Chapter 82: Old Diseases
The lights were silent, and the shadow of the moon moved a few feet beyond the window screen.
Lu Tong stood in Liao Saqiu's voice and looked directly at the person in front of him.
When this little Pei laughs, his eyebrows and eyes always have a bit of a bright and graceful air, and when he doesn't smile, his outline becomes sharp. The cold moonlight gave a layer of coldness to his dark crimson official uniform, and even the eyes that came over him were so cold that they didn't have a trace of temperature.
Shen Fengying was dumbfounded for a moment, and suddenly reacted, crying bitterly in his heart.
Just now, I praised the people in this small medical hall for being quite sensible, why did they become so blind in an instant?
What is the meaning of "a thief shouting to catch a thief", and how ugly is this saying? What's more, the evidence of the suspected crime has now fallen on the head of the former boss of the palace, so should he, the military patrol shop, continue to investigate?
If you continue to investigate, you will inevitably offend the front boss of the palace, if you don't investigate, in front of so many people, it seems that he has a ghost in his heart.
Of course, he was also afraid.
But if any of the broken mouths turn around and want to tell this, can he continue to mix in Shengjing in the future?
Shen Fengying was so entangled in his heart, but the young female doctor still reminded him unknowingly: "Adults don't plan to take a look?" ”
Shen Fengying: "......"
It's really a pot that can't be opened!
Du Changqing, who was on the other end, was already full of resentment about the indiscriminate accusation tonight, and when he saw Lu Tong speak, he immediately took advantage of the situation and shouted: "Others sued our medical hall in one fell swoop, what evidence is there, my lord will bring someone to the medical hall first to search and smash it." Now that the evidence of the corpse has been found, the adults are still grinding here, what is this called? ”
"Ouch," he sighed loudly, "people are really inferior to people, what is Wu Xiucai's poem about?" What seedlings what shallots? What's high and what's low? ”
Lu Tong: "Mountain seedlings and pine streams, the terrain follows the high and low. ”
"Ah, yes, yes, yes! People are the seedlings on the mountain, and we are the onions on the ground! ”
Shen Fengying: "......"
It's okay not to say this, but as soon as he said it, Shen Fengying's face turned green.
Everyone knows that because of the case of Wu Xiucai in the Gongyuan, the entire government and the opposition are panicked. That poem is the same as a talisman, just these few days, I don't know how many officials have been implicated in dismounting. In addition to the Yushitai in the court, everyone is now afraid when they hear this poem, for fear that they will hit their heads with a hat.
Good guy, he's just taking someone according to the lawsuit, why is it his turn to be deducted from this hat?
What a broken medical hall, a group of Diao people, none of them will look at it!
Shen Fengying was struggling to ride a tiger, and was racking his brains to find a reason, when he heard Pei Yunyao speak: "Let's go, Lord Shen." ”
He was stunned: "Palace, palace marshal?" ”
This can implicate the front division of the palace, and now the entire Shengjing officialdom is chaotic enough, and if something happens to the front division of the palace at this time, Pei Yunyao, the commander, will also be in trouble.
Pei Yunyao smiled, as if the indifference in Fang Cai's eyes was just an illusion.
"Since there is a human life, and it is related to the front division of the palace, it is natural to go and take a look." He understated: "I'm with you." ”
Although the words were said to Shen Fengying, his eyes were staring at Lu Tong.
Lu Tongyun looked at him lightly.
Shen Fengying breathed a sigh of relief.
Pei Yunyi wants to go with him, so it's good. How to deal with it and how to deal with it are all up to Pei Yunyi. In this way, if something happens in the future, someone will be held accountable, and he can confidently say that it has nothing to do with him. After all, Pei Yunyi is the prince of Zhaoning, and he Shen Fengying is nothing, in the eyes of his colleagues, he is also the same as the owner of this medical hall, just a green onion on the ground, ahhh
Shen Fengying beckoned to the soldiers behind him: "Brothers, don't dig, now follow me to Wangchun Mountain!" ”
The soldiers packed up their bags one after another, and the courtyard was in disarray, Lu Tong was watching quietly, and his eyes were dark, and the tall figure of the young man blocked the light in front of him.
Lu Tong looked up.
Pei Yunyi stood in front of her, with a belt around his waist, a silver knife, his eyebrows and eyes shining like pearls and jade, and the moonlight like water overflowing his bright robe, reminding people of the inscription poem that Lu Qian learned when he was in school:
The sunset is slanting, and the autumn wind is cold. Tonight, the old man will not come, teach people to stand up the shadow of the sycamore.
It's a pity that the old man who taught people to wait in the autumn wind has a good skin, but he can't arouse her half distraction, only vigilance.
Lu Tong thought silently.
From the beginning to the present, except when he heard the name "Duan Xiaoyan", this person's eyes were cold for a moment, and he couldn't see any other emotional ups and downs.
Even if he already knew at this moment that he had framed him.
She retracted her thoughts and looked at Pei Yunyi again: "What else do you have any advice?" ”
Pei Yunyao looked down at Lu Tong, and chuckled, the pear vortex at the corner of his lips looming under the light color.
"Excuse me tonight."
"Doctor Lu," he began, his tone meaningful, "we'll meet later." ”
Shen Fengying on the other end urged the soldiers to hurry up, grovelled and hugged Pei Yunyi out, and when he left, he glanced at Bai Shouyi, who looked uncertain on the side.
When he made a complaint, he said it so categorically that he thought that there was really something big to gain tonight, but he was so busy in vain. The hospital is not good at treating diseases and saving people, and slanders and frames each other like this every day, and when this matter passes, he has to go to the medical clinic to complain, and let the quacks in the medical clinic take good care of the medical hall on this street!
Coming vigorously and quietly leaving.
In an instant, the courtyard was left in a scattered mess.
There was still half a bloody pig corpse lying on the ground, and Dai Sanlang, who came to help, looked at Lu Tong and kindly proposed: "Doctor Lu, can you still use this pig?" If you don't need it, I'll help you move it out first, although it's cold, but such a large piece of pork, it will taste good overnight. ”
Dai Saburo is very enthusiastic about Lu Tong, and for him, Lu Tong is a living bodhisattva who saves lives. If it weren't for Lu Tong's "slender fiber", how could he have such a brave and strong body now, let alone get the favor of Widow Sun. Be grateful.
Lu Tong bowed to him: "Thank you, Brother Dai." ”
Dai Saburo hurriedly waved his hand: "Little thing, don't say thank you." With that, he walked to the tree in the courtyard, tied the bag wrapped in the pig again, shook his short body, and the pork was easily carried, and he lifted the pig's head that had not begun to rot, and strode out of the medical hall.
After he left, Bai Shouyi also gave up his hand to Du Changqing, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile: "Xiao Du, since it was just a misunderstanding, Bai Mou will go back first." ”
Du Changqing didn't say a word, just stared at him and sneered.
Bai Shouyi gritted his teeth, and seemed to be very unwilling to return in vain today, arched his hand in shame, and left the hospital without looking back, even caring about Xia Rongrong, who was looking at him sadly.
Xia Rongrong watched Bai Shouyi throw her away and leave, leaving herself to face this mess, her eyes suddenly turned red, and she subconsciously looked at Du Changqing: "Cousin......"
Things will get to such a point tonight, it is really beyond Xia Rongrong's expectations.
At first, she thought that although Du Changqing might end up angry because of her and Bai Shouyi's private relationship, it was a matter of human life, she helped Du Changqing see Lu Tong's true face, and Du Changqing would finally understand her kindness, after all, this was also for the good of the hospital.
But unexpectedly, in the end, Lu Tong was safe and sound, she became a joke, and even the "merit" that was originally "redeemed" was gone, so the little connection between her and Bai Shouyi became unforgivable.
"Cousin......"
"Needless to say." Du Changqing said: "It's too late tonight not to mention it, I'll send you back tomorrow." ”
Xia Rongrong was stunned, and the tears in her eyes forgot to flow.
Du Changqing means to send her away?
She has known Du Changqing for many years, this cousin's temperament Xia Rongrong understands it very well, and her heart is soft, and her ears are soft, if not, how can she be willing to be treated as a fat sheep by her father and mother for so many years without complaint.
But he drove her away so mercilessly?
Seeing that Xia Rongrong was stunned by Du Changqing's ruthlessness, Vanilla hurriedly said: "Young Master Cousin, there was a misunderstanding tonight, and Miss is also worried that something will happen to the nervous medical hall to act like this, don't misunderstand." ”
But today's shopkeeper Du is not as good as in the past.
Du Changqing stood on the steps, looking at their master and servant expressionlessly, and his tone was a little yin and yang.
"Misunderstanding? There is no misunderstanding, where did the family come from. Since my cousin has already had a friendship with the white shopkeeper of Xinglintang, and I have a more reliable support than me in Shengjing, I, as a cousin, can finally rest assured. ”
"And in the past few days, I have collected some new medicinal materials, and the warehouse can't put it, so it's just right to vacate the room where my cousin lives to put the medicine."
"Tomorrow, you move out of the hospital, my temple is small, and I can't accommodate my cousin's big Buddha, so my cousin should choose another high branch."
"Cousin, did you say?"
Xia Rongrong froze.
After all, she is a young girl, she has never suffered much since she was a child, how could she have been said so mercilessly, she couldn't help crying "wow", ignoring the rest of the people in the courtyard, and ran into her house.
Vanilla was so anxious that she stamped her foot and hurriedly followed.
There are fewer people left in the courtyard.
Du Changqing ignored Xia Rongrong, who was crying in the house, and looked at Lu Tong.
"Okay, it's all over, now let's talk about you, Doctor Lu, see that your face is so scared that your face is white, what the hell is going ...... tonight?"
Lu Tong took the lamp, turned around and entered the house, and closed the door with a "bang", leaving only one sentence, "It's too late today, let's talk about it tomorrow."
Du Changqing was still holding a lantern in his hand, and he stayed for a moment before he realized that he had been slammed by Lu Tong, pointed to the door and said, "What kind of attitude do you see her!" ”
Yinzheng came to play the round: "Shopkeeper Du, our girl has been busy all day during the day, and she was frightened like this at night, she should have a good rest, if you have anything to ask, ask again tomorrow, you see that the night is deep." I have to get up early tomorrow morning to clean the yard, and I'm very busy. ”
Du Changqing was so blocked that he couldn't speak, and Ah Cheng on the side also persuaded him to go back first, so he snorted and left in a huff.
After he left, Yinzheng stood in front of Lu Tong's house and knocked lightly on the door.
"Girl?"
The lights in the room went out, and in a moment, Lu Tong's calm voice came.
"I'm tired, you should rest early."
Yinzheng always did what Lu Tong said, and when he heard Lu Tong's voice again, he answered, and returned to his house with the lamp.
The figure outside the window left, and the moonlight became cold again.
After making sure that there was no one, Lu Tong let go of his hand and let go of the painful moans that he had tried to suppress.
From her forehead, large drops of cold sweat oozed out, her lips were so white that they were almost transparent, the spine that had always been upright had been completely bent down at this moment, she covered her chest, and finally couldn't hold back, she fell to the ground all of a sudden, and had no strength to get up.
The old disease is back in place.
She has to make this mistake two or three times a year. When she confronted Pei Yunyao in the small courtyard just now, she was almost unable to hold on.
It's just that at that time, no one could see the clues, so I forcibly endured it, biting my lip to make the blood abundant, enduring the severe pain on the one hand, and quietly dealing with others on the other.
Therefore, after sending off the soldiers, when Du Changqing wanted to talk to her, she would not hesitate to send Du Changqing a closed door.
It's not that she's arrogant, it's that one more moment will reveal her stuff.
A sharp pain spread from the mouth of her heart, and this pain seemed to be alive, wandering from her chest to her limbs, as if someone was holding a blade to peel off her flesh and bones, and it was like a giant palm growing out of her abdomen, holding her internal organs in the palm of her hand, and kneading them roughly.
Lu Tong fell down in pain, curled up in a ball, and clenched his teeth tightly to prevent the sound from escaping between his lips. The long hair was wet with sweat and a lock was attached to the cheeks.
The ground was full of random searches and messes by the soldiers, and the rice paper on the table was thrown everywhere and fell to the ground like a large snowflake.
She was lying in the frost and snow all over the ground, so painful that she couldn't even lose her mind, and in a drowsy state, a figure seemed to appear in front of her.
The figure walked up to her slowly, dressed in a carmine jacket, a white silk fine-folded skirt, a thin waist, and a sloppy dress.
She walked down from the jade peak full of red plums in a hurry, and the carved lantern she carried in her hand illuminated the muddy snow, like a faint firefly in the grave at night.
Lu Tong muttered: "Yun Niang......"
The woman looked down at her and smiled slightly, her tone calm and strange.
"Little Seventeen, where do you want to escape?"
……
It was the second year that Lu Tong arrived at Luomei Peak.
She decided to run away.
The young Lu Tong could not adapt to the cold weather on Luomei Peak, nor could he bear the pain caused by Yun Niang's letting her test the medicine every once in a while. One night, when she was once again through the torture caused by the new medicine, the sweaty Lu Tong lay on the ground, looking at the bright moon outside the window, and made up her mind to escape from this ghost place.
When Yun Niang is not making new medicines, she spends most of her time in the mountains. In the hut on Luomei Peak, there was only Lu Tong.
It took her a long time to figure out a safe route, and she prepared enough jerky and water, thinking she had enough patience and caution.
After Yun Niang went down the mountain again, Lu Tong carried the burden and followed down the mountain.
She thought that after going down the mountain, she would be able to return to Changwu County. Sunan is still some distance away from Changwu County, and she wants to find a way along the way, whether she takes a boat or walks, she can always return to her hometown after a long time.
The day Lu Tong escaped, it was a spring night.
The snow on Luomei Peak has just melted, and the red plum in the mountains is like blood, and the flowers are fragrant. She walked for a day and a night, and when she saw that she had reached the foot of the mountain, and the town below the mountain was only a stone's throw away, her chest suddenly began to ache.
The pain was not severe at first, but gradually it became unbearable, and she curled up in a ball, rolling on the ground in pain, not knowing what had happened to her.
Just when Lu Tong thought he was about to die, Yun Niang appeared.
Yun Niang carried a lantern and came down from the mountain to look for her.
She stood on the stairs and looked down at Lu Tong who was embarrassed by pain at the bottom of the stairs, the light illuminated Yun Niang's face and the smile on the corner of her mouth.
Yun Niang's tone was gentler than usual, as if she had never noticed the fact that she had escaped.
She smiled and asked, "Little Seventeen, why are you here?" ”
Lu Tong groaned.
The woman looked at her thoughtfully, and said in surprise, "Could it be that you want to escape?" ”
She was in so much pain that she couldn't speak, and she almost bit her lip.
Yun Niang's voice came unhurriedly, like a curse that couldn't be shaken off.
"Back then, you sold yourself to me, in exchange for the lives of your family of four, and the debts were unpaid, why did you want to leave?"
"Where do you want to flee to?"
It was spring, the snow on the mountains melted, and the soil after melting snow was even colder than in winter, as if it could seep into people's hearts.
Lu Tong knew that he couldn't escape, so he said with difficulty: "I'm sorry, Yun Niang, I, I miss my family." ”
Yun Niang sighed.
She said: "When you and I agreed, it was made very clear that you can't go down the mountain unless I die. She glanced at Lu Tong's painful expression, and the corners of her lips hooked, "Understand?" ”
If Lu Tong didn't understand it before, then she should have understood it at that moment.
She couldn't leave Luomei Peak, and Yun Niang wouldn't allow her to leave. Yun Niang is the best healer in the world, and the most clever poisoner in the world, as early as when Lu Tong didn't know, Yun Niang had poisoned her, and she would never be able to leave Luomei Peak.
Lu Tong's tears flowed.
The little girl took two steps forward, beside the jerky and dry food scattered all over the ground from the fall, and she crawled to the woman's feet, grabbed the corner of the woman's skirt, and choked up and pleaded as she had seen it at first sight.
"Yun Niang...... I was wrong...... I won't run away again......"
"Help Me ......"
Can't die.
She can't die here.
She has to live, and only by living can she see her father, mother, brother and sister. Only by living can we have a chance to plan for the future.
The spring snow in the mountains is half-melted, the red plum jade is thin and fragrant, and the corners of Yun Niang's skirt are also stained with a faint plum fragrance, staring at her with interest for a long time - as countless times in the past.
She squatted down, put the carved lantern aside, took out a silk handkerchief, gently wiped the beads of sweat from Lu Tong's forehead, and smiled slightly.
"I forgive you, Little Seventeen."
"This time I should teach you a lesson, don't think about running away in the future."
She taught her earnestly and patiently like an older Master.
"People don't have faith, they don't know what they can do. You have to keep your word. ”
……
The clear moon is faint, the cold stamen outside the window has not opened, only the craggy plum branches are reflected in the paper window, leaving a silhouette.
In the mess on the ground, Lu Tong lay on his back, soaked with sweat all over his body, reciting silently as if he was in Luomei Peak many years ago.
"Don't be shocked by the humiliation, the liver is self-reliant...... Move with respect, and set your heart with fire...... Eat modestly, and the spleen and soil will not leak...... Pranayama is silent, and the lungs are self-sufficient...... Refreshing and lacking desires, the kidneys are self-sufficient......"
It will get through, and all the pain will get through.
It's been this way for so many years, and it's no different.
There was a faint whisper of a woman's sobbing in the small courtyard, which was Xia Rongrong crying with vanilla in the house.
So the faint moan in the hut was masked.