Broken Iron Clothes

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There was a loud bang, and the river was above his head. Gu Nanxing opened his eyes and looked for someone in the water. The sediment deposited under the river was swept up by the turbulent current, and mixed with the non-stop rainwater from the past few days. There was a void of nothingness in front of him.

Suddenly a piece of white cloth floating in the water wrapped around his wrist, he turned his head to look, and saw the sunlight pouring into the water to form light and shadow, reflecting a tall and straight silhouette.

He opened his arms and swam towards that side, and the cut water flowed towards him invisibly, and he approached the figure against the pressure.Gradually, the two people's clothes floating in the water overlapped, and he reached out to touch, and finally embraced the person hanging in the water, and led him out of the water.

Gu Nanxing inhaled sharply, blinked his astringent eyes and glanced roughly around, then swam to the shore with Yi Qinchen who choked on the water.The soaked clothes sank into the icy water, becoming a mass of encumbrance around him, dragging him backwards. It took him a lot of effort to bring the man to the shore, but when dragging him ashore, he Only then did he realize that the wound on his arm was torn open again, which made him dizzy from the pain.

The white cloth covering Yi Qinchen's eyes was washed away by the water, and he did not retrieve the bamboo basket as he wished, but swallowed a lot of water. At this time, he was wheezing, his nose and throat hurt, and he couldn't stop coughing. up.

Gu Nanxing lifted the hem of his clothes and wrung the water, but his gaze paused for several seconds on the man's exposed face.

It was the first time he saw Yi Qinchen's eyes.The man's eyes are very light, and they are transparent and clear when the light shines in. It always makes people feel that there is a hidden lake hidden in them.Hot tears were choked up in the man's red eye sockets, and the pupils that seemed to contain tiny specks of light seemed even more fragile.

It's a pity that something is missing.

Those eyes were lost and empty.

Without much emotion, the unbearable headache quickly pulled Gu Nanxing back from his thoughts. He patted the painful head with the heel of his palm before looking aside, only to find that they had been washed to some shore It is surrounded by a forest planted for Gudi.

Gu Nanxing shook off the water droplets hanging between his hair, flattened the wrinkled hem of his clothes, turned around and left after identifying the direction, and did not forget to tell Yi Qinchen: "You wait here."

Hearing the footsteps of the man leaving, Yi Qinchen probably guessed that he was going to find the thief, so he shouted: "Brother Gu! Don't..."

But Gu Nanxing didn't stop, turned his back to him and raised his voice: "I will be merciful—"

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The thief saw that he was a teenage boy, and his appearance was considered handsome and upright. At this moment, he was walking slowly on another street with his money bag on, his eyes staring blankly at something, unable to concentrate.

Accidentally, he caught the empty bag with both hands and let the money bag fall to the ground.He squatted down to pick it up, but when he got up again, there was a figure in front of him.

The young people's pretense is not as sophisticated as those scheming ones, although they try their best to look like a ruffian, but there are still some afterimages of being from a good family.

Gu Nanxing saw it all.He leaned his back against the wall, and looked at the boy with some deep meaning. Without saying a word, he stepped forward and lifted the boy's back collar, and threw him into an empty alley corner.

Gu Nanxing has already recognized that this young man is also the thief who stole money outside the tavern last time, and he has no intention of being friendly with him: "You are lucky that I didn't break your hand when you stole money last time, you should find a way to pray to Buddha Immortal, pray that I drown as soon as possible, otherwise you will be the one who gets me wrong."

As he spoke, Gu Nanxing casually snatched the money bag from the boy's hand, opened the bag and counted the copper coins inside.After a short period of silence, he suddenly pulled the rope tightly to tie the mouth of the bag, raised his eyes and teased: "Every beggar knows that he has to eat a hundred kinds of food. You are a thief, how can you focus on stealing from one person? But, you His appearance looks upright, his limbs are healthy, what can he do wrong, he has to choose these dirty things, where are your parents?"

Gu Nanxing seemed casual, and his tone didn't sound too serious, but the young man held his breath because of these words.

"Dead." The boy shrank his head and replied.

Gu Nanxing stopped talking and didn't look at anyone anymore, he just lowered his head and tied the money bag to his waist.The young man looked up vigilantly, then slowly got up on the ground, then stepped to dodge, and quickly passed the gap beside Gu Nanxing.

A solemn air escaped from his eyes, Gu Nanxing reacted very quickly, turned around and pressed the young man's shoulder.The water droplets on the sleeves were thrown out with powerful movements, splashing a few on the side of the boy's face.

The young man struggled for a while, and finally had to be slapped on the back of the shoulder a few more times. He thought he was doomed, but he didn't expect that the man behind him let go of his hand suddenly, hung half a string of copper coins around his neck, and then walked past him shoulders and walked out of the alley.

Looking at the man's back, the young man was stunned, and he chased after the half hanging money: "I can't take this money."

"Why can't you want it?" Gu Nanxing said as he walked, "I want it if I steal it, but I don't want it if I give it openly. Do you think my coins are smelly, or are you afraid that I will report to the government and slander you for stealing my money?"

Gu Nan walked fast, and the young man followed beside him, trotting a few steps from time to time to keep up.

"As long as you don't report to the police, I'll pay you whatever you want," the boy said.

Gu Nanxing walked faster and faster: "It's not my purse you stole, why are you apologizing to me?"

"Then let me pay that young master as much as I want," said the young man with his head bowed in a low voice. "I didn't expect him to fall into the water. If something happens to him..."

"Stop," Gu Nanxing stopped, turned his head and said, "You can talk to him about this yourself, I won't take the matter of losing money."

The young man paused, clenched the copper plate in his hand, and asked cautiously, "Then... will you report to the police?"

Seeing the young man's timidity, Gu Nanxing could always recall the way Xu Guo shrunk his shoulders when he first saw him, and seeing that he was about the same age as Ji Dong, Gu Nanxing was even more ruthless.

Who knows that walking along this river and lake road can soften my heart.

He sighed helplessly, and said with a chuckle: "You are lucky, brother, I have committed half my life to kill, and I am tired. I want to be a god and Buddha today, and ask for the mercy of all sentient beings. I will not report to the officials. But the money is not free, you can use whichever hand you want to pay for it. In the future, do some serious business. If you make money, remember to redeem your hands as soon as possible, otherwise I will bump into my unclean hands and feet next time. This hand Whether to cut it or break it depends on my mood."

After finishing speaking, Gu Nanxing blew on the broken hair that fell on his forehead, then turned his head and disappeared into the alley.

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When Gu Nanxing returned to the shore, it was already evening, the sky was covered with sunset glow, and the golden-red sunset was covered by a piece of red-purple, retreating from the top of the mountain bit by bit.

Yi Qinchen still stayed where he was, and it wasn't that his eyes were completely blind, but he couldn't see anything clearly either. To him, the difference between day and night was just whether the dim light in front of him faded or not. Gotta clean up.

When Gu Nanxing came, Yi Qinchen was squatting alone next to a thick tree trunk, his clothes were covered with mud and grass, but no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't make people disgusted, he was so desolate that he was still like this. It just makes people feel pitiful.

Yi Qinchen was a little sleepy after squatting for a long time, but suddenly woke up when he heard the sound of footsteps, and stood up while touching the tree trunk.But his legs were numb from squatting. When he got up, his right leg felt weak for a while, and he almost fell to the ground again. Fortunately, someone helped him in his hand, and he also stuffed a money bag into his hand.

Before he could say thanks, Gu Nanxing's voice came from Yi Qinchen's ear: "It's only three things, this purse has been fumbled twice, and it would be too much to throw it away."

After running back and forth, Gu Nanxing's clothes were almost dry, but Yi Qinchen vaguely felt a little cold wetness from his arms.He sniffed the fingertips that had touched the spot, and smelled a faint smell of blood, so he didn't dare to touch Gu Nanxing's arm any more. He only supported the tree trunk and asked, "Are you injured?"

Gu Nanxing's tone was relaxed: "The minor injury from the past few days is just broken, it's not a problem."

Yi Qinchen believed it, and asked the boy who stole money: "That man..."

Gu Nanxing replied: "Look at him, he is still a half-grown boy. He was taught a lesson before he was sent to the government."

Gu Nan probably stayed under the shade of the tree all the time. When he walked to Yi Qinchen's side, he realized that his clothes were still wet, so he reached out and touched his sleeves, and said, "You don't even know what happened here. After a fire, the clothes on the outside are still wet, wouldn’t it be even more wet on the inside.”

Yi Qinchen smiled embarrassingly: "I'm afraid I won't be able to find it if I go far away, and I'll be worried if Brother Gu can't find me."

Gu Nanxing doesn't know how to comment on this kind of mentality that is full of consideration for others. Over the years, he has done a lot of murder business, and all he sees are life-and-death grievances. For the latter, I feel that the person standing in front of me may really be a god and Buddha who has crossed the catastrophe.

"It's getting dark, anyway, today you and I have not ended our relationship with Buddha, so I will send Buddha to the west," Gu Nanxing said, "Where do you live, I will send you back first, and this clothes should be changed as soon as possible."

He admits that he is still not the kind person who is always willing to do good, and that he wants to send Yi Qinchen home mainly because he wants to take the opportunity to get close to the old lady in his family. However, he really wants to find a place to settle down quickly, because His head was getting more and more dizzy.

Yi Qinchen didn't refuse: "There is a deserted village outside the town. Brother Gu led me to the town entrance, and I will be able to recognize the way."

Seeing that the sky was getting darker, Gu Nanxing didn't delay any longer, bent down to pick up a long wooden branch, handed one end of the branch to Yi Qinchen, and said, "Hold on, I'll take the lead. When you get to the entrance of the town, you and I will take the lead together." I said how to go."

Yi Qinchen took the wooden branches and followed them all the way.

"What did you jump into the river on the bridge just now?" Gu Nanxing asked suddenly.

Yi Qinchen said, "I want to pick up bamboo baskets."

Gu Nanxing pushed aside the branches that had appeared on the path for him, and asked, "Is it important that the bamboo basket was not picked up?"

"Actually, it's not a valuable thing. It's just that it's not easy for Cigu to weave a bamboo basket. At that time, she didn't care whether it was dangerous or not. She thought that if she could pick it up, she wouldn't have to weave another one, and it would save some money." Who knows that you fell into the water." Yi Qinchen smiled guiltily.

Hearing this, Gu Nanxing's expression moved slightly, but then he grinned and said, "Thanks to your jump, I did another great deed today. When I go to hell later, I can ask the gods and Buddhas to save me. Lest you fall into the sea of ​​bitterness and lose your soul."

But Yi Qinchen said: "The Buddha looks at you and me, and he will definitely favor you."

Gu Nanxing turned his head and asked, "Why?"

"Because you're a good person." Yi Qinchen's eyes were too clear under the moonlight, and when he stared at one place calmly, he really made people feel cute.

After looking at the man twice more by the moonlight, Gu Nanxing said: "You don't even know how my nose and eyes grow. I've helped you twice so you can say I'm a good person. If I pretend to be a pig Tiger, what should I do if the scheme is wrong, I will sell you, and you really count the money for me?"

Yi Qinchen blinked, and said: "If it's a conspiracy, I'm so poor that I can't even afford a handful of leeks, and I'm blind and I can't even walk smoothly. You're trying to win my trust, what are you trying to do to me?"

Gu Nanxing said nonsense: "Then can't it be that I am ugly and want to deceive a good-looking person to go home and become a wife?"

"Really?" Yi Qinchen said, "But I'm a man."

Hearing the man answering his nonsense so earnestly, Gu Nanxing said with a smile: "I'm bluffing, those liars and bastards like to pick on you to be honest and bully, and they dare to close their eyes and follow you after only a few times of helping you." People go."

Yi Qinchen said, "If I could see it, I would follow you."

"Come on, no matter what I do, you can only follow me now," Gu Nanxing paused, and suddenly lowered his voice, "But I'm really not a good person, but there are still people worse than me." It’s just in this world, otherwise I’m seeking some kind of merit, and I don’t really want to become a Buddha.”