35. The Placebo Effect (2)

"Eh, have you heard? The son of the county guard suddenly fell ill two days before he got married! Moreover, he still had a strange disease! As a result, he even ruined his own marriage! The other party's family came a few days ago, saying that this son was sick before he even entered the door, and that he had been sick for so long...... It's too unlucky! He said that he would cancel the family affair between the two families. The county keeper felt that he was at a loss, so he had no choice but to agree. I heard that the county guard is now looking for a famous doctor to treat his son!"

"What kind ......of strange disease?

"I heard from the subordinates of the county guard's mansion that this boy is sleepy during the day, but he is full of energy at night! And his eyesight is very good! He can walk freely on the night road without lighting the lamp when the light is blind......

"Ahh......h He can't be demon-possessed, right?!"

"Who's to say it's not?! I think he has made eight achievements to let the ghost get on his body! Or how else I can't see so many doctors and I can't see any good?! The illness is still so strange...... It's just a sinister aura!"

"That's right!"

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Gao Ran, who had always been sitting at the side table and pretending to eat, heard this, and suddenly asked Zhao Yi, who was sitting opposite her, who was eating nonsense, "Master, what do you think?"

"I don't know! I haven't seen myself, so I can't say anything!"

"Oh, I can't see it, Master, you also have a rigorous side......"

"Okay! If you shoot too much sycophant, it's not easy to do it! However, this is a good opportunity, so you can go to the trial! Let me see how much understanding you have!"

"Oh?!Master!...... I'm just getting started!"

Zhao Yi listened, and glanced at Gao Ran fiercely, "Less garlic! I obviously looked at the rolls last night...... With your intelligence, you should remember almost everything, right?! The rest is just the actual operation! Now, isn't there a chance for you to try? Why, don't you dare?!"

"Oh, how could it be!

With that, Gao Ran put down the chopsticks in his hand and stood up.

"Then, Master, you eat slowly. By the way, take care of Qiao'er for me. ”

Then, she glanced at Gao Xi and walked straight out of the inn.

Gao Xi immediately got up and followed closely.

As soon as Gao Ran walked out of the inn, Xiao Er immediately took out two horses with great interest, one was a young man, and the other was a new horse.

Presumably, it should be the shopkeeper Li who specially prepared Gao Xi.

"Let's go, let's go to the county guard's mansion. ”

After speaking, Gao Ran rode his horse without looking back.

Gao Xi hurriedly got on his horse and followed.

However, Gao Ran didn't ride far but suddenly stopped again.

"What's wrong?" asked Gao Xi.

"Uh...... Well, do you know how to get around the county guard's house?"

Gao Xi pursed his mouth, for fear that he would laugh out loud if he didn't hold back......

"Come with me!"

He didn't say anything more, but drove his horse ahead and led the way.

Seeing this, Gao Ran hurriedly followed.

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When he arrived at the gate of the county guard's mansion, Gao Xi dismounted first and said something to the doorman, and the doorman immediately turned around and ran into the mansion when he heard it.

"Wait here for a while, someone will be coming to meet you soon. When Gao Ran came to him, Gao Xi whispered to her.

"Hmm. Gao Ran replied softly.

After that, the two didn't say anything more, just waited quietly for the movement in the house.

After a while, a man dressed in a fancy costume who looked to be in his forties came out of the house.

"Presumably he should be the county guard!"

However, before Gao Ran took the initiative to introduce himself, the county guard spoke first.

"Excuse me, which of you is the doctor who came to treat my son?!"

After the county guard hurriedly came, he didn't care about any courtesy, and directly asked the question he wanted to know the most at the moment.

"I am!"

Gao Ran took a step forward.

"You?!"

When the county keeper saw that the "doctor" was actually a little girl, he couldn't help but feel very surprised and surprised.

"I am a disciple of the Healer. ”

Knowing that his current appearance is really unconvincing, Gao Ran had no choice but to move out of Zhao Yi's name.

"Healer?!...... What you say is true?!"

"Of course it's true!What?, do you still have to doubt what my young lady said?!" Before Gao Ran could speak, Gao Xi asked first.

"Don't dare, don't dare!"

When the next person came to report before, he had already informed in advance that these two people were from the "Heavenly Pavilion......

The county guard naturally knew that they were definitely not easy to mess with, so how could he dare to offend them rashly?!

"Two of you, please inside!"

"Well, a dead horse should be a live horse doctor!Besides, since he is a person from Tiange, he shouldn't be happy with a small county guard, right?!They shouldn't be so idle, right?!"

After thinking about it for a while, the county guard settled down a lot. He led the two of them straight to his son's room.

Entering the room and walking to the bed, Gao Ran saw a young man who was lying motionless on the bed at this time.

However, no matter how she looked at it, she felt that he was just simply asleep!

"What's sick here?!There's no sickness at all!"

In order to confirm the accuracy of his visual judgment, Gao Ran carefully diagnosed his pulse againβ€”it was very stable.

"He's just asleep!"

Gao Ran was extremely sure of his judgment at the moment.

However, since there is no disease, why do you sleep during the day, but you are energetic at night, and you still run out to walk at night?!

"Lord Commander, has Ling Gongzi encountered anything that made him unhappy recently?"

In order to confirm his conjecture, Gao Ran began to ask the county guard purposefully.

"Hmm...... I think of it when you ask me! Since his wedding date was set, although he has not resisted, I can see that he has been sullen since then!"

"And how long has he been like this?!"

"It's been almost two months......"

"More than two months...... Then, was the original wedding date set for more than two months ago?!"

"Yes! He started to get sick two days before the wedding! Who would have thought that he had been sick for more than two months, and he still hasn't recovered...... Two days ago, the other party's family also sent someone to withdraw from the family...... I don't have a wife, and this child is also what I went to Zilou to beg for...... This child's birth was already shorter than that of ordinary officials, and now this has happened...... I'm afraid it's going to be difficult to find the right people in the future......"

"Hmm......" Gao Ran was not infected by the county guard's grievances, but just said his diagnosis in a flat tone, "The county guard, this son's marriage is ruined, it may not be a good thing for him!"

"What?!Good thing?!What do you say?!"

Because of Gao Ran's identity from the "Heavenly Pavilion", the county guard was not good and had an immediate attack, so he had to endure the anger in his heart and force himself to listen to her explanation patiently.

"County guard, in fact, Ling Gongzi is sick! However, he is not physically sick, but psychological!"

"Psychological?!"

"Oh, don't you understand?! When I say 'psychology,' I mean his 'heart'! His 'heart' is sick! What he has is a heart disease!"

"Heart disease?!How could he get heart disease?!"

"County guard, with all due respect, I'm afraid that Ling Gongzi actually doesn't want to marry the right fiancΓ©e you chose for him...... But he didn't dare tell you what he really thought...... So, the depression became the disease, and finally it became what it is now......"

"This ...... What you say is true?!"

"Well, I have a way to get him better! But there's one thing I have to say...... In the future, if it is a matter closely related to Ling Gongzi, it is better to ask the county guard to seriously discuss it with him before making a decision, and then make a decision after obtaining his consent! Otherwise, since he can fall ill once, he can still fall ill a second or third time in the future...... At that time, I'm afraid the gods won't be able to save him......"

Gao Ran thought, since he plans to help this son, then simply be a good person to the end, and speak more strictly, so that the county guard is afraid.

"Really...... Really?!"

"Yes, it's true!"

When she said this, Gao Ran had an extremely determined look, which made it difficult for the county guard to believe what she said!

"Good...... I know...... I'll remember...... For the sake of my son's life, I will consult with him before I make decisions in everything in the future!"

"Well, that's good! So, where is the pharmacy? There should be a pharmacy in your house, right? My prescription cannot be passed on, so I can only make it myself, and I can't fake it to others. ”

"Yes, yes, please come with me!"

Seeing that his son was saved, the county guard didn't think much about it, so he led Gao Ran and Gao Xi to the pharmacy in the mansion together.

After entering the pharmacy, the county guard immediately sent the government doctor and a few subordinates to leave, leaving the entire pharmacy to Gao Ran and Gao Xi.

"So, how long will it take for this medicine to boil?!"

"An hour!"

At the same time as answering, Gao Ran had already begun to look for the medicinal materials he needed in the full room of medicinal herbs.

"Oh, okay, I'll come back in an hour......

After saying that, the county guard withdrew with great interest.

"Gao Xi, you help me take these medicines to the medicine pot to boil, directly boil with a whole pot of water, and cook until there is only half a pot of medicinal soup left. ”

Not long after the county guard left, Gao Ran had already found all the medicinal materials she wanted, and wrapped them all in a rag she had taken from the desk and stuffed them directly into Gao Xi's hand.

"Good. ”

Gao Xi didn't say much, took the medicine bag, turned around and walked out of the pharmacy.

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An hour later.

The county guard came in a hurry.

Coincidentally, Gao Xi also poured the thick black medicinal soup from the medicine pot into the bowl - no more, no less, just one bowl.

"The medicine is good. Hurry up and feed it to Ling Gongzi while it's hot!"

"Ahh

The county guard hurriedly took the bowl of medicine in Gao Xi's hand, turned around and personally took it to his son's room.

"What's next?"

Seeing that the county guard had already walked away, Gao Xi asked Gao Ran in a low voice.

"What to do and how?"

"Your medicine ......"

"Oh, you're asking this! Go and tell the county guard to get us two rooms. Tonight, we'll stay here! And his son won't wake up again tonight! But, if nothing else, he will wake up tomorrow by noon at the latest......! When the time comes, I'll tell the county guard what to do next......"

"Good. ”

Gao Xi did not hesitate at all about Gao Ran's orders.

Although he didn't understand what she was thinking at the moment, he immediately did as she was told.