Chapter 39 first quarter

Four days later, on December 8th. I, Mabi, and Rin stood in the corner of the outer formation, leaning on the railing, looking at the crowd absent-mindedly.The main hall of Zuixiang Temple is holding the Sakyamuni Enlightenment Meeting, and many believers are listening intently to the disciple of the abbot of Ci'an, a young monk, preaching the Dharma. 2,500 years ago today.In far away India, Sakyamuni became enlightened under a Bodhi tree. "Even if you discover the truth of the world, you can't guess people's hearts—even Shakyamuni Buddha." Hearing me say that, I sighed helplessly.

"Shenming Bodhisattva may be able to do it, but it is too difficult for us. Even if there are so many people in Ruixiang's room, no one can see through her mind." I turned to look at my friend's face, and also saw the sad expression on Rin's face behind him. "But teacher, you finally saw through her mind, didn't you? Otherwise, Ms. Maya might even kill Mr. Torii—" "Human life cannot be measured by numbers. I actually let Mr. Wei Ze, who lives under the same roof, die. I failed to stop Miss Maya at all." this is not your fault.I wanted to say that, but held back.Whenever something irreparable happens around Mabi, he stubbornly takes all the responsibility on his shoulders.No matter what I said to Rin, he couldn't forgive himself.Zhenbei must have slowly endured the sadness and annoyance hidden in his heart in this way.Even if others comfort him, saying that the murdered person deserved what he deserved, it will only double his inner sorrow and remorse.

"—According to detective Tanio, Maya has gradually calmed down." As I spoke, I turned my gaze back to the crowd.After the young monk preached the Dharma, someone came out from the depths of the inner circle with a tutu bag on his shoulders, then untied the bag, and handed the contents to the believers.It was a small amulet carved by Ruixiangfang. Yesterday, the Guwei criminal police came to the Ruixiang room, told us what happened before and after, and thanked us for helping the police solve the case. The police checked Maya's household registration and found that she was indeed the daughter of the god Jasmine. At the same time, they also discovered a sad fact.

"Jasami Jasmine died at the end of six years ago. According to the data, she committed suicide because of financial difficulties." Jasmine took her own life shortly after sending Maya to the Nogata family as an adopted daughter. The Nogata family is an ordinary office worker family living in Chazaki, and they have no connection with Ruixiangfang.Mrs. Nogata was infertile and had always wanted to adopt a child, so she went to a social welfare unit to register and hope to adopt a child. Twenty years ago, after Jasmine rushed out of Ruixiang's house, she gave birth to Maya and raised her independently.Due to severe burns on her face, it was difficult for her to find a job, and she suffered a lot.Since Jasmine had already worked hard to raise her only daughter, Maya, to grow up, why did she suddenly send her to someone else's house as an adoptive daughter, and then immediately took her own life——?

"I don't know what's hidden in it." The old detective scratched his head frowningly as he said this, and even if he asked Maya, he still couldn't get the point at all.Maya really didn't seem to know these things, only that one day she was suddenly sent to someone else's family to be an adopted daughter, and not long after, her biological mother committed suicide. After Detective Guwei left Ruixiang's room, we learned the reason for Jasmine's suicide.It was Song Yue who told us all this.He visited our room unexpectedly and said he knew the truth about Molly's suicide.

"Because I want you to know about it." Songyue did not sit on the cushion, but sat kneeling on the tatami in the room, with her head bowed. "I forced Jasmine to death. In fact, Jasmine called me more than once. Six years ago, I also talked with Jasmine on the phone—" Songyue spoke eloquently. On a cold November night six years ago, the dormitory's phone rang.It was Aunt Yi who answered the phone.The other party asked Song Yue in a low and vague voice.Aunt Yi didn't realize that it was Jasmine, so she transferred the call to Songyue. "When I picked up the phone and heard the voice on the phone, my mind went blank. Although her voice was not the same as before living here, I recognized it immediately before she gave her name. .When I heard the nostalgic term 'brother' from her mouth, I couldn't help but burst into tears."

Jasmine asks Songyue on the phone. "Jasmine said she wanted to come back to Ruixiang House. If Ruixiang House was willing to accept her, she wanted to come back here again and live with us. Jasmine didn't mention the reason, but I know it now because she was out of financial condition at the time .And her only daughter, Maya, is also 14 years old, and her living expenses will be higher than before." Of course Songyue agreed.Although he still misunderstood that "Jasmine killed Jiuze with a sickle fourteen years ago", even the murderer was still his own sister. "Also, fourteen years have passed by then, and the homicide crime has almost passed the retrospective period."

Songyue immediately agreed to Jasmine's request, but unexpectedly Jasmine made another request. "Since I left Ruixiang's room, a woman has been taking care of me. If possible, I hope to go back to Ruixiang's room with her——Jasmine said so at the time." Songyue asked who the other party was, but Jasmine was unwilling to answer. "Jasmine said, although I can't tell you who she is, she is definitely not someone of unknown origin. It's just that the woman's appearance has a big feature." "feature?" "Yes, that's—" The man's face was badly burned--so Molly said at the time.

"She is like Fudo Myoki, her whole face is festered into a bright red, and the terrifying appearance makes people dare not take a second look. Jasmine told me so. After hesitating, I said to her, I welcome you back, but Rui Xiangfang is afraid It’s hard to accept that woman. This is a Buddhist workshop with a long history, so avoid such women as much as possible. The old house owner should also say the same. However, if you insist—” As a result, before Songyue finished speaking, the phone hung up. "I don't understand why Molly hung up the phone. I've been waiting for Molly's call since that day—these six years. If Molly calls me again and makes the same request, I intend to accept her request gladly." .Aside from Jasmine herself, the woman with the burnt face is also welcome to come to Ruixiang's room."

However, he never heard Jasmine's voice again.Jasmine never contacted Ruixiangfang again. "Just now, I heard the news of Jasmine's suicide for the first time from the mouth of the Guwei detective. Jasmine committed suicide in December six years ago, that is, after calling me. I must be responsible for Jasmine's death. If at that time I promised her that if I saw through her lies at that time..." Songyue was crying, and he lay on the tatami, crying loudly like a child.His cries were filled with all the sadness, despair and regret a human being can feel.We could only silently look down at his back.

What a sad misunderstanding.Jasmine couldn't tell straightly that her face was burned, so she explained it to Songyue through lies.However, Songyue refused to accept the burned woman.So, she was desperate, she was disheartened, and she didn't have the strength to explain that the burned woman was actually herself, and the other woman was her daughter. Jasmine took her own life for reasons she didn't even tell her daughter Maya.It must be hard for her to tell.Before she committed suicide, she sent Maya to someone else's family as an adopted daughter so that she could live a safe life. "Did you tell the police about these things?" Zhenbei asked quietly, Songyue was still lying on the tatami and shook her head. "What...what should I do...what should I do...?" We do not know if he has since raised the matter with police. Detective Tanio tells us about Maya's life after she was sent to become an adopted daughter. Maya learned of her mother's death in the staff room of Chasaki Junior High School.While becoming the adopted daughter of the Nogata family, she also transferred to that school from the junior high school she attended before. Maya, who was still in the second grade of middle school at the time, spent the year and months before graduation in frustration and sadness.After graduating from junior high school, she expressed her inner decision to the adoptive parents of the Nogata family.She wanted to enter Ruixiangfang to become a Buddha statue teacher. "Miss Maya said that at the time she was purely out of mourning for her parents and wanted to learn how to make Buddha statues in the place where her parents lived together." Detective Tanwei said with a desolate expression. She should never have imagined in her dreams that her father was brutally murdered by a colleague here.Even her mother, Jasmine, didn't know about it, and thought that Niozawa committed suicide because of her own relationship-of course, as a daughter, Maya couldn't possibly know. "Miss Jasmine often mentioned to her daughter about the Ruixiang House, about her brother and her father, and how she and Miss Maya's father, Ryuzawa Ryuzo, met there. Of course, she never mentioned anything about Ryuzawa Ryuzo For the details of the death, Miss Jasmine only told Miss Moye, 'Because my beloved died suddenly, so I also left the Ruixiang room', and also concealed the cause of the burn on her face to the end." The adoptive parents of the Yefang family agreed that Maya could enter Ruixiangfang to study art, but they only put forward one condition, that is, not to tell the people in Ruixiangfang about his life experience. "Ms. Maya is very cute." Detective Tanio explained to us, "The couple of the Nogata family thought that if the old house owner and the current house owner of Matsuzuki knew about Miss Maya's background, they would definitely take their daughter away." Maya agreed to the condition.Because she thanked the adoptive parents of the Yefang family from the bottom of her heart, they loved her as if they were her own after Jasmine's death, so Jasmine didn't particularly object.Four years ago in the spring, she entered Ruixiangfang, studied under Songyue, and aspired to become a Buddha statue artist. Perhaps because of blood relationship, Maya's talent in making Buddha statues impressed Songyue and other apprentices.She worked hard to learn art every day in the workshop of Ruixiangfang, and gradually developed her strength.One year has passed, two years have passed, three years have passed, four years have passed, and the fifth year has passed—— "As a result, that unfortunate incident happened suddenly." A month ago, it was the beginning of winter this year. "It's really a pure coincidence. Ms. Maya overheard Mr. Torii, Mr. Wei Ze and Mr. Okajima whispering among three people. She didn't expect that what they were talking about turned out to be the murder of Ryuzo Nirazawa twenty years ago. Although They didn’t talk about how they were killed, but they learned that they conspired to kill Mr. Jiuze and burned the body in the cave—and the fact that Miss Jasmine rushed into the cave.” When Maya learned the truth about her father's death and the cause of her mother's burns, she fell into a panic.She didn't know what to do, and she couldn't find anyone to talk to.The murderer who killed his father lives in front of him every day as if nothing had happened.They killed their father and forced their mother to have nowhere to go, but they could carve Buddha statues, talk and laugh happily, eat three meals a day, and lie in warm quilts every day. "Did Miss Maye see King Wushu Samoming bleeding at that time again?" Really prepared to ask.Detective Tanio showed a surprised expression. "—So you already know. That's right, that's what it is." On the evening of November 22nd, just when Tang Jianmu’s father took me to visit the workshop, Maya came back after delivering the goods. As usual, he went to see his father’s works, that is, he had been abandoned in a lonely corner King Wushu Samoming.It seems to have become part of her everyday life.But because she didn't tell others about her life experience, she couldn't go to the temple to worship, otherwise the people in the workshop would be surprised to see it.She always stood in front of the ghost needle grass, pushed aside the grass, looked at the Buddha statue quietly, and folded her hands. As a result, she saw blood streaming from the forehead of King Wushu Samoming carved by her father. "Miss Maya saw this scene - it was as if she had been possessed. During the interrogation, she kept saying, 'It feels like Daddy's soul has entered my body'. She watched it a year ago. When the forehead of the Buddha statue was cracked, I couldn't calm down. I didn't expect to see blood after learning the truth about my father's death..." So, when he was alone with Okajima-san at the shelter that night, Maya suddenly had a murderous urge.Okajima was standing on the ladder and arranging the Buddha statue on the wooden stand, she impulsively pushed his body hard—— What happened afterwards is almost the same as what Mabe told us in front of the ghost needle grass, and what he explained in the Ruixiangfang restaurant that evening.