Da Song Private Investigator

Chapter 442 Pearl.

In the middle of the night, there were seven or eight guards standing in Xiangke's courtyard, and their duty was only to protect Bao Zheng.

Clouds and mist floated in, and the whole Qixing Temple seemed to be in the clouds.

Such a night passed peacefully, nothing strange happened in the Seven Star Temple, and no one was missing.

The monks in the Qixing Temple were chanting scriptures and doing morning classes as usual. They seemed to have forgotten that their brother Huiyuan had disappeared or was killed.

It seems that the monks here are all eminent monks, who understand that a body is just a handful of loess, which comes and goes, and life and death have long been ignored.

These monks have this kind of Taoism, but Bao Zheng Hualang and the others do not. They have not forgotten that strange night, the monk who suddenly disappeared.

So after waking up early in the morning, they began to look around and think about where the murderer might have hidden the body. Bao Zheng walked from place to place surrounded by a group of yamen servants. They seemed to be determined not to give up until they found clues.

After breakfast, Hwarang went into his room. After hesitating for a long time, Wang Chao and Ma Han also entered Hwarang's room, and said, "On the night of the Double Ninth Festival, when we were keeping watch, we seemed to hear some noises. But when I searched for it, I found nothing."

After hearing what the two said, Hwarang asked, "Is it in the pilgrim's garden?"

Wang Chao nodded: "That's right, but the doors of every guest's room in the pilgrim's courtyard are locked, and there is no movement inside."

After the two of them said this, they left, and Hwarang continued to lie on the bed and meditate. He had to figure out where the corpse was. The murderer must have disposed of the corpse, but where would it be placed?

Could it be a chamber pot under the bed, or a porcelain bowl for eating, or a piece of brick or a wall?

If the corpse was really mixed into these things, it would be impossible to see it with the naked eye, and because they didn't know where it was, they might never know where the corpse was hidden by the murderer.

While Hualang was thinking this, Yin Wucuo hurried over from outside and said, "Something has happened, come quickly!"

Hua Lang turned over and got off the bed, and followed Yin Wucuo to the outside of the Buddhist hall. At this time, a yamen servant was reporting something to Bao Zheng. Tell Hwarang.

"The officials at the foot of the mountain received news that Chang Shou was attacked last night."

After hearing the news, Hwarang was a little surprised, because he really didn't understand how Changshou was attacked?

At this time, Bao Zheng analyzed: "I think Chang Shou must have discovered something in the Qixing Temple. The murderer was afraid that Chang Shou would tell, so he wanted to kill someone to silence him!"

Regarding this matter, Hwarang didn't speculate wildly, but just asked, "Is Changshou okay?"

Bao Zheng shook his head, and said: "Because our people are hiding nearby, as soon as the thief appeared, he was surrounded by our people, but it is best for the thief to run away. Fortunately, Changshou is fine."

After Bao Zheng finished speaking, Gongsun Ce also quickly said: "Is it possible that Chang Shou knew that we suspected him, so he found someone to attack him, so that he can get rid of the suspicion, otherwise how could the thief escape so easily?"

Bao Zheng also agrees with what Gongsun Ce said, after all, anything can happen before the matter is resolved.

When the two of them were talking, Hwarang was silent all the time, and after the two of them finished speaking, they both looked at Hwarang again, as if they wanted to hear Hwarang's opinion, Hwarang raised his eyebrows. , said: "In fact, no matter what, it is most appropriate to ask Chang Shou."

But to ask Changshou, someone has to go down the mountain and let the yamen servants ask, and the news is unavoidable. After several people looked at each other, they couldn't make up their minds. Seeing this, Hualang said, "I'll go down and ask!"

Hua Lang went to ask, and Wen Meng and Yin Wucuo also hurriedly clamored to go. Now there are more than 20 yamen servants in Qixing Temple, and it is no problem to protect Bao Zheng, so Hua Lang agreed.

After such an agreement, everyone immediately went down the mountain.

Because it was going down the mountain, Changshou's home was not very far away, so it didn't take them too much time. When they arrived at Changshou's home, Changshou's mother was reprimanding him, saying that he shouldn't cause trouble outside. Now being watched by others, Chang Shou dare not speak and let his mother scold him.

Hwarang pulled Changshou away from home, and only started asking in a quiet place in the village.

"What did you find in the Seven Star Temple, otherwise why would the thieves attack you?"

Chang Shou looked very embarrassed. After a long time, he took out a pearl from his body. The pearl was as big as a cat's eye and was very valuable. I found it in the Seven Stars Temple, I think they may have killed me because of this."

After hearing this, Hwarang was a little puzzled, because he didn't see when Chang Shou picked up something, so he asked, "Did you find it on the Double Ninth Festival?"

Chang Shou shook his head and said: "I discovered it two months ago, and the weather was still very hot at that time. Because I wanted to find out what the white shadow I saw before was, I often went to Qixing Temple to stay for one night. That night I was in On the side of the Qixing Temple, that is, outside the wall of the pilgrim’s courtyard, I found this thing. I saw it was a pearl, so I hid it secretly. I thought it might be lost by the pilgrim, so I thought about trying my luck again. , there were a lot of people climbing on the Double Ninth Festival, so I went again, but I didn’t expect that there was a disappearance inside.”

What Chang Shou said didn't seem like a lie, and he said it so quickly, it must be because what happened last night frightened him, and he didn't want his mother to be sad, so he took out the pearl.

Hwarang took the pearl in Changshou's hand and looked at the sun. It was indeed a valuable pearl, but how could there be such a precious pearl in a place like Qixing Temple, even if someone went to Qixing Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha , it is impossible to bring these things, and what's more, is it really because of this pearl that the thief attacked Changshou?

If it was really because of Pearl, why did they not attack on so many opportunities before, why did it have to be last night?

Did the murderer discover that the pearl was picked up by Chang Shou in the past few days?

Hwarang looked at Changshou and asked, "Did you tell us about the pearl in Qixing Temple?"

Chang Shou shook his head again and again: "I've been burying this pearl in the backyard of my house, so I dare to take it out there."

It seems that the thief attacked Changshou not because of pearls.