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Chapter 23: Chapter 23 Reconciliation 3

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In Kuang Mansion, Gu She pointed: "Put the firewood here, if there is water, it will easily ignite the house and block the escape route of everyone in the mansion.

"From other parts of the mansion to this place, there is only that small bridge. If there is water, it will be difficult for those who come and go to put out the fire to pass, which will definitely delay the opportunity...

"There are no gongs and drums in the mansion. Once the water runs out, it is difficult to call more people to put out the fire just by shouting..."

He walked everywhere, pointing out hidden dangers everywhere. Tao Mo followed him, feeling that every sentence he said was well-founded, and couldn't be more right.

As soon as Kuangdong heard that Young Master Gu and Lord Tao were coming, he left the clinic and ran back. At this moment, his left hand was holding a thin board covered with a piece of paper, and he was holding a pen in his right hand. When Gu She said something, he would write it down very seriously. . A young servant with an inkstone platform followed behind him, following every step.

The three of them walked to a small garden, and heard a burst of children's laughter. Kuang Dong asked the servants: "But the lady is here with the young master? Let the lady avoid it for a while."

As if answering his question, a cute little boy ran out and hugged his leg: "Daddy!"

Kuang Dongyi leaned down and picked up the little boy: "Ai Shan, have you finished writing today?"

"I finished writing it long ago!" The little boy's voice was delicate and crisp, "Mother took me to play football in the garden!"

He turned his head, saw Gu She and Tao Mo, and suddenly opened his arms towards Tao Mo: "I want this uncle to hug me!"

Tao Mo had seen him cute for a long time, now that he asked for a hug, he naturally opened his arms and hugged him without hesitation.

He put his arms around Tao Mo's neck: "Uncle, my name is Kuang Aishan, what's your name?"

Tao Mo wondered, "Kuang loves mountains? Which ones? Which mountains?"

Kuang Dong said with a smile: "The benevolent loves the mountains, the wise loves the water. My wife is ignorant, so I take whatever I want, and Master Tao will laugh at me."

Tao Mo shook his head: "Very good! I like this name." Turning around, he said to Kuang Aishan, "Kuang Aishan, my name is Tao Mo. Intoxicated Tao, the ink of pen and ink."

Kuang Aishan called, "Uncle Tao Mo! Are you a friend of Daddy's?"

Tao Mo shook his head: "No."

Kuang Aishan pursed her lips: "Then can you come to play often? I like you."

Tao Mo smiled and said, "My home is in the county government office. After you finish school and finish writing, you can come to the county government office to find me."

Kuang Aishan didn't have time to agree, a gentle and sweet female voice came from behind a clump of bamboos: "The woman has met Master Tao. Mr. Gu is well."

Tao Mo hurriedly replied: "I came here on business, without prior notice, and bumped into Madam."

Mrs. Kuang replied: "Your Majesty Tao is very polite. You are the official of our parents. Parents and children naturally don't need to avoid suspicion. You can see whoever's family member is in the courtroom on a normal day. It’s business, so women should entertain them. It’s just that it’s disrespectful for women to decorate their homes, so it’s inconvenient for them to come out to see adults.”

Tao Mo said, "Madam, please do what you want."

Mrs. Kuang called Aizi again: "Aishan, don't you dirty Master Tao's official uniform, and make Master Tao feel disrespectful. He is here on business at the moment, and it is inconvenient to play with your children. Why don't you wait for Tao Master?" My lord, Xiu Mu, you ask for leave from the school, and let your father invite Master Tao to come home, okay?"

Kuang Aishan glanced at Tao Mo reluctantly, and got off the ground: "Uncle Tao Mo, can you come to my house as a guest while you are resting?"

Seeing that he was not only icy and cute, but also very sensible and obedient, Tao Mo couldn't help liking him, nodded and stretched his fingers: "Okay! Pull the hook!"

Kuang Aishan hooked up with Tao Mo joyfully, and looked behind the bamboo bushes to find his mother.

Tao Mo saw a slender woman walking away with Kuang Aishan, walking calmly and gracefully, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Mrs.

Kuang Dongyi was quite proud: "My wife used to be a female official in the palace, and the queen mother has always relied on her right-hand man. It was the queen mother who gave her the marriage, so Kuang got this beautiful woman."

After leaving Kuang Mansion, Tao Mo never forgot Kuang Aishan. It also means that he is well-behaved and cute, and that his mother is good at teaching. Even the name Aishan was admired by him.

Gu She suddenly said: "If the child's surname is Li, this name will be even better."

Tao Mo looked at him suspiciously, but Gu She moved the chair cushion opposite Tao Mo to his side: "Come and sit here."

Tao Mo didn't understand, and went to sit next to him. I just heard Gu She say: "I slept last night, and I'm extremely sleepy now. Don't move, let me rest with your eyes closed."

As he spoke, he leaned on Tao Mo's shoulder. The two are about the same height, and it's very natural to lean against each other.

Tao Mo didn't dare to speak or move, and let him lean on him.

At first Gu She really closed his eyes to rest his mind, but maybe he stayed up too late last night, and soon his head became heavier and heavier, and finally his whole body was pressed against Tao Mo.

Gu She fell asleep, her brows furrowed into a ball. Tao Mo thought that Gu She might be hurting Gu She because he was too thin, so Gu She frowned, and then thought that he was so tired writing ten fire prevention strategies and drawing fire prevention maps for himself, so he was very sorry, so he gently pulled him away He lifted it off his shoulders and hugged him in his arms.

After a long time, the carriage stopped, and Gu Xiaojia shouted outside: "Lord Tao, we've arrived at the county government office!"

"Hey! Good."

Tao Mo accepted Gu Xiaojia, but hesitantly looked at Gu She in his arms. He was sleeping so sweetly, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, as charming as the light clouds in the sky and the breeze at the temples... There was no trace of his usual stern look. up.

Tao Mo was reluctant to wake him up.

Gu Xiaojia didn't see Tao Mo come out for a long time, hesitated for a long time, but still bravely opened the curtain, but was shocked by the situation in the car: "What are you doing?!"

He hurriedly climbed into the car and reached out to help Gu She. Gu She was startled awake by Gu Xiaojia's yelling, and asked with a frown, "Gu Xiaojia, what are you doing?"

Gu Xiaojia stammered anxiously, pointing at Tao Mo: "My lord, he, he, he..."

Only then did Gu She realize that he was lying in Tao Mo's arms, and sat up quickly.

Gu She sat up too fast, as if Tao Mo had a thorn in his arms. Tao Mo suddenly felt embarrassed, and felt that he might have made a mistake, so he couldn't help stammering: "I see that you can't sleep well leaning on my shoulder, so I just..."

Gu She regained his composure in an instant: "It's okay. Where is this?"

Tao Mo hurriedly said, "I've arrived at the county government office. Then—I'm going back."

"good."

Tao Mo picked up the scroll, got out of the car, and stood on the side of the road waiting for Gu She to go far before entering the county government office.

For several days after that, Mu Chun was nowhere to be seen. The girl named An Ran was also there from time to time, but Gu She came to pick up Tao Mo at the gate of the county government every day, and the two of them ran around the streets and alleys of Danyang to rectify various houses. The middleman Lu came once, but Tao Mo was not in the county office, so she left a basket of homemade snacks. After Tao Mo came back, he asked the yamen servant to send her back.

Although it was already February, the weather was still quite cold. Gu She's carriage was covered with thick cushions and a brazier was burning, but Tao Mo still shivered as soon as he got out of the carriage. After getting drunk at home last time, Tao Mo's spleen and stomach were always bad, and he fell ill after being outside in the cold for a few days.

He asked the yamen servant to go to Gu's mansion to say something so that Gu She wouldn't miss out. Gu She heard that Tao Mo was ill, so he drove to the county government office to see him.

Seeing him coming, Tao Mo was so anxious that he was about to get up. Gu She stretched out his hand and pressed, but the pressure didn't reach Tao Mo's body. For some reason, Tao Mo felt that he couldn't resist, so he lay down again.

Gu She sat down beside Tao Mo's bed, took a look at Tao Mo, stretched out his hand and grabbed Tao Mo's wrist, examined him again, shook his head and said, "I'm losing both energy and blood, and I'm worn out all day, so it's no wonder I'm sick. .Have you ever hired a doctor?"

Tao Mo replied: "Master Kuang is too busy there, Guo Zi has already gone to invite Li Yuan and Li Langzhong."

Gu She frowned and said, "How dare Kuang Dongyi put on airs? But it's okay, I think his junior brother Li Yuan is better than him. He is better than an imperial physician, it sounds nice to say it."

Just as he was talking about Hao Guozi's return, he said that there were too many patients at Li Yuan's place and he would not come until a while later.

Gu She glanced at Gu Xiaojia, Gu Xiaojia turned around and went out.

Tao Mo said to Gu She: "Sit over there! I'm sick, so don't pass it on to you."

Gu She glanced at him and said nothing. Tao Mo felt that he was a little unhappy, so he didn't dare to speak any more.

Hao Guozi offered tea, and Gu She took it in his hand, holding it instead of drinking it. Tao Mo remembered that he once disliked the tea from the county government, but he really didn't have any better tea. Under the dilemma, he felt that Gu She could take it, and it was already very face-saving.

Not long after, Li Yuan came in with Gu Xiaojia, and said with a smile: "Master Tao called me, I already know, but there are many patients and I can't get away."

The teacup in Gu Shooter's hand was covered and scraped off the tea foam, without raising his head: "Really?"

Li Yuan hurriedly said, "Yes, yes."

He hurriedly checked Tao Mo's pulse and prescribed a prescription: "I asked the buddy to pack the medicine and bring it here."

Tao Mo was about to thank him when Gu She said, "Gu Xiaojia."

Gu Xiaojia said: "Young master, don't worry, I will send Langzhong Li back and bring back the medicine."

Hao Guozi watched for a long time, and saw that he had invited the doctor who couldn't come four times, and Gu Xiaojia came as soon as he invited him. Feeling that he was useless, he hurriedly said, "I'll go with you!"

Gu Xiaojia gave him a strange look: "I went too, and you went too, who will take care of my young master or your young master?"

Hao Guozi retreated in embarrassment.

Only then did Tao Mo have time to thank Li Yuan.

Tao Mo was ill for seven days.

In fact, he just had a small cold, but these years he was too worn out, and his foundation was too poor, so he would be sick for many days.

The middleman, Shanglu, had been here, and seeing Tao Mo sick, she cried like something. Tao Mo felt a headache when he saw it, but An Ran sent her away.

Gu She came almost every day, and every time he brought some tonics for nourishing qi and blood, the stewed ones, and asked Hao Guozi to feed Tao Mo. So when Tao Mo recovered from his illness, he actually looked better than before.

Gu She saw that Tao Mo was well, so he said to him: "The rectification of the house has been done in sevens and eighties, and now there is a water source. These days when you are sick, I surveyed the streets and alleys of Danyang County, and drew a picture. A map of the water area, take a look."

As he spoke, he unfolded a scroll and pointed on it: "This is the county government office, this is the East Street, and this is the West Street... There used to be a waterlogged pond here, but now it can still be used for silt removal and renovation, and the surrounding firefighting pond It is convenient to fetch water... This street can build waterways along the street to divert the river water to flow, and people can use it for laundry and other things on weekdays... "

After he said it one by one, Tao Mo was beyond shocked. It turned out that Gu She was not idle when he was sick, but did so much by himself

He stared at Gu She blankly, not knowing what Gu She was talking about.

Suddenly there was a pain on his forehead, and when he came back to his senses, Gu She's fingers were leaving his forehead: "What are you thinking?"

He could hear Gu She's displeasure, and hurriedly said: "You are so kind to me, I don't know how to repay you."

"Am I nice to you?" Gu She asked blankly, "Maybe there are too many people who don't like you, and when you meet someone who likes you occasionally, just..."

Tao Mo heard Gu She say that he was "pleasing to the eye", and he was happy in his heart: "Then come and see me when you are free, okay?"

Gu She frowned and looked at him: "Why didn't you come to find me?"

Tao Mo mumbled: "I don't know when you will be free, I'm afraid to bother you."

Gu She let out an "oh" and stopped talking. Tao Mo didn't know what he meant, and didn't dare to say anything.

Gu She rolled up the scroll, and when he raised his hand, he knocked over the soup he brought, and all the soup poured on Tao Mo's body.

Gu She hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I'll pay you all!"

Tao Mo waved his hands again and again: "Wash it and it will be fine."

Gu She said: "The cotton-padded clothes have no heating when exposed to water, how can you still wear them? This cloak cannot be wiped off when exposed to oil and water. It just so happens that the one I made a few days ago is a little tighter, ask Xiaojia to bring it for you to wear!" "

Tao Mo said in shock: "How can this be done? The clothes are tight, just ask the needleworker to put the stitches in. My clothes are old clothes for many years, if they are dirty, they will be dirty, and there is no need to pay for it."

Gu She asked: "Then do you have something to change?"

Tao Mo said embarrassingly: "Then you must not let you pay for the new clothes."

Gu She asked Gu Xiaojia to bring the suit, but Tao Mo still insisted on not accepting it. Reluctantly, Gu She said: "You can't deny me compensation. Then I'll give you a set of old clothes, so it's okay to pay back the old ones, right? Even if you don't want to wear them, just make do with them first, and wait until you have clothes to change." "

Only then did Tao Mo agree. Gu Xiaojia took back that expensive new suit and brought another set of old clothes. It is said to be old clothes, but it actually looks like Gu She hasn't worn them a few times. Tao Mo changed his body, the length was right, but it was too wide, dangling on his body. Gu She called the embroiderer from his mansion again, and Tao Mo got under the quilt, and the embroiderer immediately narrowed it down before she put it on for Tao Mo.

Three toss, two toss, it was dark again. Gu Xiaojia urged: "My lord, it's time for dinner."

Gu She said: "You have a good rest, bring a few yamen servants with you tomorrow, and we will go to the street to make arrangements together."

Although the soup in the bowl was spilled, but fortunately there was still some in the earthenware pot. Gu Xiaojia told Hao Guozi to drink it for Tao Mo when it was hot.

Tao Mo sent Gu She to the gate of the county government office, and asked Hao Guozi to drive Xiuniang back in his own carriage.