Lao Tao couldn't help it anymore: "Please forgive me, Mr. Gu, and let the old servant say something. What good will it do for Mr. Gu when my young master returns to Beijing? Even if Young Master Gu returns to Beijing, he will not reconcile with Mr. Gu, let alone become an official. .”
Gu Huankun's words had a profound meaning: "Your young master is not a bird in a cage. Let him be in the vast world, so he will leave the person who raises birds with jade food and precious delicacies."
"A bird breeder? Gu Xiang said..." Tao Mo couldn't believe it.
Gu Huankun cut it off: "That's right, I mean Xianzhi."
"He—he—" Tao Mo stammered, "I—"
"Isn't he raising you with precious food? Can you afford the clothes you wear with your meager salary? Can you afford a can of tonic soup every day? The more comfortable you are, the more beautiful you are." You can’t live without him. Think about it, if you followed Shi Guangyao back then, wouldn’t your life be like this?”
"How can it be the same?" Tao Mo almost jumped up, his leg hit the table, and the water in the teacup spilled.
"What's the difference?" Gu Huankun smiled, "It's just that you don't like Shi Guangyao and don't want to be raised by him; you like Xianzhi and want to be raised by him."
"I am the county magistrate of Danyang, I am just happy with him, not attached to him!"
Gu Huankun snorted: "If you had followed Shi Guangyao back then, he would have been able to get you a county magistrate near the capital in no time. You wouldn't have to study hard for three more years and travel as far as Danyang."
Tao Mo's face was pale and he was speechless.
Lao Tao secretly sighed in his heart, ginger is still old and spicy. When Gu Huankun came up and talked so much, it was actually paving the way for what will happen later. He could see Tao Mo's temperament at a glance, and immediately pinpointed Tao Mo's fatal point.
Gu Huankun said again: "Let me guess, which of you two will go up and who will go down. Well, Xianzhi will definitely not be the one below."
Tao Mo's face flushed red: "We—we—"
Gu Huankun didn't even raise his eyelids: "Don't tell me you haven't thought about it before? But it doesn't matter if you haven't thought about it, you might as well talk to him now."
Tao Mo didn't speak. He knew the result without talking to Gu She. Gu She was so strong that he didn't even let him kiss.
Gu Huankun picked up the half-sprinkled tea: "In order not to be raised by Shi Guangyao, you put my son's life on the arrow. In the end, you went around a lot, and you still have to live like this in the end." day?"
Hao Guozi couldn't help it anymore: "My young master and Mr. Gu are in love with each other."
Gu Huankun just smiled.
Tao Mo didn't even know when Gu Huankun left.
Lao Tao and Hao Guozi helped him back to Lianjian's tomb, and he let them manipulate him in a daze.
Gu She had been waiting for a long time, and frowned upon seeing this, "Where did you go for so long? What happened?"
Seeing that Tao Mo lowered his head and did not speak, Lao Tao could only sigh: "I met Gu Xiang."
Gu She's complexion changed, and he pulled Tao Mo over: "What did he say to you?"
As soon as Tao Mo struggled, he took another two steps back, just in time to avoid Gu She's grabbing again.
Gu She's face turned cold, but he didn't have an attack. Instead, he said softly: "Let's go back first and talk about it later!"
When getting on the horse, Tao Mo didn't want to ride with Gu She.
Gu She looked at Lao Tao, who then said, "Hurry up, I'll take Xiao Jia and Guo Zi first."
Tao Mo raised his head and said anxiously: "Old Tao, take me with you."
Old Tao: "..."
Gu Xiaojia said: "Old Tao, this horse is no good, it can't carry two people."
Lao Tao and the others left, leaving only Gu She and Tao Mo.
Tao Mo raised his head, as if he wanted to say something to Gu She, but then lowered his head again.
Gu She whispered: "You just said the day before yesterday that you would stay with me no matter what. Are you going to break your promise so soon?"
Tao Mo was startled, raised his head to look at Gu She bewilderedly, and said softly, "No."
"I have broken up with Gu Huankun for three years. What good things can he say? Why do you still trust him?"
"But—" Tao Mo couldn't help retorting, "I think he's right."
"Where is it right? Let me listen."
"he-"
Tao Mo stopped, and really asked him to say it, but he couldn't say it.
Those sensitive little self-esteem turned out to be so fragile, so fragile that they couldn't be brought out on the bright side.
In fact, he has always understood that as long as he is happy with Gu She, he can only be in a weak position in front of Gu She.
But he never thinks about it, as if he doesn't want to, this thing doesn't exist.
However, Gu Huankun ruthlessly broke the shell he relied on to avoid, and he had to face it.
What is he going to do? Are you really leaving Gu She
But facing this person, he couldn't open his mouth, he was reluctant.
Seeing that Tao Mo was just staring at him obsessively, as if the next moment would be the eternal farewell, Gu She couldn't help feeling a pain in his heart.
Taking advantage of Tao Mo's low vigilance, he took two quick steps and hugged Tao Mo into his arms.
"I don't care what Gu Huankun told you, I can't live without you!"
Yes, there is no Tao Mo. This is the only bright color in his life.
Gained and then lost, he dare not imagine how bleak the remaining years will be. Just thinking about it is enough to despair.
Tao Mo started to cry, out of breath.
Tears soaked Gu She's shoulders, but Gu She didn't let go.
Later, Tao Mo was so crying that he couldn't breathe, so he took out his handkerchief and wiped his tears and nose.
After Tao Mo's tears were wiped away, seeing that Gu She's face was also covered with tears, he couldn't help but raised his hand to wipe it away gently.
But his hand paused immediately. It turned out that if you like someone, you can't help being nice to him. Even if you want to leave in your heart, your body will stay.
"I—" Tao Mo's voice was hoarse from crying, "I can't live without you."
He threw himself into Gu She's arms, hugged Gu She tightly, and slowly closed his eyes.
Even if the relationship between him and Gu She can only be dependent forever, he admits it. Gu She's outstanding performance, and all the kindness Gu She treated him, was like the rising sea, submerging him inch by inch.
But he would rather die than sink in this sea forever.
How come, how come back.
But on the way back, both of them were silent.
When they arrived at the Devil's Cult branch, Gu She asked Lao Tao, "Where's Gu Xiaojia?"
Old Tao said "Oh", "He went shopping."
Seeing Lao Tao staring at Tao Mo, Gu She sighed inwardly, interrupting intentionally: "You guys are back early, what news do you have?"
Old Tao looked away from Tao Mo's face: "Huang Guangde's master turned himself in this morning, saying that Huang Guangde had colluded with the Nine Kings."
Gu She sneered: "He still thinks he didn't die happily enough!"
Old Tao said again: "I heard from Master He that Huang Guangde had contacts with King Chang and King Lingyang before, and he was a man of all appearances. The reason why he wanted to destroy Kuang's family was because he once handed over one of King Chang's concubine to him. As soon as Kuang Dong went into hiding, the outer room was pregnant. Some time ago, I heard that the emperor knew about King Chang’s outer room and asked Princess Jing to search for the posthumous son of King Chang. Huang Guangde was afraid that the incident would happen, so he hired Huo Chuxiong to kill him. Kuang Dong is full of people."
Tao Mo was startled when he heard that, so he forgot his grievances, and blurted out, "Kuang Dongyi is willing to take the responsibility to help him hide King Chang's concubine, what kind of affection is this? Huang Guangde is really worse than a dog!"
Gu She said: "It's getting late, let's have a rest after lunch!"
The three of them went in for dinner and were about to go back to their rooms to rest when Gu Xiaojia came back with a basket of juicy cherries in his hand.
Tao Mo's eyes lit up, but then dimmed.
Seeing that Tao Mo was still preparing to go back to the room, Gu Xiaojia hurriedly called out, "Master Tao, I'm going to wash now, and sleep after eating the cherries."
Tao Mo shook his head: "I don't want to eat."
He left without stopping.
Gu She glanced at Cherry and left.
Gu She and Lao Tao sent Tao Mo into the house, walked away two steps, and stopped at the same time.
After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Gu She looked at Lao Tao with a questioning expression.
Old Tao shook his head.
Gu She sighed softly, and raised his hand in a gesture of invitation.
The two came to Gu She's bedroom, and Gu She cut to the chase: "What did Gu Huankun say to him?"
Lao Tao sighed, and told Gu She exactly what Gu Huankun said.
Gu She's face turned livid: "He harmed my mother and my brother, and he wants to harm me again!"
Old Tao asked: "After I left, how is the situation of the young master? I can see that there are tears on his face."
"What can I do? I can't get angry from crying." Gu She's face became even more ugly, "Even though he said he couldn't leave me later, the knot was still there."
Old Tao's face was full of distress: "Master tossed and turned on the bed just now, I'm afraid he will be troubled for a few days."
Gu She asked: "Old Tao, what do you think?"
Old Tao smiled wryly: "I'm a rough person, and I've never had love in my life, but I can tell that the young master really likes you. If it were me, I would just live comfortably, so why bother so much? But you also know, The young master is just stubborn."
Gu She bent down and bowed to Lao Tao, but Lao Tao was startled and hurriedly stepped aside.
After standing up straight, Gu She said solemnly: "Old Tao, I can't do without Wuwen. I will solve Wuwen's knot, but it may not be a one-day job, and I need your help."
Lao Tao nodded: "It should be. But if you can't get rid of the young master's knot, one day he decides to leave you, Lao Tao can only respect the young master's decision."
Gu She shot a cold light in his eyes: "I will not allow such a day."
Old Tao suddenly looked out the window: "Xiao Jia is here."
Gu She nodded: "I'll say what I have to say, and I'll ask Gu Xiaojia to deliver the cherries to your room later."
Just as Lao Tao left, Gu Xiaojia appeared outside the window with washed cherries in his hand.
Seeing that the door of Gu She's room was open, he took two quick steps, came in and put down the cherries: "Is Mr. Tao asleep yet? I'll send some to him too. He loves fresh fruits the most."
Gu She said lightly, "Close the door."
Gu Xiaojia was shocked all over, closed the door and bowed his head to stand still.
Gu She picked up a cherry: "Such a good cherry, the emperor rewarded Gu Huankun, right?"
Gu Xiaojia knelt down with a "thud": "My lord, I won't dare again!"
He kowtowed three times: "Yesterday when I went out, I met Lao Yuan. He said that Xiangye was talking about the young master every day. He couldn't think about it. He asked me if I could go and talk to Xiangye to comfort a father's thoughts." The heart of a son. I—after all, I grew up in Gu's mansion, and I feel sorry for Mr. Xiang..."
Gu She sneered: "So you let him finish talking?"
Gu Xiaojia didn't dare to make a sound.
Gu She threw the cherry back into the plate: "Seeing that Wu Wen's situation is wrong, you ran to question him?"
Gu Xiaojia shed tears.
Gu She's voice became a little heavier: "I'm asking you something."
Gu Xiaojia quickly lay down on the ground again: "I dare not question Master Xiang, I just told him that you can't live without Tao Mo."
"Oh?" Gu She laughed, "What did he say?"
Gu Xiaojia's voice lowered: "He said that those who make big things can't indulge in their children's affair."
Gu She seemed to be mocking but also sad: "How could you think that if you said I couldn't live without Tao Mo, he would let us go? You don't look like I, Gu Xianzhi?"
Gu Xiaojia gritted his teeth, slapped himself hard, and slapped his bow left and right.
"Okay." Gu She said lightly.
Gu Xiaojia didn't dare to move anymore.
"I don't think you intend to separate Tao Mo and me."
Gu Xiaojia's eyes widened in surprise: "How could it be? After the eldest son and his wife passed away one after another, the son has never laughed! Since Tao Mo, the son laughed many times every day! Even before the eldest son passed away, the son did not laugh." So happy! It's too late for me to thank Tao Mo, why would I want to break you up?!"
Gu She just looked at him.
Gu Xiaojia's face turned red, and he said after a while: "I admit that I have unreasonable thoughts about you, but—I also know that I am not good enough for you, and I am not the person who can make you happy. You, I just want to Hello, it’s fine for me to protect you like this, so—isn’t it okay?”
In the end, his throat seemed to be stuffed with a ball of cotton, and he couldn't say another word.
Gu She said softly: "It's because you stayed by my side peacefully and loyally that I didn't send you away like Xiangyou. I didn't expect you to make such a big mess for me this time."
Gu Xiaojia was ashamed and anxious, not knowing what to say.
Gu She said again: "I know your father served Gu Huankun, it's normal for you to have some friendship with him. If you want to serve him, you can do so now. I will send you your body deed after I return to Danyang. "
Gu Xiaojia was shocked, and kowtowed again: "I only have one master, the young master!"
Gu She stared at him: "Really?"
Gu Xiaojia nodded frantically.
Gu She stood up: "You go!"
Gu Xiaojia didn't dare to talk too much, stood up and walked backwards.
Gu She lay on the bed, once again regretting not listening to her grandfather. If they get married on the day they return to Beijing, now it's a done deal, even if Gu Huankun divorces, Tao Mo has no room to waver.
And on June 24, there are still two months and seventeen days left.