In March, it gets warmer.
Tao Mo finally took off his heavy jacket. A few days ago, Lao Tao and Hao Guozi were both worried about being ill, and it was hard for him, but whenever there was a slight disturbance, his clothes would always be several layers thicker, so that wherever he went, he looked like a pile of cotton balls. come over.
It is said that he was raised in bed for five or six days, and was "detained" in the county government office for five or six days before he got Lao Tao's permission to come out to let the wind go.
Without waiting for his order, Hao Guozi cleverly prepared the carriage.
Tao Mo got into the car, but instead of going to Gu's mansion, he went to the street market.
Hao Guozi thought, when the young master was sick, Gu She came twice and brought tonics each time. Although it is not a rare item, it is not a small sum of money. The young master must want to reciprocate courtesy, but he just doesn't know if the money that Old Taosai gave him before leaving the house is enough.
When he arrived at the place, Tao Mo lifted the curtain and got out of the car. Hao Guozi originally wanted to follow, but he waved his hand to stop him.
After a while, Tao Mo came out with a small paper bag in his hand.
Hao Guozi muttered, "Isn't it too shabby to just give Mr. Gu this little thing?"
"Mr. Gu?" Tao Mo was taken aback, "When did I say I would give it to him?"
Now it was Hao Guozi's turn to be stunned, "Who else is it if it's not Young Master Gu?"
"Go and see Yiyu." Since Yiyu came last time, Tao Mo felt as if he was suffocating, and he always felt so depressed that he insisted on taking a look with his own eyes to make sure of something in exchange for peace of mind. .
Hao Guozi disagreed. It's just that Tao Mo finally came out after being ill for so long, he didn't want to spoil his interest, so he said, "Gu Gongzi and Yi Yu have both visited the sick, why does the young master treat one more than the other? Why don't we go to Gu's mansion and invite Gu Gongzi to go with us?" ?” As long as Gu She is here, he believes that even if Yi Yu wants to use any tricks, she will not be able to use them.
Tao Mo said: "Why bother? I'll go to see Yiyu first, and then I'll go to Gu's mansion later."
Hao Guozi looked at the sky pretendingly, "It can't be too late, otherwise it will look like we're catching up to eat."
Tao Mo responded in a low voice, thinking of Gu She's two visits during his illness, his gentle words, and occasionally telling some funny stories, his heart was sweet like honey, and the anger that was pent up in his heart because of the rain was gone. Quite a few, I feel relieved.
At the door of the Yiyu House, Hao Guozi got off his horse and knocked on the door.
He didn't want to see Yi Yu, so he would not be very gentle when he knocked on the door. It was almost as if they were coming to collect debts.
The door panel shook for a long time, but no one answered the door for a long time.
Hao Guozi frowned and said, "Could it be that you're not at home?" His face was displeased, but he was very happy in his heart, wishing that the people inside would stay away from home for the rest of their lives, so as not to worry about the young master.
Tao Mo stood behind him for a while, and couldn't help but walk towards the nearby houses.
Hao Guozi called him from behind, "Master, you're not here!"
Tao Mo was looking for someone to inquire about, when the owner of the neighboring house came out, "Who are you looking for?"
Tao Mo said: "Master in the next room, does this gentleman know where they went?"
The man sighed and said: "I am the owner of this house. The young master was seriously ill and finally did not get over it. He passed away a few days ago, and the young man who was with him hastily arranged the funeral for him, and then disappeared. "
Tao Mo's head seemed to be stirred by a stick, and he suddenly became dizzy, "How many days?"
The man thought for a while, "Is it about ten days?"
About ten days
Tao Mo was taken aback, was it after meeting him
Suddenly a young woman rushed out from inside, stood on the threshold and spat on the ground, saying: "It's really bad luck! I thought I rented it to a young man who is a student, but who knows that he is a short-lived ghost. This is good, and it will be difficult to rent again in the future!" "
The owner frowned and said, "He died of illness, and he didn't want to."
Being blocked by him, the young woman snorted coldly, glared at Tao Mo, turned around and left.
The homeowner smiled awkwardly, "The little lady is ignorant and speaks out loud."
Tao Mo stared at him blankly, and it took him a long time to say a word, "Where is he buried?"
"I don't know about that. But I see that the boy is in such a hurry to organize the funeral, so he probably won't be able to find any good place to go. It's probably the Ten Thousand Ghosts Mountain."
Tao Mo said, "Myriad Ghost Mountain?"
"It's Yunlin Mountain." The owner pointed to the road in front of the road gate, gesticulating back and forth, "It's not far away. It's only five or six miles away from the city. You have a carriage, and you can't even go back and forth. How many hours?"
Tao Mo was a little dumbfounded.
The homeowner became impatient, "Is there anything else you can do?"
Tao Mo said, "Did he walk in pain?"
The owner of the house was stopped by the question, and he shook his sleeves and said, "How do I know this?! I'm not a filial son of his family, and I still have to serve Tang Shui in front of the bed!"
Tao Mo didn't wake up until the door was slammed shut from the inside.
Hao Guozi, who had been watching for a long time, couldn't help but walked up and called softly, "Master."
Tao Mo lowered his head and pinched the paper bag.
It was originally wrapped flat, but now it is a little wrinkled by myself.
"Master?" Hao Guozi called again worriedly.
Tao Motuan raised his head and said, "Shall we go to Yunlin Mountain?"
Hao Guozi opened his mouth and nodded silently.
Even now, he is still unwilling to forgive Yi Yu. Master Tao is such a good person, if not for him, Master Tao would not have died. He didn't want to resent Tao Mo, so he could only resent Qi Yu. Even if he died, Hao Guozi didn't have much sympathy and pity in his heart, but he breathed a sigh of relief. The dark cloud covering the young master's head finally dissipated, and the wind and sun have been sunny since then, how beautiful it is.
It's just that he absolutely dare not reveal such dark thoughts at this time.
Especially when the young master is sad.
When we arrived at Yunlin Mountain, it was already dark.
Looking at the mountain that was darker than the sky, Hao Guozi flinched and shouted to the carriage: "Master, it's too dark to see the road. Shall we come back tomorrow?"
Tao Mo looked out the window, remained silent for a long time, and said, "Okay."
So, the carriage went around at the foot of Yunlin Mountain, and then went back.
According to Tao Mo's original itinerary, he should go to Gu's mansion now. But looking at Tao Mo's appearance, how could he have the heart to eat and play chess with Gu She, or talk about Fengyue? Hao Guozi drove the carriage back to the county government on his own initiative.
Tao Mo got out of the car, but didn't say anything, the man floated into the mansion like a floating cloud.
Hao Guozi parked the carriage and was going to comfort her, but was caught by Lao Tao who was ambushing outside the door and went away.
"What happened?" Lao Tao didn't have the slightest patience and cut straight to the point.
Hao Guozi sighed and said, "Qiyu is dead, I heard that she died of illness."
Old Tao was startled. In the past few days, his mind was on Lingyang King and Huang Guangde, but he didn't send anyone to watch Yiyu, because he didn't think something would happen. "Did you really die?"
Hao Guozi said: "I didn't see this with my own eyes. Maybe it is? Otherwise, could it be..." He rolled his eyes, and a guess that seemed more reasonable to him appeared, "Peng Xiang murdered for money?"
Old Tao gave him a sideways look, and said, "How can you see that?"
Hao Guozi felt that his guess was very reliable, and said: "The owner said that he disappeared after burying Yiyu in a hurry. Isn't this a guilty conscience?"
Lao Tao looked at him without saying a word.
Hao Guozi took half a step back, "What did I say wrong?"
"No, that's right." Lao Tao suddenly showed a very strange smile in Hao Guozi's eyes, "It's absolutely right."
…
Hao Guozi felt that his back was too cold.
Tao Mo was melancholy all night, and finally got up in the morning with a better mood. This made Lao Tao and Hao Guozi, who had been worrying about his depression and illness, heave a sigh of relief.
Lao Tao took the opportunity to mention what he had been pondering all night. "Young Master, don't you think that Yi Yu's death is very strange?"
Tao Mo said, "What do you mean by that?"
Old Tao said: "I see that when Yi Yu came to visit the young master that day, she spoke and behaved very naturally, and her complexion was quite good, why did she just say it so suddenly and go?"
Tao Mo recalled that day when Yi Yu came to visit, his cheeks were rosy, but it was the effect of rouge, and his complexion was hidden behind the thick lead powder, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad. It's just that what he said that day was very meaningful, and when he savored it carefully, it actually meant a bit of farewell. If it weren't for this, he wouldn't worry about it afterwards and worry about it.
It's just that all of this is just his speculation, and no one else knows the truth except for the two parties involved.
Old Tao said: "We and Yiyu have known each other for a while, and the young master is the magistrate of this county, how can we make him feel wronged?"
Tao Mo was moved by what he said, and he didn't realize that the old Tao, who hated Qi Yu like Hao Guozi, suddenly avenged for Yi Yu. Yes.
Besides, Yiyu took Huang Guangde's things, and Huang Guangde might have killed Wanfeng. In this way, it is very likely that Yiyu died of murder.
"Okay! Tomorrow I will send someone up the mountain to look for Yi Yu's body, and then I will let you do an autopsy!" Tao Mo said loudly.
The corner of Lao Tao's mouth raised.
Finding Yi Yu's body was not so easy.
Yunlin Mountain may not be big, but it has gathered many lonely ghosts. Now it is not easy to find one of them among the lonely ghosts. What's more, Cui Jiong didn't want to work hard, and the police officers were even more perfunctory.
It took three days to find a dead body.
Both Tao Mo and Lao Tao knew that the longer the body was hidden, the fewer clues it would have. So in the end, Lao Tao simply dispatched the disciples of the Devil's Cult, and within an hour, the corpse was thrown in the yard of the yamen.
The stench rose to the sky.
Tao Mo hurriedly asked Wu Zuo to take the body for examination.
Although it came and went very quickly, the smell has been left behind, and all kinds of methods are not good.
Just as Gu shot at the door, he frowned slightly when he smelled the smell, and hooked his fingers at Tao Mo who was standing awkwardly aside, "Come and stay at my house."
At first, Lao Tao didn't want to go, but later he thought, if people are close by, they can do something by themselves, if they are in other places, the sky is high, the emperor is far away, and they can't see or hear. Weighing the pros and cons, he and Hao Guozi followed.
Gu She still kept the yard for Tao Mo before, everything is ready-made, and it is very easy to live in.
Tao Mo felt in a daze that the days had returned to the past.
But something is always different.
…
Lao Tao is back.
Mu Chun left.
The rain is gone.
Knowing that the magistrate was anxious to know the result, Wu Zuo didn't sleep a wink all night, inspecting Yi Yu's body up and down twice, and finally said firmly: "He died of illness."
Tao Mo sighed when he found out, he didn't know whether he was sad or relieved.
People are dead, and the past and the past are all floating clouds.
Tao Mo asked Lao Tao for some money for his funeral. When he was alive, he never lived a peaceful life. Tao Mo hoped that he could have his own comfort zone after death.
This time, Lao Tao was straightforward and took over the matter directly. He chose the coffin and engraved the tombstone in one day, and chose an auspicious day and time for burial.
It was still drizzling today.
Tao Mo squatted in front of the tombstone and placed six plates of dates.
Hao Guozi held an umbrella behind him.
Tao Mo remained silent. He doesn't know the words on the tombstone, but he knows the tombstone. Looking at this gray stone, his heart that has been mentioned for a long time finally sank.
Yi Yu is really gone.
I don't know how long it took, the umbrella shook and then stopped.
The umbrella held is much higher than before.
The wind blew and the rain slanted.
Tao Mo's face was wet into flakes. Up close, it looks like countless tiny teardrops.
The umbrella suddenly lowered and got closer.
Gu She said in a deep voice behind him: "People will always die."
Tao Mo said blankly, "Why do you always die in front of me?"
Gu She didn't answer immediately.
The wind continued to blow and the rain continued. The wind and rain are intertwined, and the sky is getting colder and colder. The heating that had just been turned on a few days ago was completely wiped out by the wind and rain.
"You live long."
Gu She suddenly said something.
Tao Mo, whose thoughts were wandering all over the world, was suddenly pulled back to his thoughts, and his body shook slightly.
A firm hand rests on his shoulder.
Tao Mo turned his head, with tears in his eyes, "Xianzhi, another person died."
Gu She said: "In this world, people die every day."
Tao Mo said: "But I know them. One is my father, the other is..." What is Yiyu? Tao Mo couldn't tell.
Sweetheart? Absolutely not anymore.
lover? never had.
friend? They veered from the beginning, whether it was Yi Yu at the beginning, or him later. The word "friend" describes them, which is a little bland and close.
…
"Old friend." Gu She continued for him.
Tao Mo glanced at him gratefully.
Yes. old friend. Have spoken to each other, heard each other spoken, experienced something in common, had a common enemy...
Can't you find a more appropriate word than the old man
Gu She's hand on his shoulder suddenly tightened.
Tao Mo, who was already squatting with a little numbness in his legs, fell to the side as expected.
Tao Mo's whole body froze suddenly. He soon realized that he was in Gu She's arms.
Are you struggling? Or continue to be powerless? Tao Mo didn't spend much time tangling, and chose the latter.
"I won't go to court." Gu She's voice came from above his head.
Tao Mo moved his head very carefully, "I know."
"There determines my uncle's future." Gu She said calmly.
Even so, Tao Mo still heard a bit of sadness.
Maybe it's not him, it's his own. Tao Mo looked at Yi Yu's tombstone, and the tension in Gu She's arms finally subsided a bit, but his ears were still hot.