Talk about the world of mortals in detail

Monk Zhaoli didn't leave either. He returned to the tree and sat down cross-legged, waiting next to Ding Feixiong.

Being able to listen to the sutras together, Monk Zhaoli felt that he had a special relationship with this wandering monk who had killed a living person. He was a little envious and curious in his heart, wanting to see when the wandering monk would wake up.

"Master Abbot, I'm here to take care of you. Send someone to the government to withdraw the complaint!"

"Yes, disciple understands!"

After abbot Guangji bowed to the foot of the tree, he hurriedly returned to the original route. When he arrived outside the courtyard, the pilgrims there were even more excited than before.

"Master Abbot, what is going on inside?"

"Master Abbot, are those two sacred monks in the temple?" "Master Abbot."

"Dear donors, I have no comment for the time being. I would also like to ask all donors not to make any noise, and please step back!"

The abbot left quickly under the protection of several monks, and soon found the Zhike monk who had been sent to report to the official a few days ago, and asked him to quickly withdraw the complaint.

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Suzhou Sanxiang County, a monk in a hurry rushed here and came to the county government office.

Yamen drums are generally used inside government offices. Ordinary people cannot beat the drums casually unless they have a serious grievance or something very important. Otherwise, the drummer will be tortured first.

The complaint submitted by Xiangshan Zen Monastery was actually ambiguous. Who was killed, where he was killed, and when was not clearly stated. It only mentioned a suspicious wandering monk, and listed the missing pilgrims in the temple. Also mentioned it.

If this kind of complaint were submitted by ordinary people, the county government might not even accept it, but the monks from Xiangshan Zen Monastery would give it some face.

According to the provisions of the Dayong County Government's criminal law system, if a case is received but classified as doubtful, the county government's fast-shift yamen officer needs to go to verify the case first, supplement the information and then resubmit it to the county magistrate or directly hand it over to the county magistrate.

The complaint was only sent that afternoon. With the usual speed of the county government office, it is now approaching the end of the year. The county government has a lot of things to do. The process of questioning the complaint has probably not started yet. At least the temple has not seen anyone sent by the county government. Pass.

The monk arrived at the county government office and explained his purpose to the government officials. Soon the government officials took him to the internal government office, where the county magistrate of Sanxiang County was sitting.

"Your Majesty, the master of Xiangshan Zen Temple wants to withdraw the complaint."

The county magistrate was slightly surprised when he heard this, and looked up at the door. A monk was saluting with his hands clasped together.

"I've met the county magistrate!"

"This master doesn't need to be polite!"

After the county magistrate said something, he waved to an official next to him, who immediately walked over.

"Is there a lawsuit against Xiangshan Zen Monastery?"

"Well, it seems there is, but it's classified as suspicious and I haven't had time to check it out yet."

"Find it and let me take a look."

"yes!"

The official went out to another room. After a while, he dug out the petition paper from a pile of documents on the side of the public case, brought it back and handed it to the county magistrate. The latter looked at it and found that it was still possible. Being involved in a murder case, I couldn't help but frown.

There is no doubt that many of the things that should be explained clearly in the complaint are ambiguous, but one thing is clearly written, and that is that more than a dozen guests suddenly disappeared from the temple.

After the people disappeared, Zhike Monk could not find any guests who were familiar with these people, and the luggage in these people's guesthouses was not taken away.

After the county magistrate browsed it once, he looked at the waiting monk over there. The other person's eyes met his, and he looked slightly uneasy.

"Master, are you sure you want to withdraw the lawsuit?"

"That's right, that's right. It's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"

"Oh, did Master Guangji ask the master to come, or did the master come himself? Is the master a knowledgeable monk?"

The monk quickly answered.

"The poor monk is an acquaintance of the Zen monastery. He came here to withdraw the lawsuit on the orders of the abbot. I also ask the county magistrate to do it for your convenience. We will pray for you in front of my Buddha!"

The county magistrate smiled and said with relief.

"No, no, since it's a misunderstanding, it's okay to withdraw. By the way, since the master is a Zhike monk, have you found the missing dozen or so foreign pilgrims?"

The monk was stunned for a moment and was speechless for a moment. The monks did not lie. Half of the guest house with more than a dozen people was already occupied by other people, but the luggage of those people was stored in the Zen courtyard.

But if you say you haven't come back now, wouldn't it be suspicious?

But the monk's hesitant and even panicked expression at this moment was already more suspicious than any answer.

The county magistrate's expression also changed slightly, and even the government servant next to him noticed something was wrong.

"Is this master under coercion?"

The monk was struggling in his heart not to lie. Hearing this, it was like waking up from a dream, and he quickly denied it.

"No, no, no, I was not coerced by anyone. It's just, it's really just the abbot who ordered me to come and withdraw the lawsuit."

"I see, please don't be impatient. There is no record of the file. I will withdraw it for you."

The county magistrate wrote the four words "withdrawal of the complaint" on the complaint, then walked out of the public case and handed it back to the monk himself.

"Master, please put it away!"

It was a freezing day, and the monk was so anxious that he broke into a cold sweat. Only now did he breathe a sigh of relief after receiving the complaint.

"Please call me Buddha for mercy. Thank you so much, Lord County Magistrate! The poor monk will take his leave!"

"Master, you're welcome! Send this master off for me!"

The county magistrate replied, and then looked at the Yamen Road next to him.

"yes!"

The monk bowed again and followed the yamen servant out.

As soon as the monk and the government officials left, the county magistrate's expression changed and he immediately looked at the officials on one side.

"Hurry up and notify the head catcher of Kuaiban and ask him to bring some good men to see me!"

"It's my lord!"

Not to mention the county magistrate, all the officials had a big problem here, so they quickly ran out after receiving the order.

Because the county magistrate was shouting urgently, not long after, the Sanxiang County police chief and four policemen hurried to the county magistrate's office.

After they arrived, the county magistrate didn't waste any words. He immediately and concisely reported to Xiangshan Zen Academy that the case had been withdrawn, as well as the doubtful points, and then issued an order.

"Go to Xiangshan Zen Monastery quickly to investigate and see what's going on. Be careful!"

The head catcher listened carefully to the county magistrate's words and nodded frequently.

"Subordinates must be careful! Brothers, let's go!"

After receiving the order, the head catcher hurried out with several of his subordinates. Once outside, he issued another order.

"Liu Er, go and call the other brothers who are fine. Let's follow the monk who came to withdraw the lawsuit first!"

"yes!"

The five people acted separately. According to the information they heard, the situation could be good or bad. If it was really bad, the five people still seemed a little weak.

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The monk who withdrew the petition felt very relaxed when he went back, feeling that he had completed the task assigned by the abbot. Thinking about the abbot's eagerness before, if the case had really been taken over by the government, it would probably be troublesome.

But where did the dozen missing pilgrims go?

Zhike Monk didn't think much about it and hurried back to Xiangshan Zen Monastery. But what he didn't know was that a group of policemen from Sanxiang County Yamen followed him back.

Along the way, apart from walking very fast, Zhike Monk showed no other abnormality. By the time he arrived at the temple, it was already afternoon.

Outside the abbot's Zen room, Zhike monk showed him the paper as soon as he came back.

"Abbott, the complaint has been withdrawn! Please see!"

After the abbot took the paper and read it, a big stone fell in his heart.

"That's good, that's good!"

"Uh, abbot, what about the dozen missing guests?"

The abbot also frowned when he heard this. To be honest, it was probably related to the wandering monk, but he didn't know what to do in this situation.

"We can only wait until Master Zhaoli and the wandering monk wake up from their concentration before making a decision. I believe the Bodhisattva will bless them! I, the Buddha, are merciful!"

Zhike Monk didn't say anything. He also clasped his hands together and whispered, "My Buddha is merciful!"

Outside the Xiangshan Zen Monastery, police officers from Sanxiang County have arrived here under the leadership of the head catcher. However, looking at the endless stream of pilgrims outside the temple, there seems to be nothing unusual.

Several police officers each asked a few pilgrims who were leaving the temple, but the answers they received were that it was normal in the temple, and they frequently mentioned that it was very strange that there were eminent monks meditating in meditation.

After a while, a group of policemen gathered on the side outside the temple, sharing the information they got from the pilgrims.

"It seems like everything is really normal!" "Captain Li, let's just go in and take a look?"

"Or change your clothes and go in?"

The catcher frowned and thought for a moment, feeling a little unwilling.

"If nothing happens, that's it. If something happens, we can't let it go. Now that the imperial court has promulgated new laws, if such a big case is solved, we will also have the opportunity to be promoted!"

"The boss is right. Even if there is no murder, the motive of the disappearance of a dozen people is unknown and very suspicious!"

"That's right! You guys, please change your clothes and go in to take a look. Be careful not to alert others, and also take a look at what the so-called eminent monks are doing while meditating."

"yes!"

The head catcher then looked at the remaining people.

"You guys, let me go around the temple to check the situation first. Since you are missing, you will not leave through the door unless you die in the temple. There has been no rain or snow recently, and there is still snow around. If a dozen people go out, they will definitely... Leave footprints!"

"Yes!" "That makes sense!"

The policemen were divided into two groups. A few people entered the temple, and most of the others began to search carefully around the outer walls of the temple on both sides.

Let’s not mention the people who entered the temple for now, but those who searched along the courtyard wall soon discovered it. When they arrived at a wall section near the back mountain, someone immediately saw a large number of footprints.

"Head, there are a lot of footprints over there!"

"Go over and have a look!"

The group of people arrived at the starting point where they had chased and fled into the mountain. Judging from the footprints, it was obvious that a group of people jumped out of the temple.

There were many and very messy footprints, leaving a long string of footprints on the snow. As the police chased the footprints up the mountain, many people realized something was wrong.

Except for the head catcher, all the catchers began to find it difficult to move because the snow began to get deeper and deeper, but the previous footprints on the snow were not too deep.

Now that the weather is cold and the snow is not melting, and no new snow has fallen, the snow tracks will hardly change in a few days.

"These people all have martial arts skills, and their skills are not weak!"

"Boss, something is wrong!" "Go over and take a look first!"

"Um!"

After a long time, a group of detectives finally found the real "crime scene."

As soon as they found this place, the heartbeats of the detectives, which had been accelerated by climbing the snow-capped mountains, couldn't help but become even faster.

There are still seven or eight corpses left here, almost all of which have been frozen solid. Many corpses have traces of being eaten by wild beasts. There are also traces of corpses being dragged and footprints of wild beasts on the snow.

But the most obvious traces are the traces of fighting!

The head catcher walked to one of the corpses. On the big tree on the side of the corpse, a track was cut out of the bark, and a large hole was punched through the chest of the corpse.

"He was killed by some terrible hidden weapon." "Boss, everyone died tragically."

"They all died at the hands of highly skilled martial artists!"

Not to mention other police officers, even Capt. Li was feeling numb right now.