The little dark guard who travels between two lives

Chapter 14: The First Incense Stick of the Lantern Festival

Since his rebirth, Thirteen was not very familiar with the Qin Mansion, and had not seen many of his father's guards. But if he was a leader, he should be kept by his father. If he was a high-ranking official, Thirteen should have seen him before.

Thirteen looked at the guard carefully in the moonlight. He was in his early twenties, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. He looked quite good. There was a small black mole at the corner of his eye that affected his overall appearance, making him look a bit fierce.

Thirteen looked again and again and found that he did not recognize this person. At this time, Su Peiyun anxiously asked the guard: "Can you clean the carriage? Don't let anyone see the problem."

Although the guard looked a bit fierce, the look in his eyes when he looked at Su Peiyun was very gentle, and even had a hint of affection that was difficult to express in words.

He bowed to Su Peiyun and said, "I have already cleaned up all traces of the accident site according to your instructions. No one will notice any problems with the carriage. Please rest assured, my cousin."

Su Peiyun nodded in satisfaction and said, "You did a good job in spreading the news that the master was attacked a few days ago. I will ask the prince for credit for you."

The guard immediately replied: "I am willing to go through fire and water for the young lady, and will not refuse even a death!" The guard never mentioned the prince, but kept saying that he would not refuse even a death for Su Peiyun, and his thoughts were clearly revealed.

Su Peiyun did not say anything, and said coldly: "You and I are both working for the Imperial Concubine and the Prince, and you will definitely benefit after the success. You should be careful and never let anyone find out your identity. It is not easy for the Prince to plant a nail like you. Go ahead. Bring Doctor Wang up."

The guard didn't care about Su Peiyun's cold treatment at all. He turned around and left obediently. After a while, he came up with an old doctor with a white beard.

Thirteen had been staying on the mountain wall, and now he felt cold all over. In the past, he only thought that Su Peiyun was a very strange woman. Today, after hearing what she said, he was shocked and broke into a cold sweat.

It turns out that Su Peiyun is just a minor character, and there are actually some imperial concubines and princes behind her. And they have already planted spies in the Qin Mansion.

Thirteen at this moment only hated himself for being a secret guard in his previous life who only knew how to wield swords and guns, and was oblivious to state affairs. He was ignorant of the affairs of the court. At this moment, he couldn't even figure out who the imperial concubines and princes in the capital were at the moment.

She put the so-called prince and concubine aside for now, and she could ask her father about it when she returned. She looked at the old doctor with white beard and angrily looked at Su Peiyun: "You kidnapped my grandson and made me wait here in advance, what are you going to do?"

Su Peiyun took out a handkerchief slowly, wiped her cheeks, and said with a smile: "Of course there is a patient who needs your help." She pointed to the yard and said, "There is an official's wife who is about to give birth. If you can save her life, you will definitely get a lot of rewards. Shouldn't you thank me?"

The old doctor obviously didn't believe it. How could he kidnap someone to save someone? He looked at Su Peiyun and said, "My family has been practicing medicine for generations. I would never kill anyone. Even if you threaten me with my grandson's life, I won't betray my ancestors."

Su Peiyun chuckled, "Don't worry, I won't let you kill anyone. I just want a child. The woman is about to give birth, no matter it's a boy or a girl, I want you to hand the child to me safely, and then tell her that the child is born weak and can't be saved. Once this is done, I will let your grandson go home."

The old doctor was stunned, and Thirteen on the gable was also stunned. The old doctor asked Thirteen the question in his mind: "You are young and want a child. You can give birth to one yourself. Why do you do such an immoral thing?"

When Su Peiyun heard the old doctor say that she was immoral, she was not angry. She sneered. She usually looked gentle and weak, but now her face was cold.

"Humph, that woman stole my beloved, so I will take her child and let her bear the pain of losing her child. You can stand it after hearing the news that your husband was attacked. Ji Wanran treats her husband like this. Since the news about your husband can't alarm you, I can only do something big."

Su Peiyun glanced at Ji Wanran's room with a vicious and resentful look, and then looked at the old doctor: "Don't worry, just give the child to me. I won't kill the child. I will raise her well. I want her Ji Wanran's child to call me mother!"

Su Peiyun gnashed her teeth as she spoke the last sentence. The old doctor was so frightened that he took a step back and was speechless.

"Well, have you thought it through? A child in exchange for your grandson, this deal is worth it. Your family is a single-line inheritance, can you bear to abandon your grandson?"

The old doctor was obviously reluctant to part with his grandson. After a long silence, he finally said helplessly, "Okay, as long as you don't kill the child, I promise you."

Su Peiyun looked at the guard proudly and said, "Go and tell him that I have found a doctor from the city for the lady." The guard left.

Su Peiyun led the old doctor to the house where Ji Wanran was resting, and instructed as they walked: "If anyone asks why you are in the village, just say that you came to the mountain to collect herbs. It was dark and you dared not walk at night, so you stayed in this village for one night. Be smart and don't reveal your flaws. Think more about your grandson."

"Also, there will be a midwife who works for me soon. She will work with you secretly. You two must get the baby out for me, otherwise you will bear the consequences."

Thirteen watched Su Peiyun walk towards her mother's room after making all the arrangements, and he was so angry that his teeth itched. He felt that there was something wrong with this woman the first time he saw her. His intuition was too accurate. How could this woman be the cousin of the Qin Mansion? She was a poisonous snake hidden in the mansion!

Thirteen looked at Su Peiyun's receding back with hatred. If she could, she would strangle her to death. Her mother treated her like her own sister and always sent a portion of any good things to Su Peiyun.

But this bad woman knew that her mother and father had been engaged since childhood, but she still had inappropriate thoughts about her father, and even tried to harm her mother again and again.

He spread the news that his father had been attacked in an attempt to cause his mother to have a miscarriage, tricked his mother into going out to burn incense with a big belly, sent people to tamper with the carriage, and prepared a doctor in advance to snatch his mother's child away, making his mother suffer the pain of losing her child.

No wonder my mother was so distraught when I was unconscious. She had already endured the pain of losing her child once and could not endure it a second time. No wonder my mother has been in poor health all the time. This incident must have caused great harm to her both physically and mentally.

Thirteen remembered that Master Guangji once told him not to harm anyone's life when traveling between the two lives. Even though he wanted Su Peiyun to die at this moment, he could not go against the master's advice. What's more, he was just a lonely soul. He might have some ability to move objects, but he was powerless to deal with people.

Thirteen quickly floated towards his mother's yard and saw Liu Niang arranging maids and old women to boil water and prepare baby clothes, etc. Compared with before, Liu Niang was much calmer now.

After a while, the maids and servants sent by Liu Niang found a midwife in the village and brought her over. With the midwife and the old doctor from the city, Liu Niang felt less panicked.

Liu Niang thanked Su Peiyun repeatedly, thanking her for finding such an old doctor, who was like timely rain. Liu Niang ordered a little girl to help Su Peiyun to another room to rest, "Cousin, you are still pregnant, it is not suitable for you to go to the delivery room. You have been tired for a long time, go to the room to rest first."

As a pregnant woman, it was indeed not appropriate for Su Peiyun to go to the delivery room. After some politeness, she allowed the maid to help her to go to another room.

Thirteen watched Su Peiyun glance at the midwife and the old doctor before she left. Thirteen was powerless to stop her and could only watch the midwife go into the room and help her mother with Liu Niang. The old doctor was not suitable to enter the delivery room and waited outside in case the mother was in danger so that he could provide timely assistance.

Everything seemed so reasonable and in order. But all this was directed by the vicious woman Su Peiyun, whose purpose was to take away my mother's child and give her a heavy blow.

Thirteen wanted to float into the house and guard her mother's bedside. Since she couldn't remind her mother, she could only guard her. But when she came to the door of the house, a strong force suddenly hit her and knocked her off balance. Then she felt her body rise up and float up again, getting farther and farther away from the house.

Thirteen was anxious. Could it be that Xiang's time had come? But he had only confirmed that Su Peiyun had used a trick to steal one of his mother's children. But who was that child? He couldn't confirm it yet. If he went back like this, then the information he got this time would be too little.

Thirteen was getting anxious when he found himself floating back to the capital. However, the city was full of lights, just like daytime. The streets were full of lights and there were crowds of people watching the lanterns. The sound of lantern vendors could be heard one after another. This should be the Lantern Festival, but which year was it? Why did he float back here?

Thirteen was in a daze when a childish voice came into his ears: "Mom, that little rabbit lantern is so beautiful. I want it." Qin Mingxuan and Ji Wanran came over from the other end of the long street with Xin'er and Yu Shen, followed by Liu Niang and several other maids, and one or two guards who followed the family of three not far behind and secretly observed the people around them.

This is the mother and father bringing Xin'er and Yu Shen to watch the lanterns. Thirteen did not encounter the Lantern Festival after traveling here, and there was no memory of watching lanterns in the memories of Xin'er that he received. It should be a certain time in the previous life, Xin'er and Yu Shen looked like, Xin'er should be three or four years old.

Thirteen remembered that in his previous life, Madam Xin'er was said to have gone missing when she was three or four years old, so the time he had floated back to should be the time when Madam Xinhe went missing. It was also the time when the nanny and Thirteen were stranded in a foreign land.

Thirteen suddenly became nervous. Something big must be happening soon. Thirteen looked at Liu Niang, who followed the lady closely. She smiled at Xin'er who was asking for this and that. She already had several lanterns in her hands. Obviously, they were all what Xin'er wanted.

Ji Wanran looked at Xin'er who wanted the little rabbit lantern again, and then looked at Liu Niang who couldn't put down her hands anymore, and pretended to be angry: "You little girl, you want everything you see. Look at how much Liu Niang can take. Are you going to buy all the lanterns on this whole street?"

When Xin'er saw that her mother was a little angry, she immediately looked at her father for help, pouting her little mouth and looking at her father with eager eyes. She looked so pitiful.

Qin Mingxuan laughed and picked up his fat daughter. He smiled at his wife and said, "It's a rare Lantern Festival. Let Xin'er and Shen'er have some fun. My daughter Qin Mingxuan can still afford to buy a few lanterns, right, Madam?"

Ji Wanran patted Qin Mingxuan half in anger and half in smile, "Just spoil him! Sooner or later, you will spoil her to the point of lawlessness."

Ji Wanran looked at Yu Shen beside her as she spoke: "Look how sensible your brother Shen is. Whichever one Shen'er likes, Master's wife will buy it for you."

Yu Shen tried to be calm and steady again. After all, he was only seven or eight years old. He couldn't see enough of the lanterns on the street. He had never been out during the Lantern Festival before because his father didn't like him and never took him out to play.

Yu Shen looked at his master's wife who was looking at him lovingly, then looked at the fat girl who was looking at him eagerly, and deliberately pointed at the little rabbit lantern that Xin'er had taken a fancy to just now, "Master's wife, Shen'er wants that one."

Ji Wanran saw the mischief in Yu Shen's eyes and knew that he was teasing Xin'er on purpose, so she immediately said, "Shen'er has good taste, so let's buy that little rabbit lantern."

Xin'er looked at her mother's face and knew that she was not really angry, so she immediately started to act like a spoiled child, covering her eyes with her chubby hands and pretending to sob: "Woo woo, Brother Shen is bad! Mother doesn't love Xin'er anymore! Mother only likes Brother Shen'er, Xin'er doesn't love Mother anymore, Daddy still loves Xin'er!"

A group of people couldn't help laughing when they saw Xin'er acting like a spoiled child. Ji Wanran tapped Xin'er's forehead and said, "You, you, little girl, just do it!"

Thirteen looked at the happy family and couldn't help but smile, but then he began to worry about what would happen in a while.

Thirteen was observing the surroundings anxiously. Based on the experience she had accumulated as a secret guard, such an environment and such a time were the times when accidents were most likely to happen.

Sure enough, a fire suddenly broke out in a lantern shop at the east end of the long street, and the crowd watching the lanterns fled in all directions. The long street, which was full of joy, immediately became a mess.

The two guards who were following behind him immediately surrounded him, looking around vigilantly, and reminded Qin Mingxuan: "Sir, you must return to the carriage as soon as possible."

Before Qin Mingxuan could speak, he saw three masked men jumping down from the observation deck on the street, holding shining long knives and rushing towards Qin Mingxuan and his group. It turned out that someone wanted to assassinate Qin Mingxuan.

Qin Mingxuan immediately handed Xin'er to Ji Wanran and ordered the two guards: "Quick, protect the lady, the young lady, and the young master and go to the west end of the long street to find a carriage and return home as soon as possible."