Hua Bushi woke up, and it was already the morning of the next day.

When he regained consciousness, he found himself lying on a bed with a brocade quilt on his body, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a beautiful face, which was Hai Hongzhu.

This "Huada Lady" sat on the edge of the bed, looking at him intently, and on a wooden chair in front of the bed, there was also sitting the eldest lady of the city lord, Sima Rulan. The expressions on the faces of the two girls were quite solemn, especially Hai Hongzhu, and there seemed to be faint tears in the corners of her eyes.

Hua Bushi's heart froze, and he immediately sat up from the bed and asked, "What's the matter?" Could it be that something happened to Cao Gongzi and Zhu Hong?"

Although he had used the method of "cutting the pulse to extract the poison" to remove the palm poison from Cao Duyun and Zhu Hong, the operation should have been very successful, and the situation of the two of them was also good at that time, but this method of pulling out the poison was extremely dangerous after all, and more than 20 meridians on both of their bodies were cut by sharp blades, and it was not impossible for the injury to suddenly deteriorate after the operation.

Hai Hongzhu said: "Both of them are very good, I have cooked herbs for them to take according to your instructions, and now they are sleeping in the back garden room!"

Hua Bushi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good." I had bandaged their wounds last night, and now that they can sleep, the injuries must not have changed, and they will only need to be recuperated for a few days. Hongzhu, I have to ask you to help me take care of them these days, and the herbs on those prescriptions have to be decocted every day and let them take them three times. ”

Hai Hongzhu bit her lip and said hatefully: "I don't care, what does it matter if 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 inexplicably now, he turned his eyes to Sima Rulan who was sitting on the side.

Sima Rulan sighed and said, "Last night, Mr. Hua fainted outside the garden gate, and Lan'er checked the pulse and inadvertently detected the 'Qianyuan Pulse Disease' that Mr. was suffering from. Lan'er didn't dare to hide it, so she told Sister Hongzhu the truth and asked Mr. Hua for forgiveness. ”

"Qianyuan Absolute Pulse" is a very rare congenital terminal disease, the doctors in this world, I'm afraid seven or eight out of ten don't know, this city lord lady can actually diagnose it between the pulses, it can be seen that her medical skills are definitely not bad, at least the breadth of her vision is really unexpected by Hua Bushi.

And he immediately understood the reason why Hai Hongzhu was so angry, and hurriedly smiled: "Don't be angry, lady, although the 'Qianyuan Absolute Pulse' is a stubborn disease that is difficult to cure, I have used the power of the medicine stone to control this disease, and it will definitely not attack within ten years." ”

Hai Hongzhu said: "What about ten years from now?"

Hua Bushi said: "Even if it happens after ten years, it's not a big deal, Hua Bushi is a mortal, life and death are destined by heaven, as long as the agreement between us is not violated, that is." ”

When these words were said, Sima Rulan didn't know what she meant, as if she was falling into the clouds, but Hai Hongzhu could hear it.

On the wedding night in Wuyang City that day, the treaty between Hai Hongzhu and the eldest young master was to be husband and wife for ten years, in exchange for Hua Bushi being killed and letting her avenge her father.

No wonder he was so generous that day, and put forward such unreasonable conditions, it turned out that this guy had long known 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 to take revenge, but looked forward to becoming a real husband and wife with him in the future, and growing old together! Those who suffered from the "Qianyuan Absolute Vein" had no life of the third era, and Hua Bushi only had a lifespan of ten years, but her wish was shattered!

Hai Hongzhu was angry and anxious, her eyes were already red, and she shouted: "You know that you have this disease, but you have been deceiving me, and you have not broken the agreement! You guy, you are really hopeless, I don't want to see you again!"

She stomped her foot, got up and walked away, rushing out the door.

Hua Bushi wanted to reach out to stop him, but at this moment he was half-lying on the bed, and where could he have time, seeing Hai Hongzhu rushing out of the door and running to the front yard.

Sima Rulan, who was sitting on the side, saw Hai Hongzhu leave angrily, her face showed an apologetic expression, and said: "Mr. Hua, it's all Lan'er's bad, if I didn't say too much last night, I wouldn't have made Sister Hongzhu angry." ”

Hua Bushi shook his head and said, "This matter is mine, I can't blame Miss Lan'er." It's just that Hongzhu has a good temperament and a big temper, and she asked Miss Lan'er to comfort her on behalf of Hua Bushi, so as not to let her cause anything. ”

Sima Rulan said: "This Mr. Hua can rest assured, Sister Hongzhu has a straightforward personality, she is not an unreasonable person, she was just angry just now, Lan'er will definitely persuade her to haode, not to mention that in this Okura City, nothing will happen." ”

Hua Bushi said: "I hope so, you are all daughters, and you are much better at talking than me." ”

Sima Rulan looked at Hua Bushi's eyes and said: "Actually, Mr. Hua is the husband of Sister Hongzhu, if you want to say 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, but Hongzhu always loves to be petty, and I have always had little to do with her." ”

Sima Rulan smiled and said: "Mr. Hua's words are ridiculous, I originally thought that only Sister Hongzhu didn't understand Mr. Hua, so there would be many misunderstandings, but I didn't think that you didn't know anything about Sister Hongzhu's thoughts, I really can't imagine how there are such strange couples as you in the world!"

Hua Bushi sneered: "What do you say about the city lord?"

Sima Rulan said: "Sister Hongzhu treats Mr. Hua wholeheartedly, and she has been staying by the bedside since you passed out last night, and she is more nervous than anyone else." But not only did you hide your illness from her, but when you woke up just now, you told her what you had agreed to do, and you spoke so ruthlessly and unjustly, no wonder she was angry. Although Lan'er doesn't know what the agreement is between you, she can see your intentions clearly. ”

Hearing this, Hua Bushi was stunned and said, "Yes, will she really love me like this?"

Sima Rulan said: "It's true, there is no falsehood!"

As she spoke, she raised her eyes to look at the eldest young master, but saw Hua Bushi's blank face, and said, "This is terrible, how can it be ......like this?"

In Sima Rulan's view, Hua Bushi and Hai Hongzhu were originally a husband and wife, and it was natural for them to love each other, which was no longer normal, but she didn't expect that when this young master Hua heard that Hai Hongzhu loved him, he was so surprised, and he also showed a look of lost soul, and he couldn't help but feel strange in his heart, but he couldn't help but be secretly funny.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ the annual "Zixiaotai Dog Fighting Tournament" has been held on Okura Island for five years, and this year is the sixth year.

Every year, the dog fighting conference is held on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, which is the day of the Duanyang Festival.

The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, even if the world is chaotic nowadays, people from all over the world will still hold many celebrations on the day of Duanyang. The times are turbulent, and family reunions are rare when the festival arrives, and on days when the morning is not safe, people will be more superstitious, and they dare not be slow about the festival and pray for blessings.

Today, Okura Castle does not see a little turmoil, and the city and the city are very stable, and the residents can live and work in peace and contentment, which makes it even more difficult to be depressed.

Early in the morning, the streets of the city are already full of lanterns, streets and alleys, in front of the doors of every house, under the eaves are hung with wormwood, calamus, banyan branches and other green plants, these are the long-standing folk customs of the Middle Earth.

Wormwood is a medicinal herb used to cure diseases, and it is said to be good for health and good health, and it also has the meaning of attracting good fortune. And calamus is said to be "the first of the five Rui in the sky", and the "Materia Medica-Calamus" records: "Dianshu cloud: Yao Shi Tian descended into the court for leek, and felt the qi of Baiyin for calamus, so it is said: Yao leek." Fang Shiyin is a water sword, because of the leaf shape. ”

This kind of "Pu Sword" that can kill a thousand evils is, of course, also a good thing.

Most of the residents in Okura Castle come from the coastal areas of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, and although the customs of the Duanyang Festival are different between different regions, there are habits such as eating zongzi and drinking realgar wine.

Ordinary residents and ordinary people celebrate the festival at home, but the principals of the various businesses and ship companies in the city have more important things, and they all gather in the center of Okura Castle, where the hundred-foot-high "Zixiao Terrace" is majestic.

The annual dog fighting competition starts to accept registration from the beginning of May to the end of the fifth day of the new year, a total of five days, and each registered business must pay a fee of 1,000 taels of silver.

The cost of 1,000 taels of silver is not cheap, but every year to participate in the "Zixiao Conference" more merchants and shipping companies than the previous year, six years ago in the first conference, only more than 50 businesses participated, to last year, there have been 98, and this year's "Zixiao Conference", the number of applicants has reached 110.

In addition to the merchant shipping companies from the Ming Dynasty in Middle-earth, there are also many foreign companies participating in the dog fighting competition, including shipping companies from Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Great Britain, France and other European countries, as well as more than 40 companies from India and the Arab region engaged in ocean trade.

Although these Western shipping companies are slightly inferior to the Ming merchants in China in terms of quantity, the strength of the Western fighting dogs brought to the competition is higher than that of the fighting dogs raised by the Chinese trading houses. This is of course because of the unique domestication of dog breeds in Western countries, but another important reason is that Western merchants have more demand for ocean trade with the Ming Dynasty than local Chinese merchants.

Whether it is tea, porcelain, raw silk or silk, it can be transported to Europe by ocean-going cargo ships to be sold, and it can make double the profits, in contrast, linen, spices, ivory and other goods shipped from Western countries, although they can also earn some silver taels when sold in the towns and cities of Middle-earth, but the degree of profit is far less than that of those Western fleets.