When Sun Shaozong arrived at Fayuan Temple, not only Jie Yan and Jie Xiu had been brought over, but also Wei Ruolan, Qiu Yunfei, and Master Qi had been waiting in the hall for a long time.
Seeing Sun Shaozong coming in from the outside, Qiu Yunfei headed forward to meet him, his eyes rounded and curiously said: "Sir, in the middle of the night, you asked people to bring the two bald donkeys back to the temple, did you find some important clues? already?!"
It is said that don't scold the monk in front of the bald man. It's good for him. In the temple, he shouted at the bald donkey and the bald donkey. I don't know how many monks were angry at him.
but…
Whether they like it or not!
As long as this chain of cases is solved, they are afraid that they will not be able to sue the Taishanghuang because of a few words of 'bald donkey'? !
Therefore, Sun Shaozong didn't bother to correct Qiu Yunfei's remarks, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he smiled: "You really guessed it, this officer just found a key clue, if my inference is correct, I just need to check it briefly. , we can determine who the murderer is."
"Really? What is... "
"Amitabha."
Without waiting for Qiu Yunfei to ask again, the idiot monks behind him had already come out more and more, and said to the Buddha: "Dare to ask Master Sun how to check it? As long as the murderer can show its true shape, there will be no problem in the temple."
"There's no need to be so serious."
Sun Shaozong smiled, his eyes fell on Jie Xiu and Jie Yan, and then he slowly moved down and stopped on the dark blue shoes of the two, and then raised his hand: "Just let the two masters take their feet off. The shoes and socks on the top, you can see it at a glance."
Take off your shoes and socks to find out
Everyone is a little baffled. Can you tell who the murderer is by looking at your feet
Jiehan couldn't help but snorted and said with a smile: "Don't you think that the murderer has two dog claws?"
But even though he laughed, he still bent over to take off the cloth shoes on his feet.
However, at this moment, Jie Xiu suddenly asked in a deep voice, "Isn't it too much of a child's play to investigate the case like this? The poor monk has practiced for more than ten years, and he has never heard that just by looking at other people's feet, he can make a conclusion. Is the other party a murderer! If Lord Sun does this, just to avoid being reprimanded by the imperial court, he is just going to make false accusations, won't I be wronged for nothing?!"
Jishen's action of taking off his shoes also stopped, he nodded his head and said, "Yes, although taking off shoes and socks in public is not a big deal, if Master Sun has no real evidence, he wants to convict me and others with empty words. It's a no-brainer!"
Seeing the two of them react like this, the smile on Sun Shaozong's face became a little thicker - he was only 80% sure just now, but now it has reached 99%!
"This official naturally has real evidence."
Just listen to him say loudly: "Compared to the previous three murders, because the intention is to make Jienian's death look like a tengu, so the murderer specially came up with a clever plan - as everyone knows, it is this superfluous plan that is left behind. A fatal flaw!"
"so."
Master Qi couldn't help but said curiously, "Your Excellency has successfully solved the mystery of the footprints?!"
"That's right."
Sun Shaozong nodded and said, "This so-called mystery of footprints is actually quite simple. It's just a pair of wooden sandals."
"Clogs?"
"That's right, but it's not an ordinary clog, but a pair of clogs that carve the bottom wooden teeth into dog paws!"
"The murderer mixed his own footprints with the paw prints of wild dogs to create the illusion that there were only footprints on the scene."
"After a detailed investigation, this officer has successfully found the footprints of the murderer - three finished glyphs, equidistantly arranged dog paw prints!"
"This officer led people to follow the paw print, and found some pieces of clogs in front of the dense forest in the northeast. Obviously, the murderer threw the clogs into the dense forest after destroying the corpse."
"absurd!"
When Sun Shaozong said this, monk Jiexiu suddenly sneered: "Could it be that with just a few pieces of wood chips, Master Sun can infer who the murderer is? Or is the name of the murderer engraved on the wood chips?!"
At this time, everyone present, especially Wei Ruolan and others, have already seen that there is something wrong with this monk Jiexi. When he was interrogated before, he was obviously more cooperative than Jiehan, and he didn't say any harsh words. …
But what Monk Jiexi said is not entirely unreasonable. It is indeed impossible to determine who the murderer is based on some sawdust alone—not to mention sawdust, even if the complete clogs are found, it seems that it can only confirm Sun Shaozong’s inference, but cannot prove the murderer. who is it.
"With some sawdust alone, it is naturally impossible."
At this time, Sun Shaozong took out another handkerchief from his sleeve pocket, carefully spread it out, and showed it to everyone: "But with these two twine, it is enough to reveal the real culprit!"
Twine
Everyone felt even more inexplicable. Qiu Yunfei, Wei Ruolan, Master Qi, and even Monk Chi took a look at it in person, but they saw that they were just two small ordinary hemp threads. It fell from the top, but what's so strange about it
"What a joke!"
Jiexiu raised his head and said with a sneer: "Two hemp threads and a few pieces of sawdust are so amazing as said by Master Sun. The poor monk is really a little curious now. What a mountain of ironclad evidence!"
In the face of his aggressive attitude, Sun Shaozong became more and more confident, grinned and said: "To be clear, it is still very simple."
"The wood chips are tough and sturdy, and they should be made of red sandalwood, the wood used to carve Buddha statues. Although the materials are sourced locally in the temple, the risk of going out to purchase wood is reduced, but the weight of these clogs is also due to this. Much heavier than ordinary clogs."
"Especially the murderer made the clogs wider and longer in order to keep the three dog claws apart as much as possible."
"However, such a pair of heavy clogs are meant to be worn out to kill people. How can they be loose and loose like ordinary clogs? Naturally, they must be tightly bound to your feet!"
Having said this, Sun Shaozong stretched out two fingers and said, "The murderer has two options. One is to simply make a pair of shoes [boots with clogs soles]."
"However, although shoes are convenient to wear, they are a little more difficult to make, and they use a lot of materials, and it is easy to reveal flaws. Besides, a pair of shoes that are thrown away after use, why do they need to be so cumbersome?"
"So the murderer chose the second option, making ordinary clogs, and then wearing a few more hemp ropes and tying them to the feet for reinforcement!"
"However… "
The smile on Sun Shaozong's mouth turned cold, and he stared at Jiexiu's feet and said, "If you walk with such a heavy clog firmly tied to your feet, the force of falling is definitely not comparable to ordinary clogs, even if you wear a single shoe on your feet. , it will definitely leave streaks!"
"That's why this official concluded that as long as you take off the shoes and socks on your feet, the murderer will have nowhere to hide!"