Love is More than a Word《识汝不识丁》Shi Nu Bu Shi Ding
Love is More than a Word, Chapter 13: The Famous teacher and the brilliant apprentice (4)...
The Tong family's Tong girl was also a great source of conversation in the Tangyang County. And regardless of her unmarried age at her twenties, the mere fact that she is a tough girl is enough argue for three days and three nights. Now she suddenly hanged himself, although the reason is still unknown, but the good people have long linked Tao Mo's visit to Mr. Yichui. There are even rumors that Miss Tong hanged herself at a young age because she did not want to marry a magistrate and begged her parents in tears to no avail.
In short, all kinds of rumors like flakes of snow enveloped the whole county, tossing the New Year's Eve into an even more frenzy.
The county court will still have to follow the usual practice of asking questions after Tong hanged herself, even though she hanged herself. As soon as Cui Jiong got the news, he took the coroner to the autopsy. Although no gossip had been spread at that time, Tong's family was a big family in the area and was related to Mr. Yichui by marriage, so the case was not to be taken lightly and had to be investigated very carefully.
Apparently, the outcome was not a surprise to Tong's parents, who were in tears but not angry.
The first time Cui Jiong had questioned the witness, he saw that there was nothing suspicious about the witnesses, physical evidence or corpses, so he returned to the county magistrate to report to Tao Mo.
Tao Mo immediately sighed when he heard it. Although he had no intention of marrying the Tong’s family girl, Mrs. Yichui's words had brought them into some sort of relationship. He did not know whether Miss Tong really wanted to kill herself for fear of marrying him, as rumored. If so, it was a great sin on his part.
On the third day after Tong's death, Mrs. Yichui came to the door with a gift that did not come.
The first time Tao Mo was puzzled by her gesture of favor, after all, the Tong Family's daughter is dead, the marriage is no longer possible, only to find out later that Mrs. Yichui heard the rumors in the city, and knew that she had caused him trouble on him of her own whim, so she came to thank him.
Tao Mo didn't pay attention to these things. He thought that when he was in his hometown, he received more rumors than these. He looked at things as if they were nothing. What's more, there was nothing that can be made out of nothing. Now, he comforted her to live a calm life.
Persuading, Mrs. Yichui's eyes were red. "It is her who is not blessed. If she had met the Lord Tao county magistrate and knew of your tenderness and thoughtfulness, I'm afraid she wouldn't have thought so much of it."
Tao Mo's face flushed with praise, ''Madam is overpraising. Maybe Miss Tong felt that she is sad to see herself become a wife like this, she will be upset."
"Where is she upset, it to be upset about she is afraid to hate me." Mrs. Yichui sighed lightly, "I didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me." [1] I didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me= "I don't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me" is a proverb, from "Jin Shu. Biography 39", which means that although I hate Bo Ren, I didn't mean to kill him; but because of my resentment caused Bo Ren to be killed, and Bo Ren ’s death was indirectly related to me.
Tao Mo froze and said, ''Who is Bo Ren? How could he have died too?"
Mrs. Yichui was dumbfounded, and then laughed in disbelief, "My lord is really just like the rumors, he has no knowledge of anything."
Tao Mo awkwardly said, "Rumors are always somewhat true."
"All told, it's my fault that my lord got caught up in all this gossip. Don't worry, I'll be sure to break the story from you." Mrs. Yichui assured.
"Actually, as long as I don't damage the Tong girl's name, I'm fine with it."
Mrs. Yichui was busy saying, "Don't talk like that. My lord is not yet married, and to indulge in such gossip will only discourage the great maiden from looking at my lord."
"That's just right." Tao Mo said off the cuff.
"What?" Mrs. Yichui looked at him in astonishment.
Knowing that he had lost his words, Tao Mo immediately looked at Lao Tao, who was standing on the sidelines, as if in rescue.
Lao Tao really lived up to his expectations and said, "My young master is saying that it is just right that such a gullible woman should be discouraged from believing rumors."
Mrs. Yichui suddenly burst out and laughed, "Still, Your Excellency has insight." She had noticed Lao Tao from the beginning, following Mr. Yichui for so many years, the others thing she cannot dare say, there was still an eye for discerning people. The old man in front of him is not outstanding in appearance, but his temperament is calm and steady, and he is not a normal person, but Tao Mo, the young master, is a bit awkward.
"This old gentleman is..." She couldn't help asking.
Tao Mo said, "This is my steward, Lao Tao."
Lao Tao humbly said, "Greeting Mrs. Yichui."
"This old lady bid you hello." A Yichui lady gently waved her hand, pretending to look out the window, "It's getting late, I have to go back first, please take care Lord Tao about Yinghong. She had a bad fate in life, so please leave her in peace after her death."
This sentence Tao Mo did not understand, but Lao Tao did. After sending Mrs. Yichui away, Hao Guozi asked Cui Jiong to talk to him, and if there is no doubt about the case, he was to let Miss Tong suicide go quietly.
Cui Jiong originally because of the relationship between Mr. Yichui and Tong Family he wanted to work so hard, now seeing a Yichui lady coming before the door, Lao Tao gave a hint after the foot, how can he still do not understand the reason, also he felt relieved that he can no longer worry about this issue, so he could deal with it like a normal suicide.
It was supposed to come to an end, but then one wave came back before the other.
It was another early morning when Tao Mo slept in a daze, and the drums outside the magistrate's office were rattled to the sky.
Hao Guozi rushed in, dragged Tao Mo up, dressed and washed him, and hastily sent him to the public magistrate hall after cleaning him up.
Poor Tao Mo didn't wake up until after he sat down in that chair and kneeled underneath someone.
"You... what's up?" He rubbed his eyes hard.
"My lord! Please, Your Excellency, I seek redress of injustice!" The man's face was furious, and his large eyes were staring straight at Tao Mo, like two nails, as if to nail him to the wall.
Tao Mo was so creped out by his look that his voice chattered, ''What injustice? You say."
"This humble man wants to sue the Tong family and the county magistrate of Tangyang County for forcing Tong Yinghong to die!"
His voice was loud and he spoke a word-for-word.
Tao Mo was confused, and it took half a day before he said, "The county magistrate of the Tangyang County is...... me."
"Exactly my lord." The man thought Tao Mo was playing dumb and his anger rose a few notches higher.
Master Jin watched from the sidelines and shook his head straight. It's true that three people can become a tiger. Although he didn't know the relationship between the young man and Tong Yinghong, now it seems that he must have been fooled by the rumor that Tao Mo really wanted to marry the Tong girl. These days he also heard a lot of rumors, all of them have become a laughing stock, after all, when Mrs. Yichui mentioned a relative when he was also present, naturally know that Tao Mo is really innocent and in this can no longer be innocent.
Tao Mo Tao: "Why sue me?"
"Lord Tao! Let me ask you, were you going to marry Tong Yinghong?"
"Of course not." Tao Mo answered quickly.
That man was even angrier, "My lord, a man is a man, when he stands up to heaven and earth and works alone, do you want to be a cuckold?"
"How rude." Master Jin really couldn't listen anymore, and couldn't help but utter a reprimand. He didn't know why Tao Mo put up with him, but it was unseemly of him to let a man like that loose his words above the public hall. He turned his head to Tao Mo and said, "Your Excellency, this man is too rash in his words, I also ask your Excellency to clean up the discipline in the public hall."
Tao Mo puzzled, "How to rectify?"
Master Jin recoiled in anger, "Bang the gavel!"
Tao Mo reacted, that the piece of gavel was placed on the case is not only worth touching, but can also be lifted up and patted down. He looked at the man, who stared back at him arrogantly.
After thinking about it, Tao Mo finally gently knocked on the tabletop with a gavel and said, "What I said just now is true."
“....“The Magister advisor Jin is not angry with the man now. He just wants to throw out the one sitting in the hall.
The man also seemed to have been sedated by Tao Mo's surprising performance, and only half a day later said, "There is no smoke without fire so there must be a reason! How does my lord explain those rumors at the end of the street?"
Tao Mo said, "I didn't pass the rumors out."
The man said in a hateful voice, "My lord, do you dare to deny that you did not have any intention to Yinghong?"
"Indeed, it was not intended." Tao Mo replied honestly.
The man blushed with exasperation. He had prepared for the worst before he came to the drums. His close friend was also ready to ask Lin Zhengyong's disciple to defend him as a litigator and he got a little bit carried away. It was better for Tao Mo to force him to confess his guilt, so that he would be willing to take it, no matter how badly he was hurt. But either way, it wasn't like this, as if he was allowed to throw his punches, and they hit the cotton on top of it, without any sense of power.
Is this magistrate going to cheat to the end?
I've heard that some lawyers are good at pulling strings, but I didn't realize that this county magistrate is also a master at it. Thinking of this, he simply set his heart straight and stood up violently, "Tao Mo! You feel your conscience, Yinghong died of injustice, can you really sleep well?"
Tao Mo obediently touched the position of his heart and said, "If Yinghong really died injustice, I, as a local parental official, will definitely do justice to her!"
The man glared at him and suddenly waved his sleeve away.
In his imagination, even if Tao Mo were to hold back, he would surely be enraged by the man own contempt for the public hall. But the strange thing is, he went all the way out of the magistrate's office, without any reprimand or obstruction, Tao Mo and the magistrate seemed to lose their voice, even the previously angry master also kept silent.
The man was also confused when he looked at his friend outside the county office with a surprised face.
~ Love is More than A Word ~
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