Chapter 7: The Unfinished Conspiracy

Li Jing was relieved, he thanked Master Xuanming, and left the guest room with me. "I'm sorry I didn't stop it from happening."

Li Jing didn't look back, and said lightly: "Some things won't happen again if they are not stopped, and all tragedies come from the greed of people's hearts." ”

The moment we crossed the threshold, Master Xuan Ming suddenly said, "But if you stop it and change her beliefs, it will change from the cycle of evil to the cycle of good." ”

"Maybe. I remember that the Buddhists once said, 'There is no good or evil, good and evil are in the heart', which side of the presiding over means evil? Li Jing was silent.

"One thought. Amitabha. Master Xuanming's voice sounded behind him.

Walking out of the monastery, the little novice who had just led the way at the door caught up with us from behind: "Two donors, please stay." Xiao Shami's tone no longer had the naughtiness just now, but added a stern look to his face.

I looked curious, so I asked the little novice, "What, what did your master say about you?" ”

Xiao Shami shook his head and said, "No." But my master was silent after you left. The reproach on his face was clear, "Did you bring some bad news?" ”

I couldn't define the quality of our news, so I had to turn my attention to Li Jing for help, and Li Jing received my hint and squatted down and said to Xiao Shami: "We didn't bring any bad news, and your master is not unhappy because of what we said, but just troubled by the mundane things in the world." ”

When the little novice heard this, he was not happy: "How can Master be troubled by mundane things!" ”

"Because you're naughty, aren't you?" Li Jing teased Xiao Shami.

As soon as Xiao Shami wanted to reply, he heard someone call him: "Huixin, why are you running to play again, Master said that your homework has not been done yet." ”

"Look, I'll just say it, your master is having a headache for your affairs." Li Jing pinched Xiao Shami's face.

Xiao Shami stepped on Li Jing's foot, turned his head and ran: "It's okay if the master is not angry because of you." After saying that, he turned around and grimaced and ran away.

"It's a headache like you." Li Jing pinched his eyebrows.

"What." Hearing his sarcasm, I made up for it on his left foot, "But you just talked to the monks. ”

"I don't call it, he was a headache for his master." Li Jing didn't care, "But now the host of Xuanming should also solve his troubles." ”

"Huh?" I glanced at Li Jing for some reason.

Li Jing stroked his hair: "It's because of Guangji and compassion." ”

On the return trip, Li Jing was obviously much happier than when he came, and he seemed to have an answer in his heart. Although I don't know if Sister Zhu Mu was also implicated, the conversation between Li Jing and Xuan Ming solved a lot of doubts for me, although I couldn't understand the mysteries in their area, but the questions answered by Master Xuan Ming made me think. If Sister Zhu Mu lived in the temple for three days, that is, for 2 nights, then they should have done 2 days of morning class and 2 days of evening class, but the answer given by Xuan Ming was 2 days of morning class and 1 day of evening class. They must have done something to make Host Xuan Ming so impressed with them. According to my previous impression, Sister Zhu Mu is a very low-key person, and she will never make any impression that makes people 'remember' her. In addition, not to mention whether Sister Zhu Mu is implicated, but it is enough to make people feel unreasonable if she didn't attend the evening class for 1 day. By the way, I patted my head: "Li Jing, you didn't ask Host Xuanming, Sister Zhu Mu, they didn't finish class that day." ”

Li Jing turned his gaze from the window to me: "No need to ask, have you forgotten that the Xuan Ming host asked us about the difference between this incense stick and that incense?" ”

"Having said that, I don't have the meaning of Li Jing's conversation at that time."

"It doesn't matter if you didn't have evening class that day, what we need to know now is what they arranged at that time in order to determine whether they have anything to do with Cao Mei."

"Does that matter?" I asked Li Jing.

Li Jing's expression froze for a moment, and he glanced at me, his expression was quite stern: "Yes, all 5 people are related." ”

"Just because you didn't have evening classes one day?" I retorted, "Maybe it's because they're tired and don't go to evening class." ”

"That's why I left a deep impression on other Taoist friends and hosts." Li Jing turned his head and continued to look at the scenery whistling by outside the window, "If you often go to the temple to worship, you should be more able to understand what I said." Your sister Zhu Mu herself said that when they went, it was the time when the incense was at its peak, and it was also for this reason that they could not live in a room where the pilgrims rested, so they could only live separately. But you know, when they are at their most prosperous, the pilgrims who can live in the monastery are usually extremely devout lay disciples, basically pilgrims who come to worship or listen to the scriptures all year round, and ordinary pilgrims can only live in the guest house near the temple, and it is impossible to stay in the monastery. And although Zhu Mu and the others were separated, they were still able to live in the accommodation provided by the temple for the women, indicating that one of them must have received enlightenment here. These lay or lay disciples will strictly abide by the rules of the temple, and no matter what the reason, they will never miss the morning and evening classes. But they missed an evening class, and that's the strangest part. It doesn't matter what day it is, but what matters is that we know that during the time of their absence, something must have happened that made the devout laymen think that it was more important than devoting themselves to the study of the scriptures. Your sister Zhu Mu should be able to give us the answer to this matter. ”

I was silent for a while, not knowing how to speak, and an idea in my heart had gradually taken shape with this investigation: "So, Sister Zhu Mu still hasn't disconnected from this matter?" ”

Li Jing looked out the window and didn't answer my question. I was reluctant but didn't know what to ask.

When I was about to arrive at the station, Li Jing had been carefully looking at me with his peripheral vision, and he was impatient, so I turned my head and yelled at him: "Big brother, what do you see, you can say anything directly, you even said something that suspects my relatives, what else is there to be embarrassed to say directly?" ”

Li Jing blinked: "Actually, I thought it was strange at the beginning"

"What's weird?" I asked him.

"I'm curious why they chose to go there as the location for their graduation trip." Li Jing frowned, as if he couldn't figure it out.

The answer should not be obvious, okay, but seeing that his sad appearance didn't look like he was pretending, I sighed and replied, "Didn't Sister Zhu Mu tell us at the beginning?" A few of them want to pick a good fortune for their future, so they go to worship the Buddha and burn incense to ask for a lot! And didn't you just say that there was a female pilgrim among them? ”

Li Jing shook his head: "I don't mean their intention to go on a graduation trip, what I care about is their intention to choose this place." You think, let's come here, except for a specific season, basically the incense here is not too prosperous, so if it is to beg for luck, it may be better to go to the Buddhist holy land. ”

"Is it because there are lay people among my friends that I can get better shelter than other places?" I guessed.

Li Jing still shook his head: "Do you think back to when you graduated, did any of your classmates set the meeting place in the place they were most familiar with?" ”

I recalled, and it didn't seem like there really was, but I couldn't remember that I went on a graduation trip with my classmates? By the way, I seemed to be unwell and hospitalized at that time, but since then, it seems that I have always been in the hospital and at home for a long time, and I can't remember what happened to Sister Zhu Mu later.

"I'm coming back to my senses." Li Jing's hand shook in front of my eyes, and I smiled embarrassedly.

"Really, graduation trips are all about going to places that no one has ever been to in order to make unique memories." When I came back to my senses, I quickly answered.

Li Jing glanced at me strangely, and then said: "In this way, their graduation trip itself is a strange decision, and I asked Shi Hao to investigate, although they are in the same college, but their respective tutors and study directions are basically different, and it is not as Zhu Mu said that they were in that dormitory from the beginning, except for Zhu Mu and Cao Mei, everyone else was transferred to this dormitory later, and from the information that Shi Hao has collected now, they almost didn't know each other before moving to a dormitory." In addition, the first girl who died after Cao Mei's death was transferred to Zhu Mu's dormitory and changed her mentor. Even after Cao Mei's death, Cao Mei can replace the quota and continue to stay in the university to study for a doctorate. ”

"But didn't Sister Zhu Mu say that they all joined the work later?" As soon as I finished speaking, I thought that I might be afraid that replacing Cao Mei's quota would cause misunderstanding and cause unnecessary trouble to myself.

"You don't have to look for that girl to go down the stairs." Li Jing saw my thoughts, "That girl's affairs are just temporarily suspended, and he still wants to stay in school to study for a doctorate." ”

"Ugh." I didn't know what to say for a while, so I could only lead the scalp and ask, "Why did she suspend school?" ”

"Suspended from school due to illness, according to the information given by the hospital, Yan Zòng, who was hit by the suicide of a girl in the same dormitory, suffered from depression and needed to take a leave of absence to recuperate."

"Oh."

Li Jing saw that I didn't react, and continued: "But it was the hospital where her uncle worked who issued her a certificate, and the real cause of her death was not the illness that your sister Zhu Mu said, but a car accident." ”

"Car accident?" I subconsciously repeated, panicking for no reason, "Do you really mean the revenge of the ghost?" ”

Li Jing looked at me in surprise: "When did I say that?" ”

"But you just said that she can replace Cao Mei to study for a doctorate. Cao Mei couldn't get a doctorate, so she turned into a ghost and couldn't get a doctorate. ”

Li Jing patted his head, with an incredible expression on his face: "How did you open your brain?" I told you there are no ghosts here. From the beginning of the graduation trip, this is a conspiracy that is not over yet! ”