Li Tao and Zhang Wei, accompanied by the Master of Compassion, first worshiped the eighteen Arhats, and then surveyed step by step, and the bricks and floors in the hall were all on the ground; Knock on the four walls, all of which are brickwork; The Bodhisattva pedestal is also tight. The meditation room of the Master of Compassion has an inch of land, which is only for one person to sleep and sleep, and the four walls are clean. Li Tao also walked around the hall and turned stones around the trees, but no abnormalities were found.

Just as Li Tao was about to return home, two young women came from the bottom of the mountain, carrying incense baskets.

The Master of Compassion said: "My lord, I forgive the poor monks and can't send them far, and there is a benefactor at the foot of the mountain."

Zhang Wei hurriedly shook his hand and said, "It's okay."

When Li Tao walked down the mountain, he walked to a boulder engraved with the big characters "Luzhou First Cave Sky", and whispered to a Zhang Wei: "I'll go to the Buddha Mother Hall below, you stay at this stone and wait, see if the two women go down the mountain!"

Li Tao went to the Buddha Mother Temple, paid homage to the eighteen-handed Buddha Mother, and then went down the mountain to return home.

As soon as Li Tao returned to the mansion, Zhang Wei came to report, saying that the two women had visited the eighteen Arhats, and then they went down the mountain with a smile, and the old monk didn't even send them out of the door.

Li Tao made a difficulty in his heart: In this vast desert and mountainous wilderness, there have been many cases, firstly, the time has dragged on for a long time, and secondly, there is no human and material evidence, what should I do.

Unable to think of a clue, Li Tao simply didn't want to, so he walked to the backyard.

Back in the backyard hall, Yuan hurriedly beckoned Li Tao to eat.

Suanna was talking and laughing with Hua Jingjing, when she saw Li Tao coming in, she got up and asked, "Ah Tao, where have you been, I haven't seen your shadow for a day!" ”

Li Tao was full of details about the exploration he had gone to explore today, worried about where the innocent woman was now, whether she was dead or alive or injured, and he didn't care about Suo Na's words.

Seeing that Li Tao ignored herself, Suanna's small mouth suddenly pursed.

Hua Jingjing knew Li Tao's temperament, she knew that Li Tao must have something on her mind, so she patted him: "Why are you depressed, but what is difficult to do?" ”

Li Tao didn't want to bring the matter of the yamen to his home, but seeing that Hua Jingjing was so concerned, he couldn't find anything for a while, so he told the case again.

Hua Jingjing was shocked when she heard this: "This is a matter of human life, Ah Tao, you should help Zhang Wei solve this case."

Yuan Shi also frowned on the side and said: "A few days ago, A-Niang heard the neighbor Grandma bluff her granddaughter and said, 'If you want to cry again, I will send you to the Eighteen Arhat Hall of Dongta Cave.' I asked her, 'Why are you scaring your granddaughter like that?' She said, 'Madame doesn't know that there are tigers in that temple, and some people who go to worship the Bodhisattva are often taken away there. It can be seen that this is not one or two people who have been victimized, but we should investigate and find out. ”

When Li Tao heard this, he felt reasonable, and immediately asked Zhang Wei to check all the cases to see if there were any similar cases.

After checking, sure enough, every ten days and a half months or so, there was a case of a woman missing in the Eighteen Arhat Palace. Zhang Wei immediately issued an order to summon some family members of the victims who were still in the local area to come and re-indict the case.

After Li Tao heard about it, he found that there were several similarities: first, the place where the accident occurred was missing after the incense of the Eighteen Arhat Palace, the second was that the missing people were all young and beautiful women, and the third was that the bodies and accompanying items were not found after the disappearance.

Li Tao thought to himself: Why did the robbers who robbed money and rob sex only appear in the Eighteen Arhat Palace? If it is a tiger that takes a person, why is there no blood stains or relics when he investigates, and does the tiger even eat jewelry into its stomach?

It seems that the Master of Mercy has a major suspicion. But when I think about it again, the Master of Compassion is old, virtuous, gentle, and elegant, and there is no abnormality in the bedroom, could it be that the perpetrator is to blame the old monk and commit the crime here?

Thinking about it, the days passed.

On this day, Li Tao had just gotten up and washed up, and before breakfast, Zhang Wei hurried over: "Li Xiaolangjun, someone is missing again." ”

The report was made by a member of another county, and the family made a fortune and went to the Yundongyan Eighteen Arhat Hall to pray for peace. After the whole family worshiped the Bodhisattva, they admired the "fairy footprints" and went up the mountain to visit. Only the little girl was afraid of heights and did not dare to climb upward, so she was accompanied by a maidservant to rest on a stone slab at the entrance of the Luohan Palace. Everyone saw the fairy footprints and quickly went down the mountain, but the two masters and maidservants were missing. When I asked the master in the temple, he said that he saw two women going down the mountain. The whole family searched for a night and a day in the caves at the bottom of the mountain, but there was still no two of them.

When Li Tao heard this, he was in a hurry, and when he arrived at the bottom of the mountain, he hurriedly climbed the Eighteen Arhat Palace, and asked people to carefully search the stone crevices and grass to see if there were any relics.

As a result, the embroidered shoes of the two maidservants were found next to the hole in the "maidservant pit" on the hillside.

People near the mountain village said vividly: "Once upon a time, Zhang Yuanwai gave birth to a stupid son, who was thirty or forty years old and didn't understand the world. Zhang Yuanwai bought a maid from out of town, intending to force her to marry her stupid son. The maid resolutely refused to obey and jumped to her death. This is the undead spirit of the maidservant, who has lured the two of them to be companions! ”

After hearing this legend, everyone was shocked, and the outsider also believed it to be true, burned some paper money at the mouth of the maidservant pit, and went back to his hometown, not wanting to pursue the case anymore.

But Li Tao's heart was not calm. He pondered and meditated, since the maidservant pit would recruit people as companions, why did so many tourists not be recruited, but people related to the Luohan Palace?

Yuan's also agreed: "What Tao Er thinks is very much, according to what A-Niang thinks, the unjust girl recruits people, why do you take off the shoes of the master and maid and put them at the mouth of the pit?" This is clearly someone deliberately diverting attention and blaming the wrongdoer. ”

Li Tao was puzzled and said: "Then the master and maid worshiped the Bodhisattva and went out of the palace gate, what does it have to do with the Arhat Palace?"

Suona suddenly said on the side: "Atao, the temple has rules, if you enter the first time, you can't enter the second time?" ”

Li Tao shook his head and said, "No."

Princess Sana then said, "Since there is none, it is possible to go in again." Li Tao stared at Suo Na: "So, you doubt the Master of Mercy?"

Suanna said thoughtfully: "You remember that you said that the Master of Compassion did not dare to squint at the female benefactor, and there was no welcome or send-off. Why, then, when the old man asked him about the whereabouts of the master and the maidservant, he immediately said that he saw two women going down the mountain. That is to say, he wants to guide the people to search the mountains and delay time. Isn't it strange that the next day, the maidservant pit, which had already been searched, appeared with two embroidered shoes? ”

When Li Tao heard this, it was like clearing the clouds for five miles: "Your speculation is reasonable, but how can you arrest people without human and physical evidence?" Even if the murderer is really him, he doesn't admit that we can't coerce a confession, right? ”

Suona was dumbfounded when she heard this, speculation is speculation, case handling is case handling, and now you must get human and physical evidence.

Li Tao suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and laughed: "I have thought of a way!"

The three of the Yuan clan hurriedly asked, "What's the way, tell me quickly!" ”

Li Tao said proudly: "Let's go find two women and go up the mountain to burn incense." Then send someone to secretly follow him, and once he finds that the woman is missing, he will immediately arrest the Master of Mercy and conduct a search on the scene to see what he can do to fool around! ”

Hua Jingjing nodded and said, "It's indeed a clever plan, but it's ......"

"But what?"

Hua Jingjing smiled and said, "There are two ready-made women here, why do you need to go outside to find them." Let me and Sana go for ourselves. ”

"How can this work? If something happens to you......" Li Taotou shook his head like a rattle, resolutely disagreeing.

Hua Jingjing and Suona looked at Yuan beggingly.

Yuan's heart softened, and he sighed and said, "Tao'er, let them go." Anyway, Jingjing also has a martial arts, if you are really worried, you can let Uncle Yue secretly protect them! ”

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