Gu She turned around and saluted, and was about to leave when the emperor called out, "Xianzhi."
Gu She stopped in her tracks.
"Stay here! Whichever office you fancy. I need you."
"I like Danyang." Danyang has the most important person.
"The Huang Guangde case was originally investigated by the magistrate of Danyang County. Why did you sue for him?"
"I also want to ask the emperor, how does the emperor plan to deal with Huang Guangde and the prefect of Zhenjiang?"
"Hand it over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for punishment according to law."
"Please ask the emperor to send Zhenjiang an upright and honest magistrate."
"Xuanzhi, this is—want to take the role in person?"
"No, I'll just be a grassroots person."
"I want to announce to the world that those who report collusion with Ah Xu will be rewarded. How does Xianzhi feel?"
"I think it would save a lot of people to be killed if those who had collusion turned themselves in first."
"...you have changed."
A warm smile appeared on the corner of Gu She's mouth: "I think so too."
The emperor looked at Gu She thoughtfully: "Xianzhi is by my side, I'm afraid that returning home is like an arrow!"
"Yes, if the emperor has nothing to do, I will take my leave."
"good."
Gu shot didn't move.
The emperor was puzzled: "Aren't you going to leave?"
Gu She said calmly, "I'll leave after you arrange the people who are following me."
The emperor blushed: "I just want to know where you live? Who are you with?"
"Useful?" Gu She stared at the emperor, "So what if you know?"
The emperor choked and waved his hand.
Gu She swaggered away.
Tao Mo heard Gu She tell the whole story of Shi Qianshan and the Nine Kings, and was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.
Regarding the cause of Shi Guangyao's death, they had guessed many things, but they did not expect it to be like this.
Gu She sighed: "Thanks to my listening to your opinion, I supported the emperor. If I helped the Nine Kings to the throne, I'm afraid I'll regret it to death."
Tao Mo nodded: "Xianzhi, I want to see Brother Lian."
"It's late now, we'll go tomorrow morning."
Early the next morning, Gu She asked Gu Xiaojia to lead out Lian Kuai.
Tao Mo said awkwardly, "Xianzhi, I don't know how to ride a horse."
"It's okay, I'll take you."
Tao Mo had no choice but to sit in Gu She's arms under the eyes of everyone.
He was about the same height as Gu She, so he blocked Gu She's line of sight, so the two of them turned one to the left and the other to the right, and turned their bodies sideways.
Wherever he went, everyone looked sideways.
"Huh? Such good two, how come they are easy to get married? There are two less good son-in-laws in the world!"
Gu She controlled Lian Kuai and walked extremely slowly, as if to show people the love between him and Tao Mo.
After leaving the city, he galloped his horse.
On April 7th, it was the end of spring and the beginning of summer, and the scenery in the suburbs of Beijing was just right.
Tao Mo suddenly sighed.
Gu She rubbed his face: "What's wrong?"
"I remembered that four years ago, Brother Lian and I went on an outing together, and Lian Kuai drove us, but I sat behind Brother Lian. It has been almost four years since Brother Lian passed away."
Gu She slowed down his horse, remained silent for a while, and asked softly, "Wu Wen, why didn't you accept brother back then?"
Tao Mo recalled: "Because of Shang Lu? Because he can't play the piano?" But he quickly gave up, "I don't know anymore."
"Because you were waiting for me?"
"At that time, I didn't know you. I only heard Zhang Zishu say that you were better than him. I still didn't believe it. I thought he must be bragging."
Gu She smiled: "What about now?"
"Of course I believe it now! You are really stronger than him, much stronger than him!" Tao Mo also rubbed his face against Gu She's, "Xianzhi, being able to be with you is simply a blessing that I have cultivated in eight lifetimes." !"
Gu She sighed: "Meeting you is the blessing I have cultivated in eight lifetimes."
So the two kissed stickily again for a while, causing Lao Tao and Gu Xiaojia, who had just caught up because Gu She slowed down the horse, to rein in the horse hastily.
Hao Guozi was sitting behind Gu Xiaojia. He was shorter and couldn't see the front, so he urged himself: "Brother Xiaojia, why are you stopping?"
Hearing Hao Guozi's voice, Tao Mo hastily pushed Gu She away and turned around.
Gu She controlled the reins with one hand, and hugged Tao Mo tightly with the other hand, thinking for the second time: Maybe we shouldn't stick to the crown or not.
Lian Jian's cemetery is just below Lian Xuehong's cemetery.
The grass is luxuriant, and the grass on the hillside grows and warblers fly, without any sad atmosphere.
Lao Tao arranged incense and candle offerings, and paid homage to Lian Xuehong first.
Gu She said: "Mother, this is Wuwen. I brought him to see you. From now on, I will spend the rest of my life hand in hand with him, and we will definitely live in harmony and happiness."
As he spoke, he kowtowed three times.
Standing up, seeing Tao Mo looking at him eagerly, he said, "Kowtow three times to your mother too!"
Tao Mo knelt down happily, but he didn't know how to address him, and looked at Gu She again.
Gu She said softly: "If you are willing to call mother in advance, my mother will be very happy."
Tao Mo said, "Mother, I'm Tao Wuwen. I'm so happy, and I'll treat him well for the rest of my life!"
After making the promise loudly and loudly, he kowtowed his head three times, while Lao Tao frowned in distress, and Gu She was both distressed and happy.
A yellow warbler flew over and stood on the tombstone, looking at Tao Mo intently, and Tao Mo also looked at it curiously. After watching for a long time, Huang Yinger did not leave.
Tao Mo whispered to Gu She: "Look at it, look at me."
Gu She lowered her head and answered him in a hoarse voice, "Let her watch it for a while!"
Huang Ying'er heard the words, looked at Gu She again, and then flew away lightly.
Only then did Tao Mo stand up, and Gu She supported him: "My mother likes you very much."
"Huh? You mean..."
Gu She interrupted him: "I just know that she likes you very much."
Tao Mo's dimples flashed and flashed, as if the dimples in his eyes were shining.
Arriving in front of Lian Jian's tomb, Tao Mo rushed over and knelt down without waiting for Gu She to worship.
"Brother Lian! I see you are here!"
Gu She said softly, "No need to kneel."
Tao Mo hugged the tombstone: "I didn't kneel."
Gu She saw that Tao Mo was sitting on his lap, indeed he was not kneeling, but kneeling.
Old Tao frowned: "Master, be more solemn in front of the dead."
"Oh." Tao Mo hurriedly let go of the tombstone and stood up.
Gu She took Tao Mo's hand: "It's okay, my brother is your brother."
Tao Mo nodded obediently: "Yeah. Brother Lian will be my brother from now on."
Now even Hao Guozi couldn't stand it any longer: "Master, we haven't married yet!"
Gu She said: "I can't come when we get married, so let's call brother in advance!"
Tao Mo happily shouted at Lian Jian's tomb: "Brother!"
Gu She lit the incense: "Let Lao Tao take you around."
Tao Mo's eyes blinked, but he didn't turn the corner.
Old Tao hurriedly teased Tao Mo: "Master, look at the flowers over there."
Although Tao Mo didn't understand what Gu She meant, he also understood that Gu She wanted to be alone with Lian Jian, so he followed Lao Tao.
After walking a few steps, Hao Guozi couldn't help complaining: "The young master is too blind. In front of the tomb of Mr. Gu's mother and elder brother, he didn't feel sad at all. He only cared about his own joy!"
After Tao Mo heard this, he also felt that he was a little too happy just now, and suddenly became wilted.
Lao Tao's meaning was the same as that of Hao Guozi, but when he saw Tao Mo's wilting, he felt a little unbearable, so he said, "Young master Gu brought the young master to the grave, the purpose is to introduce the young master to the elders, it's a happy event , it’s okay to be happy.”
Hao Guozi hated iron for being weak: "Old Tao, your brows were clearly twisted into two big pimples just now!"
Tao Mo said in a muffled voice, "Stop arguing, you two, I'll just change it."
Hao Guozi couldn't say anything more. Looking around, there was a tea shed in front of her.
"Let's go over there and wait for Mr. Gu."
Both Lao Tao and Tao Mo had no objection, and the three of them went.
After entering the tea shed, Tao Mo was startled.
Old Tao looked at Tao Mo's face, then at the middle-aged man Tao Mo was looking at, and couldn't help but raise his vigilance: "Excuse me, is your Excellency..."
Tao Mo said in a daze, "Gu Xiang."
In front of Lianjian's tomb, Gu She sat down like Tao Mo just now, leaning against the tombstone, and lit three sticks of incense.
"Brother, I found Wu Wen, he is really nice, now I understand why you were so obsessed with him.
I also like him, I will take care of him for the rest of his life, don't worry!
I didn't tell him everything you did for him, including that pot of tea that was spiked with medicine. "
He smiled self-deprecatingly: "Please don't annoy me, I'm selfish, I hope he forgets you and stays with me wholeheartedly. —Although, he just treats you as an older brother."
Gu Xiaojia interjected from the side: "My lord, you and Tao Mo are in love with each other, and they will definitely grow old together in love."
Gu She rarely blamed Gu Xiaojia for talking too much.
In the tea shed, Gu Huankun was very kind: "Sit down."
Tao Mo didn't dare to sit down: "I, just stand."
Gu Huankun smiled: "The family is still so divided?"
But Tao Mo just didn't have the feeling of hitting it off in front of General Lian, and he nervously slanted his sign on the corner of the chair.
Gu Huankun poured him a cup of tea: "I heard that you are very diligent and wise in Danyang. It has only been three months since you took office, and Danyang has become a city where fires have stopped. A case as big as the Kuang Mansion extermination case has been cleared." .”
Tao Mo didn't expect Gu Huankun to know so much about him, so he couldn't help but feel ashamed: "This is Xianzhi's talent. If he hadn't written ten fire prevention strategies for me and drawn a house fire prevention map, I wouldn't even know where to start. The case of exterminating the family in the Kuang Mansion was solved only after he thought of a way to lure the snake out of the hole."
Gu Huankun sighed: "Having the heart to do it and having the ability to do it are two different things. Just like this time the Nine Kings seized the throne, the world will be in chaos and blood will flow like rivers. If it weren't for you, how could Xianzhi make a move?"
Tao Mo was both shy and proud of Gu She: "Xianzhi has always been very kind to me. He—he is so powerful, I admire him very much."
As he said this, there was a look of admiration in his eyes.
But Gu Huankun didn't continue: "Back to the capital, do you have the palpitations of a wanderer returning home?"
Tao Mo's thoughts were pulled back by him: "Yes, yes. Growing up in the capital, I always feel that the water in the capital is sweeter than Danyang."
Gu Huankun seemed intentional or not: "Do you want to come back?"
Tao Mo shook his head.
This answer was obviously beyond Gu Huankun's expectation: "Why?"
Tao Mo replied honestly: "In those years in the capital, I did nothing but study. I was addicted..."
He stopped, and the person in front of him was Gu She's father. Although Gu She and his father had already broken up, it was not appropriate to tell Gu Huankun about being addicted to Shang Lu, and he knew it.
However, Gu Huankun understood: "Is he addicted to Shanglu? Who didn't have a relationship with two mistakes when they were young?"
When he said this, Tao Mo quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and swore: "I broke up with Shang Lu three years ago, and now I only have Xianzhi in my heart. Xianzhi is in Danyang, and I don't want to go anywhere."
He thought that since Gu Huankun knew so much, the matter between him and Gu She must not be hidden, so he confessed.
Gu Huankun didn't take it seriously: "Xianzhi is in Danyang because you are in Danyang. If you come back, he will definitely come back too."
"Is-is it?" Tao Mo couldn't believe it.
"You can ask him. He is only suspended in Danyang. The reason why he drives a horse shop is to travel around the world."
"Oh!" Tao Mo felt lost for a while. He wondered what a sacrifice Gu She had made to give up his dream of traveling the world for him? But if he wants to abandon his official position and accompany Gu She to travel around the world, he can't do it.
"I—I still want to be the county magistrate."
"It's because being a county magistrate can benefit one party, isn't it?"
"Yeah!" Tao Mo nodded, "Every day when I'm busy, I feel that I'm busy with meaning and that I'm needed by the people of Danyang. This feeling is different from everything else!"
Gu Huankun smiled: "Have you ever thought that you will become more and more capable, and one day, Danyang will no longer be able to accommodate you."
"Will it be?" Tao Mo was confused, "How could it be?"
"Of course I will. I was a county magistrate, too."
Tao Mo looked at Gu Huankun in surprise, as if he wanted to see the growth history of a prime minister in him.
"Instead of walking step by step from Danyang to Zhenjiang, you might as well go back to the capital directly." Gu Huankun followed the temptation, "There are hidden dragons and crouching tigers here, so that you can improve faster. With your mind and ambition, you may become a prime minister in the future .”
Tao Mo was startled, and waved his hands together: "No, no, I don't have the ability."
"What do you think I am capable of? In fact, I don't know how to write ten strategies for fire prevention. I was also helpless when the Nine Kings rebelled. The ability of a superior is not in doing things, but in knowing what to do and how to do things. You just happen to have this ability."