Denghuaxiao

Chapter 175 Seventeen Girls

 The scorching sun was obscured by thick clouds, and the forest gradually became dark.

Lu Zhen raised his eyes and looked at the person standing next to him.

Why did Pei Yunying come?

Qi Yutai's cold voice sounded in his ears: "What does the commander of the palace mean by these words?"

“Master Qi, can’t you understand?”

With a smile on his lips, he looked towards Qi Yutai, with murderous intent gradually gathering in his eyes, "I said, people cannot kneel to animals."

The sarcasm in these words was heard by everyone present. Qi Yutai said with a stern face: "You!"

"Mr. Qi," he interrupted Qi Yutai with his knuckles turning white as he held the sword, "the Queen Mother worships Buddha at Wan'en Temple all the year round. She clearly understands the Buddhist principles and is pure and inactive. But you use the name of the Queen Mother to let evil animals do harm to nature and law. It will ruin the reputation of the royal family.”

"Livestock is a minor matter, but the reputation of the royal family is a major matter. It concerns the reputation of the Queen Mother, how can we treat it so hastily?"

“I think,” he said, “it’s better for the censor to write it down and present it to the court after he returns to the court, and then talk about it seriously in court.”

The young man's tone was indifferent, and his eyes were as cold as ice, which made Qi Yutai tremble, and then his heart suddenly froze.

 What a bastard!

 I had moved out of the Queen Mother's house earlier, hoping to use the things given by the Queen Mother to cure Lu Zhuo's crime. Pei Yunying was even more ruthless, and even brought up the reputation of the Queen Mother, saying that after returning to the court, she wanted to make things worse for the imperial censor.

Father values ​​​​face most, and to protect the family’s face he will not persist in pursuing the case, and will definitely let him bow his head first. What's more, after the royal banquet, Pei Yunying was favored by the Holy Spirit, and the Queen Mother treated him extremely kindly.

Pei Yunying is clearly supporting Lu Zhu.

 Qi Yutai looked at Lu Huo.

She stood beside Pei Yunying, and Pei Yunying held one of his hands on her back, as if he was protecting her in his arms. He looked as weak as gold paper, crumbling.

  It is very pitiful.

 But he did not forget the ferocity of Lu Zhen's mad killing of dogs just now.

This picture was dazzling in Qi Yutai's eyes, and he became more and more certain that Pei Yunying and Lu Yun had already been together. Otherwise, he would not have supported Lu Huan in front of so many people, let alone confront the Qi family.

 No wonder it made Qi Huaying cry, they are such a good couple.

Qi Yutai stared at the two of them with a sinister look.

No one around said anything, and the undercurrent fell in everyone's eyes, everyone had their own thoughts.

It was Prince Yuan Zhen who broke the deadlock and spoke in an understated tone: "It's just an animal, so why go to war. If the hunting ground is not suitable, if there is anything, we'd better go down the mountain and discuss it later."

 The purpose of the conversation was to expose the matter.

Now the outcome between him and Yuan Yao is still undecided, and the palace minister is also a bargaining chip. Everyone wants to compete, at least there is no need for enmity.

Pei Yunying said calmly: "Naturally."

Seeing this, the prince pulled the reins, turned the horse's head and ordered the cavalry to go down the mountain. The people around watched such a scene, and even the smart ones did not dare to stay long. The eyes of all parties fell on him, and Lu Zhuo saw the commander of the Privy Council, Yan Xu, who was tit-for-tat with Pei Yunying on the forest road before going up the mountain, looking at him deeply, his eyes seemed to have deep meaning.

She knew that after today, rumors about her and Pei Yunying would fly all over the sky. Not only Yan Xu, but also everyone in the Medical Office and everyone who knew Pei Yunying would think that their relationship was unusual.

Just as I was thinking about it, my eyes suddenly darkened.

Qi Yutai walked towards the two of them.

He seemed extremely unwilling to do so. However, although he had a biological father who was a Grand Master, he was just a sinecure with no real power in the household department, and had no deterrent effect on the already ruthless Pei Yunying.

 Qi Yutai glanced at Lu Zhu next to Pei Yunying and sneered: "Pei Dianshuai is particularly concerned about Medical Officer Lu's affairs. Those who don't know better think that you two have a close relationship."

Lu Zhen looked at him coldly.

Qi Yutai smiled again and said, "You rushed back in such a hurry. How dare you ask the palace commander, who is she to you?"

His words were neither high nor low, just enough for the people around him to hear clearly. There were still officials around who had not left. They all turned their heads after hearing this, and their eyes seemed to be watching a good show.

Pei Yunying, a promising commander in front of the palace, and the eldest son of Duke Zhaoning. His appearance and ability are among the best in Shengjing City. Such a person will definitely marry a noble daughter in the future. Previously, there were people in Shengjing City who speculated that the beloved eldest daughter of the Grand Master's House had not yet left the palace, and she might be able to get married to the Pei family in the future.

However, today Pei Yunying did not hesitate to offend the prince of the Taishi Mansion for the sake of a humble medical girl.

 Medical women have no power, only beauty. The color is like a bone-scraping steel knife, Pei Yunying is young and romantic, and it is not out of the ordinary to be angry at a beauty.

What is extraordinary is that this young commander is not yet married, and before he is married, there are rumors of an affair with others...

 This is very bad.

The narrow gazes from all around fell on Lu Zhen, and Lu Zhen frowned slightly.

Qi Yutai went crazy because of Qi Huaying's incident, and Pei Yunying's move undoubtedly added fuel to the fire. For him, it was even worse.

If he was rational, he should immediately cut ties with her at this time, no matter what high-sounding reason he had.

 She heard Pei Yunying's voice.

 Lu Zhuo was startled.

 It is deep in the forest, with gloomy trees and gurgling streams in the distance.

Pei Yunying held her arm tightly, and her expression was blurred and could not be seen clearly due to the sunlight that filtered through the gaps between the forest branches.

 He said calmly: "She is my creditor."

 …



 Originally, Xia Miao's hunting was over. After counting the prey, he should be rewarded based on his merits. However, both the prince and the third prince were attacked, making it impossible to continue the hunt, and Xia Miao ended this time in a hurry. The prince and his entourage were accompanied by guards and returned to the palace immediately.

 As for Lu Zhuo…

As a little-known medical girl in the medical official hospital, no one except Qi Yutai paid much attention to her for the time being. However, because she was bitten by a vicious dog and her injuries were not serious, she could not leave immediately, so she stayed in the tent under the hunting ground with the remaining medical officers of the hospital, waiting to set off again tomorrow morning.

Lin Danqing also stayed.

It was already evening, the sun was setting, and the sky was filled with red clouds. In the tent, Lin Danqing, who was wiping the wounds of Lu Zhuo, looked at the hideous wounds in front of him and couldn't help but look horrified.

“Sister Lu,” her voice trembled, “Why are you injured so badly?”

During the previous confrontation on the mountain, although she saw that Lu Yan was covered in blood and his face was pale, he did not show much pain and his expression was calm. She thought that maybe the blood on the hound was more contaminated.

However, now that he had taken off his clothes and washed them with water, once the wound was exposed, it was shocking.

That is definitely not a "little injury".

She was so frightened that she even hesitated to bandage. She gritted her teeth and cursed: "That **** Qi Yutai!"

Lu Zong leaned on a simple low couch made of wood chips, glanced at the wound on his arm, and said, "Fortunately, his face was not hurt."

"When do you still have the energy to joke!" Lin Danqing glared at her, "You should be lucky that you didn't hurt your throat!"

 Lu Xu lowered his eyes and said nothing.

When the vicious dog rushed to bite her, she subconsciously protected her head and face.

There is an unwritten rule in the Imperial Medical College that patients whose appearance is disfigured cannot be treated.

 Perhaps that could be considered another kind of "dignity", but at that moment she had only one thought in her mind: she had finally come here with great difficulty, and she could not let all her efforts go to waste.

Thinking about it now, she only cared about protecting her head and face, but forgot to protect her belly. If that vicious dog tore open her belly and dragged out her intestines, it would be hard for even a **** to save her.

 It’s true that I’m afraid.

Lin Danqing carefully bandaged her wound, bandaging it, and her tone suddenly became gloomy.

"Blame me."

She whispered: "When the guards led you away, I should have been more careful. If I had followed you, maybe you wouldn't have been hurt."

Although these wounds are not fatal, if they are not taken care of properly, they may leave sequelae.

 Besides, there may be scars in the future...

Lu Zhen smiled faintly when he saw her like this.

“It has nothing to do with you, it’s just for me,” she said. “If it’s not today, it’s tomorrow. It’s always going to happen.”

"What do you mean?" Lin Danqing raised his head in confusion, "Did Qi Yutai do it on purpose? When did you offend him?"

"Didn't you say that the Queen Mother intends to arrange marriages for the Qi family and the Pei family?"

"Who knows if the rumor is true..." Lin Danqing's tone paused and he looked at her in shock, "Could it be..."

 Lu Zhen was silent.

 She said in shock: "Qi Yutai, this lunatic!"

It's just that he fell in love with a son-in-law. He hasn't even been married yet, and the Pei family may not be related to him by marriage. Even the royal family would not go so far as to kill them all.

 The Qi family dared.

 These are simply a bunch of lunatics!

After bandaging the last wound, Lin Danqing put on the outer clothes for Lu Huan, sat on the edge of the couch and said worriedly: "This is bad. If the Qi family is so arrogant, if you kill his vicious dog today, and you would rather die than bow your head, I'm afraid the knot will get deeper and deeper... Unless Pei Yunying publicly declares that he will protect you to the end, something will happen sooner or later."

“It’s really an unforeseen disaster, but what should you do in the future?”

 Lu Zong felt heavy in his heart.

 This is what worries her the most.

It would be easy for the Taishi Mansion to deal with her, but it would be difficult for her to get close to the Taishi Mansion. Pei Yunying could protect her once, but what about the next time? What about the future?

 He can't always show up.

 Don’t place your hopes on others.

After a moment of silence, Lu Yan said: "Nothing, just take it one step at a time."

The hostility from Taishi's Mansion arrived early, and when she returned to the Medical Officer's Hospital, she was about to face more intense storms, but...

But fortunately, some things have reached the time when they should happen.

 In the next few days, the Taishi Mansion should be very busy, too busy to deal with this little "ant" like her.

Just as he was thinking about it, a figure came up from the snow-white tent, and Ji Xun's voice sounded outside the tent: "Medical Officer Lu."

Lin Danqing was startled and asked Lu Chen quietly: "Why is he here?"

 Lu Zhuo shook his head.

When they were on the mountain during the day, Ji Xun's speaking for her was not only unexpected by others, but also surprised Lu Xun.

 If Pei Yunying spoke for her, it was because of their friendship in the past, but Ji Xun and she were no different from strangers now, and the only conversation they had in the hospital ended in an unpleasant incident.

 Lu Yan could not find the reason why he spoke for himself. He could only attribute it to the fact that this person was kind and had a pure temperament, so he spoke uprightly. Lin Danqing hugged the medical box and walked out. The curtain of the tent was opened, and someone else walked in.

 Lu Zhen looked at Ji Xun.

He took two steps inside, still looking cool and cold as usual, his eyes fell on Lu Huan, and asked: "How are you injured?"

He sounded concerned, although his tone was still as distant as ever.

 “Fortunately, it’s not too heavy.” Lu Yan replied.

 He nodded: "I took the dog's brain and you put it on the wound at night."

Lu Zhen raised his head in surprise.

There is a medical book that records: "Anyone who is bitten by a dog will have an attack every seven days. If there is no attack for three to seven days, it will be cured. It will take more than a hundred days to be cured."

　　If you say "kill the bitten dog, take the brain and apply it to it, it will not relapse later."

The reason why Lu Zhen is not worried is because Lin Danqing said that although the Qi family's mad dog bites people, there is no previous case of death from fear of water soon after one bite, so it is not dangerous.

On the other hand, she also has other medicines to prevent this from happening.

 But he didn’t expect Ji Xun to go and get the Greyhound’s brain.

Qi Yutai regarded the mad dog as a jewel, and he was very angry when he died in her hands. He would definitely not want to use the gray dog's brain to make medicine for himself. Ji Xun's move would definitely offend Qi Yutai.

　　Lu Zhen asked: "Master Qi actually agrees?"

"He doesn't know yet." Ji Xun replied, "No one looked after the dog carcass. I took it myself."

Lu Zhen's eyes widened in astonishment, as if he had met this person for the first time.

But he was calm, as if he didn't know how much this move would damage his image as a humble gentleman, he just said to himself: "I have seen the wounds on the dog corpses, jugular, Tianmen, Feishu, Xinshu, Tianshu, Baihui... you can stab them Very accurate.”

Lu Zhen replied calmly: "Of course, I just reviewed the acupoint map three days ago."

“Looking at it on paper is different from touching it,” Ji Xun looked confused. “Mr. Imperial Physician Bureau may not be as accurate as you.”

Decisive, clean and hit the mark. Even if an ordinary doctor has such eyesight and skills, it is impossible for him to be so calm in critical situations.

 It is human nature to panic.

Lu Yan looked at him calmly: "Medical Officer Ji seems to have forgotten that I am the first on the red list of the Spring Examination of the Imperial Medical Bureau. Naturally, it is not all based on flattery. There is always something special about me."

Ji Xun was startled. He seemed to remember the words he used to ridicule her about the red list of the Spring Examination, and couldn't help but blush slightly.

Seeing him like this, Lu Zhen turned his head and frowned, as if he was in pain from a wound, and let out a slight "hiss".

Ji Xun raised his eyes and saw a shallow scratch on her left cheek near her neck.

He was probably scratched by a greyhound. The wound was not deep and only scratched one layer, but it was like a crack on snow-white porcelain, which was particularly glaring.

 After a moment of silence, he took out a medicine bottle from his sleeve and put it on the table.

　　"The Immortal Jade Muscle Cream from the Imperial Medicine Institute. You have too many wounds. If you don't take care of them carefully, you will inevitably get scars."

Lu Zhen was a little surprised and then heard him say: "You have a good rest. It is not suitable to move around these days. There is no need to come to the hospital first after returning to the city. I told Dr. Chang Zheng that you are allowed to rest for half a month."

 After a moment of silence, Lu Zhu nodded: "Thank you very much."

 He gave a few more instructions about medication, and Lu Zhu complied with them one by one. He didn't leave the camp until the last red light of the sunset in the forest disappeared from the mountain forest.

After he left, Lu Huo looked at the small medicine bottle on the table.

The medicine bottle was exquisite and small. She had seen it once when she was in Nanyang Pharmacy. It was the best scar-removing medicine in the Royal Pharmacy. The material was precious and it was used by the nobles in the palace. She once heard He Xiu talk about it. Very expensive.

 Unexpectedly, Ji Xun took it out.

 …

　　It is getting late.

Most of the squad guards and princes and nobles have returned to the city. Only a few medical officers, injured guards and some servant women stayed in the tents outside the paddock, waiting for their departure early tomorrow morning.

The nobles left as they pleased, but the vendors who followed them found it inconvenient to run.

Especially the vendors selling cooked food, they finally set up a boiler and hot stove here. They planned to make a lot of money in the siege tonight. Now that the cavalry has left, only a few servants are left walking around. However, it is not convenient to move around. , so they could only continue to spread out in the forest, pushing the cart with lanterns hanging on it, and shouting loudly.

There are dozens of unpacked white tents everywhere, and there are nearly a hundred people left. Although it is not as crowded as in previous years, it makes this forest night market somewhat lively and lively.

Lin Danqing also went out to buy cooked food. Lu Meng stayed alone in the tent, listening to the slightly noisy people outside. He lifted the thin blanket around him and stood up from the couch.

As soon as he moved, the wound on his leg caused pain. Lu Xu frowned, and it took him a while to calm down.

She held on to the edge of the tent and moved little by little to the table.

 After applying medicine to the wound bitten by a vicious dog, the delayed pain slowly began to dissipate. Her head and face were not seriously injured, and her belly was well protected. Most of her limbs were scratched and bitten, but the vital parts were avoided. The most seriously injured was her left arm, because she was so desperate that she stuffed her entire arm into the vicious dog's body. In the mouth, the canine teeth were almost completely gone, like being injured by a sharp knife.

There is a "window" next to the white curtain table, a small curtain that can be rolled up. Lu Zhu rolled up the curtain.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, a cool night breeze blew in from outside.

 She looked out the window.

Not far away, beside the thin, winding creek in the paddock forest, all the lights were on. The small and dim lights in the forest illuminated the water, making the night under the paddock bright and vivid. The sound of bargaining came from the night market.

“Hey, this jelly jelly is cut very finely, have a bowl! Add more sesame seeds!”

“Okay! It’s hot, sir, why don’t you have some more mustard melon, it’ll be delicious together!”

 “Okay, add another sugared black bean, it will be cheaper for me...”

 The noisy sounds fell in the forest. Without the noble horses and horses, the night in Huangmaogang showed a more simple reality.

Lu Zhen listened carefully for a while, then slowly sat down holding on to the table.

As soon as she turned around, she suddenly remembered that the medicine Lin Danqing had boiled for her hadn’t been drunk yet. It should have cooled down after being left for a long time, so she turned around.

She didn't want to get up and walk over again. The wound on her leg meant that she couldn't move around. She felt that it was difficult to take just a few steps, so she just leaned towards the low wooden table next to the couch.

She was not far short, but the medicine bowl was placed very far inside. She leaned forward with difficulty, her fingers could barely touch the edge of the medicine bowl, and tried hard to pull it closer to herself.

 A hand reached out from behind and picked up the medicine bowl for her.

 Lu Zong made a move.

Pei Yunying put the medicine bowl on the table, stretched out his hand to support her back and asked her to sit down at the table, then looked at her with a slightly frown and said, "Why are you running around at will if I don't let you rest in bed?"

Lu Zhen was stunned for a moment.

The brown decoction rippled slightly under the candle shadow. He then sat down at the table and pushed the medicine bowl towards Lu Zhuo.

 Lu Zong looked down at the medicine bowl and subconsciously asked, "Why didn't you leave?"

Except for a few injured Long Wuwei, all of them followed the prince and his party back to the city. As the commander of the palace, how could Pei Yunying still stay here?

He said: "I am also injured, of course I have to stay for treatment."

Injuried?

Lu Zhen suddenly remembered that he seemed to have heard Lin Danqing say that the third prince was assassinated in the forest, and Pei Yunying protected him down the mountain.

At that time, he prevented Qi Yutai from being humiliated. As the commander of the palace, he had to accompany the prince down the mountain. However, she was brought back to the camp by Lin Danqing and the others, and Pei Yunying was never seen again. At that time, Pei Yunying looked calm and behaved as usual, with no signs of injury.

As if aware of what she was thinking, Pei Yunying explained: "A small injury, Chang Jin took care of it for me. It was you." He was silent for a moment and looked at her with a solemn look, "The injury is not serious."

 Lu Yan was silent.

 In fact, it’s not very heavy.

She lowered her eyes, picked up the medicine bowl and brought it to her lips. The medicine soup was almost cold. Lin Danqing deliberately simmered it for a while longer. It was strong and bitter. She lowered her head and drank the medicine in the bowl in one breath. Then she put down the bowl and stood in front of her. A grain of colorful paper appeared.

Pei Yunying handed over a candy.

After a pause, Lu Zhuo took the candy and held it in her palm. She faintly heard the noise of the night market in the distance coming along the wind. After a while, she said, "You shouldn't show up today."

Pei Yunying looked at her quietly.

"The Qi family wants to win over you," she said in a calm voice. "In full view of the public, you confronted him **** for tat, which made Qi Yutai lose his face. He will definitely hold a grudge against you in the future."

"With the shrewdness of the palace commander, he should not take such a rash move."

"I do not understand…"

 Lu Zhen slowly raised his eyes: "Why are you helping me, Commander-in-Chief?"

Even though Pei Yunying's whereabouts are mysterious, Lu Zhen can also vaguely sense what he is planning, and it cannot be noticed by outsiders. Just like herself, putting the contradiction in the open too early will do her own harm but not any good.

To these powerful people, she just bit three heads, which was not painful or itchy, but the vicious dog lost his life. No matter what, she took advantage of it.

Even she herself was about to accept her fate and decided to accept this inevitable humiliation, but it happened that he stood up at that time.

The moonlight is cool and dim, and the tent is dimly swaying.

He looked at her with a somewhat inexplicable tone: "You have thought carefully about me."

 Lu Zhen was silent.

 “Didn’t I say it? You are my creditor.”

　　Creditors?

 Lu Zong was a little confused.

  Is this talking about her debt of gratitude for rescuing Pei Yunshu's mother and daughter?

But that debt of favor had already been squandered in the miscellaneous matters that followed, and after that...he didn't owe her any favors.

The wind shook the moon shadow, and countless flowing moonlight rushed in, blowing the thin lamps and candles on the table.

He stretched out his hand, plucked the wick with silver scissors, and said casually: "It's a bit troublesome."

"but…"

 “Old friends are so kind that it’s hard to forget them.”

Lu Zong was startled, suddenly realized something, and looked at Pei Yunying sharply.

Not far away, in the Heliang Night Market under the forest, there is light smoke and bright gauze lights. The young man was sitting in the tent, and the moonlight that opened the tent curtain spread all over the ground behind him. And a silver ring clutched at his fingertips fell into her eyes without warning and off guard.

It was an old blackened ring. The silver was rough and mottled. It was dimly illuminated by the candlelight, showing a bit of the tenderness of the past.

 Lu Zong's heart trembled.

The young man sat quietly, with the remaining lamp illuminating his handsome features, looking at Lu Yan's eyes silently, not knowing whether he was happy or sad.

 He looked at her: "Really, Miss Seventeen?"