Sitting in the carriage of the Zhao Mansion, Qingmei's tears could no longer be held back, she had to take care of the last dignity of the Gao family outside, but how far could she persist as a maid.

"Mountain girl, you are good friends with Miss, please be sure to persuade Miss to see it this time."

After Gao Xianling was demoted, he didn't have time to bring his wife and daughter back to his hometown, so he became seriously ill, and the young master of the Zhao family took the risk to connect them to the Zhao Mansion, but in a few days, Gao Xianling died.

No one shed a tear for this corrupt county order, except for his closest relatives.

Regarding the death of Gao County's order, Shan Tao can only say that he deserves it, but he is worried about the condition of his friend Miss Gao.

However, when she came to visit, it was the young master of the Zhao family who came out to see her, and brought Miss Gao's original words, "She knows that you are worried about her, but your father is now working in the county government, and he should not be involved with the family members of the former county order." With me taking care of her, don't worry. ”

However, the young master of the Zhao family was able to provide a shelter, but it was difficult to solve the depression in Miss Gao's heart, and she was still sick because she was already frail.

"After the death of the master, the lady was depressed all day long, and the young lady was so strong that she was tired, and she coughed every day."

Qingmei concisely talked about Miss Gao's illness, and Shan Tao kept holding her hand, which soothed her mood a lot.

"Madame, she...... wanted Miss to marry the young master of the Zhao family, but Miss didn't want to. Mountain girl, you and Miss are good friends, you should know that Miss and the young master of the Zhao family already have feelings for each other, why don't you want to? ”

Shan Tao sighed after hearing this, "Your young lady, what you want is not to marry into a high family, nor to marry into a rich family......"

When he arrived at the Zhao Mansion, the young master of the Zhao family stood outside the courtyard where the mother and daughter of the Gao family lived, pacing back and forth, and saw Dr. Ji and Shan Tao stepping forward a few steps, "The patient is inside, please ...... quickly."

"Master, you go and see Sister Gao first, I'll talk to Zhao Gongzi." Shan Tao took down the medicine box and handed it to Qingmei, and after seeing Doctor Ji enter the courtyard, he looked at the young master of the Zhao family.

She is small and short, but her eyes are aggressive, and she actually gives people a sense of oppression, "This is what you said about taking care of her?" ”

Seeing Shan Tao's questioning appearance, the young master of the Zhao family knew that she probably knew the inside story, and he didn't care about any decency, he squatted on the ground and hugged his head, "I didn't think that it was Mrs. Gao who forced her to marry me at this time...... But if I get married, I won't fail her. ”

"Do you remember the poem that Sister Gao mentioned on the paper kite?" Shan Tao did not respond to his explanation, but brought up another matter, and said to himself, "Why is the flowing water too urgent, and the deep palace is free." Thank you for the red leaves, so that you can go to the world. ”

It is not a famous poem, nor is it a lingering poem that praises the love between men and women, it is a canary in a cage, yearning for freedom and joy.

"She said that when she first saw you, she acted arbitrarily...... It's to appreciate your wanton behavior. ”

After calming down outside, Shan Tao entered the inner room, Miss Gao was lying on the bed, her face was as white as paper, and a lot of silver needles were inserted, and she only gave Shan Tao a slightly smiling look.

After administering the needle, Dr. Ji led Qingmei to grab the medicine, and when he left, he told Shan Tao: "People's hearts are like lamps, if there is no will to survive, it is the medicine and the stone is a doctor, this is the appearance of the oil running out of the lamp......"

"What are you doing standing so far away, come and sit." Miss Gao didn't have the strength to get up, so she only beckoned to Shan Tao, "Don't come, you're still here." ”

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Shan Tao looked at her and forced a smile, and didn't even move the corners of her mouth, "Don't laugh, it's ugly." ”

"You little girl, why don't you even want to coax me with lies." Miss Gao put her hand on Shantao's hand, there was still a charcoal fire burning in the house, but it was very cold, and she smiled and shed tears, "My father is not a good official, but it is worth it to me and my mother." He can't help it, he has already become a grasshopper on a rope with those people, and he can't break free......"

Since Shan Erlang became a master and sorted out various documents and materials of the previous county government, he found that during the three years that Gao County Ling was in office, except for the corruption caused by the flood when he was about to leave office, the merits of the first three years have always been first.

These data are not just words on paper, Cangjiang County is indeed well organized under his governance, and this time it was even mentioned to the imperial court that Cangjiang County should be promoted from a lower county to a middle county, but it was all washed away by this flood.

Shan Tao recalled the scene of Gao County's order bribing in the county office, and asked, "Those people are the officials who came to supervise the embankment this time?" ”

"More than ......," Miss Gao took out a book of poems from under her pillow and put it in Shan Tao's hand, "This was given to me by my father before he died, and I didn't have time to leave a word." ”

Gao Xianling is a man with a traditional view, who thinks that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented, and although he dotes on Miss Gao, he does not like her to learn literature and poetry, and he will not leave her a book of poems before he dies.

Shan Tao touched the paper of the poetry collection, which was slightly thicker than the ordinary paper, and then looked carefully at the charcoal fire, and sure enough, he found that there was a mezzanine in it.

There were several pages in it, and after reading the pages, the face of the mountain peach became more and more ugly and dignified.

The letter records that the southern scholars were dissatisfied with Emperor Mu's move of the capital to the north and the reuse of the northern scholars, and they colluded and secretly colluded to control the officials of the southern states and counties.

Although it did not reach the point of rebellion, the data in the letter was clear, and most of the officials in the southern prefectures and counties were recommended by the southern scholars, and this top-down embezzlement of court funds was a demonstration of the unification of the southern scholars.

These court secrets are far away from Shan Tao, who is now a little doctor girl, but the contradictions between the northern and southern officials mentioned several times in the letter pierced her like a needle.

"The Northern and Southern Shi clans, why are they so hostile?" Yamamoto heard his own difficult voice in a trance.

Miss Gao realized that Shan Tao was only a six-year-old child, where could she understand this, and she had nowhere to complain about it, and explained: "You are still young and don't understand the things of the previous dynasty." Four years ago, our Southern Dynasty and the Northern Dynasty fought a war, and after the Southern Dynasty won a great victory, the Holy Lord moved the capital to the north in order to envelop the old clan of the Northern Dynasty, and also reused many nobles of the Northern Dynasty, so it aroused the dissatisfaction of the Southern Dynasty scholars. ”

"What year is it?" Shan Tao pinched his palm hard so as not to lose his temper and asked a seemingly strange question.

"Hongyuan four years, Tao Tao, what's wrong with you?" Miss Gao looked at Shan Tao, whose mood had changed significantly, and was a little worried.

Taking a few deep breaths, Shan Tao suppressed the churning in his heart and smoothed out the poetry collection, "I'm fine." Sister Gao, your father's sudden death is also to protect you and Mrs. Gao. This collection of poems must not be known to others, otherwise there is a fear for life. ”

In this regard, Miss Gao was not ignorant, but she was surprised that Shan Tao could see through these at a young age, and nodded, "I know." ”

Putting aside the distractions in her heart, Shan Tao first cared about the current matter and calmed Miss Gao's emotions, her illness was not difficult to treat, it was rare to be depressed in her heart.

The sudden change of circumstances made her too frightened, and Shan Tao said many times that she would help her, and would persuade Mrs. Gao to change her mind to let her marry in a hurry, and watched Miss Gao fall asleep before exiting the room.