MTL - Denghuaxiao

Chapter 105 The sound of jade pillow and hairpin shattering

 The rain was falling heavily, and the silver candle burned quietly in front of the case.

Under the flickering light, two people were facing each other in the room.

After being silent for a long time, Lu Zhuo said, "How did you recognize me?"

She should have thought that Pei Yunying wanted to pour wine, watch the piano and dance, and rub shoulders for a while, which was obviously a deliberate teasing. However, she thought it was because of Pei Yunying's nature that he deliberately flirted with the invited dancer.

However, how did Pei Yunying recognize her since she had put on a veil and complicated makeup and didn't even make a sound?

The young man sighed, shook his head and said: "Other girls have eyes full of affection, but your eyes can feel murderous intent from a radius of ten miles."

 He laughed and said, "Who can you fool?"

 Lu Huan: “…”

She really wanted to blind the man in front of her with a poison.

Pei Yunying poured the tea and took a sip, then looked at her with a smile and said, "Doctor Lu, something is different today."

She always has a plain face on weekdays, wears mostly old clothes, and has her hair tied in braids for the convenience of practicing medicine. She looks indifferent to others. But today she changed into a gorgeous gauze dance costume. The peacock blue dance costume is clustered with gold embroidered peacocks. Her waist is as slender as a willow. The blue veil is also thin and soft, with tassels swaying, revealing her beautiful eyes.

Her eyes are very beautifully shaped, and the ends of her eyes are slightly drooped, looking very innocent. After tracing the eyebrows and eyelids, the color of her eyes deepens, making her eyes darker and darker, making them look a bit cold and glamorous.

Today she did not braid her hair, and her hair was as black as a waterfall, dotted with thin braids, which were exotic decorations. Together with the jingling silver ornaments all over her body, at first glance, she looked very charming.

Pei Yunying looked at her with a half-smile but not a smile: "You have such a pair of gentle eyes, but you are so murderous." He reminded, "Doctor Lu, if you kill people easily like this, what will your fiancé do if he finds out about it in the future?"

Lu Zhen was already angry at his teasing just now. Hearing this, he retorted, "Master Pei is always visiting the Flower House like this. What will Madam You do if she finds out about it in the future?"

Pei Yunying raised her eyebrows and said, "When I have a wife in the future, I won't visit flower houses anymore."

Lu Zhu sneered: "Then I am not as generous as the palace commander. If my fiancé finds out about it in the future, I will kill him."

 There was silence in the room.

After a long time, Pei Yunying said, "Then what are you doing here today?"

He glanced at Lu Huan and leaned back on the chair, "Are you here to kill your fiancé?"

Lu Zhen didn't want to talk to him anymore. She had been delayed here for too long today, and Qi Yutai didn't know where she was now. However, Pei Yunying bumped into her now. With such a scheming person, she would probably pay attention to her next move. Today, she was almost defeated.

"It's getting late, so I won't disturb Mr. Pei's business." Lu Zhu deliberately avoided his words and said, "I'm leaving first."

 “Are you leaving now?”

"I'm afraid of being bumped into by others and tarnishing the reputation of the palace commander." After saying this, he walked towards the door.

He ignored Lu Yan's sarcasm and just smiled behind her: "Doctor Lu doesn't seem to have figured out the situation yet. Do you really think you can leave?"

Lu Zong stopped and turned around to look at him coldly.

"It's not me." He raised his chin and pointed in the direction of the door. "Most people can't go up to the third floor of Yuxian Tower. It's okay that this is the West Pavilion. Over there," he glanced outside the door, "there are guards in the East Pavilion. guard."

“I don’t know what you want to do, but you have probably been discovered by people when you broke in like this. I guess people outside are waiting for you to fall into the trap.”

 “Doctor Lu, you have alarmed people.”

 Lu Zong was shocked.

The third floor seems to be deserted under the corridor, but is it actually guarded by guards?

 But from the time she went upstairs to the time she entered the house, she was not hindered by anything except Turtle Gong, who was led away by Yin Zheng.

For a moment, a chill ran through my heart, like a mantis catching cicadas turning back and suddenly seeing the oriole approaching behind me.

As if to confirm Pei Yunying's statement, the sound of chaotic footsteps sounded outside, accompanied by the scolding of some men, and the sound of a search by officers and soldiers.

Lu Zhuo looked at Pei Yunying suddenly.

He was sitting in the room, the light from the beaded lamps and candles fell softly on him, and the expression in his eyes was not very clear.

 “Whose people are there outside?” Lu Yan asked.

 “I don’t know, princes, grandsons, noble guests, and distinguished guests are just acquaintances.”

Lu Zong took two steps in front of him and asked, "Commander, can you help me?"

 When she said this, her voice softened a bit, trying to bring the other person into friendship with her.

According to what Pei Yunying said, people outside have a high status and have noticed that someone has sneaked into the third floor. Once discovered, she will be treated as a suspicious target. It would be okay if the person outside was not Qi Yutai, but if it was the Qi family, she would have alerted the enemy.

Pei Yunying is the eldest son of Duke Zhaoning, and among the powerful, they always have to be considerate and accommodating to each other.

 She looked at Pei Yunying.

Pei Yunying stood up from the chair and shook his head at Lu Zhu with a smile.

"cannot."

“I am not related to Dr. Lu. If I help Dr. Lu, I will offend others. Those mad dogs in Shengjing are very difficult to deal with. I never ask for trouble.”

He crossed over to Lu Zong's side, seeming to want to open the door and leave.

 One hand grabbed his sleeve.

Pei Yunying lowered his head.

Slender fingers tugged at his black clothes, looking like he was desperate. Lu Zhen's voice was calm, "My lord seems to have forgotten that you still owe me a favor."

Pei Yun paused.

Lu Yan raised his face and looked at him, "When the Japanese army patrolled outside the house, I used myself as bait and gave Mr. Pei a gift. At that time, I said, 'You don't need to return it now. When I think of it later, I will give it to Mr. Pei.'" So handsome'."

 She took a step forward and approached Pei Yunying: "Now I want to ask for this favor from you."

 He said amusedly: "You are trying to repay a favor."

“Master Pei wants to go back on his word?”

He raised his eyebrows and was about to speak when there was a sudden knock on the door outside.

"anyone there?"

Lu Zong’s eyes tightened, they were coming.

The "bang bang bang" knock on the door was like a drum, breaking the silence of the rainy night. Pei Yunying sighed suddenly, and the next moment, she grabbed Lu Zhu and walked behind the screen.

 The silver candles were swayed by the wind, and the peony branches were blooming on the bead lamps.

 A large piece of silk mist fell from the sky and swayed down, wrapping a pair of figures on the Yuanyang couch.

Lu Zhen was slightly startled and subconsciously wanted to struggle, but his wrists were pinned in the quilt and could not move.

Bead ropes, jade curtains, and hibiscus curtains. The Acacia mandarin duck embroidery is embroidered with a pair of colorful mandarin ducks intertwining their necks, reflecting the beauty. The corners of his cold robe are intertwined with her soft gauze skirt, and the black brocade is mixed with a touch of gorgeous blue.

Golden Silk -warm account and silver screen, Lu Yan was pressed in the quilt, and a silver jewelry was crispy on the jade pillow, which was a bit of "jade pillow" fragrant.

But the man in front of him was not moved by the color. Pei Yunying let go of his hand, his eyes were not charming at all, and he only warned in a low voice: "Don't move."

Lu Zong’s eyebrows moved.

There is a rumor that a young woman next door got drunk in Shanghai, and celebrities often went to drink. When she was drunk, she slept next to the young woman, and heard the sound of her hairpin falling through the curtain without thinking about it. People at that time called her a celebrity.

Now it seems that Pei Yunying is just like the rumored celebrity—

The knocking on the door outside became more and more urgent. Lu Zhen already understood what he meant. After thinking about it, he stretched out his hands and put them around his waist, and moved closer to him.

Pei Yunying froze and looked down at Lu Yun in shock.

Lu Yan looked at him calmly.

 Since you are going to do a show to fool outsiders, you naturally have to look real. He looked like he was repelling people thousands of miles away and kept strangers away. Even Yin Zheng couldn't deceive him. Who could he deceive?

Lu Zhen didn’t think it was a big deal. She had stayed in Luomei Peak for too long, and those men and women were so defensive and shy that they were too far away for her.

At this moment, she just clung to the body of the person in front of her, hugging him and clinging to him, like countless lovers in the romantic city.

Someone was singing faintly downstairs.

"While the weather is fine, the mountains are clear and the water is beautiful, the moon shines on the West Lake, and the coldness is scattered. I am with my sweetheart, painted green and red, under the lantern, doing a bun and tracing my eyebrows..."

“When we drink fragrant tea, the two of us are in love with each other, the smoke is hazy, and the flowers are falling..."

“Wushan Mountain is full of clouds and rain. When I think about it, I only envy the mandarin ducks, not the Fairy Lady…”

There was singing and dancing downstairs, and there was a strong wind and rain outside the window. In the light and shadow of the phoenix candles, the silk and the skirt of the robe were ambiguously entangled, and only a pair of hazy shadows were reflected on the red gauze curtain.

He and she were so close that their lips could almost touch each other if it weren't for the veil.

 Suddenly, the knocking on the door outside stopped abruptly, and then, there was a muffled sound, and someone broke in. After the miscellaneous footsteps poured into the screen, an unceremonious voice sounded: "Come out!"

Lu Zhen looked at Pei Yunying.

Pei Yunying's expression remained unchanged. He stretched out his hand to lift a corner of the gauze tent and said lazily: "Who is it?"

Someone's voice sounded, with a hint of uncertainty and hesitation: "Pei Dianshuai?"

Pei Yunying smiled, stretched out her hand to take Lu Chen into her arms, and pulled the brocade quilt on the bed to wrap her tightly. Lu Meng hugged his waist and half-buried her head in his arms, looking like a scared woman. The trembling dancer.

The gauze curtain was completely opened, and a corner of the tan brocade robe appeared in Lu Yan's sight. I wonder if it was Pei Yunying's intention. She was pressed into Pei Yunying's arms. She could smell the light blue musk scent on his body, but she couldn't raise her head. Seeing the other party's face, I heard Pei Yunying smile and say: "Mr. Qi."

Qi?

Lu Zhen immediately realized that this person was Qi Yutai!

She wanted to raise her head and see clearly the murderer who killed Lu Rou. She came from Changwu County and had been planning for a long time just to get close to this person. Getting close to Qi Yutai was much harder than getting close to Ke Chengxing and Fan Zhenglian. After a long time, she We even found out very little about Qi Yutai.

However, his body was imprisoned by Pei Yunying. Lu Zhu struggled twice but could not break free. He could not continue to avoid Pei Yunying's suspicion, so he could only give up and listen to the conversation between this man and Pei Yunying.

The man said in surprise: "I didn't expect Pei Dianshuai to be here today..."

Pei Yun responded politely: "You are not on duty today, what are you doing, Mr. Qi?"

"My guards found that a suspicious person had entered this floor and was wandering around here. Didn't Commander Pei see it?"

Lu Zong lowered his head and couldn't see Qi Yutai's expression, but although his words were polite, his tone sounded a bit suspicious.

Pei Yunying didn't lie, there were indeed secret guards of the Qi family on this floor.

Lu Zhen felt himself being hugged a little tighter by Pei Yunying, and a young and arrogant voice came from above his head, "No, I was very busy and didn't see anything."

The room became quiet again, and Lu Zhen felt a scrutinizing gaze coming from above his head.

She could guess what she looked like now, disheveled, delicate and shy. She was clinging to Pei Yunying so closely, and the room was full of love. Everyone thought they were hanging out together.

Qi Yutai paused for a moment, and when he spoke again, his tone was indeed more clear: "I see."

 “I haven’t congratulated Mr. Qi on his birthday yet.” Pei Yunying said with a smile.

As soon as these words came out, Qi Yutai's attitude seemed to relax a bit. He was no longer as suspicious as before, and even took the initiative to greet Pei Yunying: "It's my fault for disturbing the palace commander's interest. It's my birthday today, why don't the palace commander sit down with me?"

Lu Zhen's heart sank, and he pinched Pei Yunying's waist with his fingertips threateningly.

Pei Yunying stiffened, then refused with a smile: "Forget it, it's a good night, so I won't join in the fun."

Having said this, it would be disrespectful for such a large group of people to surround someone's bed. Qi Yutai didn't say anything more and asked those around him to leave. Before leaving, he told Pei Yunying that he was in a hurry today and would meet again another day.

After the group of people left, there was no movement outside the door. Pei Yunying lowered his eyes and said calmly: "Doctor Lu, you can let me go, they have left."

 Lu Zhu let go and stood up from the bed.

Pei Yunying didn't care about Lu Zhuo's ruthless attitude, and lowered her head to straighten the leather belt around her waist. Lu Zhen glanced at him and asked, knowingly: "Who was that person just now?"

 “The current son of the Grand Master’s family is Qi Yutai.” He answered readily.

Lu Zhen probed: "He wants to win over you?"

Pei Yunying dealt with Qi Yutai in just a few words. Lu Yan didn't think it was all due to fear. Hearing that he later took the initiative to invite Pei Yunying to reunite, it seemed like he was deliberately trying to win over him.

If Qi Yutai wins over Pei Yunying, then Pei Yunying will also become her opponent.

"I have no intention of agreeing." He said nonchalantly. He turned around and saw Lu Zhu walking to the window and gently pushing open the window slit. The cold wind and rain outside immediately rushed in.

Lu Zhen asked: "When can I leave?"

The people from Qi Yutai were on this floor. Although Pei Yunying managed to deal with it with a few words, Lu Zhen was not sure that the other party had completely relaxed his vigilance. If the other party is also waiting outside, she will be trapped in a trap.

"Not now. You and I are still in the clouds and rain, just putting on a show. After a while, I'll have someone take you out."

 He spoke these words very casually, not as unnaturally as he did on the couch just now.

Lu Zhu frowned: "You princes and grandsons, you are always guarded by so many secret guards when you go out?"

"Divide people." Pei Yunying sat down at the table, "He is, I am not."

Lu Zhen didn't say anything. Something passed through her heart so fast that she couldn't catch it, but she instinctively felt something was wrong.

Seeing that she was standing still, Pei Yunying took out a jade cup from the tea tray: "It's still early, would you like some tea?"

 “Tea?” Lu Yan was stunned, “Isn’t it wine?”

"Drinking will make things worse." He said matter-of-factly, "I asked someone to change it to tea."

Lu Zhen was speechless for a moment.

 No wonder I didn’t smell the wine when I poured the wine earlier, and thought it was because the incense in the room was too strong. Turns out it wasn’t wine at all. Fortunately, he didn't come up with any bad idea to get Pei Yunying drunk. Otherwise, what would be the difference between Pei Yunying watching her tonight and the monkey show played in the market?

Since Zuo Zuo couldn't go out now, Lu Zhu simply walked over to sit opposite Pei Yunying.

“You almost got me involved.” Pei Yunying handed her a cup of tea, “Doctor Lu, you owe me a favor today.”

This man is really good at complaining first. Lu Zhu reminded: "If I hadn't been held back by you, I wouldn't have stayed here at all."

What's more, she had already seen Qi Yutai and accomplished what she wanted to do, instead of just watching the opportunity slip away like she did now.

He did not continue to ask further, and ignored the topic as if he knew it well, and said with a smile: "It's a hundred taels of silver for a night in the house. It's an advantage for you. Doctor Lu, take a good rest."

The sound of pattering rain was accompanied by the singing downstairs. The heater was burning in the house. Neither of the two people in the house spoke, quietly listening to the rain outside the window.

I don’t know how long it took, but the sound of rain gradually became quieter.

There was a knock on the door outside, and Pei Yunying said, "Come in."

A man who looked like a guard walked in from the door. Lu Zhen had seen this man before. He was Pei Yunying's guard. He was Qing Feng who had sent Wang Shan to the military patrol shop with her.

Qingfeng was not surprised to see Lu Yun. He seemed to already know the ins and outs of everything. He only said to Pei Yunying: "Sir, Qi Yutai has rested."

Pei Yunying nodded: "Ask Hongman to come up."

Lu Tong was startled, Hongman?

She has heard of Hongman's name, a famous oiran in Yuxian Tower. She...is Pei Yunying's person?

"Master Pei, my maid Yin Zheng is still in the building." Lu Zhuo said.

Pei Yunying looked at her and sighed: "Doctor Lu, you are so brave."

He said to Qing Feng: "Look for it and be careful not to disturb other people."

 Qingfeng nodded and left.

Not long after, someone knocked on the door again. A woman in red opened the door and walked in. Her voice was charming: "Master Pei—"

She is a very beautiful woman. Although her tone is joking, her expression is somewhat respectful. After entering the door, she changed her title and spoke softly: "Your Majesty..."

Pei Yunying: "Take her out."

"Yes." The woman didn't ask any more questions, and she wasn't curious. She just walked to Lu Huan's side, smiled slightly and said, "Let's go, girl."

 Lu Zhu stood up.

The wind on a cold rainy night rushed in with the opening of the door. It was too warm inside the house and too cold outside. Lu Zhen couldn't help but shudder.

Those gorgeous tulles wrapped her slender body, but made her figure even thinner. It was as if she had become a soaked lamp and was about to be doused in the rainy night.

Pei Yunying glanced at her, paused, stood up and walked aside to pick up the black brocade ruffled gold cloak on the chair. When she turned her head, she saw that Lu Zhuo had followed Hong Man and walked out without stopping at all, not even saying thank you. Didn't say a single one.

He lowered his head, looked at the cloak in his hand, shook his head and smiled, threw the cloak aside, walked to the window and opened it more.

The cold wind mixed with drizzle hits people's faces, but it makes people more awake.

Qing Feng walked in from outside the door, closed the door, and whispered to him: "Sir, Miss Yin Zheng has been found. Miss Hongman will take her back to the hospital with Miss Lu later."

Pei Yunying nodded.

 The room became silent again.

He stood in front of the window and his eyes fell on the coral tapestry not far away. There, half-dumped incense ash splashed on the delicate embroidery of the carpet, blurring it into a chaotic dark color.

Pei Yunying paused.

 Suddenly, he said: "Check which distinguished guests are on the third floor of Yuxian Tower tonight."

Qingfeng was stunned: "My lord, you are suspicious..."

 He lowered his eyes and his voice was very calm.

 “She never works in vain.”

 (End of this chapter)