Conan's self-cultivation of fake wine

Chapter 456
  "Help, what happened to you?" Looking at the nervous and anxious little novice, Maori slowed down his voice and calmed him down, "Don't be anxious, speak slowly."

The little novice monk took a few deep breaths and said slowly: "This is what happened. A few days ago..."

Seeing the sudden situation, Conan and the others temporarily stopped taking pictures and gathered over in a hurry.

Hattori felt relieved that he no longer had to pose in various postures, but at the same time he felt some inexplicable regrets.

Out of professionalism, Hattori quickly suppressed these distracting thoughts and listened intently to the little novice monk's account of the situation.

The novice monk's name has been passed down for a long time, and he is a young monk from Shengyue Temple in the nearby mountain.

One afternoon a few days ago, a female benefactor came to visit and said she was looking for the abbot of the temple, who was Chuanjiu's master.

The abbot asked her to stay temporarily in the guest room of the temple. However, when Chuanjiu knocked on the door the next day and invited the female donor to have a meal, he found that the female donor had died in the guest room.

There was a sharp knife stuck in her stomach, and the tatami beneath her was covered in blood.

The frightened Chuanjiu immediately informed the abbot of the situation and immediately called the police.

But when the police arrived, there was only the abbot in the room, and the body and blood had disappeared without a trace.

The abbot said that Chuanjiu actually saw it wrong, that the corpse was just an illusion, and that the female donor had left this morning.

Lu Ren asked aloud: "What did the police say?"

"The police didn't find the body or blood, so they went back after asking a few questions."

"Wait a minute, let me make a call." Lu Ren took the phone from Shiina Hua, clicked on the address book and dialed Megure's personal number.

"Officer Megure, it's me. I have a case that I want to consult. Here's what happened... Well, okay, I know. Okay, I'll call you if I find anything new."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Ren put away his phone, "Officer Mumu said they received the report in the early morning three days ago. However, when they arrived, they did not find the body or blood. After the search was fruitless, they went back directly. ."

Maoli looked at the little novice monk suspiciously, "Is it true that you saw it wrong?"

"I really saw it." The little novice emphasized again and again, almost swearing.

"Don't worry. Even if the police investigate, they can't explain anything. Because the incident happened suddenly, they didn't bring luminol reagent when they went there, so they didn't do a blood test. Let's see if it's true or false." Lu Ren He simply calmed down the little novice monk.

Little novice: "Thank you so much!"

Lu Ren waved his hand and looked at the Shiina siblings, "We are going to visit the temple on the mountain. Do you want to go with us?"

Looking at the temple far away on the mountain, Shiina Hana showed a slightly embarrassed expression on her face, "Do I have to walk all the way up?"

The novice replied: "There is a road built on the mountain. You can drive up there directly."

"That's good." Shiina Hana breathed a sigh of relief and then asked, "How long will it take?"

"It's hard to say. If things don't go well, we might have to spend the night in a temple."

"Want to spend the night? Forget it. We have to go home tonight, and we can't stay out for too long." Shiina Hana shook her head, indicating that they couldn't go with her.

"Well... Xiaohua, please wait a moment." Lu Ren looked at the little novice monk, "Are you in a hurry to go back?"

"I'm not in a hurry. I came down the mountain to purchase supplies. I usually don't go back until evening."

The days of practicing on the mountain are relatively hard, and going down the mountain for shopping is a rare time to relax. Therefore, no matter which brother has the job, everyone will stay down the mountain as long as possible.

Even if I buy everything, I won’t go back early.

Chuanjiu is naturally no exception.

"Okay, then it's the same as before. As you can see, it's rare to come to the Cherry Blossom Festival, and we also have our own things to do. Leave your contact information and I will take you to drive up the mountain together in the evening. "

The little novice monk was a little embarrassed: "But I don't have a mobile phone."

Lu Ren took out a small notebook, wrote a series of numbers with a pen, then tore it off and handed it to Chuanjiu.

"This is my mobile phone number, take it. There happens to be a relatively large cherry blossom tree here. We will meet here again when the time comes. Whoever arrives first will stand under the tree and wait. If there is any emergency, Just find a passerby and call me on his cell phone."

Lu Ren looked directly into Chuanjiu's eyes and said solemnly: "As promised in advance, we will only wait for you for twenty minutes at most. We will not wait for you after the expiration date."

"okay."

"Okay, that's it." Lu Ren ignored the little novice monk. He turned his head, looked at the Shiina sisters, and asked with a smile, "It's already one o'clock in the afternoon. Are you hungry? What do you want to eat? My treat."

Shiina Hana thought for a moment and replied: "I'm not very hungry now. I ate a lot of snacks along the way. Let's go shopping to the end first and then talk about it after shopping. By the way, the photos haven't been taken yet."

"It works." Lu Ren unlocked the phone and handed it to Shiina Hua.

The protagonists of this photo shoot became Maori Lan and Conan. After a while, Maori Kogoro also ran over to join in the fun.

Hattori stood next to Lu Ren and asked in a low voice: "Why don't we just go up the mountain to investigate. I see that the young monk is very anxious."

It's because you're impatient, right?

"Let him wait." Lu Ren shook his head and didn't say much to Hattori.

The incident had already happened anyway, and it had already been three days. Even if there was any evidence at the time of the incident, it may have been destroyed by now.

They were probably doing useless work by running up there.

In this case, it is better to continue playing with Xiaohua and the others at the foot of the mountain. Moreover, Lu Ren came here just to let Xiao Ai relax.

You definitely can't mess up your original plan just because something happens. It's better to wait until you're full and drink enough before going up the mountain. If you can't find any evidence, you can stay overnight in the temple.

Anyway, the case is there, and it won't get away on its own.

Another very practical reason is that this young novice has no money at first glance. And it is basically impossible for a wealthy abbot to pay for a young novice.

Strictly speaking, if they really wanted to go up the mountain to investigate, they would be uninvited guests against the abbot's wishes.

In other words, they drove up the mountain and wasted gas money on this trip. Regardless of whether the truth can be found out or not, there will be no material gains in the end. At most, it's just a meal.

I work for free or even get paid for my trip.

Why are you so active in this kind of thing?
  As for the little novice monk being anxious...

What kind of meticulous service attitude do white prostitutes want...

If he hadn't considered the possibility of earning a fortune, Lu Ren would have rejected the young novice monk directly.

Don’t talk about whether you have these things or not if you don’t have enough money.

It's just that the above words are useless even after talking to Hattori.

As far as Riku Ren knows, this guy Hattori solves crimes just like Jiyu. Without asking for anything in return, he would take the initiative to go wherever there was a case.

money? what is that?
  For such a person, if you tell him that this job is a loss-making business, he will definitely not listen. His heart was already filled with cases and could not accommodate anything else.

……

In the evening, Lu Ren bid farewell to the Shiina sisters.

"Go home early and call me when you get home."

"Know it--"

After watching the siblings leave, Lu Ren and the others walked towards the pre-arranged location.

On the way to the destination, Hattori asked: "What do you think of this incident?"

"There's something wrong with that abbot." Lu Ren said lightly. “Oh? Isn’t it possible that the young monk himself lied?”

"Let's not talk about whether the fact that he saw the corpse is true or false. Even if it is false, the abbot's behavior is very abnormal."

While speaking, seeing that everyone was paying attention, Lu Ren slightly raised his voice and gave an easier-to-understand example.

"Take the reaction of a normal person, for example, if it is Hattori and you find a body, you come over and tell me about it. At this time, our first reaction is the same as that of the young monk."

Hattori added: "I'm going to call the police, and you can see if what I said is true."

"But it will be different next. If I ran over as you said and didn't find the body. What should I do now?"

Hattori: "Quickly stop me from calling the police."

"That's right. If the act of reporting a false alarm is too egregious, you will be invited to drink tea. I don't know how far the guest room is from the abbot's location, and how much time it will take for him to go back and forth to explore."

Lu Ren paused for a moment, "But no matter how far it is, it's still closer than the police driving up from the city and then driving up the mountain. In this case, why didn't the abbot stop the young monk from calling the police? Or even if the police were already called, You can also make another phone call to explain."

"He didn't do that. Instead, he just waited in the room for the police to come. It couldn't be that he thought it was difficult to call the police, so he couldn't give up halfway, right?"

Everyone nodded.

Maoli suddenly said: "It seems that there is indeed something wrong with that abbot. Regardless of whether what the young monk said is true or false, his behavior is too abnormal."

You only discovered it when you co-authored it.

Hattori wanted to complain like this, but he endured it. He looked at Lu Ren, "Do you think the abbot killed the person?"

"Not necessarily. Let's talk about it after we go."

Lu Ren didn't say anything more. He thought there was something wrong with the abbot, but the person was probably not killed by the abbot.

If the abbot committed the murder, he actually had a whole night to commit the crime.

Such a long time is enough for him to kill someone and then deal with the traces.

When the young novice went to treat the female benefactor to a meal the next day, he used the excuse that she had left this morning.

This will not attract the police in a short period of time, which is definitely safer. Even if her family calls the police afterwards, it can be inferred that she has already left the temple.

If the body cannot be found, it must be treated as a missing person case.

Instead of waiting until the body is discovered by others early the next morning, as is the case now, and then rushing to temporarily deal with the traces before the police arrive.

Playing is heartbeat?

It's really not necessary. Unless this abbot has a perverted heart and enjoys fooling others. Not only did he kill someone, but he also took this opportunity to make fun of the novice monk and the police.

Lu Ren has solved so many cases that he has never encountered such a fun-loving murderer.

Lu Ren actually prefers that there is a third party hidden at the crime scene. The person was killed by this third party, Chuanjiu's fellow disciple.

When the abbot arrived, he found this person, or he jumped out and asked for help.

Out of love for his disciple, the abbot finally chose to help him and became an accomplice. The two began to hide the body and eliminate traces.

This assumption is very reasonable, but whether it can actually be deduced to find the murderer is another question.

Again, at least three days have passed since the incident. Moreover, the police at the time did not pay attention to it and did not protect the scene at all.

The evidence may have been destroyed. Solving the case is undoubtedly more difficult than before.

I can only go and watch again.

When we met at the agreed place, we found that the little novice monk was already waiting under the tree. After seeing Lu Ren and his group, he ran over excitedly.

Compared to him, Lu Ren's reaction was much duller.

"By the way, little master Chuanjiu, there's something I forgot to ask. Did you tell your master about our trip up the mountain?"

Lu Ren felt that this little novice monk who looked very innocent at first glance might not think too much like him.

He may just want to simply prove his innocence and let everyone know that he is not lying.

There is nothing wrong with this approach, but it is not a wise choice.

The reason is also very simple. Even if the police come here and find out the truth, it is still unknown whether they can find out the truth even if they call in a so-called famous detective.

If not, wouldn't it be like putting yourself on the fire?
  As Lu Ren hypothesized, if the murderer is really Chuanjiu's senior brother and master.

In order to completely eliminate hidden dangers and prevent Chuanjiu from continuing to find people, they are likely to kill him again.

Murder is something that happens once and twice. Once you get past your inner bottom line, everything will follow naturally.

The person who will die then will be the young novice himself.

Compared to Hattori and Conan who were full of confidence and eager to go up the mountain, Lu Ren had already considered the possibility of failure in advance.

A general does not think about victory but thinks about defeat first, so he can fight a hundred battles without danger.

The same goes for solving crimes.

Not only to return the truth to the dead, but also to consider the safety of the living.

Although Lu Ren and the young novice monk could only meet by chance, they did not want a young life to pass away in such a meaningless way.

"Just call me Chuanjiu. I didn't tell Master. There is only one landline phone on the mountain, and there is no guarantee that anyone will answer when you call me. Plus, I don't have a mobile phone."

"Well. Then let me ask you again, are you sure you want to entrust us to go up the mountain to investigate?" Lu Ren stared at Chuanjiu and said seriously: "This question is very important. You should think about it before answering."

"That's right, think about it carefully. Don't worry." Maoli also echoed from the side.

Being sophisticated, he might not have thought as much as Lu Ren.

But one thing won't change.

Since the abbot has already concluded this matter. The top leader of an organization has already spoken out, but his subordinates still dare to raise objections.

Do you no longer want to hang out here?
  After a while, the young novice replied loudly: "I have thought about it. I want to know the truth."

Well, it seems that this unlucky kid still doesn't realize the seriousness of the problem.

Lu Ren then asked: "Have you been a monk since you were a child, or have you..."

"I am an orphan and grew up in a temple."

Without even a relative to contact regularly, the murderer has even fewer worries about killing.

Lu Ren was still worried after all, "Well, since you haven't told Master about this, then don't tell him."

"Remember, from now on, we are just a group of tourists going up the mountain. You have never entrusted us with anything. We just met you by chance on the way up the mountain and wanted to visit the temple after listening to your introduction."

Anyway, this large group of them, with children in tow, did not look like uninvited guests who came to visit in search of the truth.

"Master said it's not good to lie."

"..." Lu Ren almost laughed angrily at this sentence, and his tone couldn't help but become a little more serious, "If you didn't lie about what happened three days ago, then your master must have told a lie. Since you If you entrust us to find out the truth, think it over clearly before talking about it!"

"Yes... I understand. Chuan Jiudu listens to you, the donor."

(End of this chapter)