The Gu mansion was brightly lit.
When Tao Mo saw Gu She, he was making tea. There is a stool in front of the quaint tea table. He turned to look at Gu Xiaojia, but just in time to see his back pulling Hao Guozi away.
The door was ajar.
The corner of the moonlight on the ground is a little bright, a little cool, and a little indescribable, which makes people flustered.
"Sit." Gu She said lightly.
Tao Mo sat down on the stool with his back straight.
The fire in the furnace danced uneasily, and the finely divided temperature swayed on the surface. He looked at Gu She's slender and firm fingers, and said in a low voice, "The carriage has been found."
"Um."
"Outside the city."
"Um."
"Nothing was lost."
"Um."
"But I will try my best to find the person who stole the car." Tao Mo vowed.
Gu She took the time to look up at him, "The one who stole the car?"
Tao Mo was stunned for a moment, unable to figure out what was wrong with these words.
Gu She said: "Shouldn't a thief be called a thief?"
Tao Mo lowered his head, concentrating on meditation, and after a long while mustered up his courage, he said, "I think there must be a reason why he stole the car but didn't take it away outside the city." He looked at Gu She's face, afraid that he might have something wrong A few words violated his taboo again.
Gu She said calmly, "What do you think is the reason?"
Tao Mo said, "Perhaps, he needs a carriage."
The corner of Gu She's mouth raised slightly.
Tao Mo asked cautiously, "I was wrong."
"No. It's reasonable." Gu She said, "The carriage was originally used, but too many people have complicated hearts and complicated thoughts."
Tao Mo couldn't help being bold when he heard him agreeing with him, and said again: "I think so. The man may be in a hurry, so he borrowed the carriage out of desperation."
Gu She said: "He abandoned the carriage outside the city."
Tao Mo's eyes lit up, and he said, "Maybe he's just in a hurry to enter the city!"
Gu She didn't answer.
Tao Mo thought for a while, "Ah, since he is in a hurry to enter the city, why didn't he just drive the carriage into the city?"
Gu She added new water to the teapot.
Tao Mo pondered for a long time.
Gu She suddenly said, "Where do you go first to find the lost car?"
"In the city. Because Master Jin said that if Gu's carriage enters the city, people will definitely recognize it... Ah! He also knows. He recognizes that this is Gu's carriage." Tao Mo felt that his thoughts cleared up, "The carriage It was lost in Cage Mountain, and he knew that the car was yours. That person, is that person from Sangtou Village?"
Gu She turned her head and looked at the moonlight moving eastward in front of the door, "It's getting late at night."
Tao Mo was startled, and subconsciously looked at the teapot in his hand.
"I'm sleepy, you should also rest." Gu She directly ordered to evict the guest.
"Oh. Okay. Sorry, I said that I was too absorbed in the case." Tao Mo stood up in a panic, and walked out, fearing that he would offend him if he walked too slowly.
Gu She watched Tao Mo go out, reached out to pick up the teapot which was scorched by the stove, and poured all the water into the bucket next to it.
Tao Mo's side was suddenly enlightened because of Gu She's point, and Cui Jiong's other side directly took the prisoner to court.
When Tao Mo received the news, he hurriedly changed his official robes and rushed back from Gu's residence to the county government office. Gu Xiaojia, who was the plaintiff, came with him.
Master Jin had seen Tao Mo's trial several times, and finally couldn't help but read him a few legendary novels about solving crimes that were circulated in the market. Although it is not entirely reliable, in his opinion, no matter how unreliable it is, it is much more reliable than his own county magistrate.
Therefore, after Tao Mo entered the hall, he was not as flustered as before and didn't know what to do, but calmly asked: "Who is kneeling in the hall?"
The man tremblingly was about to answer, but when he heard a slap, the gavel slapped, he immediately prostrated himself on the ground in shock, and said in a panic: "Little man, Sang Xiaotu, villain, villain, please forgive me! Please forgive me!" "He said, knocking his head three times.
It was only after Tao Mo had finished asking that he remembered that the county magistrate in the novel would slap the gavel before asking a question to show off his momentum, so he hurriedly added it, but he didn't want to scare the people in the hall. He hastily said softly: "Don't be afraid, just tell the truth first."
Hearing Tao Mo's peaceful voice, Sang Xiaotu regained his composure, and said in a low voice, "The villain is a villager in Sangtou Village. There used to be a few acres of land in the house, but a few years ago, in order to raise money for my father to buy medicine, I had to pay for it. Sold it. Now doing some part-time work in the city."
Gu Xiaojia said: "The part-time job you are talking about is not a gentleman on Liang?"
Sang Xiaotu said blankly: "I haven't moved beams, but I have moved boxes, big boxes."
Master Jin coughed twice.
Tao Mo, who was engrossed in hearing this, immediately asked concerned: "Master, what's wrong? Do you want to go down to rest first?"
Master Jin said angrily, "Thank you for your concern, sir."
Tao Mo saw that his complexion was rosy, and he was really not in any pain, so he felt relieved, and said to Sang Xiaotu: "Master Jin should not sit for a long time, you should choose the important ones."
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What do you mean he should not sit for a long time
Master Jin's face turned blue and white. Although Tao Mo complied with his original intention, this reason really made him "shame".
Sang Xiaotu nodded again and again, "That day, my father had a bad cough. I carried my father to the county seat to see a doctor, but halfway there, my father died. His face was waxy and waxy. I was afraid of him. I couldn't make it to the county seat in time, so I just... on the way..." His eyes were wet, and he sobbed, "I couldn't think of anything at the time. I saw a carriage next to it, and there was no one in it, so I thought about saving people first. It's a big deal. After saving it, I sent it back secretly. Later, I put my father in the carriage, only to find that the carriage was as beautiful as... a flower. I guessed it was Mr. Gu’s carriage, but my father couldn’t do it right now, and I didn’t have anything Dare to think about it, so I drove the carriage to the county seat. I knew Mr. Gu was a big shot in the city, so I didn’t dare to go in, so I left the car outside. I thought, maybe someone would find out. Mr. Gu found it I probably don’t care about the car. If I don’t find it, I’ll send it back secretly. But when I look back, I see a lot of officials. I’m terrified, I don’t know, I don’t know it will happen. Dad No, I, I..."
The county government was silent, only the sound of him wailing on the ground was heard.
Master Jin sighed to himself, and turned his head to remind Tao Mo to continue the trial, but only saw him lying on the desk and quietly wiping tears. "..."
Ming and Ming cried happily, but the case was shelved.
clap clap.
Three applause.
Tao Mo was taken aback for a moment, and looked out of the hall with a pair of red eyes.
I saw Lu Zhenxue walking out of the crowd in a dark red robe.
Master Jin frowned secretly, and reminded Tao Mo: "This is a court, and idlers should not enter."
Tao Mo nodded to show his understanding, then turned to Lu Zhen and asked, "What are you doing in court?"
Master Jin was so angry that he wanted to pound the table.
After getting along with him several times, Lu Zhenxue already knew Tao Mo's personality well, and such a result was expected. He smiled and said, "Lawsuit."
"Whose lawsuit?" Tao Mo was stunned.
Lu Zhenxue pointed his fingers at Sang Xiaotu, who was lying on the ground crying sobbingly, and said, "He."
Master Jin couldn't help jumping out himself and said, "Is there an agreement between Master Lu and Sang Xiaotu?"
Lu Zhenxue said: "I had never met him before the incident." He was curious to come to see Master Tao after he heard that Master Tao was promoted to trial again, but he didn't expect the case to be related to Gu She. Gu She came to Tanyang County for only two years, and he never went to court once, so he was unparalleled in the limelight, compared to him who was originally the champion, he had long wanted to find a chance to compete with him. The case of the Liang Mansion and the Qiu Mansion last time was a small trial, but now the opportunity is rare, he doesn't believe that Gu She won't come out after someone stepped on his head!
Master Jin said: "It has nothing to do with it?"
Lu Zhenxue shook his head and said, "It's neither relative nor old friend."
"Then invite Master Lu to hear the trial outside the hall." If Lu's family was not one of the largest in Tanyang County, he would never have spoken so politely.
Lu Zhenxue ignored him, and looked directly at Tao Mo and said, "Master Tao, Sang Xiaotu is illiterate, and he doesn't even know anything about the laws of my dynasty, please allow me to be his lawyer and defend him. "He knew that Tao Mo seemed dull, but the trial was a rare fairness, so he was 100% sure that he would agree to this matter.
Tao Mo frowned and said: "You are not related to him, and you have nothing to do with this matter, how can you defend him?"
Lu Zhenxue said: "There is a word of reason in everything. It is neither relative nor old, and people can be persuaded by reason without any relationship."
Tao Mo said: "Then how do you know that I won't convince people with reasoning?"
Lu Zhenxue was taken aback.
Tao Mo said: "I also ask Litigation Master Lu to stand aside for the time being. If the officer is really biased, it will not be too late to come out to defend."
Gu Xiaojia laughed intentionally when he saw Lu Zhenxue withdrawing from the hall. He had known Tao Mo for so long, and it was the first time he felt that listening to him speak was so satisfying.