Yu Li Chen Youjia has set up a funeral shed, hung white flags, and prepared the coffin.
However, the coffin is still empty.
"Sir," Chen You begged Xu Zun in the small side hall, "Can you be accommodating and let us take Xiaoying's body back?
"Our family holds funerals according to Xuan Dao etiquette. If the soul-inducing time limit is exceeded, my little Ying's reincarnation will be missed!"
"Don't be anxious," Xu Zun said. "Only if the murderer is caught, Mrs. Zun will not die with regret. That will make it easier for her to reincarnate."
"This..." Chen You had never heard of this statement before and was immediately speechless.
"Let me ask you something," Xu Zun asked, "Has your family ever heard of the names Ran Lin and Lian Yushu?"
"Hmm..." Chen You thought for a while and shook his head.
At this moment, in addition to Xu Zun, Lu Mingyue, Huo Anu and the extremely helpless Wei Bei were also followed.
"Lian Yushu is the daughter of a company member." Xu Zun added.
"Lianyuanwai?" Chen You nodded slightly, "Could it be the company member from the east of the city? I've heard of it, I've heard of it... His family is extremely rich, and some people say he is the richest man in the Yuan Dynasty!
"Sir, what do you ask him to do? How can I, a small official, know such a prominent person?"
"Okay, I still have a few questions I want to ask," Xu Zun said again, "Do you, Madam, ever like sandalwood or something like that?"
"Sandalwood? This..." Chen You pointed to the mourning hall, "Our family believes in Xuan Tao and we often light incense, not often, but every day."
But there was indeed some sandalwood in the mourning hall, but it was not the smell Xu Zun wanted.
"No..." Xu Zun shook his head and said, "In addition to these commonly used ones, will your wife order some more special sandalwood? Or... incense or something like that?"
"This...this has never happened before, right?"
Chen You was not sure, so he called his maid at home to ask in detail.
The maid said that Xiaoying never lit incense.
"Brother Xu," Lu Mingyue asked Xu Zun in a low voice from behind, "What is this sandalwood incense used for?"
"There is a special aroma on the dead body," Xu Zun said, "I want to know about it."
"That's good," Lu Mingyue said, "I know something about these. Let me smell it later! See if I can smell what kind of fragrance it is?
"Also," she added, "there is a Qingqing in our academy. Her family owns an incense shop. The incense burner I use now was given to me by her. If I can't smell it, then she must also
You can smell it!”
"Good," Xu Zun sighed sincerely, "This is really... having more friends makes the road easier!"
Next, Xu Zun asked some routine questions to Chen You and Xiaoying's maid.
After the maid left, Xu Zun finally revealed the ultimate purpose of his trip and asked Chen You:
"Chen Yuli, I heard that you used to be a jailer, right?"
"Sir, yes," Chen You said without any ambiguity, "It was during the Xianyuan period. I once served in the South Prison of Shangyuan City. I only served for a year and then I was transferred to the granary..."
"Oh..." Xu Zun nodded and asked again, "Have you ever seen the famous monk Lian Kong at that time?"
"Ah?" Chen You swallowed, nodded and said, "I've seen it before. Once my colleague was sick, I even gave him a meal!"
"Really?" Xu Zun asked, "Have you ever spoken to him?"
"No...no!" Chen You said quickly, "That evil monk is a repeat murderer. I dare not talk to him. I remember that when I brought him food, he was lying on the table writing his scriptures!"
"Then..." Xu Zun asked again, "Did you hear any secrets about that monk at that time? Are there any other jailers who are particularly interested in Lian Kong?"
"This..." Chen You replied, "Of course there are secrets and the like, and there are quite a lot of them! For such a big case, naturally someone will make up some stories.
“But I can’t remember what it was specifically about!
"As for the people who are interested in that monk, when I left the South Prison, the monk had only been in prison for a few months. It seems that... there is no such person as you mentioned, but..."
oh?
Hearing this "but" made Xu Zun instantly refreshed.
"I remember when I was in Nanjian," Chen You recalled, "In addition to the abbot of the temple, there was a person who went to Nanjian almost every week to visit the monk."
"What?" Xu Zun and others were surprised and asked, "Who is it?"
"Then I don't know!" Chen You replied, "I only know that that person has a very distinguished status and always has many followers.
"I asked those colleagues, and they didn't know who that person was. They only knew that every time he went to visit Lian Kong, he would stay for a long time."
"How strange!" Lu Mingyue whispered from behind Xu Zun, "If you can go in and see the prisoner, he must have a good background, right?"
"Yes, yes," Chen You added, "it must have a lot of background. Without the connection with the county guard, it is absolutely impossible to get in!"
oh……
Xu Zun already knew it well. If he wanted to know who this mysterious visitor was, all he had to do was find Tai Min and ask.
"Alas..." At this time, Chen You thought of his beloved wife and suddenly lamented, "I can't believe that ten years later, it will be on my head!
"Sir... my Xiaoying is wearing a monk's robe, and there are rumors outside that the killer in monk's clothes has been resurrected!
"Can you tell me if this is really the case?"
Tsk tsk...
This is not the first time Xu Zun heard this statement today. It seems that the rumors about the monk-yi killer can no longer be stopped.
"Chen Yuli, don't get excited," Xu Zun had to advise, "Don't believe the rumors easily, don't worry, we will definitely find out the case as soon as possible!
"By the way," Xu Zun thought of something and said again, "One last thing to trouble Chen Yuli. Please give me your lady's birth date..."
…
On the way back to the county government office, Lu Mingyue naturally couldn't let her mouth idle.
"It's terrible," she said, clenching her fists. "I was still a child at that time! Even though I was a child, I can still remember this horrific case.
"Someone seems to say that the killer in monk's clothing is a flying demon who specializes in eating girls. He scared us so much that we didn't even dare to sleep..."
"Master Xu," Wei Beihui, who had been mute for a long time, suddenly joined the discussion and asked Xu Zun, "from what you see, do the county police officers really arrest the wrong person?"
ah?"
"I have read the file," Xu Zun said, "Monk Lian Kong confessed to his crime, and the details of his confession were consistent with those at the scene. Even if the wrong person was arrested, the county police cannot be blamed entirely."
"Then..." Wei Bei shook the dust with his hand and said meaningfully, "Pindao just doesn't understand. If the wrong person was arrested back then, why did the murderer only come out to commit the crime now?"
"So," Xu Zun said, "we need to know who the mysterious visitor is as soon as possible!"
"Immeasurable Heavenly Lord," Wei Beihui suddenly stopped, chanted the Dharma chant, and said to Xu Zun, "you are totally wrong to make such arbitrary speculations! Pindao can tell you now who the mysterious visitor is.
!”
"Oh?" Xu Zun and others were greatly surprised.
"That person," Wei Bei turned to Fuchen and said the answer, "is none other than Marquis Changping..."
