Love is More than a Word, Chapter 50: People with ulterior motives (5)...

Love is More than a Word《识汝不识丁》Shi Nu Bu Shi Ding
Love is More than a Word, Chapter 50: People with ulterior motives (5)...

The Gu residence was illuminated.

When Tao Mo saw Gu She, he was making tea. There was a stool in front of the rustic tea table. He turned to look at Gu Xiaojia but just saw his back as he pulled Hao Guozi away.

The door was half-closed.

The corner of the moonlight on the ground is a little brighter, a little cooler, a little more callous.

"Sit." Gu She spoke faintly.

Tao Mo sat down on the stool, his back straight.

The fire in the furnace jumped uneasily, the fine temperature shifting lightly on the surface. He looked at Gu She's long, firm fingers and whispered, "The carriage has been found."

"Hmm."


"Outside the city."

"Hmm."

"Nothing's missing."

"Hmm."

"But I'll try to find the person who stole the carriage," Tao Mo vowed.

Gu She a glance up at him with time to spare, "The man who stole the carriage?"

Tao Mo was stunned, unable to think of anything wrong with those words.

Gu She said: "Shouldn't a thief be called a thief if he steals?"

Tao Mo bowed his head and pondered, plucking up his courage a long while ago said: "I think, he stole the carriage but abandoned it without taking a penny. The reason for that." He looked at Gu She's face, afraid that he had just a word to say and had violated his taboo again.

Gu She nonchalantly, "What do you think the reason is?"

Tao Mo said: "Perhaps, he needs to use the carriage."

Gu She pulled the corners of his mouth.

Tao Mo asked carefully, "I misspoke."

"Nope... Makes sense." Gu She added, "The carriage was meant to be used, but too many people have complicated hearts and complicated minds."

Tao Mo heard him agree with himself and grew bold, adding, "I thought so. That man may have an urgent matter and borrowed the carriage out of desperation."

Gu She said: "He abandoned the carriage outside the city."

Tao Mo's eyes lit up as he said, "Maybe he's just anxious to get into town!"

Gu She unanswered.

Tao Mo thought again, "Ah, if he's in a hurry to get into the city, why doesn't he just drive the carriage into the city?"




Gu She added new water to the teapot.

Tao Mo buried his head in thought for a long time.

Gu She suddenly spoke up, "Where do you go first to find the lost carriage?"

"The city. Because Master Jin said that the Gu's carriage would definitely be recognized if it entered the city Ah! And the men knew. He recognizes this as the carriage of the Gu residence." Tao Mo felt his thoughts flowing, "The carriage was lost at Lóng Mountain, and he knows that it's yours. That person, that person is from Sangtou Village?"

Gu She looked sideways, looking at the moonlight moving east in front of the door, "It's late at night."

Tao Mo was startled and subconsciously looked at the teapot in his hand.

"I'm sleepy, it's time for you to rest." Gu She straight down the eviction order.

"Oh. Good. Sorry, I got so caught up in talking about the case." Tao Mo scrambled to his feet and walked out, deeply afraid that going slow will offend him.

Gu She watched Tao Mo go out, reached out and picked up the teapot that had been roasted by the fireplace, and poured all the water from it into the bucket beside him.

Tao Mo was only that much more enlightened by Gu She's mention, so that head Cui Jiong took the prisoner straight to the courtroom.

When Tao Mo received the news, he hurriedly changed into his official robes and rushed back to the magistrate's court from the Gu residence, and with him came Gu Xiaojia, who was the plaintiff.

Master Jin had seen Tao Mo try a few cases, and finally couldn't resist reading him a few of the legendary crime-solving novels that were circulating in the streets at his leisure. They are not entirely reliable, but in his opinion, no matter how unreliable they are, they are much more reliable than his own county bailiffs.

Therefore, after Tao Mo went to the court, he was not as panicked as before and even if he did not know what to do, he asked calmly, "Who is kneeling in the hall? ?"

The man trembling was about to reply, but heard a snap, shocked wooden beat, when the shock of sprawling on the ground, panic: "the little man Sang Xiaotu I'm asking for His Excellency’s mercy! Please His excellency be gracious!" He said, and just snapped and knocked his head on the ground three times.

It was only after the questioning that Tao Mo Yuan remembered that the magistrate in the novel would slap the shock wood before asking questions to build up his voice, so he panicked and moved quickly to make up for it, but he didn't want to scare the people in the hall. He even said softly, "Don't be afraid, first tell us the whole story."

When Sang Xiaotu heard Tao Mo's calm voice, he settled down a bit and whispered, "I am a villager from Sangtou Village, and my family originally had a few acres of land, but sold it all a few years ago to raise money for my dad's medicine. Now I do some short-time work in the city."

Gu Xiaojia said: "The one you're talking about doing short work shouldn't be a gentleman on the beam, right?"

Sang Xiaotou was at a loss: "Never moved a beam, but I've moved boxes, big boxes."

Master Jin coughed twice.

Listening in, Tao Mo immediately became concerned, "Where is Master uncomfortable? Would you like to take a break from the court first?"




Master Jin didn't have a good face when he understood the implications of those words and he said in a gruff, "Thank you His excellency for caring."

Tao Mo seeing his face red and moist, indeed confirmed that there was no ailment, before putting his mind at ease, he turned to Sang Xiaotu: "Master Jin should not sit for a long time, you go and explain the parts that matter."

What do you mean he shouldn't sit for a long time?

Master Jin's face was green and white. Although Tao Mo is also agreeable to his original intention, this reason really makes him "embarrassed".

Sang Xiaotu bluffed, "That day, my father coughed badly. I carried my father on my back to the county town to see the doctor, but halfway there, my father started showing signs of dying, his face was white as a sheet, and I was afraid he wouldn't make it in time. And the county, halfway down the road. Then I just...” his eyes were moist and he sobbed, "I couldn't think of anything, and I saw a carriage and saw that there was no one in the carriage, so I thought I would save my father first, then bring it back secretly after saving them. Then I put my father in the carriage and realized that it was so beautiful that it looked like a flower. I guessed it was Mr. Gu's carriage, but my father was dying, so I didn't dare to think about it, so I drove it to the county town. I know that Mr. Gu is the county’s magistrate friend, so I do not dare to go in, so I left the carriage outside. I thought, maybe it will be found. Young master Gu recovered the carriage and probably didn't care. If I didn't find it, I'd sneak it back in again. Who knew that when I went back to look, I would see many officials. I was scared to death, I didn't know, I didn't know it would be like this. My dad died, and me, I was again... "

The magistrate's court was silent, and the only sound heard was his ambling howl.

Master Jin sighed and turned to remind Tao Mo to continue the trial, but only saw that he was quietly wiping his tears. “......"

The case was instead put on hold when a dark and a light cry went merrily up and down the hall.

Snap.

Three rounds of applause.

Tao Mo froze, looking out of the hall with one red eye open.

He saw Lu Zhenxue, dressed in a dark red robe, gracefully walk out of the crowd.

Master Jin frowned darkly and reminded Tao Mo, "This is a public hall, idle people should not enter."

Tao Mo nodded to show his understanding and turned to Lu Zhenxue, "What are you doing in the public hall?"

Master Jin hated the table so much he wanted to punch it.

Lu Zhenxue, after getting along with Tao Mo for several times, already knew Tao Mo's personality by heart, so this result was also expected, smiling he said: “I have a lawsuit!."

"Whose lawsuit is it?" Tao Mo is startled.

Lu Zhenxue points his finger towards Sang Xiaotu, who is lying on the ground crying and sobbing, "Him."

Master Jin couldn't help but jump out personally, "Did Counselor Lu have a prior agreement with Sang Xiaotu?"

Lu Zhenxue said, "I had never met him before." He is curious to see the case because he has heard that Lord Tao is back in court, but he doesn't want the case to be about Gu She. Gu She has only been in Tangyang County for over two years, but he has never been to court, and he has become the most popular person in the county, he had long wanted to find a chance to compete with Gu She. Last time the case of the Liang family and the Qiu family was a small trial, now that the opportunity is rare, he doesn't believe that Gu She has stepped on and won't come out!

Master Jin: "You have nothing to do with it?"

Lu Zhenxue shook his head, "He is not even a relative."

"Then please we will also ask Counselor Lu to hear the trial outside the courtroom." He would never have spoken so politely if Lu Fu hadn't been considered one of the largest families in Tangyang County.




Lu Zhenxue ignored him and looked towards Tao Mo said: "Lord Tao, Sang Xiaotu is illiterate and knows nothing about the laws of our dynasty! And I will ask His excellency's grace to allow me to be his Counselor and plead his case." He knew that Tao Mo seemed foolish, but the trial was rare and fair, so he was ten percent sure in his mind that he would agree to this.

Not wanting to but Tao Mo frowned, "You are not related to him and have nothing to do with this matter, how can you defend him?"

Lu Zhenxue: "Everything is about a word of reason, and even if you are not related, you can convince people with reason even if you have no connection with them."

Tao Mo said: "And how do you know I won't convince people with reason?"

Lu Zhenxue was stunned.

Tao Mo said: "Please we will also ask Counselor Lu to step aside for the time being, and if I am really biased, you will come out again to plead the case."

When Gu Xiaojia saw Lu Zhenxue accosted and exited the hall, he deliberately laughed. He had known Tao Mo for so long, but this was the first time he felt that listening to him could actually cheer the people up.





~ Love is More than A Word ~



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