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Chapter 289 Cracked! Unexpected and mysterious method!

By the time Lin Feng and others arrived at the Buddhist temple where the red sandalwood beads were enshrined, night had officially fallen.

The lantern was lit, and in the quiet night, the dim yellow light of the lantern passed through the half-opened door, illuminating the golden-painted Buddha statue in and out. Looking from a distance, it made people feel intimidated. They only felt that the Buddha in front of them was The palace became more solemn and solemn.

"I remember that when the Jinyun cassock was lost, the red sandalwood beads shouldn't have been placed here, right?"

Lin Feng saw that the Buddhist temple that Master Jingci brought him to was different from the one in his memory, so he asked.

Jingci nodded and said: "Based on the lesson of the lost Jinyun cassock, the nun did not dare to let down his guard against the red sandalwood beads, so he specially moved the red sandalwood beads to a safer Buddhist temple."

She introduced to Lin Feng: "This Buddhist temple was just renovated last year. The doors and windows are all new and stronger. The tiles on the roof are also newly replaced and stronger. In order to no longer appear the brocade. When the thief sneaked in through the roof when Yun Kasaya was lost, the poor nun ordered people to cut down the trees around the Buddhist temple, not giving anyone the chance to climb onto the roof with the help of trees. At the same time, he also specially hired craftsmen to cut down the roof. The tiles on top are also fixed and cannot be removed and restored with just hands without tools.”

"I'm not afraid of Lin Si Zheng's joke. The poor nun was bitten by a snake once and has been afraid of well ropes for ten years. I really don't want the Buddha treasure to be lost in the nunnery again, but who knows..."

She sighed and shook her head: "The poor nun was so careful, but the red sandalwood cloud beads were still lost."

Listening to Master Jingci's words, Lin Feng looked around the Buddhist temple. Sure enough, there were no tall trees around the Buddhist temple. If the thief wanted to get on the roof, he could only use tools such as ladders.

But in that case, there will be a lot more extra things to do, and it will be easier to leave traces.

Lin Feng thought for a moment, then looked at Li Zhen again and said, "Li Qianniu, I have something else to trouble you."

Li Zhen said directly: "Lin Si is asking for instructions."

Lin Feng raised his hand, pointed to the roof, and said, "Li Qianniu, would you please send someone up to the roof to check carefully to see if any of the tiles have been pried, and if there are any signs of a ladder being set up on the edge of the eaves."

"Yes."

Without hesitation, Li Zhen turned around and ordered Qian Niuwei to bring a ladder and climb up to the roof to check.

Lin Feng saw this and nodded slightly. He now needed to determine how the thief entered the Buddhist temple on the night of the crime.

Seeing that Qian Niuwei had begun to climb towards the roof, he withdrew his gaze and looked back at the Buddhist temple with the door half open.

"Is the door of this Buddhist temple always open like this?" Lin Feng asked Jingci.

Jingci nodded and said: "After the poor nun searched the Buddhist temple to no avail that night, he did not touch anything in the Buddhist temple, not even the lock of the door of the Buddhist temple. He was afraid of destroying the clues and causing trouble to Lin Sizheng. ”

"However, although the poor nun did not order anyone to re-lock the Buddhist temple, he has always arranged for disciples to guard the Buddhist temple, and the number of disciples guarding the Buddhist temple has always been maintained at more than four, supervising each other to prevent thieves from hiding among them. The opportunity to guard the Buddhist temple destroys the clue.”

As expected of the leader, he is indeed decisive and thoughtful... Lin Feng fully agrees with Jingci's approach. At the crime scene, especially the crime scene that has passed for more than ten days, time will naturally cover up some clues. If there are more With random people coming in and out, all clues will probably be destroyed.

So Jingci decisively exited the Buddhist temple and stopped touching anything in the Buddhist temple. For Lin Feng, that was the best protection for the scene.

Lin Feng came to the door of the palace and looked at the half-open door. He saw that the door was intact and there were no signs of damage on it. The lock hanging on the door showed no sign of being pried, and there was no sign of being pried on the keyhole. There are no scratches at all, except that the surface color of the lock is lighter due to the baptism of time, it is no different from the new one.

"Entry without lock picking..."

Lin Feng took the lantern and entered the hall directly. As soon as he entered, as the light of the lantern dispelled the darkness in the hall, he saw a table in front of the Buddha statue. There was a wooden tray and two candlesticks on the table, because there was no one there for more than ten days. Entering, the candles on the candlestick have long been burned out, but the tray is empty, with nothing on it.

Seeing Lin Feng looking at the table, Master Jingci said: "The red sandalwood cloud beads were placed here before. When they were not lost, we would come here morning and night to chant sutras."

Lin Feng nodded. He looked at the candlestick on the table and said, "Master Tai said that on the night of the incident, Fa Hui looked into the hall from the crack in the door and saw that the red sandalwood cloud beads were missing. Does this mean that the candlelight was on that night?" Keep burning?"

"That's right." Master Jingci said: "Since the completion of this temple, the lights have been on forever, so after we finish chanting sutras every night, a nun or junior sister will personally change the candles with special candles to ensure that A candle can burn all night long.”

"but……"

Jingci clasped her hands together, looked at the Buddha statue, and said with a heavy voice: "Since the red sandalwood cloud beads were lost, in order not to destroy the clues, the poor nun prohibited anyone from entering. As a result, the lights that had not been extinguished for more than ten years were extinguished for more than ten days. The poor nun I know that this is because the poor nun is too obsessed with retrieving the red sandalwood beads. Because of his own obsession, the Buddhist temple has been plunged into darkness. The poor nun has violated the Dharma of my Buddha and is no longer suitable to be the head of Banyue Temple. Therefore, the poor nun The nun decided that after the red sandalwood cloud beads are recovered, the nun will give up the position of head to the junior sister. "

"Senior sister, don't be impulsive. You asked me to be the leader. How can I take on this important responsibility?"

Jing Lan, who had been following the two of them and listening quietly, was shocked when she heard this. She quickly said: "You don't know my temper yet. If you ask me to be in charge of discipline, I can manage it for you properly, but you If you ask me to be the leader, I will make Ban Yue'an's cocks and dogs uneasy. Don't be impulsive. The leader can only act as a leader, but I can't."

Lin Feng was also shocked by Jingci's words.

Jinyun Kasaya, such an important treasure, was lost. I didn’t see you wanting to abdicate. Someone was killed in Banyue Temple, and I didn’t see you blaming yourself. In the end, you just let the candles in the Buddhist temple go out for more than ten days, and you wanted to abdicate. Confession... Lin Feng really doesn't understand the thoughts of people in Buddhism.

When he saw Jinglan winking at him, he also advised: "Master, there is a reason for the incident, and she did not intentionally let the lights of the Buddhist temple go out. I believe that I, the Buddha, are compassionate and can forgive Master, not to mention that Master is doing it for the most precious Buddhist treasure, the red sandalwood cloud beads." , this is just for the convenience of Buddhism, which is the responsibility of Master Tai as the head of Banyue Temple. I think that by doing this, Master Tai has clear thoughts and can shoulder the heavy responsibility of the head of Banyue Temple. But now because of this, Master Tai To abdicate is to lose your attachment and go against the teachings of our Buddha.”

When Jinglan heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up. She quickly nodded her gratitude to Lin Feng and said, "Senior Sister, they all say that Lin Si has a Buddha's heart and is a born Buddha. Now all Buddhists say so, Senior Sister, you That’s absolutely right, there’s no need to give up to me.”

Buddha?

After hearing Jinglan's words, Sun Fujia and others who were originally watching the show couldn't help but cast their eyes on Lin Feng.

Li Tai, who couldn't bear his curiosity the most, simply said directly: "Buddhist? Lin Sizheng, are you going to become a monk?"

You idiot... Lin Feng was too lazy to answer Li Tai. He looked at Jingci and said, "Master, you have to understand the difference between responsibility and obsession."

"Duty...obsession..."

Master Jingci kept repeating these two words with her eyes closed. After a while, she finally took a deep breath, opened her eyes again, then looked at Lin Feng with gratitude, clasped her hands together, and said, "Thank you Lin Sizheng for your guidance." Mi Jin, a poor nun who has been worshiping Buddha for decades, is still not as good as Lin Si Zheng casually said, Lin Si Zheng really has the heart of Buddha, how good it is."

Seeing this, Jinglan and other nuns from Banyue Temple also clasped their hands together and recited the word "good".

Lin Feng's eyelids couldn't help but twitch when he heard the "good things" in the room. He just wanted to cooperate with Jinglan and found a reason to persuade her. Unexpectedly, it really made Jingci understand her heart. Could it be that he really has a Buddha's heart... Bah, I want to marry a wife, have children, and be happy. I don’t have the heart to do that.

He shook his head, quickly changed the subject, and asked Qian Niuwei on the roof: "How is it? Can you find anything unusual?"

When everyone saw Lin Feng asking about the case, they quickly stopped talking.

Soon, a voice was heard from the roof: "Nothing unusual was found. All the tiles had no trace of being touched, and these tiles were fixed one by one. If you want to move one, the other tiles will be moved." It has to be pried open, which is not something that can be done in a short time, let alone a perfect restoration, which is not easy. "

Listening to Qian Niuwei's report, Lin Feng's eyes flashed slightly... It was difficult to restore it perfectly in normal times, not to mention that it was raining that night, the night was dark, the light was unclear, and he had to be prepared for Fa Hui to wake up at any time. The thief simply does not have that much time and energy to do these things, and he cannot achieve perfect recovery.

After thinking for a while, Lin Feng looked at Jingci and said, "When Master Tai entered the hall that night, did he find that the ground in the hall was extremely damp, and there were even places where water accumulated?"

"Moist? Water?" Jingci thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "No."

If there is no accumulation of water, then the possibility of the thief entering through the roof can be completely ruled out.

After all, if a thief opens the tiles to enter the Buddhist temple, it is equivalent to breaking a hole in the roof. Rainwater will pour into the temple from the hole, and rainwater will inevitably be left on the ground.

Even if the thief wipes the rainwater with a cloth, it is humid at night and it is impossible to completely dry the ground. In addition, as the thief returns to the roof, the rainwater will continue to pour into the cave. Finally, whether the thief is willing or not, the ground in the temple will remain. There are traces of rain, which is inevitable.

Therefore, there is no obvious moisture or accumulation of water on the ground, which means that the thief must not have entered from the roof. But if not from the roof, where can he enter?
Lin Feng turned his head and looked at the window. He saw that the windows of the Buddhist temple were mullioned windows that could not be opened or closed. They were completely fixed. It was impossible for thieves to climb in through such windows.

The door lock was not damaged, the roof was also ruled out, and it was even more impossible to climb through the window... Could there be a secret passage or mechanism?

Lin Feng told his guess to Jingci, who shook his head and said: "There can't be a hidden secret. This Buddhist temple was built eighteen years ago, and the master at that time was the master of a poor nun, because the master had We attach great importance to this Buddhist temple, so we ordered the poor nuns and others to supervise the work of the craftsmen every day. Therefore, this Buddhist temple was built in full view of us, and it is impossible for anyone to secretly build any secret passage. "

In other words, the possibility of a secret passage in the agency has also been ruled out... Then how else can one get in?
Lin Feng frowned, and his brain was spinning rapidly at this moment. He was recalling his experience in investigating cases related to secret rooms in his previous life, and he was also thinking about the books about secret rooms that he had read.

As a major category of detective work, he had studied secret rooms specifically, but none of them seemed to match the Buddhist temple in front of him... After pondering for a moment, Lin Feng said, "I wonder how many keys there are to this Buddhist temple?" In whose hands?"

Jingci said: "Based on the lessons learned from the Jinyun cassock, the nun is particularly careful with the red sandalwood beads. Although there are two keys, they are both kept by the nun."

With that said, Jingci took out two keys tied together with strips of cloth from her sleeves.

She handed the key to Lin Feng and said: "These two keys have never left the poor nun's body. After Fa Hui woke him up that night, the poor nun also checked the keys. The keys were placed beside the poor nun's pillow. No less.”

Lin Feng took the key and looked up. He saw that one of the two keys had been polished to a very bright surface, which must have been due to frequent use. The other one had almost no wear and it seemed that it was rarely used. He turned it over and over and inspected it carefully. Once again, nothing unusual was found with either key.

"Did Master Tai sleep deeply the night the incident occurred?" Lin Feng continued to ask.

Jingci shook her head: "Ever since the Jinyun cassock incident happened, the poor nun has not been able to sleep very peacefully. He will wake up at the slightest movement, and it was the same that night."

Jingci would change the red sandalwood cloud beads to the Buddhist temple. It was a temporary decision made because of the lessons learned from the loss of Jinyun cassock. In other words, the thief lost Jinyun cassock and Jingci changed the red sandalwood cloud beads. Only after you have found the place, you may consider the key to the Buddhist temple.

But at that time, Jingci had already had trouble sleeping. She didn't sleep soundly all night. If a thief wanted to steal the key at night, he couldn't do it. As for the day... Jingci had always carried the key with him, so it became even more difficult for him to do so. No chance to steal another one.

Therefore, the possibility of a key can be completely ruled out?
Unless... the person who stole the red sandalwood beads is Jingci himself?

But Jingci is the head of Banyue Temple. She has many reasons to hide the red sandalwood cloud beads. Even if she sends them out of the temple, she can do it with her majesty as head, and there is no need to take the lowest step of stealing. method.

Not to mention, she knew her investigative abilities and tried her best to preserve the scene. It didn't seem like she had a ghost in her heart.

Lin Feng thought for a moment, then looked at Jinglan and said, "When Master Jinglan gathered everyone that night, did it go well? Did anyone fail to arrive in time?"

Jinglan shook her head: "Everyone was in the room. They all came out as soon as the poor nun called. The assembly process went very smoothly."

Lin Feng said: "Master, are you sure they all came out of the room?"

"That's right." Jinglan nodded: "The poor nun understood the importance of the matter after hearing the senior sister's instructions, so the poor nun can only feel relieved when he sees the disciples coming out of the room with his own eyes, so everyone It was the poor nun who called him out, no one is exempt."

Everyone came out of the room, without exception... From this point of view, we can rule out the possibility that the thief hid himself after chanting sutras at night and never left the Buddhist temple.

"All possibilities have been eliminated, including door locks, roofs, windows, secret passages, and even the possibility of hiding in the Buddhist temple and never leaving. How else could the thief get in?"

Lin Feng was really in trouble.

"There's another thing that's very strange..."

His eyes swept across the Buddhist temple inch by inch, and he said slowly in his heart: "The thief's purpose is to steal the red sandalwood cloud beads. Her time is limited, and she has to find a way to send the red sandalwood cloud beads out, so she must seize every quarter of an hour. It stands to reason that there should be no waste at all.”

"That being the case, why did she do extra things to completely hide the way she entered the Buddhist temple? No matter what method she used to enter the Buddhist temple, if she wanted to completely hide this method like she does now, she must steal it After Zitan Yunzhu, she spent time and energy on processing, which obviously contradicted her time constraints at the time. "

"And this thief can do this so that even I can't detect her for a while. She must be very alert. Such a person will never do unnecessary things, so why would she do this?"

Lin Feng gently touched the key in his hand with his fingertips, and his eyes became deeper and deeper: "Two possibilities."

"The first one is that she never entered the Buddhist temple at all... She may have used some method to take objects from the air and steal the red sandalwood cloud beads. Therefore, she never entered the temple at all, so naturally there will be no entry. The method of the main hall.”

"But I want to steal the red sandalwood cloud beads..."

Lin Feng thought for a while, then looked at Jingci and said, "Master, when you finished chanting sutras and left the locked door on the night of the incident, did you check the red sandalwood cloud beads?"

Jingci nodded: "Of course, the poor nun personally wiped the red sandalwood cloud beads clean to prevent them from being stained with dust, and then left."

In other words, the thief didn't just take advantage of the chaos when he was leaving...

Lin Feng looked around the Buddhist temple carefully again. The roof was excluded...the door crack was not big enough, and the windows...

He came to the window and walked carefully in front of the windows one by one with a lantern.

Then he shook his head. There were no holes in the window paper, and there was no way for the red sandalwood cloud beads to pass through.

The rest of the Buddhist temple is made of walls, and there are no holes for the red sandalwood cloud beads to pass through. In other words, it is impossible for thieves to steal the red sandalwood cloud beads outside the Buddhist temple.

"Then the second possibility remains..."

Lin Feng took a deep breath, and his eyes fell on the nuns in Banyue Nunnery again.

The thief was smart, but he did something he shouldn't have done. I'm afraid there is only one reason... The way she entered the Buddhist temple was very unique, and this uniqueness would make her suspect or even directly exposed.

Therefore, even if her time is precious, she must hide her method of entering the Buddhist temple. Otherwise, once her method is discovered, she may be exposed in an instant!

But what unique method can expose the thief?
Lin Feng frowned and said nothing.

When Sun Fujia and others saw this scene, they subconsciously held their breath for fear of disturbing Lin Feng's thinking.

Sun Fujia and Lin Feng had investigated many cases together, and this was the first time he saw Lin Feng frown like this. This made Sun Fujia realize that the seemingly simple theft case in front of him might be more complicated than the case in Prince Yue's Mansion. .

Xiao Man'er also looked at Lin Feng worriedly. She wanted to share Lin Feng's worries, but she couldn't figure it out at all, which made her feel guilty about herself and why she was not good at investigating cases.

In the huge hall, it was so quiet at this moment that the atmosphere became dull and depressing.

"There can't be a perfect crime in the world. These are the things at the scene. There must be something I overlooked..."

"Also, the method that the thief tried hard to hide to enter the main hall should not be a method that ordinary people can do. There is nothing unique about that method, and there is no need for the thief to hide it... So, what method is impossible for ordinary people to do? of?"

Lin Feng's brain was storming while he was pacing back and forth. All the scenes from the moment he entered Ban Yue Nunnery were like movie scenes, and each scene flashed through his mind again.

It was as if he were checking a video, flipping through it almost frame by frame.

Suddenly……

Lin Feng's pacing suddenly stopped and his eyes widened.

"I know what the problem is!"

He quickly lowered his head and looked at the key in his hand.

Looking at the two keys he got from Jingci, he first glanced at the one that was intact and almost unused, and then quickly looked at the other key.

Looking at this luminous key whose surface was worn away due to frequent use, his eyes flashed fiercely.

"The keys have been polished and shiny due to frequent use... However, when I entered the palace door just now, the lock head I saw had basically no scratches on the keyhole. At that time, I was still sighing that it and It's like new, but the key is like this, how can the keyhole be the same as new? "

Lin Feng turned his head sharply and looked at the half-opened palace door. The corners of his mouth finally raised again: "Interesting... No wonder I eliminated all possibilities and couldn't find the problem. It turns out that the problem didn't appear at all in what I thought. Those may come."

"After all, who would have thought that...the thief opened the lock and entered through the door openly, but the thing that went wrong was not the key at all, but..." "

Lin Feng took a deep breath and said slowly to himself: "...Where is the lock?"

(End of this chapter)