Chapter 19 second quarter

After breakfast, we went to the workshop. Opening the wooden door and looking into the workshop, there was no one there.The sound of talking came from the storage place. "Master, is this blood?" It was the voice of Torii. "Maybe, but it could be paint—anyone know what it's all about anyway?" We also went into the shelter, where Songyue, Torii, Wei Ze and the abbot of Ji'an were all there.They huddled in front of the statue of Avalokitesvara, and when they heard our footsteps, the four of them turned their heads at the same time. "What happened?" Shinji asked.

Songyue smiled and replied: "It's nothing serious, we found that the work is a little dirty." When we walked up to Avalokitesvara, the four of them all focused their eyes on a certain point of the lotus seat, as if saying yes.Avalokitesvara Avalokitesvara's right finger tip - a drop of what looks like a reddish-brown paint.It's almost the size of a mole, so if you don't mention it, it may not be easy to find. Indeed - it looked a lot like blood. "Master Songyue, it's about time to leave, right? Otherwise, it will be too late." The abbot of Ci'an glanced at the clock on the wall.

"Don't you want to go to Kyoto? If there is traffic jam on the road, it will take a lot of time." "Oh, yes……" Songyue nodded helplessly, walked into the workshop, took out a set of starched white work clothes from a small cabinet in the corner, and took off the clothes on her body neatly.The thin and white upper body like a woman was exposed, and the two long arms looked extraordinarily delicate.At this time, I saw that there seemed to be some red spots on the inside of his left arm, but I didn't think much about it.Satsuki put on her new work clothes, and when she was tying her belt, she turned her head and said:

"Abbot, let's go." "Okay—then we'll go first." Songyue and the abbot of Ji'an walked out of the workshop, and Torii stopped him hesitantly: "Master, uh - what should I do? This blood, no, that..." "Don't worry about it, just let it go." Songyue and the abbot of Ci'an walked towards the parking lot. "--What exactly is this?" Rin looked at the lotus seat of Avalokitesvara again. I asked Torii and Weiser: "Just now the owner of Songyue said it was paint—could the paint accidentally drip here?" "No, I don't think it's possible."

Torii replied immediately, and Wei Ze also nodded Yuanyuan's head and added: "It is absolutely impossible to place the paints used, because it would be a disaster if the work was stained." "yes……" At this time, there was a loud shout from the direction of the parking lot, and everyone looked in that direction at the same time. "The voice just now, is it the abbot...?" Torii murmured, and immediately walked out of the workshop.We follow closely behind. "what is this?" In the parking lot, the abbot of Ci'an looked at the ground and cried out.Songyue at the side also looked at the same position, standing still.That was the frontmost position of the parking space, and the van with the Kobo logo had just pulled out of the parking space, and it just stopped there, with the engine still on.We walked over quickly, and Maya seemed to have heard the voice, and walked out of the drying room with a puzzled look on his face.

"Whoa, what is this...?" As soon as I entered the parking lot, I couldn't help but stop. The ground is paved with pebbles - the space for a car is separated by yellow and black ropes, with bright red and large patterns painted on it. "Is it 'ㄑ'——?" I muttered to myself.A huge red "ㄑ" character was written on the ground. "Could it be—blood?" No one answered my words. Zhenbei squatted down and brought his face closer to the strange word. "Is this under the car?" "The owner of Songyue drove the car out, and I sat in the passenger seat and looked back casually, and as a result—" Abbot Ci'an replied in a low voice, "I saw this 'ㄑ' appearing under the car, what is— — No, isn’t it? It shouldn’t be ‘ㄑ’…”

He tilted his head to think desperately, looking down at the writing on the ground.It is a word made up of two lines, the first line stretches from the upper right to the lower left, and then another line is drawn from the end point to the lower right corner.The angle is slightly larger than the right angle, the line on the upper side is thicker and shorter, and the line on the lower side is straight and thinner. "It also looks like '7'...ah, no, left and right are reversed." I was talking to myself, looking up at the others.Satsuki, Torii, Wei Ze, and Maya were all stiff, staring intently at the scarlet letter on the ground.All four of them looked panic-stricken.

For a while, no one spoke, and they looked at each other, as if they were trying to see who was in control of the situation in front of them. "Do you have any impression of 'ㄑ' or characters with similar shapes?" Really prepared to ask, everyone shook their heads silently. "Let's check the underside of other cars first." Zhenbei checked the underside of the four commercial vans next to him one by one, but he didn't seem to find anything unusual, so he walked back quickly. "Homeowner Songyue, is this your special car?" "Yes, I'm the only one driving this car. Four apprentices and I are in charge of one car each."

"When was the last time you drove?" "It was about a week ago when we went to the temple we were going to go to deliver Zhundi Guanyin. I usually drive almost every day, but during this time I was busy making small Buddha statues, and the work to drive out was almost moved to next year. .” "A week ago, of course there wasn't this—" "It didn't happen at the time, and it didn't move the car after that." If so, when was this word written?This character takes up the entire parking space and it is impossible to write this character without moving the car.

"Is the car always locked?" "Yes, the car door was also locked just now. I put the keys in the pocket of my overalls and hang them on the shelf at the entrance of the dormitory at night." In this way, it should be the person from Ruixiang House who quietly took the key from the shelf at the entrance at night and moved the car.No, it is also possible that outsiders did this without knowing it.As long as the entrance door is unlocked—or sneak into the dormitory from somewhere, and take the key away.The only certainty is that the person who wrote this word can drive.However, if it's just moving the car back and forth, even someone without a driver's license should be able to do it.So, except for the old house owner of Songyue who is not good at behavior, everyone——

Wait a moment. "That pickup truck..." I remembered.We just arrived at Ruixiang House yesterday, and when we walked here along the gravel road with the old owner of Songyue, we saw a small truck parked in the parking lot.Wasn't that the spot where the pickup truck was parked at that time? "Songyue homeowner, I saw the young man from the scrap trader swap his pickup truck with this commercial van yesterday. How did you deal with the keys at that time?" Songyue turned her head to look at me, blinked a few times, and let out an "ah". "Are you asking about that time? Yes, at that time, I gave him the car keys. This is what I do when the waste workers come here at the end of every month. Park the car closer to the workshop, and the workers will work more quickly." Easy. Could it be that young man..." I think back to yesterday's scene.In front of us, the young man from the waste industry drove out the pickup truck parked here, and parked the van back to its original position.At that time, the ground— "No, he didn't do it." Yes, although I stand far away, I dare to assert that there was no such word yesterday.If there is such an obvious word, it is impossible not to see it from our position. "master!" At this time, Torii suddenly screamed loudly, as if the fear that was desperately suppressed had finally reached its limit.He suddenly turned to face Songyue, shook his hands desperately and said: "Call the police and ask the police to intervene in the investigation." "Will the police intervene? Investigate—is this a prank?" "This is not a prank! Things are not that simple. The red dot on the lotus seat of the Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara just now must also represent some kind of terrible meaning. Master, it is better to call the police—" "This matter is not serious enough to call the police. You and Wei Ze should know exactly what it is." What's the meaning--? "If, if you don't call the police," Torii didn't flinch, "then, then I will ask for leave. I can no longer stay here." His lips trembled violently. "Torii, you know what the consequences of the reduction in manpower will be, how dare you say that? Making small amulets, repairing the Kannon Kannon, and Okajima—" "Of course I know what's going on. Even so—even so, I..." Torii suddenly stopped talking, and dropped his hands weakly.Then, he murmured something like a ghost. "Ah, that guy is still alive... that guy is still alive..." "Hey, Torii, you idiot." Wei Ze looked at Torii with horror on his face.Torii looked at Wei Ze blankly. "Weize, don't you think so? You also feel this way, right? That guy..." "Tori, calm down!" Songyue shouted loudly, "You just said 'alive', wouldn't you—?" Satsuki didn't continue talking, but turned to look at me, Mabi, and Rin. There was a silence. "--I gotta go." After Songyue finished speaking, she walked towards the driver's seat of the commercial vehicle. "Report, call the police..." Torii still did not let go, Matsuzuki looked at him coldly: "Since you want to call the police so much, go ahead and report it." Songyue put down these words with sarcasm, and sat in the driver's seat. "Then I'm leaving too." The abbot of Ci'an got into the car with a confused expression on his face. The business vehicle drove away while running over the stones. ... I stared blankly at the van disappearing at the exit of Ruixiangfang. "Mr. Torii, when you said alive, who is still alive? Besides, Mr. Songyue said that you should know the meaning of that word—" Shinbi asked, but Torii bowed his head and remained silent.Wei Ze on the side observed the appearance of the torii gate, but kept silent. "There's still a lot of work to do." Finally, Torii muttered softly. "Can you not bother us today? And, please don't walk around casually." Torii took Wei Ze and walked back to the workshop silently. "I'll take my leave too..." Maya also bowed to us, and then ran back to the drying room.