On the second day, Hao Guozi found out that he was wrong, not five people, but seven people.
Gu She and Tao Mo got into the car first, and the remaining Lao Tao, Master Jin, Sang Xiaotu, Hao Guozi and Gu Xiaojia lined up, looking at each other.
"I'm driving." Gu Xiaojia tactfully sat on the shaft of the car.
"I drive too." Without waiting for the others to react, Hao Guozi jumped onto the shaft of the car and sat side by side with Gu Xiaojia.
Master Jin sighed and said, "When I'm old, it's still more comfortable to ride in a carriage." As he spoke, he climbed into the carriage nimbly.
Old Tao looked at Sang Xiaotu.
Sang Xiaotu shrank his head and said, "Young master asked me to serve you."
Old Tao frowned. As far as he knew, Sang Xiaotu was dedicated to serving Tao Mo in Gu's mansion, who was he going to serve at this time? But the carriage is owned by Gu She, he can take whoever he wants, he has nothing to say.
Sang Xiaotu saw Lao Tao slowly getting into the carriage, so he followed carefully.
After closing the door, the carriage moved forward slowly.
Tao Mo huddled beside Gu She, his shoulders touched his arm, and looked down at his feet, afraid that his shyness and pleasure would be seen by others.
In fact, this carriage is not small, but the tea table and cabinets take up space, so several people have to sit with their shoulders hunched.
I was speechless for a while.
From here to neighboring counties, at least five or six hours, thinking of sitting like this for five or six hours, Master Jin felt bitter in his mouth, and secretly regretted allowing Lao Tao to come with him. He turned his eyes around everyone's faces, finally settled on Tao Mo's head, and said without words: "Cui Jiong seems to be very diligent in coming to the Yamen these two days."
Tao Mo raised his head and said blankly, "Really?"
Master Jin said: "The master will rely on him a lot in the future, so he should move around more on weekdays." After getting along with Tao Mo for a long time, he gradually got to know his temper, and knew that he was not a duplicity, but a fool. He was really too frank and thoughtless, he had a bad impression at the beginning and gloated in everything, and gradually he became a sweetheart who was the same as Lao Tao.
Tao Mo repeatedly said yes, and secretly reflected.
Gu She glanced sideways at Master Jin.
Master Jin was startled inexplicably, feeling that Gu She's glance just now had a deep meaning, but he couldn't understand what the deep meaning was.
The carriage returned to silence again.
Master Jin didn't speak casually anymore, but just sat watching his nose, nose, nose, and heart.
The carriage stopped twice along the way, and finally arrived at the neighboring county in the evening. Due to the bumpy and exhausting journey, everyone hurried back to their rooms to rest after entering the inn, and Tao Mo's play plan naturally fell through.
The next day when the hall opened, Tao Mo and the others changed into inconspicuous clothes, and then mingled with the common people to listen. Even so, their group is still eye-catching. There was no other reason, although Gu She didn't wear a fox fur and mink jacket, but he was handsome and stood out from the crowd like a hen standing out from the crowd.
Master Jin originally wanted Gu She to be tall and wanted him to block him so as not to be recognized by the masters in neighboring counties. Who knew that it would be better if they didn't stand together, but they would be exposed faster if they stood together. He saw the puzzled eyes cast by the teacher from the neighboring county, and knew that he had recognized him.
Fortunately, the master didn't say anything, just as the magistrate of the neighboring county slapped the gavel and began to try the case, he quickly turned his head away.
The woodcutter was brought up, but he was not as bruised as everyone thought, and he looked good, and he answered all the questions raised by the county magistrate, and he was extremely cooperative.
In Tao Mo's mind, the lawsuit, which should have been a war of words, ended strangely and peacefully during the question and answer between the two.
Until the master took out the pleadings and asked the woodcutter to draw a bond, he didn't hesitate at all, as if he had put life and death aside.
The trial of the case was completed quickly, and the people walked out bored.
Tao Mo mingled in the crowd, deep in thought.
After leaving the yamen, Lao Tao asked Master Jin, "What do you think?"
Master Jin chuckled and said: "The murderer has been caught, everyone is happy."
Old Tao said: "I'm afraid it's a scapegoat."
Master Jin said: "No matter what, the prisoner always admits it himself."
Tao Mo said: "But he didn't explain where the bow and arrow came from, nor why he could shoot so accurately."
Master Jin sighed softly: "Confused, it's rare to be confused. This case involves human life and serious affection, and it needs to be reported for a final decision. It's not a final decision."
Gu Xiaojia said: "The criminal himself admitted it, and I'm afraid no one will be held accountable if it is reported." If a person seeks death, who can blame him
Tao Mo said: "It shouldn't be like this." He looked at Gu She, as if he wanted him to say something.
Gu She lived up to expectations, and said, "Find a place to stay."
"Huh?" Tao Mo was taken aback.
Gu She said: "Legs are sore."
The teahouses in neighboring counties are not as refined as those in Tanyang County, and the tea they brew is not worth mentioning.
Gu She really came here just to sit and sit.
Seeing that Master Jin and Gu Xiaojia both took a sip of tea, Tao Mo put down the cups and refused to move.
Master Jin said: "Master Hou saw me."
Master Hou is naturally the master of the neighboring county.
Old Tao frowned and said, "Will he recognize the young master?"
Master Jin took a look at Gu She and said, "Even if you don't recognize him, I'm afraid you can make a good guess." Gu She is too conspicuous, if such a person appears in the courtroom, anyone will make a fool of him. clearly understand.
Old Tao said: "Things are getting more and more complicated."
Gu Xiaojia said: "What's so complicated? Anyway, the case is solved."
Hao Guozi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly snorted coldly.
Gu Xiaojia frowned and said, "What are you humming?"
"It's nothing. I just don't like how some people disregard human lives!" Hao Guozi stared at him, as if he was blind to know you.
Gu Xiaojia was so annoyed by his staring, "What's the point? What's the fate of a person? It's inexplicable. The prisoner admitted it himself, and you still don't allow him to reform and repent?"
Hao Guozi said: "Some people can't help it if they are covered in lard! So many unreasonable things can be turned a blind eye!"
"Where is it unreasonable?" Gu Xiaojia was in a hurry, and he really quarreled with him, "Who said woodcutters can't hold bows and arrows, who said woodcutters can't shoot dead people with bows and arrows? Blind cats can also meet dead mice, why don't they allow him?" lucky?"
Hao Guozi said: "If you want to talk nonsense with your eyes open, I can't help it."
Gu Xiaojia raised his hand and was about to slap the table when he saw Gu She's icy eyes from the corner of his eyes, as if a basin of cold water had been poured on his head, his whole body became stiff, and after a long while, he retracted the palm that stopped in mid-air embarrassingly.
Tao Mo smoothed things over and said, "This matter is quite weird, I'm afraid no one will be able to explain it for a while."
Master Jin said: "There are two possibilities for the criminal to voluntarily confess his guilt. One is that he is indeed the murderer, and the other is that he wants to cover up the murderer."
When he said this, Tao Mo suddenly became enlightened. He said: "In other words, the murderer is probably someone close to him."
"It's just a possibility." Master Jin said, "It's also possible that he was bribed."
Tao Mo's face turned pale, "Have someone paid for his life?"
Master Jin laughed and said: "Money can make ghosts turn millstones, and money can make millstones turn ghosts. These days, as long as you have money, power, power, and connections, nothing is impossible."
Old Tao said: "In this way, the real murderer is very likely to be powerful." He said, casting a glance at Tao Mo.
Tao Mo's complexion was pale and blue.
The trial of Wanfeng's case seems to be over, but it seems that it has just begun.
In the dead of night.
Tao Mo couldn't sleep, turned over and put on his clothes, put on his shoes and went out.
Hao Guozi in the outer room was sleeping soundly.
He pushed open the door carefully, stepped over the threshold, and closed the door carefully.
The corridor was deserted and deserted, indescribably bleak.
Tao Mo sighed, and was about to go downstairs, when he heard the door next to him open with a babble, and Gu She came out wearing a big cloak, with black hair scattered on the light blue cloak, looking handsome.
"You..." Tao Mo covered his mouth as soon as he said a word.
Gu She closed the door and walked downstairs first.
Tao Mo followed behind him step by step.
The two walked slowly to the yard behind the inn.
There is a big tree planted in the yard, and the shade is like a cover.
Gu She walked under the tree, the thick shadow of the tree concealed the sharpness of his body.
Tao Mo was about to approach, when he heard him ask calmly, "What's your relationship with Wanfeng?"