Shaolin Temple abbot indoors.

Master Renshan Yigong, the abbot of Shaolin Temple, sat at the top and was cooking fragrant tea.

The tea is the new tea grown by the tenants under the mountain, and the water is the mountain spring water that has just been ordered to be taken from the mountain behind the temple, and I don't know why, when he learned that Master Chen died from the poisoned tea this morning, he made up his mind not to use the water from the well in the temple to cook tea.

Although, he knew that there was no poison in the well water.

He dismissed the little novice who was waiting on the side, and cooked tea himself, just to entertain Ye Feng and Tang Da in the house.

He was eager to hear what they thought about Master Chen's death.

Tang Da didn't say anything about Master Chen's poisoning, but just held the emerald green tea in his hand, tasted it carefully, and praised the good tea repeatedly.

Ye Feng on the side obviously didn't have the intention of tasting tea, and sat there in a daze.

Ever since Master Chen's meditation room came out, he had been in a daze.

At the scene of the meditation room, he carefully checked it, and even the beams above his head went up to check it himself, tossing back and forth for nearly two hours, but at the end, he didn't say a word.

It seems that he also got nothing.

Master Renshan looked at Ye Feng, who was stunned, and didn't know whether to be disappointed or sympathetic, although he was known as the smartest person in the world, but when he encountered such a strange case, he was not the same helpless?

Originally, he still had a glimmer of hope for Ye Feng and Tang Da, but now they were all cold.

But disappointment is disappointment, and Master Renshan is still grateful for their help in this matter.

After all, this is the Shaolin Temple's own family matter, and they can stand by and watch, so they don't have to work so hard.

After thinking about it, he finally asked: "Young Master Ye, Grand Master Tang, what do you think about today's Senior Brother Chen, can you tell Lao Gao?"

Ye Feng still lowered his head and looked coldly at the tea in front of him, as if he hadn't heard his question at all.

Tang Dawei smiled and asked, "I wonder what the abbot master thinks about this matter?"

The question was thrown back to Master Renshan, he frowned and thought about it, and said hesitantly: "This poison is in the water in the kettle, since it is impossible to poison it in advance, and when Senior Brother Lichen cooks tea, it is almost a secret room, and he is the only one on the scene, so it is ......"

He paused, a conclusion that even he himself thought was unlikely.

Tang Da asked, "What is it?"

Master Renshan continued with some helplessness: "Could it be that this poison was inflicted by Senior Brother Chen's own, and he died by suicide?"

Before the words fell, suddenly two voices sounded at the same time: "No!"

One of the speakers was Tang Da, and as soon as Master Renshan said it, he immediately shook his head.

And the other one turned out to be Ye Feng, who had been lowering his head and was in a daze!

Master Inshan originally thought that he was not listening to their conversation at all, but unexpectedly, he was also slowly shaking his head at the moment, saying that something was wrong.

After finishing speaking, he still lowered his head and was coldly distracted, as if there was something he hadn't figured out.

Because he saw that he was still pondering, Master Renshan first asked Tang Da, "Tang Dagongzi said that it was not right, did he say that Senior Brother Chen did not commit suicide?"

Tang Da nodded and said, "This is natural." ”

Master Inshan was full of curiosity: "I would like to hear about it." ”

Tang Da smiled: "First of all, the origin of this poison, about this, Miss Cheng should have the most right to speak." ”

Master Renshan's gaze then turned to Cheng Nianzhen, who was sitting on the side and had not spoken.

Miss Cheng said: "What Master Lichen has is a kind of poison that seals his throat with blood, which is extremely toxic, although this poison is colorless and tasteless, and it is extremely difficult to detect, but as long as you take a little bit, it will be immediately fatal. ”

"The most special thing is that this poison should not be an ordinary poison such as a batch of frost and crane top red that are common in the Central Plains, but a kind of poison that is used in various ways

The insect poison grass is refined, and it should belong to the special poison that appears in the southwest Miaojiang area. ”

Southwest Miaojiang?

Master Renshan was a little skeptical when he heard this, although he had already heard of Miss Cheng's medical skills, but after all, she was just a young yellow-haired girl, and she really studied poison like this?

Seeing the look on Master Renshan's face, Tang Da nodded and added: "Miss Cheng is extremely right, and as far as I know, this method of making poison should be the technique of the Five Poison Sects in Yunnan. ”

The name of the Five Poison Sects, Master Renshan had obviously heard of it, and when he heard it suddenly, he was shocked and changed.

Tang Da continued: "Master Lichen has been practicing in Shaolin for many years, and his martial arts are very strong, if he wants to commit suicide, there are many ways, why would he choose such a path as taking poison and committing suicide?

Master Renshan was stunned by Tang Da's series of questions, speechless, and suddenly felt that what he had just said about Master Chen's suicide was completely untenable.

After being silent for a moment, he turned his head to Ye Feng, who was still pondering on the side, and asked, "What does Ye Gongzi think?"

Ye Feng, who had been silently bowing his head and pondering, raised his head at this time and said slowly: "I said something wrong, master, because there was something wrong in what you said just now, Master. ”

Master Renshan said curiously: "What are my words?"

Ye Feng said: "Master Shicai said, this poison that killed Master Chen's poison in the kettle can never be predetermined, this sentence is actually wrong." ”

He raised his head and looked directly into Master Renshan's eyes, and said categorically: "Actually, this poison has already been laid!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked.

Master Renshan shook his head in disbelief: "How is this possible? Before Senior Brother Chen cooks tea every day, he must first clean the kettle and tea set, everyone knows about this, how is this poison predetermined?"

Everyone looked at Ye Feng in surprise, and Tang Da opened his mouth and asked, "Could it be that you already know the method of poisoning?"

Ye Feng nodded: "Yes, I already knew the murderer's method of poisoning in the meditation room just now." ”

He glanced at the surprised eyes of everyone present and said, "This murderer is very cunning, and he must be very familiar with Master Chen's daily life and living habits. He knew that the master would clean the kettle and tea set before cooking tea every day, so it was impossible to poison the kettle and tea set in advance. ”

"I just checked Master Chen's meditation room, and Master Chen is a person who lives a very regular life, and even has some rigidity. Judging from the imprints, his desk and the kettle and tea set on the desk are fixed, and even the position is fixed, which has almost become a habit and has not changed for many years. ”

Master Inzan listened and recalled the situation in Master Chen's room, and it seemed that he had never noticed any change in him over the years.

Ye Feng continued: "This murderer is very familiar with the details of Master Chen's life, and naturally knows that the master lives a simple life, and has always used a copper kettle without a lid. So, he devised a very ingenious way to poison it. ”

He first found an opportunity to dig a small hole in the lower end of the beam that lay across the stove and the copper kettle, directly above the place where the stove and the copper kettle were placed. He stuffed the poison powder into the hole and sealed the hole with a thin layer of wax. ”

"The meditation room is relatively low, and the beams are not high from below, so when Master Chen makes a fire and boils water below, the heat surges, and the thin layer of wax that seals the entrance to the cave will melt, and the poisonous powder in the cave will be exposed, and it will fall into the copper kettle without a lid. ”

"This poisonous powder is extremely fine, colorless and tasteless, and it is almost like dust when it falls, and there is an open scroll next to the corpse of Master Chen, which shows that he was reading the scriptures while cooking tea, and he did not notice for a while, and drank water stained with poisonous powder, which was immediately poisoned and died. ”

He raised his head, glanced at the other people in the room, and said slowly, "This is the dust."

The truth about the poisoning of the division. He didn't commit suicide, he was poisoned by someone who was orchestrated!"

Hearing his words, everyone present looked at him dumbfounded, such an ingenious poisoning technique is a little too unbelievable, right?

Master Renshan muttered in disbelief, "Although Ye Gongzi's words are logical, is there any evidence?"

Ye Feng nodded and said: "Earlier, I had found a small hole at the lower end of the beam, facing the position of the copper kettle below, the thin layer of wax remaining at the entrance of the hole, and there were still some poisonous powder in the hole that had not been dropped, which was enough to confirm my inference." ”

In this way, this is the evidence is conclusive, and it is clear that the master was indeed poisoned to death?

It's hard to believe, but for now, everyone can only accept this most logical statement.

However, at this time, Ye Feng's face showed hesitation, and he said a little hesitantly: "However, there is one thing that is very strange......

Master Inzan asked, "What's so strange?"

Ye Feng said: "The poisonous powder fell from above, it should be fluttering and sprinkling, and it is absolutely impossible for all of it to fall into the copper kettle accurately, so on the outer wall of the copper kettle, as well as on the table around it, it will definitely fall and be contaminated with these poisonous powder." ”

Master Renshan nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Ye Feng raised his head at this time and lowered his voice, and said slowly: "However, when we inspected the scene just now, the outer wall of the copper kettle and the top of the desk were clean, and there was not a trace of residual poisonous powder. ”

Master Renshan was shocked and asked, "Why is this?"

Tang Da on the side shook his head and said, "Naturally, someone has already cleaned it first, and wiped out the poisonous powder on the outside of those copper kettles and on the desk. ”

Master Renshan seemed to be a little unconvinced: "How could it be? Since the discovery of Senior Brother Chen's body, the old man has ordered that no one is allowed to touch any items in the meditation room, let alone clean them. ”

Ye Feng said: "This cleaner is naturally the murderer. He took advantage of the fact that no one else had arrived, and no one was paying attention, and he removed the traces, not wanting to be discovered about the poisoned powder, so that he could deduce his method of poisoning. If you can't find his method of poisoning, you will naturally have no way to track down the murderer. ”

Master Renshan nodded suddenly and said yes again and again.

Ye Feng looked at Master Renshan with both eyes, and said slowly: "So now I have a question to ask the abbot master, and I hope to tell you more." ”

Master Renshan said, "The old man should know everything. ”

Ye Feng asked, "Before you arrived at the scene, who had been to the scene of Master Chen's meditation room?"

Master Renshan thought for a moment and said, "At that time, it was the nephew of Qi Bin, who was in charge of the kitchen and meals in the temple, who first discovered the body of Senior Brother Chen, and he immediately rushed to report to Lao Gao, who immediately led everyone to feel the scene, and no one else entered the meditation room after that, until Ye Gongzi arrived. ”

Ye Feng thought about it and said, "The door of this meditation room was slammed open by Master Qi Bin, so the murderer must have taken advantage of the time when he rushed to report to the master to clean up the traces." ”

Master Renshan said: "At that time, all the monks of the temple were eating in the dining hall, and no one was absent, and it was precisely because only Senior Brother Lichen was not there, so Master Qibin and nephew went to check it, so no one else should enter during this time." ”

Ye Feng blinked: "In this case, this Master Qi Bin is the only one who has entered the scene before you, Master?"

Master Renshan's face changed, and he seemed to understand the meaning of his words, and said in a loud voice: "Are you saying that the murderer will be Senior Brother Qibin's nephew? There is absolutely no way! He is a disciple of Senior Brother Reform, and his cultivation of Buddhism is profound, and he will definitely not be a murderer!"

Ye Feng thought for a moment and asked, "How is this Master Qi Bin's martial arts?"

Master Renshan was stunned for a moment, not understanding what he meant.

Ye Feng added and asked: "Or simply ask, this Master Qibin, does he know the Iron Finger Zen Gong in the Shaolin Seventy-two Stunts?"