Song Yi

Chapter 317 The Haunted Pool

The army moved forward for a few more days, and it was not far from Huanggang. Du Wenhao saw that the army was a little slow after drinking and singing for days, so he decided to raise his tent the next day and rectify military discipline, so as not to be seen by Su Shi, a great writer. Flattened.

These military academies usually drink and laugh, and if they really want to get serious about raising their tents, they still dare not make jokes, especially Du Wenhao treats them so well, and he dare not smear him, so before the time comes, they are all here. Standing on both sides outside Du Wenhao's big tent.All of them held their heads high and held their chests high, looking imposing.

Du Wenhao took his seat in the big tent, and the sergeant in charge of military law handed over the roster, and Du Wenhao took the roll call. When Xu San was called, he heard no answer, only a hoarse hoarse sound, and was taken aback for a while. , looked up, and saw Xu San standing below, hooting repeatedly, waving his hands to signal that he was coming.

Du Wenhao frowned and said, "What's wrong with you?"

A dentist next to him smiled and helped him and said: "Xu San started talking very hard yesterday, and when he woke up today, he couldn't even speak!"

"Oh..." Du Wenhao continued to roll the roll.All the military schools are here.He stood up and began to give lectures, saying that military discipline must be strictly enforced, that iron discipline is the guarantee of victory, and then he announced his disbandment.

Xu San was about to leave, but Du Wenhao stopped him: "Come here, let me see what's wrong with you."

Xu San hurriedly bent over, Du Wenhao asked him to sit down, looked him up and down, did not speak, first raised his wrist to check his pulse, then looked at his tongue, and found that the pulse was the same as before, and there was no new change in his condition, and The Xinliang light agent in front is also a proof, and it will definitely not cause aphasia.There must be a reason, and he said in a deep voice, "What have you eaten these two days?"

Xu San was slightly surprised, but Du Wenhao saw the whole story at once, blushed and kept hooting, but couldn't speak clearly.He tugged at the dentist next to him, motioning for him to help.

That tooth general is Xu San's good friend. He scratched his head in embarrassment, and said with a smile: "General, it's like this. After taking the general's medicine, his condition is very good, but his head still hurts. I wanted to see the general for a follow-up visit." I was afraid to trouble the general, so I drank too much that day, so I said that the headache is actually very good. I don’t need to bother the general. I can cure it. I just need to decoct it with asarum Yes. He listened to me, and really went to the military doctor and asked for five qian fen to decoct Asarum, but unexpectedly, shortly after taking it, he became extremely depressed, had a worse headache, and found it difficult to speak."

Du Wenhao sighed: "There is a saying in medical books: 'Others make mistakes, panic on behalf of others, rush in a hurry without knowing what to do, and make decisions when taking medicine, but you are learning Qihuang when you are plain?' Since you know a little bit of medical skills, don't you know this sentence? "

Na Yajiang looked ashamed, cupped his hands and said: "General, the last general made a mistake, please save him, General."

"His illness is a bit dangerous, but in the future, you'd better not let people down indiscriminately, it will cause big problems."

The tooth general agreed repeatedly, thought for a while, and asked again: "General, can't asarum cure headaches? My grandfather said that he is an old doctor in the village. I saw him use single herb asarum to cure headaches for people. Alright."

Du Wenhao said: "That's right, Asarum can cure headaches, but there are many types of headaches, not just any headache can be treated with Asarum, Asarum is fine in shape and pungent in taste, its nature is good at dispersing, and it can treat wind-cold headaches." It is the most suitable. However, Xu San's headache is a wind-heat headache. He is afraid of the cold and has a fever. Naturally, the headache will be more severe. In addition, Asarum is the most likely to consume gas and hurt people. If you take it alone, it can make people feel bored, but you use five yuan! It is very dangerous! You must know that single flavor Taking large doses will lead to respiratory paralysis and death!"

Ya Jiang was frightened into a cold sweat: "Then he was poisoned?"

"Well, mild poisoning, but it's not a big deal. You can still drink with mulberry and chrysanthemum, add weed reed and courgette root." He wrote the prescription with a pen and handed it to the tooth general: "Hurry up and get the medicine and decoct it for him. Well, after taking the medicine, the aphasia will be cured, and you will be able to speak. The headache will also be cured."

Yajiang and Xu San bowed their thanks.

The army continued to move forward, and Du Wenhao no longer set up camp every day to ask the military academy to drink and chat.It was changed to call the military academy to drink in the tent every three to five times, and set military regulations, unless he summoned everyone to drink in his tent, and if someone was found drinking in normal times, he would be dealt with according to the military regulations.

A few days after the military order was handed down, some military academies who were familiar with Du Wenhao didn't take Du Wenhao's order very seriously. They secretly drank and were discovered by the military police patrol sent by Du Wenhao. Du Wenhao immediately raised his account , in front of all the generals, the violators were severely beaten with thirty military sticks according to military regulations. After that, no one dared to disobey Du Wenhao's military orders.

After beating the army sticks, Du Wenhao went to visit them in person and treated them.The several military academies who offended the officers were grateful and ashamed at the same time, saying that they would never dare to disobey military orders again.

This small episode was of great significance, not only made Du Wenhao closer to the generals, but also strictly enforced military discipline and established his own prestige in the army.

It is only a day or two away from Huanggang.

After walking for so many days, Du Wenhao felt a little drowsy. On this day, he was sitting in the carriage and dozing off in a daze as the carriage bumped from side to side. Suddenly the carriage stopped, and Lin Qingdai gently pushed him , said softly: "Wen Hao, this scenery is so beautiful, everyone is tired from walking, do you want to rest here for a while?"

Du Wenhao opened his eyes, opened the curtains and looked, he couldn't help but see a waterfall, a burst of fresh air rushed towards his face, there seemed to be thin drops of water on his face, there was a wave of water at the foot of the mountain. A piece of grass, really beautiful.

Du Wenhao immediately sent an order to Li Pu who was following the car, except for his own guards to stay, the army continued to move forward for five miles, and rested on the spot for an hour to wait for them.

After sending the order, the army continued to move forward, and Du Wenhao and his convoy stopped by the waterfall.

Du Wenhao got out of the car, helped the girls down, and Yan Miao commanded a few guards to set up a tent in front of the waterfall.Lian'er and a few maids were busy taking the food from the car to the grass. It was a bit muggy, but the sun could not be seen. There were shady weeping willows on both sides of the road, what a paradise on earth for rest.

Xue Fei'er was happy, she simply took off her embroidered shoes and casually threw them aside, took Lian'er's hand, and said: "Let's go, Lian'er, let's go to the waterfall and wash our feet to cool off."

Lian'er smiled shyly, and said: "You and sister go, the maids and I will prepare food for the young master."

Since parting with Chen Meiren, Lian'er has been a little depressed, and she seldom talks with everyone. She is always with a few maids, and she is always busy when she is resting. Even Du Wenhao is respectful. , Serving carefully.

Du Wenhao said with a smile: "You go, Lian'er, let the servant girls do these things in the future, you are now my concubine, if you have to do everything yourself, aren't you robbing other people's servants of their jobs? "

Lian'er smiled a little embarrassedly.

Yingzi also smiled and said: "What the young master said is that the second lady and the third lady should go and cool off. There are us here, and there is nothing to be busy about. They are all ready-made things and don't take time."

Du Wenhao saw that there were no vehicles coming and going, and it was very quiet. He said, "Did we go to the wrong place? Why is this place so quiet?"

Li Pu stepped forward and kept fanning the wind with his clothes, leaving sweat all over his body, soaking his clothes: "My lord, you really understand that we took a detour, It was the soldiers who were inquiring in front who found this good place, don’t worry, I have already asked someone to check it, it is safe. You and your family rest here, and I will take the guards to guard around.”

Du Wenhao nodded in satisfaction, and after they left, he said to Yingzi: "Then let Xiao Ke out to catch his breath, and let him come out to drink water in such a hot day."

When Yingzi heard this, he happily ran to his cart, got in, and untied the iron chain of the little tiger Xiaoke.Xiao Ke jumped out of the car, ran around happily at Yingzi's feet, and then lay down at Du Wenhao's feet, licking Du Wenhao's hand with his tongue.

Du Wenhao's guards all knew that General Du had a little tiger. This tiger was similar to a cat, it didn't eat meat, it had a docile temperament, and it was very timid.So everyone is not afraid and gets along very well with it.

Du Wenhao said: "Xiao Ke is hot, tell him to take a bath."

Yingzi agreed, and led Ke'er to the bottom of the waterfall. Xue Fei'er and Lian'er were sitting on the big rock in the pool under the waterfall. Seeing them coming, they giggled and splashed water on them with their hands.Laughter resounded throughout the valley.

Xiao Ke timidly came to the edge of the pool, first stretched out his front paws to test the water temperature, and then stepped into the water, Yingzi let go of the iron chain, Xiao Ke jumped forward and plunged into the water, splashing big water , causing all the girls to giggle and laugh endlessly.

Du Wenhao also took off his shoes, and stepped barefoot in the cool waterfall, feeling very refreshed.

Xue Fei'er whispered to Lin Qingdai: "Sister, the water is so cool, let's go down to the pool to cool off."

Pang Yuqin looked around: "No, this is in the wilderness..."

"What are you afraid of? The guards all retreated outside, and tell the rest of the men to stay away."

Du Wenhao had already heard what they said, he smiled and said to Yan Miaoshou and the others: "You all go to the woods to enjoy the shade."

Those men were very knowledgeable, they turned their heads hastily when they heard this, and hastily retreated into the woods tens of feet away, even Eunuch Ning left.

Pang Yuqin was still hesitant, but Lin Qingdai said: "I have a way, ask the maids to surround the entire pool under the waterfall with tents, so that no one can see us."

Xue Fei'er applauded: "This is a good idea! Hurry up!"

With an order, all the maids picked up the tents and sealed the entire pool.

Du Wenhao laughed loudly: "You women, taking a bath is so troublesome, wouldn't it be over if you go into the water with your clothes on?"

Xue Feier stared and said: "What's the point of that?! It's cool to take off and wash!"

ah?Du Wenhao's eyes widened.

Du Wenhao was taken aback, turned around and saw a middle-aged woman running not far away, she should be a nearby villager with her clothes, and she was holding a bamboo basket in her hand.

Du Wenhao was very surprised. Why didn't the soldiers on guard stop her and asked, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

The woman saw the official robe Du Wenhao was wearing, knew that she was from the official family, and hurriedly bowed her waist and said: "I am from a nearby village. I used to hunt pigweed over there, and when I was sleepy, I lay down in a tree hole." Sleep for a while."

Du Wenhao immediately understood why the guarded soldiers didn't find her, and asked, "What did you just say?"

"My lord, there are ghosts in this place. You can't wash them. Those who wash them will be seriously ill immediately. At least they will be bedridden, and at worst they will die."

After hearing this, all the girls in the wei tent preferred to believe it, and hurriedly climbed to the edge of the pool and put on their clothes.

Du Wenhao frowned and said, "How do you know this place is haunted?"

The woman said: "Why don't you know, this thing happened to a woman, so naturally it can't be a lie."

At this time, Pang Yuqin and the others got out of the tent.The woman suddenly saw four fairy-like women emerging from the tent, and she became even more frightened, standing there at a loss, with fear and uneasiness in her eyes.

Xue Fei'er said kindly: "I like listening to ghost stories the most. Is this pool haunted? Can you tell me?"

The woman hesitated for a moment, and then said: "That was 15 years ago. At that time, I was as young as the ladies. I was so watery that the men secretly swallowed when they saw it, ha ha..." The woman smiled, and all the women He also laughed.

The woman continued: "I remember the same weather. It was noon. My field is behind the waterfall. There is a small road that can get here quickly. That day, my sister-in-law and I finished our work in the field. Son, I felt greasy all over my body, and my clothes were wet with sweat, so we discussed taking a bath under the waterfall. Because this place is not on the official road, and there is only our family nearby, no one would come here, so We came, we played under the waterfall for about half an hour, because we were still a little worried, after all, it was broad daylight, and the clothes we washed had been hung on the treetops to dry, so we were ready to go back, but I My sister-in-law screamed and fell into the water. I didn't know what happened at the time, so I quickly helped my sister-in-law to the shore and pinched her. This is what the doctor in our village taught me. Later, she woke up Well, we put on our clothes and went back. After returning, my sister-in-law and I were both sick in the middle of the night. After half a month, my sister-in-law died, and I am still a useless person. Except for cooking for the family, I am outside. I can't do anything like hunting hogweed and digging wild vegetables."

Xue Fei'er: "It's impossible to see a ghost in broad daylight. It's either dark and windy or in the wilderness. There are not only people here but also during the day. You must be thinking too much."

The woman lamented: "The woman also hoped that she was thinking too much, but later the family found the most efficacious goddess in the village to give us the final say. As soon as she entered our house, her face changed and she hurried out. , said that the house was too cloudy and there were dirty things, my sister-in-law was killed by those ghosts buried under the waterfall."

When the woman said this, Xue Fei'er was scared, and it was not too hot to lean against Lian'er.

Du Wenhao: "That doesn't make sense, why are you still alive?"

The woman said: "I asked that sorceress the same way, she said that I was born in Dongyue, but the lives of people born in winter are hard, so they escaped the catastrophe of the Palace of Hades, but their bodies cannot be cured, because there are dirty things It's on me, and those lonely ghosts have nowhere to go, so they have to find a living person's body to possess them."

With a cry of Lian'er, her whole body trembled with fright, and she hid in Du Wenhao's arms.

"Okay, look at you scaring my wife and concubine, what haunting is pure nonsense!" Du Wenhao said in a deep voice.

The woman saw that Du Wenhao's face was downcast, so she quickly shut up.

Seeing that the woman was frightened by Du Wenhao, Lin Qingdai also knew that Du Wenhao didn't believe in these things, but it's always bad to scare people, so she comforted her: "Our young master has no other intentions, but just feels that things are strange , Has anyone else had an accident at the waterfall after that?"

The woman went on to say: "Later when everyone heard that something happened to our family, they didn't dare to let the nearby people take a bath under the waterfall. In order to prevent outsiders from entering without knowing it, they deliberately erected a sign in front of the waterfall. It must have been blown into the pool by the strong wind last night."

Hearing this, Du Wenhao stood on the boulder and looked around, and he found a sign not far away. He hurried over to pick it up and saw a line of big characters written on it: "There are ghosts here, please don't stay!"

Du Wenhao was overjoyed, for fear of scaring the girls, he threw the sign into the grass and walked back.

Lin Qingdai asked: "Did you go to the doctor to see you at that time?"

"I found it, I found it. The doctor in our village showed us it. He said it was a deficiency of heat. He prescribed medicine for us. Who would have thought that the next day, I would feel chills all over my body and my feet were sore. After taking it for another day, my calf unexpectedly Can't stretch, can't walk."

Xue Fei'er pointed at the woman's legs, and said puzzledly: "Then I don't think there is anything wrong with your legs."

"It's like this. In the second year after my sister-in-law's death, one day my family members were all working in the field, and suddenly it rained heavily, and I was alone at home. At that time, no one was collecting the clothes to dry in the yard. I was lying on the bed and worried. Because I didn’t get out of bed for a year and I didn’t know what happened to my legs. At that time, I forced myself to get out of bed to collect the clothes. After collecting the clothes, my family members came back and were surprised to see me standing at the door. After walking two steps, although my feet are still a little sore and weak, but since then, as long as it is not cold and rainy, my legs have no problems."

Du Wenhao jokingly said: "Then you didn't go to the village witch to ask what's going on?"

"I asked, the sorceress said that it was my father who burned incense all day and touched the gods, so that I can continue to walk."

Du Wenhao held back his smile and nodded: "Then why do you still say you are a useless person?"

The woman said: "Although I can walk on my feet, for the past 15 years, every day after noon, I have a fever all over my body, fatigue, and dizziness. The wizard said that it was because the ghost had been haunting me before, so I didn't leave. That's how it is."

Lin Qingdai smiled and said: "Here, I'm afraid you are not encountering a ghost, but sick. Wen Hao, please show this woman. You just happen to be a doctor, so you might as well ask me to give it to you. have a look."

The woman was stunned and said: "Didn't they call you sir? Why are you a doctor again?"

Du Wenhao said softly: "It's not important, but if you are willing to let me see a doctor for you, maybe I can cure your pain for 15 years, are you willing?"

The woman was a little hesitant, Xue Feier snorted and said: "Hey! My young master is famous... Hehe, this famous doctor, don't miss this good opportunity, many people can't make our young master pay a lot of money. Show it."

When the woman heard it, she believed it immediately, and quickly stretched out her hand to ask Du Wenhao to signal her pulse.

Du Wenhao was not in a hurry to check his pulse, and asked, "Apart from the symptoms you mentioned earlier, are your menstrual events normal every month?"

When the woman heard this, she immediately blushed, lowered her head and muttered silently.

Xue Fei'er smiled again: "Oh sister-in-law, are you still ashamed? Except for our young master, everyone here is female. Everyone can't avoid this kind of thing every month. Why are you embarrassed? Our young master is a doctor. Ask You are here to see a doctor, and you are still cowardly, wanting to be in pain for the rest of your life?"

The woman's face was flushed with embarrassment, she glanced around, and then whispered embarrassingly: "Menstruation...it's normal, that's...that...when you don't have menstruation, that...that thing... More... more, sometimes it's like peeing, the pants can get wet in this kind of weather..."

Saying this, the woman's face was ashamed like a pig's liver, and it was as red as a cloud of fire.Lian'er was the same as the woman. Hearing this, she held a champagne and covered her face in shame and walked away. Only Pang Yuqin and Lin Qingdai had better psychological quality, and they sat in their seats seriously without changing their faces or beating their hearts. listening.

After hearing this, Du Wenhao said, "I'll show you your tongue." He signaled the woman to stick out her tongue.After looking at it, he saw pale tongue and white coating, he raised his wrist to check pulse, and found that the pulse was stringy and weak, so he said: "Do you remember any medicine that the doctor gave you before?"

The woman shook her head embarrassingly: "The woman can't read a single word, and what kind of medicine, it was also caught by my family, and it was brought to my bed with a bowl of black medicine. Drink, where do you ask what it is, I don’t want you to be a scholar at first glance, at least a scholar, so there are so many people following you, how majestic, unlike my man, only my big yellow dog follows you when you go out .”

Pang Yuqin and the others couldn't help but burst out laughing.Even Lin Qingdai, who was serious and unsmiling, frowned, and the corners of her mouth twitched, flashing an uncontrollable smile.

(End of this chapter)