Volume II: The Case of the Red Lotus in the Ancient Temple Chapter 59: Storytelling (3)
"The fire in the Mahavira Palace is the beginning of the story, and the death of Jingfa is the real climax of the story."
"With the death of Jingfa, the situation in the Brahmacharya Temple gradually changed."
"Of the two people in charge of things in the temple, one died and the other was beaten. So will the temple return to what the old monk said?"
"The old monk hides behind the scenes and almost never appears in front of others."
"Everything seemed to be in place, until the Immortality Sect requested the imperial edict, the Mirror Secretary left in despair."
"However, I never thought that something would go wrong at this time, and that was Little Master Mingde."
"Little Master Mingde accidentally saw Princess Mingzhu and mistakenly thought she was a female Bodhisattva, so he broke into the North Courtyard where the Mirror Division is located."
"Then he was captured by Ming Jing's people. During the interrogation, he revealed that Jing Xin asked Mingli to purchase rouge and gouache, which made us turn our attention to Master Mingli."
"And Master Mingli was the one who turned a blind eye to the Golden Buddha incident because he accepted bribes."
"When such a person was brought to the Mirror Department, the old monk became afraid. He was afraid that Mingli had seen or heard something inadvertently."
"These things don't really have to have any effect. As long as they might divert the Mirror's attention to the old monk, that's not a good thing."
"So, I guess the old monk had met Mingli that night, right?" Duan Ming said and looked at the young monk Mingde: "Master Mingde?"
"Amitabha." Young monk Mingde nodded: "That evening, senior brother Mingli did go to the abbot."
"Look, it doesn't mean anything. There is nothing wrong with the monks in the temple going to the abbot to study Buddhism!" Before Abbot Xuanbei could speak, Duan Ming had already said: "During this meeting, the old monk asked Master Mingli
Master Mingli naturally had nothing to hide about the matter that the Mirror Division was looking for, so he told him everything."
"The old monk was even more worried, so he decided to kill Master Mingli."
"So, the old monk took advantage of the silence of the night to sneak into Monk Mingli's wing and killed Monk Mingli."
"As for the method of killing, it is very simple. Just fold a few pieces of cloth together and gently press it on his face. In this way, it can not only cover the wounds, but also be easy to carry without leaving any traces."
"Mr. Duan." At this moment, Monk Faneng suddenly said: "I live in the same wing as Mingli, and I didn't go out that night. How could I go in and kill him without my knowing it at all?"
"It's very simple, you just need a little bit of fragrance." Duan Ming smiled and shook his head: "Humans always want to complicate simple things, so they often fall into the obstacles they set for themselves.
among."
"I was like this before, but then I thought about it, why does it have to be so complicated? Isn't it okay to use some incense to stun people, and then go in and kill people openly and arrange the arrangements?"
"Haha, it's true." Xing Qianqiu let out a long sigh after hearing this.
There is nothing simpler, less troublesome, and less prone to accidents than this.
"It was precisely because of the incense that Master Mingli was choked to death without the slightest resistance!"
"But the old monk was worried about what I would find, so he thought of killing me without stopping!" Duan Ming's voice changed and he suddenly said in a deep voice: "So that night, something suddenly happened in my wing.
Make a fire, if it weren’t for the princess and Senior Meng, I would have been burned to death!"
"But how did he do it?" Xing Qianqiu said doubtfully: "The Mirror Department is heavily guarded..."
"It is indeed heavily guarded, so the old monk did not make this preparation at night." Duan Ming took a deep breath: "But during the day, when we went to check Mingli's body together, he had already sneaked in quietly.
In my wing!"
"What?" Xing Qianqiu and others were shocked.
But then I thought about it, this is indeed possible.
During the day, everyone from the Mirror Division went to investigate the case, and only a handful of people were watching the yard. If the other party was familiar with the environment and good at hiding, it was indeed very possible to sneak in silently.
"When I was asleep at night, the old monk set fire to the house." Duan Ming said solemnly: "And he escaped from the back window while people outside were putting out the fire, and left quickly through other rooms."
"When I first woke up, I just felt a little dizzy in my head. I thought it was caused by excessive smoke inhalation. Now that I think about it, it was because the old monk was afraid that I would not die and escape by myself, so he injected me with it.
Get drugged!"
"Then, out of fear in my heart, I left Brahma Monastery." Duan Ming said: "Originally, I thought that nothing would happen to me once I left, but the old monk still sent people to hunt me down. I have never thought about this.
I can’t figure it out.”
"What is there to worry about when a person leaves? He even plans to kill him by force, even if he is escorted by the Mirror Division?"
"I thought a lot on the way back, and in the end I could only think of two possibilities."
"The fact that the other party is desperate to kill me only proves that my existence has made the other party feel threatened, and the threat can only go in two directions."
"The first one is that I am worried that I have found some key clues. But if this was the case, I would have told you so at the time, so this worry is not realistic."
"The second thing is that I heard that I had rescued myself in the room, so I was worried that I was not completely unconscious after being drugged, and I vaguely heard or saw something!"
"Only this second reason can explain why people were sent to hunt me down!"
"That's it." Xing Qianqiu nodded, as if he had some realization in his heart.
"It's a pity that I heard nothing and saw nothing." Duan Ming sighed: "But then I thought about it, if this is really the case, who can mobilize such a force to surround me?"
"Speaking of which." Duan Ming looked at Li Waner: "Princess Princess, I thought of what you said before."
"What are you talking about?" Li Waner said doubtfully.
"At around midnight on the night of July 20th, you saw the sneaky Fakong in front of the Main Hall." Duan Ming said: "I really thought that Fakong was the mastermind behind the scenes or an accomplice of the mastermind behind the scenes."
"Coupled with what the princess said, you saw Fakong again in our courtyard on the day the morgue caught fire, I am even more convinced of this idea."
"But just now, I suddenly figured it out." Duan Ming said: "Fakong is just a fire-headed monk. How can he have such great energy?"
"In that case, why did Fa Kong appear there that night?"
"Even Master Jingfa knows that he has to go at Haishi to avoid the inspections of the three masters, Fawu, Faneng and Faming. So why did Fa Kong go just before Haishi?" This chapter has been completed!
