The night was deep, and the moonlight shone through the window lattice into a side room.

There was a man lying on the bed in the wing, and the moonlight on her face could faintly tell that she was a woman.

But other than that, blood oozed from the corners of the woman's mouth, and the blood seemed to be still flowing at this time, falling drop by drop, and the head of the bed had turned blood red.

There is a farmhouse not far from the Golden Cicada Temple, there is a rooster crowing as soon as the sky is bright, the monks in the temple hear the rooster crowing, they get up in a hurry, they have to do morning lessons, and then there is to make breakfast, for themselves, but also for the pilgrims in the temple.

When the day dawned, the pilgrims in the monastery had already gotten up one after another, and the meal had already been prepared, but just as the pilgrims were having breakfast, there was a sudden exclamation in one of the chambers.

When the voice sounded, Hua Lang was still recuperating in bed, but when he heard the voice, he knew that something had happened here, so he couldn't sleep anymore, so he quickly got dressed and rushed out.

When Hanalang rushed out of the city, the guards of the Eight Sages were already serving the Eight Sages and walked towards the place where the sound was made, and the Eight Sages saw Hwarang and said, "You are also awake, so come along!" ”

The courtyard where the sound came from was very close to the courtyard of Hualang and their house, and when they walked in, there were several monks standing inside, and a few crying women, needless to say, the people who had the accident must be the relatives of those women.

The monks stayed outside the door of the room where the accident occurred, not letting anyone in, and said that they had sent someone to the city to report the case, and there would be people from the government in a short time, at this time, if Hua Lang showed the emperor's token, or if the Eight Sages said a word, they could immediately go in to investigate, but the Eight Sages seemed to want to see the efficiency of the court officials, so they did not speak, just waited in that small courtyard.

Hua Lang is a little anxious about the current situation, he is used to handling cases, and knows the importance of entering the scene of the crime as soon as possible, if he enters late, it is very likely to lose some important clues, but now the Eight Sages King refuses to speak, and he is not good to investigate first, otherwise it will make the Eight Sages think that he is a person who loves to behave!

At this time, the sun had just risen in the east, the sun was very warm and soft, and there were a few small saplings planted in the courtyard.

Hua Lang felt bored, and couldn't help but pay attention to the weeping women, there were four crying women at this time, two of them were gorgeously dressed, and they were the most crying, and they should have the closest relationship with the deceased, and the other two women were dressed as maids, although they were crying, they could give people a very fake feeling, and one of the women in red clothes was even a little happy.

Hua Lang felt that the deceased must be a nasty person, otherwise she died, how could her maid be happy, of course, other possibilities were not ruled out.

When Hua Lang observed the women, the abbot of the Golden Cicada Temple came in a hurry with someone, and after he arrived, he didn't go to see the Eight Sages King and the others, he came directly to those monks and asked, "Did you send someone to report to the official?" ”

The monk nodded again and again: "Someone has been sent!" ”

Although he got a positive answer, the abbot still looked worried, and Hanarang glanced at the abbot, he should be in his forties, with a round face, giving people a feeling of kindness, but at this time he looked worried, but he did not have the feeling of a master.

According to Hua Lang's understanding, the monks should be empty, and they should be very open to life, old age, sickness and death, fame, fortune, vanity, etc., but the abbot in front of him makes Hua Lang not feel this way.

They waited for about half an hour, and after half an hour, Ouyang Xiu and Bao Zheng hurried over, Ouyang Xiu is the Yin of the capital mansion, so he naturally wants to come, Bao Zheng is to supervise the imperial history, and has the right to judge the case, so he can also come, but the two of them rushed together, which is a little strange.

And Ouyang Xiu and Bao Zheng were also very surprised to see Hua Lang and the Eight Sages King here together, and thought it was incredible, after the two of them saw the Eight Sages King, they hurriedly asked Hua Lang, Hua Lang told him about being found by Zhao Shu in the Nanqing Palace, and then told him about staying here, and after speaking, he asked, "Why did Brother Bao come with Lord Ouyang?" ”

Bao Zheng smiled and said: "Last night, I reviewed the prison lawsuit in the prison, and found that there was a case that was very suspicious, so I discussed with Lord Ouyang, and as soon as I entered Kaifeng Mansion, I met a monk to report the case. ”

At this time, Ouyang Xiu said with a smile: "Lord Bao has broken a lot of cases in Tianchang County and Duanzhou, I want to let Lord Bao come along, maybe I can help." ”

Bao Zheng hurriedly humbly said: "There is Hualang here, and the one who can help the most is Hualang, Lord Ouyang can't let him go." ”

Ouyang Xiu said yes again and again, and then explained some information to the Eight Sages King, then took Bao Zheng and Hua Lang into the murder scene, as soon as they entered the house, they saw a woman in her forties lying on the bed, this woman was not covered with a quilt, her face was facing the door, and there were blood stains on her mouth, which looked very terrible.

The bed was a little messy, and it could be seen that the deceased had struggled strongly before being killed.

Ouyang Xiu came to the bed and looked at it, and found that the blood in the deceased's mouth was black, so he thought that he was poisoned and died, Hua Lang and Bao Zheng also made this determination, but after Ouyang Xiu said those words, Hua Lang asked to pull off the deceased's clothes and inspect it, Ouyang Xiu, as the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, was very taboo about this kind of thing that Hua Lang said, so he said: "Otherwise, find a woman to come." ”

Hua Lang looked a little indifferent, and said: "Anyone who examines a woman, you can't avoid suspicion, otherwise you will ignore a lot of clues, since Lord Ouyang feels that this is against etiquette, then let me Hua Lang come." Hua Lang said, took off the clothes of the woman on the bed, and then carefully examined the deceased's whole body, and found no external injuries on the deceased's body, but found some liquid left by the deceased after the man and woman were happy, of course, the liquid was dry at this time, but judging from the situation, it can still be concluded that this was left by the deceased and the man last night.

After listening to Hua Lang's words, everyone was very surprised, how could they not understand how a woman could be happy with a man in this holy land of Buddhism?