Recalling all the details of today, Liya smiled at her: "Speaking out is at least more comfortable than being alone in my heart. Besides, maybe things will turn around soon."

Although he obviously didn't believe it, Kikuno still smiled face-saving: "Miss Asai is right."

Riya's voice changed: "By the way, Miss Kikuno, can you tell me about the legend of Kiritengu in detail?"

Chrysanthemum girl let out a "hey" and turned her face to the side with a bit of embarrassment: "Of course, but please don't take Grandpa's words to heart, it's a very old legend."

Wutiangou is an ancient creature that likes rain and darkness, and specializes in eating people's souls. Its appearance means ominous.In foggy days, he will come to the village, break the walls with great force, and then hang people from high places, hang them and kill them.

Speaking of the high place in the temple that can hang people up, Riya immediately thought of the weird room that he passed by in the morning.It is said that it is the place used in the temple to punish monks who violated the rules. The roof is extremely high and the beams are heavy, which meets the requirements.

This concern cannot be ignored.Riya made an excuse to make it easier, and went out alone to the precept room that he had passed by in the morning.

The destination is next to the plank road. At this time, the cherry blossoms are coming to an end, and the falling petals are colorful. The waterfall carries the cherry blossom petals falling into the water from the upper reaches and washes down. It is a romantic and elegant picture.

Riya didn't care to watch at this time, and confirmed that the doors of the surrounding rooms were not locked, so he pushed the door and walked in.

The structure of this room is very special. Roughly estimated, the length, width and height are 3*3*10 respectively.The wooden boards on the surrounding walls are all painted and feel very smooth.There is a light-transmitting skylight at the top, which is only big enough for a short person to pass through.

No matter how you look at it, this is obviously not a suitable place to commit crimes.Because most murderers will try their best to conceal the facts of the crime, and use various methods to try to fake suicide to get rid of the crime.

The task panel specifically mentions Wutiangou, combined with the legend about Wutiangou here, it has to be reminiscent that the murderer's method of committing the crime is related to this, and the victim is likely to be hanged from a high place.

And the hanging beam here is too high, if you want to pretend to hang yourself, the traces will be obvious; of course, it is impossible to climb to the hanging beam from the skylight with a corpse on your back, because both the skylight and the hanging beam are too small to pass two people.

At present, the most suspected abbot is an old monk. With his weak physical strength, how can he hang a healthy young man high?

Finding nothing in the house, Riya reluctantly returned to the plank road, stepped on the loose wooden plank and just walked to the skylight, when he heard the sound of the dice being thrown gently——

[11/75]

[Successful detection check.You notice that the boards in the corridor seem to be a little loose, and the sound of stepping on them seems too obvious. 】

That's true, but before, she only thought that it was because of the proximity to the waterfall that the wooden boards were corroded and aged severely.

Squatting down, Riya tentatively pulled the wooden board on the right under his feet, and unexpectedly lifted a whole piece with ease.She looked around and thoughtfully compared the size of the window—it just fit into the window frame.

Judging from the overall wooden condition of this plank road, this board shouldn't be damaged like this, it was obvious that someone had intentionally damaged it.Judging by the crooked fracture, it is still fresh, probably within a week.

There are also some details: there is a little blackness in the gaps in the back of the board, which looks like mildew.But if you look closely, you will find that this trace is only around the gap between the planks in the middle.

Rub it carefully with your fingertips to feel it, and there is still a sticky feeling.That's right, this is the trace left by the strong tape!

Putting the innocent pallet back in place, Riya went to the precept room and walked around again. Near the small window near the bottom of the room, he found a lot of dry cherry blossom petals left on the floor, and a lot of cherry blossom petals were entrapped between the window cracks. few.

If it is not artificially collected, so many cherry blossoms can only come from the waterfall next to it, and the wooden boards taped to the gap can perfectly guide the water flow of the waterfall.

It is very likely that a criminal drill has already been carried out. Fortunately, they came in time.

However, there are still loopholes in the currently speculated criminal plan-if the murderer succeeds, the water stains on the deceased will not be explained.

It's impossible not to take this into consideration in such a deliberate murder plan...

Staring straight at the rushing water of the waterfall, Liya recalled all the actions after arriving here today, thinking hard about the faint inspiration——

"...There is a rubber boat in the temple, we can go together in the afternoon..." It was Kikuno's enthusiastic voice.

Then, Abbot Tianyong snorted coldly in disgust: "The rubber boat is broken."

This is it!

Li Ya's eyes lit up, he took out his mobile phone and sent an email, and then returned to the resting room in a happy mood.

After waiting for a while, the girl Kikuno had already fallen asleep alone.

And Liya waited for a while with the mobile phone, and then received a reply from Asai Naomi.

[The inflatable boat is confirmed to be intact, is there anything else to do? ]

Asai Riya pinched the phone, and couldn't help raising the corners of her mouth: The investigation will be over soon.

Just as she was about to push the sleeping Chrysanthemum to wake her up, her hand stopped in the middle: Although she was so bold that she seemed about to elope, she was just an underage girl. Faced with the truth, would she protect her relatives or her lover more?

After deliberating, she silently withdrew her hand.

...Forget it, among other things, if everything is exposed in front of Kikuno, Asai Narumi will probably lose a female friend.

Riya gave up his original idea and typed a reply:

[Don't disturb the monks and disciples, wait for me at the door of the abbot's room, and go over immediately. ]

[receive. ]

Abbot Tianyong left first after eating, and was staying in his room at the moment.

The reason why he hasn't slept until now is because he was upset and couldn't hold back a little wine.When he was slightly tipsy, he was worried about making a mistake, so he got up and counted the remaining amount of wine in the room.

After confirming that there was nothing wrong with it, and that his plan was perfect, Abbot Tianyong narrowed his eyes, feeling a burst of satisfaction.

At this moment, there was a light knock on the door, followed by a softer female voice through the door:

"Abbot Tianyong, have you rested already?"

Hearing that it was a female guest brought by his granddaughter, the abbot couldn't help sighing: Young people nowadays are too ignorant.Chrysanthemum always refuses to listen to the advice of her elders, and the friends she brings don't even speak honorifics, really...

With a "squeak" the door was pushed open, and Riya Asai just stepped in when she was frowned by the smell of alcohol: "You are really a sloppy alcoholic."

Afterwards, Asai Narumi, who stepped in, held the door intimately, and closed it gently, not letting it make too much noise.

Abbot Tianyong looked at them in surprise, and immediately lowered his face: "Get out now! Even if you were brought here by Chrysanthemum, such unruly guests are not welcome in our temple."

Riya Asai withdrew his hand from his pocket, and slowly rolled up his sleeves: "If I refuse, will Mr. Abbot turn into a misty dog ​​and catch me and kill me?"

The old abbot's eyebrows trembled a few times: "Young people really like to talk nonsense. What does Wutiangou, a monster in legends, have anything to do with me?"

Asai Riya understands his fluke mentality very well, but he has no patience to listen to him go around in circles:

"Then let me be blunt. Two days ago, someone cut off the boards in the corridor, taped the gaps, and introduced the water from the waterfall into the vow room. Does the abbot know about this?"

Forced by her sudden fierce aura, abbot Tianyong had cold sweat on his forehead: "Maybe some disciple came up with some kind of prank, and I don't know what they usually do."

"Then I have another question," Riya kept smiling, quickly reached out behind his back, and poked his distracted teammate next to him, "Why did the host say that the rubber boat was broken when it was clearly intact?"

After receiving the signal, Asai Chengshi nodded cooperatively: "I asked Master Kuanen to take me to see it. The rubber boat is in good condition in the warehouse and can be used normally."

As if he suddenly remembered something, he exaggerated his high-fives and made a crisp "snap" sound: "And he also said that every time Miss Ju Nao came to see Master Zhongnian, the abbot would always find a reason to lock Master Zhongnian into the ordination room, right? ?”

The wine in his stomach seemed to have condensed into ice cubes, Abbot Tianyong was stiff all over, his face turned pale: "That's because..."

"That's because you, abbot, knew about the elopement plan between Kikuno and Master Zhongnian, and felt very dissatisfied that Miss Kikuno would be snatched away by a man you despised."

"So, you decided to secretly kill Master Zhongnian, and then pretend to be Wutengu to kill the crime to get rid of the crime. In this way, Miss Kikuno can marry the heir of the great temple, is that so!"

Riya finished speaking in one breath, and waited refreshedly for his reaction.

"So what is it!"

As if his defense had been broken, Abbot Tianyong finally stopped hiding and revealed a fierce look in his eyes.

"I have chosen the best destination for my granddaughter, but she was deceived by that evil boy. I simply cannot allow such a thing to happen!"

Fortunately, the abbot is not the strong-willed type, Riya heaved a sigh of relief, and smiled at the corner of his mouth.

To be honest, although she speculated that someone had criminal thoughts based on the hints of the dice, the clues she found also supported the conjecture, after all, nothing happened yet.

If the abbot is stubborn to the end, she can only remind Monk Zhongnian from the side, it will be very troublesome...

Abbot Tianyong's face was flushed and he was out of breath, and suddenly he laughed loudly: "So what if I tell you?"

"You poor detectives are just outsiders. As long as I let that damn kid live for a while longer, no one will believe your words, even calling the police is useless!"

"Oh?" Seeing him ecstatically laughing wildly, Liya raised his eyebrows a little unhappily, "Do I look like a detective?"

She fumbled in the inner pocket of her clothes, raised her hand and took out her police officer ID, and opened the inside page while holding it in front of the abbot.

The clear words of "Survey One, Forced Offenders Five Departments" made Abbot Tianyong suddenly lose his voice like a duck strangled by his neck, his hands trembled uncontrollably, and his face turned pale: "You...you are a policeman?"

Seeing how unbelievable he was, Liya took out the mobile phone that was stuck on the recording interface from his pocket and showed it: "If I heard correctly, you were the one who confessed the criminal plan just now, Mr. Abbot?"

"Pfft-"

Asai Narumi, who had been watching silently, was the first to burst out laughing.

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