The Delicate Lady Coroner Chapter 36: Two-color Lotus 08

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Chapter 36 Two Color Lotus 08

Ming Guilan looked at Huo Weilou, thought for a while and said: "I still remember that the subordinates around the Marquis have changed a lot, and now these remaining ones are like copper poured iron and can follow the Marquis. Now the Hou I have a woman by my side, and I am not tired."

Huo Weilou frowned slightly and saw Bo Ruoyou squatting beside the Buddha statue. He didn't think the corpse insect was scary. He was carefully scraping something from the inner wall of the Buddha statue. How could he be tireless? That night I slept in his arms all the way.

Huo Weilou was thinking this in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. When Eunuch Fu saw Bo Ruoyou playing with the insect corpses, he stepped forward and asked, "What are you doing looking at these?"

Bo Ruoyou explained: "The civilian girl has looked at the evidence and found no other clues on it. Now that it is determined to be Master Jingkong, we have to know where he was murdered."

Eunuch Fu sighed, "It's been ten years, it's not easy."

"It is indeed not easy, but it is not without hope."

Bao Ruoyou took a knife and scraped off another piece of shriveled corpse insect corpse from the inner wall of the Buddha statue. After the body was dismembered and put into the Buddha statue, it naturally could not escape the decay. The decay gave birth to corpse insect corpses. With nowhere to escape, they eventually died inside the Buddha statue, and now they have all turned into shriveled corpses.

Bao Ruoyou scraped the surroundings clean, and lit a lamp to look inside the Buddha statue. She bent over with great effort, and after looking at it for a long time, she said: "When the Buddha statue is sculpted, it should be sculpted first. After finishing the base, then the body of the Buddha statue, and finally the head. There are also some dark brown marks on the inner wall of the Buddha statue, which were stained when the body parts were put in from above."

Huo Weilou stepped forward at this time, "The people who went to Jizhou haven't sent back the news yet. If it's as you said, it's impossible that the person who molded the Buddha will not notice the abnormality."

Bo Ruoyou nodded, "When the corpse was first put in, it weighed as much as an adult man. Not to mention the smell of blood, just because of the increase in weight, if you move it a little, you can find abnormalities."

After a pause, Bo Ruoyou raised his eyes and looked at Huo Weilou, "Is it possible that the person who molded the Buddha was bribed by the murderer?"

Bao Ruoyou was still squatting, with a thin layer of sweat on his forehead. At this moment, he raised his eyes and looked at Huo Weilou. A small face faced him, with dark eyebrows and red lips, and bright eyes. Huo Weilou said: " Naturally, if we can find the craftsmen from those years, things will be much simpler."

Bo Ruoyou responded and turned around again, putting aside the corpse worm he had just scraped out and the torn cloth stained on the inner wall, and examined them carefully. There were so many corpse bugs. Although they were all shriveled and dead, it was still uncomfortable to look at how they were born. However, Bao Ruoyou took the bamboo tweezers without hesitation. She rummaged around, not knowing what she was looking at. Suddenly, His beautiful eyes lit up.

She picked up a brown corpse insect with bamboo tweezers and looked in the direction of the sun. Eunuch Fu squatted aside with his nose covered, "What's so good about this corpse insect?"

Bo Ruoyou shook his head, "This is not a corpse insect."

Eunuch Fu was slightly surprised, and Ming Guilan turned the wheel and came closer.

Bo Ruoyou said: "This is a green fly. It usually appears near toilets and likes filth. But if the corpse starts to decay, it will also be attracted."

Eunuch Fu blinked, "What do you mean?"

Bao Ruoyou's eyes were full of joy, "The place where Master Jingkong was killed may be a place close to the toilet, or the place where he was dismembered is close to the toilet——"

Eunuch Fu rolled his eyes, "But ten years have passed, it should be hard to find traces."

"My father-in-law forgot that there are still Buddhist beads belonging to Master Jingkong. Of those 108 beads, only one has been seen now, and there are still 107 left. They are probably still at the place where he was killed."

Bao Ruoyou stood up and looked at Huo Weilou, and Huo Weilou looked at Liao Fan who was still looking sad, "How many toilets are there in the temple?"

Famen Temple is huge, and naturally there is more than one toilet. Liao Fan calmed down and immediately said, "There are five places. There is one between the mountain gate and the Tianwang Hall, and there is one at the left rear of the Main Hall. These two places are mostly used by tourists. Prepare, in addition, there is one outside the East and West Chanyuan, and one in front of the Dharma Hall."

Huo Weilou said: "Take me to have a look."

After he ordered like this, Yue Mingquan and three others came out from the right compartment, and Huo Weilou said: "You three stay here and wait."

The three of them responded, and Huo Weilou took the embroidered clothes envoy and left.

Bao Ruoyou looked at the green fly corpse on the bamboo tweezers, with a hint of relief in his eyes. Ming Guilan looked at her from the side, "Such a small detail can allow Miss Bo to find——"

Bo Ruoyou put the green fly aside alone, "This is how the work is done. The autopsy is the most important thing, and the peripheral evidence cannot be underestimated. As long as anything happens, it will leave traces. Wu Zuo will help the Yamen discover these traces."

Ming Guilan murmured, "As long as it happens, it will leave traces... If the evil people in the world hear these words, they will be shocked in their hearts."

Huo Weilou came back quickly, and Bo Ruoyou and others were busy staring.

Huo Weilou said with a deep look: "It's not like the place where the crime occurred. The toilets near the Tianwang Hall and the Main Hall are all guarded by special personnel, and the people who guard them live very close to each other. Jingkong was dismembered after his death. Such a place , if it is just harming people, there is still a chance of not being discovered, but if you want to dismember the body, the blood stains and the smell of blood are difficult to cover up. The same is true for the toilets near the East and West Chanyuan. As for the toilets near the Dharma Hall, they were made seven years ago. It was just built, but it didn’t exist ten years ago.”

Bao Ruoyou frowned slightly. Did she think wrong? But the green flies were real, and she was right.

Bo Ruoyou looked at Fan and said, "Master Liaofan, ten years ago, there were only four toilets in the temple? It was the relic ceremony at that time, and there were many people in the temple. Were any temporary toilets built in some remote place?"

In addition to Emperor Jianhe and hundreds of civil and military officials, there were also many imperial guards and the Luozhou garrison led by Yue Mingquan. With so many people, it was very likely that they would build temporary toilets.

However, Liao Fan shook his head and said, "No, the temple must be clean and tidy to worship the Buddha. Although there were many people at that time, His Majesty was here, and the relic ceremony was held every thirty years, so the temple was even more cautious. ."

Bao Ruoyou frowned, but at this moment, Eunuch Fu suddenly said: "No, how can our family remember that there seemed to be a toilet outside the temple at that time?"

Huo Weilou looked at him, and Eunuch Fu smiled bitterly and said: "People have three urgent needs. When the imperial guards changed their duties, many people went outside the temple. At that time, they said that there was a toilet outside the temple. Our family vaguely remembers it, but the temple I forgot where I was."

Liao Fan frowned even more, but he lowered his gaze and saw the Buddha statue on the ground. His eyes lit up slightly, "The young monk remembered that there was indeed a toilet outside the temple at that time. It was a temporary building outside the temple. In the workshop that was built, a large number of Buddha statues were to be sculpted, and many craftsmen were invited. When the work started, it was noisy, and there was no such a big place in the temple, so we simply built a workshop on the east side. There was nothing but mud and water in the workshop. Outside the smelting place, there is a large toilet."

"Where was the workshop located at that time?" Huo Weilou asked.

Liao Fan pointed to the east, "Just outside the temple, next to it. After the Buddha statue was built, it was quickly demolished in order not to damage the feng shui of the temple. Later, white birch trees were planted, and now it is a white birch forest. ”

Huo Weilou immediately said: "Find someone who knew something about the workshop at that time."

Liao Fan did not hesitate, "Senior Brother Liaojue was the steward of the workshop back then."

Huo Weilou immediately sent someone to call Jing Kong again and learned that the skeleton was indeed Jing Kong, and that the Buddha sculpture workshop was most likely the place where Jing Kong was killed. Ling Jie also looked very sad. He was in front of him. Leading the way, Bo Ruoyou followed Huo Weilou towards the birch forest.

Exiting from the east side door, the main road goes up and down, leading to the back mountain and down to the birch forest. Ten years later, the birch trees are dense and towering. Now at noon, the sun casts a patch of light in the forest. Pieces of mottled light and shadow.

Liaojue pointed to the forest and said: "Back then, this place was still a little deserted, and it would take at least two or three months for the craftsmen to carve the Buddha, so they leveled the land and built a special workshop. At that time, there were wooden structures outside the workshop. Inside the fence, there is a long row of smelting houses on the north side, about ten or so. To the west is a row of side rooms next to the temple, which is a place for the craftsmen to eat and sleep. To the east is a huge place for sculpting Buddhas. The open space in the center is where the muddy water is mixed, and the toilet is in the northeast corner."

Liaojue led people through the woods and came to a depression. The birches here were obviously much thicker than those around them. This was probably because there were toilets here in the past. "This is it. It's next to here. One is the place where the Buddha is sculpted, and the other is the place where the formed Buddha statues are dried. The craftsmanship of the Buddha statues is complicated. Whether they are copper castings or clay sculptures, they must be gilded, painted, carved and polished."

Huo Weilou pointed to the outside, "What was there in these places at that time?"

Liaojue said hurriedly: "There is nothing, everything outside has been leveled."

It would have been easy to hide the body if it was still wilderness at that time, but since everything outside has been leveled, it would be difficult to hide the body. If the murderer committed the murder near here, and there were Buddha statues drying in the air after the murder, he might as well hide the body inside. That's true among the Buddha statues.

"Since you are in charge of this place, do you know what stage the Buddha was at when your master disappeared?"

Liaojue frowned, "The young monk doesn't know how to carve Buddhas. He only arranges food, accommodation and money for the craftsmen on weekdays. Moreover, it was the relic ceremony at that time, so he paid little attention to this aspect. He couldn't remember what stage he had reached. But..."

Liaojue looked sad, "But the young monk remembers that the statues of Kassapa and Ananda were almost completed in those few days, because these two statues were the first to be sculpted, and they were not clay sculptures. It was used in the Main Hall, so the young monk paid some attention to it. Later, the master disappeared. The young monk, his two senior brothers, and other people in the temple looked for the master. When the young monk returned to take care of this, the two Buddha statues were molded. Later, Two more coats of gold paint were applied, and about two months later, it was officially placed in the main hall."

At that time, no one could have imagined that Jingkong’s corpse was actually hidden in the statue of the Lord.

Huo Weilou saw that there was no trace of the existence of the workshop around him, so he asked, "When the workshop was demolished later, did anyone find anything unusual?"

Sujue frowned, "That's not true. At that time, the roof beams were removed and all the floors were pushed down, but nothing unusual was found."

Huo Weilou looked at the surroundings. Ten years later, the soil quality has changed slightly, and the birch trees have grown to sky-high heights. What might he find in a place like this?

"When this forest was planted, was it planted by the people in the temple?"

Huo Weilou asked this question, then shook his head again, "That's not the case. I asked a few farmers at the foot of the back mountain to help with the planting. These people are poor, and they grow some fruits and vegetables all year round and bring them to the temple to earn some money. The temple has many manpower. If there are not enough, they will often be hired to help. When we first sculpted the Buddha, we hired some mud and water workers from these families."

Huo Weilou originally thought that the craftsmen who sculpted the Buddha were all far away in Jizhou, but he did not expect to hire nearby small workers. Although ten years had passed, he could not give up any clues, so he immediately told Lu Ke: "After leaving, I walked around the foot of the mountain and asked if there were any abnormalities during the time when the Buddha was built ten years ago, especially the statue of Kassapa."

Lu Ke knew the clues that Bo Ruoyou had discovered and that the Buddhist beads were still missing. Naturally, he knew the focus of the inquiry. He immediately responded, took a few embroidered clothes envoys and headed down the mountain.

Huo Weilou took people to explore the forest again, and Bo Ruoyou also walked around this small area. Planting birch trees requires digging very deep pits, and the forest is quite dense. If there is anything abnormal in the soil, The farmer who planted the tree could not have found nothing, but now the tree roots are entangled, and it is really difficult to find them by digging up the soil everywhere to search.

The embroidered clothes envoys also searched around, but after ten years, they could not find anything even if they dug three feet into the ground. Huo Weilou had no choice but to take people back. As soon as they returned to the temple, they saw Huo Qinghong heading this way. After searching, Huo Qinghong's face lit up when he saw Huo Wei Tower, "Brother! I heard that you went out of the temple to search for clues. Did you find anything?"

Huo Weilou shook his head, "Have you been with Lin Zhao just now?"

Huo Qinghong couldn't help but yawn lazily when he heard this, "Lin Zhao was reading ancient Buddhist scriptures in the temple. It was so boring that I actually squinted in the scripture library..."

With that said, he glanced at Bo Ruoyou who was following behind him, looked at her for a moment, walked over and said with a smile: "Miss Bo, do you know the origin of Famen Temple?"

Bao Ruoyou was a little confused and shook his head, "A civilian girl doesn't know."

Hearing this, Huo Qinghong's eyes suddenly narrowed like a fox, "That's how Famen Temple came about. Legend has it that there used to be a scholar named Fa Amen who believed in Buddhism very much. From the beginning, he was the one who came to this world. Teaching Buddhism and educating sentient beings, but as a result, the emperor at that time disliked Buddhism very much, so..."

Huo Qinghong leaned forward and his tone became more sinister, "So, the emperor ordered people to catch him, cut off his hands and feet, cut out his tongue, and gouged out his eyes. Come out and put him somewhere else——"

Before he finished saying the word "death", Huo Qinghong was grabbed by the collar at the back of his neck. Huo Weilou held him in one hand and dragged him forward as if he were carrying an object, "I am just now How did you say that? Now you are starting to mess around?"

"Hey, brother, you have something to say. Don't do anything. I just want to scare her, but why is she not afraid at all?" Huo Qinghong was dragged out a few feet before being let go. He looked at it in shock. His eyes were thin and unbelievable.

Eunuch Fu looked like he was watching a good show with a smile on his face, "Your Majesty, Miss Bo is a widower. She is not afraid of corpses. How can I be afraid of what you say?"

Huo Qinghong hurriedly adjusted his collar and looked at Bo Ruoyou with disapproval, "Tsk, no wonder you are taken by my elder brother. Are you a woman..."

Huo Weilou frowned at him again. Huo Qinghong did not dare to say anything at the moment. He coughed slightly and straightened his expression. He seemed to be not yet in his twenties. When he was not making trouble, he had a handsome face and was quite handsome. As carefree and elegant as a jade tree.

Eunuch Fu said with a smile: "What the prince just said was seen from the Sutra Pavilion?"

Huo Weilou had already walked forward, and Huo Qinghong followed him and said: "Exactly, there are more books in the Sutra Collection Pavilion here than in Xiangguo Temple. I held up a classic book and just read it. I fell asleep because of the origin of Famen Temple..."

Huo Weilou shook his head, "Ignorant of knowledge and skills."

Huo Qinghong came up with a smile, "Why should I learn this or that technique when big brother is here?"

Huo Weilou was too lazy to pay attention to him, but he always followed Huo Weilou. Sometimes he asked when the case would be concluded, and sometimes he said he wanted to go around Luozhou City. Huo Weilou occasionally answered a question or two, but he still kept talking. .

Bo Ruoyou finally saw the prince's temperament and laughed a little for a moment. But when he heard him say that there were many books in the Buddhist scripture building, a thought suddenly came to his heart. When everyone returned to the morgue yard, Bo Ruoyou Youbian went to Huo Weilou and said: "Master Marquis, the prince said that there are many books in the Sutra Pavilion here. The daughter of the people is thinking, will there be any records about the relics during this period?"

Huo Weilou turned to look at her, and Bo Ruoyou continued: "The thieves always have a purpose when they steal the relics. Because everyone knows that the relics are the most precious treasure of Buddhism, so for many years, everyone has been the most suspicious of Master Jingkong. , but what if the relics have other uses? Knowing the thief’s purpose of stealing the relics may be helpful.”

The autopsy and bone examination were also done. The craftsman was far away in Jizhou, and not many other clues were found. Bo Ruoyou came up with this idea as a new direction. Huo Weilou pondered for a while and said: "Ask about the relics." Just ask the monks in the temple for its purpose."

Huo Qinghong also came forward after hearing this, "Do you know how many books there are in the Sutra Pavilion? If you look for it from the book, you don't know when you will find it..."

Bo Ruoyou naturally said yes.

Soon, Liao Fan came to the crowd again and asked about the purpose of the relics. Liao Fan said: "The relics enshrined in this temple are the spiritual bones of the Buddha. They are the supreme holy objects of the Buddha's path and have the power of blessing. Ordinary monks cannot bear it. Only high-ranking monks can achieve some good fortune. The junior monks believe that this Buddha bone relic can not only benefit the monks, but also protect the common people of the country. The World-Honored One said in the Lotus Sutra, ' Seeing the relics of the Buddha, all living beings are filled with admiration and yearning for them when they see my passing away. Since all sentient beings believe in the quality, straightforwardness and softness of mind, they want to see the Buddha without sparing their own lives. The relics are the incarnation of the Buddha and the embodiment of the Buddha in the world. It can benefit all people, and it is also the belief of Buddhist disciples. If they want to achieve the great road, they will not hesitate to do it themselves."

After he finished speaking, Huo Weilou frowned. His words were serious, but they were spoken by Buddhist disciples, just like the relics are only revered by monks, but what if they were just ordinary people?

"Besides this, is there any popular saying?"

After a moment's hesitation, Fan said, "Things circulating among the people are all rumors and cannot be trusted. For example, the relics can cure all diseases, make wishes come true, and even bring the dead back to life. Of course, they are all false... The Buddha is in my heart, Amitabha."

Knowing that the rumor was false, as if saying it again was a sin, Liao Fan hurriedly recited a few Buddhist verses.

Huo Weilou said: "You are a disciple of Buddhism, so you naturally know the truth and lies. However, if someone believes in this statement, it is not without the possibility of taking risks. Sometimes people fall into despair and have to give it a try even though they know it is false."

Liao Fan frowned, as if he found it difficult to understand. Huo Weilou turned to look at Bo Ruoyou, "Are we still going to the Scripture Deposit Pavilion?"

I thought that most of Bo Ruoyou's questions had been answered, but she actually said: "A civilian girl still wants to see it."

Huo Weilou actually indulged her and glanced at Eunuch Fu. Eunuch Fu smiled and said, "Then let's go with Youyou—"

Bo Ruoyou resigned from Fu Shen, and Huo Qinghong clicked his tongue: "Why are you so stubborn!"

Ming Guilan smiled and said: "Of course the prince will not understand."

Huo Qinghong snorted, looked at the setting sun and said, "Should we go and rest for a while? I'm exhausted from the journey. I fell asleep just now."

Huo Weilou knew that the two of them were coming from afar, and was about to ask the embroidered clothes messenger to send them back when he heard Ming Guilan say: "Master Hou has been away from Beijing for a few days, and I visited Her Royal Highness the eldest princess before coming here. She...is a little bad."

Huo Weilou frowned when he heard this, and finally returned to the monastery with the two of them.

Eunuch Fu said as he walked: "The prince has been spoiled since he was a child, and his temper is quite childish. Don't be offended by Youyou."

"How could that happen?"

Eunuch Fu said again: "Although the Marquis has his own mansion now, his surname is Huo after all. The two brothers are as close as each other. Although the prince is a little afraid of the Marquis, he also relies on him very much."

Bo Ruoyou saw it and said, "It is a good thing for brothers and sisters to respect each other."

While the two were talking, they got very close to the Sutra Pavilion. As soon as they reached the door, they saw Lin Zhaozheng coming out with two monks. They were a little surprised to see Bo Ruoyou and Eunuch Fu, "Eunuch, this is... …”

Eunuch Fu smiled and said: "Master, have you finished the work today? Let's take Youyou to look for some classics."

Lin Zhao paused as soon as he heard this, "I have been sorting out the books in the past two days. I wonder what the girl wants to read?"

Bo Ruoyou said: "I want to find some relevant Buddhist records, such as relics and other Buddhist secret treasures, or Buddhist legends-"

Lin Zhao understood it as soon as he heard it. He turned around and led the two of them to a row of tall bookshelves. "Most of the scriptures here contain Buddhist stories and records of Buddhist secret treasures, including the relics." There are so many."

Bo Ruoyou narrowed his eyes and said, "Thank you, sir."

Lin Zhao looked at Bao Ruoyou for a few seconds, and thanked Mr. Fu before leaving. When he walked to the door, he couldn't help but look inside, and he was murmuring in his heart. His book boy was standing at the door. Zhuang asked: "What are you looking at, Master?"

Lin Zhao laughed, "I don't know why, but I think this girl is kind-hearted."

After saying that, he shook his head and walked away.

In the Sutra Collection Pavilion, Bo Ruoyou was really shocked by the vast collection of books. Fortunately, Lin Zhao pointed out the place for her. If she searched aimlessly, she didn't know how long it would take, but Eunuch Fu looked at the row of bookcases. Feeling a headache, "Youyou, to tell you the truth, our family has the same problem as the prince——"

It seemed to Bo Ruoyou that Eunuch Fu said: "I feel sleepy when I read a book."

Bo Ruoyou laughed and said, "My father-in-law, just take a rest. The daughter of the common people is looking around here. She may not be able to find anything. She just wants to take a look at the rare Buddhist scriptures."

After hearing this, Eunuch Fu went to the tea room on the side of the Sutra Pavilion to wait for her with peace of mind.

In the quiet room, there was only the sound of rustling books. Bo Ruoyou turned her back to the window and concentrated on reading the Buddhist scriptures taken off the shelf. However, at a certain moment, she suddenly felt a slight chill on her back.

A feeling of being watched suddenly hit her.

She took a deep breath and suddenly turned around and looked outside. However, the window was empty. Where was anyone?

She breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she was nervous and suspicious, and turned back to look at the book. But in the corner outside the window that she couldn't see, there was a fresh footprint printed on the pile of dead leaves. The cold wind blows, with a whistle, the dead leaves fly, and the footprints disappear...