Chapter 116: The Pilgrim Complains.

At this time, the abbot of Qingling Temple also showed a nervous look, after all, the thousand-year-old relics are not mortal, and it would be a big sin to lose it, although Ye Bingyin does not believe in these Buddhas and gods, but he does not object to the beliefs of others.

Di Yun appeased the abbot of Qingling Temple and said, "Don't worry, as long as the thieves haven't left this place, we will definitely have a way to help you find out the thousand-year-old relics." ”

When the abbot of Qingling Temple heard Di Yun say this, it was like meeting a savior, so he hurriedly folded his hands and bowed to Di Yun.

Di Yun smiled faintly, and then asked, "How many pilgrims are there, are they in a group?" ”

The abbot of Qingling Temple replied: "There are three pilgrims, I don't think they look like a group, they must have met them on the way here." ”

"Where are they now, I want to ask them."

"They're living in a wing in the backyard, and I'll take you there." The abbot said and led Di Yun and them to the backyard, Ye Bingyin glanced at the Buddha statue and found that he didn't know this Buddha statue, which made him very strange, how could there be a Buddha statue for no reason in Qingling Temple?

Ye Bingyin followed Di Yun and them in confusion, after they came to the backyard, they found that the snow in the backyard had been cleaned, and the three pilgrims in the wing room were sitting in the house drinking tea, they were all shocked when they saw the abbot leading a group of policemen in, they didn't seem to expect that the abbot of Qingling Temple would call the police to investigate here.

Di Yun glanced at the three of them, the three of them were dressed very differently, one looked like a businessman, one was probably a scholar, and the other was in tatters, probably a hard laborer.

Di Yun looked at the three of them and said, "Don't panic, everyone, I just want to ask you a few questions, as long as you are innocent, I make sure you are okay." ”

When the three of them saw Di Yun say this, they all understood, but what did they have to ask?

"I want to know your professions and names now, so tell me them all!"

The chubby, businessman-like said, "My name is Li Jia, and I am a seller of medicinal herbs, because I had nothing to do yesterday, so I want to come here to have a look, and I can pick some medicinal herbs and go back." ”

"I am a soldier below, but I am a civilian, and I am called Zhou Shichen, I am here just to admire the aura of this Qingling Temple, and I have nothing else to think about."

Ye Bingyin saw that Zhou Shichen was talking this time, and he still looked like a literati, but he was just a civilian in the army, that was a staff officer, and the staff officer was equivalent to a military advisor in ancient times, so this Zhou Shichen must also be witty.

The other person looked a little wooden, but he said it was quite clear: "My name is Wu Feng, I am a countryman, I came here to pray for my parents, I hope that her old man's illness will recover soon." ”

Di Yun saw that the three of them had finished speaking, so he continued to ask: "Yesterday you went to the pagoda in Qingling Temple after eating, what did you do after you entered, did you see anything on the Buddha statue?" ”

Li Jia heard Di Yun ask like this, and knew that he was asking about what the abbot of Qingling Temple wanted to search today, but Li Jia said very nervously: "We went to the pagoda, and we also saw the things on the Buddha statue, that is, we didn't know what it was, and after we finished reading it, we went back to our rooms to sleep, we didn't do anything." ”

After Li Jia finished speaking, Zhou Shichen and Wu Feng also hurriedly echoed and said, "Yes, yes, we really didn't do anything. ”

Di Yun glanced at them, and then continued to ask, "I saw that several of them were in rooms next to each other, and I wonder if you heard anyone leave their room in the middle of the night?" ”

Li Jia, Zhou Shichen and Wu Feng looked at each other, and then Li Jia said: "If you ask me like this, I really didn't hear it, but I heard the footsteps, I remember that it was very late at that time, and I was dimly hearing a burst of footsteps, I am relatively lazy, and I am sleeping in this temple now, so I don't bother to look at the footsteps." ”

"Footsteps?" Di Yun asked very strangely, it should be normal for there to be footsteps in the middle of the night in this Qingling Temple, he knows that every temple has people who hold the lamp in the middle of the night, and they change shifts with each other, which is equivalent to training the temple.

Zhou Shichen hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, I also heard footsteps, and I should be very anxious when I heard the footsteps." ”

Di Yun glanced at Wu Feng, and then asked, "Did you hear footsteps?" ”

Wu Feng shook his head and said, "I didn't hear the footsteps, I fell asleep on the bed after I came back from that pagoda, and after I fell asleep, I couldn't hear anything, so I didn't hear the footsteps." ”

Di Yun looked around on the faces of the three of them, he didn't know what they meant by these words, if the words of several of them were true, then the footsteps could not be the three of them, then it meant that the thieves had another person, but if one of the three of them was a lie, then it was certain that one of the three of them had sneaked out in the middle of the night, but who was he?

Di Yun knew that he would not be able to ask them again, so Di Yun looked back at the abbot of Qingling Temple and asked, "Was there a novice patrolling in Qingling Temple last night?" ”

The abbot of Qingling Temple nodded again and again, and said: "This is there, there are people patrolling our temple every night, but they just go around the temple as usual, and then go back to sleep."

Di Yun understood that in this case, nothing usually happened in the temple, so after they looked at it once, they would not look at it again, and they were divided into several shifts, so that if something happened in one night, they would basically be able to find out.

"And who was patrolling last night?"

After Di Yun asked, he found that Ye Bingyin had never said a word since he came, he was just looking at the teacups on the table of the three pilgrims, Di Yun glanced at it out of curiosity, but he didn't find any other valuable clues except for seeing the three who drank half a cup of tea left.

The abbot of Qingling Temple didn't find what Ye Bingyin and Di Yun paid attention to, he was just thinking about who was on duty last night, and after he thought about it, he said: "There were a total of three little novices patrolling last night, they are Yuanqing, Yuanming and Yuanwu, they are now carrying water outside, I will let them in." ”