Lamp Flower Smile

After the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather became hotter and hotter.

The sun in Shengjing shone hotly on the earth, and the ice cheese stalls in the streets and alleys became lively again. Wealthy people couldn't stand the heat, so they took their families to the mountain villa to escape the summer heat. The shade of the trees on the mountain was cool, so it became a good place for the children of the nobles.

"Xia Miao" arrived on the second ten-day holiday after the Dragon Boat Festival.

The night before the hunt, Chang Jin received from Cui Min the list of medical officers Xia Miao would enter the mountain this time.

Hunting in the suburbs of Beijing is also considered an annual event for the noble children of Shengjing. When the former emperor and prince were still alive, they personally participated in the hunting, which was part of the "military ceremony".

In addition to the bodyguards, there were also some medical officers and workers from the Medical Official Hospital and the Royal Pharmacy Hospital.

They are all from rich or noble families, so hunting in the mountains will inevitably lead to bumps and bruises. The medical officer is accompanying them to help apply medicine and bandage, which makes the royal family appear considerate and tolerant.

The list of medical officers who went to the mountain had been drawn up from the beginning. There were ten in total. In addition to a few old medical officers in the medical officer's hospital, there were also a few new medical officers, all of whom were young people with good family backgrounds.

After all, hunting and accompanying him is a good thing for a medical officer, and good favors should of course be given to people who are more deserving.

Chang Jin looked at the list in his hand and unexpectedly looked at the person at the table: "Hospital envoy, here...why is there suddenly more Medical Officer Lu?"

Chang Jin remembered clearly that Lu Zhuo's name was not on the previous entourage list.

"Medical Officer Wang suddenly felt cold, so Dr. Lu took care of it." Cui Min looked down at the medical books in front of him and replied quietly.

"I see."

Chang Jin nodded. No wonder the list has only come into his hands now. It must have been a temporary change of people. Lu Zhu has good medical skills. Recently, he has become famous in the Medical Officer's Hospital for curing Jin Xianrong. He has this opportunity to show his face in front of nobles and evaluate future officials. There are also benefits to being a medical officer.

It seems that the envoy of the hospital has gradually begun to pay attention to Lu Zhuo.

Thinking of this, he bowed to Cui Min gratefully and said, "Then I will take the list and notify the medical officers first."

Cui Min: "Go."

Chang Jin exited the room, and another person came in from the door. After watching Chang Jin's back go away, he closed the door, looked at Cui Min quietly, and whispered: "Sir, the Qi family suddenly asked Doctor Lu to accompany him for hunting. , are you really planning to attack Medical Officer Lu in the hunting ground?"

A few days ago, Qi Yutai, the son of the Taishi Mansion, sent a message to Cui Min, saying that Lu Zhuo must accompany him in the hunting grounds this year.

How dare the Medical Officials Academy not listen to the Grand Master's orders?

Not to mention that Lu Yan was just an ordinary person with no identity background.

In fact, it was somewhat unexpected that Qi Yutai made such roundabout arrangements instead of taking direct action against Lu Zhuo.

After all, with his status, it was easy to deal with Lu Yan.

Cui Min put down his pen: "I don't know."

He didn't care whether Lu Zhuo lived or died.

But ants.

The confidant said again: "Look at the roster, won't the envoys of the Imperial Academy go hunting with you this year? All the envoys of Qiu Academy of the Royal Medicine Academy have gone."

"Not going."

Cui Min said: "Knowing that there is a change, you should avoid suspicion. As for Qiu He..."

That old man was too persistent in his pursuit of advancement, and wished that all the credit should be given to the Royal Medicine Academy. Little do we know that there are many mistakes in this world, especially towards those in high and powerful positions.

He had learned this from another person ten years ago.

"Let Chang Jin go for me."

He closed his eyes.

"He has been a little too concerned about Lu Zong recently."

…

When Chang Jin sent the list to the dormitory, Lin Danqing was sitting at the table wiping his face. After hearing the good news, he didn't even bother to wipe the pearls and jade powder on his face, and turned to look at Lu Yun who was sitting at the table reading a book.

"Sister Lu, do you hear me? You will go hunting with me tomorrow!"

Lu Zhuo looked stunned.

Chang Jin usually kept a straight face, but he was finally infected by Lin Danqing's excitement. He couldn't help but smile, "It's because Dr. Wang suddenly caught a cold that he asked Lu Zhuo to take the supplement. It's a rare opportunity. Hey, go back and buy some peaches and pears." Thank you very much, Dr. Wang!”

He brought the news to other hospitals and informed other medical officers.

The lights in the room flickered, and Lin Danqing was still excited: "Great! Originally, I thought it would be boring to go hunting by myself, so it would be nice to have you as my companion!"

Lu Yan was not in as good a mood as she was.

It is difficult to find a place to accompany one person. Lin's father has served in the Medical Officer's College for many years. It is not surprising that Lin Danqing is on the list, but his own name is also among them...

Lu Chen frowned slightly.

Something is wrong.

Why was it that a common man like me had his turn in such an aristocratic event? It should be noted that all rosters will eventually pass through Cui Min's hands.

It was too late for Cui Min to suppress her, so how could he give her a chance to get ahead?

If something goes wrong, it will be a monster.

She lowered her eyebrows and said nothing. When Lin Danqing saw this, he comforted her and said: "Why are you so serious? It's been hot lately, so I just went to the mountains to escape the heat. Those who hunted were all princes and nobles, and the mountains and forests had been driven away before. Ligers and tigers The ferocious beasts have been eliminated long ago, and at most they are wolves and leopards. We are waiting in the shed outside the forest to follow, so there will be no danger. "

It didn't sound like there was anything wrong with it, but Lu Yan still felt uneasy.

Lin Danqing patted her shoulder: "Don't be nervous, Sister Lu. After all, hunting is just an opportunity to go out and have fun. Think about it, you don't have to be on duty to get your salary, isn't it better than staying in the Medical Officer's Hospital to watch people's faces? ”

"Just keep your heart in your stomach and follow me when the time comes. Let's go and take a look."

Lin Danqing is always very positive when it comes to taking a vacation.

After she said that, she applied the powder evenly, rummaged through the boxes and cabinets and dug out a bed of snacks to eat, and threw them directly into the furoshiki spread out on the bed. It didn't look like she was going on a hunting trip, but like she was going for an outing. Then he called Lu Chen: "Sister Lu, please pack your things too. There are many mosquitoes on the mountain. Remember to bring insect repellent lotion."

Lu Zhuo stood up, returned to her inner room, opened the wooden cabinet, and found many bottles and cans on the upper floor of the wooden cabinet. She followed them and looked over them. In addition to insect repellent lotion, she picked five or six more bottles and cans and put them in the medical kit.

When his eyes passed over the innermost layer of the wooden cabinet, he suddenly stopped.

There, four palm-sized porcelain jars were placed quietly, hidden in the shadows of the cabinet, looking at her quietly.

Lu Zhen looked at it quietly for a long time.

If you want to go up the mountain, you cannot put porcelain jars in the medical kit to avoid bumps and bumps on the road.

This was the first time since she entered the hospital that she was separated from her family.

She wiped the four porcelain jars with a cloth a few times, pushed them inside again, and then took out the delicate hibiscus hairpin with cold light from the box. Finally, she closed the wooden cabinet door and locked it again.

"Father, mother, sister, second brother——"

She whispered to herself, "I'll be back soon."

…

Summer nights are getting hotter day by day.

Ice cubes were placed everywhere in the mansion, but it was quite cool without the heat outside.

A figure passed through the grand courtyard of Taishi Mansion, walked hurriedly through the corridor, opened the door and entered the house.

In the room, Qi Yutai was leaning on the couch, with two beautiful maids beside him gently fanning him.

"Master," the visitor entered the room and presented the things in his hands to Qi Yutai, "Cao Huai from the Medical Officer's Hospital has sent the things."

Qi Yutai frowned, glanced at the object in the visitor's hand, and smiled with satisfaction.

"Not bad. Go and take it to Qinhu to get familiar with it."

"Yes." The young man agreed, but he was a little embarrassed when he thought of something, "But if the young lady and the master knew..."

Qi Yutai glared at him coldly, and the boy immediately fell silent.

"If you don't talk too much, how will they know now?"

The boy didn't dare to speak.

Qi Yutai sneered: "My sister is soft-hearted and my father is pedantic, but how can I tolerate a despicable woman climbing over our Qi family?"

He sighed: "My sister lent me money to fulfill my wish, but I don't have that much money to pay her back, so venting this bad breath on her behalf can be regarded as a return gift."

After saying that, he glanced at the servant and said, "You dare to tell my father, you know what will happen to you."

The boy trembled and said hurriedly: "Yes, young master."

The white moon was dim, and in another courtyard separated by a wall from the Taishi Mansion, candles were burning in the night.

There is an old man standing in front of the window, with black robe and white hair, thick eyebrows and white teeth, quietly looking at the clouds in the distance.

There was a slight sound from the door behind him. The old man did not look back, but asked calmly: "Have you packed the young master's things?"

The old housekeeper took a few steps forward and replied respectfully: "Everything has been put away, and the best guards in the house are accompanying them. The horses, saddles, and breastplates have been inspected, and the young master's hounds are also there..."

After hesitating for a moment, the housekeeper continued: "The young master wants to name the medical woman from the Medical Officer's Hospital this time. Are you not going to stop her?"

Qi Yutai thought that what he did was done behind Qi Qing's back, but everything in the Grand Master's residence could not escape Qi Qing's eyes. Sometimes he doesn't say it just because he doesn't want to say it.

Like a loving father who indulges a mischievous young son, he calmly looks at his unscrupulous mischief.

"Don't stop me." Qi Qing said, "I'm just a medical woman."

He turned around, the moonlight was blocked behind him, and the lantern on the table shone on his face, illuminating the wrinkled, old face with a bluish white, like a rotten corpse.

The beads in his hand were rubbed until they were warm and shiny.

He turned a few times, lowered his eyes and sighed.

"It can be considered as venting your anger on Ying'er."

…

The first day of June is "Xia Miao" in Shengjing.

Si Tianjian observed the sky in advance and found that the weather was fine that day. Before dawn in the early morning, Lu Zhuo followed Chang Jin and other medical officers on the carriage to the hunting ground.

The hunting ground is in Huangmaogang.

The mountains are lush and lush, and the trees are beautiful. When the late prince was still alive, he would spend summers here to escape the summer heat, until after the entire month of August, the autumn hunting began.

Nowadays, hunting in autumn has been replaced by hunting in summer, which makes it more convenient to escape the summer heat.

When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, many people were coming around. Lu Zhuo also saw Qiu He, the eighty-year-old envoy of the Royal Medicine Academy, standing tremblingly under the long shed, tired from traveling and traveling, and looked very a few people. Share sins.

Most of the first to arrive were the medical officers from the Medical Office and the Royal Pharmacy Hospital, as well as some servants and guards. The hunting team arrived later so that the servants could be prepared first.

In the past, when the late emperor was still alive, he paid special attention to the annual autumn hunt. He would offer sacrifices to heaven before leaving, and he would have nearly ten thousand guardsmen following him to review the army. However, in recent years, he has been in poor health and no longer participates in the hunt. Without His Majesty, the team would have to be much slimmer. Even so, it was still an eye-opener for Lu Zhuo, who came to the paddock for the first time.

Near the military camp at the foot of the mountain, traders have already gathered and set up long tents in the forest. From a distance, it looks like a busy market has been set up in the forest, and the number of traders is still increasing.

Lin Danqing saw that Lu Zhu was looking carefully and took the initiative to explain: "That's a city siege."

Lu Yan: "Besieging the city?"

"Some distinguished guests who come to hunt will bring their families with them. They hunt in the mountains during the day and stay in camps at night. When they go out for a stroll at night, these cloth-covered vendors will sell hot cooked food and sweet syrup. , no worse than the night market in Jingdemen, very interesting. ”

She touched Lu Zhuo's arm: "How about it? I said, it's worth your while to keep it safe, right?"

Just as he was talking, the medical officer in front suddenly became noisy, and someone said: "The hunting team is coming!"

The hunting group has arrived.

Lu Zhuo looked around following the sound.

A large group of thousands of people appeared in front of them. At the front was a gorgeous green chariot with turtle patterns engraved on it, followed by hundreds of ritual officials.

The green carriage stopped at the entrance of the paddock, and everyone knelt down to salute. Lu Yan also knelt down with the medical officers of the Medical Officer's Hospital, and heard Lin Danqing whisper in his ear: "That is His Royal Highness."

Prince.

Lu Yan raised his eyes and looked forward.

A young man got out of the carriage. He was of decent birth, but he was a little thin and didn't look very imposing. He raised his hand to signal everyone in the audience to stand up. Lu Zhuo stood up with the medical officers and looked in the direction of the chariot. There was a horse accompanying the prince behind him. The man on the horse was also wearing a gorgeous saddle and bridle. He looked like he was no ordinary person.

"Those are the second prince, the third prince and the fourth prince." Lin Danqing explained to her in a low voice.

Today, Emperor Ming of Liang has four sons and one daughter in total. The princess is still young. Among the four princes, the prince Yuan Zhen is the daughter of the empress, the third prince Yuan Yao is the daughter of Concubine Chen Guifei, and the second prince and the mother of the fourth prince are left. The concubine was just a noble person who passed away many years ago.

Although the prince was born from the queen, the queen's family has gradually declined in recent years. However, the power of Chen Guogong behind Chen Guifei has gradually increased. The position of the prince is uncertain. There are open and secret fights between the prince's faction and the third prince's faction in the court, and the current is surging.

Miao Liangfang had talked about this prince with Lu Zhu before, but this was the first time he saw him in person. Lu Zhu watched carefully and secretly memorized the faces of several princes.

The second prince and the fourth prince seemed to have no thoughts, and looked submissive, but the third prince Yuan Yao looked arrogant, and there was a hint of tit-for-tat in the conversation with the prince.

Behind these people, there is another man, about thirty years old, wearing a sapphire blue robe with broad sleeves and bamboo patterns. He has good eyebrows and smiles no matter who he talks to, looking very friendly.

This man never rode a horse, but only rode a soft sedan. He lifted the curtain of the sedan and appeared in front of everyone leisurely.

Lu Yan asked: "Is this also a prince?"

Lin Danqing followed her gaze and said, "This is His Highness Prince Ning." He added in a low voice, "Prince Ning is His Majesty's only living sibling."

"Prince Ning?"

Lu Chen was a little surprised.

Prince Ning Yuanlang was the brother of Emperor Liang Ming. After the death of the late emperor, several princes also passed away one after another. Except for Emperor Ming of Liang, only Prince Ning survived. Lu Zhuo had heard of this person's name, but he didn't expect that he looked so young, barely a few years older than several princes.

"His Royal Highness Prince Ning is a nice person," Lin Danqing said: "Everyone in Shengjing City says that he is a good old man. In the past, some people used to watch him bargaining with the vegetable sellers in Guanxiang. He has too many concubines. Over time, his body will inevitably be at a loss. "

Her old habit of looking at people and their symptoms relapsed, and Lu Zhen could only be speechless.

After the members of the royal family, there are the young masters and sons of the princes, grandsons, and dukes.

These distinguished guests from Qingyun have wealthy families, so their clothes and utensils are extremely gorgeous and luxurious. All the horses are strong and strong, with gold saddles and silver bridles. As for the riding uniform, he even searched for the best materials and the best tailors, hoping that the whole world would see his heroic appearance.

However, a man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle. Even if he has a mediocre appearance, having such precious things thrown at him shows a certain nobility unique to wealth.

Especially the Longwu Army soldiers and horses following behind Duke Sun, the cavalrymen are riding on horses, wearing dark forbidden army uniforms. They are all tall and handsome, with extraordinary appearance, and they are particularly eye-catching when traveling.

Lin Danqing was fascinated by it and couldn't help but admire it.

"It's really good. He's much more handsome than the bean sprouts in the medical hospital. It's a pity that it's too cold in the mountains and the clothes are too thick. Why are the buttons so tight? It's better to take them off to benefit everyone's eyes."

When she said this, the female medical officers who were accompanying her covered their mouths and started laughing.

Lin Danqing raised his eyebrows: "Did I make a mistake?"

A skinny male medical officer on the side was very unhappy when he heard this, and said with a pulled face: "As a woman, Medical Officer Lin should be careful in her words and actions."

Lin Danqing disagreed: "You don't understand this. An ancestor of my family once said that doctors are parents, and there is also a saying that 'the body's hair and skin are affected by its parents'. In this case, they are all born to me. Mom, look at it. Son, what’s wrong with taking a second look?”

She smiled: "If you don't see it, you won't see it."

This was such a big advantage that everyone was speechless.

Lu Chen felt that Lin Danqing sometimes spoke like Widow Sun's half-sister from West Street.

Just as he was thinking about it, people in front suddenly became noisy.

The female medical officers who had just laughed at Lin Danqing let out small cheers. Lu Zhuo looked up and couldn't help but be startled.

Behind the long queue of the Longwu Army, the sudden sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded.

Someone was galloping by on horseback, and the long wind brought by them blew the branches in the forest, and the morning sun became a little brighter.

The young man also wore the jet-black riding uniform of the Forbidden Army like other Longwu Guards. The riding uniform completely outlined the beautiful figure of the man on the horse, like an agile cheetah. Today, Pei Yunying did not wear an official hat, and only had a black band embroidered with gold on his forehead, which made him a little less elegant and a little more energetic.

The cavalry guard was arrogant, his golden whip brushed the willows, and his dark and bright eyes were soaked by the sunlight in the forest, showing a magnificent color like gems. The young man's indifferent and heroic appearance made his heart beat a little faster.

Everyone has a love for beauty, and the female medical officers in front of them gave out the same admiration as Lin Danqing just now.

Lin Danqing curled his lips: "No, here comes the most handsome one."

Lu Tong calmed down.

Pei Yunying actually gave birth to a good child.

In fact, she is not a person who judges people by their appearance, but many times she will be amazed by this person unconsciously, not because of his appearance, but because of his wanton and unscrupulous vitality wrapped in a warm or cold appearance.

Envy.

Lin Danqing beside him was sighing: "If you have such skin, why should you have such skills? If you have such skills, why should you have such skin... What a beauty in the world."

Lu Chen was a little amused. He was about to speak, but his eyes suddenly stopped when he touched a person behind Long Wujun.

Why is he here?