Also Out of Helplessness!

Lu Xuening told Chen Fan that all of Ping An County was tainted.

Demons and officials colluded, lurking within the county to plot for wealth and take lives, running rampant.

He hadn't believed it before, but now, having slain the White Ape Great Demon at Wangchun Pavilion and joined forces with Lu Xuening to kill the four lesser demons under the White Ape's command, he couldn't help but believe it.

That the White Ape Great Demon could establish Wangchun Pavilion, the largest brothel in Ping An County, as its behind-the-scenes boss, was absolutely impossible without the support of the government.

This showed that someone in the government was colluding with demons.

And the Brocade Guard had been patrolling Ping An County all along, but had never discovered any demons harming people, which was also clearly unrealistic.

This showed that there must also be someone in the Brocade Guard colluding with demons.

Lu Xuening thought that person was Cao De, the Centurion of the Brocade Guard, and now Chen Fan also thought it was very likely.

Even the highest-ranking person in the Ping An County Brocade Guard Precinct was colluding with demons, so would the Chief Squad Leaders, Squad Leaders, and even the old-timers who had joined the Brocade Guard for many years not know about this?

Or were they all pretending to be ignorant, minding their own business, and staying out of it?

"So, was Brother Zhao Jia silenced because he discovered evidence of someone in the Brocade Guard colluding with demons?"

"But before the emergency patrol mission, Brother Zhao Jia was always patrolling and going on missions with me."

Chen Fan stood aside, his mind racing, and suddenly he thought of something.

The night before they carried out the emergency patrol mission, he and Zhao Jia encountered something.

He saw a fast-moving black shadow and thought it might be a demon causing trouble, so they followed the figure all the way to a luxurious courtyard in the north of the city.

At the time, the situation was urgent, and he didn't have time to obtain the owner's consent before climbing over the wall directly into the courtyard to search for the demon, while Zhao Jia went around to the back door of the courtyard to intercept it.

As a result, after he entered the courtyard, he heard bursts of suggestive music, and the owner of the courtyard was also an expert, who noticed his arrival and shouted for him to get out.

He looked around the courtyard and didn't see any sign of a demon, so he told the owner of the courtyard that maybe a demon had sneaked into his courtyard and told him to be careful and to seek help from the Brocade Guard in time if anything happened.

The owner of the courtyard snorted coldly and ignored him, and he left, feeling snubbed.

"I need to investigate that courtyard in the north of the city properly when I have time."

"That courtyard is not far from the County Magistrate's residence, and the owner of the courtyard must be either rich or noble, so it shouldn't be difficult to find out."

Chen Fan thought to himself.

"Where's the demon?"

Just then, Liu Xuan, the County Commandant of Ping An County, also arrived with people. He saw the White Ape Great Demon's separated head and body and was shocked. Then, he glanced at Lu Xuening and asked:

"Head Constable Lu, did you kill this White Ape Great Demon?"

"Indeed, it was I!"

Lu Xuening somewhat guiltily took all the credit.

"A disaster!"

"A disaster!"

"Do you know the origin of this White Ape Great Demon?"

"Our Ping An County is backed by Black Mountain. There are three famous great demons on Black Mountain: the Tiger Demon Mountain Lord, the Howling Moon Wolf Demon, and the Three-Eyed Ape Demon."

"The White Ape you killed today is the Three-Eyed Ape Demon's brother. If Three-Eyes finds out that its brother died at your hands, it won't let you go."

County Commandant Liu Xuan said with a mournful face.

"Why should the County Commandant be so afraid? If that Ape Demon dares to come, just kill it. You are the County Commandant of Ping An County, responsible for the security of Ping An County. How can you protect the people of Ping An County if you are so afraid of demons?"

Lu Xuening couldn't help but feel disgusted by County Commandant Liu Xuan's crying appearance. If the officials of Ping An County were all like this, then Ping An County was hopeless.

"I'm afraid of demons?"

"If that Three-Eyed Ape Demon really comes to question us, would Head Constable Lu dare to take full responsibility?"

"If that demon goes mad, I don't know how many innocent people will die tragically in the demon disaster. Is that the situation that Head Constable Lu wants to see?"

"Can Head Constable Lu guarantee that the people of Ping An County will not be retaliated against by demons and die because of this?"

County Commandant Liu Xuan looked at Lu Xuening and asked with a sneer.

"So, we should just let the demons run rampant?"

"Everyone might as well go to the top floor of this Wangchun Pavilion and see. This White Ape Great Demon used human blood to make a wine pool and female bodies to make a meat forest. I don't know how many people died tragically at the hands of this White Ape Great Demon."

"Now that I have killed it, County Commandant Liu, you are so timid. What kind of Ping An County Commandant are you?"

Lu Xuening was amused by County Commandant Liu Xuan's remarks.

"How dare you!"

"Don't think that you can be so unscrupulous just because you are a constable parachuted in from Dragon Abyss Prefecture."

"This is Ping An County, and you are just a small constable!"

County Commandant Liu Xuan said in a deep voice.

"Isn't it the duty of you Brocade Guards to slay demons and eliminate evil?"

"I wonder if Chief Squad Leader Li thinks what I did was right or wrong?"

Lu Xuening then turned her gaze to Li Mo, the Chief Squad Leader of the Brocade Guard, who was standing to the side watching the show.

"I think Head Constable Lu is doing the right thing."

"But County Commandant Liu Xuan actually has his own difficulties."

"The Brocade Guard and the yamen in our Ping An County are weak, and the three great demons on Black Mountain are all extraordinarily powerful. If we really push them too far, it won't be a good thing."

"Demons are brutal and particularly vengeful. If you kill one, you'll face the crazy revenge of other demons. We martial artists have strong abilities, so we're not afraid of revenge, but the people of Ping An County will suffer."

Li Mo's statement seemed to be impartial, but in reality, he agreed more with County Commandant Liu Xuan's words.

"So we just let the demons run rampant and harm the people?"

Lu Xuening really didn't understand what these two were thinking.

"It's out of helplessness!"

"We can only sacrifice the interests of a small number of people in exchange for the peace and tranquility of the entire Ping An County, and then accumulate strength, wait for the opportune moment, and then be able to wipe out the demons in one fell swoop!"

Li Mo sighed and said.

However, Chen Fan, who was standing not far behind him, saw a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth, clearly not taking Lu Xuening's words to heart.

In his opinion, Lu Xuening was perhaps foolish and ridiculous.

"This kind of peace is like adding fuel to a fire. If the fuel isn't exhausted, the fire won't go out."

"If you continue to make concessions to the demons, they will first harm the people, and then they will attack you. Then the entire Ping An County will become a paradise for demons."

"Everyone here will become food for the demons!"

Lu Xuening shook her head, she was completely disappointed with the Ping An County yamen and the Brocade Guard.

Perhaps County Commandant Liu Xuan and Brocade Guard Chief Squad Leader Li Mo weren't really colluding with the demons, but their attitude of turning a blind eye to the demons infiltrating Ping An County was sending the people of Ping An County into the mouths of the demons!

Chen Fan took in the scene before him, feeling very frustrated in his heart.

"Head Constable Lu is being a bit alarmist."

"It is the Brocade Guard's duty to slay demons and eliminate evil. Once we see demons harming the people, we will definitely kill them without mercy. There is no such thing as compromise or concession."

Brocade Guard Chief Squad Leader Li Mo said with a forced smile.

"It better be!"

Lu Xuening snorted coldly and left Wangchun Pavilion directly. Her subordinates looked at her, then at County Commandant Liu Xuan. Several of them wanted to leave with Lu Xuening.

But County Commandant Liu Xuan swept them with an icy gaze, as if saying, "I can't deal with her, but I can still deal with you?"

And those constables and yamen runners who wanted to leave with Lu Xuening all stopped.