Mu Ling stood up suddenly, "You have to go to see Shitai's body before you can know about it." She took the box from Xiao Wu's hand and walked straight to Shitai's meditation room. Huang Yu also rested, took a sip of tea and got up, "Wan'er, rest here." ”

Lin Yun'er knew that this was their duty, but a person who got along with her day and night died suddenly in front of her eyes, and her heart was also extremely uncomfortable, although she nodded in response, but she still unconsciously wanted to follow and see.

Looking at the sky, it should be around the clock, the sun is hidden behind the clouds, and it seems that she doesn't want to come out, Lin Yun'er asked Xiang Jade, "Mother Cui, can there be food in the kitchen?" ”

"Lady is hungry?" Emerald asked.

Lin Yun'er shook her head, "Father and Ah Ling came so quickly, didn't they even eat a bite of food." ”

"The filial piety of a lady can be learned from heaven and earth." Jade said, "There are still a few steamed cakes in the bamboo pot." ”

"Ziwei, you go to the kitchen and bring those steamed cakes, I'll send them to Aya and Aling." First of all, she wanted to see what the cause of Shitai's death was, and secondly, she wanted to see what kind of state her father was in when he worked with Ah Ling.

Ziwei answered crisply, and in a few breaths, she brought a steaming basin with a lid on it, which should have been steamed cakes freshly filled from the pot.

The two walked to the outer courtyard one after the other, leaving ten thousand cow guards on the saint, two standing outside the Buddhist hall, and the other eight standing at the entrance of the hall and the door of the meditation room, the Zen door was wide open, but they saw Mu Ling bending over and squatting with his head down for an autopsy, while Huang Yu was carefully and seriously observing something in the meditation room.

At this time, Mu Ling stood up and said to Huang Yu, "Aya, if it's really as the little sister said, Shi Tai was killed by him." ”

"Where do you know?"

Mu Ling squatted down and pointed to the white silk around Linghui's neck, "The murder weapon is undoubtedly this white silk, although there is a groove in the neck for hanging and strangulation, but the characteristics of the ditch are that the side is deep, the sides are gradually shallow, and finally there is a void or cross; The characteristics of the ditch are horizontal, uniform, surrounding, and locking, and there is no voiding phenomenon. In addition, the bones in the neck of the strangled person will be fractured, while the hanged person will not appear. ”

She stretched out her two fingers with cloth gloves and gently pressed Linghui's neck, and said, "Aya, Shitai's neck is obviously broken, judging from this, she must have been killed by him." She sneered contemptuously, "The murderer is very good at concealment, and knows that there will be no strangulation marks on the back of the neck of the hanger's head, so he did not cross the white silk, and in the eyes of the layman, this is a trace of self-hanging." It is not yet autumn, the weather is hot, and the corpse will definitely have a rotten smell when it is placed on the day, but according to the death of Mrs. Shi, she can be judged that she died around last night. ”

Mu Ling sighed lightly and said, "When Concubine Fan was young, she was a woman who favored the Sixth Palace, but now she is wearing a plain robe and died quietly in the Buddhist hall, alas. The world is unpredictable. ”

Huang Yu only stood still in the room, looking at the bloodshot face lying straight on the ground with pity, "Concubine Fan kept the honor for the emperor, she is really a rare woman in the world, so restrain the concubine." ”

When the two of them walked out of the meditation room, they saw Lin Yun'er leaning out ten steps away to look in, Mu Ling couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Aya, it seems that my little sister wants to pass on your mantle." ”

Huang Yu snorted angrily, "You bastard, you just read such a little book and use words indiscriminately, and spread it out to make people laugh." ”

Mu Ling cleaned up the box, trotted in front of Lin Wan'er, and said, "Little sister, what are you doing here?" ”

Lin Yun'er pointed to Ziwei beside her, "The child saw that his father and Ah Ling had just drunk a few sips of tea and came to investigate the case, thinking that he should have never used food, and it happened that some steamed cakes in the pot were delivered, but you were too involved, and the child didn't dare to disturb." ”

Mu Ling stretched out his hand and knocked on her forehead, "You girl, you are still playing with your heart in front of us, you should be beaten." ”

Huang Yu ignored the sisters' nonsense, reached out and took out a steamed cake from the tray in Ziwei's hand and ate it.

Seeing this, Mu Ling hurriedly shouted, "Aya, have you just cleaned your hands?" ”

Huang Yu glanced at her and said, "I have never touched a corpse. ”

Ziwei smiled on the side, "Mu Langjun is not in a hurry, today is Qixi Festival, Mother Cui is preparing dinner in the kitchen, I have to eat tonight." ”

"It's still you girl who wins my heart." As he spoke, Mu Ling deliberately glanced at Huang Yu, "I'll clean my hands first, and then slowly drink tea and wait for dinner." That's what it's all about. With that, she took the suitcase and headed out to the inner courtyard.

At sunset, the three of them sat around the desk, and Lin Yun'er made tea for the two of them, and said, "I have heard what my father and Ah Ling said in the teacher's room. ”

Mu Ling's eyes froze, and Huang Yu asked, "So, what do you think?" ”

Lin Yun'er paused and said, "Long Wu is injured, listen to Xiao Wu Xiaoliu's words, he went to heal, he is not on the mountain recently, I heard Ah Ling say that Shi Tai was killed last night, last night it was Xiao Wu and Ziwei who kept vigil under the corridor, and Xiao Liu and Jade are resting in the room, if they want to go out, Xiao Wu and Ziwei will definitely be able to see it, so they can't be murderers." ”

"And who do you think the murderer will be?" Mu Ling asked, looking at her glowing eyes.

Lin Yun'er shook her head slightly, "Mrs. Shi was killed at night, but her clothes are intact, maybe Mrs. Shi knew the murderer, otherwise how could she be in good clothes and waiting to meet her in the middle of the night?" It's a pity that the Buddha hall is clean and there are no outsiders, and the only thing I can think of is the Jifu Temple, which is only half a pillar of incense from here. ”

Huang Yu looked at Lin Yun'er with great satisfaction, "Ah Ling, Wan'er is much more talented than you." ”

"That's nature, she's my little sister!" Mu Ling raised his chin slightly, looking very proud, and said after a while, "It is not ruled out that an acquaintance committed the crime, but there is another possibility, that is, the murderer put on Zen clothes for her after killing Shitai." Although Shitai is already old, and even a little weak and weak, after all, Shitai has been in the mountains for many years, and he has done everything himself, and his physique still has a certain foundation, so it should be impossible for the two thin little guys in the Buddha Hall or Ziwei and Cui's mother to kill them alone. And there are many people who practice martial arts in Jifuji Temple, which is likely to be the source of the murderer. ”

"What happened to Jifu Temple a few days ago, the temple is already in chaos, and no one should come to kill the concubine of the former dynasty in this Buddhist hall." Lin Yun'er continued, "It's just that right now, there are no outsiders in Jifu Temple. “

Seeing that the sisters were so involved in analyzing the case, Huang Yu couldn't help but join in seriously, "I have read the file for my father, and it is indeed full of suspicions. ”

Mu Ling sneered, "This was originally a case between me and Qiu Shaoqing, but the sage temporarily transferred us back and asked Bi Shaoqing to investigate, I guess there must be some ulterior motives." ”

Lin Wan'er suddenly thought of something, and said, "Before Master Huiliang passed away, he told me that Jifu Temple was the place where His Majesty the Emperor Ancestor practiced his troops back then, and it was rumored that His Majesty the Emperor Ancestor left a large number of treasures when he stationed troops in the temple, and these treasures were extremely coveted, and it was not until His Majesty the Holy Ancestor refuted the rumors that this rumor was quelled. ”

Huang Yu nodded and said, "This is true, this is just a lie made up by those literati and writers at that time for fame and fortune, and it should not be true." ”

"Father, my daughter has something she wants to ask her father."

"Say." Huang Yu looked at Lin Yun'er and said.

Lin Wan'er paused and said, "Back then, why did Master Linghui become a monk in our Huang Family Buddha Hall? ”

Huang Yu sighed lightly, "This matter was originally asked by my father and your grandfather, but he refused to say a word, our Huang family's foundation is unstable, it is only a hundred years, and this Buddhist hall was built hundreds of years ago, at that time there was also a favorite concubine in the palace here to cut her hair as a nun, and later, our Huang family ancestors because of their meritorious service, this mountain and even this Buddhist hall were given to our Huang family, since my father's memory, I know that there is a noble old nun here." ”

"In this way, it is not by chance that Master Linghui has left a family here." Muling Road.

At this time, Ziwei came in from outside the door with a smile on her face, "Ah Lang, Mu Langjun, lady, the meal has been prepared, come out and use it." ”

Mu Ling put down the cup in his hand, got up and said, "I've been waiting for so long, I'm hungry, I'll go see what's delicious first." ”

Huang Yu also couldn't do anything about her, shook his head and got up, half warning and half training to Lin Yun'er, "Don't learn from her." ”

Lin Yun'er smiled and did not answer.

A few people came to the porch, just in the dappled starlight, enjoying the beautiful scenery under the candlelight, it was really beautiful.

"I haven't prepared a few more sons in the mountains, San Lang and Ling Niangzi have been wronged." Jade divided the food and said, "It is really a sin of the servants to ask all the masters to eat together. ”

Huang Yu did smile lightly, "Mother Cui, it's okay, in my opinion, this meal is comparable to His Majesty's porch food." ”

Jade was flattered, and hurriedly poured wine for Huang Yu, "San Lang has tormented the maid, the maid has so many skills, how can it be compared with the palace chefs." "The so-called corridor food is the meal prepared by the palace when the officials get up early to go to the court, and when the officials go to the court, they will prepare a few meals for each official under the corridor in the palace, which is regarded as the food of the holy reward.

Huang Yu sighed with emotion, "It's true that I haven't eaten with the children for a long time." ”

In Da Rui's etiquette, food is silent and silent, so there is no other sound in a meal except for the sound of chopsticks touching the bowls, and Huang Yu drinks and eats by himself, but he never makes any sound.

After finishing the meal, Lin Yun'er was pulled by Ziwei to clean her hands and face, but Mu Ling came up to join in the fun, "The time to go to bed hasn't come yet, why are you going to freshen up and sleep?" ”

Ziwei smiled, "Mu Langjun doesn't know, today is Qixi Festival, our lady should pay a good visit to the Weaver Girl tonight and ask her for protection." ”

"Bless?" Mu Ling sneered, "If the Weaver Girl can really bless others, why do you have to meet the Cowherd once every Chinese Valentine's Day?" ”

"This is a custom passed down from generation to generation, it's okay if Lang Jun is disrespectful, but don't coax the lady to be disrespectful." Ziwei took the opportunity to give her a roll of the eyes.

Mu Ling's hoarse voice laughed, "You girl, you are still so spicy." ”

Lin Yun'er was dragged to worship the Weaver Girl, and Huang Yu and Mu Ling also said goodbye immediately, it seems that they should spend the night in Jifu Temple tonight.

The dappled starlight was covered by dark clouds, a cool breeze blew, the flickering candlelight swayed with the wind, and for a short time, the delicate rain slowly fell from the sky to the ground, from one darkness to another. Lin Wan'er smiled, tonight, the Weaver Girl cried again.