Chapter Twenty-Six: Two Buddha Beads

The acolyte reported that a guest had visited, and the abbot of Xiuneng put down the scriptures in his hand and greeted him at the door: "Captain Zhao, please come in." ”

After the two sides sat down, Zhao Zimeng got straight to the point: "Abbot Xiuneng, we came to visit, and there was something to disturb." ”

"Captain Zhao, please speak."

"We want to borrow the log in the temple, can we ask the abbot of Xiuneng to give it a convenience." Zhao Zimeng said.

"What's so hard about that?" Abbot Xiu Neng waved at the pure water standing at the door.

Pure water walked into the meditation room and stood respectfully in front of the abbot of Xiu Neng: "Master." ”

"Pure water, you go to the West Zen Temple, and ask Jueshui to bring the logs from 1976."

"Yes." Purify the water and turn around, ready to leave the meditation room.

"Please wait a minute." Zhao Zimeng said.

Pure Water turned to look at Zhao Zimeng.

"Abbot Xiuneng, that's the case, we want to see all the logs of the temple, can we ......?"

"Lao Wei understands what Captain Zhao means, Captain Zhao wants to know the situation of all the monks in the temple, the earliest monks in the temple have been monks for seventy or eighty years, so it is not a book or two logs. You'll need to take some time to find out. ”

"Captain Zhao, do you think this will work?"

"Abbot Xiuneng, please speak."

"All the logs in the temple are in the supervisor's room, the supervisor's room is next to the scripture pavilion, the old man asked Pure Water to lead Captain Zhao to find Jueshui, and asked Jueshui to give Captain Zhao a key to the supervisor's room, Captain Zhao, there are too many logs, it is inconvenient to move around, you go directly to the supervisor's room to check."

"The old man asked Jueshui to help you find it, it will be easier for him to find it."

"Okay, thank you Abbot Xiuneng for your help."

"You're welcome."

After bidding farewell to the abbot of Xiuneng, Pure Water led the four people to the West Zen Temple.

Coincidentally, Supervisor Jueshui and Zen Master Puji live on the same floor, with only a meditation room in between.

Supervisor Jueshui's door was locked.

As a supervisor, you will definitely have to take care of more things, so you will spend less time in the meditation room.

Zhao Zimeng asked Xiang Daimo and Lin Di to go with Pure Water to find the supervisor of Jueshui, and he and Linghu Yunfei visited Puji Zen Master by the way.

When he left the Eastern Zen Temple, Zhao Zimeng put a plastic bag containing two Buddhist beads into his pocket.

Just like the last time Linghu Yunfei came to visit, Zen Master Puji still sat on the pu mat to participate in Zen Buddhism.

The door of the meditation room was ajar, and the mute Jing Neng stood respectfully at the door.

The two men stood outside the door and waited patiently for a while.

This time, Puji's prayer was silent.

The two of them only waited for a short while, and then Zen Master Puji stood up, and then motioned for Jing Neng to lead the two of them to the chairs and sit down.

There is a string of Buddhist beads hanging around the neck of the Puji Zen Master, and it seems that there are more than 100 Buddhist beads.

He also holds a string of Buddhist beads in his hand, about a dozen of them.

Jing Neng brought in two cups of tea. Picking up a thermos and exiting the meditation room, he closed the door and walked towards the staircase, where the footsteps quickly disappeared.

This seems to have become a habit and a rule, whenever someone comes to visit Puji Zen Master, Jing Neng will carry a water bottle to the room of the Eastern Zen Monastery to fetch water.

"Puji Zen Master, disturb the night, come uninvited, please don't be surprised." Zhao Zimeng said.

"Captain Zhao is too polite. The old man took the liberty to ask, how old is Captain Zhao this year? Zen Master Puji smiled, and his tone seemed very kind.

"If you go back to Zen Master Puji, I am thirty or nine years old this Chinese New Year's Eve."

"Captain Zhao is so young, but his eyes are like torches, he is discerning, and he acts with a clear eye, and in just three days, the case has some eyebrows, and the old decay is an eye-opener."

"Puji Zen Master has won the award, how did we first arrive, we are not familiar with life, if it were not for the guidance of Puji Zen Master, we may still be in circles in front of the Bodhisattva!"

"Captain Zhao is really good at talking, the old man has never said anything, Captain Zhao put such a high hat on the head of the old man, Puji is ashamed." Zen Master Puji said as he turned the Buddha beads in his hand.

"The untitled poem on the Linggu Tower, the old man has pondered for most of his life, and he has never realized the slightest eyebrow, but he didn't expect that you just entered the temple for a few days, and you have solved the doubts in the heart of the old man for most of his life."

"The untitled poem, we have read it, but the case is still confusing, we came to disturb the Zen master, we want to ask the Puji Zen master some things. I also hope that Zen Master Puji can know everything and give teachings. ”

"Teaching? The old man doesn't dare to be, as long as the old man knows, he must say everything. I hope that the old decay will not disappoint Captain Zhao. ”

Zhao Zimeng took out a plastic bag from his pocket, opened the bag, took out two Buddhist beads from it, and put them on the coffee table: "These two Buddha beads must have been thrown in the secret passage by the murderer in a hurry." ”

Zhao Zimeng noticed that the two Buddha beads in his hand were indeed the same size and color as the Buddha beads hanging around the neck of Zen Master Puji. And the volume is smaller than the Buddha beads in the hands of the Puji Zen master.

"Yes! The murderer must have been the people of the temple, and the old man had said that the two masked men in black must have been from the temple, who had made trouble in the temple before the overhaul twenty-five years ago, and the temple was not at peace. ”

"Puji Zen Master, the Buddhist beads of the monks in the temple are similar in size and color, but will there be some differences in the material?" Linghu Yunfei asked.

"Good question, on the surface, all the Buddha beads are similar, but the materials are different."

"What are the materials of the Buddha beads?" Zhao Zimeng said.

"There are two types of stone, and there are two types of stone, and the stones are crystal, amber, agate, jade, coral, beeswax and turquoise. The woody ones are linden, sandalwood, agarwood and huanghuali, as well as mahogany. ”

"What do you think these two Buddhist beads are made of?"

"You can only know if you smash the beads open, and if you put two beads together and knock them, or put them in the water, you can hear and see whether they are stone or wood."

"But if you want to know what the specific texture is, you have to smash it open to know, some Buddhist beads monks wear it for a long time, often play with it, and there will be pulp on the outside, so from the appearance, it is not visible."

"Is it true that the higher the level of the monks in the temple, the more exquisite the material of the Buddha beads?"

"Captain Zhao really knows how to use his brains, you are right, the monks in the temple, the higher the level, the more precious the material of the Buddha beads."

"What kind of material is the bead around the neck of the abbot of Xiuneng?"

"Xiu Nengzhu holds two strings of hanging beads, and both of them were passed down to him by Abbot Qingfeng. One string of beads is crystal, the other is amber. ”

Zen Master Puji squinted his eyes and looked at Zhao Zimeng's face intently, he had never paid such attention to Zhao Zimeng's face before.

Ling Hu Yunfei could see that in addition to appreciation, there was admiration in the eyes of Zen Master Puji.

"Zen master, are these two Buddha beads hanging on the beads?"

"It must have been on the beads."

This is the answer that Zhao Zimeng wants.

"Captain Zhao is really observant!"

In Zhao Zimeng's opinion, the person who observes the nuances should be Xiao Luhan, and he has to admire this kid's brain circuit.

"Is the bead that Abbot Xiuneng is wearing around his neck now crystal or amber?"

"It's the amber hanging beads, and the string of crystal hanging beads of the Xiuneng Zen Master was awarded to the Kongyun Zen Master."

"What position does Zen Master Kongyun hold in the temple?"

"The position of Zen Master Kongyun is not high, but he has done the best homework, and he has seen the mountain gate for most of his life. In order to reward Zen Master Kongyun's contribution to the temple, the abbot of Xiuneng gave the Crystal Hanging Bead Award to Kongyun. ”

"Are you talking about the Zen master who guarded the mountain gate?"

"Exactly."

"When was the award given to Zen Master Kongyun?"

"It was ten years ago."

"What kind of Buddha beads is Supervisor Jueshui hanging around his neck?"

"It's agarwood."

Zen Master Puji pondered for a moment, and then said, "This string of Buddhist beads is made of Lu Songshi. ”

Pu Ji didn't wait for Zhao Zimeng to ask, he simply said it himself, because he saw that Zhao Zimeng and Linghu Yunfei's eyes had been staring at the Buddha beads around his neck!

"Zen Master Puji, we can smash these two Buddha beads open here for you, can you please see what material they are?"

"You don't have to. Nor is it appropriate. ”

"Why is that?"

"For Captain Zhao, it is not difficult to know what material these two Buddha beads are made of."

Zen Master Puji is really wise, if these police want to know what the material of the two Buddha beads is, they only need to smash the Buddha beads open, show them to the relevant experts, or take them to the laboratory for testing, and they will know the results.

Zen Master Puji should have known who these two beads were, but he didn't say it directly, he very cleverly provided a train of thought and direction.

Zhao Zimeng had to admire Zen Master Puji, a man of great wisdom.

It is rare for an old man to think so clearly and so quickly!

Although Supervisor Jiecheng has passed away, Zhao Zimeng has not forgotten him: "Puji Zen Master, the predecessor of Supervisor Jueshui, Supervisor Jiecheng, should also have beads!" ”

Supervisor Jiecheng died of illness after that overhaul, so the suspicion that he committed the crime cannot be ruled out.

Now that he has entered the eyes of his comrades, it is impossible to ignore him.

What's more, he has an inexplicable relationship with Fa Zheng? And Fa Zheng left the Cold Moon Temple twenty-two years ago.

"Jiecheng also has two strings of hanging beads, one is given to him by the abbot of Qingfeng, and the other is given to him by the abbot of Xiu Neng. The abbot of Qingfeng gave him a crystal hanging bead, and the abbot of Xiuneng gave him an agarwood hanging bead. ”

"Does Supervisor Jiecheng usually wear crystal beads, or agarwood beads?"

"It must be a crystal bead. Comparatively speaking, crystal beads are more exquisite than agarwood beads, and in addition to the robe, which can show the identity of the monk, it is the beads, and the robe is only available to the abbot. Jie Cheng can only wear crystal beads. ”

"Why did Abbot Qingfeng send hanging beads to Supervisor Jiecheng?"

"When the abbot Qingfeng was there, Jiecheng was a supervisor, and in the eyes of the abbot Qingfeng, Jiecheng was diligent and conscientious. The abbot gave the beads to Jiecheng as a reward for his work, and there are very few monks in the monastery who receive such a reward. ”

"It's a shame to say that the old man has served the Buddha in the Cold Moon Temple for most of his life, and he has never received such a reward." Zen Master Puji looked ashamed.

Zhao Zimeng did not forget the admonition supervisor who died of illness, and he would not forget Fa Zheng, who had left Lengyue Temple: "Did Fa Zheng hang beads?" ”

"Yes, Fazheng has a string of beads hanging with bodhi seeds."

"Who gave him this string of beads?"