Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 293 Headless Murder
Suddenly, there was a burst of Sanskrit singing outside the hall, and Di Renjie raised his head: "General, where is the Sanskrit singing?"

Huan Bin laughed and said, "It's the monks in the temple who are chanting the "Taiping Sutra"."

Di Renjie asked, "Oh, where is it?"

Huan Bin said: "In the side hall of the fourth entrance. Elder Ge, the emperor usually goes to the Maitreya Hall of the third entrance. She will not enter the fourth, so the general thought that there is no need to check there. Bar."

Di Renjie said: "Let's go and have a look!"

As he spoke, he turned and walked out of the hall, followed by Wang Mang, Li Yuanfang, Ruyan, Huan Bin and others, and a group of people stepped out of the hall.

Li Wenzhong on the beam let out a long breath.

……

In the side hall, there were bursts of Sanskrit singing, bells and pestles rang together, and all the monks were still rehearsing for the next day's ceremony.

Hundreds of monks chanted the "Diamond Sutra", with a soft and orderly voice as if it came from one person's mouth.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the hall, and Di Renjie, Wang Mang, Li Yuanfang, and Huan Bin led a group of Qianniuwei to walk in.

The abbot stood up and rushed to meet him: "General!"

Huan Bin nodded and said, "Master, please order all the monks to stop chanting."

"No need."

Di Renjie walked up to him, and said with a smile, "General, don't be so nervous, just relax a little, and let them continue as usual."

Huan Bin was taken aback, nodded quickly, and said softly to the abbot, "As usual."

After listening to Di Renjie's words, Wang Mang looked at the monks thoughtfully.

Wang Mang glanced at Di Renjie and asked softly, "My lord, you once said that the headless dead man was a monk, but the abbot said that the number of monks in the temple has not decreased?"

Di Renjie nodded slightly, and Wang Mang had some vague guesses in his heart.

While speaking, Di Renjie walked towards the monks slowly with a smile on his face, his eyes quickly observing the expressions on the faces of each monk.

Wang Mang also followed behind Di Renjie, carefully observing each monk with his eyes.

The abbot behind him asked Huan Bin in surprise, "General, this is..."

Huan Bin lowered his voice and said, "This is the current Chancellor, Mr. Di Ge."

The abbot was taken aback: "He is the famous Di Renjie!"

Huan Bin nodded.

The abbot immediately stood up in awe: "The poor monk will personally serve tea to Mr. Di Ge."

Huan Bin waved his hand and said: "Master, you can leave it alone. Mr. Di Ge didn't want to disturb you, he just took a casual look."

In the hall, all the monks were chanting sutras, and their bodies kept shaking with the rhythm.

Wang Mang and Di Renjie walked slowly, they shuttled among the monks, and they searched for clues.

Suddenly, Wang Mang stopped and looked at a monk sitting in the middle of the front row.

Di Renjie noticed Wang Mang's abnormality, and he also looked at the monk.

I saw that although this monk also sang scriptures with the monks, the shape of his mouth was obviously not in tune with the rhythm of the monks.

Wang Mang smiled, and couldn't help but think of an idiom: just make up for it!

Di Renjie and Wang Mang looked at each other, they smiled silently, then Di Renjie turned around slowly, walked to the side of General Huan Bin and asked in a low voice, "Where is that headless corpse?"

Huan Bin said softly, "In the woodshed in the backyard."

Di Renjie whispered to Zhang Huan and Li Lang behind him: "Order Qian Niuwei to strictly guard the side hall, and no one can enter or leave!"

Zhang Huan replied: "Yes."

Di Renjie glanced at Huan Bin: "Let's go to the firewood room."

With that said, he walked out the door quickly.

Wang Mang, Li Yuanfang, Huan Bin and others followed closely behind.

There are stacks of dry firewood piled up in the huge backyard, and the firewood room is located in the middle of the yard.

More than a dozen Qianniuwei guards are closely guarding here.

Di Renjie, Wang Mang, Li Yuanfang, Ruyan, Huan Bin and others walked in quickly, and Jing Kong, who had been waiting here for a long time, greeted him quickly: "My lord."

Di Renjie nodded: "Where is the body?"

Jingkong pointed to the firewood room and said, "It's inside the firewood room."

In the small firewood room, a headless male corpse was lying on the pile of dry firewood.

Wang Mang and Di Renjie walked slowly to the corpse.

Huan Bin said softly: "Master Ge, aren't we looking for the killer hiding in the temple? W-why come here?"

Di Renjie turned around: "General, we are looking for a killer right now."

Huan Bin was puzzled: "Huh? Mr. Ge, you mean... the general is confused."

Wang Mang smiled: "General, don't worry, your lord should be able to find the killer soon."

Di Renjie smiled slightly, and looked at Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang: "Jing Yang, Yuan Fang, tell me, under normal circumstances, why would the murderer cut off the head of the deceased after killing someone?"

Wang Mang and Li Yuanfang looked at each other, he smiled and said, "Brother Yuanfang, tell me!"

Li Yuanfang said: "My lord, Jing Yang, there is only one explanation for this situation, and that is that the murderer wants to conceal the identity of the deceased."

Di Renjie nodded: "Not bad."

He turned his head to Huan Bin and Jing Kong and said, "Remember, I told you two this morning that the deceased was a monk from Hanguang Temple."

Huan Bin and Seng Zhi nodded.

Jingkong said: "But my lord, after you left, the poor monk checked the monks in Hesi carefully in secret, and there is indeed no missing population."

Di Renjie and Wang Mang looked at each other, and Wang Mang nodded: "Yes, of course there will be no missing population, otherwise, the murderer would not have beheaded the deceased."

Huan Bin looked confused: "Master Ge, the last general is completely confused."

Di Renjie laughed.

Wang Mang explained: "Of course the murderer replaced the deceased."

"replace?"

Huan Bin and Jing Kong were confused.

After being reminded by Wang Mang, Li Yuanfang exclaimed: "I understand! My lord, Jing Yang, you are saying that the reason why the murderer concealed the identity of the deceased was because he wanted to disguise himself as the deceased and infiltrate the monks. Among them, wait and move!"

Di Renjie and Wang Mang nodded. Seeing that Li Yuanfang had figured it out so quickly, Di Renjie also had a look of relief on his face.

As for Wang Mang, Di Renjie had already seen his intelligence, so naturally he wouldn't show any surprise.

At this time, Huan Bin asked strangely: "What, Yi Rong?"

Di Renjie looked at Wang Mang and Ruyan: "Jing Yang and Ru Yan are experts in disguise, what do you think of Jing Yang?"

Wang Mang nodded: "Based on their behavior style, they should do such a thing, which is not surprising at all!"

Ruyan said: "Uncle, Lord Hou is right, so it seems that it is really them."

Di Renjie nodded: "Exactly. The first reason why the murderer beheaded the deceased was because the deceased was a monk in the temple. If his head was left, once the body was found, the identity of the deceased could be identified immediately." .

The second reason is that the murderer killed the deceased in order to disguise himself as the deceased, sneak in among the monks, wait for the emperor to arrive, secretly assassinate the killer in the crowd, and then escape in the chaos. "

Huan Bin gasped suddenly.

(End of this chapter)