Master Jin once said that this case should be fast rather than slow, early rather than late, quiet rather than turbulent. Therefore, Tao Mo specially chose an early morning and sent someone to pass it on to the yamen with the mother, daughter and son-in-law of the Yangliu family, and Yang Tianyuan.

Seeing the four people below kneeling in a row, Tao Mo suddenly felt a lot of emotion. He slapped the atrium and said, "Since you have the fate to become a family, why do you turn against each other for these external things and go to court?"

Yang Liu cried and said, "I'll ask the adults to make the decision for the people's women!"

Tao Mo said to Yang Tianyuan, who lowered his head and said silently: "Yang Tianyuan, Yang Liu sued you for deducting Zou Qiong's dowry and not returning. What explanation do you give?"

Yang Tianyuan stood up straight, bowed, and said slowly: "Sir, you know. The villain is not deducting her dowry, but the villain just takes back what he deserves."

Yang Liu said angrily: "What is the thing you deserve? This is obviously the dowry of my husband Liu and Qiong'er."

Yang Tianyuan said: "Yes. He did keep a dowry, but he did not leave money to raise his daughter. When you remarried to me, Zou Qiong was only eight years old. Who worked hard to earn money to wear clothes for her? Who worked hard to earn money to feed her? Who gave her the tiles that covered her head?"

Yang Liu cried and said, "You obviously promised to raise her and grow up, but I just remarried to you, but you turned your back on your word!"

Yang Tianyuan said: "I should raise her, but I did not accept it. I would not accept it. I worked hard to raise other people's children but still refused to accept it. Do you really think I am the sucker?"

Zou Qiong suddenly spat.

Yang Tianyuan turned his head and glared at her.

Zou Qiong raised his head and said: "Since ancient times, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to be beaten. You have never said you will not accept any extra money, but you have never said you want to swallow my dowry!"

Zou Qiong's husband Liu Bao sneered: "If you don't ask, you'll steal it!"

Yang Tianyuan couldn't hold on to the side and said, "I raised you so much that I couldn't raise a wolf cub. At least I raised you, but now I just want a little reward, so I sued me in court. I was indeed blind and have raised you for so many years in vain."

Zou Qiong said: "You raise me? Over the years, my mother has earned the rice in her family by washing and sewing it for others. What has you done? Thank you for being able to get back the money you have done in a year!"

Yang Tianyuan was so angry that he trembled and said, "Speak nonsense, talk nonsense!"

Tao Mo was so dizzy that he heard everything they said and couldn't help but go to see Master Jin.

Master Jin put down his pen and walked to him and said, "I see Yang Tianyuan's conversation, as if someone is behind his back. If he is not familiar with the law of our dynasty, how could Yang Tianyuan dare to be so blatant?"

Tao Mo said: "There are many lawyers in Tanyang County, and it is not surprising that there are people who give me some advice."

Master Jin said, "But why is this person unwilling to come forward in person?"

Tao Mo said: "Is this because Yang Tianyuan gave not enough money?"

Master Jin didn't expect this level and said in a daze: "It's possible."

Tao Mo said: "How do you think this case will continue to be tried?"

Master Jin said: "No matter whether Yang Tianyuan has the kindness of raising him, one thing will go back to another. When Yang Liu married into the Yang family, he agreed that the dowry would be handed over to him for custody. How could he take it for himself?"

Tao Mo nodded and said, "It's reasonable." He slapped the auspicious wood and said, "Yang Tianyuan, since you promised Yang Liu to take charge of the dowry, how can you go back on your word? A real man stands tall and will do nothing. Now, I will judge you to return the dowry and Zou Qiong immediately, and you must not delay it on excuses, nor do you use his dowry to use him."

Yang Tianyuan was shocked and wanted to shout for justice, but when he heard Yang Liu family, Zou Qiong and Liu Bao shouted: "Thank you, Master Qingtian!"

Tao Mo stood up, skillfully patted the gavel, "quit."

When he returned to the back hall, Tao Mo asked Master Jin, "I have a good judgment today?"

Master Jin said, "Sir, wise."

Tao Mo blushed and said, "Master, you know me the most. You may be a little hardworking, but you dare not be wise."

Master Jin laughed, a little absent-minded.

"What's the matter with Master?" Tao Mo asked.

Master Jin said, "I am just worried about the future of Yangliu."

Tao Mo was stunned at first, and then said, "I see that Yang Tianyuan is narrow-minded and petty, and I am afraid that Yang Liu will be criticized by him when he returns. Fortunately, she has a daughter and son-in-law, so she will not be helpless."

Master Jin said with a deep meaning: "I hope so."

Tao Mo stayed in the county government until afternoon, and ended the things in his hands, and sneaked back to the Gu Mansion.

There was a long queue at the gate of Gu's mansion, with either people or sedan chairs in front, back, back, left, right and right, and it was blocked.

Tao Mo's sedan chair stopped from a distance. He thought for a while and instructed the sedan chair owner to go to the back door.

The situation at the back door was slightly better, but there were a few people waiting there.

Tao Mo asked the sedan chairman to knock on the door and waited in the sedan chair himself.

After a while, there was finally some movement inside the door, and a servant opened the door a thin crack. Before the sedan chairperson could report to the door, two people rushed over and squeezed him aside.

"In Luzhou Zhang Wenguang."

"In the Yangzhou Sun Fu, please see Mr. Gu!"

The sedan chairwoman was knocked open before, but he was not as good as the defense. In terms of brute force, he was indeed much bigger than the two literati. However, before he could hit him back, the servant still slammed the door and closed it.

Zhang Wenguang and Sun Fu hurriedly knocked again, but there was no movement inside.

Tao Mo got out of the sedan chair. He was wearing an official robe, which was very eye-catching.

"Sir." said the sedan chair owner, "It's better for me to go to the front door to deliver the letter."

Tao Mo nodded.

The other two people were uneasy when they saw that they were ramming into the sedan chair of the local county magistrate.

Tao Mogong bowed and said, "Luzhou Yangzhou and Tanyang County are thousands of miles apart, and the two of them have worked hard all the way."

Zhang Wenguang and Sun Fu quickly returned the gift.

The few people waiting nearby gathered to see the county magistrate so easy to talk to.

Tao Mo asked, "Why are you waiting here?"

Sun Fu said: "We heard that Gu Xianzhi, Mr. Gu, lived in seclusion here and came to visit him."

Others said yes.

Tao Mo heard that they were all from Mu Gu She, and he was secretly happy, and his tone became more and more gentle, "I wonder if you have lunch?"

Zhang Wenguang and several others took out the dry food and said, "We have our own."

Seeing that the sun was getting more and more sunny in the afternoon, Tao Mo said, "Why not be the one who is here? How about you asking me to sit in Xianweilou?"

Zhang Wenguang and others looked at each other.

Sun Fu said: "Thank you for your kindness, but we don't know when Mr. Gu will go out and dare not walk away."

Tao Mo said: "I just saw most people waiting at the front door, why are you waiting at the back door?"

Zhang Wenguang said: "It's true. The rule of Gu's family is to pass on a visit. Mr. Gu decides to see him or not. I have already submitted a visit and were returned."

Tao Mo suddenly realized. It turned out that they were unwilling to accept the post because they were rejected, so they came here to try their luck.

"Xian..." Tao Mo felt abrupt and coughed dryly, "Xianweiju is the best restaurant in Tanyang, it would be a pity not to go. Moreover, the sun is so sunny outside, and there are so many people waiting in the front door. Mr. Gu must not go out."

Zhang Wenguang and others hesitated.

Tao Mo took advantage of the situation and said, "Please take this place."

Everyone was unable to refuse their affection, so they followed him to Xianweiju.

The boss of Xianweiju now doesn't recognize the county magistrate. He immediately introduced the private room and personally helped him prepare a table of delicious food.

Zhang Wenguang and others came from afar and had never eaten anything good along the way. Now they naturally have a great appetite when facing delicious food. However, they are literati, after all, they have some concerns. Even if they are drooling, they can only move the dishes in front of them.

Tao Mo looked at them and couldn't help but remember that he was so cautious when he had dinner in Gu's house, and his eyes became softer.

When Sun Fu saw Tao Mo only drink tea and not eat it, he knew that he must have used food. His favorability for him doubled. He stopped chopsticks and said, "I wonder what year is the Jinshi of sir?"

Tao Mo said frankly: "I donated this official."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and several of them showed disapproving expressions on their faces. They studied hard in order to learn five cars, and they would be awarded the title of the list in the future. However, those who came from wealthy could buy officials and rank, and they could reach the top in one go without any effort. How unfair to them? If they hadn't had the food that Tao Mo had treated to, they would have left long ago.

Tao Mo said: "Don't laugh at me, in fact, I don't know a few people at all."

The others looked at him, not because they were not laughing at him, but because they didn't want to talk at all.

Tao Mo sighed and said, "It is because I suffer from the pains of being ignorant of learning that I admire even more scholars who have studied hard like everyone here. Tao Mo here wishes you all the titles and return to their hometown with honor."

The others' expressions cleared a little and they all returned the gifts.

Sun Fu said: "Listen to the adults' conversation, it's not like a person who is ignorant of his eyes."

Tao Mo waved his hand and said, "I am ashamed, I am just learning to walk in Handan."

The use of learning to walk in Handan...

“…”

Sun Fu coughed dryly and said, "Do you want to say that parrots and learn to speak out?"

Tao Mo suddenly said, "It's exactly."

Sun Fu said: "It turns out that sir is self-learning without a teacher."

Tao Mo smiled and said a few words.

When everyone saw that although his official position was bought, his every move was not rough and arrogant, but instead he had a bit of elegance like a student, and his disgust in his heart could not help but diminish.

The door of the private room was suddenly knocked a few times, and then pushed open with a whisper.

Gu Xiaojia looked at him with his head, then rushed to the corridor and shouted: "Young master, right here."

In a moment, a slender figure appeared at the door, with hair like lacquer, eyes like stars, face like frost, and powerlessness without saying anything.

Tao Mo stood up inexplicably guilty and said, "Xianzhi."

Gu Xiaojia complained: "Young Master heard that you came but didn't enter the mansion, so he immediately sent the servants to find him. Unexpectedly, you would be happy to eat and drink with others here."

Zhang Wenguang and Sun Fu did not pay attention to anything else, but only paid attention to Tao Mo calling the man "Xianzhi". He stood up excitedly and said, "Is it that Zunjia is Gu Xianzhi Gongzi?"

The others were shocked when they heard this, stood up one after another, looking at Gu She with a gaze.

Gu She glanced at them indifferently, stepped into the room and walked to Tao Mo.

Gu Xiaojia immediately squeezed the chair between Tao Mo and Sun Fu.

Sun Fuhou knew it and asked to go to the side.

After Gu She sat down, he saw that everyone was still standing, and waved his hand leisurely: "Sit down."
Chapter completed!