Chapter VII: Homicide
The sun sets in the west, and the back mountain is under the afterglow of the setting sun, such as bathing in holy clothes, and the jade and green bamboo are more golden and transparent under the reflection of the setting sun.
Mo Li stretched his waist to finish the day's practice, and suddenly a miserable scream came from outside the door.
"Ah~"
Mo Li Xunsheng rushed out of the door and found someone lying in a pool of blood in front of him. Mo Li stepped forward and turned the person over, revealing his front. It was actually Shi Jin's junior brother, his eyes were as big as bull's eyes, his face was shocked, a dagger was stuck in his chest, there were multiple sword wounds on his body, and his robe was torn.
Mo Li stretched out his hand and probed Shi Jin's snort, his breath was completely gone, obviously dead. Suddenly, I felt bad in my heart, at this time, the junior brother usually did not have much intersection, and there would be a disaster if he died in front of him this time.
Mo Li said secretly, this is someone who doesn't want him to stay in Xuantian Sect. Who is it? Is it Qi Lianzhi or Fang Tianbai? What should I do? How should I deal with it? Bury the body of Senior Brother Shi Jin? No, isn't this "no silver three hundred taels here"? Let's go and tell Elder Xuan.
As soon as he turned around, Mo Li saw Elder Xuan and a group of senior brothers hurrying over.
Elder Xuan saw Shi Jin lying in a pool of blood, while Mo Li's white-washed robe and hands were stained with blood, and he was just about to speak.
Just listening, Feng Duoxu, who was beside Fang Tianbai, pointed at Mo Li and said loudly: "Mo Li, you are so ruthless, brutalizing Senior Brother Shi Jin!"
"I have long said that Mo Li is insidious and cunning, hypocritical and treacherous. Qi Lianzhi said with a sneer.
"Elder Hui Xuan, the disciple did not mutilate Senior Brother Shi Jin. “
Mo Li didn't finish his words, only to hear Feng Duoxu interrupt: "Hugh has to quibble, if you didn't do it, who else could there be?" Elder Xuan, don't let this murderer go." After speaking, Feng Duoxu said to Elder Xuan with a fist.
Elder Xuan made a difficult mistake and had a murder case, so he had to find out and give an explanation to the disciples and teachers. However, Mo Li's holding of the Ziyun Order is equivalent to having the backer of Ziyun Zhenren. Judging from the evidence at the scene, Mo Li was very suspicious. Shi Jin died not far from Mo Li's house, and Mo Li's hands and clothes were stained with blood. How should this matter be handled, if it is not handled properly, or the disciples of Nanping will be in a leisurely mouth, or offend Ziyun Zhenren and Yunxiao Peak, you must know that Ziyun Zhenren is a big man who even has to give three points of courtesy.
The crowd whispered in private. Or Dao Moli is really fierce, and even such an honest senior brother of Shi Jin can be killed; or question, what kind of grievances does Senior Brother Shi Jin have with Mo Li; or afraid, thinking about whether he has offended Mo Li before, afraid of his revenge; or thinking that Mo Li is innocent, he usually doesn't get in touch with people, and he rarely deals with everyone, how can he be a killer next time.
"Don't talk nonsense, my senior brother won't kill anyone. Tuoba Yu saw that everyone was like a ghost, so he didn't say it loudly.
"Tuoba Yu, don't be deceived by Mo Li, maybe you will be the next one to die!" one of the people in the crowd laughed coldly.
"Who is it? My senior brother is a decent person, how can he kill him next time, I think it is to frame my senior brother. Tuoba Yu said dissatisfied.
"Uncle Jin, the evidence is in front of us, we have to believe it. Fang Tianbai said meaningfully.
"Fang Tianbai, what do you mean?" Tuoba Yu saw that Fang Tianbai was urging Elder Xuan to finalize the case, and said dissatisfiedly at Fang Tianbai.
"Elder Xuan, the disciple has a word. Ji Shaoyang walked out of the crowd and said.
"Shaoyang, you might as well speak up. Elder Xuan saw Ji Shaoyang open his mouth and replied.
Ji Shaoyang walked around Shi Jin's corpse twice, squatted down and picked up the clothes with more sword wounds on Shi Jin's chest, and then rolled up the sleeves of Shi Jin's hands, looked at it, and then stood up and frowned, and after walking a few laps, he looked at the surrounding environment and paced and thought.
Everyone saw that Ji Shaoyang was squatting down again, standing up and pacing again, without saying a word, and the second monk was puzzled.
"What is Ji Shaoyang doing?"
"I think he's playing tricks!" Qi Lianzhi said disdainfully.
"I heard that Ji Shaoyang and Mo Li are good friends, and they used to talk together. ”
"Maybe, this Ji Shaoyang wants to help Mo Li clear his suspicions, right?"
"Hey, I said that Mo Li really killed Senior Brother Shi Jin, can Ji Shaoyang help him clear his suspicion?"
"It's hard to say, it's hard to say!"
Elder Jin saw that there was a lot of noise in the crowd, and this Ji Shaoyang didn't speak for a long time, so he couldn't help coughing.
"Shaoyang, tell me what you found?"
Ji Shaoyang's thoughts were interrupted, and seeing that everyone was looking at him, he replied: "Elder Xuan, senior brothers, junior brothers, I just probed the body of Senior Brother Shi Jin, and found that Senior Brother Shi Jin's body was already stiff, and his body was faintly revealing corpses, indicating that the time of death was lost by two hours; ”
"What? It's not the first scene of the crime, Ji Shaoyang really dares to say it in order to clear Mo Li's suspicions. ”
"Ji Shaoyang, you don't talk nonsense, you look at the bamboo, the footprints on the ground and the broken branches, and the extra sword wounds on the body of Shi Jin, can't you say that this is the first scene?" Feng Duoxu said, pointing to the severed branches and bamboos at the scene.
"Shaoyang, Shi Jin's junior brother's bones are not cold, and his grievances are not snowy, you don't want to bully him. Fang Tianbai said.
"That is, Senior Brother Shi Jin has always been kind to others, and he has to touch his conscience when he speaks. Qi Lianzhi echoed.
Ji Shaoyang glanced at Feng Tianxu, Fang Tianbai, and Qi Lian, and then said to Elder Xuan: "Elder Xuan, what Senior Brother Feng said just now is not unreasonable. However, there are two sword wounds on Senior Brother Shi Jin's body, which are very suspicious. The first is the back after the fact, and the second is the chest. According to the depth and width of the wound, the sharp weapon must be this dagger, but there is obviously a time difference between the two wounds. The blood crust around the wound on the back had coagulated, and the wound on the chest was still spilling blood, apparently the wound on the chest was patched up later. The other sword wounds were the same as those stabbed by the dagger in the chest. ”
"Does that mean that?" asked Elder Xuan.
The disciple boldly guessed that the murderer and Senior Brother Shi Jin were acquaintances, and there was a conflict for some reason, so the murderer attacked Senior Brother Shi Jin and stabbed Senior Brother Shi Jin in the back with a dagger. Then transferred here, the murderer in order to create a false appearance, so he set up a suspicious array, causing the illusion that this is the first scene, but in the process, it was found that Shi Jin's junior brother was not killed, so he used a dagger to make up for it again, piercing Shi Jin's chest, and Shi Jin's junior brother was killed. ”
"After I finished practicing, I heard a scream outside, and randomly rushed out of the house, and then I found the body of Senior Brother Shi Jin. "Mo Li, said at this time.
"Therefore, from the time the knife was mended, Senior Brother Shi Jin screamed, to Brother Mo Li's corpse rushing out of the door, and the murderer left, there was such a short interval of time, if the murderer was either a high cultivator, he was among us and others. Ji Shaoyang nodded at Mo Li and continued to speak to Elder Xuan.
The crowd suddenly exploded, obviously Ji Shaoyang meant that everyone at the scene was suspicious.
"Ji Shaoyang, what do you mean by this, is it because we killed Senior Brother Shi Jin?"
"Yes, we've just arrived here. ”
"We came with Elder Xuan, could it be that Elder Xuan is also suspicious?"
"Elder Xuan, Ji Shaoyang is obviously protecting Mo Li, he actually said that you are the murderer of Senior Brother Shi Jin. ”
"Perhaps, this Ji Shaoyang and Mo Li teamed up to kill Senior Brother Shi Jin, otherwise how could the two sing and harmonize, so tacitly. ”
“......”
Mo Li looked at the ugly faces of these people and smiled secretly, it is really for personal interests, you can ignore the truth, the so-called cultivation of truth and Taoism, in the end, is not the word "selfishness" in cultivation?
Elder Xuan listened to everyone pointing the finger at Mo Li and Ji Shaoyang again, and by the way, he really had a headache, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
"You turtle grandsons, Senior Brother Shaoyang has made it very clear, Senior Brother Mo Li is not a murderer, why do you have to bite it?" Tuoba Yu looked at this group of people who didn't know what to do, and was angry.
"Tuoba Bear, how can you curse people? I think you're a stupid bear, and you don't know that you've been sold. Qi Lianzhi scolded.
"This Tuoba Jade is really sick in the brain, and he has to stand up at this time. ”
"Elder Xuan, senior brother, junior brother, the person who wants to leave the mountain gate with the ability of Senior Brother Mo finally got the Ziyun Order from Ziyun Zhenren, limited to one year, if Senior Brother Mo can find the answer, it is possible to stay in the sect, if he can't find the answer, he will leave the mountain gate sooner or later, how can he kill people at this time? What good is it for him?" Ji Shaoyang looked at everyone accusing and questioning each other, shook his head and said.
"That is, my senior brother has no motive to kill at all. Tuoba Yu immediately added.
The two of them stopped talking, and the crowd suddenly fell silent.
"Yes, Mo Li has no motive to kill. ”
Elder Xuan was also thinking at this time, this Ji Shaoyang's analysis was also correct, not to mention the motive for killing, Mo Li was focused on cultivation and wanted to stay in the mountain gate, how could he kill Shi Jin and cut off his luck?
"Uncle Jin, in front of the evidence, when it is decided, it will be decided, and I will give you an explanation. Fang Tianbai let out a cold sigh.
"Elder Xuan, you must give us an explanation, otherwise how dare we stay in the master's cultivation with peace of mind. ”
"If the murderer is not severely punished in this matter, how can we ensure our safety. Everyone said in unison.
Elder Xuan was difficult to ride the tiger, thought for a moment, sighed and said, "That's it, Tianbai, you and Qi Lianzhi, Feng Duoxu, and Shaoyang will take Mo Li into Xing Shitang for detention first."
"Elder Xuan, my senior brother didn't kill anyone, you can't jump to conclusions!" Tuoba Yu saw that Mo Li was going to be imprisoned, and hurriedly said to Elder Xuan.
"Elder Xuan, the case of Senior Brother Shi Jin's murder is full of suspicions, and it is not yet conclusive. The disciple is willing to make a guarantee, and the senior brother will not do this. Ji Shaoyang said.
"Yes, how can Senior Brother Mo Li be a murderer? Although we have been friends with him for a short time, we know him very well that he is a person, and he will not do anything to harm his fellow disciples. The few people who had been drinking tea with Mo Li at Ji Shaoyang's place before, seeing that Ji Shaoyang was all vouching for Mo Li, also walked out of the crowd and said to Elder Xuan with a fist.
"If you want to talk about mutilating your fellow disciples, Fang Tianbai and Qi Lianzhi beat my senior brother to serious injuries at that time, and no one has dealt with them. Tuoba Yu was dissatisfied with Elder Xuan.
Seeing Tuoba Yu talking so indiscriminately, Ji Shaoyang and the senior brothers who maintained Mo Li said secretly, this stupid bear is causing trouble, and hurriedly glanced at Tuoba Yu and told him to shut up.
Seeing Tuoba Yu mention this, Elder Xuan looked embarrassed, thinking to himself, if I hadn't paid out of my pocket for Elder Jin to use the elixir, and the medicinal bath made Mo Li broken, his life would have been gone long ago, and he couldn't help but be angry.
"Shut up, Tianbai, take Mo Li into custody, hum!" Elder Xuan flicked his sleeves, turned around and left.
"Elder Xuan, Elder Xuan!" Tuoba Yu shouted, and Elder Xuan didn't reply.
Fang Tianbai and Qi Lianzhi smiled in a yin and yin manner, and said to Mo Li in a strange way: "Let's go, Master Mo." ”