"Don't be so pessimistic."
Ji Luan said, "I believe that Lin Fan will have a way. If it doesn't work, there's still the Capital's Jingye Department. I don't believe that we can't find out."
After a pause, Ji Luan asked, "What about Lin Fan? Where is he now?"
Ye Hanqiu said, "According to Gong Ziyu, Lin Fan has been acting alone since last night. I don't know where he went, but he hasn't returned yet."
"He hasn't returned yet?"
Ji Luan was slightly startled, then said, "Then he must still be investigating the case, and he probably found some clues …"
Ye Hanqiu said, "Sir, why do you have the same opinion as the supervisor? Don't you think there's another reason?"
"You don't think that Lin Fan has met with misfortune, do you?"
Ji Luan said, "Don't worry, you'll know if you look through his resume. That kid's life is tough. The possibility you mentioned is only one in ten thousand …"
"Sir, it's better to be safe than sorry," Ye Hanqiu said, "For such a big case, the perpetrator must be a powerful person. His cultivation is probably above Lin Fan's. Moreover, this case is definitely not done by one person. It should be an evil force.
There's also another possibility, which is that Lin Fan is trapped and can't get rid of it. Therefore, we need to report this case to the Capital's Jingye Department and let them come over to investigate … "
Ji Luan shook his head and waved his hand, "No, this is tantamount to undermining Lin Fan. If the Capital's Jingye Department really comes, what will Lin Fan do?
Besides, if things aren't as you think, he'll be very angry … "
"Sir, last night, two more villages disappeared. More than two hundred villagers disappeared without a trace. If we can't find the culprit as soon as possible, who knows how many people will suffer in the future. This is not the time to care about face."
Ji Luan pondered, then nodded and said, "Well, what you said makes sense. How about this, you go back and rest first. If there's still no news of Lin Fan by noon, go to the Capital's Jingye Department and report the situation."
"Yes." Ye Hanqiu took the order and left.
At noon, there was finally news.
And it was serious news …
The three brothers of the Shangguan Clan in Jiang Prefecture used the Qi and Blood Recovery Array to revive Old Ancestor Shangguan with the intention of rebelling and usurping the country.
In order to carry out the conspiracy, Shangguan Yunce, as the magistrate of Jiang Province, colluded with ghosts and monsters to create the Black Silk Conspiracy Case and the Mountain Village Strange Case, killing nearly a thousand innocent people. However, due to Lin Fan, the Governor of Qingzhou's Jingye Department, persistently investigating the case and stopping it in time, the evil plan did not succeed.
The three Shangguan brothers were killed by the resurrected Blood Fiend Patriarch. That night, the Blood Fiend Patriarch, the Shangguan Patriarch, left after slaughtering more than 300 people from the Mystic Underworld Sect. He barged into Jiang Prefecture City, and no one could stop him.
This Blood Demon ran amok in Jiang State Capital and slaughtered nearly a thousand people. Then, he committed a murder in the official residence of Jiang State Magistrate Shangguan Yunce.
Hundreds of members of the Shangguan Clan were slaughtered.
Now, Patriarch Shangguan was still wantonly slaughtering in Jiang State Capital. No one could stop him.
That was the gist of the news.
The case was clear. Gong Ziyu was proud of her prophecy in the morning, and Ye Hanqiu was ashamed of the measures he had almost implemented. Fortunately, the news was delivered in time. If it had been a little later, he would have gone to the capital to report to the head of Jingye Department. At that time, he would have been embarrassed.
The Shangguan brothers intended to rebel. This was a big case, and it was related to the country. However, because of Lin Fan, their evil plan did not succeed. At least, after the analysis and judgment of the masters of the True Energy Realm, they unanimously agreed that the resurrected Shangguan Patriarch had not reached the true strength of the Blood Fiend. Otherwise, he would have recovered his memories and double his cultivation when he was alive. He could have killed all the way to the capital and the country would be in danger.
This matter had alarmed the current Emperor. The Emperor issued an edict, first praising Lin Fan's actions. Then, he sent imperial envoys to cooperate with the people of Jingye Department in the capital to Jiang State Capital to kill Patriarch Shangguan.
However, Lin Fan had yet to return.
The news did not mention Lin Fan's life or whereabouts. This inevitably worried Lei Jun and Xia Qiusheng, so they hurriedly sent people to Jiang State Capital to inquire.
At this time, Lin Fan was still in Jiang State Capital.
After coming out of the Xuanming Sect, Lin Fan had been following Patriarch Shangguan and observing him. At the same time, he took the opportunity to improve his Burning Blood Technique.
Early in the morning, he followed Patriarch Shangguan into Jiang State Capital.
After Patriarch Shangguan entered the city, he wantonly killed and the people in the city suffered.
And those who were slaughtered were ordinary poor people.
These poor people were forced to come out early in the morning to work because they were forced to live. They were the first to become the Blood Fiend's living targets.
On the other hand, those high officials and nobles were still sleeping at home. They lived in high-walled courtyards and had servants to protect them. Therefore, the casualties of this class were relatively small.
Seeing those poor people being slaughtered, Lin Fan could not bear it, especially when Patriarch Shangguan killed his way to the vicinity of Shangguan Yunce's official residence. When he saw Patriarch Shangguan bypassing the tall official residence, he finally could not hold back and took the initiative to show himself. He jumped to the top of the gate of Shangguan Yunce's official residence, took down the inscribed board of the official residence and threw it at Patriarch Shangguan. At the same time, he shot a stream of True Qi at Patriarch Shangguan and finally succeeded in infuriating the Blood Fiend.
Patriarch Shangguan did not know that it was the official residence of his descendants and that the people living there were all his descendants.
In a fit of anger, he leaped toward Lin Fan. Lin Fan jumped toward the courtyard of the official residence.
It was not until Patriarch Shangguan also jumped into the official residence that Lin Fan used two hundred streams of Yin Qi to activate the Ghost Shadow Steps and get rid of the lock of Patriarch Shangguan's aura.
After losing his target, Patriarch Shangguan went mad with rage and wantonly slaughtered the descendants of the Shangguan family in the official residence.
In fact, they were also his descendants.
Every grievance had its perpetrator and every debt had its debtor. The disaster caused by the Shangguan family naturally had to be borne by the Shangguan family.
In any case, these Shangguan family members would eventually die. Even if they were not slaughtered by Patriarch Shangguan, they would still be executed by the imperial court.
As a major fifth rank official of the imperial court, Shangguan Yunce had committed such a heinous crime. The punishment of exterminating his entire family was unavoidable.
Since that was the case, why not let the Shangguan family members die for the common people? No matter how cruel and bloodthirsty the Blood Fiend was, he only had one devil body and two devil walls. Killing people would take time. By killing the Shangguan family members, the common people in the vicinity would have a chance to escape. It would also buy time for the experts who were coming to kill him.
At this time, Lin Fan was also a little anxious. Patriarch Shangguan was constantly killing and condensing blood fire. At this time, his devil body was blood red and his whole body was burning with blood fire. He was like a man on fire. Even if one was dozens of meters away from him, they could feel the blazing Qi.
The blood fire that he shot out with a wave of his hand not only caused people to directly explode, but even the hard walls were not spared. This showed that his strength was constantly growing. This was not a good thing. If he was not killed early and allowed to grow stronger, there would be no end to the disaster.
Fortunately, in the afternoon, the members of the Jingye Division of the capital arrived. The Jingye Division's upper echelons all came out. The Head Supervisor Ye Tian Lang, the Vice Head Guo Luohu, the Head Supervisor Bai Xun Shan, the External Affairs Envoy Yu Furong. Ye Tian Lang was a True Element Boundary First Stage cultivator and the other three were Qi Refining Seventh or Eighth Stage cultivators. In terms of cultivation, it could be said that they were much stronger than Lin Fan. However, after seeing the Blood Fiend Shangguan, they were afraid and did not dare to step forward.