The Incense Monopoly Order

Chapter 43 He Protected Her Well
One came from Mr. Lin, and the other came from an old man who walked in from outside. Beside the old man was the stern-faced old lady Yao.

Shang Mingshu guessed that this must be the Yao clan leader. She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and whispered to Lin Yuanyuan, who was about to collapse and had tears on her face, "This is all arranged by your good husband."

Lin Yuanyuan, with tears in her eyes, looked at Shang Mingshu blankly. Her mind was blank and she seemed not to understand what Shang Mingshu said.

She looked anxiously at Yao Zongsi, who was leaning on the servant's shoulder with a weak breath. The Yao family had embarrassed the Lin family. No matter how worried she was about Yao Zongsi, she couldn't go over to him at this moment, otherwise she would face more dirty words against them.

"Clan leader, you've come at the right time. You have to keep a close eye on Dalang. He actually bribed a swindler to match his horoscopes. I took their horoscopes to the abbot of Fuqiu Temple, and he said that these horoscopes are in conflict with each other and will bring bad luck to our family!" Aunt Yao San was overjoyed to see the clan leader of the Yao family and hurried to greet him.

"You said that Dalang bribed the fraudsters. Where is the evidence? And how did you get the horoscopes of Dalang and Madam Lin?" the clan leader asked harshly.

Aunt Yao San was shocked, and her uneasy heart made her want to back out, but she had made such a big fuss, and if she admitted defeat now, the clan leader would even skin her alive to appease the Lin family!

She pointed at the Taoist priest and said, "He, he is the one who matched Dalang's horoscope that day. He is a fake Taoist priest, hired by Dalang!"

The Taoist priest was pushed out, trembling.

"Are you a Taoist priest?" Clan Leader Yao asked coldly, "Think carefully! If you don't tell me the truth, I'll hand you over to the authorities!"

"Sir, I am a Taoist priest. I made a mistake and was expelled from the temple by the abbot, so I have to wander around." The Taoist priest was a little timid and had a bitter face.

"Was it accidental or intentional that you passed by the Yao family?" Patriarch Yao asked again.

The Taoist hesitated.

"Come here, take him to the authorities..."

"No, no, no!" The Taoist priest waved his hands quickly. "I'll tell you, I'll tell you! It was a young man who promised me two coins for incense and told me to find the right time to come."

"Clan leader, you heard it too. It was Dalang who hired someone to bribe him!" Aunt Yao San became even more arrogant.

Chief Yao gave her a cold look and then asked the Taoist priest, "Do you remember who was looking for you?"

"The young man covered his face and came over, asking me to pretend to be passing by and compare our horoscopes. I figured it wasn't something I could do to harm anyone, so out of greed, I agreed." The Taoist shook his head and pulled out a purse from his pocket. Two thousand large coins weighed heavily on it. He reluctantly handed it to Chief Yao, who then took it. "But the man told me the horoscopes weren't compatible. Although I'm not well-trained, after reading the horoscopes, I knew this was a match made in heaven. The man has had many misfortunes, and the woman's fortune is a blessing. Perhaps there's a chance of a change... Since this involves human life, I dare not speak nonsense. I'll just tell you the truth."

"You're talking nonsense!" Aunt Yao San scolded loudly, "These are clearly incompatible horoscopes! I went to Fuqiu Temple to ask the abbot myself. Are you more compatible with marriage than the abbot?"

"I, a small Taoist priest, dare not compete with you, but our horoscopes are truly compatible..." The Taoist priest insisted that he was not lying.

"You are lying!"

"I swear to Yuanshi Tianzun that I will never lie!"

The two sides argued continuously until a voice rang out, "I don't think this Taoist priest is lying. The abbot of Fuqiu Temple would have chosen the wrong person for marriage. I have a guess. Could it be that the two of them have different horoscopes?"

Cheng She was also among the invited guests, and he pointed out the key point.

The Yao clan leader suddenly realized something and ordered Aunt Yao San to take out the eight characters. He then said to the Taoist priest, "Do you still remember the eight characters you read?"

"Of course I remember it." "Come here, prepare pen and paper!" Mr. Lin understood and gave the order immediately.

Soon, the servants brought up the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone. The Taoist priest wrote down the two birth dates without hesitation and handed them to Mr. Lin first. Mr. Lin looked at them and nodded: "My daughter's birth dates are correct. Madam Yao will examine Dalang's birth dates."

Mrs. Yao looked at it and nodded: "That's right."

Patriarch Yao compared the horoscopes handed over by Aunt Yao San and found that there was a slight discrepancy between Aunt Yao San's horoscope and Lin Yuanyuan's. His face darkened, and he did not express his opinion. Instead, he handed the horoscopes back to the Taoist priest and said, "Master, could you please take a look at these horoscopes?"

The Taoist priest took it and immediately realized, "This is the horoscope that the master created for the extremely unlucky fate, right? This woman's horoscope differs only slightly from Madam Lin's, but a slight difference can lead to a huge mistake. Just as the master said, this horoscope shows that the man and woman are mutually incompatible, and the family will not prosper!"

"Chief..." At this time, the steward who had previously taken the two thousand coins handed over by the Taoist priest stepped forward and handed the chief a special copper coin.

This copper coin is bright in color and as yellow as gold.

There is a word "Add" on it.

The patriarch's hands were shaking as he held the copper coins.

Old Lady Yao glanced at it and said, "I ordered someone to cast this coin out of gold. Following the instructions of the temple master, I engraved the names of Dalang and Sanlang on them to ward off evil and bring good fortune."

"I heard earlier that someone wanted to ruin my marriage with the Lin family's wife. I was afraid they would steal the engagement letter, so I made a fake one to cover up the real one..." Yao Zongsi seemed to have recovered. He held his breath and said, "I can write the eight characters of the fake engagement letter to my great-uncle..."

When the marriage is initially decided, the woman will send the engagement letter to the man's family after proposing. The man's family will place the engagement letter under the Kitchen God's seat. If nothing happens for three days, it will be considered a preliminary auspicious sign and the betrothal will be made.

"No need." There's no need to write. What else does Patriarch Yao not understand?

"I've lived most of my life, devoted to the Yao family. My husband died protecting the clan from Japanese pirates, and my only son died from exhaustion while helping the clan cause a disaster. I'm a widow now, eighteen, and lost my son at thirty. How have I wronged the Yao family?" Old Lady Yao questioned the Yao clan leader with red eyes. "Now I only have this one dearest relative, and it's so difficult to find a wife at this age! Second brother, you just told me yesterday that there's no one in the Yao clan who would be so heartless as to eat up the entire family!"

"Sister-in-law..." Clan leader Yao's face was filled with shame.

Old Mrs. Yao didn't look at him. She walked up to Mr. and Mrs. Lin with her crutch and wanted to pay her respects, but Mr. and Mrs. Lin quickly stopped her.

"Old Lady, you can't do that, you can't do that!"

"Today, it is my family, the Yao family, who has let down the Lin family. The Lin family deserves this gift." Old Lady Yao was unable to dissuade the two men and could only say, "I don't know who is spreading rumors that I, an old woman, would give up half of the Yao family to marry a woman. Rumors stop at the wise, so I'll just treat it as a joke. Today, my family, the Yao family, has brought great shame upon the Lin family. I ask you all to bear witness..."

Old Lady Yao publicly changed the words Yao Zongsi had said to Shang Mingshu that day into a different form, saying that it was compensation for the Lin family. No one from the Yao family present, including the clan leader, had the face to stop her.

Shang Mingshu looked at Yao Zongsi who was still being supported by his clansmen.

Yao Zongsi did better than Shang Mingshu had expected. He only had to persuade Old Lady Yao and use threats and bribes on the Yao family members to achieve his goal. Lin Yuanyuan would become the target of public criticism as soon as she entered the house.

Now that half of the Yao family has agreed to leave, even if Yao family wants to hate someone, they can't hate Lin Yuanyuan and the Lin family.

(End of this chapter)