Love is More than a Word, Chapter 38: Linked in countless ways (2)...

Love is More than a Word《识汝不识丁》Shi Nu Bu Shi Ding
Love is More than a Word, Chapter 38: Linked in countless ways (2)...


Tightly dressed, Tao Mo stood in the outer room, watching Gu Xiaojia carry the basin in and out to wait for Gu She to wash up, and hesitated How to go in and say goodbye to Gu She, he heard a family member whispering to Gu Xiaojia from outside.

Almost all the big and small affairs of the Gu residence were taken care of by Gu Xiaojia alone, and Gu She only did what he wanted to do. Therefore, both Gu She and Gu Xiaojia find this kind of behavior, which is considered as overstepping the bounds of normalcy by outsiders.

Gu brought out the basin and said, "Do what?"

The family member said, "There is someone outside who wants to see you."

"This early in the morning?" Gu Xiaojia frowned. Most of the ones who came to his door at this time were a hundred thousand urgent, and he had never been fond of a hundred thousand urgent things. "Who is it?"

"The magistrate's court person."

“... I got it." Gu Xiaojia waved off his family members and turned to run inside. At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind, who said two men couldn't fairy hop? Isn't this coming up as a follow-up? No wonder he felt something wrong when he saw Tao Mo last night, he was really preparing to dig a trap to make the Young master hit!

Gu She didn't make a fuss after hearing this and said indifferently, "Please let them come in."

Gu Xiaojia said urgently, "I'm afraid they do not want to come in!"

Gu She raised his eyes, "Scared?"

Gu Xiaojia was stunned and chagrined, "Also, what's so scary here. I'm going to call them in!"

"Hold on." Tao Mo heard clearly from outside, and finally couldn't help but step forward, "They're about to come looking for me, let me explain this matter in person. I think it is for the good."

Gu Xiaojia: "Explain in person? How are you going to explain your reason for coming to the Gu residence?"

Tao Mo was stifled by the question.

Gu Xiaojia refused to relax, "And how do you explain why you spent the night at the Gu residence?"

Tao Mo: "This, it's Gu residence's invitation, so"

"Our young master never keeps guests overnight, but when you say it like that, it seems like we're deliberately trying to suck up to you, the county magistrate." Gu Xiaojia’s mouth was unforgiving, and a few words completely blocked Tao Mo out of any word he could refute.

Gu Xiaojia, feeling out of breath, stepped slightly lighter and headed towards the door. He'd like to see what Mu Chun wanted to do.

Tao Mo awkwardly stays where he is, his eyes looking from time to time at Gu She who is sitting on the edge of the bed fixing his sleeves.

If he could, he'd be willing to look at him like this every day, even if it was just to fix his sleeves or do nothing. But when Gu She's cold eyes looked over, he knew it was just his wishful thinking.

"Thank you for the night's stay, and the clothes." Tao Mo's gaze moved left and right, afraid that once he was right with him he wouldn't be able to move away again.

"Why don't you contradict him?" Gu She asked.

Tao Mo is stunned, "Contradict? Who?"

Gu She said no answer.

Tao Mo thought about it, and asked probingly, "You mean Gu Xiaojia?"

Gu She: "Aren't you ever eloquent in public court?"




Tao Mo doesn't know if his words are positive or negative, or if he's still upset about losing the Qiu family's lawsuit, so he has to take it as it is and he continued, "He has a point. I was already barging in and getting you in trouble somehow."

Gu She stood up, "In that case, let's go out together and see what kind of trouble it is."

Tao Mo was a little baffled. Didn't he cause trouble by going into the Gu residence without permission to stay overnight and wearing Gu She's clothes? Why does he sound like there's more to it?

But doubts aside, he was still good enough to take two steps behind Gu She.

Gu She suddenly stopped and turned back.

Tao Mo looked up and saw his face close at hand, suddenly lost his instinct to speak and could only stare at him with wide unblinking eyes while his heart was pounding.

"There's yesterday's overnight tea on the tea table, go rinse your mouth." Gu She left on his own.

Tao Mo stood where he was for a moment before he suddenly regained consciousness, became so ashamed that he flew into the inner room and drank two large cups of cold tea. Then two more huffs and puffs of air on the palm of his hand, only to be relieved when he realized there was no smell in his mouth.

With such a delay, Gu She had already disappeared.

Tao Mo had to grope his way through the house. He originally wanted to find someone to ask for directions, but Gu She liked silence, and the house didn't hire too many family members. He walked until about the time it took a full incense burn to see someone.

It was hard to get to the main hall, but it was silent.

Mu Chun and Gu She each sat on one side of the table, one warm and one cold, but equally good.

Hao Guozi and Gu Xiaojia stood behind them, but were equally angry and evenly matched.

Tao Mo stepped into the threshold, the moment they looked over, suddenly had a strange feeling, as if they were superfluous people who should not have been Showing up here and bothering them. But that thought quickly faded away in Mu Chun's let-down, spring-like smile.

Mu Chun smiled, "Where did his Excellency go last night, but it was a good night for us to find him."

Tao Mo: "I somehow came to the Gu residence, and I'm tired of you guys worrying."

Before Mu Chun spoke, Hao Guozi came over with a depressed face and complained in a very soft voice, "Young Master, the distance between neighboring counties and Tangyang County is miles, how can you run back from a neighboring county unnoticed?" He's implying that he doesn't believe Tao Mo's words anymore.

Tao Mo smiled bitterly. He didn't know how to explain it, but it was true that he didn't remember exactly how he came to the Gu residence. He didn't feel it if Hao Guozi didn't tell him, but now that he thought about it carefully, the matter was indeed strange. With the distance between Tangyang County and the neighboring county, not to mention that he was drunk and unconscious, even if he was as sober as he was now, it would be impossible for him to walk by two feet back and forth.

"I really don't know how I came here." He explained helplessly.

Hao Guozi had already decided before he arrived that Tao Mo was using alcohol to act crazy and deliberately came to the Gu residence to get close to Gu She, so everything he said felt like an excuse. Besides, his rhetoric was suspicious again. Who in the world would eat their fill and send one man all the way to another man's house?

Someone who had eaten his fill and was fine smilingly spoke up, "This outfit on the magistrate seems to be different from the one he wore yesterday."

Hao Guozi fixed his eyes to see that it was really different, and all sorts of speculations immediately popped up in her mind, and the way she looked at Gu She was also greatly different.

The more Gu Xiaojia listened, the more he felt the momentum of the development was not right, and he was busy speaking out, "That dress of his yesterday stinks to high heaven, I took it to wash it."

Mu Chun looked at Gu She and smiled meaningfully, "Smells."

Gu She faintly, "It does smell, and I think perhaps the eaves have not been dissipated yet either."

Mu Chun pretended not to know and said, "Oh? The smell is spreading all over the roof, it's a big smell indeed."

Tao Mo was speechless by their mouthful of stink and taste, and numbly said, "I will never drink again."

Mu Chun smiled, "Why is his Excellency needing to cocoon himself? Drinking wine is one of the great pleasures of life. I have heard that the heavenly palace is filled with jasper and jade wines, so it is evident that even if you become an immortal and give up your worldly desires, you will not be able to give up the contents of this cup."

Tao Mo: "But there are many drawbacks to drinking wine, for example, one can be disordered and disruptive?" Since he wasn't quite sure if he was saying it correctly, he made the last word extremely soft. But that's a different tone of voice that falls on others' ears.

Mu Chun: "Why did his Excellency say that? Could it be you did something last night?" His words were directed at Tao Mo, but his eyes were directed at Gu She.

Gu Xiaojia's heart thudded, secretly saying: here it comes, here it comes, sure enough the immortal hit!

Gu She spoke with a frank face: "In Brother Mu's opinion, what can he do?"

Mu Chun saw nothing as the best, "Doing nothing is for best."

As Tao Mo listened to the two of them laughing and chatting, he always felt that there was something in their words, but he was partial to not hearing the mystery. When he saw that both Gu She and Mu Chun were laughing but not saying anything, he took the initiative to interject, "How did you know I was in the Gu residence?"

Mu Chun's face did not change: "We searched for his Excellency all night and almost turned over the lands of the two counties. In the end, it was Hao Guozi who remembered that his Excellency had some friendship with Mr. Gu, and that's why we searched for the Gu residence."

Tao Mo is greatly guilty: "It's all my fault for dragging you guys into a night of running around."

Even Gu Xiaojia, who normally looked down on him, is a bit sympathetic to him right now. Being sold out and still counting money for him roughly refers to him.

Mu Chun coughs dryly, "Actually, I came here today to ask for something else from Mr. Gu."

Gu She, "Say."

"The magistrate's court is being prepared for repairs."

Mu Chun was only mid-sentence when Tao Mo interrupted and said, "Why do you need to repair the good ground?"




Speaking of which, Hao Guozi was all bitter, "Young Master, your room collapsed today for no reason."

"Huh?" Tao Mo's eyes rolled up.

Gu Xiaojia stared at Mu Chun. Although it was unfounded to imagine it, he just felt that this was something that had something to do with Mu Chun.

Hao Guozi: "Not only did your room collapse, but the roofs of Lao Tao and several guest courtyard leaked as well."

Tao Mo stumbled, "How could that be?"

"This..." Hao Guozi looked at Mu Chun, "Master Mu said that perhaps someone came to the magistrate's court in the middle of the night to step on the plates and unfortunately broke the roof."

Gu Xiaojia giggled.

Hao Guozi was angry. This moron is laughing even gloating when something like this happens.

Gu Xiaojia, knowing that he had lost his temper, was busy remedying the situation: "I was thinking that the thief must be as fat as a pig, or else how could he step on the roof and break it." He said while glancing at Mu Chun with questioning eyes.

Mu Chun was calm and relaxed. Why should he have to do something as trivial as stepping on a roof himself? What does he care if the others are fat as pigs? He just needs to make sure the person is following orders.

Tao Mo: "Is that a big loss? How long does it take to fix it?"

Mu Chun: "You'll have to ask the craftsman about that."

Tao Mo was filled with sadness. The magistrate's court is not his private residence, and if anything happens to him now, no matter if it's a natural or man-made disaster, there's no escaping his involvement.

After explaining, Mu Chun turned to Gu She, "The magistrate's court has been struck by misfortune, and I would like to ask for Mr. Gu's help."

Gu Xiaojia was surprised, "Could it be that you're here to raise money?" This kind of thing is common in other places, and local officials always come up with all kinds of excuses to raise money from the rich and powerful to enrich themselves. But this is Danyang County, a place where a magistrate can be drowned and buried at sea with the spit of one magistrate. No one would dare to do that unless his head was stuck in a copper coin. They are not good at anything else, but they can sue the magistrate with a single complaint.

Mu Chun laughed, "Of course not. Repairing the magistrate's court is also his Excellency's business in ten thousand steps, so what does it have to do with Mr. Gu?"

Gu Xiaojia: "Then what do you want our young master to help you with?"

"I would like to ask Mr. Gu to take in his Excellency." Mu Chun slowed down.

"What?" Gu Xiaojia was the first one to jump up.

"No!" Hao Guozi second.

Instead, the two parties, Gu She and Tao Mo, were extremely calm.

Gu She was pensive, while Tao Mo was calm, but his heart was already overflowing with excitement, anticipation, shyness, worry, etc. Conflicting emotions clashed with each other so that he couldn't make any expressions appear on his face instead.

Hao Guozi looked at Mu Chun reluctantly and said, "Why don't we rent a house for now, or go to the inn and squeeze in? It's not good to bother Mr. Gu."

It was rare for Gu Xiaojia to be on the same page as him, and he immediately agreed, "Not bad. There are most inns in Tangyang County, I'll help you find one."

Mu Chun looked at Gu She and smiled imploringly, "Mr. Gu rightly knows what is in my heart."

Gu She, "I don't know what's in your heart."

Mu Chun is slightly appalled.

"But I know your excuse." Gu She slowly on.

Mu Chun: "Oh?"

Gu She: "I don't want to make a big deal about the destruction of the magistrate's court encounter."

Mu Chun: "His Excellency has not been in office long, and if this matter were to spread, it would surely tarnish his reputation."

Gu She, "But I can't think of a reason to accept it."

Mu Chun suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Has Mr. Gu ever wondered why he took in his Excellency last night?" If it wasn't for Gu She's unexpected acceptance last night, he wouldn't have come up with such a way to throw out the hot potato.

Gu She squinty eyes, eyes condensing.

"I thought that Gu Xianzhi should be a seeker of knowledge in the face of doubt." That's a line he almost kept in his mouth.

As they spoke more and more softly, Tao Mo and the others had to stretch their necks out longer and longer.

Gu She: "That's not enough reason."

Mu Chun: "What would it take for Mr. Gu to feel it was enough?"

"Who are you?" Gu She a straightforward question.

Mu Chun thought, lightly jabbing his fingers in his teacup, then writing the word Duanmu on the table.

Gu She: "Purpose?"

"Visiting friends." Mu Chun didn't wait for him to ask, so he just continued, "Lao Tao."

Gu She nodded and stood up to Gu Xiaojia, "Send the guests away."

“...”

Talks have gone bad?

Gu Xiaojia and Hao Guozi both looked happy.

Tao Mo, however, could not hide his disappointment.

Gu She walked straight for the door, passing Tao Mo without stopping.

Tao Mo couldn't help but turn around and take a few steps after him at his back, "Thank you for taking me in last night."

Gu She footsteps stopped and his distant voice slowly replied, "Just last night?"

“...”

Tao Mo blankly looked back at Hao Guozi and the others and asked, "What does this mean?"

Gu Xiaojia looked devastated and mumbled, "No way, never."

Hao Guozi also looked at him incredulously, "What happened to your Young Master?"

The only old all-knowing man in the hall was Mu Chun. He stood up leisurely and said to Tao Mo, "His Excellency, go home and pack your bags."

On the way back to the magistrate's office, Hao Guozi kept chattering about Tao Mo's disappearance in the neighboring county. Only after hearing it from him did Tao Mo realize how big the issue was. Since the county magistrate was present, then at night he was found missing, the magistrate residence sent all the magistrate servants to search the neighboring county bottom up.

Tao Mo sounded greatly guilty.

At the end of the sentence, Hao Guozi said, "Young master, if you really want to see Gu She, just tell us, why do you have to sneak around and make such a fuss."

Tao Mo is at a loss for words.

The only knowing person in the carriage, Mu Chun, finally couldn't see the point and said, "Now that his Excellency has returned, let's leave the matter at that."

It was good that he didn't open his mouth, but as soon as he did, Hao Guozi immediately remembered Tao Mo's impending move to the Gu residence and harbored a fire in his heart. "Master Mu! Why did you let the young master stay at the Gu residence?"

Mu Chun said: "The magistrate's court is being repaired, and his Excellency has no house to live in."

Hao Guozi said, "How can there be no house, I can just squeeze in with him."

Mu Chun: "His Excellency is a magistrate, and living in the same house with a young man will stir up gossip."

Hao Guozi glared, "What gossip can I stir up?"

Mu Chun smiled without saying anything.

Tao Mo remembered his penchant for broken sleeves(gay) and quietly tugged on Hao Guozi's sleeve.

Hao Guozi was reluctant: "Is it possible that if you live with me you will have gossip, but if you live with Gu She you have no gossip?"

Mu Chun: "Gu She is a high disciple of Mr. Yichui, and it will be to his Excellency's advantage to be drawn in with him."

Hao Guozi: "But, but I don't think that Gu She looks like a good person."

Mu Chun made a wink at Tao Mo.

Tao Mo said to Hao Guozi, "Don't slander me casually, if Gu She wasn't a good man, how could he have agreed to take me in."




"Who knows what kind of plot he is making!" Hao Guozi was so angry that she couldn't choose what to say, "He's a man of few words, he always keeps everything inside of him, so he's bound to be a bore in the future. One! How can such a person be a young lady?!"

Mu Chun looked at him in amazement.

Tao Mo almost wants to bury his head in his sleeve.

Having survived to reach the magistrate's court, he fled for his life, jumped out of the carriage, and ran into the magistrate's court without looking back.

Hao Guozi hesitated for a long while before saying to Mu Chun, "Although my young master has a penchant for splitting peaches and breaking sleeves(gay), he is by no means a promiscuous person. You, you should not think too much."

Mu Chun said, "Whether it's male or female love, it's human nature." In this regard, he claims to be knowledgeable.

Hao Guozi saw that there was really no scowl on his face and quietly breathed a sigh of relief, "My young master is a good man."

"I know." If he wasn't a good man, how could Young Master Lu be dear to him.

Hao Guozi suddenly sighed, "I sometimes wish the young master liked you."

Mu Chun's body stiffened slightly, and only after a while did he smile from ear to ear, "Yes. What a pity." He really did have foresight, and it seemed that throwing Tao Mo to Gu She was the way to get rid of him once and for all.





~ Love is More than A Word ~







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