Chapter 36 The case occurred in the monk's house
A wicked smile flashed on Xie Lin's lips, "For example, why did the abbot die in the abbot's room?" There was no extra blood in the abbot's room, so it is extremely unlikely that the murder weapon was the broken knife, and why did the abbot die? These Bi Shaoqing did not find out, but only based on the eyewitness's words and the so-called murder weapon, he planned to close the case in order to whitewash the peace. ”
Lin Yun'er took a step back after hearing this, "Xie Langjun is afraid that he didn't appear here by chance." With such a meticulous mind, no one would believe that he was an ordinary scholar.
Xie Lin also smiled, "Huang Niangzi is really vigilant, she is just an ordinary person who entered Beijing to take the exam, just because the deceased in Xia had been here, and she came to remember the ancestors, and she happened to encounter a murder case. ”
Arrogant! Catch a murderer and have fun? Lin Yun'er didn't know how many times she had looked at the man in front of her, and she didn't know what made him so ashamed.
"So, how are you going to catch a murderer?" Lin Yun'er raised her head and said disdainfully.
Looking down from Xie Lin's point of view, it reminded him of a stubborn rabbit, which made him want to knock on her head, but his hand hung in the air and stopped, and he only said, "If the lady is interested, why don't you follow her?" ”
Lin Yun'er hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Okay." ”
"Lady!" Ziwei followed closely with Lin Yun'er, "I'm afraid this is not good." ”
Lin Yun'er gave her an affirmative and reassuring look, "It's okay." ”
The laurel tree is lush, and the shallow cinnamon fragrance falls with the wind, as well as the faint jasmine fragrance on the person's body, this person seems to be clear, but it is always mysterious, like a long dragon swimming in the abyss, mysterious and dangerous. Lin Yun'er didn't know why, but he was so ghostly that he followed him, his figure was much taller than her, but his right leg was extremely inconvenient, and he needed to hold the cane in his hand to walk deep and shallow, Lin Yun'er was not in a hurry, just wanted to take this opportunity to observe him.
It's just that the man seemed to have a pair of eyes on his back, and suddenly smiled, "Huang Niang, if you stare at it again, I'm afraid that I will be poked two holes in the lower back." ”
Lin Yun'er coughed awkwardly, quickened her pace slightly, and asked, "Where does Xie Langjun want to take me?" ”
Generally, unmarried ladies will call themselves "son" for the number of courtesies, obviously the lady of the Huang family in front of her does not care about the number of etiquette, it is very different from the rumored appearance, Xie Lin can't help but wonder, what kind of person made her actually harm herself, and what kind of fierce woman she is.
"In front of us is the monks' dormitory, and it should be the time before the hour comes, and if it is usual, all the monks of the temple will go to the farm at the foot of the mountain to farm. Now that the abbot has passed away, the monks should all chant for the abbot in the universal hall. As he spoke, he turned into a corner door, "Jifu Temple was a royal temple in the period of the emperor's ancestors, and now although the glory has passed away, the pattern is still there, the monk's house is divided into three courtyards, the outermost courtyard is the monk's dormitory, and then the guest room of the pilgrims who stay overnight or the people who take in the people, and the innermost courtyard is a separate courtyard, for the dignitaries to worship the Buddha to live, so the abbot's room is also in the outermost courtyard. ”
Lin Yun'er reacted at this time, it turned out that they were going to the scene of the crime.
"Now is an extraordinary time, won't Bi Shaoqing send someone to guard it?" Lin Wan'er asked, in those Hong Kong dramas in later generations, protecting the scene should be the first thing the police should do.
Xie Lin laughed "poof", his smile at this time was as gentle as a spring breeze sweeping away fallen leaves, "Does the lady think that the scene of the crime where the murderer has been caught still needs to be protected?" If we don't investigate today, we will surely be sorted out tomorrow. ”
After that, they stopped in front of a bright yellow door, this is a courtyard gate, looking at the building and direction, it should be the first floor that Xie Lin said.
Pushing open the door, there was no one in the courtyard, the same as Xie Lin said, this courtyard looks like a round, and like a courtyard in general, in the middle is a straight stone road, at the end of the stone road is an open door, Xie Lin pointed to the doorway, "Through that door, it is the guest room of the pilgrims." ”
Lin Wan'er bowed her head and didn't speak, the building of this courtyard looked very peculiar, as if it was very orderly, but Lin Wan'er couldn't say it, it seemed to be like the Nanjing Tulou of later generations, but it was not like it, the Tulou of later generations was made of clay, glutinous rice, brown sugar, bamboo chips, lime, etc., and the building in front of her seemed to be made of stone.
This monk's house is divided into two floors, a cursory look, each floor seems to have more than 20 squatters, Xie Lin said, "The bottom floor of the squatter room is about ten people per room, the second floor is about one person per room, there are four masters of the Yunzi generation, and now there are three people in the temple including the abbot, Master Yunkong has already traveled away, each master of the Yunzi generation can accept four disciples under the seat, except for Master Yunkong, the rest of the masters have full four, and they are all in important positions in the temple." ”
Xie Lin walked to the front of the steps and stopped, he took a step back, "The abbot's room is upstairs on the right hand. ”
Lin Yun'er looked at him, as if she was letting her go first, she whispered a few words in Ziwei's ear, and did not twist and retreat, and walked up the wooden steps.
Ziwei followed behind Xie Lin honestly, watching Xie Lin walk step by step, not impatient, Xie Lin turned around curiously, "Why are you still here when your lady goes up?" ”
Ziwei's face was expressionless, as if she was a little resistant, "My lady is worried that Lang Jun will be inconvenient to walk, so she specially asked the slave maid to stay and help you." ”
Xie Lin hurriedly gave a thumbs up, "Your lady is really affectionate to Zaixia, leaving the important slaves around her to protect Xie Mouquan, and she bravely entered the scene of the crime alone, and her courage is really commendable." ”
"Phew!" Ziwei patted Xie Lin's thumb, "What kind of affection is so important?" I think you're clearly a disciple! I don't know how my lady lost her mind and believed in your flamboyant mouth! If my lady has any three advantages and two shortcomings, I will immediately drag you to report to the official! ”
"Hahaha," Xie Lin laughed, "At a young age, he is actually a hot household, and he can't afford to provoke him." ”
Immediately, he slowly walked to a higher step at his own pace.
Xie Lin was only halfway through, Lin Yun'er went to the door of the abbot's room, and sure enough, the door was not guarded, and the door was also open. Obviously, it has already been cleaned up, and Lin Yun'er also paid attention to the other squatters on this floor, only the area of the abbot's room is the largest, because there are no squatters directly below the abbot's room, so standing at the door of the abbot's room, you can see all the squatter doors up and down, and even the door.
Somehow, Lin Yun'er stood here and felt thousands of people from her heart.
Just thinking about it, Xie Lin came up from the steps one deep and one shallow, with a smile still on his face, and walked slowly towards Lin Yun'er. Lin Yun'er just gave a roll of her eyes, and walked into the abbot's room.
Xie Lin didn't seem to feel Lin Yun'er's attitude, he followed in, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw that there was a few in the center, and there was a purple sand pot on the several, and there were four purple sand teacups upside down on the side of the pot, and there were four futons neatly placed on several sides.
There is a case under the word, there is a small wooden fish on the case, next to the wooden fish is a string of Buddhist beads, next to the Buddha beads is a small incense burner, the incense burner is very clean, there is no trace of furnace ash, there is a futon in front of the case, from the traces on this futon can be judged, the abbot often sits on this futon to meditate and meditate.
All of this was very neat, and Lin Wan'er immediately confirmed Fang Cai's guess, this place must have been carefully cleaned up, and there was not even a single ash left in the incense burner.
Xie Lin observed Lin Yun'er's frowning brows, seemed thoughtful, and asked, "Did the lady find anything?" ”
Lin Yun'er was immersed in her own analysis, and she didn't answer Xie Lin's words for a while, and then said, "The people who clean up here are so meticulous that they don't even let go of the ashes, if there is nothing in the incense burner, I'm afraid it will be difficult to insert incense." ”
Xie Lin wanted to tease her, but who knew that Lin Yun'er actually said such a useful thing, which made Xie Lin stunned for a moment, and he was surprised to be able to come to Jifu Temple to investigate alone, and now, he was so calm that he could find some clues, which made Xie Lin begin to wonder if the girl who killed herself for the sake of her lover was the same person as the girl in front of him. True, the rumors are not credible.
After not getting a reply for a long time, Lin Yun'er suddenly turned her head and looked at Xie Lin, "What?" Could it be that what I said was wrong? ”
"Yes!" Xie Lin nodded hurriedly, "The lady is right, this place is too clean, and things will be reversed." ”
Lin Yun'er narrowed her eyes, raised her eyebrows, and asked, "Did you find anything?" ”
"No, I just think that it's only been two days since the incident, whether this place has been cleaned up too quickly." Xie Lin said truthfully, "I believe that Bi Shaoqing is a person with great experience in handling cases, and it is impossible to order such a stupid thing." ”
Lin Yun'er sneered, "It seems that this murderer is very confident." She paused, "If the true cause of the abbot's death can be ascertained, then perhaps the truth is not far away." ”
"It seems that the lady is very confident." Xie Lin said.
Lin Wan'er glanced at him, "I just came here to believe that Long Wu is innocent, if the real cause of the abbot's death is found, then he will definitely be able to get rid of suspicion." My Huang family is above board, it is not our crime, and we will not bear it even if we die. ”
"Smack, smack, smack. Very good! At this time, there was a burst of applause outside the door, Lin Yun'er and Xie Lin glanced at each other, Ziwei was guarding outside the door at this time, if there was someone outside, Ziwei would definitely come to report, and now, Ziwei didn't say a word, it was obvious that Ziwei was controlled, could it be a murderer?