The carriage entered Tanyang County, and first sent Gu She back to the mansion.
Tao Mo followed Gu Xiaojia and saw with his own eyes that he had arranged Gu She properly before returning to the county government office reluctantly.
Master Jin left home for a few days but was not in a hurry to go back. After arriving at the yamen together, he dragged Tao Mo into the study by himself.
As soon as the door was closed, Master Jin pulled his face down, "Boss, Cui Dianshi can no longer be used, do you have a replacement in mind?"
Tao Mo was still thinking about Gu She, and was taken aback when he heard the words, "Why do you want to replace?"
Master Jin said: "Master, don't forget who caused this innocent disaster!" When he thought of this, he felt angry. He and Tao Mo left the county government office, and all the affairs of the government office were temporarily handed over to Dian Shi, which showed his trust in him, but he didn't expect him to do nasty things like double-faced complaints, which was simply outrageous.
Tao Mo frowned and said, "He is also telling the truth."
Master Jin had been with Tao Mo for a long time, and he knew that he would never be able to persuade him from a personal point of view, so he changed his tone and said, "You can't say that. If he is dissatisfied with his master, he can tell him directly, why should he sue to the magistrate's yamen? This is leapfrogging, and it is taboo to be an official! Otherwise, why would you sue the imperial court and have to roll the nails?"
Tao Mo pondered.
"What's more, Cui Dianshi's complaint was not for the country and the people, but for his own selfish desire. If he was really honest and selfless, he would never have bribed his boss at the beginning. He bribed first, and then turned his face and sued. It is really a villain's behavior."
Tao Mo walked around the study room and walked back to Master Jin, "But he didn't make a big mistake."
"It's just that the big mistake has not yet been made, but according to his temperament, it will be sooner or later. The so-called plan for a rainy day is to prevent it before it happens." Master Jin tried his best to encourage, "Cui Jiong and Dong's are already in harmony, even if they are barely Working together is also obedient and transgressive. For Tanyang County, there are disadvantages but no advantages."
Tao Mo asked: "Then according to Master Jin's opinion?"
Mr. Jin was confident, "Dian Shi is also an official appointed by the court. If you want to move, you have to go through the magistrate."
Tao Mo frowned and said, "This trouble?"
"It's not troublesome." Master Jin smiled, "It's most convenient to go from the prefect." Now the prefect of Tancheng only wishes he could do the work of a dog and a horse, and trivial matters are nothing to worry about.
Tao Mo said: "But since he left, isn't the position of Canon History vacant?"
Master Jin said: "Of course the prefect will send another manpower, so don't worry about it. Maybe this time the county magistrate and master secretary will be sent together." In the past, Tanyang County was a tough nut to crack, and most people with knowledge did not would like to come here. And people who have no knowledge and skills can't stay, so there are vacancies. The magistrate wanted to curry favor with Gu She this time, so he might pick out some decent ones and send them over.
Seeing Master Jin's mouth corners raised higher and higher, Tao Mo asked in confusion, "Why is Master so happy?"
Master Jin calmed down and said: "I just think that Tanyang County will be prosperous and stable under the leadership of your lord in the future, and I feel happy."
Tao Mo shyly said: "Master, I'm too proud. I, I actually still don't understand anything."
Master Jin said: "If you don't understand, you can learn to understand. If you are afraid, you don't want to understand."
Tao Mo hurriedly said: "Of course I am willing to learn and understand. I have made an agreement on chords, and I will definitely study hard."
Master Jin said: "Gu Xianzhi is the most talented person in the world, it is a great blessing for the master to have him as his teacher."
"The most talented man in the world?" Tao Mo was taken aback.
Master Jin looked at his words and asked cautiously: "My master doesn't know that Gu She is Gu Xianzhi, a well-known talent in the world, right?"
Tao Mo said: "I know that Gu She is Gu Xianzhi, but the world-renowned talent really doesn't know."
Master Jin asked again: "Does the master know that his father is Gu Huankun Gu Xiangye?"
Tao Mo was completely stunned, "Master Gu? You mean the one next to the emperor..."
"The emperor's most powerful confidant, the head of all officials." Master Jin seemed to know what he wanted to ask.
Tao Mo's face gradually turned pale from dazed, and he said after a while, "How many grades is that?"
Master Jin made a comparison.
Tao Mo's lips trembled, and he smiled unnaturally, "He doesn't look like one at all."
"..." He felt very similar. That kind of bearing, that kind of attention, and that kind of arrogance. Master Jin didn't point it out, and said softly: "I've been away from home for so long, so I should go back and come back tomorrow morning. If there is nothing wrong with my master, I'd better rest early."
"En." Tao Mo responded unconsciously, then walked back to the desk and sat down in a daze.
The sun gradually set in the west, the light gradually dimmed, and gradually retreated from the house.
After an unknown amount of time, Hao Guozi came looking for someone with a light on.
"Master?" He pushed open the door, took a random photo with the lantern, was about to leave, suddenly turned around, carefully moved the lantern towards the desk, and said in a low voice, "Master?"
"Um."
"..." Hao Guozi patted his chest, "Young master, you are clearly here, why don't you make a sound. It scared me!"
Tao Mo said, "I want to be alone for a while."
"Master, it's time for dinner." Hao Guozi held the lantern in front of him.
Tao Mo said, "Do you know who Gu Xianzhi is?"
Hao Guozi said: "Isn't it Gu She? But speaking of it, I really didn't expect him to be Gu Xianzhi. The dignified son of the prime minister's mansion, the most talented man in the world! Back then I was...cough, but fortunately he didn't care."
"You also know that he is Xiangye's son." Tao Mo was disappointed.
"Really? Doesn't the young master know?" Hao Guozi's rejoicing immediately turned into anger, "Could it be that Gu She has been lying to the young master and never confessed?"
Tao Mo hurriedly said: "No. No. He told me that he is Gu Xianzhi, but I didn't know that Gu Xianzhi was so great."
Hao Guozi recalled that Tao Mo didn't like reading, and he must know nothing about world-renowned talents, so he sighed and said, "Young Master, in fact, whether it is Gu She or Gu Xianzhi, they are all the same person. I think he Although he came from a famous family, he is very approachable and has no intention of bullying others. Didn't he get punished by the magistrate for the young master this time? If he really valued his status as the son of the prime minister, he would not come to this small Tanyang County. I will not make friends with the young master."
Tao Mo cupped his face in his hands, and said sadly: "I always feel that I have troubled him. He is so... so good, it seems wronged to make friends with me."
"What's wrong with you? The young master is kind-hearted and sincere. He is lucky to have a friend like the young master!" Hao Guozi defended the Lord's heart with every fist, "Besides, it's just making friends, so there's no such thing as high or low. It's not asking for a wife, but asking for a good family." He blurted out the last sentence, and after he finished speaking, Tao Mo's face turned red and then pale.
"Young master, your complexion is not very good. Are you okay? Are you sick?" He stretched out his hand to touch Tao Mo's forehead.
Tao Mo avoided it, "It's okay. I, I'm... hungry!"
Hao Guozi saw him jumping up and running towards the door, and hurriedly said, "Master, walk slowly! Be careful not to fall."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard "Ah!" Tao Mo tripped over the threshold and fell to the ground.
"Master." Hao Guozi hurried over, but someone was one step faster than him.
Old Tao helped Tao Mo up, waved at Hao Guozi and said, "What are you doing standing here? Adding to the chaos."
Hao Guozi said aggrievedly, "I'm worried about the young master."
Old Tao said: "Go to the kitchen to order food and come to the study. I will eat here with the young master."
Hao Guozi agreed to go.
Old Tao supported Tao Mo to sit down on the chair, and said softly, "Where does it hurt?"
Tao Mo rubbed his knees, shook his head and said, "It doesn't hurt."
Old Tao pressed his thumb towards his knee, and Tao Mo gasped.
"He still said it didn't hurt." Lao Tao got up and lit the lamp, then took out the wound medicine from his arms, and saw that his trouser legs were rolled up, and his knees were really red.
Tao Mo saw him busy for himself, feeling depressed.
"Still thinking about Gu She?" Lao Tao asked casually while helping him with wound medicine.
Tao Mo denied it at first, but felt that he couldn't deny it, so he responded in a low voice.
Lao Tao said casually, "You still like him?"
Tao Mo froze.
Lao Tao lifted his stiff leg with one hand, rubbed the medicine on his palm with the other, and gently massaged it for him.
Tao Mo held his breath and remained silent.
"Actually, it's not..." Lao Tao felt a little reconciled when he thought of what he was going to say, but he couldn't bear to watch Tao Mo being trapped by love, and after struggling for a long time, he said, "It's not that there is no hope at all."