Nothing happened that night.
Early the next morning, Lu Zhenxue and Yu Ming came as early as Gu She.
When they met at the gate of the county government office, all three of them were startled.
Lu Zhenxue and Yu Ming called Brother Gu, and Gu She said meaningfully: "Could it be that Master Ling..."
Indeed, Lin Zhengyong was also entrusted by "someone in the capital" to ask his disciples not to participate in the case.
Seeing Tao Mo's anxious and disappointed expression, Lu Zhenxue lightly waved his folding fan: "But if Mr. Tao needs it, Lu can do his best."
Tao Mo's anxiety and disappointment suddenly turned into a look of hope. Without waiting for him to speak, Gu She asked: "Why? Isn't Brother Lu considered a disciple of Lin Sect?"
Lu Zhenxue folded the fan: "Although the teacher's morality is important, justice is even more important!"
Tao Mo was agitated by Lu Zhenxue's words, he couldn't help helping the table to stand up, and was about to make a generous speech with enthusiasm—
Gu She said lightly, "Oh."
Lu Zhenxue blushed.
Tao Mo was also interrupted by this bland sound, forgetting what he was going to say. I blinked my eyes and thought for a long time but couldn't think of it, so I had to bow to Lu Zhenxue: "Thank you, Mr. Lu."
Then he sat down resentfully.
Hao Guozi came in with Gu Xiaojia, and Gu Xiaojia said, "Master, Miss Kuang and Miss An Ran asked Guozi and I to accompany them to the street."
Hao Guozi also looked at Tao Mo: "Master?"
Tao Mo said: "It's fine if you go alone, Brother Jia is going, I'm afraid there is no one to serve Gu She here."
Gu She frowned and said, "I don't need to serve you."
Gu Xiaojia said: "Then I will go."
Hao Guozi called Aunt Xin who was cooking in the kitchen to serve her, and then left with Gu Xiaojia.
As soon as Gu Xiaojia and Hao Guozi left, they heard the report from the yamen servant: "My lord, Sun Kuan is here to find Mr. Gu."
Lu Zhenxue had a half-smile and said, "If you look for Mr. Gu, you will find the county government."
Gu She ignored him: "Please."
Soon after Sun Kuan came in, Tao Mo knew that he was one of Gu She's juniors, who seemed to be favored by Mr. Yichui. Of course it can't be compared with Gu She, but he can be regarded as a proud disciple.
Seeing a room full of people, Sun Kuan seemed a little embarrassed, so he called Senior Brother Gu, but then fell silent.
Gu She said lightly: "Come in! Aunt Xin, take a seat."
Master Jin lowered his head, thinking that this is your mansion, a model of the master. But I still watched Mrs. Xin move the chair to Sun Kuan.
Sun Kuan hesitated and said, "Brother Gu, I have something to tell you."
Gu She said: "Come in and say."
Sun Kuan came in slowly, looking left and right.
Seeing this, Lu Zhenxue said to Tao Mo, "Master Tao, why don't you take me to look at the files?"
Gu She said: "If you want to go, you go, Tao Mo stays."
Lu Zhenxue said with a dry smile: "Why did you ever want to leave? Just look at the file and come back."
"Gu She has already read the dossier, brother Lu doesn't believe Gu She?"
Lu Zhen got angry and simply sat down again: "Then don't leave."
Seeing this, Sun Kuan decided that Gu She didn't intend to have a private conversation with him, so he had no choice but to take the tea that Hao Guozi brought, and said to Gu She, "Sir, you called me to the mansion last night."
Gu She was silent.
Others don't know the inside story, and don't know what to do. Seeing Sun Kuan embarrassed, Tao Mo took the initiative to ask, "Mr. Yichui taught Brother Sun something?"
Sun Kuan ignored Gu She, turned his head and replied to Tao Mo, "Master said that Junior Sister Liu Er has reached the age to marry, and asked me if I would like to marry."
All eyes were on Gu She.
Gu She said lightly, "Then?"
Sun Kuan said anxiously, "Of course I said absolutely not."
Gu She still said indifferently: "Why?"
Sun Kuan lowered his head and said, "How can I poach senior brother Gu's corner?"
Gu She sneered and said, "Go ahead and marry. If you can marry, it's yours."
"This—" Sun Kuan's face flushed, "Of course my junior sister only has my senior brother in my heart. How can I compare with Senior Brother Gu?!"
Gu She picked up the tea and gently scraped off the foam.
Sun Kuan was startled, and looked at Tao Mo.
It was only then that Gu She realized that this is the county government office, and he couldn't serve the guests off by serving tea by himself, so his face sank: "Is it finished?"
Sun Kuan stood up in embarrassment: "Farewell brother Yu."
"No."
On the other hand, Tao Mo felt sorry for seeing Sun Kuan being treated coldly, so he insisted on sending the stick out. Gu She didn't help him this time.
Walking to the gate of the county government office, Sun Kuan hesitated for a long time before saying to Tao Mo, "Lord Tao, you are on good terms with Senior Brother Gu, please tell him that although Sun Kuan likes Junior Sister, he never dares to poach Senior Brother Gu." The corner of the wall. Brother Gu will not marry for a day, and Sun Kuan will not marry his younger sister for a day."
Tao Mo felt uncomfortable. Sun Kuan's words made it clear that Yang Liu'er was in Gu's bag. But he still nodded and sincerely agreed: "Okay."
After Sun Kuan left, Tao Mo was about to turn around when he suddenly froze. A figure appeared on the other side of the street, walking faster and faster, walking towards him.
Tao Mo took a few steps forward with his stick, the man saw Tao Mo moving forward, and ran away anxiously.
Tao Mo threw down his bamboo stick, and hugged the visitor: "Old Tao!"
I don't know why, but I seem to be full of sadness, just waiting to confide at this moment.
Old Tao was half a head lower than him, being hugged by him, it was as if he was in his arms. But Tao Mo didn't realize the embarrassment at all, and just started crying: "Why did you come back?"
Rao Tao's eyes were red because of the ups and downs all his life: "It's Lao Tao's delay."
Tao Mo said aggrievedly: "You left on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, today is the sixth day of the third month!"
He began to pinch his fingers to count the days: "It's been 48 days. I miss you so much!"
Old Tao saw that Gu She, Lu Zhenxue, Yu Ming, and Master Jin all came out of the county government office, and several government officials were also poking their heads out, patting Tao Mo on the back: "Master, let's go in and talk!"
Tao Mo reluctantly let go of Lao Tao. Old Tao supported him as he walked and said, "Mu Chun sent a letter to me about your injury. I brought back another Huayun Pill, and you will be fine after taking a pill."
Tao Mo said: "Take it at night! Mr. Mu said that the medicine will be effective after a night of sleep."
Seeing that he had almost recovered, Lao Tao didn't insist and just nodded.
Walking in front of Gu She and the others, Lao Tao cupped his hands one by one: "Young Master Gu, Young Master Lu, Young Master Yu, Master, when Lao Tao is away, I would like to thank you all for taking care of me, Young Master, thank you."
Yu Ming waved his hand and said, "Where is it? I just saw Mr. Tao today, and I didn't do anything."
Master Jin also said: "It should."
Lu Zhenxue nodded slightly.
Only Gu She turned around and went in again.
Tao Mo led Lao Tao to his bedroom, and said guiltily, "Old Tao, I still have to call Mrs. Xin to wash your face."
Old Tao asked, "Where's Hao Guozi?"
"Gu Xiaojia and I were called out by Ms. Kuang and Ms. An Ran."
Old Tao didn't know who "Miss Kuang" was, so Tao Mo told what happened yesterday.
Old Tao was startled: "Master, you don't even know if that girl is real Kuang girl or fake Kuang girl, so you dare to keep her in the county government office?"
Tao Mo said, "I don't think she looks like a bad person."
Old Tao hated iron but steel: "Huang Guangde has the word 'bad guy' written on his face?"
Tao Mo defended seriously: "She didn't hurt me either."
"It's too late to kill you!"
"No." Tao Mo threw himself into Lao Tao's arms while giggling.
Old Tao sighed helplessly: "When will you grow up, young master?"
Tao Mo raised his head: "I'm already 20 years old, you said that, I'm already an adult!"
"Then when are you going to get married?"
Tao Mo's face turned pale, and he got up silently, bowing his head in silence.
Old Tao thought that there were Gu She and others in the study, so he didn't continue, but only reminded: "Master, are you going back to the study?"
Tao Mo nodded.
Old Tao helped him back to the study, and he narrowed his eyes as soon as he walked out of the bedroom door.
He heard Gu She and Lu Zhenxue talking in the study.
Gu She said: "Brother Lu has also read the dossier, what's your opinion?"
Lu Zhenxue said: "Here are all clichés citing our court's law, without any substantive evidence of crime. It is very easy to exonerate Hao Yi."
Gu She said: "Then there is brother Laolu."
Lu Zhenxue said with deep meaning: "Lu is working for Mr. Tao."
Gu She immediately asked: "Brother Lu and Gu She have always been in tit-for-tat, why are they able to let go of the past this time?"
Lu Zhenxue had a half-smile: "I repeat, Lu is working for Mr. Tao."
"It has nothing to do with Gu She?"
"It has nothing to do with Brother Gu."
"Oh? If Gu She doesn't take care of this matter, Brother Lu will take care of it?"
"This—" Lu Zhenxue finally concluded.
Gu She said indifferently: "Brother Lu has always wanted to compete with Gu She. If Gu She assists Mr. Tao to find out the case of exterminating the family in the Kuang Mansion, I am afraid that Gu She will be the only one in Danyang, and there will be no Brother Lu. Is that right?"
"Ever since Brother Gu assisted Tao Mo to turn Danyang into a city where the fires stopped, there is almost no place for Lu to stand in Danyang. Dare I ask Brother Gu, the previous county magistrates were caught between the two gates of Yang and Lin, why? Brother Gu wants to accept Tao Mo as a student?"
"Although Gu She accepted him as a student, he didn't act selfishly for Gu She." Gu She said without any disturbance, "Didn't Brother Lu win the case of Tong Yu's family's dispute over his daughter?"
"That's Tao Mo being selfless, with only justice in his heart!"
"Since Grand Duke Tao Mo is selfless, why should Brother Lu worry about getting a foothold?"
Lu Zhenxue concluded again.
As soon as Tao Mo entered the front yard, he could vaguely hear fierce speech in the study room. Although he couldn't hear what was said clearly, Gu She and Lu Zhen followed each other's words like hailstorms, and Tao Mo couldn't help but want to speed up.
Old Tao secretly sighed: "Young Master, be careful, don't be impatient."
Entering the study door, I saw that Gu She's complexion was normal, as if nothing happened; while Lu Zhenxue's complexion was slightly red.
Seeing Tao Mo come in, Lu Zhenxue stood up: "Master Tao, Lu has read the file just now, and he has already made up his mind. When the Lord will open the class, you only need to call Lu. The Lord's injury is not healed. Brother Yu will not bother you today."
Tao Mo didn't know the reason, but it was hard to persuade him to stay, so he said: "Then I'll send off Mr. Lu and Mr. Yu."
Lu Zhenxue and Yu Ming tried their best to persuade Tao Mo not to send him off, so Tao Mo had no choice but to give up.
After leaving the county office, Yu Ming asked: "Brother Lu, I can't help you with this matter, so I won't come next time!"
Lu Zhenxue looked at him: "Are you afraid of Master Lin?"
Yu Ming lowered his head: "The main reason is that I am afraid of my fourth uncle. You also know that if it is not my fourth uncle who lives in the fourth rank, I will not be able to worship under Master Lin. If Master Lin finds out that I am coming to the county government with you, then I will be arrested." Expelled from the teacher, how can my fourth uncle let me go? I am not as talented as you, so how can I deal with myself? My mother and my fourth aunt didn't like Jing Juan at all, and I was so angry because of Jing Juan They almost kicked me out."
Lu Zhenxue shook his head and said: "The word "love" is quite misleading. In fact, the girl your mother arranged for you, I heard, is more beautiful than Jing Juan, and her family background is better than Jing Juan. "
Yu Ming said: "I haven't seen her, but I have seen Jing Juan, and I already have Jing Juan in my heart."
Lu Zhenxue suddenly stared at a maid passing by the roadside: "This girl."
The girl didn't answer, but just lowered her head to hide.
Wherever she hides, Lu Zhenxue will stop her there.
Yu Ming frowned and said, "Senior brother Lu, don't make trouble."
Lu Zhenxue said leisurely: "If the girl doesn't stop, Lu will call for someone. A dignified young lady, walking on the street wearing a maid's clothes, if someone finds out..."
The woman raised her head in astonishment, and both Lu Zhenxue and Yu Ming were shocked: she was born really well.
"Your name is Lu? Lu Zhenxue?"
"Yo ho! I didn't expect Lu's name to be introduced into the boudoir. I just don't know that the girl is..."
The woman straightened her waist: "How do you know that I'm not a maid? Which Miss Qianjin would wear the clothes of a maid to go to the street alone? Mr. Lu has no evidence, so please don't swear!"
Lu Zhenxue smiled slightly: "There are four evidences: first, all the maids walk with big steps, and only Miss Qianjin walks in a hurry, and the hairpin, ring, and belt will not move at all; second, all the maids go out, they are all outside The clothes are bright, and the inner clothes are often old clothes, but the girl is wearing a commoner clothes, but the silk edge of the inner clothes is exposed, which shows that the outer clothes are temporarily changed; third, the maids often walk with their heads down against the wall because of their low status. , but Miss Qianjin is not allowed to be seen by outsiders, but she is used to walking in the middle of the road, so she just bows her head; Fourth, no matter how carefully the maid's hands are maintained, they will not be so slippery, and calluses will grow all over her hands, and The thin callus on the girl's hand—it's the hand that plays the harp."