Guardian Cui invited a doctor in the city, who took Cui Shirou's pulse and asked about the symptoms and causes of the disease. He diagnosed that she was overly frightened and had cold evil entering her body, so she prescribed two doses of medicine, one to soothe the nerves and calm the panic.

A dose to drive away cold and evil spirits.

Cui Shirou fell asleep soon after drinking the decoction. Her body temperature seemed to have dropped, and her red face gradually returned to its normal color. Cui Hu and Gao Bufan both breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this, quietly exited the room, and then came to

In the side hall.

"Cui Guang, what happened on the road? Why was Rou'er so frightened?" Cui Hu asked in a deep voice.

Cui Guang is one of Cui Hu's confidants, a man who has seen the world and handles things very properly. This time he is responsible for returning to Huairou City to pick up Cui Shirou and his servant Cui Shirou to Miyun County.

Cui Guang seemed to be still in shock, and whispered in a cryptic voice: "Chief Steward, when we were resting on the road... we bumped into a black dragon."

Cui Hu was slightly shocked and asked hurriedly: "Where?"

"Beside a deep pool, I later heard from the locals that this pool was called Black Dragon Pool. It was really weird." Cui Guangyan continued firmly: "At that time, the carriage escorting the girl came to the vicinity of Black Dragon Pool.

When we reached the sound of water, we stopped to rest and fetched some pool water to feed the horses, while the girl and Shu'er went to the pool to wash their hands."

Cui Hu's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and even Gao Bufan became nervous inexplicably and asked, "What happened next?"

Cui Guang said with fear: "At that time, the villain was feeding the horse. Suddenly he heard an eagle cry, and then the girl and Shu'er also exclaimed loudly. The villain immediately took the knife and rushed over, and saw a big splash on the surface of the pool.

String of water flowers."

Gao Bufan couldn't help but laughed and said: "You've been having fun for a long time, and you only see a bunch of water splashes?"

Cui Guang said a little embarrassedly: "No, the villain seemed to have seen a huge tail, and it seemed that... it suddenly jumped deep into the bottom of the pond and disappeared."

Gao Bufan touched his chin. The word used to describe this kid was either "like" or "seems", which was not very reliable.

Cui Hu glared at Cui Guang with some dissatisfaction. This guy usually does things very well, but this time he slipped up. Cui Guang said awkwardly: "If the chief steward and Gao Lang don't believe it, you can ask Shu'er, she

The one who saw the black dragon first when he was with the girl should have seen it more clearly than the subordinates."

Cui Hu waved his hand and said, "Go and call that girl Shu'er."

After a while, Shu'er came. This usually lively and playful maid was still distracted and obviously frightened. Gao Bufan asked softly: "Shu'er, what did you and Miss Shirou see by the Black Dragon Pond?

"

"Servant... the servant saw... the girl saw, the servant...!" As soon as Shu'er heard the word "black dragon", she started to tremble, her eyes were frightened and her words were incoherent.

Gao Bufan smiled and encouraged: "Don't be afraid. Speak slowly. You are safe now. What were you and Rou'er doing at that time? What happened?"

Shu'er calmed down and whispered: "At that time, the maid and the girl wanted to wash their hands by the pool. Suddenly a gray-white eagle flew down from the sky. With a plop, it caught a big fish in the pool. It was so big. I felt that

The eagle was a little weak and swooped on the water.

Even though it was fluttering, it could not fly high. At that moment, a huge black dragon suddenly appeared from the bottom of the water. It took away the eagle and the fish in one mouthful, and then quickly sank under the water and disappeared. The maid and the girl were frightened at that time.

I feel like my legs don’t obey me anymore and I can’t run even if I want to.”

Speaking of this, Shu'er couldn't help but tremble again. Cui Hu and Cui Ping were also shocked and had goosebumps all over their bodies.

Gao Bufan couldn't help but fell into deep thought. Shu'er's description was very detailed. There should be no falsehoods. Moreover, it was probably not an illusion that the two of them saw it at the same time. In other words, the two of them really saw the "Black Dragon". It is estimated that

There must be some kind of large unknown creature hidden in the deep pool.

It might be a python, or a crocodile or something, but these two creatures mostly live in the hot and watery south. They don't seem to be distributed in the north. But nothing is certain. In the Sui Dynasty a thousand and hundreds of years ago, the natural environment was different from that of later generations.

The difference is huge, and even if there is, it wouldn't be too surprising.

"What does the black dragon look like?" Gao Bufan continued to ask.

"Black!" Shuer blurted out.

"What else? What does its head look like?"

"The head is black too!"

Gao Bufan was a little speechless. Could this servant be frightened?

Shu'er seemed to realize that he was talking nonsense, and quickly added: "Its head is very big, and its mouth is also very big when it opens. Yes, it also has horns, but it is a little different from the one in the painting. It has scales on its body, and

Thick, long and black.”

Gao Bufan secretly sweated, the following description sounds so awkward, but this thing actually has horns, so it must not be a python or a crocodile, what could it be? A hippopotamus? Even more impossible, hippopotamuses have no scales, and they cannot be described as

Thick, long and black.

"Boss, I'm afraid that the girl really encountered a black dragon. Fortunately, the black dragon didn't hurt anyone. It's hard to predict the good or bad of this kind of thing. Why don't you find a fortune teller to tell the fortune and ask about the good or bad?" Cui Ping suggested.

Cui Hu nodded and said, "That's fine!"

Gao Bufan naturally doesn't believe in black dragons, but Cui Hu and the others do, and the ancients had too many such legends. When encountering some unexplainable "supernatural" events, or having a dream, they all like to ask gods for divination.

To determine good or bad luck is just a kind of self-comfort.

As the saying goes, when one goes to the countryside, do as the Romans do. Gao Bufan did not express any opinions, but he secretly made up his mind to take the time to go to the Black Dragon Pond to find out. It was a dragon or a snake. You could tell at a glance.

It was almost dark now, and it was not easy to find a fortune teller, so Gao Bufan went to the room to take a look at Cui Shirou again, and found that the latter was sleeping peacefully, so he left with peace of mind.

Cui Ping looked at Gao Bufan's back as he left, and whispered worriedly: "Boss, I have something to say, and your subordinates don't know whether to say it or not?"

"But about Changqing?" Cui Hu asked.

Cui Ping nodded and whispered: "General Gao Lang is General Ying Yang. When the girl sees the black dragon eating the eagle, will she be attracted to General Gao Lang? If this is true... it is a very bad omen!"

Cui Hu was shocked, and an ominous premonition quickly surged into his heart. No, it seemed that he had to remind Chang Qing to be careful in the near future. Yes, the matter of nine hundred sets of armor also had to be slowed down.

Hey, some things are so magical. Call it superstition. But it was Cui Hu's cautious actions that allowed Gao Bufan to escape the disaster. This is a story for later, so I won't mention it here!

Gao Bufan was worried and came to visit Cui Shirou the next day. The latter's condition suddenly worsened and she had a fever again. He was confused and confused. Cui Hu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

Gao Bufan reached out and touched Cui Shirou's forehead, and found that it was very hot. He couldn't help but exclaimed: "Brother Cui, what's going on? Didn't I feel well before I left yesterday?"

Cui Hu was helpless and said: "Yes, it's just that not long after you left, Changqing, Rou'er slowly started to have a fever again, and it seemed that the fever got worse. She drank another dose of the medicine prescribed by the doctor, but it didn't work much.

"

Cui Ping glanced at Gao Bufan and said: "I found a fortune teller to tell the girl this morning. The fortune teller said that if the girl's horoscope is in water this year, she will be in trouble, and the person who ties the bell must be tied to untie the bell."

Gao Bufan frowned and said, "What do you mean?"

"What the fortune teller means is that the girl lost her soul next to the Black Dragon Pond. She must take a scale and a drop of blood from the black dragon and use it as medicine to calm the shock. Only in this way can the soul return to its place. Otherwise, she will never recover, and even... she may even die.

." Cui Ping whispered.

Gao Bufan angrily rebuked: "It's ridiculous, it's just nonsense. Where is the fortune teller? I will cut him off with a knife so that I don't have to show off and deceive others."

Cui Ping looked speechless.

Cui Hu said quickly: "Changqing, please calm down. If you believe in this kind of thing, you will have it, but if you don't believe it, you won't. The other party is just making a living, so there is no need to be angry."

Gao Bufan secretly sweated, it seemed that he really cared more and more about Cui Shirou, this girl, and he couldn't help but get angry when he heard the so-called fortune teller suggested that Cui Shirou eat these random things.

Gao Bufan personally twisted a wet towel and put it on Cui Shirou's forehead, and then ordered Shu'er to wipe Cui Shirou's hands, feet and armpits with a wet towel. Of course, when Shu'er did this, everyone left the room to avoid it.

After doing this repeatedly, in the afternoon, Cui Shirou's fever gradually subsided, and her energy seemed to be much better. She even sat up and ate half a bowl of millet porridge.

When Cui Hu saw this, he couldn't help being secretly happy and asked: "What else does Rou'er want to eat? Dad ordered someone to cook it for you?"

Cui Shirou couldn't eat any more after eating half a bowl of millet porridge. She shook her head and said: "Dad, my daughter is full." She glanced at Gao Bufan a little embarrassedly. This was the first time for her to be with a man other than her father.

Eat in front of you.

Gao Bufan smiled and said: "Fever consumes a lot of money on the body. It must be supplemented with nutrients. It's not enough for Rou'er to eat so little. Why don't you drink another bowl of chicken soup."

"Oh, okay!" Cui Shirou nodded and agreed obediently.

Cui Hu was a little annoyed when he saw this, and said to himself: "Oh, girls are outgoing, dad's words are useless!"

Cui Shirou couldn't help but become famous. Gao Bufan coughed awkwardly, "Old Cui, what do you mean?"

Cui Shirou drank half a bowl of chicken soup, her face became rosy, and she looked energetic, as if nothing had happened. Cui Hu and Cui Ping couldn't help but secretly marveled at this.

When Gao Bufan saw that Cui Shirou was getting better, he stood up and left. I don't know if it was a coincidence or something. Shortly after Gao Bufan left, Cui Shirou actually had a fever again.

Cui Banxian (Ping) immediately seemed to have discovered a new world and whispered to Cui Hu: "Chief steward, it seems that Gao Lang will be very murderous and can suppress the black dragon, so while he is there, Miss Shirou will be fine

, as soon as he left, Miss Shirou immediately relapsed."

"Then what do you think we should do?" Cui Hu asked with a frown.

"How about sending the girl to General Gao Lang's room?" Cui Banxian suggested.

Cui Hu raised his hand and gave this guy a slap in the face. What a bad idea he came up with.

Cui Ping, who was slapped, had an idea and said sarcastically: "How about... borrowing General Gaolang's sword or bow and hanging it in the girl's room might be useful."

Cui Hu thought about it, this is indeed the case!

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Chapter completed!