Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 715: Chapter 552: The Frog Boiled in Warm Water

Gu Changsheng rolled his eyes swiftly upon hearing that, shooting an annoyed look at Yuan Bao, who had an expression of profound grievance.

What were those blatantly accusatory eyes trying to imply?

As if she had committed some atrocious, heaven-defying act?

”Wifey, did you really cook the Soul-Devouring Python?” Si Xi joined in, leaning closer with a melancholic look on his face as he gazed at the Warm Wine Pot, ”This Soul-Devouring Python was really handy for catching rabbits and hunting wild boars though...”

These past few days, their meals had all been taken care of by this python!

Every time it was almost mealtime, they would let the Soul-Devouring Python out, and it wouldn’t be long before it dragged something like a rabbit back!

Gu Changsheng rolled her eyes upon hearing this.

She finally understood that in everyone’s eyes, the Soul-Devouring Python was good, and cooking it was wrong! But she had endured having a snake by her side, so how could she have cooked it?

The disapproval from the people around her was so evident, yet Gu Changsheng clearly couldn’t be bothered to explain!

Zhou Mu looked at the woman stirring the snake in the Warm Wine Pot with a stick, shaking his head helplessly, allowing her to do as she pleased!

Yuan Bao stretched out his hand wanting to intervene, but seeing his lord’s complete indulgence, he could only give up!

Thus, the poor Soul-Devouring Python was cooked, under an unwarranted accusation.

They had a simple meal of dry food, but the fire under the Warm Wine Pot never stopped.

After eating, Gu Changsheng and Zhou Mu left together, leaving several people behind as they walked out.

Before leaving, Gu Changsheng didn’t forget to pick up the snake cooked in wine from the Warm Wine Pot!

Watching the two figures disappearing from everyone’s sight, one red and one all by themselves, Yuan Bao sprinted to the Warm Wine Pot in three strides, leaning over it, tears welling up in his eyes.

”Soul-Devouring Python, you died miserably! But an early death means an early rebirth. Be sure to choose a good reincarnation next life!”

His lady had fussy taste, and feeding her only dry food was absolutely impossible, so in the past few days, the obedient python had been fulfilling the hunting duties.

Si Xi was in charge of handling the game, and Yuan Bao was assigned to cook!

One snake and two people, their cooperation was quite enjoyable, and in the process, they established a profound comradeship!

Han Qiu looked at Yuan Bao, who was acting silly, and his already dark complexion became even gloomier.

”Yuan Bao, shall we fish out the Soul-Devouring Python and bury it? Soaking like that, it’s disrespectful to the dead!” Si Xi suggested somberly after a moment’s thought.

Thinking of the fate of the snake soaked in wine, Yuan Bao silently sweated and nodded immediately, but he also raised a perplexed question, ”The Soul-Devouring Python was soaked by the lady. If she finds out we buried it behind her back, won’t she soak us upon returning?”

”Uh... that makes sense...” Snatching the snake from their own lady was like plucking hairs from a tiger’s mouth, quite a risky ordeal! Hence, Si Xi hesitated.

The two eunuchs looked at each other with troubled faces, between being soaked in wine and their comradeship, they decisively chose to abandon their camaraderie.

But they were curious! So, they craned their heads over the Warm Wine Pot, only to jump in shock. There was no trace of the Soul-Devouring Python inside!

”Shock! Where did the Soul-Devouring Python go? Where could it have run off to?” Yuan Bao blurted out with wide eyes and a thunderstruck tone, ”Could it have dissolved from the boiling? Not even a trace left?”

Saying that, Yuan Bao and Si Xi reached into the Warm Wine Pot.

”Bang!”

A longsword thrust at an angle towards the Warm Wine Pot!

The next moment, the Warm Wine Pot was knocked to the side on the ground!

Before the aroma of wine could even disperse, Han Qiu quickly stepped forward, picking among the shattered stones with his sword and sealed the remains tightly.

This turn of events happened so swiftly, Yuan Bao and Si Xi hadn’t even caught on when Han Qiu, with the force of a thunderbolt, shattered the Warm Wine Pot and obliterated any evidence.

”Han... Han Qiu, you really have guts! We didn’t dare to steal and bury the lady’s snake, and yet you buried the snake with the pot and the wine! You you you...” Yuan Bao was tongue-tied, and clearly, Han Qiu’s fate looked bleak!

Watching from afar! Offering deep sympathy!

Si Xi nodded, deeply agreeing with Han Qiu’s audaciousness!

”Indeed the pair of fools!” Han Qiu gave them a glance, turned around, and with a cold face, sat down under a big tree to start wiping his sword.

Yuan Bao and Si Xi, those two always focused on the weirdest things!

Had they not noticed that their wives had added something to the warm wine pot? Had they not seen their wives carry away the snake from the wine pot just before leaving? Hadn’t they noticed that they never dared touch the pot with their hands when they smashed it?

These two fools actually tried to touch the wine pot their wives had tampered with!

Now that truly takes some nerve! Don’t they value their lives!

Lucky for Si Xi who once followed his son-in-law through wars from the south to the north. With skills like these, no wonder his son-in-law had lost count of how many worries he had endured for him!

As for Yuan Bao, everyone had long given up hope on his intelligence!

Therefore, no matter how admiringly they looked at him, Han Qiu decided to ignore them!

The night lay upon the dark mountains and waters of the Southern Border, towering ancient trees, mottled shadows, rustling leaves, occasionally accompanied by a few animal roars.

After attending to their duties, Gu Changsheng and Zhou Mu were passing by the Northern Great Camp on their way back!

This was the camp commanded by Xia Ruyan!

The two stood on a tree, looking down at the Northern Great Camp shrouded in night’s silence, relatively quiet except for the occasional patrol.

”Tsk, tsk... Can they still sleep? These boiled frogs, totally unaware of the impending doom!” Gu Changsheng muttered ironically.

Zhou Mu, looking at the little woman beside him, shook his head helplessly, his deep eyes full of indulgence, and spoke in a deep voice, ”That Xia Ruyan doesn’t look too bad, are you really not going to warn her?”

”Warn her?” Gu Changsheng turned around, ”Why should I bother with such thankless tasks? Let’s just hang back and watch; less trouble for us, and more fun to come!”

”You, always tough on the outside but soft on the inside. If you really wanted to stand back, why bother coming here at all?” Zhou Mu shook his head with a laugh.

”I just wanted to see exactly how foolish Xia Ruyan could be. Turns out, she might indeed be a capable leader, but far too naïve!” Gu Changsheng looked at the Northern Great Camp and slowly shook his head, clarity in his eyes, ”One doesn’t need to be on the battlefield to determine a victory or defeat. Without deploying a single soldier, dismantling an army of tens of thousands, Huaheng Mantian truly is an extraordinary woman!”

He tugged at the man beside him, ”Let’s go back. The real drama will unfold tomorrow morning. We’ll come back then to watch.”

”Okay.” Zhou Mu nodded, stretched his arm, wrapped the little woman into his embrace, and quickly disappeared into the woods, undetected by the patrolling soldiers around the Northern Great Camp.

After a short trip, Gu Changsheng and his wife returned to their small camp, Yuan Bao and Si Xi glanced at the returning couple, wanting to ask something but ultimately unsure how to begin, thus after some hesitation, they gave up.

Jin, Yu, Liang, and Yuan took turns with Han Qiu and Xiao Cui to keep watch overnight, passing the night without major incidents.

The next morning, the early birds chirped in the mountain forest, breaking the silence of the night. Gu Changsheng turned over in the tent, and blearily opened his eyes to face a countenance as majestic as the God Emperor’s.

”... Morning!”

Damn it, how did that evildoer end up in her tent? Facing such a beautiful face so early in the morning could really upset a country!

”Hurry up and get dressed. Didn’t you say you wanted to watch the drama unfold?” Zhou Mu chuckled, pulling her up from the ground and handing over her clothes, urging warmly, ”Hurry up, or by the time you get there, the entire Northern Great Camp might be lost, and you’d only be left to collect Xia Ruyan’s corpse.”

Upon hearing that, Gu Changsheng smirked, casually donning her outerwear and said, ”If Xia Ruyan only has that little skill, she truly deserves what’s coming! I admire her loyalty but I’ve never sympathized with the weak!”

As the commander of the Northern Great Camp, if she couldn’t even hold out for a moment, then there really was nothing left to say!

Zhou Mu chuckled softly, watching the woman in front of him fumbling with her clothes, he couldn’t help but lend a hand, ”No one is perfect, Xia Ruyan has the ability to lead troops but is unguarded against deceit and intrigue. Changsheng, my love, you are skilled in both civil and military affairs, yet trivial matters of daily life elude you, it’s all the same.”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed instantly as she looked at Zhou Mu, her Phoenix Eyes blinking, still unable to resist speaking, ”Evildoer, it’s so rare to hear you praise someone. Are you perhaps too careful with her, or do you have some inappropriate thoughts about her?”

As she spoke, Gu Changsheng closed the distance between them.

”What nonsense are you thinking? I simply appreciate her talents,” Zhou Mu said with a laugh, shaking his head at the questioning gaze of Gu Changsheng.

”Not right, evildoer, you hesitated! There is definitely something shady going on!” Gu Changsheng accused, continuing her tirade, ”Speak up, confess and it might be easier for you—I might only castrate you to solve this.”

Mental infidelity is just the prelude to physical betrayal!

For that, Gu Changsheng had zero tolerance!

”Hehe...” Zhou Mu laughed upon hearing this, straightening her body, buttoning up her gown as he busied himself, playfully continuing, ”Changsheng, my love, are you jealous? I thought I’d never see you jealous over me in this lifetime!”

”Jealous my ass! I’m not sour at all!” Gu Changsheng immediately retorted...