Lin Fan rode a carriage and followed Guo Luohu from a distance. The driver was a very ordinary member of the headquarters. Right now, he didn't trust Bai Qunshan and Yu Furong too much, so he didn't inform them.
On the way, he remembered some rumors about Prince Kang.
Prince Kang's surname was Kang, and his name was Kang Yue. Kang Yue and Huang Ce weren't biological brothers, but sworn brothers.
30 years ago, the two brothers fought together. In the end, Huang Ce became the Emperor, and Kang Yue was conferred the title of Prince Kang. He came to Kang Zhou, his hometown.
Everyone had different opinions about this. They said that Kang Yue was too powerful, and his achievements shocked the Emperor. Huang Ce should immediately find an excuse to get rid of him, or keep him by his side to make it easier to monitor him. Letting him go to Kang Zhou was like letting a tiger roam free. This didn't conform to the concept of putting the bow away after the birds were killed.
In the end, unexpectedly, after thirty years had passed, the facts proved that those who held this view were all groundless fears. Kang Yue did not rebel. In these thirty years, he had always been well-behaved. Usually, he indulged himself in the mountains and rivers, even abandoning his cultivation. There was no sign of rebellion at all.
This greatly exceeded everyone's expectations. From then on, people admired Huang Ce's foresight and praised Prince Kang's loyalty.
They arrived at Kang Zhou, outside Prince Kang's residence.
Lin Fan lifted the curtain of the carriage and saw Guo Luohu being led into the residence by the guards at the entrance. After a while, the coachman and two escorts were also invited in.
Lin Fan felt that it was a little strange. Not only did Guo Luohu not call Ye Tianlang out, but he also seemed to be tripped and couldn't come out for a while.
After a while, the carriage was also led in by Prince Kang's residence's guards.
Seeing this, Lin Fan felt even more strange. He felt that there was something fishy about Prince Kang's residence.
Lin Fan ordered the member who was driving the horses to rush to Qingzhou that very night. He called Lei Jun and Gong Zi Yu over. The member who was driving the horses was very strange. Lin Fan was now the Director. If he had something to do, he should order people from the Director. Why did he have to mobilize people from the State Capital?
But he didn't dare to ask.
He unloaded the carriage and rode straight to Qingzhou.
Lin Fan ate at a small tavern across from Prince Kang's Manor and continued to observe from a distance. He discovered that the wine in this small tavern was not bad and the prices were affordable. However, he did not see any other customers in the day. There was only a waiter in the tavern taking care of business. When Lin Fan struck up a conversation with him, he only nodded or shook his head and did not speak.
Like a mute.
Furthermore, Lin Fan discovered that the entire street in front of Duke Kang's Mansion was rather deserted. It was very strange that no one was walking around in broad daylight.
Lin Fan stayed in the small tavern until the sky turned dark. Guo Luohu still had not come out.
Late at night, Lei Jun and Gong Ziyu arrived with the coachman. Lin Fan had been promoted to the headquarters and Ye Hanqiu had replaced Lin Fan as the Governor of Qing Zhou. Regarding this, Lei Jun and Gong Ziyu were somewhat dissatisfied with him. They also expressed their disappointment at Lin Fan's departure. Gong Ziyu complained as soon as she entered the tavern. "There are so many people in the headquarters, but you didn't order them around. You called us here in the middle of the night. Ye Hanqiu, that blockhead, has a lot of opinions …"
Without waiting for her to finish, Lin Fan said, "He intentionally held back. I am the headquarters.
Not the headquarters in the capital, but the headquarters of the entire Jingye Bureau. I have the authority to command and dispatch all the members of the Jingye Bureau. "
"Lin Fan, I dare say that the people in the headquarters are dissatisfied with you. You also don't trust them. Why don't you transfer all of us to the headquarters? Investigating a case doesn't just rely on force," Gong Ziyu said.
Lin Fan said, "I really do have this intention. When I investigate this case, I will transfer all of you over."
Hearing this, Lei Jun grinned. "That's great."
"That's more like it." Gong Ziyu also showed a happy expression. "Tell me, why did you call us here?"
The lanterns in front of Prince Kang's Mansion lit up. Lin Fan glanced outside and saw that Guo Luohu had not come out yet. He made up his mind and secretly told Lei Jun and Gong Ziyu. He took off his waist token and handed it to Lei Jun. He told them to guard here while he entered Prince Kang's Mansion alone to investigate. If he did not come out by dawn, they could take the waist token and report this matter to the Emperor.
After giving his instructions, Lin Fan walked along the walls of Prince Kang's Mansion. After avoiding a group of patrolling soldiers, he used the Zizhi Yi Kung Fu to change most of the Yang Qi in his body to Yin Qi. He turned his body invisible and then climbed over the wall to enter Prince Kang's Mansion.
Prince Kang's Mansion was quite extravagant. It had a garden-like design, rockeries, ponds, exotic flowers, and winding corridors. It was magnificent. Lin Fan sneaked around inside but couldn't figure out the layout after a long time. After probing a few tall main halls, he found that there was no one inside. The more he probed, the more he found this Prince Kang's Mansion strange. The outside of Prince Kang's Mansion was heavily guarded, and there were also patrolling soldiers in the mansion. However, other than those patrolling soldiers, the mansion was silent as if no one lived there. There was no one to be seen, let alone Ye Tianlang, Guo Luohu, and the others.
Logically speaking, such a huge Prince Kang's Mansion with a radius of several hundred meters should have at least a thousand people, including the Kang family's direct descendants and concubines and servants. Even at night, it shouldn't be so empty …
Those patrolling soldiers came and went, and it was inconvenient for him to move. He simply used his body movement technique and climbed to the top of the tallest hall in the mansion to observe. The bright moon hung high in the sky, sprinkling down its clear light. Lin Fan looked down from above and could see the entire mansion.
The azure lake water was vast and misty, and the blue waves were like jade. On the island in the middle of the lake, there were all kinds of trees and flowers, and it was as prosperous as brocade.
However, amidst this beauty, there was something strange about it.
Looking down from above, the island on the lake had the appearance of a ghost face. If one didn't look carefully, they wouldn't be able to see any clues.
And at this time, Lin Fan discovered that the ghost face's hair was a large patch of yellow plants. The shape of the plants was very unusual.
The thickness was uniform, and each one was upright, like a sword or a spear.
It was extremely sharp. The ghost face's eyes were clearly two strange dark blue springs.
The runes in the springs were flashing, like fish and prawns, and the mouth of the ghost face was a blood pool.
Golden hair, blue eyes, bloody mouth …
The ghost face was vivid and lifelike, but it was really strange.
Lin Fan secretly thought, could this be a formation?
Or could it be that this was a great protective formation?!
When he thought of this.
Lin Fan released the three layers of golden shell from his body, and then carefully avoided the head of "golden hair" on the ghost face island.
Two "blue eyes", and a "bloody mouth", which was the large patch of yellow plants, two clear springs, and a blood pool.
Then, he jumped down.
The facts proved that it really was a formation.
When Lin Fan landed ten meters away from the island, he activated the great protective formation. Instantly, the formation was activated, and the formation soldiers were activated …
The large patch of yellow plants, suddenly had runes revolving around it. Following the flickering of light, like a sword or a spear, it was pulled out from the ground, turning into countless wooden swords and wooden spears, shooting towards the descending Lin Fan.
And in the two clear springs, the runes suddenly lit up, releasing a large amount of water arrows. The two large amounts of water arrows shot up from the clear springs, shooting towards Lin Fan.
In the blood pool, a bloody human shaped monster scuttled out!
Xiu xiu xiu xiu …
Wooden spears, wooden swords, water arrows … like locusts, they shot towards Lin Fan.