The breeze roars the rivers and lakes

Hearing this, an old man opened his eyes with difficulty, stretched out a hand like a dead tree branch, and asked, "Who are you?"

The attendant wanted to answer first, but before he could speak, he just listened to Lin Hao's speech: "Old man, we are all businessmen traveling all over the world, and we passed by here today."

The old man waved his hand to him with difficulty, a little bit of trance flashed across his expression, and said, "Hurry up and get out of here, there is a plague here, people will die, many of them are dead, dead..."

A hint of puzzlement flashed across Lin Hao's expression, and he said, "Old man, I heard that the government has distributed relief money and sent a large number of doctors. Why are so many people dead in this town?"

The old man didn't answer Lin Hao's words directly, but just let out a long sigh and said, "Hey..."

Lin Hao frowned tightly, and said: "Old man, what's the matter, is there any unspeakable secret?"

The old man shook his head, and said: "It's all here, so what else can I hide, I just don't bother to say it."

Lin Hao's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly asked: "Old man, you look like you haven't eaten for many days, I still have some dry food here, let's fill you up first!"

As soon as they heard that there was food, several other people immediately stood up, their gray eyes immediately began to shine, and some people swallowed their saliva from time to time.

Seeing this situation, Lin Hao hurriedly ordered his subordinates, "Bring all our leftover dry food and distribute it to these common people!"

A guard responded, brought a bundle, took out some pancakes and steamed buns, and distributed them to the people one by one.

Seeing the victims devouring the pancakes and steamed buns, Lin Hao asked softly, "Old man, don't the government ignore you?"

The old man sighed again, and said: "The government is not as good as those robbers and hooligans in the mountains. More than a month ago, there was a plague in our Tianshui Town. The government sent more than a dozen doctors here, but they didn't wait." In one day, they were all gone. When the officers and soldiers left, they also removed all the valuable things from some rich families in the town. In desperation, we wanted to go out to ask for a way out, but the government sent heavy troops to take all the valuables away. The intersections were sealed off, and anyone who tried to escape was shot to death by random arrows. At the beginning, the government even transported some rice grains and herbs into the town, but then the plague became more and more severe, and thousands of people in the town Sixty to seventy percent of the householders also went, and the government stopped delivering rice grains and herbs to the town. Later, they even set fire to it at night, intending to burn the whole town to ashes, little old man We were also lucky enough to be killed, but unfortunately we will report immediately below."

"It's really inferior to a group of beasts!" Lin Hao suddenly shouted angrily.

After a while, Lin Hao seemed to think of something, and said: "Old man, how did you survive these days, and the plague is rampant, it doesn't look like you are infected with the plague?"

The old man took out a yellowish grass from his bosom, and said, "They all survived by relying on things."

Lin Hao took the grass, looked at it carefully for a moment, and asked, "Old man, what kind of grass is this?"

The old man replied: "White wormwood was ordered by an old doctor in the town before he died, telling us to eat this kind of grass every day as much as possible."

Lin Hao nodded slightly, and thought to himself: It seems that this white wormwood also has the miraculous effect of preventing and controlling the plague.

Thinking of this, Lin Hao lifted up the white wormwood again, and said, "Old man, don't care about this white wormwood, can you give it to me?"

The old man waved his hand and said, "This white wormwood is not a rare thing. It is everywhere in the fields on the mountains. It is a common herb in the north. If you want it, you can take it!"

Lin Hao handed the white wormwood to the servant behind him, and said, "Zhao You, give me this white wormwood and keep it safe."

Zhao You took the white wormwood, responded respectfully, and said, "Yes, master!"

After Lin Hao ordered people to leave all the dry food they carried with them to the victims, they continued on the road.

Around noon, several black-clothed killers lurking in the woods muttered softly.

One person said: "Unexpectedly, Lin Hao is still an upright official. We killed him like this, isn't it a bit..."

Before her words fell, the other person scolded in a low voice: "Why, do you want to disobey You Lord's order?"

"My subordinates dare not!"

"It's fine if you don't dare. We heard that Xiangxiaoxie and Youlanju are doing things to take people's money and eliminate disasters for others. As for whether the targets are corrupt officials or honest officials, it has nothing to do with us. If we want to blame, we can only blame them Offended someone who shouldn't be offended." One person said coldly.

"Wait for the young master's signal, and when Lin Hao and the imperial guards are separated, directly attack him!" The man ordered again coldly.

"The young master has an order. If you see Lin Hao, kill him on the spot!" At this time, a black-clothed killer hurriedly said.

The leader of the killer in black nodded slightly, and ordered coldly: "After a while, I will let the archer let go of the third round of arrows, and then we will charge from three directions. Make sure not to leave anyone alive!"

All the killers in black tightly grasped their sabers, ready to fight!

"Archer, get ready!"

"Fire arrows!"

"My lord, be careful!" A loyal guard saw an arrow coming from behind, and hurriedly flew to protect Lin Hao.

After the first round of arrow rain, Lin Hao lost one-third of the dozen or so personal guards he brought with him.

Fortunately, these guards belong to the Shenji Battalion, one of the three major battalions in Kyoto, and their fighting power is far superior to that of ordinary officers and soldiers. What's more, they all carry a secret weapon, muskets!So except for the first round of arrow rain, which was unprepared and damaged a few people, the other two rounds of arrow rain did not cause any major damage.

Although Lin Hao is a generation of civil servants, he has served as the Minister of the Ministry of War and has been familiar with the art of war since he was a child, so he did not show any panic.Standing like a pine, he shouted to the guards: "Arrange in a rectangle, divide into three groups progressively!"

With Lin Hao's order, he immediately suppressed the situation!More than a dozen bodyguards, in a group of four, were divided into three groups. The first group held a knife in their left hand and a shield in their right to resist the opponent's sneak attack. The second and third groups fired their muskets alternately to block the opponent's attack!

The killers in black had a slight advantage in numbers, and the sudden attack just now also gave them a lot of time advantage.However, the Shenji Battalion had the advantage of firearms. For a while, neither side could do anything to the other, and fell into a stalemate.

"Sister, what should we do? They have firearms. If we attack by force, we will definitely suffer heavy losses!" A black-clothed killer asked anxiously.

"No matter how powerful their firearms are, when they run out, we just need to surround them, enough to trap them to death!" Another black-clothed killer responded with a sneer.

The leader of the killer in black shook his head slightly, and said: "This place is not far from the imperial guards. Once the imperial guards arrive, it will be as difficult as heaven for us to complete the task!"

"That's not true, that's not true, so what should we do, can we give up such a great opportunity?" A black-clothed killer asked a little disappointed.

Just when the leader in black was hesitating, suddenly a rocket shot out of the air, approaching the rectangular square where Lin Hao was!

boom!

The rocket did not directly kill Lin Hao, but hit a huge boulder next to it, with a bang, a violent explosion sounded!

Seeing this golden opportunity, the leading killer in black immediately jumped out and shouted:

"Archer, get ready!"

"Fire arrows!"

Another round of arrow rain flew over. Due to the explosive impact of the rocket just now, the formation was completely planned, so the dozen or so guards were like a plate of loose sand. Was shot as a hedgehog.

After the fourth round of arrow rain flew over, Zhao You was the only servant left beside Lin Hao, and all the other guards had a few long arrows stuck in their bodies, lying here forever.

The black-clothed killer surrounded him from all directions, and the encirclement became smaller and smaller!

Zhao You stood tremblingly, his eyes were flickering, not daring to look at the eyes of the killers in black and the weapons in their hands.

Lin Hao looked very calm, waved his sleeves, and shouted angrily: "Who are you, why did you assassinate me?"

A woman in light gauze was like a nine-day fairy descending to the earth, her skirt fluttered in the wind, and landed in front of Lin Hao with a touch of water.

Seeing this scene, all the killers in black immediately bowed their heads in salute, and shouted respectfully: "Young master!"

The Qingsha woman didn't speak, but just waved her hand.

Then he looked Lin Hao up and down, and asked in a cold voice: "You are the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court, the minister of the Ministry of War, Lin Hao?"

Lin Hao acted as if he would not change his surname or name, stood with his hands behind his back, and shouted loudly: "That's right, it's my official, I'm Lin Hao!"

The girl from Qingsha smiled coldly, and said: "Okay, you have courage, don't you fear death?"

Lin Hao put on a righteous expression, and laughed loudly: "Why is life so joyful, and why is death so fearful? But you gangsters, who only care about personal interests and the lives of thousands of people, even if they are alive, what's the point? In the end, he will end up in the loess and endure the eternal infamy!"

The girl in Qingsha gave Lin Hao a cold look, and shouted: "What a glib tongue, these righteous words, you can go down and talk to Lord Yan!"

Zhao You was so frightened that he almost cried, and hid behind Lin Hao, crying with a few groans: "Master, master..."

Lin Hao stared at Zhao You with disdain, and shouted angrily: "Zhao You, you have been with me for more than ten years, even if you die, you have to die standing by me today!"

The Qingsha woman smiled coldly and said, "Well, I will fulfill you today!"

"Go!"

"Slow!" Lin Hao shouted loudly before the Qingsha woman's order fell.

"Why, do you know you're afraid now?" Qingsha woman asked with a cold smile.

Lin Hao flicked his sleeves and said angrily, "I just want to know who you are and who ordered you to come here to assassinate me?"

The Qingsha woman's expression was as cold as frost, and she shouted: "These are down below, go ask Lord Yan!"

Accompanied by the voice, the long sword exuding a dazzling cold light swished out of its sheath!

Seeing this scene, Lin Hao showed no trace of fear on his expression, and closed his eyes naturally, waiting for the arrival of that sword!

The sword shadow pierced the cold wind in an instant, piercing Lin Hao's throat!

Seeing this scene, Zhao You was so startled that he collapsed on the ground, and almost cried out in fright.