I was Idle and Cool Chapter 38: Cold fragrance under the moon

Xue Tingzhi didn't expect to meet people when he came back so late.

When he heard the sound of the branch breaking, he looked over. Although it was dim under the moonlight, he recognized Lu Jinxi after a while.

So, he didn't move.

Because he was holding a lantern.

Although he can't see Lu Jinxi, Lu Jinxi can definitely see him, and most of them have already recognized him. So running away was guilty, and it was meaningless to cover up, so he stood in place and waited.

Holding a medicine bag in one hand and a dimly lit lantern in the other.

He listened to Lu Jinxi's inaudible voice of joy and anger, and forced the strange heartbeat to be suppressed, bowed and said, "Tingzhi greets mother. I really just came back from outside, I'm afraid it is disturbed my mother..."

"Not to be disturbed."

Slightly turning the begonia branch with his fingers, Lu Jinxi's eyes swept over him, not ignoring the smell of medicine on his body, and of course not ignoring the medicine bag he was holding in his hand.

"At this hour, the keys are locked everywhere in the mansion. How did you get back from outside? And this is..."

The voice was slightly elongated, and Lu Jinxi's brows were slightly twisted, but he did not continue to speak.

Meaning, it is enough to understand.

First, how did you get in?

Second, what are you doing out?

If he really did something wrong, I'm afraid he would be at a loss when faced with a problem at this moment.

Xue Tingzhi has experienced too many things, and this change is not enough to make him panic.

At the moment, Xue Tingzhi glanced at her and seemed a little hesitant, but he still said: "Reporting to my mother, I suddenly had a fever at Lin'an night, and everyone in the house stopped, so Tingzhi did not dare to be disturbed. So I only asked the steward. , left the door for me, and came back at night."

"Lin'an?"

Isn't that his book boy?

Lu Jinxi still remembered that it was the one sitting on the steps eating the cake.

Besides Xue Tingzhi, there was no one to serve.

It's just that those maids, seeing that his life was hard and not looking forward to it, they all begged the steward to be transferred to another yard.

Xue Tingzhi didn't pursue it either. After Lu Shi found out, he closed his eyes and passed.

So now, Xue Tingzhi is waiting by his side.

Lu Jinxi remembered and thought about the hidden meaning of Xue Tingzhi's words, and couldn't help but laugh.

"Anyway, he is also the eldest son of Xue's house. Although Lin'an serves you closely, he is your book boy. But there is no reason for you, the eldest son, to go out and ask for medicine in person."

"It's still the middle of the night. What's wrong, who can afford it?"

"I know that the eldest son doesn't like me, and he is afraid of me."

"But these things happened in the house, I should have solved it. As long as you send a message to the east courtyard, someone will come back and forth with me. Even if I fall asleep, the egret and green bird will be in place. Take care of it."

Her voice, on this flowery night, has a somewhat laid-back connotation.

It's just that once I ponder the meaning of these words, it's not at all leisurely...

Xue Tingzhi listened, his fingers attached to the lantern tightened slightly, but he lowered his beautiful eyebrows: "Mother taught me a lesson."

"No one is going to teach you a lesson."

A good son taught by Xue Kuang himself, who dares to teach him a lesson?

Lu Jinxi sneered from the bottom of her heart, but her face became more and more kind, and there was a little more introspection in her words.

"In the end, it's my negligence. The eldest son is not too young, and there must be a few servants around him who can be called. The eldest son does not have to worry about me. You are the blood of the general, the general's residence I won't treat you badly."

This is a very candid statement.

Clearly: I don't like you, but I won't treat you badly right now.

She has no prejudice against Xue Tingzhi, but the fact that the other party went outside to ask for medicine tonight made her feel uncomfortable.

Because I am someone who knows how to do things, I will not do this.

Anyway, I have come to the East Court to file a complaint, and no one will handle it, so I go out to ask for medicine, which makes some sense.

I didn't have to condescend to go out, but let the people who knew it scolded "the madam of the general treats the common son harshly".

This is a very simple truth.

Xue Tingzhi listened, how could he not understand?

He stared at Lu Jinxi and buried his head for a long time: "It's Tingzhi who owes you a lot of consideration. In the future, no matter how big or small, you must let your mother know first."

"I finally said something. I don't even know about today's affairs, even the steward who left the door for you, so I won't hold them accountable."

Lu Jinxi laughed, and then returned to the medicine bag he was carrying.

"Fever is not a trivial matter, where did you get this medicine?"

"Returning to my mother, I asked for it in Huishengtang."

Xue Tingzhi did not hide it.

The only pharmacy that was open in the middle of the night was the Huishengtang family.

It's no fun to lie about this and be found out later. It's just that how to notify Guishou Zhang and give the correct caliber, but it became a problem.

Lu Jinxi nodded after hearing this, "I guess so. It's just that Guishou Zhang's temperament is really arrogant, so I didn't embarrass you, right?"

"This is the first time for Tingzhi to go to Huishengtang. I don't know what happened, but I heard that he is kindhearted..."

Xue Tingzhi seemed a little surprised, but he seemed to have thought of something, and looked up at Lu Jinxi.

"However, when picking up the medicine, there was a doctor who wanted to return to Shengtang. He mentioned that his mother had sent a lot of medicinal materials to Huishengtang. He was a bodhisattva. ."

Lu Jinxi immediately raised her eyebrows, noncommittal, only said: "You have a disease in your legs and feet, but have you ever invited a ghost?"

At that moment, Xue Tingzhi's hand trembled slightly.

In the lantern that was lit, the flame was also flickering, as if the wick inside was not very stable and would go out at any time.

His voice was a little hoarse: "...return to mother, never."

"That's fine too."

Lu Jinxi pinched the begonia and turned it slightly in his hand. Pink or crimson flowers, under the light of Xue Tingzhi's lantern, looked a little more elegant.

Her voice was calm, like the wind blowing, and she said: "Although you say, you can't be cured if you ask famous doctors. But Guishouzhang is different from ordinary people. Tomorrow morning, I will send someone to ask, It depends on whether he comes or not. Perhaps, there is not necessarily no hope of recovery..."

Sounds like he cares about his son-in-law.

But these words fell in Xue Tingzhi's ears, but there was a dangerous feeling: Is it because of caring about the concubine, or want to verify something?

He is quietly alert.

Young face with a green outline.

Although he seems to be more mature than his peers, he is still not very old. At this moment, he only shows a bit of confusion or anxiety.

"Tingzhi's disease is caused by the womb, and I'm afraid it will not be cured. Will Doctor Zhang..."

"I'll know after I've tried it." Lu Jinxi laughed, "No one can guarantee that there won't be an emergency. I've already made up my mind on this matter, but you can just go back and wait for the news. Now you have the medicine in your hand. , since it came from Huishengtang, it should be appropriate. I will send someone over in a while to make a fire at night and stay up late, but you can't do it yourself."

“…”

At that time, Xue Tingzhi didn't think that she was so easy to talk, and she had to send someone to take care of her in the middle of the night, but she lost her words.

The days at the border are bitter and cold.

During the two years he was there, he forgot the days of his short childhood, the only thing he could swallow every day. At first, it was only the goat milk brought by Hu Ji, and then it was those Food that looks rough to him...

He became sallow and thin, barely growing.

Therefore, even if Xue Kuang returned to Beijing later, no one doubted his age...

Who would suspect an Orchid's son?

Who would doubt such a filthy child?

As for the general's mansion, life has been much better than the border.

Or rather, he's used to it.

The attitude of this "first-mother" has never been in his consideration. It's just that he is getting older and has a lot of his own considerations and plans, so he has to get close to her.

Now, she actually offered to treat his foot injury.

Xue Tingzhi blinked, and after a long time, she forcibly suppressed some of the things that came up in her heart: After all, the possibility of her suspicion of this son-in-law is greater than the possibility of caring about him, isn't it?

Xue Tingzhi bowed and said, "Tingzhi thanked his mother for Lin'an."

It's still too polite to speak.

He seemed moved and complicated.

However, it doesn't seem to be at all guilty.

Lu Jinxi saw all this in his eyes, and knew that Lin'an was still ill, so he didn't waste his time, and only said, "Let's go."

"Yes."

Xue Tingzhi was about to retreat with a lantern.

After he saluted Lu Jinxi, he turned around.

He is tall and aura, but he is thin, stepping on the junction of youthful youth and maturity, his temperament is extremely strange, and he only feels that he has a bit of tolerance.

Just when I took a step, my body shook a little.

A slight lameness on his left foot is the only imperfection in him.

Lu Jinxi stood on the spot, wearing a thick mink cape, and his eyes gradually became cold as he saw his figure drifting away from the road.

It's so late, coming back from outside...

I hope it is indeed Lin'an disease.

Thinking like this in her heart, she clings to the half-opened begonia, and re-enters the door, waiting to wake up Qingque, and send a few sharp-eyed girls to Xue Tingzhi's side.

"Click."

The door closes with a slight rattling.

Xue Tingzhi, who was at the end of the road, heard his footsteps.

He couldn't help but look back, but he couldn't see the East Courtyard, nor Haitang, let alone Lu Jinxi's figure. There was only a lonely passage.

There are high walls on either side, and he's standing in the middle.

The light of the lantern is dim.

There seemed to be a dark, slightly cold fragrance in the air, lingering around him, and he remembered the dewy Begonia Lu Jinxi was holding in his hand.

A half-open one.

Is it the fragrance of Begonia?

The thought flashed through his mind in a trance, but when he looked back, he vaguely remembered: Haitang has no fragrance.

In his mouth, he said "it's not an example" and "just pretend that it didn't happen", but in action he has to send a few maids to his side, and he will go to ask the ghost hand Zhang in the morning...

To believe or not to believe?

This mother-in-law is also interesting.

Xue Tingzhi watched for a while, and the smile on his lips took on a bit of coldness.

He walked away silently. He was limping not long after the acupuncture was administered, and there was still a slight fever and tingling, reminding him all the time:

That one, the blood-stained night with a broken hamstring...

Shuangyue shines on him, as well as thousands of households in the capital.

In the Huisheng Hall in the east of the outer city, the lights are still on, and most of the apprentices have fallen asleep.

In the lobby there is only the ghost hand Zhang.

He frowned tightly, sighed deeply, cleaned the used silver needles one by one, put them on the fire and roasted them again before putting them in the needle bag.

His apprentice Ji Wuwei was tidying up in the hall. He picked a lantern and hung it outside, in case people who came to the emergency department late at night could not see the way, and then turned around and closed the open doors. .

Hearing this sigh, he looked back and said strangely: "Master, what's wrong with you? You went to the doctor at night, did you encounter any incurable diseases?"

Ghost hand Zhang rubbed his eyebrows, only to feel tired.

He took the needle bag and put it down, and took out a pen, ready to record the situation of Xue Tingzhi's acupuncture today, and only replied: "Incurable diseases are everywhere, and in a lifetime of medicine, there will always be a few encounters. Don't worry about it so much, kid. Just close the door."

"Oh."

Ji Wuwei stuck out his tongue and pulled the door handle with both hands, about to close the last door.

Who would have thought that at the moment when there was the last slap left between the two doors-

"Wait."

It is an elegant voice, a little deep, like a mellow wine.

At that moment, Ji Wuwei seemed to smell the aroma of wine.

Almost at the same time, a slender, jade-like hand stretched out and placed it next to the door that was about to close.

It doesn't seem to be very hard, but there is a certainty.

Ji Wuwei was taken aback and didn't dare to close the door for a while.

The outstretched hand exerted a little force, and there was a foot-long slit on the side of the door leaf. There was a tall and elegant figure, a handsome face with a smile, and a crane cloak with dark bamboo leaves. A corner can be seen.

"Gu, Master Gu?"

Ji Wuwei was surprised when he recognized him.

Gu Juefei was outside the door and laughed: "Are you going to close it? Is your master there?"

Ghost Zhang, who was still recording medical cases in the hall, was almost scared out of his mind when he heard the voice!

In an instant, his complexion changed greatly, and he shrank under the counter and shouted: "No! I'm sleeping!"

Hey, this old guy, he has to pretend!

Gu Juefei just patted Ji Wuwei on the shoulder and said, "Come on, let me go, I have something to say to you tonight, Master."

"Wang Bagaozi, you are not a good thing like your father!"

Ghost Zhang was already furious and cursing.

"I'm thinking of your love for disaster relief in the past, and the prescription was given to you. What do you want? Get out now! I have nothing to say to you!"

"Prescription?"

He still has the face to offer prescriptions?

Gu Juefei laughed.

At this time, Ji Wuwei had foolishly moved out of the way.

Obviously, he didn't understand, why during the day, the master was still friendly to the eldest son of Gu, but at night, he turned his face and didn't recognize him?

Gu Juefei is very clear about this.

He didn't come empty-handed, with a wine jar in his right hand. The faint aroma of wine came from inside.

Inside the counter, Guishou Zhang has shrunk his entire body.

Gu Juefei walked all the way and saw the unfinished medical record at a glance. Zhaohai Point, Kunlun Point, etc., are all points near the ankle. Is this for people to treat legs and feet?

Obviously not for Gu Chengqian.

That old fool has knee pain.

Gu Juefei frowned slightly, glanced at the old medical case book that had been several years old, and then turned his eyes to the counter.

On his face, he showed a warm smile like a spring breeze.

He remembered the "wonderful" day he came down the mountain, and the feeling of drinking in Xingfangzhai just now came up.

"Crack."

The wine jar was placed on the counter with a crisp sound.

The ghost hand Zhang, who was hiding below, heard it at once, and shook with fright.

However, in the next moment, his nose that was more intelligent than a dog smelled the fragrance, and his eyes lit up in an instant, and he was very pleasantly surprised: "Baiyuntan, Prajna wine! At least ten years. The aging of...”

He rushed out without hesitation, and saw Gu Juefei standing in front of him at a glance.

But at this moment, he doesn't feel that Gu Taishi's son is hateful at all. Looking after Gu Juefei is like looking at an immortal in the sky, very kind.

Even the smile on his face is brighter than the spring flowers and autumn moon.

The two wrinkled hands, as if being pulled by invisible spider silk, consciously embraced the jar in their arms.

"Oh, eldest son, you're so polite, isn't it just a prescription for legs? You're actually working so hard to send such a gift in person. I'll laugh at the old man, laugh at it..."

"Shit..."

Gu Juefei finally laughed angrily: "It seems that this wine is really good for you. Then let's sit down, have a drink, and reckon with yesterday's account."