Chapter 10 Revisit Renji Temple
The place where Hui Ke's body was displayed was not difficult to find, it was next to the path into the mountain. The radius of the www.biquge.info has been blocked by officials, and it is strictly forbidden for anyone to enter or leave. Su Zhuo and the three of them came on foot from a long distance, and saw Hui Ke wearing a common costume and a small hat on his head. The corpse lay in the grass, and there was nothing unusual beside him.
Su Zhuo called the official who found the body and asked, "This is how you found him, and he didn't move?"
The man patted his chest and said, "That's it, absolutely not moved!"
Su Zhuo nodded and muttered, "Well, that's weird......"
Ling Shuang asked, "What's so strange?"
Su Zhuo didn't answer, and gently flipped Hui Ke's body over. I saw that Hui Ke's chest was torn, and he was slashed several times, and his skin and flesh were rolled up, which was miserable. There is also a knife wound in the throat, and if you don't look closely, it's really hard to notice for a while.
Qin Lei also said: "It's a little strange!" said and shouted at a few errand officials: "Look around and see if there is anything suspicious!"
Su Zhuo said: "Qin Zhutou also sees something strange?"
Ling Shuang hurriedly said on the side: "Don't play any dumb riddles, tell me what you have to say!"
Su Zhuo looked at his anxious appearance, couldn't help but be happy, and said, "This Hui Ke died a strange death. First of all, this is not the scene of the crime at all, because Hui Ke has been stabbed several times, but the grass is not stained with much blood. Second, it is only more than ten miles away from Jinling City. Hui Ke will definitely run away overnight to solve the case, how can he only run here?"
Ling Shuang suddenly realized and said, "Oh! No wonder you were surprised to hear that you found Hui Ke so soon. ”
Qin Lei nodded and said, "These doubts show that Hui Ke did not die here, but was dumped here after death." ”
Speaking of this kung fu, Su Zhuo had already touched Hui Ke's whole body, and sighed: "The relics are no longer on my body, only this is left." As he spoke, he picked up a money bag from the corpse.
Ling Shuang took it and said, "This is his money bag, it's already empty, is it really a robber who kills people and takes money?"
Su Zhuo smiled "sneering" and said, "The murderer just wanted us to think like this, so he fell into his trap. As a result, the government sent troops to suppress the bandits, but the whereabouts of the relics could not be found. This case will become an unsolved case!"
Ling Shuang was puzzled, "That's what you said, but how can you be sure that this is not the robber's doing?"
Su Zhuo said: "This is very simple, because there are too many murderers, and they have revealed flaws." First, if a robber is robbing money, why should he leave an empty money bag? This is what the murderer wanted us to think was a robbery, but it is contrary to common sense. Second, ordinary bandits and bandits will not know what kind of treasure the Buddha bone relics are, and will only discard them as ordinary stones, but there are no relics to be found in this vicinity. Unless this robber is a great connoisseur of treasures, it means that it is not as simple as robbers robbing money!"
Ling Shuang nodded and sighed: "I see, this murderer is so scheming. ”
Qin Lei sighed and said, "Now that Hui Ke is also dead, is it true that the whereabouts of the relics have become an unsolved case?"
Su Zhuo said categorically: "Not necessarily!"
Qin Lei and Ling Shuang's eyes lit up, and they said, "Do you still have a way?"
Su Zhuo pointed to the corpse and said, "Look at the knife mark on Hui Ke's throat, this is the biggest mistake made by the murderer!"
Ling and Qin were puzzled and asked, "What's wrong with this knife mark?"
Su Zhuo raised his right palm and cut horizontally on Qin Lei's neck from right to left. Qin Lei suddenly woke up and blurted out: "I see, this knife is deep on the right and shallow on the left, flat across the throat, it is simply cut by the knife in his left hand! The murderer is a left-handed man again." ”
Su Zhuo nodded and said, "Not only that, but the edge of this knife is so flat, which means that Hui Ke can't move when he goes under the knife." If the wound to his chest was fatal, there was no need for the murderer to expose himself by stabbing his throat. Therefore, the stab wound to the throat was the cause of death. And these cuts in the chest are just to create the illusion of robbers killing people. ”
Qin Lei said: "It's just a left-handed person...... Could it be that the murderer was not Hui Ke from beginning to end, but someone else?"
Ling Shuang hurriedly said, "Impossible, right?" as he spoke, he looked at Su Zhuo, for fear that he would blame himself too much for making a mistake in his inference.
Su Zhuo sighed and said, "This time it is indeed my mistake in a hurry, Qin Zhutou is right, the murderer of the Zen Master and Hui Ke may be someone else." ”
Qin Lei persuaded: "Master Su, you don't have to blame yourself, it's just that you are too cunning." What are we going to do now?"
Su Zhuo sighed again, looked down but unintentionally saw that there were two rut marks on the trail when he came, extending to the place where the three of them were standing, and came to an abrupt end. He felt strange, stretched out his hand to compare for a moment, and muttered: "The traces of this rut are still new, and it only leads to here, could it be the carriage that the murderer rode in when he threw the body?"
Qin Lei said excitedly: "It must be! Since the body was found, this place has been sealed, and it will not be anyone else." ”
Su Zhuo said: "Since this is the case, I'm afraid we will have to check Renji Temple again!"
The three of them stepped on the road, Su Zhuo pondered for a long time, and when he was about to reach the city gate, he suddenly said: "Ling Shuang, maybe the truth will be revealed today, such an interesting thing, don't you invite Miss Su Qin to take a look?"
Ling Shuangxi said: "Yes, yes, she likes to listen to stories the most, so I invite her to Renji Temple together." So saying, he turned his horse into the city.
Qin Lei asked, "Why did you ask him to call Miss Su too?"
Su Zhuo attached a few words to Qin Lei's ear, but Qin Lei was even more confused and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Su Zhuo said: "Don't ask too much first, if my guess is right, the truth will soon be known!" said as he turned his horse around the city gate and headed towards Renji Temple.
Su and Qin stood in front of the door of Renji Temple, but they didn't go in for a long time. Su Zhuo asked people to search carefully in the vicinity, looking for something. It was nearly dusk, and it was getting darker, and it was getting harder and harder to find. Su Zhuo's mind was full of thoughts, and he tried his best to sort out the whole thing, ignoring Qin Lei's repeated inquiries beside him.
The monks in the temple had already heard that Qin Zhutou was investigating Renji Temple again, and they couldn't help but hide aside and talk about it. Huizhi stepped forward and said, "The abbot invites the two donors to enter the temple to speak." ”
Su Zhuo said to the official: "Did you find it?"
Wang Fan replied loudly: "No!"
Su Zhuo nodded and walked into the temple gate first. Monk Huizhi led a few people all the way to the abbot's monastery, bowed down and said, "The abbot is in the house, please!"
Su Zhuo looked sideways at Hui Ke's room, and saw that the door was wide open, and the room was cleaned up, and there was nothing left. Su Zhuo pushed open the door of Yuanxin's room and saw Yuanxin and Lu Kang sitting opposite each other and playing chess.
Yuan Xin saw the two of them enter the house, got up and saluted: "I don't know what Qin Zhutou suddenly visited our temple, what are you doing?"
Su Shu said: "It's nothing, I just want to come and see." ”
While he was talking, Ling Shuang took Su Qin into the house. A few people in the room looked at each other, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in Su Zhuo's gourd, and the atmosphere became delicate in an instant.