Qi Lu sighed softly, a sneer on his face. The reception room seemed to be quiet with his sneer, all waiting for Wutong to find out the truth of the matter.

"It started in 1978." After a moment of silence, Wutong finally spoke. "Lin Fang has no brothers, his father is old, the family lacks labor, according to the national agricultural policy of the first and second princes at that time, the captain arranged for me to go to her house to help with farm work. One day when I was working in her field, I accidentally dug up a clay pot, and when I opened it, I found a sword inside......"

Qi Lu was shocked: "Song Wenjian? ”

"That's right, it's Songwen Sword." Wu Tongtou said: "I knew that I had made a fortune at that time, but at that time it was still public ownership, and I didn't want to hand over this treasure to the state." Just when I was pondering the right place to hide the sword, Lin Fang came, and when she saw that I had dug up the sword, she wanted to take it for herself. How could I agree, the sword was discovered by me, why should she be allowed to pick up a ready-made bargain. But Lin Fang's sword was dug out of her family's field, so it should belong to her. He also threatened me that if I didn't give it to her, I would stab this matter out, so that I could not get the Songwen Sword. The two of us quarreled over it......"

Seeing that Wutong had a sad expression on his face, and the words could not go on, Qi Lu said: "It's really not more than half a sentence of speculation, and in the end, you are obsessed with money and killed Lin Fang, right?" ”

"Yes." The sound of enlightenment is like a gossamer.

"What, Lao Lin, did you really kill Lin Fang?" Lin Wenzhe stood up from his chair in shock.

"She came over to snatch the Songwen sword, and I missed it for a while...... and killed her. Wukong lowered his head, not daring to look Lin Wenzhe in the eyes.

"Master, you didn't kill people, you are lying to me!" Tears were about to flow out, and he couldn't believe Wutongsuo's words anyway.

Qi Lu was also stunned, he didn't expect that Lin Fang's death was related to Song Wenjian. He waved his hand, signaled everyone to be quiet, and asked Wutong: "Later?" ”

Wutong was silent again, and after a while, he said: "I panicked, for fear that others would know that I had killed someone, so I cut off Lin Fang's head and buried it under a big tree, and threw her body in the pond next to the tree. Fortunately, the production team leader invited a troupe to sing in the village that day, and no one found out what I was doing, so I reburied the blood stains on the ground with soil, and after cleaning up the scene, I took the sword home and hid it in the cellar, and then went to the square to watch the play as if it was fine. ”

"No wonder the team couldn't find Lin Fang after looking for half a month at that time, it turned out that you killed her! Lao Lin, you're really vicious. Lin Wenzhe scolded, and an indescribable sense of disgust rose in his heart.

Qi Lu then asked, "Why did that sword end up in someone else's hands later?" ”

"Everyone couldn't find Lin Fang, so the captain sent someone to report the case. I saw that the alarm alarmed the police, the more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, and I chose a dark and windy night and threw my sword into the pond where the body was dumped. ”

Qi Lu thought to himself, and later the sword may have been discovered by a villager who was fished or a migrant worker in the construction team that filled the lake later, and sold it to an antique dealer after getting it, so Songwen Sword reappeared. However, the real reason for this mystery can only be known by finding the initial buyer of Songwen Sword.

Wutong added: "Although the police didn't find out anything in the end, I was always scared, and I often couldn't sleep well at night, and I dreamed that Lin Fang's ghost came to me. At that time, the end of the Cultural Revolution, the Guanyin Temple was going to be renovated, and I learned to be a carpenter, so I went to the Guanyin Temple to help. After going back and forth, I got acquainted with the host, who was my master, Venerable Zhengyan. When he saw that I had a lot of wisdom, he used to talk to me about my Dharma. Under the influence of my ears and eyes, I felt the breadth and profundity of Buddhism, so I took refuge in my Buddha and became a monk in Guanyin Temple. ”

Qi Lu said coldly: "Old monk, did you become a monk in order to study Buddhism, or did you become a monk in order to avoid criminal responsibility?" ”

Wutong's face was flushed, and it took a long time before he muttered, "No, I'm here to atone for my sins." ”

Qi Lu believed that Wutong's words were his original intention to become a monk. Since Wutong took over as the presiding officer, he has spared no effort to promote Buddhism, participated in various charitable undertakings, and often traveled to the countryside in his free time to provide free medical treatment for the masses. His good deeds are obvious to all, so he is quite famous in the Buddhist circles in this city and even in the whole country.

Qi Lu sighed secretly, Master Wutong, who is now famous, remembered the sins of the past when he chanted late at night, I don't know how he felt? But what is more important to Qi Lulai is to understand all the truth, and he then asked Wutong: "Song Wen Sword is in the world, why did it finally come to your hands, and how do you know that Song Wen Sword is in Sun Guoliang's hands?" ”

"I thought that Songwen Jian would sink forever in the sludge of the pond, and like Lin Fang, he would never be known to the world again. It is clear that it will reappear in the world after all. ”

Wutong sighed, lowered his head and said weakly: "One day a few years ago, a pilgrim named Xiao Congwen came to see me. I thought he was an ordinary pilgrim, and I didn't pay much attention to it at first, until I noticed that he was very nervous and seemed to have something on his mind, which alerted me. ”

Suddenly hearing the name Xiao Congwen, Qi Lu was shocked, wasn't that the antique dealer who sold the Songwen Sword to Sun Guoliang? He pricked up his ears and listened to what was going on.

"After my repeated enlightenment, Master Xiao told me the truth, he had a magic sword, which made his family uneasy, and even suspected that his wife's death was related to the sword. When he showed me the picture of the sword, I was surprised, isn't this the Songwen sword? I held back the panic in my heart, and at the same time wondered that there was nothing wrong with the sword in my hand before, why is it now a magic sword? It is an excuse to see the real thing, so that there is a way to resolve it. So Lord Xiao invited me to his house to see the sword. ”

Wutong continued, and everyone understood what was going on. It turned out that after Wutong went to his house and saw Song Wen Jian, he found that after he killed Lin Fang, Song Wen Jian was contaminated with Lin Fang's blood and produced spirituality, imprisoning Lin Fang's ghost in the sword body. Lin Fang was resentful and had always wanted to break free from the shackles of the sword, so a series of supernatural events occurred, and Xiao Congwen's relatives were killed because of this.

Wutong couldn't face this fact, he could neither get rid of Lin Fang's ghost, nor could he have a better way to remove the curse of Songwen Sword. In a dilemma, he came up with a way, that is, to destroy the Songwen Sword and completely break the curse; At the same time, Lin Fang was overtaken by doing things, so that her soul was liberated and returned to reincarnation.

Xiao Congwen was a businessman, and of course he was reluctant to destroy the sword he bought at a great price, so he shirked thinking about it for a few days and rejected Wutong's request.

After Wutong returned to the temple, he was not willing to give up, and just when he was thinking about coming to persuade Xiao Congwen again, Xiao Congwen came to the temple first and told him that he had sold the sword to Sun Guoliang. Wutong didn't expect Xiao Congwen to do such a detrimental thing, so he was furious and reprimanded him and drove him out of Guanyin Temple.

Xiao Congwen also felt guilty in his heart, and it happened that at this time, the business he was doing together was defrauded of funds by a friend and made him bankrupt. He thought that all this was God's punishment for him, and hanged himself with remorse. Sun Guoliang didn't know why, and thought that he also died from the curse of Songwen Sword.

Although Xiao Congwen died, Wutong still couldn't rest assured about Song Wenjian, he wanted to come to Sun Guoliang to know about the matter, but after Xiao Congwen's incident, he was afraid that he would persuade Sun Guoliang to run into a wall again, so he came up with a clever plan, that is, to let people pretend to be buyers to buy Song Wenjian.

Qi Lu had already learned about the rest from Sun Guoliang and Lin Wenzhe, Qi Lu thought to himself that this old monk was still hiding it very deeply, even his younger brother Lin Bo wanted to buy Songwen Sword, but he didn't reveal half of it to him.

Qi Lu thought for a moment, and then asked Wutong: "But judging from the development of things later, you didn't destroy the Songwen Sword." So what's going on? ”

"Yes." There is infinite sadness in Satoru's call. "When I got the Songwen Sword as I wished, I had mixed feelings in my heart. So he looked through the yellow calendar, set an auspicious day for the zodiac to destroy the Songwen Sword, and then did things to overtake Lin Fang, guiding her to vote for a good family, so that this injustice would have a successful result. The day before I thought I would destroy the sword, an incident happened that completely disrupted my steps. ”

"What's the matter?" Qi Lu hurriedly asked.

"When I checked the box with my sword that day, I suddenly noticed that my talisman had been broken on the box. I hurriedly opened the box and was relieved to see that the sword was still inside. But when I looked closely, I found that the turquoise inlaid on the hilt of the sword was missing. I wondered why I had only dug up this gem and not stolen the sword. ”

"yes, that's a pretty puzzling thing, you know, a sword is worth a lot more than turquoise!" Qi Lu was also very surprised, and he asked again: "Then did you find out who stole the turquoise?" ”

"Nope." Wutong shook his head and said, "I entrusted Wen Zhujun to help me track it down privately, but I still haven't found the person who stole the sword." ”

Lin Wenzhe was on the side: "It's been a long time, it turns out that I am working for you, Lao Lin, you are so yin!" People stole your gems, and you have a ghost in your heart, so naturally you don't dare to report the crime, so let this goblin help you, and my family will not be at peace! ”

Lin Wenzhe was so angry that he wanted to go down chattering, but Qi Lu stopped him again.

Wutong: "I used to have a very good relationship with Lin Wenyuan, so I asked him for help, but I didn't expect him to end up with the errand on Lin Shizhu's head." Although this is not the intention of the poor monk, I still owe you an apology. ”

Lin Wenzhe listened to him sincerely, and the truth of the matter had been revealed, and the house would not be haunted in the future, so he sat down again to drink tea and stop talking.

Qi Lu asked, "Did this sudden incident affect the soul of Chaodu Lin Fang?" ”

"Indeed." Wutong nodded again: "That night, my second brother called at home and saw Lin Fang's ghost, and I immediately understood that the original gem was the talisman that sealed Lin Fang, not the sword itself. Now that Lin Fang had broken out of the cage, there was no point in destroying the Songwen Sword. ”

"Haha!" Qi Lu sneered, "So you have to be in a hurry to find Lin Fang's unjust soul and overkill her." But you didn't have the shame to face her, so you thought of me, didn't you? ”

"Hmm." Wutong looked embarrassed again, and he clasped his palms: "The wrong thing that the old man has done, I will naturally give an explanation to everyone, including Lin Fang." But I hope that Qi Shi will think that for the sake of you and I who have known each other for many years, we must let Lin Fang leave the world with peace of mind, otherwise it will cause unnecessary killing. ”

"Okay, I promise you. Even if you don't encourage me to get rid of the ghosts, with my character who can't sit still, I will intervene in this matter. ”

"Then thank you to the donor." Wutong stood up solemnly and bowed to Qi Lu.

"Old monk, don't thank you first, I still have two questions for you." Qi Lu stopped his bowing body.

"Please."

"Where is Songwen Sword now, is it still in Guanyin Temple?"

"Yes, but I can't tell you where to hide."

"Why, you still want to keep it and make a fortune?" Qi Lu said coldly.

At this time, Wen Zhujun spoke, "I promised the master that after Lin Fang returns to the Six Realms of Reincarnation, I will destroy this sword for him." ”

"Destroying it is the best policy, and it is not dangerous for everyone now. It would be better to donate it to the museum, and Professor Jiang would be able to study it. ”

"Lord Qi Shi has seen and taught yes." Wu Tong then changed his words and said, "No one can guarantee that the demonic nature of the Songwen Sword will disappear with Lin Fang's departure, just in case, I must destroy it." ”

"That's a shame." Lin Wenzhe showed a regretful expression on his face, that is a huge wealth!

"This matter is not for the time being, let me ask you again, even if you can let Lin Fang leave safely, do you want to hide this matter for the rest of your life?"

Qi Lu's words are the key, no matter what status Wutong has now, no matter how he does good deeds to make up for his sins, he is a murderer after all.

Qi Lu's words are the key, no matter what status Wutong has now, no matter how he does good deeds to make up for his sins, he is a murderer after all.

Everyone set their eyes on Wutong and waited for his reply.

Suddenly there was a cry in the room, it was Jingkong crying, he couldn't bear to see his master go to prison, or even pay for his life.