Chapter 140 Startled

An Yunxi felt as if she was about to stop breathing at this moment.

She immediately turned around and almost ran to the side of the person who was talking.

Ling Fengxun was beside her, holding one of her hands, fearing that she would not fall down if she was not careful.

Fortunately, the journey was smooth. An Yunxi looked in the direction that the person pointed and saw an arm bone.

The moment she saw the bones clearly, An Yunxi felt relieved. She pursed her lips and said, "Adult bones?"

The guard said, "It looks like an adult man's."

Yingfeng said sharply, "The princess is looking for the bones of an infant. Why are you so surprised when you see an adult?"

The guard scratched his head, "I was just startled. There seems to be something underneath. This can't be the cemetery in the temple."

Yingfeng looked around and frowned slightly.

"It shouldn't be. It may be just an ordinary person who died here accidentally. Keep digging and do the business first."

"Yes!"

The guards immediately picked up the hoes again and expanded the range around.

The human skeleton had been dug out and placed neatly aside. A special coroner came to check the identity of the body.

The coroner recorded while checking: "Male, skeleton age is over 30 years old, the cause of death is a puncture in the chest, multiple injuries to the bones in the body, and he was beaten to death."

An Yunxi tightly grasped Ling Fengxun's hand, she was a little nervous.

Ling Fengxun used his other hand to pat her back soothingly to calm her worries.

"Xiao Xier, relax a little, don't be too nervous."

An Yunxi looked at Ling Fengxun and nodded gently.

She was also frightened just now, but her mood has recovered now.

"Your Highness, there are bodies here too!"

"There are bodies here too!"

Suddenly, all those who were digging the ground started to speak.

An Yunxi narrowed her eyes, feeling that something was not right.

Ling Fengxun immediately stopped her behind him: "Just stand here and don't move. I'll check what's going on."

An Yunxi didn't want to be a burden and hold back: "Okay, I'll wait here."

Ling Fengxun strode to the places where the bodies were found and saw that the bones were buried under the land.

After many years, the land had long been covered with various flowers and plants, and almost all traces of their existence had been wiped out.

Ling Fengxun's voice was cold, with a hint of suspicion in his tone.

"Although this place is remote and connected to the back mountain, few people come here, but it should not be a mass grave specially prepared in this temple."

In just a short while, six or seven corpses have been dug out from the ground.

This scene is quite creepy.

The coroner hurried over and continued to check other bones around. Suddenly he raised his head and said to Ling Fengxun: "Your Majesty, these corpses are male and female, and they died at different times. That is to say, they were not buried here on the same day, but people kept burying corpses here later."

Ling Fengxun sneered.

"So many people died, didn't anyone report it to the authorities? Can their identities be found out?"

The coroner shook his head and said, "Your Highness, these people have been dead for quite a long time, the most recent one has been dead for more than five years. It is really difficult to find out their identities."

"Call the abbot here. As the abbot in charge, he has the responsibility for the deaths of so many people."

"Yes."

Ying Feng received the order and immediately sent someone to inform the abbot.

After hearing the news, the old abbot hurried over. When he saw the bones, he couldn't help but lower his head and chanted the Buddha's name reluctantly.

"Amitabha, good, good."

Ling Fengxun narrowed his eyes slightly, and his tone was quite cold and bone-chilling.

"Abbot, do you know why these people died in Liangshan Temple?"

The old abbot looked a little pale and shook his head slightly: "I really don't know about this matter. If the prince wants to investigate this case, I will definitely cooperate with all the monks in Liangshan Temple."

Ling Fengxun nodded lightly.

"Since the abbot said so, Yingfeng, take my token and immediately dispatch nearby soldiers and horses to surround the entire Liangshan Temple!"

Ling Fengxun handed a black token to Yingfeng.

The token was heavy and cold to the touch. It was made of black iron. There might be only one such token in the world.

Yingfeng respectfully took the token with intricate and ancient patterns in his hand: "I will go now!"

Lingfengxun carefully looked at the old abbot. He had seen him reciting scriptures, as if he was praying for the souls of the dead.

He closed his eyes, put his hands together, and his lips kept opening and closing.

Lingfengxun retracted his gaze and ordered again: "Others continue digging, there should be more bodies."

The atmosphere around him suddenly became quiet, and only the guards who were still digging were left busy.

An Yunxi slowly walked to Ling Fengxun's side. Her eyes fell on the old abbot and she said, "Old Imperial Master, the murderer buried these bodies with different death times here, which means that the murderer is the same person, and he has been living in Liangshan Temple for twenty years."

Because when the first body was found, the coroner found that the body had been dead for at least twenty years.

The old abbot frowned slightly.

"In this temple, there are not many monks who have lived for more than twenty years. There should be more than ten."

An Yunxi smiled when she heard it.

"Then could you trouble the old national master to call all these people here as well? Your Majesty is the regent, so how can you not investigate a murder case in the capital?"

The old abbot said, "I will notify them to come here right away."

Ling Fengxun arranged for people to follow the old national master, and it took more than half an hour to bring all the people in the temple who met the requirements.

The young people in the temple definitely don't count, after all, they were just newborns twenty years ago.

The monks were wearing robes and stood in a row.

After careful counting, there were sixteen people.

Among these sixteen people, about ten were around fifty years old, and six had white eyebrows and beards. They were elders who had lived in this temple for thirty or forty years.

A group of monks bowed and saluted.

"Greetings, Regent King."

Ling Fengxun stood in front of this group of people, and his eyes swept across everyone's faces sharply.

"Abbot, are all the people who meet the requirements here?"

"Your Highness, I never lie. According to what you said, all the people in this temple who are over 35 years old and have lived in this mountain for more than 20 years are here. Your Highness, please arrest the murderer and bring him to justice."

After waiting for such a long time, all the corpses in the vicinity have been found.

Yingfeng took the initiative to present all the clues he had collected. He held a tray in his hand, on which were placed several relics left by the corpses.

"Your Highness, the investigation has been completed."