Tao Mo suddenly remembered the relationship between Zhao Rui and Kuang Dongyi, and understood why Mrs. Zhao was aging so quickly. He could not help feeling sorry for her.
Someone outside the curtain said: "Madam, the master is here."
When the door curtain was raised, Gu Shetao Mo was taken aback.
Because today's Zhao Rui is no longer the Zhao Rui I saw on the Lantern Festival, but has the same gray hair as Mrs. Zhao.
As soon as the case of exterminating the family of the Kuang Mansion came out, Zhao Rui was the first to come to offer sacrifices to Kuang Dongyi. At that time, he was very sad, and everyone said that Zhao Rui was Kuang Dongyi's best friend after all, this grief can only be compared with the loss of a loved one.
At that time, Tao Mo just listened to it and didn't take it to heart.
Seeing that Zhao Rui has become like this in just seven days today, I have believed 90% of Li Yuan's words in my heart.
Zhao Rui did not hide anything, and told the whole story about himself and Kuang Dongyi. What he said was basically the same as Li Yuan's words. However, the matter of borrowing money to seek an heir was not Kuang Dongyi's plan, but Zhao Rui's design. of. Because Kuang Dong wanted to have children, but he didn't have any desire for women. He knew that Li Yuan was secretly in love with Lin Xi, and seeing that Li Yuan was a medical genius, he wanted to borrow Li Yuan's seed. Who knew that he had created several opportunities for Li Yuan and Lin Xi, and Lin Xi was extremely loyal. He tried every means to avoid Li Yuan, so Zhao Rui made this plan for him.
"Who are the ones who associate with Kuang Dong?"
"Looking back, son, Dong Yi is in Danyang, and there are only his master and younger brother. His master didn't pay much attention to him after he knew that he was a broken sleeve. His younger brother Li Yuan also broke up with him because of borrowing money, so his friend , only Zhao."
"Then have you ever heard him talk about the past?"
"Before?" Zhao Rui recalled, "It seems to be nothing. He said that the teacher he worshiped in the capital, his master was an imperial physician at the time. Later, his master was going back to Danyang, so he took over his master's position."
"Which dignitaries can he associate with?"
Zhao Rui shook his head: "He is a very careful person, he never asks about the affairs of the court, and he never stands in line in the palace, but his wife..."
"how?"
"His wife was once the proud female official beside the Empress Dowager, and she is extremely close to the three princes and daughters born to the Empress Dowager."
Tao Mo was puzzled: "Isn't the empress dowager's own prince the current emperor?"
Gu She shook his head: "The current emperor is the nephew of the late emperor. The late emperor was a generation of heroes. When choosing an heir, he thought his parents and children were mediocre, so he gave up his parents and children and made a nephew. Later, his father and son Chang Wang rebelled and was bestowed dead by the first emperor."
"Ah?" Tao Mo was taken aback, "Giving my own son to die? This..."
"In the royal family, how many people can die safely?"
"Then—" Tao Mo tilted his head to think, "If Mrs. Lin has committed a traitor, the current emperor can definitely ask her to blame her!"
Gu She ignored him, and only asked Zhao Rui: "You mean Mrs. Lin, King Chang and the two princesses have a deep friendship?"
"That's right. I heard that she has a deep friendship with the deceased Princess Wei, because Princess Wei most often goes to serve the Queen Mother."
"Kuang Dong has been an imperial physician in the capital for six years, and he doesn't have a single friend?"
"He said that the people in the palace were cheating each other and couldn't talk to each other. However, before he returned to Danyang, he still had a friend. According to him, he was a high-ranking official."
"Which official?"
Zhao Rui shook his head: "I don't know. He never said, and I don't want to ask. Sometimes I feel that if I don't mention this matter, he is mine alone. I know there is such a person because he often looks at a fan, fan There is a very fragrant poem written on it, signed by the owner of Qiuyuexuan. He likes that fan very much. I asked him for it, but he said that it was written for him by his former lover, and he could not give it to me. I gave birth Then he locked the fan in the grid above the door frame, and I reconciled with him."
Gu Shetao Mo looked at each other: "Master Qiuyuexuan?"
Who is the one
On the carriage back to the county government, Tao Mo sat with his head depressed.
Gu She poured him a cup of tea: "I'll find someone to find out who is the owner of Qiuyuexuan."
Tao Mo took the tea, his eyes gleaming with joy: "Really? Do you know someone?"
"I can promise, of course I have my way. I will also go to investigate the cause of Princess Wei's death."
"That's great."
"really good?"
"Of course it's true. If I check it myself, there's nothing I can do about it."
"Then why are you still frowning?"
"There are some things that I can't figure out."
"Let's talk about it."
"Gu She, tell me—" Tao Mo looked at Gu She anxiously, "As a broken sleeve, are you guilty?"
"Of course not." Gu She didn't hesitate. If the broken sleeve is a crime, then what is the arrow
"Then why are Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Zhao so miserable and sad?"
"It's not a crime to be a Duanxiu, but if you are a Duanxiu, you want to trick a woman into getting married, that's a heinous crime!"
Tao Mo stared blankly at Gu She: "If I were Duanxiu, I wouldn't marry a woman."
Gu She said softly, "I believe in you."
"No," Tao Mo thought of something, "I'm only with the person I like. I won't be with anyone except the person I like..."
and anyone what? He actually wanted to say that he wouldn't even flirt with anyone except the one he liked.
However, the Gu She in front of me clearly only met Yang Liu'er outside the county government gate yesterday, and she is so kind to herself even though she knows that she likes him...
He choked, and the Gu She in his eyes quickly blurred.
Gu She could only hear Gu She's soft voice: "I believe in you."
"Master Tao, the county government has arrived."
Hearing Gu Xiaojia's voice, he didn't have time to pull out his handkerchief, and hurriedly wiped his face with his sleeve while turning around.
Turning around, he saw Gu shoot down the carriage.
"you… "
It was already lunch time, Gu She always went back home for dinner, and would come back in the afternoon.
Gu She raised her eyebrows: "What's the matter? You don't want to treat me to a meal?"
"Yes, yes." He quickly replied, "It's just that the county government's fan is too... why don't we go to Xianweilou!"
Gu Sheshi hurriedly walked in: "I just want to eat home food."
Lao Tao and the others obviously didn't expect that Gu She would come to have lunch, so there was one less pair of chopsticks on the table.
Tao Mo took the teapot, poured water to wash a set of bowls and chopsticks for Gu She, and took a new pair brought by Hao Guozi himself.
Qiu Shuining kept trying to find out what Zhao Rui had said, but Gu She ignored him, and Tao Mo was really not in the mood.
After dinner, Gu She sat under the window and read a book. After reading for a while, he changed from sitting upright to leaning on the table with his head on his head.
Seeing that he was really sleepy, Tao Mo murmured, "You're used to taking lunch breaks, why don't you go sleep on my bed!"
He wondered if Gu She loved Jie so much, would he despise his bed
Gu She sat up straight: "What about you?"
"It's okay for me not to sleep."
"It's okay if I don't sleep."
"Then—I'm here with you."
"It's okay, you go to sleep."
Hao Guozi looked at Gu She and then at Tao Mo, tentatively: "How about Mr. Gu sleeping on the young master's bed, and the young master sleeping on my bed?"
Tao Mo looked at Gu She expectantly.
Gu She nodded, stood up and walked out.
Tao Mo gave Hao Guozi a thumbs up.
Hao Guozi took Gu Xiaojia to Lao Tao's room. Lao Tao just cleaned up an empty room this morning. There was nothing in it, only a table and a bed.
Just as Tao Mo was about to lie down on Hao Guozi's bed, the door was gently pushed open a crack.
Because he liked Gu She, but Gu She didn't have a clear attitude, he felt that the relationship between the two should be more frank, so as not to affect Gu She's marriage in the future, so he didn't bar the door.
At this time, I took a closer look and saw that it was Qiu Shuining.
Qiu Shuining looked behind the screen, but she couldn't see anything, so she waved to Tao Mo.
Tao Mo also stretched out his head to look at Gu She, seeing that Gu She was already lying face down, he gently opened the door and went out.
In the yard, Qiu Shuining asked, "Did Zhao Rui say anything?"
Tao Mo asked back, "Do you know what your adoptive father and adoptive mother used to do?"
"I heard it came out of the palace."
Seeing her confused face, Tao Mo obviously didn't know anything about it, and sighed, "The death of your adoptive father and adoptive mother may be related to someone they knew before. Gu She has already agreed to help us investigate. "
"Then—" Qiu Shui said expectantly, "What should I do?"
Tao Mo was taken aback, he really hadn't thought about what Qiu Shuining could do. Qiu Shuining's martial arts are not low, but Lao Tao and An Ran's martial arts are also not low, so she won't be needed for a while.
He replied honestly: "You don't need to do anything."
Qiu Shuining frowned and stomped her feet: "How could there be nothing I did?!"
When she was in a hurry, her eye sockets became wet again, and the corners of her mouth were flattened, and she was about to cry.
Tao Mo hurriedly said: "Mr. Mu said that the real culprit used the method of crushing his heart with one palm. When we find the real culprit, we will have to ask you to help catch him back."
Qiu Shuining's tears stopped immediately, and she said hopefully, "You will definitely catch the real culprit, right?"
Her big eyes were bright and beautiful, and Tao Mo's heart skipped a beat in an instant.
But he immediately calmed down, nodded and said: "I will definitely. I have Gu She, Mr. Youmu, and so many powerful people to help me, even more powerful than the emperor's court!"
Qiu Shuining chuckled: "Unexpectedly, you can also tell jokes. I have known you for a few days, and you have always been straight. I thought you were a nerd!"
Tao Mo smiled and said, "It's good if you smile. The dead have passed away, and the living can only make the dead feel at ease if they live well!"
Qiu Shui looked at Tao Mo blankly, then blushed suddenly, lowered his head, and asked softly, "Why are you always so nice?"
Tao Mo waved his hand: "This is just my duty."
Qiu Shuining's voice was even lower: "It's not just this matter."
"What?" Tao Mo didn't hear clearly.
Qiu Shuining spat: "I'm not old yet, my ears are just like this!"
He turned his head and ran back to her and An Ran's room.
Tao Mo was puzzled and went back to his bedroom. As soon as he opened the door, he froze, and Gu She was standing in front of the window.
"You didn't sleep?"
"Didn't you sleep too?"
Tao Mo noticed that Gu She was not in a good mood, because his voice became so cold again. From the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month to the present, Tao Mo has known Gu She for more than two months. Especially recently, they are together every day, and he can slowly feel whether Gu She is happy or unhappy at the moment.
But he still couldn't figure out why and when Gu She would be unhappy.
Thinking of this, he asked cautiously: "But you are a little bit of a bed?"
Gu She didn't answer, but went back to the bed and lay down again.
Tao Mo was worried, and stood in the middle of the ground watching him for a while, seeing that he was motionless, before lying down on Hao Guozi's bed.
However, he forgot that he himself recognized the bed. After lying down, I tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
"But you're a little obsessed with bed?"
Gu She's cold voice sounded, and Tao Mo was taken aback. Gu She didn't make a sound for a long time, he thought Gu She had fallen asleep.
"You—you weren't asleep?"
Gu She didn't answer for a long time. After a long time, Tao Mo almost suspected that he had really fallen asleep, and then he heard him say, "You are tossing and turning, making me so noisy that I can't sleep."
Tao Mo's face warmed up coaxingly: "Then I'll go out! I really don't like the bed, lying here not only can't fall asleep, but also makes noise for you."
Gu She said lightly: "No need. Since you accept the bed, go back to your bed and sleep."
"What about you?"
"I see that your bed can sleep two people."
"Huh?" Tao Mo was so startled that he almost fell off Hao Guozi's bed. Where would he dare to go? Stuttering anxiously: "No, no, I'd better go out."
As soon as he said that, he turned over and went out as if fleeing.