I'm not a god of wine

Chapter 52
In the city guard's mansion, Li Tingyuan had his hands behind his back, eyes slightly closed, listening to his subordinates' report.

"The city guards killed 33 people, more than [-] were missing, and more than [-] were injured."

When the master who reported the data mentioned this data, he couldn't help but look up at Li Tingyuan, seeing that he didn't respond, he continued.

"More than 13 residents died in the city, more than 23 people were missing, and more than 3000 people were injured. In addition to the city walls, houses, and roads being destroyed, it is roughly estimated that the loss is no less than [-] million taels of silver... In addition..."

Master hesitated.

Li Tingyuan frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Say!"

"My lord, Master Zhang, the commander of the city defense...is missing." The master swallowed, and said in a low voice.

"What did you say? Zhang Zonggu is missing?" Li Tingyuan suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the master with some shock in his eyes: "Master Zhang is a peak warrior of the seventh rank, how could he disappear for no reason? Is the news reliable?"

The master said: "It was confirmed by several captains, and it is absolutely reliable."

Li Tingyuan frowned suddenly, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Zhang Zonggu is a remnant of the Fuxing Society. He lured the enemy into the city and absconded in fear of crime. His crime is unforgivable! This general has issued an order to arrest the devil, drew pictures, and announced it to the world. If you are alive, you must see people, and if you die, you must see corpses." !"

A majestic voice came suddenly.

Both Li Tingyuan and the master were taken aback for a moment, then, as if they had thought of something, they immediately walked out the door.

Outside the gate, stood a general wearing black armor, a red cloak, and covered in blood.

Behind him, hundreds of black-armored guards with zhanyue knives on their waists lined up on both sides, like wooden stakes, looking forward and standing straight.

An elite murderous aura emanated naturally from this group of black armored guards.

Demon Guards of the Great Zhou Town!
Seeing this general, Li Tingyuan was taken aback, brushed off his sleeves without hesitation, stepped forward to kneel on the ground, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty Li Tingyuan, governor of Jialing County, has met Lord Kou, the Governor of Jiangnan Road."

The master behind him also knelt on the ground, his body trembling, sweat dripping down his forehead.

He couldn't help being so fearful. The word Zhenmowei was well known in the Great Zhou Dynasty, not only in the official circles, but also among the people.

Legend has it that the people in Zhenmowei are all cold-blooded, ruthless, cruel and bloodthirsty. If they disagree with each other, they will be arrested and thrown into the dark ghost prison, where they will be tortured one hundred and eight times.

Some women even threatened their children: If you don't obey, the demon guards will come to arrest you.

The child stopped crying immediately, and his reputation is evident.

Compared to the master who almost fainted from fright, Li Tingyuan was much calmer. Although he was also a little nervous, he was more cautious when meeting the Shangguan.

After all, the big guy in front of him was invited by himself, but he thought that there would be at most one captain, but he didn't expect to come directly to the governor.

Thinking of this, Li Tingyuan smiled wryly in his heart.

The ranks of the town demon guards are similar to those of the army, and they are also divided into twelve ranks.

From low to high, they are Hercules, Guards, Small Banner, General Banner, Hundred Households, Thousand Households, Colonel Captain, Duwei, Dutong, Zhen Fu Shi, North and South Demon Suppressing Generals, and Demon Suppressing Governors.

Dazhou divided the entire territory into twelve divisions, and each division had a pacifier who commanded all the demon guards within the territory.

The rank of the Zhenfu envoy is half a rank lower than that of a governor, and his official rank is the fourth rank, which is much higher than Li Tingyuan, a small town guard of the seventh rank.

On top of the Zhenfushi, there is also the North and South Zhenmosi, each with six Zhenfushi, and Kou Huai belongs to the Nanzhen Fusi.

Further up is the Chief Superintendent of Demon Suppression, the official rank is from the second rank, and he is only responsible to the Empress, and no one who is not a confidant can take the position.

Kou Huai looked solemn, looked down at Li Tingyuan, and said lightly: "There is no need to be formal, get up."

"Thank you sir."

Li Tingyuan stood up, and the master behind him didn't care to wipe his sweat, and hurriedly got up from the ground and stood aside, but his legs were still shaking.

"My lord, I dare you to say that Zhang Zonggu is a remnant of the Fuxing Society? Dare to ask your lord to clarify." Li Tingyuan spoke carefully and looked at Kou Huai.

Kou Huai glanced at him and waved his hand.

Soon, a town demon guard came up with something.

Li Tingyuan just glanced at it, then froze.

It was a tablet, and on the tablet was engraved impressively, "The spiritual tablet of Zhang Yongzhi, the Duke of Great Yan Chai, is hereby honored by the unfilial son Zhang Yizu."

Zhang Zonggu, Zhang Yizu, there is no doubt that they are the same person!

"In the commander's mansion of the city tower, the general also found a secret passage leading directly to the outside of the city. Unfortunately, the other end of the passage has been blown down by this beast." Kou Huai said quietly.

Li Tingyuan's face turned pale, he knelt down again without hesitation, touched his head to the ground, and said: "The officials were negligent and let Fuxing Society thieves sneak into Jialing City and steal the city defense commander's position. Please punish the governor!"

Kou Huai glanced at him, and said in a deep voice: "The resurrection of the Fuxing Society is of great importance. This will have to be reported to the imperial court, and please be judged by His Majesty. In addition... Li Daren."

"The subordinate is here."

"It is true that you are responsible for negligence, but if you report the Demon Cult's attack on the city in a timely manner, and let the general lead the people to arrive in time, the merit and demerit will be equalized. Get up."

"Thank you for your kindness, my lord."

Li Tingyuan exhaled, stood up, hesitated for a moment, smiled wryly and said: "My lord, this time the demon sect attacked the city, it was not the work of the subordinate, but someone else. If this person hadn't informed the subordinate of the demon sect's conspiracy in time, I'm afraid that at this moment, Jialing City has already fallen into the hands of the Demon Cult."

"Oh?" Kou Huai gave him a surprised look and asked, "Who is it?"

Li Tingyuan said: "This man is the second son of the Xu family in Jialing, named Xu Le."

After saying Xu Le's name, Li Tingyuan seemed to put down a big rock, and his expression became much more relaxed.

It's not that he doesn't want to be greedy for merit, in fact, he has been the guard of Jialing City for more than ten years, and he has long wanted to move his ass.

But after hearing Kou Huai's merits and demerits offset by four words, he threw Xu Le out.

If Xu Le can get into the eyes of a big boss like Kou Huai, and he will rise to the top in the future, he will be considered as a meritorious recommender, and he will make a good relationship for the Li family, why not do it?
"Xu Le?" Kou Huai muttered to himself, nodded and said, "If it's true what you said, I'd like to meet this person and see what kind of young hero he is."

"Xu Le is serving in the city guards, and I will send someone to bring him here." Li Tingyuan said.

"No, come here." Kou Huai shouted.

"exist!"

A town demon guard came out, bowed to Kou Huai.

"Go to the City Guards and bring that Xu Le to me."

"As ordered!"

Zhen Mowei led the order to go, the speed of his feet was fast, and he disappeared in front of everyone in just a moment.

"My lord, please enter the mansion for a rest." Li Tingyuan was delighted, and cupped his hands towards Kou Huai.

Kou Huai nodded and followed him into the Li residence.

Xu Le didn't know at the moment that a big boss asked to see him by name.

He put on his armor and returned to the city guards. As for Liu Qingqing, he sent her to the Xu family to report to his father that he was safe and protect the Xu family by the way.

At this moment, Jialing City is full of waste, so it is inevitable that Xiao Xiao will take advantage of the fire to loot.

With Liu Qingqing, a seventh-rank master, at least the safety of the Xu family can be guaranteed.

(End of this chapter)