Chapter 123: Under the Buddha's Face
The ice cellar in front of him was densely packed with many hideous-looking corpses.
The corpses were frozen in ice, and they still retained their original appearance.
Zhao Yuean stepped forward step by step and looked at each corpse.
None of these corpses were scarred, but the bloodshed was hateful.
Apparently poisoned.
Why are there so many corpses in a temple?
She went innermost and saw several pieces of ice that had been crushed.
There are still some reddish marks left on the ice.
Zhao Yuean wrapped the clothes on his body and looked back at Guan Li.
"Let them cordon off the scene! Those pilgrims were released as soon as possible, and all the monks in the temple were gathered in the main hall. ”
Guan Li nodded slightly and called Youjie.
When the many corpses and the abbot's body were placed behind the main hall, all the monks were shocked.
Zhao Yuean looked around and didn't miss everyone's expressions.
"So many people are dying here, it won't be just the old abbot who did it.
In the name of Buddhism, he sought money and killed himself, so he ended up like this.
Those who turn themselves in now can still be dealt with lightly. ”
She looked at the crowd who were still silent and sneered.
Silently took a step back and left the venue to Guan Li.
"Nobody turned themselves in, did they? It's okay, then we'll interrogate them one by one.
Moreover, why did the old abbot die, do you know?
He had been killed yesterday and moved in the ice cellar.
Today, while you are all away, his body was hung above the main hall.
After the heat, his blood mixed with water flowed down.
This is someone taking revenge, the old abbot is dead, and who will be next, no one knows.
Well, since no one turned themselves in, then we's..."
"I say! I said..."
An eager voice came out of the monks' pile.
Zhao Yuean poked his head out behind Guan Li, a young monk in his early twenties.
He looked around at the crowd and closed his eyes in the midst of their warnings.
"Famen Temple is no longer as prosperous as the outside world sees, and incense alone can't feed the people of a temple at all.
When we saw that those who offered incense were rich, we became greedy.
But none of these old abbots knew it, and we didn't dare tell him.
Those rich people were very cowardly, and they took out the money as soon as they were scared, but they didn't expect them to call the police.
We basically haven't gone down the mountain, and we are afraid that something will affect the temple, so we don't do anything...
Later, as soon as we counted the ice cellar and it happened to be empty, we put all the people in the ice cellar.
We did all this, the old abbot is innocent, he doesn't know anything! ”
After he finished speaking, he suddenly knelt down, and the dozen or so monks behind him followed suit.
There were only two or three little monks who didn't know why, and looked at the kneeling brothers with a confused expression.
Guan Li looked at them sadly, how could they be a human being, how could they work together to do such a thing?
And they are also Buddhist disciples, where have their beliefs gone?
Zhao Yuean looked at it coldly, without a trace of expression on his face.
"Do you really think that the old abbot doesn't know anything?"
Her words stunned the kneeling crowd.
"No way, if he knew..."
"You think he's going to stop you and even turn you in, right?"
Before the monk at the head finished speaking, Zhao Yuean interrupted.
Seeing him nod firmly, Zhao Yuean sighed speechlessly.
"You have made a lot of money, and there are people who have disappeared in the temple in a row, how can he not know?
As for why he didn't expose you, just because he also needed money, and since you guys had to help, he just waited. ”
"That's not the case, the abbot won't do such a thing, he's already dead, it's all your speculation!"
The monks stood up to accuse Zhao Yue'an, and everyone had resentment on their faces.
Zhao Yuean walked unhurriedly to the abbot's corpse and untied the robe on his body with a cold face.
"If he doesn't know anything, why is there a wrench on his hand that the deceased wears?
Is it reasonable for a monk to have earthly things on his body and still take them from a dead person? ”
One of the little monks hurriedly explained: "I gave it to Master, and I told him that I picked it up, and he took it." ”
"You can casually pick up a wrench made of high-quality jadeite, this Famen Temple is really a treasure of feng shui.
The point is that you said this, but your master didn't doubt it at all, and put it on his hand. ”
After Zhao Yue'an finished speaking, the monks present frowned slightly.
"You have been used by him as a tool to collect money, if you don't believe it, you can send someone now to search for the looted money."
Someone among the monks really walked out, so Guan Li asked people to follow him out.
Zhao Yuean continued to look at the corpses in one place.
"These people died not long ago, and none of them were local.
Obviously, you are here for business or tourism, and you have picked out outsiders to do it.
In order to be undetectable when he is dead, it will take a long time to file a case when he is aware of it.
But you didn't expect someone to retaliate, right? ”
Zhao Yue'an looked at the monks, a very inconspicuous monk.
After the man and Zhao Yuean looked at each other, their eyes revealed clarity and no fear.
"Someone got help from others and killed the old abbot just to lure the police over to investigate.
so that all the truth may be revealed.
But I'm curious as to why you're going to do such an extreme thing.
And why work with them? ”
Zhao Yuean looked at the man directly, and the monks around him couldn't help but look at him.
The man smiled slightly, looking very relieved.
"Every morning the pilgrims are brought in, he is the one who does it, and if I kill him the first day and I don't attract the police, then I will be the next person to die.
They told me that if I took revenge as I liked, the others would help me.
I killed him last night and put him with my brother and the bodies of the victims.
They hung him on it early in the morning, and their men disguised themselves as him and drew pilgrims in the main hall.
I know you're arresting them, so if the police are here today, I'll take revenge on everyone. ”
The man said slowly, his face showing a hint of revenge.
His gaze turned to the corpse of a young victim and slowly walked over.
"My brother is three years older than me and came here with friends at the beginning of this year.
But they all went home, but my brother didn't.
They said he was missing, and I didn't believe it.
After questioning, I learned that he was missing here, so I came.
I've been wandering around here for two weeks without any news.
In the end, under the pretense of having no father and no mother, he came to the temple to do chores and was accepted by them.
Every night, I searched the temple until I found the ice cellar.
This is a group of evil ghosts who are merciful to the Buddha, and for the sake of money, they disregard people's lives.
It was those people who helped me get revenge. ”