Chapter 65: chance encounter

Chapter 65: chance encounter

Chapter 65 Chance Encounter

Two more young girls came to Renxin Medical Center, and it suddenly became lively.

 Before Lu Zhu came, there were only Acheng and Du Changqing in the shop, but now there are four beautiful girls, and even the plum tree at the door looks much more pleasing to the eye.

The scorching sun was shining brightly, and the summer cicadas were chirping on the trees at the door, making people dizzy. Du Changqing came in from the outside and put a few bowls of syrup in his hand on the table: "It's time for tea!"

Yin Zheng, who was helping Lu Zong organize the medicine cabinet, took a look and asked, "What is this?"

Du Changqing put his hands on his hips and spoke boldly: "There is a new pulp shop opened at the entrance of West Street. It costs three copper coins. Buy one bowl and get one free. I am the host and I will treat you to a drink. There is no charge."

“Thank you, cousin.” Xia Rongrong, who was embroidering a handkerchief with Vanilla, thanked her softly.

Xia Rongrong didn't know much about medicinal materials, and she couldn't compete with Yin Zheng and Acheng for their work. During the day, she sat in the shop and did embroidery work with Vanilla, which was quite quiet.

Du Changqing taught them how to divide the water into pulp, and he bought miscellaneous products, such as pear pulp, **** honey water, apricot cake drink, jasmine soup, ice and snow cold yuanzi...

Lu Zhen was given a bowl of **** honey water. The syrup had been soaked in an ice bucket in advance and served in a green bamboo tube, which made the syrup as clear as amber.

She lowered her head and took a sip. It was sweet, cold and cold. When he looked up again, he saw that everyone looked patient.

Du Changqing asked: "How is it?" Without waiting for anyone to answer, he took a sip first.

The next moment, the man couldn't help but choked out: "Ahem! What's the matter with that?"

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Xia Rongrong on the other end frowned and said, "It's a little too sweet."

Even Acheng, who loves sweets the most, wrinkled his nose: "Master, this is not adding sugar to the water, it's just forgetting to add water to the sugar."

Although Yin Zheng and Xiang Xiang did not speak, they put the bowl of syrup far away and seemed unwilling to take another sip.

Du Changqing said angrily: "Good guy, the seller of syrup told me that it is not sweet and does not cost money, but it is true. Is there something wrong with this person's brain? Who does he want to kill for being so sweet?"

He turned his head and saw Lu Yan continuing to drink the syrup in the bowl without any expression. He said angrily: "Stop drinking. Why don't you save money for me on weekdays? Who will be responsible for someone's life after drinking it?"

 Lu Zhu said nothing.

Du Changqing thought for a while and then looked at her suspiciously: "Don't you think it's cool?"

"fine."

Du Changqing stared at her in bewilderment: "Won't you tell me that this suits your taste?"

Lu Tong: “If the shop doesn’t close down, I will continue to patronize his business.”

 She added: “One bowl a day.”

Everyone was silent.

Du Changqing choked, and after a while, he nodded: "Yes, I admire it. It seems that whether the pulp shop can open on West Street in the future will all depend on your patronage, Doctor Lu."

Lu Zhen expressed her support for the pulp shop by drinking up all the pulp water.

After drinking, Lu Zhuo put the diabolo tube aside, and Yin Zheng went into the small courtyard and took out Lu Zhuo's medical box.

Others in the hospital were not surprised. Du Changqing waved his hands at the two of them: "Go early and come back early."

Yin Zheng was speechless: "I understand."

 Today is the day to treat Mrs. Fan.

Lu Zhen made an appointment with Mrs. Fan to visit her door every seven days to perform acupuncture on Mrs. Fan. Today is the third time.

 Out of the door, when Lu Zhuo and Yin Zheng arrived at Fan's house, Mrs. Fan, Mrs. Zhao, had just woken up from her lunch break.

Seeing Lu Zhen, Mrs. Zhao waved her hand and signaled Lu Zhen to come in and perform acupuncture.

As usual, Lu Chen took out the golden needle from the medical box and used it to cross the Zhao point.

With the maid Cui'er fanning behind her, Mrs. Zhao closed her eyes slightly and asked Lu Zhen lazily: "Doctor Lu, how many more days will this injection last?"

Lu Zhu inserted a golden needle and said: "Madam, the clearing has been reduced now. It is at the critical moment. If the needle is stopped at this time, it will have no effect after a while. In order to strengthen it, it is better to continue the needle for two months." For the best."

 “Two more months?”

“After that, there will be a needle crossing every ten days, six times in two months. What do you think, madam?”

 Zhao sighed: "Okay."

Lu Zhuo stopped talking and began to help Zhao with his heart.

Ms. Zhao raised her eyelids and glanced at the busy Lu Chen, then put them down again, with a satisfied smile overflowing from the corner of her mouth.

 She is very satisfied with Lu Huan.

To be precise, Mr. Zhao was very satisfied with Lu Zhen's ability to use golden needles to cross acupoints. These days, I don't know whether it was "Xianxian" or Lu Zhuo who came to her door every few days to help her with the acupoints. Zhao's waist has indeed lost some weight, and her clothes have become a little looser in the past.

　This simply made Ms. Zhao ecstatic.

She was still half-convinced about what Lu Zhen said, but now that she has seen the results with her own eyes, she is finally relieved.

After losing some weight, Mrs. Zhao asked her servants to go to the Qingyi Pavilion in Shengjing to make several moonlight gauze dresses. After her weight loss, her makeup was lightened, and her gauze skirt and blouse were elegant and fairy-like. She was completely different from her past glamour, which made Fan Zhenglian feel fresh for a long time. The couple's love for each other was even better than before. It won't be long before she may become the stunning beauty dancing on the palm of her hand, worthy of the name "Flying Swallow".

Turning to Lu Huan, Mrs. Zhao noticed that every time Lu Huan came to visit, he always came in the afternoon and left before evening, which happened to avoid the days when Fan Zhenglian was away on business. In addition, Lu Zhen was a man of few words and never asked questions when he entered the house, which seemed to be his duty.

This makes Mr. Zhao very satisfied. People who are knowledgeable are always reassuring. Otherwise, with such a young medical woman in the house, she would really be afraid that Fan Zhenglian would become lustful one day.

This medical woman did not notice her restless thoughts for the time being, and Mrs. Zhao was not as mean as she was before.

About an hour and a half later, Lu Zhen finished acupuncture for Zhao, and Zhao asked her maid Cui'er to take her to the next room for a cup of tea.

Cui'er brought tea and medical treatment fee. Zhao was not a generous person, so the medical treatment fee was very small. As for the medicinal tea, he treated it as nothing, and Lu Yun didn't take the initiative to mention it.

When Lu Chen was drinking tea, Yin Zheng put a small jar into Cui'er's hand and said with a smile: "Miss Cui'er, this is the hair oil made by Doctor Lu himself. It contains medicinal materials. If you apply it for a long time, your hair will become thinner." It’s getting brighter.”

Cui'er declined: "How can I still take Dr. Lu's things..."

"It's not worth much," Yin Zheng said with a smile, "I wanted to give Madam a few jars, but Doctor Lu thought that the ointment Madam usually uses is expensive, so she might look down on us. Miss Cui'er, don't dislike it."

Tui'er put the jar into her sleeve, her smile more genuine than before: "Thank you very much, Doctor Lu."

Lu Zong shook his head, lowered his head and took a sip of the hot tea in his hand.

Tui'er is Zhao's personal maid. A small favor won't buy Cui'er, but it can bring Yin Zheng and Cui'er closer.

 When the relationship is close, the mouth becomes looser.

Lu Zong finished his tea and stood up to say goodbye. Cui Er sent them two out. When they passed by the flower hall, they bumped into a man.

The other party whispered "I'm sorry", and Lu Chen looked in front of him. He was a tall middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He was wearing an agarwood-colored cloth robe that had been washed white. He clearly looked majestic, but his expression was very humble. .

Lu Chen had met this man before, but he didn’t know what his relationship was with the Fan family. Several times, Lu Chen had bumped into this man at the door when he went out after treatment. Most of the time, this man was handed over to the servants of the Fan family. Some gifts and the like.

 This is the first time that I have entered the inner courtyard like this.

Lu Yan glanced at him. Another maid of the Zhao family was directing the man to take the things in his hands to the yard and put them down. They were vaguely pheasants, geese, ducks and other earthly things.

The man walked around Lu Yan, wiped his sweat, and said to Mrs. Zhao who was enjoying the cool in the flower hall through the courtyard door: "Madam..."

 “I know.” Ms. Zhao sounded quite impatient.

This man felt a little embarrassed, said a few words to Zhao's maid and left in a hurry.

Lu Zhen looked at his back and asked Cui'er as he walked forward: "He is..."

Cui'er smiled and said, "That's Mr. Qi from the Court of Justice, our master's right-hand man."

 A capable subordinate?

Lu Zhen thought of the old robe that had been washed white on the man just now, and the way Zhao's maid treated him bossing around, and said as if unintentionally: "Master Fan thinks highly of him?"

"Of course I take him seriously." Perhaps it was because of the Lu Toutou Oil that Cui'er was willing to talk to them a few more words: "When the master came back from Yuan'an County, he specially brought Mr. Qi back to Shengjing." At this point, Cui'er felt a little strange, "Why did Doctor Lu ask about Master Qi?"

Yin Zheng pushed Cui'er and laughed softly: "That gentleman is not bad in appearance and has great momentum..."

Cui'er understood, covered her mouth and said, "That's a pity. Mr. Qi already has a wife and children, but..." She glanced at Lu Shen and did not continue.

Lu Zhen knew the look in her eyes well. In the eyes of the Fan family, it would be good for a low-born medical woman to marry a low-ranking official as a concubine.

After leaving the gate of Fan Mansion and Cui Er left, Lu Zhuo stood at the door and turned around to look at the door plaque of Fan Mansion.

Yin Zheng asked: "What's wrong with the girl?"

"I'm thinking…"

Lu Zhen’s voice was very soft: “The person I just saw.”

“Master Qi?” Yin Zheng was stunned.

Lu Yan said: "He has a problem." Cui'er said that Mr. Qi was a person whom Fan Zhenglian respected, so he brought him back to Shengjing from Yuan'an County. But looking at Mr. Qi's clothes and status in Fan Mansion, it is not difficult to tell. He lives in embarrassment.

This is strange, how could Fan Zhenglian’s capable general be so miserable?

And Cui'er said that he came back from Yuan'an County...

In other words, Master Qi, who has been with Fan Zhenglian since the beginning of his official career, must know many of Fan Zhenglian's secrets.

“Yin Zheng, please ask Mr. Cao to find out about Mr. Qi just now.”

 She needs to know the details of Mr. Qi in order to prescribe the right medicine.

"Girl," Yin Zheng was a little embarrassed, "Except for food, all the money we earned went into the Happy Building. Information from Mr. Cao is expensive, and the dividends are not enough to spend. If we want to inquire about the information again, we can only borrow money from shopkeeper Du."

"Then it's on credit." Lu Zhu withdrew his gaze and walked forward.

Yin Zheng had no choice but to catch up quickly. After taking only two steps, she suddenly let out a "huh" sound.

 Lu Zhen stopped and said, "What's wrong?"

Yin Zheng pointed across the street: "It seems to be Mr. Pei's young master Duan?"

Lu Tong was startled and followed Yin Zheng's gaze. He saw a person sitting in the shade of the tea stall opposite, with his back to her, drinking tea alone. Because he couldn't see his face, he couldn't tell whether it was Duan Xiaoyan or not.

 She frowned: "Are you sure you didn't identify the wrong person?"

Yin Zheng was very confident: "You can't be wrong. I've seen a lot of people in the past and I know they are very good at it." After saying that, he took the initiative to wave to the other side of the street and shouted: "Young Master Duan!"

After a while, the person sitting at the tea stall slowly turned around. When he saw Lu Zhu and the other two, he was stunned. Then he stood up and walked forward with a look of surprise on his face, "Doctor Lu, Miss Yin Zheng."

 It is indeed Duan Xiaoyan.

Lu Yan glanced around Duan Xiaoyan, but did not see Pei Yunying, so he asked, "Why is Mr. Duan here?"

"I was busy with official duties. I passed by here and sat down for a cup of tea. I didn't expect to meet Dr. Lu." He smiled enthusiastically and asked Lu Shen again: "Where is Dr. Lu?"

 “I’m here to treat people.”

Duan Xiaoyan said "Oh", looked into the distance, and said to Lu Yan sheepishly: "Dr. Lu, I still have official duties to attend to, so I have to go first. I'll take a rest in a few days, and I'll ask you to come again." I came to your medical clinic, the herbal tea last time was really useful."

 Lu Zhuo nodded at him: "Master Duan, walk slowly."

 Duan Xiaoyan left quickly, and Lu Yan looked at his back and said nothing for a long time.

Yin Zheng reminded: "Girl, won't you leave?"

Lu Zhen looked back: "Let's go."

 …

 Duan Xiaoyan returned to the Palace Commander's Mansion. Fellow guard Mulian was returning from the martial arts field and said that Xiao Zhufeng had bought plums in the camp and asked him to go inside and eat them.

 Duan Xiaoyan waved his hand and asked Mulian: "Is your Excellency inside?"

"Not here." Mulian took a bite of the green-skinned plum in her hand. She was so sour that she couldn't open her eyes for a while, "Do you have anything to do with me?"

　Duan Xiaoyan shook his head: "It's okay."

Mulian went in, Gardenia ran out from the corner, and rubbed her head in his arms again and again. Duan Xiaoyan squatted on the ground, rubbed the dog's head absentmindedly, and whispered to himself: "It's so evil, after all this time You're so far away and you don't even see my face, how did you recognize me?"

Someone behind me asked: "How did I recognize you?"

Duan Xiaoyan was startled, and turned around to see Pei Yunying walking in from the door.

On a summer day, he was still wearing the red brocade robe of a palace official, with the collar neatly buttoned. He was not at all hot, but rather refreshing.

“Brother, are you back?” Duan Xiaoyan stood up and followed him into the camp.

As soon as they entered the door, the two of them were stunned for a moment.

There were a dozen bamboo baskets stacked at the door of the barracks of the Palace Commander's Mansion. The bamboo baskets were full of green plums. A group of pro-soldiers were grinning as they ate, and the air was filled with a sour smell.

Pei Yunying frowned: "What?"

Mulian said hurriedly: "Deputy envoy Xiao sent it. He said it was hot, so he bought it specially to quench the thirst of the brothers. The envoy also specially picked a basket of the best and put it in your room, sir."

Seeing Pei Yunying's silence, Huang Song said next to him: "The plums the deputy envoy bought are quite delicious, but they are a bit sour."

Pei Yunying reached out and touched his forehead: "...I know." After taking two steps, he turned back and said unbearably: "Move to the courtyard, don't pile them up at the door."

"yes."

Pei Yunying entered his room, turned around and saw Duan Xiaoyan was still there, and asked, "Is something wrong?"

 Duan Xiaoyan turned around and closed the door. He waited for Pei Yunying to sit down at the table, then stepped forward and said, "Brother, Dr. Lu from Renxin Medical Center went to Fan's Mansion again today."

"Um."

　　…I said hello to her.”

Pei Yunying poured the tea for a moment.

 He raised his eyes: "Exposed?"

"What an injustice!" Duan Xiaoyan exclaimed, "It was so hot, so I went to the tea stall opposite to drink a bowl of tea. Who knew Doctor Lu would go out so coincidentally. My back was turned to her at the time. We were across the street. Brother, you She may not be able to recognize me, who knows how she recognized me?"

Pei Yun glanced at him, lowered his head and drank tea: "What did she say?"

"I didn't say anything. I said I was passing by on errands. She didn't suspect it, so I left."

Pei Yunying nodded.

Seeing that he had no reaction, Duan Xiaoyan became more courageous and said: "Brother, I have been watching the Fan family for half a month, and Dr. Lu has done nothing but acupuncture on Mrs. Fan. Her herbal tea is selling well, Fan Madam likes it, but it doesn’t hinder us. Are you too nervous about her? "

Pei Yunying closed the tea lid: "Do you believe her so much?"

"I can't say that I trust you." Duan Xiaoyan said in a sincere tone: "The main thing is to keep an eye on me every day, and pay for transportation, tea, and food... I don't have enough money to spend. Brother, please lend me some..." As he spoke, he touched his waist, and suddenly A meal.

"What's wrong?"

 Duan Xiaoyan looked at him: "My wallet is missing."

 “Stolen?”

 “That’s not true, there’s no silver in it.”

Pei Yunying was speechless: "Then you are crying and sad."

“You gave me that purse!” Duan Xiaoyan shouted: “When I first entered the palace, the purse you gave me had my name on it.”

Pei Yunying reminded him: "Think about where it was lost. Have you found it in the camp?"

"I can't remember. I still had the bill when I was having tea across from Fan's house in the afternoon. Ah!" His eyes moved. "Could it be that I lost it when I was talking to Dr. Lu? I had to go there in a hurry. It’s urgent, maybe it’s dropped in front of Fan’s house.”

Hearing this, Pei Yunying sat up straighter in a lazy posture and asked him: "Did you say that Lu Yun picked it up?"

"It's just possible." Duan Xiaoyan scratched his head, "It's hard to ask others."

“Why don’t you ask?” Pei Yunying asked.

Duan Xiaoyan was surprised: "There is not a single coin in the purse, what does Dr. Lu want it for? Besides, if I really asked her, Dr. Lu would think that I suspected her of stealing something, and if others heard about it, he would suspect Dr. Lu of bad character." , that’s not good.”

Pei Yunying: "It's hard for you to think carefully about her."

Before Duan Xiaoyan could speak, he continued: "I will accompany you to Renxin Medical Center in a few days."

Duan Xiaoyan looked at him in disbelief: "You really want to ask Doctor Lu? Why?"

 “Because your name is on the wallet.”

"name?"

“It’s okay if you are picked up by others. If you are picked up by Lu Zhuo, I am afraid that you will be sold and count the money for me.”

　Duan Xiaoyan was puzzled: "What can you sell me for that bag?"

"That's a lot," Pei Yunying smiled: "For example..."

 “Blackmail.”

"Blackmail?" Duan Xiaoyan was surprised, "What can you blackmail me with a purse? I'm not a woman, how can you use this as a token of love to force me to marry her?" As he spoke, he himself was stunned and thought for a while. He murmured: "It's not impossible to say that. She was able to recognize me today just by looking at my back. It shows that I have a deep impression on Dr. Lu... But I am not yet in the prime of my life, and I can't make the final decision on marriage yet..."

As he was talking to himself, a stack of thick volumes was unexpectedly slapped on his head. Pei Yunying stood up and passed by him, saying: "Okay, if that day comes, as your half-elder, I will definitely give it to you." A generous gift.”

 “I wish you both good looks and good looks, and may you be a match made in heaven.”

 (End of this chapter)