The person who filed the complaint was Mrs. Yang Ma, who had only one son, Yang Jiuwang, who married his son Yang Chen as his wife early on, hoping to continue the incense soon. Unexpectedly, Yang Chen has been in the door for ten years and has nothing. Yang Ma wants his son to divorce his wife, but his son is deeply in love with Yang Chen and his wife and refuses to give up. In recent years, the Yang Ma family had to make concessions, as long as their son took a concubine to continue the incense, they were also rejected by the Yang Chen family. In a rage, Yang Ma sued Yang Chen to the county government for "unfilial piety".
The litigants of both parties talked to each other. Yang Ma's litigator said that Yang Chen had no children for ten years, violated the rule of seven, and should be abandoned. Even if you don't give up, you should accept the concubine's room to continue the incense for the Yang family.
Yang Chen's litigator said that there is no one in Yang Chen's natal family, and that she has gone out and has nowhere to go, and has kept her father-in-law's filial piety period for three years, and two out of three, she cannot give up. As for taking concubines, Yang Chen is only 26 years old now, and her husband is not yet 30 years old, and has the possibility of having children. When Yang Chen is 40 years old, if she has no children, she will have time to take concubines.
Yang Ma's litigator said that when Yang Chen was 40 years old, he did not know if Yang Ma was still alive
Yang Chen's litigator said that it is possible to have a son-in-law, but getting a son-in-law first is the root of the family chaos.
The two men were at odds with each other, making the courtroom tense. Tao Mo had never experienced such a scene before, and he suddenly had a splitting headache.
Master Jin didn't have time to refuse just now, but was dragged back to the county government office by Tao Mo. At this moment, seeing Tao Mo only caressing his forehead and having a headache, he hurriedly murmured, "The Gavel."
Tao Mo thought of Gu Huankun's once gave him a gavel that made him terrified, so he did the same and gave him a giveaway. Unexpectedly, he used too much force, not to mention everyone in the hall jumped, even he shrank back.
There was no sound.
Everyone looked at Tao Mo.
Tao Mo looked down the hall, Yang Ma's eyes were burning, full of expectation; Yang Chen's tears were shining, both aggrieved and pitiful. Lawyers on both sides stared at him.
Another person, Yang Jiuwang, knelt down without raising his head. Tao Mo became annoyed when he saw him shrunk his head and tail. What kind of a man is a dignified man who allows two women to hire lawyers to spit all over the hall without saying a word? !
Tao Mo called out, "Yang Jiuwang."
Yang Jiuwang hurriedly took a step forward: "The villain is here."
"As a son of man, you can't be filial to your widowed mother. It is unfilial to make your mother kneel down in court for you at this age and shed tears. As a husband, you can't protect your beloved wife. Facing the worry of being abandoned by her husband's family, it is unrighteous. What can you say?"
Yang Jiuwang didn't expect Tao Mo to set the fire on his head, so he was stunned.
Yang Mashi shouted: "My lord! It's none of my son's business!"
Tao Mo became even more angry, and slapped the gavel again: "Without your son, what do you have to do with Yang Chen?"
Yang Mashi was tongue-tied.
Tao Mo continued to ask: "Yang Jiuwang, you are unfilial to your mother and unrighteous to your wife. I sentenced you to three years of exile, will you accept it?"
Yang Jiuwang shouted urgently: "Your Excellency is wronged!"
Yang Mashi and Yang Chenshi also shouted, Yang Mashi said: "My lord, don't exile my son, I would rather not sue!"
Yang Chen said: "My lord, I would rather take a concubine for my husband, please don't exile my husband!"
Tao Mo patted the gavel three times: "I asked Yang Jiuwang, the others are quiet!"
Yang Jiuwang kowtowed his head, and replied: "Your Excellency, the villain and my wife have been married for ten years, and they have always been affectionate and loving, and have never blushed. If you want to take a concubine, the villain really doesn't have the heart. Only one insider."
After hearing this, Tao Mo couldn't help but change his opinion of Yang Jiuwang a lot. Tao Zhengchun and his mother have always been very affectionate, and after his mother died, they never married again. He took a small look at it, and always felt that husband and wife should be single-minded, and no third person should be allowed to exist.
He was about to judge Yang Jiuwang not to divorce his wife and take concubines, but when he saw the tears in Yang Ma's eyes, his heart softened. Mrs. Yang Ma is just an old man eagerly looking forward to his grandson. May I ask which old man doesn't want to enjoy family happiness in peace
He asked Yang Jiuwang: "The relationship between husband and wife is good, how can there be no children?"
Yang Jiuwang blushed like a persimmon: "This villain also asked Dr. Kuang to see it for the villain and his wife. There is no infertility disease."
Tao Mo couldn't help looking at Yang Chenshi, only to see Yang Chenshi lowered his head with shame on his face.
Tao Mo asked Yang Jiuwang again: "You have been married for ten years and have no children, have you ever thought about adopting a child?"
Yang Jiuwang said: "My lord, the villain and my wife are not sick!"
Tao Mo said: "Adopt a girl, if you don't have any children in a few years, you can consider adopting a boy."
Yang Jiuwang pondered, and the hall was silent. Yang Chen's face was happy when he thought of adopting a child, but Yang Ma's face was even more annoyed when he saw his daughter-in-law's expression. Time passed in silence, Yang Jiuwang did not speak, and Tao Mo waited patiently.
After a long time, Master Jin poked Tao Mo: "My lord, are you still exiled?"
Seeing the expectant eyes, Tao Mo suddenly came to his senses, and patted the gavel four times: "Yang Jiuwang, are you an exile or an adopted child?"
When Yang Ma heard this, he was afraid that his son would be exiled, so he was anxious: "Adoption child! My lord, we are willing to adopt the child!"
Yang Jiuwang kowtowed while humming: "The villain would rather adopt a child."
Tao Mo suddenly felt that the trouble was solved, and his mind and body were at peace. Remembering Gu Huankun's way of getting rid of him back then, he slapped the gavel five times: "Retire!"
After the case was settled, Tao Mo didn't even return to the backyard, he wrote a post directly, asked Master Jin about the location of Gu She's family, and came to post.
"Where did your son go?"
"Sorry, we don't know too well. But the adult's post is accepted in a small way, and I will hand it over to the young master when he comes back."
Hao Guozi walked back to Tao Mo helplessly, "Master, Mr. Gu is not here."
Tao Mo was extremely disappointed. He finished the trial in a hurry and came to look for Gu She as if running, but Gu She was not there. The irritability and eagerness in the court just now seemed to be poured down by a bucket of ice water, leaving only exhaustion.
When I met Gu She today, his appearance was exactly the same as Lian Jian's. It's just that the arrow is as bright and hot as a ball of fire, but this shot is cold and lonely like a snow mountain.
However, after many people suffer a major blow in life, their xinxing will change, just like himself.
Hao Guozi wondered from the side: "Master, do you think he is Mr. Lian? He looks exactly the same!"
Tao Mo shook his head: "I don't know either."
Hao Guozi saw that there was no one around, and listened to him: "I heard that some dignitaries committed capital crimes, they would use other people to cover the crime, and then change their names to live in other places."
Tao Mo thought for a while, when Gu She saw him just now, it was not as if he was seeing a stranger, but he hesitated to speak, maybe he was really fast-tracking, but it was just inconvenient to recognize each other on the street
Not long after he left, the two horses stopped in front of the Gu residence, and Gu She and the boy who tore Tao Mo apart got off the horses.
The concierge passed Tao Mo's post: "Master Tao, the county magistrate, came here just now. He heard that the young master is not here, so he went back."
Gu She took the post, looked at the words on it, and remained silent for a while.
The little servant called out, "My lord?"
Gu She pulled the rein from his hand, turned around and walked out of the gate. The boy didn't know why, so he led the horse and followed. Seeing Gu She get on the horse, he urged the horse to run, and hurried to catch up.
After chasing all the way to the county government office, the young servant ran to the door first and asked the government servant: "Wu Er! Are you Master Tao here?"
Wu Er said yes.
Before the servant and Wu Er could make the next move, Gu She had already dismounted and walked in. Wu Er had no choice but to shout: "My lord! Mr. Gu is here!"
A staggering figure ran out of the square door, and then stopped suddenly without saying a word.
The light came from behind him, Gu She couldn't see his face clearly, only the silhouette of his body.
Gu She walked forward, while Tao Mo was still standing there.
Gu She looked at the path blocked by Tao Mo: "Is this how Master Tao treats guests?"
Tao Mo turned his head and wiped his face vigorously with his sleeve, and waved his arms in a gesture of invitation.
The two came to the study, and Hao Guozi brought tea. While placing the tea tray, he secretly looked at Gu She.
Gu She undoubtedly felt Hao Guozi's gaze, but he was very calm, raising his cup and sipping tea calmly.
As soon as the tea was in his mouth, Gu She frowned, and the teacup was put down heavily.
Tao Mo jumped up: "Uh, this tea-fruit, is there any other tea? If not, go buy it."
"That's all." Gu She stopped, "I have something to talk about."
"What?" Tao Mo was puzzled.
"You came to post, isn't there something wrong?"
"I—" Tao Mo didn't know where to start, he looked up at Hao Guozi and Gu She's servant standing beside him, was it because they were here that it was inconvenient for them to recognize each other
Gu She said, "Go make tea."
"Oh." Gu She's servant dragged Hao Guozi away.
There were only the two of them left, and Tao Mo's heart was beating wildly. He stared blankly at Gu She, the more he looked at it, the more he felt it. Moreover, if this wasn't Lian Jian, why did they rush to the county government to look for him after receiving his post
Gu She became impatient: "I'll leave if I have nothing to do."
"No! Wait!"
Gu She frowned, looking at the chapped hands that grabbed her arms, and at the tear-stained face. Because I wiped it hastily with my sleeve, a little bit of snot was drawn out from the right nostril, extending to the right cheek.
Tao Mo saw his distress from Gu She's expression, and retracted his hand in embarrassment. He was quick to gain wit, and said, "How about you being my teacher?"
"I'm not going to court."
"Then-then I have any questions, can I ask you? I just arrived in Danyang and I don't know anything."
"Don't you already have Master Jin?"
Tao Mo froze, he began to suspect that the person in front of him was not Lian Jian, Lian Jian would not reject him like this. But is there such a similar person in the world? Unless twin brothers. But how could Lian Jian's brother be named Gu
Seeing that he didn't speak anymore, Gu She stood up, "If Mr. Tao has nothing else to do, Gu She will leave."
Tao Mo stood up in a daze, and followed him to send him out.
Gu She's pace is still so calm, as if anyone or anything will never disturb his rhythm.
As soon as Lao Tao entered, Hao Guozi hurriedly reported what happened during the day. Speaking of Tao Mo's first case being settled smoothly, Hao Guozi was beaming with joy.
Old Tao stopped his tirade, and introduced him and Tao Mo to the three servants he bought, a man and two women. After everyone settled down, Lao Tao sat down and listened to Hao Guozi's storytelling.
Hearing Hao Guozi say that Tao Mo had contributed to the post, Gu She was not there. After Gu She returned to the mansion, he heard that Tao Mo had come, so he chased him to the county government. Old Tao frowned. He couldn't help thinking of Lian Jian, Huang Guangde and Shi Guangyao, and suspected that Gu She, like those people, had other thoughts about Tao Mo. He looked at Tao Mo seriously, he didn't look like a woman at all! And now Tao Mo looked much tougher, and he was very different from the soft and handsome boy three years ago, he couldn't understand it.
After Hao Guozi finished speaking, Tao Mo said, "I want to visit Mr. Yichui and Mr. Lin Zhengyong. Mr. Jin said that Mr. Yichui and Mr. Lin Zhengyong are the two most famous litigators in Danyang County. talented person."
Lao Tao nodded: "Young Master, have you told Master Jin about this idea?"
"Say it. He said that the two litigators were enemies, and the county magistrate who wanted to find a balance between the two forces ended up in a miserable situation. I think it's better to visit Mr. Yihammer!"
Master Jin also said a word at that time, but Tao Mo didn't say it. Master Jin said: "Gu She is Mr. Yichui's proud disciple. Mr. Yichui is going to pass on the mantle to him. Now it is Gu She who takes the lead."
He thought: If he visits Lin Zhengyong himself, I'm afraid it will displease Gu She, so he should visit Yi hammer.
Old Tao nodded: "Master Jin was born under the hammer, and the young master has already used Master Jin, so it is not appropriate to visit Lin Zhengyong again. I will prepare some gifts for the young master. Before the year, the young master should go there quickly!"
On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, Tao Mo brought Master Jin to Mr. Yichui's house.
He never thought that he would meet Gu She here.
In fact, since Gu She is Mr. Yichui's most proud disciple, it is quite normal for him to appear at his house.
When Gu She saw Tao Mo, he just raised his hand and didn't even say "Lord Tao".
Tao Mo, on the other hand, had all sorts of feelings in his heart. Since he suspects that Gu She is Lianjian, he always pays attention to Gu She's words and deeds to see if there is any shadow of Lianjian.
With so many disciples under Mr. Yichui's sect, he had to wait for Master Jin to remind him before he could respond to the chatter with him.
Master Jin couldn't help looking at him, and saw Gu She sitting under Mr. Yichui, and opposite Yang Liuer sitting under Mrs. Yichui—Yang Liuer was Mr. Yichui's only daughter.
A group of disciples are booing, asking Gu She and Yang Liuer to play a piece together.
Gu She and Yang Liu'er didn't twitch, Gu She played the piano, Yang Liu'er played the flute, and they played together. During this period, Yang Liu'er's eyes were fixed on Gu Shi, full of affection, and her affection was very obvious.
Faced with Yang Liuer's gaze, Gu She didn't dodge and shrink back, but played gracefully and looked at each other calmly.
As for Mr. and Mrs. Yihammer, they only smiled at everything between their daughter and their beloved disciple, obviously acquiescing.
Master Jin listened to Tao Mo: "Mr. Yichui and his wife want to marry their daughter to Gu She, and let Gu She inherit the mantle by the way."
Tao Mo nodded, and he could see it too. Thinking of what Lian Jian thought about him back then, he couldn't help feeling that if Gu She was really Lian Jian, then it would be a good thing for him to have a woman he likes, and he would not be considered a burden to him.
Thinking of this, he let out a long breath, with a smile on his face.
"Master Tao is enjoying himself, why do you need Gu She's company?"
When the cold voice came, Tao Mo hurriedly regained his composure, only to realize that at some point, Gu She and Yang Liuer's ensemble had ended. Everyone looked at him, as if waiting for him to say something.
Seeing that he was obviously distracted, Master Jin quickly whispered in his ear: "Mr. Yichui asked Gu She to accompany you around the Yang residence."
Tao Mo was overjoyed and quickly stood up and said, "It's a great honor. Thank you, Mr. Gu, please, Mr. Gu."
Gu She sat still: "Master Tao didn't hear you just now? Master Tao doesn't need Gu She's company."
Tao Mo was stunned, didn't he know if he needed Gu She's company? Looking closely at Gu She's expression, there was a hint of anger, and he couldn't help but go back a bit, guessing that it might be because he lost his mind when Gu She was playing with Yang Liu'er, and later, when Mr. Yichui asked Gu She to accompany him, he didn't make it in time. Thanks, so Gu She was angry. He hurriedly apologized: "Tao Moying was rude, please forgive me."
"If you apologize, do I have to forgive you?"
Tao Mo stood there awkwardly, at a loss.
Mr. Yichui and the others were also quiet for a while, and looked at Gu She and Tao Mo alternately with puzzled eyes.
Gu She stood up, gave a symbolic bow to Mr. Yichui and his wife, and left.
Tao Mo involuntarily chased him out, and chased him outside the gate of Yang's mansion. Seeing that Gu She raised his foot to get into the carriage, he shouted, "The man in the dream lives alone, don't you even want to watch from a distance?!"
This is what Lian Jian said to him when he saw Lian Jian for the last time. Lian Jian said that Tao Mo was the man of his dreams, but he couldn't even look at him from a distance.
Tao Mo thought that this shout, no matter how disguised Jian Jian was, would be moved, and he would turn around to recognize him, who was still his eldest brother Lian.
Unexpectedly, Gu She turned around, but with an inexplicable annoyance on his face, he stared at him as if looking at a lunatic, and still got into the carriage and left.
When everyone came out, Tao Mo still stood there.
Master Jin thought he was sad because he didn't win over Gu She, and comforted him, saying, "Gu She has a cold temper, and he treats everyone like that. You don't have to worry about it."
Tao Mo nodded indiscriminately, turned around and bid farewell to Mr. Yihammer and the others. Mr. Yichui felt that Tao Mo had been treated coldly today, so he repeatedly invited Tao Mo to come to his house to attend the Liucup Banquet again.
After getting into the carriage, Master Jin said again: "Your Excellency, don't just look at Gu She and throw your face at him. Gu She is already looking at you differently. You must know that Gu She has been in Danyang for two years and has met four county magistrates. Any county magistrate can sit at the same table. It is a huge difference that he can let adults listen to him playing the piano today. Moreover, when he left, he was very rude to his teacher, Mr. Yichui, and the adults didn't care about Mr. Yichui. This is because I knew his temper. There are many strange people in the mountains, and strange people will always have a strange temper."
Tao Mo just nodded, Master Jin saw that he didn't speak, so he didn't speak either. Hao Guozi, who was still driving the carriage, felt something was wrong, stopped the carriage, turned around and raised the curtain, and screamed, "Master!"
Only then did Master Jin realize that Tao Mo's hands were shaking, and the front of his lapel was wet.