IHOEAYSTTTIW Chapter 65

Chapter 65: Returning to Its Original Owner, Clearing the Clouds to See the Sun

Chapter 65: Returning to Its Original Owner, Clearing the Clouds to See the Sun

Lin Yan spoke, and as if by magic, the Guangxiang of Abbot Jiguang began to flash with colorful light.

Abbot Jiguang, with his back to Lin Yan and Yun Qi, was frantically doing something, muttering, “It’s always been fine, what’s wrong now?”

Lin Yan watched the spectacle with his arms crossed, taking the opportunity to mock, “It must be because you’ve deceived too many people, Abbot, and you’re being punished.”

“Benefactor, you…”

Lin Yan moved in front of Abbot Jiguang and snatched the lamp from his hand. “Claiming to see people’s past and present lives with just a broken lamp, pretending to be a deity.”

“I… This humble monk doesn’t understand what you’re saying,” Abbot Jiguang weakly defended, reaching out to grab the lamp from Lin Yan’s hand.

Lin Yan casually tossed the lamp to Yun Qi, mockingly saying, “You say it’s yours, call out to it, will it answer?”

Abbot Jiguang put his hands together and chanted a Buddhist prayer, “This humble monk certainly doesn’t have such abilities, but benefactor, you…”

Lin Yan coldly recited the awakening phrase, “Little Guang Student.”

The lamp flickered twice in their shocked gazes, then replied in a childish voice, “I’m here, what is it?”

The shock in Abbot Jiguang’s eyes was overflowing, and Yun Qi’s hand holding the lamp began to tremble.

Lin Yan patted the night light and proudly gave the order, “Keep the music going, keep dancing.”

“Okay, switching to disco mode for you.”

The lights changed, red, blue, green, and purple intertwined wildly, flashing intensely.

Abbot Jiguang could only utter one word after a long time: “This…”

“This counts as returning to its original owner.” Lin Yan snatched the night light, tossed it twice, then had a whim and clipped it behind Yun Qi’s head.

Yun Qi emitted colorful light.

Lin Yan was very satisfied and pulled Yun Qi to leave. “Xiao Qi, let’s go.”

Yun Qi touched the lamp behind his head, trying to restrain his desire to throw the lamp away, and hummed a “okay” through his nose.

Lin Yan took two steps and then returned, bowing slightly to Abbot Jiguang, whose face was pale with despair. “Master, being able to sit in this position, you must have some abilities that others don’t. Can Master tell where I come from?”

Abbot Jiguang retreated until he leaned against the base of the Buddha statue, barely managing to steady himself. He stammered a Buddhist prayer, “This humble monk, this humble monk… The national teacher taught me how to use the artifact. Young master, go find him, he might… no, he definitely knows.”

Alright, this wasn’t a wasted trip.

Lin Yan pulled Yun Qi out of Puhua Temple. Under Yun Qi’s frantic hints, he took off the night light and stuffed it into Yun Qi’s hand.

Yun Qi awkwardly fiddled with the night light in his hand, his eyes lighting up when the light turned on.

Lin Yan didn’t notice Yun Qi’s abnormality, pulling him along with his head down, muttering, “Doesn’t the Great Zhou do anti-fraud work? Oh, right, this lamp does look quite intimidating.”

Yun Qi continued to play with the night light, perfunctorily saying, “Big brother is wise,” relying on muscle memory.

“Although he’s a liar, it’s not a complete loss,” Lin Yan said, confiscating the night light that had hooked Yun Qi’s soul, with a hint of worry in his voice. “But it seems I’ll have to stay in this Capital City for a while longer, at least to find the national teacher.”

Yun Qi, whose night light was confiscated, “hmm”-ed in grievance, his eyes following Lin Yan’s hands up and down.

“I wronged you…” Lin Yan’s words were only halfway out when his eyebrows furrowed.

A crowd of people was gathered in front of River Sister, arguing and making a racket, not knowing what was going on.

“What’s happening?” Lin Yan stuffed the night light into Yun Qi’s hand and rushed towards River Sister.

Yun Qi disregarded the night light in his hand, raising it and rushing forward two steps before realizing the sensation that kind of thing would cause. He hardly restrained his nature to hide the lamp well before finding Lin Yan had squeezed into the crowd.

Lin Yan pushed through the crowd, and the first thing he saw was Cheng Que crying. Gu Zhan leaned close to his ear and said something, Cheng Que’s crying paused for a moment, then he cried even harder.

Lin Yan pulled Cheng Que behind him, glared fiercely at Gu Zhan, and then gently comforted, “What’s wrong? What did he say to you? Or what do they want to do?”

Gu Zhan was very innocent, and the two yamen runners who came on official business were also very innocent.

Cheng Que wanted to explain, but he was already crying and gasping for breath, barely managing to utter “not” before being unable to say anything more.

Lin Yan directly bypassed Gu Zhan and cupped his hands to the two yamen runners, “What official business do you two have?”

Their official duties were disturbed, and the person causing the trouble was so impolite.

When had the two yamen runners ever been treated like this? They immediately wanted to lash out. But before they could speak, another yamen runner squeezed in from outside the crowd and whispered a few words in their ears.

The gazes they gave Lin Yan became respectful, gradually evolving into fear.

Lin Yan watched the two men pass the buck to each other, and finally one of them stood out tremblingly and bowed ninety degrees to Lin Yan.

One shouldn’t hit someone with a smiling face, and besides, Lin Yan was slowly realizing that this matter was likely a misunderstanding.

“Big brother, I finally caught up with you.” Yun Qi finally “squeezed” in.

The yamen runner’s straight back bent down again, and even his calves began to tremble.

“Your Highness, Prince An, the matter you ordered has been investigated…”

In the following period of time, Lin Yan listened to the yamen runner explain the Cheng family’s affairs, which was also what Yun Qi had been busy with recently, from beginning to end.

After Cheng Xiucai became an live-in son-in-law in the Zheng family, he always felt wronged. After Zheng’s wife bore Cheng Que, she hurt her body and was unable to give birth again. Cheng Xiucai wanted a son to inherit the family incense, so from that time on, he began to think about taking a concubine. However, Cheng Xiucai was ultimately the Zheng family’s live-in son-in-law. The Zheng family elders couldn’t bear to see their daughter wronged, and Zheng’s wife didn’t want to either, so this matter was temporarily put on hold. It was also from that time that some rumors about Zheng’s wife being a shrewish wife began to appear in the neighborhood.

Such days lasted for two years. Cheng Xiucai raised a mistress named Zhang. This Zhang was not a kind person either. After several provocations, Cheng Xiucai added some things to the Zheng family elders’ food. After the Zheng family elders passed away, Cheng Xiucai repeated his old tricks, fabricating rumors that Zheng’s wife was shrewish and killed her parents, while adding the same things to Zheng’s wife’s food.”

“Then why not quickly arrest Cheng Xiucai…” Lin Yan said halfway before remembering that Cheng Xiucai had been dead for almost a year. He could only listlessly retract his finger and mutter, “Oh, he’s dead, what a retribution.”

The yamen runner shrugged, noncommittal: “It’s not wrong to say that by Your Highness. Cheng Xiucai wanted to make Zhang his legal wife, but for various reasons, he didn’t succeed until his death. That Zhang later had a child with someone else, so she used her ancestral skill again.”

Yun Qi whispered in Lin Yan’s ear, “The coroner examined the body and found that Cheng Laotou’s cause of death was the same as the Zheng family’s.”

Lin Yan nodded, turning his attention back to the yamen runner: “So, has the person been caught?”

The two yamen runners competed to answer.

“The Ministry of Justice has already gone.”

“There should be news soon.”

“Thank you for your hard work.” Lin Yan rummaged through his clothes, but before he could find his purse, Yun Qi had already handed over the reward silver.

The two yamen runners instantly beamed, repeatedly bowing and thanking him.

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