18. Paper cranes

Situ Xun drove his second-hand Jetta, driving all the way on the highway of Qianhu Island, there were obviously more cars on the road, Situ Xun thought about it carefully, it turned out to be the weekend, and the young people who went to the small night market for vacation today will be the peak of the week, Situ Xun's left hand removed from the steering wheel, massaged his right shoulder, let him change hands to drive, changed to massage his left shoulder, and finally shook his neck left and right to make a crackling sound. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

After getting off the highway, the car drove into a tree-lined path, for Situ Xun, this road he now drives almost once a day, and it is already a road that can be walked with his eyes closed.

When Fonda and Situ Xun came to the lake again, it was almost evening, and the frogmen who had been salvaged on the lake had already left, and it was estimated that they would not return here again to look for the disappeared dagger until they had more clues.

Fang Da and Situ Xun followed the route where Chen Dongming had appeared, and slowly walked around the lake, "If you don't handle the case, it's really comfortable to walk here." Situ Xun stretched out at the lake.

"How many secrets do you think there are here?" Fonda squinted at the lake, and there were several flocks of wild ducks swimming on the lake, which was very freehand.

There were bursts of bells from the mountain next to him, Situ Xun heard this sound for the first time, and he wondered why he hadn't noticed it before, "The bell is ringing in the temple, but you can comfort the dead in the lake." ā€

"What did you say?" Fang Da suddenly turned around, grabbed Situ Xun excitedly and said, "Say it again!" ā€

Situ Xun was taken aback by Fangda's actions, and stammered and repeated what he had just said.

"That's right!" Fonda suddenly patted his head and said, "Comfort the dead!" Why didn't I think of it? ā€

"What consolation to the dead? What do you think of again? Situ Xun looked at Fang Da with a confused expression, could it be that he said something wrong?

"Do you remember that the proprietress of Qiao's noodle restaurant said that she had seen Chen Dongming come here with a paper crane?"

"Uh-huh." Situ Xun nodded heavily.

"He's going to this temple." Fang Da pointed to the place where the bell came from and said to Situ Xun, "The place we are going to is there." ā€

"yes, why didn't we think of that?" Situ Xun also patted his head heavily, what was close in front of him and far away in the sky, why didn't he pay attention to it.

The two of them walked along the mountain road to the place where the bell rang, and thirty minutes later, a majestic temple appeared in front of them, and because it was relatively late, they could only enter through the side door.

"Where is the administration here?" Situ Xun saw a monk dressed as a monk and walked up and asked.

The monk pointed to a place in front of him where the lantern was hung, "Please go over there and ask." ā€

"Thank you, master." With that, the two of them walked towards the room with the lights on.

There was only one older monk left in the room, sitting inside, as if he was counting something, and Fonda walked over, "May I ask Master, have you seen a person with a paper crane come to the store often recently?" ā€

"Paper cranes?" He thought for a moment, "I haven't seen anyone before, but from time to time there will be a string of paper cranes here, and we will help burn them, and at the same time, there will be sesame oil money." ā€

"What kind of paper crane is the master?"

"It's the normal-sized kind, and it's rarely here."

"What color is it?"

"It's all white."

"White paper cranes!" Fonda repeated, "What is he doing here?" ā€

After the two of them withdrew, they visited around the temple, the antique buildings, the quiet courtyard, and the ancient cypress and ancient ginkgo trees that those people hugged together.

"Did he come here to pray for blessings?" Situ Xun said while going down the mountain in the dark.

Did he really come here to pray for blessings? Fonda wondered if he really believed in gods, and if so, why did he go to all the trouble to come here? There are a lot of temples in City A, isn't it too inconvenient to come here, although there are also devout believers who follow the master, but the last time I went to his house, I didn't see the Buddha platform and other furnishings. And just now the master in the temple also said that such things as paper cranes are not common in the temple, and no one has ever taken paper cranes to incense. "We have to go to Chen Dongming's house again."

"Huh?" Situ Xun followed Fang Da back to the lake, and the descent was obviously much faster than the uphill. "Does he have any clues?"

"When the investigation hits a dead end, let everything go back to square one." Fonda walked in front and read aloud.

When the investigation reaches a dead end, let everything go back to square one? Who said this, why does it sound so familiar, Situ Xun pondered for a while, and chased after him, "Who said this, why does it sound so familiar?" ā€

"Old Fang!" Fonda shouted at the lake.

Old side? Who's the old man? Situ Xun had no idea who Fang Da was talking about. "Who is the old man?"

Fonda ignored him and just strode back.

When Fang Da and the others got out of the car, they happened to run into Xiao Lang who was coming home from school, he was lowering his head and pushing his bicycle back, Fang Da looked at the time, "So late?" Does school have evening self-study? ā€

"Ahh Xiao Lang was startled when he heard someone suddenly speak to him in the dark. When he saw the front clearly, he realized that it was the two police officers he had seen. "You're ...... so late"

"We have something to ask Ms. Liu Yiyi." Situ Xun walked up from behind and said.

"My mom, she's not here." In the last two days, he has rarely seen his mother, who is always busy.

"Oh? She's not here. Fang Da thought for a moment, and then said, "Then can I ask you something about Chen Dongming?" ā€

Xiao Lang nodded, he didn't know what else he could tell them.

"Did your stepfather have any religious beliefs?"

"Religious?!" He repeated in amazement that in his memory, his stepfather was a completely liberal atheist, "No, he was an atheist and a materialist. ā€

"Really?" Fang Da's expression became serious, if Chen Dongming didn't go to pray for blessings, then did he go to the temple to confess? What did he do to make him go that far away once a month to confess?

"You're investigating the case of the female corpse on Thousand Lake Island, right?"

Fang Da and Situ Xun were taken aback by Xiao Lang's sudden question, and asked in unison, "Do you know anything?" ā€

"Ah, no, I just think I found it there like my stepfather, so is there something to do with them?" Every time Xiao Lang mentioned this issue, he was severely stopped by his mother, and the more you don't let him know about things at his age, the more often he wants to know.

"Ah, this, we're still investigating." Situ Xun wanted to find an excuse to casually dismiss the child in front of him.

"Why are you like my mother," Xiao Lang glared at them angrily, "and don't let me know anything." After saying that, he walked away without looking back.

The rest of Xia Da and Situ Xun stood there staring at each other with big eyes, not knowing what to do with their expressions.