Tao Mo's chest rose and fell.
His body and mind are in two worlds. The body is drifting in the aftermath of the turbulent sea, but the thoughts still stay at the moment when Gu She's lips kissed her.
Fragile memories slowly flooded into my heart along the remaining touch of the skin.
Tao Mo's Adam's apple moved up and down, and he turned his head cautiously.
Gu She was lying on his back, the sunlight outside the window outlined the lines of his side face, smooth and delicate like a creation of God.
Tao Mo looked a little crazy.
Gu She suddenly opened his eyes and stared fixedly at the top of the tent, "Can't sleep?" His voice was hoarse and deep, full of unfinished ambiguity, which was quite different from usual.
Tao Mo's lower abdomen tightened, and his buttocks moved to the other side inexplicably, but it caused a burst of pain. He wrinkled his face and said with a dry smile, "Yes."
Gu She said: "Thinking about the assassin?"
Tao Mo was taken aback. After entering the bridal chamber, the assassin was thrown away by him. "No, no."
"The Wu family?"
"nor."
Gu She pursed her lips tightly into a line, and the corners of her lips raised slightly.
Tao Mo's stomach suddenly gurgled. He said awkwardly, "I'm probably a little hungry."
Gu She finally turned his head.
It was dark inside the tent.
Tao Mo could only use the Gu She in his memory to describe the outline in front of him, the straight nose bridge, the flying eyebrows, and the pupils reflecting his own figure.
Gu She suddenly leaned over.
Tao Mo's body stiffened immediately.
But Gu She just reached out and pulled up the quilt to cover his exposed shoulders.
"Thank you." Tao Mo's voice was in his mouth.
Gu She sat up suddenly, "Since you're hungry, get up."
"Ah?" Tao Mo looked at Gu She and turned his head, his eyes gradually burning hot, and he realized that because he got up and put on the quilt, he was naked from his chest to his lower abdomen.
"..."
Gu She went out in cloak, and after a while, Gu Xiaojia sent someone to bring in two buckets of hot water.
Gu She said to Tao Mo who was hiding under the blanket and refused to come out: "Let's take a bath."
Tao Mo exposed half of his head, and wanted to touch the clothes, but it took him a long time to find that the clothes were thrown five or six feet away from the bed—by Gu She's feet.
Gu She looked at him leisurely, without any intention of helping.
Tao Mo swallowed, grabbed the quilt and sat up, moving himself slowly. The light in front of him was suddenly blocked, he looked up, but saw Gu She bent down and hugged him out of the quilt.
His body suddenly slumped a little, and Tao Mo grabbed Gu She's lapel in horror.
Gu She moved a little bit, and his usually cold face rarely turned red.
The two awkwardly dragged each other to the barrel.
Tao Mo barely stepped on the ground with one foot, blushed and looked up at Gu She, "I can do it myself..."
Gu She bent down and took a slow breath.
Just when Tao Mo thought he would put him down, Gu She suddenly threw him into the barrel with all his strength.
thump.
Water splash.
Tao Mo's head fell into the water, and finally struggled to get up, coughing violently.
Gu She patted his back.
Tao Mo rubbed his nose and raised his head, just in time to meet Gu She's slightly embarrassed expression, although it was fleeting, he was sure it wasn't his dazzled just now.
"Do you need help?" Gu She's expression returned to normal.
Tao Mo hurriedly shook his head and said, "I can do it myself."
Gu She turned around and took off his drenched robe, walked along the low stool and stepped into the wooden barrel next to him. His long black hair slid down his neck into the water, and his white shoulders held the sides of the barrel. He seemed tired, leaning against the barrel, and quickly closed his eyes.
Tao Mo looked secretly, and the scene of Gu She crawling on him appeared in his mind, and his body and thoughts gradually showed signs of churning. He hurriedly turned his head, tried to calm down, covered his mouth with his hands, shrank his body little by little, and let the hot water overflow his head.
After bathing, the two had dinner, and Gu She accompanied Tao Mo back to the yamen.
Seeing Tao Mo appear, Old Tao was taken aback, "Master, why are you here?"
Tao Mo walked awkwardly, so he could only move slowly. Fortunately, Gu She was with him, so it wasn't too abrupt. "I couldn't sleep, so I came to see how the case progressed."
"Can't sleep?" Lao Tao's attention was obviously focused on the previous sentence. He looked at Gu She, as if trying to find clues from his face.
Gu She led Tao Mo into the study as if no one was around.
Lao Tao turned to look at Gu Xiaojia and Hao Guozi.
Hao Guozi hadn't fully adapted to the fact that her young master married a man, so she stood there awkwardly.
Gu Xiaojia got used to it quickly, and casually patted Hao Guozi on the shoulder, saying, "Hurry up and prepare tea." Then he said to Lao Tao, "Madam wants to see the progress of the case, why don't you go to the study?"
"..."
Gu Xiaojia left calmly.
Lao Tao and Hao Guozi looked at each other, with one word in their heads—
lady
After the former county magistrate passed away, his wife sold a lot of things from the county government.
When Tao Mo took office, there was only an old desk and two chairs left in the study. Although Lao Tao bought a few more later, but now there are only two desks, a few chairs, a bookcase, and not even decent calligraphy and paintings.
Gu She glanced around, frowning slightly. When he came to the county government before, he only paid attention to tea, but now it seems that he is not satisfied with anything.
Tao Mo got used to it, and sat down behind the desk slowly.
As soon as Gu Xiaojia entered the door, he saw Gu She's dissatisfied side face. As soon as he rolled his eyes, he knew the reason, and immediately turned and ran out.
After a while, he was seen carrying a lot of things from the carriage.
Tao Mo stared blankly at him as he pulled himself up from the chair, spread a cushion, and put a woolen blanket on his lap to keep him warm, then turned around and put the incense burner on the desk that Master Jin often used.
"This..." Tao Mo looked at Gu She.
Gu She nodded slightly, seemingly satisfied.
Gu Xiaojia's eyebrows danced brightly, and Hao Guozi, who stood by and waited on him after serving the tea, shook his eyebrows.
Hao Guozi turned to look away.
Old Tao coughed dryly, pulled back everyone's thoughts, and said, "As I said just now, those assassins are all desperadoes in the Jianghu. They don't know who their employers are, they only know that the person who made the connections is Boss Zhou. This time, Boss Zhou, I Someone has been sent to investigate, presumably there will be news in a few days."
Gu Xiaojia said: "Maybe there is no Boss Zhou and Boss Mi at all, they just made it up. I think the mastermind behind the scenes is probably that Huang Guangde."
Hao Guozi said: "I think so too." I don't know when, whenever something bad happens, the first thing he thinks of is Huang Guangde.
Old Tao said: "At present, there is no evidence."
Tao Mo said: "Although Huang Guangde has committed many crimes, he cannot be wronged." He remembered the frame-up proposed by Yue Ling and Gu She before, and couldn't help but glance at Gu She.
Gu She is tasting tea, but judging from his frowning, the taste of the tea is not to his liking.
Lao Tao said: "I have sent people to collect Huang Guangde's criminal evidence, and it will be sent to Tanyang in a few days."
"You don't need to send it to Tanyang." Gu She slowly put down the teacup, "Send it to the capital."
Old Tao looked at him in surprise.
Tao Mo raised his buttocks, then fell back quickly, and said with a bitter face: "Do you want to go to Beijing to sue the imperial court? But, I heard that such a leapfrogging appeal is going to be nailed down."
Lao Tao, Hao Guozi and Gu Xiaojia all turned to look at him.
Gu She said: "It's time to let Hao Guozi or Gu Xiaojia go."
Hao Guozi and Gu Xiaojia: "..."
Tao Mo hurriedly said: "No, this matter is caused by me, I should get out!"
Seeing Tao Mo's words were sincere, Lao Tao vowed, coughing dryly, "I think with Mr. Gu around, it shouldn't be like this."
Tao Mo suddenly remembered that Gu She's father was the current Prime Minister Gu, and couldn't help but blush.
Old Tao said: "I will continue to pursue the matter between the assassin and Huang Guangde. As for the Wu family..."
Seeing his perplexed expression, Tao Mo asked, "What's wrong with them?"
Old Tao said: "Master Jin has already sent them back to the village, but on the way they didn't say a word and refused to tell the truth."
Tao Mo said, "Could it be that they have something to hide?"
Gu Xiaojia said: "In my opinion, they are thugs! They want to blackmail Shi Qianshan, but Shi Qianshan is not a good thing, so dog bite dog, mouth hair."
Hao Guozi said: "What does this matter have to do with Shi Qianshan? He is clearly the victim."
Gu Xiaojia said: "How do you know that Shi Qianshan didn't just see the color?"
Old Tao said: "According to what Shi Qianshan said, this is a game of tricks. The Ninth Prince used the Wu family to tease Shi Qianshan. Due to Shi Qianshan's identity as the Ninth Prince, Shi Qianshan could only know that there was a trap before. , but squatted in. But he relied on Shi Taishi’s influence in the court in his heart, so he was confident. After all, it only suffered from the Wu couple and Miss Wu who committed suicide.”
Gu She said: "Suffering is suffering, suicide is not necessarily."
Old Tao said: "Don't you doubt that Miss Wu is still alive?"
Gu She said: "If she is not still alive, why can't the Wu couple hand over her body?"
Lao Tao and Tao Mo looked at each other.
Old Tao said: "In your opinion, is it the Ninth Prince's intention that Miss Wu is not dead, or the Wu couple's own intention?" If it was the Ninth Prince's intention, it means that Miss Wu's suicide was a harmless joke in the first place. If the Wus and his wife meant it, then this has become an out-and-out conspiracy from beginning to end.
Gu She cast a sideways glance at him and said, "Is it important?"
Old Tao was startled.
Gu She said: "Who lost?"
Old Tao was thoughtful.
Tao Mo interjected, "If Miss Wu is not dead, then this case is not established, and Shi Qianshan should be acquitted. At present, we only need to see if Miss Wu is not dead, and whether Shi Qianshan will pursue the crime of framing Wu and his wife .”
Gu She said: "It's not difficult. You just need to release the news that the murderer of Wu Qian has been found out to be not Shi Qianshan, but the Wu family and his wife."
Old Tao said: "Will Miss Wu go back to the capital to ask the Ninth Prince for help?"
Gu She said: "Then let her be out of reach. It is reported that Wu and his wife are on a hunger strike in prison. I'm afraid she will show up in time."
Lao Tao's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "Okay! I'll tell Master Jin immediately."