Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 193: Chapter 111 Gu Changsheng Digs His Own Grave Chapter 193: Chapter 111 Gu Changsheng Digs His Own Grave Learning from the past, a guide for the future.

With the previous assassination attempt as a lesson, Gu Changsheng was exceptionally well-prepared.

Soon, his family and neighbors, including the women and children, had been evacuated from the danger zone. Gu Changsheng, always preventive, had his guards outside digging pits and burying landmines…

“Lady, what are those black spheres being buried?” Lau Mang anxiously asked, his large figure tense, a long hacking knife on his shoulder, guarding Gu Changsheng vigilantly.

Gu Changsheng curved his lips slightly, a chilling glint in his eyes as he smiled and replied, “The Buddha said, ‘not to be spoken, not to be spoken…’”

Familiar with landmines and security zones, are you?

Unless someone could fly, she had ensured they would have no return.

Ning Er, who had witnessed the power of those explosives, instinctively stepped back. My goodness! That night during the attack, just one of those black spheres blew the rear wall of the main house to shreds; the crater it created took them a whole day to fill!

And today, to think, dozens of those black spheres were buried?

The attackers probably wouldn’t even get close to the courtyard before being obliterated! The ground in front of the courtyard would likely keep them busy filling holes for days…

Gu Changsheng glanced at the guards busily working in front of the courtyard, squinting slightly…

“The trap is set, I’m eager to see just how big the turtle caught will be!”

A Taishi chair was placed at the front door. Gu Changsheng sat on it, legs crossed, comfortably squinting his eyes.

Invade and be blown up; come and still be blown up!

If anyone dared to raise weapons against Gu Changsheng, she would see whose weapons were superior!

Her homemade landmines, guaranteed quality, were sure to blow the intruders to bits!

The guards hidden in the shadows, seeing Gu Changsheng determined to “meet the guests at the doorway,” were so nervous their hearts jumped to their throats. The excitement of that bloody night surged as they sharpened their knives and stared intently at the road leading to the front door…

Ning Er found a spot with a perfect view, concealing himself, ready to watch the drama unfold…

With her posture ready for a fight, Gu Changsheng began to wait, eyes half-closed…

She waited, but no one came…

She waited longer, and still no one came…

The day slowly turned to dusk, and the moon rose above the willows, yet still no one came…

“Damn! Why hasn’t anyone come yet? How large of a group do they intend to bring?” She yawned out of boredom, lounging on the Taishi chair as her eyes gradually closed…

Meanwhile, twenty to thirty doctors, bustling, were pushing Lau Quansheng towards her…

Each of them panting heavily, drenched in sweat.

Inside, they profoundly regretted this…

They were doctors! They didn’t have the physicality to compete with Lau Xiangyang, who ran up hills chasing rabbits all day!

Having received the message from Gu Changsheng, they had hurried over in great haste, not even bothering to arrange for horse-drawn carriages…

The journey from Liuzhou City to Baili Mountain was far…

The doctors’ plight was truly pitiable!

As they supported one another to Mountain-Foot Village, the night had grown dense.

After Gu Changsheng snacked on some sauce chicken feet to fill her stomach, fully satisfied, she comfortably dozed off in the Taishi chair.

Bustling voices accompanied a large group of figures approaching under the moonlight.

Gu Changsheng abruptly opened her eyes, straightened her body, and stretched, “At last, they’ve come. If not, I might have gone to meet Duke Zhou in sleep!”

The doctors, from a distance, saw Gu Changsheng sitting under the halo of the lantern light, their eyes sparkling as if revived from the dead!

“Lady Changsheng!”

“It’s Lady Changsheng!”

Gu Changsheng’s eyes whirled suspiciously, sensing something amiss.

She thought she heard the voices of Hu Yihai and Elder Xu?

Could it be that the coming party was cunning enough to have kidnapped them to threaten her?

“Damn it! To involve the innocent, they deserve to die!”

Enraged, Gu Changsheng stood in front of the doorway in a red dress like blood, in a stance that declared she alone would hold the fort against any invader.

The thick night, oh how it brings about calamity!

Gu Changsheng stood in the light, clearly visible to the approaching doctors.

However, under the cloak of night, she could not see the figures of the doctors very clearly…

The figures drew nearer, and Gu Changsheng grew more nervous.

Any closer, and they would be in the security zone, the area laced with dozens of landmines!

If Hu Yihai and Elder Xu were really being held hostage, the situation would become complicated!

“Lady Changsheng, Lady Changsheng…”

“Lady Changsheng, you’ve made us search hard for you…”

“Lady Changsheng…”

…

The distant calls grew more urgent, and Gu Changsheng’s frown deepened.

Those voices included not only Hu Yihai and Elder Xu but also other doctors who had visited her medical hall…

Something was wrong!

The voices bore only joy, no fear!

“Stop!”

Gu Changsheng hurriedly ran forward a few steps and shouted harshly!

Everyone paused in their steps momentarily, then began to move forward again.

“Lady Changsheng, save us, our Liuzhou Medical Guild’s next five years depend on you,” Hu Yihai said as he rushed towards her.

“Lady Changsheng, you cannot ignore us.”

“Lady Changsheng, we have even brought our family’s secret recipes, look…”

“…”

Seeing Gu Changsheng’s refusal, the crowd ran even faster.

“Stop everyone, one more step forward, and it’s death!” Gu Changsheng called out urgently, his voice reaching the breaking point.

The trigger line of the minefield was just five steps away from them…

“Lady Changsheng, you can’t just stand by and watch us die!”

“Lady Changsheng, why must it come to shouting and fighting, we sincerely came to seek your help.”

“…”

The doctors advanced another two steps.

Sweat beads the size of beans started to drop from Gu Changsheng’s forehead, and he yelled even more urgently, “Ning Er, dodge the trigger line and stop them for me, anyone who dares move forward, show no mercy!”

With every breath, the wound on her back ached faintly; she knew that even if she could dodge past the wire, she wouldn’t be as fast as Ning Er.

She feared she wouldn’t make it in time…

Ning Er didn’t respond verbally, but with a flicker, he emerged from the shadows.

Being skilled in Qinggong and having watched the guards lay the mines, he carefully jumped across, albeit with bated breath and his heart pounding…

Finding footholds among the complex network of trigger lines, Ning Er picked the right moment and lunged towards the doctors.

He barely steadied his stance on the edge of the minefield, instantly swinging his longsword at the doctors.

“No one move, knives and swords have no eyes, dare to move one step, and it’s death!” Gu Changsheng shouted coldly.

The doctors, seeing the glaring longsword in front of them, displayed expressions of gray defeat, extremely uncomfortable.

Both sides looked across the minefield at each other, each more nervous than the other.

“Lady Changsheng, why must it come to this!” Elder Xu sighed deeply in annoyance, “Do you truly have the heart to disregard medicine that could save millions in the Liuzhou Region, and cruelly reject us?”

“I cannot bear it!” Gu Changsheng replied coldly, pulling out a scalpel from her waist and slowly bending down, “Damn it, everyone back off, stay away from me!”

Gu Changsheng endured the severe pain from bending over, which tugged at her back wound; she knew the wound that had just started to heal had torn again…

Damn it, Gu Changsheng thought to herself, she really felt like smashing her head against the wall and ending it!

The mine-laying guards did a great job! Exceptionally well! Surprisingly well!

But damn it, demining is a technical job, and that group of novices clearly wasn’t up to it!

This was a classic example of digging a hole to bury oneself!

“Lady Changsheng, if you don’t help us, then our future…”

“If you keep blabbering, not only you, but even I will have no future!” Gu Changsheng snapped fiercely, not sparing Hu Yihai a thought in her urgency.

“Lady Changsheng, can’t you give us a chance to make our case clear?”

“Lady Changsheng…”

“…”

At this point, Gu Changsheng could attend to nothing else but held her breath and carefully pinched a trigger wire, swiftly cut it with a scalpel, then followed the wire to the mine’s location and cautiously began digging…

Seeing this, the doctors looked like they had lost everything, exchanging looks and on the verge of tears.

Seeing this stance, Lady Changsheng had firmly resolved not to help…

To press them with death was one thing, but she also hardened her heart, ignoring them and started digging herself!

How cold and disheartened they must have felt…

“Shut up, if you make any more noise, I’ll cut you down immediately!” Ning Er, having witnessed the power of the mines, glanced nervously at Gu Changsheng and severely pointed his sword at the doctors.

“Actually, this is all a misunderstanding…” Lau Quansheng timidly took a small step forward, quietly explaining.

It was all his fault, completely his fault. If he hadn’t signaled Lau Xiangyang, none of this mess would have happened…

The simple-minded Lau Quansheng felt very guilty but was silenced by Ning Er’s cold look.

“Lau Mang, loop around this area from the outer edge, and make sure even a mosquito doesn’t get through!”

With a crowd bustling on the other side, if anyone lost their footing, even a small stone kicked towards the trigger line would mean a matter of life and death for her. Gu Changsheng could only ignore everything else and summon the hidden guards like Lau Mang.

If she were to die from an explosion, it would indeed be a self-inflicted loss, too wrongful a death!

Much more wrongful than Dou E in the ninth lunar month!

Lau Mang gestured to his subordinates, and soon, over fifty guards hidden in the shadows appeared before everyone.

The doctors exchanged glances, clueless about what was happening…

Everyone could only watch as Gu Changsheng squatted on the ground like a little girl picking mushrooms, digging holes…

“Lady Changsheng, let your subordinate help,” Lau Mang, robust in build, walked over to Gu Changsheng.

“Step back! Are you trying to die with me?”

Sweat beads the size of beans slowly fell, and Gu Changsheng didn’t even look up, fully focused.

If one were to explode, she would genuinely be reduced to ashes.

“Lady Changsheng, your subordinate just wants to help, your back wound has opened again, and the blood has soaked through your clothes…” Lau Mang’s dark face reddened, to die with Lady Changsheng, did he even have the right?

Gu Changsheng, after unearthing a landmine, set it aside, “You don’t know how, step back!”

Her reaction stimulated Lau Mang, who took a step forward and quickly squatted down to grab a trigger wire, “Madam, that’s not right, I, Lau Mang, personally buried a few mines myself.”