Lamp Flower Smile

Debt?

Everyone in the temple was immediately attracted by Cuicui's words. Someone asked: "What debt?"

Cuicui said: "See for yourselves, it's carved on the wall, it's clear -"

Lu Zhen suddenly raised his eyes.

The medical officers beside him became curious, took oil lamps, walked over to Cuicui and squatted down.

It's cloudy every day in southern Jiangsu, and it's snowing again today. There's not even a hint of sun. The door of the temple is half closed, and the temple is as dark as night. The nearest medical officer put the oil lamp close to the wall, and under the altar table and in front of the statue, he wrote a line of large characters deeply:

Now I have borrowed two taels of silver from the name of the seventeenth girl, and the interest will be paid at any time. I am afraid that I will not be able to prove my words. I will make this loan and deposit it in the name of Yongchang in the 35th year of the Great Cold. I made the loan to the assassin young master.

The handwriting engraved on the wall is sharp and beautiful.

It was the "Assassin Master" and "Seventeen Girl" who were looking at it with amusement.

"The Great Cold in the 35th year of Yongchang..." Cai Fang was stunned, "Six years ago?"

This is a debt note from six years ago.

During the great cold six years ago, who had been here? Who carved debt notes on the mottled walls, and carefully blocked them completely with an offering table.

Lu Yan was sitting in the crowd, looking at the people around him in amazement, and couldn't help but feel dazed.

six years ago……

She still remembers that big cold day.

She asked the man in black for money but failed, and instead got a worthless silver ring. In the end, she was so resentful that she forced the man to write a debt note on the wall.

She had not grown up at that time and was not as tall as she is now. When she bent down and crawled under the altar table to ask the other party to carve words on the wall, the other party just looked at her with a mixture of laughter and laughter.

"So hidden?"

"Of course." The young Lu Zhuo looked at him solemnly: "If it is written in a conspicuous place and someone sees it daubed with graffiti, the debt will be immediately voided. Naturally, you have to find a place where it is not easy for others to find it."

The man in black reminded: "But this is a temple wall in southern Sunan. Next time you ask me for debt collection, are you going to scrape off the wall and bring it to Shengjing?"

"Who said it must be scraped off?" Lu Huo retorted: "Maybe you and I will go back to this place in the future. By then, there will be witnesses and physical evidence. I hope you won't go back on your word."

He sneered and cursed: "The heart of a villain." But he followed the instructions and bent down under the altar table, found a sharp stone on the ground and carved it on the wall.

His calligraphy was very beautiful, and each stroke was full of character. Lu Yan watched him carving and thought to himself that if his father were here, he would definitely ask him for a calligraphy to force her to practice calligraphy.

When he reached the borrower, the man in black stopped and asked, "What's your name?"

"Seventeen."

"Seventeen?"

"What's the problem?" she answered frankly, "I am the seventeenth child in my family."

He glanced at her and said lazily: "Okay, seventeen or seventeen."

The commotion beside her brought her back to her senses. Lu Yan raised his eyes, looked past the crowd, and met Pei Yunying's gaze.

He sat next to Chang Jin, surrounded by people talking about it. The young man's expression was indifferent, and his dark eyes looked darkly.

She had long forgotten about that debt. The picture of Sunan back then was just a glimpse in this busy life. Six years have passed, and the statues in the temple have become more and more dilapidated. The temple doors have been repaired and demolished, and many people come and go to rest here. But the debt note engraved in the corner of the wall suddenly came to light unexpectedly after being carefully hidden for many years.

It's still there.

Clear, new, as definite as yesterday.

"Ah! Having said that, I remembered something!" Li Wenhu, who was sitting next to the gate, suddenly shouted, "Our temple has been haunted before!"

When he said this, everyone looked at him. Cai Fang was confused: "What is haunting?"

Li Wenhu scratched his head and said sharply: "The execution ground is under my control. It's natural that you don't know. It was about ten years ago, or even earlier, I don't remember. The Sunan execution ground was often haunted."

Cuicui climbed into her father's arms and stared at him with wide eyes. Chang Jin was confused: "What kind of haunting method?"

"Ahem," Li Wenhu glanced around, then lowered his voice and whispered: "There are ghosts eating corpses in the Sunan execution ground."

There was a gust of wind outside, and as soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but tremble.

"I was responsible for taking care of the execution ground at that time. Those executed prisoners who still had people at home would spend a few dollars to take away the bodies and bury them by themselves. Some of them had no relatives or any relatives, or they had committed serious crimes and their families didn't want to take care of them, so the bodies were abandoned. In the graveyard behind the execution site."

"Later, I discovered several times that there was something wrong with the discarded corpses. Either they lacked hearts and lungs, or they lacked livers and intestines."

Li Wenhu said quietly: "At first, I thought it was like being eaten by wild dogs down the mountain, but then I felt something was wrong. How can wild dogs be so picky about food? They only took out a little heart and liver at a time, and the wound didn't look like a dog bite!" "

A medical officer cautiously asked: "Could it be man-made?"

"Listen to me." Li Wenhu was unhappy. He took a sip of hot soup to moisten his throat and continued: "Then one day, I met a little girl at the execution ground. The girl was very young, about ten years old. She was one or two years old and looked panicked. I asked her what happened and she told me——"

"The execution ground was haunted. She saw with her own eyes that hungry ghosts were eating the corpses of executed prisoners!"

Hearing this, the patients exclaimed with fear on their faces.

The medical officers looked normal.

"Then what?" Chang Jin asked.

"Then I'll leave." Li Wenhu spread his hands and said, "I'm not a Taoist priest, so it's not my responsibility to exorcise ghosts."

Ji Xun frowned and said, "Why don't you suspect that little girl? It's strange for a little girl to suddenly appear in the execution ground. Maybe the other party lied, or maybe she was the one who caused the strangeness on the body."

Li Wenhu was stunned.

The medical officers around him looked at him seriously.

He stuttered: "I, I didn't think much of it. She was so young and looked so thin. She said she was lost. I gave her a piece of candy... and I... I'm also afraid of ghosts!"

When he heard that there was a ghost, he was so panicked that he didn't even dare to take another look. How could he calmly analyze the situation and notice the suspicious points on the other party.

However, in front of everyone, this ghost story has just begun, so it is best to tell it to the end. He reluctantly said: "Later, I heard that the offerings in this temple were often stolen, and someone once saw a female ghost dressed in white at night. No one dares to come here."

It's quiet all around.

The medical officers were a little disappointed.

The story was told vividly and in a thrilling way at the beginning. However, upon analysis by the medical officers, the horror disappeared, and instead it revealed Li Wenhu's original dereliction of duty.

Lu Chen was speechless.

Pei Yunying's eyes moved slightly. After a while, he lowered his head and smiled lightly.

No matter how scary the story is, it makes you feel more courageous when chatting in a crowded crowd. Someone laughed and said, "Don't be afraid even if there are really hungry ghosts. There are so many of us gathered in one place. If nothing happens, there will be Mr. Pei."

"It is said that fierce ghosts are afraid of swords. No matter how ferocious a female ghost is, she will be frightened when she sees Mr. Pei's silver knife. With the master's sword to protect her, she will not be afraid of any wild monsters!"

The patients all started complimenting him.

Pei Yunying smiled lightly and said nothing.

A more enthusiastic woman saw that he behaved kindly and smiled, not as arrogant as the aristocratic children. She boldly asked with a smile: "Master Pei is young and I don't know if he will get married. If he doesn't get married yet, when the epidemic is over, Let Cai County Cheng make a good match with you."

This woman was originally a well-known matchmaker in southern Jiangsu. Cai Fang coughed lightly, but the woman did not hear her.

Pei Yunying curled her lips and said, "I have a sweetheart."

Lu Zhuo's fingertips trembled.

The woman was surprised: "Who is it? Are you a matchmaker? Have you made a marriage contract?"

He played with the medicine bag in his hand and said in a gentle tone: "It's a pity that you don't like me."

"..."

The people around were silent for a moment.

Li Wenhu looked at Cai Fang and said to him silently: "Awesome."

The woman looked at him, a little puzzled: "Don't like your Excellency? That girl has such high vision... But there is no need to worry, Your Excellency, there is no grass anywhere in the world. What kind of woman do you like? This old woman has been a matchmaker for many years. , I will definitely help you find a good marriage."

Someone else laughed and said, "Master Pei is a child of a well-known family, and he has a bright future. Even if he wants to find a wife, he should be a well-matched noble girl. Red lady, why are you so worried?"

The woman retorted: "Who said I can't win over a noble girl? I am the second best matchmaker in Sunan City and no one dares to claim the first place, Mr. Pei." She asked Pei Yunying: "What kind of woman do you like? Quiet and lively, gentle and dignified, talented and knowledgeable, or smart and bold, there is always one you like."

Everyone looked at him with cheers.

The young man smiled slightly, as if he was thinking, and after a moment he raised his head, his eyes passing over the crowded crowd, and he spoke as if jokingly.

“It doesn’t matter if your family is family or not.”

"I'm a superficial person and I like good-looking people."

The booing around them got louder, accompanied by good-natured banter. Lu Chen put the empty bowl on the ground, stood up and went out.

Ji Xun saw this, thought for a while, and walked out.

It was still snowing outside, and the snow was heavier than in the early morning. Looking from the direction of the execution ground, Luomei Peak was all silvery white.

Big snowflakes fell on her and melted quickly, leaving only a cold patch.

There were footsteps behind me.

Ji Xun walked to her side, followed her gaze in the direction of Luomei Peak, and asked, "Why don't you stay inside?"

"There are too many people and I feel stuffy. Come out and get some fresh air."

Ji Xun nodded, and Lu Yan asked, "Why are you coming out too?"

"I have something to tell you."

Lu Chen looked at him.

"Yesterday, Magistrate Cai County said that since the anti-plague medicine was put into the wells, the number of new people infected with the plague in southern Jiangsu has decreased." Ji Xun said: "The incense and medicine sachets also have the effect of anti-plague, but at least the plague has not continued to spread. ”

Lu Yan: "It's a good thing."

"It's true for other people in southern Jiangsu, but it's not true for them." Ji Xun looked at the place. Through the half-open door, there was a faint sound of lively laughter and the aroma of hot soup, which appeared in the ice and snow. A boiling warmth.

"None of the sick people recovered from the disease."

Lu Yan was silent.

Ji Xun sighed: "Although the speed of death has slowed down, you will still die in the end. Doctor Chang asked me before, why not use a new medicine."

Lu Chen frowned: "New medicine?"

To treat the epidemic in southern Jiangsu, the medical prescriptions used by medical officials were all based on the nine-legged treatment methods in the Liang Dynasty's "Treatise on Current Epidemics". Patients who have been infected by the epidemic are physically weak. If they blindly switch to new drugs without certainty, it will stimulate the patient's condition and the consequences are unknown.

"That's exactly what the doctor thinks. I haven't had time to tell you yet. But this is a way now. Otherwise, if we can't find the right medicine, all the patients in the hospital will die."

"Dad Cuicui heard me talking to Yi Zheng yesterday about this matter, and he is willing to take the initiative to be the first person to try the new medicine."

Lu Yan looked at him sharply: "You want him to try the medicine?"

Her eyes suddenly became sharp. Ji Xun was stunned for a moment, not understanding why she was so excited. He only said: "This is also an opportunity for him. It was Cuicui's father who took the initiative. Besides, we will not blindly use medicine..."

Lu Tong interrupted him: "It's different from testing medicine."

"If an untried medicine is used on a person, not to mention whether it is really effective, it may bring deeper pain. Besides, he is a patient. I don't agree."

She opposed it firmly.

Ji Xun paused.

When he was in the Medical Officers' Hospital, he always thought that Lu Tong used medicine aggressively and the prescriptions were extremely bold. He thought Lu Tong would agree without hesitation to test the medicine, but he didn't expect her to oppose it so fiercely.

"If he can successfully test out a new medicine, Cuicui may have a chance of survival in the future. If not, everyone in the plague center will eventually die. Doctor Lu, we have been in Southern Jiangsu for so long, but we have not cured a single patient. You are a doctor, and you clearly know that this action is not completely harmless, so why are you not sober?"

Lu Tong looked at him, was silent for a while, and said, "Because being a medicine man is very painful."

Ji Xun was stunned.

"Physical pain aside, the fear of the unknown will destroy everything."

She said, "I know what you said makes sense, but I'm sorry I can't agree with it."

After that, she didn't say anything more to him, turned around and left.

As soon as she turned around, she saw a person standing at the door of the plague center.

Pei Yunying stood in front of the plague center. He was wearing a black scale guard uniform, without a cloak, and large flakes of snow fell on him. The deeper wind and snow blurred his vision, making it difficult to see his expression. I don't know how long he has been standing here.

In the silvery white flying catkins, on one side was Ji Xun who wanted to speak but stopped, and on the other side was Pei Yunying who was quietly watching her. Lu Tong was silent for a moment, turned around and walked towards the medicine basket in front of the plague center.

After walking two steps, a person came running from afar.

It was a man in a yamen runner's uniform, holding a small basket in his hand, and said to Lu Tong: "Doctor Lu, this is the medicine bag that should be replaced today, please take a look."

The medicine bags of the patients in the plague center had to be replaced every now and then. Lu Tong picked up the medicine bag and checked whether there was any damage inside. The yamen runner stood aside and waited.

While turning over the medicine bag, she asked casually: "This batch of medicine bags has been used for ten days. After using it today, they should all be destroyed and replaced together with the bag."

Yamen runner: "Yes."

She glanced at the yamen runner.

There were only about ten people under Cai Fang's command in the Sunan County Government. Lu Tong had seen most of them when she changed the plague-avoiding incense every day. This person looked ordinary and would not be noticed in a crowd, but for some reason, Lu Tong's heart was alarmed and her instinct stopped.

She asked: "I don't think I have seen you before?"

The yamen runner was stunned and replied: "I used to follow Li Xianwei to enforce the law in the city, so the doctor has never seen me."

Lu Tong stared at him closely: "What's your name?"

"My name is..."

The man stammered, and the next moment, a flash of cold light flashed, and the yamen runner suddenly showed the tip of a dagger in his sleeve, rushing straight to Lu Tong's chest without mercy!

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