The sound of footsteps gradually faded away, and the tranquility and desolation before returning to the outside of the house.
Gu She silently plucked the stamens of wintersweet, and slowly crushed them before the index finger and thumb.
Mother loves this flower the most. Regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, I always love to put it by the windowsill. She said that this flower is proud of the snow and cold, and has the most character. She was born in Jiangmen, and she is a real Jiangmen tiger girl. But ever since she married into the Gu family, she put down her golden weapon and devoted herself to housework.
What my father loves is Cangsong, and he thinks it is stable and graceful, with a moderate progress and a firm mind. Others are like pines. Never spend a lot of time, only romantic with my mother.
Everyone thinks that they are a good match, a husband and wife with deep affection. Even they themselves think so. If it wasn't for the uncle who accidentally killed the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, perhaps this recognition would have continued until their death.
A good story about a hero saving the beauty leads to a tragedy where the hero is buried with the bully.
I still remember the early morning of the day when my uncle was executed, the wind was very cold, like a knife. After his mother was refused by his father to enter the palace to intercede with the emperor, she led him out and returned to her mother's house in a thin plain dress.
The once crowded General's Mansion was deserted and desolate. Everyone in the mansion was dressed in sackcloth, and the mourning hall was decorated.
Mother did not enter the mourning hall, but knelt silently outside the hall.
Until the bad news came.
The room was wailing.
He looked into his mother's eyes and did a terrible job.
The monks and priests who had been invited earlier began to chant scriptures and chant the Buddha, and carried out salvation.
The mother stood up slowly, and took him back to the house step by step. This was the last time in his memory that his mother stepped into the door of his natal family.
Later, his father was promoted to the position of being under one person and above ten thousand people.
Later, my mother became ill.
I still remember that before the sick bed, my mother's eyes were as dim as the stars in the morning, and her once beautiful face was now broken, and she never saw the beauty that complemented the winter plums when she was admiring the plum blossoms. She grabbed his hand and asked lightly, "Do you think your uncle deserves to die?"
"Damn it." He replied without hesitation. Saving lives is a matter of course.
Mother said: "But he died."
He said: "I will study poetry and books diligently, get a title on the gold list, and be a high-ranking official who can keep my uncle alive. I will never stand idly by like my father."
Mother was silent for a while, then said slowly: "Killing for life, your father did nothing wrong."
"Mother thinks uncle is wrong?"
"He's not wrong either." She said quietly, "Maybe it's the sky, it's fate. There are thousands of mistakes, and I should be the short-sighted person in his mind. He shouldn't be a rare person in this world." A man of justice and justice."
Although her mother said her father was right, Gu She could hear the unfinished resentment in her heart.
"Ashe." She tightened her fingers, as if she wanted to nail the next words into his heart, "Remember. Compatibility is not just about being in love with each other. Mei and Song seem to be similar. , In fact, it is also the opposite. Remember, if you are a selfless person, you must never find a narrow-minded wife like me who protects your weaknesses. If you are like your mother, you are also a person who protects your weaknesses. Then, never look for A man like your father who disregards righteousness and destroys relatives. Do you remember?"
he remembers.
I still remember the pain and my mother's words at that time. Every word and sentence is vivid.
Thinking about it now, although Tao Mo and his father have different personalities, they are more truly impartial and selfless people. Father still has an emperor and a future in his eyes, but Tao Mo probably only has justice in his eyes
Why does he care so much about it
Tao Mo is an official. Although he is not smart enough or flexible enough, he is still an upright official. In today's dark officialdom, being able to see such an official should be something worth celebrating. But why is he brooding.
Ever since Tao Mo sentenced Qiu Liang to get married, he felt a sense of suffocation in his heart, but now that he thinks about it, it's not for losing the lawsuit.
Could it be...
He frowned.
The stamens fell from between the fingers, silently.
Tao Mo was sitting in the flower hall waiting, when he saw Gu Xiaojia coming out, he immediately stood up and looked behind him.
Gu Xiaojia said: "You don't need to read it, the young master is resting in the room."
Tao Mo couldn't hide his disappointment, and said with a dry smile, "Young Master Gu must be very tired after traveling all day today."
Gu Xiaojia said: "Didn't you say that the carriage was found? I'll go and have a look."
Tao Mo said listlessly: "Okay."
Gu Xiaojia asked as he walked, "Have you found the car thief?"
Tao Mo shook his head, "The carriage was abandoned outside the city, and no one was seen."
Gu Xiaojia said: "He must have taken all the valuables in the car before abandoning the car by the side of the road. But he didn't know that the car itself was also very valuable."
Tao Mo sighed and said, "If I didn't make a mistake, there is nothing missing in the car."
Gu Xiaojia sneered and said, "You must have made a mistake. You must know that there are many valuable little things in this carriage." As he spoke, he climbed onto the carriage on all hands and feet.
Tao Mo was waiting outside.
After a while, Gu Xiaojia got out of the car full of doubts, "Why did he take the carriage away without stealing? Could it be to amuse us?" The fun was aroused. He immediately thought of Lin Zhengyong's disciples. After much deliberation, they should be the only ones in Tanyang County who dare to tease his young master like this. Unexpectedly, the young master just lost the lawsuit against Mr. Qiu, so he would be bullied like this. After thinking about it, he couldn't help but gave Tao Mo a hard look.
Tao Mo was stared inexplicably.
Gu Xiaojia said: "Although the carriage has been recovered, I don't know who has been riding it during this period of time. I'll let someone clean it inside and out first."
Tao Mo watched him walk away on his own, hesitating in place, not knowing what to do.
Hao Guozi, who kept interrupting, couldn't help but asked, "Where's Gu She?"
Tao Mo's complexion tightened, and he smiled dryly after a while and said, "It's probably because I'm tired."
"Then shall we go back to the county government office tonight or live in the Gu mansion?" If Tao Mo was willing to move back to the county government office before doing this, Hao Guozi would definitely agree to it. But now there is still a Yiyu watching outside. Gu She turned into an umbrella to keep out the wind and rain, and he didn't want his young master to get out of the umbrella so quickly.
Tao Mo always disagreed with him, "Go back. It's not good to bother him all the time."
It's fine if you haven't seen it before, and it's not the same as staying. Hao Guozi wanted to go back, but in the end he didn't go against his will, went to Yayi Pavilion to pack up his things, and went back to the county government together with him.
Without Lao Tao and Mu Chun in the county yamen, Master Jin returned home again, so he looked very deserted.
While helping Tao Mo make the bed, Hao Guozi murmured, "It's not night yet, and everyone is gone."
Tao Mo knew that he was referring to Master Jin, and said, "It's cold outside, it's getting dark early, it's better to go home earlier."
Hao Guozi said: "Alright, I'll talk to the young master."
Tao Mo said, "Say what?"
"Anything is fine." Hao Guozi sat down next to him, "Why don't you tell me about the young master's outing with Gu She today?"
Tao Mo said: "There is nothing to say."
Hao Guozi said: "That's right. Gu She cherishes writing like gold, I'm afraid it will be very boring."
"He's not bored." After Tao Mo retorted, he suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Have you ever heard of Gu Xianzhi?" Take a chance and ask Hao Guozi.
Hao Guozi was surprised and said, "Why did the young master ask him?"
"he?"
"Of course." Hao Guozi was about to cheer up and introduce impassionedly, when the porter was outside, he said, "My lord, Gu's carriage is waiting outside."
Hao Guozi stood up suspiciously, opened the door and said, "What are they doing here at night?"
The concierge said: "It is said to take the adults over to play chess."
Hao Guozi said: "It's too late tonight, let them..."
Before he finished speaking, Tao Mo rushed out.
"..." Hao Guozi turned around and picked up the package that he hadn't opened yet, closed the door, and ran after him.
The carriage is still the one that was stolen.
The driver was Gu Xiaojia.
Seeing Tao Mo come out, he complained reluctantly: "You live well, what are you doing back to the county office? Has the roof been repaired?"
Tao Mo said with a dry smile, "Not yet. But Master Mu left, so I wanted to go to his house to make do with it, so as not to bother me."
"What does it look like for the Tangtang county master to live in the master's house?" Gu Xiaojia saw Hao Guozi come out with a bundle, nodded with satisfaction, "Anyway, we have a lot of everything in Gu's mansion, so naturally we don't lack one or two houses." He didn't want to be here. If there is no shortage of houses, they still have to sleep in the kitchen.
Hearing what he said, Tao Mo thought it must be what Gu She meant, and couldn't help getting into the car happily.