My heart moved, and I finally understood what Shao Lao was referring to, what the blue glow attached to his wife was.

At the same time, the white satin wrapped around my left hand suddenly loosened, and the wisp of remnants flew in, sucked in by the black fire rakshasa seal in the palm of my hand......

As a chill entered my body, a strong sense of despair began to spread in my heart, and it was fleeting. The same situation, the same process and result, all this happened so quickly that the old Shao around him didn't notice it.

I stared at the little censer, and I couldn't see anything strange. There is also a futon in front of this incense burner, which looks like it is newly bought, but there are no Buddha statues, offering tables, scriptures and other objects around.

I remembered what Shao Lao said before, saying that my wife had only recently started eating fasting and reciting Buddha, so I asked. Shao Lao nodded, saying that the futon and incense burner were indeed added by his wife shortly before she committed suicide.

As he spoke, he pointed to the wall on the side, and suddenly froze, letting out an exclamation of "huh".

I followed his point, and the wall was bare, and there was nothing.

Shao Lao frowned and muttered to himself that it was not right, there should be a picture of a Buddha statue here, and his wife worshiped and prayed at the Buddha statue hanging on the wall on weekdays.

Another Buddha picture? It's a missing Buddha image again!

Xiao Lu and Xiao Zhang also once said that there was a Buddha painting hanging on the wall of room 301 next to them. But when we went in, we only found Cao Ruiying's carrion corpse, and there was nothing on the wall.

I was skeptical at the time, but I ignored this detail because I called the police. Now the same situation is happening again in Shao's home, is this a coincidence or a key point in revealing the truth? What is the mystery of a Buddha painting?

Thinking of this, I hurriedly asked Shao Lao to recall what kind of portrait it was, and what was painted on it.

This question stumped Shao Lao. He took off his glasses and sat down on the couch, gently kneading his temples, as if he was struggling to recall. We don't rush, let him think slowly.

I understand Shao Lao's reaction, believing in this thing is very different from person to person. Shao Lao is an atheist by nature, and it is normal for him to not understand Buddha paintings, and he usually does not pay attention to them.

For ordinary people, it is not easy to distinguish between Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism and other various religions, and those with bald heads are not necessarily monks, and those who comb their hair are not necessarily Taoists, not to mention the different gods worshiped by various sects.

Shao Lao recalled for a while, and then said with some hesitation that in his impression, it should be a colorful brush painting, and there should be five Buddhas in the painting, their figures of different sizes, arranged in a circle in turn.

But as for who these Buddhas were, he didn't know, and his wife never said it.

Five Buddhas? I'm a little dazed.

Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, and Taiqing Daode Tianzun are known as the three Qings of Taoism and are the supreme gods of Taoism. Similar to the Taoist Sanqing, the supreme deity in Buddhism is called the Three Buddhas, also known as the Three Buddhas and the Three Treasures Buddhas.

The three worlds refer to the present life, the past and the future, the Three Jewels, namely the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha or Enlightenment, Righteousness, and Purity.

The Living Buddha, the Shakyamuni who is in charge of the world of samsara ; In the past, the Buddha was the lamp-burning Buddha in charge of the oriental pure glass world; The future Buddha is the Maitreya who is in charge of the Western Elysium.

These three Buddhas are known as the three Buddhas of Buddhism, which does not match the portraits of the five Buddhas mentioned by Shao Lao.

Even China's native Buddhism, which basically abandoned Mahayana Buddhism and no longer respected the concept of the three Buddhas, worshipped the six famous Zen ancestors.

They are: the first ancestor Dharma, the second ancestor Huike, the third ancestor Seng Can, the fourth ancestor Daoxin, the fifth ancestor Hongren, and the sixth ancestor Huineng. That's six, and it's not as good as five.

Could it be that Shao Lao remembered it wrongly, so what about the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism who painted on the painting? Hearing me say this, Shao Lao is not sure. To be on the safe side, I called Xiaolu and asked her to confirm again.

Xiao Lu also recalled for a long time, and said sorryly that he really couldn't remember, but Xiao Zhang on the side interjected, saying that she remembered that the painting was five figures in a circle.

At that time, she thought the painting was weird, but she didn't believe in Buddhism, so she didn't pay much attention to it. It seems that there is a high probability that the Buddha painting that appeared in 301 is the same as that in Shao's hometown, and the characters on it are all five.

After hanging up the phone, I thought about it back and forth I don't know how many times, but I still couldn't figure out where these five people came from.

Judging from the current situation, the deceased Cao Ruiying of 301 and Shao Lao's wife have many similarities in common.

Both of them are pure yin personality people and can not have children, and after death, there is a wisp of spirit left, and in both homes, the same small incense burner and missing Buddha paintings were found.

It was clear before I came that it was normal for people to leave remnants and remnants after death, but as for why they are all wisps instead of a few wisps and do not drift away, this is a question worth studying.

Think about it, the most suspicious thing now is why there are identical incense burners and Buddha paintings in the homes of the two people, and the Buddha paintings have disappeared after the death of the two people.

My gut tells me that maybe this is a breakthrough.

Quancheng is a thousand-year-old cultural city, with many temples in the city and its surroundings, and the practice of worshipping Buddha is prevalent, and there are many shops selling peripheral products. Although the two deceased lived in different urban areas, there is a possibility that they could buy the same item from the incense shop.

I asked Shao Lao when and where he bought the incense burner and the Buddha painting.

Mr. Shao told me that this set of things was not bought, but given by a card friend of his wife. He was sure, because his wife had told him about it at the time. But at the same time, he was puzzled and asked us if there was something wrong with these things.

When I heard that someone else had sent it, I felt like I had grasped the crux of the problem.

Shao Lao didn't know about Cao Ruiying's death in Room 301, and it was inconvenient for me to explain it to him in detail until the matter was clarified, but I just said that the more we know about these details, the better.

Shao Lao shook his head and said that he only heard his wife say that it was sent by a card friend, as for which card friend, his wife did not say.

"Could it be the neighbors in this neighborhood?" I asked.

Shao Lao denied it, saying that these old neighbors in the yard were more keen on rehearsing square dances, and none of them liked to play mahjong, and his wife usually went to the Chunjiang Tea House next to Baihua Park to play cards.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

You must know that this is a dormitory of the provincial party committee, not an ordinary community, and it is very heavily guarded. I was worried that I couldn't start the investigation with their neighbors, but Shao Lao's words saved me from these troubles.

I chatted with the fat man with Shao Lao for a while, and when I saw that the clues were almost collected, I said goodbye to him, telling the old man not to worry, as long as there are clues, we will notify him.

As soon as we walked out of Shao's hometown, Xiao Jun started the car. He was born as a driver, and he was quite polite, so he didn't go in just now, and he was waiting at the door. I patted him on the shoulder, and the car went straight to Baihua Park......