I solved crimes in the Song Dynasty and strengthened the country [Seventh Five-Year]

69 Yun Xiao and Yue Xiao

After Jiang Lin read the note, he immediately went with Wen Qing to the small courtyard where the abbot stayed yesterday.When they came, most of the people in the temple had already gathered in the courtyard, and Jiang Linji walked up to Bai Yutang: "Brother Zhan..."

All the unfinished words were swallowed back into the throat.

Jiang Lin opened his eyes wide, and like most of the people present, he looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief.

I saw that the door of the house facing the cliff was wide open, and a few thin silk threads could be vaguely seen criss-crossing and slanting out.

The only window was nailed to death by wooden boards, a long knot hung from the beam in the middle, and a hole was cut in the wooden floor, from which a pair of muscular hands could be seen hanging by the long rope.

Jiang Lin was very familiar with the owner of these hands, before he even leaned over to look, he knew that the person bound by the rope was Zhan Zhao!

And because of the overhead structure of the house, and the torrent flowing rapidly towards the cliff below, from the side view, Zhan Zhao is blindfolded, and seems to have lost consciousness. The suspended body has almost no fulcrum, and half of it is submerged in the rushing water. in the current.

The water is full of unreliable seaweed and aquatic plants. If there is any problem with the rope hanging on the beam, Zhan Zhao, who has fallen into a coma, will undoubtedly be washed down the cliff immediately by the stream.

A monk wanted to rush up to save people, but Bai Yutang stopped them, and shouted with tears in his eyes: "Stop! Are you blind? Can't you see that the silk threads at the door are all mechanisms for pulling ropes?! Do you want to kill him? !"

He was so angry that his voice was trembling, but he could only restrain himself, and said loudly into the room: "Get out! Stop pretending to be a ghost! No matter who you are, come out to Fifth Master if you have the ability! Otherwise, I will fly off the cliff to fish for it, and I won't be able to catch it!" To make Zhan Zhao..."

"Fifth Lord, don't say anything stupid. How could I give you a chance to sneak in from under the house to save people?" An indistinguishable hoarse voice came from behind the huge stone Buddha statue in the house, and the man was muffled. He laughed and said, "If anyone gets half a step closer to this house, the rope hanging over Zhan's guard's head may be lost."

Everyone present gasped, only Bai Yutang almost collapsed and asked, "What do you want to do?!"

"Didn't I already write the method of saving lives on the note you received? If the note is not clear enough, I don't mind explaining it to you again."

The creepy voice slowed down a bit, and said slowly like a machine: "It is the same as written on the note, I heard that there is a treasure that is hard to find in this world in Qinglong Temple, and I want to ask everyone in the temple to help find it. And In order to urge everyone to find what I want as soon as possible, I will randomly kill one of your companions every day before you find the treasure..."

"Unfortunately, Guard Zhan happened to be on the order this morning and became the first person I caught."

Jiang Lin looked at the despair in Bai Yutang's eyes, and couldn't ask why the two of them acted separately in the morning.Before he could say any words of consolation, the hoarse voice continued: "And if you want to save the guards, you must either find the secret treasure before this time tomorrow, or kill any other companions in the temple... "

As the man spoke, he let out a strange laugh, which spread into the ears of all the people present like a ghost: "Tell me, this Fifth Master Bai values ​​Zhan Zhao's life so much. How about secretly killing one of you?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" Bai Yutang was completely annoyed, "You lunatic, if you want a treasure, you can find it yourself. What's the point of using such insidious means to sow discord?!"

"Then you mean that you don't plan to save Zhan Zhao anymore? It's a pity that Zhan Zhao's guards couldn't hear what you said..." The voice paused in silence for a moment, and continued with a smile, "Loving and killing each other is really a good drama .”

The veins on Bai Yutang's fist bulged slightly, but the voice continued unhurriedly: "Okay, don't make trouble. Let's go find the baby, or discuss how to save Zhan Zhao. He has the time left. But not much."

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Everyone witnessed the death of the abbot yesterday, and today they experienced such a thrilling scene.The image of Zhan Zhao being suspended in the water is like a nightmare, deeply engraved in everyone's mind.

In order to save time, Xie Ling, Yun Shu and Yu's couple had already started searching in the mountains.

Jiang Lin, Bai Yutang and Wen Qing went to the main hall of Qinglong Temple together with a group of monks and tourists, firstly to appease everyone's emotions, and secondly to inquire about some news.

A heavy atmosphere spread in the hall, Mingda seldom did anything, obviously frightened by the battle of the mysterious man.

His eyes were flushed, and he said helplessly, "What is the meaning of that person hiding in the house? What kind of baby? I, I have never heard of it..."

A slightly thicker monk sneered and said, "Junior Brother Mingda, what we have to worry about now is not the baby, but the death of someone in the monastery."

The monk's name was Jing Qi. When he spoke, his slightly sharp eyes were not looking at the direction where Zhan Zhao was imprisoned. Like many people present, they were looking at Bai Yutang.

It's just that everyone else is worried about being targeted by Bai Yutang, not as blatantly as Jing Qi is not afraid of death.

Bai Yutang gritted his teeth secretly, and Jiang Lin also frowned.

Obviously, what the mysterious man said had already planted the seeds of suspicion in everyone's hearts - even those who didn't know Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao could tell that they had a very good relationship.

Then they couldn't help but wonder, would Bai Yutang have such good martial arts, would he kill one of them in order to save Zhan Zhao?

Even though Bai Yutang used to be a chivalrous young ranger and is now a court official who can take on great responsibilities, as long as people feel threatened, suspicion and suspicion can grow wantonly and unreasonably.

"The matter has come to this point, we still don't want to figure out how to solve it, and we still have to fight each other here to kill time?" Jiang Lin glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice, "Okay, let's let that villain's plan succeed , become a plate of loose sand and let him drive it."

Jiang Lin already understood the selection rules of that mysterious person.

Zhan Zhao didn't know the clues to the secret treasure, but he was close to them. The other party kidnapped him, so that they could do their best to find the secret treasure while reducing Jiang Lin's search efficiency as little as possible.

Therefore, other monks and tourists who have little relationship with them in Qinglong Temple should not be so easy to become the target of the other party.

But Jiang Lin still used threats as encouragement and said: "You can feel lucky that the one who died today was not one of you, and hang on high, but who can guarantee that it will not be your turn tomorrow?"

Most people lowered their heads slightly after hearing this, only Jing Qi took another step forward and said: "Benefactor Jiang, Master Bai, the poor monk knows that you are all high officials in the imperial court, and you must not offend, but the Buddhist sect In a pure land, all living beings are treated equally, so don't use officials to coerce people."

Someone took the opportunity to echo: "Yes, yes, the abbot of our temple died tragically yesterday, after you people came to the temple, who doesn't feel that this matter is inseparable from you? Why did you call us?"

Jiang Lin and the others had just arrived at Qinglong Temple, and the only connection with the temple was Abbot Ruyi.

But now that the abbot is dead, and there is no one to reconcile, the other party wants to shift the responsibility to outsiders like them, and leave himself clean, which is also a cowardly move to save effort.

"You don't want to spew blood!" Bai Yutang did not expect such monks to be raised in the famous Qinglong Temple, pointing at their noses and scolding, "We have no grievances with the abbot of the temple, why do we want to kill him? Now Facing such an important matter where human life is at stake, if the knife does not fall on your own head, you will not know the pain!"

Jing Qi said: "Oh, the poor monk grew up in Qinglong Temple, but he has never really seen any rare treasures. I am afraid that the only person who can really get in touch with this treasure should be the abbot! And you are so enthusiastic about treasure hunting, say Maybe the abbot was killed by mistake because you forced him to ask about the whereabouts of the treasure yesterday?!"

After hearing his words, the other monks were inevitably shaken in their hearts.

Bai Yutang said: "Okay, if you want to put hats on us, you have to explain the disappearance of the abbot's body first! Don't forget, it was Jiang Lin who helped Ming Qi clear the suspicion of dragging the body, and he was at the door Wait, are you talking about how we can get the corpse out of the room?"

"Enough!" Seeing that the situation on both sides was about to intensify, Jiang Lin yelled and stopped, "Brother Zhan's life is at stake, if you don't want to go to the treasure in the mysterious population, Jiang will respect your choice. But A reminder from Rong Jiang, you must go together and beware of each other..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Jing Qi: "As long as we are on guard against certain, certain, people, I think we can live in a very safe way. Let's go down the mountain and dig a road. I am too lazy to spend all this effort with you."

After finishing speaking, a group of monks headed by Jing Qi left together, Ming Da seemed to hesitate, but was also dragged away by Ming Qi.

Bai Yutang was almost pissed off by the attitude of these monks, but Jiang Lin sighed helplessly, and advised him, "At least they are going down the mountain to dig the road, not going back to sleep. It is important to save people, don't talk to them again." They're wasting their time."

Bai Yutang thought of Zhan Zhao's unconscious state in the water, and felt a twinge of pain in his heart.

It is rare for him to show a little weakness in front of Jiang Lin: "Actually, Zhan Zhao placed the order because he saw that I was not used to eating vegetarian food yesterday, and wanted to go to the back mountain to pick some fruits for me before I got up. Captured by that traitor..."

In his hand was a small piece of paper left by Zhan Zhao, on which it was written in neat and straight handwriting-"Pick the fruit and wait for the good news."

When Jiang Lin saw the note, his eyes couldn't help but get wet for a moment.

He pressed heavily on Bai Yutang's shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, I will never let anything happen to Zhan Zhao."

Jiang Lin turned to Wenqing and said, "Brother, you just heard what that person said for a long time, can you confirm his identity?"