There seems to be no rule of "eating without speaking" in this temple.
Opposite Jiang Xia and Amuro Toru, several young monks quickly started chatting. The topic unknowingly turned to an ancient legend.
——The legend about the foggy dog.
In fact, it can’t be considered “unknowingly”.
The location of Shanni Temple is too remote and there are very few tourists.
Every time a guest comes to stay, the old abbot will secretly bring up the topic of "foggy dogs" - this is also the selling point of their remote temple.
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In this area, there has always been the legend of "Fog Dog".
But what really made it a topic was a murder case two years ago.
——Two years ago, Zhongnian, a monk in the temple, was suspected of being killed by the monster "Fog Tengu".
After this incident was published in the newspapers, there was an explosion of tourists visiting the temple, which brought in a lot of money.
Now that the heat has passed, there are fewer tourists, but there are still people attracted by the foggy dogs every now and then.
Some of these guests came because they read old newspapers, while others heard these things from the monks in the temple and passed them on by word of mouth.
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The old abbot had a guilty conscience regarding the "fog day dog killing people" incident.
——Because it was not Wutian Dog who killed Zhongnian, but him.
But conscience cannot be eaten as food.
So he chose to increase his popularity without hesitation.
At this time, the old abbot said to the two new tourists in a gloomy tone:
"The foggy dog is an ancient monster that can fly. They will sneak into the village like fog on rainy nights, break through the walls, and kidnap the kind people. Then they will hang the corpses of their prey high and store them for food."
Speaking of this, the old host wanted to make a sudden and shocking turn and move over to scare the two guests opposite.
But at this time, he suddenly felt intuitively that he couldn't do it - there was always a premonition that if he really scared someone, he would be slapped on the head and thrown into the vegetable soup.
"..." And there's no point in scaring two grown men.
The old abbot hesitated for a moment, and finally just stroked his beard.
He skipped the scary steps and directly said the closing words: "But don't worry, this is just a legend from a time when technology was not developed."
"...But it's not necessarily a legend." The third child in the temple looked ugly and muttered nervously, "Didn't a very similar thing happen two years ago, Senior Brother Zhongnian..."
"Mu Nian!" Senior Brother frowned and interrupted him, "Don't talk about this kind of thing to the guests."
"It's okay, let's talk about it." Jiang Xia seemed to be very interested and looked up at them, "We are detectives and are best at solving strange things."
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Four young monks, plus an abbot.
Five exclamation marks seemed to appear above the heads of the five people, but their meanings were different.
The four monks looked at Jiang Xia.
The youngest one hesitated and said: "Actually, I have wanted to say it for a long time. You look familiar. You are the one who suddenly became popular recently...Jiang Xia? Is that the last name?"
"Oh, I've heard of it! A few days ago I went to the city to do some shopping, and while I was waiting in line, I happened to hear the girl next to me discussing this person." The third child also remembered it, and he said excitedly, "Since he is a famous detective
, maybe we can really solve the mystery - just two years ago..."
"Shut up!"
The old host slapped his hand on the table, interrupting the apprentice's words.
His face was extremely ugly, and he glared at the four disciples: "Didn't I tell you not to mention this matter again? Okay, now that the meal time is over, go back and rest!"
He took a breath angrily, then turned to Jiangxia and Toru Amuro, his tone was much harsher than before: "This is an internal matter of our temple, and there is no need for detectives to interfere randomly."
After saying that, he stood up, with a sullen face, rolled up his sleeves and left.
The words "guilty as a thief" were written all over his face.
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The old monk became very unfriendly.
Fortunately, his apprentices are still very service-minded.
A few young monks packed up the restaurant.
Then he took Jiang Xia and the others to the guest room, found clean bedding, and even found two sets of disposable toothbrushes and razors from nowhere.
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Jiang Xia packed up early and prepared to go pick up ghosts.
Toru Amuro seemed a little curious about what happened "two years ago", but he didn't ask any more questions - detectives in this world seem to have the attribute of "never ask questions when someone tells someone off". Maybe this is to avoid losing his job.
And the intuitive professionalism that was born...
Jiang Xia was not curious at all.
After all, he is a "prophet" who knows a lot.
——It is said that two years ago, monk Zhongnian in this temple "hanged himself".
But in fact, he was killed by the old abbot.
The old abbot wanted his granddaughter to marry the heir of a large monastery, but the granddaughter fell in love with Zhongnian and even wanted to elope.
The old abbot worried about this matter for a long time, but could not convince his granddaughter. Finally, he had an idea and suddenly thought: As long as the loyalty is gone, of course his granddaughter will no longer be able to "elope".
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So the old abbot used the terrain of the temple and combined it with the legends nearby to come up with a murder method.
——In Shanni Temple, there is a narrow confinement room about 10 meters high. There is a window at the top of the confinement room near the waterfall. The quality of the confinement room is particularly good and there is no water leakage.
Two years ago, after the old monk killed Zhongnian, he sealed the doors and windows below with tape, introduced water into the confinement room with wooden boards, floated the body to the top, and hung the body on the top beam. After that, the old monk
The abbot returned outside and smashed the wall below, causing water to flow out instantly.
Since there were no traces of climbing on the top of the dusty beam, it looked like the body had been carried up by a foggy dog.
Of course, the police couldn't use "foggy dog murder" to close the case, so in the end, they had to treat it as suicide.
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Jiang Xia briefly recalled the causes and consequences, but was not very interested in them.
His attention quickly focused on the new ghost fetus.
The guest rooms are large and all are covered with tatami mats.
Jiang Xia dragged the bedclothes a little closer to the door and lay down.
After almost all the young monks went to bed and Toru Amuro next to him stopped making any noise.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! He was about to let a few pieces of shikigami fly into the corridor from the crack in the door to construct the puppet.
But before that, Jiang Xia suddenly felt something approaching outside the door.
This aura...is that the new ghost fetus has found?
"..." So proactive?
After a moment of confusion, Jiang Xia withdrew her shikigami. She pretended to go to the bathroom, got up and walked into the corridor.
I closed the door with my backhand, lowered my head, and saw the new ghost running along the corridor.
It looked quite anxious, as if it was looking for help.
Jiang Xia looked around and found no one.
So he decisively squatted down, picked up the new ghost fetus, and took it to a deserted place.
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The new ghost obviously wants something from someone.
It can be seen that it is still panicked when facing Jiang Xia, but it no longer avoids him like it did during dinner.
As she got closer, Jiang Xia discovered that the extra bumps on the back of the new ghost fetus were shaped like a pair of wings.
It took the ghost to an empty bathroom and politely tolerated it for two seconds. In the end, it couldn't hold it in any longer, so it stretched out its hand and pinched the tip of its wing under the trembling gaze of the new ghost.
With a little force, Jiang Xia pulled the wings open. The new ghost started to flutter in panic.
Jiang Xia let go of his hand.
The new ghost swooped behind the hand sanitizer, folded his wings bitterly, and smoothed out the ruffled feathers.
Jiang Xia watched from the side and felt very magical.
The appearance of the ghost fetus is actually a Q version of a real person.
But when this monk ghost died, it must have been in a normal human form and not with wings on its back - otherwise the foggy dog murder incident two years ago would not have been so well-known.
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Many rules in this world are different from what Jiang Xia was familiar with before.
He could only guess based on those messy principles that the sudden mutation of this new ghost was related to the legend of the foggy dog killing people.
——That legend was once widely popular in this area. It may be that these chants affected the shape of the monk ghost.
I don’t know if the wings are just a decoration or if they can really fly...
Thinking of this, Jiang Xia tentatively poked the ghost in front of her, trying to get it to fly.
Monk Ghost instinctively ducked aside.
But soon, it remembered that it still needed help from the psychic in front of it, so it stood stiffly on the spot and let Jiang Xia poke at him randomly.
"..." Because this ghost was too calm, Jiang Xia failed to test it out.
