It was the morning of the next day when Hua Bushi woke up.
When he regained consciousness, he found himself lying on a bed, covered with a brocade quilt. When he opened his eyes, he saw a beautiful and pretty face, it was Hai Hongzhu.
This "Mrs. Hua" was sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at him intently. On a wooden chair in front of the bed, the eldest lady of the city, Sima Rulan, was sitting. The expressions on the faces of the two women were quite solemn.
Especially Hai Hongzhu, there seemed to be faint traces of tears in the corners of his eyes.
Hua Bushi's heart trembled, and he immediately sat up from the bed and asked, "What's wrong? Could it be that something happened to Mr. Cao and Zhu Hong?"
Although he had used the method of "cutting the pulse to remove the poison" to remove the poison from the palms of Cao Muyun and Zhu Hong, the operation should have been very successful, and the two people were in good condition at the time, but this method of removing the poison is dangerous after all.
To the extreme, more than 20 meridians on both men's bodies were cut open by sharp blades. It is not impossible that the injuries suddenly worsened after the operation.
Hai Hongzhu said: "Both of them are very well. I have boiled herbs and given them to them according to your instructions. Now they are all sleeping in the house in the back garden!"
Hua Bushi breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's good. I have bandaged their wounds last night. Now that they can sleep, the injuries must not have changed. They only need to recover for a few days to survive the danger. Hongzhu
, I have to trouble you to help me take good care of them these days. The herbs on the prescription must be boiled every day and let them take them three times."
But Hai Hongzhu bit her lip and said bitterly: "I don't care, it has anything to do with whether they are good or bad! You are so good at medicine, why don't you heal yourself, but you still take care of them!"
Hua Bushi was stunned for a while. Hai Hongzhu was fine yesterday, but he didn't know why he lost his temper for no reason now. He turned his attention to Sima Rulan who was sitting beside him.
Sima Rulan sighed and said: "Mr. Hua passed out outside the garden gate last night. When Lan'er felt his pulse, she inadvertently found out that Mr. Hua was suffering from the disease of 'Qianyuan's terminal pulse'. Lan'er did not dare to hide it.
Then I told Sister Hongzhu the truth and asked Mr. Hua to forgive me."
"Qianyuan Juemai" is a very rare congenital terminal disease. Most of the doctors and doctors in this world probably don't know about it. However, this young lady of the city lord can actually diagnose it just by taking the pulse, which shows that her medical skills are definitely good.
Not bad, at least the breadth of his vision was beyond Hua Bushi's expectation.
And he immediately understood the reason why Hai Hongzhu was so angry, and quickly said with a smile: "Madam, don't be angry. Although 'Qianyuan Juemui' is a stubborn disease that is difficult to cure, I have used the power of medicine and stone to control it.
, it will definitely not happen within ten years.”
Hai Hongzhu asked: "What about ten years from now?"
Hua Bushi said: "Even if it happens ten years later, it won't be a big deal. Hua Bushi is a mortal, and life and death are destined by fate. As long as we don't violate the agreement between us, that's it."
Sima Rulan naturally didn't know what he meant when he said these words, as if he was lost in the clouds, but Hai Hongzhu could understand them clearly.
On that wedding night in Wuyang City, the treaty Hai Hongzhu made with the young master was to be husband and wife for ten years in exchange for Hua Bushi killing her without mercy and letting her avenge her father.
No wonder he was so generous that day and proposed such unreasonable conditions. It turns out that this guy already knew that his life span was only ten years!
However, this hateful guy didn't understand at all that Hai Hongzhu no longer wanted to kill him for revenge, but looked forward to becoming a real husband and wife with him in the future and growing old together! The fate of those suffering from "Qianyuan Jumai" Less than three years later, Hua Bushi only had ten years to live, but her wish was shattered!
Hai Hongzhu was angry and anxious, her eyes were red, and shouted: "You knew you had this disease, but you kept lying to me, and you said you didn't break the agreement! You guy, you are really hopeless, I I never want to see you again!"
She said and stamped her feet, stood up and walked away, rushing towards the door.
Hua Bushi wanted to reach out to stop him, but at this moment, he was half lying on the bed, and there was no time. He watched Hai Hongzhu rush out of the house and run to the front yard.
Sima Rulan, who was sitting aside, saw Hai Hongzhu walk away angrily, with an apologetic look on his face, and said: "Mr. Hua, it's all Lan'er's fault. If I didn't lie too much last night, I wouldn't have offended him. Sister Hongzhu is angry."
Hua Bushi shook his head and said: "This matter is my fault. I can't blame Miss Lan'er. It's just that Hongzhu has a surly temperament and a big temper. Please ask Miss Lan'er to comfort her for Hua Bushi and don't let her get into trouble." What's going on?"
Sima Rulan said: "Mr. Jiehua, you can rest assured now. Sister Hongzhu has a straightforward personality and is not an unreasonable person. She was just angry and anxious just now. Lan'er will definitely persuade her, let alone in this big city." Nothing will happen in Cangcheng."
Hua Bushi said: "I hope so. You are all daughters, so you are much easier to talk to than me."
Sima Rulan looked into Hua Bushi's eyes and said: "Actually, Mr. Hua is Sister Hongzhu's husband. In terms of comfort, Mr. Hua should be more suitable than Lan'er, and Sister Hongzhu will definitely be willing to listen to you. ."
Hua Bushi looked embarrassed and said, "Hey, having said that, Hongzhu always likes to be petty, and I never have much to do with her."
Sima Rulan Wan'er smiled and said: "Mr. Hua's words are totally wrong. I originally thought that it was only Sister Hongzhu who didn't understand Mr. Hua that would lead to many misunderstandings. However, I never thought that you didn't care about Sister Hongzhu at all." From what I know, I really can’t imagine how there are such strange couples like you in the world!”
Hua Bushi said sarcastically: "How do you say this, the eldest lady of the city lord?"
Sima Rulan said: "Sister Hongzhu treats Mr. Hua wholeheartedly. You stayed at the bedside after you fainted last night, and you were more nervous than anyone else. But you not only concealed the illness from her, but you just woke up and talked to her again. You said something about the agreement and you said it so ruthlessly, no wonder she got angry. Although Lan'er doesn't know what the agreement is between you, she can clearly see your feelings."
Hearing this, Hua Bushi had a look of astonishment on his face and said, "Really? Will she really love me like this?"
Sima Rulan said: "It is absolutely true and absolutely not false!"
As she spoke, she raised her eyes to look at the young master, only to see Hua Bushi with a confused look on his face, saying, "This is terrible, how could this happen..."
In Sima Rulan's view, Hua Bushi and Hai Hongzhu were a couple, and it was natural for them to love each other. However, he did not expect that when the young master Hua heard that Hai Hongzhu was in love, He actually looked so surprised and had a lost expression on his face. I couldn't help but feel strange in my heart, but I couldn't help but be secretly amused.
※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※The annual "Purple Sky Dog Fighting Conference" has been held on Okura Island
Five years have passed and this year is the sixth year.
The dog fighting conference is held every year on the fifth day of May, which is the day of the Dragon Boat Festival.
The Dragon Boat Festival is a major traditional Chinese festival. Even though the world is in chaos nowadays, people from all walks of life will still hold many celebration activities on the Dragon Boat Festival. The current situation is turbulent, and it is rare to reunite with the family during the festival, but in this precarious situation
As time goes by, people will become more superstitious and will not be careless about praying for blessings during festivals.
In Okura Castle today, there is no turmoil at all. The city and outside are very peaceful, and the residents can live and work in peace and contentment, which means there is no reason for depression.
Early in the morning, the streets in the city are already decorated with lanterns. In the streets and alleys, in front of the doors of every house, green plants such as wormwood, calamus, and banyan branches are hung under the eaves. These are all popular in Middle-earth.
A long-standing folk custom.
Mugwort is a kind of medicinal herb used to treat diseases. It is inserted at the door. It is said to make the body healthy and also has the meaning of attracting hundreds of blessings. According to legend, calamus is "the first of the five auspicious signs in the sky", as recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica; Calamus"
: "Dian Shu says: In the time of Yao, the essence dropped from the sky in the court and became the leek. It felt the energy of hundreds of yins and became the calamus, so it was called: Yao's leek. The alchemist Yin turned it into a water sword because of the shape of the leaves."
This kind of "Pu Sword" that can kill thousands of evil spirits is of course also a good thing.
Most of the residents in Okura City come from the coastal areas of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong. Although the customs of celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival are different in different regions, the habits of eating rice dumplings and drinking realgar wine are common.
Ordinary residents and ordinary people are celebrating the festival at home, but the heads of various businesses and shipping companies in the city have more important things to do. They all gathered in the center of Okura City, and the hundreds-foot-high "Purple Sky Terrace" was majestic.
Here it is.
The annual dog fighting convention accepts registrations from the first day of the fifth lunar month to the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, a total of five days. Each company and shipping company that registers must pay a fee of one thousand taels of silver.
The cost of a thousand taels of silver is certainly not cheap, but every year more merchants and shipping companies participate in the "Purple Sky Conference" than the previous year. In the first conference six years ago, only more than fifty companies participated.
Last year, there were ninety-eight companies, and for this year’s “Purple Sky Conference”, the number of applicants has reached 110.
In addition to merchant shipping companies from China and the Ming Dynasty, there are also many foreign companies participating in the dog fighting conference. There are shipping companies from Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Great Britain, France and other European countries, as well as companies from India and Arabia.
There are more than forty firms involved in ocean trading.
Although these Western shipping companies are slightly smaller in number than the Ming Dynasty merchants in China, the strength of the Western fighting dogs they bring to participate in the competition is much higher than that of the fighting dogs raised by Chinese merchants. This is of course because Western countries have strict regulations on dog breeds.
The domestication of animals has its own uniqueness, and another important reason is that Western merchants have greater demand for overseas trade with the Ming Dynasty than local Chinese merchants.
Whether it is tea, porcelain, raw silk, or satin, if it is shipped to Europe for sale on an ocean-going cargo ship, you can earn double the profit. In contrast, linens, spices, ivory, and other items shipped from Western countries can be sold in China.
Although sales in towns across the country can also earn some silver, the level of profit is far less than that of those Western fleets.