Chapter 1431: My Father Is Not My Father

After dismissing Ziwu (Su Yun), Pure Yang Zhenren started complaining to Chen Guanlou.

"You're always finding things for me to do, stuffing two women in here; do you think it's appropriate?"

"You're not monks, anyway." Chen Guanlou complained, "And it's not like the Jade Spring Palace doesn't have Daoist nuns."

"It's not the same! These two came out of the Great Wilderness; I'm worried they'll corrupt the others. Do you know how troublesome it is to manage such a large Jade Spring Palace?"

Chen Guanlou looked at the irritable Pure Yang Zhenren and reflected slightly. "If they make a mistake, you don't have to look at my face; just expel them directly."

"Heh! Of course I won't look at your face."

Pure Yang Zhenren was very disdainful and emphasized it again.

"The Jade Spring Palace is not a trash can; everything, fragrant or smelly, is stuffed here. Children are fine, but you stuffed adults in here too, and they are two trafficked women. It's really troublesome! I'm worrying about how to treat these two in the future. I can't be too light, and I can't be too heavy!"

"Treat them equally!" Chen Guanlou comforted him with a smile.

Pure Yang Zhenren was so angry his nose was smoking, looking at everything with displeasure. He forced the other person to buy medicinal pills.

"Why would I buy your pills? I don't take pills!"

"If you don't buy my pills, but you stuff women into my place, do you think that's appropriate?"

"Your pills aren't hard to sell. There are plenty of people outside who want to buy them but can't find the way." Chen Guanlou felt the other person was just eccentric; he felt uncomfortable if he didn't earn his money.

"Others are others, and you are you. If you don't let me earn your money, I don't feel smooth in my heart!"

Pure Yang Zhenren stopped pretending and showed his cards directly.

He just wanted to earn Chen Guanlou's money! He just wanted to slaughter the big fish!

Chen Guanlou was so angry he cursed, "Old Daoist, you are too greedy. Fine, fine, give me some health-preserving pills; they are quite good to eat as sugar beans."

When Pure Yang Zhenren heard the words "sugar beans," he was so angry he gritted his teeth.

"My pills, how many people seek them but cannot get them. You actually treat them as sugar beans! Chen Guanlou, you really know how to poke my heart. Interacting with you is truly three lives of misfortune!"

"Three lives of misfortune is nothing; at least it must be nine lives of misfortune, otherwise it won't show how powerful I am."

Chen Guanlou was very smug, as if he had won a battle.

Pure Yang Zhenren imitated his appearance and gestured with a middle finger.

At this moment, the Daoist boy knocked on the door to report.

"Reporting to the Temple Master, there is a believer outside seeking to see Chen Shizhu (Benefactor Chen)."

The two looked at each other.

Chen Guanlou shook his head repeatedly; he knew nothing.

Pure Yang Zhenren coughed lightly and asked, "What is the other person's background?"

"She is an official's daughter! She has been here several times before, and each time she made a donation! Today she added ten taels of incense money, whereas before it was only one or two taels of silver."

Suddenly making a big move, there must be a request.

"Did she say why she wants to see Prison Warden Chen?"

"She said she has a secret that only Chen Shizhu and the Temple Master can know. She also said that if she doesn't see her today, she will surely die! The disciple saw her crying sincerely, not like she was lying, so I dared to report it."

Chen Guanlou deeply suspected that the Daoist boy had been bewitched by beauty.

So he asked, "Is that official's daughter pretty?"

The Daoist boy's expression didn't change, quite sharp, calmly saying: "Slightly beautiful! Not as good as Junior Sister Ziwu!"

Ziwu (Su Yun), who used to be gaunt and thin, looking like a dried corpse, was ugly to the point of being unbearable to look at. But her foundation was good, and her features were exquisite. After a few months, she had eaten and drunk well, gained some flesh, and her skin had become white; her appearance had recovered at least fifty or sixty percent, and one could already see she was a beauty in the making, truly stunning!

Once she recovered to one hundred percent of her beauty, that would be incredible, a beauty that could topple a country! Being a Daoist nun was just right! Hiding in a Daoist temple without contacting outsiders was the safest. Otherwise, outside, who knew how miserable she would be, falling into the hands of how many men.

"Does she have any secrets?"

The Daoist boy shook his head and said: "She just knelt outside the courtyard gate, saying nothing would make her get up. Temple Master, what should the disciple do?"

Pure Yang Zhenren thought for a moment. "Invite her in; I'm very curious what the secret is that she wants to tell." Then he asked Chen Guanlou, "Don't you curious?"

Chen Guanlou shook his head and then nodded. "Women are very troublesome, crying and whimpering; are you sure you want to see her? Be careful, once you get involved in trouble, you won't be able to shake it off."

Pure Yang Zhenren sneered. "I am the trouble for others; others are never my trouble. Invite her in!"

Chen Guanlou gave a thumbs up. "I should learn from you and become someone else's trouble!"

"If you want to earn money, you can only solve trouble for others, not become trouble for others."

Makes sense.

Chen Guanlou expressed regret that he couldn't refine pills, otherwise he would be like the old Daoist, sitting and waiting for guests to come to the door, asking for an exorbitant price, and not allowing bargaining. Beautiful!

A moment later, the Daoist boy led the official's daughter into the tea room.

The Daoist boy's description was very accurate; the official's daughter was very pretty, but not as good as Su Yun's foundation. Her features were not as exquisite as Su Yun's! Her eyes even had a hint of dullness, and for a moment, even looked fierce and resentful! It seemed as if her heart was full of hatred and dissatisfaction, and she had encountered great hardships in life.

But looking at her complexion and clothing, and then looking at her hands, it was obvious she lived in luxury and didn't look like someone who had encountered hardships.

She knelt on the cushion, her hands placed on her legs, her sitting posture graceful and moving, but her whole body exuded an aura of death, full of gloom, unable to be covered.

Truly a contradictory person.

She was so young, where did such a big temper come from, looking like she was neither dead nor alive.

She first performed a salute, and then introduced: "My surname is Dou, given name Shu. My father is Dou Anzhi, currently serving as a Physician (Director) in the Ministry of Revenue!"

Oh!

And then?

"Miss Dou, you want to see the two of us and say you have a secret. If we don't listen to your secret, you will surely die; can you tell us what's going on?" Chen Guanlou was very curious and asked first.

Dou Shu's eyes were filled with tears; she steadied herself, held back her tears, and said solemnly: "My father is Dou Anzhi. But now, this Lord Dou, I suspect he is not my father; my biological father may have already been murdered by him!"

What?

Chen Guanlou and Pure Yang Zhenren looked at each other, both indicating they didn't understand.

"Can you say that again? I suspect my ears. Are you saying your father is Dou Anzhi, and Dou Anzhi is not your father?"

"I suspect my biological father, Dou Anzhi, was killed by this current Dou Anzhi. This current Dou Anzhi is a fake, using my biological father's identity to impersonate him!"

Chen Guanlou rubbed his head. "Do you have evidence? Why do you say he is not your father, but a fake? What about your mother? There shouldn't be anyone who knows him better than your mother. After all, he could deceive everyone, but he absolutely couldn't deceive the person sleeping beside him!"

"My mother passed away when I was five. They thought I was young and wouldn't remember anything. But I remember clearly; when my mother passed away, she told me personally that this current father is a fake, and my biological father has likely been murdered.

The person who impersonated my father is the servant beside him, who looked sixty or seventy percent like my father. My father was lazy, and many times he would let the servant impersonate him to do some things! Perhaps because of this, the seeds of disaster were sown!" ===== CHAPTER 1432 =====