Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 326 Jin Hejing

"Holding horizontally?" Cui Bianxu looked at the mural again in confusion.

The monk said hurriedly, "That's right. That Yaksha ghost is extremely strong. When we broke into the house, it was about to flee. When it heard the noise, it only paused for a moment, then directly ran away, carrying Joyful Mother through the window."

Wang Mingqian couldn't help but gasp. When he was checking behind the monastery just now, he judged that the murderer must have strong martial arts skills, so he could escape in three steps. He didn't expect that he was holding someone in his arms.

Even if it is a woman, the weight will not be too light.

Holding someone in my arms can still feel so light...

He cast his gaze on Cui Bianxu, a hint of eagerness flashing in his eyes - I wonder if Cui Yi, holding Aunt Jiang, can do this...

Feeling the burning gaze, Cui Bianxu looked back and strangely understood what he was thinking. He stretched out two fingers and said, "Two steps."

Wang Mingqian raised his eyebrows and did not comment.

Who doesn’t know how to brag?

The two then came to the small courtyard where Huai Zhen lived. The courtyard was not big and most of the houses were empty. Although he lived alone in a courtyard, Huai Zhen seemed to be a person who devoted himself to Buddhism. The house inside and outside was very clean.

For the abbot of a temple, it is no exaggeration to say that Huaizhen's living environment is simple.

After walking around and finding nothing suspicious, the two of them said goodbye to Huaizhen and went to the guest house.

The size and layout of the guest house were the same as Huai Zhen's residence. As soon as the two entered the door, they heard incessant coughing.

The unusual noise from the old door startled the people inside. The coughing paused, and a man in his thirties poked his head out of the window: "What's going on? Lunch doesn't have to be this way..."

After seeing that the person coming was not the young monk who usually brought him food, Jin Hejing put his hand on his forehead and finally realized what was happening. He lowered the window, opened the door and walked out. He glanced at the official robes of the two men and said respectfully, "Greetings, my superiors. What do you want to see me for?"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and clenched his fist as if it was extremely unbearable, turned sideways and coughed violently a few times, and with an unhealthy flush on his back, he saluted again: "I have been unwell recently and I am sorry for neglecting you two superiors, cough cough..."

Cui Bianxu calmly moved a little further away from him, pretending to survey the courtyard. Wang Mingqian couldn't be so disregarding of etiquette, so he held his breath until he finished coughing before quietly releasing it. "The Dali Temple is investigating a case. Did you hear anything last night?"

Jin Hejing was a little confused: "Investigate a case? What case?"

Cui Bianxu, who had already kept his distance and was almost at the foot of the wall, turned around and said, "Don't you know that a murder happened in Xingjing Temple yesterday?"

If he said that he didn't hear any noise from the monks' quarters, Cui Bianxu could barely understand it. After all, the guest house and the monks' quarters were diagonally opposite each other, so there was still some distance between them.

But he didn't even know about the murder, which is a bit suspicious.

Is this person pretending not to know, or does he really not know?

Jin Hejing seemed extremely shocked: "How could a murder happen? Who died? Why didn't anyone tell me? Ahem... If there really was a murder, I can't live here anymore..."

"The one who died was Xing Yun. Do you know him?" Cui Bianxu put his hands behind his back and leaned back slightly. "Think carefully, did you hear any noise last night?"

"Xing Yun!"

Jin Hejing exclaimed in shock, then seemed to realize that his reaction was a bit too much. He immediately calmed down and cleared his throat, saying, "My two superiors, I recently caught a cold and have been bedridden for some time. I feel drowsy and lack energy every day. I haven't left the temple for a long time. I really didn't know about the murder in the temple."

Wang Mingqian nodded. This was barely understandable. Catching a cold would indeed make one feel dizzy, and in severe cases, one would not be able to get out of bed.

"As for last night..."

He lowered his head, frowning as he thought seriously for a moment. He said uncertainly, "I always go to bed early after taking the medicine every night. Perhaps I was sleeping too deeply, so I really didn't hear anything."

This is normal. Generally speaking, people will feel drowsy and have a heavy head after taking the decoctions to treat colds.

Wang Mingqian thought about his reaction when he learned that Xing Yun was dead, and asked, "Are you familiar with Xing Yun?"

"this...."

Jin Hejing licked his lips and said, "Not really, but he's always been a tyrant in the temple. Even the abbot can't do anything about him. Which monk in the temple hasn't been bullied by him? Even if I spent money..."

When he mentioned Xing Yun, the disgust on his face was very clear: "Even someone like me who is staying here to study has to endure his bullying."

He is not living here for free. He has to pay for the room and daily meals. Every time Xingyun sees him, he wants to take some more money out of him. How can he be a monk?

This is clearly a bandit!

Cui Bianxu thought that there was indeed a lot of silver and money in Xingyun's room, but there were more than just Xingyun among the monks in the temple who had hidden silver and money, it was just that he did have a lot of silver and money.

"This Xingyun is so presumptuous, why doesn't the abbot keep a close watch on him?"

Although Jin Hejing couldn't understand this, he was just a scholar staying here waiting for the next spring examination. How could he know such a thing?

Then the two of them walked around the yard again, and when they found nothing unusual, they were about to leave. Jin Hejing had been participating in the Spring Examination in order to enter the officialdom in the future. How could he easily miss such an opportunity?

He immediately wanted to personally escort them away: "My two superiors, I have been negligent today. If there is a chance another day, I will definitely treat you two to a drink to make amends."

His family was of average means. Although they were wealthier than the average family, they had no background.

If he could make friends with these two superiors and get even a little help from them, his chances of passing the exam would be much greater...

He was already over thirty, and the time he had left to waste on this was getting shorter and shorter. If he had been in this situation ten years ago, he would definitely not have said such flattering words, but now...

Seeing that the two men, Cui Wang and Cui Wang, only smiled but did not answer, he did not lose heart. He continued to walk out and said respectfully, "I will be more vigilant these days. If there is any news, I will go to the Dali Temple to inform the two superiors."

Wang Mingqian nodded and said, "If you have any news, I'll trouble you. Since you are sick, please don't bother. Go back."

"Yes, take care, both of you." Sometimes you can persist, but sometimes you can't.

If you still insist on doing it after being rejected twice, that would be annoying. Jin Hejing took two steps and stopped.

After the two of them walked a long way, Wang Mingqian turned around and saw him still standing there respectfully: "This man, tsk..."

As the two of them walked through the hall, a small figure emerged and called out in a low voice, "Shaoqing Cui, Shaoqing Cui!"