The night outside the door was thick, covered with light rain.
In the hall, Gu She and Tao Mo were sitting opposite each other, watching the chess game in the middle with all their attention.
Still let Wu Zihe go first.
But the overall situation is slower than yesterday.
Gu Xiaojia and Hao Guozi watched the chess patiently at the beginning, but as one stick of incense and two sticks of incense passed, they got farther and farther away from the chessboard, leaving only the clear and crisp sound of moves.
The night grew darker and darker.
The rain stopped.
Gu She calmly dropped a son.
Tao Mo's eyes turned around on the densely packed chessboard, and he threw a piece in satisfaction, "I lost."
Gu She pointed to the move on the upper right corner of the board and said, "This is reckless."
Tao Mo nodded and said, "Stealing a chicken won't cost you a lot of rice."
Gu She didn't say anything.
Tao Mo asked nervously, "Did I use the wrong word?"
Gu She said: "Not really."
"That's not it?" Tao Mo said awkwardly, "Is it still a wrong use?"
Gu She said: "I just don't like getting involved with chickens."
Tao Mo smiled apologetically and said, "I won't dare to make random metaphors in the future."
Seeing his flustered expression, Gu She let go and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter."
"Um?"
Gu She looked at the sky and said, "It's late at night, go to bed early."
Gu Xiaojia and Hao Guozi seemed to have predicted the timing and appeared in the hall in time. Hao Guozi still held an umbrella in his hand.
"To Liu Xianju?" Gu She asked.
Tao Mo didn't understand what he meant, nodded and said, "Yes."
The only one who understood was Gu Xiaojia, who immediately said: "I have ordered someone to clean up the Yayi Pavilion, and it will definitely be cleaned up tomorrow."
Hao Guozi reacted. "Going to move again?"
Gu Xiaojia laughed dryly: "You come here to play chess every day, it's not convenient to live too far away."
Hao Guozi muttered, "It's really troublesome to move around. It would be nice if we lived closer from the beginning."
Gu Xiaojia insisted: "I told you, the Yayi Pavilion was not cleaned up when you came."
Seeing the two quarreling, Tao Mo hurriedly said, "It's getting late, let's go back first." He said the last sentence to Gu She.
Gu She nodded slightly.
Looking at his clear face, Tao Mo felt warm in his heart, even if he was walking in the cold wind, he didn't feel cold at all.
Gu She watched him disappear into the darkness before looking away.
Gu Xiaojia couldn't help but asked: "Why does the young master treat him so favorably?"
"Preferential treatment?" Gu She raised an eyebrow.
Gu Xiaojia said: "Young master never pretends to others, let alone let him enter the house and live in Gu's house. Although Tao Mo is simple and honest, he is illiterate, ignorant and incompetent. people."
Gu She thought for a while, then murmured: "Maybe it's because he is different from the people I used to befriend."
Gu Xiaojia looked at him, faintly feeling something was wrong, but couldn't explain why, so he had to remind himself secretly to pay more attention to the actions of this pair of master and servant in the future.
It is said that Gu She's special regard for Tao Mo is not only seen by Gu Xiaojia, but also by Tao Mo who has never been aware of it. Even dreaming at night is also Gu She's gentle eyebrows and eyes, and even wakes up in the morning refreshed and refreshed. Going to the county government is always in good spirits.
Hao Guozi muttered unwillingly, "Young Master, you are not happy to see the rain again, are you?"
Tao Mo was taken aback by what he said, and then said after a while, "Ah, Yiyu."
Hao Guozi saw that his expression was gradually calming down, so he naturally guessed that his previous emotions had nothing to do with Yi Yu, so he smiled and said, "Could it be that the young master was thinking about Gu She just now?"
Tao Mo's face burned slightly, but he didn't deny it.
"Gu She is much better than Yi Yu in terms of character, talent, and family background." Hao Guozi said something completely opposite to what he had said before, "Young master should have more contacts with him in the future."
Tao Mo shook his head helplessly and said, "You have said all the good and bad things."
Hao Guozi snorted coldly, "It can only be blamed that there are not many people in this world who are more annoying than Yiyu."
Tao Mo said: "Anyway, the visitor is a guest, if you don't like him, then let him go, and don't make things difficult for him."
"Embarrassing him makes my own eyes dirty!" Hao Guozi made no secret of his disgust.
"Master Tao."
Peng Xiang's voice sounded from outside.
Hao Guozi suddenly said loudly: "Master, you said that some people are strange or not. They are obviously men, but they want to be called Xiangxiang, so that they make themselves seem like the personal maid of a rich lady."
Tao Mo lowered his voice and said, "Didn't you just say that you didn't want to dirty your eyes?"
It happened that Pengxiang entered the door, Hao Guozi covered his eyes and walked out, "I don't see what I see!"
Tao Mo smiled apologetically at Peng Xiang and said, "Don't mind."
Peng Xiang: "..." At first, he wanted to pretend that he didn't know that he was mocking himself, but he couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb when he said this, and could only say in a dazed way, "I know he has hatred in his heart."
Tao Mo's mouth opened, but he didn't know how to refute, so he could only sigh quietly.
Peng Xiang originally wanted to use his mouth to get off the donkey, but he didn't say anything, and he couldn't force it, so he changed the subject and said: "Young Master sent me to ask if Young Master Tao is free today. If so, can you come?" He is sitting in the room. Young Master cooks some small dishes himself, and wants to catch up with Young Master Tao."
These words fell into Tao Mo's ears, but it was a different emotion.
Back then, he had dreamed of such a scene thousands of times, but in the end he only got a shattered dream. Now, the dream scene was clearly displayed in front of his eyes, but it made him feel in a trance for a while, without any joy.
"Master Tao?" Peng Xiang urged in a low voice.
"Okay." Tao Mo returned to his senses, and smiled, "I'll go after I've dealt with these matters."
Seeing his expression, Peng Xiang was worried that he would not agree, but now that he agreed, she felt relieved, and hurriedly and joyfully reported back to Qi Yu.
Tao Mo stood there for a while, looked at Master Jin who was sitting in the corner and was completely ignored, and said, "Master."
Master Jin raised his head from a pile of documents, and said expressionlessly: "It's hard for an honest official to decide on housework. What's more, I'm just a master. Don't ask me."
Tao Mo said in a low voice: "I just want to ask Master to read the rest of the documents."
"..." Master Jin put his pen on the inkstone angrily, and said, "Where's Mu Chun? He's such a free-hand shopkeeper!"
Tao Mo said, "I haven't seen him today."
Master Jin said: "Isn't Master not angry at all?"
"Why are you angry?"
"He only takes his salary and doesn't work." Of course, what he saw right now was even more angry with Master Jin who was working while receiving a salary.
Sure enough, Tao Mo said: "He may be in a hurry. If Master doesn't mind..."
"I hate it! I really hate it!"
"Since Mr. Jin is so idle, so idle, it is natural to be idle and work hard." Mu Chun entered the room with a smile.
Master Jin snorted coldly: "No matter how free I am, I can't be more free than Master Mu. He disappeared early in the morning."
"I went to repair the roof for my master," Mu Chun said.
Master Jin said: "Master Mu has to do such a small job as repairing the roof?"
Mu Chun said: "Mu Chun's experience is still inexperienced, it's hard for him to take on important responsibilities, so he has to start with these small things. Of course, the big things in the yamen still have to rely heavily on Master Jin."
Although I don't know how sincere his words are, but when he heard his opponent praise him in front of Tao Mo, his heart blossomed naturally, and he said lightly: "You can hide from the first day of the junior high school, but you can't hide from the fifteenth day. You will sooner or later To stick hands."
Seeing that Mu Chun had dealt with Master Jin, he was about to go out when Tao Mo stopped him, saying, "Has the roof been repaired yet?"
Mu Chun has always heard the strings and knows the elegance, and immediately said: "Young Master Yiyu is a distinguished guest, how can I treat him slowly. I will give him a good one naturally." Compared with other rooms with more outrageous omissions, the room in Yiyu is indeed relatively poor. it is good.
Tao Mo didn't think much of this, he nodded and said, "That's good."
Master Jin suddenly said, "Isn't my master going to his house later? We'll know then."
Mu Chun's eyes flashed, "My master is going to Mr. Yi Yu's house?"
Tao Mo said: "He cooks himself, saying he wants to catch up with me."
"This is the owner's fault." Mu Chun said disapprovingly, "He is a guest, how can he cook for himself? The owner should be the host of Xianweilou."
Tao Mo also felt rude when he said that, "Then shall I go and talk to him?"
"Master, why don't you go to the Xianwei Building to reserve a seat first, and I will invite Mr. Yiyu." Mu Chun saw him dawdling, and said, "I heard that the guests of Xianwei Building are coming like a cloud recently, in case you go late... "
Tao Mo left without looking back.
When Mu Chun turned his head, he saw Master Jin looking at him with a half-smile.
Mu Chun smiled and said, "Master Jin, would you mind going to Xianwei Building together?"
Master Jin said: "Sit down and sit down."