I nodded, it is true that I, Hua Bo, and Elder Zhihua had never left this meditation room at that time, "Since the elder did not kill anyone, but he still wrote these words and took the charge on his body, why did he carry this black cauldron?" ”

"Maybe, maybe the murderer is Elder Zhihua's family before he became a monk, and he also became a monk here, harmed people, and the elder took the blame for him!" Da Zhuang continued.

This kind of speculation is obviously a bit idiotic, how can there be a family to become a monk, but I just met Da Zhuang, and I was embarrassed to say that he had no brains, so I could only divert the conversation and say: "The abbot has no external injuries on his body, could he be a chronic poison, in this case, anyone may be a murderer." ”

Hua Bo frowned, and said unhappily: "Elder Zhihua's cultivation is extremely high, and he has entered the holy path, and he will never harm the life of the presiding master, and the abbot is not poisoned, he was harmed by sharp qi." ”

Da Zhuang and I looked at Hua Bo with puzzled expressions, and heard Hua Bo lower his voice and said, "The abbot was killed by piercing the Tiantu Acupoint. ”

I was shocked in my heart, the Tiantu acupoint is above the Ren vein, between the two clavicles, is the death point on the human body, it is not trivial, the so-called stabbing the Tiantu acupoint will return to heaven in an instant.

Da Zhuang exclaimed: "The Heavenly Sudden is a human qi gate, if it is pierced, it will definitely gush blood, and the surroundings of the acupuncture points will also be black, this cannot be hidden, but there is nothing abnormal on the abbot's body." "I didn't expect this guy to look like a dwarf scale on the surface, but when it comes to medicine, he is also the way.

Hua Bo nodded and said, "You are right, there is indeed a very small blood spot on the corpse Tiantu Acupoint, but it is too small for no one to notice." ”

"Master, you mean that the murderer used a needle, but that's impossible, even a needle prick will bleed."

"Well, what if it's a needle as thin as a hair?"

"A needle as thin as a hair!" Da Zhuang and I shouted in unison.

Hua Bo nodded, spread out his palm, there was nothing in his palm, what does this mean? Seeing that Hua Bo raised his palm in front of us, and my eyes and Da Zhuang's eyes were about to fall off his hand, only then did we see that he was holding a very fine gray hair on his palm, which could not be seen at all if I didn't look carefully, this hair was thinner than a human hair, but it was very strong.

"This is what I found in his hands when I checked the abbot's body just now, it's not human hair, it's more like wolf hair, thin and hard, I think the murderer used it to twist into the abbot master's Tiantu acupoint, and then the abbot was in pain, so he naturally reached out and pulled it out, and it may be a moment of effort to get in and out, and the blood spots will be so subtle, and even the surrounding darkness is extremely difficult to find, but the abbot master's valve has been pierced."

I pinched this gray hair carefully, it felt a little stiffer than the hair, and it was clearly an ordinary hair, "This, how is this possible, the hair is weightless, and it is already unbelievable to pierce the flesh without knowing it, how can it accurately pierce the Tiantu acupoint?" ”

Da Zhuang also opened his mouth and said: "Yes, Master, I have been practicing acupuncture with you for almost ten years, practicing every day, this acupuncture acupoint can be different from ordinary massage point pressure, just find the right position, how many points of acupuncture, the depth and speed need to be accurate, there is no more than ten years of hard work is absolutely uncertain, let alone a hair, this, how can this be done?" ”

Hua Bo said firmly: "I also find it unbelievable, but after carefully examining the body of the abbot master, I conclude that it was this hair that took his life, and there are still traces of the master's blood on the tip of the hair, and the murderer has no chance to retrieve this hair, or he feels that there is no need to retrieve it at all." ”

Da Zhuang asked, "Master, since this is the case, why didn't you just point out the murderer's methods of murdering the abbot?" ”

Hua Bo sighed and said, "Even you think this is impossible, who can believe that the abbot died of a hair?" What's more, we can't be sure who the murderer is at the moment, so doing so can only startle the snake. ”

Hua Bo thought it very thoroughly, if it was clear at that time that it would not only startle the snake, but also increase the suspicion of the monks about us, and it would be good to say nothing without finding the murderer, so I said: "From the perspective of the motive for killing, what is the deep hatred between the murderer and the abbot, and he wants to kill people and kill them?" ”

Hua Bo shook his head, "I don't know why I killed someone, but the murderer is very likely to understand medical skills, and the acupuncture and moxibustion methods are clever, and there is more than one death point on the person, and the murderer chose the Tiantu acupoint that is the easiest to see, he should be extremely confident in his acupuncture." ”

Da Zhuang patted his thigh and said: "This is easy to do, the monk who was present at the time, check which one of them studied medicine before becoming a monk, just start with the big-faced monk, count him as the most suspicious, he is the senior brother of this generation, and it is very likely that he is the new abbot after killing the abbot elder." ”

The big-faced monk is indeed very suspicious, and it makes sense to commit murder in order to seize the position of abbot, but this is just speculation after all, as for finding out who understands medical skills, it is not so easy, and now that the elder is gone, the biggest suspect is us, who can obediently let you investigate? Besides, if you have two skins on your mouth, who can guarantee that what you hear will be the truth? And I have a vague feeling that this matter is not as simple as imagined.

Soon, the sky was getting dark, there seemed to be movement outside the house, and I was about to go out to have a look, when I heard a voice outside the door: "Donor, can the little monk come in?" ”

"Please come in."

Hua Bo opened the door as he spoke, and there was a little monk of thirteen or fourteen years old, who was holding three bowls of rice and a few plates of vegetarian dishes, and put the food on the table unhurriedly.

Da Zhuang doubted: "This is ......"

The little monk said, "Oh, the senior brother instructed the little monk to send some food to the donors. ”

Da Zhuang slapped the table and scolded: "Do you really fucking treat us as prisoners?" Do you dare not let Lao Tzu out of this door? ”

"No, no, no, misunderstanding, donors are not prisoners, we are not prisoners here, you can come and go as you like, it's just that the senior brother said that the elders of Zhihua have not been found, and the donors still need to stay in the temple for a few more days, in order to avoid recurrence, also, please walk around the temple as little as possible, this is also for your sake!" The little monk said timidly.

"Hey! Could it be that Lao Tzu still has to be grateful to him! Senior brother, senior brother, why didn't that big-faced monk come to see me in person? ”

The little monk didn't dare to say anything more, and silently retreated.

As soon as I closed the door, I heard the window "boom!" I hurriedly picked up the note and unfolded it, it read: Beware of poison.

I hurriedly opened the window and looked out, where was there still people.

Da Zhuang read the note, jumped like thunder, picked up the meal and fell out of the window, "Dog, I want to kill Lao Tzu, I slaughtered the dog monk!" As he spoke, he went to find the little monk who was chasing after the food.

I hurriedly shouted, "Don't go! ”

"Da Zhuang!" Hua Bo stopped Da Zhuang and sighed: "Alas! You kid, why are you so reckless, saying that the food is poisonous, and you have to check the truth a priori, even if someone wants to harm us, do you think he will personally come to bring us food? ”

I nodded and said, "That's right, the little monk just now shouldn't have known." ”

Da Zhuang said: "That's the big-faced monk, I'll look for him." ”

I said: "The big-faced monk is suspicious, but it's just a guess, there is no real evidence, I can only know a little bit at the moment, someone wants to harm us, someone wants to help us, it seems that this temple is not peaceful." ”

Hua Bo nodded and said, "Now that the abbot master has been killed and the elder has disappeared again, we have to pay more attention to everything......

After turning the day, the monks continued to look for the elder Zhihua, but the elder seemed to have evaporated from the world, and no trace was gone.

The three of us were naturally also under house arrest in the temple, although they were not added by the ropes, but the monks' eyes were full of fierceness, I felt more and more that something was wrong, this Qionglin Temple was built on the mountain, and there was only one way out, how could these monks be so stupid, and they didn't find the slightest clue about the elders for two days......

I don't dare to think about it anymore, I always vaguely feel that this matter is likely to be related to the Taisu Ancient Scroll in the sandwich of my clothes, this medicine book seems to have been under a spell, and the people related to it have no good end, I can't go back to my home, my father and mother don't know if it's okay, and the life and death of the elder Zhihua are uncertain...... Hua Bo and Wu Dazhuang master and apprentice......

It can be seen that the elder and Hua Bo have a very good relationship, if this ancient medicine book really hides any major secrets, then the person entrusted by the elder should be Hua Bo.

As for the friendship between the two of them, I heard Da Zhuang say that twenty years ago, once Hua Bo went up the mountain to collect medicine, and almost fell down from the stone cliff, thanks to the elder Zhihua to save his life, and because of the Zhihua Deficiency A few years older, both of them are keen on medicine, so they are commensurate with master and apprentice, Hua Bo called Zhihua a master, named Master and Apprentice are really good friends, Elder Zhihua is good at dredging meridians, and has a lot of research on ancient prescriptions, and the prescription is simple and violent; The two can be described as a match made in heaven, learning from each other, learning from each other's strengths, and the way of medicine is humane, if you want to become a good doctor, you first need to have a compassionate heart like a bodhisattva to benefit sentient beings, he both admire each other, and naturally have a deep relationship.

Later, Hua Bo practiced medicine everywhere, saving lives and helping the wounded, and his reputation was shocked, and his medical skills may have already surpassed that of the elder Zhihua, but he would drive a carriage to visit the elders in the temple every half a month, and bring some herbs that were missing in the temple along the way.

In addition, Elder Zhihua was a martial arts practitioner before he became a monk, and he was very good at kung fu, every time Hua Bo came to send herbs, Da Zhuang would follow, ask the elder for a few moves, and always have some self-defense skills when he went out, but unfortunately this time he didn't have time to ask his old man for advice, so he had this kind of thing.

In the evening, I called Hua Bo and Da Zhuang into the room, bolted the door, and told the original story of what Elder Zhihua told me about the Taisu Ancient Scroll and all the things about our Lejia, the reason is very simple, what has happened these days is too unusual, and it is all related to this ancient medicine book.

When I took out the scroll and put it in front of me, we were all taken aback.