When I came to the meditation room, there seemed to be a person lying on the roof. Although his face could not be seen clearly, the robe he was wearing reflected a dazzling golden light in the light of the setting sun.

In the entire Golden Alder Temple, except for the abbot, who can wear this robe mixed with a lot of gold wire.

Xie Hanci was a little emotional, the monk relied on his robe, no wonder he always felt that the abbot had a layer of Buddha light.

Tick Tick –

"What's the sound?"

Taking advantage of the fact that the little novice was moving the ladder, several people searched for the source of the sound and came to the other side of the meditation room.

As if it was raining, blood dripped down the corners of the eaves and fell on the bluestone slabs, forming a pool of blood on the uneven bluestone slabs.

Although no one spoke, the pilgrims present exchanged glances, and everyone knew that the abbot was more than lucky.

Several sturdy monks climbed up the ladder, and it took a long time to lift the abbot down because of the blood stained on the roof tiles that were particularly slippery.

Xie Hanci took a closer look, the elderly abbot's face was as white as paper, there was a bowl-sized hole on his head, and there was no blood on his lips, he died of excessive blood loss.

"What is this? How does it look like a scratch of a beast. The male pilgrim, who helped set up the ladder, pointed to the three parallel wounds on the abbot's thigh and said, "When I was eating just now, I seemed to hear the cry of a leopard. ”

"I heard it too!" Another pilgrim responded to the Tao.

"I heard that there was a leopard demon who failed to cross the mountain behind the Golden Alder Temple a while ago and was struck by lightning. It's not that it lost its Taoism, so it sneaked into the temple to suck the abbot's brain marrow to replenish the essence.

"Brother Liu is right, the brain marrow of a high-ranking monk will definitely help that beast to cultivate!"

Good guys, this is making up a story, these people don't go to the Ronghua Restaurant to tell stories.

Xie Hanci cleared his throat and said: "Everyone, please see, the wound on the abbot's head has shed a lot of blood, and if you look closely, there is already a slight scab on the edge of the wound, which is an injury suffered before his death. ”

As she spoke, she moved her finger down to the wound on the abbot's leg: "And this wound, one is dark brown, not dark red, and the other is such a large wound without too much blood. This shows that the injury was sustained by the abbot after his death, and it is possible that the murderer deliberately confused his vision. ”

The man who made up the story just now was unconvinced: "Who are you?" What to say here. Why can't it be that the leopard demon grabbed the abbot's thigh after his death. Maybe the leopard demon dares to do it, and this injury is a special explanation that this person was killed by it, and a demon does things and a demon does. ”

Xie Hanci: "??? ”

King Ning: "......"

Jing Yu couldn't help but give a thumbs up, such an argument should be joined.

Xie Hanci knows that it is useless to explain it, in the eyes of ordinary people, the story of the leopard demon sucking the marrow and the abbot's blood-stained ancient temple is naturally a hundred times more worthy of discussion than the story of the abbot's head being opened by the gangster.

Suddenly, the wind blew and the door of the meditation room was unlocked and blown open.

Looking in through the open door, Xie Hanci's eyes were quickly attracted by the paintings on the wall, she stepped in and asked the little novice who followed her: "Are these two paintings originally here?" ”

The nails used to hang the painting only shallow less than an inch into the wall, and a long section was exposed, Xie Hanci just wanted to reach out to touch the painting but was stopped by Xiao Shami.

"The abbot has passed away, and the female benefactor is expected to be the deceased, and the furnishings in the meditation room are arranged by the abbot before his death, and the female benefactor is asked not to move."

Xie Hanci secretly said in his heart that there was indeed a ghost, but he made a guilty expression on his face: "I just looked at this painting very Zen, I'm sorry." ”

When everyone heard Xiao Shami say this, they also retreated from the meditation room with great vision.

King Ning remembered that she looked at the painting on the wall just now, her expression was different, maybe she found something, so she used the excuse to find Xie Han to play chess.

As soon as Jing Yu heard the word chess, he hurriedly waved his hand: "You two play, I'll ask for a lot." Yesterday, I don't know who took away the sign I put on the incense case, and I haven't had time to look at it yet. “

Xie Hanci smiled humbly: "Then I wish the prince to draw the lottery." “

King Ning took her to the Octagonal Pavilion next to the stone forest, which was quiet and secluded, and few people passed by.

King Ning sat in front of the chessboard, but he didn't hold his hand for a long time, but looked at Xie Hanci on the opposite side: "You just asked Xiao Shami, is the painting on the wall always there, is there anything wrong with that painting?" ”

"It's not that the drawing is wrong...... Xie Hanci picked up a sunspot and put it in the middle of the chessboard: "King Ning seems to be very interested in calligraphy and painting." ”

King Ning glanced at the maid behind Xie Hanci, picked up a white child, and put it next to Xie Hanci's black child.

"Jingjing, I'm a little thirsty, you go make a pot of Lu'an melon slices."

Seeing Jingjing walking away, King Ning said: "Don't hide it from Miss Xie, I am indeed looking for a calligraphy and painting, this calligraphy and painting is from the hand of Master Shen, you should be able to understand how important this painting is." ”

Xie Hanci saw that he was no longer going around the bend, and replied truthfully: "There are three calligraphy and paintings on that wall, and two of the papers have been yellowed, which should be caused by sunlight. But strangely, the one next to the window is not yellowed, but the other two are a little farther away from the window. ”

King Ning dropped another son and said, "Maybe the one by the window is newly hung?" ”

Xie Hanci shook his head: "I think those two yellowed paintings were just hung up, and they were hung in a hurry, and the nails didn't have time to be nailed." ”

King Ning was a little puzzled: "Why do you want to hang up two old paintings in a hurry?" ”

"Hey, my chess skills are terrible", the black on the chessboard has been driven to a dead end by the white chessboard. Xie Hanci threw the sunspot in his hand back into the box, "Today is the night of the fifteenth full moon, I wonder if King Ning will have time to enjoy the moon together at night?" “

At night, King Ning was not the only one who went to the appointment.

The elder Yuan Jingyu beckoned to Xie Hanci, "Hey, I heard, you... Hmmm......"

Xie Hanci hurriedly rushed up to block his mouth and observed the surroundings, but fortunately he did not alarm the monks. She frowned and looked at King Ning, throwing him a "how did you bring him" look.

King Ning turned sideways and touched the tip of his nose, a little embarrassed.

Jing Yu pulled Xie Hanci's hand away, lowered his voice and said, "Don't blame my little imperial uncle, I stopped him." “

Xie Hanci put his index finger to his mouth and made a silent gesture.

When he arrived at the door of the meditation room, Xie Hanci untied the bag on his waist, took out two iron skewers the thickness of toothpicks, squatted down and began to pick the lock.

Jing Yu was dumbfounded, and with a slight "click", the door lock was opened.

Two dynasties ago, there was an empress who strongly encouraged women to become officials and do business, and many official positions are still held by women until now.

He has seen female officials on errands in the palace, and he has also seen female generals in bloody battles. Some of them are smart and quick-witted, and they can even refute pedantic officials, and some are resolute and resolute, and their strategies are not inferior to men.

But like Xie Hanci, he deals with dead people every day, and he really sees him for the first time when he carries a tool for picking locks on the sliding door.

No wonder she has the name of a female star.

"Come on in." Xie Hanci and King Ning had already entered the meditation room, only Jing Yu was still stunned at the door, and Xie Hanci dragged him in.

A few people walked in the dark, Xie Hanci took out two fire folds from his arms, lit them, and handed one to King Ning.

"It's not the right spacing." Xie Hanci leaned over to the wall with a fire fold and beckoned King Ning to come over.

"Don't you think these paintings are a little crowded? Practitioners advocate the beauty of nature, and the room layout is often blank. How could the meditation room of a high-ranking monk be arranged like the study of a salt merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, and he couldn't wait to hang paintings on the wall. “

King Ning nodded: "Indeed, these three paintings fill the entire wall to the full, just seeing nothing, compared with the rest of the room, it is very inconsistent. “

She stepped forward and tried to take down the two paintings on the right, but she was not tall enough. Just as she stood on tiptoe to reach it, she smelled a faint agarwood fragrance, and King Ning had already walked behind her.

"I'll do it."

It was at this moment that she could feel King Ning very close to her, and the hot breath he exhaled hit her earlobe. On weekdays, although she often calls her brother and brother with the officials, she is not so close to anyone.

Fortunately, the light in this meditation room was dim, and no one would see her flushed face with only two fires.

As soon as King Ning stretched out his hand, he took off the painting, put it on the elm table next to him and said, "It's just an ordinary old painting, there's no problem." ”

"The problem is not in the painting, the problem is here." Xie Hanci stood by the wall, the firelight flickering on and off, but it illuminated the dark red spots on the wall.

She scraped hard with her fingernails, and sure enough, it was human blood, dense blood dots, extending all the way to the right, and suddenly disappeared.

"There were originally two paintings hanging on this wall, and the one on the right was stained with the abbot's blood, which was replaced by the murderer. Perhaps he found that he could not stop the blood stains on the wall next to him by replacing the paintings, so he cleverly added another painting, so that it became the way we now see the three paintings tightly packed together. ”

Xie Hanci pointed to the position in front of the bookshelf, "King Ning, can you stand here?" “

He didn't know what he meant, but he did as she said.

Xie Hanci lifted the fire fold above his head, King Ning was about the same height as the abbot, but his shadow on the wall was much higher than the deepest blood mark on the wall.

What's going on? The location is right, the height is wrong.

King Ning seemed to see her doubts, and pressed her arm down a little, "The murderer should not be tall, hit the abbot's head from the bottom up, so the blood will spurt upwards." ”

Xie Hanci raised his eyebrows: "I have been taught, it seems that King Ning is very good at this." “

King Ning said lightly: "It's okay, if you punish people, their blood will always spray on the wall of the cell, and you will understand if you see too much." “

Seeing that Xie Hanci didn't speak, King Ning added: "It's just a joke." The abbot is very tall, if the murderer is shorter than the abbot, this range is too large, I am afraid that most of the people in the temple are suspicious.

Bang Chang Chang –

Jing Yu kicked down the large bamboo bucket next to the table, and the calligraphy and paintings contained in it were scattered all over the ground.

Xie Hanci bent down to pick it up, but saw that these calligraphy and paintings, whether in style or the new or old of the paper, were very close to the two paintings that the murderer had replaced.

Jing Yu snorted coldly: "He will really save trouble, so he found two paintings here and hung them." ”

The three of them rummaged through the bamboo buckets, but they couldn't find the painting that had been replaced with the blood stains on the upper hand.

The sky was slightly bright, and it was not easy for them to stay here, and on the way back, Jing Yu kept chattering.

"Who do you say this abbot was killed? Pilgrim? Monks? Wouldn't it be the missing Lin? She hides it first, and then kills it? ”

Xie Hanci sighed, he is a typical person who is addicted to food and is very cooked, but he has a kind and pleasing appearance, which makes people not bored in their hearts.

"This must have something to do with that little novice, he first lied and broke me out of my mother, and then didn't let me touch those two paintings."

Jing Yu asked again: "Yes, why do you want to separate you from your mother?" ”

Xie Han replied: "I didn't figure it out at first, but then I thought about it, why did the Lin family have a headache again when he howled in the morning, and it is estimated that it was mostly an excuse to stay alone with Xiao Shami." “

Jing Yu immediately showed an expression that I understood: "Oh, so that's the case, Madame prefers young men, but this little novice is too small, and it's not ...... to look at."

Xie Hanci slipped on the soles of his feet when he heard this, and he almost fell into a dog eating.

"It's disgusting to think about it, but there are some things I agree with. This Mrs. Li may really have a lover in this temple, she got out of the carriage and stepped on the mud that day, and she asked the little novice why he hadn't cleaned it up today. also threatened to tell his uncle that when she said this, her face showed a little shyness, which was not normal. ”

After Jing Yu listened, his whole face was twisted: "You still say that you think I'm disgusting, and the picture you described is also tireless." So this little novice is using Mrs. Li and this murderer as a mouthpiece? Then he must know who the abbot's murderer is! “

King Ning snorted coldly: "Why don't you suspect that little novice is the murderer?" “

Jing Yu shuddered, he couldn't imagine that such a thin child would be so cruel, "Although the abbot is old, he won't be able to beat a child, besides, how can he bring the abbot to the roof?" “

Xie Hanqi yawned and waved his hand, "I'm here, you two go back quickly, I'm going to sleep, let's discuss it tomorrow." ”

As soon as Xie Hanci lay down, Jingjing suddenly trotted over and shook her awake: "Miss, go back and have a look." Mrs. Li made a fuss again. ”

Xie Hanci sighed, and sighed while putting on his shoes: "If I were that Li Yuanwai, and the two of them were compared, I couldn't help but hurt the Lin family more." ”

As soon as she entered the door, a clay statue of the Southern Growth Heavenly King flew over and smashed at her feet. Mrs. Li was in a very crazy state, and all the furnishings in the room were shattered.

She grabbed Shen Shuyi's hand, her nails sank deep into the flesh, Shen Shuyi gasped, but it was not easy to shake off.

Xie Hanci immediately stepped forward, pulled Mrs. Li's hand, and asked, "Mrs. Li, what's wrong with you?" ”

Mrs. Li swallowed and spat, her eyes staring at the wall vacantly.

"I see it! I saw a leopard with a pitch-black body, biting Lin's neck and dragging her into the mountains, sucking her blood and eating her flesh. The Lin clan still had a voice at first, but after a while, he lost his breath. ”

Xie Hanci looked at Mrs. Li's little maidservant and asked, "Did Mrs. go out just now?" ”

The little maidservant looked at Xie Hanci, then at the delirious Mrs. Li, and shook her head like a rattle.

Mrs. Li spoke again: "Although I didn't go out, I dreamed of it. That Lin was bitten off his throat, and his mouth muttered and wanted to speak, but he couldn't say anything, it was absolutely true! She gave me a dream! ”

For the next half hour, she kept saying these two sentences over and over again, until the little maid lit the incense, and then she slowly quieted down, and gradually closed her eyes.