After dressing as a widow

The state capital of Lizhou is located in the east of Lizhou. Compared with the west and north, the climate is slightly better, and the summer of the year is as long as half a month.

However, after nine or ten days from Kyoto, and slowly entering the territory of Lizhou, Lin Zhen felt that the temperature suddenly changed from that of Kyoto. It was like throwing a person from summer to autumn. Goosebumps.

After marching for a few more days, Lin Zhen couldn't stand it and put on the padded padded clothes specially bought in Kyoto with a thin layer of cotton on his body. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the curtain of the carriage and said to the driver Niu Dao: "Let's start from here." It has been thirteen days since I left Kyoto."

Niu, who was driving the carriage outside, was no different than Lin Zhen who was staying in the carriage. He put on the thin padded coat he bought together with the other eleven servants a few days earlier. I asked along the way, and I will arrive at the state capital in two days."

Just as he was saying this, a gust of wind blew over his head, scratching his face tightly. Lin Zhen took a breath, and felt that this Lizhou was really Dayu's natural freezer. It was still in May, and the capital would have to be used in another month or two. It's still so cold here during the ice season, so what's the matter in winter.

Niu Dao: "Boss, please go in quickly. It's very windy outside. Seeing that the sky is overcast, I'm afraid there will be strong winds."

Lin Zhen's body here is like the five scum of war, even inferior to girls and ordinary brothers. He nodded and returned to the carriage. As soon as he sat down, he heard the whistling wind outside, blowing his head down with a wooden The curtains of the falling carriage could not hold up, and they violently knocked against the wall of the carriage.

He quickly grabbed the wooden strips and stuck them into the buckles on both sides. Looking at the cloth curtains bulging by the wind, he saw the bad weather in Lizhou.

Two days later, six carriages arrived outside the state capital city. It was noon, but the sky was gloomy, and it seemed that it was going to rain.

Scattered people come and go from the gate of the city, not to mention compared with Kyoto, even with Luozhou Fucheng, it is a bit like Anyuan Town.

After entering the city, I saw low-rise buildings built randomly along the streets, in a disorderly manner, and most of them were walls rammed with mud. Those who were looking for a brick and stone building were only able to see a few of them.

There are very few hawkers on the street, and all they sell are the most primitive food, wild vegetables, and game, which shows that the people here are still struggling with food and clothing, and they simply cannot spare extra strength and energy to develop entertainment.

His jade powder business and the former Malatang milk tea business are done here, which is definitely cool.

I can’t even eat enough, who cares whether the jade face powder looks good on the face, and the taste of spicy hot milk tea is okay.

For them, survival is the most important thing.

Compared with the gray low houses and the desolate street, the six carriages of Lin Zhen and Gu Lin are a bit out of place here, and the sellers who set up stalls and the residents who are pouring water outside all look at them .

The wind was not strong today, so Lin Zhen sat on the railing in front of the carriage. He asked the local who sold the three hares: "Brother, do you know where Zhizhou is going?"

The clothes worn by the man who sold the hares were really dilapidated, and the layers of patches couldn't mend the clothes well. Some black and hard cotton was exposed, which was not very warm.

The man looked at the Bai Shengsheng Lin Zhen, shook his head and stammered, "It's right in front."

Lin Zhen looked at the place he was pointing at. He really didn't see the shadow of Zhizhou Mansion. They were all gray and short. He thanked the big brother who sold hares and followed Gu who was on a horse and not in a carriage. Rin said: "The Zhizhou's capital is coming soon, the previous Zhizhou can't leave until you go and take over, I think he may be looking forward to you so much that he can't close his eyes."

The official position of magistrate has two meanings. One is the magistrate of Zhili Prefecture, and the other is the magistrate of Sanzhou.

Lizhou is Zhili Prefecture, but the harsh environment and sparse population mean that it is extremely difficult to make political achievements here, unless the emperor's serious problem, Che Luoguo, can be solved.

But these years, the Che Luo Kingdom has become more and more rampant. Obviously, the Zhizhou who is about to leave here has nothing to do with the Che Luo Kingdom troops who invaded the border. magistrate.

But Lin really felt that maybe this Zhizhou had been looking forward to this day.

Gu Lin rode to the side of Lin Zhen's carriage, stretched out his hand and put the hood that had been blown off by the wind on his head: "Go to the mansion as soon as possible and settle down, so that you can rest for a few days."

Running all the way, Lin Zhen's spirit was not as good as when he was in Kyoto. Fortunately, there were few flat mountains in Lizhou, and the horse-drawn carriage was much easier to drive than the road in Anyuan Town. His bones were still in place and not shaken off.

After Gu Lin finished speaking with Lin Zhen, he tapped the horse's belly with his heel, and the horse followed his will to the front of the team. Soon, the group of them arrived in front of a courtyard with a plaque on the magistrate's office.

The walls of the courtyard are made of stones and bricks, covered with tiles, but in some places, a lot of stones and bricks have fallen off the walls, and the tiles covered have also lost their color. It looks like it has not been renovated for more than ten or twenty years. Same.

The old man guarding the gate saw their mighty group of people, and hurriedly walked over tremblingly: "Who are you all, and why did you come to know the government office of the state government?"

Gu Lin said: "I am the newly appointed magistrate of Lizhou." As he spoke, he showed the old man the letter of appointment with the seal of the Ministry of Officials,

The old man's beard shook, and he couldn't be more respectful and said to Gu Lin: "It turns out that my lord is the new Zhizhou lord!" He shouted to the government office behind, "The new Zhizhou lord has come to take office, tell the lord quickly !"

Before he could finish his sentence, a man in his fifties, wearing a soap-colored robe, came out quickly with a bit of bitterness: "The next official pays homage to Mr. Zhizhou. Please, Mr. Zhizhou."

Good guy, Gu Lin has not even put on his official robe, but he is called an adult by the former governor of Lizhou, with a smile on his bitter face, as if a long drought meets rain!

Lin Zhen watched with gusto from behind, and suddenly, the very happy former magistrate of Lizhou saw him behind Gu Lin, and said with a smile: "This is the husband of the lord, the husband of the lower official is in the courtyard, how about you?" Ask Fu Lang to go to the backyard to rest and rest, the journey is tiring, and it is better to rest for a while."

Hearing him talk about Lin Zhen, Gu Lin's eyes relaxed a little, and he didn't refute what he said about Lin Zhen's husband, but turned around and asked Lin Zhen: "You go to rest first, I have something to ask him in detail. "

"...Hmm." After being mistaken for Gu Lin's husband again and again, Lin Zhen nodded when he saw that he didn't refute, and after thinking about it, he didn't refute.

The former magistrate of Lizhou immediately ordered the servants around him: "Take Fulang to the backyard to rest, and then call someone to bring in the adults and Fulang's luggage, and take care of them carefully."

The servants immediately followed suit and walked beside Lin Zhen to lead the way.

Lin Zhen followed the servants through the main hall at the front of the mansion, walked through a straight corridor and arrived at the backyard. There was a main room in the front, two small side rooms on both sides of the main room, and then wing rooms.

There are also corridors on both sides of the wing room, and there is an entrance at the back, as well as an inverted room for storing sundries and servants.

To estimate, the area is not small, but the house has not been repaired all year round, and it looks a little dilapidated. Any yard on Kyoto Avenue is more comfortable than this place.

Just as Lin Zhen was led into the backyard by his servants, a man with a round face who was neither fat nor thin came out, and was surrounded by two older brothers to salute him: "I have met Mrs. Gu. "

To be honest, Lin Zhen didn’t feel comfortable calling my concubine with a face that was just tougher than a girl’s, so he quickly said, “I’ve not reached this point with Master Zhizhou, and my husband calls me Lin Zhen or Brother Lin.” Son is."

The husband was stunned for a moment, apparently he did not expect Lin Zhen to take office with Gu Lin, and the two were not married yet, but he quickly said: "That concubine called you Brother Lin offensively, Brother Lin Coming from Kyoto, I should have been tired after the car ride all the way, I should wash up first, use something before resting."

"Xiao Hong, go and make some meals for Brother Lin."

Lin Zhen was really tired, so he was not polite to him, and walked shoulder to shoulder with him into the yard, and within a few steps, he saw the packed luggage and boxes piled up in the yard, all piled up on the ground.

Fu Lang, who has changed from Lizhou Zhizhou Fulang to County Magistrate Fulang, quickly called his servants to come over and move these things to the corner, a little embarrassed and said: "There are a lot of things, Brother Lin, don't be surprised."

Lin Zhen really realized how much they wanted to leave Lizhou. If Gu Lin arrived one day later, all these luggages would be tied up in the car now, and they would run away just waiting for an order.

Lin Zhen waved his hand: "The trouble of moving around, you have to go left and right, so let's put it here."

"Lu Lu, ask the Venerable Master to bring in our things, don't rush to dismantle the things for making things, only dismantle the daily use, put them back first."

Lin Zhen saw bedding, pillows and tea sets in the pile of luggage in front of him. The yard in front of him was just an empty shell, and it would be a problem to sleep tonight if he didn't arrange it.

The girl bought by him responded sweetly, and called the rest of the people to unload things, first looked at the layout of the yard, and then determined the room where Lin Zhen would sleep, and cleaned it up first.

Fortunately, the former Master Zhizhou and Fu Lang did not intend to move the tables, chairs and benches. Lin Zhen sat on the chair, drinking tea and asked Fu Lang, whose cheeks were a little red, and felt that they were so eager to embarrass himself, and said: "Fu Lang is In what year did you come to Lizhou with Master Zhizhou?"

The round-faced husband said: "It's been in Ganhui for 38 years."

Lin Zhen: "It has been eight years since then."

The round-faced husband nodded: "Yes, it's been eight years. I really didn't get used to it when I first came here. When I get used to it, I have to leave here again."

Having said that, the tone in his mouth is not that he regrets leaving here, but that he has been studying here for too long. From the fifth-rank Zhili Prefecture Zhizhou Fulang, it sounds quite bluffing, but he is the only one inside I know.