Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 243: Chapter 143 Significant Event_2 Chapter 243: Chapter 143 Significant Event_2 As deputy generals who found themselves collateral damage in the chaos, none were spared the difficulty, though their situation was just a tad bit better than having the roof ripped off right over them.

At least, they were not flung away! They were merely flattened!

“Pah!” General Er spat out the mud in his mouth with a look of utter resentment, shaking the dust from his hair, “What the hell happened? Did we lose the battle? Has the country fallen?”

He didn’t offend anyone, just came back from a mission, and hadn’t even entered the doors of the Marshal’s Camp before he was knocked flat!

Jiang One and the others were sprawled on the ground, shaking their heads helplessly, faces covered in dirt.

“Worse than losing a battle or the country falling?” General Er’s eyes went wide with disbelief.

The other deputy generals silently nodded in agreement.

It must be worse than the loss of a battle or a fallen country! Otherwise, the master wouldn’t have blown his top, right?

This anger wasn’t trivial; it was decisive and direct, tearing down the entire Marshal’s Camp…

The deputy generals had faces full of deep resentment, their mouths twitching uncontrollably.

Suddenly, General Er had an epiphany!

“Did something happen to Lady Changsheng?” Only Lady Changsheng could cause their master, who normally maintained composure even when faced with Mount Tai’s Overwhelming Pressure, to lose control like this.

He still remembered how not so long ago, when Lady Changsheng suffered a minor injury, their Family Head didn’t say a word, abandoning pressing military matters to rush to her side.

Glancing at the destroyed Marshal’s Camp, General Er went pale.

This had to be a major incident! The master was far more furious this time than last.

“Don’t tell me Lady Changsheng…?” When General Er thought of that possibility, a shiver ran down his spine.

“Pah! What nonsense are you thinking about? Lady Changsheng is fine!” If something had happened to Lady Changsheng, wouldn’t their Family Head have gone mad?

“It’s good if nothing’s wrong, good indeed!” General Er laid on the ground and patted his chest hurriedly, calming his startled heart.

“No, that’s not right. Something must have happened to Lady Changsheng!”

“So is there a problem or not? You better clarify quickly; can’t you see the master has totally lost it?” General Er pounded the ground, needing to know if there truly was an issue so he could make a quick escape!

Jiang One looked up at the sky, a picture of sorrow, and sighed deeply, “Sky so vast, fields so wide, a single red apricot tree blooms beyond the wall…”

“What!” Before Jiang One had finished speaking, General Er sprang up like a carp leaping from the water, his feet slick as grease, dashing off at top speed, “This is indeed a bigger problem than losing a battle or a fallen country! What are you waiting for, run! Or do you want to stick around and be cannon fodder for the master’s venting anger?”

Hearing this, everyone bolted in panic.

Only Zhou Mu was left, his palm winds cleaving through the air with such fury that the surrounding area of the Marshal’s Camp also turned into dust.

Then his figure turned into a Gale, vanishing outside the camp…

…

After a day and night of intense meditation, clueless about how to proceed with the bandit-subduing mission, Du Chenzhi had no choice but to disguise himself and leave the city so as not to become another Xiao Chengwen.

The small courtyard at the foot of Baili Mountain, well-known as the residence of Medicine God Changsheng, wasn’t hard to find.

Finally, after getting past layers of guards, Du Chenzhi, to his dismay, discovered that Lady Changsheng was not in the heavily fortified courtyard!

He had no choice but to wait.

This wait was no small matter; he went from high noon until the sun was slanting westward before he received the message that Lady Changsheng had invited him.

Inside Du Chenzhi, there was a deep sense of irony, wondering why meeting Lady Changsheng was harder than an audience with the Emperor?

Soon he would realize, what he thought of as hard, was not hard enough!

Ancient trees and odd-shaped rocks, the mountain paths were difficult to navigate, which was too much for Du Chenzhi, who had aspired to be a dandy and had only just begun his role as a City Lord.

After all, wasn’t he a gentleman born and bred in luxury? How had he ever suffered like this?

By the time he met Gu Changsheng, Du Chenzhi was in complete disarray, too exhausted to speak.

Only after drinking some tea and regaining some energy did Du Chenzhi hurriedly start inquiring about the pressing matter.

“Lady Changsheng, my father said that if I have any doubts, I can always come to Lady Changsheng for advice. So, about this bandit-subduing matter, what do you think? As you know, I’ve just taken office, and I’m clueless. Lady Changsheng, please enlighten me…”

Gu Changsheng was momentarily startled at his words, her mouth twitching involuntarily, “Is that really your father?”

Could there really be such a father who shirks his responsibilities onto others?

She saved people only to end up being employed as a nanny? And Old Master Du wasn’t afraid she would sell off his only heir?

“Of course! My brother passed away early, and there’s only me left to carry on the Du Family line!” Du Chenzhi answered earnestly.

As soon as he said that, Gu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed slightly; she seemed to have overlooked something all this while, “What is your father’s name?”

“Of course it’s Du!” Du Chenzhi patted his chest confidently, how could one not know their son’s surname and still ask about the father’s? Lady Changsheng surely was odd!

“What’s his given name?” Gu Changsheng persisted.

“The former Chancellor, Du Mingli,” Du Chenzhi replied with a sense of pride.

Then, Gu Changsheng’s face changed, looking at Du Chenzhi with extreme pity, and couldn’t help but “tsk tsk” in astonishment.

Facing her gaze, Du Chenzhi felt a chill creep over him, hair standing on end, “Lady Changsheng, there’s nothing wrong with my father, is there?”

Gu Changsheng shook her head, “There’s a problem, a big one.”

Hearing this, Du Chenzhi tensed up. His father was happily retired at home, cherishing his time with his grandchildren; what big problem could there be?

If it were anyone else, Du Chenzhi would doubtlessly have slapped them without hesitation, but coming from Gu Changsheng, he had to take it seriously.

He had witnessed Lady Changsheng’s miraculous medical skills himself!

Even his father, who once commanded great respect, praised her abilities. It’s known that his father, once so high in position, rarely complimented anyone!

Gu Changsheng looked at the anxious Du Chenzhi with pity and shook her head, “Du Chenzhi, listen to me, you should find a place to hide for a while. The bandit issue can wait; your life is more important!”