Chapter 758 for investigation.

After the East Palace returned to normal, the crown prince Zhu Gaochi continued to ask Ye Xing how to investigate.

Ye Xing smiled faintly: "I don't know where the prince put the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra, I want to go to the scene of the crime to take a look." ”

Zhu Gaochi nodded again and again, led Ye Xing to see the scene of the crime, and said: "That "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra" is a manuscript of Master Xuanzang in the Tang Dynasty, so it is extremely precious, I put it in a secret passage in the study, but even so, it was stolen by a thief. ”

This Master Xuanzang is the Tang monk who went to the West to get the true scriptures in "Journey to the West", and the history books record that after Master Xuanzang retrieved the scriptures from India, he began to translate them, and there are many versions of this "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra", but Master Xuanzang's translation is the most popular, and people like Ye Xing who do not have any religious beliefs can say a few words.

For example, when contemplating the bodhisattva of self-reliance, when he walks in the deep prajnaparamita, he sees that the five aggregates are empty, and he overcomes all suffering. The relics are not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from color, color is emptiness, emptiness is color, and the same is true when you want to know it.

Many monks often use the words that color is emptiness, and emptiness is color, which makes it difficult to understand to pretend to be monks.

After thinking about it, Zhu Gaochi had already led Ye Xing to his study, because there was no investigation yet, so Zhu Gaochi asked people to protect the scene and not allow anyone to come in to destroy it, Ye Xing appreciated this very much, the prince is the prince, and he still understands the most basic situation of solving the case.

The calligraphy is very elegant, there are many books, and there are all kinds of books, after seeing so many books, Ye Xing really realized that the prince is really a knowledgeable person.

Of course, the reason why Ye Xing felt this way was not just because he had seen so many books, but because Ye Xing found that the back of these books had traces of being flipped through, and there were creases one after another, if he hadn't looked through them often, there would have been no such traces.

After entering Zhu Gaochi's study, Zhu Gaochi came to the side of his study, and pressed a button, and after the button was pressed, a dark grid appeared on the wall, although the dark grid is not very large, but it is still completely okay to put a few books.

"Ye Aiqing, the "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra" is hidden in this secret compartment, I have never told anyone about this secret compartment, and few people can enter my study, but the thief still found it."

When encountering this kind of thing, it is normal for Zhu Gaochi to feel puzzled, even Ye Xing is puzzled, such a secret grid is indeed difficult to find, how did the thief know?

After thinking about it, Ye Xing looked at the crown prince Zhu Gaochi and asked, "The prince has this "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra" in his hand, did he tell anyone?" ”

Prince Zhu Gaochi thought for a while and said: "This "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra" is the only copy of Master Xuanzang's hand, when I talked with the monks, I also inadvertently mentioned it, and some of those monks wanted to see the true face of the "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra", and I was embarrassed to refuse, so I agreed. ”

After listening to Zhu Gaochi's words, Ye Xing seemed to have found a clue, so he hurriedly asked, "Then please think about it carefully, who have you talked to about this matter?" ”

The prince thought for a while and said, "Master Mingwu, a senior monk of Jiming Temple in the capital, Master Gao Feng of Qixia Temple, and Master Miaoyin of Linggu Temple, it seems that I told the three of them. ”

Ye Xing nodded slightly, but just when Ye Xing was about to say something, the crown prince Zhu Gaochi suddenly said excitedly: "Also, I remember that one day I wanted to take this "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra" to the market for valuation, so I let the ancient Xingzhi of Jinling Ancient Artifact Store take a look, at that time Gu Xingzhi said that this "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra" because it is a manuscript of Master Xuanzang, so it is a priceless treasure and cannot be estimated. If it weren't for my sister Princess Yong'an's birthday, I really wouldn't want to give it away! ”

After Zhu Gaochi finished speaking, Ye Xing nodded and said: "Now it seems that there are four suspects who covet this Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra, in order to be able to find the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra, we must visit these four people before Princess Yong'an's birthday, maybe we can find out a clue." ”

After Ye Xing finished speaking, Zhu Gaochi's face was a little ugly, Ye Xing seemed to understand what was going on, so he comforted: "Does the prince think that Master Mingwu, Master Gao Feng and Master Miaoyin are all eminent monks, and it is impossible for them to do this kind of thing, so I feel embarrassed to investigate them?" ”

Zhu Gaochi saw that his mind was seen through by Ye Xing, so he stopped conspiring, nodded and said: "The three masters of Mingwu, Gao Feng and Miaoyin are our famous monks in Jinling, and it is indeed impossible for the three of them to do this kind of thing of chicken and dog thieves, I think it is better for us to investigate that Gu Xingzhi first!" ”

Speculating on a person's character based on his identity is a bit too one-sided, isn't it true that the monks are not people, and they won't do evil things, Ye Xing felt that Zhu Gaochi still had some deviations in his view of people.

"Since the prince wants to find the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra, then he must have doubts about anyone, I think those who have obtained the high monks also want us to investigate to eliminate their own suspicions, if they don't even dare to let us investigate, how can they be regarded as getting high monks!" Ye Xing is fighting for his own understanding.

Seeing that Ye Xing was so persistent, the crown prince Zhu Gaochi had no choice but to nod and agree: "Okay, this matter is all up to you." ”

With Zhu Gaochi's words, Ye Xing finally let go of it, but at this time, Ye Xing didn't mean to ask the four suspects, Ye Xing came to the outside of the study, looked at the lock of the study, and the footprints around the attachment, after reading, Ye Xing looked at Zhu Gaochi and asked, "When the prince entered the study today, the door was closed, right?" ”

The prince nodded: "That's right, I also think it's strange, the door is locked, how did the thief get in, because there is no suspicious window in my study!" ”

Ye Xing smiled faintly: "Actually, this is easy to explain, although this lock is a little difficult to open, it can still be opened without a key, Brother Ai is an expert in unlocking, it doesn't take him a moment to open this lock." ”

Ai Fei'er nodded slightly, indicating that Ye Xing was right, this lock was indeed easy to open.

Ye Xing checked the footprints nearby, and found that there were indeed some footprints at the door, except for a few of them, there was one footprint that was the most suspicious, it should be the murderer's footprints, but these footprints were only when he came in, but there were no footprints when he left.

Did the thief come in and not leave?