Volume 2: Female Corpse in Monk's Clothes Chapter 96: Mist fills the Lantern Festival (Part 2)
In the inn.
Zhao Yu opened his eyes suddenly, his eyes were bloodshot.
He followed the blind girl too late last night and hardly slept the whole night. Seeing that he was too tired, Xu Zun let him go back to the inn to catch up on some sleep.
However, Zhao Yu was not asleep while lying on the bed. Instead, he opened his eyes when he heard some noise.
He did not reach for his sword, but quietly got up from the bed, walked to the door of the opposite room, and put his ear to the door to listen.
Xiwa's childish voice came from inside the house:
"Dad, can you buy the wig tomorrow? I also want some makeup stuff..."
"Hey," Liu Dong seemed to be eating something, chewing and said impatiently, "Master Xu has told me to keep a close eye on you and your mother and not to leave the inn.
"Xiwa, I know you want your mother to be more beautiful, but now is really not the right time."
"Oh..." Xiwa was very disappointed. After a moment's silence, he asked again, "Dad, what did my mom do before? Why did she get such an ugly injury?"
"This... you are still too young. I will slowly tell you when you grow up," Liu Dong said. "You just need to remember that the world is dangerous. Don't trust anyone except me, otherwise you will become like your mother!"
"Oh..." Xiwa agreed, but her young mind could not fully understand what Liu Dong meant, so she asked curiously, "Do you think my mother will be okay?"
"Yes, yes," Liu Dong consoled her. "Isn't Master Xu treating her right now? When your mother gets better, we can dress her up beautifully together. How about that?"
"Okay, okay..." Xiwa clapped her hands happily...
Listening to the conversation in the room, Zhao Yu slowly withdrew his ear from the door, and a hint of uncertainty and depth flashed in his eyes...
…
The Luohan Temple is located in a corner in the south of Shangyuan City. Like most temples, it lost its incense a long time ago and became a veritable dilapidated temple.
Most of the Arhat statues in the temple have their heads chopped off, making them look even more dilapidated.
"It's broken, it's broken..."
Ju Ran looked at the sutures on the corpse's abdomen and felt dizzy.
This suture line is not only the same as the body found in Huguo Temple before, but also highly consistent with the corpse case of the female monk that year.
Xu Zun carefully examined the sutured wound. There was only a little blood at the bottom of the wound, and there was no blood anywhere else.
This technique... is so professional!
Xu Zun was secretly shocked. According to common sense, the murderer cut open the victim's chest and messed up his internal organs. Such a killing method would inevitably cause the victim to bleed profusely.
However, there were no signs of heavy bleeding on the wound, which was enough to show that the murderer had used some means to stop the bleeding.
Too perverted...
Xu Zun frowned and looked at the female corpse carefully.
Because the body was discovered earlier, it was clearer than the last time when the female corpse was found in the Huguo Temple.
But the deceased was a woman in her twenties with ordinary looks, without any rouge or other cosmetics.
Like the previous female corpse, she was wearing a gray monk's robe, with a string of prayer beads around her neck. She sat cross-legged under a Buddha statue with her hands clasped together, seemingly meditating.
What made Xu Zun even more frightened was that the woman had a peaceful face and her eyes were slightly closed. If it were not for the horrific wound on her stomach, it would be almost impossible to tell whether she was dead!
call……
Xu Zun suppressed his inner excitement, moved closer to the corpse and smelled it. Unexpectedly, the woman also had a special sandalwood scent.
This smell seems to be the same as the scent on the female corpse last time.
"Xu Zun, Xu Zun..."
Just as Xu Zun was examining the body, a man hurriedly ran in .
In Shangyuan City, there was only one person who called Xu Zun by his name, and that was the Jingwu Captain Shen Xinglian.
"There are soldiers in our camp who recognize this woman," Shen Xinglian said to Xu Zun, "She is the wife of one of our sergeants!"
Sergeant, also known as Wu Zheng, is a position in the barracks. It doesn't sound very prestigious, but the status is not low. He is in charge of three to four hundred soldiers.
"Oh?" Xu Zun asked, "Where's the sergeant?"
"They've called them and they're on their way. Um..." Shen Xinglian lowered his voice and said to Xu Zun with a difficult expression, "According to the soldiers, the wife of this sergeant is pregnant..."
ah?
Xu Zun was shocked. He didn't expect that there would be two deaths for one. This killer in monk's clothes was so vicious and simply outrageous.
"Let me in, let me in..."
At this time, Lu Mingyue's voice came from outside the door.
Due to the urgency of the case , Lu Mingyue also came to Luohan Temple, but Xu Zun did not let her enter the crime scene.
"Miss," Wei Beihui's dissuasion voice came from outside the door again, "This is the crime scene. Miss, you are of noble status, you must not go in. If you get frightened, I can't afford it!"
"Yes," Huo Anu also advised, "Don't interfere with the adults' investigation!"
"Please let me in!" Lu Mingyue was unwilling to do that, and said, "I'll just go in and take a look. As long as it's not Xiaofeng, I'll be relieved!"
"Miss," Wei Beihui said, "I recognize Miss Xiaofeng, so please let me go in and take a look!"
After hearing their discussion, Xu Zun had no choice but to step out of the temple and said to Lu Mingyue:
"Don't worry, it's not Miss Lu Xiaofeng. The identity of the body has been revealed!"
"Oh?" Lu Mingyue rushed over to Xu Zun as soon as she saw him and asked, "Who is that? Brother Xu, I just heard someone say that in this case, someone is imitating the monk killer?"
"this……"
Xu Zun was just about to say something back to her when he saw a group of people rushing towards the outside of the Luohan Temple like lightning.
Leading the group was a soldier in armor, who fell off his horse as soon as he arrived in front of the temple.
"Master Wu Zheng, be careful..."
The soldiers behind dismounted one after another and wanted to go over to help.
But this person used his hands and feet to get up from the ground, and then stumbled towards the front of the temple.
Why?
It's really a coincidence. Xu Zun's eyes lit up. He didn't expect that he knew this sergeant. He was the Wu Zheng he met in Dahuai Town.
His name is Ran Lin, and he is a member of the 17th Squadron of the Garrison Army.
It was actually him! ! ?
Ran Lin did not notice Xu Zun and Huo Anu, but ran straight towards Shen Xinglian who was standing at the entrance of the temple.
"Captain, sir..." Ran Lin knelt down , looking absent-minded.
Shen Xinglian couldn't help but look heavy-hearted. While supporting him, he said regretfully, "Captain Ran, please accept my condolences..."
"ah!?"
With just one sentence, Ran Lin confirmed the identity of the deceased, who was his beloved wife.
He rushed into the temple, and soon his angry cries were heard from the temple!
"Oh my God... why is this happening... Yushu... Yushu... don't... ah..."
Upon seeing this, Shen Xinglian immediately went into the temple to offer comfort.
Lu Mingyue, who was standing at the door, stopped making noise and lowered her head as if she felt the same way.
At this moment, another carriage drove by.
The carriage stopped, and the governor Li Yan came out of the carriage in a panic.
It was really difficult for the governor. Ever since the iron coffin case, he had been traveling all the way, suffering from fright, and had no moment of rest.
He is old, and after all the hardship, he is already exhausted physically and mentally, and even walking has become shaky ...
