The next day, the sun rises in the east.
A disciple came to the Sutra Pavilion to clean as usual. His eyes were still sleepy, but suddenly he saw a small pool of bright red on the ground at the door, and he was frightened.
The disciple knelt down and took a closer look at the dried scarlet. After a long silence, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Someone is coming quickly!"
After a moment of burning incense, a large group of people gathered inside and outside the Sutra Pavilion.
The discovery of blood stains in the Sutra Pavilion was of such great importance that even Master Tianyue was alarmed and rushed over in person. As soon as he came in, he glanced at the blood stains on the ground and said in a deep voice: "What's going on?"
"Reporting to the headmaster, we are still not sure where these blood stains came from." Someone reported: "But the disciple Chang Wei who was in charge of the night watch disappeared last night. It may be his."
Master Tianyue shouted: "Why don't you go check the monitoring system quickly? This person can't just disappear."
"We have checked the surveillance system. The place where Chang Wei's news is coming is a surveillance blind spot, and no one has been found entering or leaving the Sutra Pavilion."
"...It seems that someone within the sect is causing trouble." Master Tianyue immediately made a judgment, and the person who committed the crime must not only be a member of the sect, but also must be above the level of an inner sect disciple, otherwise how could he be responsible for the crime? Know the blind spots of surveillance.
At this time, Shen Yingjie next to him suddenly said: "It may not be someone from the door who did it. What if the person who committed the crime was in the Sutra Pavilion from the beginning."
"The Sutra Pavilion will be cleared after the curfew. Except for those on night watch, there will be no other people. Besides, only inner disciples and above of the sect are eligible to enter the Sutra Pavilion." Master Tianyue said angrily.
But just after he finished speaking, Master Tianyue suddenly thought of something, and his expression suddenly changed.
Shen Yingjie took advantage of the opportunity and said: "My cousin Shen Yingnian stayed at the Sutra Pavilion last night."
Master Tianyue asked: "Why did he stay here? I obviously just gave him special permission to come to the Sutra Pavilion to find some books to read."
"I asked him to stay overnight." Shen Yingjie replied: "I came back yesterday to visit Shen Yingnian. I saw him lying in the Sutra Pavilion and sleeping lazily. He failed to live up to your wishes. I was so angry that I asked Chang Wei locked him in the Sutra Pavilion and came out whenever he finished reading."
"You, you know the rules of the Sutra Pavilion, how can you let people stay in the Sutra Pavilion overnight without being informed?" Master Tianyue scolded.
The closed disciple who directed the drama yesterday stood up and said: "Headmaster, this may not be Senior Brother Shen's fault. It's really that Shen Yingnian is so annoying. You gave him such a rare opportunity, but he doesn't cherish it and is still in the Sutra Pavilion. They are just lazing around here and don’t take our Haotian Clan seriously at all!”
They criticized Shen Yingnian so much, but Master Tianyue still believed it. After all, that young man was only capable of being serious and studious.
"Quickly, go find Shen Yingnian!" Master Tianyue instructed: "At the same time, everyone is conducting a blanket search inside, outside and near the Sutra Pavilion. Chang Wei must be found. If you want to see a person alive, you must see a corpse. ”
"What about the three floors above the Sutra Pavilion?" an elder asked.
"Only inner disciples are allowed to search the second floor. Shen Yingjie will lead the closed disciples to search the third floor. It's up to you to investigate the fourth floor." Master Tianyue said casually.
Although he appears to be so serious, he is actually quite careless.
Even the disciples and elders around him had a somewhat unfazed attitude.
Because of similar incidents of disciples disappearing, too many incidents have happened in Haotian Sect.
School children, in particular, have the highest proportion of missing persons. This has alarmed the government several times and their families have come to make trouble many times.
The final investigation results were basically the same version: these disciples, especially the schoolchildren who had just climbed up the mountain, could not stand the boring and hard life of cultivation, so they escaped secretly. However, the Haotianmen Mountain is steep, so they may have stumbled and encountered an accident.
Haotianmen will also pay some compensation, and then let it go.
But no matter how many times it happened, every time, Master Tianyue's attitude was "paying high attention", which was a very official attitude.
The reason why I was more concerned this time was because the place where the incident happened was the Sutra Pavilion.
Soon, Shen Yingnian was found in a corner.
"I just had a dream about a beautiful woman popping out of the book, and you guys woke me up. Isn't that a bad thing?" Young Master Shen complained.
Master Tianyue asked: "Did you stay in the Sutra Pavilion all night last night?"
"Yes, it's not that you are unwilling to let me out." Young Master Shen looked resentful.
"Did you see or hear anything strange last night?"
"When I think about it, there really is."
"Say it."
"I saw a rat sneak in."
“…”
Shen Yingjie's tense nerves immediately relaxed, and there was a hint of sinisterness in the corner of his mouth.
Master Tianyue was too lazy to communicate seriously with this weirdo anymore, and said: "The disciple in charge of night duty last night, Chang Wei, mysteriously disappeared, and there was still a pool of blood at the scene."
"Chang Wei, you must be that bitch. He was the one who locked me in the Sutra Pavilion last night. I wanted to settle the score with him this morning, but I didn't expect that I got retribution first. I really took advantage of him!" Shen Yingnian said angrily.
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the people around him became serious.
Shen Yingjie stood up and said, "So, you hate Chang Wei very much, right?"
"Of course, if you dare to tease me like this, I want him to die badly!" Shen Yingnian said without thinking.
Immediately, Shen Yingnian looked at Shen Yingjie seriously, and said with surprise: "I wonder why he looks so familiar. It turns out to be Yingjie. Long time no see."
Shen Yingjie smiled but said: "We should have met yesterday, but you kept saying you were dizzy, so I didn't bother you. But if I had known that something like this would happen, I would have insisted on seeing you yesterday. ”
Shen Yingnian said: "Wait a minute, what do you mean by this? Are you suspecting that I am related to Chang Wei's disappearance?"
"At that time, there were only you and Chang Wei in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and you said you hated Chang Wei very much, so no one could doubt it." Shen Yingjie sighed: "Yingnian, we don't see each other often, but I also heard that you were here Yunzhou often does things that bully men and dominate women. I have warned you a long time ago, but you refused to listen. This time, Chang Wei locked you in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion at my request, but he did not expect me to put him there. Both of you have been harmed."
"Stop, stop, I just woke up, and I don't want to turn my head. Let's get it straight. If you suspect it's me, then quickly find the evidence. Don't just focus on some motive. I also suspect who Chang Wei is influenced by. She is deliberately targeting me." Shen Yingnian curled his lips.
"If you are innocent, I will definitely restore your innocence." Shen Yingjie waved his hand, and everyone began to search the Scripture Pavilion.
Shen Yingjie followed Master Tianyue's instructions and went to the third floor of the Sutra Pavilion. He pretended to look around, and then he walked to a bookshelf.
Last night, he killed Chang Wei and hid it on the top of the bookshelf.
Now is the time to frame the blame.
He pretended to raise his head casually and looked up at the top of the bookshelf at a 45-degree angle, only to find that there was no one there...