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

After breakfast, Chu Yunxi went to the Temple of Queen Mother of the West again with Xiao Mubei. The Taoist temple was being cleaned. On weekdays, they would clean at this time and then open the door to welcome pilgrims for the day. However, because of the murder case today, the Bodhi Temple put up a sign at the foot of the mountain, saying that it would not receive pilgrims today.

Chu Yunxi walked into the Queen Mother of the West Hall and saw Qingfeng sitting in his usual position, meditating. So she stepped forward and said, "Master Qingfeng, excuse me for disturbing you. I have a few questions I would like to ask you. Is that convenient for you?"

Qingfeng opened his eyes and said, "It's convenient, please speak."

Chu Yunxi pulled over a cushion and sat down, asking, "Isn't this the first time for the Four Young Masters of Qingcheng to come to Bodhi Temple?"

"No," Qingfeng recalled, "This should be the fifth time I've come here this year."

"Are you so pious?" Chu Yunxi pretended to be surprised.

Qingfeng's expression almost collapsed. He said seriously, "Donor, you are joking. How could those four be pious people? Every time they come here, they want to see the master."

"Really? So that's how it is. I heard that the master of Bodhi Temple is a hermit and there are countless people who want to see her. It's understandable that these four people want to see the master, but the master is not that easy to see. Don't you agree, Taoist Qingfeng?"

Chu Yunxi stared at Qingfeng's expression while speaking, but saw that his expression did not change. It seemed that he had heard such words many times. He nodded and said, "Our temple master only saves those who are predestined, such as the donor."

It turned out that he knew that he had met the master. Chu Yunxi nodded and said, "Have they met the master?"

Qing Feng said, "These four people are notorious and have a long history of bad deeds. How could they possibly meet the master?"

"So, they came here five times to ask to see the master, but they didn't get what they wanted, so they got mad yesterday, right?"

Qingfeng nodded. Many people saw this incident yesterday.

Chu Yunxi thought for a moment and then asked, "Does the Taoist priest know why they want to see the temple master?"

Qing Feng said in embarrassment: "This... they didn't tell me, how can I know? But people in this world want to see the master, just to ask her for guidance, or to ask her to read their fate, these four people should be for this reason."

Chu Yunxi looked at him and suddenly smiled after a while, "Master Qingfeng, do you think they are here to ask the temple master for guidance?"

Qing Feng lowered his eyelashes and said, "I don't know."

Chu Yunxi curled her lips and said, "Okay, let's not talk about the four of them. By the way, how long have you been in this Bodhi Temple? Have you seen the master of the temple?"

Qingfeng said, "I entered the Bodhi Temple when I was thirteen years old. I was fortunate to follow the abbot for a few years. Now I am over thirty years old, and I have been in this Bodhi Temple for twenty years."

It has been a long time. Chu Yunxi nodded, stood up, and said, "I will trouble you again, Taoist Priest, to gather everyone in the open space in front of the door again. We still have to continue investigating the case."

Seeing that she stopped asking, Qingfeng breathed a sigh of relief and stood up, saying, "I'll go right away."

Seeing him walk out of the Queen Mother of the West Palace, Xiao Mubei asked, "Yunxi, you asked so many questions just now, did you get any clues?"

"Of course," Chu Yunxi smiled, "You'll know in a moment."

As soon as Qingfeng left, Wen Rulan came in and whispered something in Chu Yunxi's ear. Chu Yunxi nodded and whispered, "It's just as I expected."

After a while, everyone gathered in the open space in front of the Palace of Queen Mother of the West again. Wu Lingqi and the palace guards also came over and surrounded the open space. Wan Ruwei also came and stood with Wen Rulan.

Everyone looked at each other, wondering why they were gathered here again. Chu Yunxi stood in the middle of the open space and said, "I'm sorry that you couldn't go down the mountain and go home last night. I said that as long as the case is solved and the murderer is caught, everyone can go down the mountain. After a while, everyone can go down the mountain."

The crowd suddenly became agitated, and many people were whispering, "Has the murderer been caught? Who is the murderer?"

Chu Yunxi curled her lips and smiled, then turned to look at Qingfeng, "Master, don't you admit it yet?"

The crowd was in an uproar, and everyone looked at Qingfeng in disbelief. Most of them were believers of Bodhi Temple, who would come to the temple to burn incense almost every few months and were very familiar with Qingfeng. No one believed that Taoist Qingfeng, who usually patiently solved their problems and was meticulous, was actually a murderer.

Qingfeng walked out slowly and came towards Chu Yunxi. Xiao Mubei and Wen Rulan immediately took a few steps forward without leaving a trace and stood on both sides of Chu Yunxi. Fortunately, Qingfeng stopped a few steps away from Chu Yunxi and said, "Amitabha, the donor said that I am the murderer. Do you have any evidence?"

Chu Yunxi smiled unchanged and said, "As for the evidence, of course I have it, but before I show you the evidence, Taoist Qingfeng, don't you want to know where exactly you revealed your flaws?"

Qingfeng didn't say anything. Chu Yunxi knew that he would definitely not admit it at this moment, so she said, "In fact, you did it very neatly and efficiently, and the impression you gave people made me not suspect you at first. But when I found out that you didn't have an alibi, I started to pay attention to you, because among all the people present, no one's martial arts skills were as good as yours."

"How do you know I'm good at martial arts?" Qingfeng's expression didn't change.

Chu Yunxi said, "At the beginning, I was just suspicious. No matter how stupid the four young masters of Qingcheng are, they brought a lot of people with them. It's not so easy to kill them all in one fell swoop. I saw the martial arts of that little nun yesterday. It was unfathomable. It made me know that Bodhi Temple is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. And you are the head of Bodhi Temple. Logically, your martial arts should not be lower than that of the little nun. So I asked my senior brother to test you at night. Didn't you fight with him last night?"

Qingfeng's expression finally changed slightly. Chu Yunxi saw it, so she said, "Just now I went to chat with you again, deliberately asking you if you knew why the four young masters of Qingcheng wanted to see the master. You said that they might be like others, asking the master to point out the way or read their fortunes for them. But the four young masters of Beijing have no shortage of money or power. They live freely and carefree every day. Wherever they go, they just want to have fun and enjoy themselves. What puzzles do such people need to be pointed out? They are already very rich, do they still need fortunes? This sounds fake, and you, Taoist priest, are full of contempt for the four people in your words. You are also a monk. In the eyes of monks, all beings should be equal. Why do you treat them differently?"