Chapter 15 Chapter fifteen
Di Gong hurriedly climbed up the platform, Sun Tianshi grabbed his arm and shouted: "Be careful!" Di Gong saw that his face was as pale as paper, he was panting, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"He... Poor Zhenzhi, I don't know if he jumped down by himself or fell down accidentally. I only regret that I didn't catch him, and the railing is missing a piece. Doesn't he know?"
While talking, Sun Tianshi slowly let go of Di Gong's hand, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Di Gong ordered Tao Gan: "Go downstairs and have a look, it's likely that he fell into a meatloaf."
Tao Gan and Zong Li agreed to go back downstairs, while Di Gong followed Tianshi Sun into Ziwei Pavilion.
Sun Tianshi motioned Di Gong to sit down on an ebony armchair, poured a cup of fragrant tea and passed it over, and asked, "Di Renjie, what's going on? What crime did he commit?"
Di Gong took out the scroll painting from his sleeve and put it on the desk, and said: "Your Excellency, Master Tianshi, I have gone to the underground palace to pay homage to the whole body of the jade mirror. I have found many drawings of the jade mirror there. I accidentally found There is a painting where the gray cat's eyes are narrowed into a line, which was undoubtedly painted in the sun at noon. However, this painting is said to be painted by a jade mirror at noon on the day of death, and it was placed in front of the abbot's window. The strange thing is that the pupils of the cat's eyes are round. This means that the last painting of the real Yujing was done in the morning, not at noon as Zhenzhi said! Therefore, I suspect that Yujing's death is..." He unfolded The painting, pointing to the gray cat's eyes.
Sun Tianshi had a little understanding: "Brother Renjie, what does the cat's eyes have to do with Yu Jing's death? On the day Yu Jing ascended to heaven, I was also watching, and I saw him calmly ascending to the immortal with a smile, nothing unusual. "
Di Gong explained to Sun Tianshi what Yujing said in his last letter to Zongfa Meng and a series of strange behaviors of Yujing before his death on August 16.
Finally he said: "The fact is exactly like this: after lunch that day, Zhenzhi and Yujing drank tea and chatted in the abbot. Zhenzhi took advantage of Yujing's unpreparedness and secretly sprinkled the powder made of poisonous herbs into his teacup. At that time, the picture of the cat was almost finished, only the details of the thin stone orchid and bamboo behind the cat's body were missing. In fact, Yujing started painting in the morning, and the gray cat must have been painted in the morning, so the pupils are round. True wisdom sees Yu Jing drank the poisonous tea, then stood up and said goodbye. The poisonous herb spread slowly, so it took a while after Zhenzhi left for Yu Jing to become restless, and then chanted loudly. The Taoists saw his eyes shining, his cheeks Peach red, excited, you know there is something abnormal. Besides, Yujing taught the method of Tianxing and Hetu before he died. He didn't have any prediction that he would ascend to heaven and become a fairy, and he didn't intend to leave a will for future affairs. He died inexplicably in a daze. At that time, he breathed out a strange smell, which was the symptom of the poison in his stomach."
"My God!" Sun Tianshi suddenly realized, "So there is such a grievance hidden in it. But I don't know why Zhenzhi murdered Yujing's life? What makes me even more puzzled is why he insisted on confessing in front of me. The murder you committed yourself?"
Di Gongdao: "The invitation to late students must be because Zhenzhi has done shady and ambiguous activities, and his suspicion has been noticed by Yujing, so he boldly killed him! Yujing's last letter to Zongfa Meng revealed that he suspected what happened in the view. It is a very strange thing that three young women died here last year because of the scandal of immorality and violation of laws and regulations. If it is really the crime committed by Zhenzhi who covered the sky with one hand, as long as Yujing opens his mouth, Zhenzhi will be ruined and will sink forever. The government's criminal law will never forgive lightly."
Sun Tianshi murmured: "I don't know the reason for this. It's just that I didn't care too much about the things in the past. It seems that Zhenzhi, a scum of the sect, really did a lot of shady things without telling me. Now even if he dies, There are also guilt. However, there is something wrong with the jade mirror, he can tell me the inside story, and I will not let it go."
Di Gong said again: "When you think about it later, the real wisdom must have conspired with that guy named Momo to commit these many crimes. The three young women in the temple last year were killed by them. Now, I see Momo Mo Nasi came to the temple again with Guan Laizi's troupe. He must have come here to deceive Zhenzhi, so Zhenzhi was very panicked when he saw Momo, and he was very frightened. Zong Li, the scholar who followed us just now, and At the end of the play, he publicly recited a poem implying that Yujing’s death was suspicious. When Zhenzhi saw me talking with Zong Li during the fasting ceremony, he became suspicious. Zong Li asked me to reveal a lot of inside information. Later, I happened to propose to go to the underground palace to worship Yujing Because of his golden body, Zhenzhi made up his mind to murder me. At first, he suspected that I came here not to avoid the rain but to investigate his crimes. He followed me secretly, took advantage of my unpreparedness, and beat me with a stick I passed out for nearly an hour. Before I was knocked down, I could smell a cloying fragrance emanating from him. This fragrance was exactly the same as the fragrance from the censer in his abbot. According to theory, this fragrance was in the corridor It was not easy to smell it, but because his wide robe sleeves were brushing towards me when he raised the stick, the fragrance was particularly strong. Later, when I was talking with my relatives in the room, he sneaked in and eavesdropped. When I noticed I opened the door and chased him out. He slipped away quickly, but I smelled the same scent again. Evil is born on the side of courage, it seems that Zhenzhi has already done his best to die. When I went to the abbot to meet him just now, he I was so panicked that I didn't know what to do, so when I came up to the platform of Ziwei Pavilion, I would stumble and fall. Of course, I may have committed suicide in fear of crime!"
Sun Tianshi nodded, with a sad look on his face, he obviously felt sorry for Zhenzhi's death, and after a while he said: "Renjie, why does Zhenzhi have to confess in front of me? If he He is too stupid to think that I will forgive him and intercede for him."
Di Gong asked: "Your Majesty Tianshi, does Zhenzhi know that a row of railings on the platform has been removed?"
"Of course he knows! I told him a few days ago that I was going to repair that section of the railing, which was broken by the strong wind. Zhenzhi is always cautious and rarely late on business trips."
Difen said solemnly: "In this way, he committed suicide—he committed suicide in fear of crime."
Sun Tianshi said seriously: "No, I don't believe it, he's not that stupid, and he doesn't have the guts either."
Di Gongdao: "When I exposed his evil deeds, he felt suicidal. He said that it was false to come here to confess in front of you, but it was true to choose this platform to jump off. In fact, he decided to do this. When I made up my mind, I didn't expect to meet you under the stairs, but you didn't stop him. If he died like this, the case could not be investigated, let alone the county interrogation. So at least we can protect our reputation after death. We can only It is believed that he died in an accident, and he has to build a sacrificial alchemy for him, and recommend the undead."
Tao Gan and Zong Li came in.Tao Gan reported: "My lord, Zhenzhi has fallen to his death at the bottom of the building. I called Daoqing Daoqing and several deacons, and the dead body has been carried to the Four Holy Halls. The Taoists asked the reason in surprise, and I responded with an accident. gone."
Di Gong stood up and said goodbye: "Your Majesty Tianshi and Master Daoqing can discuss the aftermath of Zhenzhi's death, and report the matter to Dongxuan Guoshi in the capital."
Sun Tianshi said: "Tomorrow morning, I will send a real person to go to the capital to kowtow to Dongxuan Guoshi, and ask the Guoshi to appoint the next abbot, and Daoqing will temporarily preside over the homework of the temple."
"Your Majesty Wang Tianshi will tell the national teacher the truth of his true wisdom and fear of committing suicide. I will leave this scroll painting here. This is an important piece of evidence."
Sun Tianshi nodded. He looked at Di Gong's face with infinite gratitude, and said kindly: "Brother Renjie, you should go back to your room and sleep for a while. It's almost dawn, and your face is terribly pale. The matter will be dealt with by me and Daoqing."
"No, Your Excellency, Tianshi, I still have to arrest Momo. I firmly believe that Momo is the main culprit. His crime is greater than Zhenzhi. Now that Zhenzhi is dead, he is the only person who can figure out the death of the three women." .”
Sun Tianshi asked: "What does Namomo look like? You said he is an actor. I have watched all the dramas today except the last one, but I don't know which one is called Momo and what roles they play?"
Di Gongdao: "I just saw him in the last scene. Although his face was heavily painted, he was ugly and ugly, and he was said to be eccentric and erratic. I have already seen him." Find out that he has pretended to be a Daoist in the temple, and he must have colleagues in the temple."
Sun Tianshi said: "Then how are you going to catch this Momo?"
"Your Excellency, Tianshi, I'm thinking hard about a good plan. Without Momo's full confession, I can't confirm this case, and the truth of Zhenzhi's sins can't be revealed."
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