Stay away from Conan.

Originally, with the appearance of the Buddha statue and the topic of "Genji Hotaru", Ryuen was still wondering what question Gao Yuan would ask. But out of the blue, the question "Abbot of Yulong Temple" left Ryuen confused.

However, Yuanhai did not hesitate too much about this question. After Gao Yuan asked the question and waited for a while, Abbot Yuanhai nodded calmly and replied:
"know."

Then, after getting this answer, Gao Yuan seemed to no longer have any more questions. After nodding slightly to Yuanhai, he stood up and said goodbye. Then Xiao Ai also stood up and nodded slightly to Yuanhai. Then the two of them naturally left the Buddha statue on the reception table and walked out of the hall.

Seeing this, Long Yuan was deeply surprised. After all, the other party returned the Buddha statue that had been lost from the temple for eight years. However, he just asked the abbot some random questions and actually left the Buddha statue like that?
Doesn’t the other party have any other requirements?

With this thought in mind, watching Gao Yuan and Xiao Ai leave, Long Yuan couldn't help but want to get up and see them off, but the abbot Yuan Hai at the side couldn't help but laugh heartily after seeing Gao Yuan's actions. This action inevitably made Long Yuan, who wanted to chase after him, feel suspicious, so he couldn't help but ask Yuan Hai:
"Abbot, what... is going on?"

After all, looking at Abbot Yuanhai's reaction, Long Yuan felt that the abbot seemed to have understood what was going on.

In response to Long Yuan's question, Yuan Hai continued to smile peacefully, then stood up and said:
"Haha, what an interesting young man... Ryuen, it seems that your training is still not up to par..."

In this way, Yuanhai's answer made Longyuan even more confused, causing Longyuan to sit in a daze, a little at a loss, not understanding how this was related to his own practice.

Then, Yuanhai stood up and walked to the shrine. He opened the shrine with the Buddha statue, clasped his hands together respectfully, and prayed to the shrine where the Medicine Buddha statue should have been placed. Then he said to Ryuen:
"Long Yuan, please bring back the Medicine Buddha."

"Uh... yes."

After hearing this, Long Yuan didn't know what to say. After all, he had followed Yuan Hai for so long. Once Yuan Hai said that he "had not practiced enough", he didn't need to ask any more questions. Anyway, he just wanted to figure it out on his own without telling him the reason.

Therefore, Long Yuan had no choice but to calm down at this point. He respectfully bowed to the lost and recovered Medicine Buddha statue in front of him, then picked it up and placed it back in the shrine...

……

"So, do you think that the reason why Yoshitsune, the leader of the 'Genji Hotaru' and the previous abbot of Gyokuryuji Temple, has not sold the statue is actually related to the fact that the abbot Enkai already knew who the leader of the 'Genji Hotaru' was?"

On the other side, as Gao Yuan stood up and left Shanneng Temple, Xiao Ai followed him and basically understood the purpose behind everything Gao Yuan did in the scene just now -

The purpose is to confirm whether the abbot of Sannoji Temple knows the leader of "Genji Hotaru" or who stole the Buddha statue.

Regarding this, Gao Yuan clearly stated when he asked Yuan Hai that most of the questions about "Genji Hotaru" had been clarified, and there was only one question that Yuan Hai needed to answer. After that, he asked Yuan Hai if he knew the abbot of Yulong Temple.

This is actually a disguised way of asking whether Yuanhai knows Yoshitsune, the leader of "Genji Hotaru".

Therefore, when Yuanhai answered that he knew him, it meant that the abbot of Shanneng Temple did know the abbot of Yulong Temple. Then the theft of the Buddha statue in Shanneng Temple suddenly became interesting. Combined with the fact that the abbot of Shanneng Temple did not call the police, the abbot of Yulong Temple did not sell the Buddha statue, and even after the abbot of Yulong Temple passed away, he did not choose to take out the Buddha statue directly, but wrote it in a secret code and left it for other members of the thieves' group to find. These things all seemed to have another hidden story.

Before Xiao Ai followed Gao Yuan here today, Gao Yuan probably mentioned these thoughts to Xiao Ai. So now that Yuan Hai seemed to have given an answer, Xiao Ai started to associate the truth with Gao Yuan. Gao Yuan said a little obscurely:

"I guess so……"

There is no direct confirmation of the correctness of this conjecture.

In other words, Gao Yuan had no way of confirming whether Yuan Hai had heard his hint just now, and he was not sure whether Yuan Hai was lying.

Therefore, Yuan Hai's answer is a fact that cannot be falsified or proven, so it is impossible to draw the result that Gao Yuan wants. However, for Gao Yuan, the result of this matter is not important. What is important is that this step allows Gao Yuan to confirm a conjecture and finally come to his own conclusion on this case.

As for the truth...

This kind of speculation will not affect the direction of events, so let the settlement panel tell you whether it is right or wrong!
"The reasoning is over, let's start closing the case."

"Comprehensive evaluation of case closure: A"

"Knowledge: S"

"Logic: A"

"Courage: B"

"Settlement completed, overall score reaches A, reward 40."

"Bounty: 4090"

It feels like it’s been a while. It seems that many things before this were not reasoning, but rather a bit like using events to set up a trap, so the settlement panel was not triggered. It was not until this event was processed that there was finally a settlement—

Knowledge is "S", which is understandable, after all, I know the original work; courage is "B", how should I put it, it is true that I chose to fight directly against Saijo Taikawa and his apprentice, which took some force, but after all, they are not dangerous people, their strength is too weak; and the key logic, outside of the known logic of the events in the original work, I carried out a new analysis, and the result was an "A" evaluation, which means that my thinking is basically correct, but there is still a gap from the complete truth...

But, this is enough for Gao Yuan——

Referring to the "standard answer" given on the settlement panel, at least, in the past eight years, Sannoji did not call the police, and Yoshitsune did not sell the Buddha statue. This is actually related to the direct acquaintance between the two temple abbots.

However, since Yoshitsune is already dead, there is no way to verify what he really thought...

So, facing Gao Yuan's answer, Xiao Ai seemed a little confused——

After all, didn't Gao Yuan come to return the statue himself just to confirm this? Otherwise, he could have returned it secretly, so why bother?

As a result, now that he has the answer, he said "probably"...

Forget it, there is no need to dwell on this kind of problem. Compared to this kind of problem, it is better to——

"Then, Chika Ling...why don't you investigate the identity of this lady? I felt that she appeared in Sannoji Temple yesterday, and she didn't seem like an ordinary believer..."

Waving his hands, Xiao sighed.

"Hmm? Chiga Ling? Are you talking about the abbot's daughter?"

Because he had some impression of this name, Gao Yuan couldn't help but blurt out... (End of this chapter)