Chapter 540: Karma Determines Parentage
Lin Xiaosu completely didn't see it, squatted at the entrance of the cave: "Let me ask you something, why did you say that the family's child wasn't their own biological child?"
"Consider it talking nonsense! Is that okay?" said the Taoist.
"No, that's not an official answer!" Lin Xiaosu said, "Don't forget, I gave you three thousand yuan last time, and you haven't used it all yet. If you don't give me a satisfactory answer, you'll have to refund me!"
Last time, according to the Taoist's asking price, one yuan per word, Lin Xiaosu gave the Taoist three thousand yuan at once. After saying only a few words, he went down the mountain.
In theory, the Taoist still owes him more than a thousand words.
The Taoist shook his head and sighed: "Since you are asking the Dao, then let me tell you, the Heavenly Dao has causality, the Human Path also has causality. With my discerning eye, there is no causal connection between this child and this old couple, but rather a causal connection with that cousin. Therefore, I assert that this child is not the biological grandson of the old couple, but is indeed the flesh and blood of the cousin. Brother Lin went up the mountain to ask the Dao, generously spending a fortune, and I sincerely explain the Dao, speaking words worth thousands in gold. Your path and mine with the Dao are now clear!"
Zhou Mei widened her eyes: "Old man, you spoke twice, I was present both times. Calculated at a yuan per word, did you really say three thousand words?"
"Purely by word count, it's only two thousand. However, during this period, I farted several times, and the airflow of a thousand strands is also the sound of the Great Dao..."
Before the words were finished, a loud fart resounded in endless loops.
Zhou Mei jumped up, covering her nose, glaring angrily.
She's a girl, she can't curse. Otherwise, she would curse your ancestors, you stinky Taoist, you're too much, calling a fart the sound of the Great Dao, blatantly charging money, is there any reason for that in the world?
However, Lin Xiaosu squatted there, dazed and lost in thought.
The Heavenly Dao has causality, Human Path also has causality!
A child is developed from the father's essence, a natural causal connection exists between father and child.
And this old couple has no blood causal connection with their grandson.
Conversely, that cousin has a blood causal connection with this grandson.
This is the Mad Taoist conducting a paternity test for the child.
Not using modern medicine, but using the Law of Cause and Effect...
Lin Xiaosu has already entered the realm of the Law of Cause and Effect.
Next, perhaps he can verify...
"I'm leaving, next time you get beaten, I'll come to see you!" Lin Xiaosu stood up.
"Damn! Can you speak properly?" The Taoist was also annoyed.
"Don't get upset!" Lin Xiaosu hurriedly stopped him: "You need to know, I came to ask the Dao today, and you charge one yuan per word. For those six words just now, I'm not paying!"
"You bastard, next time I'll make a special rate for you, ten yuan per word!"
"Old man, don't push your luck, your crappy Dao inquiry has no other customers besides me. Do you want to drive away your only customer?"
The old Taoist glared at him, speechless for a moment.
"Zhou Mei, let's go down the mountain!"
Zhou Mei followed him, running a little, taking a deep breath at the corner in front: "That stinky Taoist really farted just now... I'm not using it as a metaphor, I mean a real physiological fart..."
"Farting, according to him, is also the sound of the Great Dao!" Lin Xiaosu said, "Don't you want to try to feel it?"
"Do I look sick, feeling his fart?" Zhou Mei gave him a sidelong glance: "This ends here, don't tell anyone, it's shameful..."
Lin Xiaosu smiled but said nothing.
The two of them got back in the car, Zhou Mei said: "The first step is done, what's the next step?"
"Let's bring Ruolan and Zhou Xi along. We'll go meet Yin Yuxia?"
A phone call was made, and Ruolan and Zhou Xi immediately hopped into the Detective Agency's car. With one step on the gas, they arrived at the neighborhood where Yin Yuxia lived.
Zhou Xi got out of the car, very excited: "Brother Lin, you haven't worked on a case for a long time. Today I have to take a good look and learn from the world-renowned style of the First Detective."
This is true, Lin Xiaosu hasn't handled a case in Fengcheng since two years ago, at the beginning of the Detective Agency when he handled a few cases. Particularly after Zhou Xi joined the Detective Agency, he hadn't worked on a case in Fengcheng.
According to Miao Ruolan, he finds the cases in Fengcheng too low-end.
For an average person, this sounds a bit snobbish, but for him, it's not, because the things he does outside often influence international affairs. The funding he receives for cases, sometimes a transfer of eight digits, is enough to show that the cases in Fengcheng are indeed too low-end for him.
Lin Xiaosu smiled: "Let's go!"
The group, under Zhou Xi's guidance, entered the neighborhood.
This neighborhood was developed seven years ago, and at the time it was the highest-priced neighborhood in Fengcheng.
Facing the Yishui River, it was made into an artificial landscape, and the internal greenery of the neighborhood was quite well done.
There are tall buildings and low-rise villas.
Those who choose the low-rise villas are truly either rich or noble (by small-town standards).
Ding Shuang chose a low-rise villa.
It occupies two hundred and thirty square meters, with two and a half floors, and the courtyard is fenced. Even though Ding Shuang is no longer there, the small garden is still kept very tidy.
The doorbell is pressed.
A young man came out of the villa, this young man, quite handsome, his face sank when he saw Zhou Xi: "What are you doing here again? Get out!"
"Open the door!" Zhou Mei stepped forward.
The young man said coldly, "Sister Xia has nothing to talk about with you. Just pass this message to those two old farts: move out of Sister Xia's house within three days, or... I'll help them move!"
Zhou Mei raised her hand, showing her police badge: "Take a look!"
The young man said coldly, "So what if you're a cop? Sister Xia doesn't want to talk to you!"
"I'm on duty, open the door!" Zhou Mei's voice was low.
However, the young man laughed: "Police so great? I dare to...!"
Boom!
The gate behind them flew out directly.
The young man's eyes widened suddenly. It wasn't Zhou Mei who kicked the gate; it was Lin Xiaosu.
Lin Xiaosu, who had been silent, kicked out just once, and this exquisitely crafted, several hundred-pound gate was kicked open, crashing heavily into the small garden in front of them, leaving it in chaos.
Miao Ruolan and Zhou Xi were shocked.
Even Zhou Mei was surprised.
Police conducting an investigation will certainly have necessary enforcement measures, yet causing such a scene is something everyone tries to avoid.
Kicking the gate out, smashing the garden landscape to pieces.
Isn't it just providing an excuse for others?
The young man's face changed drastically: "You're using excessive force!"
A woman rushed out from inside the villa. She was beautiful, with a great figure, and well-dressed. Upon seeing the situation in the garden, she let out a scream, her beautiful face twisting.
This was Yin Yuxia.
And now from the second floor of the villa, two elderly people in their fifties or sixties came rushing down, along with someone who looked like a nanny, holding a two or three-year-old boy.
The whole household was stirred.
Yin Yuxia pulled out her phone, snapping pictures of the garden, then of Zhou Mei: "Dare to trespass my home and destroy my garden? I'll strip your police uniform..."
Zhou Mei frowned.
But Lin Xiaosu, beside her, smiled faintly: "Don't get the wrong target. I'm the one who kicked your door. I'm not a cop! Even if you're capable of stripping a police uniform, I don't have one; how would you strip it from me?"
"You... who are you? What right do you have to kick my door?" Yin Yuxia was furious.
"Don't get caught up over a broken door!" Lin Xiaosu said, "Once I say a few words, you'll realize that a broken door is nothing worth mentioning!"
The scene fell silent.
Lin Xiaosu slowly extended a finger: "First sentence! Ding Shuang did not jump to her death; she was thrown down by your cousin here!"
Yin Yuxia's face suddenly changed: "You..."
Zhou Xi and Miao Ruolan were shocked, their hands gripping together tightly...
Meanwhile, in the neighborhood, countless people were coming out to their balconies. Outside the door of the standalone villa, a bunch of neighbors gathered, all astounded.
And that cousin seemed stunned for a moment, then bounced up: "How dare you slander me? You're asking for it!"
Slap!
A slap appeared as if out of thin air, landing squarely on the cousin's shoulder.
A seemingly light palm, for him, was like a mountain.
The bones all over the cousin's body crackled, and even with all his strength, he couldn't move an inch.
Lin Xiaosu extended a second finger: "Second sentence! This child is the biological son of this 'cousin,' clearly not Ding Shuang's biological child!"
Yin Yuxia's face was flushed: "You... you..."
The Mad Taoist said the same thing once, getting beaten black and blue by the cousin.
Today, Lin Xiaosu said the same but even more explicitly and specifically. Sadly, no one could beat him; the only one who could fight was now held down by Lin Xiaosu's palm, unable to budge an inch, veins bulging on his forehead.
The entire community was dumbfounded.
Ding Shuang was murdered?
This child isn't Ding Shuang's either?
But belongs to this cousin?
Heavens, this gossip is truly explosive!
Lin Xiaosu extended a third finger: "Third sentence! I have reason to believe the suicide note Ding Shuang left was forged. Ding Shuang's death was a meticulously planned murder by you, a wicked woman, to seize the inheritance!"
Yin Yuxia furiously lunged forward: "You slanderous rat! I'll call the police, I'll have you arrested..."
Zhou Mei stepped forward, standing in her way: "Now you think of the police? Fine, call them! I'll help set a new record for the fastest police response."
Yin Yuxia was dumbfounded, her lips trembling: "You... you... you will pay for this. You will all pay a price!"
The garden was ruined; she caused a huge scandal in the entire neighborhood, her reputation utterly tarnished. She must make them regret this.
Lin Xiaosu exhaled lightly, extending a fourth finger: "Fourth sentence, Yin Yuxia, you murdered your husband, seized other's property, not even leaving a child behind, and you refuse to let go of the last residence of the helpless elderly couple either. I've seen much evil, but the kind that leaches into the bone, the kind that challenges human decency like yours, is rare indeed. Someone like you, who isn't fit to be human, the Heavenly Dao can't tolerate you living one more day!"