The snow is continuous, such as chaotic flowers and jade, and the flowers are uneven.

The orange lights in front of the window were all blown out by the north wind, and in the courtyard deeper at night, the snow was piled up on the branches of the plum trees.

In the silence and darkness, a hand passed by, and a new lamp was lit by a firecracker.

Someone lit a lamp that illuminated the night years later.

The warm flame in the silver lamp brightened up instantly, expelling the heavy night fog from the group, everything in the room in front of the window gradually became clear, the young man sitting opposite was attracted by the light color, and looked at it, that little warm color fell on him, clearly cold winter wax moon, but because of the bright silver platform, there was a bit of spring.

Lu Tong looked at Pei Yunyao in a daze.

There he is.

He sat in front of him, smiling with his eyebrows and eyes, comfortable and relaxed, and in an instant, he slowly overlapped with the shadow that suddenly appeared in the execution ground in the broken temple in Sunan City many years ago.

He is...... That person.

Lu Tong understood in an instant.

He was the man in black he met in that heavy snow.

The wick of the lamp that had just been lit was bright and dim, Pei Yunyi lowered his head, took a sip of the tea in front of him, and did not notice the strangeness of Lu Tong's expression.

Lu Tong felt a little in a trance.

She remembered the heavy snow in Sunan City.

On that day, she was forced to save a stranger whose identity was a mystery, the first time as a "doctor", the first time she gave people stitches. It was a cold day, and Sunan City was very cold, and then she fell asleep and woke up early in the morning.

There was no shadow of the man in black in the ruined temple, and the oil on the offering table had burned out, and she got up to find herself covered with a tattered blanket and the old silver ring still clutched tightly in her hand.

She got up from the ground, walked out with the medical box in her arms, and pushed open the temple door, the sun was shining outside the door, and the snow had stopped.

She hadn't seen the Man in Black again.

Like the fleeting heavy snow in Sunan City, after waking up from a dream, there was no trace. If it weren't for the silver ring, she would have thought that everything was just a beautiful and thrilling old dream she had under the clay statue in the ruined temple. Everything is in a trance, muddy, but today, in the same cold and snowy night, the old dream stops again.

The snow is like a spring flower, the shadow of the window is swept by affection, the old lamp is cold and ashes, the new silver tank spits red flames, the past and the present, the time is strange and lingering, and many years ago and many years later are rubbed into that scorching lamp shadow.

Actually, it's not years, it's just four or five years.

Lu Tong stared at the person opposite.

Why didn't you recognize it?

His voice, his teasing tone, and his bright and dark eyes, in fact, when you look closely, are very similar to those days.

But there seems to be a subtle difference, his silver knife, the ferocity hidden under the gentle appearance, and the occasional coldness in his eyes, seem to be different from the broken temple back then.

Besides, he didn't recognize her either.

At that time, a not very pleasant Pingshui encounter was not taken to heart by her, and she happened to hide from passers-by under the same roof from the wind and snow, but they had to go their separate ways after a short stay.

If it weren't for revenge, she wouldn't have come to Shengjing at all, and that encounter many years ago had long been forgotten by her. The sea of people is vast, who would have thought that they would meet again at this time.

Pei Yunyao raised his eyes and stared at him in the face of Shang Lu Tong.

He was stunned, looked down at himself, and said a little inexplicably: "Why are you looking at me like this?" ”

"I was just thinking," Lu Tong looked away: "She retaliated against you like this, and you weren't angry." ”

"It's just a little girl, and it's my life-saving benefactor, if you get angry, won't you take revenge?"

Pei Yunyi supported his cheek with one hand and looked at the tea cup in front of him: "It's the same person who has fallen to the end of the world." ”

Is it the same as the end of the world?

Lu Tong was slightly stunned.

She didn't know what Pei Yunyi experienced in Sunan at that time, but at that time, in that situation, she didn't have much ill feelings towards the people in black. Probably because he thought that an assassin who would pay the doctor for a doctor's consultation would not be much worse.

Pei Yunyi raised his eyes, glanced at Lu Tong, and said in a deep voice, "Speaking of which, you are really a bit like her." ”

Lu Tong's heart jumped, and he subconsciously looked at him.

The young man smiled, "She was still a child, she was only eleven or twelve years old at the time, and she only got here. He stretched out his hand and gestured, "Probably a fledgling, and your medical skills are not as good as yours, but," Pei Yunyi paused, "You are much more fierce than her." ”

Lu Tong: "......"

When she met Pei Yunyi in southern Jiangsu, she was still young, and she had not really learned how to make drugs, and her temperament had not changed greatly. did not completely fade away from the appearance of the group, especially childish, in the eyes of Pei Yunyi at that time, he was about a child with strange behavior.

He didn't recognize himself, and it was unusual.

Pei Yunyi glanced sideways at the injury on his shoulder, didn't know what he thought, snorted, and said in disgust: "The embroidery is really bad." ”

Lu Tong: "......"

Looking along Pei Yunyi's shoulder, the scar has been precipitated over time, and it is not as hideous as it used to be, but it still can't change the rough facts. His new and old wounds passed through her hands, like the same painting, which was traced at different times, from clumsy to delicate, and recorded through the ages.

Inexplicably, Lu Tong suddenly remembered what Pei Yunshu had said to her at the washing meeting of the jewel in the Wenjun Palace.

Pei Yunshu asked: "Dr. Lu is from southern Jiangsu, and Ah Yao also went to southern Jiangsu a few years ago, did you meet in southern Jiangsu?" ”

She subconsciously denied it at that time, but she didn't expect that fate would come full circle, and the passers-by who had taken refuge from the wind and cold on the way would one day meet again elsewhere.

The silver lamp bears flowers, like bright red millet. Lu Tong looked at the lone lamp on the table.

A hand shook in front of her.

Lu Tong raised his eyes.

Pei Yunyi withdrew his hand and said with a smile: "Doctor Lu seems to have a lot on his mind. ”

Lu Tong retracted his thoughts: "If Master Pei can come a few times uninvited, my heart will be much less." ”

When she said this, although it was sarcastic, her demeanor was much more relaxed than before, as if she was at ease in the face of an old friend she had known for a long time.

This freedom was captured by Pei Yunyi, and his expression became a little strange.

After a while, Pei Yunyi's eyes flashed, and he muttered: "I don't know why, I always feel that this picture is a little familiar." ”

Lu Tong pursed his lips.

The man in black in the temple never listened to Lu Tong's private affairs from beginning to end, even if he teased her a few words at the beginning about stealing dead people's things, and later Lu Tong explained that it was for medicine, the man in black didn't ask any more.

He ignored her strange mannerisms, and finally did not tear off her mask, as if she was just an ordinary girl who had inadvertently walked to the ruined temple to meet him.

Perhaps because of this reason, when Lu Tong looks at Pei Yunyi again, he will inevitably have a bit of an old man's eyes.

Although they only have one side.

The snow fell silently, and the snow fell on the window edge, quickly melting into a transparent water stain.

"The snow is almost stopping." He looked out the window.

The moon was completely hidden behind the clouds, and in the dark and snowy night, a faint birdsong sounded from the distant sky.

Pei Yunyi's expression moved slightly.

In a moment, he drank the tea cup in front of him, fastened his collar, and stood up.

"Doctor Lu," he lowered his eyebrows and looked at Lu Tong, his smile very gentle under the dim candlelight, "Thank you for your help tonight." ”

"You're welcome," Lu Tong said lightly: "My lord has paid the consultation money." ”

Pei Yunyi raised his eyebrows, and the corners of his lips were swirling, "Then I'll come to thank you next time." ”

After that, he picked up the knife and was about to leave.

"Master Pei." Lu Tong stopped him.

He turned back.

Lu Tong handed him the medicine bottle containing the wound medicine, "Fifty taels, don't forget." ”

He was stunned, then smiled, and said, "Thank you." ”

"Squeak-" sounded.

After a soft knock on the door of the medical hall, everything was silent again. The wooden window was pushed wider by the north wind, and when I looked out along the wooden window, the garden was full of wind and snow.

Yinzheng came over with a lantern and looked cautiously outside: "He...... He's gone? ”

"Gone."

Yinzheng patted his chest with palpitations: "I was scared to death, girl, he didn't do anything to you, did he?" ”

Lu Tong shook his head.

The birdsong came abruptly on a snowy night...... The one who answered him must have come.

I don't know if the cold and snow days always make people let down their guard, knowing the layer of the past, and now she looks at Pei Yunyi's gaze is different from before. is not a friend, and may even meet in the future, but at this moment, there is a sigh of meeting the deceased.

Lu Tong walked to the low table in the inner room and opened the lid of the medical box.

In the medical box were trivial medicine bottles, a silver jar, gold needles, and a few yellowed old medical books. Lu Tong stretched out his hand and pressed the very edge, and with a "click", the lid of the most vertical grid opened.

This grid is not big, only finger long, square, originally used to put mulberry white leather thread, but there is a white jade pendant in it, and a blackened silver ring.

Lu Tong picked up the silver ring.

Too much time has passed, and the silver ring is not as warm as before, full of rust, and the patterns cannot be seen clearly.

Yin Zheng followed and looked over, and said with some surprise: "What is this?" ”

Lu Tong only took the golden needle medicine bottle from the medical box, and this was the first time that Yin Zheng had seen the dark layer in the medical box.

Lu Tong replied: "A token." ”

Back then, Pei Yunyao mortgaged this silver ring to her as diagnosis silver, and asked her to take this silver ring to Shengjing to find him in exchange for sugar gourds in the future. Lu Tong didn't care, but in a way, this was the first diagnosis money she received, so she kept it carefully for many years.

I never thought that I would really come to Beijing many years later.

It's just that it's hard to say whether the joke was done or not, maybe Pei Yunyi himself has forgotten this old thing. What exactly this silver ring can be exchanged for, silver, status, or something higher, no one can say.

Tokens are such things that weigh more than a thousand catties for those who make promises, and they are not as good as mustard for those who make promises.

And today's Pei Yunyi doesn't look like a gentleman.

The voice of the silver kite sounded beside him: "Could it be ...... This is the token left by the 'fiancé'? ”

As if glimpsing the tip of the iceberg, Yinzheng was excited.

At the beginning, Du Changqing asked Lu Tong why he came to Beijing, and Lu Tong only said that he went to Beijing to practice medicine in order to find a lover, and the lover was rescued by Lu Tong on the road and gave him a token.

At that time, Yin Zheng thought that this was just Lu Tong's perfunctory words to Du Changqing, but now looking at the jade pendant and silver ring in the dark layer, he feels a little subtle.

Lu Tong looked at the silver ring in his hand, his eyes slightly distracted.

It's not time to recognize each other now, and until then, it's a dead thing at best.

Seeing that she was silent for a long time, Yin Zheng became more and more sure of the guess in her heart, and looked at Lu Tong with wide eyes: "It turns out that you really have a lover in Shengjing!" ”

Lu Tong was stunned.

Inamorato?

The road is rescued, the tokens left behind, and the reunion after many years, if there are some wind and moon plays, it does sound like a fate and a lover who fell from the sky.

It's just that......

It's just that she can't say that she is a lover, with what she will do in the future, it is good to fight with Pei Yunyao to the death, and it is difficult to say whether this thing will become Pei Yunyao's relic.

It's better to put it away.

She retracted the silver ring into the compartment, closed the medical box, and shook her head slightly.

"Maybe it's an enemy."

……

In the cold winter, 100,000 families in the city closed their homes and embraced the red furnace, and the snow did not stop for three watches.

On a snowy night in Shengjing, a man in black was walking in a dark alley.

The wind and snow came up layer by layer, and the snowflakes fell on the man's shoulder, which quickly melted, leaving a small icy water stain.

At the end of the silent alley, a figure appeared silently under the snow-covered wall.

"Master." Red Arrow said in a low voice: "Deputy Envoy Xiao has just sent a message, the palace is in chaos, the whole city is under martial law, and His Majesty has ordered the former division of the palace to enter the palace and drive with him." ”

Pei Yunyao nodded: "Got it." ”

"You're ......"

"I shouldn't be on duty in the palace today, of course I changed my clothes and went back to the palace to answer the edict."

Red Arrow was silent and looked at the person in front of him.

The young man was dressed in a pitch-black arrow suit, his expression was as usual, and the place where the clothing on his shoulder was torn was wrapped in layers of white silk.

"Your ......"

"It's okay," Pei Yunyao said, "It's been dealt with, let's go." ”

The Red Arrow was silent.

The young man paused, turned his head, and looked at the tall guard beside him: "What else is the matter?" ”

Chi Jian hesitated for a moment, but finally mustered up the courage to speak: "The master stayed in the Renxin Medical Center tonight, and when the Lu medical woman saw the master's injury, she probably guessed the facts. At this time, the stakes are very high, if she secretly leaks it, I am afraid that it will cause a lot of trouble to the master......" He clenched his waist knife, and there was a flash of murderous intent in his eyes: "Do you want to ......"

For Lu Tong of the Renxin Medical Center, it was difficult for Red Arrow not to be vigilant. Whether it is the previous Gongju case or the subsequent framing of Wangchun Mountain's corpse, you can get a glimpse of Lu Tong's scheming methods that are better than ordinary people. The fall of the Fan family, the official of the Criminal Court, has nothing to do with her, and even the rumors about the Taishi Mansion may not be without her fueling the troubles.

A mysterious woman who can't find out the past, it is difficult to distinguish friend from foe, she dares to stab the knife at others, and naturally dares to stab the knife at Pei Yunyao.

"Not necessarily." Pei Yunyi interrupted Red Arrow's words.

Red Arrow was stunned.

Pei Yunyao turned his head and glanced at the bright light of the streets and alleys in the distance.

In the distance, the flying flowers are silent, the West Street is quiet, and the lone lamp shines on the snow. It seems that through the plum tree in front of the door, you can see the plaque of the medical hall hidden by the wind and snow, and the red brocade lantern glowing with warmth under the eaves.

"She won't say it," he said. ”

Red Arrow was puzzled: "Why?" ”

Lu Tong really doesn't look like a kind-hearted person, worthy of such trust.

Pei Yunyao retracted his gaze and lowered his head and smiled.

"Because," he said, "I have paid for the consultation." ”