Broken Iron Clothes

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The next day, after listening to the discussion between Xu Bing and Feng Ruoping, Xu Yixu had just returned to his room to take a shower and change clothes, when there was a soft sound outside the door.

Lu Xiu came from the door and called out, "Master."

Xu Yixu straightened his clothes and asked, "How is it going?"

Lu Xiu said: "Duke Yu has been secretly investigating Wei Ningzhan's case for the past few days. Yesterday he sent people to find the governor of Ningzhou at that time. King Yin and Marquis Yizhong don't know about his investigation yet. Sand Snake I also sent people over there to instigate, and they don't trust Yi Zhonghou and Xu Taiwei very much now."

Xu Yixu said indifferently: "Feng Ruoping and Feng Han have worked so hard for so many years, and they should be rewarded. Right now, Feng Ruoping can't find Cui Cheng and can't summon Sand Snake. After Yan Youqian finds out the truth, he will be in Mingtang." Tell the world, I don't know if my good husband can come up with any good plan to exonerate Feng Shi, and only then will he know how stupid it is to help a rebellious king who is in collusion with foreign enemies .”

As he spoke, he walked to the desk, picked up an apple, picked up a knife and peeled it, and asked, "Where's Jiang Shiqing?"

Lu Xiu looked at his methodical movements, and said: "Jiang Shiqing has been out of the house a few times recently, but he is often followed by a young man, that young man is smart, I didn't dare to follow too closely, but I saw Yuan Mucheng twice. went to the same place as him."

Xu Yixu's force was uneven, and the skin was suddenly cut off. He flicked the peel hanging between his fingers in displeasure, and asked, "Where is it?"

Lu Xiu bowed his head: "This subordinate is incompetent. Once he was almost discovered by the lieutenant next to Yuan Mucheng, so I stopped following him."

"Jianghuaichuan..." Xu Yixu chuckled as he read the name, and then lowered his eyes to pick off the remaining peel.

The shiny knife surface was stained with a lot of juice, Xu Yixu slightly raised his hand and raised the knife.The side of the knife dripping with juice lightly rubbed against the lower lip, leaving a fresh and fruity fragrance.

Xu Yixu smiled slightly, his supposedly innocent deer eyes instantly showed bloodthirsty greed, he pursed his lips, savoring the sweetness left on his lips, and said in a low voice: "My good brother, long time no see, can you Don't do anything that makes me unhappy."

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This day was the day when Gu Nanxing returned to his home, Zhong Dingshan was hanging around the door early in the morning, when he saw Gu Nanxing driving a carriage coming from afar, he pretended to be casual and went back to the courtyard to report the news.

"Boy Gu is here," Zhong Dingshan pointed casually, "It's outside."

Everyone was well aware of Zhong Dingshan's ability to pretend not to care, and they didn't say anything explicitly, so they went outside the door to greet people with smiles.

Gu Nanxing just stopped the carriage, jumped out of the carriage, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and took all the people inside first.

Jiang Shiqing stood by the door and watched, seeing that Gu Nanxing led down a young man who was about the same age as Ji Dong first, then led a blindfolded young man, and finally supported a man with a lot of silver thread embedded in his black hair woman.

When the woman got out of the car, she glanced at the door, and her eyes stopped on him and Jiang Yu for a moment.Jiang Shiqing thought it was strange, but he didn't ask, but after listening to Gu Nanxing's introduction, he could probably match the person and the name - the young man was named Lin Song, the blindfolded boy was named Yi Qinchen, and the Mute woman, they all call her Cigu.

After Gu Nanxing introduced himself to everyone outside the door, he made a few jokes and greeted everyone into the house.

When entering the door, Gu Nanxing seemed to be absent-minded. Jiang Shiqing glanced at him a few times, but when he lowered his head, he saw that the other jug ​​on the man's waist was almost scratched by his tight fingers, so he stretched out his hand and pressed his hand lightly. wrist.

Gu Nanxing's heart skipped a beat, but he just turned his face and smiled back at him with the corners of his mouth pulled, and then led the people to the front hall.

This time there were so many people that the spacious front hall was full.Gu Nanxing described the acquaintance of Yi Qinchen and Cigu in a few sentences, and then when he introduced the young man, he only said that his name was Lin Song, and that Yi Qinchen met when he was looking for a doctor but had no money to buy medicine. , the young man paid for the medicine for him, and said that Gu Nanxing was his savior. Since then, the young man has been by their side.

Everyone was in a fog when they heard it, and they only felt that Gu Nanxing had shown so much compassion this time that he actually brought so many people into his house.

The front hall was peaceful and happy, but Jiang Yu looked uncomfortable, and went back to the room after sitting for a long time.Ji Dong sat on the side and didn't speak all the time. She was actually not very happy in her heart, probably because she felt that Gu Nanxing really didn't want to talk to her anymore, and even found someone to replace her, just once. three.

Gu Nanxing saw what Ji Dong was thinking, so he stepped forward and put his arms around her shoulders, and said to Lin Song, "This is my girl Ji Dong, and that is Xu Guo, a boy from the Huaichuan family."

Lin Song hurriedly bowed to someone, this was the fifth time he saluted since he entered the door.Seeing that he was a little restrained, Xu Guo took the initiative to talk to him.

Ji Dong leaned against Gu Nanxing's ear and asked in a low voice: "Master, why did you bring so many people back?"

"It's a long story, don't worry," Gu Nanxing bumped Ji Dong with his shoulder, and smiled at her, "You two lead Cigu and Lin Song around the house first."

Immediately afterwards, Gu Nanxing helped Yi Qinchen up, and Zhong Dingshan, who was sitting beside Jiang Shiqing, went straight out: "Huaichuan, borrow your Mr. Lin Meng."

"Hey you boy," Zhong Dingshan wanted to curse again, but he still remembered what Jiang Yu had said to him, so he suppressed his anger, "What are you talking about, I can walk by myself!"

After Gu Nanxing led the two of them to his room, he suddenly said to Zhong Dingshan solemnly: "Mr. Lin Meng, please take a look at Qinchen's eyes for me first."

Seeing his sincerity, Zhong Dingshan took a deep breath and said, "Bring me my medicine box."

Yi Qinchen saluted him, "There is Mr. Lau Lin Meng."

After the medicine box was delivered, Zhong Dingshan went to see the doctor in the room, while Gu Nanxing obediently retreated outside the door and waited.He wandered around for several times, leaned against the corridor and almost dozed off, and fell forward when he heard the sound of the door, making himself tremble with fright.

After seeing Zhong Dingshan's figure, Gu Nanxing jumped up and walked over.

Before Gu Nanxing could ask a question, Zhong Dingshan came straight to the point and said bluntly: "It can be saved, it is due to stagnation of qi and blood caused by the residual poison. After the poison is removed, it needs to be treated with medicine for a period of time, and then massage the eyes properly every day. In this way, we can slowly recover some years ago.”

Gu Nanxing's face was filled with joy, and he immediately gave up the hype: "I just want to say that Mr. Lin Meng's wonderful hand has rejuvenated and the genius doctor is reborn—"

Zhong Dingshan quickly waved his hand: "You have to shut up, I ask you, where did you kidnap that handsome boy?"

Gu Nanxing blinked guiltyly: "It's from Qinzhou."

"You..." Zhong Dingshan glanced into the room, then lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Did you go to Qinzhou to find out the news?"

Gu Nanxing also lowered his voice: "I found out, wouldn't this bring him back?"

"You didn't say what you were going to do before you left, but you brought a bunch of people with you when you came back, and you confused people who didn't know about it," Zhong Dingshan patted his chest with the back of his hand as he said, "What about your going to Qinzhou?" They also talked about it differently, which made me feel guilty for a long time."

Gu Nanxing frowned, wondering: "It's hard to say."

"Can you talk now?" Zhong Dingshan looked at him.

Unexpectedly, Gu Nanxing suddenly said seriously: "Can you say that I'm afraid I can't make the decision, I have to discuss it with Mr. Chuan."

Zhong Dingshan raised his head and said dissatisfiedly: "Hey, isn't it about Huaichuan? Why did it have something to do with Yuchuan again? At first they were hanging on, but now they are hanging on me again, right?"

In fact, Gu Nanxing was also very confused. After knowing the secret about Jiang Shiqing in Qinzhou, until today when he returned to Yancheng and saw Jiang Shiqing himself, he was thinking about how to deal with this matter. When things are said, who should they tell and how should they be said.

"No, sir, once you forgive me, just pretend you don't know," Gu Nanxing ran into the room, "Then what, I'll pay you Qinchen's medical expenses from the pension money later. "

"Hey Gu boy!" Zhong Dingshan couldn't help but slapped the medicine box in his hand, "What a brat."

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Just after noon, Gu Nanxing urged Jiang Shiqing to go out on the pretext of asking him to help pick out a few sets of clothes for the three people who just arrived today.Jiang Shiqing guessed that Gu Nanxing must have something to say and it was inconvenient to say it in front of him, so he followed Gu Nanxing's wishes and went out.

He didn't tell anyone when he went out. After walking to the market alone, he chose a cloth shop that looked pretty good from the outside. Helped to deliver it to Jiang's house, and then continued to stroll along the street alone.

When passing by Xunzhenzhai, which specializes in selling Wenwan jewelry, he stopped, thinking that he would be free now, and he could pick out some more items for the two gentlemen, so he turned and walked in the door.

Jiang Shiqing turned around inside, picked out a huanghuali bracelet and a small-leaf red sandalwood pen holder, and just now asked the shopkeeper to wrap the two items, when he was attracted by a string of spike pendants that were prominently displayed.

The fangs still had blood streaks, full and powerful, with an innate bloodthirsty nature.

When he saw it, he thought it belonged to Yuan Mucheng.

The shopkeeper saw that Jiang Shiqing stopped and looked at it for a long time, and his hands were generous, so he said a few more words: "Guest officer has good eyesight, this wolf tooth is a rare thing, it was only shipped from Yuzhou half a month ago. This tooth was pulled out from the mouth of the most ferocious leader wolf in the snow mountain, strung together as a pendant and hung on his chest, it will surely ward off disasters and save lives."

"It's really strange to see Langya in Jacheng." Suddenly, a refreshing young master came sideways by himself, glanced at the Langya pendant, stared at Jiang Shiqing and said with a smile, "Master, are you interested in this pendant?"

"I'm not very interested, I just want to buy it." Jiang Shiqing didn't even look at the person next to him, turned around and said to the shopkeeper, "I want this thing."

"Okay! Wait a moment, officer." The shopkeeper responded and ran to the counter to order the shop assistants. At this time, the shop was deserted, and there were only two people left.

Jiang Shiqing still didn't give Xu Yixu a look, but quietly looked at the other objects in the store, without a trace of a smile the whole time, and it was as cold and hard as an ice cellar in the cold sky.

Xu Yixu kept looking at him, his eyes showed appreciation and enthusiasm for tasting the treasure, but there was still some anticipation and flattery.

After a while, Jiang Shiqing suddenly said, "You followed me outside Buzhuang just now, what do you mean?"

Xu Yixu closed his eyes and smiled, with subtle satisfaction.It turned out that Jiang Shiqing had seen him.

At the moment when he opened his eyes, Jiang Shiqing's unbiased eyes stared straight into his pupils, Xu Yixu looked at him, and his heart suddenly felt a throbbing joy.

Even if that look is indifferent, he doesn't care, as long as Jiang Shiqing looks at him, he is sure to burn his eyes with fire, no matter the cost.

"I haven't seen you for many years, you really don't remember me," Xu Yixu smiled and called softly, "Brother."

He bit the last two words intimately, and he also disguised his appearance beautifully, like a clean and simple kind person, even with a bright smile.

But Jiang Shiqing felt a coldness from it, and it was a kind of coolness that was so weird that it penetrated into the bone marrow.

"elder brother."

There was only one person in this life who called him that, and it was nine years ago when Zhong Dingshan was passing through Yingzhou with him seriously injured.

At that time, a blood-stained teenager followed them for several days after being rescued by them, but suddenly disappeared one morning, and there was no news after that.

When he followed them, the young man didn't rely on Zhong Dingshan, nor did he follow Gu Nanxing, but he had to cling to Jiang Shiqing's side every day and night, even at night.

Regardless of whether Jiang Shiqing had a fever or was in a coma, the boy would always lean into his ear and call "Brother" several times before going to sleep before he would obediently slip into his arms and fall asleep.

But the boy's closeness was unusual, Jiang Shiqing could feel it back then.Even if that kind of intimacy is placed on relatives and friends who are intimate with him, it is too much.

"Guest officer, everything is packed for you, please take it." The shopkeeper stepped forward and handed the things.

Jiang Shiqing took the hand, and said calmly: "Next time, if you have something to say, you don't have to follow." Without another word of reply, he went to the counter to pay the bill, and then left Xunzhenzhai.

Xu Yixu stood there, watching the man's clothes fluttering past the door slowly disappearing into the sea of ​​people, the smile in his eyes gradually turned frosty.

"Born." He whispered.

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New characters in this chapter

Compassionate Aunt: She served Concubine Ru in the palace before, but she was poisoned and dumb, and fled to Qinzhou

Lin Song: 17 years old, a thief who previously stole Yi Qinchen's purse