Love is More than a Word, Chapter 54: People with ulterior motives (9)...

Love is More than a Word《识汝不识丁》Shi Nu Bu Shi Ding
Love is More than a Word, Chapter 54: People with ulterior motives (9)...

Since the case is in the neighboring county, they naturally don't want to overstep their authority. Master Jin and Cui Jiong hurriedly packed up the evidence and handed it over to the neighboring county.

Tao Mo was relieved but still felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Hao Guozi's words may seem like a wild goose chase, but they actually make sense when you think about them in detail.

Back at the magistrate's office, Hao Guozi told Lao Tao about the incident, and he thinks there's something wrong with it. But the spy who went to the Qunxiang House has not returned yet, and the matter is still clueless to them. He thought to himself, "Since Wan Feng is acquainted with Yiyu, it's only logical that we should inform him."

Hao Guozi looked at him and saw the glittering light in Lao Tao's eyes, so he was certain. He naturally trusted Lao Tao, who had weathered the storm all the way, more than Mu Chun, who had come out and left halfway.


Tao Mo had planned to do the same before, so he said, "Fine, I'll go find Master Jin to go with me."

"Master Jin has gone to a neighboring county, and I'm afraid he won't be able to make it here in a few moments, so we might as well go ourselves." Lao Tao said, "After all, this matter has nothing to do with Yiyu, we'll only go to inform him, so there's no need to stir up a crowd."

Tao Mo felt justified, so Hao Guozi went to drive the carriage, and he and Lao Tao walked slowly towards the door.

Walking to the entrance of the Yamen, he saw Gu She's carriage approaching from the street. After the theft of his carriage, the bystanders dare not get close to it, so they walk away from it, making it very eye-catching.

When we got close, Gu Xiaojia saw Hao Guozi driving the carriage to face us, so he said: "Quickly put away your broken carriage, it's a disgrace!."

Hao Guozi was still slightly fond of him because of his relief this morning, but now that he's snapped at him, his face was a little down in the dumps. He turned to sneer and said, "You don't say that and expect me to not gouge your eyes out, out of sight, out of mind?"

Tao Mo was afraid that the two would quarrel, so he asked Gu Xiaojia, "What brings you to the Magistrate House?"

Can't Gu Xiaojia come if he wants to rush back to say that he's fine? But thinking about the fact that Gu She was listening in the carriage, he didn't dare to make a fuss and whispered, "The Young Master is here to pick up Lord Tao to visit the house."

Tao Mo's heart was happy, and his mind was full of only the sentence "The Young master is here to pick up Lord Tao to review the house," until Lao Tao coughed beside him. One sound, before waking up and saying, "I was just about to go out."

"Out? Where to?" Gu Xiaojia asked curiously.

Hao Guozi didn't have the good sense to say, "Since when does my young master have to go anywhere with your grace, Master Gu?"

Gu Xiaojia said, "I'm being kind. That carriage of yours is so worn out that it's a disgrace to go anywhere, so you might as well walk on two legs."

Tao Mo scrambled to stop Hao Guozi, who at a glance wasn't prepared to say anything nice, and said to Gu Xiaojia, "We're going to go to the house of Mr. Yiyu."

"Yiyu?" Gu She's volume rose sharply.

Tao Mo originally didn't feel how awkward it was, but when he shouted so openly, he couldn't help but feel guilty, and stammered to explain, "We were going to inform him."

"Inform?" Gu Xiaojia rolled his eyes, "Could it be that you've told him not to pester you in the future? Then you might as well bring more people with you, than just going with these two together."

Lao Tao listened without making a sound. If Gu Xiaojia's opinion is Gu She's opinion, then Gu She clearly doesn't like Yiyu... Maybe with him around, he'll get twice the results with half the effort. Thinking this way, he didn't wait for Tao Mo to deny it, he took the initiative to invite him, "It's rare that young master Gu is so enthusiastic, why don't you come?"

Gu Xiaojia knew that he was talking about Young master Gu as this Gu She and not that Gu Xiaojia, and didn't dare to respond without permission, turning his head to look at the carriage.

Sitting in the carriage, Gu She replied, "So, okay."

So Tao Mo and Lao Tao got into Hao Guozi's carriage and led the way, with Gu Xiaojia driving behind.

Sitting in the car, Tao Mo lifts the curtain from time to time to look back and asks Hao Guozi, "Do you know where Yiyu lives?"

Hao Guozi didn’t even bother to turn before saying: "I've already asked around. I understand that you can run away from the monk, but you can't run away from the temple."




Tao Mo said: “...”

The dwelling bought by Young master Yiyu was not small, a courtyard with three courtyards. There was no hall in the house, so the group had to sit around a stone table in the courtyard.

The chill brought in from the waning moon hadn't fully subsided, and my buttocks were drenched in stone benches and chills were leaping up inside my body.



Peng Xiang and Gu Xiaojia each brought out a heater.

Peng Xiang handed it over to Young master Yiyu, who turned it over to Tao Mo. Tao Mo took it and gave it to Lao Tao. Lao Tao is a martial arts practitioner, and this coldness is nothing more than a breeze to him. He excused himself and didn't take it.

Tao Mo turned his head, his eyes inadvertently touched with Gu She who was sitting on the right, the hand holding the heater trembled a little, and immediately returned it to Yiyu.

Yiyu received the warming stove, and her slender fingers lightly traced the back of Tao Mo's hand.

Tao Mo's shoulders shrink and he hastily puts his hands under the table.

Yiyu chuckled, "What is the wind that has brought you here today?" He asked as if there was no one else in sight.

Tao Mo said: "There was murder this morning."

Yiyu astonished eyes stared back.

Tao Mo said: "I've identified it, and it seems to be Wan Feng."

Yiyu astonished, "Wan Feng?"

Tao Mo said: "Floating down from the upper reaches of the Jade Strip River, the case should have been handed over to a neighboring county. I think you and Wan Feng are old friends, so I've come to let you know."

Yiyu's eyes hang down in silence for a long while, then look up, clearing two lines of tears. "In Qunxiang House, only Wan Feng is considered my friend."

Tao Mo sighs softly.

Qunxiang house, the land of fireworks. It is often said that life is ruthless there, but what righteousness is there held by a prostitute? One forced a smile, the other sought to have fun, and all that came and went was just an act. Even between the youngster and the youngster, it is difficult to have a lasting friendship.

Peng Xiang also sighed along with him, "How could someone kill someone as nice as Mr. Wan Feng?"

Lao Tao said: "How do you know he didn't kill himself?"

Peng Xiang was stunned and laughed dryly, "What's a good man doing killing himself?"

Yiyu wiped his tears on his sleeve and said to him, "The tea is cold, why don't you go and change the pot?"

Peng Xiang was busy responding to the call.

Gu She said, "You are a tea lover."

Yiyu exhilarating smile: "What makes you say that, Mr. Gu?"

Gu She faintly said, "If I were sad, I would never care if someone else's tea was cold."

Yiyu's smile fell.

Lao Tao looked on without moving a muscle and was greatly satisfied. It seems that inviting Gu She to play this game together was the right move.




Tao Mo, seeing the pale complexion of Yiyu, consoled him, "You should not be too sad as death cannot bring you back to life. If Wan Feng is aware of this in hell, he will definitely want you to live on as well."

Yiyu said: "I wonder if the murderer has ever been found?"

Lao Tao said: "The case was found in the morning, unless the murderer turned himself in, where can he be found so quickly."

Yiyu pondered for a moment and said, "Wan Feng is a cautious person and would never hold a grudge against anyone. Could it be bandits?"

Lao Tao asked, "When was the last time you saw him?"

Yiyu said: "It was two months ago. I had saved enough money to redeem myself from the servant bond, so I thought I'd come in search of Tao..." He looked at Tao Mo speechlessly, with the great idea that this speech need not be said.

Tao Mo thought of Gu She beside him, sitting in a corner.

Lao Tao coughed, "Then do you know if Wan Feng had any plans to leave the Group Fragrance House at that time?"

Yiyu said: "Who doesn't want to leave the Qunxiang House? It's a pity that my heart is not strong enough, or I would have left with him. Alas, if I had known earlier, I might have stayed at the Qunxiang House. Maybe he wouldn't have met his death."

Gu Xiaojia said: "Why are you talking upside-down? One moment you say the bandits did it, then you say if you were here, he wouldn't have been killed. Are you going to fight off the bandits with your bare hands?"

Yiyu said: "If I had been at the Group Fragrance House, he wouldn't have been on his way alone."

Gu She cut him off: "Why is he on the road alone?"

Yiyu was apoplectic startled and said, "Could it be that he has someone else with him?"

Gu Xiaojia also came back to his senses and asked, "You have a little sidekick by your side, why isn't he by his side? And how did you not know he was not around?"

Yiyu Yu sighed slowly, "Originally he did have a little boy with him, but he left not long ago. He was very affectionate with that boy, and he had said that he didn't want to hire a boy again, so I thought... Couldn't it be?"

Lao Tao said: "There is only one body, whether it is or isn't, it's still unclear."



Yiyu amazingly looked at Tao Mo, his eyes shining with tears, "Please be more careful about this matter Lord Tao."

Tao Mo said, "Don't worry."

"I have no one to turn to in Tangyang County but Lord Tao, is a friend." He made the word friend extremely vague.

Gu She sighed and said: "We are all together the underlings in Tangyang County, so Lord Tao will naturally treat us equally."

Yiyu shellfish teeth lightly bite heislower lip, looking fixedly at Tao Mo, as if he is looking for some spoiling and coquettish.

Tao Mo's vision wandered left and right, "It's getting late, we might as well go back first."

Lao Tao had wanted to ask a more thorough question, but it was clear that Yiyu was not an easy man, and he was on the defensive, so he couldn't get to the bottom of it even if he asked again. It was echoed, "It does dawdle too long."

Tao Mo and Gu She up together.

Yiyu can't help but fall on the heater in Tao Mo's hand.

Tao Mo was stunned, only then did he realize that the heater on Gu's shooting hand had somehow run into his hand, and he couldn't help but blush and laugh in a silly way and a hasty farewell.

Yiyu looked at Gu She, but found that the other party didn’t even spare him even a glance, and walked away.

After they left, Peng Xiang came out of the kitchen with her head cringing. "Young master, what should we do?"




Yiyu slowly stood up, he realized that his feet were shaking uncontrollably. After a long time, she said, "Let me think about it."

Tao Mo came out of the house of Yiyu holding the warming stove, and subconsciously followed Gu She as he prepared to board the carriage of the Gu residence.

There was a heavy cough behind him.

Tao Mo turned his head, but it was Hao Guozi standing beside his own carriage making eyes at him. Lao Tao was behind him, his face expressionless.

Tao Mo awkwardly retracted his foot and shoved the heater into Gu She's arms, smiling dryly, "Thank you for the heater, Mr. Gu."

Gu She asked, "What time will you return to the house today?"

He asked so naturally, as if Tao Mo was already living in the Gu residence, rather than in foster care.

Tao Mo didn't dare to look at Lao Tao's face, so he said, "I'll be back after dinner, so don't wait for me to eat."

Gu She nodded and got in the carriage.

Gu Xiaojia jumped into the carriage, grabbed the reins and said drive, and the carriage slowly passed in front of him.

Lao Tao said: "They are already gone."

Tao Mo returned to his senses and lowered his head into the carriage.

Inside the carriage, Lao Tao silently looked at Tao Mo, but his heart was full of thoughts. This trip back to Mount Suisui not only untied the misunderstanding between him and Ming Zun and gave him relief, but also allowed him to get another perspective of seeing the love between men. He had heard many rumors about Marquis Xueyi and Ming Zun before, one after another, and at first he sneered at them, but then he thought about it more and then Feeling saddened. In his opinion, the reason why Ming Zun had committed himself to the Marquis Xueyi should be because he had sacrificed his life for the Demon Sect, otherwise, how could the Marquis Xueyi let go of the Demon Sect leadership so easily? But after actually seeing the two of them together, he realized how utilitarian and superficial his previous assumptions had been. Two people like that would never be together if they didn't genuinely like each other and make sure the other saw themselves with equal care.

It's just that Ming Zun and the Marquis Xueyi’s clothes are Ming Zun and the Marquis of Xueyiá clothes, and Tao Mo and Gu She are another matter. Although Ming Zun and Xueyi are both in the world of the underworld and the Imperial court, there is no denying that they are both rare men in the world today. It is understandable that they admire each other and sympathize with each other, and even have a liking for each other. As for Gu She, although he has only met him a few times, he should not be considered as such a person.

He looked at Tao Mo's drowsy face and sighed softly. He had been saved by Lord Tao, and had been with Tao Mo for more than two years, and had long treated Tao Mo as his nephew. Naturally, in his heart, he also hoped that he could find an outstanding person who was in love with him. Tao Mo was interested in Gu She, he could tell Gu She was not an ordinary friend to Tao Mo, he saw it with his own eyes today, and he also had an inkling in his heart. If Gu She was a woman and married to her husband(Tao Mo), he wouldn't worry about it, not only wouldn't he worry about it, he would do his best to make it happen, even if Gu She was not a small man, but Gu She is a man, and a man with a high heart and astonishingly beautiful eyes. If Tao Mo gets involved with him, I'm afraid he'll be the only end up getting hurt in the end.

Thinking so, he reached out and gently brushed Tao Mo's sleeping hole, then pushed open the door and said, "To the inn."

Hao Guozi was stunned, "Which inn?"

"It's closer to the magistrate's office, so it's easier to get back and forth later."

Hao Guozi felt something wrong in his heart and looked back at Tao Mo, but he hung his head and thought he acquiesced, so he had to follow orders.

In the third hour of the night.

Tea cools.

Not a word on the crisscrossed board.

Gu She's fingers mindlessly inserted in the chess bowl, lifting, inserting, lifting

Gu Xiaojia and Sang Xiaotu came in from outside, their faces frozen a little white.

Gu Xiaojia rubbed his hands and said, "Young master, it's so late, he's probably resting at the Yamen, so why don't you rest first too?"

Snap.




Gu She picked up a piece from the chess bowl and threw it back, "Go prepare the carriage."

"Huh? Yes."





~ Love is More than A Word ~



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