Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 244: Chapter 144: Curiosity Killed the Cat Chapter 244: Chapter 144: Curiosity Killed the Cat Gu Changsheng’s sympathy didn’t seem feigned, and she appeared very serious as she spoke.

This really frightened Du Chenzhi, who instinctively believed that Lady Changsheng was not lying, for there was nothing greater than a matter involving one’s life.

Taking a timid step back, Du Chenzhi’s face was filled with caution, “What do you mean by that, Lady Changsheng? Everything was fine, why do you talk as if it concerns life and death?”

Seeing this, Gu Changsheng felt compelled to kindly enlighten him, “Zhou Mu is coming back.”

She was certain that upon seeing Yuan Bao’s pigeon-delivered message, that evildoer Zhou Mu would definitely return!

“Mu… Commandery Prince Mu?” Upon hearing this, Du Chenzhi didn’t back away anymore, but stood still and looked at Gu Changsheng, “Are you joking, Lady Changsheng? Didn’t Commandery Prince Mu go on an expedition to Southern Fujian? Why would he return?”

Gu Changsheng stood silently, continuing to look at Du Chenzhi with sympathy.

The belief that Zhou Mu would not return started to waver in Du Chenzhi’s heart, and with a blink, he cautiously asked, “Are you sure Commandery Prince Mu will return, Lady Changsheng?”

Gu Changsheng nodded earnestly, her face sincere, “Absolutely sure, without a doubt!”

Upon hearing this, Du Chenzhi instinctively dashed towards the door to escape.

The fatigue from before had vanished completely, and he was now like an arrow released from its bow, his departure swift and unstoppable…

Commandery Prince Mu! Commandery Prince Mu was returning! This was the unpredictable and inscrutable Prince Mu to the people of the Zhou Dynasty, a figure revered like a War God, adored and esteemed as if he were the Divine Residence itself! Yet, to the officials of the Zhou Dynasty, Prince Mu was nothing but a nightmare, a total nightmare!

When Noble Consort Xiao wanted to pat the mere ten-year-old Prince Mu on the head, her hand was promptly chopped off, and the emperor turned a blind eye as if nothing had happened. With unclear connections in the former harem, even the powerful Xiao Family had to swallow this bitter pill and pretend as though nothing happened; the Minister of Rites merely criticized Prince Mu for lacking respect for the rituals, only to have his head chopped off on the spot, splattering blood throughout Qiankun Hall. All the officials were furious but dared not speak, and could only watch in silence; and so were the Commandant of Guangdong and Guangxi, the Deputy General of Anxi… Anyone who offended Prince Mu met with a bloody end, dead beyond doubt. The number of officials he beheaded was incalculable, truly beyond counting…

Without a doubt, Du Chenzhi was terrified of Zhou Mu, this fear embedded deeply within his bones, engraved to his marrow…

To stay alive, one must not offend Commandery Prince Mu! This was the collective understanding of all officials!

Having rushed out of the hall, Du Chenzhi suddenly braked to a halt, turned around in a daze, “If Commandery Prince Mu is returning, why am I running? I don’t seem to have offended him, have I?”

Taking the turn in his thinking, Du Chenzhi suddenly calmed down, his complexion returning to normal. Those who died at Prince Mu’s hand were mostly impure, those who had offended him, but he, the newly appointed Lord of Liuzhou City, seemed to have done nothing to offend His Grace, had he?

Gu Changsheng watched Du Chenzhi come to his senses, blinked her eyes, and wondered how he suddenly returned after running like a rabbit fleeing from an eagle.

Du Chenzhi grabbed the cup on the table and gulped down two cups of tea to settle his previously terrified and disordered heart, then kindly explained, “Lady Changsheng may not know, but even though Prince Mu doesn’t blink an eye when killing, he has his reasons for doing so. As a newly minted young official, I haven’t done anything that could possibly offend the esteemed gentleman.”

Phew! That was a close call; his life was spared.

“Are you certain?” Gu Changsheng evidently didn’t share this thought.

“Of course, before I took my post, my father repeatedly emphasized that as long as I did not antagonize Commandery Prince Mu, I need not fear for my life.” His father’s instructions still rang in his ears; having arrived in Liuzhou, he hadn’t even seen Prince Mu’s face, so how could he possibly have offended him?

“Tsk, tsk…” Gu Changsheng shook her head leisurely and sipped her tea, “I must tell you, Du Chenzhi, given your father’s wisdom, you must have heard something about my relationship with Zhou Mu, right?”

“Naturally!” Du Chenzhi suddenly became interested, with a sly grin, he raised an eyebrow at Gu Changsheng, “How could my father not praise Lady Changsheng highly, when even a lofty and mysterious man like Commandery Prince Mu is utterly smitten by you? Who in this world could not be swayed by you?”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng frowned, rolled her eyes, and said, “Since you’re aware, then I’m afraid I have to tell you some very unfortunate news.”