The coroner and the concubine doctor pursue the murderer in the Dali Temple

Chapter 347 Master Xuan Hong

Chu Yunxi also looked back at the two seriously injured constables and sighed, "Yes, those are the two you met. They wanted to save you."

Shan Ruoheng looked guilty, "It's a pity that we were deceived by those two monks at that time. We thought they were robbers blocking the road."

"What happened next?" Chu Yunxi asked.

"Then the older monk took action and knocked down the two officials. He saw that we were watching, so he said something about how monks are compassionate and that he would not take your lives today and that you should behave yourself in the future. After that, we continued to walk up the mountain."

It seems that Shaokang showed mercy because he was afraid that Shan Ruoheng and his wife would arouse suspicion. Otherwise, he would have killed the two constables. Or maybe he wanted to wait until he had dealt with the couple before coming back to kill them.

Shan Ruoheng saw Chu Yunxi signaling him to continue, so he continued, "We reached the edge of a cliff and saw that there was no way out, so I turned back to ask the little master where the divine monk was. But as soon as I turned back, he covered my mouth. I smelled a faint sweet smell, and soon I lost consciousness until just now."

Yu Shanhu then spoke up: "I saw my husband fainted, so I rushed over to ask the monk what he had done to my husband. He only said to me, 'Look at him one last time, you will never see him again.' I was shocked and lowered my head to feel my husband's breath. At this moment, the handkerchief covered my mouth and nose, and then I lost consciousness."

After the two finished speaking, Chu Yunxi motioned for them to stretch out their hands and felt their pulses. After confirming that the drug did not cause any harm to the body, she felt relieved and said, "Those two monks are the murderers of a serial murder case. Don't trust fortune-tellers easily in the future. As long as you teach your children well, they will definitely have a bright future."

Shan Ruoheng was sweating profusely. He wiped his sweat with his hand and said, "I will definitely remember the princess's teachings."

Chu Yunxi didn't want to say too much to them and increase their fear. She believed that both of them had learned a lesson this time.

After breakfast, the people and carriages sent by Li Jinghong had arrived, as well as Li Jinghong and Wen Rulan.

First, a carriage was arranged to take away the two injured constables and Shan Ruoheng and his wife. Then Xiao Mubei, Chu Yunxi, Wen Rulan and Li Jinghong sat down to discuss the case. Everyone else left the room very consciously.

Li Jinghong reported: "We have detained the fortune teller, but he insisted that he did not tell the couple anything except asking them to light the eternal lamp. He was lazy these days and did not come to the Guanyin Temple to set up a stall. He does not know anything else."

"He knows that if he admits it, he will be dead. If he doesn't admit it, as long as we can't catch those two monks, he will be safe." Chu Yunxi sneered, "It seems that he has confidence in those two monks and is sure that we can't catch them."

"Are those two people very good at martial arts?" Wen Rulan asked.

Xiao Mubei has a say on this point. "The young monk's martial arts skills are mediocre, so he is not to be feared. But the middle-aged monk is quite capable. His palm wind has a lot of internal force. The two brothers were hit by him just now. If he hadn't shown mercy, I'm afraid they would have been killed. In addition, his Qinggong is quite good. He can carry a person down from the cliff on the ridge. Hei Mu said that he is very fast. Of course, he is also familiar with the area below the cliff, so he escaped."

Chu Yunxi added: "We still have to be on guard. If that so-called divine monk really exists, would his martial arts be unfathomable?"

"And Master Xuanhong, the abbot of Guanyin Temple, is probably involved as well." Xiao Mubei said in a heavy tone.

Wen Rulan nodded, "In that case, I'm afraid this case involves a lot of people, even the abbot of Guanyin Temple is involved, and there are so many martial monks in Guanyin Temple, Your Majesty, I'm afraid you need to prepare more manpower to be worry-free."

Xiao Mubei nodded and said to Li Jinghong, "I'll have to trouble Li Shaoqing to go to the Jingji camp five miles away to pass on a message and ask them to be prepared. If there is an uncontrollable situation, I will send a signal and ask them to rush to help immediately without delay."

Li Jinghong agreed, took Xiao Mubei's token and left. The rest of the people also stood up, said goodbye to Ah Cheng and his mother, and set off for Guanyin Temple.

Guanyin Temple is still very popular, with many pilgrims coming and going. The villagers of Longshou Village still set up various stalls outside the temple, and everything seems to be the same as usual.

Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi still walked in together. The others, including Wen Rulan, hid in the dark. Just like last time, the two were taken by the little monk to see Master Xuanhong.

When Master Xuan Hong saw Xiao Mubei and Chu Yunxi, he immediately saluted while chanting Buddhist mantras, "This old monk pays respects to His Majesty and Princess."

Xiao Mubei said calmly: "Master Abbot, there is no need to be so polite."

Master Xuanhong looked like a highly accomplished monk. The two men were unwilling to believe that he was actually involved in this case of a child being born by Yin. Killing the mother to take the child was too cruel. Ordinary people would not do it. How could a compassionate monk be so vicious?

After the host and the guest sat down, Master Xuan Hong spoke first: "The prince and princess came today, but did they catch the murderer?"

Chu Yunxi smiled and said, "No, they escaped. I came here today to ask you, Master, is there anything unusual in the temple these past two days? Have you found any strange monks entering the temple?"

Master Xuan Hong's expression showed no flaws. He shook his head slowly and said, "I have never seen it."

Chu Yunxi nodded and said nothing more, "Someone was almost killed yesterday. Master Abbot, have you arranged for monks to strengthen patrols these days?"

Master Xuan Hong was a little surprised. "Another victim? How come the temple didn't notice it at all? How did the prince and princess find out?"

He actually tried to find out what they were talking about. Chu Yunxi sighed inwardly. Master Xuanhong's acting skills were really good. If there was no other possibility, she really didn't want to believe that he was in cahoots with the murderer.

Xiao Mubei curled his lips, "What a coincidence. Recently, in order to prevent more victims from appearing, this king has set up a sentry at the foot of the mountain. Yesterday, this king and the princess just wanted to go to Guanyin Temple again to see if we could find some more clues. We happened to run into the murderer and confronted them head-on. Unfortunately, they ran away."

Chu Yunxi had been staring at Master Xuan Hong closely, and seeing that he seemed to be secretly relieved, she became more certain of her guess that he was testing how many clues they had found.