Chapter 45 Unravel, the truth of the Lingzhu Temple case
"Have you guessed what happened to Lingzhu Temple a year ago?!"
Liang Wan'er didn't believe it. She had completely forgotten about the erotic dream she had just had. Her eyes were full of surprise: "Stop lying, it's only been a day!"
"Yes, it's been a day, I should have guessed it." Jiang Chaoge nodded.
"You... Okay, tell me, what happened in Lingzhu Temple a year ago?" Liang Wan'er pouted and asked unconvinced.
"Before I say anything, can I ask Miss Ji a question first?" Jiang Chaoge replied.
"Ask." Ji Ruxue nodded.
"When was Lingzhu Temple built?"
"Two hundred and sixty-three years in the Qin Dynasty." Ji Ruxue said directly without even thinking about it.
Sure enough! Jiang Chaoge is now certain, because he has checked the River God's archives, which records that the time when the River God was first discovered was the 264th year of the Qin calendar.
One year after the Lingzhu Temple was built, the River God appeared.
Moreover, judging from the speed of Ji Ruxue's answer, Ji Ruxue also knew very well about the affairs of Lingzhu Temple, which also confirmed his second guess.
As soon as he thought about this, Jiang Chaoge spoke directly: "I guess the source of this matter is the river god!"
"River God?!"
Liang Wan'er looked at Jiang Chaoge blankly.
Ji Ruxue moved her fingers slightly, and then asked: "You mean, there is a connection between the River God and Lingzhu Temple?"
"Of course, the River God was brought over from the west by the first abbot of Lingzhu Temple!" Jiang Chaoge affirmed.
"Oh? Why do you have such a guess?" Ji Ruxue's eyes narrowed.
Liang Wan'er's eyes widened at this time.
Obviously, she was a little confused.
Jiang Chaoge said directly: "Lingzhu Temple was built in the 263rd year of the Qin Dynasty, and the River God was discovered in the 64th year of the Qin Dynasty. The two are only one year apart, and Lingzhu Temple happened to be built on the river bank.
, so I have such a guess."
After speaking, he added: "There are two reasons. First, the location of Lingzhu Temple is not very good. It makes sense to say that there will be a shortage of silver coins in the early stage."
"But after the Lingzhu Temple was built, the incense has been flourishing. There are more than 3,000 pilgrims every day, so the money for incense is naturally high. But why hasn't it been moved away from the river bank? Monitoring the river god is a very good reason."
"Second, I found some traces under the cliff. I found that the River God had appeared under the cliff of Lingzhu Temple more than once. In other words, he appeared there extremely frequently. When the two coincided, there was such a
guess."
"So, based on these two points, you can be sure that the River God was brought here by the first abbot of Lingzhu Temple?" Ji Ruxue asked with interest.
"I wasn't sure just now, but now I am sure."
"Oh? Why?"
"Because, I guess that since Miss Ji brought out the matter of Lingzhu Temple to test me, it means that Miss Ji must know some things that are not recorded in the River God's files. And when I told you about this just now, you didn't act like that.
I was so surprised that I knew my guess was right."
"..."
Ji Ruxue was stunned for a moment.
Are you using me to confirm your speculation?
Liang Wan'er was stunned for a long time before reacting: "You...you martial artist! You are cheating. Sister Ji, please declare him unqualified!"
"Looking at faces and playing psychological games have always been the basic skills of headhunting. I don't think this is cheating." Jiang Chaoge was very calm.
"Really?" Ji Ruxue's expression changed slightly, and her tone was unkind: "Then what if I judge you to be unqualified just because of this matter?"
"You can't." Jiang Chaoge shook his head.
"Why can't I?" Ji Ruxue pressed her step by step.
"Because, if Miss Ji is really a conservative and pedantic person, she will not recruit a person who solves cases based on 'guessing' into the Night Investigation Department, and also promise a Bronze Flag position."
"..."
Liang Waner looked at Ji Ruxue.
Her mouth opened, as if to say, Sister Ji, don't be fooled!
This martial artist is slapping your ass, declare him unqualified immediately.
But Ji Ruxue was already laughing at this time.
"Haha, I like Erlang more and more. Well, you guessed it right. The River God was indeed brought here by Lingzhu Temple, but you haven't said anything about what happened to Lingzhu Temple a year ago, right?"
"Sister Ji!" Liang Waner said anxiously: "You...how can you say that you like him? It's easy for him to misunderstand!"
"Really? Erlang, have you misunderstood?" Ji Ruxue did not reply to Liang Wan'er's words, but turned to Jiang Chaoge and asked.
"I didn't misunderstand." Jiang Chaoge smiled: "Miss Ji does like my talent, and I do have the ability to make Miss Ji like me."
"Hahaha..." Ji Ruxue smiled even happier.
"You, you...are so angry with me!"
Liang Wan'er gritted her teeth, she didn't want to talk anymore.
Unless you can't help it!
Jiang Chaoge naturally didn't care about Liang Wan'er's opinion and continued: "With the first guess, I can boldly make the second guess. I guess the relationship between Lingzhu Temple and the River God is probably a master-servant relationship.
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"Master and servant? Who is the master and who is the servant?" Ji Ruxue asked again.
"Since the River God was brought here by Lingzhu Temple, it means that Lingzhu Temple has the means to control the River God. Therefore, I guess Lingzhu Temple is the master and the River God is the servant!"
"Go on."
"After the Lingzhu Temple was built, incense has been extremely popular for decades. I guess the real reason for this is the river god."
"You mean, for decades people worshiped not the Buddha but the River God in Lingzhu Temple? It was the River God who helped the pilgrims realize their wishes?"
"yes."
"It's interesting. This guess is getting more and more interesting." Ji Ruxue's smile became even brighter: "According to your statement, in the end there were some conflicts between the River God and Lingzhu Temple due to some kind of conflict of interest.
Then, the River God bit the Lord and killed one hundred and eight monks in Lingzhu Temple?"
This is a no-brainer!
Jiang Chaoge saw the battle between Kong Xiang and He Shen. If He Shen hadn't killed one hundred and eight monks, who else could it be? Kong Xiang obviously wanted to avenge one hundred and eight monks.
Just about to nod.
But suddenly, he felt something was wrong.
Not only because Ji Ruxue directly said the ‘answer’, but more importantly, because Ji Ruxue just mentioned ‘interests’.
This made him feel that there were two things that were not very reasonable.
First, if the River God is really favored by the human world, then although the two are called master and servant, they are actually in a relationship of mutual use. In this case, the River God has no reason to bite his master.
Second, if the River God really killed the 108 monks of Lingzhu Temple by devouring the Lord, then after devouring the Lord, He had actually gained freedom, so why would he continue to stay near Lingzhu Temple?
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Chaoge's mind instantly recalled the scene of the battle between Kong Xiang and He Shen.
Kong Xiang was obviously injured that time, but the River God still let him go. If there was really an unsolvable grudge between the River God and Kong Xiang, why did they stop suddenly?
Is it because of the second river god in Lingzhu Temple?
It's possible, but there should be another reason, that is, the River God may not really have to kill Kong Xiang.
Therefore, it was not the monk from Lingzhu Temple who was killed by the River God!
Jiang Chaoge suddenly woke up, but if it weren't for the River God...
Who could it be?
He frowned and quickly sorted out clues in his mind, recalling all the events about the River God in his memory. Then, he suddenly remembered something.
When Wu Qijiu was dragged into the water by the river god, he seemed to be saying: "I killed the wrong person, I killed the wrong person... I am Wu Qijiu, Gu Gu Gu... let me go..."
Killed the wrong person?!
What he said was not "Don't kill me", but "Kill the wrong person"?!
For a moment, an extremely terrifying thought flashed through Jiang Chaoge's mind.
The moment this thought appeared, he felt as if his whole body had fallen into an ice cellar, and a chill ran down his back involuntarily.