Lamp Flower Smile

Untie one of the pleasure boats next to Yuxian Tower.

Pei Yunying helped Lu Tong get on the boat.

Because they were afraid that Lu Tong would get seasick, the two did not ask the rowers to let the pleasure boat drift on the shore. However, even so, boating on the river was much more interesting than sitting on Yuxian Tower and watching the rain.

Some of the pleasure boats under Yuxian Tower were large, and some were small. The larger ones were mostly used for night banquets and cruises for dignitaries, while the smaller ones were used for elegant scholars to cook wine on the boat.

The boat Pei Yunying chose was slightly smaller. It was a black flat boat with lotus carved on the bow and green curtains inside. A feast of wine and food, sailing on the water, thousands of green weeping willows, and misty rain.

Lu Tong held the boat railing and sat down in front of the small table. Just as she sat firmly, a bright red candied haws stretched out in front of her eyes.

"Yuxianlou's candied haws." Pei Yunying smiled and said, "Although it's a few years late, I have done what I said."

Lu Tong was stunned for a moment.

It seemed that she remembered the dilapidated temple behind the execution ground in southern Jiangsu many years ago. She held the silver ring with a look of disgust on her face and listened to the black-clothed man sitting in front of the fire promise: "Take this to Yuxianlou on Qinghe Street in the south of Shengjing City to find me. I will treat you to Yuxianlou's candied haws."

Time passed quickly, and the heavy snow that had not been seen in southern Jiangsu for ten years had melted long ago. She thought the other party was just perfunctory, but she didn't expect that it would come true today many years later. Although the reasons for meeting and recognizing each other were different, the result was just as perfect.

Lu Tong lowered her head and took a bite of the fruit in her hand. The sour and sweet taste spread from her teeth.

"How is it?" Pei Yunying sat down opposite her.

"It has a kind of..." Lu Tong thought for a while, "the taste of silver."

Du Changqing also bought candied haws in Renhe Store, but the taste was not as sweet as the one in his hand. But maybe it wasn't because of the candied haws. After all, my mood now is completely different from when I first arrived in Shengjing.

Pei Yunying laughed when he heard this: "You are really good at praising."

Lu Tong lay on the edge of the boat and looked into the distance. Above the river, the sound of the piano gradually drifted from the pleasure boat. The fragrance of flowers in the spring was like crying and complaining, which was very moving.

She stared and listened for a while, and Pei Yunying didn't disturb her. When the song ended, Lu Tong still felt unsatisfied.

Du Changqing once mentioned that the zither girl in Yuxian Tower had superb skills. When she came last time, she wanted to get close to Qi Yutai and had no intention of appreciating it. This time, she was boating on the river. Although she didn't understand the piano music very well, she still felt that every sound was moving.

Lu Tong turned her head and looked at the person opposite.

Pei Yunying was looking at the river outside the window. When he noticed Lu Tong's gaze, he turned back and asked inexplicably: "What?"

"I heard from Sister Yunshu that you can play the piano?"

Pei Yunying was suspicious: "What do you want to do?"

Lu Tong pointed to a piano on the boat: "I wonder how the sound of the palace commander's piano compares to the piano lady's just now?"

He paused and was almost amused by Lu Tong's words, "Isn't your request a bit too much?"

Some wealthy businessmen and noble ladies often choose handsome young men to serve them when they entertain guests outside. They sing and dance or play chess and chess during the banquet. The banquet is decent and people are happy to listen to it.

At certain times, it is actually a request with a contemptuous meaning.

Lu Tong held her chin up and looked at him: "I just want to hear you play."

"I can play for you in private," Pei Yunying glanced at the pleasure boat floating in the distance, and coughed lightly, "Forget it outside."

Lu Tong was unhappy: "Why are you so shy? If you play, will someone come to rob you? If someone really robs you," she sarcastically said, "I am good at killing and burying bodies, and I will definitely avenge you."

Pei Yunying looked at her incredulously.

Lu Tong's expression was frank, as if she knew the meaning of this sentence, but deliberately didn't make it clear, looking innocent, as if she was deliberately doing something bad.

He stared at her for a long while, but the other party still insisted. After a moment, she finally gave in and sighed: "Okay, the commander of the Palace Front Division will do this for you."

He stood up and walked to the table on the side.

This boat was rented by someone, originally for people to cruise and appreciate the willows, and a seven-stringed harp was placed on the long table.

He sat down in front of the zither, lowered his eyes and played the zither.

Lu Tong did not understand music.

When he used to listen to Lu Rou playing the zither in Changwu County, he often just listened to it for fun. Now Pei Yunying's playing the zither can only be described as "pleasant to listen to". To be fair, she could not tell the difference between this and the zither girl's playing just now, so she just held her cheek and watched him quietly.

This man used to hold a knife, but when the knife-holding hand touched the strings of the zither, it was still slender and beautiful. When he played the zither, he was not as bright as when he smiled, nor as distant as when he was indifferent. He was calm and gentle, like a quiet moon in the distant mountains, faint and quiet.

It was late at night, and there was drizzle on the river, and the wind lanterns along the coast were bright. The sound of the zither floated to the river surface with the wind. Perhaps attracted by this end, someone in a nearby painting boat lifted the curtain and looked over this side.

Unconsciously, Lu Tong remembered what Pei Yunshu said.

"Ah-Ying, don't think that he is working in the palace now, fighting and killing, and looks fierce. When he was a child, my mother taught him music, calligraphy and painting, and he learned very well. To be honest, I thought he would be a handsome man, but later he entered the imperial city and took a knife every day... It's a pity to think about it..."

At that time, she was on guard against Pei Yunying, so Pei Yunshu's exaggerated praise went in one ear and out the other. Now she had to admit that Pei Yunshu was right.

After all, even Yin Zheng praised Lu Tong behind her back: "Little Master Pei is rich, handsome, knowledgeable and interesting. In today's Shengjing City, he is indeed a rare candidate for a good son-in-law."

Lu Tong was still thinking in a daze, and didn't even notice when the piano stopped. Until Pei Yunying stopped, looked at her and raised his eyebrows: "Are you listening intently?"

Lu Tong came back to his senses.

"How is it?" He stood up, "How does it compare to what the piano girl played just now?"

"Actually, I didn't understand." Lu Yan said honestly: "But since you are closer, it sounds clearer."

Pei Yunying was speechless, walked up to Lu Chen and flicked her forehead, "This is "Happy Spring Rain" by Xiao Shi Jiaojiu."

He walked to sit across from Lu Chen and said with a smile: "I have never played the piano outside before, so this is my first time giving it to you. What do you plan to do in return for me, Doctor Lu?"

"This is the first time," Lu Chen disagreed, "Not necessarily."

"What's the meaning?"

"Aren't you a frequent visitor to Yuxian Tower?" Lu Yan said lightly: "Since you are a regular visitor, you may have played other songs like "Happy Autumn Rain" and "Happy Winter Rain"."

This remark sounds a bit like settling an old score.

"Hey," Pei Yunying frowned, "I'm not going to Yuxian Tower for fun."

"Not necessarily."

He was helpless: "Hongman is the emperor's man."

"Oh." Lu Yan drawled his voice.

Pei Yunying glanced at Lu Chen and wondered what was coming to her mind. She raised her eyebrows and said, "Are you jealous?"

"No." Lu Yan answered quickly.

He laughed: "Didn't I say that when I have a wife in the future, I won't visit flower houses anymore."

Lu Zhuo stared at him: "I remember I also said that I am not as generous as the palace commander. If my fiancé goes to the flower house in the future, I will kill him."

Pei Yunying: "..."

He sighed: "Doctor Lu's decisive attack is beyond the reach of all the ministers in front of the palace."

Lu Chen accepted it calmly.

He glanced at her and said leisurely: "Don't worry, I like Dr. Lu much more than Dr. Lu likes me. But that's fine. I'm the one who is tossing and turning, so you don't have to worry so much."

Lu Chen frowned slightly: "What are you worried about?"

"Many, for example, Ji Xun."

"Medical Officer Ji?" Lu Yan was stunned, "What does it have to do with him?"

Pei Yunying snorted: "Doesn't he come to your door every day to give you acupuncture?"

Chang Jin had previously agreed with Lu Zhen that Ji Xun would give her acupuncture every day before Lu Zhen recovered. Now that she left the medical hospital and returned to West Street, Ji Xun also decided to come to West Street every day to treat her.

Lu Xun thought it was too much trouble for Ji Xun at first, but Ji Xun was very persistent and couldn't refuse.

But the reason why Ji Xun is so enthusiastic is because Ji Xun is a gentleman. He was willing to lend a helping hand when he accidentally bumped into him on the Sunan Bridge, let alone now that he has the friendship of colleagues.

"The heart of a villain." Lu Huo retorted: "Medical Officer Ji cares about the sick. Don't talk nonsense and tarnish his reputation."

"Tanish his reputation?" Pei Yunying looked at Lu Zhuo.

Lu Yan frowned slightly, nodded seriously, and spoke frankly as if what he said was unreasonable.

Pei Yunying raised his eyelids and looked at her for a long time to confirm that she was indeed thinking so. He raised the corners of his lips and said in a gloating tone, "To be honest, if it weren't for the different positions, I would have sympathized with him."

Lu Chen was too lazy to tell him these things: "Even if we don't mention these things, Medical Officer Ji and I are colleagues but different comrades."

"Oh?" Pei Yunying raised his eyebrows, "Why don't you have Zhifa?"

"Don't you know?" Lu Yan said, "I have already left the medical hospital."

Pei Yunying paused slightly and didn't speak for a while.

Lu Zhuo left the medical hospital.

Although he had already guessed that she had this plan, Pei Yunying was still a little surprised when he actually learned the news.

It was too fast. He originally thought that Lu Zhen's plan would be delayed.

"I entered the medical hospital for an impure purpose." When Lu Zhuo talked about this matter, he was very calm and put down his words completely.

"Now that my worries are over, I don't want to stay any longer. I am different from Medical Officer Ji. Medical Officer Ji cares about the world, but I only want to stay in a corner. Instead of staying in the Medical Officer's Hospital, I can go to the hospital like Jin Xianrong." It’s better to stay in West Street for medical treatment. At least there are no complicated official inspections.”

Pei Yunying looked at her.

When she talked about this matter, her tone was calm, as if it was the result of careful consideration, although the excuse was very poor.

He then laughed and said, "Yes, compared to the people in the imperial city, the ordinary people at the temple entrance on West Street obviously need Medical Officer Lu more."

Lu Tong was startled.

Pei Yunying looked at her with a smile.

She said nothing.

There are Chang Jin, Ji Xun, and Lin Danqing in the Medical Officer Academy, as well as many students from the Imperial Medical Bureau. There are many, many medical officers like her.

But there is only one Renxin Medical Center on West Street.

She likes to be a healer, but she prefers to be a healer outside the imperial city.

The demand for medical officers in the Imperial City is much lower than that outside the Imperial City.

"However," Pei Yunying's voice came to my ears, "If you don't like a gentleman like Ji Xun who cares about the world, then what kind of person do you like?"

Lu Zhuo raised his eyes.

The man propped his head on his elbows and looked at her with a teasing smile, the pear dimples looming at the corners of his lips, as if he was deliberately teasing her.

She said calmly: "I am a superficial person and I like good-looking people."

Pei Yunying paused and pretended to be surprised: "It sounds like a confession."

Lu Tong said seriously: "After all, the selection of the front minister has always been based on appearance."

He stared at Lu Chen and couldn't help but laugh.

Outsiders always think that Lu Shen is cold and distant, but the secret letter from Changwu County calls Miss Lu San arrogant, willful, and weird. He once regretted that she turned into the completely opposite personality in the end, but now he was glad that in some moments, she gradually regained her original appearance.

"Lu Yun," Pei Yunying suddenly said, "let's get married."

There was a sudden silence all around.

Lu Yan was stunned for a moment: "What did you say?"

He lowered his eyes and took out a green jade bracelet from his arms.

"This is the jade bracelet my mother left behind." He took Lu Huan's hand and put the bracelet on Lu Huan's wrist.

"My grandmother left this jade bracelet to my mother as a dowry, and later my mother left it to my sister. Tell me that if I have someone I want to spend my life with in the future, I will give this jade bracelet to her."

The jade bracelet was as green as ice and fell on her wrist, making it as bright as frost and snow. Lu Yan raised his eyes, and Pei Yunying looked at her quietly. In the dark rainy night, a pair of dark eyes were calm and gentle, shining with a small, dim light.

"I'm serious," he said.

Lu Zhuo's fingertips trembled and he was speechless for a moment.

She didn't expect that Pei Yunying would propose marriage so suddenly and so naturally, leaving her unprepared. She used to think that she could handle various emergencies very well, but now she felt panicked and at a loss for what to do. What reaction.

After a moment, Lu Zhu composed himself, and then he pretended to be relaxed and said: "Ordinary people at your age may not talk about marriage so early. If you get married now, Shengjing will definitely say that you married young."

The new emperor ascended the throne, and the situation in the imperial city was complicated. However, he, the former commander of the palace, was sitting as steadily as ever. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the holy family was strong at the moment. For such a young and promising young talent, it was natural for him to slowly choose his marriage. , even in ordinary people's homes, there is never such a hurry.

Pei Yunying only looked at her: "It's the same sooner or later, Lu Chen, I'm sure I just want to spend the rest of my life with you."

It was as if something sour and sour was welling up in my heart, like the candied haws I had just eaten, sour and sweet.

Lu Yan said softly: "Aren't you afraid that I am a lunatic?"

She is paranoid and crazy at heart, protective of her shortcomings, possessive and extremely possessive. Sometimes she even despises herself. Along the way, Pei Yunying should know her personality best. Holding hands, hugging or even kissing is fine, but when it comes to a long life and sleeping together in the next few decades, if you don't have a hundred thousand love, it may be difficult to endure it for a long time.

Pei Yunying laughed.

"The person I like, I don't think she is crazy."

He touched Lu Yan's head and said in a gentle tone: "She is smart, cunning, forbearing and strong. She is unyielding for her family and refuses to bend down in front of the powerful."

"If it were me, I couldn't do better than her. I don't think she is crazy. If she thinks she is crazy, I will go crazy with her."

Lu Chen looked at him blankly.

"You are... the commander in chief of the palace," she said after a while, finding her voice, "I am just an ordinary medical woman with a different identity."

"Who said that?" He said with a smile: "Aren't you the murderer doctor? I am the assassin master, so I am the right match."

The spring rain outside the cruise ship was as thick as smoke, and Lu Yan felt as if he had been soaked by this spring rain in his heart. The black boat floated up and down in the drizzle of the spring night in Shengjing. The lights flickered on and off, but his eyes when he looked over were fiery and determined.

She couldn't refuse.

"If you are afraid of other people's words, I will ask His Majesty for a marriage decree. Once the decree comes out, no one will dare to say that you are not."

"Now you are sitting in a hospital on West Street, and you get two taels of money every month, which is not as good as the medical and official hospital. I have a farm shop in my house, and all the salary and money are handed over to you. In the future, if you want to open a medical clinic of your own or do something else, it's fine. . You can do whatever you want in the palace commander's house."

He was very thoughtful.

From Zhou Quan's point of view, Lu Chen laughed out loud.

The song of the piano girl on the boat in the distance is clear and clear, and she is singing: "The flowers are endless, the moon is endless. The two hearts are the same. At this time, I am willing to do it, the thousands of willow threads, trip up the spring breeze..."

Lu Zhuo raised his eyes: "You won't lose money?"

"After all, you are my creditor."

"The old debt has been paid off long ago, so why should the commander-in-chief be brooding about it?"

He sighed: "It's different. It's hard to repay romantic debts."

Lu Chen looked at him.

The spring rain is as fine as smoke, and the willow silk under the wind lamp on the river bridge is stained by the wind and rain. The green cloth curtain on the boat soaks the night with a layer of light green. In the quiet night through the window, his handsome and heroic face is within easy reach, but there is something difficult to detect in the dark eyes. of anxiety.

Lu Zhen's slightly confused and confused heart gradually calmed down in these eyes.

She has been retreating from the person in front of her, escaping again and again, trying her best to suppress her heart. But strangely enough, maybe some fates can never be cut off. Going around and around, people who are destined to meet will always return to the same place.

She will be attracted eventually.

Not to mention what will happen in the future, she has not been of a forward-thinking nature in the past, so there is no need to look back and forth on this matter. Life is only a few decades, so it is worth being brave and seizing the happiness in front of you.

She smiled slightly.

Pei Yunying said softly: "I want to be Dr. Lu's tie."

"No need."

Hearing Lu Zhuo's answer, he was startled for a moment, and the next moment, he heard the person in front of him speak.

"You already are."

On a deep spring night, with flying rain, there are endless love songs in the boat.

He paused for a moment, then chuckled suddenly, leaning forward and kissing the person in front of him gently.

Announcement: I’m taking a week off to write the finale. I’ll watch the finale next Thursday (July 4th) morning. There won’t be any updates this week~