"My name is Zhang San, with the courtesy name Si Rui. I am the newly appointed governor of Taiping County. How many of my brothers in the garrison died?"

Unlike women's innate advantages, when hardware facilities are insufficient, men mostly rely on their temperament to attract women. Among the many temperaments, mystery is definitely the best.

In this troubled time with ghosts everywhere, especially for the girls who have fallen into Nuanxiang Pavilion, a man with a mysterious temperament and extraordinary skills, who can protect the country and the people and stand by his brothers, can satisfy all their yearnings for a hero.

This also explains how the other person got the patches on his body.

Although he didn't know how the other party knew it, after carefully checking the token, Yuan Ergou let down his guard against Zhang San and his group.

After returning the token, he performed a very standard fist-clasping salute.

"I am Yuan Ergou, deputy captain of the Taiping Guards. Nice to meet you, sir!"

…

On the way to the county government office, after a brief greeting, Zhang San got a lot of useful information from Yuan Ergou.

It's better not to know this. After a simple understanding, even Zhang San, with his temperament, is a little terrified at this moment. Should we say that it is worthy of being Taiping County? This is really fierce.

"So, apart from you, there are less than ten people left in the Taiping Guards? Is that why the yamen runners were asked to be in charge of the testing?"

If you don't understand the Wei system of the Jin Dynasty, you may not have a very specific concept of this number in your mind. In order to highlight the crisis of the situation, people often use the phrase "nine deaths and one escape" to describe it in their writings. Coincidentally, including the Wei chief, there were a total of 112 people in the Taiping Wei.

This is not a difficult math problem. I believe everyone here can calculate the survival rate.

"Including me, there are nine people left, but there are only three guards who can maintain their combat effectiveness. Long before we encountered the ghost plague, the captain had already sent a letter, but it seems that there is a formation around Taiping County. Three full days have passed, but we have not received a reply from Jingyesi.

After the death of the Hundred Household Master, I really had no other options. I used the forbidden method and was able to contact the Dou Su Master. However, after that, there was still no news until the Master arrived..."

Yuan Ergou was still leading the way, but after hearing that special time, his words could no longer enter Zhang San's memory palace.

According to Yuan Ergou's words, it is not difficult to guess the whole story. About four days ago, the former Taiping County official discovered clues of the ghost plague and led a team to clear it out.

Unfortunately, they underestimated the enemy's combat capability. Not only did they fail to complete the clearance, but they were counterattacked by the ghosts, resulting in the loss of a large number of elite troops of the Taiping Guard.

On the second day, the ghosts even came to take revenge and massacred the entire Taiping Guard. Except for Yuan Ergou's team who were on duty outside, only six old, weak and sick people survived under the protection of the City God.

On the same day, the news of the tiger monster eating people in Yuyang Village suddenly became a hot topic, and the villagers were helpless and held a drawing of sacrificial lots.

Is this a coincidence? Or is it someone's deliberate attempt to cover up the truth? (Yuyang Village is located in the northwest of Taiping County and can serve as a buffer) Zhang San didn't know the answer, but after meeting Yuan Ergou, he had a clearer understanding of the strength of the Taiping Guards.

His eyes were fierce and bloodshot. According to Zhang San's perception of murderous aura, he had at least ten lives on his hands. The base of his right hand was covered with calluses and looked rough, but it was steady as a rock. It was obvious that he had been holding a knife for many years.

Finally, with the help of Jing Ye Si's standard exercises, the three yang fires burned fiercely, and his qi and blood began to condense. Going one step further, he would train his blood to be like mercury.

If calculated based on combat power, Yuan Ergou is a real Class C combat power!

If a deputy centurion has such cultivation, I believe the other deputy centurion will not be much worse, plus the previous centurion with the lowest B-level combat power, and hundreds of guards equipped with various standard magical instruments.

If one wants to wipe out such a force overnight and minimize its impact, the opponent's force must be at least Class A to be able to do it.

If it was just a Class A ghost plague, if they wanted to exploit the karma of all living beings, they could have chosen to massacre the city when the Jingye Division was seriously lacking in combat power and the City God was unable to resist! Why did they choose to keep quiet when they had such an advantage? This was too unreasonable.

As if he had thought of something special, Zhang San directly interrupted Yuan Ergou who was still talking to himself.

"Who is the City God of Taiping County?"

Ban Gu wrote in his preface to the Two Capitals: "The capital city repaired its palaces and dredged the city walls."

Chenghuang originally referred to the moat. After the rise of Taoism, under the decree of the upper world, Chenghuang became the "Yinguan" who guarded the city and was responsible for all the underworld affairs in the area.

After Taizu Gaoyang founded the country, he gathered the power of the six mortal immortals at that time and performed Fengshan at Mount Tai. Not only did he regain the authority of the Emperor from the previous Heavenly Court, but he also had the right to confer titles on the City God.

In the first month of the second year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu Gaoyang "ennobled the city god of the capital and the whole world" in Yingtian Prefecture (Nanjing). The city god of Yingtian Prefecture was named "Chengtian Jianguo Simin Shengfu Mingling King".

The city gods of Gaoyang, the "dragon's rising place" in Bian, Hao, Jiu, He, Chu and other states were also conferred the title of first-rank royal title. Even the city god of a county like Taiping County was named "Xianyoubo, the City God of Inspecting the People". In terms of rank, they were definitely fourth-rank priests, two levels higher than Zhang San today.

Perhaps his memory was a little fuzzy. After hearing Zhang San's question, Yuan Ergou thought for a long time before he could remember the other party's general idea. After all, unless he was a cultivator, ordinary people would usually just call him by the title "City God", so it was understandable that he had forgotten the City God's real name.

"If I remember correctly, his name should be Li Zhong, something like that..."

"Li Wenzhong was a general who founded the Jin Dynasty. After the death of Prince Kaiping (Chang Yuchun), he was the most brave and skilled in fighting. According to his achievements, he should have been granted the title of King-level City God after his death. However, because he had offended Emperor Taizu before, he was granted the title of County City God."

Who said this? Those who understand will know. Apart from the protagonist, this book only allows one person to cheat like this.

"Are you suspecting that the other party has also fallen like the land of Yuyang Village?"

After hearing this, before Zhang San could reply, Yuan Ergou on the side couldn't help but speak.

"That's absolutely impossible. If it weren't for the restrictions imposed by the local City God, the ghost plague would have massacred the city long ago. Why would it have waited until now? And if it weren't for the timely rescue by the City God, I'm afraid that the garrison would have been completely destroyed."

After saying so much, Yuan Ergou finally hit the point. Not only him, but Zhang San also felt that it was impossible. He originally thought that the local city god had limited ability, but if it was that person, why did he allow the ghosts to run so rampant?