I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

Cui Tao was stunned for a moment, staring at Yun Dan.She has a smile on her face, with anger between her brows and disgust in her eyes, which makes people feel that she is violently angry with everything in the world and hates everything in front of her eyes.

"Do you know Mrs. Cui?"

Li Cai immediately became vigilant. The motive of this Daoist Yundan's killing was actually targeting his master?Could it be that the remnants of Di Zang Pavilion specifically seek revenge from his master?But it doesn't make sense, if she seeks revenge on his master, why doesn't she directly attack her master?

After Yun Dan heard Li Cai's words, his eyes shifted to Li Cai.

"It's also because of you!"

Li Cai shuddered, not understanding what Yun Dan meant.

"you!"

"you!"

"you!"

"a ha ha ha……"

Yun Dan then pointed at Han Zong and other yamen servants, and even all the female crowns in the Plum Blossom Temple were pointed out by her.

All the female crowns were in an uproar, wondering why Taoist Master Yun Dan, who was usually generous and reticent, suddenly changed his face, as if he had been bewitched by some evil and suddenly went crazy?

"Senior sister, what's wrong with you? What's going on here?"

Yun Yue Suri has the best relationship with Yun Dan. Seeing that Yun Dan is not normal, she anxiously tried to hold Yun Dan to ask for clarification, but was thrown away by Yun Dan.Yunyue did not expect to be attacked suddenly, so she was not prepared at all, and was thrown to the ground fiercely.

Yunyue immediately screamed in pain, and when she was supported by Yunfeng and others, she grinned and sucked in cold air, her body was still a little staggering, which showed that she was very painful from the fall.

Li Cai and others immediately surrounded Yun Dan, ready to arrest her.

Yun Dan was not afraid at all, she resisted when anyone came to arrest her, with great brute force, she beat down the two yamen servants who came up first.Li Cai took the opportunity to grab Yun Dan's arm from behind, and one of the other two yamen servants controlled Yun Dan's other arm, and the other grabbed Yun Dan's neck with a scabbard, and finally controlled Yun Dan and tied the rope.

"what--"

"Ahhh-"

The upper body was tied up like a cocoon, and she began to yell hysterically. She grew her mouth to the extreme, allowing people to see every tooth in her lower row clearly. To burn up in general.

How much anger is this immersed in?

Li Cai and others covered Yun Dan's mouth with a rag, and took it off after a while, only to find that she was still laughing and shouting.She seems to be totally unaware of the existence of the outside world, she is so absorbed in being immersed in a world called 'venting' that she cannot extricate herself.

This behavior is a bit strange, but would normal people kill people and remove their corpses so easily, gouging out their eyes and cutting out their tongues?For such a cruel murderer, this behavior is not surprising.

Cui Tao couldn't calm down after seeing Yundan for a while, and she was not interested in wasting time listening to her howling.Cui Tao took a few yamen servants to search Yun Dan's room to see if they could find any evidence of the crime.

Now even if it is confirmed that Yun Dan is from Zhangjia Village, that he may be related to Zhang Le, and that the two victims both live in Plum Blossom Temple, Yun Dan and Yun Dan may have intersected in their lives, and Yun Dan has various conditions for committing the crime... ...But these only increase her suspicion, making her suspicion huge, but in essence, there is not enough evidence to prove that she is committing a crime.

Yun Dan's answer to her "because of you" just now looks like she has confessed, but it is obvious that she is crazy now, and no one knows whether she will change her mouth and deny it when she regains her composure.There are too many excuses that can be used as explanations. Cui Tao can think of any one at will. For example, she can say that she took the elixir by mistake and lost her mind for a while. What can you do to her?

There is nothing more reassuring to investigators than having ironclad evidence in hand.

Cui Tao wanted to find out the actual evidence, but what worried her was that when Yun Dan was throwing the corpse, she deliberately disguised a ten-inch-two-sized man's shoe print in the haunted house, which showed that she was wary of the government's investigation, and she Has anti-reconnaissance capabilities.If she also maintains this kind of vigilance in the Taoist temple, the possibility of finding evidence in her room is very small.

Everything in the house is very neatly arranged, there is no dust, and everything is well tidied up.Apart from teapots and tea bowls on the table, there are scriptures. Most of the closets are Taoist robes, and there are also three sets of half-worn burlap skirts.Compared with Yun Dan's figure, the size and length of the clothes did not fit perfectly. Presumably these three old clothes were donated by pilgrims, and Yun Dan kept them for herself to wear.

Not to mention looking for any blood or eye-gouging tools in this room, I couldn't even find a single sharp thing, including sewing needles.Sure enough, as she was worried, Yun Dan was also vigilant in Plum Blossom Temple, she was deliberately hiding, so there was no evidence in her room.

Cui Tao especially noticed a pair of wooden figurines placed on the wooden shelf. It was obvious that they were a man and a woman with their hair buns.The two dolls were carved exquisitely, even the folds of the clothes were carved in detail, but they had no eyes and mouths, and only a small protruding nose on their faces.

The pair of statues don't feel much at first glance, but the more they look at them, the more creepy they become.

There are no eyes and mouths...

The yamen servants who came to search with Cui Tao couldn't help shivering after looking at the statue, which reminded them of the scene when the victims Yin and Shao died in the ghost house, it was too horrible to look at.Those who had seen the scene at that time saw that scene as soon as they closed their eyes at night, and they were so disgusted that they couldn't eat properly for three days.

"Don't even think about it, the murderer must be her!" One of the yamen servants said with emotion.

"However, this wooden man cannot be used as evidence." Another yamen servant sighed regretfully.

The yamen servants turned to ask Cui Tao, what did Yun Dan's appearance just now count as a plea?

"Don't worry about what she said, focus on finding the evidence first. Please search the entire Taoist temple carefully, and don't let go of any clues."

Although the Plum Blossom Temple is not comparable to the Daoist Temple like the Sanqing Temple, it occupies a large area. It is too easy to hide something in such a large Taoist temple without being found, but they can't hide it because of the search. Give up on difficulty.

The yamen servants promised, please rest assured Cui Tao, they will search carefully.

When Cui Tao turned back, Yun Dan's voice had already diminished, she was sitting on the ground shaking her body, her mouth kept moving, as if she was saying something, but her words were very unclear, and there was a strange grunting sound, everyone Only when she was humming.

Many people present were puzzled, why Yun Dan suddenly behaved like this, so crazy.

Han Zong can understand somewhat, probably because he has suppressed his nature for too long.For more than ten years, she has been pretending to be a generous and taciturn Taoist priest with high morals, but in reality she is a murderous devil who can't control her hands.She originally had a strong desire to express her true thoughts, but she never got the chance because she kept pretending.Just now, at the moment when Cui Tao questioned her and exposed what she had done, she finally couldn't control it and burst out happily.

In this situation, it is obviously impossible to continue the interrogation.When Han Zong saw that Cui Tao had returned, he proposed to take him back to Kaifeng Mansion first, and then interrogate and pronounce the sentence later when he came to his senses.

"I think she is quite sensible, just now she was saying: 'What is the purpose of people's eyes? It is to see things clearly! What is the purpose of people's mouth? It is for eating and talking!' " Cui Tao relayed.

Everyone was amazed and looked at Cui Tao in amazement, wondering how she knew what Yun Dan was talking about just now.Obviously some of them are closer to Yundan, but they didn't hear any similar pronunciation.

Because of excessive shouting, Yun Dan's voice is almost useless, and the complete pronunciation of the words can't be pronounced at all. Even if the sound is broken, only some fragments are spit out, which is weird, a bit like Phlegm stuck in my throat, I can't tell the difference between each sound.

Han Zong asked Cui Tao in surprise: "Couldn't you be able to tell what she's saying based on the shape of her mouth? Can you speak lips?"

When Han Zong was in Wazi before, he had seen such a capable juggler.One of them can understand lip language, relying on his partner to make silent mouth movements, he was able to accurately answer the random items in the box that were randomly put in by the spectators.Han Zong still couldn't figure out the reason for this trick at the time, so he specially bought the "truth" for the price of a string of pearls, and only then did he see the power of lip language.

"I don't know much. You have to have a clear mouth like her, and you can tell the difference when you speak simple sentences." Cui Tao said modestly.

Han Zong nodded in admiration.

Li Cai and other yamen servants' admiration for Cui Tao went up to another level.

No matter how modest Mrs. Cui was, it was useless for them to admire Cui Tao in their hearts no longer at the level of kneeling, but the kind of admiration of the whole person lying on the ground.She is really a strange woman, there should be no No.2 woman in this world who is smarter, more powerful, and will earn more than her.

"Can you admit that Yin and Shao were killed by you?" Cui Tao wanted Yun Dan to confirm the guilt clearly.

Yun Dan's eyes moved, and he opened his mouth to Cui Tao.

Taoist temples will prepare some commonly used herbal medicines for alchemy. Cui Tao asked if there are mint, radix radix, licorice, etc. in the temple.

After Yun Dan took a sip, he felt that his burning throat was covered with coolness, so he took a second and third sip.After drinking this bowl of throat-clearing and throat-clearing water, my throat is much more comfortable.

Han Zong, Li Cai and the others all stared at Yun Dan, waiting for her to make a confession.

Yun Dan looked up at Cui Tao, her eyes were full of teasing, and the corners of her mouth curled up again, revealing a weird smile.

"I didn't kill anyone."

Yun Dan's voice was probably only a little louder than a mosquito's chirping, very hoarse, as if it had been severely ground by gravel, and finally people could hear what she said clearly, which shows that the bowl of throat lozenges is very effective.

As soon as Yun Dan said this, everyone present was hit hard, and everyone looked at Yun Dan in disbelief.

She didn't admit that she was the murderer?Then what happened to the inexplicable madness just now?More than [-]% of the people present did not believe Yun Dan's denial from the bottom of their hearts. Her suspicion was too great, and her state of madness just now was telling everyone that she was the murderer.But there is no direct evidence to prove that she killed someone, so since she denies it, you can't directly confirm that she killed her.

Cui Tao had previously summed up the murderer based on the situation at the scene of the crime: contempt for human life, contempt for ghosts.

Now I'm afraid I have to add another one: contempt for the government.

Life is always so difficult to surprise you, the more you worry about something, the more things will come.

"When Mrs. Cui questioned your motive for killing, why did you answer 'because of you'?" Li Cai asked unwillingly.

"Why did I kill Yin and Shao? It was indeed because of you, you, you..." Yun Dan said, pointing at Cui Tao, Li Yuan, and then at Han Zong and others, "Because you all If you think that I killed someone in your mind, I will kill someone in your mind. If this is the case, what is the motive for killing? Naturally, it is because of you, because you are thinking about it. If you don’t think so, I will kill you. If there is no murder, there is no so-called motive."

Yun Dan's sophistry made Li Cai and the others gnash their teeth, and they really wished they could beat her to the point where she could find her teeth all over the place.They have been yamen servants for so long, and this is the first time they have seen a prisoner so blatantly preposterous, so blatantly provocative, deliberately smiling weirdly at the officials.

Li Cai clenched the shoulder knife at his waist, and he really had the urge to do it.But even where his own responsibility lies, he tried his best to control his emotions.

"Then after Mrs. Cui questioned you just now, why did you suddenly go crazy and yell?" Li Cai asked Yun Dan with the last bit of patience.

"Although I am a monk, I am still a woman. There are always a few days every month when I can't control my emotions. Because I am really angry, very angry. I have been a Taoist for so many years. Don't you know what kind of person I am? clear?

As a result, a person from Kaifeng Mansion just questioned me a few words, and then looked at you all with the look of "I suspect you are a murderer". Naturally, it was even more difficult for me to control my emotions.The more I think about it, the more chilling I feel. The good sisters I have been with for many years, the disciples I have taken in and raised for many years, thanks to my usual greetings to them, teaching them alchemy and Taoism, in the end, they all suspect me of killing people! "

Ah, hahahaha... It's ridiculous, it's really funny! "

Yun Dan actually began to accuse every sentence, biting back at everyone present for wronging her.

After saying these words, Yunfeng, Yunyue and the others felt a little embarrassed, with guilty expressions on their faces.

And Yun Dan's apprentices have already started to salute and apologize to Yun Dan.

After all, they are not like the officials of the Kaifeng government office, who clearly know how suspicious Yun Dan is.So when Yun Dan said this, they really thought that they had dirty minds and misunderstood their master, and they all apologized sincerely with guilt.

Seeing this, Li Cai and others were very angry, and Han Zong was also a little bit angry, and together they asked Cui Tao for permission, intending to take her back to the Yamen immediately and torture her for interrogation.

"Have you forgotten the instructions of the official Han Tui? Don't use torture to extract a confession and create an unjust, false or wrong case. Since there is no direct evidence to prove that she is innocent, we can't assume that she is innocent just because she is more suspected. The murderer. Coincidences happen from time to time, maybe there are more coincidences in this case."

Cui Tao's voice was clear and clear, enough for everyone present to hear clearly.

Han Zong, Li Cai and the others didn't understand what Cui Tao meant by this statement. Yun Dan was so suspicious and openly provoked the government, why didn't he arrest him?Just let it go?In the past, I met people who were more suspicious than her, and coincidentally not as many people as her, and I never let them go.

"Anyway, someone has already pleaded guilty, so we can go back and do business." After Cui Tao finished speaking, he told Li Cai and the others to keep an eye on Zhang Le and not to go on business while escorting him.

When Yun Dan heard Zhang Le's name, her face suddenly changed, and she stared blankly at Cui Tao and the others.

"Why did he plead guilty?"

"Today, in front of everyone, he killed Daoist Wuyou and voluntarily pleaded guilty to killing Yin and Shao. We are also here to verify the affairs of Yin and Shao. Check again to see if he has any accomplices. It looks very similar to you, but since there is no evidence now, that's it."

Unexpectedly, since Zhang Le is willing to take the blame for Yun Dan, there must be a reason.Cui Tao felt that since both of them came from Zhangjia Village, or they might be related, the bond between them was relatively deep, and their friendship must be unusual.Yun Dan should goug his eyes and cut his tongue because of Widow Sun. Zhang Le is willing to die for Yun Dan must be because Yun Dan treats him well enough.Then in reverse, would Yun Dan just watch Zhang Le take the blame for her?

When Cui Tao entered the Plum Blossom Temple, she did not let Zhang Le show up with her, but ordered the yamen servant to take Zhang Le to stand by outside the Plum Blossom Temple for the time being.What I want is to stimulate Yun Dan at this critical moment.Of course, the premise is that Yun Dan cares about Zhang Le very much.

"He really killed Taoist Wuyou?" Yun Dan couldn't believe it, and asked this question persistently.

Cui Tao asked Yun Dan to ask Zhang Le by herself.

When Zhang Le was escorted up, the clouds were as light as a high embankment that was instantly washed away by the flood.

Zhang Le lowered his head when he saw Yun Dan when he entered the door.The seemingly calm and unresponsive face is actually secretly filled with many emotions, but he doesn't want to show it to anyone, including Yun Dan.

"What did you do?" Yun Dan asked Zhang Le directly.

Zhang Le still lowered his head and said nothing.

Before Zhang Leyin came here, he didn't know the progress of the situation here. He didn't know whether Yun Dan had been discovered, and whether he had pleaded guilty after being discovered.So under the premise of not knowing anything about the situation, he tried his best to keep such a silent state, and he was still ready to bear all the charges for her.

But seeing that all the yamen servants in Kaifeng Mansion were targeting Yun Dan in the center of the ground, the female crowns watching outside the door also set their eyes on Yun Dan.

Zhang Le knew that something was going wrong, but he still had the last ounce of persistence and tried his best to keep himself silent.As long as she doesn't say it, he doesn't say it.Hopefully his death will get her to stop hurting other people.

"Did you really kill that bastard Wuyou?" Yun Dan was anxious, and asked Zhang Le again.

Zhang Le froze for a moment, then looked at Cui Tao in puzzlement.

Yun Dan guessed something from Zhang Le's reaction, and suddenly yelled at Cui Tao angrily: "You lied to me?"

"What did I lie to you?" Cui Tao said helplessly that she was really innocent, "I originally said, 'Today he killed the Taoist priest Wuyou in front of everyone, and he also took the initiative to admit that he killed Yin and his wife. Shaw's charges', you ask him yourself, what is wrong with my words? He was indeed under the watchful eyes of the public, causing the green snake to bite Taoist Wuyou, causing Taoist Wuyou to be poisoned immediately."

After Yun Dan heard this, she instantly understood what was going on.She turned her head to look at Zhang Le, her eyes were already red with tears, full of dissatisfaction with Zhang Le's hatred of iron.

"If you don't want to kill him, then don't do it at all! Why are you doing such a stupid thing in front of the officials!"

Zhang Le lowered his head even deeper.

Big teardrops wiped Yun Dan's cheeks and fell to the ground.

Yun Dan swallowed, glanced away, and wiped away the tears on her face with a flick of her sleeve.After she controlled herself and stopped crying, she told Cui Tao in a hoarse voice.

"That little green snake can't kill people at all, he is still the same, he never thought about letting that bastard Wuyou die!" Speaking of Taoist Wuyou, Yun Dan gritted his teeth with hatred.

"Who knows." Cui Tao sighed casually.

When Yun Dan heard Cui Tao's words, she glared at her angrily.

"You said that the green snake can't kill people, so it really can't kill people? Can I believe it so casually? Then I have become the kind of person who you hate the most in your mouth, Daoist Yun Dan. I However, I have thoroughly understood the principle of 'seeing may not be true', therefore, Taoist Wuyou did not die, it may not be because the poison of the green snake is not strong enough, it may also be that the effect of my acupuncture is good, or the magical medicine applied It works well," Cui Tao explained.

"You—" Yun Dan choked with anger.

She took a deep breath, and then told Cui Tao that she could be tried with a green snake.If you feel that one time is not enough, you can try a few more times. If she doesn't die every time, you will know that the green snake is not poisonous.

"If the green snake is already dead, what can you do if you don't have to try it?" Cui Tao's rhetorical question caused Yun Dan's expression to change suddenly.

Cui Tao then added, "Besides, our Kaifeng government does not advocate torture, you are a suspect, and you should not let the poisonous green snake bite you hard. You don't care about life and death, me and my brothers also care about being able to I can't be promoted. I'm really sorry, but we can't do what you ask!"

Yun Dan was so anxious that tears were about to fall again, and angrily rushed towards Cui Tao's direction.When Li Cai saw this, he wanted to control Yun Dan.

Zhang Le grabbed Yun Dan first, so she didn't have to.He didn't care about these things, he let the green snake bite the Taoist priest Wuyou, his original intention was to let them misunderstand him as a murderer, he was already ready to die.

"Why are you so stupid! I killed people, and I am the one who deserves retribution. Why do you take the blame for me! Why do you want to let a person go in for nothing! How can you tell my aunt after I die!"

"It turns out that Mrs. Sun is your aunt."

Cui Tao's emotion immediately attracted Yun Dan's angry stare.

"Why don't we make a deal. You honestly tell the truth and confess your guilt obediently. I can help you find out about your cousin and the little green snake. This is the difference between murder and intentional wounding. It has a bearing on his life and death. If Taoist Wuyou said he would not pursue him, then his crime might be lighter." Cui Tao could already see that the friendship between the cousins ​​and brothers was very deep, to the extent that they were willing to die for each other.

"You promise?" Yun Dan stared at Cui Tao.

Cui Tao immediately introduced Han Zong to Yun Dan: "This is Judge Han from our Kaifeng Mansion. You can rest assured with his guarantee. After all, there are so many people watching."

Han Zong immediately cooperated with Cui Tao's words and agreed to Yun Dan's request.

Yun Dan ignored Han Zong's attitude and still stared at Cui Tao: "I want you to promise."

Han Zong: "..."

Cui Tao nodded immediately.

"Okay." Yun Dan agreed straightforwardly.

Han Zong couldn't help coughing in embarrassment, and then ordered the yamen servant to escort Yun Dan back to Kaifeng Mansion for trial.

"Wait." Yun Dan said suddenly.

Li Cai and the others looked at Yun Dan in bewilderment, thinking that she had changed her mind too quickly.