"No, Dad! He just wanted to...he, he, he...he just wanted to...he did it on purpose!"
Gu Ling felt aggrieved and angry. He concluded that Chai Yan threw herself in front of her like this on purpose. It was a trick played by the lewd thief to touch her feet, but his father, who had been famous all his life, did not notice it.
Chai Yan stood up in a panic and stepped away, then waved his hands repeatedly and said with an aggrieved and apologetic look: "No, no, I was really unintentional, I, I, I... I broke the skirt, I apologize. , I will definitely compensate!”
"No need!" Gu Zhengbang said in his heart, "What are you going to pay for it? The clothes Ling'er is wearing were cut by a famous artist in the capital. If I tell you the price, I'm afraid I'll scare you to tears!"
Gu Ling stomped her feet angrily and ran away. Doudou hurriedly caught up to comfort her. Gu Zhengbang once again shook his head helplessly.
Chai Yan's face was full of guilt, but he was asking anxiously in his heart: "Did it succeed? Hey, I want to ask you, did it succeed?"
"Do you even need to ask?" A proud voice came to mind.
If you look at Gu Ling's skirt at this moment, the dark red dotted blood stains on it have disappeared...
Chai Yan couldn't wait to ask: "Where is it? Where is the murderer?"
"What are you urging? How can it be so fast?" Shangguan Peining said.
When Chai Yan thought about it, he felt that he had acted too hastily. It would take a long time to search for anything online, let alone Shangguan Peining...
At this time, Mo Di came out of the abbot's Zen room. Gu Zhengbang saw him and greeted him.
As soon as Mo Di came out, he looked for Chai Yan with his eyes. When he saw that he was standing aside calmly, he walked towards Gu Zhengbang and said respectfully: "Sir."
Gu Zhengbang raised his hand to signal to Mo Di that there was no need to be polite, and then the two of them turned their backs and started talking.
"How can we determine the time of the incident?" Gu Zhengbang asked.
Mo Di said: "Judging from the wounds and bleeding, it should have been before dawn..."
Mo Di was very good at identifying wounds, and Gu Zhengbang had no doubts about it.
Mo Di whispered: "Sir, the abbot was killed by a dagger that was stabbed directly from the back of the heart. Judging from the depth of the weapon's penetration, the murderer's strength is not small!"
"Well, I think the same thing as you." After Gu Zhengbang agreed, he motioned for Mo Di to continue.
Mo Di continued: "Sir, the dagger that stabbed the abbot to death was not a knife from the temple. Judging from the handle of the dagger, it should have been bought not long ago, but the style of this dagger is very common and can be seen everywhere in the market. My subordinates feel that it would be difficult to identify the murderer starting with the murder weapon..."
"Wrong! Big mistake!"
Gu Zhengbang was about to speak when Chai Yan's voice appeared behind him.
At some point, Chai Yan actually stood behind the two of them, not only eavesdropping on the conversation, but also interjected.
Mo Di's big hand grabbed Chai Yan's lapel and said angrily: "How dare you eavesdrop on my conversation with your Excellency!"
Although Gu Zhengbang didn't like Chai Yan's behavior, at this moment he was even more interested in what Chai Yan said, "It's a big mistake."
"Mo Di, let him finish what he said." Gu Zhengbang patted Mo Di's hand, and Mo Di had no choice but to loosen Chai Yan's shirt.
Chai Yan calmly adjusted his clothes while looking at Gu Zhengbang and said: "Mr. Gu, does he know that there is a rule in Anping Temple that every ten days someone will go down the mountain to buy daily necessities..."
Gu Zhengbang continued: "I know, I have just talked with Master Puhui. Not only does someone go down the mountain every ten days to buy things, but if a monk wants to go down the mountain, he can also take leave, but he must meet one condition...
....”
Having said this, Gu Zhengbang deliberately paused and looked at Chai Yan.
Chai Yan understood, and immediately took over the conversation: "The condition is that monks who have been a monk in Anping Temple for more than five years are eligible to take leave to go down the mountain alone. Moreover, this leave has a time and frequency limit, three times a year, four times at a time
An hour!"
Gu Zhengbang nodded, thinking that Chai Yan had really stayed in Anping Temple, otherwise he would not be so clear about the temple's regulations.
"Sir, what do you mean by these?" Mo Di couldn't figure out the connection.
Gu Zhengbang sighed softly. He wanted to say something to Mo Di, but saw Chai Yan's words coming to his lips and swallowed them back.
Chai Yan immediately shouted: "You still can't understand this?"
Gu Zhengbang hurriedly pressed Chai Yan: "Lower your voice!"
Chai Yan quickly lowered his voice and said: "There are at least five people who go shopping once every ten days. If you buy a dagger at the market and your companions see it, it will take a lot of time to explain. It will soon spread throughout the temple.
!So, if I were the murderer, I would definitely take leave and go down the mountain alone to buy the murder weapon. What do you think, Mr. Gu?"
Gu Zhengbang turned his eyes and looked at Mo Di, meaning if you look at this person, why can't your brain keep up?
"Go on..." Gu Zhengbang said.
Chai Yan said: "Ignore other things, first go check the leave records for the past six months, call all the people who have asked for leave, and then check them one by one. I don't believe there are no clues!"
Gu Zhengbang thought for a while and felt that this was indeed a good way to start the investigation, so he ordered Mo Di: "Go and ask Master Puhui for the leave book."
Mo Di responded and ran away. Looking at Mo Di's back, Gu Zhengbang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, after all, this Mo Di is not suitable...
Not long after, Mo Di came back, along with Master Puhui and another fat monk.
I also know this monk Chai Yan, whose name is Shanyuan. He has been a monk in Anping Temple for six years.
Master Puhui clasped his hands together and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Mr. Gu, I made an oversight. Just when we went to get the leave book, we realized that the leave book had disappeared!"
"What?" Gu Zhengbang and Chai Yan were both shocked.
Pu Hui glanced at Shan Yuan, who hurriedly came forward, bowed his head and put his hands together, and said tremblingly: "I, I, I...I will...just go to the hut."
In the meantime, the leave book disappeared..."
Mo Di immediately paused and said: "Damn it, the murderer must have stolen the leave book in advance!"
At this moment, Shangguan Peining's voice appeared: "Chai Yan, that's the fat man!"
Chai Yan was shocked and hurriedly confirmed to Shangguan Peining: "Wait, are you talking about Shan Yuan? You said he killed the abbot? Impossible, he is notoriously timid in the temple.
....."
Shangguan Peining said: "I don't know if this fat man killed me, but the blood sample taken just now is exactly the same as the smell of human blood left on this person!"