Volume 2: The Case of the Red Lotus in the Ancient Temple Chapter 58: Storytelling (2)
"If it's Master Jingxin, everything will make sense."
"Master Jingxin is in charge of the power in the temple. It is simply too easy to take any action in reshaping the Golden Buddha."
"Some people claim that they witnessed a dispute between Master Jingxin and Master Jingfa that day over a jade pendant. In addition, the two usually competed for power in the temple, and their relationship was not good. Master Jingfa made up this story in order to attack Master Jingxin.
To lie, Master Jing Xin killed someone in revenge for Master Jing Fa, which is all excusable."
"If we follow this line of thinking, everything will look smooth."
"However, there are some doubts that I still can't figure out," Duan Ming said.
"What's the doubt?" Xu Shizhong was fascinated and couldn't help asking.
"First, even if Master Jingxin likes to wear a red dress and dance gracefully, why not go to his room or a secluded place instead of running to the main hall to let Master Jingfa see him?"
"Second, even if Jingxin Jingfa has a grudge, even if Master Jingxin really wants to kill Master Jingxin, why would he do it at such a tense moment?"
"This... is indeed true." Li Waner nodded: "These are indeed doubtful points."
"Of course, this is just a small question." Duan Ming said with a smile: "Maybe Master Jingxin just likes to dance in a red dress in front of the golden Buddha? Maybe Master Jingxin just wants to kill Jingfa at that time?
It’s not completely unexplainable. But it’s always like a thorn in my heart.”
"Later, there was a fire in the morgue and Master Jingfa's body was burned. It seemed that everything was settled, but the thorn in my heart became more and more uncomfortable." Duan Ming said: "I was just thinking.
, Why? Why did you burn the body of Master Jingfa? What is its purpose?"
"And it wasn't until just now that I finally figured out this problem. It's actually very simple." Duan Ming said solemnly: "Because the murderer must let Jingfa see those things! And he must let Jingfa tell us those things, and he can only tell us.
Those of us!”
"Mr. Duan, you said I was confused. What's going on?" Xu Shizhong shouted.
"It's very simple. The murderer, the old monk, deliberately wore a red dress and came to the main hall so that Jingfa could see it." Duan Ming said: "The old monk knew Jingfa's character very well and knew that Jingfa would definitely turn back that night.
I retrieved my belongings from the Main Hall, so I deliberately put on a red dress and waited there."
"In other words, no matter whether Master Jingxin really likes wearing a red dress or not, the one who wore the red dress that night was not Master Jingxin, but the old monk."
"That night, the old monk first wore a red dress to let Jingfa see him, and then after Jingfa left, he tore off the gold foil on the golden Buddha, revealing the specially modified giant Buddha underneath."
"The entire body of this giant Buddha was plated with a layer of copper, and words were written on it with iron juice."
"Then a fire was set and the entire Mahavira Palace was burned down. Under the action of high-temperature combustion, the copper and iron turned black and red respectively, which is what we first saw when the Golden Buddha turned black and the motto was written in blood!"
"After that, the old monk waited quietly for the arrival of the Mirror Division and Jingfa's report. After Jingfa said what he said that day, in order to prevent Jingfa from seeing more that day, or
I remembered more, so I killed Jingfa!"
"As for the way to kill Jingfa, it was very simple. He just borrowed white phosphorus." Duan Ming said: "That day, Jingfa suddenly spontaneously ignited in the main hall, and his whole body ignited with green flames and the smell of garlic.
, this was not done by the Red Lotus Virgin, but because of the white phosphorus."
"I guessed that the old monk must have arranged it that day and handed the clothes with white phosphorus to Jingfa. Jingfa had no doubt that he was there, so he put them on." Duan Ming said: "It's almost autumn now.
, it is cool in the early morning, and standing outside will not reach the ignition point of white phosphorus. However, after entering the Mahavira Hall, firstly, Puritya's mood fluctuated slightly because of seeing the black Buddha. Secondly, there were people gathering inside the Mahavira Hall, and the temperature was higher than outside.
It is higher, so it reaches the ignition point of white phosphorus, causing the white phosphorus to spontaneously ignite."
"In this way, it looks like the pure method suddenly spontaneously combusts."
"Of course, other tricks must have been done to the clothes, such as leaving a mechanism in the clothes and using iron powder to hide the red lotus pattern on the chest. In this way, the iron powder will be absorbed to Jingfa's chest under the action of burning white phosphorus.
, and then a blood lotus pattern will be formed.”
"However, this method is not without its flaws. As I said before, the green flames and garlic smell are its flaws. And the biggest flaw is in the internal organs of the deceased."
"The smoke produced by the burning of white phosphorus is highly toxic. If I dissect Jingfa, I will most likely find clues in Jingfa's organs."
"So when the old monk heard that I was going to perform an autopsy, he became so violent that he burned the entire morgue and completely burned the corpses inside, so that I could find nothing to investigate!"
"That's too cruel." Xu Shizhong muttered with his eyes widened.
"It is indeed very cruel." Duan Ming nodded: "But the fire suddenly rose at that time, and I was very confused, what method was used?"
"Later I found a piece of metal fragment in the ruins, and I suddenly thought of a possibility, that is, the murderer should have packed the white phosphorus into an iron container, and then threw it into the room while the Mirror Director was not paying attention."
"After the container landed on the ground, it opened automatically and the white phosphorus splashed out. When the temperature rose slightly, it lit the entire room on fire."
"Since the fire initially formed inside the house, the people at the Mirror did not notice it at first. By the time they discovered it, the fire was already out of control."
Having said this, Duan Ming looked at Fa Wu, Fa Neng and Fa Ming, and then said in a deep voice: "Three masters, am I right?"
"Amitabha!" The faces of the three masters suddenly turned pale.
"After thinking about it, it seems that there are only three masters who can do this silently." Duan Ming said: "After all, the three masters were invited for questioning.
I shouldn’t pay too much attention to the three masters.”
"Immortal life! Mr. Duan's story is very nice, but it is just a story." The master of Wangji Palace said in a deep voice.
"Of course, what I'm talking about is the story, and I haven't finished telling it yet!" Duan Ming said with a smile: "The most exciting part of the story is always at the end, isn't it?"
"Mr. Duan, please continue!" Li Waner said.
"That's right, Mr. Duan." Xing Qianqiu also said in a deep voice, "We are all waiting to hear it!"
