The world is vast.

But only one-fifth of the mainland is covered by the ocean, which is inhabited by demons and monsters.

The continent is the living place of human beings, but it is not very safe, and it is always subject to the infestation of demons and monsters, such as the Yellow Dragon Empire where Lin Fan is located, facing the sea in the north, and the sea is called the North Sea.

There are a large number of demons inhabited in the North Sea, and there are a large number of barren places in the west, where there are connected to the ghost domain, where ghosts and monsters are raging, barren and populated, and some are just white bones.

In fact, even a populated place is inevitably attacked by demons and monsters, such as Qingzhou, where Lin Fan is located, cannot completely shield demons and monsters.

Compared with Qingzhou City, Kyoto is naturally much safer, after all, it must be at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

So if he can move into Kyoto with his family, Lin Fan will enjoy it, and with the improvement of his cultivation and the growth of his strength, he gradually has ambition in his heart, and he also has the idea of competing for power.

It's just that after the Spring Festival, Lin Fan has not received an order from the Kyoto Jingye General Division, nor has he heard any news, and he has no disappointment and regret about this, in short, he didn't care too much, plus on the night of the Lantern Festival, there were ghosts and monsters in Qingyang City, and Lin Fan was busy with official business, so he didn't take this matter to heart.

The second day of the Lantern Festival.

Lin Fan and Lei Jun appeared in the flower boat outside Qingyang City, and at this time, the flower boat had been put under martial law by the thirty members of the Jingye Division brought by Lin Fan.

The bodies of the nine clubs killed last night were carried out one after another, a prostitute, a prostitute, and seven soldiers, the prostitute had a stab wound on his body, and the rest of the people had no obvious sharp weapon wounds, but large burns.

The bustard of the flower boat and the head of a soldier in charge of security were telling Lin Fan what happened last night, and according to their accounts, the process of the case was as follows:

A prostitute suddenly went berserk while accompanying a guest and stabbed two guests with scissors, and when the soldiers came to control her, she was already crazy and stabbed indiscriminately with scissors,

Just as he was under the control of the soldiers, a rusty lantern with the image of a lady appeared, appeared out of thin air, flew through the air, and spewed fire at everyone who came near the prostitute, and the fire could not be extinguished as soon as it was burned, and the nine people affected were burned alive.

After listening to the story, Lin Fan checked the corpse and found that there were indeed traces of flame burning on the corpse, which was consistent with the process of the case they recounted.

"What about the crazy prostitute?" Lin Fan asked, "Which corpse is her?"

"Back to my lord, the prostitute escaped. The bustard replied.

"Escaped?" Lin Fan's eyes looked at the head of the soldier,

The leader of this soldier belongs to a young general in the city defense army, and he used to be his subordinate, but the level is too low, and Lin Fan doesn't know it.

Lin Fan only knew that after the Haitian Gang was organized by the government, the industry of Huafang was accepted by the government, and after it reopened, it has been managed by the city defense army, no matter day or night, there is a team of ten people stationed there.

"Small incompetence. The head of the soldier who had already stood up fluttered and knelt down and kowtowed to Lin Fan, saying, "At that time, the entire painting boat was burned, and the scene was chaotic......

Lin Fan asked, "Where did you flee?"

The soldier pointed to the west, "That's what I fled in that direction." ”

Lin Fan said, "Are you sure?"

"Sure. ”

"Check the identity of that prostitute and report it to me. Lin Fan put his hands up.

"Yes. The soldier stepped back to investigate.

At this time, Fang Qianqiu came, and brought two people, Tie Qingshan and Ding Haitian,

When they met, they all saluted Lin Fan: "Participate in the state envoy." ”

Tie Qingshan and Ding Haitian were about to kneel, but they were stopped by Lin Fan, and they were going to kneel according to the rules, but Lin Fan didn't want to put up a fight in front of them.

A trick like this should have been the duty of the Jing Ye Division, so Fang Qianqiu and they had no right to intervene.

It's just that the three of them feel that Lin Fan doesn't need to come over in person, as the state envoy, how can he personally investigate every case, that would be too embarrassing.

Indeed, if this case happened elsewhere, Lin Fan would have asked the foreign envoy Ye Hanqiu to come over to investigate first, and he would not come in person until he could find out, but outside Qingyang City, where this case occurred, Qingyang City was Lin Fan's hometown, and he had feelings, and Lin Fan didn't want anything to happen to Qingyang City.

Lin Fan exchanged a few words with the three of them, and then chatted with Fang Qianqiu alone for a while, telling him that Fang Yuanxue was all right in Qingzhou City.

Fang Qianqiu intentionally or unintentionally asked about Lin Fan's marriage, Lin Fan didn't want to go around the bend, and promised very directly that if he didn't get married, he would already marry Fang Yuanxue, and even if he wasn't his wife, he would be set up as a side room.

After getting Lin Fan's assurance, Fang Qianqiu put his mind at ease, and when he saw that Lin Fan still had to investigate the case, he left with Ding Haitian and Tie Qingshan, and when he left, Lin Fan explained that they wanted to strengthen the defense of Qingyang City.

Then Lin Fan asked thirty of his subordinates to return to Qingzhou on their own, and only took the deputy envoy Lei Jun all the way to the west, and rode a horse to track down.

All the way was a desolate place, and the road passed through the White Fox Mountain, and they checked as they went, but they found nothing, and they passed through the White Fox Mountain safely.

Lin Fan always had a question in his heart, what kind of ghost is this haunting?

It attacks with lanterns and flames, indicating that it is not afraid of flames.

Generally, the ghosts are afraid of flames, including zombies and demons, so it's very unexpected.

It's a pity that it was not Gong Ziyu but Lei Jun who followed him, otherwise he could have asked her for advice.

After passing the White Fox Mountain, enter an official road, the future is no longer desolate, there are pedestrians, cars and horses on the road, and there are wine shops and inns on the side of the road.

It was getting late, and they were eating in a small wine shop, with five or six tables in it, and three tables of guests were eating, all of whom were in a hurry.

It was dark, and the lanterns of the wine shop were lit up, and the lanterns were beautiful, with beautiful pictures of ladies, but they glowed with a miserable white light.

The light made people stunned and chilled very uncomfortable, a bearded man happened to be sitting under the lantern eating wine, he felt a chill down his back, very inexplicable, he looked up at the lantern on his head, pouted,

It is said that there is fire in the lantern, and it should feel hot when you get close, so he doesn't think it's because of the lantern.

Buried his head and continued to eat, but there were still chills down his spine, he directly blew his hair, and shouted in a thick voice, "Xiao Er, what's going on in your store, what's going on in the ghost, why is it cold?"

The shopkeeper walked out and smiled bitterly at the big man, "This guest officer said that it was funny, everyone said that I was warm in this store, and the place where you sat was the warmest place, and the lanterns were all over you, if you were still cold, I was afraid that it was not infected with the wind cold......"

"Bastard. The big man got up, pointed at the shopkeeper and scolded, "You don't open your eyes, do you know who Lao Tzu is? Can you speak? If you dare to be disrespectful, Lao Tzu will break your stinky mouth......

The shopkeeper shrunk his neck and said, "Yes, even if I say the wrong thing, I won't say it,"

As he spoke, he turned around and was about to retreat, but the big man pointed to the lantern above his head, "Xiao Er, take off this lantern, Lao Tzu looks uncomfortable......"

"Guest officer, I want to change your position. The shopkeeper obviously disagreed. He's just a guy in the shop, and he doesn't have the right to transpose the lantern.

"Long-winded!" the bearded man drew his big knife from his waist and slashed at the lantern.

At that moment, a voice said, "Stop." ”

The three tables of customers in the store were stunned when they heard the sound, and their eyes looked at the person who made the sound, and saw that it was a young man, and he was accompanied by a big man. The big man is extraordinary, but the young man who spoke out looked quite ordinary.

"Stop, if you tell me to stop, I'll stop, who are you?" The bearded man was very annoyed, just now a shopkeeper made him feel unhappy, and now a milky boy actually stopped his behavior, and his tone was not so blunt,

He has never encountered such a stumbling block in the rivers and lakes that he has walked for decades, and his face is very faceless at the moment, so he directly slashed at the lantern with a knife regardless of it.