There is a reason Jin Guangyao and Jin Guangshan both earned entries in Lan Wangji's burn book. In fact, there are several reasons for both; he has elided some only because this is not a story about Wei Ying, saving one digression thus far. "Both father and son were monstrous and inflicted monstrosity upon each other," he agrees. "The land deed for Yunping led us to a temple Jin Guangyao was constructing. With his crimes exposed, he planned to flee to Dongying with his mother's coffin. He took my brother hostage, then Wei Ying and his nephew, then me."