Chapter 53: Hidden Feelings
"Don't spew blood!" Qin Yiyun pointed at Zhang Zhenyu, "Me and my Ji Wen have been sleeping in the room, Ji Wen can testify for me!" β
Ji Wen nodded on the side: "Yes, our master has never gone out." β
Zhang Zhenyu sneered: "You two are originally a family, how can you prove each other?" Maybe the two of you will go to kill together, one will look at the wind outside, and the other will go in and kill people, and you don't know. β
"You...... You're just a fool of your word! Qin Yiyun was so angry that the green tendons on his neck were rising.
Zhang Zhenyu took a long time: "Then the shopkeeper of Qin said that Zhang killed someone, what evidence is there?" Isn't it also true? β
Feiyan shouted, "Hey! Have you had enough of arguing? Are you solving the case or is our young master solving the case? You don't know who the murderer is, can't you just keep your ears up and close your mouth to listen to our young master? β
Meng Tianchu had been smiling and listening to him say that he was arguing, and when he heard Feiyan's words at the moment, he seemed to value himself very much, and winked at her.
Feiyan's big eyes avoided Meng Tianchu's gaze, and her cheeks flushed slightly.
He Wang played a round on the side: "Okay, okay, Meng Gongzi has already said just now, he not only found out the murderer who killed Xusong from Xusong's death, but also knew that I was wronged, and there was someone else who killed Mrs. Qin, let's listen to Meng Gongzi's opinion." β
"Exactly!" Qin Yiyun remembered that Meng Tianchu said that the murderer of his mother was someone else. Hurriedly asked: "Master Meng, who was my lady killed?" β
Meng Tianchu didn't answer this question directly, smiled, turned his head to Abbot Xuanyin and said, "Master, I know that you refuse to tell the story of the hanging pregnant woman, there must be another hidden secret, but I know that this secret has nothing to do with these two cases, and there is no secret that was broken and killed, that is indeed our assumption." β
Xuanyin's white eyebrows trembled twice, glanced at Meng Tianchu deeply, and sighed: "Thank you Meng Shizhu for your trust, now that my apprentice is dead, there are no other monks in the temple, and the poor monk is not afraid of being embarrassed, so tell this secretβin fact, the woman who hanged herself in the pine forest behind the temple was the daughter-in-law of the poor monk before he became a monk......"
When everyone heard this, they were all taken aback, and there was really something else hidden in this matter.
Xuanyin sighed, raised his head, and fell into the memories of the past: "Before I left home, my parents set a family affair for me, but at that time I was determined to become a monk, on the wedding night, I ran away, and came to this Tingsong Temple to become a monk, a few years later, my wife found me, begged me to return to the world, I didn't allow it." In the end, in desperation, she knelt down and begged me to leave a seed for her, so that others would not be ridiculed for not being able to give birth, and also keep incense for my family. At the begging of her, I relented and ...... her in the pine forest behind the temple, and the next day she left, unbeknownst to the monks of the temple. I thought this was the end of the day, but I didn't expect that after more than nine months, my wife came back......"
When everyone heard this, their hearts were cold, knowing that what would happen behind this would be a tragedy.
Sure enough, Xuanyin let out a long sigh again, and continued in a low voice: "When she found me, she was already pregnant, and she still knelt on the ground and begged me to go back with her, saying that the child could not live without her father's ......, but I insisted on not allowing it, and my lady begged hard to no avail, so she took out a white silk and said to me: If I don't go back with her, she will hang herself in the back of the temple, and die by my side, she said to give me time for a cup of tea, and if I decide to go back with her, go to the pine forest to find her, otherwise, don't worry about her." β¦β¦β
Everyone knew that Xuanyin definitely didn't go, but Xia Fengyi still couldn't help but say: "Master, your lady has a deep love for you, you must go to the pine forest to find her, right?" β
Xuanyin shook his head heavily: "At that time, my master had passed the mantle to me before he died, and let me be the abbot of Tingsong Temple, and I had made up my mind to become a monk, there were many monks in the temple at that time, and I was originally avoiding seeing her, so I really wanted the people in the temple to know, I ...... What kind of face do I have to listen to the host of Songji Temple here...... I just think that she is nothing more than scaring me and forcing me to agree, I don't really want to die, I think if I insist on not going, she will die and go back. So...... I...... I didn't go to ....... Later, I didn't see her come back, and I didn't come back until after dinner in the evening, so I was in a hurry, and hurried to the pine forest behind the temple, and saw that my wife had ...... He had hanged himself ...... a pine tree, the grass under his legs was covered with blood...... and in a pool of blood, a baby boy was lying...... ......I've been out of breath for a long time."
Xuanyin's voice choked and lowered his head. For a moment no one spoke, and the room was silent.
After a while, I heard Xuanyin sobbing a few times, and slowly continued: "I shouted, the monks in the temple are here, I dare not admit that this is my mother's ......, and they don't know who this woman is, so the monks will ...... her mother and son Buried under that pine tree......"
Seeing Xuanyin crying, everyone was gloomy, Xia Fengyi, Feiyan, and Ji Wen shed tears of sympathy, but Qin Yiyun muttered: "Who knows if what you said is true or false." β
Without waiting for Xuanyin to speak, Meng Tianchu preemptively said: "The reason why Xuanyin Abbot refused to say it turned out to be related to the abbot's reputation, which is understandable. I believe that the abbot is telling the truth, because I now know that the abbot of Xuanyin is not the real culprit of these two cases, and the real murderer is someone else! β
"Who is it?" This is what Qin Yiyun is most concerned about. Everyone also looked at Meng Tianchu together.
Meng Tianchu said: "Before solving this problem, we must first solve a problem, that is, why did the murderer kill the little monk Xusong? Can you figure out the motive of the murderer? β
Everyone was slightly stunned, although Qin Yiyun and Zhang Zhenyu were arguing just now, saying that the old monk Xuanyin killed people in order to maintain the reputation of the temple or Qin Yiyun killed people in order to vent his anger, but after thinking about it carefully, these motives were very reluctant. Feiyan thought for a while and said, "Could it be that someone has a private grudge against the little monk?" β
"The key is who has a grudge against the little monk Xusong? There is no one in this ancient temple for dozens of miles, and we have not found any signs of outsiders coming, the murderer must be among us, and except for the shopkeeper Qin and Xusong, who have a personal grudge, the others are not considered to have a grudge. β
Scholar Zhang Zhenyu said with a smile: "Even Meng Gongzi said so, Shopkeeper Qin, you can't complain about me now, right?" β