Chapter 021: Murder

The young and beautiful little nun Jingyun lay on her back at the head of the big bed, as if she was asleep. Li Chengye, the little marquis of the Wenyuan Marquis family, was lying on his back about a meter beside her, his face covered with a garnet-red belt that women are used to.

The room was semi-sealed, and it already had the stench of corpses starting to decompose.

"When did you find out?"

"Half an hour ago." Jing Xuan replied: "This small courtyard in the back mountain was originally the residence of the cultivators in the nunnery, because the little marquis insisted on staying overnight, and in desperation, he had to be placed here. The second girl just came back from outside, and I am afraid that I don't know much about the personality of this little marquis. This little marquis was born to one of Marquis Wenyuan's favorite concubines, and this concubine died soon after giving birth because of childbirth.

It's easy to say that there is something wrong with this little marquis, but there is only one thing, even the old marquis can't bear it himself. ”

"I like beautiful women."

The beauty chasers are chased to the nunnery, and the answer is not obvious.

"Yes! Although this man likes beauties, this little marquis not only likes beauties, but also does everything to get beauties. Let's take the incident when the old marquis was punished by the emperor three years ago and thought about it behind closed doors, and it was also because the little marquis chased the beauty.

I heard that on that day, the little marquis went to the street to watch a play with others, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of a beautiful woman. For the sake of the woman, he actually molested on the street, and the woman did not obey, so he plundered the woman home in broad daylight. The woman refused to be humiliated, she was stunned in front of the Hou Mansion, broke free from the subordinates, and crashed into the pair of stone lions in front of the Hou Mansion. It is reported that the woman's blood is still left on the stone lion, and the Hou Mansion has cleaned it several times, but there is still no way to clean it.

This matter, for some reason, reached the ears of the emperor. The emperor not only ordered the old marquis to punish the little marquis, but also punished the old marquis for three years, so that he could think about it behind closed doors. ”

"What punishment did the little marquis get?"

"What punishment can I get, the old marquis treats him as his life, and he is reluctant to scold him for a few words, at most he will be locked up for a few days."

"In broad daylight, forcing a good family to death, but only being locked up for a few days?" Although the official family is short and the official family is dark, when such a result came out of Jing Xuan's mouth, Yan Suwen couldn't help but get angry.

"Houmen's disciples, what is it to force someone to death." Jing Xuan sighed: "Don't say that you just forced an ordinary woman to die, or you forced an official lady to die, as long as this official is not as big as the old marquis, you can only admit it." ”

"Listening to the meaning of Mrs. Shi's words, could it be that this little marquis has also forced the official lady to death?"

"It was two years ago."

"Two years ago, was the time when the old marquis was fined and thought about it behind closed doors?"

"Yes!" Jingxuan nodded: "The old marquis's Yulu has been punished, and people have also thought about it at home, but this little marquis should still go to the street, watch the play, and meet the woman who agrees, whether it is obedient to him or not, it will be difficult to escape the end of being bullied by him when he takes him back to the house."

This official lady's surname is Ruan, and her father is a county magistrate in Tangshan County. It is reported that Miss Ruan is not in good health, she has had cough and asthma since she was a child, and because of the aggravation of her condition, she was sent to Yecheng by her father and temporarily lived in her aunt's house. This Miss Ruan usually doesn't go out much, and the only time she went out met that scoundrel little marquis.

The little marquis was entangled in the street, and Miss Ruan was shocked and scared, and she actually fell ill. A good girl died like that. Ruan Xiancheng learned the truth about his daughter's death, and went to the court to ask Li Chengye to be blamed. This piece of music was stopped before it reached the emperor's hands. Not long after, Ruan Xiancheng was put on death row on charges of embezzling the imperial court's food and salary, and before he could survive until the end of the autumn, he died in prison. ”

"How do you know these things, Master?"

"Although the meditation nunnery is a place outside the world, it is still in the mortal world, and the people who come and go here are also worldly people." Jing Xuan said and shook his head: "These things, the second girl should have heard from Jing Xuan." ”

"There is no wind and no waves, even if the master hears it, she knows that this little marquis is not a thing."

"Nature is not a thing."

The one who answered the phone was the old nun Yan Suwen had seen at the gate of this small courtyard before.

The old nun's legal name is Jing'an, and she was the nurse of a large family in Yecheng, but because the young lady came out of the cabinet, she had nowhere to live, so she went to the mountain to cut her hair and become a nun. Jing'an has a cold temperament, and she comes from a big family, and knows all kinds of rules, so Jingxuan asked her to take care of the little nun and take care of various affairs in the nunnery.

"Let's talk about them."

Yan Suwen knows, but all evil people are always hard to write. If this topic continues, I am afraid that I may not be able to finish it for three days and three nights. Right now, it's not the time to listen to stories.

"I have already told the second girl, because this little marquis insisted on staying overnight, I asked Jing'an to arrange this mountain courtyard for him. As for this pure cloud...... The second girl is smart, and she guessed it when she thought about it. Although she was forced to shave her hair, her mind completely stopped serving the Bodhisattva. Because I was worried that something would happen again, I let Jing'an and Jingyu guard this courtyard. ”

"No wonder when I entered this hospital by mistake yesterday, I met Mrs. Jing'an and Mrs. Jingyu."

"Yesterday was also helpless." There was a slight apology in Jing Xuan's eyes.

"It was Su Qian's abruptness, and he almost put himself in danger." Yan Suwen bowed slightly, and continued: "I don't know if these two people were discovered by Master Jing'an first, or if Master Jingyu discovered them first. ”

"I found it." Jing'an opened his mouth: "Although Li Chengye has Jingyun, he still can't change his stinky problems, and he also does things to those of us who serve the Bodhisattva." Inevitably, everyone in the nunnery was bullied by him, so I took the initiative to take charge of this courtyard, and I was responsible for sending everything he needed. ”

"The Pure Safety Master is too thoughtful."

Jing'an glanced at Yan Suwen, but there was still no expression on his face.

"This Li Chengye is used to being arrogant, and there are many things to do in the nunnery. He specified that the daily water should be fetched from a spring at the foot of the mountain, and that it should be delivered to his door before dawn. Half an hour ago, I brought water, and when I saw that the door was open, and that it was silent, I looked inside, and saw this scene. ”

"This courtyard shouldn't be the only one in this courtyard, right?"

"Nature." Jing'an pointed to several other houses: "In addition to Li Chengye and Jingyun, he also brought three maidservants, two attendants, and two attendants. ”

"What about people?"

One of the three maidservants was killed by Li Chengye on the day he went up the mountain, and his bones were buried in Songbin, not far from here. The remaining two, out of fear, hid in that room. ”

"What about the retinue and the attendants?"

"It's gone."

"What do you mean it's gone?"

"It's just that the thing is still there, but the person can't find it." Jing'an pointed to the other two rooms with the doors ajar: "I've been to see it, and the belongings they carry with them are there." As for this man, he must have fled. ”

"The master was killed, and as a slave, he escaped?"

"Not unusual." Jing'an snorted coldly: "This Li Chengye regards human life like a mustard, and the servant girls and entourages around him who were killed by him are not a hundred, but dozens. Right now, something happened to him, how could the old marquis spare these people who came with him. I would have been killed, or buried alive, and if it had been me, I would have escaped. ”

"If the old marquis is really such an unreasonable person, this little marquis dies in the back mountain courtyard of Jingxin Nunnery, won't the teachers and wives also suffer together."

"There are more than 50 people in my meditation nunnery, if the old marquis really wants us to accompany this Li Chengye, we can only respond." Jing An squeezed out a sneer from the corner of his mouth: "We are different from those followers, we have nowhere to go except this nunnery. ”

"Pure Peace!" Jingxuan gently called Jing'an's name: "You have served the Bodhisattva for many years, but your temperament is still the same as it was at the beginning." ”

Jing'an bowed his head and stopped talking.

"I think Master Jing'an has a pretty good temperament. A monk is also a human being. If you are a human being, you will inevitably have all kinds of emotions, and if you have emotions, you have to find an outlet to vent them. I think even if it's a bodhisattva, when he meets someone like Xiao Houye, he will be angry.

Right now, it's not the time to think about how the old marquis will blame Jingxin Nunnery, but to figure out how the little marquis and Jingyun died. Whether it was suicide or being killed, and if so, who was the murderer, and how it was done. With the answer, there is also a countermeasure, even if it is investigated in the future, it will not be traced to the head of the meditation nunnery and the masters.

To put it bluntly, even if this old marquis is not a reasonable person, there are always reasonable people in this world. ”

"What the second girl said is, it's just-" Jing Xuan glanced at the big bed: "The snow is covering the mountain, and the people in this official mansion are afraid that they won't be able to arrive for a while." We are all Qing cultivators, even if we want to find out the cause of the death of this little marquis and Jingyun, we can't start. ”

"I'll give it a try." Yan Su asked, took off his coat, and handed it to Jingyu who was standing aside: "I'm tired of Jingyu Master Tai take it first." My coat is wide, and if I touch something during the inspection, I am afraid that I will be suspected of destroying the scene. ”

Jingyu glanced at Jingxuan first, and after Jingxuan acquiesced, she reached out and took Yan Suwen's coat.

The first thing Yan Suwen looked at was Jingyun.

Jingyun is a woman with bright facial features, even if she is forced to shave her head, she is still very good-looking. Judging from the appearance, Jingyun's clothes are very complete, and there are no obvious traces of struggle or pollution on the clothes. Yan Suwen leaned over and pulled her neckline outward. Without the cover of the collar, a few strangulation marks on Jingyun's neck were revealed.

"This strangulationβ€”"

Jing Xuan was originally standing behind Yan Suwen, and when she saw her leaning over to pull Jingyun's collar, she turned slightly sideways and fell her gaze on Jingyun's neck.

"It's not like a rope, it's like-" Yan Su asked and looked at the little marquis Li Chengye who was lying on his back: "It's like the woman's belt that covers the little marquis's face." ”