Tao Mo ran for another two streets, but he was indeed swarming with headless chickens, and he didn't even know how many people he asked. He had no choice but to go back home and look for the yamen servant again when he heard a porter rushing towards him noisily, yelling, "Dead man, dead man..."
Tao Mo was in a turmoil, and ran towards where he came from.
There is a pond in the county, which has been abandoned for a long time, but it is not big but deep.
At this moment there were dozens of people surrounding the pond, Tao Mo squeezed twice and couldn't get in, and heard the sound of water inside, he shouted anxiously: "I am the magistrate of this county, all others get out of the way!"
It really works.
The originally tight human wall suddenly parted on both sides, revealing a passage.
Tao Mo immediately squeezed his head, but saw Cai Fengyuan lying on the ground soaked in water, his stiff body was lifeless. A porter sat beside the corpse, panting and shivering, struggling to get dressed, yelling bad luck.
"What happened?" Tao Mo took a long time to say this, his face turned blue.
The porter originally wanted to go home alone, but when he saw him asking about this, his eyes lit up, and regardless of his coldness, he stamped his feet and described the ins and outs with trembling lips.
It turned out that after Cai Fengyuan knew the truth, he had no interest in life. He ran out of Tong's mansion, originally to vent his anger, but later he developed a will to die, and when he saw the pond, he threw himself into it. For fear that his will to die would not be firm, he embraced the boulder when he danced. According to other people's description, even ordinary butchers and blacksmiths might not be able to lift such a big stone, but he, a powerless scholar, not only picked it up in one fell swoop, but also did not let go of it after falling into the water, which can be seen How difficult is the obsession with death in his heart.
After the porter finished speaking, he looked at Tao Mo anxiously.
Tao Mo felt embarrassed, and quickly praised: "Thank you for your brave actions."
Act bravely
The porter's face, which was blue from the cold, turned even greener, and he was taken aback before he smiled and said, "My lord, you are joking."
"No, I'm not joking." Tao Mo said seriously, "Not everyone is willing to go into the water in such a cold weather."
Everyone in the audience was ashamed.
The porter secretly groaned in his heart: the reason why he saved people was because he wanted to repay his kindness. Originally, he expected Tao Mokan to give him some rewards for his bravery in saving lives, but now it seems that it was just wishful thinking.
Tao Mo squatted in front of Cai Fengyuan's corpse, feeling his pulse and sniffing his breath, but how could a dead person be resurrected, no matter how many methods he tried.
When the audience was hesitating whether to leave, they heard a burst of yelling, and then saw Cui Jiong hurried over with the yamen servant.
"My lord?" Cui Jiong was startled.
Tao Mo stood up and said softly, "Dead."
Cui Jiong stared at the body on the ground, and frowned almost invisibly. Another murder case! Before the aftermath of Tong Yinghong's case had passed, another life was claimed. Seeing that the Chinese New Year was approaching, the frequent occurrence of murders gave him a headache. What was even more troublesome was that he found that Tao Mo seemed to be involved in the two recent murder cases. Either directly or indirectly.
"My lord, please forgive me for overstepping my position." Cui Jiong said, winking at the yamen servant behind him.
There were not many people left at the scene at this time, but the facts described were similar with minor differences.
Cui Jiong was still dissatisfied, and asked one of them, "Where is the porter you mentioned?"
The man said: "Probably he went home. The man went into the water and wet his clothes, shivering from the cold."
"Exactly. I can testify." Tao Mo poked his head out from behind the man.
Cui Jiong was taken aback, and said: "My lord, this matter... just leave it to the subordinates."
"As a parent official, I naturally want to..." Before Tao Mo could finish his sentence, Gu Xiaojia called him from the other side of the street.
Cui Jiong saw Tao Mo, who was as gentle as a tortoise in his heart, suddenly transformed into a little white rabbit, and rushed to the opposite side of the street.
"You, you guys? Are you here?" Tao Mo spoke incoherently. Meeting Gu She twice in one day, how could it be described as lucky twice.
Gu Xiaojia pouted in the direction surrounded by guards, "Is someone dead?"
"It's Cai Fengyuan." Tao Mo looked sad.
Gu Xiaojia asked curiously, "Who is Cai Fengyuan?"
Tao Mo said: "It's Miss Tong's sweetheart."
Gu Xiaojia thought for a while, and said, "Ah! Is it the one who escaped from the Tong Mansion?"
Tao Mo nodded.
"How did he die?" Gu Xiaojia asked.
Tao Mo said: "Throw yourself into the pond."
Gu Xiaojia was surprised and said: "Martyrdom for love?" He did not expect such a thing that life and death go hand in hand.
"Get in the car." Gu She's voice came from inside the car.
"Wait a minute." Tao Mo ran back to the corpse, apologized to Cui Jiong, and then ran back immediately.
The moment Gu Xiaojia climbed into the carriage, he suddenly remembered something, grabbed his trousers and said, "Wait, have you ever touched a corpse?"
Tao Mo looked back at him, and replied honestly, "Of course."
"Don't get in the car and touch my son!" Gu Xiaojia wanted to pull him down.
Just as Tao Mo wanted to cooperate, he felt a fan gently press down on his shoulder. Gu She said lightly, "It's okay."
"But..." Gu Xiaojia was about to say something, but Gu She said coldly, "Drive."
Gu Xiaojia had no choice but to watch Tao Mo climb into the car.
After Tao Mo got into the car, he was not at ease. Not only did he try his best to shrink his body into a ball, but he also had to be careful not to let his hands touch the inner wall of the compartment.
"Drink tea." Gu She poured tea.
Tao Mo took it over flattered.
"The one who died was Cai Fengyuan?" Gu She asked.
Tao Mo's eyes, which were brightened by Gu She's considerate actions, dimmed again, "That's right." A person who was alive and well before, didn't want to turn into a person who doesn't know love and hate in the world in a short period of time. corpse.
Gu She suddenly said, "He also got what he wanted."
Tao Mo said: "But if Miss Tong knows something underground, she must hope that he can live a good life instead of following her."
Gu She said: "Even if he lives, he will live in his own regrets. Instead of this, it is better to die for relief."
"You can't say that." Tao Mo rarely refuted him, "As long as you are alive, there will always be hope."
Gu She saw that his face was full of emotion, curled his lips, but stopped arguing.
The carriage turned around.
Tao Mo saw that Gu She didn't speak anymore, just drank tea slowly, feeling annoyed in his heart, regretted arguing with him, wanted to speak several times, but didn't know where to start, so he had to lift the curtain and look out the window of the bed. He didn't know if he didn't look at it, but he was surprised when he looked at it and said, "Where are we going?"
"County government office." Gu She said, "I'll take you back."
Tao Mo blushed, but his expression was filled with joy.
The county office is not far away, and it won't take long.
Tao Mo had never hated the county government so close to each other.
He reluctantly jumped out of the carriage and turned to look at Gu She.
Gu She said: "Tomorrow evening, I will pick you up."
Tao Mo was taken aback, and was about to ask why, when the carriage was already speeding along the street to the other side.
He returned to the room, and was about to change someone to prepare the tub for a bath, when he saw Hao Guozi sneaking in mysteriously, and whispered, "My lord, do you know that Mr. Yiyu has left Pingcheng?"
Tao Mo was stunned.
To him, the name of Mr. Yiyu was distant yet familiar, close yet unfamiliar. It took him a while to gather his composure and said, "How do you know?"
Hao Guozi said: "It was said in the letter sent to Lao Tao." He shrank his neck when he saw Tao Mo staring at him, and said in a low voice, "I saw it by accident. I am following the news of Pingcheng."
Tao Mo sighed softly, "He is for me."
"Where do you think Mr. Yi Yu will go?" Hao Guozi asked, "Will he be a good man? Or follow that..."
"Fruit!" Tao Mo cut him off.
Hao Guozi knew he had made a slip of the tongue, and his face was full of embarrassment, "Maybe he came to find the young master."
"No, he won't come." Tao Mo said softly.
Hao Guozi saw that he was gloomy, and seemed to have fallen into the memory of the past, and quickly said: "It's hard to say, after all, he was very good to the young master back then."
Tao Mo was silent for a long while and said: "The past is the past."
Hao Guozi hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, yes. Compared with Gu She, Mr. Yiyu is really much worse."
"Gu She." Tao Mo whispered his name, but his thoughts drifted to the appointment tomorrow evening.