"I didn't expect Miss Pei to perform an autopsy?" asked Shen Cuttlefish in surprise. Pei ...... Girl, it turns out that this young man, oh no, is a woman. The old monk was also a little surprised, but everyone was used to it and didn't care. Pei Jingnian replied casually: "It is necessary to investigate the case and find out the cause of death." Up to the point of an autopsy, which was a false task, I could only see some superficial scars. ”

Pei Jingnian fiddled with Lord Liu's corpse for a while, and the three of Shen Cuttlefish also came forward, Bai Xing asked with concern: "Do you see any clues?" Shen Cuttlefish rubbed his chin and said: "Could it really be that the gods and Buddhas condemned this adult, punished this adult, and made him die a good death?"

As soon as these words came out, his head was slapped hard by Bai Xing's tears, and Shen Cuttlefish hugged his head innocently, muttering in a vague whisper. Bai Xing scolded in tears: "You idiot, you are really stupid." How can there be any gods and Buddhas to blame, I think it is clear that someone is using this to cover people's eyes and ears, but in fact, they were killed by masters, and secretly transferred to Guangwang Temple, blaming the monks. ”

Everyone talked a lot, and it was difficult to make a decision for a while, only Pei Jingnian was silent, and Mingjue also had a heavy face. After a while, Pei Jing breathed a sigh of relief, and then stood up. Shen Cuttlefish hurriedly asked her about the result, and Pei Jingnian replied: "The so-called gods and Buddhas are just nonsense, and the rumors of the people are just to appease themselves." The meridians and blood vessels all over Lord Liu's body were broken, and all joints were also damaged, except for arrow wounds caused after death, the rest were internal injuries. ”

"In my opinion, it was poisoned first, paralyzing the limbs, but retaining his sanity, and then he was killed by a person with high internal strength, breaking the meridians, and all the internal organs were damaged, and he suffered very serious internal injuries, so he would die without blinking his eyes, looking frightened, and bleeding from his seven orifices. Pei Jingnian analyzed the matter, and everyone fell into deep thought.

As if grasping at a life-saving straw, the old monk hurriedly said: "But except for me who knows a little light skill, no one in my temple knows martial arts at all, and who has such internal skills to be able to beat Lord Liu into such internal injuries? In this way, it seems that the monks in my temple have really suffered injustice! Please, everyone, you must make decisions for my dead brothers and sisters!"

After that, the old monk couldn't afford to kneel on the ground again, threw himself to the ground, and begged Bai Xingxian and others to help him, but the monk only knelt to the Buddha, so it shows his sincerity. Bai Xingxian hurriedly helped him up, but the way Mingjue looked at him was extremely strange. Shen Cuttlefish and Bai Xing both said with tears: "Don't worry, Master, since we have agreed, we will definitely help to the end!"

Pei Jingnian was still checking the corpse of Lord Liu, and asked while rummaging through something: "Dare to ask if this corpse has been altered in addition to being treated with the technique of the golden body? For example, is this dress still Lord Liu's original clothes?" The old monk hurriedly replied: "Exactly! The old monk only poured the decoction into his mouth, and nothing else was touched." This dress was worn on the day the corpse fell out from behind the Buddha statue. ”

"That's it. Pei Jingnian fumbled for a while, and sure enough, he felt a mezzanine from Lord Liu's close-fitting clothes, and two fingers poked into it, touching a cold and crumpled note, so he clamped it with his fingers and carefully took it out. A small piece of yellow paper that has been rubbed and kneaded many times, has been crumpled, and there is still a slight fishy smell on it, Pei Jingnian spread it in the palm of his hand, carefully opened it, and saw a strange poem written on it with a small seal.

Everyone gathered on both sides, their eyes focused on the piece of paper, and it was written: "The stone Buddha closes his eyes and the world suffers, and the king of heaven sees the headless lord." The sea of blood is churning thousands of feet, and in the end it is only the Immortal Mansion. Everyone recited it silently in their hearts, feeling strange, and subconsciously looked at the old monk together. Seeing this, the old monk hurriedly waved his hand and said, "This matter has nothing to do with me! I don't know what this thing is......

"What do these two poems mean?" Bai Xingxian asked with Shen Cuttlefish.

"I don't know. But perhaps, this will be the clue that will lead us to break through the fog. Pei Jingnian put the note beside him, and everyone went back to their rooms to rest. It's just that Shen cuttlefish was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, and as soon as he closed his eyes, his mind was full of the four hideous-looking Heavenly King Elephants on the Heavenly King Palace, which evoked his terrifying memories......

At dawn on the second day, everyone got up and prepared to leave for Zhongtianfu, ate some dry food, and after washing, they went to the old monk to say goodbye. Although he wanted to wipe everyone out, he also had a hard heart, just to save his life. After all, they were still here for the night, and Shen Cuttlefish and the others didn't care about what happened before.

But when the four of them came to the old monk's meditation room and knocked on the door, they did not respond for a long time. Everyone speculated that he might have gotten up to clean the temple or worship the Buddha. Then they went separately to find it, Mingjue went to the Daxiong Treasure Palace, Shen Cuttlefish went to the two side halls, Bai Xing Tears went to the front and back courtyards, and Pei Jingnian went to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion. Everyone looked around for a while, but they didn't find any trace of the old monk.

Just as Shen Cuttlefish casually looked at the two halls, for some reason, he came to the remote Tianwang Palace, and the ghost made a god to take a look inside, I don't know when, the body of Lord Liu was not in the Tianwang Palace, only an old man in a gray cloth robe kneeled in the hall. Shen Cuttlefish recognized at a glance that it was the old monk who drooped his head, so he stepped forward and bowed his hand: "Master, Master, we are specially here to bid you farewell, and we are about to leave for Zhongtianfu." ”

But the old monk did not respond, with yesterday's lesson, Shen Cuttlefish faintly felt a little afraid, moved small steps, slowly moved forward, and at the same time called softly: "Master, can you hear......" When he approached the old monk's side, he found that there was something drooping his head, the old monk's head was missing, it seemed to be cut off with a quick knife, clean and neat, without mercy, the knife edge was extremely neat, not dragging mud and water at all, the dark red flesh and blood had already solidified into a ball, and there was a white bone in the middle.

Shen cuttlefish was so shocked that a cold sweat broke out, and he rolled his eyes and fell backwards, so frightened that he almost turned his back on his breath, lay on the ground and gasped for a long time before he came back to his senses, used his hands and feet together, got up, staggered out of the Heavenly King Palace, opened his throat and shouted: "Come on, someone—I found him—" The shout echoed throughout the temple, Mingjue, Bai Xing tears, Pei Jingnian heard the sound from all directions.

Mingjue was the closest, so he came first. followed by Bai Xing's tears, and finally Pei Jingnian, who was the farthest away. When Pei Jingnian arrived, the three of them stood behind the corpse of the headless old monk, and when they heard the footsteps behind them, they turned back together, all of them were pale and speechless. When Pei Jingnian saw the headless corpse, he first frowned, and then forcibly endured the vomiting sensation of turning his abdomen upside down, and inspected the corpse everywhere else.

"Kill with a knife, cut off the neck, definitely a master. Pei Jingnian stood up slowly, looked around, suddenly seemed to think of something, his face changed drastically, and he hurriedly took out the crumpled note from his arms, his eyes unconsciously fell on one of the sentences, and read out: "The king of heaven shines on the headless lord ......"

"What are you talking about?" Bai Xing asked in a deep voice with a deep frown.

Pei Jingnian trembled and handed the note to everyone, swallowed his saliva, and said intermittently: "This poem I found last night...... Already...... Began to verify the ......" Bai Xingxian took the note, read it silently again, raised his head suddenly, and suddenly realized: "The Heavenly King Palace...... Headless Corpse ...... Is this what the king of heaven has seen the headless lord......

"We must get out of here quickly! This is by no means a safe place, and it is best to enter the city as soon as possible!" Pei Jingnian walked out of the Heavenly King Hall quickly, and Shen Cuttlefish and Bai Xingxian also followed, only Mingjue was still standstill. Seeing that there was one person missing, everyone turned around and shouted, "Mingjue, hurry up!" Mingjue shook his head and sighed: "You go first, wait for me to bury my master's body, and then chase you." ”

The three of them naturally understood that in this kind of matter, Mingjue had always been stubborn, and no one could change his mind, so they could only take the first step. It is said that Na Mingjue sat next to the corpse and recited Buddhist scriptures for a while, and then buried it in front of the pagoda in the backyard, hastily performed a transcendent ritual, praying that he would enter reincarnation as soon as possible, and then left Guangwang Temple with a heavy heart, and quickly caught up with Shen Cuttlefish and their process.

The four of them walked dozens of miles, but fortunately, the three of them all had light skills, even if they accelerated their pace, they didn't feel tired, only the Shen cuttlefish complained again and again, and begged to stop and rest from time to time, but time waited for no one, if they couldn't get to Zhongtianfu before the evening, then they would no longer have the same good luck as before. In the end, it was almost Mingjue and Pei Jingnian who joined forces to carry the Shen cuttlefish away, even if he was full of grievances, but he had to keep silent.

The wind roared, the remnant sun was like blood, the flags fluttered above the city tower, and the soldiers had a long and cold mang. After a lot of hard work, the four of them finally came to the south gate of Zhongtianfu City, and successfully entered the city before the city gate was closed. There was still a lot of entanglement left on his body, but they were all collected by Shen Cuttlefish's side, and Bai Xingxian didn't want to take it anymore. At the request of Shen Cuttlefish, the four of them settled in a small inn in the south of the city, because this is the cheapest inn in Zhongtianfu.

The four of them opened four rooms, but they had important matters to discuss tonight, so they gathered in Shen Cuttlefish's room first to discuss the next step. I saw that Shen cuttlefish was holding his feet, and sighed: "It's obviously the body of the young master, but you have to suffer like this, it doesn't matter if you practice martial arts, but I have suffered a great sin." ”