"Brother Chen, you said there are new clues in my little sister's case."
In the clean inn, the Bai brothers and sisters looked at Chen Yutian excitedly.
"Yes. We have obtained new clues. It proves that the real time of your sister's death was actually at Youshi on that day. So I would like to ask, do you know your whereabouts that day?"
Chen Yutian said slowly while holding some tea.
Bai Fan sat aside.
Behind him, Tianying leaned against the wall and looked out the window.
"I see... I remember that day little sister..."
When Bai Xiushan said this, a deep and powerful voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"She went to a temple outside the city to attend the temple fair."
The voice fell and the door suddenly opened.
An old man, about fifty years old, appeared outside the door.
He looks extremely heroic, and he has a military temperament in his words and deeds. At first glance, he looks like a veteran in the army.
However, at this moment, he could not see the iron-blooded temperament that had been tested in the battlefield. What was there was just the sadness that a father who lost his young should have.
"father."
The Bai brothers and sisters stood up one after another and said respectfully to the old man.
This man is the father of the three Bai brothers and sisters.
Bai Lingyan.
"Second uncle." Bai Fan also stood up and said respectfully
"Old General."
Chen Yutian also stood up and hugged his fists at the old man.
Bai Lingyan glanced at Chen Yutian.
"This must be Mr. Chen who helped investigate the little girl's case. I didn't expect you, Mr. Chen, to be so young. You really have a formidable future."
"What the hell. You're too polite, old general. I just solved a few cases, not worth mentioning."
"Master Chen is too polite."
Bai Lingyan slightly clasped his fists.
"That's why the old general is so polite. You just said that your wife went to a temple outside the city to attend a temple fair that day?"
"Exactly."
"Then do you still remember which temple your wife went to that day?"
Chen Yutian pondered for a moment and asked.
1 "This old man doesn't know."
Bai Lingyan shook his head slightly and thought.
"But I remember that before my daughter and Yu'er left that day, they said they were going to burn incense to the Bodhisattva to fulfill their vows."
"You still wish?"
Chen Yutian and Bai Fan looked at each other, their eyes flashing slightly.
…
"Sir, we found it."
In front of Yuelao Temple.
Chen Yutian, Bai Fan, Tianying and a young man dressed as a dragon guard stood quietly outside the door.
Another man dressed as a dragon guard suddenly walked out of it.
This man is also young, has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looks very energetic.
He was one of the two leaders of the two elite Dragon Guard teams sent by Emperor Xuan Ye to Chen Yutian during this patrol.
Li Qing.
"Sir, according to Wu Yu, the temple priest of Yuelao Temple, on the fifth day of February, the only temple that held a temple fair outside the city was the Guanyin Temple more than thirty miles away."
"Guanyin Temple?"
Chen Yutian glanced at Bai Fan and looked slightly into the distance.
Bai Fanyi's eyes flashed from time to time.
Half an hour later, the five of them arrived at the Guanyin Temple that Wu Yukou mentioned.
This is a temple that is not too big in scale. In addition to a main hall, there is only a backyard for the monks in the temple to rest.
When everyone came here, there were not many pilgrims.
Under the leadership of the gatekeeper monk, everyone met the abbot of Guanyin Temple, Master Huisi.
Master Huisi is nearly seventy years old, but his physique is still strong and his fair hair and childlike face give people a vague feeling of an enlightened monk.
"Amitabha, I wonder if several donors are looking for me. What do you want me to do?"
Master Huisi shouted the Buddha's name and bowed gently to everyone.
Chen Yutian quickly returned the gift.
"Master, when I come here today, there is really a matter of life and death, and I need to ask the master for advice."
"Oh? I don't know what it is. Please explain it to the donor."
Master Huisi's expression paused slightly and his brows furrowed slightly.
"That's right. Did your temple hold a temple fair on the fifth day of February this year?"
"Exactly. It was a temple fair held to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the founding of our temple."
Master Huisi nodded, his brows still furrowed.
"What, the donors, did something happen to my temple fair?"
Chen Yutian waved his hand slightly and said with a smile:
"It's not that anything happened at your temple fair. We just want to ask, did you ever see this girl at the temple fair that day?"
As he spoke, Li Qing on the side took out the portrait of Bai Xiuxiu that he had prepared in advance.
Seeing Bai Xiuxiu's appearance in the portrait, Master Huisi narrowed his eyes slightly.
And the accompanying monk beside him suddenly flashed his eyes!
This change in demeanor naturally did not escape the eyes of Chen Yutian and Bai Fan.
The two looked at each other and saw a clear light in each other's eyes.
"Um……"
Master Huisi stared at the portrait for a long time and slightly touched the white beard on his chin.
"How is it, Master, do you have any impression of this woman?"
Bai Fan spoke eagerly.
The master shook his head. When Bai Fan saw this, his eyes were slightly disappointed.
"Several donors, I'm sorry, there were so many pilgrims coming to the temple fair that day, so I can't remember whether there was such a female donor among those pilgrims."
"I'm sorry that I can't do anything."
The master sighed in shame.
"Master doesn't have to be like this. We are very grateful that Master can help us."
Chen Yutian turned his attention to the accompanying monk beside Master Huisi.
"I wonder if this young master has any impression of this girl?"
The accompanying monk was slightly startled when he heard this.
He pointed to his nose and asked curiously: "Me?"
Chen Yutian nodded.
"Yes, I just saw that the young master was obviously surprised when he saw the portrait. I wonder if the young master has seen this woman before?"
The accompanying monk looked at the two portraits carefully and spoke with some uncertainty.
"I'm not sure, but this female donor... does look very much like one of the two female donors who had a dispute with Mr. Ling on the day of the temple fair?"
"Oh? Are you sure?"
Bai Fan's eyes flashed and he asked urgently.
The accompanying monk looked at the portrait carefully and finally nodded affirmatively.
"Yes! I'm sure, because I remember that the female donor also had such a cinnabar mole between her eyebrows. She looked just like the female Bodhisattva."
He pointed to the mole between Bai Xiuxiu's eyebrows in the portrait.
Bai Fan nodded affirmatively.
"That's right. Xiuxiu has had such a cinnabar mole between her eyebrows since she was a child. She also has a quiet and kind personality. When I was young, my brothers and sisters and I thought she was a Bodhisattva."
"But who is the Young Master Ling that the young master is talking about?"
He asked with some confusion.
But the monk looked a little helpless and sighed.
"Who else, in this Youzhou City, besides the young master of the Fuyin family, can there be that young master Ling?"
Hearing this, Bai Fan and Chen Yutian's eyes lit up almost at the same time!
"Ling Mo?!"
…
"Dong dong dong!"
Violent knocking on the door kept ringing.
But no one answered the door.
"Hey, is anyone here?"
Huo Yuanji shouted at the top of his lungs, but still no one came to answer the door.
"Could it be that...he's not at home?"
Lin Feifei looked at the closed door and said to herself.
Here is the home of a man named Liu Feng.
This person, like Lin Ming, Wang Yun, and Liu Dahai, was also listed on the non-death list found in Hua Die's purse.
That day, in the autopsy room of the state government office, Huo Yuanji made a bold guess.
That is the Huadie serial murder case and the Bai Xiuxiu case, which are very likely the same case.
In order to confirm his suspicion, after discussing with Xue Tianhan and Gongsun, he decided to start the investigation from these people on the list.
After all, apart from Huadie and the mastermind behind the scenes, only these people know the whole thing best.
However, Liu Fang didn't seem to be at home at this moment.
Even the door to his home was locked, and no matter how Huo Yuanji knocked or called, there was no response.
It seemed like... there was no one at home at all.
"Could it be...we're a step late again?"
Huo Yuanji had a bad feeling in his heart.
He remembered the last time he conducted an investigation to find the living persons on the death list. All those people had received an anonymous letter and were away from home.
Later, they were all found dead in a hut in the west of the city.
Although there was no Huadie mark left at the murder scene, it was later confirmed that those three people were also poisoned by Huadie.
Will tragedy happen again this time?
No, absolutely not!
Huo Yuanji's eyes changed, flashing with determination.
Then he knocked on the door of a nearby house.
"Excuse me, is the person next door out? I've been knocking for a long time but no one answered the door."
The person who answered the door looked at the closed door next door and sighed slightly.
"Alas...Brother, you are really unlucky...Brother Liu's family moved out the night before yesterday..."
"What? Moved?"
Huo Yuanji was surprised.
Even Lin Feifei showed an unexpected expression.
"Yeah, it was probably the evening before yesterday. When I went home, I saw Brother Liu's family next door moving things onto the carriage."
"I asked him if he was going to travel far away, but he told me that he was moving away. He also said that he had relatives living in the capital, and they happened to have a big house left for them, so they were moving to the capital..."
"This is probably what happened..."
"That's it. Thank you so much, brother."
Huo Yuanji slightly arched his hands towards the other party and left immediately.
"It's really strange. Why didn't he move earlier or later? Why did he move only when we were going to find him?"
"This must not be a coincidence!!"
Lin Feifei expressed her guess.
Huo Yuanji smiled faintly.
"How can you be so sure this isn't a coincidence?"
"Of course I'm guessing this. I always think it's a coincidence that he moved at this time. What do you think?"
Huo Yuanji thought for a while and nodded lightly.
"Hmm... how should I put it? Although there is no concrete evidence, my intuition tells me that his move is not a coincidence! It is very likely that he deliberately avoided us and did not want to be investigated."
"Oh?" Lin Feifei looked confused.
"you mean……"
"We're not sure yet. Let's go find Tianhan Gongsun and the others first. If their experiences are the same as ours, then things will be in trouble."
Huo Yuanji took a deep breath, then pulled the girl away.
the other side……
Gongsun stood outside a closed door, his expression extremely solemn.
"It's a bit suspicious to move your family at this time, isn't it?"
"Sir, what you mean is..."
Tang Fengling looked at the huge wooden door with a big lock, then looked at Gongsun, thoughtfully.
"We're not sure yet, let's go, let's go meet with them and make peace first."
While pondering, Gongsun slowly left.
On another street, Xue Tianhan and Ling Miaoyin were also walking forward quickly.
In another small alley, Lin Dao and Wu Dongtian walked slowly out.
"You're actually moving at this time. Do you always think there's something wrong with this matter?"
…
"Can you please tell me in detail what this is about."
Bai Fan said to the accompanying monk with an anxious look on his face.
The attendant monk nodded slightly, thought for a while, and then spoke slowly.
"I remember that it was at the end of the temple fair. I was ordered by Master to go to the gate of the temple to see off guests. When I was passing by the main hall, I suddenly heard a noise..."
He described the scene in detail to everyone...
In front of the main hall.
Bai Xiuxiu's personal maid Yu'er glared at Ling Mo in front of her with a pair of beautiful eyes. Anger grows.
"Who are you that dare to take advantage of my young lady?"
She gently pressed the long sword on her waist and asked in a deep voice.
Just now, this ignorant guy in front of me openly teased his lady in front of everyone here.
Not only did he ask the young lady's maiden name face to face, he even shamelessly raised his hand to touch her face.
It's so shameless!
However, what is even more irritating is that this person not only is not ashamed of this, but instead questions himself arrogantly.
"Who are you? Haven't you heard of your young master's name?"
The followers behind him responded in agreement.
"That's right, don't you even know the name of my young master? Let me tell you, my young master is the son of the governor of Youzhou Prefecture."
"Oh? The son of the governor of Youzhou Prefecture? Humph! How can a shameless person like you have the nerve to reveal your identity? I'm afraid the governor of Youzhou Prefecture has lost all his face."
Yu'er smiled coldly.
The pilgrims who were watching suddenly opened their mouths in surprise as if they had seen a monster.
A few well-wishers reminded Bai Xiuxiu.
"Girl, listen to my advice, you'd better not mess with him."
But Yu'er turned a deaf ear to this.
"you……"
Ling Mo's face darkened.
Yu'er sneered.
"What? Do you still want to take action? This is a pure place of Buddhism. If you do something here, be careful of the Bodhisattva punishing you?"
Ling Mo laughed.
"Haha... Bodhisattva? Just those clay sculptures and wooden bodies? I'm not afraid of that, sir! I might as well tell you, in this Youzhou City, there is nothing that I can't get..."
"You guys, grab it for me..."
Ling Mo smiled domineeringly, and the losers and followers behind him immediately swarmed up, surrounding Yu'er and Bai Xiuxiu.
Seeing this, Yu'er pressed her left hand, and with a "clang" sound, the sword was instantly unsheathed!
"I wonder which of you dares to come forward?"
She raised her eyebrows and gave a cold drink. Mixed with the sword light reflected from the long sword, there was a strong killing intent.
"Haha... Who is afraid of whom? Come on!"
Ling Mo smiled arrogantly and confronted Yu'er tit for tat.
"The poor monk saw that they were about to fight, so he quickly stepped forward to stop them. Unexpectedly..."
The attendant monk said, sighing deeply.
