The sun rises.
Tao Mo was tired from standing, so he simply picked a large flat rock, wiped it with the inside of his clothes, and then waved to Gu She, "Young Master Gu, sit here."
Gu She looked back at him, "What about you?"
Tao Mo sat down on the ground next to the stone, grinning and said, "Anyway, I've sat on the ground several times."
Gu She looked at him, and sat down on the rock with his clothes lifted. "I'll pick a better time next time."
Tao Mo was stunned for a moment, then happily said, "Come again next time?"
"You don't want to come?" Gu She asked lightly.
"Of course not, of course I'm going to come." Tao Mo scratched his head happily, "As long as Mr. Gu asks, I will definitely come." I don't know if it was his eyesight or an illusion, but he always felt that the corners of Gu She's mouth seemed to be slightly raised
Gu She turned around suddenly.
Tao Mo was taken aback, thinking that he had discovered him by peeking at him, but following his gaze, it was Gu Xiaojia who was rushing over with several villagers. He followed Gu She up and patted his butt hard.
Gu Xiaojia has come close. He pointed to the oldest old man in the group and said, "My lord, he is the head of Sangtou Village."
The village head hurriedly saluted, his heart was like fifteen buckets up and down, and he asked tentatively: "Young Master Gu's carriage is missing?"
Gu Xiaojia frowned and said, "Can I still lie to you?"
The village chief quickly waved his hands and said, "Of course I'm not lying. I'm just, I'm just asking more questions." He said, looking at the two people next to him.
Those two are also peasants, they are usually smarter, and they are relatively capable people in the village. But they have little dealings with the shopkeeper on weekdays, but it is the first time for a big girl to deal with a rich man from a wealthy family and a well-to-do family with Gu She, especially the theft case involved this time. drumming. You just stand there looking at me and I look at you, and don't know what to say. The village chief who is watching is only anxious.
Tao Mo couldn't stand it, and couldn't help but said: "Actually, Sangtou Village is still some distance away, so I shouldn't ask you to ask questions, but this road only leads to Sangtou Village, so I came here to ask you, who did you see?" Did you steal the carriage?"
Gu Xiaojia rolled his eyes when he heard that. Ask like this, who will admit it
Sure enough, the village chief and the villagers shook their heads again and again.
Gu Xiaojia snorted coldly: "No one else comes here on weekdays, who are you?"
The village head became anxious when he heard this, and shouted for injustice, "It's true that this road leads to Sangtou Village, but it's not only people from our Sangtou Village who can go there. The young master is kind, don't wrong us."
Gu Xiaojia stared and said, "Then tell me, besides the people from Sangtou Village, who else passed this road?"
The village chief looked at the others, and the others looked at each other, but no one spoke out.
Tao Mo said: "Actually, it's not necessarily only people from Sangtou Village, maybe there are other people out in the wild..."
Gu Xiaojia stared at him almost on fire.
The village head and others nodded quickly.
Gu Xiaojia looked at Gu She's face.
Gu She was silent.
If he doesn't speak, others dare not speak.
The village chief and the others looked at Tao Mo awkwardly and anxiously. They could see that Tao Mo was the only one speaking for them.
Tao Mo looked at Gu She hesitantly.
Gu Xiaojia cleared his throat and said in a low voice: "My lord, do you think..."
"Report to the official." Gu She said.
Gu Xiaojia was taken aback.
Gu She said: "This kind of thing should have been reported to the officials."
Gu Xiaojia looked at Tao Mo, who was standing beside him in a panic and a little dazed, with extreme distrust.
Tao Mo's face flushed, and he agreed: "It is the duty of the government to hunt down the stolen property."
Behind the village chief, a villager hesitated and said, "Do you really want to report to the official?" Seeing that everyone else was looking at him, he quickly said, "I'm afraid that if I report to the official, it will cause other people to treat us in Sangtou Village. Misunderstanding, it will be difficult to come here to do business in the future.”
Tao Mo comforted him: "Don't worry, the most you can do is testify in court. As long as the stolen horse carriage has nothing to do with you, it will definitely not damage the reputation of Sangtou Village."
Seeing that he didn't look like much, but he spoke loudly, the village head couldn't help but ask, "I don't know what the name of this young master is?"
Gu Xiaojia rushed ahead of Tao Mo and said, "The village chief doesn't know who he is? He is the biggest official in Tanyang County, Mr. Tao Motao."
The villagers were startled and saluted again and again.
Tao Mo hastily returned the gift.
Gu Xiaojia said: "The reporter belongs to the reporter, how do we go back?"
The village head said: "Of course we can't find a carriage as good as Mr. Gu in our village. There are ox carts, but I don't know if Mr. Gu is willing to give in."
Tao Mo said, "It's okay, it's okay."
Gu Xiaojia looked at Gu She with a wrinkled face.
Gu She lowered his eyes and said, "Master Tao, please go to the Gu residence and tell them to send another carriage."
Tao Mo said in astonishment, "Aren't you going with me?"
Gu Xiaojia took pleasure in other people's misfortune, but he didn't dare to show too much, so as not to arouse Gu She's resentment and change his mind, he said, "What is the identity of the young master, how can he ride a bullock cart?"
Tao Mo's heart was shaken, and he looked sideways at Gu She, but saw that his face was expressionless from beginning to end. It seemed that after the village chief and the others appeared, he became quiet, so quiet that he felt an indescribable depression.
The village chief saw that the few of them couldn't help talking, so he couldn't help saying: "If Mr. Tao doesn't mind, I'll let them bring the cattle over here. Also, Mr. Gu, is he going to sit in our village or wait here? .If you wait here, I will ask them to bring two chairs by the way."
Gu Xiaojia said: "Go and bring two chairs. If you have some refreshments, bring some clean ones as well."
The village chief said yes repeatedly.
The village chief originally wanted to keep the two villagers here to wait with him, but the villagers had lingering fears about the title of county magistrate, Gu She's face, and Gu Xiaojia's sharp mouth, so they coyly refused to stay. It happened that Gu Xiaojia didn't want them to stand aside, so they all followed the village chief. At the foot of the cage mountain, only the three of them were left looking at each other.
Gu Xiaojia tried to figure out Gu She's thoughts, thinking that Tao Mo had been annoyed by talking to the villagers just now, so he followed this train of thought and said to Tao Mo, "How are you going to get back the son's carriage?"
Tao Mo said: "Send the yamen servant to look for it."
"If that person intends to steal the car, how can you find it?"
Tao Mo had no idea, so he could only say: "Follow the clues, you can always find out."
Gu Xiaojia said: "It's easy to say. If you hadn't talked too much just now, you might have found it now."
Tao Mo frowned and said, "Why do you insist that you have something to do with the people in Sangtou Village?"
"As I said, this road is usually not used by people. Even if it wasn't done by people from Sangtou Village, it must be someone who has contacts with them on a daily basis who knows that the young master often parks his carriage here for outings." Gu Xiaojia said, "What's more I didn't insist that it was them, I just wanted to deceive them. Most people are timid and afraid of getting into trouble. If you don't involve the matter on them, they will definitely not follow the principle that one more thing is worse than one less thing. Open your mouth. If you scare them, it’s about your own interests, and they will tell you everything.”
Tao Mo said: "Aren't many unjust cases caused by insincerely framing each other because of their personal interests?"
"You..." Gu Xiaojia was angry and couldn't refute, so he walked up to Gu She and stared at him bitterly.
Seeing that Gu She was standing again, Tao Mo pointed to the original stone and said, "Young Master Gu, why don't you sit down and rest."
Gu She turned her head slowly, her bright black eyes fixed on him.
Tao Mo's heart trembled, somehow he felt a little guilty.
Gu Xiaojia glanced back and forth, aware of the strange situation, and cautiously looked at Gu She.
Gu She quickly withdrew his gaze and looked at the cypress trees beside the road.
The corner of Tao Mo's mouth twitched, wanting to say something, but he could no longer muster up the courage. At this moment, he was sure that Gu She was angry, but why was he angry? When did you start getting angry? He has none of it. If it is because he speaks for the villagers...he thinks he has done nothing wrong. He thought over and over for a long time but couldn't figure out why, so he could only sigh silently.
Until Tao Mo got into the bullock cart driven by the villagers and watched Gu She gradually disappear from sight, they didn't say another word.