The heart that had just been relieved instantly became entangled again.
Tao Mo stared at him blankly, seeing the distance from far to near, and then from near to far, he couldn't help calling out: "Gu, young master!"
Gu She seemed to notice the person next to him, and turned his head lazily.
Swept by that cold gaze, Tao Mo's whole body trembled, and he blurted out, "Don't you want to eat?"
"How did you talk?" Gu Xiaojia, who had been paying attention to Tao Mo since he came out, couldn't help but jumped out of the carriage and stared at him.
Tao Mo was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that Shicai's words seemed to be teasing Gu She for coming to dinner, his face turned red with shame, and said, "That's not what I meant."
"Idiot." Gu Xiaojia opened the car door, "My lord, let's go back."
Gu She was about to get into the car when Tao Mo called again, "Young Master Gu."
Gu Xiaojia stared at him, "What's the ghost's name?"
Tao Mo was left speechless by the question. He just wanted to pay more attention to Gu She, and didn't want him to leave so early, but he didn't think of any excuses.
Gu She finally turned around and looked at him, "You want to ask me for help?"
Tao Mo was stunned, not knowing why he made this statement, but it was considered wrong, and he hit the right target, and said: "Yes, yes, indeed, I have something to ask for."
"A little busy or a big busy?" Gu Xiaojia suddenly cut the topic.
Gu She didn't object either.
Tao Mo couldn't think of anything busy for a while, so he said, "There are big and small."
Gu Xiaojia frowned and said, "Why are you so troublesome?"
An evil light flashed in Tao Mo's mind somehow, and he replied, "People have three urgencies."
"..." Gu Xiaojia was defeated.
Gu She said: "Come and wait outside my residence tomorrow."
Tao Mo didn't feel that his words and deeds were rampant, he watched them get into the car happily and drove away.
The bearers of the county government found Tao Mo had gone out after he spoke, and came up to him to carry him back to the mansion.
On the way back to the county office, Tao Mo kept thinking about how to mention this matter to Lao Tao. Thinking of Lao Tao's reaction, he felt chills in his heart. But thinking of seeing Gu She again tomorrow, he felt warm again.
So cool and warm, warm and cool back to the county office.
Hao Guozi rushed out from inside suddenly and almost bumped into him, his expression was really excited, "Master, it's terrible, someone handed in the certificate!"
Submission
Tao Mo was in a daze, and it took him a while to come back to his senses, and stammered, "Then, what should we do?"
Hao Guozi said, "I don't know either. You might as well ask Old Tao, Master."
Tao Mo didn't dare to neglect, and hurried into the inner hall.
Lao Tao was settling accounts, when he saw him coming in, he said, "The pleadings are on the table."
Tao Mo stood there awkwardly, "You know I can't read."
Hao Guozi jumped to the table, picked up the testimonial and began to read: "The women don't know Deshi..."
"Don't know Deshi?" Tao Mo was at a loss.
Hao Guozi said shyly, "I don't know that word."
Lao Tao looked up from the ledger and said, "It is Liao who sued his son for being unfilial."
Hao Guozi said: "I never thought that a mother would sue her son. It's an anecdote through the ages."
Old Tao said: "In Tanyang County, it's not surprising that even trivial matters can be dealt with to the Bo Court."
Tao Mo said: "Why is the son of the Liao family unfilial?"
Old Tao said: "It's not according to my mother."
Tao Mo said: "Why is it not going well?"
Old Tao said: "Words collide."
Tao Mo was startled, and after a long time sighed, "Actually, being able to collide is a blessing."
Old Tao said: "If you can not collide when you collide, and be filial in everything, wouldn't it be a blessing?"
Tao Mo felt ashamed and remained silent.
Hao Guozi shouted: "That's right. Young Master, have you eaten anything delicious in Lu's Mansion today?"
Tao Mo thought of all kinds of things in Lu's house, and couldn't lift his head even more, "There is nothing to eat." In that case, how could he remember what he ate.
Hao Guozi said: "I didn't expect that Lu's house would be so bad."
Old Tao was so shrewd, he knew something was wrong just by looking at Tao Mo's expression, and asked, "What happened?"
"It's nothing." Tao Mo met his knowing gaze, thinking that the matter would be reported sooner or later, so he had to confess, "Young Master Lu asked me to compose a poem, but I said I couldn't read."
Hao Guozi asked curiously, "Then why does Mr. Lu ask you to compose poems?"
Old Tao said: "I knew that Lu Zhenxue was not a cheap lamp. Anyway, this matter will be known sooner or later, and it doesn't make much difference if you know it sooner or later."
Having said that, he didn't want to lose face in front of Gu She.
Tao Mo thought about it, every time he met Gu She, he was not very respectable. The first time I was ignored, the second time I encountered "Weak Water Three Thousand", the third time... Fortunately, the fourth time is not far away. Thinking of this, he had an idea: "The Liao case is the first case I have taken over, so I can't take it lightly. It would be great if I could ask an expert for advice."
Old Tao looked at him quite unexpectedly, "What the young master thinks and thinks is really what I think."
Tao Mo's face was filled with joy, but he heard Old Tao say, "You go to Master Jin's house tonight, and ask him to come to church tomorrow."
Tao Mo said, "It's just Master Jin?"
Old Tao said: "Such a small case, there are countless cases every month. If this Liao family is not quite famous in Tanyang County, the young master does not need to be promoted."
Tao Mo looked lonely.
"Could it be that the young master has other ideas?" Old Tao looked at him suspiciously.
Tao Mo was afraid that he would see the clue, so he quickly found an excuse to escape.
When he walked back to the room, he pulled Hao Guozi who came in after him, and explained everything.
Hao Guozi looked at him in surprise, "Master, you are also a seventh-rank county magistrate, why did you wait outside his residence instead?"
Tao Mo didn't think there was anything wrong with it, "He said so, of course he has his reasons. You just do it. Remember that the tone must be sincere."
Hao Guozi nodded reluctantly, "It's just that I won't be able to see the young master's promotion tomorrow."
"There will be more opportunities like this in the future." Tao Mo said, feeling worried. He is a novice and illiterate. I only listened to Lao Tao read the law once, so I don't know how much I can remember.
Can only resign to fate.
That night, he went to Master Jin's house with Lao Tao. To the surprise of the two, Master Jin did not refuse to take office early.
Tao Mo looked at Master Jin's face that had been devastated by the years, and finally gained some confidence in his heart.
The new county lord is going to be promoted. This is a big deal.
In Tanyang County, where the weather is good and the weather is good, the people don't care about taxes at all, and they haven't changed for several years anyway. They judge whether the county magistrate is smart or not, and they look at how he handles the case. In order to gain a firm foothold in Tanyang County, where there are many litigators, it is impossible to fail to hear the case.
Tao Mo sat in the courtroom and saw the court servants standing in two rows, Liao and his son Wang Pengcheng kneeling at the foot of the courtroom, and the two litigators standing on both sides of the courtroom, one on the left and one on the right, his head ached.
Fortunately, he turned his head, Master Jin was always on his side.
"My lord?" Seeing that Tao Mo didn't say a word, but just stared at him with wide eyes, Master Jin couldn't help but feel hairy.
The turmoil of "weak water is three thousand, just take a scoop to drink it" has not subsided, so he wants to be accused of "above the court, flirting with eyebrows"? Thinking of this, he didn't care whether to look sideways, and slightly raised his voice: "My lord!"
Tao Mo was startled, and immediately turned around.
The two lawyers on the left and the right were looking at him as if they were watching a good show.
His hand slowly moved towards the gavel.
The square and solid wood finally stabilized his heart.
Just when everyone was waiting for him to slap the gavel, he said softly, "Who will talk first."
The two lawyers looked at each other.
Both have been friends for several years, and they know each other's various routines like the back of their hands.
Wang Pengcheng's litigator raised his eyebrows, motioning for the other party to speak first.
Liao's litigator was not polite either, he cupped his fists at Tao Mo and said, "What do you think is filial piety?"
Tao Mo sighed and said, "I didn't do this word, so don't ask me."
"..."
Liao's litigator couldn't have imagined that he would say that he was not filial, so he was stunned, and then said: "Then how unfilial is your lord?"
Tao Mo's eyes became more forlorn, "It's a long story, back then..."
Master Jin finally knew why Lao Tao insisted on taking office early, because this new boss was really unreliable.
"Ahem." He interrupted, causing everyone to roll their eyes.
Tao Mo came back to his senses, blushed slightly and said, "Let's talk about yours first."
The Liao family litigator said: "The filial piety is good to parents. The unfilial piety is Wang's Pengcheng."