"Master! Didn't you say that this is the master's wish and must be fulfilled?" He stepped forward excitedly and knocked Gu Xiaojia away several steps.
Gu Xiaojia was so angry that he kicked the door, "Donating officials is a way for the court to raise money! If the treasury wasn't empty and the court had no choice but to do it, do you really think that you can become an official in high school with your young master's qualifications? It's important to have self-knowledge, since You're not expected to be an official, so why hang on and not leave to harm others and yourself!"
"Shut up!" Hao Guozi was furious, "What is not the material for an official? What kind of material should an official be? Is it the magistrate of the neighboring county who disregards human lives like that? Or the magistrate of Qincheng who is indiscriminate? Is a literati fit to be an official? Fart! What an official needs is to plead for the people. What parents and officials want is to love the people like their own sons, not to write poems and paintings! When it comes to this point, what is my young master inferior to others?"
Gu Xiaojia was stunned by his yelling, and was speechless for a long time.
The yelling of the two people yelled out Master Jin and Lao Tao.
Master Jin said: "What's the big deal, it's worth bragging in the corridor? Let's talk about it in the room."
Old Tao didn't speak, but just looked at Tao Mo with special eyes.
Tao Mo lowered his head, wondering what he was thinking.
Seeing that one or two were standing in the corridor, Master Jin had no choice but to personally push them into the room one by one, and then close the door to completely block other people's prying eyes.
After entering the door, Gu Xiaojia walked to the table and patted the table heavily.
The tea set on the table was shaken out of place.
Master Jin wanted to say something, but then remembered Gu She's identity, and swallowed the words back. The seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's gate, Gu Xiang's mansion is an out-and-out prime minister's mansion.
Hao Guozi didn't think as much as he did. Seeing him slapping the table to vent his anger, the anger in his heart also flared up, and he sneered, "Just say it with your mouth if you have a reason, why use the table to get angry!"
Gu Xiaojia suddenly turned around, glared at him and said, "My son was injured by Tao Mo, do you admit it?"
Hao Guozi retorted: "How could it be a burden? It's obviously your son Gu's willingness."
Gu Xiaojia's eyes turned red, and he said: "My young master has never suffered from this kind of suffering since he was a child. He didn't want his wife to let him practice martial arts before, let alone the injury he suffered so badly now."
Before Gu Xiaojia was aggressive, Hao Guozi was still able to confront her. Now that he was crying, Hao Guozi couldn't say anything to reprimand him, and looked at him stiffly.
After listening to these few sentences, Master Jin figured out the general ins and outs, and said: "Mr. Gu is recognized as the number one talented person in the world, and his every move must be carefully considered. Right and wrong, he has his own steelyard in his heart. Others say it?" His words were obviously to praise Gu She, but secretly to belittle Gu Xiaojia.
Gu Xiaojia has been by Gu She's side for so many years. Although he is not extremely intelligent, he is also quick-witted. How could he not understand what he said, and immediately hummed twice: "Young master is smart, after all, he is of flesh and blood. He usually And pampered and pampered, how can they stand up to such a board? Some people know it clearly, but choose to stand by." The fire spread to Lao Tao who stood silent from beginning to end.
Old Tao ignored him, his eyes were only on Tao Mo from the moment he entered the door, and at this moment he asked, "What's the young master's plan?"
Hao Guozi said anxiously: "The young master said he doesn't want to be an official anymore, you should persuade him quickly."
Old Tao looked at Tao Mo.
Tao Mo slowly raised his head, his eyes still vaguely confused. But he quickly calmed down, and said in a low voice: "Gu Xiaojia is right, I am not capable of writing or martial arts, and I have no qualifications to be an official at all."
Old Tao scolded: "Excuses!"
This was the first time Tao Mo and Hao Guozi saw Lao Tao being so strict, and they were a little stunned for a while.
Old Tao said: "Since ancient times, the hereditary title is the title of emperor, and I have never had a hereditary official position. Master Jin, have you heard of it?"
Master Jin naturally knew what he was going to say next, and shook his head very cooperatively: "I have never heard of it."
Old Tao said: "Since the official position is not hereditary, then everyone can live in it, isn't it?"
Master Jin said: "As long as it is obtained in the right way, it is true."
Old Tao said: "Is it the right way to donate officials?"
"The imperial court expressly stipulates that it is the right way." Master Jin said.
Old Tao turned his head to look at Tao Mo, with a stern look in his eyes, "Since this is the case, why did the young master hesitate to move forward and retreat before the battle?"
Tao Mo said in a low voice: "What the magistrate said may not be true, but he accused me of all the crimes. It is true that I did not conduct an autopsy with Cui Jiong. I am not wronged for the four words of dereliction of duty."
Master Jin hurriedly said: "I forgot to remind Master, please forgive me."
Tao Mo shook his head and said, "No, no, this is a matter of my duty, and has nothing to do with Master."
"Even though my boss doesn't care about it, I feel uneasy." It was his private idea to accept the money from Cui Jiong as the cost of repairing the county government. Now that trouble has happened, he is duty-bound.
Tao Mo said: "Master, don't do this. If I hadn't had my master help me these few days in Tanyang County, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to be an official for a day." Recalling that when he was in court, he even signed a red head to a green head. I can't even distinguish the lottery, and I have to remind Master Jin to know how to use it, which is really embarrassing.
Master Jin smiled wryly and said, "Maybe it's been a long time since I met a county magistrate like Dong's? I'm really ashamed that I've even forgotten the word clean and honest that the magistrate is most concerned about."
Even if Master Jin scolded him so sincerely, taking all the faults on himself, he still didn't impress Tao Mo and make him change his mind.
Seeing Tao Mo stuck in a dead end and unable to get out, Old Tao had no choice but to use his trump card and said, "Young master, why don't you ask Mr. Gu for his opinion?"
Tao Mo shook his head lightly and said, "He doesn't want to see me."
Old Tao said: "You haven't asked, how do you know Mr. Gu didn't see you?"
Tao Mo looked at Gu Xiaojia eagerly.
Gu Xiaojia sneered and said, "You think of my son again?" He was very worried about Tao Mo's failure to visit Gu She.
Old Tao said: "Go and ask your young master if he has seen my young master. If not, everything is useless."
Gu Xiaojia thought for a while, opened the door and went.
Old Tao motioned to Tao Mo to follow him.
Tao Mo stood there and hesitated for a while, then followed slowly. The closer he got to the door, the more nervous Tao Mo became. At this time, he was a little envious of Gu Xiaojia's way of going in and out of Gu She's room without hesitation.
After a while, Gu Xiaojia came out reluctantly. If he hadn't said that Tao Mo intended to leave the officialdom, Gu She would not have planned to see Tao Mo. But if it wasn't for this, it just reflected Gu She's concern for Tao Mo, and this was the reason why Gu Xiaojia felt so awkward.
Tao Mo stepped into the room and smelled a strong medicinal fragrance.
He walked slowly, but his eyes eagerly searched for the figure that haunted him, until his eyes focused on the figure lying on the bed, the anxiety faded between his brows, replaced by a thick Heartache and chagrin.
"You want to quit your job?" Gu She cut to the chase.
Tao Mo stood where he was, and said softly, "I can't be an official."
Gu She said: "Because of the magistrate?"
Tao Mo shook his head and said, "I'm illiterate, I don't know the law, and I can't even do the most basic things to be a county magistrate. I really feel ashamed of the court."
Gu She said: "Who said that to be an official must be worthy of the court?"
Tao Mo was taken aback.
Gu She said: "To be an official, it is enough to be worthy of the people and your own conscience."