Chapter 12 Jingxing

At midnight, Goulan Street was brightly lit. Yue Jian watched the people from Sui'an Marquis's mansion talking to the madam with a gloomy face. He thought to himself that the young marquis actually paid so much money to redeem him. Are young men nowadays so willing to spend huge sums of money for beauty?

If Sui Yan heard what he said, he would probably spit in his face.

Soon, the man in the steward's clothes arranged everything. He had Yuejian's clothes moved to the carriage and respectfully welcomed Yuejian.

Yuejian nodded slightly, bowed to the madam, then bent down and entered the carriage.

The carriage moved slowly and went out of the city without stopping.

The carriage beneath them began to shake a little, and Yue Jian felt more and more uneasy. She drew aside the curtain and found that the carriage had actually reached the outside of the city.

He was startled, and quickly opened the curtain, and said to the person in front of him: "Hey, big brother, where are we going? This doesn't seem to be the way to the Marquis' Mansion."

The black-clad attendant remained calm and said, "We will stay outside the city for one night and enter the city tomorrow."

Yue Jian didn't understand what was going on. Soon the carriage stopped in a wilderness. The attendant lit the lantern, took out a small bundle from the bottom of the carriage and handed it to Yue Jian, saying, "Young Master, change your clothes and we will return to the mansion after daybreak."

Yue Jian was even more confused. He dropped the curtain and opened the small bundle. Inside was only a washed-out blue shirt, a travel permit and a household registration book.

The same name was written on the pass and the household registration book.

——Jun Jingxing.

Yue Jian suddenly realized that Sui Yan had found a new identity for him.

He looked at the name, stroked it over and over again with his hand, and finally almost laughed out loud.

Jun? Jingxing?

How does the current him match this name? It's a shame that Sui Yan dared to give himself such a name.

The carriage stayed in the wilderness all night.

At daybreak, the servant, who had not slept all night, drove the carriage back into the city, registered his pass and household registration at the city gate, and entered the capital city in broad daylight as Jun Jingxing.

The carriage drove for a while before stopping at Sui'an Marquis's Mansion.

Li Zhao had already received Sui Yan's instructions to wait at the door to greet him. When he saw a young man in a blue shirt getting off the carriage, he hurried forward and said, "This must be Divine Doctor Jun. I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Jun Jingxing held his sleeves with a blank expression, thinking, "A miracle doctor? Is Sui Yan crazy? Why would he give such an identity to a prostitute?"

The attendant bowed to Li Zhao and said, "The miracle doctor has traveled all the way from Jiangnan. He must be tired now. Please ask the housekeeper to arrange a place for him to stay. I will go and report to the young marquis now."

Li Zhao nodded hurriedly and walked into the Marquis' Mansion to meet Jun Jing.

Sui Yan had been in poor health ever since he fell into the water. Every time he fell ill at night, the servants were busy and no doctor was available in the middle of the night, so Sui Yan took the initiative to ask someone to invite a quack doctor who he had some connections with to live in his house and take care of his health.

These were of course all nonsense made up by Sui Yan, but Li Zhao and Hai Tang were very worried about his health, so they didn't doubt it at all and agreed without hesitation.

Jun Jingxing was welcomed by Li Zhao to the side yard next to Sui Yan's yard. He chattered as he walked: "Master Jun really came at the right time. My young master has been having a fever in the middle of the night for several days. The imperial physician came several times and said that it was nothing serious. But he took so many prescriptions but they didn't work at all. Alas."

The old steward sighed so much at the twists and turns that he was almost about to curse those quack doctors.

Jun Jingxing watched coldly without saying a word.

Li Zhao also thought that all great doctors naturally had eccentric personalities, and he did not think that he was performing a one-man show. After settling Jun Jingxing down, he retreated.

It was not until Li Zhao left that Jun Jingxing heaved a sigh of relief. He glanced at the layout of the side courtyard, with its rockery and flowing water, and the pavilion connected to the plum forest in the backyard. The scenery was quite pleasant.

He had been troubled and sleepless the previous night, and now he felt relieved and a little tired, so he lay on the couch with his clothes on for a while.

Two hours later, someone came to call him and said that the young marquis wanted to see him.

Jun Jingxing sneered and thought to himself, here it comes.

He straightened his clothes and followed the servants in the mansion with an expressionless face, walking around for a while, and then he was led to an ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall was brightly lit, with white lamps and incense candles lit even during the day.

Jun Jingxing was brought in in a daze, and the door behind him was slowly closed.

Jun Jingxing took a look and then turned his head to look forward.

In the ancestral hall of the marquis's mansion were the tablets of three generations of the Sui family. Amid the curls of white smoke, a young man in purple clothes was kneeling on a cushion with a small desk in front of him, writing furiously.

Jun Jingxing frowned.

Sui Yan heard the door close, turned around listlessly, and saw Jun Jingxing standing behind him in a daze. He called out, "What are you standing there for? Come here quickly."

Jun Jingxing took two tentative steps forward, then stopped vigilantly.

Sui Yan held a pen in his mouth and looked at him suspiciously.

Jun Jingxing hesitated for a long time before he said with a pale face: "Even if you... you don't have to do this in front of our ancestors."

Sui Yan: “…”

Sui Yan had a blank expression on his face, the pen in his mouth fell straight down, and the ink stained him all over.

Jun Jingxing looked at him as if he were looking at a rebellious beast.

Sui Yan exploded and said angrily: "Why are you so dirty? You think about that no matter what you do! I asked you to help me copy books! What on earth are you thinking about?!"

Jun Jingxing: “…”

The two of them stared at each other for a long time before Jun Jingxing hesitantly walked forward and knelt on the cushion.

Sui Yan angrily placed the small case in front of Jun Jingxing, and then stuffed the pen into his hand. He pointed to the unfinished paper and said, "Start copying from here. I have already copied it four times. You can do the remaining six for me."

Jun Jingxing froze in place holding the pen, and after a long while he said in disbelief, "On what basis?!"

Sui Yan angrily said, "How dare you say that?! If you hadn't hesitated for so long in Wanhualou yesterday, I would have come out a long time ago, and I wouldn't have been caught by my brother and forced to copy books! It's all your fault for being so hesitant, and now you still have the nerve to ask me why?"

Jun Jingxing: “…”

Jun Jingxing was a little confused and couldn't figure out what this young marquis was trying to do.

But before he could ask, Sui Yan picked up the other futons and put them together, spread the cloak on top as a blanket, and lay down comfortably, apparently intending to take a nap.

Jun Jingxing: “…Hey!”

Sui Yan was dragged up by Sui Xun early in the morning to copy books. He didn't get enough sleep at all. When Jun Jingxing spoke, he kicked him impatiently and said vaguely: "Don't bother me, finish copying quickly."

Jun Jingxing: “…”

Jun Jingxing was so angry that he was about to die.

Sui Yan added: "Once you have finished copying, I will take you to see your sister."

Jun Jingxing was stunned for a moment, staring at the paper for a long time, and then reluctantly picked up the pen and started copying. He cursed Sui Yan for every word he copied.

Sui Yan was not in good spirits and slept for three hours. Jun Jingxing was afraid that he would never wake up, so when he was about to wake him up, Sui Yan finally opened his eyes in a daze.

Jun Jingxing patted the paper on the small table and said, "I've copied it. Can you take me to see my sister now?"

Sui Yan was probably dazed from sleep. He got up and stared at him blankly. After a long while, he said, "Did you bury me properly in the Sui family's ancestral tomb?"

His eyes were deep and heavy, and his dull words gave Jun Jingxing goosebumps all over his body.

Jun Jingxing asked tentatively, "Young Marquis?"

Sui Yan stared at him blankly. After a while, he shuddered suddenly and gradually came to his senses.

He used his hands and feet to crawl to Jun Jingxing's side, poked his head to look at the copied book on the table, his eyes slightly bright, and said, "Great, the handwriting is exactly the same as mine, next time I copy the book, someone will copy it for me."

Jun Jingxing was very upset: "You copied it yourself too."

Sui Yan ignored him, stretched his waist, folded the copied paper and stuffed it into his sleeve, stood up and said, "Let's go, let's eat, I'll treat you to dessert."

Jun Jingxing couldn't tell for a moment whether this young marquis was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.

Sui Yan excitedly showed the copied book to Sui Xun, and when he was released from the ban, he came out happily, pulled Jun Jingxing and went back to his own courtyard.

Jun Jingxing wanted to ask about his sister all the way, but when he saw Sui Yan's nonchalant look, he was afraid that he would use this to tease him, so he had to hold it in.

Sui Yan pushed open the gate, but before he entered, he suddenly exclaimed, "Ancestor, you can't play that!"

Jun Jingxing was wondering who he was talking to. After entering the courtyard, he saw a waist-high snowman placed on the open space in the courtyard. A child who looked about seven or eight years old was carrying a rabbit and stuffing it into the snowman.

Jun Jingxing: “…”

Sui Yan hurried over and rescued the rabbit from the child's clutches. He hugged the shivering rabbit distressedly and whispered, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. I'm here."

The child next to him blinked and looked at him, not afraid of people. He glanced at Jun Jingxing at the door, was stunned for a moment, and immediately rushed over with joy.

"elder brother!"

The little girl ran to Jun Jingxing quickly, jumped up and hung on Jun Jingxing's neck before he could react, kissed him on the face, and giggled, "Brother, you are really here? I thought Brother Sui Yan was lying to me?"

Jun Jingxing was brought back to his senses by the gentle touch in his arms. He reached out and hugged her, murmuring, "Why are you here?"

After Yin Lingfeng was convicted, Jun Jingxing and his two sisters were also implicated. Jun Jingxing was exiled to Qianzhou, while Yin Shenqiu and Yin Yuewu were sold into brothels. However, no one knew what kind of powerful means Jun Jingxing had that allowed him to escape the government's pursuit and sneak into Wanhua Tower disguised as a woman, in an attempt to rescue his two sisters who had fallen into the tiger's lair.

However, before he could rescue her, Yin Yuewu was forced by the Fifth Prince to jump from the wooden building and died, leaving behind only the eight-year-old Yin Shenqiu.

Yin Shenqiu was protected by her elder sister before, and he didn't know anything even in the brothel. After Yin Yuewu's death, it was Jun Jingxing who protected him until a few days ago when he was secretly taken to Sui'an Marquis' Mansion by Sui Yan.

Yin Shenqiu was innocent and cheerful. Hearing this, he pointed at Sui Yan and said, "That brother brought me here. He said I could see my brother."

Jun Jingxing was stunned for a moment, then looked at Sui Yan with a complicated expression.

Sui Yan was carefully brushing the snow off the rabbit's body when he noticed Jun Jingxing looking at him and immediately waved at him.

"You know medicine, right? Can you take a look at this rabbit of mine? It seems to be much weaker."

Jun Jingxing: “…”