Chapter 52 – Yin Yang Person

Editor: kllua

“My Lord, I deserve death. I just wanted to steal some money. I will not do it again! So, please do not tell the temple head. I had become greedy because I was momentarily muddled.” When Kong Jing saw Feng Huan and Zhuang Zhong approaching, she quickly came forward and pleaded.

Zhuang Zhong frowned. This woman was really brazen. Despite being caught in the act, she had wanted to cover her acts of indecency as theft, which made the crime a lot lighter.

“How dare you talk nonsense in front of me. Do you take me for a fool?!” Saying that, Feng Huan gave a direct kick to Kong Jing’s stomach, causing her to fly and hit the wall, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

“Cough, cough, I am wronged…” Kong Jing covered her stomach and said wretchedly.

The guard who caught her in the act could not bear it anymore and loudly retorted, “It seems that you refuse to be convinced until you face death. Which thief will strip themselves fully when stealing something? At that time, I caught you in the act. If I had been late, the woman would have been sullied by you. Up to now, you still dare to hoodwink us?!”

Kong Jing stammered, “I-I just wanted to try the clothes of the pilgrim. Besides, I am a woman, how can I defile another?”

The guard was also a woman and when she heard this, she was furious. She had never met someone who could lie with their eyes wide open. However, she did indeed take action too fast. At that time, she was afraid that the woman would be defiled so she was unable to control herself. Here, the female guard could not help looking at Feng Huan guiltily. A female guard like her was already not as favoured as a male guard. It was hard for her to finally get a task and she had screwed it up.

“Your Highness, this nun is lying…”

Feng Huan raised his hand and interrupted, The evidence is conclusive. If she does not plead guilty, it is an additional crime. To directly kill her with a kick is too quick. Why don’t we try lingchi¹ “凌迟” (lingchi) used here was translated to “slow process” or “death by a thousand cuts”. It refers to a form of torture and execution used in ancient China where a person’s flesh was cut from the body in many slices, leading to a slow and painful death.? I have not seen it with my own eyes before.”

Hearing that, Kong Jing directly slumped to the ground. She heard that Prince Si Zhao acted unscrupulously but she did not expect him to be so unbridled! Even if she committed the crime of indecency, she did not deserve to be sentenced to death by lingchi!

“Your Highness, I am wronged. You cannot…”

“Presumptuous! Do you think you have the right to comment on the way I do things? Change the 81 cuts into 128!”

Cold sweat appeared on Kong Jing’s forehead. “Your Highness, such an order is beyond the law!”

Feng Huan laughed wantonly, “So what? If you have the ability, you can make a complaint! I am afraid that the nuns in CiYun Nunnery are not yet aware that you are missing. Even if they know, what can they do to me?”

Kong Jing’s eyes widened. When she was caught, she was dragged here with her eyes covered and was unaware of where she was.

Kong Jing quickly kowtowed towards Zhuang Zhong. “My Lord, I am really wronged!”

Zhuang Zhong shook his head and sighed, “Why have you offended His Highness? Despite being caught in the act by his people, you still do not plead guilty. Isn’t this making things harder for yourself?”

“I know my mistake but I am not guilty. Please help me.”

Feng Huan shook out his sleeves. With a cold hum, he sat on the chair and stared with hostility.

“I used to shave my head and become a monk. Although you broke the commandment, we were still once family. If you can tell me about other culprits, I can consider pleading with the prince to lighten your sentence.”

Kong Jing’s eyes flashed. “I do not know what your excellency means.”

Zhuang Zhong smiled lightly and said amiably, “You do know.”

Kong Jing bit her lips and finally said, “Kong Ming and Kong Wu in the temple.”

“Just these two?”

Kong Jing nodded and said, “I do not know about others and dare not conceal anything. Please spare my life.”

After that, when Zhuang Zhong and Feng Huan went out, Zhuang Zhong said, “The one who confessed is still a woman.”

For this half a month, the people sent by Feng Huan have confirmed that all the nuns in the temple were women and there was no such thing as a man disguising as a woman.

Feng Huan said, “Kong Ming and Kong Wu are indeed homosexuals and are a pair. They always eat and live together like a couple. Moreover, they were not responsible for pilgrims and rarely entered the place where pilgrims stayed. This woman probably wanted to escape from her crime so she ended up biting indiscriminately.”

“Yes, during the questioning just now, Kong Jing’s eyes were dodgy which is an unconscious avoidance behavior. She was most likely lying.” Zhuang Zhong sighed, “The clue is broken off again. Have you found any other suspicious person during this time?”

Feng Huan shook his head. “CiYun Nunnery is different. Although there were filthy things going on, it is not as common or serious. They are also very strict so it is unlikely that outsiders can enter to sully pilgrims.”

In the end, the case entered a deadlock. At this time, the female guard went forward and said, “Your Highness, the woman woke up. She said she wanted to see you as she had something important to report.”

The woman the female guard was talking about was the bait.

As Feng Huan raised his eyes, Zhuang Zhong said, “Let’s go and listen.”

It was only here that Feng Huan agreed.

The woman was very beautiful and her most valuable trait was her vitality. For those who did not know her identity, they would have thought that she was an affluent young lady.

“Meeting Your Highness and Lord Zhuang.” Xin YaYun greeted.

Feng Huan’s attitude was mild. “Say, what is the purpose of finding me?”

Xin YaYun pursed her lips and said, “Your Highness, if I am able to help you solve the case, can you redeem me? I do not need Your Highness to spend too much money or to get rid of my lowly status. I just want to leave that place.”

Xin YaYun was an official prostitute. It was because her father committed a great crime that the whole family suffered and she was driven to prostitution. Unlike private prostitutes, official prostitutes like her could not be redeemed. However, there were exceptions to everything and the situation would be different if Prince Si Zhao stepped in. Notwithstanding leaving that place, it would not be difficult to stop being a prostitute with his help.

“I promise you.”

Xin YaYun was delighted. Suppressing her joy, she said, “I used to like reading miscellaneous books and once read that there was a special kind of person where Yin and Yang exist in one body. When meeting Yin, the person will become Yang and vice versa. However, this person’s appearance is like a woman and one will not be able to notice any difference at most times. The person can even get pregnant and have children. Just now, although I was unconscious, I had maintained a trace of clarity as I knew something was not right from the start. When the nun was on me, I could feel that her lower body was different. Although I have not lost my virginity, I have learned a lot in the brothel so there is no mistake. It-it is the thing on men.”

While saying that, Xin YaYun’s face got redder and redder. However, she still insisted on describing things clearly.

Hearing that, Zhuang Zhong vigorously patted his head. “Look at my brain, not being able to get out of the dead end! There are indeed such intersex people. As most of them are undeveloped in one gender and it is difficult to get pregnant, I have overlooked them. Ah! Perhaps that was the reason why Fang… that person ended up with a deformed baby. Due to physical underdevelopment, even if the culprit can make women pregnant, it will mostly result in deformed babies that are difficult to keep.”

Seeing Zhuang Zhong believing her words, Xin YaYun immediately breathed a sigh of relief and continued, “In the book, it was said that if it were not for stimulation, the thing will not appear so that was why Your Highness and Lord Zhuang was unable to find out. I-I am willing to be the one to stimulate her.”

Although the reason why Xin YaYun dared to go all out was for freedom, Zhuang Zhong still admired her. If all women were as brave as Xin YaYun and Fang YingYing, this vile culprit would not have been running rampant for so long!

However, even then, this could not be blamed on women for being timid. The culprit just inflicted harm but the societal pressure was the real reason for their deaths. Not to mention this feudal society, even in the modern society which was known as being open, women would still be met with a lot of malice after experiencing such a matter. Some would even sprout nonsense and blame the victim for being too enticing, causing them to be violated. It was really disgusting for them to just label it as self-inflicted. Although he was a man, he looked down on them, and even found them as disgusting as the culprits.

It was also because of such malice that those suffering women and their families would end up in a worse situation. Nonetheless, despite the invisible damage that those people brought forth, there was nothing that could be done to them.

In the end, Feng Huan first ordered people to burn calming incense in the house so as to make the environment more relaxed. Xin YaYun then went to stimulate Kong Jing with her fingers. Sure enough, at the left of Kong Jing’s vagina, there was a small peanut-shaped bulge protruding out. With a little massage, it became a man’s penis. About two to three inches, it was as thick as a thumb.

Upon reaching this state, Kong Jing was unable to quibble so she could only tell the truth obediently.

It turned out that since she was 18, she discovered that her body had changed. Whenever she came close to beautiful young women, she would feel sexual excitement. One day, her lower part became itchy. When she untied her pants, she found that she had something that belonged to men and after stimulation, it would disappear again. Faced with such a strange body, Kong Jing not only did not worry or fear, but even felt very happy. This was a treasure that the heavens bestowed her to play with other women!

After that, Kong Jing got some knockout drugs and began to attack the pilgrims who were staying overnight. Not only that, she specifically targeted young ladies from official families. Firstly, it was because those young ladies lived comfortable lives and had more delicate skin compared to normal women. Secondly, those families paid more attention to reputation. Even if they found something strange, they would not investigate too deeply due to their reputation.

Sure enough, in the past ten years, it was unknown how many women she had laid her hands on while escaping scot-free. At first, she would still be cautious and fearful, but later on, she became unscrupulous and fearless. Sometimes, she would even start while the other party was awake. However, even then, she was cautious and such a situation was rare. After all, the people she could target were limited and she had to frame it as adultery.

When Fang YingYing and Xia Min learned the truth, they immediately covered their heads and cried bitterly. They were both disgusted and happy.

Although the pain could not be erased, they could at least see the culprit being punished and retain hope in their hearts.

Additionally, in order to avoid making the matter bigger and causing more women to get involved, Feng Huan settled off Kong Jing quietly and CiYun Temple also underwent major rectifications. There were all kinds of suspicions but no one would think that it was because of this.

Over the years, Kong Jing has raped countless women and many were still alive. Although such a low-key approach could not warn the public, at least the living victims would not be disturbed. Besides, there were too many pilgrims staying in CiYun Nunnery every day. Once such a matter was spread out, the women who have stayed there before would inevitably face distrust and discrimination. This was the only way. Even if this dynasty was more open than the previous, they would still be at a disadvantage.

After this case, Feng Huan was preparing to take office in YunZhou. Meanwhile, Zhuang Zhong, as arranged before, would be taking over as county magistrate in Mei county.

When Zhuang Zhong was packing up to prepare for his trip to Mei county, Fang YingYing came to find him.

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  “凌迟” (lingchi) used here was translated to “slow process” or “death by a thousand cuts”. It refers to a form of torture and execution used in ancient China where a person’s flesh was cut from the body in many slices, leading to a slow and painful death. ↩︎