Chapter 13 Chapter Twelve

After talking about that terrifying legend, Junpei looked a little tired.When he told Luo Fei and Kong Jing the news that Xue had stopped, there was no joy on his face. "I'm tired, I have to go back to the house for a while." He said weakly, then turned around and walked out of the house alone. Luo Fei watched his leaving back, and said to Kong Jing: "In your temple, this Shunping is considered a talent." "That's right." Kong Jing's words contained a sense of helplessness, "He is decisive in handling things and has a good kung fu. The monks admire him. He is actually handling all the affairs in the temple. I am the abbot. The position, sooner or later, will be given to him."

"Oh? He knows martial arts?" Luo Fei couldn't help but glanced in the direction where Shunping was leaving.Sure enough, although he hadn't rested well for two consecutive nights and was already showing signs of fatigue, Junpei's steps were still much lighter than ordinary people's, which could be seen from the light and neat footprints left on the snow. At this time, Kong Jing couldn't bear it any longer, and yawned again and again. Indeed, for such an old man, what happened in the past day was enough to exhaust his body and mind. For more than a day, four people in this small monastery died one after another. Except for some weird rumors, Luo Fei has not grasped any valuable clues so far.There was no point in continuing to stay in the empty room, so he got up and said goodbye, and returned to the guest room in the front yard.

To be honest, Luo Fei himself began to feel that his brain power was not enough and he needed to rest.He decided to relax and sleep on it first. Most of the other monks in the temple also made the same choice as Luo Fei.Before last night, they were still disturbed by the rumors of "headless ghost" and "murderous painting". After the horror incident last night, everyone's attitude became colder: the facts are before everyone's eyes, and there is no need for discussion and speculation up.Everyone buried deep fear in their hearts, trembling but helplessly waiting for the further development of the situation.

Fortunately, the snow has stopped, and the backup force should be able to go up the mountain in two or three days.Although as far as the current situation on the mountain is concerned, it feels a little distant and thirsty, but it somewhat gives some hope to the panicked people. Under such special circumstances, morning classes were cancelled.Kumu Temple spent the second morning after Luo Fei's arrival in a suffocating silence.At about ten o'clock in the morning, several monks in the kitchen walked out of the dormitory first - no matter what happened, there was still food to eat. Luo Fei also woke up not long after.After a heavy sleep, he felt that his brain was much clearer.The fly in the ointment was that the stomach began to growl.He got up and got out of bed, opened the door and walked into the yard, a faint smell of rice immediately strongly stimulated his appetite.

Luo Fei followed the scent and walked straight to the kitchen in the backyard.At the door of the kitchen, a monk dressed as a fireman was holding a broom, cursing and venting his grievances towards the roof. Luo Fei followed his gaze, and saw a swarthy wild cat shuttled across the roof twice quickly, and then disappeared. "What time is it, you still want to fight for food with us." The monk said angrily. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and stared at the direction in which the wild cat left. Luo Fei walked up to him and asked, "Master, how long will it be before lunch?"

The monk was still thinking about the wild cat, didn't answer, and said to himself: "It's better, it can go wherever it wants, it comes and goes without a trace, and it doesn't even leave a footprint." Luo Fei froze suddenly, as if a spark of light had suddenly ignited in the darkness, the monk's words strongly impacted his thoughts, and he was even so excited that he couldn't help but yelled. "Is there a ladder? Go and find it for me!" He said eagerly, pulling the monk's shoulders. "What?" The monk didn't recover for a while. "Ladder. I'm going up to the roof."

"But, it's impossible for you to chase it up now, it's already gone to the mountains." The monk looked at Luo Fei in surprise. "What do you know?" Luo Fei straightened his face, "If you ask you to find it, you will find it!" Only then did the monk realize the seriousness of the matter, he quickly agreed, and ran towards the main hall - probably where the ladder was stored. Sure enough, within two minutes, he rushed back carrying a wooden ladder.Under Luo Fei's command, he leaned the ladder against the ridge of the roof. "Director Luo, what are you doing here?" Kong Jing was woken up by the noise in the yard, saw this scene as soon as he left the house, and came over to ask in surprise.

"I should have thought about it earlier, I just hope it's not too late." Luo Fei said while climbing up the ladder to the roof. Kong Jing looked dazed, he was stunned for a moment, and followed Luo Fei up the ladder.Due to his age, his movements were much slower than Luo Fei's.When he reached the roof, he saw Luo Fei standing not far away as if he was meditating, his eyes sparkling with excitement. "It's not too late for us." Luo Fei pointed to the roof not far away, "Look there." The place Luo Fei pointed to was the roof of Shunde's bedroom. A line of faint footprints appeared from there, extending for more than 20 meters, and then disappeared at the ridge of the roof.

"Who lives in that house?" Luo Fei pointed to the end of the footprints and asked Kong Jing. "It should be Junping." Because he was on the roof and couldn't see the whole house, Kong Jing could only guess based on the location. "That's right." Luo Fei nodded with satisfaction, "Only he can do it." "Director Luo, what do you mean..." Kong Jing seemed to realize something, but he didn't quite understand it. "Don't ask me yet." Luo Fei interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "No one knows this matter better than him, let's find him together."

Junpei hadn't come out since returning to the house early in the morning.There was such a big movement in the courtyard, and he was not seen, which seemed quite inconsistent with his usual style of doing things. Even after Luo Fei and Kong Jing knocked on his door, there was still no echo from him in the room. In this situation, Luo Fei didn't hesitate anymore, he kicked open the weak wooden door. Luo Fei originally thought that Shunping might have absconded, but to his surprise, Shunping was not only in the house, but also sat cross-legged on the bed, looking like he was practicing.But he was sitting facing the wall, and when Luo Fei and others entered the room, they could only see his back.

"What are you doing? Why don't you open the door?" Kong Jing rarely put on the majesty of the abbot, and spoke to Junping in a questioning tone. "You...don't come near me!" Junping said hoarsely. "What?" Kong Jing seemed a little annoyed, and when he wanted to go forward, Luo Fei grabbed him.Now that we know that Shunping is a master of martial arts, we must be wary of him fighting violently and hurting people. "Don't come here!" Junpei emphasized again, and then he said word by word in a desperate and terrifying tone, "I'm possessed by a demon." "Demon?" Luo Fei replied coldly, "I'm afraid it's your own demon!" Junpei's shoulders trembled slightly: "What do you mean?" "The so-called 'demons' and 'ghosts' are all nonsense used to deceive people. What really wreaks havoc is the demons in people's hearts. You have worked hard and thoughtfully designed your own crimes. When the snow stopped this morning, you You must be very disappointed? Maybe another ten minutes of snow will completely cover your footprints on the roof, but God will not help you." Shunping was silent for a moment, then sighed: "Finally you found out. But at least I managed to deceive you at the time. If God doesn't help me, it doesn't mean that I lost to you." "So, it is true that you killed Shunde?" Kong Jing pointed at Shunping's back, his hands trembling slightly because of anger, "Why did you do this?" "It's come to this point now, and I don't need to hide anything from you. I took the ancient relics lost in the temple. The few pilgrims who came a while ago are the buyers I contacted. Abbot, you won't let me The pilgrims live in the temple, did they listen to Shunde's advice?" "Yes, do you want to kill him just because of this grudge?" "Of course not." Luo Fei interjected, "At that time, he had already succeeded, and whether or not there were any pilgrims in the monastery would have no effect on him. However, Shunde must have known something to make such a suggestion. " "Not bad." Junping confirmed Luo Fei's guess. "Shunde boy didn't sleep well at night, and ruined my good deed. Although he is timid, he is very clever, and he has been around the abbot all day since then. Although I have nothing to do with him, I also know that he dare not say anything. .” Luo Fei pondered for a moment, with a look of remorse on his face: "I'm afraid part of Shunde's death is still my responsibility. You saw that he had a close relationship with me two days ago, that's why he started to kill, didn't you? " Shunping nodded: "Shunde ghosts are strange, what to say when they see someone, what he dared not say in front of Kong Jing, may not be afraid to say in front of you, Director Luo." "He's still a child, you...you're really vicious!" Kong Jing had a lot of affection for Shunde, and at this moment, two muddy tears welled up from the corners of her eyes. Luo Fei patted Kong Jing's shoulder lightly, signaling him to control his emotions. "Okay, now tell me how you did it." Luo Fei said to Shunping, "This will be your first confession from now on." "Since you have found the footprints I left on the roof, it is not difficult to guess what will happen next." Junpei paused for a moment, as if recalling the scene at that time, and then he continued: "Late last night, I entered the space first. Then I put on Kong Wang’s monk’s shoes and carried the corpse to the window of Shunde’s bedroom. There, I put the monk’s shoes back on Kong Wang’s feet Go up, open the window again, stack the dead body on the window sill, and create the illusion of climbing into the window. When Shunde heard the movement and got up, I had already jumped onto the roof and returned to my house through the continuous ridge Director Luo, is there any discrepancy between what I said and what you imagined?" "Basically they all match. In fact, the reason why I was deceived by you last night is largely because I think it is impossible for ordinary people to climb up to the roof in such a short period of time without sound. The roof is at least three feet above the ground. Mi Gao? Although there are some places on the wall that can be borrowed, but if it were me, it would take three to five minutes, and it would definitely be discovered by Kong Ming who came to the yard first. However, when I knew After you have acquired martial arts, this problem is not difficult to explain. In fact, even if the heavy snow really covered up the footprints on the roof, I can deduce from this that only you can complete such a modus operandi." "But in that case, you can only guess without any evidence." Shunping's tone was filled with regret, as if he was complaining about the unfairness of God. "You...you still say such things, you really don't know how to repent, good and evil have their origin, karma, and natural justice, where have you read all these Buddhist teachings?" Kong Jing couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, excitedly Chi asked, "Then what about Junior Brother Kongwang? And the two dead guests, how did they offend you? How did you treat them?" Junpei lowered his head, wondering what he was thinking.After a while, he asked gloomyly: "Director Luo, do you want to ask me that too?" "Yes." Luo Fei replied seriously, "You know, I don't believe in the 'evil spirits' and 'mysterious powers' at all, but the mazes you created really fooled me. I can't see the clue. I hope you can tell me the truth, I'm willing to bow down." "Heh...heh...heh..." Shunping suddenly laughed dryly, the laughter was full of despair and fear, it sounded more like a whimper, creepy. "You're wrong." He said hoarsely, "Do you think those mazes were also set up by me? No, that has nothing to do with me! The devil is in this monastery, he has already entangled me, you...you Don't worry, it will come to you too!" "What are you talking about?" Luo Fei felt that Shunping's emotions were a little out of control, he took a step forward, pulled Kong Jing behind him, and at the same time shouted loudly, "Turn around!" "Do you think I'm pretending to be with you by sitting like this? I'm practicing kung fu, and I'm going to fight it. I won't just admit defeat like this!" Although Shunping's words were tough, there was a kind of aura in his tone. Dying sorrow. "But I can't escape after all, and neither can you!" After a pause, he said so, and slowly turned his head. Luo Fei and Kong Jing exclaimed at the same time, and took a step back. Just like the dead Hu Junkai, Shunping's face was swollen at the moment, and two thin lines of blood seeped out from his red eyes!