Watching Zhang Zhongye's lavish mansion, Su Xin shook his head with a smile. "This Chief Administrator certainly knew how to enjoy himself while he was alive."
Zhang Xianting gave an awkward chuckle, unsure how to respond.
If he agreed with Su Xin now, it would seem as though he were slandering his former lord and kicking him while he was down. So Zhang Xianting could only chuckle awkwardly without answering.
Before coming, Su Xin had already asked the secret agents to gather information on Zhang Zhongye. He had a fairly good understanding of the man.
Zhang Zhongye was over a hundred and fifty years old. For a Spirit Transformation Realm martial artist, reaching that age without making further progress meant his qi and blood were beginning to decline.
He should have retired and enjoyed his remaining years, but he was an old soldier and unwilling to give up the power in his hands. So he had pulled strings to be transferred to Northwest Circuit as Military Governor. In truth, the title was all it amounted to.
For years, Zhang Zhongye had barely attended to official business. He stayed within the cities around Feilong City controlled by Great Zhou, never provoking the Northwest Alien Tribes, and devoted himself to pleasure.
In Su Xin's eyes, Zhang Zhongye had lost all the sharpness of a martial artist. Calling him a useless parasite would not have been far off.
Everyone knew the position had been given to him so he could spend his old age in comfort. A younger Spirit Transformation Realm martial artist might not even have wanted it. So even though the military knew what sort of man Zhang Zhongye was, nobody bothered to interfere.
What Su Xin found strange was that this useless man, who cared only for pleasure and posed