After dressing as a widow

Chapter 304

"Gu Lin accepts the order."

The inner supervisor unfolded the imperial decree.

Riding on the horse, Gu Lin got off the horse and knelt down with her robe lifted.

"Following the fate of heaven, the emperor ordered Gu Lin to lead the army to resist the bandits in times of crisis, defend the city to resist, and promote the prestige of Yu Dayu. Now Gu Lin is named General Mingwei, the prefect of Jingzhou, and ruled together. Lizhou, please come here."

"Minister Gu Lin, take the decree and thank you."

General Mingwei is a fourth-rank military officer. Although Gu Lin is still the magistrate of Lizhou, he also holds the post of magistrate of Jingzhou, which is next to Lizhou.

And most people figured out that the emperor was worried that Che Luoguo would not die, and if another disaster happened again, they simply let Gu Linwen and Wu take it on his shoulders.

The inner eunuch faced Gu Lin with a clear smile on his face, but he said in awe: "Master Gu, the emperor has hosted a banquet in the palace, and is waiting for Mr. Gu to go to celebrate your defeat of Che Luo Kingdom this time."

Gu Lin took the imperial edict and stood up. His grown height was more than a head taller than the inner prisoner, which made the inner prisoner take a step back: "I know."

He grabbed the saddle and got on the horse, and said to the sergeant behind him, "Go to the city."

The gates of this century-old imperial capital were wide open, and guards stood on both sides. Gu Lin and the others just rode in, and the people on both sides of the street stepped on their feet and asked, "Which one is Gu Lin, the governor of Lizhou?!"

"I heard that Zhizhou of Lizhou was the number one scholar three years ago. He has a handsome appearance and outstanding literary talents. I didn't expect that he is so good at leading soldiers and fighting."

"And Lizhou Zhizhou hasn't married a wife yet. When I return to Beijing this time, I don't know how many girls and brothers from other families are looking at him."

"How old is Gu Zhizhou? He hasn't married yet?"

"I've heard people say, yes."

"Tsk tsk, you just became the magistrate of the state, and even repelled the thieves from the Che Luo country. It really is a boy born of a hero."

"..."

The discussions and cheers all the way, barely stopped outside the palace gate.

Since Qin Zhong was waiting in the palace with all the officials, the inner eunuch did not insist on seeing the emperor to rectify his appearance, and prepared to take Gu Lin in directly.

Gu Lin looked at the Deputy Qianhu, several Baihu, and Lin Zhen behind him: "They are also the heroes who defeated Che Luo this time, and they will enter the palace with me to have an audience."

"Yes." It's just a matter of adding a few desks, so the internal supervisor will naturally not attack at this time.

He waited on Qin Zhong with him, and he probably heard the most things. In the north of Dayu, Che Luo brazenly invaded, and in the west, Yan Guo was eyeing him. This Lord Gu will be reused more often in the future.

Deputy Qianhu, Baihu, and Lin Zhen did not expect that they would also follow into the palace, glanced at each other, dismounted and followed Gu Lin.

The voice of the inner eunuch sang from the palace gate to the palace, and then to the Jixian Hall where the banquet was held. Qin Zhong, who was talking with the queen, heard the voice and looked up at the gate of the palace.

The queen beside him, and all the civil and military officials who came to the banquet, all turned their heads to look.

I saw a young man dressed in a crimson official robe and a black gauze official hat, with a handsome but inhuman, unfeeling face, stepping into the hall.

Many people who advocate peace in the court have mixed feelings. They do not agree to send troops, fearing that it will cause war, and they mainly focus on quelling the chaos.

Although in the end the emperor still sided with the main station faction and sent [-] soldiers and horses, but it spread throughout the court, and the soldiers and horses of the imperial court were not used at all.

This made many people in the court have a feeling of being unclear.

"Gu Lin, the magistrate of Lizhou, see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

Xu Shi watched his sons fight to the death every day these days, and Gu Lin Qin Zhong, who repelled the [-] troops of the Che Luo Kingdom, was particularly pleasing to the eye. "Gu Aiqing, get up, the journey is tiring, I will give you a good cleanse."

Gu Lin's dislike of touching people has never been better since she was a child. As soon as that hand was stretched out in front of her, the kneeling Gu Lin's face became serious.

He stood up by himself, "Thank you, Your Majesty, I just came from Lizhou, and I am full of dust and dust. I am afraid that I will pollute my Majesty. I hope His Majesty will forgive me."

Qin Zhong withdrew his hand, put his back on his back, with a smile on his face: "Aiqing is a hero of Dayu, how can I blame Aiqing for this matter."

"Could it be that in Aiqing's eyes, I am such a small-hearted person who can't tolerate sand in her eyes?"

"I dare not."

"Okay, okay, give Gu Aiqing a seat, and sit next to me."

The inner eunuchs immediately set up another table under the dragon chair, and served food and wine, while deputy Qianhu and Lin Zhen sat in the ranks of officials on the right.

Lin Zhen suddenly saw Zhong Yan, an acquaintance in the middle and back of the line, and it happened that Zhong Yan also looked at him, and bowed his hands in salute.

Lin Zhen also returned the gift.

Deputy Qianhu who sat down with him whispered, "Boss Lin, is that pretty boy someone you know?"

If it is said that Gu Lin still looks like a warrior in his long gown, then Zhong Yan, who is sitting in the ranks of officials, looks like an orthodox literati, with fair skin, delicate eyebrows and eyes, quietly placed there like a book.

Lin Zhen nodded, picked up the tea on the table and took a sip: "He is from the same town as Mr. Gu and me, and he once studied in the same school as Mr. Gu."

The vice-president has Gu Lin's filter, and when he heard that Zhong Yan is Gu Lin's fellow villager, and the two of them had studied in the same school, he said, "Then he must be well educated."

What Lin Zhen said to the Vice President, he was keenly aware that there were many eyes on him. He was the only brother who was full of men, and it was hard not to be eye-catching.

Lin Zhenquan pretended not to feel it, and sat with his back straight, looking at Gu Lin who was sitting in front of the emperor.

Gu Lin seemed to notice his gaze, and turned to look at him.

Qin Zhong, who had just sat on the dragon chair, didn't notice that Gu Lin and Lin Zhen were looking at each other, and said to Gu Lin with a pleasant face, "Gu Aiqing, the number of troops from the Che Luo Kingdom that invaded Lizhou this time is indeed one hundred thousand?"

Gu Lin stood up and stood with his hands folded: "Back to the emperor, the Che Luo Kingdom has an army of 8. The number of people who can really fight at any time should be around [-], and the remaining [-] are ordinary people under its coercion."

Qin Zhongdao: "I remember that the total number of soldiers and horses in Lizhou is less than [-]. Ai Qing might as well tell me and the ministers how they won the victory."

Adhering to the rule of not looking directly at the holy face, Gu Lin lowered his eyes and succinctly explained the process of Lizhou soldiers defending the city.

When he talked about burning thousands of acres of grain in order not to leave grain and grass for the Cheluo country, some people praised this approach, while some thought that grain was the lifeblood of the people's survival, and this was how the people survived.

When he said that Zhuangziwa blocked the forward of Cheluo State, he killed more than 1000 enemies at the narrow crossing, and then lured the enemy to pursue them. When they were killed, some people immediately expressed doubts about what the four-shooting crossbow was and what the thorns were. Their army was not equipped with these weapons at all, and it was probably non-existent.

Gu Lin didn't seem to hear these doubts, but said to Qin Zhong plainly: "The enemy is outnumbered and we are few. When the enemy army attacked the city, the ministers, Lizhou sergeants, and militiamen fought against the enemy for six days. The opponent is fighting with wheels, trying to exhaust the soldiers with this method, so I took five hundred soldiers to attack the enemy's rear camp and burned the food and grass of the [-] troops of the Che Luo Kingdom—"

"Gu Zhizhou's words are really not convincing. The tens of thousands of troops burned food and grass, and I dare not write like this in the drama. I'm afraid it's an exaggeration."

In fact, many people in the DPRK, like the military officer who stood up, felt that Gu Lin had lied about the military situation, and said that there were [-] to [-] soldiers of the Luo Kingdom as [-].

Anyway, no one from the imperial court is watching, so he can say whatever he wants, and he can do whatever he says.

If the crisis in Lizhou could be solved so easily, where would they put all these civil and military officials?

Gu Lin looked at him with dark eyes, "My lord, go search the corners of Lizhou now, maybe you can find one or two fleeing enemies of the Che Luo Kingdom, if you ask them, you will know everything."

Deputy Qianhu and the others saw someone questioning Gu Lin, and wished to twist his head off and kick him like a ball. However, the next moment, what the military officer said made Deputy Qianhu hey, and said to Lin Zhen next to him gloatingly: "Boss Lin, how about that?" People are so stupid!"

Lin Zhen looked at the military officer who suddenly questioned Gu Lin and said that he wanted to compete with Gu Lin. He felt that he was a military officer with an empty mind and well-developed limbs. What kind of brain circuit is this to question Gu Rin face to face, and to compete with Gu Rin.

The seemingly sturdy military officer was rather indomitable, and said to Qin Zhong with his fists in his hands, "Your Majesty, since Gu Zhizhou has the ability to attack the enemy camp with thousands of troops, and he can retreat with his body, he is called a minister." Appreciate the elegant demeanor of Gu Zhizhou, let us open our eyes."

Qin Zhong also had this idea in his heart, and looked at Gu Rin: "Gu Aiqing, just play with him casually, so as not to prevent him from pestering you and disturbing your tranquility in the future."

"The minister obeys the order."

Qin Zhong sent someone to check Gu Lin's details as early as when Gu Lin hadn't arrived in the capital when the certificate of victory over Che Luoguo was handed over.

The more you check, the more satisfied you are. A poor student, without the support of aristocratic families behind him, is the only one, so he will let Gu Lin govern Lizhou and Jingzhou after he named Gu Lin as General Mingwei, so he can rest assured that he is the My own Gu Aiqing.

He kindly asked the eunuchs to bring up all the weapons in the palace, and let Gu Lin and the general choose them.

The general chose a bunch of pumpkin hammers, and Gu Lin took a sword casually.

The pumpkin hammer is a weapon known for its weight, and it will suffer a lot from a light and flimsy sword.

All the officials in Jixian Temple, as well as the princes who are fighting fiercely now, and they still maintain brotherhood and respect on the surface, the princes are turning around, looking at Gu Lin and the military officer in the middle.

Qin Ziwen, who had written letters with Gu Lin, was also among them. It was only two years since Gu Lin sent him a letter saying that there had been a change in the country of Che Luo.

After the news came back to the imperial court, Qin Ziwen was also a member of the main station, but he, the eleventh prince, could not get an account with Qin Zhong, so he had to ask for support through several officials who seemed to have nothing to do with him, but had some overlap and similar political opinions. About leaving the state.

He looked at Gu Lin, took a sip from his teacup, and wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of abilities this new top scholar from three years ago had to make such a contribution.

The military officer who provoked Gu Lin was not young, and he was considered a martial artist among the younger batch. Unfortunately, his brain was empty, and he was not a good general who led troops to fight. Otherwise, he would not be able to lead an army of [-] to support Lizhou this time. It's Bao Mo.

So he held his breath in his heart, thinking that if he went, the credit would be his.

Standing in the middle, the military officer weighed the pumpkin hammer in his hand, looked at Gu Lin, who was dressed in civil robes, and weak in writing: "Master Gu didn't choose this weapon well, do you want to change it?"

"I don't like people who talk too much."

"..." The military officer and all the officials in Jixian Hall were stunned for a moment when they heard his words. They felt that Lizhou Zhizhou was crazy.

The military officer snorted: "Then I will not be polite!"

As soon as the words fell, the military officer swung a heavy pumpkin hammer, and rushed to Gu Lin with two big leaps, and two hammers the size of pumpkins slammed to surround him.

This military officer is narrow-minded and a little brainless, but his martial arts skills are good. People who have practiced martial arts ask themselves whether they can resist this move, and the answers they get are all negative.

And Gu Lin leaned back. When the military officer missed a blow and hit the pumpkin hammer again, he turned around and dodged it. He stepped on the pumpkin hammer and jumped away with his strength. He raised his sleeves, his silk sash fluttered, and the long sword in his hand quickly pierced the military officer's neck.

The military officer didn't expect that he didn't put on airs at all, and that when he came, he was going straight to kill himself, so he quickly backed away.

Gu Lin exerted force on his feet, and rushed forward suddenly, getting closer, and the military officer could even feel the tip of the sword across his throat.

He quickly waved the pumpkin hammer in his hand, swung away the long sword that Gu Lin was approaching, panted and looked at Gu Lin who was standing with the sword, and was secretly shocked.

Others don't know, but he confronted Gu Lin head-on, and he could feel very clearly how strong Gu Lin is. The weight of the pumpkin hammer plus his own strength made his palms numb when he swung the sword.

He didn't dare to take it lightly like he did at the beginning, and stared at Gu Lin closely.

Suddenly, Gu Lin moved, he was hidden behind the robe, his seemingly weak body jumped towards the military officer at a very fast speed, and a little bit of cold light pierced the military officer's brow.

The military officer quickly smashed out the pumpkin hammer, but when Gu Lin kicked the pumpkin hammer, the tremendous force caused the military officer's palm and wrist to explode, causing severe pain, and the heavy pumpkin hammer hit the ground with a bang.

The military officer muttered inwardly, and quickly raised another pumpkin hammer, but there was a slight stabbing pain around his neck.

He lowered his head, only to see a sword across his neck, and then he realized that in these short breaths, Gu Lin changed the sword hand, as long as he backhanded hard, his neck would be pulled open mouth.

He looked at Gu Lin who was standing next to him, holding the sword in his backhand, and couldn't help but said, "Monster."

Gu Lin took a sword flower, sent the sword back to its sheath, and put the sword back on the shelf where the weapons were placed.

From the military officer's attack to the military officer's defeat, the civil and military officials on both sides didn't react in just a few blinks.

Qin Zhong was also very surprised. He thought that there was a general with strong martial arts in Lizhou. Gu Lin had used a strategy to win the victory with less. Just won the appearance of a military officer.

He turned his head and asked the inner court guard who never left his body for twelve hours a day: "How do you compare with him?"

The guard in the inner court was startled, and said truthfully: "Go back to the emperor, the subject and Mr. Gu are at odds."

"Master Gu's martial arts are all killer moves. If he wants to hurt someone's life, he will be invincible."

Qin Zhong, who had put Gu Lin in his camp, said hello and asked Gu Lin to come closer to him.

Gu Lin lowered his eyes and said: "Your Majesty, the leader of the bandits from the Cheluo Kingdom who invaded Lizhou this time has ordered their soldiers to be transported to Kyoto. Although they were eaten by beasts and some bandits fled, there are still [-] bandits. The number of thousands, the emperor and all the adults, you have to see it with your own eyes."

"..."

Qin Zhong laughed, looking very happy, "Gu Aiqing, with you, why should I worry about Che Luo and Yan Guo!"

"Taking advantage of today's good day, I want to be a matchmaker for you. I want to marry my youngest, beautiful and considerate princess to you. How about it!"

"Thank you, Majesty Long En, but I already have someone I like."

"Hey, man, three wives and four concubines are the rules and regulations. I have granted permission. The princess and the person you like are the same as the main wife." The princess of a country and the person are the main wife, and they are equal to the person Gu Lin likes. It is a big concession for the royal family. up.

If it wasn't for the sake of winning over Gu Rin, who is still valuable, Qin Zhong would not be willing to pay such a big cost.

A sharp sword like Gu Lin must be won over with great interest before it can be sheathed.

Just like the Duke of Wei who helped him ascend to the throne in the past, the overwhelming wealth made the whole capital pay attention to him.

Gu Lin cupped his hands: "I only marry one person in this life, and this time I return to Beijing, one is to report on my work, and the other is to marry him."

Being rejected again and again, Qin Zhong's eyes turned cold: "She is the one who can call Aiqing, and she is not an ordinary woman after all. Why don't you tell me whose daughter it is, and let me show it to you." See."

Gu Lin said: "The person I like is in the hall."

"???"

Not to mention Qin Zhong, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were also stunned by his words. The person he liked was in the palace, but here, apart from officials, there were guards and inner eunuchs, none of which fit.

Only Deputy Qianhu and the others knew who Gu Lin was talking about, so they couldn't help looking at Lin Zhen quietly.

Lin Zhen knew that this little brat was by no means the kind of peaceful person, so he stood up and bowed to Qin Zhong: "Grassman Lin Zhen, kowtow to the emperor, the empress, long live the emperor, long live the emperor, and the empress."

Gu Lin walked towards him and stood beside him, the meaning was self-evident.

Qin Zhong, who had checked his background, naturally did not miss the name Lin Zhen. He was the successor of Gu Lin's father. After Gu Lin's father died, he returned to his natal family and raised Gu Lin.

Although the two are not related by blood, Lin Zhen's kindness to Gu Rin's upbringing is no less than his kindness to life, but now Gu Lin, who has a bright future, actually said in public that he is happy to raise his uncle, this...

Even Qin Zhong was a little surprised by the scene in front of him.

The civil and military ministers were even more stunned for a moment. After reading the books of sages and sages, the civil servants who obeyed the etiquette were in an uproar. Several people stood up and scolded Gu Lin: "Ridiculous! Master Gu's actions are no different from animals!"

"Zhuzi has no sense of shame, and he has such a dirty mind that cannot be tolerated by the world, it is really a cancer of the court!"

"Your Majesty, how can such a person be worthy of such a heavy responsibility. I beseech you to take away the official position of this son, and to rectify the etiquette of this world. You can't humiliate the scholars of the world because of him."

"..."

Lin Zhen looked at Gu Lin, and Gu Lin was standing beside him, with a straight back and a well-groomed appearance, like a green pine.

He whispered in Lin Zhen's ear: "I've been thinking about this day for several years."

"Really, this is the happiest moment for me. I respectfully tell the world that you will soon be my husband."

"Not afraid, not regretful?" Lin Zhen asked him.

Gu Lin lowered his head and looked at him: "I don't want to be a high-ranking master, the Duke of Wei with a reputation as high as the heavens. If I want to do it, I have to be a sword that I can hold in my hand."

Lin Zhen: "Don't they both lead to the same goal by different routes, the cunning rabbit dies, and the lackey cooks."

Gu Lin: "The former will decline when it is extremely prosperous, and the latter can kill the master and live."

Lin Zhen looked at Qin Zhong, who couldn't hide his disheartened face in his fancy clothes, and murmured to Gu Lin in a low voice, "Little lunatic."

Gu Lin's words solved Lin Zhenxin's doubts. Whether it is Qin Zhong or the new emperor who will inherit the throne in the future, they can tolerate a courtier who has no reputation but is useful to him, but most of them tolerate There is no less than one hero who has done everything.

Suspicion and jealousy born of power will make him wield the imperial power in his hands and eradicate all people or things that threaten him, just like a famous hero in history who did not end well.

Now that Che Luo Kingdom has been preparing for many years, although the [-] troops make him feel pain, he will never let it go. The Yan Kingdom in the west is also ready to move, and it is the time when the imperial court has to use Gu Lin.

He just exchanged this, and exchanged this marriage with the soon-to-be admired by the world and the reputation left in history.