Chapter 3: The Small Copper Mirror with a Diamond Pattern

  The woman took one glance at Zuo Shuangyang's back of the head and saw a dark red blood clot, with his hair all congealed together. She was startled: "You're injured! There's so much blood, let me take a look quickly!"

  Zuo Shaoyang was also startled, and he reached out to touch the back of his head. Indeed, there were quite a few blood clots that had frozen on his palm. It seemed that the injury was not light! He quickly reached out again to feel the back of his head, but after checking himself, he didn't find any symptoms of concussion such as headache, dizziness or nausea. This was really strange - he was injured so badly, yet there were no symptoms at all.

  The woman also helped him check the back of his head, and although there was a scar, it had already healed and wasn't bleeding. She felt slightly relieved, brushed off the snow on his back, and asked with concern: "Younger brother, how are you feeling? Is anything uncomfortable?"

  Zuo Shaoyang shook his head: "I'm fine... who are you? Where am I?"

  The woman was taken aback: "What's wrong with you? I'm your sister!"

  "Sister? You've got the wrong person, haven't you?"

  The woman panicked, holding his shoulders and gently shaking them: "Brother, don't scare your sister, did you fall down just now and hit your head badly?"

  "Fall down?" Zuo Shaoyang recalled the scene he saw when he was falling down before losing consciousness, "Where did I fall from?"

  "You climbed up the mountain to pick herbs, but ended up losing your footing and falling down. You landed on a big rock at the waist, and I thought you were dead... Alas! I thought you were injured, and I wouldn't dare climb the cliff myself. I was so anxious that I cried straight away. Luckily, this young lady happened to pass by and helped to climb up the mountain to rescue you."

  "Ah?" Zuo Shao Yang turned his head to glance at the dark-skinned girl, and the girl's pretty face flushed red, her big eyes blinking, but she didn't dodge his gaze.

  Zuo Shaoyang caught a glimpse of the girl's eyes, and his own shadow flashed in them. The figure was very unfamiliar, and he couldn't help but feel a shock. He leaned in closer to take a careful look, and in his astonishment, he forgot that it wasn't a mirror, but the girl's sparkling eyes. The girl's dark face flushed with two red clouds, yet she didn't dodge or hide, her big black eyes still gazing at him.

  Look down and see clearly, Zuo Shaoyang suddenly shouted loudly, raised his hand to touch, and found that he actually had a full head of hair, tied into a bun on the top of his head, wrapped in a cloth from behind, with two small straps hanging down. Just like the headscarf in ancient costume movies! Lowering his head, he saw that he was also wearing a large-collared coarse linen short shirt, loose-fitting pants, bound legs, and a pair of stiff canvas shoes. The entire ancient costume drama's male attire. But not a scholar, but a rustic village husband, a commoner's outfit.

  "What's going on? Where am I? Who are you?" Zuo Shaoyang asked bewilderedly.

  The woman looked at him with a worried expression: "You must have been frightened by the fall from the cliff just now, brother. Don't worry, let's go home! I'll help you up."

  Zuo Shaoyang didn't wait for them to help him up, he struggled to get up by himself, rubbing his head and looking at his own clothes, then looked at the two women again, and looked around in all directions, he was truly flustered. Could it be that this is the legendary time-space traversal?

  Zuo Shaoyang asked in an urgent tone: "What year is it this year?"

  The woman's face turned even more worried, and she stood up saying: "What's wrong with you......?"

  "Hurry up and say it!"

  "Ah, the first year of Zhenguan..."

  "Zhen Guan? The governance of Zhen Guan?" Zuo Shao Yang was shocked: "This is the Tang Dynasty?"

  Yes.

  "Your Majesty is calling for Li Shimin?"

  "Oh dear heavens, can't you even call out the Emperor's name properly?! You're really muddled! Come on, let's go home!"

  It's really the Tang Dynasty! The first year of Zhenguan, that is, Li Shimin had just launched the Xuanwu Gate coup and took over the throne for a year. He fell into the time tunnel and actually traveled back to the early days of the Great Tang!

  The woman saw Zuo Shao Yang standing still, looking silly, and her heart became anxious: "Don't scare your sister! Let's go home! Let Dad take a look, and after taking some medicine, you'll be fine." She reached out to pull him.

  "Do you have a mirror?"

  The woman shook her head: "What's the use of a mirror?"

  The dark-skinned girl with big eyes took out a small copper mirror from her bosom and handed it to him.

  Zuo Shaoyang took over the copper mirror, feeling warm on the surface of the copper mirror. He thought it was probably the girl's body temperature that had warmed it up. At the same time, he also smelled the faint scent of grass from before, and looked at the girl with some doubt. He raised the copper mirror to take a look. The copper mirror was polished to an average level, and the image was somewhat blurry, but it was already enough for Zuo Shaoyang to see his own appearance clearly! This was a completely unfamiliar face, looking a bit dull, and the body was also somewhat thin, not at all like his original self!

  Soul possession? Borrowing a corpse to return a soul?

  Such words are often spoken with a hint of comfort, but when they happen to oneself, one realizes how eerie it is. Zuo Shao Yang felt his whole body turn cold, from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. It wasn't because of the freezing weather, but rather a chill that came from deep within his heart!

  He thought of the man crouched on the protruding rock on the cliff he saw when he fell, could it be that this person died in the fall, and his soul crossed over, possessed this body, and revived?

  He didn't know the reason, only knowing that he was no longer his original self, but had become another person, a commoner with an ordinary appearance living in the early days of the Tang Dynasty!

  The young woman on the left slowly recovered from her shock and asked the woman, "Who are you? And who am I?"

  The woman's heart sank, thinking that her brother must have gotten his brain damaged. She remembered her father saying that when people encounter great difficulties, they tend to forget some things. She had to remind him quickly so he could recover his memory. Forcing a smile, she said: "Your surname is Zuo, and your name is Zhong. I'm your older sister, my nickname is Huixiang, and you used to call me Huixiang Dou when you were little. Dad's name is Zuo Gui, he's a doctor, and because he likes to use cassia twig as the first ingredient in his prescriptions, our family's pharmacy is also named after it, called 'Gui Zhi Tang'. So people who know him like to call him Cassia Twig Doctor. Mom's surname is Liang, she helps Dad with the pharmacy at home. Our business has never been... Ah, never mind that now. Brother, do you remember?"

  Zuo Shaoyang finally understood that he had indeed crossed over and arrived in the early days of the Tang Dynasty. While others who crossed over were ecstatic, Zuo Shaoyang only felt terrified and at a loss.

  This person who had possessed his own body also shared the same surname, Zuo, coincidentally sharing the same surname as himself, with only a different given name. He looked this woman up and down, so this was the sister of his new identity after crossing over?

  Time travel? What an incredible thing, it actually happened. And became another person. But thinking about it is also understandable, the ancient myth of Chang'e flying to the moon has come true now, hasn't it? Everything is possible, didn't I time-travel myself?

  Will I be able to go back myself? It's probably impossible now. If it's impossible, then will I never see my parents, relatives, friends and classmates again?

  Thinking of his increasingly aging parents, with himself already separated by over a thousand years, this life and this world would never be able to meet again, Zuo Shao Yang couldn't help but feel a pang of sorrow in his heart.

  Angelica stared at her brother's expression, seeing him suddenly look despondent, his eyes red-rimmed. She didn't know if he was upset about the struggles of their family business "Gui Zhi Tang" or if he was heartbroken over his own injury and memory loss. Her heart ached as she pulled on his sleeve, saying: "Don't worry, everything will be okay."

  He blinked his eyes, forcing back tears. He wasn't one to be overly sentimental. Since things had already taken such a dramatic turn, he might as well just grit his teeth and move forward. He also thought about how he came from modern society, with over a thousand years of knowledge more than people in the Tang Dynasty. With this knowledge, he would surely rise to greatness and make a name for himself. Thinking this, his blood began to boil with excitement.

  He saw Huixiang wiping away tears and knew she was worried about him. Thinking that he had traveled to the Tang Dynasty alone, but as long as there was still a sister who loved him, his heart warmed up. He wanted to find a happy topic, so he asked excitedly: "Sister, have I... have I married?"

  This is the key, before crossing over, he was devoted to his studies, and apart from medical books, it was still medical books. The girls would laugh at him for being a bookworm, no one paid attention to him, and he didn't have time to fool around with girlfriends or romance. So until he started working, he was still single, and hadn't even held a girl's hand. In many crossover stories, the protagonists often have a little wife, could it be that he also has a beautiful young woman waiting for him at home?