Chapter 18 Gu Changxiao
Grandpa Ling winked at her, and Jin Sui instantly understood that grandpa didn't want her to tell anyone about her past with this man.
When I first passed through the border, I heard people discussing whether this person was a notorious bandit or a criminal who had committed many crimes. Anyway, it would be best if we could avoid any connection with him.
Unexpectedly, that person was quite perceptive. His sharp eyes were like a deep pool. He glanced at Jin Sui and Grandpa Ling's expressions and guessed:
"Have you seen me?"
The voice was mellow and soft, like the timbre of a cello. Jin Sui couldn't help but think of the sound of his smile, which must be elegant and noble.
In her previous life, she studied dubbing and was obsessed with the voices of certain male voice actors. This person's voice was even more moving than any other male voice actor she had ever heard.
Seeing that Jin Sui remained silent for a long time, he raised his eyes slightly and looked at her, saying "Hmm?" neither lightly nor heavily.
Jin Sui responded very quickly: "I haven't seen you before, but I saw that you were so handsome that I couldn't help but take a few more glances."
Grandpa Ling stepped forward and said, "Master Ji Xu, these two are my grandsons, Ji Sui and Ji An. May I ask your name, sir?"
"Young Master was also captured by the bandits? The three of us, the grandfather and grandson, were also captured. Do you know how these bandits will deal with us?"
Jin Sui found it funny to see Jin An silently memorizing the three people's new names.
My grandmother’s surname was Ji, and my grandfather took a pseudonym. The surname he used in his first performance was Ji, which shows how loyal he was.
The man was silent for a moment and then said, "Gu Changxiao, Taoist Priest, you are polite."
"These bandits are arresting people for mining. They won't kill people indiscriminately until the mines are fully mined."
Jin Sui instinctively felt that this Gu Changxiao was also a pseudonym he had temporarily given himself. Of course, she would not point it out. It was fair between two pseudonyms.
But what puzzled her was: "Since he wouldn't kill people randomly, how did he get all these injuries?"
Gu Changxiao said without hiding anything: "If anyone tries to escape, he will be whipped 100 times after being caught."
Jin An was shocked: "One hundred lashes! Isn't that beating him to death?"
Grandpa Ling asked Jin Sui hurriedly: "Do you have any more medicine for the wound? Give some to Master Gu."
The grandfather and grandson were in perfect sync. Jinsui understood that his grandfather wanted to ask Gu Changxiao for escape experience.
After all, failure is the mother of success. If we learn from those who have failed, we will gain more experience for success.
Jin Sui hurriedly took out the medicine she got from the space and wanted to go forward to help Gu Changxiao apply the medicine, but was rejected by him.
After he took the medicine, he sniffed it again and again, and asked without changing his expression: "What is this medicine? Where did you get it from?"
Jin Sui opened his mouth and said, "It was prepared by the doctor in town. Are you afraid it might be poisonous?"
She saw Gu Changxiao covering his shoulder with a serious expression, but he didn't say anything else.
He slowly applied the medicine to himself, and the yellow powder poured onto the torn skin.
Even the three onlookers felt very painful, but this man remained calm and just pursed his lips slightly.
He is such a deep-minded person, his face seems to be covered with a thick mask, no one can get a glimpse of his true thoughts.
After applying the medicine, he stood up and bowed to Grandpa Ling: "Thank you for your help, Taoist."
Grandpa Ling hurriedly helped him sit down and asked him questions like an elder, asking where he came from and why he was caught by the bandits. Jin Sui pretended to continue checking the woodshed, but actually pricked up his ears to listen. In the end, he found that the old fox was no match for the young fox. This guy surnamed Gu was very knowledgeable about nonsense literature.
He answered Grandpa Ling's questions appropriately, but he didn't get any useful information.
Suddenly, the aroma of meat came from outside the door. The aroma was so strong that it made people salivate.
Then the door was pushed open, and a bandit with a piece of meat in his hand and mouth greasy, pointed at Grandpa Ling and said:
"Hey, Taoist priest, follow me."
Jin Sui was very anxious: "Where are you taking my grandpa? My grandpa has difficulty walking, take me with you!"
The man was not angry, he raised the meat in his hand and said:
"I didn't expect that the three of you, old and young, could still kill a wolf!"
"For the sake of this wolf meat, you, help your grandfather come over here."
He was referring to Jin'an. Jinsui was angry and aggrieved. She had pickled the remaining wolf meat with fine salt, so of course it tasted good.
I didn't finish my meal on the way, so it ended up being eaten by these bandits.
Fortunately, she kept most of it in her space, otherwise she would have been so angry that she would have died watching the wolf meat being fed to the vicious dogs.
Grandpa Ling was afraid that he would anger the bandits and have Jin Sui whipped, so he hurriedly told her:
"It looks like they won't kill us. Just wait here and I'll go see what they're going to do."
Unexpectedly, just as Grandpa Ling and his two companions left and Jin Sui was trying to get some information out of this man named Gu, another bandit came in.
Pointing at Gu Changxiao, he said, "Since you can stand up, get to work!"
Jinsui was busy imitating himself as a good boy, sticking to the corner and not moving.
Unfortunately, it was useless. The bandit pointed at Jinsui and said, "Old and young people can't do heavy work. Don't be lazy. Go to the mine for me."
When he sent Jinsui and Gu Changxiao to the mine, the miner asked as soon as he saw Jinsui: "Why aren't you wearing shackles? This kid looks dishonest."
Jin Sui glanced at Gu Changxiao's ankle. The skin and flesh were worn away and the bones were visible.
He hurriedly smiled and said ingratiatingly: "I am very honest. I will do whatever you ask me to do. My grandfather and brother are still in your hands. I promise they won't run around."
Unexpectedly, this flattery backfired. The miner sneered:
"I knew he was a sly guy! Who of these newly captured fat sheep dares to talk to us? They don't even dare to look at us."
"Look at him, looking around, grinning, and looking like a sly guy. Quick, lock him up!"
Jin Sui was speechless and wanted to explain again, but then he heard the dark-skinned mountain bandit who had escorted them say:
"The shackles are gone, that's good..."
As he said this, he walked forward and opened Gu Changxiao's shackles, then locked one of them on Jinsui's foot. The shackles were very long, so he was not worried about affecting the work of the two.
However, Jin Sui was about to despair. How could I escape? She said anxiously, "Unlock me quickly, sir. We can't do anything if I lock you up like this!"
The miner raised his whip and said, "If you dare to shout again, I will beat you to death! Get back in and work."
In this way, Jinsui and Gu Changxiao became grasshoppers on the same rope, no, prisoners on the same chain.
The mine was not in a cave, but in the open air. The two men, together with a group of people with numb expressions, mined stones and moved them to the valley.
Because the two men were chained together, the miners would not allow them to move stones and only let them dig stones and load them onto trucks.
This was a very tiring job! Because they didn’t dare to use iron shovels, the tools were all made of wood or bamboo, which were difficult to use and heavy.
Jin Sui had only worked for half an hour when his hands were covered with blisters and his face was pale with exhaustion and sweat was pouring down.
The dust from the mine flew up straight into the air, stinging my lungs with a burning pain every time I breathed.
I lowered my head and felt dizzy, but I moved a little too slowly and the supervisor whipped me on the back.
Just as she loaded another cart and stood up, her vision went dark and she fell headfirst onto the pile of rocks, but her body was stopped by the long arms and did not fall.
The person who helped her up was Gu Changxiao. He frowned slightly, with a puzzled look on his face: "You look about fifteen or sixteen years old, why are you so weak?"
Jin Sui was afraid that he would see that she was a girl, so she said quickly, "My grandfather, my brother and I got lost in the mountains. We haven't eaten properly for a few days and we're hungry."
Gu Changxiao was silent after hearing this, and said after a long time:
"You won't be served until dark, so just bear with it. Don't dig so hard, just pretend, and I'll load the truck."
Jin Sui smiled gratefully: "Thank you, you are such a good person."
Gu Changxiao looked dejected when he heard this, and laughed at himself: "Good man, haha."
(End of this chapter)
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