After dressing as a widow

The snow was so bright that it was impossible to tell what time it was, but Lin Zhen heard the sound of people collecting things.

He glanced at everyone who had already tidied up: "Why didn't you call me?"

The little official said: "If Boss Lin doesn't wake up again, I'm going to wake you up too."

"The snow is finally a little lighter, and we can go on the road."

Lin Zhen took a look, no, the snowflakes were no longer as big and dense as when he was sleeping, and they were much gentler than yesterday.

He untied the cotton cloth covering the lower half of his face, rubbed his face with two handfuls of snow against the biting cold wind, and wrapped the cotton cloth again: "Let's go, try to get to Luo Ran's area today."

"Okay, big guy, take all your things, check if the grain bales are tied, and get ready to go." The little official put his hands next to his mouth, and shouted at the people behind him, and soon, the responses came back one after another.

"no problem."

"It's all tied up tight."

"You can go."

"Okay, let's go." The little official stepped on the stirrups and rode on the horse's back. Seeing that Lin Zhen had ridden the horse, he clamped the horse's belly and drove the horse forward.

These horses are all specially selected military horses. They are tall, but they are also submerged in thick snow, making it difficult to take every step.

Suddenly, when Lin Zhen was riding on the horse, his waist and legs were sore, he saw two people coming towards this side in the silvery sky.

He squinted his eyes and found that the two were wearing Lizhou sergeant's clothes, turned his head and said to the little official: "That seems to be the sergeant who came with Mr. Gu and deputy Qianhu."

The little official who could barely see the white eyes looked hard, and patted the horse's neck: "It really is, it seems that we are not far from Mr. Gu and the others."

The team of Lin Zhen and Xiaoli was not small, so the two of them naturally saw them, and ran towards them at a slightly faster speed: "We are the sergeants under Deputy Qianhu, and we are specially ordered to come to meet you."

The little official clasped his fists: "All the food and grass are here. It shouldn't be far from Luoran County, right?"

"It's not far, five or six miles away, and we'll be there soon." Everyone said that the soldiers and horses would go first before the food and grass were moved. This time they were in a hurry, so they could only carry a few days' rations with them, and then the grain transport officer would bring the food. Panic is false.

Lizhou is sparsely populated, so it is really difficult to replenish food and grass on the spot, and it will be bad if the food is cut off.

Fortunately, although the food was late, they still received it.

Two sergeants led the way, and about two hours later, Lin Zhen followed the food delivery team into Luoran County.

The less than 1000 sergeants brought by the deputy thousand did not say much to Luoran County. The streets that were not paved with stones became muddy, slippery and dirty due to snow and people's trampling.

Lin Zhen felt a little relieved when he thought that he would see Gu Lin soon.

The sergeant patrolling the county town saw them, and after checking, said: "Luoran county town was looted by Che Luoguo, and the houses are all empty, so you can unload the food and grass over there."

He pointed casually, and Lin Zhen looked in the direction he was pointing, twisted because of what he said that Luoran County was looted by Che Luo Kingdom.

He knew from the people in Lizhou that the people of Cheluo Kingdom are very cruel. Once they go to a place, they will not only take away all the local food, cattle, horses, pigs and dogs, but also kill all the people there, even the newborns. The children are not spared.

This is not a big Luoran County, is there anyone alive?

Lin Zhenxin sank down, and asked the sergeant: "Where is Mr. Gu? Where are you now?"

The sergeant thought he was a small official transporting grain and grass, and said: "Master Gu led a hundred cavalry to Luoran first, and confronted a pair of thieves from the Luo country, not only killed more than half of the thieves from the Luo country, Let the rest of the people chase the rest of the traitors from the Che Luo Kingdom."

"Now in Luoran County, there are only deputy thousand households."

Hearing that Gu Lin led people to Luoran first and confronted the people from Che Luo Kingdom, Lin Zhen tightened his grip on the reins, and the food transporter was also a little surprised.

These grains are military rations, and they are to be reported to Gu Lin. Now that Gu Lin is away, he can only go to Deputy Qianhu first.

The little official said to Lin Zhen, "Boss Lin, you can go with them to rest for a while. Mr. Gu is not a person who will rush forward impulsively. He should be back soon."

"Well, my lord, go to work."

The sergeant who answered Lin Zhen's question found out that Lin Zhen was not an official who transported grain, but almost everyone in the prefecture knew the word Boss Lin, so he thought about it and didn't ask aloud.

According to what the sergeant said, Lin Zhen and the person who brought the grain and grass took the grain and grass to the house with a mud wall that no longer had an owner.

There are many houses in the county town, and the sergeants just came here to check it out, but never lived in it, so it still maintains the appearance when the owner of the house died.

A clay pot was placed crookedly on the extinguished small stove, tables and stools fell messily on the ground, and there were even traces of blood splattered on the dusty windows.

It's just that the blood has been splashed for a long time, and it has turned into a dark color.

Lin Zhen didn't bother the people who transported the grain, so he picked a room by himself, went in and helped up the tables and stools inside, lit the firewood from the original owner in the fire pit, and waited until his body was warmed up before covering his face. Untie the cotton cloth.

Suddenly, just when Lin Zhen wanted to take the jar outside to decorate snow, wash the jar after heating it, and boil water to drink, there was a sound from outside.

Lin Zhen went out with the jar in his hand, and saw more than 20 men, women and children in thin clothes and sad expressions were led by sergeants from the other side of the narrow street. The sergeant at the front said: "You live here temporarily, wait Let’s see how to arrange you after the higher-ups send a message.”

"This is your ration, save some food." The area where Lin Zhen lived was moved in by the food transport team, so the more than 20 men, women and children could only live in a farther place. Their eyes were watching Those grains fluctuated a little afterwards.

Among the grains shipped were Lin Zhen's grains, and one box was opened, leaving 29 boxes of canned meat and [-] boxes of dried meat.

He took two boxes of canned meat and walked towards them: "Old man, are you from the villages around Luo Ran?"

The old man in his fifties, but with all white hair and beard, looked at Lin Zhen with excellent appearance, only thinking that he was a family member of these officials, and said in a dull tone: "Yes, the little old man is from Luoran Dachong Village. They are all from the village."

"This year's snow is much heavier than in previous years, and it has crushed the house. There are more than 100 people in our village, and this is all that is left."

"..." There were more than 100 people, that is, there were only seven or eight households, or a dozen or so households, and there were not many left after suffering a sudden disaster.

"In fact, even if there is no snow pressure, we will not be able to survive this winter. This year's harvest is not good. If the food cannot be eaten by snow, we will die."

Lin Zhen was silent.