Yam eased his breath and said, "By the way, not long after you entered the mansion, Madame sent someone over to spread the word, so that you remember to go back for lunch!" ”

Zhenbei looked up at the blazing sun in the sky and sighed, "So fast, it's already noon in the blink of an eye!" Yam, go back and tell my wife that I won't go back to eat lunch, and I have to rush to the Lingshui Temple in Baiyu Mountain as soon as possible! ”

As he spoke, he was already walking quickly.

Yam chased after him and shouted, "Childe, Baiyun Mountain is ten miles away from here, you go back to your house for lunch, and then let Uncle Ning drive you over!" ”

If you go back to the ancient mansion to eat, you will inevitably be caught by the Lei family, and you will waste the little time you have left!

Zhenbei's footsteps stopped suddenly, turned her head and said, "That's it!" Yam, you asked Uncle Ning to drive the carriage over and send me to Lingshui Temple! Oh, and remember to put something to eat in the car! ”

Yam wiped the sweat that had erupted again with his sleeve, answered the "yes", and quickly turned around and ran back.

The general office of the criminal department is only two streets away from the ancient mansion, and after a short time, the carriage of the ancient family stopped in front of the gate of the general office.

In order to facilitate the investigation of Master Gozen's case, the monastery specially vacated a room to serve as a temporary case handling point for the government.

When Zhenbei was ushered there, Zhenzhi was lying at the table, intently studying the piece of paper in her hand, and beside her stood the pretty maid named You'er.

Hearing the footsteps, the master and servant looked at each other.

Seeing that the person who came was Zhenbei, Zhenzhi stood up and walked over: "This is the beautiful paper-cut found at the scene of the crime, do you want to take a look?" ”

Zhenbei carefully took the paper figure with both hands: "Thank you." ”

When did this kid learn a lot of etiquette? Could it be that when people are sober, they will really become two completely different people?

Zhen Zhihu looked at him suspiciously, but quickly looked away, turned around and walked out, and said, "After you have seen it, just return it to Master Chen!" I'm so hungry, Yo'er, let's go out and find something to eat first. ”

Zhenbei replied vaguely, not noticing her strangeness, his attention was all drawn to the paper figure in his hand.

But seeing the beauty on the paper, the face is shy and smiling, the eyebrows are picturesque, and the dress on the body is cut to lifelike, and the paper itself is also flexible in texture, transparent in the blue, which is obviously not an ordinary visible paper.

Zhen Bei's brows became tighter and tighter, could this be-

A string of laughter interrupted his thoughts, and he raised his eyes to see a thin middle-aged man with a goatee, walking in with a smile on his face, and seeing that he had not yet stepped into the threshold, he hugged his fists and said: "The noble man is coming, Chen has missed the distance, and please don't be strange to Gu Gongzi!" ”

Zhen Bei hurriedly returned the salute: "Don't dare, don't dare." Who are you? ”

The middle-aged man said: "I am called Chen Li, the master of the county guard, and I am specially left in the temple to deal with miscellaneous things. Lord He has given an order, if you have any orders in the past three days, don't be polite! ”

Zhen Bei handed over the beauty paper-cut to him for collection, and did not be polite to him, and said straight to the point: "Master Chen, which room is the room where Master Wushan was killed, can you take me over to have a look?" ”

Master Chen said briskly: "Gu Gongzi, please come here!" ”

Zhenbei followed him through a bamboo forest to the place where the pilgrims in the backyard were staying.

The guest rooms of Lingshui Temple are divided into two classes: the first class is a superior room, with a courtyard every three, four or five or six rooms, which is specially for the families of princes and ministers who give incense to the temple; The second-class rooms, for ordinary pilgrims, are lined with three or five rooms, or scattered around the perimeter of the superior rooms.

Master Chen led the way as he said, "The room where Master Wushan was killed is a second-class room located in the northwest corner!" ”

When Zhenbei went there, she was surprised to find that although it was a second-class room, due to the cover of a piece of Merlin, the six rooms next to the high courtyard wall invisibly formed an independent space isolated from the outside world.

Master Chen explained: "This place is separated from other incense houses by a certain distance, and it is surrounded by plum forests, so it is also called Mei Zhongyuan!" ”

After the spontaneous death of this Mei Intermediate Court, several pilgrims who originally lived in the courtyard moved out of here, and the courtyard was surrounded and sealed off by officers and soldiers, and no one from the non-official government was allowed to approach it at will.

Except for the body of Master Goseon, which was removed, the blood stains on the ground were wiped away, and the white and gray paintings were marked, all other furnishings remained in their original state.

Zhen Bei walked into the room and found that it was a very simple room.

There is a soft couch in the room, a wooden table is placed by the window, and two wooden chairs are neatly placed under the table.

Zhen Bei was attracted by the painting as soon as he entered the door, and he couldn't help but walk to the painting and observe it intently.

In the painting, the Buddha is holding a golden Borneo flower, with a serene attitude and a smile.

Suddenly, Zhen Bei's eyes froze, and her gaze locked on the bamboo ding hanging the scroll.

Master Chen seemed to be accustomed to this scene, he pointed to a piece of wood protruding from the opposite wall, and said, "According to the young monk in the temple, this Buddha statue was hung on the opposite side before!" ”

Zhenbei withdrew her gaze from the bamboo ding, followed his fingers, and looked at the half of the wood that was exposed on the wall.

At this time, a soldier hurriedly came to report: "Lord Hui, Lord Shangshu has arrived." ”

Master Chen apologized to Zhen Bei and said, "Gu Gongzi, I will retire first!" If you have something to do, just tell them to do it! ”

Zhen Bei hurriedly said: "Master Chen, please." ”

Master Chen arched his hand and hurried to the front hall.

Zhenbei was the only one left in the room, and he took out a wooden chair, stepped on the chair and took off the scroll.

After carefully examining the scroll several times, he thoughtfully put the scroll on the table, reached out to pluck the bamboo ding, and without thinking about a little force, he easily pulled it out.

It turned out that this bamboo ding was found in the gap between the window lattice and the wall, and inserted it directly.

Zhen Bei took the bamboo clove in her hand and carefully bypassed the slender silk thread on it.

The thread is as thin as a hair and translucent, making it easy to lose sight of the past.

Suddenly, he thought of something and put the bamboo ding in front of his nose and smelled it, his face changed greatly, this smell was-

After a moment's thought, he put the bamboo ding in his sleeve and looked at the small room again.

An hour later, Zhen Bei walked out of the room and said eagerly to a servant guarding the door: "The few witnesses who left their confessions at that time are still in the temple?" ”

The official replied: "Gu Gongzi, here." However, Lord He promised them that no matter whether the case could be closed or not, he would let them go in a few days. ”

It's good that you haven't left yet! Zhenbei breathed a sigh of relief.

The official then added his opinion: "Although it is said that they are human witnesses on the surface, everyone knows in their hearts that they are actually regarded as suspected criminals!" But everyone has something to be busy with, so there is no evidence, and they have been imprisoning people in the temple, and they can't do anything, they can't return to their homes, and they can't say it, right? ”