After several days of running, the mighty convoy appeared on a small hillside. At a glance from the small hillside, not only the green water and green mountains, but also a stone city full of warmth come into view.

After more than a year, Lin Haoran returned here again, back to his hometown with Hu Niu.

On the small river with green water, the small stone bridge has been demolished, and a magnificent stone bridge has been built on the original site, which is called: Wenkui Bridge.

After crossing the Wenkui Bridge, in front of it is the tall Wenkui Fang, which is marked with the date of construction. On the side of Wenkuifang, a stone tablet was erected, on which was Lin Haoran's glorious deeds of the imperial examination.

From the beginning of Jiajing's participation in the county examination in February of the 36th year of Jiajing to the 37th year of Jiajing, it took only more than a year, which is undoubtedly a record that future generations cannot surpass.

Compared with the achievements of the imperial examination, Lin Haoran's officialdom resume is also dazzling.

From the beginning of his tenure as a Hanlin reviser, he soon stood out in the Hanlin Academy and rose to the rank of Hanlin attendant.

Because of the palace test's policy on opening the sea, he was well versed in the emperor's heart, and then sent to Leizhou Mansion to serve as the prefect. Because of his outstanding political achievements, and handed over a beautiful report card of opening the sea, he was then elected to Guangzhou as the prefect by the opening of the sea.

At the moment, he completed an extremely important jump, returned to the political stage of the capital from the local area, and took up the post of Shuntian Fucheng.

"Yes...... Tiger girl! ”

"Oh my God! I seem to have seen Uncle Nineteen! ”

"Haha...... It's really Uncle Nineteen and Tiger Girl are back! ”

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The self-defense team members at the head of the city first looked at a convoy that suddenly appeared in confusion, and then saw Hu Niu and Lin Haoran successively, and immediately shouted in ecstasy.

Knock knock knock......

The bronze bell at the head of the city suddenly rang, and it instantly spread throughout the entire Changlin City.

Upon learning of the return of Lin Haoran and the tiger girl, the village immediately flocked to the square in the city with joy as if it were a festival.

After so many years, Changlin Village has long lost the appearance of a poor and backward mountain village in the past. Now every family has built a new house, everyone is wearing brand new printed clothes, and the village is still full of a bit of humanistic atmosphere.

Since the city was repaired, Lin Haoran came back for the first time, and he was both strange and cordial here.

"Uncle!"

Lin Haoran got out of the carriage, smiled and faced the onlookers of thousands of clansmen, and then saluted the old patriarch seriously.

"Good! Good! ”

The old patriarch is not only proud of Lin Haoran, but also has deep feelings, those old eyes seriously looked at Lin Haoran, who had not been seen for more than a year, but they were overflowing with tears and patted Lin Haoran's hand affectionately.

Lin Haoran felt the thinness of the old patriarch's palm, and it was already covered with old age spots, but he sighed secretly in his heart, and couldn't bear him to stand here for a long time, but raised his hand and said, "Uncle, let's go into the house and sit down!" ”

"Tiger girl!"

A group of children came from all directions, waving excitedly at the tiger girl. It's just like a thief, and he doesn't dare to make too much noise, and wants to beckon the tiger girl over.

The tiger girl greeted Lin Haoran, her face was a little proud, and she really walked over. After a while, a group of children soon left the city in a mighty way, and went straight to the fat fish in the stream of Crouching Tiger Mountain.

Lin Haoran's house has been expanded, and the area has at least doubled, showing the layout of the front hall and back yard.

In the main hall, Lin Haoran sat on the master's seat with the old patriarch, and the old people and backbones in the village were on both sides.

"Nineteen, why did you come back all of a sudden?" The old patriarch frowned slightly, and asked what everyone was concerned about.

Lin Dahu and the others also looked at Lin Haoran suspiciously, looking very confused. After all, Guangzhou Mansion is not far from here, but Lin Haoran is a Zhengyin official, and he must not leave Guangzhou Mansion easily.

Lin Haoran deliberately intercepted the news this time, and then announced the answer: "Uncle, I am no longer the prefect of Guangzhou, and now I am transferred to Shuntian Mansion!" ”

"You're going back to Beijing to be an official?"

Hearing this, the eyes of the old patriarch and the others widened, and they asked with both surprise and joy.

Even though they were quite confident in Lin Haoran's future, Lin Haoran had not been the prefect of Guangzhou for two years, and he was going to be promoted back to Beijing, which undoubtedly exceeded everyone's expectations.

Lin Haoran nodded lightly, looked around at everyone and said seriously: "I am going to the capital to serve as an official this time, I'm afraid there is no chance to come back, so the affairs of the village are laborious!" For the clansmen, we must continue to control more, and we must not do anything that is harmful to the principles of heaven! ”

Lin Dahu and others said yes, and the old patriarch said seriously: "Our Changlin clan are all simple people, and there have been no wicked people so far, and we have only been in the business for a few years, and we really haven't seen this kind of unscrupulous disciple." It's just that according to the gentleman of the academy, some of our children have been ambitious recently, but the standard is not as good as that of the girl, but they don't want to make progress! ”

That's true! Like my grandson, when he comes back, he doesn't know how to read at night, but he likes to run to the square to watch a big play, and I can't wait to smoke him to death! "An old man immediately hated iron and steel.

Lin Haoran knows that this is a common disease of people, everyone wants to be named on the gold list with pies falling from the sky, but they don't like the cold window for ten years.

Seeing that everyone was entangled in this problem, after a little contemplation, he took the initiative to say: "Bring a pen and paper!" ”

"Yes!"

But someone came out of the queue and quickly found a pen and paper, and Lin Dabiao was more sophisticated, and silently moved a desk to put in the hall.

Lin Haoran stood in front of the table, first holding his breath and concentrating, and then twisting his sleeves and splashing ink, leaving a valuable ink treasure on the paper.

The old patriarch and the other old people couldn't help but be curious, and they all approached the table, all wanting to know what Lin Haoran was going to write.

"Good!"

The old patriarch saw the words on it clearly, and his face was immediately like a pig's liver, and he looked extremely excited.

"Patriarch, what is written on it?"

Those illiterate old hearts seemed to be scratched by something, and they seemed to inquire anxiously.

The old patriarch seemed to be more than ten years younger, stroked his snow-white beard, and read aloud: "The edge of the sword comes from the sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold." ”

"That's a good thing!"

When an old stubborn man heard this, his eyes immediately lit up with tears, and he sighed in surprise. also looked at Lin Haoran in surprise, this is really the most powerful reading in the world, and it only takes a few words to say a great truth.

Lin Haoran handed the paper to the old patriarch and asked him to use these words to encourage the children of the clan, hoping to produce a little effect.

The old patriarch carefully put away the paper as if he had found a treasure. He planned to make a couplet and hang it at the gate of the academy, or even at the gate of the city, so that the children of the clan could remember this sentence full of great truth.

Then, Lin Haoran also made arrangements for Changlin Village: the old patriarch presided over the interior, and Lin Dabiao handed it over to the outside. After so many years of experience, Lin Dabiao has undoubtedly greatly improved his knowledge and ability, and he can be regarded as the best candidate.

went to Wohu Mountain to worship the ancestors, and only two days later, Lin Haoran officially set off.

If I leave this time and want to come back here, I'm afraid it will be decades later. He will not have the freedom of a tiger girl, and once he enters the officialdom, he will almost abandon his hometown.

Changlin Village is thousands of miles away from the capital, and this round trip is not allowed in terms of time. Unless he returns from his resignation, with his situation, he will never want to return to this land.

"I'll be back when I have time!"

Tiger Girl's eyes rarely burst into tears, and she waved her little hand at the villagers.

On October 1st, the sky was clear.

Lin Haoran took Hu Niu and others on the road to the capital and went to the post of Shuntian Mansion, which will undoubtedly start a new officialdom career.