Attending ex-girlfriend's wedding, arresting the groom's officer on the spot

The next day was Saturday. Early in the morning, Lu Chuan was waiting downstairs at Forensic Shen's house.

After a while, facing the morning glow, Shen Yan, wearing a woolen coat, walked out of the unit door.

"My wife is so beautiful!"

"Here, take one!"

Without a case, I feel safe.

The civet cat-for-prince case has been solved. The criminal investigation detachment has nothing else to do these two days. Lu Chuan and Forensic Doctor Shen can enjoy another wonderful weekend.

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and two people in the institute plan to visit the Great Buddha Temple.

One is that there is a temple fair there today, go shopping and it is lively. The other is that the two of them plan to burn incense at the Big Buddha Temple.

Of course, as police officers, both Lu Chuan and Shen Yan were pure materialists and did not believe in feudal superstition.

But as Lao Liu and Wang Changjiang said, there is no harm in going to pay homage.

In fact, many people in the forensic and field investigation community quite believe this.

Lao Liu had several friends who would burn paper money, drink white wine, and eat red eggs after every excavation and touching of corpses.

He even knew that there were two old friends who would use their mahogany swords to swing around after returning from the scene.

It is said to be able to drive away ghosts and evil spirits.

Lao Liu didn't quite believe this, but the incident between Lu Chuan and Shen Yan made him somewhat convinced.

How could someone encounter a murder the moment they go out on a date?

Just say it once or twice, forget it, it's just a coincidence, it doesn't matter.

But how many murders did Lu Chuan and Shen Yan encounter when they went on a date?

I have it four or five times.

They may have discovered 1/3 of the murder cases solved by the Criminal Investigation Detachment in the past six months.

The two of them discussed it on the way home last night. Anyway, there is nothing to do this weekend. Neither of us has been to the temple fair yet. I heard it is quite interesting and it would be good to worship Buddha by the way.

The Dongshan Buddhist Temple in Haizhou City was built more than ten years ago. It is the tallest Buddhist building within hundreds of miles and is very popular.

On the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, there are grand temple fairs at the Grand Buddha Temple.

There is a small temple fair on the first day of the lunar month, and a big temple fair on the fifteenth day of the lunar month.

The so-called small temple fair means that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, many vendors will gather in the market near the Big Buddha Temple.

Because most of the people who visit Buddhist temples are older, this group has not yet formed the habit of using online shopping.

It is their living habit to buy daily necessities in the market.

There are also some elderly people who come with their children.

It has the feel of a rural market from more than ten years ago.

Of course, the stalls in today's markets are very standardized and have special stalls.

The nearby government has specially designated areas for these vendors, classifying them into categories, which looks quite orderly.

The so-called big temple fairs sell similar things to small temple fairs, and they all set up stalls.

However, there are Buddhist activities here at the Great Buddha Temple, and the temple abbot will come out to give lectures.

It is said that the abbot of the Great Buddha Temple is an eminent monk from Wutai Mountain in the south.

But actually...

They were seconded to support the show.

Today's temples are not like temples in the past, where anyone can do anything and be the host.

The abbot of a temple needs to be appointed, and becoming a monk is not something you can just do if you want to.

Lu Chuan had a high school classmate who went to a Buddhist academy after the college entrance examination.

Eating fast and chanting Buddha's name every day is the profession of a monk.

Yes, monkhood has become a profession now.

They don’t talk about Buddhism, they don’t talk about Buddhist connections, they only talk about academic qualifications.

At the end of the year, the other party met with Lu Chuan and the others after they came back.

That kid was tall and thin when he was in high school, but when he came back, he had a fat head, big ears, and a rosy face. My classmate joked at the time, "Are you a fasting monk?"

They are simply richer than these people who are living in the world of mortals.

As a result, people said that he was a professional monk, not a monk.

The old classmates gave Lu Chuan and the others a good lesson on what it means to be a professional monk.

There is salary and bonus, there is performance, you can start a family, you can marry a wife, you can have children.

"My classmate also said that professional monks are actually just like us policemen. They also have a system."

In fact, it is right to think about it.

These days, there are indeed not as many vegetarians and Buddhists as before, and temples cannot survive on farming and charity from pilgrims.

Whether Shaolin Temple is awesome or not, doesn’t it still have to do business?
  Nowadays, small temples in some places have no financial source of their own and rely on government financial allocations to survive.

After all, even if some wealthy people donate, it can only solve the problem temporarily, not forever.

The monks in the temple eat only with money allocated by the government, so the two of them came to worship Buddha just for their own psychological comfort. There is no way to say blessing.

But to be honest, even if you don’t come to worship Buddha, it is quite interesting to visit the temple fair.

"Lu Chuan! Candied haws!"

The two of them did not expect that this temple fair would be like the market they visited when they were young more than ten or twenty years ago.

Candied haws, popcorn, roasted sweet potatoes.

Beer, liquor, wine.

There was a lot of voices, so it was very lively.

Although it didn't reach the point where you can't walk without walking around, it was still crowded and lively.

Lu Chuan held a marshmallow in his hand, and Shen Yan held a bunch of candied haws in her hand.

You take a sip, I take a sip, and slowly follow the crowd towards the direction of the Great Buddha Temple.

The shouts of the surrounding children and the shouts of the vendors were intertwined, making people feel extremely relaxed.

For Lu Chuan and Shenyang's profession, they are very nervous most of the time.

Work pressure is also very high.

Especially when handling a case, facing the requirement that the murder case must be solved, everyone in the criminal investigation detachment was very nervous after the murder occurred.

Although the two of them have gone out many times in the past, this is indeed the first time they are so relaxed like today.

Shen Yan was jumping up and down like a little girl. She liked this and liked that.

After a while, the two entered the temple.

Compared with the outside of the temple, the inside of the temple is much quieter.

Some of the pilgrims who burned incense and worshiped Buddha devoutly knelt down, and some bought consecrated products from the monks in the shops.

The same glass pendant costs [-] yuan in takeout from the Monk Temple, but [-] yuan here.

In the words of the monks, the things are the same, but the ones in the temple have been consecrated by eminent monks and can be used as amulets.

Just turn it on and you can sell it for 90 yuan more.

Forensic Doctor Shen curled his lips and secretly thought it was really expensive.

But if two people don't buy it, it doesn't mean that others don't buy it.

Business in the store is very good.

After the two left, they went to the... store next door.

Yes, from the moment you enter the temple gate, there are shops on the left and right.

This one sells incense.

Pilgrims who want to go in and offer incense must buy incense here. As for the incense from outside...

Sorry, the Buddha enshrined in our temple does not accept incense from outside.

Shen Yan looked at the prices of the perfumes on the wall, and An An clicked her tongue.

"This stick of incense... ten thousand?" (End of Chapter)