Tao Mo murmured to himself, "I've never heard of a murder case recently."
Gu She said: "I'm just asking casually."
Tao Mo said with embarrassment: "Actually, Master Jin is proficient in the laws of my court. I'm just making up nonsense."
Gu Shedao: "Is it also Master Jin's idea to sentence Sang Xiaotu to my house as a servant?"
"That's not true." Tao Mo repeated what Master Jin told him at the time, and then sighed, "Although everything he said is reasonable, he didn't mention how to judge the case, so I had to think about it myself One." Seeing that the corners of Gu She's mouth had been raised slightly from just now until now, he wondered, "Master Gu thinks my method is childish and ridiculous?"
Gu She said: "Have you ever seen children playing in mud?"
Tao Mo thought that he was concerned about his face and didn't want to admit it directly, so he broke the topic, so he obediently replied: "Yes."
"Do you think it's childish and ridiculous?"
Tao Mo said, "Although it's childish, it's not ridiculous."
"It can be seen that things in the world are not ridiculous when they are naive. Sometimes naive can be very respectable." Gu She said slowly.
Tao Mo couldn't turn the corner for a while.
Gu She looked at the sky, "It's getting late. Why don't you have dinner first."
"Okay." Tao Mo nodded blankly, followed him and turned to go out, walking all the way to the hall.
It wasn't until the two of them sat down, and Sang Xiaotu, who was wearing plaster on his head, followed Gu Xiaojia to help them serve the food, that he suddenly realized that what Gu She said just now meant to praise him for being respectable? He looked at Gu She's quiet side face, not sure whether he was wrong because he was being passionate, or Gu She really meant it.
Gu She suddenly stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat in his bowl.
Tao Mo was flattered.
Gu She said lightly: "Eat."
"Yes." Tao Mo lowered his head, picked up the meat but didn't eat it whole, but took a small bite with a big bite of rice, and a small bite with a big bite of rice. After one meal, he actually ate a whole bowl of rice with one piece of meat.
Gu Xiaojia felt like laughing.
Hao Guozi couldn't help but glared at him.
Gu She put down his chopsticks, "Play chess?"
Tao Mo hurriedly put down the bowl and nodded repeatedly.
Speaking of which, since that day when I went to Cage Mountain for an outing, I have never played chess again. Thinking about that game of blindfold chess, Tao Mo's interest in playing chess was aroused for the first time because of the game itself, not just because the opponent was Gu She.
Gu Xiaojia set up the chessboard and called Sang Xiaotu out.
Tao Mo suddenly turned his head, "Is your father buried yet?"
Sang Xiaotu stopped suddenly, bent his legs, and knelt down to kowtow again.
Gu Xiaojia and Hao Guozi quickly grabbed him.
Sang Xiaotu said: "Your Excellency and Mr. Gu's great kindness and virtue, Xiaotu will definitely repay you like a cow and a horse."
Tao Mo said awkwardly, "I just want to ask if your father is buried and if I can help."
Sang Xiaotu wiped his tears and said, "Thank you sir for your concern. The village chief and the villagers got together a while ago, and they were buried yesterday." They said it was a burial, but in fact they bought a coffin and got some people to carry it to Yunlin Mountain for burial.
Tao Mo nodded.
Gu She suddenly said: "From now on, you should follow Tao Mo."
Sang Xiaotu trembled. It wasn't that he didn't want to, but it was the first time he heard this big man from Tanyang County speak, and he felt nervous, so he quickly said, "Thank you Mr. Gu, thank you Mr. Tao."
Gu Xiaojia pulled him up and said, "Don't disturb your son's interest in playing chess here. I'll take you to Gu Mansion to have a look around, so you won't get lost in the future."
Hao Guozi muttered, "Why didn't you see you being so kind when I came here?"
Gu Xiaojia said with a half-smile, "Sang Xiaotu is a servant of my Gu family. It's only natural for me to bring him to be familiar with the Gu family. I don't know who Master Hao is from my Gu family?"
Hao Guozi was so blocked that he couldn't speak.
Gu Xiaojia was proud of winning the next city, and he worked extra hard when he brought Sang Xiaotu to introduce Gu's mansion.
Hao Guozi followed behind him without saying a word. When Tao Mo played chess with Gu She, he could only pass the time with Gu Xiaojia in the Gu residence.
The three of them wandered around Gu's mansion, Gu Xiaojia calculated that it was about the same time, and brought them back to the hall. He was about to enter the gate of the courtyard, but he just saw the porter come out from inside. Gu Xiaojia was shocked and said, "A visitor came to the mansion?"
The concierge said, "I'm here to look for Mr. Tao."
Hao Guozi was pleasantly surprised: "Could it be that Lao Tao is back?"
The concierge said, "It's Mr. Yiyu."
Hao Guozi's face suddenly turned cold, "What is he here for?"
The concierge said: "Send something to Mr. Tao."
Gu Xiaojia also frowned, "Where's the man? Have you sent him away?" From the last time Gu She had a conversation with Young Master Yi Yu, he knew that his son didn't want to see this person, so he was afraid that the porter would not be interested, so he let him in to disturb Gu She Yaxing.
The concierge said, "He put down his things and left."
Hao Guozi asked, "Where are the things?"
The concierge said: "It has been delivered to Mr. Tao."
Hao Guozi turned around and walked in.
Gu Xiaojia and Sang Xiaotu followed immediately.
Hao Guozi entered the room and saw something on the table. Although it had not been opened, it should be a ready-made garment from the outside. Tao Mo's ears were a little red, but Gu She still had a calm expression on his face.
"Master?" He asked tentatively.
Tao Mo was startled, then heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Put your things away."
Hao Guozi responded, and was about to take it back to the house when Gu She said calmly, "Aren't you going to open it and have a look?"
Hao Guozi looked at Tao Mo.
Tao Mo's ears were so red that they turned purple, he said after a while, "It's good to open it and have a look."
Hao Guozi had no choice but to remove the oiled paper outside, and it turned out to be a ready-made garment. It is azure in color, with cloud patterns looming, and a white jade buckle belt that is worth a lot at first glance. He secretly looked at Tao Mo.
Tao Mo opened his mouth, then secretly glanced at Gu She.
Gu She is unpredictable.
"You don't get paid for nothing, I think I'll return it tomorrow." Tao Mo said. He didn't say this because he wanted to please Gu She, but he really felt that he and Yi Yu really didn't have such a friendship. Inviting Yiyu to live in the county government was just thinking of the friendship between acquaintances. After all, it was a fellow countryman, and it was fate to meet in a foreign country. As for the other intersections between the two, it was completely broken when he burned the towel.
Gu Xiaojia said: "The texture of this material is good, I'm afraid it's not something that can be bought in Tanyang County."
Snapped.
The rice is crisp.
Tao Mo hurriedly returned to his senses, and turned his attention back to the chessboard. It's just that although his gaze came back, his mind was still in a trance. The hand holding the chess piece swayed on the chessboard for a while before he spotted a position and dropped it.
Snapped.
Different crisp sounds.
Tao Mo raised his head in a daze, but saw Gu She get up and walk in.
"Chess..." he hesitated.
Gu She didn't turn his head back and said, "Since you don't have any intentions, why bother hanging around."
Tao Mo looked back at the chess game, and repeated blankly: "Since you have no intention, why linger?"
If you don't care, why hang around...
brush.
Hao Guozi turned over and sat up, pressing his forehead with a headache, couldn't help but said, "Master."
"Um?"
"I've been listening to these eight words all night." Even if Tao Mo doesn't say these eight words now, these eight words will automatically circle back and forth in his mind...
Tao Mo said, "Tell me, what does this sentence mean?"
Hao Guozi said: "Maybe it is because the young master has no intention of playing chess? Or maybe..." Is it referring to the young master's attitude towards Mr. Yiyu? He froze for a moment, then was startled by his own thoughts. What is the young master's attitude towards Mr. Yi Yu and what does he care about Gu She? He will never be jealous, right
... It shouldn't be so, right
Tao Mo heard Hao Guozi say only half a sentence, but stopped, and asked, "Maybe what?"
Hao Guozi desperately shook the thought out of his head, and said, "Gu She's mind is unpredictable, who can guess it."
Tao Mo turned over, put his palms against his ears, and continued chewing the eight characters over and over in annoyance.
Hao Guozi said: "Young Master, why do you care so much about Gu She's words? Maybe he just said it casually."
Tao Mo didn't answer immediately.
Thinking of Tao Mo's thoughts on Gu She, Hao Guozi wanted to pour cold water on him, but couldn't bear to pour cold water on him, so he could only say quietly, "Old Tao is coming back soon, young master, you and Gu She should not get so close."
Speaking of Lao Tao, Tao Mo's thoughts finally got out of these eight characters. His respect for Lao Tao is not only because the other party always thinks of himself and takes good care of him, but also because Lao Tao has often taken the place where his father should have stood. He didn't need to say some things, and he didn't need to think about some things, but he said and thought about it, not because he was his young master, but because it was Tao Mo's father's dying words.
Father…
The hand against Tao Mo's cheek was suddenly wet.
Going out in the morning, there is humidity in the air.
Tao Mo rubbed his stiff hands, his eyes were attracted by the carriage on the side of the road.
Peng Xiang sat on the carriage with her eyes half closed, as if she was dozing off.
Tao Mo took the oiled paper package wrapped in clothes from Hao Guozi, and walked towards him.
Peng Xiang, who was about to fall asleep, was gently pushed by someone, and suddenly woke up with a jolt, seeing Tao Mo, she rubbed her eyes and said, "Tao, Master Tao?"
Hao Guozi said angrily, "What are you doing here so early in the morning?"
Peng Xiang said: "Young master asked me to send you to the county government office."
Hao Guozi said: "There are a lot of carriages in the county government, so I don't bother you."
Peng Xiang asked back, "Where's the carriage?"
Hao Guozi was speechless.
When he got out of the court yesterday, Tao Mo walked, but never drove a carriage.
He looked at Peng Xiang suspiciously and said, "How do you know that the young master doesn't drive a carriage?"
Peng Xiang said: "I'm just here to try my luck. Since Mr. Tao really doesn't have a carriage, why don't you let me give you a ride?" He smiled and said to Tao Mo. Anyway, he has been in Qunxianglou for so many years, how could he not have a little bit of rouge on his body. Just such a smile, already has 70% to 80% of the charm of those young men when they seduced people, and it is charming and tender.
But Tao Mo didn't answer, but handed him the oiled paper bag in his hand and said, "You don't get paid for nothing, your son's property, I'll complete it..." He glanced at Hao Guozi.
"Return the jade to Zhao." Hao Guozi answered loudly.
Peng Xiang didn't take it, but pretended to be puzzled and said: "Could it be that Mr. Tao's clothes don't fit well? But my son said that he will never make a mistake about Mr. Tao's figure."
Tao Mo said: "This gift is too heavy, I can't bear it."
Peng Xiang lowered her head and sighed, and said: "Master Tao, why should you reject people thousands of miles away? Thinking back then, Master Tao spent more money on my young master than just this clothes. Now young master just throws peaches and plums at him, and repays him with Qiongyao. " His tone softened, "Master Tao can understand what you are thinking."
"The heart of a tiger and a wolf, who can understand?" Hao Guozi became angry when he thought of what happened back then.
Tao Mo still refused, saying: "Tao Li and Qiong Yao were both cleared up that day. Please don't worry about it, Young Master Yi Yu."
Peng Xiang said: "Master Tao, why do you want to hurt people like this. Although the young master never said it, I know that he came to Tanyang County this time to find Master Tao."
"Ha! Are you telling the truth?" Hao Guozi sneered, "Sure enough, I thought I didn't hurt my young master enough before, so I rushed here to give you a knife."
Peng Xiang said angrily: "You treat the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!"
"Gentleman? Where is it?" Hao Guozi said, "If you hadn't colluded with Huang Guangde back then, how could my young master have ended up in this situation?"
Peng Xiang said: "My son is also involuntary. He is in Qunxiang Tower, and he is receiving business and customers! Could it be that Huang Guangde came to the door with money, can he refuse?"
Hao Guozi's throat choked.
Tao Mo said: "I mentioned redeeming him at the beginning." At that time, he was sad and moved by Yi Yu's words, but now when he talked about this matter, he didn't have any emotional fluctuations at all, only a matter-of-fact sigh.
Peng Xiang's voice faltered, "Master, there is nothing he can do. Even if Mr. Tao was willing to pay silver to redeem him, but the contract of sale is in Zhang's hands. He sees Huang Guangde like a mouse seeing a cat, how dare he let my son leave."
Hao Guozi felt that it was reasonable, but after thinking about it, she felt that something was wrong, "Since that's the case, why didn't your young master make it clear to the young master at the beginning? Why did you hang him indifferently?"
Peng Xiang said: "Young master is also a human being, and a human being always has selfishness. What's wrong with him not wanting to be separated from his sweetheart?"
"Sweetheart?" Hao Guozi sneered. If he was really his sweetheart, how could he watch him step into a dangerous situation without paying attention and turning a blind eye
Deserved.
In the morning mist, the sound of horseshoes and wheels rolling from far to near.
The heated debate stopped here.
The carriage came out through the fog, and Gu Xiaojia sat on the shaft, holding the reins with both hands, with a lazy expression.
Hao Guozi has never found his face so cute as now.
Gu Xiaojia drove the carriage and stopped beside Tao Mo.
The curtain of the carriage was lifted from the inside by Sang Xiaotu, revealing Gu Shelai who was leaning on the fox fur blanket.
Gu She said: "Get in the car."
Then, Peng Xiang saw Tao Mo hastily put the oil-paper bag into his hand, and got into the car without looking back.
Hao Guozi jumped onto the shaft of the car and sat beside Gu Xiaojia.
Gu Xiaojia drove away as if no one was around.
Peng Xiang was left dazed in the slightly tidal morning mist.