Chapter 13 chapter Ten

Toriguchi seemed to have broken a bone, but fortunately Atsuko just passed out and regained consciousness in about thirty minutes.Masuda heard from Atsuko that Nakajima Youxianzao had been killed, and ran to make a phone call in panic. Jing Jitang neither cared for her sister gently, nor comforted her, but did not reprimand her severely, but narrowed her eyes, frowned, and said, "You bastard." Atsuko originally acted a little tough, but when he heard that sentence, his face turned pale in an instant, and he obediently apologized to his indifferent brother. Masuda is back. Still panicked.

"Ah, what's the matter?" "Don't panic, Masuda, when will the support arrive?" "It's also tomorrow morning, there is really no way now." "Is there no way for the nearby jurisdictions to act?" "That monastery has no electricity and nothing, so the forensic work can only be carried out during the day. Even if this time passes, it is a waste of time. The most you can do is to send more searchers and strengthen the security. Even if That’s right, it takes more than an hour to come here, and another hour to walk from here, and the sky will be dawn.”

"I see. Also, can you arrange an emergency team for Toriguchi? Although he was bandaged urgently, his foot seems to be broken and he can't go down the mountain." "Oh, the emergency team will be here soon, and people from the fire brigade will be asked to take him to the hospital below. But Mr. Chuzenji, is your sister—Miss Atsuko okay?" "Don't worry about her, Atsuko." "yes." "can you speak?" "Can." Atsuko described in detail what happened in Minghui Temple. "Yukei Nakajima - he went to the Guanshou to practice Zen after his epiphany, and when he came out, he was beaten to death by someone - is that right?"

"Yes. Tuo Xiong seemed to have something to find Monk Youxian. While waiting for the entrance, he was beaten and passed out. When he woke up, he screamed." "But—has Guanshou accepted the interrogation?" "Monk Youxian said that it was the first and last practice of Chan. Monk Chang Xin also said that no one has gone to Zen practice so far." "In the past twenty-five years, there hasn't been a single one? Is that so. Then you say Zhetong—what happened to the giant monk just now?" "This……" Atsuko explained Zhetong's strange behavior.

"Has the stick been determined to be the murder weapon?" "I don't know. I think so, but..." "Why do you think so?" "Tuoxiong said that the murderer was Zhetong, and that Zhetong was standing at the scene, so... Do I think so because of my predecessors?" "What kind of stick?" "Well... yes, it's like tying the national flag..." "Flagpole? Like this. Then... By the way, is there anything falling beside the body of Monk Youxian, like a quilt or cassock?" "I did not notice." "Oh..." Jingjitang fell silent strangely.

"In this way, letting Zhetong leave just now is a problem. Is he going to run away? It's troublesome now. But relying on his arm strength, even if three of them fight together, they won't be able to fight, and they will only be injured for nothing. Be brave." Masuda said so, regardless of my situation, I really don't think Kyogokudo will do it together. "Yitian, Zhetong will not run away, he should have returned to Minghui Temple." "Huh? Why? Turn yourself in?" "No. Just go back." "But isn't Zhetong the murderer?" "Will the murderer rescue the wounded and bring them here?"

"Huh? But Miss Dunzi, you were attacked by Zhetong, right?" "No, we weren't attacked either. We were just taken aback and slipped. Although I didn't see it, Aling was in front, so we stopped in fright and dropped the flashlight. Mr. Toriguchi wanted We went to pick it up, but Zhetong suddenly yelled from behind, we were so frightened that our courage almost broke..." "spread?" "Atsuko, that's called '嗄', in this case, it means warning 'Hey, danger'." "Is that so...? Then he yelled..." "That's 'huh', it means 'you idiot, don't move', it's what you say when you give a strong warning."

"Then, at that time Zhetong was..." "It must be rough where you are standing, that's why Zhetong warned you, but you fell, so he saved you. You are such a hopeless fool." Dunzi was silent. But if I saw Zhetong approaching like that on a mountain road in the middle of the night, I would probably die of heart failure before I fell down. "But this is the negligence of the police. They let you two go down such a dangerous mountain road. At least a police officer should be sent..." "I can't say that. It's not the ordinary people who casually broke into the murder scene where the murderers are rampant. The police are not at fault. You don't know that this guy, Toriguchi, can get lost even on a one-way street, right?"

"Sorry." "Forget it, go to sleep. From tomorrow on, you stay here obediently. It is enough to assist the police in the investigation. You are not allowed to do other things. Go back early when you are done." Atsuko bowed his head to his brother again.Kyogokudo looked at her with displeasure, and then stood up like this. He didn't seem to intend to say anything kind to his sister. "Yitian, Zhetong... No, it's okay, search carefully." "Excuse me……" The meaningful parting words seemed to arouse Masuda's uneasiness even more, and he tremblingly called to Kyogokudo, who had already put his hand on the paper door.

"It may be strange for me to ask such a question, but Chuzenji-san thinks—is this the end of the matter?" Kyogokudo put his hand on his forehead, hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, maybe Monk Sangtian needs complete protection. But even so..." Then he whispered even more hesitantly: "Only this, could the next one be anyone..." Then he just left the room. Masuda wanted to stop him again, but I stopped him. "He won't get involved with anyone anymore." "Is that so..." Masuda closed his mouth tightly and remained silent. Anyway, I went back to my room.

A little sleep is better. It was four o'clock when I noticed. Why do I always care about time? Whether it's three or four, it doesn't make a difference. But if I don't know what time it is, I can't sit still.It's reassuring to know that it's ten or twenty minutes earlier than usual.A sense of liberation from being chased by time.It is because of the constraints of time that we can feel it.I entered the prison voluntarily. So this is ah. The quilt was so cold. It will soon be daylight. Early in the morning, a large number of police officers, forensics personnel and several criminal policemen arrived at Xianshilou.The leader is the Ishii Kanji Police Department of the National Police Kanagawa Prefecture Headquarters Investigation Section 1. Ishii and I have a close relationship.It is said that there is a lot of karma, but we have only known each other for five short months. After the incident we were involved in at the end of last year, we really talked.Although they had known each other not long ago, they seemed to have some karma. Ishii nervously touched the silver-rimmed glasses with his fingertips, and walked into the hall. The nose is a little red because it is cold. In the end, I couldn't fall asleep after all, and after waking up from a light sleep, I stayed in the lobby with Masuda.Masuda didn't seem to be asleep. "Ah, Sekiguchi-san, you must have done a lot of evil in your previous life, and you always meet you in this kind of place. How is Kiba?—that person should be fine. Oh, forget about it. Hey, Masuda, What the hell is going on under the mountain?" "Yes, I don't know." "Three people were killed after the police intervened. What did you tell me to explain at the press conference? Yesterday's evening paper had a big headline saying 'Police have finished their scandals, more victims have been searched and no progress has been made'!" "Is it in the newspaper?" "Isn't this nonsense? What are you talking about?" What Ishii said is natural, but I also completely forgot that there are such things as newspapers in this world.As long as you stay in this kind of place for a long time, you will lose your sense of normalcy. "Then, what should we do?" "What can I do? Call all the monks down the mountain and empty the monastery. Really, there is no more humiliating incident than this." "Because everyone is a suspect?" "No, everyone may become a victim. I heard that from Mr. Chuzenji last night. Just after hearing it, one person was killed, and another was killed. That person's prophecy was so accurate. Like magic - wish he had predicted more. So it's protection." When negotiating with Matsumiya Renru, Kyogokudo called Ishii, which should have been said at that time, but it is indeed Ishii's style to confuse predictions with prophecies.Not only that, but it seems that Ishii was the one who regarded Kyogokudo as a magician. But only this time - the magician said his magic had failed. Leaving Ishii and Masuda behind, a large number of police officers set off for Minghui Temple.That brave formation seems to symbolize the brute force to break the new Ishii system stuck in the status quo. However, the new commander, the Police Department himself, does not seem to intend to enter the scene. "What happened to Chuzenji? Oh, I mean that brother, is he there?" Ishii warmed his red nose with his hands and asked me.I didn't know, so I asked the maid, and she said that Kyogokudo was still in the room.Is he rarely sleeping?I looked at the clock with this thought, it was not yet six o'clock.He didn't go to bed very late, and it's not surprising that he slept until this time. "That's it. Hey, Masuda, I want to tidy up a little bit. At noon, a large number of monks and police officers will come down, so we have to hurry up." The Ishii Police Department turned over the cushion, patted it twice, wiped off the dust, and sat down on it again. "Well, the first victim was Minoru Kosaka, sixty years old. After disappearing, he was beaten to death with a stick in Okuyumoto. Three days later, in the middle of the night, his body was abandoned in this fairy stone building—oh, that's it. That tree? Well, the corpse was abandoned on the tree in the garden, and the next day it slipped from the tree and was found..." Minoru Kosaka who was discarded on a tree. "The second victim is Daxi Taiquan, eighty-eight years old. The day after Kosaka's body was found, Daxi Taiquan received you in the Lizhi Hall of Minghui Temple, and was beaten to death with sticks. The body was hidden for a while , in the afternoon of the next day, Dong Si in Minghui Temple—this is the toilet, right? He was inserted upside down in the toilet.” Onishi Taizen who was stuck in the toilet. "The third one appeared yesterday. Well, the victim was Hiroyuki Kanno, seventy years old. He was beaten to death with sticks in the dungeon of Minghui Temple—this kind of stage installation is out of date. The body was placed next to it. Dried marijuana - this was reported by a prefectural criminal police named Sugawara." Dried marijuana - set aside?I haven't heard of it.After becoming a monk.Does Kanno still smoke marijuana or something? "The fourth victim was also killed last night. Nakajima Yuken, fifty-six years old, was beaten to death in front of the Day Hall of Minghui Temple. Details about this murder are unknown." Atsuko said whether Zhetong waved the flagpole or put it down, but if he is not the murderer, then is he conveying some kind of message? "In short, it's just beating to death. The method is not complicated. The murder weapon should be a stick. The murder weapon that killed Kosaka and Onishi is the same weapon—oh, this has not been confirmed yet. If there is no weird post-processing, it is generally It can be regarded as an impulsive murder without a plan. Just looking at the report, it doesn't feel like a difficult case." "Is there no plan?" "No, you have been staying at the scene, don't you understand? The interval is not certain, no matter how you look at it, it is a random murder. But the problem lies in the motive, and it doesn't seem to have no motive..." "If it was a random killing, what might be the motive?" "It's very simple. For example, if you kill a person, you are witnessed by another person, so you also kill the witness, but you are seen again, so you have to kill again-like this chain of murders. In this case, The crime itself will generate the motivation for the next crime. Also, for example, there is a situation where a group shares a certain secret and kills those who are suspected of leaking the secret one after another. Because you don't know who will betray the next one, you have to rely on Sudden judgment and sudden murder. In other words, there is only an advance motive in this situation, and it is not known when the opportunity to trigger the crime will visit." From the outside, it might be such an event. But those who stay inside can't see such an orderly structure at all. Masuda is the same. Before Ishii arrived, Masuda was quite worried that Ishii might repeat the same mistakes as Yamashita. I heard that Yamashita also seemed to have an orderly idea of ​​the search at the beginning, but in such an environment, his insistence seemed to have easily collapsed.But at this stage, Ishii himself does not seem to have that kind of self-awareness. "What happened at the foot of the mountain? That person likes to show off, but he hasn't exercised enough." "Even Brother Sugawara, who has been tempered and unreasonable, is trapped." "Hey, I'm inexperienced. Can Chuzenji-san's sister testify? Let me talk to her. By the way, what happened to that reporter named Toriguchi?" "He was sent to the hospital at dawn. He can still joke, so there should be no need to worry." "Then let him heal while listening to him slowly." Ishii was very calm. Indeed, I feel that as long as the monks are freed from that monastery, there is nothing to worry about.Like Ishii said, outside of the barrier, the incident was nothing more than an unplanned beating to death.Perhaps it would be better to drag them outside than to go deep inside. Masuda asked anxiously: "Mr. Ishii, this situation is considered a big mistake, right?" "Oh, it was a big mistake." "Will Mr. Yamashita be punished? Like demotion..." "You are so stupid. In this case, the punishment will start from the bottom. If Yamashita is demoted, you will be punished and dismissed, and I will also have to apply for a reduction in salary. Before worrying about others, worry about yourself. Now the first The most important thing is to solve it, well, let's go to Chuzenji-san's sister together... ah." "Excuse me……" "Who are you?" It's Ji Shihui Iikubo. "Another...was anyone killed?" "You are……" Fanwa didn't look sad or sad, if he wanted to describe it, he could only say that he was extremely tired.However, she was already full of exhaustion before this, but in the same exhaustion, I saw a trace of determination. That determination can also be heard from her tone. "How many years is the statute of limitations for the murder case?" Resolutely. "If there is no application for statute of limitations, it is usually fifteen years." "That's it..." "Are you a person involved in the Matsunomiya incident thirteen years ago?" "Yes, I've thought about it a lot..." Iikubo looked at me with extremely clear eyes, and I looked back at her with cloudy eyes from lack of sleep.Masuda winked at me while hesitant to speak. "The events that happened thirteen years ago have nothing to do with the events that are happening now. So I think if I don't make it clear earlier, I don't know what will happen." "Of course it would be better to say it clearly, but...ah, my surname is Ishii. Regarding that incident, I only skimmed the report briefly, and I don't know the details. If it is information other than the report, I will listen with all my ears." Masuda said, "Miss Fanku, didn't you tell all about it in Minghui Temple?" "At that time, that was all." "what about now?" "I remembered, all..." Yesterday, the threshold of the deep forest of dark memories opened its doors, freeing the imprisoned memories. "As soon as Suzuko gave me the trust for Nino, I opened the seal and read the contents. I forgot about this fact—no, sealed this fact." "And do you remember now?" "The only memory I have kept is 'I read the letter'. But because this fact has been erased, I can't realize the incidents that happened because of it..." Iikubo began to talk. Matsumiya Suzuko, who is a heterogeneous member in the village, has almost no other decent friends except Iikubo, so Suzuko puts absolute trust in Iikubo.Suzuko would give her the letter because she was convinced that she would never read the letter or give it to others. However, Iiwa didn't have such a clear consciousness. Compared with his friendship with Suzuko, Iikubo has a strong admiration for Suzuko's brother Hitoshi Matsumiya. "I don't hate Suzuko, and I consider her a friend, but..." Iikubo stated. Iikubo said that Suzuko's father, Matsumiya Jinichiro, may only see Iikubo as a bodyguard or guide for his daughter on the way to and from school.So she was never invited into the mansion, and she never even had a word with Suzuko's father. Matsumiya Renichiro dotes on his daughter Suzuko very much. As long as he came home late, he would scold Suzuko loudly at the entrance, and sternly ask her why she came back late.After Iikubo said "See you tomorrow" after passing through Matsunomiya's home and returning home, he heard Suzuko being scolded by his father several times. In other words, Jinichiro stayed almost at home. "Brother Ren's confrontation with his father seems to be due to Suzuko, I vaguely sensed that, but..." that day. Iiku was called out by the servants of Matsunomiya's family. The servant was a big fat old English woman. For the first time, Iikubo was brought into the back door of Matsunomiya's house. Suzuko, elegantly dressed in a long-sleeved kimono, stood there. ——Definitely leave it to him. —I can't leave the house. ——You tell him for me to ask him to come back quickly.The envelope that Suzuko handed to Iikubo was written "Mr. Jin".From the recipient's address, Iikubo had a premonition of something.Not "elder brother" nor "brother". "I immediately opened the letter Suzuko gave me and read it. The content..." "Is it a love letter?" "Mr. Guankou, you are really cruel." For some reason, Iiwa showed a somewhat regretful expression. "Really...really, Miss Iikubo?" "It's exactly as Sekiguchi-sensei said." Masuda showed an extremely confused expression. "This... But Ms. Iikubo, they are brother and sister, right? I don't know what kind of father that Renichiro is, but it should be a letter from my sister missing my brother, right? No matter how you write it, the words will be very similar Bar?" "No, it's not that kind of letter, as long as it's a woman..." Iikubo said here, looking for words in the void, "Even if it's a child——you can tell if it's a love letter." She decided so. So it's a love letter. "It turns out that there really is such a thing." Ishii said to the speechless Masuda.The letter reads: Dad is so strange, Dad is crazy.I don't want to be separated from my brother even for a day, but I can't leave my house.If my brother can't come back because my father is home, I will kill my father.Even if I have to kill my father, I still want to stay with my brother.As long as Dad is away, I can go outside.I miss you so much, want to see you... want to see you. "At first I couldn't believe it, and then I gradually became afraid. Brother and sister, this kind of relationship is not allowed? The strange thing is that at that time I thought I had to call the police. Maybe because I was a child at the time, I felt That is a kind of sin. Just thinking about it carefully, I gradually felt that it was dirty and unclean. And at that time——I liked Brother Ren, so I thought so even more.” As a result, Fanwa came to the temple and turned back. I heard that Ren was still in the monastery at that time.But since he had already read the content, there was no way for Fanku to hand the letter to him. After Iikuba hesitated, he just went back to Songgong's house and rang the doorbell. "Why did I do that? Thinking about it now, it was pure jealousy, jealousy towards Suzuko. Because I was unwilling, I wanted to inform..." ——I really can't beat Suzuko. That's what it means. Iikubo said that she knew Suzuko would not come out from the entrance. Because her father forbade Suzuko to do this, it seems that Iikubo heard it from Suzuko herself. Matsumiya Renichiro seemed very confused when his daughter's little girl friend came to visit suddenly, and he was not looking for his daughter but himself. "I don't know why I did it, but I pulled the letter out of the envelope and just handed it to him. I don't know why." Renichiro saw through at a glance that it was his daughter's handwriting. Iikubo said that he didn't know if Renichiro was familiar with his daughter's handwriting, or had a premonition, but it might be the former. While reading it, Niichiro's appearance changed obviously. His face turned red as if painted with vermilion, blue veins appeared, and his eyeballs were bloodshot.Then Jinichiro crumpled the letter into a ball, without looking at Iikubo who was stuck in place, and called out his daughter's name loudly. Fanwa fled. Now that the letter was handed over to Suzuko's father, Iikubo's betrayal was soon—no, it would be discovered immediately.The relationship between Suzuko and herself is definitely broken.Once destroyed, it can never be repaired again.It was the worst, most egregious form of betrayal.However, inconceivably, because Iikubo didn't have the slightest hatred for Suzuko, he just felt guilty all the time, and just didn't want to see Suzuko's face. So, Fanwa fled. "I think Suzuko will be killed, no, maybe that's my wish. I really don't hate Suzuko, but maybe I'm jealous of her, so...but I feel like I've done something irreparable... ..." Although he returned home temporarily, Fanwa was restless. I take it for granted. Masuda asked: "I remember you said that at dusk, you sneaked out while your family was busy, and in the midst of this, the fire broke out, right? So is the following testimony the same?" "No, I didn't go after the fire, I found it." "You sneaked out and took a look, and it turned out to be on fire?" "This……" "Miss, if you don't explain the next thing clearly, you will be in trouble. Brother and sister love is not against the law, but murder and arson are different. You asked me about the statute of limitations at the beginning because someone might be accused, right? I put It regards you as having realized something before confessing everything, isn't it?" Ishii said, lifting his glasses with his index finger. Fan Kubo closed his eyes, opened them and said, "I don't want to make him guilty, it's just..." Iikubo may be worried about Matsumiya Renru, so he can't tell the decisive facts.but…… Now that the door has been opened, there is nothing left to do.Even if it will eventually destroy what is cherished, what has been liberated... I hesitated a bit and said, "It's impossible to try to solve this as your problem alone. Besides, it's in the past. Whatever the truth, he regretted something and left home. If this is the truth, the present Monk Songgong would not say anything." "It should be." Fan Kua said, "The main house is already on fire, flames are bursting from more than two places, and the back door is also on fire. Brother Ren is setting fire at the entrance." "Sure enough! Song Gong is the murderer." Masuda said. Matsumiya also evaded rather ambiguously about the investigation of the criminal policeman Jida last night. "No, I don't know if he is the murderer." But Iikubo denied Masuda's words, "All I saw was Brother Ren setting fire to the entrance, I don't know about the others. Maybe Brother Ren's parents were killed, and the main house It doesn't matter if there's a fire." "But just setting fire to the porch is a bit...then what?" "Brother Ren yelled something and ran away into the mountains. Then Suzuko, who was wearing a long-sleeved kimono, ran after her while crying." "Did the two escape together?" "I didn't know what to do, and I was at a loss for a while. After a while, the fire was so big that it couldn't be controlled, and people began to gather. I quietly put the envelope into the fire and burned it. I think what I did What happened must have been the cause of this tragedy, so I was terrified. And I burned my memory with the envelope." "Miss Iikubo..." "Well, what I've been looking for in the past thirteen years is the memory itself I just mentioned, Mr. Sekiguchi. It's not something you can find anywhere. It's not like seeing Brother Ren and talking about it for a few days. Things that can be understood in just one sentence. The lost thing is within myself, and I knew the answer from the beginning..." Indeed, this is not something that Songgong will take the initiative to say. ——Since you know, tell me earlier. Fukizu once said so. "When I saw the monk from the window here before, I was afraid of being like that because of my guilt towards Brother Ren. The destruction of the Songgong family must have been caused by me. Even that letter, thinking about it now, maybe Suzuko actually wrote it as a joke, if that were the case, it would be tantamount to me killing her." Fanwa was no longer afraid. I thought to myself, this woman is much stronger than me. "Of course, you didn't tell Monk Songgong what you just said yesterday, did you?" "yes." "The monk Songgong didn't say anything about it?" "Ok." "I understand, let's leave it to the police. Even if you are the reason, the perpetrator is someone else. Please trust the police." Ishii concluded. "It's just that the incident itself should have nothing to do with this incident. However, Ms. Iikubo, you are a witness to the incident of the first victim, Kosaka Ryo Minoru, who abandoned the body. Before the second victim, Taizen Ohnishi, was killed Coexistence. Not only that, the girl named A Ling in Minghui Temple—by the way, Masuda, do you think that Miss A Ling is related to the incident?" "We suspect that Miss A Ling may be Miss Suzuko's daughter." "That's it. And what else is there? That monk named Song Gong belongs to the land where Minghui Temple is located..." "I heard he is the heir." "Right? So you can't say that you have nothing to do with this incident. For example, you or Matsumiya may be the murderer for completely different reasons. Please don't forget this matter, so please If you cooperate for a while, it will be over soon." Ishii said. Then, accompanied by Masuda, he went to Atsuko's room. Fanwa was left in the lobby. I thought quietly in my heart. This is an impossible delusion. Ah Ling from Minghui Temple, her father—is it Songgong Renru? Close relatives - ended up pregnant.As the cause of serious father-son antagonisms, is not this reason extremely sufficient?At the end of the dispute, Jin kills his parents, sets fire to elope with Suzuko.The servant thought it was just an ordinary father-son quarrel, and they went to bed without taking it seriously, so they couldn't escape and were burned alive.Ren set fire to the porch, perhaps to cut off the servants' livelihood. But the siblings were separated in the mountains.Like Toriguchi and Atsuko last night, Suzuko fell from a cliff, was rescued by the old man Renxiu, and was taken to Minghui Temple, so it was impossible to be found during the search operation.When Ren returned to the village, although he escaped legal sanctions, he regretted so much that he shaved his hair and fled to Buddhism.On the other hand, Lingzi gave birth to Ah Ling and became a homeless person. wrong.According to the old man of Jiuyuan Temple, Ah Ling was not born in Renxiu's place, but was wrapped in a long-sleeved kimono and discarded.So…… — something is wrong there. No, it's not that much of a difference, there should be nothing wrong with the overall build. At this stage, I can't think of any other possible plots. If you think about it with reference to the reasoning of old man Kuonji... I couldn't understand what was wrong and stopped thinking. Iiwa felt a little more energetic. Suddenly I remembered, the sight Iiku stared at Matsumiya Renru yesterday—the sight I couldn’t understand, maybe it was subconscious doubt—no, was it jealousy towards Suzuko?In short, it is brewed by emotions that cannot be resorted to words.And now that she has been liberated by words, she will no longer show that look. If Ishii's words are to be believed, it will be soon. If the monks, old man Renxiu, and Ah Ling come down from the mountain, everything will be resolved. There is nothing left, there will be nothing in the enchantment.Soon.However, things backfired.ten o'clock in the morning.Only two police officers and a criminal policeman brought by Ishii came back to Xianshilou.Ishii was hit head-on.The criminal police said: "No, they refused to go down the mountain." The monks took action at four o'clock in the morning. Yamashita decided at two o'clock in the morning to temporarily suspend the search. The deep mountains at night are very dangerous, the searchers are exhausted and there are not enough manpower. Sugawara's running was in vain, unable to arrest Sugiyama Tetsudo.Assuming that Zhetong is the murderer, he must also consider the possibility of him escaping.If he had already gone down the mountain, it would be useless to search for him. He could only search the mountain another day, and at the same time, he had to issue a warrant for the entire county. The old man Renxiu was protected by Citian, but for some reason, only Ah Ling disappeared.Yamashita is very worried about the disappearance of the young Ah Ling, but there is nothing he can do. Renxiu says there is no need to worry, so he has no choice but to stop the search.Even so, Yamashita was still worried. The monks sat in the meditation hall continuously through the night. Police officers were deployed around the meditation hall to take charge of the security, and the buildings next to the meditation hall were assigned guards by Tsuda and Kamei. Dr. Kuonji, Imagawa and Matsunomiya were placed there.Zhikeliao has Kuwata Tsunenobu, Kaga Hideo and Sugawara.As for Makimura Toxio, it was not good for him to stay with Kaga in Zhikeliao. After all, he could not be asked to go back to the meditation hall, so two criminal policemen were sent to follow him to the inner law hall. Elder Renxiu was also resting in the Inner Law Hall. In-soo is also dangerous in this situation because he doesn't understand the murderer's motive at all.The murderer doesn't necessarily only target monks. Elder Renxiu is also included in the category of residents of this mountain, so it's best to be careful. In case Ah Ling came back, or Zhetong might come, Yamashita arranged for two police officers in Renxiu's thatched cottage.If the opponent is Zhetong, only one person is too unreliable, in fact, two people are still very dangerous. The problem is Guanshou Yuanjuedan and two monks. The Sun Palace where Guanshou lives is the scene of the murder, and the site inspection has not yet been completed, so they cannot be allowed to go back there.It would be nice if they also sat together at night, but Guanshou didn't seem to intend to do so, and had no choice but to keep the three of them in the inner room of the Zhike dormitory.In this way, the mountain waited for the morning to come. Then two hours passed. First of all, He Tian Cixing, who originally sat in the meditation hall at night, visited Juedan Guanshou of Zhikeliao. Yamashita waited for the support to arrive with a mood that would last forever, but of course he couldn't sleep.Kuwata and Kaga were also shocked by Nakajima's murder, and continued to sit in the next room all night.Sugawara and the others fell asleep. The door opened suddenly, and Yamashita jumped up. The man who looked like a Japanese doll stood at the door. "What, what's wrong, Mr. Wada? Fa-did something happen?" "Don't worry, don't shout, the poor monk is here to welcome Guanshou." "Guan, Guanshou?" The paper door opened. Standing there was Sang Tian. "Master Cixing, what happened at this moment?" "Master Changxin..." Hetian's beautiful eyebrows frowned, "What is your plan to come back here? There is no place here to accommodate those who left Sheshan!" "It's okay, the poor monk doesn't intend to stay here. It's just that what happened to Master Youxian, the poor monk can't go down the mountain in depression." "If you don't go down the mountain—so what?" "You are, what are you going to do?" He Tian stared at Sang Tian. "Anyway, I didn't come to see you, I came to ask to see Guanshou." "What's wrong, Cixing?" The paper door opened again, and Guanshou stood there.He didn't wear cassock or cassock, but a white casual kimono. Because of the dim light, only the clothes could be seen, like a ghost. "Zen Master Juedan..." Sang Tian flinched.Even if it looks like a ghost, Guanshou still emits a strong magnetic field. Wada saluted respectfully. "Your Majesty, I respectfully ask you to move to the Dharma Hall." "Dharma hall? It's not time for morning classes yet." "It's the Fa Conference." "Fahui?" "Master Liao Ren, Master Taiquan, Master Boxing, and Master Youxian, it's really a bit..." "Uh, hello! Don't you want to have a funeral?" "exactly." "Master Cixing! You should be more sensible! Can't you recognize the current situation? Right now, the temple is in the midst of a murder case, and the only way to solve it is..." "Chang Xin, stand down! Ci Xing, I understand, I'll go now." "Guanshou...you..." Sangtian Changxin lost his voice for some reason. "What does it mean not to go down the mountain?" Ishii Police Department said nervously, twisting the fingers of both hands. "Those guys are absurdly competing for the funeral, can they be taken out forcibly? The officer wants to ask the police department for instructions..." "What coercion, doesn't it make sense?" "It doesn't make sense. They are chanting scriptures, and they can't do anything." "Bastard, it's unheard of to hold a funeral at the scene of a murder! Can't we stop them?" "That's why the lower officials came to ask if they could break in and take them away forcibly." "What did he say under the mountain?" "Oh, he's very emaciated, no wonder in that environment. If it were me, I would have gone crazy." "Is it that... scary?" Ishii looked back at me slowly. "Mr. Guankou, how long will it take for the funeral to end?" "I don't know. It takes several days for a Dafa conference, but usually it only takes a few hours." "It seems to have started at four or five in the morning, because there are four people..." "Wait...they're done." "what?" "Be on standby before they are finished, to avoid unnecessary disputes. They are not suspects, even if they are suspects, they can neither continue to commit crimes nor annihilate evidence during the funeral. Leave the minimum staff, and others go down the mountain. Jiaxianshilou is on standby. Forensics personnel continue to conduct on-site inspections, and immediately dissect the body after receiving it. Only the whereabouts of Zhetong and Ah Ling continue to search. Above." After Ishii instructed, he turned around and strode out of the hall. The criminal police and the police officers did not have a good rest, and went to Minghui Temple again. For some reason, I suddenly felt ominous. I went to Kyogokudo's room. Kyogokudo was sitting. But he is not sitting in meditation. 他把双肘撑在矮桌上，交握的手背托着下巴，注视着壁龛的《十牛图》。 他房间里的《十牛图》…… 我记得是骑牛归家。 我慢慢绕过去，在看得见朋友侧脸的位置坐下。 “京极堂。” “干吗？”他看也不看地回话，总是这样。 “我已经累了。” "Each each other." 冷淡的回答也是老样子。 “听说明慧寺的僧侣们开始办丧事了。” “丧事？这样啊，真是不死心。” “不死心？” “没错，真是不到黄河心不死。” 不太懂他的意思。 我迁怒似的说道：“喂，京极堂，你到底在想什么？这里应该已经没你的事了，快点回去挖你的仓库如何？你在这里拖拖拉拉些什么？一点都不像你。这里不是你家客厅，也不是你店里的柜台啊，不是你该待的地方吧？” no response. 朋友好一阵子静止不动，接着总算转向我，说道：“关口，全世界的时间流速都相同的状态——这真的是正常的状态吗？” “你在说些什么？” “我——不喜欢这样。” "dislike?" “嗯，所以我有点憎恨小坂了稔——不，和田智稔。不对，我恨极了。” “我不太懂你在说什么。” “是吗？刚才，山内先生打电话来了，就在你和饭洼说话的时候。” “哦？我没注意到。” “他说不行了。” "no?" “嗯，一切都不行了。这样就好了吗？还是不好？我正在思考这一点。当然，这也不是想了就能怎么样的事。” “不行是指什么？” “不应该有的东西——还是没有比较好。” “说明白一点啦。” “没被发现就好了。” 京极堂以恶鬼般的表情瞪着《十牛图》。 三点时，尾岛佑平来了。原本好像预定不是指认凶手，而是要指认声音，但是最重要的僧人却一个也不在，结果他白跑了一趟。我提供的情报完全没有派上用场。 结果今早进入明慧寺的大半警官，带着两具尸体回到了仙石楼。 时间已经是下午四点了。 我看到两具尸体被塑料布一般的东西层层包裹、有如行李般被搬运下来。一具是中岛佑贤，另一具是…… ——菅野。 在我心中打从一开始就死了的男人，所以见到他的时候果然还是尸体。而且还是被捆包着，连脸都看不见。连一点点…… 一点点的感慨都没有。 不可思议的是，不仅是山下警部补、菅原刑警和次田刑警，连久远寺老人和今川、松宫仁如都没有回来。警官似乎换班之后回来了，石井警部满腹狐疑。那个叫龟井的年轻刑警拼命地向石井警部说明情况，但似乎没办法将那特殊封闭空间内的氛围传达给他。 “结果几个人留在那里？” “是的，呃……加上山下警部补，刑警本来总共有六个人，但我们三个人下山，留下今早赶去的支援人员两名，所以总计是五名。警官加上今早进入的人员，总共十名。鉴识人员全撤走了。” “为什么山下不下来？没关系，送轮替的上去，叫他下来，他一定累了吧。还有一般民众，应该让他们下来啊，今后的饮食问题该怎么办？这里送过去的已经吃光了吧？” “是的。那个叫桑田的僧侣是典座——负责伙食的，他会帮忙准备。是素食料理，不过说是料理，也不过就是粥……” “粥吃了也不会有力气吧。真是的，山下他干什么不下来呢？我有一堆事要问他，而且这样也没办法开搜查会议啊。” “因为石井警部不上去啊。”龟井这么下结论。 但是答案很简单。 他们出不来了。 他们一定成了山的俘虏。 我没办法继续待在大厅，便到走廊上。 原本擦得光可鉴人的走廊覆上了一层灰尘，好一阵子没有打扫了。走廊很暗，我观察人微地看着走廊的木纹。然后我觉得我用眼睛嗅到了鸟口曾几何时说过的老臭味。 走廊尽头是通往二楼的那座楼梯。 有人靠在桥边栏杆似的倚在扶手上。 是饭洼与敦子。 “关口老师……”敦子开口了。 此时，一道漆黑的影子自阶梯步下。That is…… 一身祈祷师漆黑装束的京极堂。黑色手背套与黑色布袜，黑色围巾。黑色简式和服上染有晴明桔復。手上则拿着黑色的和服外套与黑色木屐。只有木屐带是红的。 “你、你要做什么？” “哦，我已经明白意思了，关口。空与海之间，有北也有东。” “啊？那你……” “我要去。在结界之上加诸结界这种复杂的事，果然是不对的。” “你有胜算吗？” “论胜负的话，我打从一开始就输了。” 京极堂望向敦子与饭洼。 “敦子，你的伤怎么样了？” “我不要紧。” “这样啊，饭洼小姐。” "yes." “必须让十三年前的事件结束才行。” “咦……”“我想驱逐附在松宫铃子身上的大秃。” “那是……”京极堂说完这些，便消失在昏暗的走廊。 敦子和饭洼愣住似的望着他的背影，但京极堂的背影很快地就与暗处的黑色同化，消失不见了。 I…… 我奔上楼梯，只抓了外套，全速追上他。 大厅里有众多警官。 柜台里，女佣和掌柜都在。 没有任何人注意到黑衣男子。 京极堂马不停蹄，以同样的速度走到外面。 就在我穿鞋子的时候，我们之间的距离变得更远了。我奔到外面。 天色变得幽暗。 “喂！等一下！不要一个人去！” “你留在这里，你会跌倒受伤的。” “别说傻话了，我怎会让你一个人去……” “接下来没有有趣的收场，有的只是不愉快的结局。” “那又何妨！” 雪块发出声响落下。白色的背景衬托下，黑衣的男子有如剪影般清晰无比。 他的前方…… 站着一个双脚叉开的高个子男子。 “你这个笨书商！要去吗？” “要去啊。” 那是復木津。 “橫兄！” 我朝復木津奔近数步。“你一直躲在哪里？你不是已经回去了吗？復兄，你被通缉了啊！” 橫木津完全无视于我，说道：“我想只有京极一个人负担太重了，所以特地在这里等，要感激我呀。” 京极堂与復木津错身而过时，头也不回地说：“谢谢你的关心，我都快感激涕零了。” 復木津等京极堂越过身边后，转动脖子回顾他的背影，接着一转身，跟在他的背后。 而我望着脚程迅捷的两人背影，再度踏人山中牢狱。 心跳加速。 山中已经暗了下来。 看见大门了。 京极堂站在门前，眺望着如同栅栏的树木，呢喃似的说道：“这世上——没有不可思议的事啊，关口。” 明慧寺如同海市蜃楼般浮现在眼前。 Go through the gate. 京极堂如野兽般瞪视建筑物，像要把它们烙印在视网膜似的看着。 参道上等间隔地燃烧着篝火，柴薪爆裂的声响此起彼落。 烟雾迷蒙，化在已经暗下来的虚空中。 京极堂在三门前停步，有些悲伤地检视着这夸张宏伟的物体。 “持国。多闻。真想看看上面……嗯，千体释迦吗？” The police officer came running. “你、你们是……” 黑衣男子对警官完全视若无睹，轻盈地穿过三门，侵入里面。警官一副不知究竟发生什么事的模样，惊慌失措，但復木津说“安静点”，他便没有再出声。 京极堂面朝前方，转动着眼睛说：“那是东司——浴室。” 仔细一看，那里确实是大西泰全陈尸的厕所建筑物的方向。 他没有进入回廊，笔直地走出中庭。 几乎所有的狂态都是在这里上演的。 “哦？中庭里没有树啊，所以才……吗？” 中庭里确实没有种树。 京极堂就这样笔直前进。 篝火燃烧着，中庭被染上不可思议的色彩。诵经声仿佛自地底响起一般，逐渐传人耳中。 京极堂依然不看我地问道：“那就是佛殿吗？” “不，他们叫法堂。” “法堂？没有祖师堂也没有土地堂。那是库院吗？那里不可能有知事寮吧。这边的僧堂就是你们说的禅堂吗？那个呢？那就是知客寮吗？是独立的吗？原本是……什么？” 京极堂看到知客寮，皱起眉头。 “这里的样式不一样吗？” “总觉得太勉强了，因为没有那种东西，我不知道原本是什么——不，他们也不知道，所以才擅自把它们定为七堂伽蓝吧。法堂后面的是叫做大雄宝殿吗？” “他们是这么叫的。” “这样啊，一切都折衷行事啊。”京极堂简短地说。 读经声越来越大了。不，不是声音越来越大，也不是我们越来越接近，而是身体逐渐熟悉这内部的空气了。 山下站在知客寮前，他发现我们了。 久远寺老人从里面走了出来，今川和菅原也跟着出来。 桑田常信还有英生接着从库院出现。 京极堂看也不看他们，笔直地往法堂前进。 读经声越来越大了。 来到法堂前，京极堂依然不停步，就这样爬上阶梯。外面的人三三两两地聚集，集合在法堂前。 “喂！復木津！你在仙石楼躲好了吗？”久远寺老人这么叫道。 復木津大声回答：“我才没有躲哩，熊本先生！光着身体的笨蛋是看不见国王的！” “復兄，那你根本没有回去喽？你也没有离开旅馆，而是一直待在房间里吗？” “啰嗦啦，小关。”京极堂终于打开法堂的门扉。读经声停止了。本尊前是觉丹贯首。贯首后面是和田慈行。左右是各十余名僧侣。 这里已经没有其他我知道名字的僧侣了。慈行回头。 黑衣的美僧与一身漆黑的阴阳师在这里初次交手。 "Who is coming?" “拜登御开山，并求挂搭！”京极堂说道，盯住慈行。 慈行皱起细眉：“贫僧在问来者何人，放肆无礼！” “你就是慈行师父——智稔老师之孙吗？初次拜会，敝姓中禅寺。这段期间家妹承蒙照顾了。” “你、你以为现在是在做什么？现在可是在办法事啊！” “这一点我明白，我想来烧个香，献个花。” “什……什么！你这是在侮辱人吗？” 慈行倏地站起，法衣的袖子一瞬间鼓起，立刻萎缩下去，姿势很英挺。同时京极堂滑也似的进入法堂。 种类不同的黑影并排在一起。首先慈行威吓对方：“中禅寺先生，你以为此处能容你如此放肆妄为吗？先表明你的身份才是礼数吧。那身打扮不似执法者，这若是当局的搜查，贫僧还能够隐忍。但是视情况，贫僧是不会善罢甘休的！” 然而京极堂并没有脆弱到会被这点气势汹汹的怒骂给吓退。 “我为大策子上抄死老汉语，为执名句，被他凡圣名碍的外道学人。悉知十二分教如表显之说，依然不知佛法为何物之人——一介书商是也。” “书商？”美僧白皙的脸庞绽出微笑，恐吓着外道之人，“还真是个伶牙俐齿的书商，不过倒很明白自己的斤两。那么外道想顶撞正法是吗？所谓白不量力，指的正是你这种人！” “但我曾听闻，亦有令世尊赞云如良马见鞭影而行之外道……？” “那么不问有言，不问无言，如良马般速去即是！” 慈行有如要从外道手中保护贯首似的慢慢移动。 京极堂也配合他的动作，一步一步地移动。 慈行的动作停住了。 他看到京极堂背后的復木津了。 瞬间，慈行有些慌了。 侦探就像在等待这个时机，他粗鲁地脱了鞋，大步踩出脚步声进入。 我也慌忙跟上去。 “可、可恶……侦探！这太无礼了！这里是说法之法堂，而且是贯首猊下面前！不是你这等俗人可以擅人之处！出、出去！” 復木津大剌剌地走到慈行面前。“哼，第六天魔王復木津礼二郎带着随从的猴子来参观葬礼啦！无礼的是你！” "Heavenly Demon?" “如果你以为你赢得了京极，那就大错特错了，像你这种空壳子就该这样……” 復木津一把揪住慈行的前襟。 “你……你要做什么……” 接着復木津拖也似的把他从贯首面前拉开，“咚”一声推到一旁。 "what you do?" “不过是个毛头小鬼，别在那里大放厥词！” 慈行以完全不像他的姿势当场虚脱。 “喏，那家伙已经瘫痪了，京极，快快解决吧。”復木津洋洋得意地说。 左右的僧侣们面露慌张之色。 贯首缓缓地转向这里。 京极堂厉声说道：“乞请尊答。” 圆觉丹缓慢地以充满威严的口吻回答：“擅闯法会恣意妄为，扰乱大众的不法之徒，贫僧没有必要回答你的问题！” 接着他更缓慢地端正姿势。 如此一来，便散发出有如磁场般的威严。 不知不觉间，久远寺老人、今川还有山下就站在我的背后。他们后面则是桑田常信、托雄与英生，而松宫仁如似乎与其他刑警一起从外面窥看情况。 每个人都在看。 两名侍僧立刻赶到贯首的两旁。 左右僧侣也各自立起单膝，进入备战状态。 法堂一片紧迫。 觉丹吼也似的说道：“在佛前引发如此骚乱，是对已迁化之先达不敬。立刻住手！” “你适可而止，别再装出一副禅僧的模样了！”京极堂怒吼，“你只是个花瓶，别再继续这种无意义的闹剧了。小坂了稔设下的结界——已经破了。” “贫僧不懂你在说什么。” “你还不死心吗？你在寻找的东西，了稔和尚一直隐藏的东西，已经不存在这个世上了。” “这……你怎么……” “所以就算你继续赖在这里，也得不到你所追求的位置，也不可能得到社会的认可。你只能永远在这里继续办禅寺家家酒，徒然老死罢了。即使这样也好吗？” 觉丹初次睁开了眼皮。这一瞬间，散发自他的身体、有如磁场般的威吓感，全都从那双眼睛泄漏一空。在我看来，觉丹就像突然变成了一个单纯的老人。 京极堂瞪着那样的觉丹，对着瘫软在地上的慈行说道：“慈行师父，你等于是在这里成长的，所以应该还不知道吧。” 接着他——扫视两旁茫然若失的二十五名僧侣，继续说下去：“随侍左右的众僧也听好。这位圆觉丹师父并不是禅师，他对禅一无所知，他只是被请到这里，执行名为贯首的工作罢了。我奉劝各位现在即刻下山，若问为什么……” 京极堂再一次扫视众僧，清楚地威吓：“因为这位贯首没有能够传给你们的衣钵。” “你、你再继续胡言乱语下去，贫僧可不会善罢甘休！” “胡言乱语的是你，圆师父！不……” “前真言宗金刚三密会教主圆觉丹！” “真……真言宗？”慈行发出惊愕的声音。 “中禅寺先生，这……这是真的吗？” 常信问道，京极堂微微点头。 “是真的，常信师父。众位和尚听好了，明慧寺失去了了稔、泰全、佑贤三位禅师，而这位常信师父近期也将下山，所以就算继续待在这座寺院，你们也无法从任何人身上传得嗣法了。” 僧侣们默默无声地陷人狼狈。 “信、信口雌黄！这全是妄言妄语！” 慈行就像真的变回了孩童似的死命大叫，以凶暴的眼神瞪住京极堂。 京极堂无视于他，朝动弹不得的觉丹走近一步说：“觉丹师父，你所学的是与禅似是而非之物，是在个人当中重新构筑宇宙之法——真言。” 觉丹的表情不变。 “金刚三密会是明治初年所成立的真言宗系的新兴宗派，但现在已经失传了。受到废佛毁释风潮的波及，有八成的寺院遭到废寺，进人昭和时期，已经完全断绝了。记得初代教主是——圆觉道——你的祖父吧？” 京极咄咄逼人地继续说道：“觉道教主是当山派修验道的修行者，经过严格的修行后，获得了天眼通之神通，吸引众多信徒，之后进入东寺修行，成为真言宗某一派的寺院住持，对吧？但是这只是为了进行宗教活动的权宜之计，结果他创立了真言宗金刚三密会这个宗派。它曾经荣极一时，然而时运不济，金刚三密会维持不到十年便衰微了。再者，就算教主的位置能够世袭，奇异的神通毕竟也只能够维持一代。在你父亲那一代，教团几乎灭绝了。结果在教团消灭之前辗转各宗派修行的你失去了归处，流离失所，只能仰赖同是真言系寺院，相当于令祖父弟子的人担任住持的秩父照山院，以食客的身份长年寄身在那里，对吧？” “秩父的照山院？那里不是托雄的……”