Chapter 94: Going to the Capital, Grandmother

The aura of these two people was not like ordinary guards, but like a sharp blade deliberately honed, becoming a handy weapon in the hands of their master.

Su Wan was particularly impressed.

At first, she suspected they were people from Qi Guang, but those rough men were all hot-blooded, and their aura was different compared to them.

Later, she suspected they were Gu Huaizhi’s people, but she quickly denied it.

Now they appeared beside Gu Huaizhi…

She squinted her eyes, looking at them.

“You’re up.” Gu Huaizhi didn’t feel guilty at all. Under Su Wan’s probing gaze, he looked very calm: “They are guards I hired from the escort agency. They will protect you during your time in the capital. Twenty taels of silver a month, including food and accommodation. After you return safely, you can pay them.”

Mo Yuan said expressionlessly: “Give ten taels as a deposit first. After the deadline, for each day exceeded, it will be calculated as two taels per day.”

Mo Chen’s face twitched, and he secretly admired Mo Yuan’s courage and acting skills!

He said with a chuckle: “This is considering you are a repeat customer. Last time Boss Gu hired us, the job was too simple, we charged a bit high, this time we’ll give you a discount. According to our skills, it should be thirty taels a month.”

Gu Huaizhi glanced at them lightly, with a warning: “Ensure my people are unharmed. If they get hurt, I will hold your head accountable.”

Mo Yuan and Mo Chen looked serious: “Please rest assured, we will do our best!”

Gu Huaizhi hummed lowly, his gaze fell on Su Wan’s face, he looked at her for a while, but didn’t say anything, and stepped into the yard.

Su Wan reached out to pull him, but his sleeve floated away from her hand, she felt a surge of impulse, “Gu Huaizhi, take good care of your younger siblings. I took two thousand taels from Zhao Wei, two hundred taels for ten thousand bottles of wound medicine, and I have to give him a total of one hundred thousand bottles to clear the account. When I come back, I hope you have delivered all the medicine to him.”

“You can rest assured, I’m here in Xihe Town.” Gu Huaizhi waved his hand, indicating her to hurry up.

Su Wan pursed her lips, turned around and got on the carriage.

Mo Yuan and Mo Chen acted as coachmen.

The carriage drove away.

Su Wan lifted the curtain, and saw Gu Huaizhi leaning against the door, looking at her from a distance.

She clenched the curtain, wanting to wave to Gu Huaizhi, but as the carriage turned, his figure condensed into a point and disappeared from her sight.

Su Wan felt disheartened, she put down the curtain in her hand and retreated into the corner. Her gaze fell on a food box.

Upon opening the lid, a fragrant smell hit her nose. Inside, neatly arranged, were shepherd’s purse dumplings. The second layer was meat pies and white buns. The third layer was a bamboo tube of soy milk and ten boiled eggs.

The dumplings and soy milk were prepared for her breakfast, and the meat pies, white buns, and eggs were provisions for the journey.

A warm current surged in Su Wan’s chest, filling her heart.

“Have you two had breakfast?”

Su Wan lifted the curtain and asked the two men.

Mo Yuan and Mo Chen looked at each other, their hearts pounding: “We have eaten.”

Su Wan nodded, seemingly bored, and casually started a conversation: “Are you from the Dragon and Tiger Escort Agency, or the Xuanmen Escort Agency?”

Mo Yuan and Mo Chen understood in their hearts, it was indeed a probing question, and they carefully answered: “In the town, there is only our Xiaoji Escort Agency.”

Su Wan hummed: “How long have you been in this line of work? Have you encountered bandits while escorting? Do you fight directly? If something happens, will the escort agency compensate?”

Mo Chen scratched his ears and cheeks, not knowing how to answer.

When they encountered bandits, they would directly cut them down. If their brothers had an accident, the master would give a generous consolation prize.

But acting as guards temporarily, these were blind spots in their knowledge, and they hadn’t prepared enough.

Mo Yuan looked at Su Wan’s curious face and cautiously said: “We’ve been in this line for a year. We’ve encountered bandits. Usually, they don’t want to make enemies, and a few black words can turn danger into safety. If something happens, the escort agency will compensate.”

Su Wan listened to this watertight answer, nodded, and said, “You’ve worked hard.”

She let down the curtain, chuckled, and muttered about the ghostly escort agency.

It’s true that escorts would speak black words when they encountered bandits, but when escorts went on missions, they would insure at the ticket office. If something happened, the ticket office would pay the consolation money and funeral expenses.

Su Wan picked at her fingernails, feeling that her cheap husband might not be simple!

Along the way, Su Wan ate and slept, slept and ate, and teased these two when she was bored.

Mo Yuan and Mo Chen were as nervous as if facing a great enemy when they heard Su Wan’s voice. They were even more tired than when they were working for their master, fearing that their disguise would be exposed by Su Wan.

After several days and nights of rushing, they arrived in the capital.

As soon as the carriage entered the capital, Mo Yuan asked: “Mrs. Gu, do you want to stay at an inn, or go back to Marquis of Dingyuan Mansion first?”

“Go to the inn.” Su Wan, dusty from the journey, planned to freshen up before going to see the old lady.

Suddenly, Su Wan remembered the saying ‘a crying child will get milk,’^[1]会哭的孩子有奶吃(huì kū de hái zi yǒu nǎi chī) = a crying child will get milk, This is a metaphor for the idea that units or subordinates who make multiple requests or have strong … Continue reading and immediately changed her mind: “Go to Dingyuan Marquis Mansion now.”

The old lady was cold-hearted towards the original owner, but she had loved her granddaughter for more than a decade, how could she be heartless and completely ignore her?

Su Wan wanted to play the victim, to gain some sympathy first.

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Marquis of Dingyuan Mansion.

Fuxi Hall…

Two maids in lake-green long skirts were guarding the door. An old maid came over, and the maids quickly lifted the curtain, and the old maid hurried in.

The room was filled with a strong smell of bitter medicine, and there was intermittent coughing.

The old maid rushed into the inner room with a heartache, and saw the old lady of Marquis of Dingyuan lying on the bed, coughing so hard that she couldn’t catch her breath, her face turning purple.

The old maid was startled and quickly went to the bedside to pat her back and soothe her: “Old lady, the old servant will have someone call the doctor, and you can take a few more doses of medicine.”

“No need, has the doctor seen too little? It’s not useful.” The old lady was skinny, her face was waxen yellow, her eye sockets were deeply sunken, and she looked like she didn’t have many days left.

On her old tree bark-like face, there was a thick layer of worry: “I have lived most of my life, and I have no regrets. Now, living one more day is earning one more day, and I just can’t let go of Ah Wan. She is high-spirited, married to a poor countryside, and I don’t know how she is doing.”

The pampered young lady has become a country peasant woman, just thinking about it makes her feel wronged, and it hurts like a knife in the heart.

The old lady wanted to go see her, but didn’t dare to. The more they thought about Su Wan, the more harm they did to her.

That pair of malicious mother and daughter would not let her go.

“I just want to see her once, just once more.” The old lady tightly grasped the old maid’s hand, and tears sparkled in her cloudy eyes: “You take some money, go and see her secretly, let her restrain her temper, and live a good life with the money. Forget about the past, forget all about it.”

Wealth and honor are fleeting, nothing is more important than being alive.

The old maid nodded heavily: “This old servant will set off tomorrow.”

The old lady breathed a sigh of relief, she didn’t have many days left, “Let your granddaughter go, don’t leave her there to take care of Wanwan.”

When she dies, the mansion will be in chaos, and Qinglan won’t notice these small problems.

When the mansion settles down, her Wanwan is so smart, she won’t let these people discover anything, and she can live well.

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A carriage stopped at the entrance of the Marquis of Dingyuan Mansion.

Mo Chen lifted the curtain of the carriage, and Su Wan came out from the carriage.

At this moment, the mansion gate happened to open, and someone came out from the mansion.