This hole must be plugged, and the snake on the bones must be cleaned up.

Zhou Jialiang first invited the deceased's skull out of the square hole, and then carefully untied the snake from the standing skull.

Everyone wondered why they were so cautious, and Master Zhou explained: Snake molt can be used in medicine, and such a condition can be sold for a large price.

Cheng Qiushui took the deceased's skull from Zhou Jialiang's hand.

A craftsman took the snake molt from Zhou Jialiang's hand one by one, and there were three snake molts wrapped around the bones!

The air in Shakyamuni Buddha's belly is very humid, and the texture of the snake is soft.

Zhou Jialiang didn't make much effort when he unraveled the snake from the standing bone, the snake was not broken and was intact, but there were some small cracks in some places.

Xiao Changsong took the skull from Cheng Qiushui's hand and lifted the muddy hair on the skull.

The soft tissue attached to the skull has long since degraded, and the reason why the deceased's hair is still on the skull is entirely due to the action of mud and water, which stick the hair to the deceased's skull.

When Xiao Changsong peeled off the plastic clay and hair on the occipital bone, he actually found that there were four radial cracks on the occipital bone, and two of the adjacent cracks were two or three millimeters wide!

Xiao Changsong finally placed the skull on the cervical vertebrae of the deceased - the bones were spliced together.

Lindy opened the lid of the camera lens and took a few pictures.

Overall, the bones of the deceased are very complete, even the finger bones and toe bones are present.

Xiao Changsong began the preliminary autopsy on the spot, and Cheng Qiushui wrote the autopsy report.

The height of the deceased was about 1.71 meters.

Time of death, about fifteen years.

The deceased's teeth were intact, his skull was plump and smooth, and he was between thirty-one and thirty-three years of age;

The source of the death was in the back of the head, which was probably caused by a blunt blow.

Ma Jianping squatted beside Xiao Changsong, carefully examining the deceased's skull, he knew that he had something to do again. Fortunately, the deceased's head had not been damaged by blunt objects, except for the radial cracks in the occipital bone.

Xiao Changsong carefully examined the deceased's teeth again.

The deceased's teeth are complete, the tooth quality is good, and there should be good cleaning habits, and people in their early thirties are also the best time for their teeth.

"Elder Xiao, look—" Cheng Qiushui pointed to a lower tooth.

On the inside of the deceased's lower gum lay an unusual tooth.

This tooth is tilted towards the gums, one to the left of the two lower teeth in the middle.

It is estimated that this tooth was squeezed by the left and right teeth when the deceased was very young. There is a half-tooth gap between the left and right teeth.

A gap of one and a half teeth is not enough for the growth of this isolated tooth, so a larger space is sought from a very early age.

This feature is very obvious.

So far, this is the only important information that Xiao Changsong has extracted from the corpse.

The case happened in Lengyue Temple, and Zhao Zimeng planned to enter this temple.

After Zhao Zimeng, Director Liu, and Abbot Xiu Neng exchanged opinions, Abbot Xiu Neng called Supervisor Jueshui.

"Master, what do you command?" Supervisor Jueshui walked up to the abbot of Xiu Neng.

"Jueshui, Captain Zhao, they want to live in the temple, you clean up a few meditation rooms in the west courtyard, Captain Zhao, the food in the temple is light, I'm afraid I will be wronged comrades."

"Abbot Xiuneng, it would be rude to come to disturb the masters, what the masters eat, we will eat, and I have never experienced the life of the monks, so I just took this opportunity to experience it." Zhao Zimeng said.

"Jueshui, you send someone to arrange it quickly, Captain Zhao, how many of you are there?"

"Seven people."

"Captain Zhao, the weather is getting cooler, and the monks' covers are very thin, in addition to the thin quilt in the temple, I'm afraid you have to bring a thicker bedding."

"That's fine, we have our own quilts."

"Master, I'll send someone to arrange it now."

Abbot Xiuneng nodded, Supervisor Jueshui walked to the door of the main hall, called the duty officer Kong Yun to him, and after a few simple instructions, Master Kong Yun turned around and walked out of the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

After that, the comrades went to his abbot's monastery with Abbot Xiuneng, along with Master Jueshui.

Xiao Changsong, Feng Yiming and Cheng Qiushui put the corpses into the body bag and went down the mountain.

Also going down the mountain with the three of them was Ma Jianping.

His task was to draw a simulated portrait of the dead.

As in the previous case, it is necessary to draw both a digital and a handwritten draft.

The investigation of the case will begin with a mock portrait of Ma Jianping.

Eight people walked out of the north gate of the Daxiong Treasure Hall with the abbot of Xiu Neng - in addition to the six people of the criminal investigation team, there were also Director Liu and Chief Chang.

The Hojo Monastery is at the back of the Daehavira Hall.

On the nine steps is the red lacquered gate of the abbot's temple, which is very eye-catching.

Walking through the red lacquered gate and passing through a bamboo forest, a magnificent palace-style building appears in front of you, which is the meditation room of the abbot of Xiuneng.

Directly facing the door of the meditation room is a semi-recumbent Maitreya Buddha.

Zhao Zimeng: As soon as they entered the door, they were surrounded by a quiet smell of sandalwood.

Although the furnishings here are slightly old, they are antique and tasteful.

In front of Maitreya Buddha, there is a relatively low incense case, on which there is a copper incense burner and a wooden fish, and a small wooden mallet next to the wooden fish. There were three sticks of incense burning in the censer, and there was a candlestick on each side of the censer, and the candles were burning on the candlestick.

A large puff mat stands out in front of the incense table.

There is a partition on each side of Maitreya Buddha, the bedroom of the abbot of Shunong to the east, and the study to the west.

In the bedroom, there is a meditation bed with four chairs on each side.

There is a row of bookcases in the study, and there are many scriptures in the bookcases.

The abbot of Xiuneng politely arranged for everyone to be seated.

He finally sat down on the meditation bed, and Supervisor Jueshui stood next to him.

After a while, two acolytes brought in a few teas.

After the two acolytes placed the cups on the coffee table, they withdrew from the meditation room.

The object of inquiry is mainly the supervisor of Jueshui, and the abbot of Xiuneng only occasionally makes some supplements.

Because the abbot of Xiuneng is old, the affairs of the temple are all handled by the supervisor of Jueshui.

The abbot of Xiu Neng is an old man about 80 years old.

He had a thin face, and because of his advanced age, his cheeks were covered with age spots on the left and right sides of his cheeks near his temples.

He held a sandalwood Zen staff in his hand, and his face was kind and respectful.

In addition to wearing a monk's robe, he also wore a yellow robe with a gray background, and there were twelve ring scars on the top of his head.

The supervisor Jueshui standing next to him was about fifty years old, his full face was not only ruddy but also had a remarkable double chin, he was wearing only a monk's robe on his body, and there were nine ring scars on the top of his head.

Zhao Zimeng understands that although the temple is a place outside the world, it is strictly hierarchical, and the age and seniority are no different here and the rules of the game in society.

Supervisor Jueshui said: In the autumn of 15 years ago, the temple had undergone a major overhaul.

Before that, due to the turbulence of the years, the incense of the temple was broken several times, the most serious of which was in the spring of one year, when a group of rioters broke into the temple.

Those people broke the Bodhisattva's fingers and even his arms with wooden sticks.

All the bodhisattvas who could be pushed down were pushed to the ground, and the incense burner was overturned and smashed.

And the incense case was smashed with missing arms and legs, and the pu pads were all burned together!

Even the Bodhisattva's cloak and front and back curtains were not spared, and they were torn off and burned.

The most seriously damaged is the Buddha Shakyamuni in the Mahavira Hall.

Those chaotic people had a whim, and they actually wanted to see the universe in the Buddha's belly.

They shouted that they would fight with the gods and Buddhas, but they wanted to see if these bodhisattvas could condemn them.

These people used hammers to punch a big hole in Shakyamuni Buddha's back.

When they saw the statue of Avalokiteshvara, they wanted to overthrow her, but the statue was too tall and too big.

More than a dozen people worked together, but they didn't move the Bodhisattva.

This group of people was so angry that they were unwilling to accept the defeat in front of them, so they smashed and knocked off Guanyin Bodhisattva's fingers with wooden sticks.

In that short period of time, the incense in the temple was unsustainable, and the monks could not make a living, and most of them left.

Later, the turbulence of the years ended, and with the help of the government, the Cold-Moon Temple was able to restore the Bodhisattva in the temple.

This Shakyamuni Buddha was the most seriously damaged, so it is the focus of restoration.

Zhao Zimeng deduced from the conversation of Supervisor Jueshui that this corpse should have been hidden in the stomach of Shakyamuni Buddha by the murderer during the restoration.

The time of the deceased's death was about fifteen years, which coincides with the time of the overhaul fifteen years ago.

The murderer may be hidden among the craftsmen, because only the craftsmen have such superb skills, and only the craftsmen have the ability to restore the bodhisattva to his original state.

"Excuse me, where did the craftsmen come from?" Zhao Zimeng said.

"Mengzhou, at that time they were in Longyan Temple in Mengzhou, the foreman's surname was Jiang, his name was Jiang Zihai, and he had more than a dozen craftsmen under him. That's all the poor monk knows. Jueshui said.

"Fifteen years ago, the overhaul was carried out by the former supervisor." Cultivating the abbot of the Tao.

"Where is Supervisor Jiecheng now?"

"Jie Cheng died fourteen years ago. It was Jiecheng who went to Mengzhou Huangyan Temple to invite Jiang Zihai, and after Jiang Zihai brought people to Lengyue Temple, it was also Jiecheng who was responsible for reception and restoration. Jueshui said.

"When was that overhaul completed?"

"The overhaul began fifteen years ago in the autumn of that year, and was completed in the spring of the following year, which lasted almost half a year."

"How did this Supervisor of Commandment Cheng die?"

"He died of illness."

"Sick to death? What disease? ”

"For half a year, Jiecheng has been guarding those craftsmen inch by inch, I told him to do this, it is not easy to overhaul the temple once, this kind of thing cannot be sloppy. Jie Cheng is a supervisor, and this kind of thing can only be done by him. Xiu Neng presided over the Dao.

"Is this master tired? Overseers should not be required to be involved in the specific work. ”

"It's all my fault, Jiecheng's health has not been good, but he is very serious in his work, and the old man is worried that his body will not be able to bear it, so he specially arranged for Huairen's apprentice to help on the side."

"Captain Zhao, those craftsmen have to rush to another place to do the work after finishing the work of the Cold Moon Temple, and they are in a hurry, so they often work until midnight in the first few months, and they don't even go home for the New Year." Supervisor Jueshui added.

"The craftsmen are in a hurry, and Jiecheng will naturally stay up late. In addition, he has been in poor health, so he fell ill. ”

"Do you two know, where are Jiang Zihai's gang now?"