Love is More than a Word, Chapter 47: People with ulterior motives (2)...

Love is More than a Word《识汝不识丁》Shi Nu Bu Shi Ding
Love is More than a Word, Chapter 47: People with ulterior motives (2)...

Sunrise.

Tao Mo was tired of standing, so he simply picked a large, flat rock, wiped it desperately with the inside of his own garment, and then waved at Gu She." Mr. Gu, sit this way."

Gu She back at him, "What about you?"

Tao Mo sat on the ground next to the rock, grinning, "I've been sitting on the ground a few times anyway."

Gu She looked at him and lifted up his shirt and sat down on a rock. "I'll pick a better time next time."

Tao Mo was stunned and delighted, "Next time?"

"You don't want to come?" Gu She a faint question.

"Naturally not, naturally I'll come." Tao Mo scratched his head in joy, "As long as Mr. Gu asked, I will definitely come." I don't know if it was his blurred eyes or an illusion, but it always seemed like the corners of Gu She's mouth were slightly raised?


Gu She suddenly turned his head.

Tao Mo was shocked, thought he peeked at him and was discovered by him, but following his gaze was Gu Xiaojia with a few villagers in a hurry! Rushing over. He got up after Gu She up and patted his butt hard.

Gu Xiaojia has arrived close. He pointed at the oldest old man in the group, "Young master, he is the village chief of Sangtou village."

The village chief was so busy saluting that his heart was like fifteen buckets of hanging water that he tried to say, "Mr. Gu's carriage is missing?"

Gu Xiaojia frowned, "You think I'm still lying to you?"

The village chief busily waved his hand, "Naturally, it's not a lie. I'm just, just asking more nosy questions." He said, his eyes going to the next two.

Those two are also crops, that is, they are a bit more clever in their daily lives, and they are considered the more competent two in the village. But they had dealings with the innkeeper on a regular basis, but with a rich gentleman like Gu She, who was from a prominent family with a solid background at a glance, especially in the case of theft, the heart also straight drum. Only you look at me. I look at you to dry stand, also do not know what to say, look at the village chief only anxious.

Tao Mo couldn't bear to watch, so he couldn't help but say, "Actually, Sangtou Village is quite a distance from here, I shouldn't have asked you to ask questions, but this road only leads to Sangtou Village, that's why I called you here to ask if you saw who stole the carriage."

Gu Xiaojia rolled his eyes at the sound of this. Who would admit to asking like this?

As it turned out, the village chief and the villagers were both shaking their heads incessantly.

Gu Xiaojia snorted, "There are no bystanders here on weekdays, so who are you if not you?"

The village chief became anxious and shouted injustice, "It's true that this road leads to Sangtou Village, but it's not only for us from Sangtou Village. Young gentleman be kind, don't accuse us."

Gu Xiaojia glared, "Then who else passed through this path beside the people of Sangtou Village?"




The village chief looked at the others, and the others looked at each other, but none of them stood out to speak.

Tao Mo said: "It's not necessarily just the people of Sangtou Village, there may be other people trekking in the wild."

Gu Xiaojia's eyes were almost on fire as he stared at him.

The village chief and others nodded in succession.

Gu Xiaojia looked at Gu She's face.

Gu She remained silent.

If he doesn't speak, the others are even more afraid to speak.

The village chief and the others looked at Tao Mo awkwardly and apprehensively. They could see that only Tao Mo was speaking for them here.

Tao Mo hesitantly looked at Gu She.

Gu Xiaojia cleared his throat and whispered, "Young master, do you think so"

"Report it to the officer." Gu She.

Gu Xiaojia was stunned.

Gu She said: "Such things should have been reported to the officials."

Gu Xiaojia looked with unusual distrust at Tao Mo who was standing next to him in a mess and still somewhat stunned.

Tao Mo's face flushed and echoed, "It is the duty of the government to hunt down stolen property."

A villager behind the village chief spoke up hesitantly, "Do we really have to report this to the authorities?" When he saw everyone else looking at him, he said, "I was afraid that if I reported it to the government, it would cause other people to misunderstand our Sangtou village, and in the future this will not be good for business here anymore."

Tao Mo reassured: "Don't worry, you are at most testifying in court, as long as the theft of the carriage has nothing to do with you, it will never harm the Sangtou village reputation for a penny."

The village chief saw that he didn't look too impressive, but he spoke with a throwing voice and couldn't help but ask, "I wonder what this gentleman's name is?"

Gu Xiaojia grabbed Tao Mo before he said, "How dare the village chief not know who he is? He is the biggest official in a hundred miles of this Tangyang County, Magistrate Tao Mo, Lord Tao."

The villagers were horrified and saluted.

Tao Mo scrambled to return the salute.

Gu Xiaojia said, "Reporting to him is the same as reporting to the government, how do we go back?"

The village chief said, "Naturally, we can't find a carriage as good as Mr. Gu's in our village; there are ox carts, but I don't know if Mr. Gu is willing to yield or not."

Tao Mo said: "No harm, no foul."

Gu Xiaojia frowned at Gu She.




Gu She down, "Ask Lord Tao to go to the Gu residence and tell them to send another carriage."

Tao Mo was astonished, "You're not coming with me?"

Gu Xiaojia was gloating but didn't dare to act too much, lest he cause Gu She to resent him and change his mind, so he said, "What is the Young master's identity, how can he ride in a cattle carriage?"

Tao Mo's heart shook and looked sideways at Gu She, but he was expressionless from start to finish. It was as if he had been quiet since the village chief and the others appeared, so quiet that he felt an unexplainable depression.

The village chief saw that they were just talking again and couldn't help but take the initiative: "If Lord Tao doesn't mind, I'll let them pull the cow over. And whether Mr. Gu wants to go sit in our village or wait here. If you wait here, I'll ask them to bring two chairs over by the way."

Gu Xiaojia said, "Go bring two chairs over. If you have snacks, bring some clean ones along with you."

The village chief was even more agreeing.

The village chief originally wanted to keep the two villagers here to wait with him, but the villagers' reaction to the title of the magistrate, the face of Gu She and the sharp tongue of Gu Xiaojia All of them had palpitations and coyly refused to stay. It's just as well that Gu Xiaojia didn't want them to stand around, so they all followed the village chief and left. Only the three of them were left to look at each other under Cage Hill.

Gu Xiaojia tried to figure out what was on Gu She's mind, thinking that it was because Tao Mo had been helping the villagers and annoying him, so he followed this train of thought to Tao Mo Road. : "How are you going to retrieve the Young master's carriage?"

Tao Mo said: "Send a bailiff to find it."

"If the man was intent on stealing the carriage, how would you have found it?"

Tao Mo had no idea what to do, so he had to say, "Follow the traces, you can always find it out."

Gu Xiaojia said: "Easy for you to say. If you hadn't been nosy just now, you might have found it by now."

Tao Mo frowned, "How come you're so sure that it has something to do with the people of Sangtou Village?"

"As I said, no one usually takes this road. Even if it wasn't made by the people of Sangtou Village, it must have been those who had regular dealings with them who knew that the Young master often parked his carriage here for a trek." Gu Xiaojia said, "Not to mention. I didn’t insist that it was them, I just wanted to swindle them. The majority of people are cowardly, if you do not implicate them in the matter, they hold the principle that more is better than less. Not opening their mouths. If you scare them, it's a matter of immediate interest, they'll tell you anything they can find."

Tao Mo said: "Is it not true that many cases of injustice are the result of words being framed against each other precisely because their immediate interests are at stake."

"You..." Gu Xiaojia was angry and unable to refute, so he walked over to Gu She and glared at him hatefully.

When Tao Mo saw that Gu She was standing again, he pointed to the original stone and said, "Mr. Gu, why don't you sit down and rest?"

Gu She slowly turned his head, his dark eyes staring steadily at him.

Tao Mo's heart trembled, somehow being looked at as guilty.

Gu Xiaojia swept his eyes back and forth twice, sensing that the situation was bizarre, and looked cautiously at Gu She.

Gu She quickly withdrew his gaze and looked at the cypress trees beside the road.

The corners of Tao Mo's mouth moved, wanting to say something, but he couldn't bring up the courage anymore. By this time he was certain that Gu She was angry, but why was he angry? When did he start getting angry? And he had none of it before. If it's because he speaks for the villagers he thinks he’s done nothing wrong. He tossed and turned for a long time unable to come up with anything but a silent sigh.





None of them said another word until Tao Mo got on the ox cart driven by the villagers and watched Gu She fade out of sight.





~ Love is More than A Word ~



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