Except for me, all my enemies have been reborn.

Shang Shixu was shocked and walked towards the bandit.

Jiang Huaixu stopped her and shook his head to indicate that she didn't want to go, but Shang Shixu resolutely refused.

Jiang Huaixu had no choice but to take out the silk cloth fumigated with mugwort from his bag.

Lift up her hair and put a silk cloth on her face.

Shang Shixu thanked him and walked towards the crazy bandit.

Du Zesheng's foot was still firmly on the bandit.

But the bandit seemed to feel no pain and continued to curse the child.

Shang Shixu covered his head with his hands. His old problem came back again and he kicked the crazy bandit in annoyance.

"What do you mean you'll burn to death?"

The crazy bandit stopped cursing and gave Shang Shixu a strange smile.

"Hahahahahaha, you don't even know what it means to be burned to death?

I saw you were dressed like a decent person, and I thought you were at least an official.

I didn’t expect he was illiterate, hahahahaha.”

Shang Shixu didn't want to listen to his nonsense, so he took out a dagger and chopped off one of his fingers.

"If you don't tell me, you'll be like this!"

The crazy bandit first covered his hands and wailed, but then he started to yell in a weird voice:

"It's better to chop off your hands, it's better to chop off your hands, it's better than being burned to death,

You know, my mother, my mother who has worked hard all her life,

In the end, he was tied to a pillar by those beasts and burned to death, hahahahahaha."

Shang Shixu's body suddenly trembled. She couldn't imagine.

How heartless must one be to burn someone alive?

An ominous premonition flashed through her mind. To have such great power, could it be that...

"Tell me who did it, is it the new governor of Lingnan?"

The eldest prince looked panicked. He pushed away the guards who were trying to stop him and asked anxiously.

Shang Shixu also thought so. In addition to the governor of Lingnan County,

Who has such great power to burn people to death at will?

The crazy bandit seemed to have heard something terrible.

He was shaking all over, and he kept shouting, "Don't burn my mother, don't, don't burn me, help, kill me, give me a quick death!"

Everyone looked at the bandits' reactions and understood that this must have been done by the Lingnan County Magistrate.

Du Zesheng stood there in a daze, his eyes reddened unconsciously.

Shang Shixu felt sorry for it, she understood this feeling,

Du Zesheng was originally the governor of Lingnan County. Under his and the eldest prince's protection, Lingnan was safe and sound.

The two had been gone for only three or four months when a plague broke out in Lingnan.

The people were displaced, and even such horrific things happened.

Shang Shixu comforted him: "Du Zesheng, this is not your fault, don't blame yourself."

Du Zesheng did not respond. He seemed to have been drained of all his strength.

He was pale, breathing rapidly, and was about to collapse in the next second.

"what!"

Du Zesheng cried out in pain as his leg was bitten by the madman.

Shang Shixu pulled the madman hard, but he just wouldn't let go.

They had to remove his jaw to save Du Zesheng's legs.

There were two rows of teeth marks clearly visible on his legs, and red blood would seep out if pressed lightly.

There are too many restrictions here, so it can only be dealt with hastily.

Shang Shixu was about to stab the madman to death with a dagger, but was stopped by the eldest prince.

"Sir Shang, let him go. He won't live long anyway, so why dirty your hands?"

Shang Shixu strongly disagreed, but had to give up for the sake of the eldest prince's face.

When the other bandits heard this, they fled, carrying their bags.

Only this crazy bandit was lying on the ground motionless.

He stared at the sky with sickly eyes, not knowing whether he was dead or alive.

The group set off again. No one spoke along the way. Everyone had their own thoughts and was in a very low mood.

Especially the eldest prince and Du Zesheng, Shang Shixu could clearly feel their self-blame.

The trip to Lingnan was not only dangerous because of the plague, but also because of the terrible human heart.

The newly appointed county governor is not a good person. The emperor is far away from here.

With the appearance of foreign races, it is inevitable that he will develop disloyal thoughts.

Shang Shixu was extremely anxious, wondering what had happened to Yi Ze and Wang Shu.

In this cannibalistic city, it would be difficult for the two of them to escape.

Now I just hope they can hide and live safely.

The sun rose in the east and set in the west, day and night alternated, and after more than ten days, Shang Shixu and his party finally arrived in Lingnan.

The villages they passed through were just as Shang Shixu had imagined.

After the plague swept through the area, the already impoverished area became even poorer.

It is the end of spring and the beginning of summer, which should be the time when everything grows and is full of vitality.

However, fate is cruel. A sudden plague came quietly and swept across the land mercilessly.

Smelly, rotting corpses can be seen everywhere on the streets.

Every household was shrouded in the shadow of death, with cries and wails heard everywhere.

When they arrived at the wall of Lingnan city, the eldest prince dismounted from his horse and tried to run inside, stumbling.

But he was grabbed by Shang Shixu, and rushed in without any protective measures, committing suicide.

Shang Shixu took out the silk cloth fumigated with mugwort from his bag.

"Your Highness, please take the silk cloth with you, so that the disease will not infect you."

The eldest prince finally realized that he was too impatient. If Shang Shixu hadn't reminded him,

I'm afraid I'll die here today, so how can I talk about saving the people of Lingnan?

"Who is coming? Lingnan is no longer allowed to enter casually."

Shang Shixu looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was the guard standing guard at the Lingnan city gate.

Can't they see that a large group of people are carrying a large amount of relief supplies?

It's clear on my face that I'm a disaster relief ambassador.

Even if they couldn't recognize Shang Shixu, couldn't they recognize Du Zesheng?

Du Zesheng was originally the governor of Lingnan County, unless...

There was a major reshuffle within Lingnan, and Du Zesheng's power has disappeared.

Shang Shixu looked at Du Zesheng, questioning him with her eyes, but she forgot.

Du Zesheng was the one who couldn't read Shang Shixu's expression. He thought Shang Shixu wanted him to reveal his identity.

So he shouted to the guards on the city wall: "We are the ambassadors appointed by His Majesty to treat the epidemic. Here is the imperial decree. Please open the door quickly!"

Shang Shixu rolled her eyes. She knew Du Zesheng couldn't understand.

Forget it, I'll go ask him in person after I'm settled.

Everyone was waiting for the guard to open the door, but to their surprise, the guard just glanced down.

He said irritably: "How do I know if your imperial edict is true? Go away, don't disturb my rest!"

Shang Shixu looked at the guards on the city wall with great interest.

Should she say that the guard was stupid, or should she praise him for his courage?

He actually dared to speak so brazenly and accuse everyone of the crime of forging an imperial edict.

Jiang Huaixu frowned. He didn't want to pamper these people.

"You bastard, forging an imperial edict is a capital crime. Do you know what you are talking about?

Call your superior and tell him that I am the Minister of Rites Jiang Huaixu!"

Jiang Huaixu's domineering speech really impressed Shang Shixu.

After all, according to his previous personality, such difficult and thankless things,

He will definitely keep his distance from her. He has really changed his personality in recent days.