatted in front of the medicine cabinet, the movement of grabbing the medicinal herbs squirming, and the silver kite stood at the table in front of the door, bowing his head and wiping the table seriously.

Duan Xiaoyan was stunned for a while, and laughed awkwardly: "How come? I'm just casually mentioning it. ”

Lu Tong nodded: "Duan Gongzi, I didn't see your purse." ”

Duan Xiaoyan hurriedly said: "I also think you didn't see it, it should be me who fell somewhere else." After speaking, the hand under the table gently tugged at the corner of Pei Yunyi's clothes.

Pei Yunyi sat on the side, his eyes swept over the stack of 'slender fibers' stacked on the table of the pharmacy, and suddenly changed his words: "Dr. Lu's medicinal tea sells well, I heard that even the Fan family, the official in detail, took the initiative to invite him." ”

"It's just a fluke to be able to get into Mrs. Fan's eyes."

"How could it be a fluke?" He smiled, "Mrs. Fan cherishes her posture, and Dr. Lu just happened to make slimming medicine tea to send charcoal in the snow, if I didn't know that Dr. Lu was a foreigner, I would have thought that Dr. Lu was specially prepared for Mrs. Fan." ”

The hand that wipes the table is so nervous that it clutches the rag.

Lu Tong looked at him: "My lord has said that making a taste of medicinal tea is not as simple as others seem. Besides, I am an ordinary person and have nothing to do with the official family, how can I influence my wife's decision? ”

He nodded, "Yes." ”

He looked at the silver kite in front of the table again, and the silver kite lowered his head and was seriously putting away the scattered white paper on the table.

Pei Yunyi looked at it for a while, reached out and picked up the sweet syrup bamboo tube on the table and took a sip, then frowned, as if he thought the syrup water was too sweet.

His name was Lu Tong: "Doctor Lu." ”

Lu Tong answered.

"I remember the first few times we met, the girl next to you was used to being a quick talker. Why have we been silent a lot in these few meetings. He put the bamboo tube back on the table and spoke unhurriedly: "Wouldn't it be because he was afraid of leaking his mouth and deliberately stayed away from me?" ”

Lu Tong's eyebrows jumped.

She raised her eyes and looked at Pei Yunyao.

There was no light in the daytime, and the sky was completely overcast, so he sat in the summer darkness, dressed in a crimson brocade robe, with a long knife at his waist, and was particularly handsome.

It's just that the smile under his eyes is very faint.

After a pause, Lu Tong replied calmly: "My lord is joking, our status is low, and when we see a prince and grandson like an adult, a noble guest and a wealthy family, we are clumsy for a while, and we can't get on the stage." I hope adults don't blame you. ”

She said sarcastically one by one, Duan Xiaoyan also noticed the subtlety of the atmosphere, fidgeted at the moment, and pretended to ask Ah Cheng on the other end: "That...... Is the medicinal tea bag ready? ”

"Alright, alright!" Ah Cheng shouted while pausing two large bags of medicinal tea on the table and wiping his sweat: "There is a bit of medicinal tea, and it has delayed the efforts of the two adults." ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Duan Xiaoyan also wiped his sweat, got up and fanned the wind with his hand, and said, "Why is it so hot this day!" ”

He paced to the table, paid the silver, picked up two large bags of medicinal herbs, and urged Pei Yunyao: "My lord, it's not early in the morning, we should also go back, it's not good to delay Dr. Lu's illness." ”

Lu Tong stood up: "Slow down, adult." "I don't see the slightest hint of retention.

Pei Yunyi looked at her quietly, and after a while, he lowered his head and smiled, then stood up, walked two steps, suddenly remembered something, turned around and picked up the unfinished cup of ginger honey on the table, and shook it at Lu Tong: "Thank you Dr. Lu for the ginger honey water." ”

"See you next time."

The two of them left the Renxin Medical Center, and Yinzheng moved to the door, and waited until he couldn't see their backs before he patted his heart and breathed a sigh of relief.

Ah Cheng muttered in a low voice: "This Lord Pei has such a good temper, why do you always look at the ...... of the weird people" He muttered to himself, "It must be because of the heavy force of his knife......"

On the other end, Duan Xiaoyan and Pei Yunyao, who had left the medical hall, went to lead the horse.

Duan Xiaoyan complained in a low voice: "Brother, I just said that today is a trip for nothing, and it is impossible for Dr. Lu to pick up my purse." If you put yourself in this embarrassing situation, how will you see her again in the future? ”

Pei Yunyi stopped: "Who said it was impossible?" ”

Duan Xiaoyan was stunned: "She's lying?" ”

"I can't see it. But if you say what she says, you just believe in three points, and don't believe three points when necessary. ”

Duan Xiaoyan was speechless: "Brother, I always feel that you are prejudiced against Dr. Lu, I inquired before, Dr. Lu has a good reputation on West Street, and they all say that she is a living bodhisattva with a beautiful heart and a good heart, and you guard against her like a thief." A weak woman, as for it? ”

"Weak woman?" Pei Yunyi said, "See what she is wearing today?" ”

"What to wear?" Duan Xiaoyan was stunned for a moment: "A dress, it's very beautiful, Dr. Lu is good-looking, and he looks good in anything." ”

Pei Yunyao glanced at him.

Duan Xiaoyan was inexplicable: "Am I not right?" ”

"The first time I saw her, in Baoxianglou, she was wearing coarse cloth clothes. The second time, Wan'en Temple, turned into a white Luo skirt, and today the clothes on her body have been changed to Yunsu yarn. ”

"Brother, you remember it so clearly." Duan Xiaoyan disagreed, "It's normal, Dr. Lu is a foreigner, he came to Shengjing, learned to dress up as a Shengjing woman, everyone has a love for beauty, and gardenias have several flower skirts." ”

Pei Yunyao handed him the bamboo tube brought out of the medical hall, and turned around to untie the horse rope: "Coarse cloth is three hundred wen per horse, silk Luo is five hundred wen per horse, and as for Yun Su yarn, one horse is at least the same money." In less than half a year, Dr. Lu's clothing has risen a lot. ”

Duan Xiaoyan held the bamboo tube blankly: "What does this represent?" ”

Pei Yunyao untied the horse rope and turned over on the horse: "This means that if Lu Tong is the former boss of the palace who entered with you, then now, she is already your top boss." ”

He "drove" and rode away, Duan Xiaoyan stayed in place for a long time, came back to his senses, and said angrily: "Brother, you scold me!" ”

……

Renxin Medical Center.

It wasn't until the evening that Du Changqing led Xia Rongrong's master and servant back.

Today's trip has yielded a lot, and the local products brought back by Du Changqing are piled up in the small half of the yard. seemed to be extremely tired, Du Changqing didn't say much to Lu Tong, and beckoned Ah Cheng to go home.

Yinzheng closed the door of the medical hall, Lu Tong lit the lamp, Xia Rongrong asked Vanilla to come over, and handed Yinzheng a small paper bag.

Yinzheng was puzzled: "This is ......"

Vanilla said with a smile: "It's the white jade frost square cake that my young lady and my cousin bought outside today, thinking that Dr. Lu likes sweets, so I specially brought some to Dr. Lu." ”

Yinzheng thanked her and returned to Lu Tong's house with a paper bag, and Lu Tong had just come in from outside the door with a medical box.

"The square cake sent by Miss Xia next door," Yinzheng said.

Lu Tong: "Put it on the table." ”

Yinzheng put the square cake on the table, turned around and closed the doors and windows, took scissors to cut the wick short, and the room became bright.

Lu Tong put away the medical box, bent down again, took out a small box from under the bed, then opened the table drawer, and took out a light golden purse from the table drawer.

The purse is made of silk satin, and there are two ducks embroidered on it, and the water plants linger in the interest, and it is very exquisite. On the edge of this purse, there is also a line of small characters, which is the name of the person - Duan Xiaoyan.

This is the purse of a small feast.

Yinzheng came over with an oil lamp, put the oil lamp on the table, looked at the purse and asked Lu Tong softly: "Girl, why don't you return the purse to him when Duan Xiaogongzi comes to the hospital today?" ”

At the gate of Fan's Mansion that day, Duan Xiaoyan was in a hurry, and when Lu Tong and Yinzheng were about to leave, they saw a purse falling on the ground.

The mouth of the purse is still loose, and the name of Duan Xiaoyan is embroidered on it, perhaps he did not pay for the tea at the tea stall and fell out when he walked.

Lu Tong picked up the purse and put it away, today Duan Xiaoyan came, Yinzheng thought that Lu Tong would return the purse, but he didn't expect Lu Tong to say anything.

After a long night, Lu Tong's fingertips rubbed the embroidery with the raised name on the purse, and suddenly spoke: "Why is Duan Xiaoyan at the gate of Fan's Mansion?" ”

Yinzheng was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously replied: "...... Didn't you pass by on an errand? ”

"Since you are passing by on an errand, why are you wearing regular clothes? There were only three or four people drinking tea in front of the tea stall, and after seeing you and me, Duan Xiaoyan left, and those people also left, indicating that they were together. ”

"Duan Xiaoyan asked me why I was here, and I only told him to administer needles for others, but Pei Yunyi said today that I was administering needles for the Zhao family, which shows that I know everything about my every move."

"And you called Duan Xiaoyan's name that day, but he didn't respond for a long time, and finally turned around, as if he didn't want to be discovered by you and me. Why is that? ”

Yinzheng was shocked when he heard it: "The girl means ......"

"He's spying on me."

Lu Tong said calmly: "We are being targeted. ”

Outside the window, the plum branches are reflected in the flower window through the gauze curtain, and a painting is framed in the window scene.

Yinzheng's lips turned white: "But why are they staring at the girl?" ”

Lu Tong lowered his eyes: "As early as when I was in Wan'en Temple, Pei Yunyi suspected me. The temptation all the way is nothing more than Ke Chengxing's death, but the case is closed, and there is no evidence to be found, so he can only start from me. ”

When Yinzheng heard this, he became more and more nervous: "They are the official family, we can't fight, what are the girls going to do now?" ”

Lu Tong picked up the purse on the table, looked carefully at the two ducks playing in the water, and smiled slightly.

"It's okay, just let him keep an eye on it."

She reached out and opened the box, put the lotus bag inside, and bent down to put the box back under the bed.

There is no trace of it.

"For us, that's probably a good thing." She said.