Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 1089: Chapter 762: Another Setback After a Ray of Hope

Gu Changsheng talked up to this point, feeling none of the joy of meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign land; instead, an overwhelming sense of melancholy hit him!

”Really?” Zhou Mu’s whispered voice reached his ear again.

”Mm.” Gu Changsheng’s reply was just one word.

”Truly?”

”...Mm!” Gu Changsheng’s head fell onto the blanket in the carriage.

Absolutely true gold! The more she thought about it, the more she was convinced she hadn’t calculated wrong. The person in the next carriage must be none other than Beauty Sai, with whom she once spent several days!

A drought meets rain, an old friend in a foreign land, topping the honor roll, sharing the bridal chamber—one of life’s four joys. For her, it brimmed with ridiculous defeat!

Meeting this old friend came at the wrong time! They just fled a marriage, a tale known to all, wandering the roads, overheard by passersby, only to be caught by an old acquaintance—what a sight!

Besides, she is the Southern Emperor!

The part-time coachman is at least the world-renowned Undefeated War God!

This... being caught is so demeaning!

Gu Changsheng felt she didn’t even have the energy to roll around, the future was simply dark and hopeless!

At the front, the two ”coachmen” driving slower than a turtle were chatting joyfully, with the feeling of regretting not having met sooner. Gu Changsheng, in the carriage, looked at the sky with thirty degrees of sorrow, feeling the evildoer acting as a coachman must have been possessed!

Never before had she seen him so approachable! Where was his usual iceberg cold face, discouraging strangers?

What kind of brotherhood play is this?

If there were a sacrificial altar and offerings now, she guessed her evildoer would stage a Peach Garden oath with Guo Luo right here!

Pretend!

Keep pretending!

If they don’t escape, wait for Beauty Sai to expose them both! In the Itinerant World, this evildoer knows nothing of guarding against others; does he really think Beauty Sai grew up on radishes?

Gu Changsheng clearly remembered that alluring woman like poppy was a master, an absolute master, and though she was in the next carriage and heavily pregnant, she was still an absolute master!

The Itinerant World’s People have always been cautious. Just hearing her voice, they can recognize her, Gu Changsheng had no doubt about that!

”Brother Shui Mu, you travel the Itinerant World with just one sword, why do you only have a short dagger at your waist, where’s the sword?” The beard-streaked Guo Luo spoke warmly, his true nature fiery and enthusiastic, almost overwhelming.

Mind your own business, will you? If you dare, strip the evildoer’s clothes, his sword is tucked in his underwear, go see if you have the guts! Go see!

Gu Changsheng lay back in the carriage, rolling her eyes at the ceiling.

”Haha... Killing one person every ten steps, a thousand miles without a trace, man is the sword, the sword is man!” Zhou Mu’s deep, cheerful laughter rang out, full of the Itinerant World’s carefree boldness.

From the back, Gu Changsheng’s face twitched as he listened.

Blow!

Keep blowing!

Do you really think you’re Li Bai? Try growing a beautiful beard and you’ll be dismissed in no time!

”Haha! Brother Shui Mu is indeed a fellow soul, Guo Luo likes!”

Damn, your taste is truly unique, in Gu Changsheng’s eyes, the Itinerant World is a living ****, and the people on this road even have such unique preferences!

Others brag, and he stupidly played along!

Really, no one else like him!

Can’t take it! Absolutely can’t take it!

Turns out, the hypocritical flattery in officialdom isn’t the most demanding. In the Itinerant World, where flattery is the norm, the brazen chatter without fear of falling is maddening enough to make one want to cut off their own ears!

Just as some Changsheng was in the carriage, listening to the outside conversation, nearly in agony, Xunyang City finally appeared in sight in the distance!

Liaodong of the Northern Country, sparsely populated and vast, even comparing to the south, in early summer there’s a hint of coolness, and this Xunyang City is a typical Northern Country city. Whether the city walls or buildings, they are thick, although lacking the ornate mansions of the Northern Country, they exude a simple, bold aura!

”Having traveled so long, the child in my wife’s belly should eat soon too. Brother Shui Mu, there’s a shed up ahead, the wine-infused balls they make are pretty good. Why don’t we have some food before entering the city?”

All along the road, the chatter was non-stop, and Guo Luo, playing the part of the wives’ husband, was not in a hurry even about to reach the doorstep. Instead, he cheerfully directed the carriage towards a shed not far away, made for travelers to rest.

”Wine-infused balls? Pregnant women can’t eat wine...” Gu Changsheng grumbled discontentedly, leaning in the carriage.

She still wanted to run, wanted to run away!

She didn’t want to be caught!

”Hehe... you can remind your old friend a bit later...” Zhou Mu slowly followed the carriage towards Guo Luo’s direction.

”Evildoer, wouldn’t it be better for us to stay away from that woman who could expose us at any time?” Gu Changsheng stretched out a hand from the curtain, tugging at Zhou Mu’s clothes.

”I’m afraid it won’t be good; such hospitality is hard to refuse! Besides, meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign land is a joyful thing. Aren’t you curious about how that woman you met in the past is now?” Zhou Mu turned back, looking at the eager, curious little face hidden behind the carriage curtain, and said leisurely.

”Not curious!” Gu Changsheng replied with absolute certainty.

Curiosity killed the cat, damn it! She’s not curious at all!

She doesn’t want to be the cat that gets killed!

”Alright then.” Zhou Mu compromised, ”Once we finish this lunch, I’ll find an excuse to part ways with them, and we won’t travel the same route anymore.”

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng was instantly satisfied and quickly said, ”Great! You tell them I’m not feeling well, so I won’t get down. Bring me some food, I’m really about to starve to death!”

Watching Guo Luo assisting a plump lady off the carriage, Gu Changsheng immediately lowered the curtain without leaving a crack for peeking. Even so, she wasn’t at ease and reminded Zhou Mu, who was stopping the horse, about to leave, ”Evildoer, be careful yourself. That Beauty Sai has seen you once or twice; don’t let her recognize you!”

”Don’t worry.” Zhou Mu nodded, turning to walk towards the shed, exchanging pleasantries with Guo Luo and his wife according to Itinerant World etiquette.

The three people at the shed were having an animated conversation, and the shopkeeper was nodding and bowing, preparing the food, while Gu Changsheng, lying idle in the carriage, found herself utterly bored. Bored to the extreme, she could only rummage through the luggage belonging to her and Zhou Mu in the carriage.

While rummaging, she discovered a colossal problem!

Gu Changsheng held a bright yellow small bundle in her hands, gazing skyward with thirty degrees of anguish. She felt like crying!

Inside were the silver notes that the evildoer had looted from her Heavenly Palace Bedroom, but apart from those, they didn’t have a single piece of scattered silver between them!

Now they’re rich, but also poor!

How contradictory and bizarre this is!

Picking up the two remaining copper coins beside her, Gu Changsheng was on the verge of tears.

It’s over!

Now it’s really over!

She might become the first Emperor in history to die of poverty!

Damn it...

When Zhou Mu entered the carriage with a tray, he saw his little woman lying stiffly in the carriage, not moving a muscle!

After placing the tray on the low table in the carriage, Zhou Mu reached out, amusingly tapped the little woman’s still form, and opened his mouth in a deep voice, ”What’s going on? How did you become so utterly despondent in just a blink of an eye?”

”I’m really about to die...” The corpse spoke with difficulty, spitting out a few words.

Underneath half the mask, Zhou Mu’s brow furrowed almost imperceptibly, his indulgent eyes hidden with worry as he spoke, ”What’s really the matter?”

The woman laying like a corpse raised her two hands, struggling to reach out towards the tall figure beside her.

”We’re about to die of poverty...”

In one hand, she held two copper coins, and in the other, a sheaf of silver notes...

”Hahaha... Don’t joke around.” Zhou Mu immediately chuckled, instinctively thinking his woman was being whimsical again.

”Who’s joking with you?” Hearing this, Gu Changsheng could no longer remain prostrate, flipping up nimbly to sit as she thrust the silver notes in Zhou Mu’s face, scowling as she shouted, ”Look at what good you’ve done! Open your eyes wide and take a good look. What is this stamped on the silver notes you looted? What is it?”

Zhou Mu’s expression turned serious as he lowered his eyes to glance at the sheaf of silver notes.

The usual silver notes, just with a larger denomination!

That’s normal; the silver notes in his woman’s room were of smaller denominations; that would have been abnormal!

Seeing his reaction, Gu Changsheng knew this guy hadn’t noticed the crucial point, and she was immediately infuriated, pointing at the little red stamp on the silver notes and shouting again, ”My dear lord who doesn’t know the price of grain or salt, open your eyes and look clearly! The stamp! The Huitong Money House stamp! Huitong Money House! Understand?”

Huitong Money House!

Others might not know, but their very own Flower Peacock happens to be the hidden big boss behind Huitong Money House!

”The three old folks at our family are just waiting with sacks to catch us! Evildoer, do you believe if we dare cash this silver note in Liaodong, Flower Peacock will lead an army to intercept us there?” Gu Changsheng said, slapping the shocking large denomination silver notes onto the carriage floor, ”So you see, what you’ve looted is a pile of useless escape funds! Now our entire fortune is reduced to this!”

Gu Changsheng said, extending the two copper coins in her other hand forward, speaking with deep misery, ”Two large coins! Not a penny more! Evildoer, the two of us are going to die of poverty and starvation on the road!”

Heavens have mercy, how did it come to this point?

How did she fail to notice the bank’s stamp on these silver notes from the start?

Of all the money houses, why did it have to be Flower Peacock’s Huitong Money House?

This truly is, when the mountains and rivers are exhausted and there seems to be no way out, a ray of light suddenly reveals another trap!

It’s enough to kill someone!

Damn it!

Watching the little woman sitting in the carriage with tears welling up in her eyes, pouting, and looking aggrieved, Zhou Mu helplessly shook his head, ”Alright, alright, it was my mistake.”

Saying this, he pointed towards the shed, ”How can you say we’ll die of poverty and starvation on the road? Isn’t there an old acquaintance waiting for us up ahead?”