Zhao Yu suddenly opened his eyes, which were bloodshot.
It was too late to follow the blind girl last night, and he almost didn't sleep a wink all night. Xu Zun saw that he was too tired, so he asked him to go back to the inn to catch up on his sleep.
However, Zhao Yu did not sleep while lying on the bed. Instead, he heard some movement and opened his eyes.
He did not go to get the saber, but quietly got up and went to the door of the opposite room, putting his ear against the door and listening.
Xiwa's childish voice came from inside the house:
"Dad, can you buy a wig tomorrow? I also want some makeup items..."
"Oh," Liu Dong seemed to be eating something and said impatiently while chewing, "Master Xu has told me to keep a close eye on you two and not leave the inn for even half a step.
"Xiwa, I know you want your mother to become more beautiful, but now is really not the time."
"Oh..." Xiwa was very disappointed. After a moment of silence, she asked again, "Dad, what did my mother do before? Why did she suffer such ugly injuries?"
"This... you are still too young. I will tell you slowly when you grow up," Liu Dong said. "You just need to remember that the world is dangerous. Don't trust anyone except me. Otherwise,
You will become like your mother!"
"Oh..." Xiwa agreed, but her young mind could not fully understand what Liu Dong meant, so she asked curiously, "Do you think my mother will be okay?"
"Yes, yes," Liu Dong comforted, "Isn't Mr. Xu treating her? When your mother is well, how about we dress her up together?"
"Okay, okay..." Xiwa clapped her hands happily...
Listening to the conversation in the room, Zhao Yu slowly withdrew his ear from the door, and there was a hint of uncertainty and depth in his eyes...
…
Luohan Temple is located in the south corner of Shangyuan City. Like most temples, it stopped serving incense a long time ago and became a veritable ruined temple.
Most of the Arhat statues in the temple had their heads cut off and looked even more dilapidated.
"It's broken, it's broken..."
Ju Ran looked at the sutures on the corpse's abdomen and felt dizzy.
This suture line is not only the same as that of the corpse previously found in Huguo Temple, but also highly consistent with the case of the corpse of a monk.
Xu Zun carefully inspected the sutured wound. Only a little bloodshot appeared at the bottom of the wound, but there was no blood stain in other places.
This technique... is so professional!
Xu Zun was secretly frightened. According to common sense, the murderer cut open the chest of the deceased and messed with the internal organs. It was impossible that such a killing method would not cause the deceased to bleed profusely.
However, the wound did not show a large amount of bleeding, which is enough to indicate that the murderer used some kind of bleeding control method on the deceased.
So perverted...
Xu Zun frowned and carefully observed the female corpse.
Since the body was found earlier, we can see it more clearly than the last time the female body was found in Huguo Temple.
However, it was found that the deceased was a woman in her twenties, with ordinary appearance and no cosmetics such as rouge.
Like the previous female corpse, she was wearing a gray monk's robe, a string of rosary beads hanging around her neck, her hands clasped together, and she was sitting cross-legged under the Buddha statue, as if she was meditating.
What made Xu Zun even more terrified was that this woman had a peaceful face and her eyes were slightly closed. If it weren't for the horrific wounds on her stomach, it would be almost impossible to tell whether she was dead!
call……
Xu Zun suppressed his inner excitement and got close to the body to smell it. Unexpectedly, this woman also had a special sandalwood scent.
This smell seems to be the same as the fragrance on the female corpse last time.
"Xu Zun, Xu Zun..."
While Xu Zun was inspecting the body, a man hurriedly ran in from outside the temple.
In Shangyuan City, there was only one person who called Xu Zun by his first name, and it was Jingwu Captain Shen Xinglian.
"There are soldiers in our camp who recognize this woman," Shen Xinglian said to Xu Zun, "She is the wife of one of our corps commanders!"
The corps commander is also called Wu Zheng. It is a position in the barracks. It does not sound very loud, but the status is not low. He is responsible for three to four hundred soldiers.
"Oh?" Xu Zun asked, "Where's the corps commander?"
"I called, we are on the way, um..." Shen Xinglian lowered his voice and said to Xu Zun with a difficult expression, "According to the soldiers, the corps commander's wife is pregnant..."
ah?
Xu Zun was shocked. He didn't expect that there would be two lives in one body. This monk-clothed killer was so vicious and vicious, it was simply outrageous.
"Let me in, let me in..."
At this time, Lu Mingyue's voice came from outside the door.
Due to the urgency of the case, Lu Mingyue also came to Luohan Temple, but Xu Zun did not let her enter the crime scene.
"Miss," Wei Bei's dissuasive voice came from outside the door again, "This is the scene of a crime. Miss has a distinguished status, so you must not go in. If you are frightened, I can't afford it!"
"Yes," Huo Anu also advised, "Don't affect the investigation of the case!"
"Let me in!" Lu Mingyue said, not wanting to do anything, "I'll just go in and take a look. As long as it's not Xiaofeng, I'll be relieved!"
"Miss," Wei Bei replied, "Pin Dao also recognizes Miss Xiaofeng, so let's let him go in and take a look!"
When Xu Zun heard their discussion, he had no choice but to walk out of the temple and said to Lu Mingyue:
"Don't worry, it's not Miss Lu Xiaofeng. The identity of the body has been revealed!"
"Oh?" Lu Mingyue saw Xu Zun and immediately rushed forward and asked, "Who is that? Brother Xu, I just heard someone say that in this case, someone is imitating the Monk Yi Killer?"
"this……"
Just when Xu Zun was about to say something back to her, he saw a group of people rushing outside the Arhat Temple like lightning.
The leader was a soldier wearing armor. He fell off his horse as soon as he arrived in front of the temple.
"Lord Wu Zheng, be careful..."
The soldiers behind him dismounted one after another and wanted to go over and help him.
But this man got up from the ground using his hands and feet, and then stumbled towards the temple.
Why?
What a coincidence. Xu Zun's eyes lit up. He didn't expect that he also knew this corps commander. It was the Wu Zheng whom he met in Dahuai Town.
His name is Ran Lin, and he is Wu Zheng from the 17th regiment of the garrison.
It’s actually him!!?
Ran Lin didn't notice Xu Zun and Huo Anu, but ran straight to Shen Xinglian who was standing at the entrance of the temple.
"Master Captain, Master..." Ran Lin was out of breath and knelt down to Shen Xinglian, looking like she was distracted.
Shen Xinglian couldn't help but look heavy. While supporting him, he regretfully advised: "Ran Wu, I'm so sorry..."
"ah!?"
In one sentence, Ran Lin confirmed the identity of the deceased, who was his beloved wife.
He rushed into the temple in a hurry, and soon his cries of grief and indignation were heard from the temple!
"Oh my god...why is this happening...Yushu...Yushu...don't...ah..."
When Shen Xinglian saw this, he immediately entered the temple to comfort him.
Lu Mingyue, who was standing at the door, stopped making noises and lowered her head in sympathy.
At this moment, another carriage drove by.
The carriage stopped, but the governor Li Yan came out of the carriage in a panic.
It's really difficult for the governor. Since the Iron Coffin case, he has been in trouble, suffered from fright, and has never had a moment of leisure.
He is old, and after repeated struggles, he has become physically and mentally exhausted, and even walking has become shaky...
