Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 643 Killing an Old Monk
Lu Jitong was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise, "My lord, how do you know that the deceased is a monk?"

Li Canghai pointed to the deceased's right hand and said: "Look here, is there a callus on the back of the deceased's right index finger? This is formed by turning the rosary beads frequently. Even lay Buddhists don't turn the rosary beads frequently. There are only monks, so I conclude that the deceased was a monk."

Lu Jitong looked at the right hand of the deceased, then at the two young monks, they also had calluses on the backs of their right index fingers, suddenly realized.

"But my lord, since the murderer killed him, why did he chop off his head?"

Li Canghai said in a deep voice: "Cut off his head, presumably to hide the identity of the deceased!" Having said that, Li Canghai raised his head and asked the two young monks, "Have any old monks disappeared in the temple recently?"

The two shook their heads and said, "The two young monks are in charge of all the vegetarian food for the monks, and no one is missing in the temple. What's more, the old monk in this temple only has one presider, and there are no other old monks."

After listening to what the two said, a flash of light suddenly flashed in Li Canghai's mind, he stood up abruptly, and said coldly: "I know who the murderer is! Brother Lu, quickly lead people to surround the Daxiong Palace in secret !"

Seeing his serious face, Lu Jitong immediately nodded without any hesitation.

Returning to the Great Hall of Great Heroes again, Li Canghai looked a little sad. Although Monk Qi Xin was a monk from India, he was a monk with great compassion.

If it wasn't for his repeated rescues, Li Canghai would have gone to the Western Paradise long ago to meet the Tathagata Buddha.

Qi Xin was still lying in a pool of blood, and the entire hall was shrouded in grief and anger.

"Cang Hai, what did you do?" Di Qing asked.

"Catch the murderer." Li Canghai spit out a few words slowly.

Di Qing froze for a moment, she was puzzled and said: "Do you know who the murderer is?"

Li Canghai nodded, glanced at the crowd, and said indifferently: "Now, let me expose the murderer in public!"

He clasped his hands together before Qi Xin, bowed, and then said: "The murderer who killed Master Qi Xin is actually in this hall. The murderer was going to kill me, but Master Qi Xin blocked the dagger for me. caused the Master to be killed."

Everyone was surprised when they heard this.

Di Qing screamed even more: "What? The murderer wants to kill you? Cang Hai, tell me who the murderer is, I want to see who has the guts to assassinate in front of me!"

"Qing'er, don't worry, the murderer can't escape! Now, let me tell you about the murderer's killing method!" Li Canghai walked to the Buddha's table, picked up the mallet and hit the wooden fish, and said in a deep voice : "The murderer's method of killing seems simple, but in fact it is extremely shrewd. The murderer prepared a dagger in advance, and as soon as the hall fell into darkness, he immediately swung the knife to stab."

Di Qing was a little puzzled, she said suspiciously: "Cang Hai, doesn't it make sense? How does the murderer know when the hall will fall into darkness? If the hall is always bright, how can he assassinate?"

"This is the most brilliant part of the murderer. Everyone must be wondering why the bamboo curtains on the doors and windows of the main hall suddenly fell down? Because, the murderer cleverly used me." Li Canghai said indifferently.

"The murderer used you? What do you mean?" Di Qing asked with a slight frown.

Li Canghai said: "To be precise, the murderer used the sound. After I struck the wooden fish, the copper bell rang, and it was the sound of the copper bell that made the bamboo curtain fall."

Seeing everyone's puzzled faces, Li Canghai ordered someone to close one of the three doors, then rolled up the bamboo curtain and placed it on the horizontal axis of the bamboo curtain, and then ordered someone to ring the bronze bell in the hall.

bang~
With a muffled sound, the bamboo curtain fell instantly, covering the door frame again.

"What's going on here?" Di Qing asked in surprise.

Li Canghai took down the bamboo curtain and said: "There is a small piece of iron on the bamboo curtain, and there is a piece of iron on the horizontal shaft hanging on the threshold. Then use the bell to vibrate the iron sheet, and the bamboo curtains will naturally slide down along the iron sheet. This is why the bamboo curtains will suddenly fall when the bell rings."

"So that's the case! This method is really smart!" Di Qing nodded and said.

"But you are standing in front of the Buddhist altar, and no one approaches you, so who can assassinate you?" Di Qing asked with a frown.

Li Canghai said deeply: "This is also the cleverness of the murderer. I stood in front of the Buddha table, and no one approached me. In this way, after assassinating me, no one will arouse suspicion."

Di Qing's big eyes rolled a few times, and suddenly she said, "I know! The murderer is the one who asked you to consecrate the Buddha statue! The only ones who have been emphasizing that you are the one who consecrated the Buddha statue are Qi Xin, who is afraid of fame, and the old man." Host the three! Could it be...?"

Li Canghai nodded. He stared at the old host and said coldly, "The murderer is you!"

As soon as this remark came out, all the monks were shocked!

The old host was stunned on the spot, he panicked and said: "My lord, I'm just an old monk on the verge of death, how can I use a knife to kill someone?"

"My lord, the presiding officer is merciful and will never be a murderer! I beg your lord to find out!"

"I beg your lord to observe clearly!" All the monks clasped together and saluted in unison.

Li Canghai ignored the monks at all. He stared intently at the old host and said coldly: "First of all, you are not a dying old monk, but a master of martial arts. Secondly, you are not a monk at all!"

As he said that, Li Canghai grabbed his hand and said coldly: "You have killed the real host long ago, and the body was buried in the vegetable garden! Your disguise technique is indeed very good, but you have overlooked one point." .Monks turn the rosary all the year round, and there will be a layer of calluses on the back of the index finger, but there is no callus on the back of your finger, this is your biggest flaw!"

Lu Jitong immediately went up, stretched out his hand to touch the face of the old host a few times, and tore off a human skin mask.

And under the mask is a white and beardless face!

This time, everyone was stunned.

Those monks were even more astonished. They never expected that the host in front of them was someone else pretending to be him. What's more, they didn't expect that the real host had already returned to the sky!
"Who are you? How dare you assassinate Cang Hai?" Di Qing snapped.

The man laughed strangely, he stared at Li Canghai and said: "Interesting, really interesting. You are the first one who can see through my disguise technique in such a short period of time. No wonder so many people want to get rid of you, If a smart person like you can't be subdued, he will definitely be a big opponent!"

Li Canghai snorted coldly, and said indifferently: "Now, should I tell you about your identity? Who did you order to kill me? Nilin Xuanwu? Yang Guozhong? Or Anlu Mountain?"

(End of this chapter)