SBCEJM -Chapter 152 A Child Who Looks Like a Monk? Deep Tong: It’s Because His Dharma Is Too Strong and Suppressed the Late Husband

Zhao Zeyan’s thoughts quickly shifted to the mastermind behind this case.

【System, where is that monk Deep Tong who fooled Qi Mingde right now?】

【Host, Deep Tong is currently “staying over” at Widow Li’s house in the east of the city!】

【When the “ritual formation” day arrives in two days, he will go to last night’s place to find Qi Mingde.】

【Staying at a widow’s house?】

Zhao Zeyan immediately caught the key point.

The officials in the court also perked up, all of them straining their ears.

A fake monk staying at a widow’s house?

That already sounded very wrong!

The system said meaningfully: 【Ahem… that’s another one of Deep Tong’s “services.”】

【He tells widows that through “dual cultivation” for forty-nine days, they can give birth to the bloodline of their late husbands.】

【What the heck?】

Zhao Zeyan felt her worldview take a hit.

【And someone actually believes that? Are they sure the child won’t just be his?】

【That theory is even more ridiculous than the dog-blood novels I read in my past life!】

Xiao Juechen’s veins on his forehead twitched.

Sleeping with another man and still giving birth to the late husband’s child?

What kind of nonsense theory is that?!

The Minister of Revenue was already stunned, his expression shifting like a palette of colors.

This gossip is poisonous!

Zhao Zeqi frowned deeply and thought: this is exactly why my sister promotes women’s education.

Without knowledge, women are easily deceived by such absurd ideas!

The Minister of War secretly glanced at his colleagues and thought:

Good thing my wife is educated; she wouldn’t fall for this kind of nonsense.

The system continued: 【Deep Tong told Widow Li that he possesses special techniques. Through “yin-yang harmonization,” he can summon her dead husband’s soul.】

【The soul will attach to him, and the child born will be the late husband’s bloodline!】

【What?! That’s even more outrageous!】

【Even quantum entanglement isn’t this ridiculous!】

Xiao Juechen’s temples throbbed.

Soul possession? Was he treating them like three-year-olds?!

Zhao Han’an’s face turned dark with righteous fury as a censor:

This beast who deceives ignorant women deserves death!

【Host, even more ridiculous—Deep Tong also told Widow Li that after the “dual cultivation” is complete, she will conceive a “sacred fetus.”】

【For example, the child will be born with divine strength, be able to observe the stars at night, and even predict the future.】

【He even said the baby would speak at birth, recite poetry, and guide governance!】

【Anyway, the more mystical the better—and Widow Li believed every word of it!】

Zhao Zeyan was speechless.

Just how badly does this widow want a child? She believed all of that?

Born reciting poetry? Why not just say the baby becomes a top scholar at birth?

【Host, at first Widow Li’s maid tried to stop her, but she was also fooled by a few words from Deep Tong.】

【Now even the maid thinks he is a living enlightened monk and prays daily for more “teachings.”】

Zhao Zeyan: 【This monk is basically a master manipulator!】

【No wonder even Qi Mingde was fooled.】

The system added: 【To increase credibility, Deep Tong also performed tricks.】

【For example, he used white phosphorus powder to create “ghost fire” and claimed it was the dead husband manifesting. He used sulfur and saltpeter to produce smoke, claiming he was summoning spirits.】

【He even tied thin wires in the beams to make objects move at night, pretending ghosts were responding.】

【So it was all tricks!】

All the officials shuddered at the mention of “ghost fire.”

If they had seen it themselves, they might have believed it too!

No wonder he fooled so many people—he really had some skills.

【Host, Widow Li had deep feelings for her late husband. They were married three years without a child, and after he died, she blamed herself.】

【She thought it was her fault she failed to leave a bloodline for the family.】

【Deep Tong exploited this psychological weakness repeatedly.】

【And he’s not just deceiving her—he has already “served” more than ten widows in the capital, all using the same scheme.】

Everyone in the court gasped.

More than ten?!

This monk is ambitious!

Chu Tiangu clenched his fists, killing intent rising:

He is worse than an animal!

Xiao Juechen’s face darkened completely:

This kind of scum must be severely punished!

How dare he act so brazenly in his territory!

【Even more ridiculous—some widows who got pregnant believed his “ritual worked,” thinking the husband’s bloodline had been restored.】

【They even gifted him silver and jewelry in gratitude.】

【One widow even gave him her entire dowry.】

Zhao Zeyan rolled her eyes:

That’s not a dead husband’s soul—it’s clearly his child!

When the baby is born and looks exactly like the monk, let’s see if they still believe it!

The system chuckled: 【Host, believe it or not, there really is one like that!】

【That baby is now ten months old, and its eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth all resemble Deep Tong.】

【The widow was stunned and questioned why the child didn’t look like her late husband.】

【Deep Tong explained: his Dharma power is too strong and suppressed the late husband’s soul, so the child temporarily resembles him. Once the child grows, it will gradually transform into the late husband’s appearance.】

The officials were dumbfounded.

He even managed to explain that?!

He’s basically the ancestor of shameless nonsense!

Xiao Juechen: Absurd! And yet someone actually believes it!

【And she believed it?】

Zhao Zeyan was impressed by this monk’s eloquence.

【Of course she did!】

【He even said further rituals were needed to accelerate the child’s “transformation.”】

【So she kept paying him more money.】

Zhao Han’an was furious:

This kind of scum must be brought to justice!

The Minister of Revenue clenched his fists:

Not only is he deceiving women—he’s also stealing money!

【Host, he is now on day forty-two of his “dual cultivation operation” at Widow Li’s house.】

【According to him, there are only seven days left until completion.】

【Widow Li serves him delicacies every day and obeys him completely.】

【He’s living better than an emperor.】

Xiao Juechen’s eye twitched.

Better than me?

Then he really doesn’t need to exist anymore.

Chu Tiangu sneered:

Wait until we catch him. Let’s see how comfortable he still is.

Zhao Zeyan asked: 【System, how many of these fake monks are there?】

【There are seven in total: Zhongtong, Yundada, Jitu, Youzheng…】

“Pfft!”

Zhao Zeyan couldn’t hold it in and nearly spat out her tea.

【Damn it! Is this a delivery company or what?!】

【What’s next—JD and SF Express?!】

Everyone around her was confused.

What delivery company?

What JD and SF?

The system continued amusedly:

【Their leader is called “Tongtian,” responsible for planning all scams.】

【He is currently in a broken temple in the north of the city, planning the next big scheme.】

Zhao Zeyan’s eyes narrowed:

【What scheme?】

【He plans to cause trouble at the first birthday banquet of Prime Minister Lin’s grandson.】