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Xia He's voice was so loud that it even attracted the monks in Minzhong Temple. Hearing that something happened to his younger brother, Lin Junnuan didn't bother to ask Cheng Shaoqing. ?”

Chuntao pushed Lin Junheng's servant behind her: "Come on."

The boy Yuanbao gave Lin Junnuan a pale look, and his voice trembled involuntarily: "Mr., you are wandering around the back mountain with the little ones. When I saw a pheasant flying by, I thought..." He quickly He glanced in the direction of the monks in the temple, "I wanted to catch a pheasant and take it down the mountain, but the little one was careless and lost my son..."

Cheng Jiangyun walked quickly to Lin Junnuan, his expression had returned to his usual calm, "Have you looked around?"

"I've searched, I've searched up and down the mountain, but I still can't find you, young master," Yuan Bao subconsciously replied, and then asked with a puzzled expression, "I don't know if this young master is..." Where did this strange man come from? It seemed that they were drinking tea with their lady just now? !

"This is Cheng Shaoqing from Dali Temple," Lin Junnuan briefly introduced, and then continued to ask Yuan Bao: "How long have you been missing, my son?"

"Almost half an hour."

"Did you meet anyone else in the back mountain?"

"No," Yuan Bao shook his head again and again, "It's just us, Tong Qian is still looking for someone in the back mountain, I'm afraid Miss might be worried, so I'll report back first."

"Young master... fell off a cliff?" Xia He covered his chest with a panicked face, and Jue Zhen, the abbot of Minzhong Temple standing next to him, said warmly: "Amitabha, all benefactors don't need to worry, the mountain behind our temple is gentle, There are no steep cliffs, even if Lin benefactor falls off the cliff unfortunately, it will not be a serious problem."

Lin Junnuan didn't want to make random guesses here, so she waved at Yuan Bao: "Take me there first."

The back mountain of Minzhong Temple is a lush green mountain forest. As the abbot said, the mountain is very gentle. A narrow path winds down for a while, and then circles around another small hill.

Yuan Bao brought the group of people to a big pine tree, "Young Master, I just don't see you around here...ah!!" Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly shouted in surprise.

The others hurriedly followed, and when they looked up, there was a woman hanging from the top of the treetop on the other side of the pine tree, wearing a bright red dress, her slender neck was wrapped in a rope, and her eyes were closed.

The abbot quickly ordered the woman to be put down, leaned over to sniff his nose, and finally sighed heavily: "Amitabha, this benefactor has passed away."

This is... another murder case?Lin Junnuan took a deep breath, and cast a helpless glance at Cheng Jiangyun who was beside her. Could it be that she belongs to the type of elementary school student who dies wherever she goes?This is not a good sign.

Cheng Jiangyun thought she was frightened, so he took half a step forward, subconsciously blocked her sight, and said to the abbot, "Human life is at stake, please inform Jingzhao Mansion immediately, master."

The abbot Juezhen nodded, calmly explained a few words to the little novice beside him, and told him to go down the mountain to report the crime.

At this time, the boy who had been searching for Lin Junheng in the mountains suddenly shouted loudly: "I found you, I found it!"

It turned out that Lin Junheng was stunned and stuffed into a small cave. The wounded man piled up dead branches at the entrance of the cave as a cover, so he was not found until Lin Junheng woke up and called for help, and the copper coins were found. he.

Lin Junheng walked over with the support of copper coins, and when he saw the woman in red on the ground, he suddenly said loudly: "It's her, it's her! Ouch, I'm so hurt!"

He rubbed the back of his injured head, and complained to Lin Junnuan aggrievedly: "Sister, she was the one who knocked me out!"

Lin Junnuan narrowed her eyes slightly, looked at Cheng Jiangyun, then turned to ask her younger brother, "Are you sure?"

"That's right," Lin Junheng raised his voice, "Although I didn't see her face, I can't go wrong with this red dress!" After a pause, he realized that the woman hadn't moved since just now, and her voice trembled slightly. "She, she died?"

This is weird, Lin Junnuan rubbed her chin and thought, when she saw the scene for the first time, she subconsciously thought it was a suicide by hanging, but it didn't seem that simple.

The woman in red who hanged herself was slightly shorter than Lin Junheng, and her figure was extremely thin. Unless she possessed great strength, it would be impossible to move Lin Junheng into the cave—there were no dragged wrinkles on the back of Lin Junheng's clothes, which could be ruled out. Possibility of dragging.In this way, there should be another person at the scene. Could that person be the real murderer?

But now is not the time to investigate the case, Lin Junnuan secretly warned himself not to be nosy, looked around Lin Junheng carefully, and made sure that there was no other injury except the back of the head, so he thought about taking him down the mountain to see a doctor.

"Cheng Shaoqing... are you leaving now?" She looked at Cheng Jiangyun hesitantly.

Cheng Jiangyun nodded slightly; "Wait a moment, we will go together after the government comes."

Lin Junheng keenly sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere between the two of them. His eyes critically scanned Cheng Shaoqing back and forth, and then leaned into Lin Junnuan's ear and whispered, "Sister, who is this person? Do you know him well?"

"A friend," Lin Junnuan pushed him away impatiently, "I've met him a few times, but I'm not familiar with him."

Lin Junheng looked Cheng Jiangyun from head to toe in doubt, clicked his tongue twice, but didn't speak up.Just kidding, Mr. Lin also has style, how could he be eager to get close to others.

Cheng Jiangyun pretended not to notice his curious gaze, looked up at the sky, and a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I'm afraid we won't be able to leave today."

Lin Junnuan looked over at the sound, and saw that large black cumulonimbus clouds were slowly gathering in the sky not far away, and it was likely that a heavy rain would hit soon.

***

The summer rain is coming as soon as it is said, and it is hard to guard against.

Fortunately, they hid in the main hall of Minzhong Temple in time before the rain became heavier, so they didn't get drenched.The body of the woman in red was also moved into the hall, waiting for the people from the government to come.

There were not many pilgrims at Tianminzhong Temple, and most of them were resting in their rooms. At this time, the only monks in the hall were Lin Junnuan and his party.The abbot sent his disciples to investigate in each wing room, trying to find out the origin of the woman.

Knowing that the abbot Jue really has good medical skills, Lin Junnuan asked him to take the pulse of his younger brother. After confirming that Lin Junheng was fine, he asked the little novice to take the medicine and boil it. She was slightly relieved, and then she was in the mood to think other.

She beckoned to Cheng Jiangyun: "Cheng Shaoqing, anyway, the people from the government haven't come yet, can we have a look at the corpse first?"

The corners of Cheng Jiangyun's lips raised slightly, "Let's watch together."

The two squatted side by side next to the woman's body, inspecting it carefully from head to toe. There was a tacit understanding in every move. Lin Junheng, who was watching boredly, twitched his eyelids. His sister was lying to him again. If the person is unfamiliar, he will write the last name upside down!

"There is only one strangle mark, and the distribution is very even, and there are no redundant scratches around it."

"The nails of the deceased were neatly trimmed, without any signs of bumps, peeling, or bleeding."

Normally, no matter whether the deceased is willing to hang himself or not, in the process of strangling the neck with the rope, he will subconsciously shake his head or shake his hands and feet due to pain or muscle spasm, leaving corresponding traces at the same time. , but now the strangle marks on the dead body are too clean.

The two looked at each other, and Lin Junnuan quickly let go of the woman's bun, and took a closer look at her black hair. Sure enough, a bag the size of a copper coin bulged out from the back of the woman's head, which was obviously caused by someone hitting her.

"So the deceased was unconscious and possibly dead when he was hung from the rope?"

As soon as such a guess was made, two lavishly dressed nuns suddenly threw off their umbrellas and rushed into the hall, howling loudly as they walked.

"My eldest lady, why are you so overwhelmed!"

"You want the life of this old slave! This old slave can't survive!"

The two nuns ran towards the dead one after the other, squeezed Lin Junnuan and the other away without hesitation, lay down on the corpse and continued howling. Although the thunder was loud, none of the tears fell, which formed the same pattern as the torrential rain outside. sharp contrast.

"You don't care?" Lin Junnuan tugged at Cheng Jiangyun's sleeve, "Be careful that they damage the corpse."

Cheng Jiangyun sighed helplessly. At the beginning, he really didn't want to take care of the case, but now that the rain is getting heavier and heavier, the people from Jingzhao Mansion don't know when they will come, so he can't let him take care of it.

He lowered his face and asked the two nuns in a cold voice: "Who are you two, and what is your relationship with the deceased?" Then he motioned to the monk next to them to pull them away from the corpse.

The slightly fatter one of the two nuns pressed the corner of her eyes with a handkerchief, and looked at Cheng Shaoqing with a slightly disdainful expression: "Who are you, and you can meddle in the affairs of the Shangshufu?"

At this time, Cheng Jiangyun was dressed in dusty regular clothes and hadn't changed for several days. He looked sloppy and down-to-earth. It was only natural for this nanny to look down on him.

"Shangshu Mansion, who is the Shangshu?" Lin Junnuan asked from the side.

Seeing Lin Junnuan's decent attire, Mammy's attitude became much more respectful: "Miss, who are you?"

Xia He snorted, and said from the side: "Our lady is the eldest lady of the Chengyi residence, and you can ask her!"

"It turned out to be Miss Lin, I'm sorry for this old slave!" The two nuns hurriedly bowed to Lin Junnuan, and explained: "This old slave is a servant in the residence of Shangshu Shen, Minister of the Household Department."

"Then this deceased...is the young lady of the Shen residence?" Lin Junnuan frowned and took a deep look at the corpse, "No, I have met the two young ladies of the Shen residence, but I have never met this one. "

Momo hurriedly explained: "Our young lady is the cousin of the Shen residence."

It turned out to be the case, and after a few more questions, Lin Junnuan finally figured out the identity of the deceased.

The name of the deceased was Su Jiayin, she was the niece of Mrs. Su's natal family, she entered Beijing at the beginning of this year, and she is currently living in Shangshu's mansion temporarily. These two nuns were arranged by Su to take care of her.

Lin Junnuan rubbed her nose, and asked again: "Just now you said she couldn't think about it, could it be...do you know the reason why Ms. Su committed suicide?"

"Oh, it's really hard for this old slave to say!" The overweight nanny sighed, stopped the other person who was hesitant to speak with her eyes, and warmly blessed Mr. Lin again: "Our wife is also in the temple, Miss Lin Just ask her directly."

During the conversation, Mrs. Su, the Shangshu's wife, also wiped her tears and came late.