MTL - Denghuaxiao

Chapter 63 Cousin Liu Kun

Zhao, who was in the flower hall, saw this, supported Fan Zhenglian, turned around and said with a smile, "This is the doctor at the hospital, Dr. Lu."

Fan Zhenglian nodded and his eyes stayed on Lu Zhuo's face for a moment longer.

 It is difficult for a young and beautiful medical woman not to be noticed.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhao stretched out her hand and pressed her forehead, making a weak gesture: "Master, I have been feeling a little unwell lately, so I asked Doctor Lu to come and have a look."

"Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Fan Zhenglian was indeed attracted to his attention. He turned around and asked with concern, "But what's wrong with you?"

 “Maybe it’s because of the hot weather…”

Zhao and Fan Zhenglian walked into the house, turning back and winking at Lu Xu.

Lu Zhen understood, put away the medical box and exited the flower hall with his maid.

 Zhao's maid sent the two of them to the gate of Fan's house, agreed on the time for Lu Zhen's next visit, and then left.

Looking at the closed door of Fan Mansion, Yin Zheng was a little angry and complained in a low voice: "The people in Fan Mansion are so stingy. They even said that the court official took the medicinal tea and didn't pay a cent, and there was no medical fee. Not even a cup of tea."

"I won't let the girl help Mrs. Fan pass the acupuncture point later, but she will still have nothing to lose, and she wants nothing more than nothing, right?"

Du Changqing is stingy, but he has never lost any money from Lu Zhuo.

　　Lu Zhen turned around and said, "It's okay. I didn't do it for the medical expenses."

Today she visited Fan Mansion and established a relationship with Fan Zhenglian's wife Zhao, which has achieved her goal. What's more, she also met Fan Zhenglian with her own eyes.

Master Fan is very well-dressed and well-dressed. Looking at the luxury of the mansion and the arrogance of the servants, Lu Zhen's doubts can be solved to some extent.

Lu Zhen walked forward with the medical box, and Yin Zheng held her back: "Girl, the way back to the medical center is over there."

Lu Zong looked into the distance: "It's still early, let's go to another place."

 “Where to go?”

Lu Xu said: "Go and see my relative in the capital."

The news of Cao's side, about the young people, are afraid of the incident, and the people who have no background can turn around the bottom of the family.

The more silver Yin Zheng gives, the more detailed information he will get.

The news that Happy House inquired about was that Lu Qian was wanted by the government in Shengjing. The government searched for him to no avail. In the end, it was only after someone reported Lu Qian's hiding place that the government traced his whereabouts.

 The witness who reported Lu Qian was named Liu Kun.

 Liu Kun…

Lu Zong’s eyes flashed.

 Speaking of which, she once called him "cousin."

 “Let’s go.” Lu Zhuo said to Yin Zheng.

The two of them left the door of Fan's Mansion and walked in another direction, but they didn't notice that someone stopped on the opposite street of Fan's Mansion and looked at the backs of the two of them thoughtfully as they left.

 “Sir, what’s wrong?” someone asked beside him.

The man came back to his senses, glanced at the retreating figure in front of him, and said solemnly: "Nothing happened."

 …

"Liu Ji Noodle Shop" is located on a mat at the entrance of the Ancestral Temple on Queer Street in Shengjing.

There is a huge iron pot set up in front of the noodle shop. Steam rises from the iron pot, along with the fragrant aroma. There was a cook standing under the pot at the door. A plump woman was leaning in front of a wooden cabinet not far from the cook. When she saw Lu Zhuo and Yin Zheng, the woman raised a smile and greeted them warmly: "You two girls want to eat noodles? There are empty seats inside!"

Yin Zheng responded and walked to the shop with Lu Zhu to sit down. As soon as he sat down, Yin Zheng looked around and couldn't help but whisper to Lu Huan: "Girl, this shop is so big."

Lu Zhen’s eyes fell on the tea cup in front of the table and said, “Yes, it’s very big.”

In such a busy market, renting the most popular location must be expensive. No matter how profitable the noodle shop is, it is not easy to afford such a noodle shop.

Not to mention that the tables and chairs in this noodle shop are very elegant at first glance.

 The noodle shop boy who came over to clean the table pointed at the wall: "What do you two want to eat?"

Lu Zong looked at the dishes carefully for a long time before saying: "A bowl of fried eel noodles."

Yin Zheng also spoke: "A bowl of silk chicken noodles."

 “Okay!” The waiter put on a towel and went to greet the new guests again. Lu Zhuo raised his head and stared ahead silently.

Looking from this direction, she was facing the door of the noodle shop. The laughing woman had her back to Lu Shun and was talking to the regular customers beside her. The woman wore a sapphire blue brocade dress with new materials and a heavy red gold bracelet on her wrist, which made her whole face even more radiant.

Yin Zheng followed her gaze and asked Lu Chen quietly: "Do you know the girl?"

  Lu Xu: “My cousin.”

Yin Zheng was a little surprised, and just as he was about to speak, the waiter had already brought two copies of the noodles. The fragrant noodle bowl distracted Yin Zheng's attention, and he subconsciously said: "It smells so good."

 The fried eel noodles are served in a dark blue enamel bowl. The noodle bowl is large and deep. The noodles are thin and strong. The eel shreds are spread all over the bowl. A big spoonful of red hot oil is poured on it, and the aroma is fragrant.

 Lu Zhuo took the chopsticks and said nothing.

 The best noodles cooked by Wang Chunzhi are fried eel noodles.

Time has passed so long that Lu Zhen can hardly remember the appearance and voice of this cousin. He only remembers that the fried eel noodles she made were very fragrant.

At that time, the Lu family was poor, so Lu Qian often took Lu Rou, Lu Zhu and others to the fields to catch eels. The caught loach is put into a basket and taken home. Wang Chunzhi next door will fry the eel and give each person a large bowl of fried eel noodles. That was one of the few memories that Lu Tong had of delicious food.

 She calls Wang Chunzhi her cousin, and Liu Kun her cousin. Liu Kun and his father have completely different temperaments. His father was old-fashioned and strict, but Liu Kun was kind and approachable. He would lift her high and sit on his shoulders, and would secretly give her candy to him when his father punished him for thinking about her.

Wang Chunzhi and Liu Kun stayed in Changwu County for many years, until when Lu Kun was seven years old, Liu Kun borrowed fifty taels of silver from his father and went to Beijing with his wife and children to do business. So far the news has been lost.

Later, there was an epidemic in Changwu County, and Lu Chen followed Yun Niang up the mountain. Seven years passed in a flash, and Lu Chen could hardly remember that he had such a relative. Who knew that he would hear this from Master Cao's people again? Familiar name.

 That's why she wanted to come and see this "distant relative" who tipped off the government and cooked fried eel noodles for her on summer evenings.

Wang Chunzhi did not recognize Lu Huan. Naturally, Lu Huan had changed a lot compared to before.

 As for Wang Chunzhi…

Lu Zhen lowered his head and took a bite of noodles silently.

This cousin no longer looks as simple as before. She is older and much more glamorous.

The steam rising from the noodle bowl blurred Lu Zhuo's vision, and in his ears came the conversation between Wang Chunzhi and a regular customer in front of him.

“Honey boss, it won’t be long before autumn. Your young master will definitely be in high school this autumn!”

Wang Chunzhi smiled and pretended to hit him: "Where is the high school? How many people are on the exam list every autumn? This is Zide's first time entering the examination room. It will be good if he can pass the exam smoothly. What are you dreaming about?"

"Why should the boss be so modest? It's not like we don't know that your two young masters are very competitive. The eldest son passed the exam two years ago, and the younger one is of course not far behind. The younger one won the exam, so don't forget to treat us to a drink! "

The compliments made Wang Chunzhi smile from ear to ear, and he happily agreed again and again, as if it was a definite fact that Liu Zide was on the list.

Lu Zhen’s hand holding the chopsticks paused.

 Liu Kun and Wang Chunzhi had two sons, Liu Zixian and Liu Zide, Lu's cousins. but…

 In Lu Zhen's impression, these two people are not good at studying.

She picked up another handful of noodles without putting it in her mouth. The spicy aroma from the bowl spread out little by little, turning Lu Yan's cheeks a bright red.

Lu Zhen’s eyes were dark.

 Liu Kun's two sons, the eldest son Liu Zixian and the younger son Liu Zide, are Lu Yu's cousins.

 Different from his uncle and aunt, Lu Zhen actually didn't like these two cousins ​​very much.

These two people are arrogant and have a habit of being high-minded and low-handed. When they were in Changwu County, in order to avoid being lazy, they often left their jobs to Lu Qian. Lu Zhen was dissatisfied with this, but Lu Qian was good-tempered, thinking that since they were brothers, it would be okay to do more, and there was no need to worry about it.

However, Lu Qian's tolerance was not appreciated.

Lu Qian and the two brothers studied in the academy together. Liu Zide was even two years older than Lu Qian, but Lu Qian was much better at learning than the Liu brothers. Perhaps out of jealousy, Liu Zixian didn't like Lu Qian, and always spoke in a strange manner.

 And this cousin, who has mediocre knowledge and writes messy articles, actually won the imperial examination in the autumn of the year before last. After passing the examination in the future, he may be able to work in a local position.

Although Shibie looked at each other with admiration after three days, the change was a bit too big.

 As for second cousin Liu Zide...

Lu Zhen remembered that he couldn't even write his own name clearly.

Now that Liu Zixian has won, Liu Zide will also participate in this year's autumn festival. Looking at the appearance of his cousin, even though he tries his best to hide it, he can't help but look confident.

 Are you confident about Liu Zide’s article?

 Not necessarily.

Then the Liu family used to only make money for food, but now smoke is rising from the graves of their ancestors, and both brothers are in high school. Is this really so great? But we must know that there are thousands of talented people in the world, and Wu Xiucai, who is as talented as a fresh fish, studied hard for more than ten years in a humble life, but he also lost his reputation.

 Not to mention the autumn of the year before last, when Liu Zixian passed the exam...

 Finding it all together, it was not long after Lu Qian was arrested.

Wang Chunzhi outside was still chatting and laughing amidst the compliments of "The eldest young master will be an official, and the younger one will also be an official". Lu Zhuowu was thinking to herself until the sound of Yin Zheng putting down her chopsticks interrupted her thoughts.

Lu Zhen watched her put down the bowl and then said, "Let's go when you're done eating."

Yin Zheng nodded, wiped the corners of his mouth, looked at the noodle bowl in front of Lu Zhu again, and asked doubtfully: "Girl, don't you want to eat more? The noodles are cold."

　　The cold noodles become mushy and the aroma, no matter how fragrant, is lost.

 “No.”

Lu Zhen lowered his head and glanced at the noodle bowl, then stood up.

 “This noodle doesn’t taste like it used to.”

 …

Inside Shangjinmen, the aroma of porridge and rice wafts from the palace commander's mansion in the evening.

 Duan Xiaoyan squatted on the ground and pulled the noodles in the bowl to a black dog in the yard.

The black dog was born with an agile body, well-proportioned muscles and bones, and the hair on its body was as shiny as jet black satin. It shone like a fine phoenix in the setting sun. It was a handsome hound, but its eating posture was not very elegant.

Pei Yunying saw this picture as soon as he came in from the door. He was silent before speaking: "Why are you feeding me again?"

 Duan Xiaoyan raised his head, first called "brother", and then said excitedly: "Brother, look, has Gardenia lost a lot of weight recently? Doctor Lu's decoction is really powerful."

Pei Yunying glanced at the black dog and said, "It's not fat."

"Brother, you just dote on her." Duan Xiaoyan stroked the dog's head, "Gardenia is the front dog of the palace, and it represents the face of our chief. What's more, she is a girl. Of course, the girl is slimmer and more beautiful."

“Since when did the front minister’s dignity need to be represented by a dog?” Pei Yunying cursed with a smile and walked straight into the courtyard.

When Duan Xiaoyan saw him entering, he remembered something, stood up and shouted after him: "By the way, the deputy envoy just came back, he seems to be looking for you."

Pei Yunying entered the department and went to the military registration room first. After putting away the military registration book in his hand, as soon as he left the room, he was blocked by Xiao Zhufeng at the door.

“You’re back so early.” Pei Yunying walked into the dormitory, with Xiao Zhufeng following behind.

“Today I took people to the Military and Horse Division.”

Pei Yunying: "How is it?"

 “Lei Yuan is dead.”

Pei Yunying walked in the door: "As expected, many people were involved in the Lu Dashan incident. A few nails from the Army and Horse Division fell into my hands, so they were naturally busy silencing them."

Xiao Zhufeng turned around and closed the door: "Lü Dashan's case is related to the prince, and now the Department of Military Affairs and the Department of Prisons are involved... The prince, I'm afraid, has the support of the Grand Master's Office."

"Don't worry," Pei Yunying smiled and reached out to remove the long knife from his waist. "There are many crouching tigers and hidden dragons in this imperial city. We haven't reached the end yet and the outcome is not yet known. Why are you nervous?"

 Xiao Zhufeng was silent and continued: "There is one more thing."

 “What’s the matter?”

"I saw Dr. Lu in front of Fan Zhenglian's residence in the Court of Justice today. She came out of Fan's residence."

Pei Yunying paused in removing the knife.

Xiao Zhufeng reminded with a dull face: "It's the female doctor I met at Wan'en Temple before. You helped her out, but she didn't want to talk to you."

Pei Yunying smiled angrily: "Which of your eyes saw that she didn't want to talk to me anymore?"

“Duan Xiaoyan and I saw it with all four eyes.” Xiao Zhufeng asked, “Aren’t you curious about the purpose of her going to Fan Mansion?”

"To be honest, I'm a little curious." Pei Yunying put the knife on the table and sat down on the chair. "This Doctor Lu seems to dislike powerful people and is extremely disgusted. When officials come to buy medicine, they always ask for it and come to the door in person. Fan Mansion is unexpected.”

 “I don’t believe that she has no other agenda.”

 Xiao Zhufeng asked: "Should we send someone to keep an eye on her?"

Pei Yunying smiled and said, "No, there are a lot of things going on in the department these days, and we are running out of manpower. Don't waste manpower."

 Xiao Zhufeng said "oh".

Pei Yunying changed his mind again: "Forget it, tell Duan Xiaoyan later and ask him to find someone to keep an eye on Fan's house, and also pay attention to Lu Zhen's movements when he enters Fan's house."

 Xiao Zhufeng looked at him meaningfully.

Pei Yunying picked up the paperweight on the table and threw it at it, and said with a smile: "Don't get me wrong, I just thought that Fan Zhenglian secretly communicates with the Taishi Mansion, and I might be able to get a lot of information from his mansion."

 “As for Dr. Lu…”

He tapped the table with his fingertips and said thoughtfully: "Fan Zhenglian is an official of the imperial court, and he is not an ordinary merchant. Once something goes wrong, the government will definitely investigate. What's more, Fan's mansion also has guards."

“…No matter how bold she is, she shouldn’t dare to kill someone in an official’s house, right?”

This story is purely fictitious. Don’t give dogs weight loss pills. It’s best not to give them to dogs either. Exercise is the best way to lose weight!

 (End of this chapter)