Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 703: Chapter 541 Change of Ownership in Red Sun City

In the affairs of the Great Zhou Dynasty Court, Gu Changsheng couldn’t care less.

Right now, she was lazing about in the City Lord’s Mansion of Red Sun City, leisurely snacking on tidbits.

”Haha, Gu Changsheng, this battle was truly thrilling! Grandma can finally say she’s been on a battlefield!” Borjigin Nian said excitedly, gathering around Gu Changsheng with a spring in her step.

”If you enjoyed the fighting so much, why didn’t you join Little Monk Bu Jie on the city wall to chant scriptures?” Gu Changsheng asked, her expression as serene as a cloud, as she popped a sugar ball into her mouth.

”I’m not going. I don’t want to be a nun. What scriptures are there for me to chant!” Borjigin Nian immediately retorted upon hearing this.

Meditating and chanting scriptures was so boring; she simply couldn’t do it.

”Gu Changsheng, with just eight hundred men, you captured Red Sun City. Half of the Southern Border’s territory has fallen into your hands, and yet you only fought two battles. I, Borjigin Nian, have truly broadened my horizons. In this world, conquering cities and territories turns out to be such an easy feat!” Borjigin Nian spoke with admiration as she leaned closer to Gu Changsheng.

”Not at all; there are no easy affairs in this world. They could conquer the city with eight hundred men, but do you know how I trained them day after day? How much effort I put into developing weapons?” Gu Changsheng shook her head. ”Nian, nothing in this world comes without hard work. I trained them only to keep our bodies safe, so we could live in peace. Leading them to fight in the Southern Border was never my intention...”

”Gu Changsheng, don’t act coy after getting a bargain!” Borjigin Nian said, pouting, despite the words she heard. ”Now, half of the Southern Border’s land is in your hands. When the Dark Night Army advances into Great Swamp Mountain again and you wipe out the Xiangka Clan, you’ll become the true overlord of the Southern Border. It sounds so domineering. By then, my status as the Northern Mongolian Princess won’t even compare to yours!”

Upon saying this, Borjigin Nian couldn’t help but look a bit sheepish.

”All I want is to rescue my son and doom the Xiangka Clan to eternal ruin!” Gu Changsheng’s phoenix eyes slightly closed, her interest waning. ”Overlord of the Southern Border? I couldn’t care less! What would I do in this poor and barren land? Raise chickens?”

At this, Gu Changsheng narrowed her eyes; come to think of it, with so many mountains in the Southern Border, raising chickens would actually be quite suitable.

Who knows, maybe she could accidentally transform the Southern Border into a natural breeding farm?

Hehe, beaming with bright ideas!

”Ah, right, what about that Little Witch Lord from Bashu? Has she run off again?” Gu Changsheng’s thoughts shifted to Wuchang Yue as she cocked her head toward Xiao Cui.

”Yes, mistress. Ever since Red Sun City changed hands, the Little Witch Lord hasn’t settled down. It’s been several days, and she’s nearly turned the whole city inside out, still not sure what she’s looking for!” Xiao Cui immediately said.

”She’s looking for someone, and we don’t even know if that person is dead or alive!” Gu Changsheng smirked, her face sheepish.

That girl Wuchang Yue really was persistent and patient. She searched Dayao Village and then started on Red Sun City. Along the way, every city she passed through was thoroughly scoured by her. That never-say-die spirit, that persistence, even Gu Changsheng had to admire.

”Find some people to follow her. Let’s not lose the girl before we even find who she’s looking for!” Gu Changsheng waved her hand nonchalantly.

Damn, if by some misfortune she lost the Little Witch Lord of Bashu, she would have a real feud with the Bashu Witch Tribe!

Then she truly wouldn’t find a place even to cry!

”Don’t worry, mistress. Yhan Ting is with her,” Xiao Cui assured her immediately.

”Oh?” Gu Changsheng’s eyes blinked quickly at the news, her expression devilish, ”I was wondering why I haven’t seen Yhan Ting hanging around for the last couple of days. So, it was you who sent him away, Xiao Cui! That’s not very nice of you. Although Yhan Ting may be a bit cold and difficult to get along with, he acts like a strong pillar of support standing by my side. Why would you dislike him so much?”

”Mistress!” Xiao Cui stomped her foot at these words, a blush creeping up her cheeks.

”Tsk, tsk... See that, Nian? Our little Xiao Cui is smitten with love, tsk, tsk...” Gu Changsheng nudged her like-minded friend, sharing her observation.

”Yes, indeed, she’s smitten!” Borjigin Nian leaned in close to Xiao Cui’s face, carefully observing her from every angle, nearly embarrassing Xiao Cui to death before solemnly concluding.

”You and Princess Nian are joking at my expense. I’m off to get busy. I won’t serve in front of you two anymore!” Xiao Cui stomped her foot and whirled around to dash out.

”Hey, wait! If you’re leaving, at least call someone to take your shift!” Gu Changsheng yelled, waving her hands as she watched Xiao Cui’s irate figure recede into the distance.

Xiao Cui, blushing furiously, ignored her completely and disappeared in an instant.

Gu Changsheng saw this and couldn’t help but curl her lips, ”Really getting more and more disrespectful, what kind of people am I keeping around me! Why can’t they give a decent flattery!”

She just chided Xiao Cui a little, and that wench scrammed! This was indeed digging her own grave, leaving no way out!

Xiao Cui and the others were all trained by her hand, Gu Changsheng now just wanted to chop off her own hands, damn it, she deserved it!

”Tsk tsk... Your subordinates are all freaks! In the battle of Red Sun City, you made Xiao Han Mo achieve so much. He’s just eight, only eight and you have already taught him the military strategy of Troop Formation. You really are the freak of all freaks!” Borjigin Nian couldn’t help but speak up.

Hearing this, Gu Changsheng curled her lip, ”What’s so special about that? He was eight years old and only then did he manage to integrate the strategies of warfare. My little Baby was only five when he started learning. Han Mo doesn’t like to read; all of Han Mo’s military knowledge was read to him by my little Baby!”

Thinking about her own little Baby, Gu Changsheng’s face darkened, missing her son terribly!

Longing to hug her soft, cuddly little Baby, to hear his childlike voice calling out for mommy...

”Tsk tsk... I really want to see, if you let Xiao Gu Ze lead troops, what he would do.” Borjigin Nian said, full of anticipation and excitement.

”Give up! Don’t harbor such disastrous thoughts!” Gu Changsheng immediately raised her hand to interrupt upon hearing this, ”My little Baby, he’s the one who doesn’t do five things straight, but messes up six – a Little Devil King. If you let him lead troops, he’s definitely going to create chaos, turning the place upside down!”

Borjigin Nian thought for a moment and seriously nodded in agreement, ”You’ve got a point, Xiao Gu Ze is indeed only suited for eating, drinking, and playing, not for taking to the battlefield to kill the enemy. After all, one should spare people a chance to live, right?”

”Exactly, exactly!” Gu Changsheng agreed with both hands and feet.

The two of them were enjoying their comfortable life in the City Lord’s Mansion, completely ignoring everything in Red Sun City. In Gu Changsheng’s words, it was nice to lean on an evildoer for shade; they left the tedious clean-up work to her personal evildoer while they just had to shut the door, eat, drink, and sleep in!

Two women always had endless topics to talk about!

”Gu Changsheng, who is Wuchang Yue actually searching for with such dedication? He’s acting as if he’s searching for a long-lost beloved!” Borjigin Nian said with a sleazy expression.

”It seems like he’s looking for someone from Bashu who got lost in the Southern Border twenty-some years ago, some supreme leader or another. Anyway, I didn’t quite grasp it all, but I know that apparently Tan Nv received orders from said ’supreme leader’ to lurk around the evildoer to find me...” Gu Changsheng curled her lip as she spoke, the matters of Bashu and the Southern Border were like a tangled mess, impossible to straighten out and even more confusing when cut; she herself was still in a fog!

”Gu Changsheng, having headed south all this way and now with Red Sun City changing hands, half of the Southern Border’s territories are in your grasp. What do you plan to do when you get the whole Southern Border?”

”Cool as a cucumber! Who wants it! Why would I want this godforsaken place? Not to mention the long and difficult journey, the people here are hardly pure-hearted. Just look at the Huaheng Clan and you’ll know. Greedy as hell, they even tried to match me with some Imperial Prince and went after my daughter next. Damn it, I still don’t know in which corner of the world my girl is playing with mud bricks, and they have completely plotted against her. There’s no place left to reason about it!” Gu Changsheng’s scoff grew sharper as she spoke, ”Greed that never fills the belly of a snake-like ambition. They even dared to play tricks on me. Now what? The Huaheng Clan’s thousand-year foundation has been played away, hasn’t it? Shattered to pieces, aren’t they? Not jumping around anymore, are they?”

”Describe it in one word: Serves them right! Describe it with another word: Karma! Truly, you don’t invite disaster without courting it, but once you court it, you’re gone for good!”

Gu Changsheng spread out her hands, ”If Huaheng Cangyue knew that I had once considered giving the Southern Border to her as a display of master and servant loyalty, I wonder what she would think?”

”I guess she’d crawl out of her grave to fight you!” Borjigin Nian concluded thoughtfully.

Gu Changsheng nodded in agreement, ”I think so too! Now everything’s settled, the Huaheng Clan is gone, the Defending Army of Red Sun City has perished, and Red Sun City has been taken over by me, tsk tsk... feels like being a king of a mountain! It really is a mixed feeling of bitterness and satisfaction!”

”Don’t get too happy too soon. Didn’t Huaheng Mantian escape? Huaheng still has an army of one hundred and fifty thousand fighting the Xiangka Clan in the frontlines. If Huaheng Mantian takes control of that army and pulls a fast one on you, it’ll be enough to give you a hard time!” Borjigin Nian said with an awkward face.

Thinking about Huaheng Mantian who escaped amidst the siege of Red Sun City, Gu Changsheng’s face immediately darkened, and she couldn’t help but give Borjigin Nian a punch, ”Damn it, bringing up exactly what shouldn’t be mentioned! Can’t you let me be happy for a bit? Will it kill you to be a bit more principled? You’re even less decent than the evildoer!”

”I’m just telling it like it is! With that self-satisfied attitude of yours, you’re almost flying high with your feet barely touching the ground!” Borjigin Nian curled her lip.

”Damn it, Borjigin Nian, you’re mocking me now! Watch me come at you with a brick!” Gu Changsheng fired up, ready to pounce.

”Bring it on! You’re not allowed to use Inner Strength! Who’s afraid?” Borjigin Nian stood up, with the unfair terms spilling out without a hint of shame.

”Oh, you’re scaring the Baby now! Bring on the fight!” Gu Changsheng howled, and the two began to wrestle...