Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 234: Chapter 137: Offering Help When There’s No Trouble Chapter 234: Chapter 137: Offering Help When There’s No Trouble “Damn it! What chaos is that little monk adding now?” Gu Changsheng stomped angrily!

Suddenly, the sound of a wooden fish resonated amidst the silence, causing a group of women to pause in their movements.

This scene seems a bit off…

Yan Ting reacted quickly. At the moment the wooden fish sounded, he, suffering from soul-dissolving torment, spoke up, “Guanyin Bodhisattva, when deeply practicing prajnaparamita, perceives that all five aggregates are empty and saves all who suffer. Sariputra, form is no different from emptiness, emptiness is no different from form, form is emptiness, emptiness is form…”

“Damn it! The Heart Sutra of Prajnaparamita! Yan Ting, this slayer, is actually chanting scriptures!” This scene was too ridiculous, making Gu Changsheng unable to look directly.

Soon, following Yan Ting’s voice, the remaining Elite Guards also started chanting the scriptures.

For a moment, the chanting of about a hundred people, accompanied by the faint sound of the wooden fish, echoed in the depths of Baili Mountain…

The women, seeing this, became a bit disconcerted. How were they supposed to strike like this?

But since the Tower Master hadn’t come out to order a stop, they had to continue!

Biting their teeth, even if it meant offending Buddha, they had to do it!

But the results were clearly not as effective as before; with the Buddhist scriptures diverting their attention, fewer of the Elite Guards were put out of the game.

The darker Gu Changsheng’s face became, the more he waved towards Yue Xilou, and quickly dashed towards the house where Little Monk Bu Jie was.

He grabbed the back of Little Monk Bu Jie’s robe, lifting the chanting Little Monk Bu Jie up, Gu Changsheng fumed, “I’m telling you, little monk, even if you don’t cooperate, at least don’t cause trouble, alright? It hasn’t been easy for me to get Flower Peacock to gather all these people, and you dare to hinder me!”

Little Monk Bu Jie wore a compassionate expression, holding a wooden fish in one hand and a mulberry wood mallet in the other, looking innocent, “This poor monk was merely performing the evening prayers as the prayer time arrived.”

Seeing this, Gu Changsheng deflated like a punctured ball, muttered resentfully, “Disaster!” and headed toward the door.

As she was about to leave, Little Monk Bu Jie, raising his mulberry wood mallet, shouted, “By the way, you have a visitor.”

“Damn it!” Again with that line! Her home’s little monk had quite the knack for predicting this—never failing!

It’s because every time Eunuch Yuan Bao came around, he would use that line!

Accuracy one hundred percent! More reliable than a weather forecast!

Gu Changsheng gloomily watched as those Elite Guards narrowly escaped a disaster; the remaining number was still as high as eight hundred fifty!

Forget it! The revolution has not yet succeeded; comrades still need to strive!

“Somebody! Drag them to the mountain stronghold’s dungeon, interrogate them harshly!” They don’t like these gentle methods of coercion, then let’s give them something tougher!

Non-violent non-cooperation, is it? Damn, do they really think Gu Changsheng is a vegetarian!

The eliminated Elite Guards from Dark Camp exchanged glances, but resignedly went down to carry out the orders.

This time, unfortunately, Han Qiu, the three women, and a child were also taken away.

Sounds of cursing and howling soon rose from the dungeon.

“For fuck’s sake, we come from the same roots, why be in such a hurry to fry each other, are you guys for real?”

“Smack!” A whip cracked across Jiang Liu’s chest with full force.

“Sorry, Commander, it’s an order from above—if we dare to go easy, they’ll hang us at the mountain stronghold’s gate, turn us into fresh human jerky after ten days to half a month!” The executing guard apologized, but didn’t dare to show mercy.

Jiang Liu gritted his teeth, speechless towards the heavens.

“Tell us who your master is, and where he’s hiding!”

“Speak or not, if you don’t, the suffering of the flesh is inevitable.”

Amid the relentless interrogation and howls of pain, Eunuch Yuan Bao, covered in goosebumps and feeling as if his liver and gall were split, crawled into Dark Camp Fortress.

Seeing him, Gu Changsheng sighed in defeat, look, it was indeed him!

Little Monk, the prophet, was incredibly accurate about Yuan Bao’s visit, unfailingly so!

“Lady Changsheng, where are the Elite Guards? All this wailing has scared every bird in the forest to flight, what exactly is going on?” Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Eunuch Yuan Bao got up from the ground with a somersault, “I was scared to death; I thought an enemy was attacking the stronghold.”

Gu Changsheng looked at him disdainfully, “I’m telling you, Yuan Bao, your endurance is just too poor. If you ask me, you should join them and work on that fat of yours.”

“No no no!” Yuan Bao quickly shook his head while waving his hands, “That won’t do, I am a eunuch, I don’t do jobs that rob the Elite Guards of their livelihood.”

He couldn’t endure the inhuman treatment, nor could he bear the punishment.

“You’d like to rob them, but you’d need the skills to outdo them,” Gu Changsheng cruelly unveiled the truth.

Yuan Bao touched his nose awkwardly, chuckled dryly, and pointed towards where the crying and howling were coming from, “What’s happening in the dungeon?”

“Harsh interrogation.” Gu Changsheng was straight to the point.

“Harsh interrogation? Interrogating whom?” Yuan Bao was quite perplexed.

“Those Elite Guards who haven’t been eliminated yet,” Gu Changsheng remarked conversantly, sparing no detail.

“Lady Changsheng, are you serious about this? This could lead to someone’s death!” Yuan Bao immediately raised his voice, aware that the Dark Camp Fortress was essentially the site of the Punishment Hall. He had seen the execution tools here, which were even more complete than those of the Judicial Department—who could endure that?

Gu Changsheng, with a leisurely gesture, pointed at the medicine pots set up under the eaves, “Could this be fake?”

She had prepared both medicines for internal injuries and ointments for external injuries; they certainly weren’t just playing around with flashy but useless tricks.

Eunuch Yuan Bao, internally aching, watched the scantly dressed women bustling about boiling medicines and adding water, speechless, “Lady Changsheng…”

Could we possibly make it any more exhausting?

Where in the world did she learn this from? Gazing into the distance, infinitely sorrowful…

“Why did you come here if there’s nothing wrong? Does my house not need supervising during construction?” Gu Changsheng was quite dissatisfied with Yuan Bao’s frequent trips up the mountain; it was a classic case of neglectful idling! If her house turned out to be a shoddy job, she would definitely tie Yuan Bao up and use him as a ball to kick.

“Ah!” Yuan Bao exclaimed, finally remembering his proper business, “I have something to report to you, my lady. A spy from the Capital City has sent word that the new Lord of Liuzhou City has been decided, and will soon arrive in Liuzhou to assume his post.”

“Who is it? Whose person is he?” Gu Changsheng furrowed her brows, her demeanor growing serious.

Yuan Bao shook his head, shamefully twisting his finger.

“Not even a bit of news? Couldn’t you have gathered some information on the way?” Gu Changsheng held him in disdain.

“The person traveled via the Grand Canal, just drifting along without a nap, our people couldn’t gather any news at all,” Yuan Bao replied innocently.

“Useless! Are you all just loafing and eating?” Gu Changsheng stomped her foot, “Whether it’s Prince Liang’s or another faction’s person, you must at least know that, right?”

“There are no officials from their factions being transferred at the Court, we can be sure of that,” Yuan Bao quickly explained.

Gu Changsheng, propping her chin and pacing thoughtfully, “If it’s not Prince Liang’s person, nor from another faction, and if it was an official movement within the Imperial Court, you should have received the news…”

“Exactly, we don’t know who this person is, who suddenly jumped five ranks to directly become a Fourth Rank Ruler of a City!” Yuan Bao was also puzzled.

“By elimination, it’s not Prince Liang, not Prince Qi, not from any other faction, then there is only one kind of person who can rise so meteorically!” Gu Changsheng slapped her forehead, struck with a realization.

“Whose person?” Yuan Bao, slow on the uptake, couldn’t keep up with Gu Changsheng’s pace.

“The Emperor’s confidant, the Emperor’s man!”

Prince Liang, Prince Qi, and other factions all wanted to plant their own people in Liuzhou; if they, with all their power and influence, couldn’t manage it, then this person must be of even higher rank and influence, the only one left would be the Emperor himself!

Thus, the new Lord of Liuzhou City’s ability to silence all objections and rise five levels so smoothly was now explained.

“Lady Changsheng, you’re amazing, it must be the Emperor’s man!” Yuan Bao exclaimed, thumping his chest, “Why didn’t I think of that?”

“What else could you think of besides eating?” Gu Changsheng scoffed disdainfully at his rotund figure.

The slighted Yuan Bao wiped his nose and changed the topic, “Since it’s the Emperor’s man, what shall we do then?”

“Meet force with force, cover water with earth; we’ll decide once we know who it is,” Gu Changsheng glanced at the simmering medicines, her demeanor composed.

“Right, right, since it’s the Emperor’s man, there’s nothing to worry about. The Emperor would certainly not undermine my master,” Eunuch Yuan Bao finally caught on, showing a flash of insight.

Nothing happened to his master after that incident years ago, did it? The Emperor had truly valued his master!

Gu Changsheng cast a half-glance towards Yuan Bao, indeed, Emperor Zhou wouldn’t undermine Evildoer Zhou, but whether he would undermine her was another matter!

At this moment, Emperor Zhoulin probably harbored thoughts of flaying her, Gu Changsheng alive, didn’t he?

It was just the fear of Evildoer Zhou and the restraint from making big moves…

Emperor’s Mind Technique, if she were Emperor Zhoulin, she wouldn’t let things go so easily either!

Gu Changsheng curled her lips, looking towards Yue Xilou sitting leisurely in the rocking chair, she scurried happily towards him, “Flower Peacock…”

Yue Xilou looked at her warily and turned away, ignoring her!

Unwarranted kindness, nothing but treachery or theft!

Undeterred, Gu Changsheng circled the rocking chair, “Peacock Master…”

“I am your son’s master, not yours!” Yue Xilou was decidedly unamused.

“Alright, alright!” Gu Changsheng waved in concession, “Then, my son’s Peacock Master, let’s discuss a matter…”

Yue Xilou snapped his folding fan shut, defensively eyeing Gu Changsheng who was unusually solicitous, instinctively sensing trouble, “No negotiation!”

When it’s time to refuse, one must decisively refuse!

“Flower Peacock, would silver change your mind?” Gu Changsheng, undiscouraged.

This made Yue Xilou even more wary; he flipped off the rocking chair and dodged a good distance away, “You, who value money as life itself, offering to shed your feathers? This must be a matter of great importance, girl, don’t scheme against me; go find someone else!”

“This matter, alas, I can only turn to you!” Gu Changsheng wore a look of having no choice but to seek help reluctantly.