Heyang County is an important town in the northwest border of Chu State, since ancient times, it has been in a very dangerous position, to the north of Heyang County, is a group of mountains that stretch for hundreds of miles, the mountains are steep, as long as 10,000 heavy troops are placed at the important obstacle, even if a million heroes can not easily come over! And Heyang County to the south, until the next big state and county, is a plain land of Pingchuan, Chu people often say: thousands of miles of fertile fields, there are no mountains in all directions.

Such an important position, the Heyang military festival envoy who guards here, how high the status is, naturally there is no need to say much.

Wang Huaizhi, as an envoy of the first army, has a high position and power, and has controlled the Heyang Army for 18 years, although his status is very high and his power is great, but Wang Huaizhi's age is not old, and he is only forty-five years old this year.

Wang Huaizhi has always been light, quite elegant, and people are not greedy and lustful, only two wives, one is a wife, and one is a flat wife.

However, Wang Huaizhi's mood in the past few months has been not good, saying that since the last time Heyang County was haunted, although Emperor Chu invited many people from the Xiuzhen sect to come to sweep away the ghosts, and finally there was a relatively happy ending, but after all, it was a big war, and a lot of people died in Heyang County, and the number of people also decreased sharply, and many people were afraid of another incident in the future, so they fled to neighboring countries.

And even if the rest of the people don't leave, the winter in Heyang County this year is particularly cold, and many old people and children have frozen to death. The imperial court is too busy to take care of itself, where is the money for disaster relief?

I can only think of my own way, originally these are the things of Li Junshou of Heyang County, but since the death of his son, Li Junshou has been interested in Yanshan, not much of a director, Wang Huaizhi knows that it is powerful, and he has already regarded Heyang County as his basic plate, of course, he will not let it go and let it decay like this.

On this day, Wang Huaizhi's mood was much better than before, and his face showed a slight joy, it turned out that his flat wife Hongyu, who he had just married last year, was actually pregnant.

Wang Huaizhi is not like Li Junshou, he has two sons and a daughter, but as long as he raises it, naturally no one does not want more children of his own, I heard that Hongyu is also pregnant, Wang Huaizhi is in a good mood.

Hongyu is a very beautiful woman, Wang Huaizhi dares to say that he has almost never seen a more beautiful woman than her, this woman is not only beautiful, but also very smart, understands his ideas very well, and is also very talented, and at the same time can keep her duty, know what to ask and what not to ask, such a woman, which man doesn't like it?

Hearing that Hongyu was pregnant with her own flesh and blood, Wang Huaizhi clapped his hands excitedly, even if he came out of the backyard, his face was still full of joy.

He walked to the lobby, sat down on his seat, and said to the housekeeper Uncle Wang, "Uncle Wang, please prepare some things for me." After speaking, he took out a piece of paper that had already been written and handed it to Uncle Wang.

Uncle Wang respectfully accepted it and said, "The master's order, I will do it." ”

After finishing speaking, he left by himself, Wang Huaizhi was still excited, and after reviewing some official documents, he suddenly put down the brush and said to his companion outside the door: "Zhao Wu, prepare a horse for me, and go for a walk outside the city with me." ”

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Although it is nine in the middle of winter, icy and snowy, Wang Huaizhi is also a person with martial arts, and he has been strong since he was a child, so he is naturally not afraid of this cold, he and Zhao Wu all the way, two people and two horses, and left Heyang City quietly.

The heavy snow for three days and three nights just stopped last night, and the air was still filled with biting cold.

In this way, the two walked out of the city for fifteen miles and came to a small mountain pass, Wang Huaizhi looked at the sun in the sky, and said, "It's not early, it's time to go back." At that moment, suddenly there was a miserable cry from the small col ahead.

This voice didn't sound very old, it was a young girl, Wang Huaizhi couldn't help frowning, pointed at the horsewhip, and said to Zhao Wu beside him: "Go and see, what's going on?"

Zhao Wu nodded hurriedly when he heard this, and rode his horse over.

After a long while, he walked back with a heavy expression on his face and said, "My lord, it is this village in the small mountain pass, and one of the people in it died, and after that person died, only one daughter was left, and no one took care of it. ”

After Wang Huaizhi listened, he shook his head helplessly and said, "I see, it doesn't matter, it has nothing to do with us, let's go." ”

After speaking, he was about to leave, but saw that Zhao Wu did not drive the horse together, but bowed to Wang Huaizhi and said: "My lord, according to what my subordinates have seen, this person has died a little strangely, and this is the fifth consecutive day of dead people in the village. ”

"What?" When Wang Huaizhi heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, immediately grabbed the reins of the horse, looked back at Zhao Wu with some suspicion, and asked, "Are you sure that this village has killed people for five consecutive days?"

"My lord, it's true!" Zhao Wu replied affirmatively.

When Wang Huaizhi heard this, he couldn't help but take a deep breath and said to him: "In this way, this matter is a little strange, okay, Zhao Wu, let's go into the village and have a look." ”

After entering the village, Wang Huaizhi knew that things were even worse than he imagined, and that this village had actually begun to be wrong as early as seven or eight days ago.

Finding an old man who was still in good health, Wang Huaizhi arched his hand to him, startled the old man, and hurriedly replied: "This lord, you... What's the matter?"

Although Wang Huaizhi is not wearing an official uniform, his official authority is still there, plus he is pampered, his body is tall and strong, and he is not a flat-headed ordinary person at first glance.

Seeing that he seemed to have frightened the old man, Wang Huaizhi hurriedly smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, my surname is Wang, I am an official in the county, I have nothing to do today, I went out of the city with my friends to hang out, but I didn't expect to encounter something that seemed to have happened in the village, so I wanted to ask my uncle what was going on? If the situation is serious, I will go back and report to the county guard." ”

"It turned out to be the lord of the county!" When the old man heard this, he suddenly seemed to have found the backbone, and said with a sad face: "This lord, you don't know, I am a teacher in the village, and the only child, in fact, I wanted to go to the county three days ago, but unfortunately the heavy snow closed the road, and the old man couldn't get through!

"Plague!" Wang Huaiyi was taken aback when he heard this, and said: "Uncle, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense, are you sure this is a plague?"

"Don't you believe it, my lord?" When the old man heard this, he shook his head, as if he was not surprised, and said: "My lord, I have seen it with my own eyes, this is already the fifth, and it is exactly the same as the death of the previous four, it is not a plague, but what is it?"

Hearing what the old man said, Wang Huaizhi couldn't help but believe it, and after taking a deep breath, he said to Zhao Wu beside him: "Let's go, take a look!"

After speaking, regardless of the old man's surprised eyes, he walked in the direction where the cry came.

It was a very small and dilapidated thatched hut, and in the middle of winter, the owner of the house seemed to have no money to burn charcoal, and it was almost as cold as outside.

Seeing the messy environment in this house, and the pungent smell of herbs, Wang Huaizhi's face suddenly wrinkled, and his mood became bad, he suddenly felt a sense of guilt, the people under his rule were still living so badly, he was actually in the mood to wander outside the city, but it was precisely because he came out to hang out that he saw this shocking scene.

The room was very shabby, and a little dim, with no other furnishings, except for a large bed, and beside the bed, there was a girl in tattered clothes, crying very sadly, and on the bed, a human body was wrapped in a thatched mat, obviously the dead body.

Glancing at Zhao Wu with his eyes, Zhao Wu nodded, walked lightly, walked to the girl's side, and said, "Girl, please mourn! This is my family, I heard that there was a plague in the village, and I want to know the truth." ”

When the girl heard this, she stood up with tears in her eyes and said, "My lord, my father is dead!"