Quotation

After a little bit of ritual, he left the main hall and bid farewell to Dianzuo Bhikkhu.

When I left the temple, the setting sun had already submerged into the mountains, and the afterglow remained beside the clouds, enveloping a thin concubine color, gradually sinking into the dim night.At the beginning of the Chinese lanterns, a few fireflies scattered at the foot of the mountain, like stars dotted in the sky.The evening bell rang, and Su Jianxing looked back at the Luming Temple in the shadow of the mountains, his eyes gradually gathering dust.

"Asu, I have a feeling." Xie Yaozhi looked at the lights on the mountain with a solemn expression, "I think that the fire in the stupa was actually designed by thieves to steal relics. That is to say, someone deliberately Set off this fire to take the opportunity to sneak into the top of the tower!"

Su Jianxing lifted his eyes slightly, signaling Xie Yaozhi to continue talking.

"We have also seen that there are two locks leading to the stupa no matter whether you walk from the main tower or go around the side tower. Now it seems that it is almost impossible to pass through any lock quietly. Therefore, instead of Asking for trouble, it’s better to do the opposite—set a fire to attract people’s attention to the fire, and at the same time use the fire to enter the top of the tower, and take the opportunity to steal the Buddha’s treasure during the chaos.”

"According to what you said, the person who stole the Buddha's treasure must be among the Sangha who participated in the firefighting that night?" Seeing that she did not object, Su Jianxing moved away a few steps indifferently, and said, "This is definitely a possibility. But don’t forget that if a treasure thief wants to set fire to it, he must first enter the pagoda—how did he enter? And where did he hide the Buddha’s treasure after stealing the treasure? We can’t explain these at the moment.”

"If this person is among the Sangha, he will naturally not carry the Buddha treasure with him. He just needs to hide it somewhere, let people think that the Buddha treasure has been lost, and then take it out after the limelight has passed. Perhaps, Fobao is still somewhere in the pagoda now! As for how he set it on fire, this is a problem that we need to try to solve." Xie Yaozhi bit her lip and thought, but it really made her think of something, " You also asked before, the candlesticks on both sides of the tower door fell down before the monks opened the door to put out the fire, obviously not in the proper state, I think this is our breakthrough."

Xie Yaozhi finished speaking in one breath, then looked up at Su Jianxing, but only saw a quiet silhouette: "Why, isn't it right?"

"Ah Xie, tell me, why did this person steal the Buddhist treasure?" Su Jianxing didn't answer her question directly, but asked with his hands behind his back, "The relic is regarded as a sacred object by the Buddhists, but ordinary people in the market don't know what it is. , so although the relics are precious, they are priceless. What's more, the relics of the royal temple were stolen. Within a day, the news would spread all over the capital. It's not worth the effort. Besides, the many gold and silver artifacts in the pagoda are worth a lot, but this person has never touched it."

"Then, this person is definitely not here for profit." Xie Yaozhi concluded, "Maybe he is someone who is good at Buddha?"

"How can someone who is good at Buddha be willing to destroy the only copy of the temple?" Su Jianxing asked immediately.A word scattered in the wind disappeared without a trace, just like the shadow of the temple gradually disappearing in the pine forest, "Yao Zhi, do you think the key point of this matter is really on the Buddha bone?"

"Isn't it?" Xie Yao didn't know why, but looked at Su Jianxing.When the eyes fell, he saw that the quiet eyes seemed to be confused for a moment.

"It's true that I was not sincere when I went to the main hall to worship the Buddha. But the top and bottom of this pagoda are really strange..."

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([-]) I don't know where the clouds are deep.

The night falls, and the moon rises in September.

The undulating mountains turned into a continuous black shadow, quietly guarding the brightly lit imperial city in the southeast corner.A flickering spark meanders into the foot of the mountain, and disappears as soon as it turns.

The old garden at the foot of the mountain has been abandoned for a long time at first glance, and it is ordinary and unremarkable. Only when you go deep into it, you will find the difference: the courtyards on both sides are arranged in an orderly manner, like a line of soldiers, sinking in the night.There is silence everywhere, and occasionally there is a little fire, which can be found in a blink of an eye.

When Su Jian returned to the station to return to his command, the night was getting dark.Jane made Lang's door half closed, but there was no light.Su Jianxing expected that Jian Shao was not inside, stood for a while, and was about to leave, but a quiet voice came to his ears: "Come in." As soon as the voice fell, a ray of candlelight passed through the gap in the door and spilled out safely.

Su Jian pushed the door open and went in, but Jian Shao was sitting in front of the desk in a casual tooth-colored overcoat.There are some inadvertently important documents on the side of the case, and a green silk handkerchief is spread on the case, with some gray dust scattered in the middle.

"Ms. Jian." Su Jianxing stepped in to salute, then knelt down on one side.Su Xie, a group of newly recruited Longchi guards, were taught by Jian Shao, and Su Jianxing and Jian Shao had a certain relationship, and the two were both teachers and friends, so when there was no one, they did not stick to etiquette.

Jian Shao accepted Fang Pa, looked up at Su Jianxing who was sitting opposite, and said with a slight smile, "How is it?"

"I'm afraid that when the time comes, I will still need the help of the envoy." Su Jianxing shook his head helplessly.

"As I said, this assessment depends on yourselves, and no one is an exception."

"I understand, we are already prepared not to pass." Su Jian raised his head to meet the slightly puzzled pupils on the opposite side.

After a moment of hesitation, Jian Shao narrowed his gaze, and flicked the candle wick casually: "Is it difficult to handle?"

Su Jianxing was silent for a moment, thinking about the meaning of the words: "If it's just a Buddha bone, I can still do my best, but I always feel that things are far from that simple." Su Jianxing lowered his head, and slightly moved his pale fingertips under the candlelight, "I remember what Ambassador Lang said, don't think too much about what you shouldn't know, but I'm still afraid that I can't help but find out."

"You want me to help you get out before you get stuck in the quagmire?" To put it bluntly, didn't you try to persuade me to let you investigate?Jian Shaoqing knew what Su Jianxing was up to, so he couldn't help secretly slandering: I taught you how to stop and you didn't listen, but you learned a lot from retreating.Want to laugh and feel angry, but I can't decide for a while.After a while, Fang Surong said: "You know, in Longchiwei, there are some things that I can cover up with one hand, but most of the time, I'm just a boat in the sea, struggling to get across. These things, how far I can go You can decide for yourself - I won't stop you, and I won't help you."

A trace of imperceptible gloom passed by, and when I looked again, the ivory-like face in front of the candle approached me with a smile: "I know, I don't need to worry about this. But there is something right now that I need to help me." Take a look." Su Jianxing said, spreading out the silk handkerchief wrapped in a handful of ashes, the ash flakes are soft, and the slightest tremor will shatter them and turn them into powder, "Please let me take a look, what kind of ashes are these?" ?”

Jian Shao sighed in his heart, and didn't bring up the topic just now, but he got closer to look at the contents in the handkerchief, straightened up for a moment, and said: "This is just the paper we usually use, but judging from the degree of fineness of the ashes, it is quite Excellent paper—you should know that."

"Maybe I'm thinking too much." Su Jianxing pursed his lips and bowed his head, then raised his head again after a while, "By the way, is there any phosphorus powder here, Shi Lang? It's the kind that can spontaneously combust."

"What do you want phosphorous powder for?" Jian Shao's calm face suddenly showed a slight wave, "That kind of thing is not easy to keep. I haven't used it for a long time since I used it up last time."

The so-called phosphorous powder can emit a faint light in the dark, is extremely flammable, and is poisonous. It is commonly found in iron-making places or tombs. In the cemetery, it is commonly called "wild fire".Jian Shao tried to use this object to pretend to be the underworld secretary to interrogate prisoners. At that time, Su Jian was accompanying him, and he remembered it deeply when he saw it.

It's just that to get this thing, especially what Su Jianxing said can spontaneously combust, other methods are not convenient. The easiest way is to extract it from bones, and rotting bones are the best.However, this behavior offends ghosts and gods, and breaks the law. Most people don't want to do things like this, but Long Chiwei has never been in this category.

Seeing that Su Jianxing didn't show any disappointment at this time, Jian Shao answered a few words casually and wanted to leave, knowing what she was up to, and he didn't stop her right away, but chased out a sentence: "If someone finds out, don't let her see you." I protect you."

Su Jianxing had already walked to the door, he couldn't help but stop when he heard this, turned his head, frowned, and said: "Anyway, we haven't left the teacher yet, so we were arrested, and it was your envoy Jian who lost us!"

— This cramped girl!Jian Shao cursed with a smile in his heart, and let her go.The candle flame flickered, and a wisp of blue smoke coiled upwards, disappearing in an instant.The smile gradually subsided, Jian Shao looked at the flickering light and shadow, and finally sighed softly: She is only in front of herself, occasionally she still has such a childlike heart, but since when did she become so indifferent in front of others? ?Perhaps, it was from the day he became Long Chiwei!She's always been, well done.

He remembered that when she was a child, during the Lantern Festival, he took her to the streets to play and gave her a mask to play with. She liked it very much, but never put it on.Her eyes are as clear as those of all children, but she said: "Who in the world does not wear a mask, why should he cover his face with a mask?" At that time, he thought, this is a child who is sober and frightening.Now she finally put on her mask.

Jian Shao turned off the lights, and raised his head slowly in the darkness: I have never been able to tell whether bringing you into Longchiwei saved you or hurt you.

……

The water dripped even more, and it flowed silently overnight.

A ray of morning light quietly blends into the dark night, blurring the frozen color of the inkstone just before the dawn, just like the figure that flashed back into the room swiftly while the night was fading.

Xie Yaozhi quickly closed the door, and looked outside through the crack of the window.The morning was warm and warm, obviously no one knew that she had just returned from a stroll around the random graves in the south of the city.Xie Yaozhi pursed his lips secretly, hid a small celadon bottle in a dark compartment on the bookshelf with a little pride, then rubbed his eyes and turned to the back room, intending to make up for it before dawn