Love is More than a Word, Chapter 21: Misfortunes come in pairs (3)...

Love is More than a Word《识汝不识丁》Shi Nu Bu Shi Ding
Love is More than a Word, Chapter 21: Misfortunes come in pairs (3)...

Mrs. Tong suddenly slapped the table and sprang up in anger, then said in a burlesque manner: "Do you think that you can rely on the name of your father to bully us in the Tong Family! Even though we're relatives, we're not so much related as to let you, a mere junior, make a big deal out of this!"


The young woman didn't hesitate to say, "Aunt, why are you so furious? I just want to ask my aunt and uncle a few questions about Yinghong, so that she won't go underground in sadness again after her death. In case she can't think of anything but her suffering in the underground, it would be bad to go back to Tong Family's house often to visit her aunt."

Mrs. Tong laughed coldly, "Don't scare me with the talk of ghosts and spirits. I am not one of those shallow women. Yinghong was raised by me, if she's willing to come back to visit me, I'd ask for that too."

"Aunt is sincere." The young woman smiled, "Since my aunt is confident, why don't you answer my question? Why is it that Yinghong has been secretly meeting with that surnamed Cai for so many years, and his aunt is half unaware of it?"

"Since Yinghong has been a young girl, I naturally have a lot of trust in her. If Cai Fengyuan hadn't tempted her, she would have stayed at home and waited for her marriage, and then spent her life in peace with her husband and children." Speaking of emotions, Mrs. Tong couldn't help but wipe her tears with her sleeve.

Old Master Tong couldn't help but hug her.

The young woman said, "I don't want my aunt to be so fond of Yinghong. It seems that all her complaints about her aunt during her lifetime were misunderstood. Aunt should never have raised a cross eyebrow at her, should she not?"

Mrs. Tong said angrily, "She has done such an indecent thing, will she not allow me to say she cannot do them?"

Old Master Tong's body stiffened.

The young woman's smile revealed a few cunning words, "It turns out that my aunt already knew about her and Cai Fengyuan. So every 15th day of the first day of the lunar month, you go to the Temple of the Goddess of Mercy without interruption to offer incense, is that also intentionally fulfilled?"

Mrs. Tong found herself out of line, her face growing pale, and she could not speak for half a while.

The young woman's smile suddenly narrowed and she said sternly, "Aunt! You have been married to the Tong Family for nearly 30 years, and you have already violated the seven rules by not giving birth to a single child. If it wasn't for my uncle's compassion for you, and his pity on your family, he should have left you a long time ago! I hate that you don't know how to be grateful, first forcing three of your concubines to death, and then for not even allowing his own flesh and blood to be born! If it wasn't for your deliberate indulgence, then how could Cai Fengyuan have easily approached Yinghong and even met privately for several years?"

Mrs. Tong's body went limp and she staggered back a step, dropping into a chair.

Master Tong looked at her with disappointment and anger in his eyes.

The young woman looked at the two people who were silent, her tone chilling, and she said, "Uncle, how long will you tolerate this woman? Do you really want the Tong Family to die out?"

"That's enough." Master Tong's voice was hoarse.

The young woman was stunned.

Master Tong gestured toward the door, "You go."

"Uncle?" The young woman frowned.

"This is my Tong Family's business after all, it has nothing to do with your Yang Family." Old Master Tong's tone was stiff.

The young woman blushed and then said dryly, "I am troublesome. Farewell."

Tao Mo looked at the young woman who had stormed out in anger, then at Mrs. Tong, who was sitting in silence for a while, and finally at Gu She, who was standing on the sidelines, and said, "What the hell is going on here?"

"As you may have heard." Gu She had a peculiarly smiling gaze and swept over Master Tong.




Master Tong suddenly felt that his face was hot and his words were a hundred times meaner than the young woman's, as if she was just an incompetent fool and not worthy of any attention.

"Master Gu." He didn't dare to turn the other cheek in the end, so he could only say in a more aggressive tone, "My house is in the middle of mourning, I dare not entertain you here.”

The deaths of Tong Yinghong and Cai Fengyuan, Mrs. Tong was a mere spectator, and although she could not be said to have nothing to do with it, she could not be blameless either. He thought in one head and two tails. It is often said that it is difficult for a clean official to decide the affairs of the family, but now he has finally come to his senses.

He was still hesitating when he heard Gu She say, "Farewell."

Tao Mo froze, and also hurriedly bid farewell to Old Master Tong and chased after him.

When he left the Tong Family, he saw the young woman still standing in front of Gu She's carriage.

"Senior brother." The young woman smiled, completely missing the aggressive person in the Tong Family, "This time, if you hadn't reminded me of Mrs. Tong odd behavior and ghost in her heart, I wouldn't have been able to trick her into telling the truth, and wouldn’t be able to get this stagnant breath from my chest for years!"

Gu She, "I just don't like idiots with poor acting skills."

Tao Mo listened to the two men's conversation, still half-understood, "Are you saying that Mrs. Tong intended to harm Miss Tong?"

The young woman laughed and said, "You are probably the first County Master to be favored by my senior brother."

Tao Mo said with joy, "Really?"

"Why would I lie to you?" The young woman glanced at Gu She, "I just don't know why Senior Brother, who never falsely treats anyone, should make an exception."

Tao Mo's eyes glowed as he stared closely at Gu She.

Gu She said calmly, "I just want him to know that what he thinks is the truth may not be the truth, and that what he knows is actually just the tip of the iceberg."

Tao Mo was at a loss.

The young woman laughed, "Senior brother is still so... narcissist."

Gu She said faintly, "It's not that I am narcissist in my appreciation, it's that there's no one in the world who shares my appreciation."

Tao Mo looked at him dumbfounded. He was standing so close to him, so close that he could touch his sleeve with a single hand, but with a single word, a chasm was created between him and the man.

Tao Mo returned to the county office, sulking.

Lao Tao saw it and asked.

Tao Mo didn't dare to mention his thoughts about Gu She, but only said that the young woman had agitated Madam Tong.

After hearing this, Lao Tao also lamented, "Everything is just a result of jealousy. As the saying goes, there is always pity for the hated, and people with seven passions and six desires are inevitably born of jealous of love and hate. Just one thought for good, one thought for evil, whether it is good or evil, all arise from the heart." When he finished, he let out another long sigh, and he felt something.

Tao Mo said, "Lao Tao, did you think of something?"

Lao Tao said, "Thinking of my past."

Tao Mo asked curiously, "What about the past?" Seeing that Lao Tao was silent, he hurriedly said, "If you don't want to talk, don't force it."

"Well, there's nothing to hide." Lao Tao slowly walked to the window, looked out at the darkening sky and slowly said, "I once betrayed my... My Master."

"The last master?"

"Hmm."

Tao Mo said, "You... What about the last master?"

“Okay.” Lao Tao revealed a pleased smile, "He has reclaimed the property that belongs to his family."

"Recapture?" Tao Mo nervously said, "Is there a bad guy hogging his family property?"

Lao Tao said, ''The same can be said. Unfortunately, I was too blind to see his painstaking efforts. Fortunately, he did not disappoint the old...old Master"

Seeing his face full of chagrin, Tao Mo enlightened: "If he knew you thought so, he would definitely be very happy in his heart."

"Maybe..." Lao Tao replied reluctantly.




Tao Mo said: "Why don't you go back and take a look, maybe he has really forgiven you."

"Go back?" Lao Tao was stunned, turned his head and looked at him puzzled, before saying, "Yes, it is time to go back, but not now."

"Why?"

The corners of Lao Tao's mouth curved slightly, "How can I leave at ease before I see you get married and have children?"

"There's no rush about this." Tao Mo stammered for a moment and raised his head violently, "Lao Tao, aren't you going to come back after you go back?"

"I'm afraid it's not up to me." Lao Tao smiled bitterly.

Before Tao Mo could ask again, he heard a rush of footsteps. Hao Guozi ran in and said, "Clerk Cui is here."

Tao Mo remembered that he had sent Cui Jiong to visit the neighboring county where Cai Fengyuan was, and hurried to greet him.

Cui Jiong was waiting in the flower hall, and when he saw him come out, he was about to make a salute when Tao Mo asked with a hand on his arm, "Have you ever found Cai Fengyuan's family?"

He shook his head and said, "The Cai family is long gone."

Tao Mo sighed grimly.

Cui Jiong said, "I remember that Cai Fengyuan was not alone in coming to Tangyang County."

Tao Mo tapped his forehead and said, ''Not bad, that innkeeper once said that he came with a friend. Has that friend not shown himself so far?"

Cui Jiong shook his head and said, "The body is still in the morgue, it's just that if it goes unclaimed again, it will only be buried in the Yunlin Mountains."

"Yunlin Mountain?"

"A place dedicated to the burial of those who have no relatives or friends."

Tao Mo thought of Cai Fengyuan and himself as acquaintances, and immediately felt a bit of a desire to inter for him. But his silver money was in Lao Tao's hands, and he still needed his consent to do so, so he nodded and said nothing more.

Cui Jiong, who had nothing close to this county lord, finished his official business and did not linger.

Tao Mo secretly contemplated how to open his mouth to Lao Tao.





~ Love is More than A Word ~




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