"But it's also very strange," Master Huitong said casually.

"Oh? What's so strange? ”

"Yesterday was September 26, and the wife of the donor would come to my temple every Saturday to burn incense, and yesterday was no exception, but the couple was one after the other, not together, the old man felt a little strange, but he didn't ask much."

"And who's coming first?"

"Mrs. Xu came first, around noon, not long after Mrs. Xu left, that is, the kung fu of a meal, and the benefactor came."

Nie Xiaohu nodded, thought about it carefully, and then asked, "Master, can you lend me the Diamond Sutra copied by Zhu Weiye?" ”

"Master Nie, please wait, the old man will go and get it", Master Huitong turned around and entered the inner hall after making a gesture with one hand.

Nie Xiaohu looked up at the tall and solemn Guanyin Dharma in the hall, couldn't help but fold his hands, closed his eyes, lowered his head and silently made a wish in his heart: "Please ask Guanyin Bodhisattva to bless, I, Nie Xiaohu, are living well here, don't let me go back, Amitabha!" ”

"It turns out that Master Nie Shi is also a person who worships Buddha!" Master Huitong came to the hall with a blue book in his hand, smiled and nodded.

"Where, enter the temple to burn incense, see the Buddha bow his head, this is how it should be!" , Nie Xiaohu said with a smile.

"By the way, I may have made a wish just now, and I should give sesame oil money", Nie Xiaohu said, touching around on his body, and then looked at Tang Yibin with a complicated expression.

Tang Yibin pursed his lips, took out two taels of silver from his arms and handed them over.

"I'll pay you back when I go back", Nie Xiaohu took the silver and smiled awkwardly.

"Amitabha, good! Wonderful! Master Huitong folded his hands, bowed his head in thanks, and beckoned to the little novice on the side.

The little novice understood, and quickly took a merit book and put it on the table at the door.

"Master Nie, please come here!" , Master Huitong stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please.

Nie Xiaohu put the two taels of silver into the merit box, smiled and nodded, and came to the table.

Nie Xiaohu thought for a while, and was about to put down the pen, when suddenly a fragrance came from the tip of the pen, which made Nie Xiaohu feel extremely comfortable, and couldn't help asking: "What kind of ink is this, how can there be such a fragrant taste?" ”

"Huh!" Master Huitong said with a smile: "The general ink is slightly smelly, which is detrimental to the solemnity of the treasure temple, so I put a special spice in all the inkstones in the temple, so that the ink smells fragrant and refreshing, and has the effect of calming the mind and refreshing." ”

"I see!" , Nie Xiaohu smiled and nodded, and wrote in the merit book, "Nie Xiaohu, Tang Yibin, tattooed two taels of silver." ”

Tang Yibin saw it really from the side, gritted his teeth in anger, and thought to himself: "Dead little tiger, I don't plan to pay back the money!" ”

After writing, Nie Xiaohu took the book, only to see the blue cover with the words "Diamond Sutra" written on it, and when he opened the book, every page was filled with scriptures in block letters, the font was neat, the page was neat, and it could not be written without meditation and peace of mind.

"Master, how long does it take to copy such a Diamond Sutra?"

"This way of writing, you can't do it in two hours, and you have to be calm in the meantime, if you make a mistake in the middle, then you have to start all over again."

Nie Xiaohu nodded, knocked the Diamond Sutra on his nose, and then asked, "Then in which house did Zhu Weiye copy the scriptures, and can someone accompany him?" ”

"I have never been accompanied by anyone, because I am afraid of being disturbed", Master Huitong said, "Master Nie, please come with me!" ”

Nie Xiaohu followed Master Huitong through the inner hall and came to the backyard of the temple, Master Huitong pointed to a row of retreats against the wall on the south side of the backyard and said: "Yesterday, the benefactor copied the scriptures in the leftmost room on the left side of the three retreats, because no one came here, it was very quiet. ”

Nie Xiaohu observed the backyard, there was a row of fine houses against the wall on the south side, a vegetable patch on the north side, and a small door on the west wall.

"What is that door for?" , Nie Xiaohu pointed to the small door and asked.

"Oh, that's for transporting firewood and sundries."

Nie Xiaohu nodded, and asked again: "During Zhu Weiye's copying of scriptures yesterday, was there anyone in this courtyard?" ”

"No," Master Huitong shook his head and said, "In order to prevent the donor from being disturbed while copying the scriptures, I have specially instructed that no one is allowed to enter the courtyard until the donor comes out. ”

"Got it!" , Nie Xiaohu's face showed an imperceptible smile.

It was already close to evening when they returned to the fast catching room, and Mao Guangjian, Liu Zhenxiao and Shi Yuning were already waiting for Nie Xiaohu's return in the room.

"How? Did that maid Dongmei ever bring? As soon as Nie Xiaohu saw that he didn't feel it, Liu Zhenxiao asked.

"Brought is brought, but ......", Mao Guangjian said hesitantly, and then glanced at Liu Zhenxiao, both of whom had frustrated expressions on their faces.

"But what?" , Nie Xiaohu's brows were furrowed.

"You say", Mao Guangjian touched Liu Zhenxiao and muttered in a low voice.

"Or do you say", Liu Zhenxiao whispered back in embarrassment, and the two stood there side by side, as if they had made a mistake and were waiting for an adult to punish them.

"Little Maozi, you say!" , Nie Xiaohu was a little impatient.

"Yes, Tiger Head!" , Mao Guangjian straightened his chest and said.

"We followed your instructions, hurry up and rush to Zhuquan Village, but on the side of the road that is about to reach Zhuquan Village, we found a group of people surrounding there, the two of us stepped forward to take a look, it turned out to be a little girl lying there, bleeding from seven orifices, has been poisoned to death, we inquired, only to know that it was Xu Yurong's personal maid Dongmei who died!"

Nie Xiaohu's brows instantly twisted into a pimple.

"The body has been brought back, and it's in the morgue," Mao Guangjian added in a whisper.

"You mean that Dongmei was bleeding from the seven orifices and died of poisoning?"

"Yes!"

"Have you ever asked him to do an autopsy?"

"Testing!"

"Hmm", Nie Xiaohu nodded, and then looked at Shi Yuning.