Shen Lian shrugged his shoulders and said: "You can see from your expressions that it is definitely an excellent hiding place. Just put the relics into a bag filled with water, then tie a rope and throw it into the septic tank. No one will ever find out."
"When you want to take it away, it's easy."
Deyuan frowned and said, "So the thief hid the relics in the septic tank?"
Shen Lian shook his head: "No."
"First of all, the septic tank is a very special place. Ordinary people won't get close to it, so if someone often goes in and out of the septic tank, it's inevitable that others won't think there's a problem."
"Secondly, I went to the septic tank today and asked the person who was looking after it if anyone had been there in the past few days, but I was told that no one had been there."
"So... this most suitable hiding place has been eliminated!"
"Although there is absolutely no problem in hiding the relics, it is obvious that the thief has a more suitable place to hide. He will not be discovered and will not attract anyone's attention. It is a perfect place."
"Where?" Deyuan asked quickly.
Everyone else also looked at Shen Lian.
Although they didn't say it, they were really convinced of Shen Lian.
Because whether it is the bottom of the well or the septic tank, they are places they have never searched!
Shen Lian had only been here for less than a day, but he not only found these places, but also eliminated them... This ability is really shocking.
And Shen Lian just mentioned three hiding places. If the first two are eliminated, then only one will be left.
So...this third place is definitely the place where the relics are hidden.
So where is this third place?
Where is it, or is it something they have ignored?
Everyone looked at Shen Lian expectantly.
Shen Lian didn't look at them. He focused his gaze on Abbot Dezhi, who kept turning the beads and chanting the Buddha's gold.
Shen Lian took a deep breath and said slowly: "This third place gives you the courage, but you don't dare to investigate! Even if you are asked to investigate, you think it is a place where you will never hide!"
"This place is..."
Shen Lian said calmly: "Master Abbot's Zen room!"
With a snap, the string of Dezhi's rotating beads suddenly broke.
More than a dozen prayer beads fell directly to the ground, beating constantly and running everywhere.
At this moment, the monks in the temple all widened their eyes, subconsciously staring at Abbot Dezhi.
At this moment, they were no longer so angry.
Because, Shen Lian has used terrifying strength, and you have unknowingly begun to believe him and sided with him...
Candles were burning in the hall, and suddenly a gust of wind blew and caused the flames to dance continuously.
The beating firelight illuminated the three Buddha statues in uncertain light and darkness at this moment. Suddenly they were bright as if they were covered with golden light, and sometimes they were as dark as demons in hell.
The difference between good and evil, Buddha or devil, may be just a thought.
The monks in the temple all looked at the presiding officer Dezhi with wide eyes at this moment. The expressions on their faces were very complicated at this time.
Subjectively, they naturally trust Dezhi. They do not trust their abbot to steal the most precious relics that belong to their temple.
But the terrifying ability Shen Lian showed just now made them trust Qin Zulai unknowingly.
So now, their hearts are very complicated and contradictory.
On the one hand, I don't want to believe Shen Lian.
On the other hand, he trusted Shen Lian.
The complexity of his mind is almost the same as the Buddha's mind.
Even Deyuan, the head of Bodhidharma Academy and the second-largest figure in Huasheng Temple, couldn't help but look at Dezhi at this moment: "Brother, this...is this true?"
The beads that fell to the ground stopped beating. The black beads were hidden in the darkness and could no longer be found.
Dezhi closed his eyes and did not answer Deyuan's words. He just whispered to himself: "Amitabha."
Shen Lian glanced at Dezhi, chuckled lightly, and didn't care.
Don’t these monks just like to play mysteries?
Then let the big sun shine on everything, so that you have no chance of mystery.
"Dezhi is the abbot of Huasheng Temple, and he arranged both you and the mission, so..."
Shen Lian looked at the monks and said, "He probably didn't arrange for anyone to search his monastery, right? Or, even if he did, you all subconsciously thought that it would never be there, so you never searched it, right?"
When the monks heard this, they said, "Look at me, and I'll look at you."
Then they all shook their heads.
It was obvious that although Shen Lian had not witnessed that scene with his own eyes, he had guessed everything correctly.
It gave people the feeling that everything going on these days was under Shen Lian's surveillance.
At this moment, Jie Cheng, who had been following Shen Lian for a day, couldn't help but be stunned.
The whole person was shocked to the extreme.
He looked at Shen Lian with wide eyes and said, "Sir Sir Shen, this... did you discover these just by wandering around like that this day?"
Shen Lian glanced at Jiecheng helplessly. He felt that this young monk had misunderstood him.
He said: "Jie Cheng, to you, that is meaningless wandering, but to me, Shen, it is field investigation over and over again."
"It seems that I am walking around at will, but in fact I have been secretly observing the behavior of everyone in your temple. Then I, Shen, discovered that no one has ever entered the Zen room that I preside over."
"Later, I had a chat with you. Who asked you about hosting the Zen room? You said that the host likes to study Buddhism in peace and doesn't like to be disturbed by others, so no one will go to the Zen room if there is nothing to do."
"Even cleaning, you have to do it yourself... These words may be unintentional on your part, but they are an important clue to me."
"By the way, haven't you heard this ditty?"
Shen Lian coughed and sang: "Some casual words cleared up my doubts. An inexplicable impulse asked me to continue to pursue. But I pay more attention to your every move. As long as the truth is revealed, everything will be worthy of my regret." Heart~~"
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A group of monks: "..."
Xu Gou couldn't help but raise his hands to cover his face, feeling a little embarrassed.
How is your young master doing today?
I just had a begging festival with my lady last night and I became so free and easy. Why did I still sing?
But let’s not say it, it’s really nice to listen to, and the taste is different from the songs on the list.
Di Renjie, on the other hand, had bright eyes. He felt that his teacher's song was full of criminal investigation principles.
Shen Lian saw that everyone was staring at him in shock, even him, his old face was a little red.
In fact, this song is so brainwashing that I accidentally sang it.
This can't happen anymore.
He coughed, looked at the confused Jiecheng, and said, "So, I, Shen, am actually really working hard to solve the case, but you don't know it."
After Jie Cheng heard Shen Lian's words, he recalled his misunderstanding about Sir Shen one day and suddenly felt so guilty.
"Sir Sir Shen, it was the young monk who wrongly blamed you Sir Shen." Jie Cheng seriously admitted his mistake.
Shen Lian waved his hand magnanimously. Other people's opinions never concern them.
He looked at everyone again and said: "To sum up, the abbot's Zen room is the only place where the relics can be hidden without being discovered or suspected by anyone."
"And I just said that after the thief stole the relics, he hid them in the main hall, so he later needed to come and take away the relics..."
"But after the relics were lost in the main hall, the place was under martial law. Under normal circumstances, it is not easy to enter or leave here... Of course, there are a lot of people coming in and out in the past few days, but that's all when there are many people together."
"And if the thief wants to take away the relics, he must do it when no one is around, otherwise it will be easy to be exposed. Therefore... you can think about it, who can come in and out of here alone in the past few days without being caught? If you are suspicious, no one will think there is anything wrong with it.”
"I think……"
Shen Lian looked around the crowd, then looked at Dezhi and Deyuan, and said, "No one has this right except Dezhi and Deyuan, right?"
Deyuan shook his head: "Although the poor monk can come and go as he pleases, he has to deal with various matters in the temple and has no chance to come here alone."
Shen Lian smiled and said, "That's even more obvious."
He looked at Dezhi and said: "When I came in the morning, Master Dezhi was the only one here to worship the Buddha, so it is obvious that Master Dezhi often comes in and out of here alone."
"And this can reversely verify my previous speculation!"
Shen Lian said: "Abbot Dezhi, now that things have come to this, don't you think you should say something?"
After hearing Shen Lian's inference, the monks looked at Dezhi with different expressions than before.
I still didn't want to believe it before.
But now, his trust in Shen Lian has outweighed his reluctance to believe in Dezhi.
No matter how sentimental you are.
But I can’t resist the pressure of the mountain of ironclad evidence!
"What you said is wrong!"
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded.
Everyone looked around and saw Jie Zhi standing up again.
He looked at Shen Lian with a somewhat uneasy expression and said, "Sir Sir Shen, your previous inference is certainly reasonable, but Sir Qin seems to have forgotten one thing."
"You have already deduced it before. You said that the culprits were hiding on the beams when the crime occurred. But when the crime occurred... the abbot in charge was putting out the fire in the woodshed!"
"And when we heard the sound later, it was the abbot who took us there with us. This was witnessed by everyone, so it completely conflicts with your previous inference. There is obviously something wrong with your inference!"
After everyone heard Jie Zhi's words, they thought for a while.
It’s true!
It was indeed the abbot who was leading them when they were fighting the fire.
Then, there is absolutely no way for the abbot to hide in the beams of the main hall.
So...the thief is not the abbot at all?
They couldn't help but whisper, and looked at Shen Lian with expressions full of confusion.
Di Renjie also looked at his mentor at this time.
In fact, he had discovered this conflict a long time ago, but he believed that since he could discover it, Enshi must have discovered it too.
But even so, the teacher is still so sure, which means that the teacher must have an explanation.
So he didn't panic at all, he just wanted to see what his mentor said.
Shen Lian once again became the center of attention.
"This is very simple."
Shen Lian faced everyone's puzzled gazes, his face still showed a calm and confident smile that showed he was in control of everything.
He raised the corners of his mouth slightly, half-smiling, and said: "That's because the person hiding here at that time was you... Jie Zhi!!"
"In other words, the person who committed this theft is not one person at all. There are two thieves, one is Dezhi, and the other...is you!"
"What!?"
"Two thieves?"
"Jie Zhi too?"
"this……"
Everyone was stunned when they heard Shen Lian's words.
They were suddenly shocked.
Everyone's expressions changed drastically in an instant.
Looking at Jie Zhi, everyone subconsciously took a step away from Jie Zhi, their eyes full of defense and disbelief.
Jie Zhi's expression also changed drastically, and he said: "You...you are spitting nonsense, you are talking nonsense!"
"How could I be a thief!"
"Bloody spewing?"
Shen Lian laughed and said, "Then I want to ask you, Jiezhi, where were you when the crime occurred?"
Ring said: "Of course I am fighting the fire with everyone."
"Can anyone prove it?"
"The situation was so urgent that no one cared about anyone else, so of course no one could prove it."
"No……"
Shen Lian suddenly interrupted Jie Zhi's words.
He looked at Jiezhi and said, "No matter how chaotic the situation is, it's not difficult to take a quick look and see where you are."
"What?" Jie Zhi frowned.
Shen Lian looked at Xu Gou and said, "Xugou, it's up to you to tell him."
"yes!"
Xu Gou nodded and replied.
Immediately afterwards, he stood up quickly.
He looked at Jiezhi seriously and said: "I followed the young master's order and questioned everyone. I mainly asked them what they were doing that night, and asked them to tell the people they saw when they were fighting the fire. .”
"As long as you can think of it, say it."
"You're right. The situation was urgent at the time and many people were in a panic. It was difficult to remember exactly who it was, but at a glance, there will still be an impression in the mind. And one person may have a bad memory, but what about everyone?"
"So I wrote down all the names they mentioned and then compared them one by one."
"result……"
Xu Gou looked at Jie Zhi with a sneer and said, "Guess what I found?"
Jie Zhi suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
He couldn't help but swallowed and said, "What?"
Xu Gou snorted coldly and said: "As a result, I matched everyone in the temple in their confessions, but...only your name was missing!"
"In other words, in that kind of panic situation, even if everyone doesn't deliberately remember, they still have an impression of who is putting out the fire next to them, and one person is wrong, two people are wrong, but what about ten people? In general There is one person who will be remembered."
"So those people's names are all clearly listed, it just depends on how many times they appear! But you..."
Xu Gou sneered: "Your name has never appeared once. I think... except that you didn't appear there at all, there will be no second result at all, right?"