Since Pei Yunyi came uninvited last time, Miao Liangfang has been uneasy for many days.

Du Changqing didn't notice this apprehension in the heart of the newcomer, Zhang Luo prepared wine and fruit to send to the god of the stove, pasted the stove horse, bought Tusu wine and glue tooth food, and was very busy - he was always very busy at the end of the year.

In the Yazhai bookstore on West Street, the books are stacked inside, Luo Dazui puts the stall out of the door, all kinds of Zhong Kui, peach boards, peach charms, and the blunt donkey of the wealth gate, the deer and the horse, and the Tianxing posts are piled up everywhere, and a bunch of people are crowded in the alley from time to time.

Du Changqing also went to pick out a few blunt donkeys for wealth, and when Hu Yuan's foreign guy brought good news, Du Changqing was posting spring posts on both sides of the gate.

The spring post was sent by Wu Xiucai, with black characters on a red background, written by Wu Xiucai himself. On the one hand, it is "Xiyan Mingyue Chang Deng", and on the other side, "its own spring breeze to sweep the door".

Du Changqing finished pasting the left side, stepped on the stool and pasted it on the right side, Ah Cheng held the stool foot for him at the bottom, Yinzheng stood a few steps away and looked up, and hurriedly gestured: "It's lower, a little higher to the right, a little higher, that's right-"

The young man crossed the door and ran to Lu Yu, put the envelope into Lu Yu's hand with a smile, and said loudly: "Doctor Lu, the old man asked the little one to give you a New Year's greeting, this is what you asked the old man to do before." Master asked me to bring you a message, Dr. Lu just need to prepare for the spring exam, and the medical clinic is all done! ”

Du Changqing stumbled under his feet and almost fell, but Ah Cheng helped him down. Miao Liangfang had medicine stubble in both hands, and he didn't care about crutches, limped behind Lu Yu from the depths of the inner bunk, and leaned his neck and asked, "Have you got a place for the spring exam?" ”

Lu Yu lowered his head and took out a thin copper sheet from the letter paper, on which was written "Renxin Medical Center" and Lu Yu's name.

When entering the spring examination field, this is the order.

"Great!" Yinzheng was overjoyed, "The girl can participate in the spring exam!" ”

In fact, these days, Miao Liangfang has taught Lu Yu to prepare for the spring exam, but the more Lu Yu works hard, the more worried the others in the medical hall are in their eyes. In the spring examination of the Taiyi Bureau, it is unknown whether the quota of ordinary medical workers recommended by the medical firm can be passed, and as long as Mrs. Dong of Taifu Siqing gives an order, Lu Yu may return in vain in front of the gate of the spring examination.

But God bless, maybe that Mrs. Dong can't look down on stumbling with such a little doctor, or maybe in their eyes, even if Lu Yu participates in the spring exam, it will never be possible to pass in the end, but she is asking for hardships, in short, Mrs. Dong did not interfere here, and the recommendation of Hu Yuan's external trustee passed so smoothly.

Lu Yu looked at the thin copper sheet in his hand, and a faint smile appeared in his eyes.

"It's a double blessing." Du Changqing kicked Ah Cheng's buttocks, "Go, take out the firecrackers, and give us Dr. Lu a sound to celebrate!" ”

"Owner, that's not a night vigil to put ......"

"I'll go if I tell you to!" Du Changqing was impatient, "The young master has silver, and he still lacks two strings of firecrackers?" ”

"Oh." Ah Cheng rubbed his ass and went.

"Pick the loudest and loudest one, put it at the door, fight for a cannon battle and throw it out, and the whole West Street will be blown up!"

"Oh!"

……

"Crackling—"

Early in the morning, the sound of firecrackers on the street came and went, and children with bamboo poles ran and hung firecrackers under the eaves.

It is the thirtieth month of the lunar month, the shops on the street are closed, the wanderers are home, busy worshipping ancestors, hanging charms, and keeping the New Year, there are few pedestrians in sight on the street, and the big red firecracker crumbs light the snow on the long street, but the noisy sound makes the early morning of Chinese New Year's Eve even more deserted.

In the small courtyard of the palace marshal's mansion, the black dog who used to be happy in the snow was not here today - he was led home by Duan Xiaoyan.

The sound of firecrackers in the long street was faintly blowing into the house along the crack in the window, and the young man sat in front of the window, half of his body sunk in the chair, and the cloudy day of the deep winter made the light in front of the hall not as bright as before, and the loneliness was also stained with a little shadow.

He didn't wear a public uniform today, only a rosewood round-necked brocade robe, and silently lowered his eyes and looked at the Qisuo paperweight in front of him, not knowing what he was thinking.

Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, except for the guards to be on duty in the palace, the other people in front of the palace have gone home.

The usually lively Siwei, when it comes to the most lively festival, it becomes more and more Liaoran.

He should have gone back to his home.

No matter how disgusted he was, every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, he had to return to Pei Mansion, and he should go to the ancestral hall to offer incense to his mother's tablet.

But he didn't want to go back, so he just sat in the empty guard, as if he was going to sit until he was old.

As soon as Qingfeng entered the door, he saw this scene. The figure of the handsome young man was trapped in the dark, without his usual edge, and there was a trace of tiredness between his eyebrows and eyes.

After a slight hesitation, Pei Yunyi had already heard the movement and raised his eyes to look at him.

"Coming back?"

"Yes, sir."

Qingfeng entered the door, walked quickly to Pei Yunyi, took out a secret letter from his arms and presented it, and said in a low voice: "My lord, all the news about the Lu family that can be found is here." ”

"Well, thank you for your hard work."

A few days ago, due to the strange behavior of the Taishi Mansion, Pei Yunyao asked Qingfeng to personally go to Changwu County to inquire about the news of the Lu family.

Changwu County and Shengjing are thousands of miles apart, Qingfeng quickly whipped up, changed the waterway in the middle, and finally came back on Chinese New Year's Eve.

Pei Yunyao lowered his head and opened the secret letter in his hand, Qingfeng saw him pull out the secret scroll, and couldn't help but speak: "The Lu family in Changwu County died a year ago, and most of the Lu family's house was burned down. ”

Pei Yunyi's eyes moved slightly.

Qingfeng lowered his head, thinking of the news he had inquired about, and sighed secretly in his heart.

Because the task came in a hurry, after Qingfeng arrived in Changwu County, he didn't dare to rest, and immediately began to investigate.

Changwu County is very small, there are not many streets in total, and the neighbors are familiar with each other, so it doesn't sound like a lot of effort. In addition, what happened in the Lu family spread widely in Changwu County, and Qingfeng stayed in Changwu County for a few days, so he inquired about the news of the Lu family.

Lu Qilin, the master of the Lu family, is an ordinary teacher in Changwu County, living in poverty, and Mrs. Lu's Li family has a grocery store that sells some small groceries in the past day. The eldest daughter Lu Rou married into the Ke family, who sold kiln porcelain in the capital two years ago, and died of illness a year later. The second son, Lu Qian, was imprisoned in Beijing a year ago for abusing women and stealing property, and was later sentenced to death.

After Lu Qilin learned that his second son was imprisoned, he rushed to Shengjing, but encountered a huge wave on the way to the waterway, the boat capsized, and the bones were gone. The remaining Mrs. Lu, Li, lost her daughter, son and husband in a short period of time, went crazy overnight, knocked over the oil lamp at night, and died in the fire.

When the people of Changwu County mentioned the Lu family, they were half embarrassed and half afraid, and only said: "The Lu family must have collided with something unclean, why did the evil family become like this?" ”

Qingfeng knew very well that the Lu family had indeed collided, but it was not an evil thing that collided, but an offended person.

This is a tragic case.

Pei Yunyi still looked at the secret letter in his hand, looked at it, and frowned between his eyebrows: "Liu Kun? ”

Liu Kun was also mentioned in the letter.

Qingfeng said: "Liu Kun is Lu Qilin's cousin. ”

Liu Kun is Lu Qilin's cousin, and he lived next door to the Lu family in Changwu County. It's just that many years ago, Liu Kun took his family to Shengjing to make a living.

This news is difficult to inquire about, because the Liu family left Changwu County too early, eight years ago, Changwu County had an epidemic, and died of countless diseases, and later the younger ones didn't even know that there was a Liu family.

Pei Yunyao stared at the secret letter in his hand, his eyes were vague: "So, Liu Kun personally sent his nephew to prison?" ”

"Yes."

I heard that Lu Qian was arrested by the government after committing the crime, and it was Liu Kun who told Lu Qian about his hiding place. It was nothing before, but when I knew the relationship between the Liu family and the Lu family, I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when I looked at Liu Kun's behavior.

Pei Yunyao said lightly: "It turns out that it is for this." ”

The miserable corpse at the foot of Wangchun Mountain, the sad end of the exile of the Liu brothers, and the madness of Wang Chunzhi...... It turns out that the crux of the grudge is here.

It's true, one report after another.

He lowered his eyes, and his gaze fell on the line at the bottom of the secret letter, where Lu Qilin's youngest daughter, Lu Min, was recorded.

Seeing him like this, Qing Feng said, "Lu Qilin once had a youngest daughter, Lu Min, who was born on the first day of the seventeenth year, but was lost when the plague broke out in Changwu County eight years ago. The person I found said he had gone with the kidnapper, maybe he was dead. The Lu family has not given up looking for children over the years, but to no avail. ”

"In Changwu County, I can't find any news about Lu Min over the years." Qingfeng looked ashamed.

He knew that Pei Yunyao asked him to go to Changwu County to confirm the identity of the little daughter of the Lu family. But people in Changwu County said that in these years, there has been no whereabouts of Lu Min.

Lu Min did disappear.

Pei Yunyi didn't speak, just looked at the secret letter, and his sword eyebrows twisted slightly.

Qingfeng asked cautiously, "My lord...... Do you suspect that Dr. Lu is Lu Min? ”

He didn't speak, and after a while, folded the secret letter and threw it into the charcoal stove at his feet.

The secret letter flashed in the reddish light of the charcoal furnace, turned into countless tiny embers, and disappeared.

He sat up straight and stretched out his hand to open the crack in the window, and the cold wind blew from the window, putting a chill on his handsome eyebrows and eyes.

After a while, Pei Yunyao replied: "Yes, I suspect that she is Lu Min." ”

"But it's just because the surname is Lu ......" Qing Feng hesitated a little, "For so many years, there has been no news about Miss Lu San. Maybe the other party is just acting in the name of Lu Sangirl, or maybe there are others behind it. ”

"It's hard to do this with Miss Lu San alone."

Qingfeng couldn't imagine that a seventeen-year-old girl, who had been wandering outside for many years, rushed to Shengjing alone when she returned home and found out about the bloody case, killing the relevant people one by one.

No one person could have done it without help. But if someone is behind her back, who will do it, and for what purpose is they going to use her?

Just rely on the heart of revenge, fight against the powerful as a peaceful person, and even take action against the Taishi Mansion......

If this is the case, Qingfeng would rather believe that Lu Yu and Lu Min are two people, otherwise it will be a bit terrifying.

"Maybe." Pei Yunyao said lightly: "Maybe someone will help her." ”

He got up and picked up the knife on the table: "I'll go out." ”

"Your Excellency......" Qingfeng hurriedly turned around.

"It's been hard these days," Pei Yunyao patted him on the shoulder, "Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, go back and rest by yourself." ”

Qing Feng looked at his back, hesitated, and swallowed the words that came to his mouth.

Winter in Shengjing is always snowing.

Outside, the long street is jade white, and from time to time there is the sound of firecrackers faintly sounding in the streets and alleys, and when you walk through, you can see the embers of the firecrackers falling in the snowdrifts, reflecting a bright red.

Downtown hotels have closed their doors, and only a few are still open. Under the eaves, a row of red brocade lanterns resembles a string of fire dragons, and there are paintings of the God of Wealth posted in front of the doors, and there is a lively and joyful atmosphere everywhere.

There are very few pedestrians on the streets, except for naughty children in new clothes and firecrackers, and guests returning from drinking in the deep alleys. The once prosperous Shengjing City seemed to be much more lonely overnight, but it was actually another kind of warmth.

A pair of mother and daughter walked in front of her, the mother was wearing a green blue jacket, holding a silver bottle of wine in her arms, and the daughter next to her was about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a silver and sable fur jacket with bright colors, pearls and greenery, particularly delicate and beautiful, and was walking and laughing with her mother with her head down.

As the girl spoke, when she looked up, she saw the young man walking on the opposite side, and saw that he was plump and handsome, and she couldn't help blushing, and hurried over with her mother in her arms.

Pei Yunyi half-lowered his eyes.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the time of the New Year, no matter how poor the family is, they always have to make a few bright new clothes for their children to be auspicious.

The woman who walked by just now, the silver-red leather jacket reflected the snow on the long street, lining the face like a peach blossom, which was very moving, but for some reason, another face gradually appeared in front of his eyes.

A slightly pale, delicate and cold face.

Lu Yu always wears old clothes.

Even if it is a new dress, most of the colors are dark blue, autumn and other dark colors, and the white, snow-white silk clothes she wears most often, plain clothes and cold embroidery. She also doesn't like to wear hairpin ring jewelry, and she has never worn the hairpin she received at the pawnshop on Qinghe Street for silver.

She has a lot of velvet flowers, all kinds of velvet flowers sewn with silk handkerchiefs, delphinium, osmanthus, and white.

When she is dressed in a jade white silk coat and the hairpins on her sideburns are white with snow, she always brings out a bit of indescribable coldness in her beautiful eyebrows and eyes. He had heard Chijian say that Lu Yu's clothes were too simple and simple, but Duan Xiaoyan said: "If you want to be pretty and filial, what do you know?" ”

If you want to be pretty......

It turned out that she was really wearing a filial piety dress.

No wonder she wears a filial piety dress.

Pei Yunyi's footsteps stopped.

Gravelly snow poured down from the sky, some falling on the young man's shoulders.

In the secret letter brought back by Qingfeng, Mrs. Lu was particularly dangerous when she gave birth to Lu Min, and Lu Minfu was sick and weak when she was born, because of this, the Lu family was particularly spoiled by this little daughter, and they have not given up looking for it all these years.

Lu Min, the third girl of Lu Min, was lost in the plague in Changwu County eight years ago, and Lu Min was only nine years old eight years ago. If Lu Yu is really Lu Min, she has grown up well in the past eight years, she has been calm, decisive, and ruthless, and even the Hanlin medical officer is not far behind in her medical skills, and she rushed to Shengjing to take revenge alone to find out the truth.

He stopped for too long, and the shopkeeper of a commercial building on the street poked his head out to see that it was him, and said in surprise: "Master Pei is here!" ”

Pei Yunyi came back to his senses, and the old shopkeeper of the Treasure Pavilion greeted him from inside with a smile.

"Master Pei is lucky!" The old shopkeeper walked in enthusiastically, "You're here to pick up the custom-made moth, right?" It's already done, so I'm here for you! ”

At the end of the year, Shengjing people "cut black gold paper as a butterfly, vermilion powder dotted dye, with a small copper wire to wrap the needle, next to Shi Bai Ye" players inserted on the scarf hat, the so-called "moth".

He ordered a pair of golden moths in the Treasure Pavilion, and planned to give them to Baozhu today as a New Year's gift, although Baozhu'er probably can't wear them right now with her hair.

The guys in the Treasure Pavilion walked all over the place, and the old shopkeeper was waiting for this last business, and quickly took out a sandalwood box from the inner shop and opened it to Pei Yunyi.

On top of the black silk laid out in the box, a pair of glittering golden butterflies lay down.

The butterfly's wings are light and stretched, and the butterfly wings are embellished with sparkling pink gemstones, which are lifelike, as if they are about to fly out of the box and make flowers around the wall in the next moment.

The old shopkeeper stared at the young man expectantly: "How is it?" ”

"Good."

Pei Yunyao closed the lid of the box: "Thank you." ”

"Your lordship, this is all your duty. The small one was specially polished by the best master in the pavilion, from drawing to finished product, for several months, and he did not dare to live up to the trust of adults. ”

The old shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, ordinary people came here to polish jewelry, mostly hairpin rings and jade pendants, and the golden moth lamp market was sold everywhere, and the paper was not worth a few dollars. It's the first time someone has ordered a golden butterfly, and the salary is a lot, and it is such a character, so it is inevitable to be apprehensive.

Pei Yunyi smiled, paid the silver ticket, took the sandalwood box and went out.

He was a little absent-minded when he went out, and it happened that a group of seven or eight-year-old children ran past the door with a smile, and suddenly bumped into him and fell hard.

Pei Yunyi was about to bend down to help, but the group of children got up from the ground with a smile, patted the snow on their bodies, and continued to run forward without looking back, laughing while running: "The sound of firecrackers is one year old, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu, and thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old charm......

The children's voices are cheerful, elongating and echoing in the empty streets.

He shook his head good-naturedly and was about to leave, when suddenly his heart shook, and something flashed through his mind.

The secret letter sent back by Changwu County said that Lu Min, the third girl of the Lu family, was born in the early morning of the first day of the first day of the first seventeen years ago, because of the difficult birth of the Li family on the night of the first Chinese New Year's Eve, and Lu Min was born sick and weak, so she was particularly pampered by the Lu family.

Yuan Ri ......

Qingfeng said: "Just surnamed Lu, it may not prove that Lu Min, the third girl of the Lu family, is Doctor Lu." After all, in these years, there has been no news of Lu Min in Changwu County. ”

Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one.

曈曈.

The snow fell in fine and dense form, and the sky and the earth were silvery white. Little by little, the scattered snow covered the long street, gradually covering up the footprints that had just run in a mess above the street.

There is no trace.

Only a string of red brocade lanterns under the eaves is lively and beautiful, shining on the snow on the ground.

There is a broken wine jar not far away, maybe it is a family of wine people passing by here, the road is slippery and wrestling on a snowy day, the wine jar is broken into several halves, and the aroma of Tusu wine can be faintly smelled.

In the midst of this rich wine, the young man stood quietly, and the snow fell silently on his rosewood robe, and secretly melted on his shoulders.

For a long time, Pei Yunyao raised his eyes.

"It turns out that it's this one." He said calmly.

It is not the "Hitomi" of "what is the lonely grave of the heavy pupil", nor is it the "Hitomi" of "Shungai Heavy Pupil is hated".

It is the "曈" of "thousands of households".

曈曈: The appearance of light and warmth at sunrise.

Happy Lantern Festival, friends!