Volume 5 Jiangnan Four Hundred and Eighty Temples Chapter 469 Roster
The monks of Hanshan Temple helped to speak, and Sun Ning did prove his innocence with his actions before, so the next day, the Suzhou government also agreed to let him assist in investigating this big case.
They already had a headache because there were no detailed clues in this case, and it was difficult to explain to the Wu and Su families, but now there was a person who seemed to have good strength to take the initiative to help, so they were naturally happy to use it.
Even Sun Ning didn't have to go to Suzhou City to meet Taishou and other officials, so he directly asked them to investigate in Hanshan Temple first to see if they could find some new clues.
In fact, not only Sun Ning and them, as early as yesterday's incident, Suzhou Taishou sent many of his subordinates who were good at investigating cases, among which more than 100 officials of Fa Cao searched all night in Hanshan Temple, but after half a day and a night, they did not find any useful clues.
And after Sun Ning slept all night, his fatigue was gone, and he joined the search early in the morning. Compared with the government, the size of his team is not small, with more than 20 people.
After yesterday's incident, Wei Ting and the others were afraid and blamed themselves, if they were with His Majesty the Emperor at that time, how could they put him in danger?
Therefore, after receiving the lesson, they refused to leave Sun Ning's left and right, even if they searched, they must be by his side, and they would never leave beyond the range of ten zhang.
Although Sun Ning felt a little amused by the loyalty of these people, he finally reluctantly accepted it. Although he didn't feel that he needed to rely on them to protect him, yesterday's events, they were there, and they couldn't change the outcome of relying on their own risk in the end......
However, it is always good to thank people for sharing things, for example, at this time, Sun Ning asked them to check carefully in the Scripture Pavilion to see if they could find any valuable clues, and this side is obviously not valued by the people in the government.
Although there was also a mess in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion yesterday, it was just that someone made trouble and almost set it on fire, and compared with the destruction of the entire temple, it is really not worth mentioning.
"How do you suspect there's something wrong here?" Xiao Qian accompanied Sun Ning to look aimlessly at the bookshelves on the bottom floor of the scripture collection attic, and asked with some confusion.
In her mind, it was the bell tower above that should be searched more carefully, and although the place was ruined, it was the real place where the incident occurred.
Sun Ning picked up a scroll and looked at it quickly, and replied, "Don't you feel that the arrangement here yesterday was a little abrupt and strange?"
"Obviously their purpose is to get the bronze bell down and smash it out of the temple, but why do they have to plant arson traps here in such a hurry?
"I almost demolished the entire Hanshan Temple, what is the difference between burning a Tibetan scripture pavilion and not burning it?"
Hearing his analysis, Xiao Qian also frowned: "You said this, they are really a little too much." So what is their purpose? ”
"One possibility, there are hidden secrets here, and there may even be clues that may involve them or the mastermind behind the scenes, so it needs to be destroyed."
"This ...... It's a bit far-fetched, right? Since there is such a big thing here, wouldn't it be good to take it directly, so why bother? ”
"What if the stuff doesn't even know where these people are?"
"Then why did they burn this scripture pavilion, they wouldn't be discovered anyway......"
"That's not necessarily, the Scripture Pavilion is under the bell tower, and it will always be noticed. Maybe it's not the time yet, but in two days, when the government can't find clues elsewhere, I'll always think of coming to the closest place to the bell tower to find out.
"At that time, with the manpower of the government and the assistance of the monks of Hanshan Temple, no matter how deep this thing is hidden, it can be found, so it is better to burn it down first and never suffer in the future."
Xiao Qian thought about it carefully, and felt that his words were indeed reasonable.
There is something in the Pavilion that cannot be known, and it is right on top of the bell tower that is about to be attacked, so it must be destroyed first.
But at that time, it was not good to set fire first, which would attract the attention of everyone outside the temple, so in the end I could only set up a mechanism, but it was broken by the two of them, and finally fell short......
Now, even the secrets they want to destroy may have to be found out by themselves!
Thinking about this, Xiao Qian was more motivated, and she took out the scriptures from the bookshelf more carefully and looked through them one by one, trying to find out the problem.
But unfortunately, the tens of thousands of scriptures on the dozens of bookshelves in the room made people dazzled, and they couldn't find anything valuable.
The two of them are still like this, and it will be even more difficult for those officers and soldiers of the Southwest Army who can't read a basket of big characters to gain anything, and only a few people such as Wei Ting can help look through it carefully, and the others will be pure coolies.
After searching like this for most of the day, there was still no result, and when some people wanted to persuade the emperor to go elsewhere first, in a corner, Nie Long suddenly sighed when he was moving a layer of scriptures.
This made everyone's spirits suddenly lift, and they all turned their heads to look over: "Is there a mezzanine mechanism?" If that were the case, what they were looking for would be there.
Nie Long shook his head: "No, it's just that these books are not Buddhist scriptures, and they are a little strange......"
"Lao Nie, if you can't recognize a few big characters, you can still tell if the book here is a Buddhist scripture?" Someone next to him leaned over to look, and Sun Ning and the others also put down the scriptures in their hands and rushed over.
"The Buddhist scriptures are full of words, and this thing is only a few words, how can I not see the difference?" Nie Long replied angrily, and then respectfully presented a few thin booklets to Sun Ning and the others.
Sun Ning took it casually, looked at it fixedly, and then nodded: "It's really not a Buddhist scripture, but a roster." ”
"Roster? A roster of those who committed the murder? Someone said in disbelief.
"Of course not, this is the list of monks received by Hanshan Temple over the years, and there are also their years and the names of their families on it......" Sun Ning flipped through it casually and explained.
This kind of register is not too strange in the temple, although people say that the family is empty, and all contact with the past has been severed, but the temple still has to make a record of the acceptance of monks and keep it as proof.
In this way, if there is really any change or trouble in the future, having this credential can also make the temple have more explanations.
It's just that there is one thing that makes Sun Ning feel strange, logically speaking, such a list should not be placed in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, but by the monks in charge of the temple such as Du Mu.
However, looking at the old appearance of these rosters, they should have been from twenty or thirty years ago, and the new ones may have been copied a long time ago, so the old ones have been sorted out here.
But after a little thought, he still put these rosters away, maybe it would be useful?