After the words fell, Lin Xi asked Zhou Ke to let go, and the little boy grabbed her arm, and his dusty hand printed two black handprints on Lin Xi's sleeve.

Zhou Ke frowned, and when he was about to do something, he saw Lin Xi shaking his head at him.

And the little boy's voice trembled a little: "Can you cure the plague?" Is it the kind that can be cured? ”

Lin Xi pointed at Zhou Ke, "I just cured his master's relatives, if you don't believe it, can you ask him." ”

The little boy looked at Zhou Ke baba.

Zhou Ke bowed.

The little boy's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and he pulled Lin Xi and ran: "Then you come with me, there are many people in our county who are also infected with the plague, and they are about to die!" ”

"What? There was also a plague in Pei County? Lin Xi was dragged and staggered, narrowly steadied and ran with the little boy, and asked unexpectedly. Zhou Ke followed behind Lin Xi.

Little boy: "It's been there at the beginning of the month!" ”

"At first, there were people missing in our county, and the newly appointed county lieutenant looked for them, and in the end only a sick person was found. But he died not long after he was recovered, and then there was a plague in our Pei County! ”

"The county lieutenant moved the infected people to the back mountain of Pei County and asked Lang Zhong to treat them. But it has not been cured, and many people have died. Later, there was an official who came to find out how the plague appeared, and took away many big brothers who were suspected of it. After they were taken away, they never returned. ”

"Later, the county lieutenant said that we were all going to go to the back mountain to separate us, so he brought us all there."

After hearing this, Lin Xi frowned.

So the source of this plague is the first person who disappeared?

Then why take the young people from behind? And they haven't come back?

Lin Xi asked, "Have the people gone to the back mountain?" ”

The little boy nodded, "Many people have been infected with the plague, and there are very few people who have not been infected now. ”

"Then why did you come back to Pei County at night?" Lin Xi asked.

The little boy straightened his chest and said proudly: "Because the county lieutenant looks up to me, please ask me to do things for him!" He said that in the next two days, a very important person will come to the county and ask me to keep an eye on it. If it's confirmed that someone is waiting, I'll have to take this person to the county captain!" ”

He looked at Lin Xi, and said seriously as he ran: "Don't look at me as small, think I'm a bully, I'm clever, I'm familiar with the county, and I know a lot of secret ways!" Ordinary people can't catch me at all. ”

He pointed at Zhou Ke again.

"That is, he is good at kung fu, and that guy is scaring me, otherwise, he won't be able to catch me!"

The little boy grimaced at Zhou Ke.

Zhou Ke: "......"

Lin Xi couldn't help but smile and asked, "Then where is the big brother you said?" ”

The little boy said, "He's gone." ”

"Gone??"

"Yes, he left Pei County yesterday." The little boy said, "It's true that the eldest brother can't speak, and he has been with someone before. ”

It seems that the big brother he said is Du Buyi.

"Do you know where this guy went?"

"I don't know, maybe the county lieutenant will know." The little boy said.

"Then the two people around him also went with him?" Lin Xi asked.

The little boy shook his head, "No. Those two people are long gone. Although I didn't see them when they left, I can remember people accurately and quickly, and I can remember them all at once. I didn't see them the next day, but I was still able to find out. And they all went on the night of the twenty-first day, and the carriages they had brought with them were gone. ”

Lin Xi is strange.

Listening to the little boy's previous words, since it was the county lieutenant who asked him to come here to wait for her, then the person Shen Chen arranged for Wang Shou and the three of them to go to Pei County to meet was the county lieutenant.

But Wang Shou and Yan Zhong left with weapons, leaving Du alone to stay here with the county lieutenant, and they didn't leave until yesterday, what is the situation?

Is this also Shen Chen's arrangement?

As they spoke, they had already left the county and headed towards the back mountain.

The little boy said that it would take an hour and a half to get to the place where the people of Houshanpei County were.

On the way, Lin Xi asked; "When did those people who came to Pei County to take away your people come?"

The little boy said, "It's about the seventh day of the new year." ”

Lin Xi was even more surprised in his heart.

At the beginning of the month, the plague appeared, and the time for the spread to spread was very short.

In such a short period of time, I knew that there was an epidemic here, and I sent people here, is it ......

"Are they from Jinling City?"

brought those young people who might have been infected with the plague to Jinling, which caused the outbreak of plague in Jinling??

The little boy shook his head, "I don't know, but the county lieutenant should know." ”

When Lin Xi heard this, he didn't ask any more questions, and concentrated on hurrying.

After a long time, they passed through a mountainous area, which used to be flat land, and there were few forests, and soon Lin Xi saw the outlines of houses in the distance in his sight, one after another.

The little boy was excited when he saw it: "It's here!" We're here! ”

After approaching, Lin Xi saw clearly that most of the peasant village houses in front of him should have been an abandoned village, so that they looked quite dilapidated and shabby, many of them had no roofs, temporarily covered with bamboo grass and leaves, and there were many sheds.

There are also obvious differences between the buildings on the east and west sides, with large temporary sheds on the east side, which look lifeless on the whole; It's quiet on the west side.

At the forefront, there were more than a dozen officers standing guard, dressed tightly, revealing their eyes and foreheads.

Lin Xi's gaze crossed them, and he could see that there were many officials in and out of various houses, and he could vaguely hear a lot of coughing, wailing, and crying.

In addition, there were officials and messengers who stood guard on the larger road vacated between the village houses on the east and west sides, as if separating them.

The smell of herbs in the air made Lin Xi and Zhou Ke frown at the same time.

Before they could get closer, the official stopped them.

"Who?!"

The little boy ran over happily: "It's me!" Small stones! I didn't disappoint the county lieutenant, I finished what he gave me and brought people back! ”

The officials recognized the small stone, but when they saw Lin Xi and Zhou Ke, they were stunned, and they held the saber vigilantly.

Lin Xi stopped two feet away from them.

"Please inform your county lieutenant."

The officials looked suspicious, and the other turned and ran in, and disappeared between the village houses on the east side.

Soon, the official returned.

"Our county lieutenant will come later, please wait."

Lin Xi asked, "Then what is the situation with the plague here?" How many people are infected? How many people are good? How many people died? ”

The officials' eyes were sad and heavy, and their tones were a little bad, "What's the matter with you, a foreigner?" ”

Xiao Shi hurriedly said: "Something! She can cure ......."

"There were more than 800 people in total, but hundreds died of the plague, hundreds of people are still endangered, and less than 100 are unharmed. A hundred more were taken away. A voice rang out.

When the officials heard this, they all returned to their senses and saluted respectfully: "I have seen the county lieutenant!" ”

Lin Xi looked at it, and just one glance surprised her.

"How could it be you?!"