Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 258: Chapter 155: The Girl Who Visited the Prison Chapter 258: Chapter 155: The Girl Who Visited the Prison Gu Changsheng’s voice was as intense as a swooping hurricane, startling countless birds from the trees…

Outrage and fury consumed Gu Changsheng as she, with her actions, proved just how unwavering she really was. She damn well was not bluffing!

As her thunderous voice subsided, the crowd was left stunned, a bad premonition slowly wrapping around their hearts, lingering persistently…

It wasn’t long until their premonition came true.

Gu Changsheng, still fuming and unable to vent all her anger, cast a gaze sharp as a knife across the crowd, grinding her teeth, “Not bad, huh! Feeling capable, are we? Still got energy for hunting?”

As her eyes swept over the prey carried by the Elite Guards, their expressions tightened, and promptly, the game was dropped on the ground in unison.

“And you also have time to gather wood ear mushrooms? Why don’t you go become little mushroom-picking maidens?”

Her gaze then fell on the wood ear mushrooms and lingzhi carried by the Female Army, who, not slow to react, hurled what they were carrying far away from themselves.

The boss was very angry, and the consequences would be serious!

If possible, they would have desperately erased all traces of their finds! Pretend they had never turned up those things!

“Those who are late, after going down to the dungeon, will be eliminated!” declared Gu Changsheng, her red sleeve waving with blood-like fervor, pointing outside the Mountain Stronghold gate, “Since you have such an abundance of unused energy, let’s see just how much you really have!”

At these words, everyone’s faces turned ashen…

Heaven and Earth as witness, their energy reserves were truly depleted. After marching hundreds of miles over the course of a day and a night, they really were exhausted…

“Everyone, gear up for weighted cross-country. Circle around Baili Mountain, and by dawn tomorrow, you know the consequences if you haven’t returned,” Gu Changsheng said, shrouded in an aura so fierce it was as if Asura himself had possessed her, striking terror into the hearts of all.

The next second, over nine hundred people, without even a moment to complain, were once again sprinting towards the embrace of Baili Mountain…

How miserable they were! Their good intentions had backfired, and it seemed they had thoroughly enraged the boss…

No alternative; obeying orders was the most basic requirement. Resigned to their fate, their only choice was to run!

Provoked to outrage early in the morning, Gu Changsheng was brimming with murderous intent, radiating a ‘keep out’ aura.

Faced with her now, the remaining people were all keeping their distance, wishing they could just vanish into thin air and stay out of her sight, lest they become the collateral damage…

If that was the end of it, it might have been fine, but then there were always one or two who dared to tempt fate.

Take Zhou Mu, the Prince Mu who had heard of the affair, for example!

With great consideration, he comforted his darling woman with gentle, soothing words, and even took the opportunity to cozy up to her, looking utterly content with the fiery beauty in his arms.

Turning around, he then ordered Yhan Ting to gather the tigers, elk, wild goats, black wood ear mushrooms, and lingzhi. Even under Yhan Ting’s incredulous gaze, Zhou Mu deliberately added, “Make sure they are stored properly, preserved well…”

Yhan Ting’s face twitched incessantly, as if three thick veins were about to burst on his forehead. The Head of the Punishment Hall resigned himself to the role of a cleaner…

Seeing the County Prince in his current state, Yhan Ting couldn’t bear to look directly at him! He couldn’t stand it at all!

In the world there’s no wall that does not leak. The matter had not lasted a quarter of an hour before it came to Gu Changsheng’s ears, making Gu Changsheng even angrier. She stormed off to seek an explanation, only to encounter Zhou Mu’s innocent, woeful, and handsomely pitiful face…

So, spitting blood in frustration, Gu Changsheng could do nothing about him and helplessly went to grapple with Poison instead.

Her foul mood being so evident, soon the entire Dark Camp Fortress became exceedingly cautious, treading on thin ice.

After all, they weren’t Prince Mu; they didn’t have a Death Exemption Token. It was better to proceed with care to avoid displeasing Lady Changsheng…

Thus, poor Eunuch Yuan Bao, who had already been forgotten for three missed meals and was about to miss a fourth, was left forlorn and ignored by everyone…

Tears welling up, Eunuch Yuan Bao pitifully clung to a crack in the window of the firewood shed, the picture of misery…

Of course, there was still one person who remembered the pitiable Yuan Bao, and that person was Chef Dong Lei.

After the mealtime had passed, Dong Lei hurriedly stuffed two steamed buns and two slices of meat into his bosom, held two shiny cleavers in front of his face, and stealthily set off to the prison…

“Crack!” Stepping on a twig, Dong Lei was instantly petrified, shrinking into himself and too terrified to move as he eyed two guards nearby.

In that moment, Dong Lei wished he could dive into a hole in the ground, full of regret. Why hadn’t he chosen two bigger cleavers?

Now he was exposed!

The two guards not far away had detected the noise as it happened.

They glanced in Dong Lei’s direction and quickly looked away again.

Overall, Dong Lei’s reputation in the Dark Camp Fortress was quite high. Why? His profession was in demand! Lord Changsheng’s personal chef, the master Quick-Blade Hand’s least competent disciple!

Come on, Eunuch Yuan Bao was inside, and since someone was coming to visit, they could save face for him, pretending not to see!

After exchanging glances, the two guards who always stood watch together nodded to each other, a tacit understanding between them.

So they carried on as though nothing had happened, continuing their guard duty.

What galled them was that even though they had obviously eased up, that person just didn’t take the hint!

Adhering to the principle of “if the enemy doesn’t move, I don’t move,” Dong Lei tucked her face behind a pair of kitchen knives and stopped moving as well.

“Why, why isn’t she leaving?” they anxiously communicated in hushed tones.

“How should I know!” they gritted their teeth. Was standing guard an easy job? This Miss Dong was really out of line!

After a while longer, Dong Lei, still hidden behind the kitchen knives, remained motionless.

The two guards were beside themselves, spilling three liters of blood in frustration.

“So what do we do now?” the corner of their mouth twitching violently.

“What do we do?” the other guard, with a dark expression, glanced over at Dong Lei’s hiding spot, bit his teeth, and made up his mind, “If the enemy doesn’t move, I move! She won’t move let’s move!”

Another exchange of glances, and tacitly understanding each other, the next moment they “thump” made a loud sound as they collapsed to the ground.

Deserting their post was absolutely not allowed, so they may as well make the best of where they were!

Miss Dong! Chef Dong! You really need to catch on!

The noise they made was undeniably loud, so loud that even guards patrolling far away heard it, took one look in their direction, just one glance! Then suddenly increased their pace quite a bit, almost scampering past with twitching mouths “on patrol.”

After covering some distance, the patrolling guard wiped the sweat off his forehead and looked back, “Just what exactly did Lord Changsheng teach Miss Dong?”

Who told her that if she hid her face with two kitchen knives in the middle of the road, people wouldn’t see her?

This is seriously misleading the younger generation!

“No idea!” the other patrolling guard shook his head sympathetically, “Anyway, all of Lord Changsheng’s girls are unusual; the ones standing guard today are really having a hard time!”

Thinking of Han Qiu and Xiao Cui, who could endure even more hardship, the patrolling guard’s expression soured a bit.

Any man would feel less than great to be outdone by a girl.

Dong Lei certainly heard the guards collapsing, so she cautiously peered out from between the knife blades, then holding up the kitchen knives, she walked over to the two men.

“Why did they suddenly fall and not get up?” Dong Lei poked their faces with the back of the knife, looking puzzled, then raised her head to the sun, frowning, “Could they have fainted from the heat? That can’t be right, it’s already deep autumn and the sun isn’t that strong, how could it cause heatstroke?”

“Just go, just go…” the two ‘playing dead’ guards chanted in their hearts.

“Ah! Could it be that I’ve developed the ‘Sword Qi’ that master talked about and stunned them?”

The ‘playing dead’ duo grimaced, Miss Dong, you’re thinking too much! Really!

If your master knew that was how you developed ‘Sword Qi,’ he’d die of anger!

Before the duo finished their silent complaints, Dong Lei spoke again, propping her chin on a kitchen knife, Dong Lei wore an expression of deep thought, “Lady Changsheng said, destroying the corpse and erasing traces is very important; the finishing blow must be decisive, and escape must be swift!”

The moment her words landed, the ‘playing dead’ duo’s hearts leapt to their throats.

Woe… Lord Changsheng, that’s no way to treat your people!

What alarmed them further was that sure enough, the kitchen knives were laid against their necks. That was it! The two, who had previously thought about getting up and running, now dared not move a muscle.

This was not the time to startle Miss Dong, for if her hand slipped, they would truly be corpses!

Large drops of cold sweat oozed from their foreheads, and they practically wished for death.

“Should I use the same knife technique as for killing chickens?” The kitchen knife shifted angles, “Or the same as for slaughtering sheep?” The knife shifted again, “Or maybe the same way you would fillet a fish?”

The ‘playing dead’ duo broke out in a torrent of cold sweats, tearful and helpless, Miss Dong, can we stop playing now?

Just as if Dong Lei heard their silent pleas, she withdrew the knives, “It’s different from chickens and sheep, their necks aren’t necks and their bellies aren’t bellies. I’ll go ask Eunuch Yuan Bao where to cut, and come back to finish the job later!”

Hearing the sound of Dong Lei’s departing footsteps and after several seconds, the ‘playing dead’ duo tensely sat up from the ground.

They exchanged a glance and began to sob uncontrollably!

“Whose lousy idea was it to play dead?” Oh, mother, they almost became lost souls under the blade! They were still feeling chills on their necks now! If they really died like that, they wouldn’t even have a place to cry injustice!

“Wasn’t it you who said, ‘if the enemy doesn’t move, I move’?” If they’d known Miss Dong was this fierce, they would have preferred getting a flogging for desertion over having their throats sliced!

The rebuked guard wiped away old tears and looked to the sky, “Lord Changsheng’s girls are indeed extraordinary…”

It was terrifying enough to scare someone to death!

“You still have time to moan and groan? Let’s bolt, Ma Lisuo style; otherwise are we really waiting for her to come back and finish us off?” One slapped their bottom, stood up, and ran away at top speed.

“Only a fool would wait for her to come back and deal the finishing blow! Getting flogged is way better than getting your throat slit!” Without a doubt, desertion was the better choice compared to waiting for a coup de grâce, which was utterly out of the question!

Completely oblivious to what she had done, Dong Lei, thus, marched through five barriers and cut down six posts, finally arriving at the location of the cells.