Chapter 431 Clearing the Scene
After watching Miaoyu hurriedly leave the house of confinement, Sun Shaozong finally gathered his thoughts and returned to the crime scene to search for some clues.
The first thing to be examined was naturally the body of Jiexian.
I have to say that this monk was really fat. He was about 1.6 meters tall and weighed about 230 kilograms. No wonder Miaoyu was pinned under his body and was unable to break free for a while.
His fatal wound was on the right side of his neck. The wound was slanted upward at a twenty-five-degree angle, penetrating from above the throat to below the earlobe, cutting off the larynx and carotid artery along the way, causing massive bleeding and suffocation at the same time.
Judging from the wounds, the murderer should have launched a surprise attack from the rear, so there was no blood on the murderer's body.
Besides, it shouldn't be difficult to recognize Jiexian in the dark - with his fat body, it wouldn't be hard to identify him with just a little contact.
After examining the wound, Sun Shaozong immediately took out the dagger again, tested the sharpness of the blade, and found that it was just an ordinary piece of stuff.
In this case, the person who killed Jiexian must be a tall and strong man.
It was tall because of the upward angle of the wound, and it was strong because of the fat on the deceased's neck, which was as thick as a circle of meat pad. It was not easy to cut his throat and carotid artery at the same time.
but……
Sun Shaozong recalled carefully and it seemed that among the other four monks, including the head monk of the Discipline Institute, Jie Chen, three were tall and burly men.
Of course, Wei Ruolan also meets these two conditions, but he had basically no motive to commit the crime, and he arrived in a hurry by chance. Even if he was impulsive, he should have injured the person head-on, and it is unlikely that he would have used such means as stabbing in the back and cutting the throat.
While sorting out his thoughts, he carefully examined the body.
When checking the waist, they found a palm-sized gourd among the layers of fat. The gourd was tied around the waist with a red rope and a cork was stuck in the mouth. When it was shaken gently, a rattling sound was made inside.
Sun Shaozong pulled out the cork, twisted the gourd and poured it into the palm of his hand. Then he saw several orange-yellow pills the size of peanuts rolling out of the gourd.
this……
Maybe pills?
Could it be that this fat monk suffered from some serious illness before his death, so he had to carry pills with him to save his life?
Just as she was thinking this, the lewd nun who had been quiet on the bed for a long time suddenly said, "Bring that pill here so I can see it!"
Sun Shaozong looked back and saw the nun looking at him with burning eyes and an impatient look on her face.
After a slight hesitation, Sun Shaozong took one and the nun immediately snatched it away, holding it in her palm and sniffing and licking it. After a while, she suddenly giggled and said, "Hahahaha... I didn't expect that the disciple of the foolish monk is also a believer of the Joyful Bodhisattva!"
A follower of Joyful Bodhisattva?
Sun Shaozong suddenly understood and asked, "Is this medicine used to strengthen male potency?"
Unexpectedly, the lewd nun shook her head and said, "This is for those disobedient women. Just one pill will make her, no matter how chaste and virtuous she is, bow down before the Happy Bodhisattva."
It's actually used as an aphrodisiac!
This is even more disgusting than Sun Shaozong imagined.
It seems that Monk Jiexian was not a good person when he was alive. He probably did a lot of things like stealing women and jades. He might even have forced...
In this case, the suspicion of Jie Chen, the head of the Discipline Institute, became even greater - in order to maintain the reputation of Fayuan Temple, it was not convenient to deal with Jiexian openly, so he waited for an opportunity to kill him to silence him. This can be regarded as a reasonable inference.
However, these still need to be supported by evidence, and for now they can only be considered as motives.
Putting these speculations aside for the time being, Sun Shaozong re-examined the body and soon found three silver bills on the soles of the deceased's shoes. The amounts were two for 100 taels of silver and one for 500 taels of silver.
Such an amount...
If Jiexian was in charge of some duties in the temple, it would be understandable, but if he was just an ordinary disciple, there would be suspicion that his huge amount of wealth came from unknown sources.
Holding the three smelly banknotes with a handkerchief, Sun Shaozong was just pinching his nose and thinking silently when he heard someone outside shouting, "Where's that evildoer? Hand it over!"
"Yes, hand over the evildoer who harmed the monk of Fayuan Temple!"
"Kill that monster, kill that monster, we can't let it continue to harm people!"
Sun Shaozong's heart tightened when he heard this. He rushed to the door, pushed it open and looked out, but he saw a hustle and bustle outside. He didn't know how many people had poured in, each of them holding a shovel, pickaxe, hammer, sickle and so on, and they were shouting for war and killing in an excited manner.
Damn it~
How come the news leaked so quickly?
“What, what are you doing?!”
At this moment, a middle-aged official with pockmarks on his face jumped out and shouted loudly: "This is a restricted place, how can you, a bunch of random people, just barge in?!"
This person was none other than the prison warden Zhou Da. As Sun Shaozong's former number one loyal dog and the direct supervisor of the house of detention, he naturally knew that he must not shrink back and let the governor charge ahead at this moment.
It can be said that Zhou Da's shouting was not completely without effect. At least the few people in the front who were very aggressive stopped themselves and became timid.
However, the idea of "the law does not punish the masses" has long been deeply rooted in people's minds. Therefore, although the front was weak, the people behind started to clamor loudly:
"We don't care about elders or not, as long as we can kill that monster!"
"Yes, we want to avenge our master from Hoyuan Temple!"
"If we don't kill that evildoer quickly, God will bring disaster upon us and no one will be in any danger!"
The people at the back were clamoring to push forward, and the few people at the front of the row were forced to move forward involuntarily.
Seeing these hundreds of people getting closer and closer, the pockmarks on Zhou Da's face trembled with fear . He asked in a trembling voice, "What do you want to do?" while shrinking back uncontrollably.
But when he retreated, the common people took bigger steps!
Seeing that relying on Zhou Da was no use, Sun Shaozong immediately stepped out of the house and shouted angrily: "How dare you! You broke into the government jail without permission, are you trying to rob the prison?!"
As he spoke, he walked forward with his head held high and his chest puffed out. His imposing figure like an iron tower, coupled with his azure official uniform, immediately forced the crowd to turn back.
In addition, many people recognized Sun Shaozong's identity and hurriedly dropped their weapons.
But of course there were some who refused to give up, and they mixed in the crowd and shouted: "Lord Qingtian, you are immune to all evil, but we ordinary people cannot withstand the disaster. Please have mercy on us and get rid of that evildoer..."
"shut up!"
Sun Shaozong shouted again, and cast his sharp eyes in the direction of the voice, saying coldly: "Whether this boy is the reincarnation of a demon or not, the court will have its own opinion, how can you judge it arbitrarily?!"
The noise on this side was suppressed, but a scholarly tone came from the other side: "Your Excellency is wrong. Although we are mortals, Master Jiechen of Fayuan Temple personally asserted that the child is the reincarnation of a demon. How can this be false?! Please don't make a mistake and hand over the demon quickly so that the masters can save it as soon as possible!"
As if they were waiting for these words, Jie Chen, along with several fellow disciples, came out from a nearby room and stood solemnly under the eaves.
These drama queens!
Sun Shaozong cursed inwardly, and then said coldly: "I don't care whether it is Fayuan Temple or Fahai Temple, it is not greater than the law of the court. I have said that how to deal with this matter is up to the court to make a public judgment, how can you make random comments?"
Having said that, he turned back to the cell door, and amidst everyone's puzzled gazes, he grabbed the iron door and pulled it hard into his arms!
Then I heard a loud 'crash'!
Sun Shaozong unexpectedly pulled the iron gate down with all his might. At the same time, the five cells were shaken, and the tiles on the roof fell down with a crackling sound, hitting several monks and making them run away in panic.
Touch~
Sun Shaozong took a few steps forward, slammed the big iron door to the ground, and smashed a few bricks!
"I will count to three. If anyone dares to act wildly in this prison, I will kill him for the crime of robbing the prisoner!"
As he spoke, he took three big steps forward and said loudly, "One!"
Before he could finish his words, the people on the opposite side turned around and retreated like a tide, their speed was several times faster than when they came!
In the blink of an eye, the yard was left with only a mess, and there was no trace of the people causing trouble!
