Detective in the Red Chamber

"Amitabha."

Before he finished speaking, he heard someone chanting the Buddha's name, and then from behind the merit tablet in the southeast, more than a dozen monks poured out bustlingly.

After Liao Chi followed suit, the little monk who was flushed with excitement was the first little monk Xuanci who found Jie Nian's body. The man paid attention to himself, and then went to the temple to call someone.

"Master."

"Abbot."

Jiechen and Jiexiu hurried forward to salute.

Liao Chi passed them directly, and when he arrived at Jie Nian's body, he bowed his head silently for a while, his lips almost covered by the white beard trembled a few times, as if he wanted to say something, but suddenly his feet softened, and he raised his head Fall backwards!

Thanks to the monks behind him who quickly supported him, otherwise at his rare age, he might have gone straight to the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss.

"Master?!"

"Abbot?!"

But even so, Monk Liao Chi closed his eyes tightly and was unconscious, all the anxious monks were in a mess.

In the confusion, someone yelled, "Master looks like this now, I can't go to the Fushouhui on the first day of August!"

"That's natural! Hurry up and send someone to inform the palace, saying that elder brother Jie Nian died unexpectedly, and master suffered physical and mental injuries. He really can't host the Taishang Emperor's blessing and longevity meeting!"

"Will this be disrespectful to the Supreme Emperor..."

"I can't control that much anymore! There are three monks in a row in the temple, and the government doesn't even have an explanation. Right now, senior brother Jie Nian is dead. If the Emperor wants to blame, we can't blame us!"

When everyone in Shuntian Mansion heard this, their faces were all downcast.

Chapter 458 Immature Inference

But when everyone in Shuntian Mansion heard this, their faces were all downcast.

The monks wanted to reject the Taishang Emperor's Fushouhui, although they meant to be considerate of the idiot, but more, they were taking the opportunity to vent their dissatisfaction with the Shuntian Mansion.

In normal times, they may not be able to get what they want.

But right now, the Supreme Emperor is holding back the evil fire because of 'housework'. If he takes advantage of the opportunity to bring down the thunderous fury, one of the criminal names will count as one, and I'm afraid they won't be able to get anything good!

Of course, Sun Shaozong might be an exception. After all, he just came out of the Prince's Mansion, so he can't be blamed for this matter.

But Sun Shaozong, as the chief officer of the famous criminal department, how could it be possible to stay out of the matter and take care of himself at this time?

So he stepped forward without hesitation, first forced the monks to be silent with his cold eyes, and then said solemnly, "Nowadays, because of the case of the crown prince, your Majesty and the Supreme Emperor are in turmoil, and the government and the public are even more turbulent—— Fayuan Temple has always been protected by the royal family, but now you don't want to pray for the prince, but instead want to disturb the Taishang Emperor's blessing and longevity ceremony, what is your intention?!"

Originally, the monks wanted to use the name of the Supreme Emperor to put pressure on the Shuntian Mansion, but who would have thought that Sun Shaozong would beat him back.

At that moment, a monk said angrily, "Of course I don't want to spoil the Supreme Emperor's puja, but after half a month of investigation, more and more monks died, but Shuntian Mansion has no explanation..."

"Humph!"

Sun Shaozong snorted, interrupted the man's accusation, looked around like lightning, and said with a sneer, "I ordered five people including Jie An to be temporarily detained until the truth of Jie Xian's death is found out. !"

"However, I was ordered to go to the Prince's Mansion to assist in the investigation of the major imperial order, and you went to the Shuntian Mansion to make a fuss, and insisted on bailing out Jie An and others-it is precisely because of this that the murderer was able to continue to commit crimes. Now you are not willing at all. If you reflect on your own behavior, why should you place this charge on the official?!"

"Furthermore, I only took over the case again today, what happened to the 'half month' before, and what does it have to do with me?!"

It's not impossible to refute these words, but Sun Shaozong's aura is enough to make up for those omissions, so that all the monks present couldn't respond with a whole sentence for a long time.

"Amitabha."

At this moment, the idiot monk suddenly proclaimed the Buddha's name, raised his head tremblingly, his wrinkled eyelids drooped, and two big teardrops came out, and he murmured, "I can't think of you, I can't think of you!" I have been a teacher and apprentice for more than thirty years, but today... oh~!"

He raised his head and let out a long sigh, barely straightened his body and said, "Fortunately, now that Mr. Sun is here in person, it won't be long before we can find out the truth and get justice."

As he spoke, he clasped his palms together and said solemnly, "Master Sun, I leave everything to you!"

The old monk's 'waking up' is really just right!

With Sun Shaozong's eyesight, it is also difficult to distinguish whether he was really dizzy or a fake dizzy just now, so he can only pay back the salute "There is no need for Chan Master to salute too much, this is the job of Sun Mou. Bring the murderer to justice!"

Liao Chi heard the words and said "yes" several times, and ordered all the disciples in the temple to open the door of convenience to help Sun Shaozong solve the case as soon as possible, so that Jie Nian and others were wronged.

All the disciples were a little embarrassed, but it was not easy to report what had just happened to their faces, so they had to agree first.

Naturally, Sun Shaozong would not be polite, and at the same time ordered people to temporarily block the Gongde Forest, and no one was allowed to approach at will, especially near the crime scene, and people had to be guarded day and night.On the one hand, holding a chicken feather as an arrow, he took this opportunity to investigate and visit the temple.

Of course, in addition to quitting Nian's behavior before he died, the 'Sister-in-law Fan' should also be investigated at the same time.

However, the monks in the monastery are very taboo about the matter of "Sister-in-law Fan". Except for the well-known "rumors", nothing new has been found out.

It was a disciple of Jie Nian who gave a piece of information that I don't know if it is useful or useless.

"A letter?"

"Yes, that day it was the little monk's turn to fetch the master's bath water. When I got to the door, I saw the master looking out in a panic. I was wondering, and suddenly found a letter at the door."

"After I reminded Master, Master seemed very nervous, coaxed me outside, and locked the door..."

"When did this happen?"

"Ten...fourteen, that's the evening when Uncle Jie Ming died!"

That is to say, on the evening of Jie Ming's dying day, Jie Nian suddenly received a mysterious letter, and he seemed a little afraid of the letter and the sender.

While pondering over this matter and its connection with the whole case, Sun Shaozong ordered people to conduct a carpet-like search in the meditation room, hoping to find out the letter and solve the mystery.

However, this hope was dashed.

There are indeed a few letters in the memorial room, but the most recent one was mailed at the end of May, so it is unlikely to have anything to do with this case.

Until around five o'clock in the afternoon.

All the talents in Shuntian Mansion gathered in one place again and began to analyze the latest information and clues.

This aspect is Qiu Yunfei's weakness. Looking at the tens of thousands of words of confessions and testimonies on the table, he said with a sad face, "The confessions of these people are all trivial things, and there is no order for the messy ones. , when will I be able to figure it out?"

Although Wei Ruolan and Master Qi didn't complain, they still looked solemn.

At this time, I heard Sun Shaozong say, "Actually, after reading these confessions, I have an immature speculation."

Everyone's spirits were lifted, and Master Qi hurriedly handed over his hands, asking Sun Shaozong to make a high-level statement quickly.

"The first is the precept."

"Jiexian, Jieji, and Jienian are all related to the matter of 'Sister-in-law Fan', but this Jieming is not involved."

"And his death is also the strangest of the four dead."

"It is precisely because of this that Jie Chen insisted that it was a monster, and planned to take revenge on the five monks who had been under house arrest that day."

"That is, of course, pure nonsense."

"but……"

"Could the murderer kill Jie Ming for other reasons? For example, he threatened the murderer!"

"Threatened the murderer?"

Hearing this, Master Qi frowned and said thoughtfully, "Your Excellency thinks that he may have discovered the true identity of the murderer?"

"No!"

But Sun Shaozong shook his head decisively and said, "I'm suspecting that Jie Ming is actually the murderer's accomplice!"

"what?!"

Everyone was stunned, and said in astonishment, "How is this possible? If he is an accomplice of the murderer, how could he be crucified at the gate of Fayuan Temple?!"

Master Qi even questioned further, "What is the basis for your deduction, sir? You can't think it out of thin air, right?"

"Based on..."

Sun Shaozong spread his hands, "In fact, I just made a choice between the two. If the murderer is between the only remaining repentance and resignation, I am more inclined to be the murderer."

"After all, judging from all the collected information, the relationship between Jie Chen and Jie Nian can only be described as sinister - if Jie Chen invites you in private, with a character that is always cautious because of Jie Nian, I'm afraid it won't happen. It’s easy to risk being alone.”

"Conversely, if it is Jie Xiu who has been 'cleared of suspicion', Jie Nian will not be so wary of it - as long as Jie Xiu has a suitable bait, he should be able to deceive him into the forest of merit Murder."

"And if Jie Xiu was the murderer, Jie Chi's death would be difficult to explain. After all, he was being guarded by three monks at the time, so he had no chance to commit crimes."

"But what if he wasn't the only murderer?"

"What if he has another accomplice?!"

"Jie Xiu and Jie Ming are friends of the general manager, and they have been monks together in Fayuan Temple for more than ten years. The relationship is not comparable to ordinary people. If Jie Xiu is the main criminal, if you want to find someone to conspire, Jie Ming will naturally It is the best choice!"

"After I made the above inferences, I focused on interrogating the tempers of these two people on weekdays."

"Xie Xiu is the best at adapting to changing situations, but he likes to get into the horns, and he is usually a bit jealous."

"Jie Ming's mind is relatively simple. When he is impulsive, he doesn't care about the consequences, but afterwards he often regrets and makes the opposite choice."

"When the two get along, they have always focused on quitting and quitting, and Jie Ming obeyed her orders.

"Based on the temper, disposition, and relationship of the two people, I made the following inferences."

"First of all, Monk Jiexiu doesn't know why—it doesn't matter whether he is doing justice for the heavens, or he wants to clean up the family. In short, he has murderous intentions for Jiexian and others, and dragged Jieming into the water."

"On the day of the solar eclipse, he may have already set up a plan to wait for the opportunity to kill Jiexian with the assistance of Jie Ming."

"Who knew that the plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and there was a solar eclipse in the middle, such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so Jie Xiu simply killed Jie Xian in the dark."

"Afterwards, he intentionally violated the precept of anger by quarreling with the population, in order to create an alibi and let Jie Ming kill Jie Chi."

"Continuing to infer according to this logic, the next step is to let the ring master produce an alibi, and then let the ring guard kill the ring."

"However, at this time, Jie Ming's old problem has occurred. He regrets participating in this killing game, and wants to quit, and he may even want to surrender himself!"

"At this time, Jie Xiu is already riding a tiger, and he has always been a master who loves to stick to the horns of the dead. He simply did not stop doing two things, and tricked Jie Ming to go outside the temple, and took the opportunity to kill him!"

"Jie Ming probably didn't expect Jie Xiu to attack him, and was stunned for a moment—or because of other reasons, he didn't have time to resist in the future."

"As for why the precepts are so troublesome, and the precepts are nailed to the ground with iron brazes, I haven't figured this out yet."

"In short, Jieji used some kind of trick again today, coaxing Jie into the merit forest, and then killed him in a certain way, intending to forge the illusion of a dog demon killing someone."

After listening to Sun Shaozong's long speech, everyone pondered in silence for a long time before Master Qi nodded his head and said, "Master Sun's deduction really makes sense, it's just..."

He was a little hesitant when he said this, as if he was embarrassed to point out Sun Shaozong's omissions.

Sun Shaozong immediately took the initiative to intervene, and said with a wry smile, "It's just an inference, after all, it's just an inference, and the most important key evidence is missing-so even if the logic makes sense, it's hard to convict based on it!"

Chapter 458

Night is coming.

Sun Shaozong frowned and got out of the carriage. While walking towards his backyard, he was still thinking about the serial murders in Fayuan Temple.

The murderer is undoubtedly bold and careful. He committed several crimes without leaving any clues, especially the last one. Until now, Sun Shaozong still hasn't figured out how the murderer managed to kill Jing Nian at close range without leaving any footprints. of.

Although when leaving Fayuan Temple, it has already been decided to send more people tomorrow to expand the scope of the search for the murder weapon-after the murderer kills, he should not take the risk of returning to Fayuan Temple with the dagger and the murder weapon, so the murder weapon is extremely dangerous. Probably, it was discarded by him in the nearby forest.

But what if the murder weapon can be found?

Today's fingerprint identification technology is very rough, and it is difficult to compare if it is slightly blurred. Unless there are more obvious traces such as bloody fingerprints, otherwise it will not be accurate at all.

And compared to the murder weapon, the murderer's method of committing the crime is the most important...

"These bright yellow ones should be planted in the outermost circle, right next to those yellow and white ones! Don't make a mistake in the position, otherwise, if you make such a fuss again, any flower will die."

Sun Shaozong was rushing to the backyard distractedly, when he suddenly heard a steady and clear voice from outside the corridor, he subconsciously followed the sound, and saw the mandarin ducks standing on the path paved with stones, directing a group of servants to replant chrysanthemum.

Although the weather is getting colder now, Qiuhu is not kidding around. How can the freshly transplanted flower seedlings withstand the sun for a whole day?

So choosing to plant in the evening is the most correct choice.

It is said that the mandarin ducks have shed their coir raincoats today, and they happen to be wearing a narrow-waisted pomegranate skirt, which makes their tight waist more and more difficult to grasp, and the breasts and buttocks, which were not plump at first, pass through the willow slender waist. With a lining, it also looks extraordinarily enchanting and graceful.

In terms of the slenderness of the waist, among the women Sun Shaozong has experienced, only You Shi, the mistress of the Ningguo Mansion, can be compared with her. In comparison, it is naturally more rare.

Sun Shaozong's gaze couldn't help turning around on the mandarin duck for a few times, and then he reluctantly retracted it, but only halfway through it, his gaze suddenly froze and landed directly on the open space near the flower bed.

Although it has been exposed to the sun for a whole day, because of the low-lying terrain near the flower bed, there is already some stagnant water, so it is still a bit muddy, and now it is trampled back and forth by so many people carrying flower seedlings on it. So many footprints were printed on it.

However, some of the footprints are a bit different, they don't look like the soles of the feet, but like an irregular oval flower!

After staring for a while, Sun Shaozong walked out of the corridor quickly, walked to the nearest flower footprints, squatted down and looked carefully.

When you get closer, the flower suddenly becomes more clear. Not only are the surrounding petals clearly defined, but even the stamens in the middle are also outlined—but there are some fine lines in the middle, which seem to be blocked by mud, so it doesn't look very clear. coherent.

At this time, those servants, seeing Sun Shaozong approaching, stopped their work in a hurry, bowed and saluted and called him Second Master.