kvmb Chapter 719 The Injured Huaiyi
Chapter 719 The Injured Huaiyi
Everyone couldn't help but exchange a few pleasantries. After Li Cunxi and Huan Bin greeted each other, their eyes involuntarily looked at the two big bald heads.
The abbot and the monk Jingkong felt uneasy when they were looked at. They each chanted the Buddha's name and then saluted Li Cunxi with their hands clasped together.
"I greet His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin."
"Monk Jingkong greets His Majesty the Prince of Qin."
Li Cunxi nodded and looked at the abbot carefully again.
A few years ago, when the Youzhou case broke out and he returned to Luoyang with Di Renjie, he stayed in Jiangzhang County for one night.
When Ma Rong and Qiao Tai came to look for him, they mentioned this abbot.
This old abbot was well versed in Buddhism and was a good person. He had tried several times to kick the lecherous monk Huaiyi out of Hanguang Temple, but was always rejected by the emperor.
Even so, the old abbot remained unshakable and would ask the emperor to kick Huaiyi out every three months.
It has not changed for many years.
After a long time, Li Cunxi withdrew his gaze and turned to the headless corpse.
"It's a man."
He took one look at the other person's ordinary chest and made his final conclusion.
Huan Bin held his sword at his waist and said, "That's exactly it."
Li Cunxi took another look and said, "The time of death is no more than twenty-four hours."
Huan Bin nodded again and again, saying seriously, "Your Highness the Prince of Qin is absolutely right. He is truly a man of heaven!"
"Killing him is fine, but why chop off his head?"
Wang Xiaojie touched his chin and asked, "Cunxi, what on earth is this all about?"
Li Cunxi stood with his hands behind his back, his head half tilted back, and said, "It's very simple. There's only one possibility, and that's to prevent us from knowing the identity of this body, just like the Bleeding Eagle case back then."
Huan Bin was stunned and exclaimed, "His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin is so perceptive! He is truly a genius rarely seen in a century!"
The abbot and the monk Jingkong looked at each other and were also quite surprised.
That's true. Ordinary people would just bury the body after killing someone, there's no need to chop off the head.
Isn't the purpose of creating a headless body to cover up the identity of the deceased?
They couldn't even think of such a simple reason.
"Moreover, I dare to conclude that the deceased person was from within Hanguang Temple."
Li Cunxi walked around the pit twice and spoke again in a firm tone.
"I just don't know which monk this is."
When the abbot heard this, he immediately pointed to a small courtyard surrounded by layers of walls not far from the back garden.
"Your Highness Prince Qin, you probably don't know that we have more than just monks in Hanguang Temple."
"There are a group of outsiders in that small courtyard!"
The monk in charge, Jingkong, quickly grabbed the abbot.
"Brother, be careful what you say!"
Probably because they had been together for ten years, they had developed some feelings for each other. Jingkong didn't want the abbot to get involved, so he quickly tried to stop him.
But the abbot was a pragmatic person and said to Jingkong:
"Junior brother, others may not be able to say these words, but I am the abbot of Hanguang Temple, so I can say these words!"
He turned to Li Cunxi and Wang Xiaojie, revealing a look of grief and indignation:
"My lords, you two should know some secrets. In my Hanguang Temple, besides the serious monks, there is also a crooked and evil monk!"
Huaiyi’s affairs have long been no secret, and Wang Xiaojie knows it very well.
Unfortunately, due to his status, Wang Xiaojie was not in a position to say much.
Li Cunxi raised his hand to stop him, saying, "Abbot, there is no need to say more. These are no longer secrets."
"Does the abbot mean that this headless corpse might be related to Huai Yi?"
The abbot said loudly without hesitation:
"This back garden is closest to the lecherous monk's courtyard. If we were to say who is the most suspicious, or whose people might be replaced, it would definitely be Huaiyi's people!"
"Besides, if the dead were one of my monks, and the villains buried the body here, how could the martial arts masters in Huaiyi's small courtyard not see what happened here?"
Li Cunxi laughed secretly in his heart, but he couldn't show a smile on his face.
He turned his back and said coldly:
"Qi Hu, bring Huai Yi to me."
Qi Hu clasped his fists in agreement, and soon brought the naked Huai Yi to the back garden.
At this moment, just like before he was detained, he was not even wearing shoes and was brought here with his bare buttocks.
He glared at everyone present with hatred and said in a crazy tone:
"Just wait! You've humiliated me like this, I'm going to kill you all!"
Li Cunxi turned around and sneered:
"You evil monk, why don't you come here quickly? Who is this headless corpse in the back garden?"
Huaiyi didn't recognize the headless corpse in the pit, and immediately started cursing:
"You damned slave, you beast born of a concubine, you bastard without balls!"
"Do you know who I am? How dare you humiliate me like this? When I see His Majesty one day, I will definitely complain harshly to him!"
"When that happens, all of you damned beasts will surely die a miserable death!!!"
Li Cunxi glanced at Huaiyi indifferently and wondered why the emperor's male favorite was so arrogant.
Looking down at Huaiyi's height again, he found that he was a little shorter than him.
Not to mention being compared with the Donkey-Headed Prince Xue Aocao.
How could the emperor love such a bastard?
"Ten slaps."
"Let's help this guy wake up first, so he knows who he's facing."
Two Qianniu guards lifted Huaiyi up, Pan Yue spat into his palm, swung his hand, and slapped Huaiyi loudly on the right cheek.
Even after being slapped, Huaiyi still had an expression of disbelief on his face.
He couldn't understand how someone could dare to slap him when he was so favored by the emperor.
Aren’t these people afraid of death?
While he was stunned, another loud slap hit the left side of his face.
Two consecutive slaps woke Huaiyi up immediately.
Rage surged up to his head, and Huaiyi said bitterly:
"You are courting death, courting death!"
"How dare you hit me in the face? Aren't you afraid that the emperor will confiscate your property and exterminate your clan, you pigs and dogs!"
Pan Yue was not afraid at all, and two more slaps were slapped on Pan Yue's face.
"I'll beat you to death, you bitch!"
"You are so blind that you don't even recognize His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin and the Minister of War!"
"Remember this, you're just a little monk. If we hit you, we hit you. If you dare to talk back, we'll beat you to death!"
Pan Yue spoke without stopping his hands.
He swung his palm and hit Huaiyi's face with ten lightning whips.
After these ten slaps, Huaiyi's face was swollen.
The abbot and the monk Jingkong also showed satisfied expressions on their faces.
Huaiyi has always been arrogant and domineering. It is natural that others like to see such a person like to smoke.
"Okay, now let's get back to business."
Li Cunxi pointed at the headless male corpse in the pit and asked:
"Huaiyi, I want to ask you, do you know when this headless body was buried here?"