After dressing as a widow

The Lin family surrounded him all at once, and Aunt Lin held Lin Zhen's arm: "Zhen Zhen is back!"

"I was talking about you with Xiaoyao just now, but you came back unexpectedly, come in!"

"Third brother." Seeing Lin Zhen, Lin Xiaoyao had an intimate and happy expression on her face.

Lin Zhen looked at him and patted him on the shoulder: "I haven't been able to contact you before, and I sent someone out to inquire about the news, but nothing came of it. It's okay." Fortunately, Lin Xiaoyao was fine and stood here properly.

Lin Zhen's eyes fell on Pang Feng: "When did you escape from Pingzhou, and why did you come to Anyuan Town recently?"

"It's hard to say," Lin Xiaoyao just returned home, and she was surrounded by Lin Apa and the others and told them all about it. Naturally, she would not hide it from Lin Zhen. I planned to close the business and withdraw to Luozhou, but unexpectedly there were some accidents in the middle, something went wrong, and I had to stay in Pingzhou for a while."

"The Yan thief invaded right now. I can only take Pang Feng and the people below to retreat to Luozhou as soon as possible. It's..."

Lin Xiaoyao's business in Pingzhou is not as peaceful as he said. Pingzhou is far away from the capital, and the local folk customs are tough. Seven-year-old children can ride horses and archery, and fighting with weapons is commonplace.

He was able to gain a firm foothold in Pingzhou at the beginning, and he lost a lot of strength. Pang Feng, who is highly skilled in martial arts, was indispensable.

But in the face of the tens of thousands of troops assembled by the Yan Kingdom, they are no match for them. In just one month, Pingzhou fell, and there were not one out of ten people.

In such a chaotic situation, it was not easy for Pang Feng to protect him, and the rest of his subordinates who were summoned by him without any concern were all lost due to various reasons.

Every time I think of this, even if Lin Xiaoyao and Pang Feng arrived in Luozhou and successfully got the things that were transported to Luozhou in advance, and their wealth is rich, it is inevitable that they will be stunned.

Lin Xiaoyao always thought of the expressions on the faces of those men who rode horses and rescued fleeing civilians from the fleeing swallow thieves.

They always say that they are street gangsters with nothing to worry about, and they will die when they die. Anyway, they have lived a good life with him for a few years, which is enough for them.

They have no parents, no wives and children, and Lin Xiaoyao can't even help them take care of their family members.

So, after they settled down, Lin Xiaoyao took Pang Feng to the most famous temple in Anyuan Town and offered incense to them.

Lin Xiaoyao and Pang Feng agreed that as long as the two of them are still alive for one year, they will go and light a stick of incense for them.

Everything is unspoken. When Lin Zhen left the state, he also saw a lot of life and death. Not to mention far away, he said that several familiar faces of the sergeants who followed Gu Lin were gone and replaced by new faces. .

Where there is war, there will be death and sacrifice. No one can avoid this, even if Gu Lin uses soldiers like a god, he will never be able to stop it.

Lin Zhen looked at Pang Feng, who never left Lin Xiaoyao at all, and nodded to him: "Thank you, thank you for bringing Xiaoyao back."

Lin Xiaoyao suddenly looked a little strange, and she pulled him together with Father Lin, "Come inside, the snow is so heavy, you are not afraid of being blown all over your head and face."

The people brought by Lin Zhen immediately unloaded their luggage, moved them into the house, and followed the instructions of the Lin family to pull the carriages into the shed.

Lin Zhuzi, Lin Shitou greeted these men who looked very strong at first glance: "Several brothers, come and have a cup of hot tea to warm up your body."

The hired men waved their hands: "It doesn't matter, we just stand under the eaves."

Lin Zhen said to these men who were former sergeants: "It's all home, so don't be too polite, there are many empty rooms at home, enough for big guys to live in."

Lin Shitou, who is good at talking, nodded: "Yes, our family doesn't have many things, but we have a lot of rooms. Brothers, you are welcome."

These sergeants came from all over the world. They knew that they couldn't stay in the army any longer, and when they returned to their hometowns, they just picked up hoes and planted the fields. However, their old injuries prevented them from repeating the same actions for a long time, and each had its own discomfort.

What's more serious, those who lack arms and legs are planning not to go home, and find a place to die, so as not to drag the family members down.

Until the people above said that Lord Hou's husband had set up some kind of security department and courier department to recruit these non-commissioned officers who were physically handicapped and couldn't stay in the army, everyone thought the news was a lie.

But with the idea that Master Hou would not lie to them, a group of people applied for the job first, and the person in charge of the recruitment confirmed their former sergeant status, registered their injuries, and asked them to train for a period of time. They do work.

Zhao Er was one of these sergeants. He injured one hand. It looked fine on the surface, but his arm had no strength and was completely useless.

After learning that he was hired by Lord Hou's husband, he showed off in the dormitory for several days, and told his wife again and again.

Yes, ever since Zhao Er made money in the security department, he asked someone to write a letter back to his hometown to tell his wife. Unexpectedly, the wife came here with her two sons. Now the family lives in the outskirts of Kyoto , he worked as a security guard in the security department, and his wife was recruited by Boss Lin's workshop because he was in the army. Now the whole family is better off than before.

Zhao Er sighed countless times that his luck was much better than those of the sergeants who were not under Lord Hou's command but went first to meet the Yan bandits.

They fought so fiercely, there were more than [-] horses, and less than [-]% were left.

Although he had lost an arm, he was still alive and had a good life.

Zhao Yun and several acquaintances thanked Lin Zhen and the Lin family together, and were welcomed by Lin Shitou and Lin Zhuzi to a room with a fire pit. The big guys formed a circle around the fire pit, all holding hot tea in their hands, drinking in one sip Going down, it warmed from the mouth to the stomach, and slowly the whole body warmed up.

In the room on the other side, Lin Zhen was held down on the pony by Father Lin, and he looked at it carefully, and even rolled up his sleeves to see if he was intact.

Lin Zhen let Father Lin express his concern, and after he looked around, he said, "Father, I'm fine. I eat and drink well, and my life couldn't be more nourishing. Look at my face, isn't it too much?" some meat."

Father Lin let out a sigh of relief: "When your father and the others went to the town to deliver food, they saw Shuan Zi. It took so long in the blink of an eye. Even though your letter came back, I felt uneasy if I didn't take a look at it."

"It's all right now," Father Lin happily sat beside Lin Zhen, "I see that everything is fine for you, and I feel at ease."

"It's a little fleshy."

"Haha, isn't it? If you have a leisurely day, don't you gain weight?" Lin Zhen's face was illuminated by the flames, and Bai Shengsheng's skin was juicy and plump. If he said he was in his 30s, no one would believe him.

In addition, he was wearing a light blue dress, making him look younger.

There was a smile on the corners of Lin's father's eyes, and he couldn't bear to take his eyes off his face. He still took Lin Zhen's hand and stroked it.

Suddenly, Father Lin next to him said: "Brother Zhen, Shuanzi is alright, is it because there are too many things to come this time, let you come alone?"

Lin Zhen nodded: "He's doing well. He won the battle in Tongzhou. After the teacher returned to the court, the emperor gave him a promotion. Now he has things to do every day, so he can't take time off."

Father Lin bulged his eyes: "Shuanzi has been promoted again!"

Father Lin still can't forget Gu Lin's majestic appearance in the town before, his head is a little dazed: "The county magistrate has come several times, saying that Shuanzi is a very big official, how can he be promoted?"

Lin Zhen touched his nose, and said honestly: "The official is only half a rank higher than before. He is a second-rank minister of the official department, and he is also named a Marquis, Dingjunhou."

Although the official minister and Dingjunhou, although the latter has a title, the official minister is the head of the six departments, commanding hundreds of officials, and the real power is even more prominent in his hands.

But in Lin's father's mind, the minister of the official department is only half a grade higher than before, so there is no such thing as Dingjunhou to bluff people.

Lord Hou, his son-in-law turned out to be Lord Hou!

Father Lin just felt dizzy, and the rest of the Lin family were no better than him.

Lin Zhendao: "Whether it's Lord Hou or Shangshu, or our family, you still call him Shuanzi."

The Lin family shook their heads again and again: "I can't be called Shuan Zi, your father and I should be called Xiao Lin."

"As for your eldest brother, second brother, elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, call them whatever you want."

Big Brother Lin, Second Brother Lin, they look at me and look at you, they all have the same idea. When Gu Lin was their junior, they were not guilty of calling Xiao Lin, but now they have become the younger brother's lord, and they are still high-ranking officials. , It's a bit awkward to call it anything.

Brother Lin was more alert, and said, "Let's call him Gu Lin's name. You can call him by his first name."

Lin Zhen stopped embarrassing his honest brothers, and said: "You can do whatever you call him, he is easy-going."

"……"easy going?

The Lin family and Father Lin all want to poke his head to see how easy-going Gu Lin is!

It was a little jackal who had a stern face even when he was a child, and he followed and had no relationship with half a dime.

"Ahem..." Lin Xiaoyao coughed and gave Lin Zhen a thumbs up.

Lin Zhen raised the corner of his mouth, and glanced at the Lin family, well, it seems that the Lin family still understands the little boy, and it failed to pile up the easy-going buff for the little boy.

He hurriedly shifted the chilling topic away, and said, "Father, I'm here to pick you up to the capital. Let's celebrate the New Year in Kyoto this year."

Father Lin didn't expect him to say this, so he glanced at Father Lin and the others: "Go to Beijing for the New Year?"

"Yes, Gu Lin and I both mean the same thing. We haven't had a good time getting together with you since the two of us got married. Taking this opportunity, I will take you to Kyoto. If you are used to it, you can settle down in Kyoto."

"Not only father, but also father, eldest brother, second brother, and Zhuzi Shitou, they can also go together, and the family will have fun together."

Father Lin looked at the Lin family, looked at Lin Zhen: "Are you all going?"

"Yes, all go."