The Rebirth Of The General Who Always Sees Himself As A Replacement

Chapter 53: General, Take Off Your Clothes.

In the Gu Residence, the sky was clear, the white clouds were idle, and the beautiful birds sang against the windows. Gu Heyan was studying the Art of War in his study, when all of a sudden, Wen Zhongcheng gently pushed open the door: “Young Master, Mu-gongzi has come to visit.”

Gu Heyan abruptly got up and asked: “Mu Zhiming?”

“Indeed.” Wen Zhongcheng sincerely replied.

Gu Heyan’s face looked both panicked and confused: “Tea and light refreshments….”

Wen Zhongcheng smiled: “Young Master, rest assured. My wife has already prepared everything.”

Gu Heyan nodded. He straightened his lapel and adjusted his sleeves with his uninjured hand before walking towards the Main Hall.

When Gu Heyan reached the Main Hall, Mu Zhiming stood up and bowed down as a salute: “Greetings, General Gu.”

Gu Heyan nodded: “Hmm.”

Mu Zhiming said: “I know that I shouldn’t bother General Gu two days in a row, but I received something yesterday and I wanted to give it to you as soon as possible. Therefore, I hastily came to visit General Gu today. I hope you can forgive me for the trouble.”

Gu Heyan was puzzled: “What?”

Mu Zhiming carefully took out a small celadon jar of medicine from his sleeve: “This ointment can cure the poison on General Gu’s arm and heal the wound.”

As soon as Mu Zhiming took out the small celadon jar, it pierced Gu Heyan’s eyes almost instantly.

The reason being that this medicine jar was the exact same one that Fu Yi sent to Gu Heyan as a congratulatory gift in his previous life!

Gu Heyan was completely sure he was right.

‘So, is Mu Zhiming helping Fu Yi, King Su?’

‘Was his transformation in this life, and his inexplicable sudden desire to gain power, really all for the sake of King Su?’

When Mu Zhiming saw that Gu Heyan’s face had changed slightly, Mu Zhiming believed that Gu Heyan didn’t want to accept the gift. Therefore, Mu Zhiming anxiously said: “General Gu, if I were to give you gold, silver, antiques, calligraphy, and paintings, you would refuse to accept them. But this medicine can heal your wound, so please accept it. Even if other people find out that you have received it, it’s not like it’s going to generate too much gossip. General, your health is more important!”

Gu Heyan remained completely silent, while his eyes got gloomy. It was as if he was silently objecting.

Mu Zhiming took a sudden step forward, pushing the small celadon jar onto Gu Heyan’s uninjured hand. He pleaded: “Heyan, please take it.”

Gu Heyan was overwhelmed with shock: “You…what, what did you call me?”

“Heyan.” As Mu Zhiming’s eyes shone brightly, he said one word at a time: “I, Mu Zhiming, swear to Heaven and Earth that I’m giving this medicine to you simply because I consider you a dear friend. I have always wanted to repay you for saving my life. If I’m lying, may the Heavens strike me with five thunderbolts, depriving me of having a proper death for all eternity.”

Gu Heyan tilted his head and didn’t dare to look at Mu Zhiming: “I see, I’ll give this medicine to Xia Tianwu.”

Gu Heyan wanted to withdraw his hand, but Mu Zhiming held him tightly, refusing to let him go. Young Master Mu stubbornly said: “To apply this kind of medicine, you need to have knowledge about it, so I’m afraid that Physician Xia won’t know how to apply it.”

Gu Heyan was stupefied.

‘This medicine was applied to me in my previous life, how come I never heard that a special knowledge about it is required for it to be applied?’

“Therefore,” The Young Master of the Mu Family righteously said: “General, let me apply this medicine for you!”

Gu Heyan: “……”

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The Military Physician of the Rong Yan Army, Xia Tianwu, has been practicing medicine for 10 years, and his skills were extraordinary. However, today, he met a great obstacle for the first time in his life.

Mu Zhiming: “Physician Xia, you can’t look.”

Xia Tianwu: “What?”

Mu Zhiming: “I don’t think you can learn.”

Xia Tianwu: “…..?”

“I’ll apply the medicine for the General, so you don’t have to worry. Go and have a rest.” Mu Zhiming said as he pushed Xia Tianwu out of the wing room, closing the door behind him.

Xia Tianwu: “???”

‘How hard can it be to apply medicinal ointment?! But most importantly, why can’t I learn how to do it?!’

Physician Xia was so sad that he went all the way to the kitchen to eat two plates of fried radish cake in one breath. However, because of that, in the middle of the night Physician Xia ended up running to the bathroom three times. He felt really miserable that even though he wanted to learn the technique of applying that medicine, he wouldn’t be able to do it.

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Meanwhile, inside Gu Heyan’s wing room, Mu Zhiming had just finished washing his hands with warm water and was now dried them. Then, Mu Zhiming turned his head, only to see Gu Heyan silently standing at the side of the bed. Mu Zhiming really wanted to know what Gu Heyan was thinking about.

The window was half open, allowing a bit of the outside breeze to pour in. Gu Heyan wasn’t wearing his armor, and was only dressed in plain white brocade clothes. His long eyebrows, bright eyes, and handsome face were a lot more eye-catching than the clear, warm sunlight in summer.

Mu Zhiming took a few steps forward, stood at Gu Heyan’s side, and took out the small celadon jar. With smiling eyes, Mu Zhiming said: “General, take off your clothes.”

Gu Heyan: “……”