Mrs. Tong suddenly stood up, and said sharply: "Don't think that you can pretend to be a tiger in my Tongfu by relying on the name of your father! Even if we are relatives, it is not enough to let you, a mere junior, speak nonsense here!"
The young woman said unhurriedly: "Why is Auntie so upset? I just have a few things that I don't know about Yinghong, and I want to ask my aunt to clarify, so that Yinghong will not be at peace after she dies underground. In case she can't think about it underground, It's not good to go back to Tong's mansion often to visit my aunt."
Mrs. Tong sneered and said: "Don't scare me with ghosts and gods. You don't speak strangely, I am not one of those shallow women. Yinghong was raised by me. If she is willing to come back to see me, I will be happy. "
"Auntie is sincere." The young woman smiled, "Since Auntie is so committed, why don't you answer my question directly? Why did Auntie know nothing about Yinghong's private meeting with Cai for so many years?"
"Yinghong has been sensible since she was a child, so I naturally trust her a lot. If Cai Fengyuan hadn't seduced her, she should have stayed at home and waited to be released from the court, and then she would take care of her husband and teach her children, and spend her life in peace." Speaking of emotion, Mrs. Tong I couldn't help wiping my tears with my sleeves.
Master Tong couldn't help hugging her.
The young woman said: "I don't want my aunt to love Yinghong so much. It seems that all the complaints she made to my aunt during her lifetime were all misunderstandings. Aunt should never have raised eyebrows at her or ridiculed her?"
Mrs. Tong said angrily: "She did such an obscene thing, why don't you allow me to say that she can't do it?"
Master Tong froze.
The young woman showed a bit of cunning in her smile, "It turns out that my aunt already knew about her and Cai Fengyuan's affairs. Then every 15th day of the Lunar New Year, you go to the Guanyin Temple to offer incense uninterruptedly. Is it also intentional?"
Mrs. Tong found that she had slipped her words, her face became paler and she was speechless for a long time.
The young woman's smile suddenly disappeared, and she said sharply: "Auntie! You have been married to Tong's family for nearly thirty years, and you have already violated the seven rules if you have not given birth to a son and a half daughter. If it weren't for your uncle who feels pity for you and pity you There is no one in the family, you should have been divorced a long time ago! I hate you not only for being ungrateful, but for forcing the three concubines of your uncle to death first, and then even for his own flesh and blood! If it wasn't for your deliberate indulgence, how could Cai Fengyuan Getting close to Yinghong easily, even having a private meeting for several years?!"
Madam Tong's body softened, she staggered back a step, and fell onto the chair.
Master Tong looked at her with disappointment and anger in his eyes.
The young woman looked at the two people who were silent and said in a soft tone, "Uncle, how long are you going to tolerate this woman? Do you really want the Tong family to never succeed again?"
"Enough." Master Tong's voice was hoarse.
The young woman was taken aback.
Master Tong pointed at the door, "Go."
"Uncle?" The young woman frowned.
"This is a matter of my Tong family, and has nothing to do with your Yang family." Master Tong said in a blunt tone.
The young woman blushed, and then said dryly, "I'm meddling in my own business. Farewell."
Tao Mo looked at the young woman who rushed out the door angrily, then at Mrs. Tong who sat silently for a while, and finally looked at Gu She who was standing aside, and said, "What's going on here?"
"As you heard." Gu She glanced at Master Tong with a half-smile.
Master Tong suddenly felt hot on his face, which was a hundred times meaner than the young woman's words, as if he was just an incompetent fool, not worth paying attention to.
"Young Master Gu." He didn't dare to turn his back on him, so he could only emphasize his tone, "Our house is in troubled times, so I dare not keep any guests, so I invite you two to do what you want."
"Madam Tong..." Tao Mo started, but didn't know how to continue. The death of Tong Yinghong and Cai Fengyuan, Mrs. Tong was just a bystander, although it cannot be said that it has nothing to do with it, but it cannot be blamed on her. He thought one head and two big ones. As the saying goes, it is difficult for an upright official to decide on housework, and now he finally understands it.
He was still hesitating, so he heard Gu She say, "Farewell."
Tao Mo was stunned, then hastily bid farewell to Master Tong, and chased after him.
After leaving Tong's mansion, he saw that the young woman hadn't left, but was standing in front of Gu She's carriage.
"Senior brother." The young woman smiled, not seeing the aggressiveness in Tong's residence at all, "If you hadn't reminded Mrs. Tong this time that she behaved strangely and had ghosts in her heart, I wouldn't have tricked her into telling the truth and venting her years of anger!"
Gu She said: "I just don't like idiots with poor acting skills."
Listening to the conversation between the two, Tao Mo still didn't understand much, "You mean, Mrs. Tong intends to kill Miss Tong?"
The young woman smiled and said, "You are probably the first county magistrate who is favored by my senior brother."
Tao Mo said happily, "Really?"
"Why did I lie to you?" The young woman glanced at Gu She, "I just don't know why the senior brother who never pretends to anyone is an exception?"
Tao Mo's eyes glowed, staring closely at Gu She.
Gu She said calmly: "I just want him to know that what he thought to be the truth may not be the truth. What he knows is actually just the tip of the iceberg."
Tao Mo was at a loss.
The young woman laughed loudly and said, "Brother is still like this...you are so lonely."
Gu She said lightly: "It's not that I admire myself alone, but that there is no one in the world who appreciates with me."
Tao Mo stared at him blankly. He was obviously standing so close just now, as if he could touch his sleeve with his hand, but in just one sentence, a gap was opened between him and him.
Tao Mo returned to the county government office, unhappy.
Lao Tao saw it and asked.
Tao Mo didn't dare to mention all kinds of thoughts about Gu She, he only talked about the young woman's shocking Mrs. Tong.
After hearing this, Lao Tao also expressed emotion, "Everything is just caused by jealousy. The so-called hateful people must have pitiful features. People have seven emotions and six desires, so it is inevitable to love, hate, envy and envy. It's just that one thought is good and one thought is evil, whether it is good or evil. , all from the heart." After he finished speaking, he let out another long sigh, as if feeling something.
Tao Mo said: "Old Tao, did you think of something?"
Old Tao said: "Think of my past."
Tao Mo asked curiously, "What about the past?" Seeing that Old Tao was silent, he hurriedly said, "If you don't want to talk, then don't force it."
"There's nothing to hide." Old Tao walked slowly to the window, looking at the dark sky outside the window, and said slowly, "I once betrayed my... boss."
"The previous owner?"
"Um."
Tao Mo said: "You... what happened to your previous boss?"
"Very good." Old Tao smiled gratifiedly, "He took back his own property."
"Take it back?" Tao Mo asked nervously, "Is there a bad person occupying his property?"
Old Tao said: "You can also say that. He has experienced ups and downs along the way, and he has endured untold hardships. It is a pity that I was blind at the time and could not see his painstaking efforts. He made things worse and made things worse. Fortunately, fortunately, he did not let him down." The old... the expectations of the old club."
Seeing his annoyed expression, Tao Mo explained, "If he knows that you think so, he will be very happy."
"Perhaps..." Old Tao answered reluctantly.
Tao Mo said: "Why don't you go back and have a look, maybe he really forgave you."
"Go back?" Lao Tao was startled, turned his head, looked at him quietly, and said after a while, "Yes, we should go back, but not now."
"Why?"
The corner of Lao Tao's mouth was slightly curved, "I haven't seen you marry a wife and have children, how can I leave with peace of mind?"
"It's not urgent." Tao Mo hesitated for a while, then suddenly raised his head and said, "Old Tao, don't you plan to come back after you go back?"
"I'm afraid I can't help it." Old Tao smiled wryly.
Before Tao Mo could ask again, he heard a burst of hurried footsteps. Hao Guozi ran in and said, "Cui Dianshi is here."
Tao Mo remembered that he had sent Cui Jiong to visit the neighboring county where Cai Fengyuan was located, and hurried out to greet him.
Cui Jiong was waiting in the flower hall. Seeing him come out, he was about to salute when Tao Mo held his arm and asked, "Have you ever found Cai Fengyuan's family?"
He shook his head and said, "The Cai family has long since disappeared."
Tao Mo sighed sadly.
Cui Jiong said: "I remember that Cai Fengyuan is not alone in Tanyang County."
Tao Mo patted his forehead and said, "That's right, the innkeeper once said that he came with a friend. Has that friend not shown up yet?"
Cui Jiong shook his head and said, "The body is still in the morgue, but if no one claims it, it will have to be buried in Yunlin Mountain."
"Yunlin Mountain?"
"A place dedicated to burying those who have no relatives or friends."
Tao Mo thought that Cai Fengyuan and himself had met for a while, and immediately felt a little bit like burying him. It's just that all his money will be kept by Lao Tao, and this matter still needs his approval, so he nodded and said nothing more.
Cui Jiong didn't have any affection for the county lord, and he didn't stay any longer after finishing his official business.
Tao Mo secretly thought about how to speak to Lao Tao.