Dongdu Pavilion Case Record

After the autopsy, the two returned to the meditation room.

Wen Tao said: "Tang Yue, I need to clear my mind."

Tang Wuyi smiled and said: "Just right, I also want to think about the person who is going to be interrogated soon. When there was no murder case before, our questioning was just to understand the situation, and now we need to resort to the technique of torture."

The two sat opposite each other at the desk by the window, each writing their own thoughts.A burner of sandalwood is lit in the middle of the table, and the sandalwood is quiet.After the rain had cleared, the sun outside the window was just right, and when Tang Wuyi raised his head, he could see tiny rays of light jumping on Wen Tao's eyelashes.

An hour later, Wen Tao put down his pen.

Tang Wuyi said: "Have you sorted out your thinking?"

Wen Tao nodded, and while handing the tree diagram in his hand to Tang Wuyi, he said: "Judging from the condition of Xuanyi's body, he was killed soon after he disappeared, but the body was not found until today. So suppose The situation of Xuan Jing and Xuan Ding is similar to his, so the first question, where were these three people killed? It can be roughly divided into two situations, they were killed in the temple or outside the temple. If they were killed in the temple , How to cover up people's eyes and ears? If killed outside the temple, how to invite three people who seem to have no intersection to kill outside the temple?"

"Second question," Wen Tao continued, "Why did you throw the body away? Xuanyi's body was only discovered a month after his death, which means that the body has been placed somewhere for more than a month, so it should be safer There should be two possibilities for the sudden transfer of the place today. In the first case, the murderer took the initiative to throw the body, which means that the place where the body was hidden has become unsafe in the past two days, and the body needs to be transferred immediately; It is possible, but it is theoretically established, that is, unintentional dumping of the corpse, that is, the murderer’s original dumping location has changed in the past two days for some reason, resulting in the discovery of the corpse.”

Wen Tao's thoughts were always neat and clear, Tang Wuyi listened and said: "So, according to your thinking, you need to find the place where the murder and the place where the corpse was hidden. These two places may be one place, or two places. .If these two places are found, then the method of the whole case can be roughly understood."

Wen Tao smiled and said: "That's right. Now you can follow my train of thought without me telling you." He was extremely gifted since he was a child. Except for his master Wen Tunan, few people can follow his train of thought. Tang Wuyi's Although the way of investigating cases has always been very different from his, but after a few cases, the two have gotten along quite tacitly.

"Where are you, who are you going to ask?" Wen Tao asked.

Tang Wuyi said: "In interrogation, the clearer the memory, the easier it is to ask things. These three disappearances happened one month ago, one ten days ago, and two days ago. The first two cases It is estimated that many people have no memory of the situation on the day of the disappearance. I plan to ask carefully two days ago, that is, the night of Xuanding's disappearance, where everyone in the temple was."

Wen Tao nodded and said, "That's right. I asked the abbot just now that the Shaolin Temple closes at midnight every day and opens at Mao. No outsiders came in during the three nights of the disappearance. After you interrogate, you can use the transcripts to verify each other to see if anyone is there. lie."

"Well, other than that, I am still very concerned about the situation of throwing the corpse. If it is not thrown from the mountain, it can only be thrown down to the mountain stream. I still have to ask the monks under Master Mingxin, after all Only they can go down to the mountain stream."

Wen Tao nodded in agreement.

"In addition, what I care about most." Tang Wuyi sighed.

Wen Tao tilted his head and smiled, "Motive."

"Hahahahaha." Tang Wuyi laughed loudly, "You also know my way of solving the case well."

"In the previous two cases, I haven't explored the motive." Wen Tao said, "But when the murderer revealed the motive in the two cases, I was very shocked. As you said, those secret desires hidden somewhere or disguised , is really interesting, like a huge shadow under an iceberg, it would be a pity not to explore it.”

"So, are you here to investigate the motive of the crime this time?" Tang Wuyi asked.

"Give it a try." Wen Tao grinned like a spring breeze.

The two acted separately.Tang Wuyi found an interrogation room as usual, while Wen Tao searched everywhere inside and outside the temple to see if he could find the place where the murder and the corpse were hidden.Thinking that the murderer was likely to be in the temple, and it was not ruled out that he would continue to kill, Tang Wuyi worried: "Be careful in everything."

Wen Tao nodded and said, "Xu Shi, let's meet here."

In a flash, it was Xu time.Tang Wuyi had finished the interrogation, and was frantically arranging and annotating the transcripts on the desk in the meditation room.Wen Tao squeaked open the door and entered, just in time to see Tang Wuyi's face under the light.His face was originally sharp and sharp, but at this moment, half immersed in candlelight and sandalwood, half immersed in shadows, it was actually somewhat gentle.Wen Tao paused on the spot, feeling an inexplicable sense of peace in his heart.

"You're back." Tang Wuyi raised his head, with a smile on his face, "Don't talk, the vegetarian meal is here, let's talk after eating."

Although the vegetarian food in Shaolin Temple is not rich, it is also clean and plentiful. Wen Tao picked up the chopsticks and settled the vegetarian food gracefully and quickly.Tang Wuyi also quickly finished his meal and said: "Let's do some work for the next few days, and when this case is settled, I will treat you to a good meal in Luoyang."

"No problem." Wen Tao said, "The food here is better than Kunlun's."

Tang Wuyi laughed, and then asked: "How, did you find anything?"

Wen Tao shook his head dejectedly: "I've been to various places in the temple, and the Buddhist halls are all taken care of by monks. It really doesn't look like the place where the murder happened or where the corpses are hidden. The other two places are the ones mentioned by the kitchen consul last time." Tallinn and Bodhidharma Cave. We have been to Tallinn last time. Bodhidharma Cave is located in the back mountain of Shaolin Temple. According to legend, it is the place where Patriarch Bodhidharma enlightened. There are monks taking turns lighting candles and offering incense. Because the Bodhidharma cave is the place where the patriarch enlightened, there are also some high-level disciples who occasionally practice in it, which is no different. As for the outside of the temple, they only went to the vicinity of the temple, and they have not found a place to hide the corpse. I think tomorrow I will go to the mountain stream where the body was found and search carefully."

Tang Wuyi comforted: "After all, it is not easy to find the place where the murder and the corpse are hidden. Have you visited the Sutra Pavilion?"

Wen Tao nodded and said: "Naturally, I have always yearned for the Shaolin Cangjing Pavilion, and I can stay here more in the future when I have the opportunity. I happened to meet Master Mingshan in it, and he also wanted to take time to come to Kunlun to have a look at us. The Sutra Pavilion. Later, it happened to be the time for more drums, so I followed him to the Drum Tower to beat the drums, and I realized that the drumming and bells also need the blessing of internal strength, in order to get the sound of the morning bell and evening drum in this century-old temple."

Tang Wuyi said: "Evening drums and morning bells can only be played by Shaolin elders. The so-called 'one hundred years of sympathy, morning bells and evening drums will never stop'".

"Then what about you, did you find anything?" Wen Tao asked.

Tang Wuyi shook the thick stack of notes in his hands: "I'm trading here, let's take a look together."