Love is More than a Word《识汝不识丁》Shi Nu Bu Shi Ding
Love is More than a Word, Chapter 7: The new official takes office (7)...
Just a moment ago, the heart that had just been soothed was instantly tangled again.
Tao Mo looked at him dumbfounded, seeing the distance going from distance to distance and back again, he couldn't help but call out, "Gu Gongzi!"
Gu She seemed to have just noticed a person next to him this time and lazily turned his head.
Swept away by that clear and cold gaze, Tao Mo's body was in an uproar and she said offhandedly, "You won't even eat?"
"What did you say?" Gu Xiaojia, who had been watching him since Tao Mo came out, couldn't help but jump out of the carriage and glare at him.
Tao Mo froze for a moment, then sensing that his words were teasing Gu She for coming here for dinner, he blushed and said: "I didn't mean it."
"Stupid." Gu Xiaojia opened the carriage door, "My lord, let's go back."
Gu She was about to get into the carriage, when he heard Tao Mo call out again, "Gu Gongzi."
Gu Xiaojia glared at him, "What the hell is that excuse?"
Tao Mo was dumbfounded by the question. He just wanted to see more of Gu She, didn't want him to leave so early, and didn't think of any excuse.
Gu She finally turned around and looked at him squarely, "You want to ask for my help?"
Tao Mo was stumped, he didn't know why he said that, but it was also considered a straightforward, right in the heart, then said: "Yes, yes, yes, there is indeed something to ask."
"Small favor or big favor?" Gu Xiaojia suddenly cut the topic off.
Gu She did not object either.
Where could Tao Mo think of anything to do for a moment, he had to say, "There are big and small ones."
Gu Xiaojia frowned, "Why are you such a troublesome man?"
Tao Mo's brain also somehow flashed with an evil light and replied, "People have three emergencies."
"........" Gu Xiaojia was lost.
Gu She said, "Come and wait outside my mansion tomorrow."
Tao Mo didn't feel his words and deeds were rampant either, so he happily watched them get into the carriage and leave.
The palanquin bearer of the magistrate's office found Tao Mo out the door after he opened his mouth and welcomed him back to his home.
On the way back to the county office, Tao Mo had been thinking about how to mention this to Lao Tao. Thinking about Lao Tao's reaction, his heart went cold. But the thought of seeing Gu She again tomorrow made his heart warm again.
Such a cool, warm and cool mood persisted until they returned to the county office.
Hao Guozi suddenly rushed out from inside, almost hitting him with a furious expression, "Young master, it's too bad, someone's handing out a petition!"
Handing a petition?
Tao Mo was in a trance for a while before he returned to his senses and stammered, "Then, what should we do?"
Hao Guozi said, ''I don't know either. Young master might as well ask Lao Tao."
Tao Mo didn't dare to be lazy and hurried into the inner hall.
Lao Tao was counting the accounts, and when he saw him come in, he said, "The papers are on the table."
Tao Mo awkwardly stood his ground, "You know I can't read."
Hao Guozi popped up to the table, picked up the pleadings and began to read, "The old women don't recognize the son......."
"Doesn’t recognize the son?" Tao Mo was at a loss.
Hao Guozi blushed, "That word is unrecognizable to me."
Lao Tao looked up from his ledger and said, "It was Liao Zhi, who sued her son for being unfilial (ungrateful)."
Hao Guozi said, "I never thought that a mother could sue her son.
Lao Tao said, "In the Tangyang County, it's not surprising that you can send something so trivial to the magistrate court."
Tao Mo said, "How is the son of the Liao family unfilial?"
Lao Tao said, "Disobeyed her mother."
Tao Mo said, "How is it that unfilial?"
Lao Tao said, "Argued."
Tao Mo was stunned for a moment before he sighed, "Actually, it's a blessing to be able to argue."
Lao Tao said, "Wouldn't it be a blessing if we could keep from arguing with our parents and be filial?"
Tao Mo felt guilty in his heart and silently said nothing.
Hao Guozi called out, ''That's right. Young Master, did you have any good food at the Lu House today?"
Tao Mo thought of the Lu family and looked up, "There was nothing to eat." Where would he remember what he ate in that situation?
Hao Guozi said, "I didn't expect that the Lu House wasn't a good thing either."
Lao Tao, who was so astute, could tell something was wrong by looking at Tao Mo's expression and asked, "What happened?"
"That's nothing." Tao Mo met his gaze, thinking that the matter would sooner or later come out, so he could only explain, "Master Lu asked me to write a poem, I said I can't read."
Hao Guozi wondered, "Then why did Mr. Lu ask you to write a poem for any good reason?"
Lao Tao said, "I already knew that Lu Zhenxue was not someone was not an easy person to deal with. That's fine, it'll be known sooner or later anyway, it doesn't make any difference if you know it sooner or later."
Having said that, he didn't want to lose face in front of Gu She.
Thinking about it, Tao Mo himself was not very decent whenever he encountered Gu She. Thinking of this, he had a sudden thought and said, "The Liao case is the first case I have ever taken on, so I can't just ignore it. It would be nice if I could consult a higher person."
Lao Tao looked at him rather surprisingly, "What Young Master thinks, is really what I think."
Tao Mo's face was overjoyed, but he heard Lao Tao say, "Go to Master Jin's house tonight and ask him to be sure to come tomorrow."
Tao Mo said, "Just Master Jin?"
Lao Tao said: "Such a small case is unthinkable every month. If it was not for people like Liao's presence in the Tanyang County, Young Master would not have to be promoted at all."
Tao Mo looked despondent.
"Does Young Master have another opinion?" Lao Tao looked at him suspiciously.
Tao Mo was afraid that he would see the clue, so he hastily found an excuse to hide.
Waiting for him to walk back to his room, he pulled over Hao Guozi, who had followed him in, and so and so and so and so and so gave an account.
Hao Guozi looked at him in surprise, "Young master, you are at least a seventh rank county official, why did you go to wait outside his mansion instead?"
Tao Mo didn't think there was anything wrong with it, ''When he said so, he naturally had his reasons. Just do it. Remember the tone must have been sincere."
Hao Guozi nodded reluctantly, "It's just that I won't be able to see Young Master's ascension tomorrow."
"Such opportunities will be abound later." Tao Mo said, with an anxious heart. He is a novice and has no knowledge of the law. I have only heard Lao Tao read the law once, and he did not know how much he can remember.
We'll just have to leave it to fate.
That night, he went with Lao Tao to Master Jin's house. To their surprise, Master Jin did not hesitate to take office early.
Tao Mo looked at Master Jin's age-ravaged face and finally had some calmness in his heart.
The new county lord was to be promoted. This is a big deal.
In the rainy season of Tangyang County, the people don't care about taxes at all, and they haven't changed a magistrate for years anyway. They evaluate whether the county official is smart or not by how he adjudicates the case. It's not a good idea to end a case without a trial in the Tangyang County, where lawyers are gathered.
Sitting in the public magistrate hall, Tao Mo's head couldn't help but ache as he watched the courtesans stand in two rows, with Liao and her son Wang Pengcheng kneeling at the bottom of the hall, and the two lawyers standing left and right on either side of the public hall.
Fortunately, he sidelined his head, and Master Jin was always on his own side.
"My lord?" When Master Jin saw that Tao Mo didn't say anything, but just stared at himself with wide eyes, he couldn't help but be furious in his heart.
He wants to hang up another charge of "Frowning and winking above the courtroom" before the furore of "three thousand I will drink from one bucket" has subsided? Thinking about it, he also defied sidelong glances and raised his voice slightly, "My lord!"
Tao Mo gave a shock and immediately turned back.
Two lawyers, one left and one right, were looking at him like he was in a good show.
His hand slowly stroked towards the gavel.
The square and solid wood of the gavel finally steadied his heart.
Just as the crowds were waiting for him to slap the startled wood, he gently and tenderly came to say, "Who will speak first."
The two lawyers glanced at each other.
They have been friends for years and know each other's routines like the back of our hand.
Wang Pengcheng's lawyer raised his eyebrows and gestured for his opponent to speak first.
Liao Zhi's lawyer wasn't polite either, hugging his fist towards in a salutary manner Tao Mo and saying, "What does my lord think is filial piety?"
Tao Mo sighed, "This word I didn't fulfil it, don’t ask me."
"......."
Liao Zhi's lawyer could never have imagined that the magistrate could justify himself by saying that he was not filial, and then, after a long pause, he said, "Then how is it that the Lord is not filial?"
Tao Mo's eyes fell even more, "It's a long story, when..."
The new master is really unreliable.
"Ahem." He interrupted out loud, causing the crowd to glare in unison.
Tao Mo turned back, blushing slightly as he said, "Let's talk about you guys first."
Liao Zhi's lawyer said: "Filial piety, good deeds also parents. Unfilial is what Wang Pengcheng is."
~ Love is More than a Word ~
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