In the twilight of the morning, as soon as Bo Ruoyou entered the door of the upper room, he realized that something was wrong with Huo Weilou today. He looked at her with inexplicably gloomy eyes, as if she had done something that dissatisfied him.
Bo Ruoyou bowed her eyes intently, but Huo Weilou didn't reply, he still looked at her with that dark gaze for a moment, then got up suddenly and walked out, "Follow me."
Everyone had finished their fast, Huo Weilou went straight to the back mountain, Master Jingming was the abbot of the temple, today, he sent a monk in charge named Hui to follow Huo Weilou.
Master Jingming is over half a hundred years old, almost sixty years old, and the "Le" generation is the second highest generation in the temple after the "Jing" generation. disciple.
"Master is not in good health. He has devoted himself to cultivating Buddhism for the past few years, so he doesn't care much about everything in the temple. It is usually the young monk and a few senior brothers who are in charge of the temple's miscellaneous affairs." Some kindness.
Everyone walked west along the small path in the temple, passed through a quiet Buddhist hall, and passed through a bamboo forest, and then arrived at the west gate of Famen Temple. Liao Hui pointed to the path outside the door, "Go out, follow this road After a short detour, you will reach the back mountain. There is a purple bamboo forest in the back mountain. In the bamboo forest is a piece of inscriptions and small pagodas left over from the previous dynasty. On the inscriptions are all Buddhist verses, which are quite precious. The disciples in the temple do morning exercises and morning classes , Metropolis detours, descends the foot of the mountain and then returns.”
Liao Hui said as she went out to lead the way.
Qixia Mountain is not high, but Famen Temple occupies almost the entire Qixia Mountain. Its main Buddhist hall goes up from the mountainside all the way up to the Changming Pagoda on the top of the mountain. From the west gate and east gate of the temple, you can Detour to the back mountain.
As the weather has turned warm recently, the remaining snow has melted, but in the mid-mountain forest in the early morning, there is still a lot of chill, Bo Ruoyou followed behind Huo Weilou, subconsciously gathered her cloak, and soon, the purple bamboo forest arrived.
The Qingshiban mountain road extends all the way to the purple bamboo forest. On the road, you can see the small pagodas along the road. In the purple bamboo forest, there are more stone tablets and pagodas. Some of the pagodas are enshrined with incense candles. The scent of agarwood.
Liao Hui pointed to the north direction, "There are quite a few trails in the bamboo forest, the westernmost side and the easternmost side, there are roads going down the mountain, and the northernmost side is Wanfo Cliff." At this point, Liaohui's expression became concentrated, " Master Feng probably fell from the vicinity of Wanfo Cliff that day."
Huo Weilou didn't hesitate, and went directly to the Wanfo Cliff Hui said.
Going north along the main road in the forest, you will soon see that the bamboo forest is divided into two, and at the end there is a mountain pavilion facing the cliff. The pillars and eaves of the corridor are quite intricately carved, and the gray tiles rest on the top of the mountain. There are beauties resting on the inside. You can overlook the wild fields below the mountain by leaning on the railing. The closer you get, the more the mountain wind howls.
Liao Hui pointed to the railing: "You can't see it from here, you can only see it when you go to the bottom of the mountain. Under the pavilion, there is a very flat broken wall. During the front court, the craftsman carved a stone on the broken wall. There are nearly a hundred Buddha statues, hence the name of Wanfo Cliff, after more than a hundred years, most of the Buddha statues were eroded by wind, and now there are only a dozen Buddha statues at the foot of the mountain."
"This place is outside the temple, and it can be regarded as a scene of Qixia Mountain. Therefore, in spring and summer every year, there are many tourists, and there are also a lot of people who come here. However, it is very likely to be dangerous because of the cliff. Therefore, this mountain The railings on the outside of the pavilion have been strengthened many times in the temple, if you enjoy the scenery here, it’s fine, but if you go through the forest, you may fall.”
Huo Weilou glanced around, stepped forward and patted the fence on the outside of the pavilion, the fence was indeed solid, so he moved his eyes slightly, turned around and walked towards the bamboo forest on the left, the pavilion is a viewing platform, and the bamboo forest on both sides is still the same. They are separated by fences, but if people enter from the bamboo forest, there are no railings on the edge of the bamboo forest.
Huo Weilou stepped on the muddy ground covered with dead branches and leaves in the forest, and Bo Ruoyou followed, leaning over to look at the dirt on the ground as he walked, and quickly said: "Master, the dirt here is as good as Mr. Feng's shoes." The mud stains on the shoes are exactly the same."
Huo Weilou said, "That is Feng Lun came here before his death."
However, the incident happened in the night of five days ago. After many days, it was hard to find any trace in the forest. Huo Weilou ordered people to look around, but he walked to the edge of the bamboo forest. Although the descent from here is not a straight cliff, it is also an extremely steep high slope. Falling from this place will either result in death or injury.
The embroidered clothes envoys scattered all over the forest, Bo Ruoyou stepped forward, glanced down, frowned and said: "If Master Feng falls from here, there should be some scratches on his body, so Master Feng should It fell straight down from the mountain pavilion."
She leaned over to look under the cliff, seeing that her feet were about to step on the edge, Huo Weilou couldn't help but raised her hand to hold her arm, and pulled her in again, "Be careful!"
His voice was harsh, and Bo Ruoyou raised his eyes inexplicably, and found that Huo Weilou seemed to have an evil fire today. She hurriedly took another step back, thinking that she was fine last night, but she really didn't know where she provoked him again.
"Minister... go to Shanting to have a look."
It was the best policy for Bo Ruoyou to walk, but Huo Weilou's eyes seemed to be glued to her, as if he wanted to stare at her out of a hole, until she came out of the bamboo forest and entered the mountain pavilion, the sense of urgency disappeared.
Bo Ruoyou was extremely puzzled, what happened
Suppressing her suspicious thoughts, Bo Ruoyou began to carefully examine the fence. The fence was made of hardwood, with a palm width and a red paint on it. On top of that, with such a measure, the frowning brow opened a little.
Huo Weilou came out from the forest, "What are you doing?"
Bo Ruoyou hurriedly said: "Last night, I found several hidden bruises on Mr. Feng's body, especially on his lower back." She leaned on the railing, as if she was Feng Lun, "Mr. The girl was half an inch taller, and the wound on her waist coincided with the height of the railing. The bruise was bruised and purple, and there was a lot of bleeding under the skin. There is also a bruise on the abdomen in front of the body, but it is shallower—”
Saying that, Bo Ruoyou raised her right arm, "Master Feng has bruises on his right arm and shoulder this time, especially the bruises on his arm have finger marks, most of which are left by struggling with others—"
Bo Ruoyou suddenly frowned slightly, as if there were too many scars, she couldn't recall how Feng Lun argued with others, at this moment Huo Weilou stepped forward, "Where is the injury on the shoulder?"
Bo Ruoyou recalled for a moment, "On the left shoulder, where the left shoulder is close to the neck, it is very obvious..."
Huo Weilou narrowed his phoenix eyes, and suddenly approached, and asked again, "Where is the scar on the right hand?"
Bo Ruoyou pointed to his right forearm, "close to the wrist."
Huo Weilou nodded, and the next moment, he grabbed Bo Ruoyou's right forearm.
"Don't be afraid."
He first comforted her, and then with a light force, he instantly cut her right arm loosely behind her back, and she also changed from leaning against the fence to lying on the fence.
Huo Weilou put his hand on her left shoulder near her neck, "But here?"
Bo Ruoyou was suddenly moved by him, and she was startled immediately. After realizing what he was doing, she was relieved. Her right hand was cut backwards, and Huo Weilou pressed his hand on her shoulder again. He didn't use any force, but she was already unable to move. Once he used his strength, Feng Lun was already old, so naturally he would be powerless to fight back!
She doesn't know martial arts, so she didn't understand it clearly, but Huo Weilou understood it immediately.
Bo Ruoyou's eyes lit up, "It's here, so it's like this, it matches the wound on Mr. Feng's body—"
Huo Weilou held Bo Ruoyou's slender forearm like a tender lotus root with one hand, and the other fell on her thin shoulder and neck. I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, his thumb wearing a black jade finger wrench slipped past her neckline The delicate skin around her, her skin is as delicate as porcelain, at the moment it is covered with the coldness of the forest, but when it is touched in Huo Weilou, it feels very hot.
Huo Weilou's fingertips numb, and the next moment he released Bo Ruoyou.
Bo Ruoyou didn't realize it at all, she asked suspiciously: "But what is the murder weapon?"
Bo Ruoyou didn't realize that Huo Weilou's trip was rude, she turned around and said seriously: "Master Feng's fatal injury was the fracture of the back of the skull, but this kind of fracture is different from that of ordinary heavy objects. Knocking is different. Skull fractures can be divided into the center of the circle and the surrounding depressions, and even the inner bone plate is broken. Mr. Feng is the second type. The weapon used to injure him should be some kind of small blunt instrument —”
Bo Ruoyou searched on the ground, but most of the forest was brown and fertile soil, only a few stones were occasionally seen, and they were also stones with sharp edges, and Feng Lun's head injury was not cut by the sharp edges place.
"Is it some kind of weapon?" Huo Weilou asked suddenly.
Bo Ruoyou doesn't understand weapons, "Military girls only know swords, guns, swords and halberds, but these weapons have cutting edges, even if they hit the head, the wounds left should not be like this..."
"It's not like there are no edgeless weapons. They look like maces, they have no edge, and their lethality is astonishing. In addition, there is also a common weapon in the Buddhist land." After a pause, Huo Weilou said: "The monks in the temple, Mostly use sticks as weapons."
A murderer with a club
Bo Ruoyou's eyes lit up slightly, but soon she shook her head, "Master Feng went out alone that night, whether the murderer followed him or came here with an appointment, it is unlikely that he came with a stick. Besides, the murderer had a dispute with Mr. Feng before, if the murderer was carrying a stick, why would he fight Mr. Feng, instead of using the stick directly."
Bo Ruoyou pondered for a moment, "That's why the women think that the murderer probably used local materials, or they were small things that can be carried around and are not easy to be discovered, such as seals, jade and other small objects." So far, she was quite distressed He frowned, "But although these small objects are hard, they are unlikely to kill people—"
After a few words from Bo Ruoyou, Huo Weilou fully understood what the murderer's wounded object looked like, and he couldn't deduce it from ordinary weapons. He sighed and said: "Master Hou, Youyou, this forest is also very unusual, the stone road leads to everywhere, and the pagodas and inscriptions are also the same."
Huo Weilou frowned, his eyes swept across the forest to the east, at this moment, his phoenix eyes narrowed.
He saw the fence on the east side, where the mountain pavilion was empty on all sides, only the eaves of the corridor pillars were the main body, although the fence on the north side was in the style of a beautiful woman leaning on it, the east side separated from the bamboo forest was a row of vermilion lacquer railings for looking for sticks. There was no abnormality in the Xunzhang, Wangzhu, Huaban, and ground burden, but the lotus petal head on the Wangzhu attracted Huo Weilou's attention.
Most of the carving patterns in Buddhist holy places are Buddha lotus. It is not uncommon for lotus petal heads to appear on the pillars here.
The fatal injury of the deceased was at the back of the head. Normally, one would think that the murderer was holding a murder weapon to murder the deceased. But if the murder weapon could not be moved, what if the murderer hit the deceased
Huo Weilou walked up to the lookout pillars, there were six lookout pillars in a whole row, no more than two feet apart, Huo Weilou looked towards the fence near the cliff, and soon his phoenix eyes narrowed.
"The murder weapon is here."
Upon hearing the sound, Bo Ruoyou saw the Buddha lotus pillar in front of Huo Weilou at a glance, her expression changed immediately, and when she walked to Huo Weilou's side, she saw that although the wooden pillar in front of Huo Weilou was perfectly stitched, it could The ground burden under the pillars had cracks due to years of disrepair. Feng Lun had seen a lot of blood. Even if the blood stains on the surface were wiped off, most of these cracks would be missed.
Huo Weilou straightened up, "Come here, dismantle the fence here."
Several embroiderers came forward and used the swords they carried with them to dismantle the wooden fence. Soon, the wooden search stick and the ground burden were separated. The blood color in the gap of the stick appeared immediately.
Bo Ruoyou was quite happy, "Your Majesty is wise!"
Huo Weilou glanced at her, his brows and eyes were less gloomy than before, Eunuch Fu stepped forward and said, "So this is the place where Master Feng was killed?"
Huo Weilou nodded, and Eunuch Fu asked suspiciously: "What are you doing here at night? You were killed by someone."
Huo Weilou's eyes sank slightly, and he beckoned to Lu Ke, "Send someone to search down the mountain again." After giving the order, he looked at Liao Hui, "Where is Feng Lun's Buddhist monastery?"
"Lord Feng's Buddhist monastery is to the west, not too far from General Yue, so I will take Lord Hou there."
Huo Weilou ordered people to bring the fence that was removed back to the temple as a physical evidence, and then went to the place where Feng Lun lived. At this moment, the sun had risen to the sky, and it was getting late. Fortunately, it took some effort to determine the place where Feng Lun was killed. , then why he went to Wanfo Cliff alone that night is the most important thing.
Liao Hui said that Feng Lun and Yue Mingquan's monastery were close, and when they got outside Feng Lun's monastery, everyone could see where Yue Mingquan lived. At this moment, there was still an embroidered envoy guarding Yue Mingquan's yard, and when he heard the movement, Yue Mingquan walked out of the yard. out.
After stepping forward to salute, Yue Mingquan asked, "Master Hou, has there been any progress?"
Huo Weilou said lightly: "You live close to Feng Lun, did you hear anything when he left the yard that night?"
Yue Mingquan shook his head, "The lower official is in the courtyard, if there is not a lot of movement, you can't hear it."
Huo Weilou looked at him indifferently, "You said you got along very well with Feng Lun back then, but when Ye Luke came, you went to see him, but you never called Feng Lun together?"
Wu Yu and Wang Qingfu live close together, so they often go out and return together, Yue Mingquan and Feng Lun are old acquaintances, if they want to go out to see Lu Ke, knowing that Feng Lun will definitely go, there is no reason not to invite them.
Yue Mingquan smiled wryly for a moment when he heard the words, "This...although we got along very well back then, but we haven't seen each other for many years, and the lower officials are not too friendly, and when the lower officials came out of the courtyard that day, they saw that the lights in the courtyard had been turned off. Thought he was gone."
Huo Weilou was noncommittal after hearing this explanation, and carried him into the Zen courtyard.
The monastery in the temple is all ordinary decorations, and Feng Lun's personal belongings are not many. On the desk by the window, the two bags are all of Feng Lun's personal belongings. The room is empty, and it is almost difficult to find clues.
Feng Lun is dead, and his personal belongings can be used as evidence, so Huo Weilou did not hesitate, but when he opened the two bags, he found that they were nothing more than clothes and banknotes, other than that, the house was clean and tidy, as if no one was there. Like lived.
Huo Weilou frowned, he couldn't find any direct clues, the case became difficult, Yue Mingquan stood aside and watched, also worried, Huo Weilou glanced at him, and ordered: "Call the disciples of Master Jingkong."
This is a case in progress. The old case has not been resolved yet, but the person involved is dead. Huo Weilou originally planned that Feng Lun would die in the next few days. Finding out the case first may be helpful to the case ten years ago Yes, but now, I'm afraid that both sides will investigate together.
After leaving Feng Lun's house, Lin Huai was waiting outside, and when he heard that Huo Weilou wanted to see Master Jingkong's disciples, he said, "Master Jingkong only had three beginner disciples, and one of them left Famen Temple five years ago. The two masters, Liao Jue and Liao Fan, are in the temple, this time, it was Master Liao Fan who first said that the skeleton was Master Jingkong."
Now that the bones were mentioned, Bo Ruoyou couldn't help but feel a little ready to move. It was not her specialty to inquire, and she had never seen the bones last night, so it was time to examine the bones, so she took a step forward, "Master—"
Huo Weilou paused, Lin Huai and others also looked at her.
Bo Ruoyou asked: "Maybe the girl has gone for a bone test?"
Huo Weilou's phoenix eyes narrowed, and he turned to order: "Let Jue and Liaofan go to the western mortuary yard to meet Benhou."
The embroidered envoy responded, and Huo Weilou took Bo Ruoyou to the yard of the mortuary. It is difficult to leave clues in the bones of ten years. He went straight to the main hall, and as soon as he entered the door, Bo Ruoyou walked to the coffin.
Huo Weilou had lifted the white bones covering them, so Bo Ruoyou saw the skeletons placed in human form at a glance.
This is the skeleton of an adult man. Due to age, the skin and flesh have faded into a layer of light gray wax and attached to the white bones. The person who placed the bones put his mind to it. He connected the skeletons together almost perfectly according to the human shape. However, Bo Ruoyou only took one look, then the color of her eyes changed, as if she saw something terrifying.
Huo Weilou stared, "What's wrong?"
Bo Ruoyou didn't speak for the time being, but leaned over to check some bones. Soon, she straightened up and said, "The deceased... was put into the statue of the golden statue after being dismembered."
Fu Gonggong stood in front of the statue of the golden statue, and when he heard this, he subconsciously took two steps to the side, as if there was still a corpse hidden in it, Huo Weilou's eyes darkened, "Have you been dismembered?"
Bo Ruoyou nodded, "Hou Ye Shanwu, I want to see that there are no obvious fractures in this human bone. This is because the murderer is very familiar with the joints of the veins, just like the leg bones here. When the murderer dismembered the corpse, he did not cut off the tibia roughly. Instead, start from the joints, which is not so labor-intensive, and after the bones are formed, it makes people look like they died naturally."
As if afraid that these words would not be vivid enough, Bo Ruoyou said again: "It's like a butcher carves out bones and cuts flesh, he can always find the most precise place to cut."
Although this metaphor is a bit scary, it is profound and simple. If the deceased is really Master Jingkong, who can treat a Buddhist monk like this
The cruelty of the murderer's methods made Huo Weilou's eyebrows cold, "Is it possible to determine the identity of the deceased just by examining the bones?"
Just looking at this bone, no one would know what to do, but Huo Weilou looked at Bo Ruoyou with deep eyes, as if looking forward to it, and the next moment, Bo Ruoyou nodded, "Yes, it just takes a little time."
What about the case from ten years ago
Huo Weilou's eyes showed satisfaction, "You can do it."
Bo Ruoyou responded, and ordered the embroiderer to help her move out the corpse and place it neatly on the long table, and then began the bone examination. Seeing her focused expression, Huo Weilou walked out the door slowly. At this time, the embroiderer arrived with two younger monks.
These two are the disciples of Master Jingkong, Liaofan and Liaojue.
Huo Weilou summoned two people in the right chamber.
"Who is Liaofan?"
When Huo Weilou asked, a younger monk stepped forward, "Young monk is a mortal."
Liao Fan looked less than 30 years old, with handsome features, but his expression was very serious, Huo Weilou asked, "You said that the skeleton is your master?"
Liao Fan said in a deep voice: "That's what the little monk said, Lord Hou, my teacher disappeared in a strange way. At that time, the little monk thought it was weird, but later found nothing, so I had to give up. All these years, the little monk has been waiting, because the teacher said However, to practice Buddhism in this life, you must practice until the day when your real body passes away, and his master comes from Famen Temple, so he will never leave Famen Temple to practice elsewhere in this life."
Huo Weilou stared, "Your master is obsessed with Buddhism, and the one who disappeared with your master is the relic. It is rumored that your master is eager to practice Buddhism, so he stole the relic."
"This is nonsense." Liao Fan's voice was excited: "Everything has been tossed and turned, and he has a compassionate heart. Master has achieved great success in practicing Buddhism. Even if he is infatuated with Buddhism, he is also cultivating great compassion and great wisdom. The relic is the Buddha's spiritual bone. The most respected by our Buddhist disciples, how dare we have the heart to own it?"
"Master once said that if it is difficult to achieve great success in this life, he will enter the Buddhist gate again in the next life. He just wished that his body would be like glass, clear inside and outside, pure without blemish, and bright and vast. All his life, he took cultivating the Buddha and promoting the Buddha as his duty. Greedy thoughts are delusional thoughts, which destroy the thoughts of practice. How could Master be like this... "
Liaofan's words were earnest and high-spirited, so that Bo Ruoyou, who was separated by a wall, also heard the words of grief and indignation. Her movements slowed down, but she took advantage of the skylight outside to examine the human bones in her hands more carefully.
She was extremely focused, only to feel that the voices from the next door were constantly rising and falling, and at some point, human voices also sounded in the yard. She didn't pay much attention to it, but the next moment, the light at the door was suddenly blocked.
This forced her to look up.
There were two strangers at the door, one with a red shirt and dark hair, handsome face, especially the pair of phoenix eyes, which were quite similar to Huo Weilou, the other was sitting with white shirt and pale eyes, the thin eyes must be , I can see that it is a clever seat with two wheels.
She was a little surprised when she heard the exaggerated sigh of the man in the red shirt, "Wonderful! Big brother found such a little beauty for himself quietly..."