After He Fang waited for the young monk to walk away, he immediately threw down the broom, took out a small knife he carried with him, scraped a little of the stain on the bluestone, and confirmed that it was blood.
"Why is there blood on this stone? And judging from the shape of the blood stain, it should be left after hitting someone."
He Fang looked around carefully again, and then found another pool of blood covered by soil under a tree.
After some thinking in He Fang's mind, this should be a murder scene, but the body is not here. It should have been moved, but this is the backyard. If someone takes the body out from here, no matter which door he goes through, he will be taken away by other people.
People see it.
He Fang checked around again, and suddenly he saw a few blackened blood stains on the wall, and he suddenly had a guess in his mind, could the body be hung from the wall?
"First, someone pretended to be a ghost to steal the treasure, and now a murder occurred. It seems that this Foguang Temple is really not an ordinary place."
He Fang returned to his room, carefully recalled the various clues he had discovered in the past few days, and tried to connect them together, and then he had a rough outline in his mind.
But now we are facing an important problem, that is, there is not enough time. If we continue to check it bit by bit, we will definitely not be able to complete it within the time limit, so we have to think of other ways.
He Fang thought again of the crime scene he had just discovered. On the other side of the wall was the back mountain. If the body was really lifted from the wall, the murderer would most likely have buried it in the back mountain. As for the
Who was the deceased? He Fang's intuition told him that this person was the man named Zhang who knew how to juggle.
So, He Fang had a bold plan in mind to lure the snake out of its hole.
He immediately wrote a small note, tied it to the pigeon's leg and sent it out, and then waited to see how Diriyah performed.
Sure enough, at about noon, a group of palace guards came to the temple and said that the jade lion belonging to the third princess Dierya ran away after being frightened. Eyewitnesses reported that they saw it running to the mountain behind Foguang Temple.
, so now the third princess personally brought people to look for her, and also told the monks in the temple not to leave the temple gate before the jade lion was found, otherwise she would be accidentally hit by the jade lion, and she would not be responsible.
When the monks heard that a lion had entered the back mountain, who dared to go out? He Fang took the opportunity to exaggerate, saying that when he was in the palace, he had heard that this jade lion had eaten no less than ten
As for the individual, not even the bones are left.
So, almost everyone ran back to their houses in fear, locked the door, and did not even dare to go out for lunch.
Master Lioyuan and several other eminent monks in the temple were sitting in the main hall, chanting sutras constantly. After all, two major incidents happened in the temple in succession, which made people panic. The more times like this, the more people are needed.
He came out to sit in formation to appease the people in the temple, and He Fangze also accompanied them all the time.
For a whole afternoon, the monks only heard the shouts of soldiers and the barking of hounds from the back mountain. It was almost dark before finally a little eunuch came in. He was none other than
Xiao Guizi.
I saw Xiao Guizi running to He Fang first, leaning next to his ear, and whispering something in his ear. He Fang just nodded slightly, indicating that he already understood.
After that, Xiao Guizi realized the fate and announced to others that the third princess's jade lion had been found. Everyone should eat and drink, so you can rest assured.
After hearing the news, the monks finally breathed a sigh of relief and could have a peaceful dinner and then go to bed.
The guard looking for the lion didn't stop too much and quickly went down the mountain.
In the middle of the night, a figure sneaked out of the temple with a shovel, quietly came to the back mountain, and then found a spot and started digging.
However, just as he was sweating profusely from digging, fire suddenly broke out around him, and a group of soldiers with knives gathered around him. The man was frightened by this sudden scene and fell to his knees on the ground. He was none other than Foguang Temple.
The deputy temple monk Xuankong.
Several soldiers came forward and tied him up, then dragged him back to the square in front of the temple hall.
Diriyah was sitting on a chair with her arms straightened, and the jade lion was lying obediently at her feet.
Master Liaoyuan and several other eminent monks from the monastery stood aside tremblingly. I don't know if they were afraid of the Jade Lion or Dilya. Anyway, it was a really bad day.
But He Fang was not here at this time, because he was searching Xuan Kong's house at this time.
Several guards rummaged through it first, but did not find anything suspicious. He Fang thought it was impossible, so he came to search it in person. He walked along the wall, knocking inch by inch, and finally he found something.
There is a hollow space behind it.
"Break open the wall here," He Fang ordered.
So a few soldiers found hammers and smashed open the wall. As expected, there was a secret compartment inside. Hidden in the secret compartment was a strangely long loudspeaker and a small wooden box.
He Fang picked up the trumpet and shouted at it, and the sound was deafening.
"This speaker must have been the one used at the banquet that day to make Rakshasa's fake voice."
He Fang put down the speaker and picked up the small wooden box. After opening it, it turned out to be a shining Buddha treasure.
On the other side, Master Lioyuan really didn't understand the reason. After waiting for a long time, Di'erya didn't say a word. Finally he couldn't help it and asked Di'erya:
"Princess, Xuan Kong has committed a crime after all. I hope the princess will tell the truth."
"Master, don't worry, you will know everything after a while."
When Dilya said this, she was not actually trying to be mysterious, because she really didn't know what He Fang was doing.
He Fang took these things in the square, as well as some evidence found before, and lined them up in front of Xuan Kong, and then ordered people to carry a body over. It was during the day, and Di Erya led people behind.
They said they were looking for the lost jade lion, but that was just an excuse. Their real purpose was to find the body.
In addition, the old couple who He Fang and the others had inquired about yesterday were also called over.
He Fang pointed to the corpse on the ground and asked them:
"Uncle and aunt, if you take a closer look, can you recognize this person?"
The two old men just slowly stepped forward to take a look, but they immediately recognized this person and replied in surprise:
"Isn't this the family named Zhang next door to us? Why is he dead?"
He Fang smiled, turned around and said to Monk Xuankong:
"Master Xuankong, I advise you to take the initiative to do all the attacks yourself. Maybe the princess will be so merciful that she can leave you intact."