Chapter 37 fourth quarter

In the silence like the bottom of the deep sea, the first person to speak was Tang Jianmu's old man. "Abbot, why? Why are you...?" He has completely panicked.The abbot of Ji'an, who was wearing a blue kimono, did not answer, but just looked back at his old friend's face. Zhenbei opened his mouth and said: "Abbot of Ci'an, the day we came here, you chanted the Sutra of Entering the Soul in front of Avalokitesvara in the storage room, right?" That day when we entered the studio through the wooden door at the back door, the abbot of Ci'an was indeed chanting in front of Avalokitesvara, and the feeling was similar to that of chanting to the small amulet.

"That's because when you saw off the left hand of Avalokitesvara, you once transferred the soul of the Buddha statue. You must transfer the soul before the disintegration of the Buddha statue. You, a pious person, did not forget this matter that night, but then you were negligent and forgot to enter the soul .So that day you just remembered this incident, and you chanted the Sutra of Entering the Soul for Avalokitesvara again, but we bumped into you." The abbot of Ji'an was noncommittal, and greeted Mabe's gaze. "The first person who thought you were the murderer of Mr. Okajima was the old house owner Songyue. From the end of the road, the old house owner heard the voice of 'Moli' repeatedly coming from Wushu Shamo Mingwang Temple, and thought it was yours The voice, he thinks that after you killed Mr. Okajima for some reason, you chanted the mantra in front of King Wushu Samoming to eliminate the filth."

Zhenbei glanced at the old homeowner Songyue. "Old homeowner, you once gave us a tip outside the cottage when the police were searching the cottage." - I'll tell you something - At that time, the old house owner of Songyue said a very wonderful thing. ——The only ones who called that child "Jasmine" were me, Songyue, and Ryuzo.It has been a long time since Songyue and I mentioned that name—— —Do you understand what it means? —— "At that time, you wanted to tell us that Daowei heard 'Moli' instead of 'Jasmine'. Apart from you and Mr. Songyue, only Mr. Jiu Ze could directly call 'Jasli' by the name, but Jiu Ze Mister has disappeared from Ruixiang's room long ago, so the 'Moli' heard by Daowei means something else—do you want to tell us that? But because you have scruples, you didn't make it clear."

The old homeowner of Songyue did not deny it. Zhenbei looked at the abbot of Ji'an again. "Abbot of Ci'an, there is another reason for the old homeowner to think that you are the murderer of Mr. Okajima. That night, the old homeowner saw you in the hut carrying a huge tutu bag, staggering through the back door Get out—Old homeowner, am I right?" The old homeowner Songyue nodded expressionlessly on the wheelchair. "I just happened to look out through the crack of the sliding door." "Really, do you mean that the old homeowner saw the footage captured by the surveillance camera with his own eyes?"

I asked.Zhenbei replied: "Exactly. At that time, the old homeowner should not have been suspicious, thinking that he brought some large garbage or other things back to the monastery-should have just thought so. But eight days later, the old homeowner saw it on the ceiling of the storage place. From the end of the road, I heard the wonderful events that happened on the night that Mr. Okajima disappeared - Avalokitesvara actually laughed, heard the voice of "Moli" several times in a row, and there were people walking in the room. And, the old man The homeowner also learned that the police did not find Mr. Okajima's body after searching the entire workshop. So, the old homeowner immediately recalled what he saw the night Mr. Okajima disappeared, and came to a conclusion—— The abbot of Ci’an killed Mr. Okajima for some reason, replaced the left hand of Avalokitesvara, and moved the body to the temple—Old owner, you once told us not to let anyone see the photo of the end of Taoism Don’t tell anyone what you saw or heard that night.”

Yes, the old homeowner once said that. "That should be the case - when you heard that the end of the story took a picture of the bloody forehead of King Wushu Samoming, you thought it was the blood of the victim, Mr. Okajima. That is to say, you thought that the abbot of Ci'an When he killed Mr. Okajima, he was also stained with Mr. Okajima's blood, so when he prayed to King Wushu Samoming, he wiped part of the blood on the Buddha statue, symbolizing the elimination of pollution. Because, besides, you want I don’t know why the statue of King Wushu Samoming bled that night. That’s why you said that. Otherwise, if someone saw that photo and heard the things Daowei said, they would come to the same conclusion as you If we conclude, we will see through the fact that the abbot of Ci'an is the murderer."

"Yes——you're right." Songyue's old homeowner said weakly, "It's useless to hide the matter now. Yes, I found out immediately that the abbot killed Satoshi, but I couldn't bear to see the abbot being killed. The police took him away. The abbot is not a bad person. When he was a Buddha statue teacher under me, he was very upright in dealing with people. The most important thing is that after the abbot became a monk, he was very organized in both preaching and thinking. So I think that since he killed Satoshi, there must be some deep reason. Even now, I still think so—the night I heard Mr. Writer’s words, I went to Zuixiang Temple by myself and asked the abbot directly.”

It turned out that the dead cedar leaves caught in the wheel groove of the wheelchair got stuck at that time. "But the abbot still kept his mouth shut and didn't tell me anything." The old homeowner of Songyue looked at the abbot of Ci'an with tired eyes and asked, "Am I right?" The abbot of Ci'an still looked back at him in silence.Why did the abbot of Ci'an kill Okajima?What is the reason? "Old homeowner—you misunderstood." Zhenbei said quietly. "I misunderstood?" "You misunderstood two things." Mabe replied with a sympathetic expression: "First of all—on the night Mr. Okajima was killed, the tutu bag you saw was not Mr. Okajima's body, but Mr. Okajima's body. Amulet."

"Small amulet...?" "That's right, it was the small amulet that was too late to consecrate that day. The abbot of Ci'an brought it back to the temple, and completed the soul-entrance before the next morning-and there is one more thing." Mabe looked directly at the face of the old house owner Matsuzuki. "It was not the abbot of Ji'an who killed Mr. Okajima." Several people, including me, opened their mouths to speak at the same time, but Mabe continued in time: "Old homeowner, the abbot of Ci'an was just assisting the murderer - the abbot of Ci'an may have gone to the toilet or came back from other places, and happened to bump into the murderer who was at a loss after killing Mr. Okajima in the shelter."

I remembered that the three of us also encountered this situation the day we came to Ruixiang House.When we were admiring the Buddha statues, the abbot of Ci’an happened to go to the bathroom outside. I remember he once said to himself: ——If there was a toilet in the workshop, such a trouble would not have happened—— Could it be that he was annoyed that a murder happened when he left the workshop, so he said that? "I think the abbot of Ci'an saw the scene where Mr. Okajima's body was stabbed on the halberd of Avalokitesvara while the murderer stood in front of him. The murderer told the abbot of Ci'an about the situation. As for how detailed it is, We can only rely on our own imaginations, at least the abbot of Ci'an knew that the murderer did not kill Mr. Okajima on a whim. Therefore, the abbot of Ci'an decided to assist the murderer."

The old homeowner of Songyue looked at the abbot of Ci'an and asked, "Is that so?" However, the abbot of Ci'an still didn't speak. "The work done by the abbot of Ci'an is just to move Mr. Okajima's body and turn the Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara in one direction—that is to say, it is all labor-intensive work. After learning about the situation from the murderer, the abbot of Ci'an thinks that the first The corpse of Mr. Okajima had to be taken down. However, once the corpse was pulled out from the halberd, a large amount of blood would spurt out. Therefore, we could only try to keep Mr. Okajima’s body stabbed on the halberd, and put the halberd Pull it from the hand of Avalokitesvara. But as I said just now, since the halberd is too close to the ceiling, Mr. Okajima's body will touch the ceiling anyway, so this method is not feasible. The abbot of Ji'an and the murderer Discuss the solution - finally came to the conclusion of sawing off the left hand of Avalokitesvara, and they did. After the abbot of Ci'an moved the soul of Avalokitesvara, the murderer saw off the left hand. Then, the abbot of Ci'an saw off the left hand of Avalokitesvara. Avalokitesvara turned in one direction to prevent others from discovering that Avalokitesvara with Thousand Arms was missing a hand, and then moved Mr. Okajima's body to a certain place in Ruixiang's room." Is Okajima's body really somewhere in Zuixiang's house? "After the abbot of Ci'an moved Mr. Okajima's body, he went to Wushu Shamo Mingwang Temple and chanted the mantra in front of the temple to eliminate the pollution on his body. After taking the camera at the end of the road and leaving, the abbot of Ci'an returned to the storage place , left the Ruixiang room with a dhutuo bag containing a small amulet. The abbot of Ci’an had no direct relationship with the changing of the hands of the Buddha statue later. Because that night, the old house owner of Songyue saw him leave the Ruixiang room exhausted. , Surveillance cameras also captured it. The abbot of Ci’an should have turned the Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara back the next morning.” Really stopped. My mind was in a mess and I was still trying to think.The unimaginable thing that happened in Ruixiang's room this time, under Zhenbei's explanation just now, the truth has been revealed, but there are still unsolved mysteries.For example, the place where Okajima's body was hidden, the missing Wei Ze, and—— "Mabi, who killed Mr. Okajima? And you said that Mr. Wei Ze is dead. Was he also killed by the same murderer?" I asked desperately, and everyone looked up at Mabi at the same time as if by appointment. ——No, only the abbot of Ci'an folded his arms and lowered his head, his writing style was as motionless as a stone.He knew who the murderer was, and he was worried that the murderer would be found.I don't understand, why did he cover up the murderer? "Mr. Okajima and Mr. Wei Ze were killed by the same person." Mabe said clearly, "The murderer is the child of Mr. Yuzawa and Miss Jasmine." ——Jasmine is already pregnant with a boy—— at this time-- A figure ran along the gravel road from the direction of the workshop. "Ah, so everyone is here. I just went to the studio to check and found that there is no one—" He stopped immediately, as if he was overwhelmed by the atmosphere in front of him. "Uh, may I ask what happened?"