Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 723: Chapter 560: The Fierce Bandit Mother

As soon as Gu Changsheng spoke, the burly bandits were instantly thrown into disarray!

Each of them looked innocuously wide-eyed, puffing their beards, unsure of what to do!

As a group of experienced bandits who had dominated the area, they were actually being questioned! And the question was about their professional ethics as bandits!

This was really not playing by the rules at all!

In that moment, the bandits were disordered, hesitant, wandering, beginning to doubt themselves...

Meanwhile, Gu Changsheng, on horseback, laughed until he bent over backward.

Yuan Bao and the others gave sidelong glances at their mistress’s wicked sense of humor!

But this did not affect Gu Changsheng’s cheerful mood in the slightest, his eyes curved into crescents, showing he was in quite a good mood, Gu Changsheng, interestedly watching the hairy-pawed bandits in front of him, resting his chin on one hand, full of thoughts.

”Evildoer, we’ve been traveling for two or three days now, haven’t we?”

”Yes,” Zhou Mu responded solemnly from behind.

”In these two or three days, we haven’t even encountered a single fur, and suddenly, we run into a few bandits...”

This made Gu Changsheng really think deeply!

Once they crossed over this Red Rock Mountain, that would mean entering the heartland ruled by the Xiangka Clan at the Southern Border. Logically, the defenses should not be this lax!

Yet, apart from Dudu Zhi earlier, they hadn’t met any obstruction at all!

There must be a demon when things are abnormal, Gu Changsheng firmly believed, all roads lead to Rome, assuming, that is, Rome isn’t the enemy!

Clearly, his destination was the enemy, his vigorous and spirited search for revenge meant either the Xiangka Clan was sick or he had lost his mind!

”Evildoer, something’s not right...”

Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but mutter under his breath.

”Yes.” Zhou Mu’s reply was short and powerful.

”Could it be that, halfway through our journey we hit the Northern Great Camp and they lost track of us?” Gu Changsheng asked in great confusion, ”That shouldn’t be, we’ve been so high-profile, we’re just short of banging drums and gongs, is this Tianji of Xiangka blind...”

”Is Changsheng bored?” Zhou Mu lowered his head, smiled lightly, and in an instant, he was stunningly handsome.

That smile, refined and breathtaking, almost blinded Gu Changsheng’s titanium-alloy eyes!

Gu Changsheng immediately rolled his eyes, looked down, not wanting to look at him anymore!

For this man who occasionally flirted and employed the Handsome Man Strategy, Gu Changsheng was really speechless!

Damn, where was the promised aloof handsome man? The expected insurmountable and frosty demeanor?

Human, where is the most basic trust? Can you not be so fickle?

Contempt...

In the face of a band of robbing bandits, the two stunningly beautiful people on horseback started whispering and talking of love as if no one else existed.

The bandits looked at the two, puzzled.

”Big brother, I think this woman is from our line, she knows the ropes of robbery too well!” a bandit, approaching the group’s leader, whispered.

”Big brother, I think Second Brother is right, maybe they are our own people passing through, and we happened to bump into them; although colleagues are enemies, we can’t be so dishonorable,” the third brother added.

”Big brother, I think they’re wrong, our mother always said, ’True people do not show their faces; those who show their faces are not true people.’ That beauty obviously has listened to too many dramas, she’s fooling us!” the fourth brother stood out in opposition.

”...”

”...”

Suddenly, the bandits’ discussion went from whispers to a lively debate, almost coming to blows.

This scene made Gu Changsheng twitch his mouth, stunned.

”Will you all stop arguing! Are we going to rob or not? If we don’t do it soon, we’re going to miss the time for our mother to start cooking!” the leader finally lost his patience and erupted amid the chatter.

The next moment, the rest of the bandits quieted down!

Even Gu Changsheng was startled by the bandit leader’s aura; he was like a silencer!

Finally, it was quiet!

However, to Gu Changsheng’s disappointment, the quiet lasted only a few moments before the bandits exploded into uproar again!

”No, we must rob this one, if we don’t, our mother is going to be furious!”

”We can’t rob, we can’t see their strength, if we encounter tough ones, we’ll be in trouble, our mother says, ’A wise man submits to circumstances!’”

”...”

”...”

The leading bandits were clearly divided into two factions, with opposing views and neither side yielding.

As the main character of their debate, Gu Changsheng felt a bit embarrassed; she really wanted to interject and ask, was it really appropriate for this group of silly and cute bandits to discuss whether to commit the robbery in front of her, the ”robbery victim”?

However, obviously, the bandits, embroiled in their fierce debate, would not give Gu Changsheng the chance!

Gu Changsheng pursed her lips, finally understanding that this group of about twenty bandits was actually led by six brothers!

Six bizarre brothers!

After counting the numbers, Gu Changsheng was frustrated, damn, why six brothers? If there was one more, they could have made up the Gourd Brothers, seven brothers, what a perfect imperfection!

If they say three women make a drama, then six men certainly make a gang of ducks, Gu Changsheng thought as she watched their heated debate from a distance!

Given how absorbed they were in their quarrel, she reckoned that even if they took this opportunity to make a clean getaway, they would not be noticed!

But as the protagonist, Gu Changsheng was very cooperative; she didn’t run away because she was thoroughly enjoying the show!

”If we don’t rob them, once we’re back at the Mountain Stronghold, we’ll definitely get a beating!”

”If we rob them, who knows, we might get beaten before we can even get back!”

”So, should we rob them or not?”

”That’s the question!”

”...”

”...”

Chirping incessantly—such a dialectical materialism-debate-worthy topic. As Gu Changsheng listened, he couldn’t help but sweat profusely from his forehead.

What does it mean to disregard others? This was a perfect demonstration!

Were there any sheep more thoroughly ignored than them?

Yuan Bao’s plump body was already trembling uncontrollably on the horse’s back, and so was Si Xi, his head almost sinking into his chest with his shoulders shrugging rhythmically!

Liu Nv was very well-behaved, yet even she was bowing her head, trying to stifle her laughter.

Gu Changsheng really regretted his penchant for fun. Now great, this group had blocked the road and started an endless squabble!

Whether or not to rob, whether the robbers would get beaten, Gu Changsheng didn’t know; all he knew was, if they delayed any further, they wouldn’t be able to cross Red Rock Mountain today and enter the heartland of the Xiangka Clan!

Just as Gu Changsheng was about to ask the spirited robbers to cool it, a loud voice came from afar!

”The death-wishing six brats, I sent you out to do business, and all you do is piss me off!”

Business? Gu Changsheng was silent!

To rob? Now that really sounds like a profitable business with no capital!

The moment this voice rang out, the six lead robbers immediately lost their nerve!

Each one of them hung their heads, listless, tilting their heads towards where the voice had emanated from with a bit of fear!

Gu Changsheng and his companions also looked towards the newcomer.

On the mountain path, a petite figure bounced towards them like a ball!

With one hand holding a big spoon, and the other a frying pan, just like Second Lady Sun—fiery and extraordinarily fierce...

Gu Changsheng glanced at the fierce-appearing Lady Xu, then at the six tall strong men with heads bowed in repentance; he felt a sense of disorientation...

This, this, this... Lady Xu looked to be only in her thirties or forties. Could she actually be the mother of these hefty robbers?

This figure, this appearance, it must definitely be the result of a genetic mutation!

Also, what’s with that frying pan and big spoon equipment? Red Great Wolf?

The outfit was just too disillusioning!

Gu Changsheng’s mouth was agape, wide enough to fit an egg!

”Bam!”

The sound of the frying pan slapping a behind!

”I send you down the mountain to do a bit of trading, and you guys are fighting again! Do you have any serious matters at all?”

”Mother...”

”Bam!” The fierce Lady Xu clearly didn’t plan to listen to him and continued to strike the next one.

The robbed robber, hands on his backside, instantly jumped far away, his face showing frustration but he dared not speak...

”You six useless loafers, how could I have raised such a bunch of failures? After more than ten years of robbing, you’ve never successfully pulled off a heist! If it weren’t for the hard work I put in to keep you alive, you’d have starved to death and gone to see that useless father of yours!” The fierce mother swung the frying pan like a whirlwind.

Watching this, Gu Changsheng shuddered along, empathetically rubbed his seat on the horse saddle!

Painful! Just looking at it feels painful, doesn’t it!

”It’s all because of the Xiangka Clan, limiting Merchant passage. It’s been over ten days since I’ve been able to open for business. If we don’t get some fresh victims soon, there’ll be no food to cook!” The fierce mother continued to complain as she swung the frying pan again.

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng’s phoenix eyes narrowed.

Limited Merchant passage? Over ten days?

This coincidence was a bit too coincidental!

It exactly matched the date she left Red Sun City!

Gu Changsheng looked intently at the particularly fierce-looking robber mother, his expression unreadable.

The robber mother also felt Gu Changsheng’s observing gaze, turned around and smiled, pulling back the frying pan and spoon, wiping her oily hands on her clothes, and spoke cheerfully, ”Hehe, sorry about that. The few young rascals in my Red Rock Jiaojiao household are good for nothing. Gentlemen passing by Red Rock Mountain, would you like to be robbed and donate a few meals to our stronghold?”

”...” Gu Changsheng twitched his mouth, shaking his head.

In this vast world, there’s nothing you won’t see, someone actually asking whether you’d like to be robbed!

Seeing Gu Changsheng shake his head, the robbers cast countless regretful glances at him!

The feeling was like Gu Changsheng was being unreasonably uncooperative!

After the robbers sympathetically looked at Gu Changsheng, they turned their heads, looking eagerly and admiringly at their own mother!

Gu Changsheng raised an eyebrow, looking at Red Rock Jiaojiao’s hands.

Intuitively, Gu Changsheng felt that this seemingly wild Red Rock Jiaojiao was the real master!

Red Rock Mountain, taking Red Rock as a surname, it must be that Red Rock Jiaojiao truly belonged here!

If the robbers of the Southern Border are men, that’s not scary; if the robbers of the Southern Border are women, then that’s another story...