That night, Yun and Lao Lu met again in the tavern.

When he told him what he had discovered, Lao Lu was happy: "Brother, you really have a lot of time! Didn't you say that the square dart master is not the person you are looking for? Why are you bothering to do all this? Are you really idle when we are headhunters? You can see that I, an old oilman who has been mixed up for decades, will not be able to see it!"

"Then so much evidence shows that Master Fang is not the murderer, why did he arrest him?" asked Yun in confusion.

"Evidence! The case is solved within a time limit, why does the lord want evidence? The lord wants the murderer. Unless you can tie up the real murderer and kneel in front of him, this case will not be overturned. ”

"Didn't the murderer want the yamen to arrest him?"

"Yes, I caught it before! And he admitted it himself! If you don't mess up, you should be beheaded by now!"

"Isn't this a matter of careless human life?" Yun Yun frowned.

"Grass and human life! maybe. So what? He's just a little guy, and the old man crushes him to death like he crushes an ant. Miao Yuanwai is a big man, and the relationship between the top and bottom is not ordinary, and the top pays attention to this case or hopes that this case will end as soon as possible. It can only be said that the dart master is unlucky. ”

"What's the reason for the seedlings?" asked Yunyun.

"I don't know where it came from, but it's rich. He came to this county about six or seven years ago, and he has never seen him do any business until now, but he has never been short of money! Moreover, it has been found that he will purchase a large amount of food every month, and his family will not eat that much for a dozen or so people. Since he came to the suburbs, there have been frequent cases of missing girls in the surrounding counties. On several occasions we night watchmen had seen large carriages coming in and out of his house in the middle of the night, and had heard the cries of women. ”

"Then why don't you check?" Yun was a little indignant.

Besides, every time the old lady of the county celebrates her birthday, his wife gives birth to a child, or he takes a concubine, even if no one is polite, he arrives. Now that he is dead, the county head is also depressed, which is equivalent to cutting off his financial route. If I had known that something was going to happen, maybe I would have sent us to protect him! I'm not afraid to tell you that Miao Yuan, including his wife and children, had all been tortured before he died, and Lao Miao's limbs were all broken. His wife and son had their hands chopped off, and they should have been tortured to extract confessions. Most of the people in his family died very happily, and some of them had broken hands and feet. You must know that the kung fu of the dozen or so family members is not good, and I am definitely not an opponent anyway! But they are all hanging! The neighbors will not hear such a big movement? And when the murderer left, he wanted to set fire to the house, but unfortunately it was extinguished by an autumn rain. On the night of the incident, the watchman found that three carriages were driving out from the direction of Miao's house. Due to the rain that night, the soil was soft, and the next day I received a report to observe the depth of the rut marks. If the car is carrying people, the car weighs at least ten people. ”

"Oh!" Yun suddenly realized that this old boy who only knew how to take advantage also had a shrewd side.

"Have you told the county head about this?"

"I said it, but what if I said it? I handed in all the evidence and the testimony of my neighbors word for word, but it was lost. In the first year that this seedling came to this county, I asked the master to investigate him. But at that time, the lord thought that he was the god of wealth, and warned me not to look for trouble. I also want to benefit the township and make a career, but what can I do with such a Shangguan?" After speaking, Lao Lu drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, which was quite a bit of a useless hero.

"By the way, Lu Zhutou, have you heard that Miao Yuan believes in Buddhism and has any dealings with monks, or is there a bigger temple around here?"

"Hehe, what he did said he believed in Buddhism, do you believe in it? But I haven't heard of any dealings with monks. There are several temples in this vicinity, the largest of which is Ganye Temple, thirty miles south of the city. A few years ago, I accompanied the county lady to incense. There are at least a few hundred monks there, and the incense is very strong. The others are all small temples, with only a few or a dozen monks. How did you find out that this has something to do with the monk?"

Yun told him what he had heard from the tavern junior.

Lao Lu smiled: "Then you can check the Ganye Temple, it is said that it may have a ** background." But I want to remind you that our lord can say that this case will be closed in ten days. You have...... No, it's been a day, you only have nine days. Tell the truth, if I didn't have a public office, I would have wanted to check with you! Ahem! I have too much helplessness to eat imperial food!"

broke up with Lao Lu, and Yun returned to the inn, Xiaoxiao was not there. After more than half an hour, she happily came back with a large cloth bag. When I asked, it turned out that she was buying at the market that day, and anyway, she bought a lot of useful and useless ones. I just wanted to tell her not to run around if she had nothing to do in the past two days, but she asked mysteriously: "Are you investigating the case of the murder of the Miao Yuan's family in the past few days?"

"Well, what's wrong?"

"I heard something at the bazaar today. The two old ladies talked about the question of believing in Buddhism or believing in the Tao. What can one do if he says he believes in Buddhism? Then the Miao family's belief in Buddhism is not the same and the whole family is dead! The other asked, how do you know that he believes in Buddhism? The old lady said that when she went to Ganye Temple to offer incense, she met Miao Yuanwai. Look at the fact that he is still very familiar with the monks in the temple. ”

"Oh! it's Ganye Temple again. Looks like we need to make a trip. The clouds muttered to themselves.

Early the next morning, Yun and Xiaoxiao came to the foot of Songfeng Mountain, only to see a prosperous scene of people and cars. What was once a small village at the foot of the mountain has grown to the size of a small town, with shops and restaurants. Most of the shops deal in incense and candle offerings. Most of the restaurants are vegetarian, but the prices are ridiculously expensive.

Yun and Xiaoxiao did not go up the mountain immediately, but found a small shop with a relatively cold business, bought some incense candles and took the opportunity to talk with the shopkeeper.

The old man who opened the shop turned out to be a local, and he had read books for a few years and was very talkative. Anyway, there is no business that is boring, pulling the clouds from the Monkey King to make trouble in the Heavenly Palace, to Qin Shi Huang's unification of the six countries, and to the destruction of the Yuan Dynasty and the founding of the country. And then to the current price of firewood, rice, oil and salt, whose family married a daughter-in-law, whose wife stole a man, and talked endlessly.

Yun Qiang listened patiently, and interjected two sentences from time to time. After a while, under his patient guidance, I still got some useful information.

Originally, Ganye Temple has a history of hundreds of years in Songfeng Mountain, originally because the geographical location is very remote, and there is no great power in the temple, so the incense is not prosperous. It is a small temple with only a dozen monks covering an area of only a few dozen acres.

However, more than ten years ago, it was suddenly funded and expanded, and the scale was expanded by hundreds of times, from the top of the mountain to the halfway up the mountain. The number of monks in the temple has also increased from a dozen to hundreds.

Especially seven or eight years ago, the abbot changed the current monk of the sky, and it is said that he is the reincarnation of the Buddha and has profound mana. It can communicate with the Three Realms, know the past and future, and can subdue demons and eliminate demons to solve people's doubts. Moreover, Shentong pharmacology can be equipped with elixir to cure all diseases, and there is thaumaturgy that can bring people back to life, anyway, it is spread like a god.

As a result, there are more and more believers around, and even many people from other states and counties have come to seek medical advice or interpret dreams. Now the incense of Ganye Temple is not the general prosperity, and there is an endless stream of people who burn incense and worship Buddha every day. Half of Songfeng Mountain was shrouded in a thin mist of incense, which made it even more solemn.

Seeing that the old man was talking energetically, Xiaoxiao also took the opportunity to take a few words and ask about the customs.

There was a little beauty present, and the old man was even more excited. I can't wait to pour out everything I know, and I can be regarded as knowing everything and saying everything.

But when Xiao Xiao asked about the local security, the old man was obviously hesitant.

Xiaoxiao pursed her lips and showed a displeased look, saying that it was inconvenient to say it. The old man immediately collapsed.

"You are all strangers, and there is nothing inconvenient about talking to you, but don't spread the word, lest trouble come to your door. Have you ever heard of the Goddess?"

Seeing that the two shook their heads, the old man continued to whisper mysteriously: "The goddess is the woman who sacrifices herself to the Buddha. They never married, abandoned the red world and donated their property to the gods, and practiced in the temple with the ancient Buddha of the green lantern. It is said that if you practice to a certain extent, you can eliminate the sins of past lives, and after being reincarnated in the next life, you can become a disciple of the Buddha and attain eternal life. ”

"A few years ago, many girls in this town were accepted as goddesses by the Ganye Temple, and since then they have lost news from their families. It wasn't until eight years ago that the old Wang family boy went to Suzhou to buy goods, went to Lichun Courtyard with his friends, and found his sister who was sent to Ganye Temple five years ago. Only then did I know that the little sister of the Wang family was taken away and sold to Suzhou Lichun Courtyard only for more than two months after being sent to Ganye Temple, and she has suffered humiliation in the past five years. ”

Xiao Wang was furious and rushed back to take his family to Ganye Temple to ask for an explanation, but the next day there was no news from Wang's family, and it was said that the family had moved. When someone with good deeds went to Suzhou to visit Lichun Courtyard, he never saw the little sister of the Wang family again. Then Ganye Temple came out to clarify, saying that the girl Xiao Wang saw was just similar to his sister, not the same person, and then the truth was revealed that the Wang family left in shame. But there is no proof of this, and without the bitter master, it will be over. ”

"But Ganye Temple has no longer accepted goddesses, and the women who were sent before have also been heard from, and it is said that they have all been reincarnated, and the disciples of the Buddha are full. Moreover, Ganye Temple ordered the locals not to talk about this matter again, and if anyone questioned the Buddha, he would be punished by heaven. Sure enough, some of the people who talked about it in private were not in trouble. Over time, the matter faded away. But in the past few years, young women have been missing in the surrounding states and counties, and some people have seen horse-drawn carriages entering and leaving the Ganye Temple late at night. A woman's voice came from the car. It is rumored that another goddess appeared in Ganye Temple. ”

"Are these women kidnapped or voluntary?" asked Xiaoxiao.

After all, Ganye Temple did not openly recruit goddesses again. Everyone is just skeptical. But you little girl is so handsome, be careful when walking around here!"

The two listened to the old man's chatter for a long time before saying goodbye and leaving. At this time, the cloud can already determine that the tragedy of the missing woman and Miao Yuan's family must be related to this Ganye Temple. If you want to get accurate evidence to help Master Fang overturn the case, you can only start with Ganye Temple.

So the two decided to find a small shop to live in after lunch, go to the vicinity of Songfeng Mountain in the afternoon to familiarize themselves with the terrain and environment, and then explore Ganye Temple at night!