Three days later, something unexpected happened in Chang'an City: the key figure in Pang Xun's case, the deacon Xinyi Shitai, the Zhike of Wanshanni Temple, was killed in the clean room where he lived in the temple.

Zhang Heng received a report from the monks and nuns in the temple and reported it to Yang Guang as soon as possible. Yang Guang immediately joined Zhang Heng and led more than 100 people from Jingzhao Yamen to the scene of the crime, surrounded the Wanshanni Temple, and personally entered the clean room where the murderer committed the crime to investigate.

At that time, the body of the person he liked had been moved to another place for examination of the cause of death, and there was nothing unusual in the clean room except for the scattered blood stains left on the edge of the bed.

"Who first found out that Xinyi was killed?" Yang Guang asked Mrs. Xinyan, the abbot of the temple who was summoned to accompany him to investigate the scene of the murder.

"Back to the prince, it's the apprentice of the senior sister of the heart." Xin Yan replied with his palms together.

Yang Guang and Zhang Heng glanced at each other, and instructed the accompanying officer: "Call the dust to come." ”

The errand officer obeyed the order for a short time, and saw Mrs. Xinyi accompany Chen into the clean room.

It's really a mother and daughter, the mother didn't worry about her daughter, so she came with her. Yang Guang thought to himself, nodded to Xinyi, and asked one-way to Chen: "When did you find out that Xinyi was killed, and what was the situation at that time?" ”

Lichen didn't seem to have recovered from his frightened state, and pointed to the bed in the room with a pale face and replied: "After finishing the morning class today, the master found that the favorite master had not come to the main hall to do the morning class, so he ordered me to invite the favorite master to go to the Mingjing Hall for tea. As a result, I saw her favorite teacher, she had a knife in her chest, fell on the bed, and was already dead...... Whining. ”

"Was the door to this clean room open at the time?" Zhang Heng interjected and asked.

Lichen nodded, sobbing and unable to answer.

Zhang Heng walked outside the door, stood in the place indicated by the dust and looked into the room, shook his head at Yang Guang, indicating that from the position where he was standing, he could not directly see the situation on the bed in the room.

"The prince's status is noble, so please go elsewhere to eat tea and talk." Seeing that Yang Guangzai had carefully surveyed the furnishings in the clean room, Master Yan reminded him softly.

"No need, after the body has been examined, the king will immediately enter the palace to explain this matter to his father. The two masters, before this case is investigated, the servants of Jingzhao Yamen are afraid that they will have to stay in the temple for a few days. Yang Guang declined Xinyan's invitation, his eyes swept over Xinyi's master, and explained to the two of them.

"This ......" Xinyan showed a look of embarrassment on his face, hesitated slightly, and said, "Lord, this temple is a nun temple, so many men stay in the temple day and night, I am afraid there is a lot of inconvenience." ”

Yang Guang made a look of sudden awakening, and said apologetically: "Look, this king is only concerned with investigating the case, but he forgot this section." In this way, when I enter the palace and report this case to my father, I will choose another temple in the new capital as a place for the monks and nuns in the temple to temporarily settle down and practice, how about it? As he spoke, he peeked at his heart's reaction.

"Senior sister, if these two or three thousand people have to move to other places, it will not be an easy task." Sure enough, as soon as he heard that the monks and nuns in the temple were going to be moved to the new capital of Daxing, the mind master couldn't hold his breath and deliberately reminded him to be strict.

"Yes, Lord Wang, I'm afraid this move is inappropriate. According to the opinion of the poor nuns, it is better to open a small door on the other side of the courtyard where this clean room is located, and the officials who should investigate the case need to enter and exit the temple through this small door, and separate it from the monks and nuns in the temple. Xinyan immediately agreed, and took the initiative to come up with an idea for Yang Guang.

Yang Guang looked at the reactions of both Xinyan and Xinyi, nodded quietly, and said, "Just do what Master Xinyan said." The two divisions can leave the scene of the murder. ”

Xin Yi wiped away his tears, sighed, saluted Yang Guang and Zhang Heng, and turned around and left the clean room. Xinyan seemed to be reminded by his heart, and his face was also angry, but he stood in place and did not move, and said to Yang Guang: "If such a thing happens in the temple, the poor nuns will not be able to escape the blame, please allow the poor nuns to enter the palace with you, and report this matter to the mother." ”

Yang Guang smiled faintly and replied sharply: "It's okay." As the abbot of the temple, it is not an exaggeration to want to know the cause of the death of the master of Xinyan. Let's ask Mrs. Shi to stay and listen to the results of the autopsy. ”

Xinyan's face flushed slightly, as if he heard the meaning of Yang Guang's words, but he still refused to leave.

After about half an hour, he came to report the autopsy results to Yang Guang and Zhang Heng: "The deceased was killed by a knife in the back, and the blade was completely inserted into the body of the deceased. Apart from the fatal stab wound to the back, no other injuries were found on the deceased's body and no signs of poisoning were found. The deceased was not humiliated during his lifetime. ”

"When did the murderer break into the house?" Zhang Heng asked to Qi Zuo.

"Based on the body temperature of the deceased, it should have been two hours ago." He replied in the affirmative.

"Two hours ago, that is, after dawn today, the murderer sneaked into the temple to kill his favorite teacher?" Yang Guang glanced at Zhang Heng in surprise and asked.

"Lord Wang, the time when the deceased died of anger should be around the fifth watch this morning."

"Poor junior sister, what kind of person sneaked into the temple in broad daylight and hurt your life." Mrs. Yan suddenly lost her voice and cried bitterly.

"Order someone to guard the scene, move the body of your favorite body to the government office and place it temporarily, Jianping, the strict master, let's go to the palace to report to the father and the queen mother." Yang Guang glared at Xinyan and commanded casually.

However, there are more unexpected things waiting for Yang Guang.

Yang Guang took Zhang Heng and Xinyan Shitai to say goodbye to his fists in the gate of Daxing Palace, and looked at Xinyan walking alone towards Zhengyang Palace, where his mother lived, Yang Guang couldn't help but "hum", turned back to Zhang Heng and said: "Xinyan didn't do a good job in today's scene, it can be said that it is full of flaws!" ”

Zhang Heng asked puzzledly: "Since the prince has seen that she is acting, why should he allow her to enter the palace in person to report the case to Niangniang?" ”

"The heart is not stricter than the heart, the heart of the two people, the original Zhixian Shenni disciple, and is the abbot of a temple designated by the queen mother herself, although she is acting, but not the murderer's accomplice. As I expected, at most he is an insider, and now his favorite has just died, his mind is not clear, and it is not yet time to reveal his strict heart on the spot, Jianping, what do you say? Yang Guang smiled mysteriously at Zhang Heng and asked him rhetorically.

When Yang Guang took the lead in entering the Linde Palace, he saw the prince Yang Yong standing in front of Yang Jian, bowing down to report something.

"The two investigators have arrived, the prince, you can tell the two of them who the murderer is." Yang Jian raised his eyes and saw Yang Guang and Zhang Heng walking into the hall, so he waved his hand to interrupt Yang Yong's report, and commanded him expressionlessly.