There were rustling sounds in the carriage.
Gu Xiaojia slowly tilted her head back and leaned against the carriage to listen.
After a while, Gu She only heard Gu She say, "Learn the Analects today."
"Yes." Tao Mo agreed honestly.
"..." Gu Xiaojia retracted his head boredly.
I originally thought that even if I learned the Analects of Confucius, I would not be able to learn it for a long time, but who knew that I actually learned all the way to the capital.
Gu Xiaojia and Hao Guozi also fell in love with Tao Mo from the beginning to dizziness at the end. Tao Mo actually memorized everything after only listening to it twice at most. Even though he only memorized the words without meaning, he was still able to bluff people.
If it wasn't for the short distance, Tao Mo might really be able to memorize all the Four Books and Five Classics.
The streets of the capital are still bustling.
Hearing the familiar yelling, Gu Xiaojia's eyes were slightly wet, "I'm finally back."
Hao Guozi said, "How long has it been since you left the capital?"
Gu Xiaojia calculated with his fingers, "About ten years."
Hao Guozi asked in surprise, "Mr. Gu left home so early?"
Gu Xiaojia said: "Young master was sent to study in Youlin Academy by the master, so I went with him."
"Youlin Academy." Hao Guozi's tone was full of envy.
Gu Xiaojia drove the carriage to a remote alley, and finally stopped at the entrance of an inn with a crooked flagpole and dilapidated doors and windows.
Hao Guozi stared and said, "You don't want to say, we're staying here tonight, do you?"
Gu Xiaojia said: "It's not tonight, it's tonight, tomorrow night and later... As long as we are in the capital, we will live here."
Hao Guozi said: "Isn't Mr. Gu the son of Master Gu?" Why do you have to live in such a dilapidated inn instead of living in a good Xiangfu
Gu Xiaojia was about to speak when he saw Gu She and Tao Mo get out of the car, immediately shut his mouth, and only blinked at Hao Guozi.
Hao Guozi was at a loss.
Gu She said: "This is the inn where my mother used to come to."
Tao Mo said: "This inn must have been open for a long time."
Both Gu Xiaojia and Hao Guozi secretly admired Tao Mo. It is really not easy to find a description that is not a disadvantage for such an inn.
Gu She said: "My mother used to scold the owner of this inn every time she brought me here."
"Hahaha. She said, if you don't repair it when it's broken like this, you will crush yourself sooner or later!" The innkeeper came out of the inn with a smile. .”
Gu She saluted, "Boss Zhu."
Boss Zhu said: "I didn't expect that after a few years, I'm old, but you are handsome." As he spoke, he welcomed them into the inn, and Gu Xiaojia spontaneously parked the carriage to the backyard of the inn.
Gu She said, "How's the business going?"
Boss Zhu laughed at himself: "However, in such a big place, if there are real guests, they can't be hidden."
Gu She said: "Why don't you fix it?"
Boss Zhu said: "If it is repaired, it will not be the original Ningning Inn."
Hearing the word Ningning Inn, a trace of nostalgia flashed across Gu She's face.
Boss Zhu said: "Let's get down to business, I'm afraid you're not just coming back to the capital this time to take a look."
Gu She said: "I would like to ask my grandfather to hand me an imperial certificate."
Boss Zhu was taken aback, "Who did you offend? No, no, who offended you?"
Gu She said: "Huang Guangde."
Boss Zhu frowned and said: "He? Although he is a flattering villain, he is very measured in his actions. How did he offend you?" He knew that Gu She was a human being, and he always said that people would not offend me and I would not offend others.
Gu She said: "He killed my father-in-law, framed my wife, and assassinated me at the wedding banquet."
Boss Zhu's eyeballs almost dropped when he heard that. Fortunately, his eye sockets are not big, but they are very firm. After a while, he stammered and asked, "Are you married?"
Gu She nodded.
"I don't know who Madam is..." He saw Gu She gently push Tao Mo forward, and swallowed everything he wanted to say.
Tao Mo looked at him awkwardly and worriedly.
Boss Zhu's Adam's apple moved up and down several times before he said, "Are you hungry?"
Gu Shedao: "Sweet and sour fish, crystal elbow, Yipin tofu, chestnut chicken, steamed pork with flour, braised spring bamboo shoots in oil, Longjing shrimp..."
"Wait, wait. Speak slowly." Boss Zhu turned around and fetched a pen and paper.
Gu She glanced at Tao Mo.
Tao Mo obediently reported the dishes just now.
Boss Zhu memorized it, and stopped writing, "There are not many."
Gu She raised her eyebrows and said, "I just want to say, I won't eat any of these."
"..."
Gu She and Tao Mo stayed in the Ningning Inn like this.
Now the only thing that worries Tao Mo is Lao Tao. Ever since he left after worshiping Master Tao, he has lost his news and never met him on the road. Thinking of this, Tao Mo's heart was tightened. After his father passed away, Lao Tao was his closest elder, and his concern for him was second only to his father.
As the saying goes, say Cao Cao and Cao Cao will arrive.
As soon as Tao Mo and Gu She mentioned their concerns, Lao Tao came to the door that night.
The Ningning Inn is old, and one side knocks on the door and the other side wakes up.
As soon as Lao Tao entered the room, Gu Xiaojia and Hao Guozi rushed over after hearing the sound, and they were both surprised and happy to see Lao Tao.
Old Tao was also beaming with joy, "Master, Huang Guangde may find it hard to turn around this time!"
Tao Mo hurriedly asked why.
Lao Tao took the water Hao Guozi handed over, took a sip and said, "Do you know why Huang Guangde has been acting so frequently recently, even at the expense of offending Master Shi and Xiang Gu?"
The three heads other than Gu She were all shaking from side to side neatly.
"Because Huang Guangde was being watched." Old Tao said, "Do you still remember that I said I wanted to collect his criminal evidence but was discovered?"
Tao Mo nodded and said, "I remember."
"Actually, I wasn't the one who was discovered." Lao Tao felt much more at ease. He has been an elder of the Demon Sect for so many years, except for Ming Zun, he has never missed anyone else. "It's the supervisory censor who the emperor personally sent to various places to search. Huang Guangde knew that what he had done had been investigated and there was only evidence missing, so he wanted to destroy the evidence at all costs, so he killed Wanfeng and chased after Yi Yu, later implicated the young master."
Gu Xiaojia said: "Didn't Huang Guangde plant a lot of eyeliners in the capital? It's not a secret to monitor the censor's dispatch. How can no one inform him?"
Hao Guozi sneered and said, "It seems that Huang Guangde has committed such a heinous crime that even God wants to punish him!"
Old Tao said: "It is indeed retribution. Although Huang Guangde got the news in advance and arranged everything secretly, it's just that he has exhausted all the tricks, but he missed a link."
The others pricked up their ears when they heard his mysterious words.
"Pengxiang." Old Tao slowly spit out two words.
If he hadn't mentioned it, this name would have almost been lost in Hong Chen's memory of the past.
Tao Mo sighed, "I didn't expect him to be a loyal servant."
Hao Guozi was also surprised, "He went to stop the sedan chair to file a complaint?"
Old Tao said: "A complaint for stopping a sedan chair is a complaint for stopping a sedan chair, but it is not Huang Guangde who is suing."
Hao Guozi said, "Who is that?"
Old Tao said: "Yi Yu has lived in Qunxiang Building for many years, and was favored by Huang Guangde, but after his death, he didn't leave anything of value, don't you think it's strange?"
Hao Guozi said, "Maybe it was because he ran out of money when he was seriously ill."
"It's not that the money was spent, but it was swept away." Old Tao said, "When Yi Yu died, Peng Xiang took the treasures he had accumulated during his lifetime and flew away, thinking that he could live a comfortable life. I don't want the treasures on him Aroused the peeping of others, the man colluded with the local county magistrate to falsely accuse him of theft, robbed him of everything, and gave him a meal. How could Peng Xiang be willing to let his dream of prosperity and wealth that he had clung to for many years disappear like this? He In a fit of rage, he blocked the sedan chair of the supervisory censor."
Gu Xiaojia said: "What does that have to do with Huang Guangde? Could it be that the magistrate is a relative of Huang Guangde?"
Old Tao said: "It has nothing to do with Huang Guangde. The magistrate is the magistrate, and Huang Guangde is Huang Guangde. It's just that Peng Xiang had to move out of Yiyu in order to explain the origin of the treasure."
Tao Mo said: "But Yi Yu's death has nothing to do with Huang Guangde, so could it be that the imperial censor is pursuing Wan Feng's case?"
Gu She said: "No."
Tao Mo said, "How do you know?"
"The censor doesn't care about small cases." Gu She said.
Tao Mo was at a loss, "Are there still big and small cases of injustice?"
Gu Xiaojia explained: "Injustice cases are not divided into big and small cases, but officials and meritorious service are divided into big and small ones. You must know that the supervisory censor is a Beijing official sent by the emperor himself. If he doesn't do anything, he must be a local official." A big case that cannot be handled. If he intervenes in those small cases the size of sesame seeds and mung beans in the local area, wouldn’t it appear that the local officials are very incompetent? Doesn’t it appear that the emperor is incompetent and ignorant if the local officials are very incompetent? Therefore, even if the local officials If you are incompetent, you need to find a high-ranking official, otherwise how can you show your ability to supervise the censor?"
Tao Mo was dumbfounded.
Old Tao said: "That's exactly the reason. Therefore, the Supervising Censor immediately handed over this case to the immediate superior of Nazhi County."
The more Hao Guozi listened, the more confused he became, "Then how did it involve Huang Guangde?"
Old Tao said: "Peng Xiang has stayed in Qunxiang Building for so many years, how can he be a person without winks? He may not be able to figure out these truths at first, but after a long time, he will naturally figure it out. So, he threw There is a bait that makes the supervisory censor very interested."
Hao Guozi said, "Huang Guangde?"
Old Tao nodded and said, "It's Huang Guangde."
Hao Guozi said: "Could it be that he is holding Huang Guangde's criminal evidence?"
Old Tao shook his head and said: "If he had evidence of Huang Guangde's crime, Yiyu would have handed it over to the young master. Although he did not have evidence of Huang Guangde's crime, he found an irreversible charge for Huang Guangde."
Hearing this, Gu She already knew it in his heart.
Tao Mo and Hao Guozi were still at a loss.
Old Tao said: "Do you still remember who is the most taboo person of the Holy Spirit?"
Gu Xiaojia blurted out: "Lingyang King."
Old Tao said: "Pengxiang has been by Yiyu's side for many years, and Yiyu has been confiding in him. He has never concealed the fact that Huang Guangde has a gift from King Lingyang in his hands. In order to get rid of the evil spirit in his chest, and to get back those treasures, Peng Xiang took the risk and reported this matter to the supervisory censor. The supervisory censor is a Beijing official, and after so many years by the emperor's side, how could he not know what the emperor thinks. Gu Xiang can be flexible, but if King Lingyang is involved, even a hundred heads will fall to the ground."
Tao Mo sighed secretly. At the beginning, Yue Ling wanted to use this method to frame Huang Guangde, but he refused, because he believed that before the law, one should be impartial and selfless, and lies should not be tolerated. Even if he had revenge for killing his father, even if Huang Guangde was full of crimes, he should not be convicted by framing him, otherwise what is the difference between him and Huang Guangde? It's all about using power for personal gain. It's just that he didn't expect that Huang Guangde would end up on this dead end after going round and round.
Old Tao said: "Sure enough, the censor has become interested and has personally investigated. This is why Huang Guangde jumps over the wall in such a hurry."
Tao Mo remembered that although the jade horse had been returned to Yue Ling, but after passing through his hands, no wonder Huang Guangde would chase him.
Hao Guozi excitedly said: "Didn't you also find out a lot of evidence of his crime? How about handing it over to the supervisory censor?"
Old Tao said: "Need you to say more? There is a new champion who has just taken up the position next to the supervisory censor. If I hand over the things to him, he will naturally seize the opportunity."
Gu She raised his eyebrows and said, "The new champion? Who?"
Old Tao said: "His name is She Zhaolan."
Tao Mo looked at Gu She and said, "You know him?"
Gu She shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it."
Old Tao said: "I think he has a steady demeanor, and his brows are full of integrity, like a man with lofty ideals."
Gu Xiaojia shrugged and said, "How many people with lofty ideals have been missing in the officialdom? There are people every year, but within a few years, they have become fellows of those corrupt officials."
Hao Guozi said: "If you say that, don't you include Mr. Gu?"
Gu Xiaojia hurriedly said: "My master is different, my master has the world in mind, how can he be compared with those ordinary people?"
Gu She said indifferently: "He is the source of Dao, why can't he mention it?"
If someone else said that, Gu Xiaojia would definitely blush, but the other party was Gu She, and if he said that, Gu Xiaojia would have to shut up.
Seeing this, Lao Tao brought the subject back and said, "Do you still remember what I did?"
"Remember. You said earlier that Huang Guangde was going to send things to Beijing." Tao Mo's eyes widened, "Could it be that he wants to bribe..."
Old Tao laughed and said: "Young master's words are right! Seeing that the repeated calculations failed, Huang Guangde could only search all the property in the mansion and ask the Ninth Prince for help." In today's world, if there is still one person who can "collude with King Lingyang" in front of the emperor "The only ones who spoke were the emperor's favorite nine princes.
Hao Guozi said: "Hmph! He thought well. How about that thing?"
Old Tao said: "If I do it, it's easy to get it! Those things have already been sent to the Supervising Censor's Office. It's impossible to send charcoal in the snow, so I have to help him."
When he said this, Tao Mo and the others immediately imagined Huang Guangde's ashen face in their minds, and they felt a burst of joy.
After Lao Tao and the others left, Gu She saw that Tao Mo still had something on his mind, so he said, "Are you afraid that you will be happy for nothing?"
Tao Mo shook his head and said, "I just always feel that...his crime should not be colluding with King Lingyang."
Gu Shedao: "Prince Lingyang is a prince, so how could it be a crime to collude with King Lingyang?"
Tao Mo was taken aback.
Gu Shedao: "Colluding with King Lingyang is the emperor's heart disease. Huang Guangde poked the emperor's heart disease, so he had to die. As for how to die and what crime he will be charged with, that is up to the supervisory censor."
Tao Mo suddenly said: "You mean that the censor will collect other evidence of his crime?"
Gu She said: "The Skynet is fully restored, sparse but not leaky."
Tao Mo continued in a low voice: "There is a cycle of karma, and repeated reports are not good."
"So, can you let this matter go?" Gu She asked.
Tao Mo looked back and saw the concern in his eyes, the doubts and confusion that lingered in his heart disappeared without a trace, and he couldn't help showing a sincere smile.
Gu She said: "In that case, then follow me to meet my mother tomorrow."
Tao Mo looked at him and nodded slightly.