Chapter 839: Heavenly Master's Mansion (Part 2)
Funded by the Imperial Palace and supervised by the Ministry of Works, the Tianshi Mansion was located near the Confucius Temple. From the time the project was approved last year to the groundbreaking this spring, there has been constant controversy over it.
However, Sun Shaozong was still suppressing a rebellion in Huguang at that time. By the time he returned victoriously, the heat had long passed, so today was the first time he heard about this matter.
Speaking of which...
Sun Shaozong frowned and asked, "How can a headless corpse be arranged in the shape of the Chinese character '天'?"
Even if he put himself in the situation, the most he could say was "no".
"this……"
Chen Jingde was stunned when he heard this, and after a while he said awkwardly: "I have only heard about it from others, and I have not seen it with my own eyes."
Yes~
He probably hadn't thought about this at all before he asked this question.
"Okay."
Sun Shaozong threw his sleeves speechlessly and said, "Go back to the yamen and tell Lord Wei that I went directly to the Tianshi Mansion to investigate the case. If he has anything else to say, you can tell him for him!"
Although he could not refuse the imperial order, it did not mean that Sun Shaozong had to go to Wei Yi and follow the orders in an orderly manner.
Going directly to the crime scene could, on the one hand, demonstrate his relatively independent status; on the other hand, even if Wei Yi had any dissatisfaction, he could use the excuse that the case was serious and he dared not delay.
Chen Jingde couldn't help but look bitter after hearing Sun Shaozong's order, but he had already clung to Sun Shaozong's support. Even though he knew that he would not get any good result in front of Wei Yi, he had no choice but to obey the order.
So the two parted ways.
No conversation along the way.
This Tianshi Mansion is said to be built near the Confucius Temple, but in fact it is two or three streets away from Chengxian Street.
The wall there was shorter than that of the Confucius Temple, but the gate was doubly magnificent. With the four yamen runners , it looked much more majestic and solemn than the Dali Temple.
"grown ups!"
Seeing Sun Shaozong getting off the carriage, the four yamen runners hurriedly came down the steps and bowed - it was obvious that this place had already been temporarily taken over by the Dali Temple.
When he was in Shuntian Prefecture, the yamen runners were used to calling officials "master". Only those who had held certain positions and achieved certain honors were qualified to address them as "sir".
But there seems to be no such rules in the Dali Temple. Perhaps this is the difference between a formal central government office and a local government.
Sun Shaozong nodded and asked, "Who is in charge of the investigation now?"
The leader rushed to answer: "It was Captain Huang, and several Taoist priests from Mount Longhu."
Hearing that the Taoist priests from Mount Longhu were also inside investigating the scene, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but frown , but he didn't mean to blame Huang Bin and the others.
Nowadays, the Taoists in Mount Longhu are enjoying the emperor's favor, and this is their home ground. How could a small captain of the police with no official position dare to say anything more?
While thinking in his mind, Sun Shaozong did not stop for a moment and walked through the door. He saw a wide square opposite the gate.
In the middle of the square there is a double-tiered platform. The twenty-eight constellations are engraved on the railings of the first tier, while the second tier has no railings but statues of the four sacred beasts stand in the corners.
Seeing that in the middle of the platform, several yamen runners were surrounding a large incense burner and commenting on it, Sun Shaozong climbed the stairs and got closer to take a look.
"grown ups?"
"My little one has met you, my great master!"
Ignoring the chaos of the yamen runners, Sun Shaozong walked around the incense burner half a circle, and saw a bloody line on the back of the incense burner leading directly to the main hall, which just split the Tai Chi diagram made of black and white stone slabs on the ground into two halves.
Sun Shaozong took a look at the main hall, then turned his gaze back and looked inside the incense burner.
A fishy smell immediately filled my nose, and I saw a pool of dark red blood plasma at the bottom of the incense burner, which had not yet been filled with ash.
Sun Shaozong didn't take it seriously. He stuck his head inside again, carefully examined the inner edge of the incense burner, and picked up two dry and yellow hairs.
Holding the hair in the palm of his hand, Sun Shaozong stroked the top edge of the incense burner with his fingers, and after groping back and forth for a long time, he found another mark of chopping.
The chopping mark is deeper on the outside and shallower on the inside, forming an angle of about ten degrees.
It seems that this should be the first crime scene. The murderer pressed the victim next to the incense burner, chopped off his head with a knife, and deliberately collected the blood spurted out by the victim.
Sun Shaozong took a half step back, measured the height of the incense burner with his eyes, then took a single-edged sword from the yamen runner, and swung it in several postures, even crouching down and hunching over to swung it.
After a long while, Sun Shaozong stopped, threw the knife back, and looked down at the ground again, but he soon gave up - the footsteps on the ground were too messy, and many of them looked like they had just been stepped on.
Alas~
After all, these yamen runners have not been trained by themselves, and their awareness of protecting the scene is very poor!
Sun Shaozong felt helpless. He originally wanted to use the footprints to further confirm the murderer's height and whether he committed the crime alone or in a gang.
Sighing secretly, he looked at the curious and smiling yamen runners beside him, pointed at the incense burner and ordered, "There are signs of repeated stirring inside. Find a way to sift through it and see if there is any evidence inside."
After saying this, without caring about their reactions, he followed the blood line and walked down the platform step by step.
"grown ups!"
At this time, Huang Bin had also rushed over to inquire. He stepped forward and bowed, then leaned sideways to try to introduce the three Taoists behind him.
Sun Shaozong, however, waved his hand without looking away, signaling him not to speak, and then concentrated on observing the blood line that was gradually thinning out.
This trace...
It looks somewhat familiar.
As he reached the entrance of the main hall, the bloodstains on the ground became messy. Sun Shaozong looked at it carefully for a while, and suddenly looked up, he saw a headless corpse, naked, nailed under the eaves.
So this is the word "天"!
The moment he saw the corpse, Sun Shaozong suddenly realized that the corpse had been nailed into a big character shape [with a neck left], and a horizontal line was smeared with blood plasma at the place where the head was severed, which looked exactly like the word "天".
Sun Shaozong looked at it for a while, and couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, "This 'celestial corpse' is very suitable for the scene when placed here."
"What did you say?!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a loud shout from behind.
Sun Shaozong looked back and saw a young Taoist with furious hair standing on end, being desperately pulled by two older men.
Sun Shaozong's eyes narrowed, and he asked knowingly, "Who are you? How dare you interfere with my investigation?"
Huang Bin beside him hurriedly said: "Sir, these people are..."
"We are from the Tianshi Mansion!"
The young Taoist shouted first: "Let me ask you, what did you just say..."
Before he could finish his words, Sun Shaozong suddenly stepped forward, grabbed him by the collar , lifted him up, and threw him several feet away with a flick of his hand as if shooing away a fly.
The young Taoist priest seemed to have practiced this before. She tried hard to twist her body in mid-air and actually managed to land on her feet. Unfortunately, she could not stand steadily after landing and stumbled and fell.
Sudden and humiliated like this, the young Taoist was first stunned in disbelief, then his face flushed red, he jumped up, drew the yellow sword from his shoulder, and was ready to fight Sun Shaozong to the death.
Cangcang~
Unexpectedly, just as he rushed forward a few steps, a man suddenly jumped out from the side, holding a sword in hand and shouting, "Who dares to be rude to my master!"
The young Taoist stopped and looked carefully, only to find that it was the little captain of the police who had been servile to him just now!
During this delay, two middle-aged Taoist priests, one on the left and one on the right, grabbed his arms tightly.
This one shouted: "Young Master, calm down!"
The one who shouted: "Master Sun, please forgive me. My young master never meant to offend you!"
It turns out that this Huang Kou Ruzi is the son of the contemporary Heavenly Master. No wonder Huang Bin looked so terrified just now.
However, Huang Bin is someone he values. At critical moments, he can still put himself in the right position and understand who his backer is.
Sun Shaozong patted her shoulder with satisfaction and said calmly: "I am here to investigate the case by imperial order. If anyone dares to obstruct, they will be arrested and severely punished!"
Huang Bin's face was stern at this time, without any sign of flattery. After hearing Sun Shaozong's order, he immediately called all the yamen runners nearby to gather around and confronted the three Taoists with a fierce look in their eyes.
The two older Taoists became increasingly embarrassed when they saw this, and the young Shao Tianshi gnashed his teeth in hatred, but in the end he did not dare to say anything rude again.
However, Sun Shaozong acted as if they did not exist. He moved the ladder and climbed up to take a closer look at the condition of the corpse.
