Love is More than a Word, Chapter 55: Beware of visitors with gifts (1)...

Love is More than a Word《识汝不识丁》Shi Nu Bu Shi Ding
Love is More than a Word, Chapter 55: Beware of visitors with gifts (1)...

It's late at night and the streets are empty.

The sound of horseshoes and wheels echoed through the empty streets in an eerie way.

The bailiff saved himself from dozing off and watched in wonder as the carriage stopped and Gu Xiaojia jumped off and walked up the steps, "I want to see Master Tao."

The bailiff said, "Lord Tao is not here."

Gu Xiaojia frowned. Could it be that they staggered and crawled on the way here?

The bailiff said, "There is a leak in the roof of the county magistrate's house and the lord has gone to put up at the Yunlai Inn...”

"The Yunlai Inn?" Gu Xiaojia was unhappy with the situation and said, "Is it because you feel that living in the Gu Residence has wronged him?"

He went back to the carriage and relayed the words one by one.


Gu-She faintly said, "Go to the Inn."

It seems that the Young Master is going to an inn. Gu Xiaojia gloomily jumped on the carriage, pulled the reins, and drove off in the direction of Yunlai Inn.

Yunlai Inn is also considered a big inn in Tangyang County, with flagpoles sticking out diagonally from the second floor and the four characters of Yunlai Inn waving in the wind.

Gu Xiaojia stopped the carriage and jumped down to knock on the door.

After knocking long enough, there was a vague sound of cursing upstairs.

Gu Xiaojia ignored it and continued to knock.

The innkeeper finally hurried out, opened the door with hurry, saw him not stunned, subconsciously put on his signature smile, "Master Gu, what brings you here?"

"Would you believe it if I said it was the wind." Gu Xiaojia sneered.

The innkeeper shivered and laughed dryly, "Master is joking. Are you sleeping in or eating?"

Gu Xiaojia said, "Neither, find someone. Get Lord Tao out here."

The innkeeper's smile froze and his eyes went straight to the innkeeper treasurer’s direction.

In fact, the innkeeper just came out, is standing by the door to watch, but upon seeing Gu Xiaojia and innkeeper together will look at him, not good relying on not moving, quickly compensate smile forward: "This night are late, Master Tao must be in bed”......”

Gu Xiaojia saw that Gu-She hadn't moved and became even bolder, yelling, "Urgent matter urgent matter."

The innkeeper did not dare to offend either side and was not sure how urgent this urgent matter was, so he said, "Why don't you ask Master Gu to wait here for a moment and I'll go up and ask."

Gu Xiaojia waved his hand.

The treasurer turned his head and left.




Gu Xiaojia was looking for a place to sit down when he saw Gu-She enter and follow the innkeeper upstairs.

The innkeeper was shocked. He thought the only one coming was Gu Xiaojia, didn't want Gu-She to come personally, wanted to go to stop them but didn't have the guts, so had to turn around and said: "Gu, Young Master Gu, how did you personally come, something is to say a word."

The innkeeper originally walked not fast enough, heard the sound of talking from behind, immediately turned back and saw Gu-She was also shocked, busy: "Young Master Gu, you... "

Gu-She said, "Which one?"

The innkeeper hesitated, then turned to lead the way.

As the saying goes, "A barrack made of iron is a soldier made of water". In the Tangyang County, the lawsuit is the barracks and the magistrate is the soldier. He would rather offend the magistrate than the litigant. Anyway, if he does offend the magistrate, he can find a lawyer to defend him. If he has offended the lawyer who will defend him?

He stopped at the penultimate door on the right and turned to look at Gu-She.

Gu-She nodded.

The innkeeper then raised his hand to knock on the door, the penultimate door babbled open and Lao Tao came out, knowingly asking, "What is Young Master Gu’s late night visit for?"

Gu-She said, "Ask for a crime."

Lao Tao frowned, "What crime?"

Gu-She said, "Loss faith."

Lao Tao said, "Oh? Did Young Master Gu came to hand over the petition paper?"

Gu-She narrowed his eyes at him.

Gu Xiaojia, who was standing behind him, couldn't see it and rushed out, "The one who broke the faith is your magistrate, what else is he handing over the papers for?"

Lao Tao said, "The Young master is guilty of the same crime as the common people. If Young Master Gu thinks that my family Young Master is guilty, he can also sue him, there is nothing wrong with that."

Gu Xiaojia frowned, "Are you really Tao Mo’s old servant? Why do I look at you as if you were his enemy and would hate for him to be questioned for his treachery?"

Lao Tao said: "I believe my family Young Master is a clean and fair official and will never show favoritism. With an open heart, you are naturally not afraid of ghosts knocking on your door."

"What the hell is that knock?!" Gu Xiaojia was furious, "What do you mean?!"

Lao Tao seemed to have sensed that he had spoken too harshly and slowed down, smiling, "I'm sorry. I was just surprised that Young Master Gu under Mr. Yichui would visit the inn in the middle of the night."

Gu-She raised his hand to knock on the door and Lao Tao whispered to stop him, "Young Master Gu!”

Gu-She paused with his hand in mid-air and turned to look at him, "Are you always right?"

Lao Tao was stunned.

Gu-She's hand has been knocked down.

The knock on the door was low.

There was no movement in the room.

In the meantime, Gu-She's eyebrows knitted together, "What happened to him?"

Gu Xiaojia and the innkeeper were both shocked at the same time.

The innkeeper was shocked that if something happened to the magistrate at his inn, he would only be blamed.




Lao Tao said, "Young Master is tired, take a break first."

Gu-She asked again, "What happened to him?"

Lao Tao sized him up. Gu-She doesn't know martial arts, no doubt about it. Both the Tangyang County's Gu-She and the world-famous Gu Xianzhi were known for their literary and verbal talents. But at this point, he actually gave him an oppressive feeling that only a master has.

"I tapped his sleeping acupuncture spot." Lao Tao chimed in.

Gu Xiaojia said, "You're not really his enemy, lurking around him for a long time, ready to find an opportunity to make a move on him, are you?"

Lao Tao ignored him and said to Gu-She, "If you have something to say, you might as well say it tomorrow."

Gu-She stared at him fixedly.

The atmosphere is stalemated.

The treasurer's forehead held a thin layer of fine sweat.

"Prepare a room." Gu-She finally spoke.

The innkeeper breathed a sudden sigh of relief and busily said, "Fine, fine, wait a moment."

Gu Xiaojia whispered beside Gu-She, "Is Young Master really going to sleep here?" No matter how lavishly the upper rooms of the inn were decorated, they couldn't hide the smell of guests coming and going.

Gu-She said, "Bring up what's in the carriage."

Gu Xiaojia saw that he had already made up his mind, so he had to do it.

The innkeeper's fellow innkeepers followed Gu Xiaojia's torment until it was too late to stop.

No words were said in the night.

The morning dawned white with gold.

Tao Mo opened his eyes, light-headed for a while. I don't remember what time I fell asleep yesterday, only that I got into the carriage and fell asleep with my head bowed low. He sat up, startled by the unfamiliar surroundings, and quickly got up in his clothes.

Hao Guozi slept in the outer room, right in front of his mouth, with a hidden drool by the corner of his mouth.

Tao Mo spun around, got dressed, and rushed out the door.

The long, thin hallway made him quickly realize that this was an inn.

The door next to him opened and Lao Tao came out, "Young Master awake?"

Tao Mo saw him and his mind was certain, "Why are we here?"

Lao Tao said, "The roof of the magistrate's court was broken and the Young Master was sleeping so I took it upon myself to bring the Young Master to the inn."

Tao Mo remembered his agreement with Gu-She and said in shock, "Oh no."

Lao Tao said, "What?"

"I forgot my promise with Gu-She." He thought and rushed back to his room to shoo Hao Guozi awake.

Hao Guozi woke up also feeling a bit of a headache and rubbed his eyes for half a day before he said blankly, "Young Master. you're awake?"

Tao Mo said, "Let's get up and go to the Gu Residence."

"Oh." Hao Guozi wasn't fully awake yet, just unconsciously sitting up and getting dressed.

Lao Tao said, "Young Master Gu is at the inn."

Tao Mo, who was about to take the basin himself to fetch water, was startled and surprised, "What did you say?"

Lao Tao repeated, "Young Master Gu came to the inn last night but Young Master slept too much and didn't wake up."

Tao Mo came back, wiped his eyes halfway across the brass mirror, and then said, "Which room does he live in?"

Lao Tao frowned in disagreement, "Young Master is going to meet him like this?"

"I'm afraid I'll have to meet him halfway." Tao Mo whispered.

Speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao will arrive.

Gu Xiaojia stood outside the open door and reached out and knocked on the door panel, "Master Tao?"

It was rare to hear Gu Xiaojia call him Master Tao so squarely and Tao Mo was a little flustered and asked, "Is your Young Master up yet?"

Gu Xiaojia looked at Lao Tao, seemingly surprised that he hadn't hidden last night's incident and then on second thought, the matter couldn't be hidden. "My family’s Young Master invites Master Tao downstairs for breakfast."

"Okay, okay." Tao Mo said three good words in a row, "I'll be down in a minute."

Gu Xiaojia glared at Hao Guozi, who was standing by the side, before turning to leave.

Hao Guozi was baffled by the stare, "What's he staring at me for?"

Lao Tao thought for a moment and realized the reason. Gu Xiaojia must have been unaware that Hao Guozi had also been put to sleep last night and thought he was hiding in his room, deliberately not opening the door, right?




Tao Mo shoved the basin into Hao Guozi's hands, pushing him out as he urged, "Hurry up."





~ Love is More than A Word ~



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