When the matter was settled, Lu Zhenxue got up and said goodbye.
Tao Mo sent him to the door, thought for a while, then turned around and told Lao Tao who was settling accounts.
After hearing his narration, Lao Tao frowned and said, "That Lu Zhenxue, I'm afraid the person who came here was not kind."
Tao Mo asked in surprise, "Why?" In his opinion, this Lu Zhenxue should be the first friend he made in Tanyang County.
Old Tao said: "One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. How could Lin Zhengyong's followers actively recommend you to Mr. Yichui's followers?"
Tao Mo said: "Then what will he do?"
"I just don't know what to do." Lao Tao pondered, "I still have to go. But as you said, just sit down for a while and come back. Don't get involved with other people."
Thinking of Gu She, Tao Mo's heart warmed up, but seeing the old Tao's eyes that seemed to know everything, he turned cold, and said in a dull voice, "What can there be any entanglements?"
"It's better if you don't have one." Old Tao knew that he was ill again, and couldn't bear to force him any more, so he changed the subject and said, "Although the county magistrate is a small official, the sparrow is small and has all the internal organs. The county government has three classes and six rooms. , if you have nothing to do, you can go to deal with them in the afternoon, and it will be convenient for you to do business in the future."
Tao Mo hastily responded.
Old Tao said: "You have already met that Cui Dianshi, if you see him again in a while, don't forget to get closer."
Tao Mo responded again.
Old Tao saw that he was sick and crooked, he was not at ease, but there were so many affairs in the mansion, and he couldn't let go, so he had to take a step back and said, "I'll let Hao Guozi follow you, if you don't understand anything, just send him here Ask. The left and right are not far apart."
Tao Mo felt a little nervous when he heard him not going, "It's okay to go another day."
"Master, I'm going to die one day." Old Tao said without changing his face, "Could it be that Master will stop being an official after I die?"
Tao Mo turned pale with shock, "Don't say that. I know you won't die easily."
The corners of Lao Tao's mouth twitched slightly, "Master, if I didn't know you well, I would still think you are sorry."
Tao Mo said, "I don't mean that."
"I know. You go to eat first, and then go with Hao Guozi."
Tao Mo turned around and went out, ate as promised, and then went out.
The sixth room is just around the county government office, and it takes only a blink of an eye to go out and enter.
Although the scribe who was working inside had never seen Tao Mo himself, he had already inquired about his appearance, and hurriedly greeted him as soon as he entered the door. Tao Mo inquired one by one, and behaved very decently.
Later, Liufang Jingcheng and Guan Nian came out to welcome them, and it was another round of greetings.
Cui Jiong doesn't work here, and he hasn't come here today.
Tao Mo talked with them for a while, then got up to leave.
Hao Guozi followed behind him and whispered, "Young master seems to have changed just now."
Tao Mo said, "Why did you change yourself?"
"The young master looked very knowledgeable just now." Hao Guozi spoke bluntly.
Tao Mo was stunned, his face darkened.
Hao Guozi seemed to realize that just now's words were inappropriate, and quickly said: "I'm not saying that the young master is ignorant, I just, just..."
"It's okay to be uneducated. My father often said that about me when he was alive."
Hao Guozi blushed and said, "How can I compare with the master."
Tao Mo said: "You are right. I am illiterate and illiterate."
Hao Guozi said: "Listening to the young master's talk, who can believe that the young master is illiterate?"
Tao Mo smiled wryly and said, "It's just that I heard others say that I said a lot, so I remembered it. I can say these words, but I can't write them. Even if you write them out and put them in front of me, I won't understand them." of."
Hao Guozi said, "Who said everyone with great talents must be able to read?"
Tao Mo suddenly said, "What does 'weak water three thousand, just take a ladle to drink' mean?"
Although Hao Guozi is just a servant, he went to school when he was a child and knows more characters than him.
Hao Guozi was surprised and said, "Young master has a sweetheart?"
"Sweetheart?" Tao Mo was taken aback for a moment, then his ears turned red belatedly, and he went straight into the house without saying a word.
Leaving Hao Guozi standing there blankly for a while, she murmured, "I don't want the young master to forget that Young Master Yiyu so quickly."
Lu Zhenxue is quite famous in Tanyang County. Before Gu Shefu, he was the most prominent figure in Tanyang County. Everyone knew that there was a young master Lu who was quick-witted and articulate, and he was hit by Juren at a young age. So he held a plum blossom banquet, and there were many fans.
According to Tao Mo's words, Tao Mo arrived neither early nor late.
As the county's parent officer, his arrival was still warmly received by the host.
Lu Zhenxue smiled and led him to sit at the main table, "My parents have not returned from home, so I have to make decisions here. Please don't blame me, my lord."
"Where is it?" Tao Mo said in his heart that he would leave later, "It is my fault that I failed to meet your father Lingtang."
Lu Zhenxue was stunned for a moment, thinking what does my parents have to do with you? How did it become your fault? Could it be that he really regards me as a close friend? He looked at Tao Mo's face carefully, and felt that he was absent-minded, so he couldn't help sneering secretly, since he wanted to play a show to win me over, he should do it realistically.
Tao Mo originally planned to say a few words and leave, but he looked around and couldn't see Gu She, so he couldn't help but waited a while longer because he was a little bit unwilling.
Lu Zhenxue got up to greet others, and introduced some people to him by the way.
Tao Mo knew that these people were rich local businessmen, so he started talking.
Just talking about this year's harvest, the surroundings suddenly became quiet.
Tao Mo turned to look.
Gu She walked slowly, surrounded by his fellow seniors. The purple red cloak made his eyebrows look poetic and elegant.
Lu Zhenxue said hello one by one, and when it was Gu She's turn, he smiled brightly, "I don't think that Brother Gu would come here, I'm really flattered."
"Brother Lu, you are welcome."
This was the first time Tao Mo heard Gu She speak, every word stirred up ripples in his heart like pebbles, and he couldn't calm down.
"This is Mr. Tao, I introduced you last time." Lu Zhenxue suddenly pointed in Tao Mo's direction.
Somehow, Tao Mo passed by.
He was so active, the others didn't just ignore him like last time, and just greeted him perfunctorily.
While responding, Tao Mo kept his eyes on Gu She intentionally or unintentionally.
As if feeling his gaze, Gu She's erratic eyes finally landed on him.
Seeing him looking at him, Tao Mo felt excited, and felt that nothing in the world could compare to the beauty of this moment.
But it didn't last long, Gu She quickly walked away.
Tao Mo followed for a long time in a daze, until one of Gu She's senior brothers couldn't see him, turned his head and asked, "What advice do you have, sir?" He suddenly woke up, and walked back to the main table in embarrassment.
Since then, his mind has been in a trance, his eyes glanced at Gu She's direction from time to time, and he even forgot that Lao Tao told him to leave.
After drinking with everyone for a while, Lu Zhenxue announced today's purpose, saying: "Drinking wine needs to add to the fun, why don't we ask Mr. Tao to compose a poem to add some glory to this cold winter."
Everyone drank together.
Tao Mo was taken aback, quickly waved his hands and said, "I won't."
Lu Zhenxue said: "My lord, why be polite. Everyone knows that all the county magistrates in Tanyang County are well-educated people. Since your lord can come to Tanyang County, he must be quite accomplished in poetry."
Tao Mo said in a low voice, "I really don't know how to do it."
"Didn't your lord look down on my little plum blossom feast?" Lu Zhenxue's face turned cold.
No matter how dull Tao Mo was, he still felt that the atmosphere was not right, but he could only keep repeating: "I really don't know how to write poetry. I, I actually can't read."
"puff."
I don't know who took the lead in spraying laughter, making everyone else laugh out loud.
"My lord, please forgive me." Lu Zhenxue's face softened, but he couldn't hide the sarcasm in his eyes, "I'm the one who was demanding."
"Haha..." Finally someone couldn't help laughing out loud.
Tao Mo felt like sitting on pins and needles, his body was as stiff as a rock, he didn't dare to turn his head, he just stared at the rice bowl in front of him, wondering about Gu She's expression at the moment, maybe he was laughing like these people too
The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became. Just as Lu Zhenxue was talking to other people, he turned around and slipped away. It was so fast that Lu Zhenxue didn't even have the chance to scream.
After rushing out of Lu's mansion, Tao Mo felt a little top-heavy, and leaned limply against the door.
A very beautiful carriage was parked outside the door, just blocking the county government's sedan chair, no one noticed that their lord had come out.
Tao Mo rested for a while, and finally regained his composure. He was about to leave when he heard orderly footsteps coming out of the room. He turned his head and saw that it was Gu She.