Lamp Flower Smile

The wind seeped through the window, and the figures on the ground were swayed slightly.

If last night was a tacit temptation, today it became a tense confrontation.

Lu Zhuo looked at the person in front of him and thought that the commander of the front department had arrived faster than expected.

A hint of ecstasy suddenly appeared in Duan Xiaoyan's eyes, and he shouted: "Sir!"

Pei Yun glanced at him: "Why are you sitting on the ground?"

The young man's handsome face flushed red, and he shuddered before speaking in shame: "I was bitten by a venomous snake, and the poisonous snake still lasts for half an hour, so I don't dare to do strenuous activities."

Hearing this, Pei Yunying raised his eyebrows and his eyes fell on the woman making medicine in the room.

"Doctor Lu, what do you mean?"

Lu Yan's expression was calm, not at all flustered by the fact that there was one more person in the room. He was even a little indifferent to Duan Xiaoyan who was slumped on the ground.

"Master Pei, your man sneaked into the hospital late at night, rummaged in my kitchen at will, and was bitten by a poisonous snake that I found for medicine. He was poisoned. Do you have to blame me for this?"

She ridiculed: "There is no such clause in the "Liang Dynasty Laws" that I have memorized."

Pei Yunying glanced at Duan Xiaoyan who was on the ground. Duan Xiaoyan Nuonuo didn't dare to speak.

After a moment of silence, he took a few steps back, leaned against the door with his arms crossed, and said with a smile, "What do you want, Doctor Lu?"

Direct and decisive, this man doesn't say any nonsense.

Lu Zhuo's movement froze, and he put down the medicine hammer, "I don't want to do anything."

"There is no antidote to this poison. Even if there was one, it would not be possible to make an antidote in such a short period of time."

Duan Xiaoyan's face turned pale.

She looked at Pei Yunying again, with a hint of sarcasm in her eyes: "He's just a servant. He'll die when he dies. Why is the commander like this?"

Duan Xiaoyan's forehead and heart beat faintly.

What does "servant" mean? What does "die when you die" mean?

What doctor could say such cold words?

In vain, he used to think that Lu Huan was a female Bodhisattva. He will go to the temple tomorrow to apologize to the female Bodhisattva!

The house was silent, with only the night wind blowing the flames and making light shadows. Under the firefly sacs hanging in the courtyard, the wind chimes were blown, and the faint sound of Qingyue bells could be heard.

Pei Yunying stared at her and suddenly curled his lips.

He said: "Red Arrow."

As soon as he finished speaking, a man who looked like a guard quietly appeared at the kitchen door. In front of the guard, a young woman's hands were cut behind her back, and she looked at Lu Huo with a hint of panic.

Lu Zhuo's expression changed slightly.

She clearly asked Yin Zheng to hide it outside the medical center...

The young man sighed, took a chair, walked over and sat down opposite Lu Huan, his smile was particularly bright under the light.

He said: "Doctor Lu thought carefully about your maid, but it's a pity that your maid was too loyal and worried about you, so she turned back midway."

He stared at Lu Chen with interest: "Now, Doctor Lu still wants to say that he is just a servant, will he die when he dies?"

Lu Zhen's eyes darkened slightly.

Many people in Shengjing call her "Doctor Lu".

Du Changqing called her casually, Acheng called her with admiration, and Yuanwai Hu and other neighbors called her warmly and cautiously. This was the respect born from treating her as a real doctor.

But no one screamed as teasingly as Pei Yunying.

His smiling black eyes, scornful tone, and casual posture seemed to clearly indicate that he had already seen clearly that she was not a kind-hearted "doctor" at all.

Yin Zheng's regretful voice came from the door: "I'm sorry, girl, I..."

Lu Chen looked directly at Pei Yunying: "What do you want to do?"

Without waiting for Pei Yunying to answer, Duan Xiaoyan spoke first: "What else can you do, Doctor Lu, give me the antidote, and my master will release your maid. Everyone is happy. We have the best of both worlds. In the future, the well will not interfere with the river."

This does sound like a good deal, one person for one person, very fair.

Lu Yan was quiet and raised his head: "What if I said, there is no antidote?"

Duan Xiaoyan was stunned.

No antidote?

How can it be!

He instinctively felt that this was nonsense, but when he saw Lu Yan's indifferent expression, he suddenly felt a little undecided and couldn't help but become nervous.

"Doctor Lu, you...don't be joking."

He relaxed completely after Pei Yunying appeared, just because he felt that Lu Zhuo was just trying to scare him. She wouldn't really watch him die, right?

Is there any benefit to Lu Chen if he dies?

Yin Zheng looked at Lu Yan and spoke earnestly: "Girl, leave me alone, don't let me be a burden to you. The fortune teller said before that I was not lucky enough to live until nineteen. It would be okay to replace me with a imperial guard in front of the palace before I die. Well worth it.”

Duan Xiaoyan was anxious when he heard this: "I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it! Sister, please think about it again!"

"What's wrong with that? People live for a lifetime and are buried when they die. Girl, we will still be sisters in the next life."

The interruption between the two of them eased the tense atmosphere a bit. In the midst of this dumbfounding conversation, Lu Zhuo spoke.

She said: "Young Master Duan died here today. Lord Pei avenged him and killed my maid. I think he will not let me go tomorrow, let alone Renxin Medical Center."

"After all, Mr. Pei is the emperor's guard and has a noble status. It's easy to attack ordinary people like us."

"No matter what, you can't escape death..."

She raised her eyes and looked at the person opposite calmly.

"Then let's not go out of this door today. Let's die together."

As soon as these words came out, not only Duan Xiaoyan but also the red arrow at the door were shocked.

How could they both die together after just one disagreement?

What kind of number is this?

Lu Zhen raised his chin and spoke calmly in front of everyone's shocked eyes.

"The hospital practices medicine and medicine, and there are medicines and poisons everywhere in the hospital. It is easy to come in, but it may not be easy to leave. It is also common for someone to break in rashly and accidentally step on some poisonous hair."

She looked at Pei Yunying: "Really, Master Pei?"

No one spoke.

On a Geng Geng autumn night, the tear candles are shaking, and the room is filled with dim yellow lights that are sultry.

Pei Yunying looked at her with a pair of deep eyes as black as glaze, and suddenly chuckled.

"You want to die with me?"

He smiled and said, "That won't work. We will only live in the same quilt, die in the same cave, and share the same grave after death. I only do this with my wife."

What he said was frivolous, but he had a serious look on his face and a smile on his face, as if he was not seeing a commander with ulterior motives and a hidden agenda, but a romantic man pursuing pleasure and laughter under the shade of candles and flowers.

Lu Yan was silent for a moment and then said, "Do you have a wife?"

Pei Yunying was slightly startled.

Duan Xiaoyan was also stunned for a moment. What does this mean? Why did Lu Zhen suddenly ask this? Could it be that Lu Yan wanted to use Pei Yunying's position as the Crown Princess in exchange for his antidote?

There was silence.

Pei Yunying said: "No."

Lu Zhuo nodded: "That's good. If you die today, you don't have to worry about your wife. The family can still save a betrothal gift."

Her tone of voice was so calm that no one in the room could tell whether she was serious or joking.

There was a rustle of wind outside the window, and Pei Yunying looked at her quietly and sighed suddenly.

"Thank you for your thoughtfulness for me, but it's not a matter of life and death."

"Doctor Lu, why don't we have a good talk."

"Yes, yes!" Duan Xiaoyan glanced at the engravings on the case, "Don't be so excited yet, talk to us carefully if you have anything to say, we can discuss everything."

After a moment of silence, Lu Yan asked, "What do you want to talk about?"

The lights were silent, and the dim candlelight enveloped the person opposite. The eagle pattern embroidered with silver thread on his wrist guard shone with a thin cold light, beautiful and dangerous. The young man's eyebrows were beguiling, but every word he spoke was cold.

"The male corpse found in Wangchun Mountain last night was Liu Kun, the owner of Liu's Noodle House on Queer Street in Shengjing."

"Coincidentally, Liu Kun's youngest son happened to participate in this year's tribute examination and was imprisoned for a fraud case."

"Doctor Lu," he asked Lu Chen, "do you know Liu Kun?"

"do not know."

"But before that, you went to Liu Ji Noodle House for dinner." He smiled, "Don't remember?"

Lu Zhen's heart moved.

This guy moves so fast.

She didn't do it deliberately when she contacted the Liu family, the Fan family, and even Qichuan, just because she didn't want anyone to find out. But Pei Yunying still found it.

He is obviously from the Palace Front Division, but his methods are better than those from the Imperial City Division.

She raised her eyes and looked directly into Pei Yunying's eyes, her watery eyes tinged with ridicule.

"Master Pei," she spoke word by word, "are your front officers so meticulous in investigating cases? Since you have been investigating me for so long but have not taken action, now the tribute case has been settled, and the Ministry of Rites has committed a crime." All the ministers were defeated."

"You want to use my hands to kill people? Then shouldn't you... thank me?"

In an instant, the air in the room became cold.

In the swaying bright lamp on the table, the spikes were covered with tiny star flowers. A small star flower was blown down by the wind, and the embers disappeared in an instant under the night wind.

No one in the room spoke, and everyone was silent.

Pei Yunying sat opposite Lu Yan, the smile in his extremely dark and extremely bright eyes gradually faded, and murderous intent filled the air in an instant.

He slowly leaned forward and stared into Lu Yan's eyes.

"Doctor Lu, who are you working for?"

She remained unmoved, smiled slightly, met his gaze provocatively, and uttered two words.

"you guess."

Pei Yunying's eyes moved slightly and he looked steadily at the person in front of him.

The light burned to its roots and became fainter.

And in the dim light, her eyes were clear and fragile, like the white mist in the early morning of late autumn, which dissipated into smoke in an instant as long as the wind blew and the sun shone.

When I saw her yesterday, she looked pale and weak, but today she seemed to have a light rouge on her face. That light red color was like the color of plum blossoms on the branches, which made her look a little more delicate and charming, and that delicate beauty also concealed coldness.

Such a woman with deep scheming and ruthless methods, but also with different appearances and ulterior motives, is the female Bodhisattva in the eyes of the world, who can help the world with a hanging pot and bloom in the apricot forest.

He sneered, his smile a bit piercing.

He said: "Doctor Lu, is this your confidence?"

"Your Highness, you might as well give it a try."

There was silence in the room for a while.

Duan Xiaoyan looked at the woman at the table in disbelief and murmured: "Are you crazy? How dare you threaten me like this?"

With such a blatant threat without even trying to cover it up, isn't she afraid of getting into trouble later?

Lu Chen lowered his head and smiled, and said indifferently: "Yes, I am a madman, so don't mess with me at will."

She looked at Pei Yunying and said in a very soft voice, "Besides, haven't you already benefited from it?"

Pei Yunying's pupils shrank slightly.

"Master Pei," Lu Zhuo said slowly, "You investigate your case and I practice my medicine. We have nothing to do with each other."

"Irrelevant?"

He nodded and looked at her thoughtfully: "So this is what Doctor Lu wanted to say today."

Lu Yan looked at him calmly.

The night was very late, and there was no longer a whisper in the courtyard. In the shadowy dusk, the two of them looked at each other, and the place where their eyes met was like a night in Shengjing, with undercurrents of ups and downs.

After a moment, he leaned back and twitched the corners of his lips: "I will consider it."

He said "consider".

Lu Chen's heart sank. Before he could speak, he saw Pei Yunying tilting her head and said to the guard at the door: "Let him go."

The guard named Chi Jian loosened his grip, and Yin Zheng hurriedly ran over. He immediately ran in front of Lu Zhu and looked at the people in the room warily.

Duan Xiaoyan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what he was doing. He was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead, and he wailed, "Sir, why did you let her go? I haven't gotten the antidote yet!"

Pei Yunying glanced at him: "Idiot, that's just a black snake."

"Black snake?" Duan Xiaoyan looked at the dead snake on the table and was confused for a moment, "Isn't it a seven-step walk?"

Lu Yan's eyes fell on Duan Xiaoyan, and the corners of his lips curved.

She said: "Qi Bu San is a venomous snake. How can a medical center and apothecary store store highly poisonous substances secretly when they save people and treat illnesses? Besides, Young Master Duan is from the front office of the palace. He is planning to murder the emperor's guards, unless he is killed."

She returned what Duan Xiaoyan said before, and finally looked at him with a sincere expression, "I was joking with Young Master Duan just now. Young Master Duan won't take it seriously, right?"

Duan Xiaoyan: "..."

It turned out to be fake?

But the look and tone in her voice when she just spoke didn't sound like she was joking at all.

Pei Yunying lowered her head, smiled, and stood up.

He said, "I disturbed Doctor Lu tonight. I will ask Duan Xiaoyan to come to the door someday to apologize to Doctor Lu." He glanced at Duan Xiaoyan again, "Why don't you get up?"

Duan Xiaoyan was speechless for a moment, then he climbed up from the ground, rubbed his forearms to keep up, and hesitated before leaving, looking full of grievance.

As soon as the few people left the hospital, they suddenly heard someone shouting from behind: "Wait a minute."

Pei Yunying paused, turned around, and saw Lu Zhu walking out of the shop holding a lantern.

The woman walked to the door of the medical center with a limp dead snake in her hand and shook it towards Duan Xiaoyan. Duan Xiaoyan subconsciously took a step back because of lingering fear.

Lu Tong said: "Young Master Duan, although it is not a seven-step walk, this black snake also cost me two taels of silver. Since you killed it by throwing it, you should compensate me for the silver."

Duan Xiaoyan: "..."

He was bitten, he was frightened, and in the end, he had to pay money. Why was it never discovered in the past that Renxin Medical Center had the potential to become a black shop?

However, Lu Zhuo was standing in front of him. After what happened tonight, when Duan Xiaoyan looked at the female Bodhisattva again, he instinctively felt a little frightened, so he had to take out the silver coins from his arms and handed them to Lu Zhuo with both hands. in hand.

Lu Zhuo took the money and handed the dead snake to Duan Xiaoyan. Duan Xiaoyan didn't dare to accept it, so she hung the snake corpse on Pei Yunying's arm and said calmly: "The snake belongs to you."

After that, he said no more and slammed the door of the medical center in front of them.

The long street is silent, and the branches along the street cast uneven shadows in the dim light of the lanterns.

The young man looked at the closed door in front of him, his eyes unclear.

After a long time, Duan Xiaoyan beside him swallowed and said cautiously: "Brother, she is so arrogant."

She is obviously just a doctor in a medical clinic, and she is weak and cute, but tonight she is not weak at all. Looking at her aggressive appearance, it is very scary.

When he saw Pei Yunying's cool eyes sweeping over him, he coughed lightly: "I know, I made a mistake today. Don't worry, I will accept the punishment myself when I get back. But..." He approached Pei Yunying and asked in a low voice: "Have you checked before? I haven't been able to find out her identity for a long time, but I just tested her and she admitted that there is someone behind her?"

Pei Yunying had asked Mulian to check Lu Zhu's identity before, but the yellow certificate that could prove her identity was fake. Refugees from Beijing often went to the carpenter who carved seals in Dongmen Bridge to make fake yellow certificates. Such a poor yellow book costs only a hundred yuan per piece.

If Du Changqing entered a medical clinic like this, he would carefully check Huang Ji, the doctor in charge. The owner of Renxin Medical Center may not have noticed this. Lu Chen practiced medicine in a medical clinic with a fake pornographic certificate. It can only be said that she was brave, and Du Changqing was more courageous than her. Such a strange pair made Mulian unable to find any clues that could prove Lu Chen's identity.

She was like a person who appeared in Shengjing out of thin air.

Duan Xiaoyan lowered his voice: "Who do you think is behind her? The third prince?"

The Ministry of Rites is the most implicated in this tribute case. The prince has been in a state of distress recently, but the third prince seems to be feeling refreshed. It is not impossible if the third prince sends Lu Zhuo to do something secretly.

Pei Yunying said nothing and seemed to be deep in thought.

Duan Xiaoyan looked at the aching wound on his forearm and sighed again: "She tormented me like this for nothing all night, just to vent her anger on purpose. Brother, you said that if she is really the third prince's person, she has such a strong desire for revenge, she will turn around and talk to her What will the third prince do if he complains and causes trouble for us?"

Pei Yunying came back to his senses, sneered, raised his hand, and the dead snake fell into Duan Xiaoyan's arms, shocking Duan Xiaoyan.

He turned around, his voice cold.

"If she really belongs to the third prince, take her to Zhaoyu Temple and torture her. Maybe she will be willing to have a good talk."

…

In the room, Lu Zhen put the lantern on the ground, entered the room and sat down.

After they left, she felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted off her body. She spread her palms, which were wet.

Yin Zheng's face was filled with self-blame: "Girl, it's all my fault. If I hadn't turned back at that time, you wouldn't have been threatened by them."

Lu Zhuo shook his head: "It's okay, he didn't want to do anything to us."

Yin Zheng was startled: "Why?"

Lu Yan smiled softly: "You don't really think that he didn't come to arrest me because he couldn't find any evidence, do you?"

"Isn't it?"

"of course not."

Lu Yan said calmly, "Shengjing is in deep water. Do you think he is a good person?"

Pei Yunying had suspected her from a long time ago, at least after Ke Chengxing's death. After that, he repeatedly tried to use tricks, including Duan Xiaoyan's stalking at the door of Fan's house, all of which were the tactics of the commander.

In fact, as the commander of the front department and the eldest son of Zhaoning Gong, if he really doubts someone, he does not need any evidence and can use other methods to make her suffer. It's a piece of cake.

But he didn't.

Lu Chen thought for a long time and had a vague guess in his mind.

Maybe he was afraid of someone.

Just like Liu Kun had Fan Zhenglian behind him, and Fan Zhenglian had connections with the Grand Master's Mansion behind his back. People in the officialdom always looked after each other, and the little guy caught today might become a distant relative of the big shot tomorrow.

Pei Yunying has not taken action against her for a long time, which at least shows that there is no harm to his interests in the tribute case, and he may be happy to see the result.

Duan Xiaoyan's appearance today was an accident, but her negotiation with Pei Yunying was intentional. He was testing her, and she was testing him.

Pei Yunying's reaction told her that she had made the right bet, and that he indeed suspected that there was someone behind her.

In this case, she followed Pei Yunying's guess, disrupted his vision, and made that unfounded "big man" become her false talisman.

Yin Zheng handed over the handkerchief, and Lu Zhu took it and wiped the sweat from his palms.

The other person looks bright and smiley, but is actually sharp and dangerous. When confronting him, she must be confident and unfathomable. She must not show any cowardice, and must not let the other party see her trump card.

It's all disguise.

Yin Zheng asked: "Will Commander Pei come again in the future?"

Lu Zhuo shook his head: "Not yet. He thinks I have a backer and wants to take advantage of me, so he won't do anything to me in the short term. But..."

But if you want to use her, you have to see whether Pei Yunying has the ability.

Hearing this, Yin Zheng became even more worried, "But paper can't stop the fire. What if he finds out that there is no one behind the girl? He has an official position, wouldn't it be easy to find an excuse?"

Lu Zhuo wiped his hands for a moment.

After a moment, she said: "What are you afraid of?"

"If there ever comes a time when he will block my way..."

"I'll kill him."