When an old man heard this, he opened his eyes with difficulty, stretched out a hand like a dead branch, and asked, "How many of you are?"

The entourage wanted to answer first, but before the words could be spoken, he only heard Lin Hao speak: "Old man, we are all businessmen who have traveled from south to north, and we are passing by here today."

The old man waved his hand to him with difficulty, a trace of trance flashed on his expression, and said, "You guys get out of here quickly, there is a plague here, people will die, many of them are dead, dead ......"

A hint of confusion flashed on Lin Hao's expression, and he said, "Old man, I heard that the government has already sent disaster relief money and sent a large number of doctors, why are so many people still dead in this town?"

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

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

The old man shook his head and said, "It's all here, 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 your hunger first!"

As soon as they heard that there was food, several other people immediately stood up directly, and the gray eyes began to glow in an instant, and some people swallowed saliva in their stomachs from time to time.

Seeing this scene, Lin Hao hurriedly ordered his subordinates, saying, "Bring all our remaining dry food and distribute it to these people!"

One of the guards answered, took out a burden, took out a few flatbreads and steamed buns, and distributed them to the people one by one.

Seeing a few victims gobbling up a few flatbreads and steamed buns, Lin Hao asked softly, "Old man, doesn't the government care about you?"

The old man let out a long sigh 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 Sweetwater Town, and the government sent more than a dozen doctors to come, but they didn't stay for a day, and they were all gone." When those officers and soldiers left, they also moved away all the valuable things from some rich families in the town. In desperation, we wanted to go out and ask for a way out, but the government sent heavy troops to seal off all the intersections, and all those who tried to escape were killed by random arrows. At the beginning, the government also transported some rice grain and herbs to the town, but then the plague became more and more severe, and thousands of families in the town also went to six or seven percent, and the government stopped transporting rice grain and herbs to the town. ”

"What a bunch of beasts are not as good as that!" Lin Hao suddenly shouted angrily.

After a while, Lin Hao seemed to remember something, and said, "Old man, how have you survived these days, and the plague is rampant, don't you look like you are infected with the plague?"

The old man took out a slightly yellowed grass from his bosom and said, "All of them survive 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 man in the town before he died, let us try to eat this kind of grass every day." ”

Lin Hao nodded slightly, and said secretly: It seems that this white wormwood still has the miraculous effect of preventing and controlling the plague.

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

The old man waved his hand and said, "This white wormwood is not a strange thing, it is everywhere in the fields on the mountains, it is a very common herbaceous plant in the north, if you want it, take it!"

Lin Hao handed the white wormwood to the servant behind him and said, "Zhao You, give me this white wormwood to take good care of." ”

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

Lin Hao ordered someone to leave all the dry food he was carrying for the victims, and then continued on the road.

Around noon, a few black-clad killers lurking in the woods muttered quietly.

One person said: "I can't imagine that this Lin Hao is still a clean official, isn't it a bit ...... for us to kill him like this?"

Before her words fell, the other person scolded in a low voice, "What, do you want to disobey the orders of the ghost lord?"

"The subordinates don't dare!"

"It's good if you don't dare, we listen to Xiangxiaoxie, Youlanju, what we do is to take people's money and eliminate disasters for others, as for whether the target is a corrupt official or a clean official, it has nothing to do with us, if you want to blame, you can only blame them for offending people who shouldn't be offended. One person said coldly.

"Wait for the signal of the young master, and take advantage of the separation of Lin Hao and the Qincha escort team, and directly deal with him!" the man said 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 ran and said.

The black-clothed killer at the head nodded slightly, and coldly ordered: "After I order the archer to let go of the third round of arrows in a while, we will rush over from three directions, and we must not leave a single mouth alive!"

All the black-clothed killers clutched their swords tightly and prepared for battle!

"Archer, prepare!"

"Shoot the arrows!"

"My lord, be careful!" A loyal guard saw a hidden arrow flying towards him, and hurriedly flew to protect Lin Hao.

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

But fortunately, these guards belonged to the Shenji Battalion, one of the three major battalions in Kyoto, and their combat effectiveness was far superior to that of ordinary officers and soldiers, and more importantly, they all carried a secret weapon with them, muskets!

Although Lin Hao is a generation of civil officials, he has served as a squire in the military department and has been familiar with the art of war since he was a child, so he does not have any panic. Standing like a pine, he shouted at the guards: "Rectangular arrangement, divided into three groups to advance!"

Lin Hao's order immediately suppressed the formation! More than a dozen guards, in groups of four, were divided into three groups, the first group held a knife in his left hand and a shield in his right hand to resist the opponent's sneak attack with hidden arrows, and the second group and the third group of muskets were placed alternately to block the opponent's attack!

The black-clothed killers had a slight advantage in numbers, and the surprise attack just now also gave them a lot of time advantage. However, the Shenji Battalion had the advantage of firearms, and for a while, no one on the two sides could help anyone, and they fell into a state of stalemate.

"Eldest sister, what should we do, they have firearms, if we attack by force, we will definitely suffer heavy losses!" a black-clothed killer asked with a somewhat anxious expression.

"No matter how powerful their firearms are, there will be a time when they run out, as long as we surround them, it will be enough to trap them!" the other black-clad killer replied with a sneer.

The black-clothed killer at the head shook his head slightly, and said, "This place is not far from the Qincha Guards, once the Qincha Guards rush over, it will be difficult for us to complete the task again!"

"This is not it, it is not that, so what should we do, can we give up such a great opportunity?" asked a black-clothed killer with some frustration.

Just when the black-clothed killer at the head was hesitating, he suddenly saw a rocket break through the air and approach the rectangular phalanx where Lin Hao was!

Bang!

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

Seeing this opportunity, the black-clothed killer immediately jumped out and shouted:

"Archer, prepare!"

"Shoot the arrows!"

Another round of arrows flew over, and due to the explosive impact generated by the rocket just now, the formation was completely planned, so the dozen or so guards were like a plate of loose sand, and before they could fully recover their senses, their bodies had already been shot into hedgehogs.

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

The black-clothed killers surrounded them from all directions, and the encirclement became smaller and smaller!

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

Lin Hao's expression was very calm, he waved his sleeves, and shouted angrily: "Who are you, why do you want to assassinate this official?"

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

Seeing this scene, the black-clothed killers immediately bowed their heads and saluted, and shouted respectfully: "Young Master!"

The light gauze woman didn't speak, just waved her hand directly.

Then he glanced Lin Hao up and down, and asked coldly: "You are the minister sent by the imperial court, the squire of the military department, Lin Hao?"

Lin Hao looked like he didn't change his surname or change his name, stood with his hands up, and shouted loudly: "Yes, it's the official, I'm Lin Hao!"

The light gauze woman smiled coldly and said, "Okay, if you have courage, aren't you afraid of death?"

Lin Hao had a righteous and awe-inspiring expression, and laughed loudly: "What joy is life, and what is there to be afraid of death?

The light gauze woman glared at Lin Hao coldly, and shouted: "What a clever mouth, these righteous and awe-inspiring words, you can go down there and talk to Lord Yama!"

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

Lin Hao glared 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 for me today!"

The light gauze woman smiled coldly and said, "Okay, I will fulfill you today!"

"Do it!"

"Slow!" Before the light gauze woman's shouting order fell, she saw Lin Hao shouting loudly.

"What, you know you're scared now?" asked the veiled woman with a cold smile.

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

The light gauze woman's expression was as cold as frost, and she shouted: "These are down there, go and ask Lord Yama!"

As he spoke, the long sword that emitted a dazzling cold light swished and broke through the air!

Seeing this scene, Lin Hao did not have the slightest fear on his expression, and naturally closed his eyes, waiting for the arrival of the sword!

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

Seeing this scene, Zhao You was so shocked that he collapsed directly on the ground, and he was so frightened that he almost screamed.