In the early morning of the next day, the monks in the Jokhang Temple went to the front of the main hall to do morning classes together according to their usual habits, but the lama on duty found that Nuoyan and Na Keer did not appear, and Na Keer was also okay, Noyan was famous in the Jokhang Temple for holding the precepts very strictly, and since he became a monk for more than 30 years, he has never missed two classes in the morning and evening, regardless of cold or summer. So the monk on duty sent two disciples to their residence to see why. After about half a meal, the little lama who had gone to Noyan's residence came back and said to the lama on duty: "Tell the master, there is no one in Noyan's house, and judging by the inside, he shouldn't have gone back to sleep last night?" ”

"Didn't go back to sleep? Wasn't he still there when he was in class last night? The lama on duty asked, "Did you leave any letterheads?" Is it in a hurry? ”

"Nope." The little lama shook his head: "The water bladder and the cane are all in place, and it doesn't look like going far away." ”

"All in place?" The lama on duty was stunned when he heard this, he knew that although this little lama was not very old, he was very stable in his daily life, and if he said no, he would definitely not have it. Could it be that a big living person is just gone? Thinking of this, he instinctively cast his eyes on Chesan in the first row, for no other reason, at this juncture in the battle for the first seat, the competitor suddenly disappeared, and Chesan, who benefited the most, was naturally the biggest suspect. And Chesang lowered his eyebrows, held a rosary in his hand, and chanted non-stop, as if the affairs of the outside world had nothing to do with him. The monk on duty thought to himself: "Either this matter has nothing to do with this guy, or this guy is the reincarnation of the heavenly demon, if there is no Buddha's means, it is better not to mess with it." ”

"Oh no, no!"

Just as the lama on duty was making up his mind, the little lama who had just gone to Na Ke'er's residence had already returned, and his mouth was shouting, and the hall was in an uproar. Seeing this, the lama on duty couldn't help but secretly scold the little lama for not knowing world affairs, how could he shout and scream at this juncture? He took a step forward, gave the little lama a head on the spot, and scolded: "What are you shouting and screaming? Don't look at what kind of place this is? If you have something to say, it's good to say. ”

The little lama was taken aback, and although he was wronged in his heart, he didn't dare to attack, so he had to whisper: "Master, there is a dead person in Uncle Ke'er's house!" ”

"What, dead man?" The lama on duty couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, isn't that the Chesang Lama going on a killing spree? couldn't help but secretly congratulate himself that he had accepted his bribe, and he should be able to escape, but he asked, "That Ke'er is dead?" Take me to see it! ”

"It's not that Uncle Ke'er is dead!"

"Who's that?" The lama on duty was a little confused by the disciple's answer: "Didn't you go to the house of Nak'er?" ”

"Master, it's true that Uncle Ke'er's house I went to, but the body in the house is not his, but Uncle Nuoyan!"

"What?" The lama on duty was taken aback: "What about that Ke'er?" ”

"I don't know!" The little lama replied, "When the disciples entered the house, they only saw the corpse of Uncle Noyan, which was already hard, and I still found this on it!" Speaking of this, the little lama took out a knife from his bosom: "It is inserted in the heart of Senior Brother Noyan!" ”

The lama on duty took the knife and looked at it, there were blackened blood stains on the blade, from the style it was the knife that the lamas carried with them, eating meat, deboning, cutting leather can be used, almost a handful, he turned it over and looked, the back was engraved with the name of that Ke'er, and the end of the wrong gold handle was inlaid with a piece of green jade, he thought about it, called the little lama who served that Ke'er on weekdays, handed the knife over, and asked: "Look, whose knife is this?" ”

"It's Master Kerr's!" The little lama looked at it carefully and replied.

"Look again, don't make a mistake!"

"You can't go wrong!" The little lama replied confidently, "You see that there is a piece missing from this piece of jade horn, which was broken by Master Na Ke'er when he was drunk and used this to knock bones, and he regretted it very much when he woke up, and talked about it for several days!" ”

"Well, you go down first!" The lama on duty nodded, it seems that the death of Noyan is inseparable, but the two of them have a good relationship on weekdays, why did he kill Noyan? Thinking of this, he decided to go to the room to see the condition of the corpse first.

"Senior Brother Sajia!" Chesang stopped the lama on duty and asked, "I just heard that Senior Brother Noyan was killed in that Ke'er's room, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

"Not bad!" Sajia hesitated for a moment and nodded, anyway, this kind of thing can't be hidden for long, it's better to tell the truth.

"I want to go see it too, I don't know if I can?" Chesan asked, he paused for a moment, and continued: "It's not that I want to do a lot of things, it's just that some time ago I wanted to be the first seat, and there were many conflicts with these two senior brothers, and there was nothing in the first place, but the two of them are dead and the other is missing, I'm afraid that many people will fall on me." Therefore I would like to go with you to the room to see it, so that I will not be wronged in vain. ”

"Hmm!" Sajia nodded: "It's okay, then please ask Senior Brother Qiesang to come with me!" So he called some of the more trusted lamas in the monastery and went with them to Na Ke'er's dwelling.

When the group arrived at Na Ke'er's residence, they saw that the door had already been opened, and two lamas were standing outside the door, looking cramped and uneasy. Obviously, after the little lama who came to check on found Nuoyan's body, he did not immediately run to the main hall to report the news, but first called two people to come and guard the scene, so as not to be destroyed by a third party. The leading Saja and Chesang saw it in their eyes, and they both nodded secretly, this little lama is calm and can be made.

When the two lamas guarding the door saw Sajia and his party, they hurriedly bowed and opened the door. Sajia was the first to walk in the door, only to see Nuoyan's body lying on the ground, his eyes wide, as if he couldn't believe that he had died at the hands of a monk in the same monastery, the butter lamp on the side of the case was toppled over, the wall cabinet against the wall was open, and the ground was littered with debris.

"Senior Brother Sajia, it seems that Senior Brother Nuoyan should have been caught off guard when he was killed!" A monk pointed to the corpse on the ground: "You see, there is only one wound on the corpse, and it has been stabbed to the core. ”

Sajia nodded silently, the short knife that stabbed Nuoyan to death was not a weapon used to kill, but a tool used by monks to eat and do things on weekdays, it was not easy to use to assassinate, it was not easy to stab the center with a knife, not to mention when two people were scuffling, it was even more difficult, only when Nuoyan was not on guard, and he could kill people with a knife. And in this Ke'er room, it is naturally self-evident who can make Nuoyan unguarded.

"Senior brother!" Chesang said in a deep voice: "Based on what you can see below, it is better to be cautious first. As far as I know, Na Ke'er and Nuoyan have a good relationship on weekdays, why did Na Kerr kill Nuoyan? Could it be that someone killed Noyan somewhere else and then moved the body here to blame Na Ke'er? ”

"That's right, that's what Senior Brother Chesang said!"

"Exactly, how important is human life, it's better to wait until you find Senior Brother Na Ke'er and inquire carefully!"

As soon as Che Sang's words fell, several monks responded with their voices, and Che Sang couldn't help but sneer secretly in his eyes when he saw it. He just spoke for Na Ke'er but wanted to get away with it, so that even if he failed to plant the crime on Na Ke'er's head, others would not think that he killed Nuo Yan; Moreover, it is very likely that the person who is willing to speak for Na Ke'er at this time is his henchman, and Chesan naturally knows it in his heart and can be on guard in advance.

Sajia didn't speak, squatted down and carefully observed the ground under the corpse, pinched the skin of the corpse, looked at the ground at the door, looked at the lock on the door, shook his head and said: "This corpse should not have been moved from other places, otherwise there will inevitably be blood stains along the way, you see, there is such a thick layer of blood next to the corpse, it should not have been moved." And you look at the locks on the door are all good, if it's someone else, where is the door key? ”

"Then Ke'er is good friends with Senior Brother Nuoyan on weekdays, why do you want to kill him?" A lama was still unwilling, and asked in a protesting voice: "It must have been framed by someone else!" “

Saja didn't open his mouth to refute, but carefully picked up objects on the ground and looked at them carefully, and after a while, he picked up a letter from the corner of the wall on the ground, looked at it, handed it to Chesan and asked, "Senior Brother Chesang, what kind of text do you see here?" “

Chesang took the letterhead, opened it, looked at it, and replied: "This should be Manchu, this kind of script was created by Nurhachi by borrowing Mongolian characters, and there is not much difference between the two characters, heh!" Speaking of this, he suddenly exclaimed, "How can this be? His face was full of horror.

"What's going on?" Saja asked.

"Maybe I'm mistaken! Who else among you can read Manchu? Chesang showed a look of embarrassment on his face, and returned the letterhead to Sajia, at this time, a lama who knew Manchu next to him reached out and took the letterhead, and translated it, it turned out that this letterhead was a handwritten letter from Emperor Taiji of the Later Jin Tiancong Khan to Na Ke'er, which asked him to collect information from various ministries, and told him to find ways to become the first of the Jokhang Temple, and provide assistance for the expansion of the Later Jin in Mongolia. Hearing this, there was an uproar in the room, and everyone knew that Noyan had always maintained a moderate stance in politics, that is, the Jokhang Temple maintained a detached attitude in politics, trying its best to avoid siding with either the Ming, Mongolia, and Jurchen, and waiting until the overall situation was decided, and then expressing allegiance to the victorious side. Although this cannot obtain the greatest benefits, it can prevent the Jokhang Temple from being drawn into the whirlpool of war and suffering from unjustified disasters. Although Na Ke'er tended to fall to the Houjin side, the reason was that the Jurchens were a rising force, and joining this party could fight for the greatest interests of the monastery, and everyone thought that this was because when the Houjin army defeated Lin Dan Khan and burned the city of Guihua, Na Ke'er went to beg Huang Taiji to spare the Jokhang Temple, and the success of this risky action made him have a good impression of the Jurchen side. But he didn't expect that Ke'er had secretly lost his loyalty to Huang Taiji and became Houjin's secret chess in the Jokhang Temple, and the nature of the two was very different. In this way, it is easy to explain that Ke'er killed Nuoyan, presumably because he took refuge in Houjin and was inadvertently discovered by Nuoyan, or he wanted to persuade Nuoyan to be loyal to the Jurchen together, so in order to avoid leaking rumors, he could only kill people and kill people.

"I can't imagine that this guy is so ruthless, even a good person like Senior Brother Nuoyan will do it!" A monk scolded hatefully.

"Yes, that Ke'er is a monk, and he has committed the great precept of lying and killing, and after death, he will definitely fall into the hell of pulling out his tongue and swords, and he will never be able to be reborn!"

Everyone in the room suddenly opened their mouths and scolded, especially a few people who were friends with Na Keer on weekdays, and their voices were a few points higher than others, lest they be accused of being accused by others of being the murderer. However, Saja and Chesan did not speak, Sajia looked at Chesan and suddenly asked, "Senior Brother Chesan, what do you think should be done now?" “

The eyes of everyone in the room were immediately focused on Chessan, and everyone knew in their hearts that no matter whether Na Ke'er was dead or alive, he could not prevent Chesan from ascending to the first throne, this outsider had heard of his efforts in the temple these days, and if he could deal with this matter, he would be the first to take the throne.

"That Ke'er should be found as soon as possible, whether the murderer is him or not, it can only be determined if he is found. Also, this matter cannot be spread now, otherwise it will be very harmful to the reputation of the temple! ”

"That's what Senior Brother Chesang said!" Saja's face showed a look of satisfaction, no matter what Chesan had done in the process of fighting for the first seat of the Jokhang Temple, the brains and skills he showed tonight had proved that he was qualified, and the ascension of a mediocre and incompetent person to the throne was not only a disaster for himself, but also for the Jokhang Temple. He turned around and said sharply to everyone: "You all heard it, except for me and Senior Brother Chesang, all those who know about this matter will go to the Jing Pavilion to be confined for three days, and then come out after this matter is completed. ”

"Yes!" Everyone also knew the severity, and Qi claimed to be so. When everyone retreated, Sajia whispered to Na Ke'er: "Senior Brother Chesan, if Na Ke'er is really a murderer, he must have fled east at this time, and this matter can only bother you!" He knew that the forces behind Chesang were extremely powerful, there were hundreds of elite guards outside the temple alone, and if Chesang became the first one, chasing down Na Ke'er was the first thing, and he would never shirk it if he had to do it beautifully in public and private.

"It's our duty, so what's the trouble! Senior Brother Sajia said that, but it was born! Chesan laughed, "I'll send someone to capture that Ke'er at once!" “

"If you have a noble family to make a move, then Ke'er will definitely not be able to escape!" Speaking of this, Saja bent her knees, knelt down to Chesan, and said in a deep voice: "When the murderer is caught, no one will be able to say anything if you ascend to this throne!" (To be continued.) )