The wooden table is covered with hand-copied scriptures that were copied by the holy monk Chang Ming for the Ten Thousand Buddhas Conference.

Meng Li's gaze swept over the scriptures and looked at the place Wang Ergou was pointing to.

It was a side corner of the wooden table, the edge of what should have been smooth, but now it left a scratch from a sharp object.

Raise the fire in front of the fire.

At the same time, he leaned down, his eyes parallel to the wooden table.

"This trace is new!"

His gaze was sharp and determined, and there was a hint of heaviness in his voice.

Could it have been last night?

The scratches are messy, and I can't see what I want to express. But this messiness has a meaning in itself.

The situation is so critical that you don't even have time to leave a clue?

Meng Li thought of the shattering sound that Xue Baiqi mentioned, and squatted down to examine it carefully. It didn't take long for some black-brown porcelain shards to be found.

"It seems that this is the sand mixing appliance that Xue Baiqi said. ”

Meng Li didn't understand the doorway, and he couldn't tell if it was a fragment of the sand mixing equipment. But he could perceive that this was extraordinary.

He made a hypothesis!

Assuming that the murderer was in the Buddhist hall when Xue Baiqi came in, the holy monk Changming attracted Xue Baiqi's attention by breaking the objects, and left a mark on the wooden table, but unfortunately, Xue Baiqi did not notice this. He only thought that the holy monk Chang Ming was telling him to leave quickly, but he didn't see the deep meaning.

After Xue Baiqi left, the murderer appeared, killed the holy monk Chang Ming, and blamed Xue Baiqi for the incident. No, the murderer doesn't even have to blame, Changdeng Temple will naturally associate this matter with Xue Baiqi.

Perfect crime!

But in this case, the problem also comes.

When Xue Baiqi came in, where was the murderer hiding?

Just when Meng couldn't figure it out, there was a sudden sound outside.

Da ...... Da Da ......

It's footsteps!

Someone's coming?

The two people in the Buddhist hall looked at each other with wary expressions.

"Find a place to hide. ”

"Where to hide?"

Meng Li looked around, and his gaze immediately locked on the position behind the palace door.

"Let's hide behind the door first!"

Hide behind the door, in terms of concealment. By no means the best option.

There are many Buddha statues in the Buddha hall, each of which is very tall, and it is a good choice to hide behind any Buddha statue.

Meng Li made this decision because the location near the door was more conducive to observation.

The main door of the Buddha hall is large enough to squeeze two people.

Meng Li and Wang Ergou leaned side by side, listening to the sound outside the door.

The footsteps got closer and closer, and finally stopped in front of the door.

The hearts of the two of them lifted, and their bodies tensed, ready to deal with the next situation that could happen at any time.

The owner of the footsteps, most likely a monk on night watch, only paused in front of the door and soon walked off into the distance.

It wasn't until the footsteps were far away that King Meng and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

Call!

Wang Ergou looked at Meng Li, who was close at hand, and showed a wry smile.

"How do you feel like being a thief?"

"In a sense, we are no different from thieves. ”

As soon as the words came out, Meng Li's relaxed expression suddenly changed, and he suddenly became extremely serious.

"How do you ......"

Wang Ergou noticed Meng Li's abnormality and was about to ask, but was interrupted by Meng Li raising his hand.

Wang Ergou closed his mouth decisively, and after moving his gaze downward, he looked at Meng Li's other hand.

I saw this hand, with the palm of the palm outward behind the back, and five fingers poking out, as if groping for something.

"The location...... This angle...... This scratch ...... Yes, it must be!"

Meng Li's five fingers groped the wall behind him, his expression was first solemn, then excited, and finally excited.

"Did you find a clue?"

Meng Li pulled Wang Ergou's hand to the place where he had groped before, and said, "Come and see this!"

"Is this a dagger scratch?"

Feeling the touch coming from the wall, Wang Ergou's expression changed suddenly, and then he bent down and observed with the faint light of the fire.

Under the firelight, on the rough wall, a narrow scratch left by the dagger was clearly engraved.

Wang Ergou was stunned and said, "This is left by the murderer?"

Meng Li nodded and said, "When Xue Baiqi entered the main hall, the murderer was hiding in this place, and this scratch is the trace that was accidentally left when he was hiding. ”

The murderer held a dagger in his hand, hid behind the door, waiting for an opportunity to move, and Meng Li had even imagined that scene.

"In this way, this murderer should be about the same height as you. ”

Meng Li imagined himself as a murderer, made a pose of hiding a knife behind his back, and when his fingers touched the scratches, he smiled bitterly: "It's really exactly the same!"

Speaking of height, Meng Li had some ideas, and said thoughtfully: "If I remember correctly, Yuan Yuting's height seems to be about the same as mine." ”

"Do you suspect Yuan Yuting?"

Meng Li's thoughts shocked Wang Ergou, he was silent for a moment, shook his head and said: "I don't think so, Yuan Yuting is the young master of the Yuan family, and his status is noble, even if he wants to do this kind of thing, he will not do it himself." ”

"I ignored that. Meng Li nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Even so, you can't let go of the suspicion of him, do you remember what Yan Dilong said? Yuan Yuting wants to take revenge on me and Xue Baiqi, and it is not a way to frame the blame." ”

I'd rather kill the wrong one than let it go!

Wang Ergou said eagerly: "Without further ado, after I go back, I will go to Yan Dilong to understand the situation." ”

"Don't wait to go back, I'll go with you now!"

Meng Li's expression was serious.

There are no valuable clues in the Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas, and it will be in vain to leave them any longer.

Then the two left Changdeng Temple and went to the Tianlong Teahouse.

Xue Baiqi only had three days, and there was not much time left for Meng Li, so he had to race against time.

It was late at night when they came to the Tianlong Teahouse, and it was a pity that they didn't see Yan Dilong.

In desperation, the two had no choice but to return to the martial arts hall, but in front of the martial arts hall, they found Yan Dilong's figure.

Is this a coincidence?

Just when they needed Yan Dilong, Yan Dilong appeared?

When Meng Li saw Yan Dilong, not only was he not happy, but he was even heavier.

Nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, the timing of Yan Dilong's appearance happened to illustrate the problem.

In the dead of night, the two of them, who did not deliberately suppress their footsteps, were soon discovered by Yan Dilong.

Seeing Meng Li and Wang Ergou, Yan Dilong immediately greeted him, his expression looked very solemn, as if something big was about to happen.

"Master Meng, Boss Wang, the big thing is not good, the big thing is not good!"

Wang Ergou glanced at Meng Li, then quickly returned his gaze to Yan Dilong, and asked, "What's the matter, so panicked?"

Although Yan Dilong was given the privilege of coming to the door, this right could only be used in an emergency.

He had a hunch that Yan Dilong's arrival was likely to be related to the case during the day.

Sure enough, the first sentence Yan Dilong opened his mouth was:

"Xue Baiqi is wronged, and the murderer is someone else!"

"The murderer is Yuan Yuting?"

Meng Li said his previous guess.

Yan Dilong shook his head and said, "The murderer is not him, but a person named Du Yu." ”

"Du Delirium?" Hearing this name, Meng Li was a little surprised.

The name Du Yu, he had seen it on the government's bounty list, was to kill people for money, and use people's money to eliminate disasters for others.

Yan Dilong said: "Yuan Yuting held a banquet in the mansion tonight, I was still wondering, until Du Yu took out a box of Ten Thousand Buddha cinnabar, I suddenly realized. ”

Ten thousand Buddha cinnabar is extremely rare, it is difficult for ordinary people to recognize it, but Yan Dilong believes in Buddhism, and will participate in the Ten Thousand Buddhas Conference every year, and has been fortunate to see this thing.

Wang Ergou said: "You mean that the killing of the holy monk Changming was instigated by Yuan Yuting behind his back?"

Yan Dilong said with palpitations: "Yuan Yuting is already crazy!"

For the sake of one's own selfishness, he even disregarded the lives of others, what is such an act of not being a madman?

Moreover, the holy monk Chang Ming is a highly prestigious monk in Jieshui City, and if he dies, it will involve a wide range of people.

"This Yuan Yuting, I can't stay any longer!" Meng Li sighed lightly, and he had already sentenced Yuan Yuting to death in his heart.

Wang Ergou said: "Yuan Yuting is an unforgivable crime of arson and murder, we just need to report this matter, and the city guard will naturally send someone to arrest him." ”

"Impossible!" Yan Dilong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "We have no evidence. ”

Wang Ergou sneered: "Isn't the Ten Thousand Buddha cinnabar enough to be evidence?"

Yan Dilong said: "He destroyed the box of cinnabar on the spot, and not only that, but Du Yu was also sent out of Jieshui City by him overnight. ”

Meng Li and Wang Ergou glanced at each other and were silent.

The evidence is gone, and the people are gone.

This is almost the most difficult situation.

"We must find Du Delirium!"

In the case of the destruction of evidence, the only way to catch Du Du is to catch Du Delirium.

Wang Ergou smiled bitterly: "But we don't even know where Du Yu has gone now." ”

Meng Li looked at Yan Dilong, and before he could ask, Yan Dilong preemptively said, "Don't ask me, I don't know, I only know that he walked from the north gate." ”

"Walked from the north gate?" Meng Li said thoughtfully: "I remember that this Du Yu seems to be from Meixiang Town. ”

Meixiang Town, one of the two towns of Jieshui, is located in the north of Jieshui City, and is at the corner of Jieshui City and Laishui Town.

Not only that, the location of Meixiang Town is in the middle of Jieshui City and Xizhou City, and the official road opened up by this town extends to both sides, forming one of the main roads connecting the two cities.

"Do you doubt he'll go back to Plum Blossom?"

"It's also Xizhou City, or some other place, now we can only look at luck and hope he doesn't go too far. ”

Now there are only three days left for him, and these three days will force them to go to Meixiang Town.

Sent Yan Dilong away, prepared a fast horse, and Meng Li prepared to rush to Meixiang Town overnight.

Just as Meng Li was about to leave, Wang Ergou suddenly stopped him.

"I think you'd better see someone more before you leave?"

"Who?"

"Snake Boy!"

When Meng Li saw the snake boy in the Treasure Hunting Pavilion, it was already midnight.

The Treasure Pavilion is one of the few shops in Jieshui City that is open all day. In line with the style of the snake boy, he pursues the truth of the supremacy of money.

As long as you can afford the money, everything here will be there for you at any time.

"I want to know everything about Du Delirium. ”

Meng Gongzi, who saw the snake boy, left the door and asked directly what he meant.

As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent.

Understanding Du Du's situation is necessary for this operation, although there is no guarantee that he will be able to find Du Du. But at least it won't be like a headless fly, spinning around.

The snake boy stretched out a finger and said with a smile: "Old rules, one hundred taels for a message." ”

"I said it, all!"

The snake boy still held out a finger. "Then one thousand taels, count me as a discount for Pavilion Master Meng. ”

One thousand taels, buy all the information of a person, this price is not low.

However, Meng Li didn't care.

He took out a thousand taels of silver ticket and said, "Now you can say it." ”

The snake boy didn't say anything, but turned around silently after putting away the silver ticket, took out a scroll with the word "Du Delirium" written on it from the shelf behind him, and handed it to Meng Li.

"Everything you want is here!"

Taking the scroll from the other party's hand, he couldn't wait to open it, and when he saw the information written on it, a smile finally appeared on his face.

"That's right, Du Yu must have gone to Meixiang Town!"