"It smells like licorice..." A little girl, only fourteen or fifteen years old, fearlessly put her nose to the dead man's hair and said to everyone while sniffing, "It also smells like a fruit. It's so special..."

This little girl is called Qingqing, and she is the daughter of the owner of the aromatherapy shop in Shangyuan City.

"Let me smell it..." Lu Mingyue also came over and sniffed carefully, "Why do I feel like... I've smelled it somewhere before? Is it the scent of magnolia?"

"Let me smell it..." At this time, another younger girl came over and smelled it, "Oh, I've never smelled this kind of smell before! It's so strange..."

"Don't all come over here!" Qingqing said unhappily, "You all sprayed perfume on your bodies, and I can't smell it clearly! Go away!"

"Yes, yes," Lu Mingyue realized that she had made a mistake and quickly pulled the other girls aside. "Qingqing is right. She has learned the true meaning of the aromatherapy shop. If she can't smell it, then all the efforts of others will be in vain!"

Xu Zun crossed his arms and looked at this group of innocent and lively girls with great interest, and found that each of them was very pretty and lovely.

Moreover, perhaps due to the education at Qinglan Academy, these girls are quite opinionated and full of feminine spirit.

"This smell..." At this time, Qingqing finally calmed down, smelled it carefully for a while, and said, "It's only strong in the hair. This shows that she doesn't use this incense for the same purpose as us...

"So..." Qingqing guessed, "This fragrance should have been passively attracted to the deceased, so..."

"I understand!" Lu Mingyue's eyes widened. "This scent should be used by the killer, right?"

Qingqing nodded, and a hint of fear finally appeared on the faces of the women.

"But the killer..." one of the girls in blue asked, "Why does he use this kind of incense? Could it be that... the killer is a woman?"

"Qingqing," Lu Mingyue asked, "After all this talk, can you really smell it? What kind of fragrance is this?"

"It seems to be some kind of fruity scent. My store has never had this kind of incense. I..." Qingqing said regretfully, "I can't smell it..."

"Ah?" Lu Mingyue pouted. "It's over. If you can't smell it either, then this will be difficult!"

"Let me try again," said another girl. "Let me try again! I feel like I've smelled this somewhere before."

"Alright, ladies!" Upon seeing this, Xu Zun immediately high-fived the girls and said, "Thank you very much. Now, please go outside to discuss the matter! Please don't disturb the deceased anymore..."

Although the girls were reluctant, they still walked out of the side yard.

"This is really strange," Qingqing said depressedly, "There shouldn't be any fragrance in the entire Shangyuan City that I can't name? What on earth is this?"

Before Qingqing finished her words, a powerful voice suddenly came from the gate of the county government:

"Of course you don't know, because this smell is not incense at all, but mosquito coils!"

ah!?

Everyone was curious and looked towards the direction where the sound came from, and suddenly they saw a middle-aged man wearing an indigo robe and a silver crown inlaid with jade.

"Dad?" Lu Mingyue was surprised. "Why are you here?"

The person who came was none other than Changping Hou Lu Jinlong!

"Alas!" Lu Jinlong looked at the young ladies of the Zhu family, shook his head and sighed, "I really can't do anything with you little girls. This is the county government office, is this the place you want to come to?"

"My Lord..."

"My Lord!"

Seeing Lu Jinlong suddenly arrive, Xu Zun and others hurried forward to salute him.

"Xu Tixing," Lu Jinlong complained to Xu Zun again, "It's outrageous enough that you asked my daughter to become sworn brothers and sisters with different surnames. I didn't bother with you because you have done a great job in finding my daughter.

"But..." He pointed around and said, "You can't mess around with her, can't you?"

"My Lord, I..."

Xu Zun was about to explain, but Lu Mingyue interrupted him and said:

"Dad, helping the county government find the murderer is not a joke." Lu Mingyue said passionately, "The murderer only targeted women, and the case involves a major case ten years ago. As a resident of Shangyuan City, I should do my part!"

"You...I..." Lu Jinlong took a deep breath and said helplessly, "I will deal with you after we return home!

"Master Wei," he said to Wei Beihui behind him, "You escort these young ladies back now and make sure they are safe!"

"Yes!" Wei Beihui accepted the order and immediately made an outward gesture to the girls.

"No, I won't leave!" However, Lu Mingyue would not listen to him and immediately discussed the conditions with Lu Jinlong, "Dad, what did you say about mosquito coils? Explain it to us first, and then we will leave!"

"You... okay, okay..." Lu Jinlong laughed angrily and nodded, "Don't you just want to know the whole story between me and Master Liankong? It's not a secret in the first place, I'll tell you now!"

After Lu Jinlong said this, the girls immediately fell silent and surrounded him with great curiosity.

Of course, Xu Zun was no exception. He just wanted to find the Marquis to ask for clarification!

"Master Wei has already told me the story," Lu Jinlong sat on a chair against the wall and said to everyone, "Yes, I was the one who often went to the South Prison to visit Monk Liankong!"

"Wow!" Although everyone was mentally prepared, they still couldn't help but exclaim.

"Back then, because of the discovery of the Mahakala Sutra and the Aike Buddha Sutra, Master Na Liankong and I have been friends for a long time." Lu Jinlong said, "It is said that these two scriptures were unearthed from a tomb in the Western Regions. They are of great value to the study of external Buddhist scriptures and history.

"Because of the special nature of the language, only Master Liankong could translate it. At that time, I often went to Huguo Temple to discuss Buddhist scriptures, and that's how I got to know him.

"It's a pity that he was captured by the county government not long after we met," Lu Jinlong shook his head, "I never thought that he was the famous monk killer!

"Alas, all things are impermanent, they are the law of birth and death. The great way has no form, this dies and that is born.

"Although he committed a serious crime, his accomplishments in translating Buddhist scriptures were unparalleled, so the abbots of various temples at the time jointly petitioned for a stay of execution to allow him to finish translating the Buddhist scriptures.

"At that time, it was me who helped them submit the application. So... whether it was to check on the progress or to discuss scriptures, I would go to the prison to see him almost every other week.

"I also couldn't understand why Lian Kong, who forgot to eat and sleep in prison, actually finished translating the scriptures ahead of time, as if he was determined to die!" Lu Jinlong recalled, "In fact, he could have slowed down, and no one urged him.

"Finally, as you all know, on the day of the execution, I personally went to the execution ground to see him off."

After that, the scene fell into silence.

"Dad, is this the end?" Lu Mingyue blinked her big watery eyes and asked hurriedly, "Tell me, is he the murderer? Why did the same case happen again ten years later?"

"This..." Lu Jinlong frowned slightly and said, "I am also very curious! When I went to Huguo Temple and saw the female corpse for the first time, I already knew that this matter must have a great relationship with Lian Kong.

“Because the house where the female corpse appeared was exactly where Lian Kong lived in the Huguo Temple.

"Also," Lu Jinlong added, "even though the female corpse has been dead for many days, I still smell a familiar fragrance from her!"

"Fragrance, yes," Lu Mingyue remembered the key point and asked hurriedly, "What mosquito coils did you say just now? How could it be mosquito coils in the middle of winter?"