As the sun sets, it casts an afterglow like fire, quietly pouring between the entire valley, as if directly draping the mountains with a red veil, and everything seems so quiet and peaceful. But after a few moments, the silence was shattered.

On the remote and narrow ancient road, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves, which lifted up the billowing dust and smoke, startled the birds that had just returned to the forest, and flew into the sky.

There are about more than ten people in this line, and all of them are thousands of miles of good horses. The road ahead was a middle-aged strong man, only to see that he was born with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and there was a scar on his forehead that was more than a finger long, living like a centipede, and he was born with a fierce and vicious appearance.

In fact, people who look fierce and evil are not necessarily evildoers, some are not only not great evildoers, but even rare good people, at least this strong man is.

When the horse came to a cliff place, the big man who opened the way suddenly reined in the horse's reins, and suddenly the horse's hooves leaned forward, startling a burst of birds.

"Lin Han, what's going on ahead?" Before the strong man's horse roared down, he only heard a more eager voice behind him.

The strong man turned around and rode his horse, walked in front of the person who shouted, and said respectfully: "If you return to Lord Lin, there is already a line of heaven ahead, and after a line of sky, you will reach the boundary of Huashan Mountain." ”

The Lord Lin in the mouth of the strong man is none other than Lin Hao, the soldier of the current imperial court. I saw him looking ahead, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said: "It's really a line of heaven and earth, it seems that our efforts are not in vain, we can rush to Huashan early tomorrow morning to see Zhao Yuanan and prevent all this tragedy from happening." ”

When he said the three words Zhao Yuanan, Lin Hao's expression obviously changed, and his tone was full of disdain. Speaking of which, this Zhao Yuanan can also be regarded as Lin Hao's student.

In the last scientific examination, Lin Hao served as the chief examiner and appointed Zhao Yuanan as the first place in the first class, but he didn't expect that his student was really disappointed.

Although Zhao Yuanan read poetry and books, learned to be rich and rich, and was worthy of the name of this champion, he threw the most basic morality of being a man out of the clouds, and for the sake of glory and wealth, he even recognized Liu Xi as his godfather, and even disobeyed the holy will, colluded with Dongchang to bring heavy troops to clear the Central Plains martial arts, and rekindled the bloody wind and rain on the rivers and lakes, resulting in the destruction of life and the people's livelihood.

Hearing Lin Hao's words, Lin Han did not move, but a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped.

Lin Hao knew that although his personal guard was a general, his heart was very fine. Seeing him like this now, his expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly asked, "Lin Han, why do you look like you're spitting?"

Lin Han pointed to the direction of the first line of heaven, and said respectfully: "My lord, there are cliffs on both sides of the first line of sky, and the terrain is also extremely steep, only a three-foot-wide passage in the middle can be passed, if it is dark today, will we ...... like this?"

"Lin Han, I know your concerns, are you afraid that Dongchang will lay an ambush here and assassinate me, right?" Lin Han was interrupted by Lin Hao before he finished speaking.

Lin Han nodded solemnly and replied respectfully: "My lord, it's really a clever calculation, and it can tell what I think in my heart with one word." ”

Lin Hao raised his head slightly, and glanced at the sunset that was about to fall into the West Mountain, and it was as red as if it had been burned by fire. He sighed and said: "I didn't think of this, but now that the Yellow River has burst its banks and flooded, seven provinces such as Shandong and Henan have been affected, and the plague is prevalent, and the people of my Ming Empire are living in dire straits, and even many of the affected people have begun to eat Yizi in order to survive."

If it continues like this, it will surely shake the foundation of our Ming Empire. What must be done at this time is to mobilize the power of the whole country to rescue the disaster as soon as possible, rather than to clear the heroes of the Central Plains martial arts. If they are really forced to be in a hurry, they will definitely revolt and make trouble, and when the time comes, I will be in danger! While it has not yet reached the point where the situation is the same, we should hurry up, otherwise we will let Dongchang seize the opportunity, and the consequences will be really unimaginable. ”

Lin Han did not hesitate at this time, and responded respectfully: "My lord is really a loyal minister who loves the country and the people, which is really admirable to Lin Han! But since the adults have said it, Dongchang will definitely not give up, and the terrain here is dangerous, very desolate, and it is a place where bandits and thieves often haunt, I think it is better to send Wang Yi and Zhao Yu to explore the road first, so as not to have any more ambushes." ”

Lin Hao paused for a moment, nodded, and said, "That's fine!" After speaking, he turned his head sideways and whispered: "Wang Yi, Zhao Yu, go ahead to explore the road first, remember to be more careful." ”

As soon as Lin Hao's words fell, he saw Zhao Yu and Wang Yi riding out in response, bowing to Lin Hao, and responding in unison: "Yes, my lord!"

When the words fell, the two horses had already blown away in dust, and suddenly there were puffs of dust and smoke.

Lin Han glanced at Lin Hao, who was slightly anxious, and stepped forward with a smile and said, "My lord, don't worry, things haven't reached the point where they are out of control now, and everything is still in time." ”

Lin Hao nodded with a calm face, and said: "I hope so, if there are continuous disasters today, the government and the opposition are full of Liu Xi's dead party, and although the prince is benevolent, he is cowardly by nature, and now he is still being forced by King Fu, and the prince's status is still precarious, eh...... The fortunes of the country are really worrisome!"

Lin Han was a military general, and he didn't understand any politics, so he just nodded as if he didn't understand, and suddenly he seemed to think of something, and hurriedly asked: "By the way, my lord, where is he now?"

Lin Hao shook his head and responded: "I don't know where Xiao Yu is, but some time ago, he flew a pigeon to pass the book, and it seems that he also came to this Huashan realm, I don't know if he is still on Huashan now?"

Lin Han nodded slightly, and responded: "Childe, he is witty and smart, and his martial arts are extremely high, if he is here, he will definitely be able to help the adult." ”

Lin Hao sighed softly and said, "Yes, Xiaoyu is indeed a smart child, and he is also very upright, but he is indifferent to fame and fortune by nature, and like his master, the old man Qingfeng, he likes to live an unrestrained life." He himself said that officialdom is not suitable for him, so let him go!"

After about a quarter of an hour, the sun had completely set under the western mountains. Lin Hao's face obviously had a faint look of unease, and he hurriedly said: "How can the two of them go to explore the way, they haven't come back after going for so long, nothing will happen, right?"

Lin Han glanced up at the sky that was about to end the night, and an uneasy expression immediately appeared on his rough face, with his many years of military experience, something would definitely happen this time. He grabbed the reins of his horse and replied respectfully, "My lord, I'll go and take a look!"

As soon as his horse raised its front hooves, he suddenly heard it again, and shouted, "You guys, protect your lords, and I'll come when I go!"

But as soon as he took a few steps forward, he could vaguely discern that two figures appeared in front of him, and the figures should be Wang Yi and Zhao Yu who had just gone to explore the way.

But at this time, Lin Han always felt a little uneasy, hurriedly waved his saber, and shouted: "Who is coming, is it Wang Yi and Zhao Yu?"

However, the two figures still did not answer, nor did they say anything, but continued to walk forward......

Lin Han held the saber tightly, swung it forward, and shouted loudly, "Are you two Wang Yi and Zhao Yu?"

Although Lin Hao couldn't see what was happening in front of him, he could hear Lin Han's shouting clearly, and hurriedly shouted, "Lin Han, what's going on ahead?"

Hearing this, Lin Han subconsciously tilted his head back and responded, "My lord......"

But before he could say anything, he suddenly saw two black images in front of him rushing forward as fast as the wind, and before Lin Han could fully react, he only felt a sudden pain in his shoulder, and when he understood what was going on, he was stabbed twice again.

Lin Han endured the severe pain, gritted his teeth fiercely, his eyeballs were about to pop out, and shouted angrily: "You two are not Zhao Yu, Wang Yi, who are they?"

"Whoever wants your life!" the two dark shadows replied in unison.

As soon as Lin Han's saber was swung, he only felt another violent pain in his back, and the saber fell to the ground with a clatter.

Lin Han knew that his life was short this time, so he grabbed the horsewhip and swung it forward, smoking, and then took advantage of the two of them to retreat, immediately turned the horse's head, and ran forward like crazy, and at the same time shouted loudly with blood on his mouth: "It's not good, there is an ambush ahead." Adults go quickly, go quickly......"

Lin Hao's guards had just reacted to what had happened, when they suddenly saw the mountains on both sides rolling down against the boulders, completely sealing the retreat behind them.

Before the sound of the boulder falling fell, I saw the cliff again, and suddenly the arrows rained down. In less than a moment, the guards beside Lin Hao had been shot dead three times in a row.

At this time, Lin Han ran back covered in blood, Lin Hao hurriedly supported him, and asked eagerly, "Lin Han, how are you?"

Lin Han only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he almost fell off the horse directly, and responded in a weak voice: "My lord, go quickly......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw him pop and spit out a mouthful of blood, splashing Lin Hao's face.

Lin Hao didn't care about wiping the blood off his face, and hurriedly said, "Lin Han, don't talk first, seal the acupuncture point to stop the bleeding." ”

At this time, the two black shadows had also chased up, but Lin Hao did not have the slightest fear on his face in the face of these two ghosts that symbolized death, and then drew his sword, pointed at the person who came, and shouted: "Who are you, why did you assassinate me here?"