Volume 2: The Red Lotus Case in the Ancient Temple Chapter 46: The Arsonist
"That day was July 20th, around four o'clock in the morning. I couldn't sleep, so I planned to walk around, just in time to see the night view of Fanxing Temple." Li Waner said as she recalled.
"Uncle Meng accompanied me to wander around the Main Hall. After all, the view there is the broadest."
"However, since my existence cannot be known to anyone other than the abbot, Jingxin, and Jingfa, we carefully avoided the three patrolling monks."
"I wandered around for a long time, that is, around Xu Shi, and was about to go back to the south courtyard to rest, when I saw a monk sneaking towards the Main Hall."
"Wait, around Xu Shi? Not at Xu Shi?" Duan Ming asked.
"Well, I can't remember the time." Li Waner tried her best to recall, and then looked at Mr. Meng: "Uncle Meng, do you remember?"
"I didn't pay attention at that time." Mr. Meng shook his head.
"Okay, Princess, please continue talking." Duan Ming nodded.
"I didn't pay much attention at the time, and I was a little tired, so I went directly back to the wing." Li Waner said.
"Just when I was about to take a rest, the flames rose into the sky and illuminated half of the sky."
"When we arrived, we found that the main hall was on fire, so I thought of the monk that day."
"In the past few days, I have been secretly searching for traces of the monk. I finally found him the night before yesterday." Li Waner's eyes became brighter as she spoke: "By the way, it was the night when your wing where the corpse was stored caught fire.
I saw him sneaking around in your yard."
"In that case, this person was responsible for the fire in the morgue!" Duan Ming narrowed his eyes slightly: "And the female Bodhisattva that little monk Mingde mentioned is the princess."
"I guess so! So I have been following him for the past two days!" Li Waner sighed: "But he has done nothing in the past two days. He looks no different from other monks."
"Princess, who is that person?" Xing Qianqiu said in a deep voice.
"The fire-headed monk in the kitchen, Fakong!" Li Waner said.
"Thank you." Xing Qianqiu nodded, then looked at Duan Ming: "Mr. Duan."
"Let's go! Thank you Princess for the clues!" Duan Ming nodded, thanked Li Waner, and then headed to the west courtyard together.
Soon Duan Ming and Xing Qianqiu arrived at the West Courtyard, and happened to meet the young monk Mingde.
When the young monk Mingde saw the two of them, he wanted to run away, but was caught by Xing Qianqiu.
"Little Master Mingde, why are you running?" Duan Ming asked with a smile.
"Amitabha, Master Jingxin said, if you see someone you don't want to see, just run away." The young monk Mingde said, "The young monk doesn't want to see you, so he will naturally run away."
"You speak very directly." Duan Ming smiled and shook his head: "We are not here to find you this time. We are looking for Fakong. Do you know where he is?"
"Master Fakong? Are you looking for him too?" the young monk Mingde said doubtfully.
"Looking for him too? Who else is looking for him?" Duan Ming frowned.
"Master Jingxin!" said the young monk Mingde, "Master Fakong went down the mountain early in the morning to do some shopping, but he has not come back until now. Master Jingxin is worried about him."
"Going down the mountain early in the morning?" Duan Ming and Xing Qianqiu looked at each other, then let go of the young monk Mingde and hurried back to the North Courtyard.
After returning to the North Courtyard, Xing Qianqiu sent Duan Ming back to the wing, and then directly led people down the mountain to apprehend Fakong.
Seeing Xing Qianqiu leaving in a hurry, Duan Ming sighed deeply and then prepared to rest.
When Xing Qianqiu brings Fa Ming back tomorrow, maybe all the truth will be revealed!
The sky was covered with dark clouds and there was no starlight. Duan Ming walked slowly along the rugged mountain road with the lantern in his hand.
He didn't know where he was or where he was going, he just knew he needed to keep moving forward.
Walking and walking, walking and walking for who knows how long, a ruined temple appeared in front of Duan Ming.
Duan Ming walked into the ruined temple and lit the candles in the temple. The dim candlelight flickered, illuminating the scene in the temple.
A huge ancient Buddha stands in the center of the ruined temple. The ancient Buddha's eyes are slightly narrowed and there is a faint smile on his face, which makes people feel peaceful just looking at it.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew in, the candle fell to the ground, and the candle lit the dry grass on the ground, and the flame burned violently in an instant.
Duan Ming wanted to run, but he couldn't. He felt as if he had been hit by a immobilization spell and couldn't move at all.
Soon, a raging fire was burning all around. Under the light of the fire, the originally kind-hearted Buddha turned into a golden color!
The slightly narrowed eyes slowly opened, revealing the blood-red eyes inside, looking at Duan Ming's chest.
Duan Ming felt that his body had regained consciousness at this time. When he lowered his head, he saw that there was a blood lotus pattern on his chest!
The next second, the fire burned and engulfed him.
"Ah!" Duan Ming sat up suddenly, his forehead covered with sweat. What just happened was a nightmare.
However, before Duan Ming could breathe a sigh of relief, a hot breath hit his face, followed by a choking smell.
Duan Ming turned around and saw that his entire wing was on fire!
"Oops!" Duan Ming's expression changed, and he wanted to escape from here quickly, but the fire was already very dangerous at this moment, and he couldn't escape at all!
At this moment, there was already a mess outside the wing, and Xu Shizhong was sweating profusely directing everyone to put out the fire.
Although the Mirror Division had made a lot of preparations to prevent another fire, firstly, many of the officials of the Mirror Division were taken away by Xing Qianqiu to arrest Fa Kong. Secondly, the unprovoked fire was really too big, so once
They couldn't stop the fire in time!
"Mr. Duan, Mr. Duan!" Xu Shizhong shouted at the top of his lungs while splashing water, his eyes full of despair.
Duan Ming was invited by them, and they were the guards. If Duan Ming died here...
Xu Shizhong couldn't imagine what would happen if he learned about Duan Ming's death when Xing Qianqiu came back!
At this moment, Duan Ming in the side room was almost desperate. He blocked his mouth and nose with a piece of cloth soaked in his own urine, trying to find a way out, but there was no way out.
"Haha, hahaha..." Suddenly Duan Ming burst out laughing, laughing so hard that he burst into tears.
He was most afraid of death. No matter in his previous life or in this life, he worked hard to live.
Especially since he was attacked in the Mirror Division last time and saw Sun Wu committing suicide, he has become even more afraid of death.
Therefore, in this case, except for taking some risks when following Li Waner, he has always been extremely careful.
However, despite this, he is still going to die!
Just when Duan Ming was thinking wildly, he felt that his brain was getting heavier and heavier, and his consciousness began to become blurred.
The cloth that was wetted in a hurry could not last long, and Duan Ming knew what would happen next.
He will fall into coma due to excessive smoke inhalation, and then be burned to death quietly in this room. There is no other possibility.
Just when Duan Ming was about to lose consciousness, a muffled sound of "bang" came into his ears, and then a figure broke through the window and rushed in... This chapter has been completed!
