Love is More than a Word《识汝不识丁》Shi Nu Bu Shi Ding
Love is More than a Word, Chapter 3: The new official takes office (3)...
Tao Mo's body shivered, not knowing whether it was cold or shock.
Some questioned, "Didn't the official meant to arrive after the year? Where did you get that from?"
The man said, "The new official moved into the county office yesterday. His butler even asked the housekeeper to hire someone into his house today."
The man relieved, "So that's how the painting came to be."
Lao Tao led Tao Mo to find an empty table and sat down with an expression on his face.
It is the liveliest time of the teahouse, the two only had a seat by the stairs, close to the yelling person.
Tao Mo couldn't resist looking at the loud man, but was pulled back by Lao Tao and had to be embarrassed.
The three coins men are actually being used for attracting business.
A voice called out, "Come, let me see if he is fat or thin, tall or short."
The sound of the scroll unfolding is hidden.
"Ha!" The voice laughed, "A sickly chicken!"
The man said, "I heard that the magistrate was sick just after he entered the county, and probably won't make it to court."
The voice said, "That's a good one. Clear your ears! They don't get tired, and I get old-fashioned."
The man said, "Lu Gongzi was joking. How many times have your tricks been overhanded?"
This flattery seemed to pat the man extremely comfortable, the man laughed and squeezed out from the crowd.
Tao Mo looked sideways. I only saw the man with a thin eyebrow, and he was actually a scholar with a clean face.
The loud man also seemed to have sensed that someone was watching, so he followed back to the person who was taring at him.
Tao Mo quickly turned back.
Lao Tao bowed slightly and his back suddenly straightened.
A fan knocked on the tabletop, and the scholar's laughter was close at hand, "Yo, I didn't expect the three copper plates to not only see the painting, but to see the true Dharma." As he said that, he suddenly bowed his head, "Student Lu Zhenxue has met the county master."
His voice was loud and striking, causing a wave of disbelief at the moment.
Tao Mo couldn't help but stand up and say, "Greeting."
The voices around them gradually quieted down, and eyes coalesced on the two.
Tao Mo couldn't help but be embarrassed, not knowing what he wanted to do.
Lu Zhenxue chuckled, "I wonder if the master would mind sharing a table with me?"
Tao Mo looked towards Lao Tao.
Lao Tao had already stood up long ago. As a servant, it is naturally inappropriate to be at the table with the master.
Tao Mo said, "Then have a seat."
Lu Zhenxue, hearing his reluctance, grunted coldly and said, "You don't care to be at the table with me at the moment, I'm afraid you won't be able to invite me even if you want to in the future!
Tao Mo said, "What do you want to eat?"
Lu Zhenxue was slightly startled and casually said, "A pot of Hulong."
Tao Mo nodded and said to the servant who was waiting aside, "Two vegetarian dishes, two bowls of rice, and a pot of Hulong."
Lu Zhenxue waited for his fellow officers to leave before saying, "Your Excellency hasn't eaten yet?"
Tao Mo shook his head.
"Why don't you go to the Xianwei House and come to the Mingcui House instead? That Xianwei House is the proper place to eat, and although the tea at the Mingcui House is good, the food is not." Lu Zhenxue said.
Tao Mo said, "My first time here, not familiar." Seeing that Lao Tao was still standing, he said, "Sit down together."
Lao Tao then said, "Young Master, thanks." But he never dared to sit all the way, and only slightly stained his buttocks a small part of the bench.
Lu Zhenxue said: "The bitter winter wind is cold, why did my lord came to take office a year earlier, is it not... are you thinking about those charcoal and silver?
Tao Mo said, "What is charcoal and silver?"
Lu Zhenxue blinked, "Your Excellency really doesn't know?"
Tao Mo shook his head.
"It seems that the lord regards money as dirt. I'm sure you'll be a first-class good official in the future." He spoke mockingly.
Tao Mo said, "I don't want to be a good official."
Lu Zhenxue had a stiff look on his face. None of the county officials who came to Tangyang County wanted to be purifiers of the evil things going on here. Who doesn't know that the Tangyang County is a hard bone to crack, but anyone with a little bit of brains count doesn't want to come. And the court will not send a truly capable cadre of officials. Why? Because no need. There are many lawyers in the Tangyang County, some good and some bad, but not as bad as those in the fishing side of the county, not because they are unwilling, but because they cannot and dare not. The scholars can speak all over the world and move it with one mouth, and it's so urgent that they would dare to complain to the imperial court in the capital. That's why this place in Tangyang County doesn't make a big deal of a good magistrate, and the performance evaluation is excellent year after year. However, it was the first time he had encountered someone like Tao Mo, who said he would not want to be a good official as soon as he came up.
Is it possible that you've seen him like he's seen you before?
Lu Zhenxue was dumbfounded, and did not know what kind of charisma he had on him that had caused him to be so submissively admiring.
Tao Mo continued, "I want to be a clean official."
Lu Zhenxue gathered his surprise and laughed, "A good official is not a clean official?"
Tao Mo said, "A good official is a clean official, but a clean official is not necessarily a good official."
Lu Zhenxue nodded his head and said yes, but didn't have the urge to follow up. There are big talkers every year, how many of them managed to do it? To tell the truth, if he really dares to say, "I will be a corrupt official if I do not become a clear official," he may even look up to him. These days, there are too few people who dare to do anything.
Just in time to serve, that's all.
Lu Zhenxue took a sip of tea, then wanted to take the opportunity to bid farewell. This new county official has pretty much scratched the surface of what he is, an empty-tongued hypocrite with no meaning.
Footsteps came up the stairs.
There is an urgency and a delay.
But Lu Zhenxue's waist straightened up in a flash. He looked at the staircase only three feet from his forehead, not feeling well in his heart, but standing up now, and being too deliberate, he had to force himself to not move.
Lao Tao saw his face was different, so he couldn't help but turn his head to look upwards.
Five or six bookishly dressed people were leisurely walking down from above.
Since the lobby was quiet again, Tao Mo, who was eating, couldn't resist looking.
With that look, his eyes were fixed on the last man and he could not move away.
The snow-white fox fur, thick robes dark as ink, even standing behind a group of people, can't stop that luxurious aura. Seemingly sensing his gaze, his gaze faintly swept over, like a cold star lazy, and faintly moved away, as if disdainful.
"Brother Lu!" The scholar who was walking at the forefront suddenly stopped in his tracks and looked at him in surprise, "Since Brother Lu is here, why don't you come up and have a chat?"
Lu Zhenxue said nonchalantly, "I was about to go up, but you guys came down."
The man laughed, "That's no coincidence." His eyes flicked to Tao Mo, "This is......."
Lu Zhenxue said: "You must not fail to see this man, he is the new county master, Lord Tao."
The person gave an "oh" and then stopped paying attention.
Tao Mo suffered a chill and his cheeks burned slightly. It wasn't that he hadn't suffered the cold shoulder, and had long since gotten used to it, only this time he was in front of a man...but the man didn't care.
When he saw the fox fur standing proudly at the top of the staircase, as if the little bits and pieces that happened under his feet had nothing to do with him, he had an indescribable feeling in his heart.
The men laughed with Lu Zhenxue and left.
Lao Tao noticed Lu Zhenxue's face visibly gloomy as he waited for them to leave.
"My lord, if it's nothing, this student will leave you." When he encountered this group of people, Lu Zhenxue lost his interest, not even willing to be casually pleasing, and got up directly.
"Stay a while." Tao Mo was busy.
Lu Zhenxue learned to turn back with a start.
"I have something to ask."
Lu Zhenxue pretended to wait patiently.
Tao Mo whispered, "Do you know the name of that youth in fox fur?"
Lu Zhenxue's face changed slightly and he looked at him shyly in puzzlement, then it suddenly dawned on him, disgust flickering in his eyes and a smile slowly forming on the corners of his mouth, "Are you asking about Gu She?"
"Gu She?" Tao Mo gently read it out, and that person's appearance came to mind.
Lu Zhenxue said: ''He is a closed disciple of Mr. Yichui. Doe the lord wishes to befriend him?"
Tao Mo's eyes clearly lit up, reflecting his entire face vividly, and said, "You have an idea on how to?"
Lu Zhenxue was unhappy in his heart, "I'm a member of the Lin faction and I don't know them well, so I'm afraid I can't be of much help."
The glow in Tao Mo's eyes momentarily dimmed.
Lu Zhenxue was even unhappy, flinging his sleeves and leaving.
At this time, the owner of the teahouse just carried the man, holding the portrait of Tao Mo came to make amends, explaining that this painting is only consignment, three sevens divided into clouds.
Tao Mo didn't care too much about it, and when he returned the painting, he promised not to pursue it.
Lao Tao suddenly said, "Who is this Master Lu?"
The boss said, "The Lu family is a prestigious local family. I heard that there are now two masters in the capital. Mr. Lu is a famous and scholar man who occasionally works as a lawyer. His teacher is the famous Lin Zhengyong."
His words made Lao Tao frown frequently.
Tao Mo asked, "So, what about that Gu She Gongzi?"
The boss said, ''Master Gu is a senior apprentice of Mr. Yichui, but he has never entered the official faction. I heard that Mr. Yichui pampered him a lot, and the faction brothers took good care of him."
Tao Mo was somewhat unhappy to hear that there was very little news.
Lao Tao, looking at the boss with a prying eye, hurriedly settled the bill and dragged Tao Mo back to the county office to avoid any further trouble.
~ Love is More than a Word ~
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