I am the Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysterious-Chapter 165 - 139: Yin Child’s Terms
The group only arrived at Bailong County after dark, fortunately, He Buning was there to directly order the gates to be opened, otherwise, they would have had to make do outside for the night.
After the curfew at night, even Xu San, who was responsible for Bailong County, did not have the authority to open the city gates.
When entering the gates of the county government, Xia Chan twisted her fingers peculiarly, and Sang Que winked at her.
Xia Chan stomped her foot, rushing past between Xiao Wu and Xu San, almost knocking over Xiao Liu, her foot tripped over the threshold of the government office, and she reached out directly to fall toward He Buning’s back.
"Ouch!"
Xia Chan screamed, her fingers threading through He Buning’s hair draped over his back, and just as she was about to fall to the ground, He Buning swiftly seized her arm.
He Buning frowned and lifted Little Chan, admonishing her like an elder, "Watch where you’re going."
Xia Chan tightly gripped a few strands of hair caught between her fingers. Just as she was about to return to Sang Que, the strands in her hand suddenly shot up with green flames, scaring Xia Chan into shrieking and flinging them away.
"Sister, help!"
Xia Chan ran back to Sang Que’s side. Sang Que sighed quietly; the attempt to take the hair had failed.
Aside from his blood turning into yin fire, even He Buning’s hair could catch fire?
But this was good; in a place like the Deceit Dynasty, blood and hair were important mediums, and he would never leave them behind under any circumstances, preventing any schemers from plotting against him.
It’s really unknowable how he got this yin fire, but it’s way more reliable than the Yin Child.
The Yin Child held an eyeball tightly in his hand, not putting it back in his eye socket, perhaps because he found being one-eyed too unsightly and was waiting to find the other eyeball.
He Buning had Sang Que take Xia Chan to rest, then he, along with Xu San, Xiao Wu, and Xiao Liu, took Qin Ze and Qiao Ying away.
Deep into the night.
He Buning helped Qin Ze suppress the evil spirit on him once more, and after confirming that Qiao Ying was temporarily fine, he instructed Xu San to take the two away. He also reminded Xu San to closely monitor Qiao Ying in the next half year, and to deal with any signs of abnormality early.
Xiao Wu watched by He Buning’s side all throughout, hesitating to speak several times.
In a situation like Qiao Ying’s, if handled by another Night Traveler, they wouldn’t even have brought her back. She would have been killed directly at Pinghu Village, as it’s the safest method. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶
The phenomenon of entities like the Fish Woman escaping using a shell is not unheard of, and must be guarded against.
But Qiao Ying had two children; she pleaded bitterly with his family Colonel to spare her for the children’s sake, and his family Colonel always softened towards such people.
The same was true for the widow harmed by the Earth Ghost last time.
Xiao Wu couldn’t say anything and could only follow Xu San to settle Qiao Ying, warning her along the way not to repay kindness with animosity, or his blade wouldn’t be merciful.
After handling matters concerning Qin Ze and Qiao Ying, He Buning finally had time to check the letters rapidly delivered from Wangshan City.
A few letters explained the situation of deceit affairs handled in various places, but there was one letter from Dongyang County he had been waiting for, which contained information about the sixteen-year-old female survivor following the investigation into the Ghost Opera Troupe sacrificial incident in Tangyuan County.
Xiao Liu accompanied He Buning at the table, tentatively asking, "Boss, how about it, is it confirmed?"
He Buning remained silent; the letter mentioned there were three eligible individuals. Two still had living relatives with traceable family records, neither were the one.
The last one had no living relatives and no traceable family records, her household registration was moved from Black Mountain Village to Dongyang County. The document described her as Kou Yushan’s niece, named Kou Xiachan, but she bore no resemblance to Kou Yushan.
He Buning suddenly found it odd; after searching for so many years without a clue, suddenly, after the storyteller’s visit, all sorts of leads surfaced, and even Xia Chan had appeared in front of him.
Such coincidences could not help but arouse He Buning’s suspicion.
He immediately picked up a pen to write a letter, asking people from Dongyang County to inquire all Black Mountain Village survivors, as he needed to know everything about Xia Chan.
Kou Yushan was just in Wangshan City, and He Buning could not wait to question him personally.
"Xiao Liu, since your eyesight is impaired, follow Sang Mulan and the others back to Wangshan City tomorrow, and Xiao Wu and I will proceed first."
"Ah?" Xiao Liu looked confused.
He Buning leaned close to Xiao Liu’s ear, "On the way back tomorrow, inquire a few things from Sang Mulan..."
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The next morning, Sang Que tended to the donkey, hitched the cart, and waited with Xia Chan and Xuan Yu at the side gate of the county government.
She didn’t return to the present day last night; she intended to wait until arriving at Wangshan City to hand Xia Chan over to Kou Yushan, then head out of the city to return home.
