Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 99: Chapter 54: Rivers and Mountains as a Dowry_2

Gu Changsheng looked at the token in his hand with a look of deep-seated grudge, then turned around to instruct Xiao Cui, “Go and prepare the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.”

Xiao Cui complied and left.

“General Er, my relationship with your master isn’t… what you think…” Gu Changsheng, vexed, threw the token onto the table and angrily took a big sip of tea.

“What I think is not important, the meaning of my master is already clear, Lady Changsheng. My Family Head is wise and valiant, brilliant and distinguished, how could he not catch your eye?” General Er said this even though he himself felt it was unjustified. Anyone with eyes could clearly see that Lady Changsheng’s attitude towards Prince Mu was like a fine cabbage being ruined by a pig.

Yet the person involved just didn’t get it and stubbornly refused to give face to the prince. Really, there was no justice!

“I dare not aim so high,” Gu Changsheng replied indifferently, and then started to stare blankly at the dispersing crowd outside the window.

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“Lady Changsheng, please forgive my frankness. County Prince is extremely concerned about you. The three thousand Elite Guards of the Dark Camp in Liuzhou were personally trained by the County Prince. If you can take command of them, at the County Prince’s side, your status will be very significant,” General Er couldn’t hold back after several attempts.

“General Er, I have no interest in military or politics, nor do I want to accept this favor,” Gu Changsheng glanced at the token but was noncommittal.

“Lady Changsheng may not know, Liuzhou is the foundational land of the County Prince’s assets, and these three thousand Elite Guards are the cornerstone of controlling Liuzhou. I hope you will handle this matter properly,” General Er said as he gave a bow, “With a state’s territory and the foundation of the County Prince entrusted to you, I hope Lady Changsheng will not let the County Prince down.”

“Talking about love under the moon and flowers is supposed to be a delightful affair. Why is it that when it comes to me, there are all kinds of difficulties?” Gu Changsheng forcefully put down the teacup on the table, “And I wouldn’t want to mess up his Liuzhou beyond recognition!”

General Er secretly wiped his sweat. He also had no idea in his heart. This Lady Changsheng was truly unpredictable!

The County Prince’s move was really somewhat improper, but who could stop him if he insisted on it?

“General Er, can I pretend not to know what this token is for?” Gu Changsheng would rather remain ignorant.

“With the token in your hands, if there is any unrest in Liuzhou, someone from the Dark Camp will seek you out for advice,” General Er straightforwardly shattered Gu Changsheng’s illusion.

“Damn! He goes off to lead troops and increase his military feats, yet I, who am unrelated, must steady the rear for him, working for free. Are you sure the evildoer isn’t just trying to trap me?” Gu Changsheng scrutinized the token from left to right and still couldn’t make head or tail of it, growing even more discontent, “It’s good that he ran fast, or I really would’ve flayed him!”

General Er suddenly felt an urge to flee; he finally understood why his brothers had fled desperately that night.

Taking the wolf brush from Xiao Cui, Gu Changsheng furrowed her brow, searching her memory for national treasure medicine recipes useful for external injuries. As a special forces soldier and a military doctor, she had plenty of opportunities to come across those national-level secret medicine formulas, “Panax Pseudoginseng Hemostatic Powder, flesh-regeneration pill, borneol and blood depletion… Yes, Kientzehuang too!”

Gu Changsheng thought of Kientzehuang, hailed as “China’s special antibacterial,” which was useful for treating all kinds of cuts and wounds, and her eyes lit up.

“Musk, Calculus Bovis, Snake Gallbladder, Panax Pseudoginseng…” she wrote and muttered to herself.

General Er looked on, utterly confused, as Gu Changsheng wrote and drew. If this went on any longer, the prince would have gone far away!

“Give these medicine recipes to Zhou Mu. I have already written down how to make the ointments and pills as well as their effects. Let me tell you, these recipes are worth more than ten thousand gold. I scammed him of so much silver, and for all the help he’s given me, we’re even now!” Gu Changsheng threw the recipes into General Er’s arms.

Initially unconcerned, General Er, upon hearing her latter words, felt the few pages in his chest weigh a thousand catties.

“For real? It’s said that Lady had blackmailed the Prince out of 180,000 taels of silver! And just these few flimsy pages cancel that out? Is this some sort of joke?”

“Believe it or not, just hand it to him and tell him, even if it’s my last breath, I want him to come back alive to me. He left me with a huge mess, and I haven’t settled the account with him yet!” Gu Changsheng finished her sentence, then lifted her foot and kicked him out.

General Er, rubbing his kicked rear, was just about to retrace his steps out of the tavern’s back door when he ran into his master standing by the door.

This made General Er stunned. Was the master waiting for him?

It couldn’t be! Since when did the master care so much for his subordinates? He didn’t even spare the time to train them!

“Hand it over!” Zhou Mu’s handsome face was cold and stern as he reached out a hand directly toward General Er.

“Hand over what?” General Er was puzzled. There was definitely something odd about the master.

“What she gave you, hand it over!” Zhou Mu’s expression had visibly soured, a storm clearly brewing.

General Er shuddered with the realization, the key point clear—Xiang Zhuang performed the sword dance, but his real target was Lord Pei—indeed, the master wasn’t waiting for him, but for what he held in his embrace!

Quickly, he took the papers from his bosom and respectfully handed them forward.

Zhou Mu took them, his icy demeanor thawing slightly upon seeing the familiar handwriting, “What did she say?”

General Er, diligently observing and listening, stood behind him, his voice trembling nervously as he relayed, “The… Lady Changsheng said, you must come back alive even if it’s on your last breath, she wants to… she wants to settle accounts with you…”

As if she planned to skin the Prince alive, he wouldn’t dare to mention such things for fear of his life!

Seeing the Prince’s mood seem to improve a great deal, General Er ventured to continue, “Lady Changsheng also said, these medicine prescriptions are priceless, she took your silver, and you helped her with those tasks, it’s all cleared, squared away!”

“She certainly knows how to calculate,” Zhou Mu huffed, thinking that making things clear between them was perhaps too late, “Take this to Yhan Ting, order him to oversee the secret production of the medicines according to the prescriptions and to send them to Southern Fujian immediately. If there is any leak, he will face military justice!”

“My lord, you’re actually taking this seriously? Just these few tattered pages, they can’t truly be worth a fortune, can they? That’s utterly inconceivable!”

General Er raised his hand ready to take the prescriptions, only to see the Prince tuck them back into a secret pocket inside his chest, “My lord?”

“This Prince will make a copy before you take it.” With those words left hanging, Zhou Mu mounted his horse with a heroic flair and rode off in an instant.

Blinded by the dust kicked up by the horse, General Er looked at his empty hand and then glanced toward the direction his master had departed. Did he have to treasure it so dearly? He was, after all, none other than the Commandery Prince of Mu! The one inside didn’t have nearly as much enthusiasm about it!