Temple Interrogation

In the Fire Temple.

Jigo had just walked out of the middle room when he heard a commotion outside.

A monk quickly walked into the yard and reported to Jigo, "Abbot, a murder happened on Fenghuo Street. A girl jumped into the river and committed suicide."

Jigo was used to seeing life and death apart, so he was not surprised. He put his palms together and said, "Hey, let's go pray for that girl."

But Abbot, this girl committed suicide because she was humiliated.

The person who humiliated him was caught by the monk and brought to the temple, waiting for you to deal with him.

Jigo was slightly stunned and said with a serious expression, "There is such a thing. Let's go."

After saying that, he immediately followed the monk.

Almost most of the land in the Fire Country had guards arranged by the famous houses to manage the order.

If there were any criminal offenders, they would be escorted by the guards to the city guard's mansion in a nearby large town for trial.

The Fire Temple belonged to the Ninja Temple and had a certain amount of force.

This included a large piece of land within the Fenghuo Street, which all belonged to the Fire Temple.

Therefore, there were no guards stationed here, and the security issues were all handled by the monks of the Fire Temple.

What happened, the Fire Temple even had the priority to deal with it.

Of course, the Fire Temple generally would not drive the right to deal with it, but would send the criminal offenders to the nearby Guard Mansion.

Soon, Jigo arrived at the square in front of the hall.

He saw two monks escorting a battered and exhausted youth.

The youth's hair was messy, and his clothes were not neatly dressed. His face was deathly still.

As for the youth, Jigo had also seen him before. It was precisely Toumaru.

On the ground next to him was the corpse of Naoko Nohara.

Because she had been soaked in water,

The corpse had already rotted and turned white. Naoko Nohara's face was bloodless and even a little green.

Naoko Nohara was still tightly clutching the windbreaker wrapped around her body.

Naoko Nohara's grandmother was lying on the corpse of Naoko Nohara, and she was sobbing.

Seeing this, Jigo put his hands together and prayed for Naoko Nohara in his heart.

Then he asked in a low voice, "What exactly happened?"

A monk handed the will of Naoko Nohara to Jigo and said,

"This is the will left by the little girl before she committed suicide."

"It told her how she was humiliated yesterday and how she apologized to her grandmother."

"There should be a lot of content written behind the will, but they were all smeared."

Jigo looked at the contents of the will and his eyes suddenly froze. He looked at Toumaru, who was kneeling on the ground, and said,

"Do you have anything to explain?"

Toumaru had lost his sense of propriety at this moment. He trembled and said, "No..."

He had indeed done those things, so no matter how he tried to defend himself, it was useless.

Behind him, the residents who had rushed over from the Fenghuo Street heard the news and said indignantly,

"Abbot, this kid has already confessed."

"Kill him!"

"Kill him!"

...

Toumaru was immediately frightened into fighting. He kept kowtowing to Jigo and said,

"Abbot, I admit that I did those things, but I didn't kill her. She shouldn't have died."

Due to the anger of many people, Toumaru panicked even more.

A resident shouted angrily, "Bastard! You have committed a crime. Even death ten thousand times is not enough."

Jigo frowned and sighed,

"According to the laws of the Fire Nation, he should not be given death sentence."

"After all, he didn't kill anyone."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked at each other.

After all, Jigo had already spoken. Although everyone was indignant in their hearts, they still had to follow the rules.

At this moment, Uchiha Tunan walked in from outside the gate of Fire Temple and said in a clear voice,

"Master Jigo, there is a reason for all crimes and karma."

"I think this person should pay with his life."

Jigo raised his head and looked at Uchiha Tunan who was walking towards him. He said in a deep voice, "Tunan, but the rules are set like this."

Uchiha Tunan shook his head and said, "Although he didn't do it himself, the cause and effect of the matter began with him.

Just like how I threw the stone down from the mountain.

The stone met another stone halfway.

The second stone fell down the mountain and killed the passers-by.

Is this my fault?"

Hearing this, Jigo thought for a moment and said with certainty, "It was your fault."

"But the stone I threw did not hit anyone." Uchiha Tunan said.

"What does it have to do with me?"

Everyone fell silent when they heard that. Then the residents shouted,

"Kill him."

"Kill him."

...

At this moment, Toumaru was completely flustered. He had originally thought that he would be able to escape this calamity, but he had not expected Uchiha Tunan to appear halfway.

He immediately said in a panic,

"You can't blame me. I didn't want to do it in the beginning either."

"It was the abbot. He was the one who gave me the medicine."

"If he hadn't given me the medicine, I wouldn't have given Naoko the medicine."

"Naoko wouldn't have fainted, and I wouldn't have had those thoughts."

"Then, nothing else would have happened."

"The abbot is also responsible. You can't blame me."

"As you said just now, I am the second stone. The abbot is the first stone."

When everyone heard this, they all stopped talking.

Uchiha Tunan took a deep breath and said with a face full of self-blame,

"So that's the case."

"If I hadn't given the medicine to Master Jigo."

"Master Jigo wouldn't have given the medicine to you."

"I didn't kill Naoko, but Naoko died because of me."

"I, am deeply sinful..."

"Tunan, this matter has nothing to do with you." He sighed deeply.

Naoko Nohara's grandmother did not understand what they were talking about at all.

She only heard that the medicine for Toumaru was given by Jigo.

She immediately wailed, "Why did you give him the medicine? Return my granddaughter to me."

A trace of reluctance flashed through Jigo's eyes. "I..."

Although Jigo was involved in this matter, no one was stupid.

It was impossible to blame Jigo because of this.

Moreover, Jigo was the abbot of Fire Temple.

Everyone subconsciously thought that he was a highly respected senior monk.

They did not have any bad thoughts about him because of this.

Jigo put his palms together and recited the scriptures for a while. He slowly opened his eyes and ordered,

"Lock this person in the Fire Temple first. Send him to the Guard Manor in Songcheng Town in a few days and be detained by the Guard Manor."

Upon hearing this, Toumaru immediately heaved a sigh of relief, and a look of relief appeared on his face.

The monk beside him nodded, picked up Toumaru, and walked towards the back of Fire Temple.

Jigo sighed and said to Uchiha Tunan,

"Tunan, I thought about what you said just now. This matter really has a cause and effect with you and me."

"Just like you said, everything is about a certain degree."

"Even if you and I are guilty, it is all out of kindness, and the sin is not deep."

Uchiha Tunan found that he might have misjudged Jigo.

Although he was a monk, he seemed to value the theory of Buddhism and how to preach the doctrine more.

Perhaps he was more kind than ordinary people, but because he was a monk, his attitude towards evil was more tolerant than ordinary people.

It seemed that he had to add a fire.