After dressing as a widow

"Lin Xiaoyao, why are you gloating in your tone?"

"Is there?" Lin Xiaoyao raised an eyebrow, and her handsome and good-looking face became a little uninhibited. Both of them are good-looking people, and Lin Zhen is a celebrity in the state capital. Many eyes fell on the two of them. body.

Lin Zhen could even hear some subtle discussions, saying that there was finally a man who looked a bit promising beside him...

"Drive." Lin Zhen urged the horse and walked a few steps forward. Lin Xiaoyao told the caravan behind him to find an inn in the state capital to stay. Bringing Pang Feng, a young man who had been to the state capital of Lizhou, to follow Lin Zhen.

As soon as they entered the state capital, they bumped into Gu Lin who was walking towards the backyard from the main hall. He saw Lin Xiaoyao and walked over in two steps: "Uncle Yao."

What used to be called Uncle, but now it is called Uncle.

Lin Xiaoyao looked at Gu Lin who was already taller than herself, wearing a crimson official robe and a black gauze official hat, and her heart was slightly touched.

From the perspective of her third brother, Lin Xiaoyao has no objection to Gu Rin. This child is not only smart, but also capable and courageous. He is also devoted to the third brother. It is a very suitable marriage.

But from the perspective of family members, once the relationship between the two is made public in front of father, father and two brothers, there will definitely be incomprehension and fear.

Worried about the two of them getting hurt.

But Lin Xiaoyao, who had suffered so much before, felt that this is not bad, as long as his third brother is happy, he can do anything.

Anyway, he is on the third brother's side.

"Before we parted, you were still dressed in white, but now you are wearing a scarlet robe. You, Uncle Lin, have not accompanied you to read books for so many years."

Uncle Lin waved his hand: "I won't take the credit, it's all up to him."

"Have you finished dealing with today's government affairs?" He asked Gu Lin.

Gu Lin nodded and answered him: "Well, you can rest for half a day."

Lin Zhen said: "That's just right, let's get together as a family."

Lin Zhen walked in the front, Gu Lin and Lin Xiaoyao stood aside, and Pang Feng, who came with Lin Xiaoyao, walked at the end.

Pang Feng folded his arms, guarding outside the room like a door god, never leaving Lin Xiaoyao's eyes.

Sitting down, Lin Zhen poured tea for him and Gu Lin, and said, "Your subordinate is good and very loyal."

Lin Xiaoyao held the tea: "It's not my subordinate."

"?" Lin Zhen looked at him with some doubts.

Lin Xiaoyao said: "It's the adopted son who was adopted in Pingzhou. He is very skilled. I always take him with me when I go out."

"Yoshiko?"

"Three years younger than me, but I was raised by wolves in the wild for several years when I was young, and my mind is relatively simple, so I must be recognized as my father."

Lin Zhen was made to take a sip of tea by his adoptive son, Lin Xiaoyao was also three years younger than him, he was 25 this year, and that young man was already 22 years old.

Many people at this age have already married and had children, but this young man named Pang Feng has pure eyes, just like what Lin Xiaoyao said, too simple, he just wants to travel all over the world with Lin Xiaoyao's godfather.

Lin Zhen asked Lu Lu to bring water and food for Pang Feng, and looked at the slender knife mark on Lin Xiaoyao's left cheek: "Tell me about what happened after you left Liyu Village, not about doing it. Are you a merchant? Why does it seem to have taken root in Pingzhou now?"

"In the beginning, the plan was as I told you, third brother, to go to Fucheng to buy some goods, and then follow the team of merchants to go south."

"But something went wrong in the middle. Someone was hungry and wanted to swallow everyone's goods. After I noticed it, I took some people off the boat halfway and sold the goods on the spot."

"Later, by mistake, I got into the jade industry, and with my good eyesight, I made a fortune through stumbles."

Lin Xiaoyao said a few rough words, but Lin really could imagine the hardships and dangers involved. A brother was traveling alone with a batch of goods. Turning around and becoming a jade merchant, all the inadequacies here are outsider's understanding.

But Lin Xiaoyao didn't say anything, Lin Zhen didn't ask, he felt that Xiaoyao was living a good life now, with his own business, his own family business, and people who were loyal to him, so there was no need to ask about the sufferings of the past.

He said: "Your wealth is not small, and you have sent a big gift."

Lin Xiaoyao was thirsty. After drinking a cup of tea, she unceremoniously poured another cup herself: "Third brother, isn't your gift in return more expensive than mine, 8 to [-] taels, if you say you can give it to me, then you will give it to me."

The two brothers looked at each other and smiled, Lin Zhen simply ordered Lu Lu: "Ask the kitchen to prepare some food, and then bring up the utensils for warming wine."

"Yes."

Lin Zhen knew from Lin Xiaoyao that Pang Feng had rescued him several times, and said to Lin Xiaoyao: "Let Pang Feng also drink a few cups with him, otherwise the three of us are too small and we won't be able to drink much."

"Him?" Lin Xiaoyao turned her head to look at Pang Feng, "He drinks a lot, even if you bring all the wine from your house, third brother, I'm afraid you won't be able to get him drunk. Drinking with him is no fun."

"So powerful?" Lin Zhen looked at Pang Feng, who had clear eyes and a sense of exoticism, and was aroused, "Call him to come together, how boring it is to stand there."

Lin Xiaoyao nodded and waved to Pang Feng who was standing at the door: "Pang Feng, come and drink with us."

He opened his mouth, and Pang Feng came over without saying a word, and spontaneously moved a stool and sat beside Lin Xiaoyao, his red pupils looked like two rubies.

Lu Lu quickly led the kitchen staff to bring up the wine and dishes, and put the utensils for warming the wine beside Gu Lin.

Gu Lin started to warm the wine in a smooth manner, while Lin Zhen took the hard paper poker cards he made, and said to Lin Xiaoyao and Pang Feng, two novices: "Drinking is boring, let's drink while playing games." , These things are called playing cards, from one to thirteen, a total of four suits."

This thing is something that Lin Zhen said casually after being idle with Gu Lin once, but Gu Lin asked someone to make it in private, and then Lin Zhen pulled Gu Lin to play several times, and the two won and lost half and half .

Now that he wanted to drink, he remembered, showed Lin Xiaoyao and Pang Feng the various suits of poker cards, and told them the game to play: "This game is very simple, we will each draw a card later. A card, promise, that's it, stick it on the forehead, and then everyone has two chances to ask questions in a round. You can't directly ask about the suit, you can only say whether you are black or red, and you can't ask about points, you can only say Is my point bigger or smaller than the designated person."

"If you ask the right question the first time, you can't ask the second time. The opportunity will be postponed to the next family. If the first question is wrong, the next family will be fined a glass of wine. You can continue to ask the second time. If you ask the wrong question the second time, Another glass."

"In the end, those who didn't guess their points and suits will not only drink the wine they guessed wrong, but also drink two glasses of bottom wine."

Lin Xiaoyao pondered for a while, this card looked small, and it was only one cup by mistake, but after several rounds, she failed to guess it, that is, there was no upper limit for more than five cups. If you don't drink well, you will get drunk after playing a few games.

He looked at Lin Zhen who was shuffling the cards: "Third brother, I remember that Gu Lin doesn't drink very well, he will get drunk if you play like this."

In front of his own family, Lin Zhen didn't shy away so much, and patted Gu Lin's forearm on the table: "The alcohol capacity is not very good, but there is enough here, let's make a deal first, there are no relatives on the wine table, no one is allowed Let the water go."

After finally having a free day, Lin Xiaoyao came back. Lin Zhen was in a good mood and drunk, and showed a card-playing skill that he hadn't shown for many years, and a handful of poker cards were flying up and down in his hand.

"Okay, pick one."

Lin Zhen slid his finger over the face-up cards and asked them to choose at will.

Then I couldn't look at it myself, so I put some wine on my forehead.

……

In the first round, Lin Zhen drank two cups, and the last person left was Pang Feng.

Pang Feng had already drank five glasses during the rounds of questioning, including the bottom cup, a total of seven glasses, just like what Lin Xiaoyao said, there was nothing strange about drinking seven glasses of wine, and his face didn't even turn red .

In the second round, Lin Zhen didn't drink a cup, Lin Xiaoyao drank three cups, Gu Lin drank one cup, and finally Pang Feng drank.

On the one hand, Lin Zhen was amused by Pang Feng's simple and almost straightforward temperament, on the other hand, he admired his drinking capacity, he was really not drunk after one cup, no, not even a little strange.

Another round, Lin Zhen watched Pang Feng gulp down all the glasses of wine, and said to Lin Xiaoyao: "His drinking capacity is really amazing, let me see." Lin Zhen glanced at the empty wine jug on the table , "There are already three jars of wine, almost all of which have entered his stomach, and there is no reaction at all."

When Gu Lin heard him talking about Pang Feng, he looked around Pang Feng's face, and the hand under the table held his fingers, pinching them joint by joint.

He didn't use any strength, Lin Zhen only felt numb, his attention was pulled over in an instant, he looked at him, and asked him what's wrong with his eyes.

Gu Lin put away the poker cards in his hand, shuffled and cut the cards with the same action as he did just now, and asked Lin Zhen and the others to take the cards.

He had such a face and was wearing a crimson official robe. Lin Zhen randomly picked one, and then he was stunned. No matter how he played, there were three glasses of wine in each round, no more, no less, just stuck at one point.

After two shuffles, he was a little drunk.

If he didn't understand at this time, he would be an idiot, and cooperating with this vinegar jar counted him in and let him drink the wine.

He pushed Gu Lin's leg with his knee: "Gu big vinegar, this smell is really strong."

Gu Lin picked up his wine glass: "I, like Uncle Lin, drink three times a round."

"..." Lin Zhen had won every round just now, and he was a little confused. Now that he thinks about it, it seems that Gu Lin did drink three cups every time, just like him, but Gu Lin drank it as soon as he was punished, unlike him drinking it at the end. , so it is not obvious.

Lin Xiaoyao also drank some. He looked at Pang Feng, who was beside him who was alright, and stretched out his hand. Pang Feng helped him to stand up.

Suddenly, just as Lin Xiaoyao was full from eating and drinking, and was about to bid farewell to the slightly drunk Lin Zhen and go to rest for the night, the maid named Lu Lu came in with a He held a letter: "Boss, here is your letter, it's from a man named Zhong Yan."