Raising his eyebrows, he said clearly: "Could it be that an outsider sneaked into the temple to do it?" ”

The fat man glared wisely and said, "Are you stupid? Who can come here in such a big blizzard? The county magistrate has said that the murderer must be one of us!

Hanging eyebrows and squinting at the thin man Mingshou, he said, "It can't be killed by ghosts, right?" ”

The thin man Mingshou immediately glared and said, "What are you doing so weirdly?" Do you think what I'm saying is false? ”

"I didn't mean that." Hanging eyebrows Mingjing hurriedly said: "Didn't I hear you say a lot of ghost things, so I said it so casually." ”

The thin man Mingshou glared at him fiercely. Said: "Just say it! One day, the ghost finds you, and you will know that it is amazing! ”

Leng Yi said: "Did you say enough?" ”

Several monks were also used to being wild in the temple, and after listening to Leng Yi's reprimand, they knew that they couldn't talk nonsense in front of the official master. Quickly lower your head.

Leng Yi then asked the guest monk Mingkong: "You are making tea in the morning class from morning to midnight, so what are you doing before this, that is, when you arrive at the beginning of the morning?" ”

"I'm sweeping the yard."

"Does anyone prove it?"

"No," the monk Mingkong hesitated for a moment, and said, "By the way, when I got up in the morning, I was sweeping the snow at the gate, and I saw someone buried under the mountain, just under the hillside in front of our temple." I scanned and watched, and they were buried all the time. By the way, the coffin is black! ”

Leng Yi was a little strange: "Buried? Is there a village nearby? ”

"Nope." Abbot Juehui said: "The nearest village is also half a day's away from our temple, but the villagers like to bury their graves near the temple, probably in order to get the blessing of the Buddha, so even though it is far away, these villagers are also willing to carry the coffin and walk overnight and bury it under the hillside in front of the gate of our temple." ”

"I see." Leng Yi turned his head to Mingkong and said, "What you just said can't explain anything." The coffins are all black. Moreover, you only need to see it at a glance when it is buried. No need to be there all the time. So, it cannot be used as evidence of your alibi. ”

"It wasn't killed by the sky." Hanging eyebrows Mingjing said with certainty.

"Oh? Why? ”

"Because when we came to the kitchen, there was only one line of footprints on the ground. The fat man wisely pointed to a few footprints on the ground that had not been stepped on, although they were almost covered by snow, but they could still be seen, and said, "Oh, this is it, this footprint is so big, it can't be clear." ”

"Are you sure there's only one line of footprints?"

"I'm sure! - Right? Wise brother? ”

The fat man sneered and glanced at the guest monk Mingkong, who didn't want to provide testimony in his favor, but when he saw Leng Yi's cold gaze, he trembled, so he had to nod honestly and said: "Yes, there was indeed only one line of footprints on the ground at that time, and it was relatively large, not Mingkong." ”

"How did you notice the footprints?"

"The ground is covered with snow, and the footprints are very clear, not sure that they can't be seen."

"That's right!" Leng Yi glanced at the monks, sighed, and said, "In this way, there is no need to check later, because since there are only the footprints of the deceased himself, and no footprints of others, then there is no murderer here?" The deceased did die in an accident, and the county's previous speculation was wrong? ”

Speaking of which, he was clearly looking at them intently to see how everyone was reacting. However, he didn't see anyone with an obvious relaxed look, so he smiled narrowly and said, "The footprints on the ground can't say anything, and the murderer has many ways to wipe the footprints off the ground." ”

Leng Yi looked at the monk Mingkong again, and asked reluctantly: "This can't be evidence that you were not at the scene of the crime at the time of the crime. Do you have any other evidence? ”

The monk Mingkong was about to cry, and he didn't know how to prove his innocence.

Whitebeard said: "I can prove that he didn't kill anyone." ”

"Oh? How to prove it? Leng Yi asked.

"I got up at dawn, I was old, I drowsy less, so I got up before dawn, I came out, and I saw the dead buried under the mountain, I went up to the bell tower to see the excitement, where I could see the temple gate, I saw that the sky had been sweeping the floor outside the temple gate. I also stood on the side of the hill and watched for a while. The coffin was indeed black. ”

Leng Yi looked at the white-bearded Mingtong and said, "Since you can prove that he is not at the scene, in turn, you can also prove that you yourself are not at the scene." Leng Yi turned to the rest of the monks, "What about you?" Where were you at the time of the crime? ”

The thin man Mingshou, the horse-faced Mingzong, the hanging eyebrows Mingjing and the fat man Mingzhi looked at each other. Chef Mingyuan said: "At that time, we slept in the house with Minzong, and we didn't get up until it was almost time for morning class. We were still talking, but we were awakened by freezing before dawn. ”

Mingjing also said: "Yes, it was very cold last night, my quilt was too thin, I didn't sleep all night, and before dawn, I got up and lit a fire." Brother Wise also asked me why I got up so early before dawn. I said it was very cold, and I made a fire. ”

Leng Yi asked, "The two of you sleep in the same room?" ”

Abbot Juehui nodded yes. According to what the abbot said, Leng Yi knew that in the temple, the fat man Mingzhi and the hanging eyebrows Mingjing slept in one room, the horse-faced Mingzong and the thin man Mingshou slept in one room, and the white-bearded Mingtong and the Zhike monk Mingkong slept in the same room. Chef Mingyuan was too snoring, his surname was not good, and he had a bad relationship with almost everyone in the temple, so no one wanted to sleep with him. I slept in a room alone. Abbot Juehui himself slept in a room alone.

After listening to the introduction, Leng Yi was a little dumbfounded, the four of them could prove to each other that they were sleeping in the house, and there was alibi evidence, and the abbot Juehui, the Zhike monk Mingkong and the white-bearded Mingtong could also prove each other's alibi. This means that all the people in the temple have an alibi!

Who is the murderer?

Could it be that an outsider infiltrated the temple to commit a crime?

No way!

Leng Yi is very sure of this, such a big snowstorm, and it is after a few days in a row, it is impossible for anyone to come here, just now Abbot Juehui also said that the nearest village near here is usually half a day's away from this temple. In such a blizzard, coming out is tantamount to suicide.

However, Leng Yi still checked around the kitchen and found no traces. This is mainly because the snowstorm, which is still raging, has covered up almost all traces.

He went back to the kitchen and checked the latch of the door and the window again, and there was no sign of outsiders sneaking in.

Leng Yi returned to the door and said to the monks: "Among you, someone must be lying!" The murderer is among you! Again, whoever has a clue and thinks someone is suspicious, please come and tell me, of course, I will keep it a secret for him. Now, you can take care of the aftermath for Chef Mingyuan. ”

Abbot Juehui ordered the body of Chef Mingyuan to be carried to the lobby.

Leng Yi came out, saw Zhuo Qiaoniang shivering from the cold, and said, "Hurry up and go back to the fire, look at how cold you look." ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang sniffed and said, "What about the officials?" ”

"I'm going to the lobby to see the ruined Buddha statue you mentioned."

"The concubine is going too!"

"Alright then!"

The two watched as the monks carried the body of Chef Mingyuan to the Daxiong Treasure Hall and followed in, and the two exclaimed almost simultaneously. --I saw the clay sculpture of the Buddha in the Daxiong Treasure Hall, not only one eye was gouged out, but now, the other eye has also been gouged out, leaving only two black holes!

Hearing the exclamations of the two of them, the abbot and the others turned around in surprise, and then followed their gaze to look at the big Buddha. Who dug up the Buddha statue? ”

This Buddha statue is very tall, and the face is mostly covered by the curtains hanging down on both sides of the main hall, and they recite scriptures in front of this Buddha every day, and they are used to it, and they usually do not pay much attention to the face of the Buddha. In addition, the sky has been hazy and snowy in the past few days, and the light in the hall is dim, so no one has paid attention to the situation on the Buddha's face. Only now did I find out that I don't know who had gouged out both of the Buddha's eyes!

So many people didn't look at it, and the monks were ashamed and frightened. One by one, they shrunk their necks and looked at the abbot Juehui.

Juehui looked at Leng Yi.