Chapter 12 Complex North

"Zhang Hu, as the garrison commander of Pingchuan City, you allowed the lord of Pingchuan City to mobilize the garrison troops privately. What crime should you be punished for!"

The lord of a city is responsible for internal affairs, and the garrison commander of a city is responsible for armaments. The two are of the same level.

In theory, the lord of Pingchuan City has no right to mobilize the city guards unless there is a tiger talisman to mobilize the city guards.

Of course, if the lord of the city and the garrison commander are in the same nest, then such a thing is very normal.

Facing Lu Fan's questioning, Zhang Hu's face was full of bitterness: "Please forgive me, Your Highness, this matter... This matter has another hidden story!"

"Oh! What hidden story, tell me."

"To reply to Your Highness, I am the garrison commander of Pingchuan in name, but in fact I have been sidelined for a long time..."

After Zhang Hu's explanation, Lu Fan finally understood.

It turned out that Zhang Hu was transferred to Pingchuan City as the garrison commander a few years ago.

Before he came, a thousand-man captain and several centurions of the Pingchuan Guard had already defected to the lord of Pingchuan City.

His orders had no effect at all in the Pingchuan Guard.

Moreover, Pingchuan City is just a small city, which is poor and has few resources.

The establishment of the guard army is 1,000 people, but the actual number is only more than 300 people.

Among these more than 300 people, more than 100 are old, weak, sick and disabled, and there are some scoundrels.

The only ones who can be regarded as guards are the nearly 100 people just now.

This is the first time that Lu Fan knows about these situations, and he suddenly feels unbelievable.

"Is all this news true?"

The first establishment of 1,000 people actually has only more than 300 people, and there are less than 100 combat-capable people.

This...

"It's true, and... and the guard army's salary has not been paid for two consecutive years.

The nearly 100 guards just now received the salary issued by the City Lord's Mansion, which is considered the private soldiers of the City Lord's Mansion, so they will obey the orders of the City Lord."

This news shocked Lu Fan again. Has the Daqian Dynasty been so rotten?

Although Pingchuan City is just an insignificant small city, a glimpse of the whole picture.

The situation in Daqian is probably worse than he imagined. It can be said that there are internal and external troubles.

Lu Fan remained silent, and Qin Qiong, Xiahou Wei, and Wang Hun all looked very ugly.

After a long silence, Lu Fan stood up and took a deep breath and said:

"Zhang Hu, I will leave tomorrow, and Pingchuan City will be temporarily handed over to you for management. The court will send someone to replace you at that time."

He wanted to change, but he did not have the power or the right for the time being.

So he could only make such an arrangement.

Zhang Hu immediately raised his head upon hearing this, and said seriously: "Your Highness, I want to follow you to the northern border."

He had heard what happened on the street just now.

Lu Fan's words made his blood boil, and also let him know that the rumors about Lu Fan were all false.

Even if it was true that Lu Fan could not practice, Lu Fan was definitely not a coward.

How could a coward say such exciting words?

"Uh!"

Zhang Hu's words made Lu Fan a little surprised, but he soon smiled and said:

"Okay, when the court sends someone to replace you, you will come to the North to find me."

Now he has no one available except the heroes he summoned.

Now that Zhang Hu is willing to be loyal and follow him, he will naturally not refuse.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Zhang Hu kowtowed excitedly to thank him. Lu Fan asked him to stand up and sit down, and then asked:

"Zhang Hu, tell me about the news of the North, the more detailed the better, tell me everything you know."

"Yes, Your Highness!" Zhang Hu nodded heavily, then thought for a while and started to talk.

"The North is vast and has many mountains, but the resources are relatively poor, and it is located at the border..."

As Zhang Hu told the story, Lu Fan finally got to know more about the North.

The entire Daqian Dynasty is divided into 72 counties, and Hanyang County is the largest of the 72 counties, comparable to the sum of the areas of six or seven counties.

The so-called northern border is actually Hanyang County. In name, the governor of Hanyang County is the controller of the entire northern border.

On the surface, the position of the governor of Hanyang County is very glorious.

But no one in the court is willing to go to Hanyang County to serve as the governor.

Because Hanyang County has no advantages except its large area, but a lot of disadvantages.

It is poor in resources, thin in spiritual energy, and located on the border of the two dynasties. It can be said to be a no-man's land.

Therefore, all those who gather there are desperate criminals, or various horse bandits and mercenary groups who make a living by looting, none of them are good.

However, the more important threat is from outside the northern border.

The northern border of Daqian borders the Tianwu Dynasty in Mobei, and the people of the Tianwu Dynasty are warlike and extremely bloodthirsty and brutal.

Compared with the orthodox cultivation forces in Daqian, there are a large number of evil cultivation forces in the Tianwu Dynasty.

Such as Gu cultivation, insect cultivation and corpse cultivation...

In addition, some evil cultivation forces in Tianwu also specialize in capturing cultivators and using their bodies and essence, blood and flesh to refine pills.

The main source of monks plundered by the evil forces of the Tianwu Dynasty is the northern border.

Not only will the evil forces of Tianwu plunder monks and rob resources in the northern border of Tianwu.

The garrison troops on the border of Tianwu often violate the border and invade the northern border, burning, killing, looting, and committing all kinds of evil in the northern border.

If it weren't for the Zhenbei Army, one of the four trump corps of Daqian, guarding the northern border, the northern border would have been flattened by the Tianwu Dynasty long ago.

Hearing this news, Lu Fan's face became more and more ugly. The situation in the northern border was worse than he expected.

At this time, Zhang Hu seemed to have thought of something, and said with concern:

"Your Highness, you must be extremely careful when you go to the North. You may be in danger of death?"

"Huh?" Lu Fan looked puzzled.

Zhang Hu took a deep breath and said: "In the past two years, the court has successively sent three Hanyang County Magistrates, but these three county magistrates died suddenly within two or three months of taking office."

"What!"

This was the first time Lu Fan heard this news, and he was immediately shocked.

"Have you found the murderer?"

Killing three county magistrates in succession is simply a blatant provocation to the court.

"The three county magistrates did not have any wounds or signs of poisoning on their bodies, and no clues were found at all.

Later, a rumor appeared in the North, saying... that the county magistrate's mansion was an ominous place, and there were ghosts and monsters making trouble, so the three county magistrates died suddenly and strangely."

Listening to Zhang Hu's answer, Lu Fan frowned.

If it was the world of his previous life, he would naturally not believe in the existence of ghosts and monsters.

But this is a world of cultivation.

Strong men can fly, move mountains and seas, so it is normal for ghosts to exist.

But he soon shook his head and denied the rumor Zhang Hu said.

If there were really ghosts, so many people in the county governor's mansion were not dead, but the county governor died, and three of them died in a row. Only a fool would believe it.

"Humph, I want to see who is causing trouble."

With the golden finger system, he is not afraid of any demons and ghosts. Even if there are, he will kill them and turn them into system points.

Just as Lu Fan was thinking about this, the roar of the Xuanwu Guard suddenly came from outside...