When it was time to eat, Shen Shuyi was making up for sleep in the house, Xie Hanci did not alarm her, and ordered the maid to prepare the meal, and she packed a plate of crispy dumplings in a food box and went to the courtyard of Ning Wang's uncle and nephew.

"You haven't eaten yet, I'll add a meal to you, crispy dumplings. Mrs. Li's maidservant sent it with a stuffing made of fresh bamboo shoots from the mountains. The prince and the prince have a taste, and I can be regarded as borrowing flowers to offer Buddha. ”

Jing Yu hesitated and picked up one: "Why is her maidservant so kind?" Her wife is like that, she still has the heart to do this, there will be no poison in it. ”

Ning Wang picked up a crispy dumpling and threw it into his mouth, and the crisp bamboo shoots and fragrant mountain mushrooms immediately spread throughout his mouth.

Xie Hanci said: "This is an apology and a thank you gift, her wife went crazy just now and my mother's arm was bleeding." In the past two days, the two of us have been tossed by her. ”

Jing Yu also took a bite: "Well, it's still a little worse than in the palace, but it's already very good." But why did Mrs. Li go crazy again? ”

Xie Han replied: "Mrs. Li said that she dreamed that the Lin clan was eaten alive by the leopard demon. She said that it was the Lin family who gave her a dream, but I saw that most of them were pretended, and it was probably the words passed on by the little novice that made her push the Lin family's disappearance to the leopard demon. “

Jing Yu frowned and said, "This trick doesn't sound very clever, the movement is too small, is she still pointing at you and Mrs. Shen to spread the word?" “

Xie Hanci moved the plate to King Ning's hand, very dog-legged: "So there is something to trouble King Ning, help me keep an eye on the monk liao tonight, I will guard Mrs. Li." If they want to detain the disappearance of the Lin family to the Cheng Leopard Demon to harm people, there will definitely be action at night. ”

King Ning poured Xie Hanci a cup of tea: "Yes, but I also have a small favor that I need your help." “

Xie Hanci took the tea: "I understand, Master Shen's masterpiece." Give me some time, and I have a hunch that these two things will eventually become one and the same. “

King Ning nodded and did not speak.

Jing Yu heard it in a fog and asked, "What kind of dumb riddle are you two playing?" Lin disappeared, the abbot was killed, and there was a search for paintings. Aren't these three things? ”

Xie Hanci poked Jing Yu's head with his finger, "What a good head, it's a pity, it's made of wood." ”

Jing Yu was not annoyed, but grabbed Xie Hanci's wrist: "Oh, just tell me." I'm stupid but curious. If you make it clear to you, you can use my head as a wooden fish. “

King Ning lowered his eyes and looked at the white porcelain teacup in his hand, which had two fine cracks on it. He reached out and picked up the teapot to add tea, tilted it slightly, and the tea flowed down the spout of the teapot onto Jing Yu's Tuanhua jade silk robe.

Jing Yu hurriedly let go of Xie Hanci's hand and took out a handkerchief to wipe it, "Uncle Xiaohuang, I left in a hurry this time, and I didn't bring a few clothes in total." “

King Ning said sorry and explained again.

"Lin's disappearance was the work of Mrs. Li, and the motive may have been a fight in the house, but she initially said that Lin had eloped with a foreign man. The abbot was killed, and the murderer wanted to use the leopard demon to cover people's eyes, and the abbot's murder had nothing to do with Lin's disappearance, but this little novice sent a message to Mrs. Li, asking her to detain Lin's disappearance on the leopard demon. “

Jing Yu suddenly realized: "Yes, after all, the adulterer in her mouth ran back by herself, and it is not a plan to make a plan." ”

Jing Yu said and shivered again: "But why does this Mrs. Li have to cause the Lin family to die?" The Lin family is just a concubine, how can she turn out the palm of her wife. ”

Xie Hanci said: "Mrs. Li's motive for killing the Lin family is not an ordinary backhouse fight, the Lin family is pregnant. Mrs. Li used a table of vegetarian food that pregnant women could not eat that day to test her, and Lin almost didn't use chopsticks. Li Yuanwai currently only has a daughter born to his wife, and if the Lin family gives birth to a son, I am afraid that the Li Mansion will be turned upside down. ”

Jing Yu also poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip: "But what about the abbot?" Why was he killed? It can't be that this murderer deliberately killed another person in order to exonerate Mrs. Li, right? ”

Xie Hanci took a sip of tea and said: "There is no evidence for the reason why the abbot was killed, although what you said is outrageous, it is also a possibility." But I think the abbot may have discovered something he shouldn't have discovered. ”

It's night.

The sky was like unmelted ink, and the stars were obscured by heavy clouds.

Mrs. Li changed into a crescent-white gauze skirt, walked out of the door, and screamed hoarsely in the courtyard.

Xie Hanci has been secretly staring at Mrs. Li's door, looking at her appearance, I don't know which one to sing.

After a while, Shen Shuyi was so noisy that she got up and went out, and several monks also heard the movement and rushed over.

Mrs. Li ignored everyone's inquiries and said in a cold hoarse voice, "The Lin family came to me again just now. I saw it, I saw her killed by the leopard demon. ”

Shen Shuyi's eyes were all black, but she still patiently comforted him: "Is it another nightmare?" I told you in the afternoon that I would let you sleep with me at night. Let's go, you go to my house, I will accompany you, in the middle of the night, don't disturb the monks in the temple. ”

Mrs. Li didn't appreciate it, she pushed Shen Shuyi's hand away and shouted, "It's not a nightmare!" She just took me to see it in a dream. I know where her body is! ”

After saying that, she stumbled around and walked in the direction of the back mountain, where did everyone dare to let her go into the mountain alone late at night, so they had to follow her. All the way through the stone forest, along the winding path into the mountain, walking for half an hour, several maidservants in single clothes were shivering by the mountain wind.

Shen Shuyi couldn't bear it when she saw this, and asked, "How long will it take?" Otherwise, we'll go back first and come back tomorrow during the day." It was a cold and dark night. ”

Mrs. Li didn't answer, but just walked into the depths.

After another half an hour, Mrs. Li walked to the foot of a stone wall, pointed to the stone wall and shouted, "This is it!" Lin said in a dream that her corpse was on it! ”

The black-faced maid who had no eyesight was very athletic, and she still had a steady breath and effortless after climbing the mountain road for so long.

At this moment, she took the lead in carrying a torch and approached the stone wall, on which was painted an old leopard with a dark brown body, lying beside a pine tree, with a piercing wound from the corner of its eye to the corner of its mouth, staring at dark gray eyes, and opening its mouth as if it was about to jump down from the mural at any moment and pounce on everyone.

An old monk clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, when I was a little monk, I heard that a famous painter went into the mountain after drinking and painted a picture of a leopard in the mountain. When he woke up, he forgot where he painted it, and seeing that the painting on the stone wall did not look like a new work, the poor monk guessed that it was probably the leopard picture. ”

Xie Hanci stepped forward and looked at the leopard on the wall, the color was indeed dull, and a few places had even cracked and peeled off, but this painter was really good, and he also painted the charm of this leopard, and it looked like a real leopard from a distance.

"Master Li, I found it!"

The monk climbed to the top of the stone wall and shouted to those below.

Xie Hanci noticed that Mrs. Li's eyes were full of excitement at this time, but her face was pretending to be sad, and her expression was extremely strange and distorted under the flickering light of the torches.

"Then ask the monk to help me carry down the bones of the Lin family." Mrs. Li wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief as she spoke, and said sadly: "She is from our Li family, I will bring her bones back, and I will give an explanation to the master." ”

The old monk, who was called the "High Monk", was a little embarrassed and stammered: "Madame is merciful, but there is no corpse of the Lin family here. ”

"What!" After Mrs. Li roared in disbelief, she pushed the black-faced maid away and staggered up on her own.

The branches on the stone wall fell in large pieces, and there were two blood stains on the ground that had been dragged away, but it was true that there was not even a single finger of the Lin clan.

"Impossible? How is this possible? Mrs. Li muttered, her words full of anger.

The old monk only thought that she was worried that Lin's corpse and bones would not survive, and persuaded on the side: "Madam, there are 84,000 methods, all of which have one heart, and the heart is inwardly pure, like a void. Since Lord Lin has entrusted you with a dream, and you have found this place, she will also be content to thank her for her merits, regardless of whether she can find the bones or not. ”

The corners of Mrs. Li's mouth twitched slightly, and when she saw that everyone was looking at her, she hurriedly responded, "Yes, yes." It's because I'm too obsessed to see through it. I'll bring someone to worship during the day, so let's go back. ”

As she spoke, she walked down the stone wall, lost her soul, and did not seem to be in high spirits when she found the corpse.

Shen Shuyi wanted to accompany her, but she refused, saying that she wanted to be alone quietly.

As soon as the sky was white, Mrs. Li cautiously opened the door, leaned out half of her body, looked around, and walked out quickly after making sure that there was no one.

Xie Hanci was worried that she would find out, so she dared to follow from a distance, and traveled all the way to Huiyuan's retreat room.

Mrs. Li hesitated and knocked on the door three times, called "San Lang", the door opened, Huiyuan looked out, dragged Mrs. Li into the room, and quickly closed the door.

Xie Hanci tiptoed to the window, fortunately the window was papier-mâché, Xie Hanci licked his fingers and gently poked a small hole in the paper pasted on the window.

Huiyuan hugged Mrs. Li and comforted: "She may have really been taken away by the beasts in the back mountain, I stabbed her three times, and she bled to death, don't worry." ”

Then, the two sat arm in arm under the couch hung with Buddhist scriptures, and Mrs. Li changed her previous madness and domineering, and her face was full of shyness.

Back in the guest room, Jing Yu was waiting for her, pulling her excitedly and saying, "Where have you been?" Now the stolen goods have been taken! Isn't it time to arrest them! ”

Xie Hanci's legs were weak when he climbed the mountain just now, tired and sleepy: "Wait, we all forgot, there is another link in this, why did she insist that the Lin family eloped with the little shopkeeper in the first place?" ”

Jing Yu said: "That is, at the beginning, she wanted to do it for both of them? yes, why didn't you do that? ”

Xie Han said angrily: "Just wait and see, let me go back to sleep for a while, I will still sing on stage when it is dawn." ”

In the early morning of the second day, the story of Mrs. Lin's dream and Mrs. Li's night visit to the back mountain to find the bones spread throughout the Jinchun Temple.

The pilgrims who stayed overnight were panicked, sitting around the main hall, waiting for the road to be repaired before leaving as soon as possible.

Two people have died in a row in this ancient temple, one of them was sucked dry by the leopard demon, and the other disappeared for two days, leaving only two blood marks and no bones.

There was no shortage of good deeds whispering in the temple.

"Have you heard? The concubine of Li Yuanwai's family was taken away by the leopard spirit, and she was bitten so badly that she couldn't even pick up the bones. ”

"Ouch, who else in this temple doesn't know. I also heard that when the leopard demon saw that someone had found it, he turned around and hid in the mountain wall, turning into a painting on stone. He has already eaten two people, and he has to eat ninety-eight more, and if he has enough of a hundred people, he can soar! ”

"What? It's going to eat people, so let's go. It's just a pity that Li Yuanwai's concubine was born so beautiful and moving. That figure, it's a pity that I'm not the leopard demon, so I can't taste her. ”

"Li Yuanwai's concubine is really so beautiful? Brother Liu, why do I think what you said is different from that, hehehehe......"

Xie Hanci slapped the incense case heavily, causing everyone to look at this side, and the show began.

She got up and folded her hands and said: "Amitabha, the temple is a quiet place, under the nose of the Buddha, you still have to accumulate virtue in your mouth." ”

Mrs. Li took Shen Shuyi's hand and cried loudly: "How could this Lin family's good and dignified person be caught by the leopard spirit, and he killed him, and he didn't even have a corpse, how can I explain to my master when I go back." ”

Xie Hanci patted Mrs. Li's back lightly and said, "Madame, don't worry, I have a way for you to explain." The guarantee will not embarrass you about this. ”

Mrs. Li wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and said, "What way?" ”

Xie Hanci looked at her with a smile and said, "Because this is not a leopard spirit hurting people at all, someone deliberately killed the Lin family and then blamed the gods and ghosts!" It's just that there is more than one murderer, and I haven't identified the accomplice yet, so I can't tell you the identity of the murderer for the time being. ”

The pilgrims who had gossiped just now became uneasy at the moment.

"If it's really man-made, why don't you tell the murderer, and what if he kills again? Isn't everyone in danger now! ”

"Oh, I think it's the leopard demon who did it, this little lady is confusing here, let's hurry up and find a way to go down the mountain, what if the leopard demon comes back tonight?"

Xie Hanci raised his eyebrows and said, "No one is allowed to leave, the murderer is here." I have already sent a pigeon to the government office, and tomorrow I will send someone up the mountain to arrest the murderer, and when the time comes, no one will be able to escape. ”

With that, Xie Hanci slowly glanced at the pilgrims and monks in the hall.

Mrs. Li's hand holding the handkerchief trembled slightly, and she secretly looked at Huiyuan, who had just come out of the customs.

King Ning stood outside the main hall, still interested in looking at the railing at this time, Xie Hanci walked to his side and asked softly, "Can the prince do me a favor?" ”