It was the table where Lu Zhenxue and Tao Mo met for the first time. Sitting below, you can hear people upstairs creaking on the stairs.
The four sat down one by one, and Lu Zhenxue was sitting opposite Mu Chun, "This is..."
Mu Chun clasped his fists and said with a smile: "Xia Mu Chun is Master Tao's new master."
"Master?" Lu Zhenxue was taken aback. Although he doesn't know countless people, he still understands people at least. The Mu Chun in front of him has the elegant demeanor of a nobleman, he is definitely from an extraordinary background, and seeing the radiance in his eyes, he doesn't look like someone from a poor family. It is really thought-provoking that such a person would come to Tanyang County to become Tao Mo's teacher.
Tao Mo said, "Not bad."
Lu Zhenxue said with a smile: "Master Tao's subordinates are really hidden dragons and crouching tigers."
Mu Chun said: "Thank you, thank you." After he finished speaking, he asked the waiter to order food, without any intention of probing Lu Zhenxue's identity.
Lu Zhenxue was unhappy in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He turned to Tao Mo and said, "Master Tao, why do you have time to come to Xianwei Tower today?"
Tao Mo said: "I came out of Tong's Mansion and happened to pass by."
"Tong Mansion? But Master Tong's Tong Mansion of Tong Zhangwei?"
"Exactly."
Lu Zhenxue became interested, "I didn't expect my lord to have friendship with Master Tong."
Mu Chun's eyes flashed, and just as he was about to divert the words, Tao Mo blurted out: "Because the Qiu family and the Liang family have some disputes in front of Tong's residence."
"Qiu family? Liang family?" Lu Zhenxue searched for people surnamed Qiu and Liang in his mind, but found nothing.
Mu Chun said: "It's just some trivial matter, why should your lord bring it up to spare Mr. Lu's pleasure in eating?"
Lu Zhenxue waved his hands and said, "I'm a litigator, and I always listen to disputes with all my heart."
Tao Mo thought for a while and said: "This also involves the girl's boudoir reputation, so it's better not to talk about it."
Boudoir reputation
Lu Zhenxue immediately thought of the unlucky girl Tong Yinghong. Could it be related to her? He thought so in his heart, but said on his mouth: "Since this is the case, I am talking too much."
It just so happened that the waiter served the food and set up four sets of bowls and chopsticks.
Hao Guozi said: "Hey, Mr. Lu hasn't ordered food yet, what are you doing with the dishes so early?"
Lu Zhenxue was about to hold up his chopsticks to pick up vegetables, but upon hearing this, the chopsticks stopped in mid-air without embarrassment.
Mu Chun lowered his head, concentrated on looking at the plate of green vegetables in front of him, and covered the slightly raised corners of his mouth by the way.
Tao Mo hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "Young Master Lu invited me to a banquet last time, and this time it is just right to invite me back."
It's fine if he didn't talk about perfunctory things, but when he said perfunctory things, the blush on Lu Zhenxue's face became more obvious.
Hao Guozi murmured, "Didn't you just get angry that time?"
Tao Mo didn't think so. If it wasn't for Lu Zhenxue's invitation to a banquet last time, he wouldn't have had a conversation with Gu She. Speaking of which, he still needs to thank him. With this thought in his mind, he moved his hand, raised the teacup in front of him and said, "I didn't thank Mr. Lu for the last banquet in the Lu Mansion, please forgive me."
Lu Zhenxue thought that he and Hao Guozi were mocking him by singing bad faces and red faces, so he immediately withdrew his hand holding the chopsticks, picked up the cup and smiled, "It's easy to say!"
Both took sips of tea.
Tao Mo repeatedly invited him to eat food.
Lu Zhenxue thought that ordering food now would inevitably appear narrow-minded, so he half-pushed and half-raised his chopsticks on the spot.
Hao Guozi squinted at him.
The atmosphere is a little stiff.
Tao Mo didn't know what to do, so he looked at Mu Chun.
Mu Chun picked up a chopstick of vegetables and put them into Hao Guozi's bowl, "Don't worry, no one will grab them from you."
Lu Zhenxue's chopsticks, which were rushing towards the green vegetables, had to turn halfway, and fell into the plate of fried sliced meat with mushrooms, caught a piece of meat, and was about to put it in his mouth, when Hao Guozi muttered unwillingly: "Who wants to eat vegetables? , I obviously like to eat meat."
…
Lu Zhenxue felt that the piece of meat in his mouth was probably the most unpleasant meat he had ever eaten.
After eating half of the meal, Lu Zhenxue hurriedly left before the dishes were ready.
Tao Mo tried to persuade him to stay, but he still couldn't.
After he left, Tao Mo stared at Hao Guozi and said, "Don't do this again."
Hao Guozi pouted, "Who told him to ridicule the young master in public?"
Tao Mo said, "It's not his fault that I'm illiterate."
Hao Guozi said: "So what if he is illiterate? He is a snobbish person."
Mu Chun said with a slight smile, "It's not necessarily snobby."
Tao Mo echoed, "I think he's pretty good."
Mu Chun glanced at him and said, "That's even more unlikely."
Hao Guozi looked at him eagerly, and when he revealed some of Lu Zhenxue's bad views, Mu Chun stopped talking.
Tao Mo hesitated for a while, then said to Hao Guozi, "Anyway, you should change everything."
"All?" Hao Guozi asked in a daze, "Who else?"
Tao Mo buried his head in the rice bowl and said nothing.
Hao Guozi was stunned, "You mean Gu She?"
Tao Mo paused while eating, and then choked up.
Hao Guozi sat across from Tao Mo, so he had no choice but to stare at Mu Chun, who was still eating by himself, and said, "Hurry up and pat the young master."
Mu Chun glanced at him, stretched out his hand slowly, and patted Tao Mo's back lightly twice.
Hao Guozi watched anxiously, and was about to rush over in person, but Tao Mo stopped.
"Master, are you alright?" Hao Guozi looked at him nervously.
Tao Mo's face was flushed from choking, but he waved his chopsticks calmly, "Continue eating."
"… Oh."
Originally in Tanyang County, such cases of marriage contract disputes were rarely brought to the county government, and it was much faster to find a litigator to mediate among them than to go to the county government. But the Liang family seemed to be determined. As soon as Cui Jiong persuaded him to go back, the other handed over the pleadings to the county government.
Master Jin went to Tao Mo with the pleading paper to see if he would accept it.
Tao Mo was negotiating with the Bingfang Jingcheng about conscription, Mu Chun listened, his face sinking like water.
Master Jin reserved his attitude towards this new staff member who appeared suddenly. He agrees with Lu Zhenxue on one point, that is, Mu Chun's demeanor doesn't look like a person who lives in the county government as a teacher.
Bingfang Jingcheng saw Master Jin coming in, so he left in a hurry.
Tao Mo asked, "What's the matter?"
Master Jin handed him the pleading paper, "The Liang family sued the Qiu family for breaking promises, one daughter and two marriages."
Tao Mo looked at the densely packed words, then at Master Jin, and asked, "What was written on the pleading paper?"
Master Jin said: "To sum it up, it's just these two sentences."
Hearing this, Mu Chun took the pleading paper, glanced at it twice, and said, "What Master Jin said is very true."
Tao Mo said, "Then when shall we go to court?"
Master Jin said: "Your Excellency, do you want to accept this pleading paper?"
Tao Mo asked suspiciously, "Why didn't you answer?"
Seeing Mu Chun looking at him, Master Jin said, "I'm just asking casually."
Mu Chun said casually again: "I think the inscription on this pleading paper seems to be Lu Zhenxue."
Tao Mo was taken aback, "Lu Zhenxue?"
Only then did Master Jin remember that he had omitted to mention this item, and in order to make up for it, he hurriedly explained that Lu Zhenxue is a well-known litigator in the county, and his family background.
Mu Chun smiled and said: "This Mr. Lu is really capable. He only got the news yesterday, and he accepted the business today."
Master Jin said: "I just don't know who the Qiu family will invite again." Although he said so, he was sure in his heart that the one who would lead the horse must be Mr. Yichui's disciple, not to mention the relationship between Master Tong and Mr. Yichui, it was Lu Zhenxue is one of the conditions of Lin Zhengyong's favorite student, which is enough to alarm Mr. Yichui's disciples.
Tao Mo said: "It doesn't matter who it is, the important thing is not to let Second Miss Qiu get hurt."
Master Jin was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "I didn't expect my master to be a passionate person."
Tao Mo said, "I just don't want to see innocent women being victimized again."
As Mr. Jin expected, once the Liang family's case was accepted, the Qiu family immediately took action. The one they invited was indeed a student of Mr. Yichui.
Regarding him, Master Jin gave another introduction to Tao Mo.
"This Sun Nuo is not outstanding among Mr. Yichui's disciples, and he is far behind Lu Zhenxue. However, he has a good relationship with Gu She. It is said that the few difficult cases he took after his debut were not outstanding. You Gu She came to help, so although he has mediocre qualifications, he has not lost a lawsuit yet."
When Tao Mo heard Gu She, his heart became active, "So, Gu She will also help this time?"
Master Jin said: "It's possible." Seeing Tao Mo's expectant face, he said again, "But Gu She never goes to court, and even if he helps, it's just to point Sun Nuo, and it's absolutely impossible to go to battle in person."
Tao Mo asked, "Master, do you know why he didn't go to court?"
Master Jin didn't know why he changed the subject, but still replied: "I really don't know."
Tao Mo thought to himself: Could it be that Gu She has some unbearable past events
Mu Chun knew what was on his mind just by looking at his expression, but he didn't bother to correct him. With Gu She's arrogance, he probably didn't want to salute the magistrate in court.