Chapter 11: The Truth
Su Zhuo chuckled lightly and said, "Everything that should be there is here!"
Yuan Xin was puzzled and asked, "What did Lord Su Shi say?
Su Zhuo sniffled inexplicably, turned around and asked Qin Lei and the others, "Do you smell anything?"
Qin Lei didn't know what he meant, and shook his head blankly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Su Zhuo said to Yuanxin: "It's only been a few months of weather, and there are flies. Look, there's one there!" and the people looked at him wherever there were flies. Su Zhuo always stared at Yuan Xin and said, "I heard that flies like bloody rotten breath the most, by the way, it must have been recruited by the head found today." Master Abbot, am I right?"
Yuan Xin bowed his head and said: "The donor is really smart, he must be right!"
Qin Lei couldn't help but say, "Brother Su, didn't you say that you came to find clues, why did you say anything about smells and flies?"
Su Zhuo said: "Qin Zhutou, the real murderer who killed Xingjue and Hui Ke is right in front of you, why are you in a hurry?"
Qin Lei was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Right in front of you?"
Su Zhuo pointed at Yuanxin, and said: "The real murderer is him, Abbot Yuanxin!"
Yuan Xin was stunned, dumbfounded, and even forgot to refute. Qin Lei and Ling Shuang looked at each other and said, "Brother Su, don't joke around......"
The officials and monks gathered outside the door also talked about it, as if Su Zhuo was talking nonsense. Lu Kang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said, "Qin Zhutou, is this person you looking for crazy? Why don't you take it back quickly?"
Su Zhuo chuckled and said, "Young Master Lu, am I crazy, you should know best." ā
Lu Kang was stunned and said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Yuan Xin seemed to have finally come back to his senses, and said, "Amitabha, didn't Master Su Shi find out today that Hui Ke was the first offender who killed and stole treasures?
Su Zhuo sighed and said, "It was I who thought I had verified clearly today and pointed out Hui Ke that caused him to lose his life." Since everyone thinks what I just said is ridiculous, I'll start at the beginning. ā
Everyone quieted down, and Su Zhuo spoke: "Last night, Qin Zhutou found me, because a headless corpse was found by the river, which caused panic among the people, and he had no clue for a while. I examined the body and didn't understand why the killer had to cut off the deceased's head after the killing. Because if you want to cover up the identity of the deceased, you can destroy his face. However, the murderer chose such a time-consuming and laborious method as cutting off the head, indicating that the deceased's head is the focus. ā
"But at that time, I didn't think that the deceased was a monk, until the next morning, Qin Zhutou and I rushed to the riverside where the body was found. I found out that it was not the scene of the crime, and that no one had gone missing in the surrounding villages and towns. Thinking of the bruises on the corpse, I guessed that the deceased had been dumped and drifted down the river to the river. ā
"Of course, I would never have thought of Renji Temple at that time, and it was then that the news of the loss of the Buddha treasure came. Coincidentally, on the way up the mountain, there happened to be a mountain spring flowing into the river, which completely conformed to the conjecture of throwing corpses and drifting. Later, the head was dug up by the water outside the temple, and it was the head of a monk. But in addition to the missing monk Hui Ke in the temple, no one is missing. And I also said that the deceased will not be Huike. ā
"It was only then that I learned from the mouths of others that the lost Buddha bone relics did not belong to the temple, but to the ascetic monk Xingjue who came from outside. In this way, the case of murder and treasure robbery is self-evident. And all the suspicions point to Hui Ke, who disappeared for no reason, because he is the only one who has the key to the main hall and lives alone, so he has the opportunity to commit a crime. And the little master of Huizhi also said that Huike was a little greedy, and on the night of the crime, he saw Huike sneakily going out. Isn't it, Wisdom?"
Huizhi stood outside the door and replied, "That's right, that's right!"
Su Zhuo continued: "And in the end, I was convinced that the murderer was Hui Ke's, the bowl of noodles in his room. At the time, I thought it was strange, and it wasn't until I was eating noodles in the dining hall that I remembered that the chopsticks for the bowl of noodles in the room were on the left. From this, I judged that Hui Ke was a left-hander, and it was he who killed Seijue and absconded with his treasure. ā
Everyone listened attentively and felt that Su Zhuo's reasoning was not bad at all. Ling Shuang said: "That's right, these are all right!"
Su Zhuo shook his head and said, "It wasn't until the afternoon that we found out that Hui Ke had died on the mountain road in the southeastern suburbs, and I began to doubt my reasoning. Because Hui Ke's death left too many doubts. At that time, Hui Ke's body was just beginning to stiffen, indicating that the time of death was not long, about noon. And the place of death is not on the mountain, but the body was dumped. What is even more suspicious is that Hui Ke has a left-handed knife wound on his throat. Then I knew that the real culprit was someone else, the one I had overlooked. ā
Qin Lei guessed tentatively: "Is it Monk Yuanxin?"
Su Zhuo nodded and said, "Yes, although Hui Ke keeps the key, it is kept for Yuanxin, so the person who can get the key should also have Yuanxin!"
Yuan Xin said angrily: "It's nonsense, I haven't taken any keys at all!"
Su Zhuo said: "Why are you in such a hurry to refute? I didn't say that you can get the key and you are the murderer, because it is possible that the key was stolen by the real murderer." What really makes me suspicious of you is the bowl of noodles! I just saw that Hui Ke's room has been cleaned up, and you must be afraid that the bowl of noodles will be seen by me again, right?"
Yuan Xin said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? I asked people to clean the room because Hui Ke has been convicted of murder, so naturally he can't keep it anymore." And didn't you infer from that bowl of noodles that Hui was the murderer, why did you talk about me again?"
Su Zhuo said: "That's right! I did think that bowl of noodles was Hui Ke's at first, so I thought he was left-handed." But have you noticed, the bowl is a fine porcelain blue and white bowl, and the chopsticks are high-quality jade and bamboo chopsticks, which is not something that ordinary people can use, and the whole temple is not used by others. Only someone as exquisite as Abbot Yuanxin would choose such tableware. He has served you for many years, and he knows that you are left-handed, so he carefully placed the chopsticks on the left side of the bowl. ā
"As far as I can suppose, the night before you called Seijue to this room and begged him not to take the relics away, because it greatly increased the pilgrims and incense money in the monastery. But Seijue didn't agree, so you took advantage of it and killed him! Who knew that this scene happened to be seen by Hui Ke, who gave you noodles, and he didn't dare to enter the house, so he hurriedly walked back. In the panic, the spoon fell to the ground and shattered, and he couldn't clean it up in a hurry, so he left this piece of porcelain on the porch. As he spoke, he took out the porcelain piece he had picked up during the day from his sleeve.
He continued: "The movement outside the door makes you notice, you open the door just in time to see the back of Hui Ke entering the house. You know that he bumped into this matter, and I panicked. Fortunately, Hui Ke was very obedient, and you called him to the room, deceived him, and ordered him to cut off the head of Xingjue and sink his body into a mountain spring. This is what Huizhi saw. You would have thought that this would never be known, because Xingjue had said that he would leave, and no one would look for him, and the relics would continue to be worshiped in the temple. The only flaw is Huike!"