Elaborate on the world of mortals

Chapter 221 Big Case!

Monk Zhaoli also did not leave, went back to the tree and sat cross-legged, waiting beside Ding Feixiong.

Being able to listen to the scriptures together, Monk Zhaoli felt that he had a special relationship with this wandering monk who killed a living being. He was somewhat envious and curious, and wanted to see when the wandering monk would wake up.

"Master Abbot, I'm here to take care of you, send someone to the government to withdraw the complaint!"

"Yes, disciple understands!"

Abbot Guangji saluted under the tree, then hurried back the same way, and outside the courtyard, the pilgrims there were even more excited than before.

"Master Abbot, what's going on inside?"

"Master Abbot, are those two divine monks in the temple?" "Master Abbot."

"Benefactors, I have nothing to say for the time being, so I ask all benefactors not to make noise, and please back off a bit!"

The abbot left quickly under the protection of several monks, and soon found the Zhike monk who had been sent to report to the government a few days ago, and asked him to withdraw the complaint as soon as possible.
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In the county seat of Sanxiang County in Suzhou, a monk in a hurry rushed here and came to the county government office.

Yamen drums are generally used in public offices. Ordinary people can’t beat the drums casually if they don’t have major grievances or important matters. Otherwise, the drummer will be punished first.

The indictment submitted by Xiangshan Temple is actually ambiguous. The so-called murderer who was killed, where, and when was not clearly stated. It only mentioned a suspicious wandering monk and sent the missing pilgrim I also mentioned it.

This kind of complaint is submitted by ordinary people, and the county government may not even accept it, but the monks of Xiangshan Temple come, and they will give some face.

According to the provisions of the criminal law system of Dayong County government, if it is accepted but classified as suspicious, the yamen servant of the county government fast class needs to go to check it first, and then submit it to the county magistrate again after supplementing the information or hand it directly to the county magistrate.

The complaint was sent that afternoon, at the usual speed of the county government office, and now it is approaching the end of the new year, the county government has a lot of things to do, and the suspicious process has probably not started yet, at least the temple did not see anyone sent by the county government Pass.

The monk arrived at the county government office and explained his purpose to the government officials, and soon the government officials took him to the internal government office, where the magistrate of Sanxiang County sat.

"Lord County Prime Minister, this Master of Xiangshan Temple wants to withdraw the complaint."

The county magistrate was a little surprised when he heard the words, and looked up at the door, where a monk was saluting with his hands folded.

"I have seen the county magistrate!"

"This master doesn't need to be too polite!"

After the county magistrate said something, he waved to an official next to him, who immediately walked over.

"Xiangshan Temple has a complaint?"

"Uh, it seems there is, but it's classified as suspicious, and I haven't had time to check it out yet."

"Find it out and let me see."

"Yes!"

The official went out to another room, and after a while, he dug out the pleading paper from a pile of documents on one side of the public case, brought it back and handed it to the county magistrate, who looked it over and found that it was still possible. Being involved in the murder case, he couldn't help but frown.

Undoubtedly, many things that should be clearly explained in the complaint are ambiguous, but there is one thing that is clearly written, that is, a dozen or so guests in the temple suddenly disappeared.

After the people disappeared, the Zhike monk couldn't find any resident guests who were familiar with these people, and the luggage in the guest houses of these people was not taken away.

After the county magistrate browsed through it, he looked at the monk who was waiting over there. The other party met his eyes and looked a little uneasy.

"Master, are you sure you want to withdraw the lawsuit?"

"That's right, it's all a misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding!"

"Oh, Master Guangji asked the master to come, or did the master want to come? The master is a monk who knows guests?"

The monk quickly answered.

"The poor monk is a well-known guest monk in the Buddhist monastery. He came to withdraw the lawsuit under the order of the abbot. I also asked the county magistrate to make it easier. I will pray for you in front of my Buddha!"

The county magistrate smiled and said in relief.

"No need, since it's a misunderstanding, it's okay to withdraw it. By the way, since the master is a monk who knows guests, the missing dozens of foreign pilgrims have been found?"

The monk froze for a moment and was speechless for a while. The monks did not tell lies. Half of the guest houses of the dozen or so people were already occupied by other people, but the luggage of those people was stored in the Buddhist monastery.

But wouldn't it be suspicious if he said he hadn't come back now?
But the monk's hesitant and even flustered expression at this moment is more suspicious than any answer.

The county magistrate's expression also changed slightly, and even the yamen servant next to him noticed that something was wrong.

"This master, is he being coerced?"

The monk was struggling in his heart not to lie, when he heard this, he quickly denied it as if awakened from a dream.

"No, no, no coercion. It's just, just, it's really just Master Abbot who ordered me to withdraw the lawsuit."

"That's why, don't be impatient, there is no record file, just withdraw it for you."

The county magistrate annotated the words "withdrawal of the petition" on the petition, and then walked out of the case and handed it back to the monk himself.

"Master, please put it away!"

In this freezing season, the monk was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat, and he was greatly relieved at this moment after receiving the complaint.

"Call my Buddha to be merciful, thank you, Mr. County Prime Minister! That poor monk will leave!"

"Master, you are too polite! Send this master off for me!"

The county magistrate replied, then looked at the yamen servant next to him and said.

"Yes!"

The monk bowed again and went out with the yamen servant.

As soon as the monk and the yamen servant left, the county magistrate's face changed, and he immediately looked at the officials on the side.

"Hurry up and tell Kuai Ban to catch the head and ask him to bring some good men to meet me!"

"It's an adult!"

Not to mention the county magistrate, the officials all had a big problem here, so they ran out quickly after taking orders.

Because the county magistrate shouted eagerly, it didn't take long before the Sanxiang county arrester rushed to the county magistrate's office with four arresters.

After they came, the county magistrate didn't talk nonsense, and immediately withdrew the complaint from the Xiangshan Temple's reporter and briefly explained the suspicious points, and then issued an order.

"Quickly go to Xiangshan Temple to investigate and see what's going on. Be careful!"

Catcher listened carefully to the words of the county magistrate, nodding frequently.

"Subordinates must be careful! Brothers, let's go!"

After taking the order, the head catcher hurried out with a few subordinates, and when he got outside, he gave another order.

"Liu Er, go and call the other brothers who are fine, let's follow the monk who came to withdraw the lawsuit first!"

"Yes!"

The five people acted separately. According to the information they heard, the situation could be good or bad. If it was really bad, the five people still seemed a little weak.
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The monk who withdrew the pleadings was very relaxed when he went back. He felt that he had completed the task assigned by the abbot. Thinking about the abbot's eagerness before, if he had been accepted by the government, it would probably be troublesome.

But where did the dozen or so missing pilgrims go?
The Zhike monk didn't think any more, and hurried back to Xiangshan Temple, but what he didn't know was that there was a group of arresters from the Sanxiang County Yamen who quickly followed him back.

Along the way, the Zhike monk showed no abnormalities except for his fast walking speed. When he arrived at the monastery, it was already afternoon.

Outside the abbot's meditation room, the Zhike monk showed him the pleading paper as soon as he came back.

"Abbot, the petition has been withdrawn! Please read!"

After the abbot took the pleading paper and read it, a big stone fell to the ground in his heart.

"That's good, that's good!"

"Uh, abbot, what about the dozen or so missing guests?"

The abbot also frowned when he heard the words. To be honest, it might have something to do with that wandering monk, but he didn't know what to do in the current situation.

"We can only wait for Master Zhaoli and the wandering monk to wake up before making a decision. I believe the Bodhisattva will bless them! My Buddha is merciful!"

Zhike Monk didn't say anything else, and put his hands together and whispered, "My Buddha is merciful!"

Outside the Xiangshan Temple, the police officers from Sanxiang County had already arrived here under the leadership of the arresting head, but seeing the continuous stream of pilgrims outside the temple, there seemed to be nothing unusual.

The arresters each asked a few pilgrims who had left the temple, but the answers they got were that it was normal in the temple, and they frequently mentioned that there were eminent monks practicing meditation in Dingzhong, which was very strange.

After a while, a group of policemen gathered at the side of the temple again, sharing the information they got from the pilgrims.

"It seems that everything is normal!" "Captain Li, let's go in and have a look?"

"Or change clothes and go in?"

Catcher frowned and thought for a moment, feeling a little unwilling.

"If there is nothing to do, it's fine. If there is something to do, we can't let it go. Now that the court has issued a new law, if such a big case is solved, I will have a chance to be promoted!"

"The head is right, even if there is no murder case, the motive for the disappearance of the dozens of people is unknown, which is very suspicious!"

"That's right! You guys, change your clothes and go in to have a look, be careful not to startle the snake, and also see what the so-called eminent monks are doing in meditation."

"Yes!"

The head catcher looked at the rest of the people.

"You guys, follow me around the monastery first to check the situation. Since you are missing, unless you died in the monastery, you will not leave through the door. There has been no rain or snow recently, and there is still snow around. If more than a dozen people go out, they will surely die." Leave footprints!"

"Yes!" "It makes sense!"

The arresters were divided into two groups, a few entered the monastery, and most of them began to search carefully around the outer wall of the monastery on both sides.

Let’s not mention the people who entered the temple, but those who searched along the courtyard wall soon discovered that when they reached a section of the wall near the back mountain, someone immediately saw a large number of footprints.

"Head, there are many footprints over there!"

"Go and see!"

Before the group arrived at the starting point of chasing and fleeing into the mountain, from the footprints, it was obvious that a group of people turned over and jumped out of the temple.

There were many footprints and they were very messy. There was a long string of footprints on the snow. As the police chased the footprints up the mountain, many people realized that something was wrong.

Except for the head catcher, all the catchers began to find it difficult to move because the snow was getting deeper and deeper, but the footprints on the snow were not too deep.

Now that the weather is cold and the snow is not melting, and there is no new snow falling, the snow footprint will hardly change for a few days.

"These people all have martial arts, and their skills are not weak!"

"Head, something is wrong!" "Look over there first!"

"Ok!"

After a long time, a group of detectives finally found the real "crime scene".

As soon as they found this place, the heartbeats of all the police officers who had been accelerated by climbing the snow mountain couldn't help but become faster.

There are still seven or eight corpses left here, almost all of which have been frozen hard. Many corpses have traces of being eaten by wild animals, and there are also traces of corpses being dragged and footprints of wild beasts on the snow.

But the most obvious traces are still traces of fighting!
The head catcher walked to one of the corpses. On the big tree on the side of the corpse, a track was cut from the bark, and a big hole was pierced through the chest of the corpse.

"He was killed by some terrible hidden weapon." "Boss, everyone died horribly."

"All died at the hands of martial arts masters!"

Let alone other arresters, even catcher Li would feel his scalp tingling.

(End of this chapter)