Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times
Chapter 585 - 437: The Meat Bun and The Worm Tussle

Chapter 585: Chapter 437: The Meat Bun and The Worm Tussle

In Liuzhou City that day, a bloodbath ensued, but no one knew why it had started or how it had ended. The people were thoroughly confused, unable to discern any direction!

However, when they saw Prince Mu’s army appear within the city, they realized that the matter had been settled.

Yet, Hengtang Lake was sealed off. It was said that the lake had turned into a sea of blood on that day.

With the sky streaked with blood, they feared it would take at least a year or more before the lake would be approachable again!

The residents of Liuzhou City couldn’t help but worry. If Hengtang Lake remained closed, where would they go to enjoy the lake and welcome spring next year?

The sudden chaos had sent people into a panic, but it was only a momentary fear. Prince Mu was like a calming pill. Wherever his army went, the weather cleared after the rain, and the people of Liuzhou City quickly adjusted their mood, ready to welcome a new day!

However, within the Gu Residence, everyone wore a look of concern.

"Shang Xie, why does the mark of the former royal family of the Southern Border appear on the forehead of my beloved?" Zhou Mu, clad in military armor and ready for action, stood on the newly repaired Observatory in Peach Blossom Cottage and asked the Little Monk Bu Jie with a frown and a grave tone.

"Amitabha!" Upon hearing this, Little Monk Bu Jie pressed his hands together and chanted a Buddhist hymn, his benevolent face showing a hint of helplessness. He glanced at the watchful Yuan Bao and resignedly said, "This... Benefactor Zhou knows better than this poor monk, does he not?"

"Is the scroll depicting Benefactor Changsheng’s birth mother not already in Benefactor Zhou’s possession? Why ask again?"

Hearing this, Zhou Mu’s deep eyes turned icy, and he said sternly, "More than twenty years ago, the Southern Border Royal Family was overthrown, and chaos in the Southern Border lasted more than a decade. I, too, took that opportunity to deploy troops to the Southern Border, quelling the turmoil!"

"The entire Southern Border Royal Family was slaughtered. I never imagined one would escape death!" As Zhou Mu spoke, he reached into his bosom and took out a scroll.

As soon as the brocade rope was untied, a portrait of a red-dressed beauty came into view, who bore a striking seven-to-eight parts resemblance to Gu Changsheng!

"Amitabha! All conditions are predestined!" the Little Monk glanced at the scroll, pressed his hands together, chanted again, and slowly said, "Benefactor Changsheng’s body is sealed with the Inner Strength of several members of the former Southern Border Royal Family. The seal of the Southern Border Royal Family was not something Benefactor Changsheng was destined to unlock in this lifetime. However, the founder of The Music and Dance Academy had a past connection with the ancestors of the Southern Border Royal Family, and hence obtained the Chonghua Dagger. The Chonghua Dagger is said to be forged with the Blood of the Gods and can break all seals in the world. By a twist of fate, Benefactor Changsheng met Yue Xilou because of you, and this Chonghua Dagger has ended up in her hands!"

"Everything is ordained by heaven in the obscure ways of fate and reincarnation. No human effort can change it!"

Little Monk Bu Jie’s eyes, wise as they looked, seemed as if they could see through the affairs of the world...

"Sigh!" Zhou Mu couldn’t help but let out a sigh, looking up at the boundless sky, "I just never imagined that she’d be..."

Hearing this, Little Monk Bu Jie’s Buddha Beads spun in his hand, about to speak but ultimately holding back.

After a moment, Zhou Mu firmly slapped the railing and declared with a resolute voice, "So be it! I shall order Jiang One to station two hundred thousand soldiers to guard Liuzhou, vowing not to let a single person from the Southern Border step foot in Liuzhou City!"

With those words, Zhou Mu left with a flourish of his sleeves.

Upon seeing this, Yuan Bao hurriedly followed.

Little Monk Bu Jie was left alone, watching Zhou Mu’s departing figure. His wise eyes blinked, and with his hands pressed together, he chanted, "Amitabha! Monks do not lie, but I haven’t necessarily lied... I just didn’t tell the whole truth..."

"Snap!"

In the next instant, a soft crack came from behind the Little Monk Bu Jie.

Upon hearing it, Little Monk Bu Jie quickly turned back, only to see his railing gradually cracking, then the fissures spreading until the railing turned into powder, falling downward...

Seeing this, the formerly benevolent face of Little Monk Bu Jie instantly darkened!

His railing!

His railing!

It had just been newly repaired!

And he!

Really had no talent for carpentry!

"Amitabha! What karmic ties!" Little Monk Bu Jie, looking at the empty Observatory, couldn’t help but raise his head and express his lament to the sky.

He and Benefactor Zhou, truly had a karmic tie!

He should go and recite the Sutra of Rebirth for those who have passed away, hoping to resolve this karmic tie soon!

With this thought in mind, Little Monk Bu Jie shook his head at the railing-less Observatory and turned to walk downstairs.

"Grandfather, when will mother wake up?" the little bundle asked anxiously, clutching his mother’s hand as he lay beside the bed, looking imploringly at Mr. Ban Shan nearby.

"She will wake up soon... Alas..." Mr. Ban Shan responded with reassurance, but then he sighed.

His daughter, naturally good-hearted, seemingly unfeeling but truly compassionate and loyal!

So many people have died because of her, how can she possibly get past this hurdle?

"Grandpa, they say Mama wants to die by herself! I don’t believe it! Why would Mama want to die? Does Mama not want me anymore?" Little Bun’s round, watery eyes looked utterly on the verge of tears, "It’s all my fault! It’s all my fault for coming back too late and not being able to help Mama! She must be sad, that’s why... *sob*... "

"This is not your fault!" Mr. Ban Shan quickly embraced Little Bun, looking worriedly at the person in a deep slumber on the bed, "Your mother is just too tired. Let her rest for a bit, and she will wake up!"

"Tsk! You two, one old and one young, are really deluding yourselves! She was clearly tied up, alright? They were clearly afraid she’d drag them down with her in death, alright?" A small voice rose in Gu Changsheng’s mind, filled with disdain and concern, "You’d better quickly think of a way to wake her up before she seeks death again! What’s the point of all this weeping and wailing? It’s driving me insane!"

"Who? Who’s talking!" Little Bun immediately became alert, protecting his mother and grandfather as his large eyes searched around.

"Little Sunsun? What’s wrong?" Mr. Ban Shan asked, seeing his concern.

"Grandpa, I heard a child speaking!" Little Bun said defensively, holding a small folding fan in his hand, ready to take on a fight.

"Ah! You scared me to death!" the little bug in Gu Changsheng’s mind yelped, stumbling and falling down, then nervously looking outside!

Heavens! How come it just took a nap, and when it woke up, the world had changed?

How could this little baby hear it speak?

"Where is a child talking? Little Sunsun, you haven’t been shocked into seeing threats in every shadow, have you? Should this old man go and call for a doctor to look at you?" Mr. Ban Shan said, looking around in confusion.

"I’m not shocked!" Little Bun firmly shook his head, still guarding beside the bed, "I really did hear a child’s voice, very faint! It sounded like..."

While speaking, Little Bun, Gu Ze, turned to look at his mother lying behind him, continuing with confusion, "It’s like it came from Mama’s body..."

"What?" Mr. Ban Shan exclaimed, taken aback, staring at his little grandson in disbelief, "You’re not possessed, are you? Your mother is in a deep slumber now, how could she be speaking?"

"It’s from Mama! It’s still giggling!" Little Bun said emphatically.

"Gah!" The sneaky laughter in Gu Changsheng’s mind stopped as the voice sheepishly said, "Uh... well... it wasn’t sneaky laughter... It was an absolutely blatant laughter..."

"You!" Little Bun gasped, promptly crawling onto his mother, searching all over her.

In the end, of course, nothing was found!

Having failed to find anything, Little Bun, Gu Ze, began to stare dumbfoundedly at his mother’s belly.

Seeing Little Bun like this, Mr. Ban Shan grew worried and quickly got up to leave; he was going to look for a doctor!

He had a nagging feeling that something wasn’t right with his little grandson, and with his daughter still not awake, if anything were to happen to the boy, he wouldn’t know what to do!

Unaware that his grandfather had left in worry to summon the doctor, Little Bun was still resting his chin in his hands, intently staring at his mother’s belly.

"Could it be that I’m about to have a little brother or sister?" Little Bun wondered aloud.

"Pfft!" The bug in Gu Changsheng’s mind was so taken aback that it fell over, then got back up again, speaking with a touch of unwillingness, "Hey! I’m neither your little brother nor sister! I am... I am..."

Trailing off, the bug sat down dejectedly on the ground, continuing with a pout, "I... I don’t know who I am..."

"Hey! Who are you, exactly? Where are you?" Little Bun asked, still casting his gaze over his mother’s belly.

"Up here! My nest is on your mother’s forehead, not in her belly! Do you see it?" responded the excited bug, then with a hint of disdain, "But, my nest seems to coincide with a mark, so ugly, so ugly! But I’m lazy; I can’t move my nest!"

Upon hearing this, Little Bun twitched the corners of his mouth and climbed onto his mother.

Well, there was indeed a small flame-like mark on his mother’s forehead...

"So beautiful! How is that ugly?" Little Bun retorted immediately.

"It’s ugly!" the bug replied stubbornly, "It was prettier in the beginning! My nest was built so beautifully! Humph! Connected by blood, your mother is so smart, how come you are so foolish?"

"Who are you calling foolish?" Little Bun retorted, getting impatient, "Come out! You’re not allowed to hide on my mother!"

"Gaga... I can’t come out! I was summoned by your mother, how could I possibly leave her! Gaga... silly Dandan!"

"You! You!" Little Bun became flustered with anger.

"Gaga... Come and bite me! Silly Dandan!" Inside Gu Changsheng’s mind, a brash bug kept jumping around, "Silly Dandan, you better think quickly about how to make your mother feel her life is worth living. Right now, she’s devastated because of those who have died!"