Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 1240: Chapter 906: Yan Qingcheng, Lord of Licheng City

He really wanted to tell his master in front of him that this was not simply a matter of whether it looked like it or not!

It was precisely the problem itself!

The facts were right in front of him, how could his master still have the nerve to deny it so righteously?

If it were him, he definitely couldn’t do something like this!

“Hey! What kind of look is that? Let me tell you, I just need someone to help settle the account so that word doesn’t get around that I’ve become someone who buys things without paying!” Gu Changsheng picked up the rake and scratched the dumbfounded patrol person in black in front of her, warningly.

“Huh? Master…” That patrol person in black heard this and was on the verge of tears, “Master, if you needed money, you should have said earlier! Why did you have to make the whole dark market nearly explode? You scared our boss to death! He’s already looking for a lightning rod!”

Gu Changsheng: “…”

Damn, is it her fault?

She took a few items without paying, but it was only because the shopkeepers she visited yelled loudly in frustration!

The real chaos was clearly caused by the people in front of her, wasn’t it?

If it wasn’t for these people, who acted like protectors of the dark market, fleeing in panic, would the people of the dark market have been scared?

Gu Changsheng figured she should only take half the blame!

For her to take all of it? Absolutely not!

“Alright, go settle the chaos here. Don’t let them pay too much attention to us.”

Zhou Mu saw that under his little woman’s overwhelming force, the patrol person in black was about to cry, so he quickly interjected.

“Mm-hmm.” The patrol person in black nodded quickly and moved aside!

With these people handling the aftermath, Gu Changsheng felt she could leave with peace of mind, like the wind, without leaving a trace!

Thinking this, Gu Changsheng followed through. She dragged her evildoer along, deciding to change places, heading to the auction house first to familiarize herself with the terrain for the upcoming auction!

Mainly, Gu Changsheng felt that wandering around in the outside dark market stalls would yield nothing, so it was quite pointless, right?

Might as well leave early!

They casually headed to the deepest parts of the dark market, and when Wang Buer received the report from his subordinates, he slapped him hard, both hands on his hips, glaring, looking at his subordinate with frustration and anger, huffing, “Are you dumb? Handling the aftermath, even taking the job of paying for it, I could barely accept it, but how dare you take the job of making sure they aren’t noticed by others?”

“Boss… Boss, if I didn’t take it, should I tell the master and son-in-law that we’re not dealing with this?” The patrol person in black stuttered, trembling.

He might have the heart, but not the guts!

“Right! This kind of thing needs to be honestly told! Look, they’ve almost turned my dark market upside down, how can I help them cover it up? Kill and silence? After today, this dark market in Licheng might disappear from the Border Pass! They have the ability to disrupt their own show, but how come they can’t shoulder their own responsibility? Oh, my life! Why is it so hard!” Wang Buer said as he slapped his thigh, sitting on the ground in despair.

“Boss, what do we do now?”

“Who should I ask? Go see where the master and son-in-law went, tell everyone around to be careful! Don’t annoy those two ancestors anymore! This could really cost me my life! Qingcheng! Come and save me! Someone, hurry to the City Lord’s Mansion and report that I’m not going to make it…” Wang Buer said, then found a tree stump to lay down, and continued to sleep…

The patrol people in black from the dark market already knew what their boss was like, so they didn’t crowd around him and went on with the aftermath, calming the market, soothing stall owners, and pacifying shoppers…

When everything in the dark market calmed down again, due to the official appearance of the dark market, Gu Changsheng and Zhou Mu became even more legendary in the eyes of those in the market!

“Hey! Did you hear? Those two are experts from that place, sharp as ever!”

“Where? The recluses?”

“You need to ask? Apart from people from there, it’s either Linyuan City, looking around the world, no one else could make this dark market in Licheng give special treatment!”

“Wow, that one just snatched a rake from me, and the dark market patrol gave me thirty taels of silver. To catch the eye of someone from there, how could it be something of low quality? A loss! A loss! I’m going to find the dark market patrol to argue!”

“Tell me about it! They even snatched a stuffed doll from me, which had glazed beads on it! It must be priceless too! A loss! A loss! I’m going to find the dark market patrol to argue too!”

“Let’s go! Let’s go find the dark market patrol to argue, even if that young couple is from that place, they can’t favor them and let us suffer the loss!”

“…”

A group of people were discussing, and the more they discussed, the more they felt they had suffered a great loss and needed to seek justice.

Just as they were preparing to reason with the Dark Market patrol guards, at the entrance of the market, a young man with a handsome appearance, wearing crescent-white clothes, walked in with the stride of an official, looking confident and composed…

The originally indignant crowd, upon seeing the newcomer clearly, suddenly had their voices caught in their throats!

“Yan… Yan Qingcheng! City Lord Yan!”

“…”

The person who came was none other than the City Lord of Licheng, Yan Qingcheng!

He narrowed his long eyes and gave a quick glance at the shouting vendors as if it were effortless. He tapped his crescent-shaped fan lightly, and spoke in a calm voice without a hint of emotion, “What is this? Do you feel that you have had peaceful days for too long and wish to go to my Licheng prison to enjoy some free prison meals?”

Upon hearing this, everyone took a sharp breath and stepped back simultaneously.

No matter where they were, people engaged in such shady businesses would always avoid the authorities like the plague!

Besides, prison meals were not so easy to come by!

Especially the prison meals at crucial border passes, they were even less desirable!

Even if they lost everything in business, they wouldn’t want even a bite!

“Haha… City Lord Yan, you must be joking! We were just saying, even if we had the courage of a lion, we wouldn’t dare stir up trouble on your territory!” one of the vendors who was initially very vocal chuckled awkwardly and then dashed back to his stall.

“Hahaha… City Lord Yan, you’re busy, and I have business at my stall, so I won’t disturb you…”

Once one vendor left, another quickly followed, and so on, until everyone under Yan Qingcheng’s faint gaze ran even faster!

Suddenly, the entire Dark Market returned to the orderly state it had before Gu Changsheng and Zhou Mu arrived, without any chaos!

“Where’s Wang Buer? Has he gone off to die somewhere? I’ve come to collect the body!” After everyone dispersed, Yan Qingcheng’s expression did not relax; instead, it grew darker as he spoke to a nearby patrol guard in black.

“Huh? Oh! The boss is under that stump over there! Probably not completely dead yet; City Lord Yan, you can go check it out. Now’s the perfect time to collect the body…” The questioned patrol guard pointed in the direction of the stump where Wang Buer was and replied.

“Hmm.” Hearing this, Yan Qingcheng responded and walked over, but after just two steps, he paused, his long eyebrows slightly furrowed with a hint of displeasure as he continued to ask, “And the person who caused the chaos in the Dark Market? Have they been captured?”

“Huh? Well… they can’t be captured… they’re enjoying their freedom…” the patrol guard in black scratched his head, speaking with a troubled expression.

Hearing this, a flash of shrewdness crossed Yan Qingcheng’s long eyes, “Someone from above? Who is it? Where is the person?”

“Someone from above, they went towards the auction house; as for who it is, I don’t dare to say. City Lord Yan might as well go ask our boss; our boss will surely tell everything he knows to City Lord Yan, openly…” The patrol guard in black thought for a moment but refrained from speaking.

Forgive this group of simple-minded people who worked in the Dark Market daily; they couldn’t grasp the complexities of those on the ground and what should or shouldn’t be said, as they barely understood it themselves. Saying something wrong could be disastrous!

It’s better to say less and make fewer mistakes!

Upon hearing this, Yan Qingcheng did not pursue further questions, nodded, and continued towards where Wang Buer was.

In the entire Dark Market, the stalls were scattered randomly yet with order, and each one had some lighting to some extent, giving the place a feeling of time confusion like visiting a ghost market.

Yan Qingcheng seemed to be intimately familiar with the layout of the Dark Market and quickly found the large tree stump the patrol guard referred to. There, a handsome man dressed as a shop assistant was curled up, sleeping soundly…

Looking at Wang Buer, Yan Qingcheng’s long eyes deepened. He stopped a yard away from the stump, struggling and conflicted flickered across his handsome face. His crescent-white figure appeared hesitant in the flickering light of the Dark Market…

Wang Buer, curled up at the base of the large tree stump, barely moved.

Yan Qingcheng’s body tensed along with him.

Wang Buer fluttered his eyelashes. A look of helplessness appeared on his handsome face but vanished in an instant. Just like usual, a voice filled with resignation sounded, “Yan Qingcheng, I thought you would wake me with a kiss, just like our first meeting when we were young…”