Volume 2: The Case of the Red Lotus in the Ancient Temple Chapter 36: The Secret of Spontaneous Combustion
"I, I..." Jinghui's face suddenly turned red and she opened her mouth not knowing what to say.
"Amitabha, is it possible that the Mirror Division relied on intimidation and threats to solve the case?" Jingxin said solemnly: "If you want to think that the young monk is guilty, please provide evidence."
"Haha." Duan Ming stared at Jing Xin for a long time, then suddenly laughed and patted Jing Xin on the shoulder: "Master Jing Xin, why should you be so serious? I was just joking. Besides, solving the case
Well, don’t we just have to make bold assumptions and be careful to verify them?”
"Amitabha." Jingxin smiled slightly but said nothing.
"Okay, I'm very happy to have met Master Jingxin, but I still have something to do. I'll chat with Master another day." Duan Ming said as he patted Jingxin on the shoulder, then turned and left.
"Amitabha." Jingxin looked at Duan Ming's leaving figure, pronounced the Buddha's name, and slowly narrowed his eyes.
Duan Ming did not go to other monks to say anything, but went directly to the independent room in the north courtyard. At this moment, Jingfa's body was placed on a wooden bed.
Entering the room, Duan Ming frowned slightly, and there seemed to be a faint pungent smell in the air.
Duan Ming narrowed his eyes slightly, came to Jingfa's body, and examined it carefully.
"Mr. Duan." After a long time, Xing Qianqiu walked in from the outside and saw Duan Ming sitting beside the corpse, deep in thought.
"How's it going? Did you find anything?" Duan Ming raised his head and looked at Xing Qianqiu.
"We asked the monks again carefully, but we didn't get any clues." Xing Qianqiu sighed: "But the gold and silver jewelry that Master Wangji brought was indeed found under Jingfa's bed.
Someone from the Spiegel Department saw it at that time."
"This is natural." Duan Ming nodded and said, "Jing Fa and Jing Xin, as the leader of the Jing generation, have a lot of power. There are always some ways to make profits. It's not uncommon to have gold, silver and jewelry."
"Indeed." Xing Qianqiu nodded: "I just saw you coming out of the Main Hall and went straight to Jingxin. Did you find anything?"
"Those who kill Jingfa are not Jingxin." Duan Ming said directly: "But the person in the red dress that Jingfa saw that day was him."
"How do you say that?" Xing Qianqiu said doubtfully.
"Jing Xin's mind is very thoughtful, and his emotions and anger are invisible, so it's not easy to check." Duan Ming said, "But the people around him who are of the Jing generation are far less deep than Jing Xin."
"At that time, I asked Jingxin whether Jingfa had been killed by him. There was no trace of panic on Jingxin's face. Only Jinghui spoke up to argue."
"This means that either Jingxin is very confident in his killing method, or else Jingfa was not killed by Jingxin."
"The look on Jinghui's face at that time didn't look like he was faking it. She must have truly believed that Jingxin was not the murderer."
"Jinghui is Jingxin's most powerful assistant. If such a weird killing method was done by Jingxin, the latter would definitely be able to find clues, or Jinghui must have been arranged to do it."
"In this case, if this case was committed by Jingxin, then Jinghui would not have made such an expression."
"It makes some sense, but in the end it's just a guess." Xing Qianqiu nodded.
"That's right." Duan Ming said, "But guessing is enough, lest we put too much energy on this."
"Then why did you say that the person in the red dress that Jingfa saw that day was Jingxin?" Xing Qianqiu asked again.
"I mentioned that that day when Jingfa was in Xushi, I saw Jingxin in a red dress. The monks around me didn't even have a look of surprise on their faces." Duan Ming said, "This shows that maybe the monks had already known about the red dress.
Hearing it, even someone like Jinghui is very likely to know this completely."
"But I sent people to search Jingxin's residence and found nothing red." Xing Qianqiu said.
"It's not unusual for such a big temple to have a secret room." Duan Ming said solemnly: "With a pure mind, I'm afraid it's very well hidden."
"Indeed." Xing Qianqiu nodded: "By the way, when I just came in, you seemed to be thinking about something. Did you find anything?"
"Come and see." Duan Ming nodded, then pointed to Jingfa's body: "Do you smell anything?"
"Indeed, there is." Xing Qianqiu nodded: "This seems to be the smell of garlic. I also smelled it when Jingfa was on fire before."
"Do you feel any discomfort?" Duan Ming asked.
"That's not true. What's wrong?" Xing Qianqiu shook his head.
"I have a guess, but I can't confirm it at the moment." Duan Ming said: "You said before that Jingfa's body was burning with dark green flames?"
"Yes, I have never seen such flames. It looks very scary." Xing Qianqiu said.
"Gloomy green flames, garlic smell..." Duan Ming nodded: "It seems to be caused by the burning of white phosphorus."
"White phosphorus?" Xing Qianqiu frowned: "What is that?"
"A very scary substance with a very low self-ignition point. It can be ignited by the normal body temperature of the human body." Duan Ming explained: "When white phosphorus burns, it will produce a faint green flame, accompanied by the smell of garlic."
"That's right." Xing Qianqiu said, "Do you have any questions?"
"Yes." Duan Ming said: "The smoke produced by burning white phosphorus is actually phosphorus hexaoxide or phosphorus pentoxide, both of which are extremely toxic."
"Judging from the situation inside the Main Hall, you and the monks who are very close to the Pure Dharma must have inhaled this substance. At least you will feel nausea and vomiting, at worst you will be comatose or even life-threatening."
"But as of now, you don't have any problems."
"Ah." Xing Qianqiu nodded, but his expression was blank.
"Forget it, this is exactly the problem that I can't figure out." Duan Ming pondered: "Unless there was something in the Main Hall at that time that neutralized the toxicity of phosphorus hexaoxide or phosphorus pentoxide, but I don't
Know that such a substance exists."
"Of course, there is another possibility." Duan Ming said: "The Great Hall has been riddled with holes and damaged after burning, so the air circulation in the hall is better, and you have not inhaled much phosphide."
"But this, although reasonable, can also explain why I didn't notice the strong smell of garlic in the hall when I arrived later."
"But this probability is not too high. If this is really the case, you are all very lucky."
"I don't believe in luck either." Xing Qianqiu said solemnly.
"No, no, no, I believe in luck." Duan Ming said, "But before I believe in luck, I must make sure it is real luck!"
"Then what are you going to do?" Xing Qianqiu said solemnly.
"Dissect the corpse!" Duan Ming said: "As long as Jingfa's corpse is dissected, all the truth will appear in front of us!" This chapter has been completed!
