The God King died suddenly at the beginning, what can I do?

Shanggu City is more prosperous than Jiuyuan City. Although there are more disasters here, various caravans come and go, resulting in more prosperous trade here, and the overall economic level is higher than that of Jiuyuan County.

Similarly, the overall strength of the warriors here is also stronger. Warriors from the Human Martial Realm can often be seen in the city, and even occasionally from the Earth Martial Realm.

The three of them arrived at the gate of the county house and had someone deliver the letter from the dean. After a while, the door opened and someone invited them in.

The county mansion is very grand. The three of them walked through several courtyards before reaching the county governor's office.

In front of the door were two mighty guards, and inside the house sat a man of about thirty years old wearing official uniform.

The man's face was pale, his eye sockets were somewhat sunken, and his eyes were a little unfocused, which seemed to be caused by long-term fatigue.

Seeing the three people coming to the door, the man stood up and came out to greet them.

"Welcome to the three junior brothers and sisters of Qingxuan Academy. I am Gongsun Yan, the governor of Shanggu County."

The three of them clasped their fists and saluted: "Hello, Lord Sheriff"

Gongsun Yan quickly waved his hand to stop him: "Junior brother and junior sister are too polite. We are all from the same sect. You can just call me senior brother."

"How is Dean Pei's health now? I haven't seen him since he left the college eight years ago, but I never dare to forget his teachings."

Pang Gaofeng replied on behalf of the three of them: "The dean is very kind. Before he left, he asked us to ask more for advice from Senior Brother Gongsun."

Gongsun Yan smiled

"No, no, it's not about asking for advice. I have read the dean's letter, and I know something about the three of them. The juniors and juniors are all first-class geniuses, and they have already achieved such high cultivation at such a young age."

After a few polite words were exchanged, Qin Yu asked Gongsun Yan about his arrangements for the three of them.

Gongsun Yan asked the guard to call a man. The man was tall, wearing a mighty armor, with a wide jaw, a beard, and bright eyes.

Gongsun Yan introduced them: "This is Commander Xu Yong."

Xu Yong is responsible for all military affairs in Shanggu County. He is also a warrior in the middle stage of Earth Martial Realm.

Gongsun Yan introduced the situation of the three of them to Xu Yong and asked him to be responsible for arranging the tasks of the three of them.

He also told Xu Yong: "My three fellow disciples are all geniuses. Although they are still young and have not reached the Earth Martial Realm, they can all fight beyond the level. Ordinary Earth Martial Realm warriors are no match. Commander Xu does not need to do anything." concern"

Xu Yong is also a generous person, and he directly assigned the three of them to the front-line troops to fight with him

Then Xu Yong left first, and Gongsun Yan also ordered people to arrange the residence of the three of them.

"The three of you will rest today and then report to the military camp tomorrow."

"Thank you so much, Senior Brother Gongsun. We won't disturb Senior Brother Gongsun in his work." After Pang Gaofeng said that, the three of them followed the servants and left.

On the way to the guest room, Qin Yu smelled a strange fragrance. It was very special. He had never smelled it before.

"Sister, do you smell a scent?"

Qin Xuan sniffed and shook her head.

Qin Yu thought it was because he had a divine soul and his senses were sharper in all aspects.

……

After the three returned to the room, they started discussing

They felt that Gongsun Yan was quite nice. Although he was a county guard, he had no airs at all, and his hospitality to them could be said to be meticulous and thoughtful.

"But have you noticed that Senior Brother Gongsun's face is not very good and he looks a little weak?" Qin Yu raised his question

"Well, I also noticed it. It may be because Shanggu County has too many problems recently and Senior Brother Gongsun is busy with official duties." Pang Gaofeng expressed his thoughts.

Qin Xuan shook her head: "I don't think Senior Brother Gongsun's weakness is caused by fatigue, but rather like he was injured or poisoned."

However, I learned from the conversation just now that Gongsun Yan is also a warrior in the middle stage of the Earth Martial Realm, and he usually has a bodyguard with him. It is impossible for anyone in Shanggu County to hurt him or poison him.

"Hey, this is not something we should worry about. It's still some time before dark. Do you two want to go shopping on the street?" Pang Panghai said.

Qin Xuan agreed: "Okay, Yu'er and I just discussed that we should go to the city first before reporting to the military camp."

So the three of them asked the servants of the county government where the busiest places were.

When we came to the most prosperous street market in Shanggu County, there were vendors selling goods everywhere and caravans carrying goods back and forth.

Qin Yu and the others couldn't help feeling that the business here was so developed. Although Jiuyuan County was not far from here, it was relatively isolated due to its geographical location. The entire area was still mainly based on agriculture, unlike Shanggu County, which was a transportation hub. Still can’t compare to the level of prosperity

They saw all kinds of high-quality products in the street market, and even some handicrafts brought from the tribes in Shiwanda Mountain.

When Qin Xuan was pulling Qin Yu to look east and west, she found Senior Brother Pang in front of a stall, carefully selecting.

The two of them went over and saw that it was a small stall selling wood carvings. Although the stall was not big, the wood carvings displayed were very exquisite and lifelike.

Pang Gaofeng chose a puppy-shaped one, which is very cute

Qin Yu saw it and asked him quickly: "Senior Brother Pang, who are you buying this for?"

Pang Gaofeng hesitated and said it was for his nephew. Qin Yu showed a bad expression: "Then why did you give the puppy?"

"Um...because I like puppies." Senior Brother Pang showed a trace of embarrassment on his face

Qin Yu continued to smile evilly and said: "Really? That's such a coincidence. I remember that Senior Sister Mingxue is a dog, so I thought you were sending her as a gift!"

"Okay, see through it but don't tell it. Qin Yu, don't embarrass Senior Brother Pang anymore." Qin Xuan saw Qin Yu's reluctance and hurriedly smiled to smooth things over.

Pang Gaofeng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Qin Yu didn't ask any more questions, and encouraged Qin Yu to choose one too.

Qin Yu chose a bird-shaped one, and then they both had to pay.

"Boss, how much does this cost?"

"Two gentlemen, this puppy is worth eight hundred coins, and the little bird is worth one tael of silver."

"So expensive!" Qin Yu made a surprised voice

It's not that he can't afford it, he just thinks the price is too high and he feels like he's being ripped off.

The stall owner hurriedly explained: "Sir, you don't know something. Originally, the cost of these wood carvings was not high, but because of the rampant banditry recently, they often rob caravans transporting goods."

"So now every caravan has to hire warriors as bodyguards. This cost is very high, and this cost is naturally added to the goods."

"Moreover, the government has raised taxes many times, saying it was to raise military funds to suppress the bandits, but they could not eradicate them even after several attempts."

"Our business is getting harder and harder to do. If we continue like this, we will go bankrupt."

Qin Yu and the other three frowned after hearing this. They did not expect that the banditry was so serious and had a great impact on the lives of the people.

After paying the money, the three of them walked around the street again and then returned to the Sheriff's Mansion.

Before returning to the room, Qin Yu stopped Qin Xuan and gave the wooden bird sculpture to Qin Xuan

"Yu'er, why did you give me this?"

"You are my sister, do you need a reason for me to give you things?"

"No, I thought you bought it for your savior." Qin Xuan was referring to the little witch.

"She and I don't know when we will see each other again. I bought this to give to you, sister!"

"Okay, I'll accept it then. Go back and rest quickly."

The two of them went back to their rooms. After Qin Xuan returned, she took the wooden bird sculpture and looked at it carefully. The more she looked at it, the more she liked it, and she smiled unconsciously.

……

Early the next morning, Commander Xu Yong sent someone to pick up Qin Yu and the others at the gate of the county guard's compound and brought them to the military camp.

As soon as I entered the military camp, I saw a group of soldiers training. They were all well-equipped, majestic, and menacing. What was valuable was that they were all warriors above the body tempering stage, and none of them were ordinary people.

Qin Yu not only sighed: "What a strong soldier!"

Xu Yong laughed loudly after hearing this: "Little brother Qin has a good eye! This is my personal guard, each one is a good soldier, and together they are the strongest vanguard in the entire Shanggu County!"

Xu Yong is very proud of his guard. He personally trained this guard. They have been with him for many years and everyone is loyal to him.

After watching the soldiers drill for a while, the three of them continued to follow Xu Yong into the Chinese army's tent.

Qin Yu was the first to speak: "Commander Xu, could you please introduce us to the military situation of Shanggu County first?"

Xu Yong led them to the sand table and began to talk about the current problems and military deployment of Shanggu County.

The most important things that need to be solved urgently are definitely the beast tide and banditry, both of which have been troubling the people of Shanggu County for a long time.

The origin of the beast tide is that several herds of beasts have come from the direction of Shiwanda Mountain in recent months, many of which are first- or even second-level monsters and they are large in number.

They investigated for a long time but could not find the reason why these beasts left their own territory and ran to human territory.

The demonic beasts are numerous and ferocious, and there are extremely cunning demonic beast leaders who lead them uniformly. However, the current military strength is not enough to forcibly exterminate them. The previous attempts several times have resulted in the loss of personnel and heavy losses.

Especially the leader-level monsters are very powerful. Gongsun Yan found several Earth Martial Realm warriors to capture the thieves and capture the king first, but in the end he was seduced by the monsters and fell into a swarm of beasts. He was defeated and even suffered casualties. Many people

Later, no master was willing to do this anymore. The monsters were too dangerous.

Therefore, the current approach to beast tides is to focus on defense, and the main troops are deployed outside the mountains and forests where the beasts are infested. This can only ensure that there will be no large-scale monster riots to attack the people.

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After listening to the introduction of the beast tide, Qin Yu and the three of them understood in their hearts that the reason why the beast herd left the Shiwan Mountain and came to the human territory was the same as the reason for the proliferation of monster beasts near Qingxuan College. There were extremely powerful monster beasts. Occupied their original territory!

But this problem is difficult to solve at present, because they understand the power of the three spirit-eating dogs. Not to mention a Shanggu County, even the masters of the entire Nanyan Prefecture may not be able to destroy the monster!